OREGON SCOUT.
JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers.
U.VIO.V. OKKOON.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A diamond weighing n carat and a
lalf was recently found in u gravel
nunc in California.
The importation of American flour
Into tho United' Kingdom so far this
year lias largely exceeded last year's
receipts.
Tho first book containing musical
characters was issued in 1-105 from the
press of tho celebrated "Wvnkcn do
Worde."
It is said that not less than two
million pounds of dried sago leaves are
used annually in tho United States for
Turious purposes.
Mrs. Flora, tho wifo of a morchant
nt Sand Hill, Ky., walked up to Tom
Miller a few days ago and tilled his
mouth full of dough with her list.
Susan Cooley, of Analomink, Pa.,
nroso in her sleep, climbed upon the
cowcatcher of a Philadelphia & Erie
engine, and took a ton-milo ride at
thirty miles an hour before she awoke.
A now substitute for cloth or
leather for use in tho bookbinding in
dustries is a substance made by pre
paring liboiw of linen, cotton, wool,
-wood and such materials with a solu
tion of albumen and glycerine. This is
ttaid to be absolutely,, water-proof.
T7io Sau Francisco Alia boasts that
the voting citizens of that city come
from sixty different political divisions
of the world, Egypt being about the
only country not represented. The
"American" party certainly stands a
poor chanco in a city where there are
23,3-18 citizens of foreign nationality
mid 25,2:!6 born in the United States.
To sharpen razors, says tho Elec
trical Review, place in water to which
lias been added one-twentieth of its
-weight of hydrochloric acid, removing
after one-half hour, wipe and rub upon
i hone. Tho acid acts like a whetstone
nnd corrodes the wholo surface uni
formly. Tho process never injures
good blades, and often improves bad
ones. ,
At Kirkwood station, N. .1., re
cently, Frank Hesse, colored, twonty
"throo years old, jumped from the At
lantic City express, which just then
wis making forty-live miles an hour,
ilo lauded squarely on his head in a
dry ditoh; rolled over, got up and
walked to Camden. "His head was'
slightly cut," says an awe-struck re
porter, "and ono log was bruised, but
othorwiso ho was uninjured,"
At Montieollo, Flu., n day or two
go Dr. G. B. Glover extracted from
tho back of n negro man named Kiah
Hall a piece of knife-blade two inches
long wliich had been placed there four
jpars ago by a colored man named
James Miller. Kiah had not the re
motest idea that ho was carrying cold
Btool in his body, and wont to tho doe
tor with the idea that a boil was devel
oping. He was mad when ho found
that he had boon taking care of Jim
31illor's knife-blade for four years.
A Georgia mule fell into an old
well thirty feet deep. Ilo took his po
sition in a sitting posture and was tho
unwilling "monarch of all hu sur
veyed" until his excited owner sum
moned a posse to his aid. A rope was
tied around the body of the mule and
ho was drawn to tho top of tho well.
Tho rope broke and tho mule again
-wont to tho other end of the well. A
ocond attempt was successful. Ho
Jeapod to his feet and commenced feed
ing on grass as though nothing had
liappcucd.
Dooly County can boast of tho tall
est man as well as the smallest woman
in Georgia. Sam Casou stands in his
stocking foot seven feet and two Inches')
nnd there is room enough for several
mom inches. Casou is so slim that ho
Imrdly casts a shadow, but ho can got
overground about as fast as a locomo
tive. Mrs. A. Hall has a daughter,
Annn, that was born in 1872; conse
quently she is tlfteen years old, yet is
only thirty inches in height. She goes
about her household duties liko a little
lady, but, being so small, she is not re
quired to do much. She is about the
smallest woman in tho world.
ANECDOTES OF KRUPP.
Home of tin K(riiu; lVoiilhirltlt-H of the
Valium tiuii-MulUM'.
Tho following stories of the late Herr
Krupp are curious: "It was a standing
order to all those who surrounded or
approached him that the word 'Death'
was never to be mentioned or referred
to in conversation within the precincts
of his great establishment. Some
years ago a relative of his wife came to
stay with htm, and was taken suddenly
ill and died. When Krupp hoard of it
ho lied immediately to tho neighboring
town of Dusseldorf, and would not re
turn until after his relative had been
July buried. This very naturally led
to a scene with his wife, the result
"being that they separated. Mrs. Krupp
vent to llvo at Dresden, and not oven
the entreaties of their son prevailed on
llerr Krupp to see her before ho died.
Tho same stnbboriinom was shown by
Iiiin when his son Fritz, who contested
tho parliamentary borough (Ksson) at
tho last general election in the interest
of tho Government, was defeated by
tlio Ultra' or 'Clerical party.' Herr
Krupp issued an edict that no employe
should tako into his cottage or read the
local papers of tho Ultramontane party.
A few days after this udiet a poor
workman being found wrapping up hU
MulUrbroil in a sheet of the journal wan
iustaijtly dismissed. "'-A'. J", Post.
SUMNER'S STRENGTH.
Tlio Itctnurknliln l'liyntcnl Power of
llm
I'll mo us Senator.
Mr. Sumner stood six feet two inch s
high without his shoes, and ho was so
well built that his height was only no
ticeable when he was near a person of
ordinary size. But there was a man
ner about him, a frco swing of the arm,
a stride, a poso of ids shaggy head, a
sway of hi 4 broad shoulders that gavo
to those who knew him best the idea
that he was of heroic size. Then, too,
there was something in tho intent look
of his deep-set oyc, his corrugated
brow, tho frown born of intense
thought, nnd his largo head, made to
seem yet larger by its crown of thick,
henvy, longish gray hair, all of which
gavo tho idea of physical greatness;
but with Iiia frequent smile tho sot
frown passed, his wholo appearance
changed, and his faco beamed liko a
dark lantern suddenly lighted. His
smilo effected a wonderful transforma
tion in his whole appearance, and it
set up a peculiar sympathy between
himself and its recipient.
For ono of his sedentary habits, ho
had extraordinary strength, and yet ho
was not an athlete. While in Wash
ington his only exercise was walking,
and as lie believed it was tho pace
rather than tho distance that tells,
when opportunity ofTercd ho would go
at a rate that amazed beholders. Some
poi sons attempting to join and keep up
with him only succeeded by taking an
occasional hop, skip and jump, such as
children practice when walking with
their parents. Up to the time of his in
juries ho walked much in Washington,
for, as ho said, ho could outwalk
omnibuses, and give them long odds.
Ho was hardly aware of his enormous
strength, it was so seldom called into
exercise. His books were packed in
largo boxes at the end of each session
and sent from his rooms to tho Capitol,
only to bo roturnod at the beginning of
tho next session. These boxes weighed
nearly live hundred pounds each, and
werodiilicult to handle in passages and
stairways, and so were accompanied
by four men. Once whon ho was liv
ing at Kev. Dr. Sampson's, ono of these
heavy boxes got stuck in tho stairway.
It could bo extricated without damage
to the walls only by lifting it over the
banister. Tho four men failed to apply
their strength to the most advantage,
for they gob in each other's way, and
thus failed to mo'vo the box. The Sen
ator, hatted and gloved, ready to go
out. caino down tho stairs.
"Why don't you liftit over tho rail?"
said he.
"How can wo?" answered one. "You
have no idea of its weight."
"Iyot mo try," said tho Senator, and,
leaning over the rail, ho seized tho
rope bucket at tho end of tho box and
lifted tho latter elear of its entangle
ments by ono suro pull, splitting his
glove, however, across tho back. Tho
men were amazed; and he, a little
embarrassed, said: "I didn't mean to
lift it, only to try its weight;" and then
went back for fresh gloves. Cosmopol
itan. DRESS WELL, NOT GAUDY.
Why Kvery Woniiin Should Arrity IIirnlf
In N t'U I mill TiiHty (iiiriiM-nU.
"The day will soon come," says a
well-known leader of fashion, "when it
will no longer bo a slur on a good wo
man, old or young, to say she thinks a
good deal of dress; she attaches enor
mous importance to (esthetics." While
it remains a good motive to give others
pleasure and spare them disagreeable
shocks, the rule must hold good in
every department of life. "Tho day
will soon conio when it shall ben recog
nized duty to conceal what is oll'onsivo,
when slight deformities of limb and
skin shall be avowedly disguised by art
and great and startling deformities
shall cease to disgrace our public
streets. It is one of the duties of life
to grease the wheels on which we drive
as far as ever that is consistent with
other du tied, and most people must
judge for themselves how far that is.
"It is as easy to dress well as ill,
since dress we must. Absolute uncon
sciousness as to how she looks is im
possible to any woman, since every eye
tells her unbidden; therefore, inditl'er
ence to appearance is inculcated. It is
natural to wish to please in all ways by
kindness and a pleasant manner or,
at least, not to displease. How deli
cately Goldsmith distinguishes his two
types of innocent and admirable wo
manhood! DltVerently lovely, 'Olivia
was often afflicted from too groat a de
sire to please; Sophie even repressed
excellence from her fears to offend'
'one vanquished by a single blow, the
other by efforts successfully repeated.'
"Very beautiful women are seldom
vain. They are so used to their own
beauty that they do not think much
about it, any more than a man thinks
much about his rank or profession when
not engaged in ids duties. The vain
woman is the one who has been un
fairly disparaged. Undue self-con-sclousness
is the revolt against injustice
and liko all revolts is disagreeable.
Woro all women acknowledged to have
each her points, personal as well as
mental, and allowed to cultivate them
in a sensible and simple spirit, there
would bo loss envy and malice, lc.s
vanity and wasted time, and more in
nocent pleasure throughout life. Hut
a pretty woman who leaves her mind
uncultivated her mind and heart for
the sake of tier body, that is the illus
tration of the 'jewel of gold in the
swinu's MioittP' "Dry Good Chroni
cle. In Texas thoy uoniplnin because
the Bed rlvor is so low "it imu't got
out of its bod;" and in Georgia thoy
ro dltfjjatitillod because the Oomulgoo
is so full "It can't bo kept iu its
Led."
GREAT TELESCOPES.
U'liy They Are of Mori- Service to Science
Thnii Smull Initruini-ritn.
It Is frankly to be admitted that for
ordinary work enormous instruments
nre not advantageous; those of moder
ate dimensions will do far more easily
and rapidly tho work for wliich they
aru capable. It would bo poor econo
my to shoot squirrels with liftcen-ineh
cannon. Observers with smaller in
strument, if they have sharp eyes and
use them faithfully, can always lmn
enough to do and do it well. But the
groat telescope has two advantages
which arc decisive. In tlio first place,
it collects more light, and so makes it
possible to use higher magnifying pow
ers, and thus virtually to draw nearer
to tho object studied than wo can with
tho smaller one; and, in tho next place,
in consequence of what is known as
diffraction," the image of a luminous
point made by a large lens Ms smaller
and sharper than that made by a small
one. The smaller the telescope tho
larger are the so-called "spurious
disks" of a star, so that in the case of
i close double star, for instance, where
our nine-inch telescope shows only an
oval disk, the twenty-three inch shows
two line distinctly separated points. It
is true that tlio atmospheric disturb
ances, which always prevail to a great
er or less extent, very seriously affect
tho "seeing" with largo instruments.
I'ho "power of tho prince of tlte air,"
winch is to an astronomer tlio very
typo of tho "total depravity
of an inanimate things," on nine
clear nights out of ten deprives a great
telescope of much of its just superior
ity, so that on an ordinary night ft good
observer with an aperture of twolve
or fifteen inches can make out all that
can be fairly seen with twenty-four or
thirty inches at tho same time. And
yet tho writer lias continually verilir 1
in his experience the observation ol
Mr. Clark, who said: "You can always
see with a largo telescope every thing
shown by a smaller one a little better
if tho seeing is bad; immensely better
if it is good." Hut when a really good
night comes, as once iu a while it does,
then to a grout telescope heaven opens,
now worlds appear, old illusions are
dissipated, and observations and meas
urements before beyond tho loach ol
human skill become possible, easy and
accurate. In fact, tho rensonablcss of
wanting still largor telescopes is iden
tically tho same as that of wanting a
telescope at all. Of course, it is im
possible to predict what discoveries
will bo made with tho great Lick tele-
scope wnen it is erected on us moun
tain of privilege very likely none. It
is not possible now to go out at night.
as some seem to think, and pick up
"discoveries" as one would gather
llowers iu a forest. But wo may be
suro of this, that it will collect data,
with micrometer, camera and spectro
scope, which will remove many old
difficulties, will clear up doubt-, will
actually advance our knowledge, and,
what is still more important, will pre
pare tho way and hew the steps for
still higher climbing toward the stars.
Prof. Young, in Forum.
APPROPRIATED HUMOR.
llol llunlotlo Toll How C'oiini-Icih-o Mil)
Miilui CowlioriU of (Js All.
If thore is any tiling that disgusts the
tall corn and silo editor more than an
other, it is newspaper humor. Every
tune ho reads a pun, lit! loses ins cud,
and once when lie clipped a funny
poem and printed it in his department
thinking it was a "Song of tlio Farm
er," ho kicked down his manger and
was off his feed for a week. One day.
he came into tho office iu high good
humor. He had an egg in Ids pocket
as big as a turnip, a ttock of millet
thirteen feet long--the boys had
worked over two hours splicing it
and a bottle of sorghum that killed all
the cockroaches iu tho office. "I'll
give you something for your funny
column," said tho old man. graciously,
"something that you won't be ashamed
to have people read."
"You needn't credit it," lie went on,
as he scratched across the paper with
a quill pen that sounded like a creak
ing wairon troinir down lull, and that
(lowed ink liko an artesian. "Just put
it rii'htin with vourown: thank heaven
my reputation doesn't depend on these
thines. There she is. and she s a
corker." And tlio ever gloomy hu
morist road: "No." said Mr. Fuss-
budget, savagely, "Matilda can't have
a new dross, limes are hard, and l m
roiiiL' to have a tariff for revenue,
dress or no dress." "Well," said his
wife, "so wo think Matilda is go
ing to have a tear if Iter have a
new dress, too." There was a mo
meiit of embarrassing silence, which
was broken bv tho mIo editor:
"See? Tear if her have a new; put
it in: that'll catch 'em." ' The old
man's salary was to be raised the next
week and he was assigned to the hu
morons department, but alas for the
vault v of human schemes. I hat very
nb'ht be was taken deathly sick, and
the doctor Mild he could not live till
morning. Appalled nt the prospect of
sudden death, ho Mint for tlio managing
editor and confessed that ho had stolen
that revenue joke out of an English
imnnr. Thus conscience dotli make
cowherds of us all, and thus tUi native
few of evolution are sicklied o or with
tho high caste of some one else's
thought. llurdette, in IlrcaUyn Eiujlc.
The Atlanta ComU uttonln pursu
U' its eriisado asralnst the nlstol-tot
ing coward, arrives at the remarkable
conclusion that more pistols are carried
by northenors than by southrons, and
this Kim-tlliir allocation-
One peculiar feature of the hlp-
poeuet nuisance oi mo ipm ia wi
ui t mimllltl- nf irli-W llllll WOllRMl WllO
always appear tohirvo a pistol hau.ly
wnonevcr tiu viuurgcuvy unsv t
"RAILWAY CHAIN.'
A Ncwly-DIncovrreil Affliction of Itnllr.mil
Isinplojes.
At a recent meeting of the Society
of Physicians of tlio Cluiritc Hospitil
in Berlin, Thomson exhibited a patient
whoso case lie described as ono of
railway brain," a neurosis resem
bling in many respects the condition
droadv well known under the name
of "railway spine." A healthy rail
way employe, aged thirty, without
history of alcliolisin, or of any predis
posing neurotic condition, by tlio sud
den motion of his train was thrown
violently against tlio side of a car,
striking his head. Ho sustained no
wound, nnd at tho time of injury con
sciousness was preserved. Soino
hours afterwards, however, ho was
suddenly sciz-d with syncope, with
mental terror, lost all senso of loca
tion, could not recognize tlio simplest
familiar object, and described what ho
saw erroneously; his ono objective
symptom was absolute atiiuUhe-
ia of the eutiro body.
On the fourth day after his
injury ho had violent headaches, a
pulse rate of forty-four, nnd in addition
to the cutaneous ana3sthcsia, loss of ol
factory and tasto sensations, with diffi
cult hearing. On tlio liftli day tho
psychic symptoms suddenly ceased, ho
could remember nothing which had
happened, and had no explanation for
ids condition.
The patient subsequently becamo
very melancholic, complaining of in
somnia, headache, spinal pain, weari
ness and failure of appetite; no solva
tions of terror or disordered dreams
were prcsont. The objective symp
toms remaining were well-marked
cranial and spinal hyponu-dhesia; fail
ure to distinguish between white and
colors; los- of smell and taste, and im
paired hearing; numbness, and at
times paresis and spasms of the region
supplied bv the facial nerve wero also
present. Ilo was discharged from tho
hosDital as improved, but two
mouths afterward his condition
was unchanged; ho was unable
to work on account of headache
and weakness. Thomson's diagnosis
was "railway brain," a condition of
profound disturbance of cerebral func
tions from shock.
Tho increase in mechanical appli
ances, and the immense extension of
railways, afford abundant opportunities
for observation of nervous shock, both
iu its fatal and milder forms. Whilo
post-mortem demonstration of hem
orrhage and structural leslonsexplains
tlio course of these cases when fatal,
it is evident that wo must rely up m
tho continuod observation of surviving
patients to dotorniino the development
of lesions which will illustrate tho
pathology of this condition. Tho pos
sibility of tho production of degenera
tive changes in nervous matter, and
cerebral conditions causing permanent
mental impairment, is an interesting
question for neurologists, and, iu its
medico-legal aspects, for tho corpora
tion whoso property may cause such
injuries, to their patrons and employes.
.Ucilical iVcws.
A NEW REPUBLIC.
A lilt of I.uiiil North ol" tho Amnion Ho
coinitH lmli-pi'llilonl.
The tract of land whieh lies between
Brazil and French Guiana, and which
was a no-man's laud, has been de
clared by its inhabitants an independ
ent country. Tho Republic of Counanl.
as it is called, is 2-1,000 miles in ex
tent, tlio coast lino is 187 miles long
anil tho population 700 persons, one
half of whom dwell at Coiinani. tlio
capital, in tliirty-fivo houses. Th
bulk of these are descendants of
Maroons, or slave refugees from Bra
zil, but I learn from M. Boi-sd. iho
agent of tlio new-Hedged republic in
France, that their svinpathios aro en
tirely French. In 18S:i they begged to
be annexed to France, but tho French
Government declined, in observance of
a treaty entered into with Brazil iu 18 11
which declared Counani neutral soil.
Hopulseil, but not ballled, tho na
tives unanimously set up a republic,
with a French journalist, M. Jules
Gros, at lis head. Tho other members
of the (i iverumont aro likewise
Frenchmen, living iu Franco, and tho
French language is renderod official
in the new-born Slate. I have before
mo the first number of tho official jour
nal of Counanl, styled "Lis Xoiivollos
do France et des Colonies, J utri.al
Olllciol do la K publique." La Uuyane
linic.cntl:ntc, whose offices aro at the
Legation, IS Hue du Louvre, is an iu
teresting little penny sheet, and is to
come out twice monthly. Tho official
column contains a decree signed at
Viinves, a suburban district, by the
Lif President, appointing M. Guignos
Minister of State and Grand Chancel
lor of tho Order of the Star of Counani.
Another and older decreo institutes
the Order of the Star of Counani. of
wliich there aru to bo ten grand crosses,
twenty grand ollleors. thirty com
manders, one hundred officers, and an
unlimited number of knights. The
star, of which 1 saw a onlorod draw
ing at tlio Legation, is undoubtedly a
tasteful otic. M. Boisset tells mo that
after M. Gros loaves France very few
decorations will bo any longer given
away, so that this distinction will be
come u very rare add honco highly
prized one.
The resources of tho country consist
of agricultural products, minerals, tim
ber and oi.oon, 7.000 sterling worth
of which is annually exported; India
rubber, cotton, sarsaparilla, tobacco,
vanilla, colled maize, rice, potatoes,"
dm os, goyava,, pineapples, oranges,
lemons, eta Breeding horses, cattle
and sheep Is also very profitable. A
Hue of vossels will be run between
Counanl and Cayenne on ono hand,
and Para iu Brazil ou tho other. Lon
don Wines.
ECONOMY IN DRESS.
A rrohlom Eimy to I)lctm, But Very Dlf
nentt to Solve.
Tho prob'e a of dressing economical
ly is one that most women have- U
solve. Allhoii-h good dress is not neces
sarily cxpeus vo, yet it takes money to
bo wisely economical. Some one says-
that a lady should choose first tho be
coming, then tho good, and last the
fashionable in dress, considering her
age, station .-fid "points." It is well,
from the point of economy, to decide
upon a certain stylo of dress and ad
hero to it.. When a limited range of
becoming colors has been fixed upon,
it is much easier to combire tlio two
old dresses into ono and to use up odds
and ends successfully.
A few people affect a permanent
style copied from somo old picture;
se oral good dresses may then last for
years without need of change. But
tho greater number of women who
"stud- economy dress in black, which
is cheap, becoming, liked by most gen
tlomeii, and sanctioned bv these artists
in inexpensive living the French."
Every one has hoard of the English
lady "who always dressed in rich black
velvet and antique lace and yet spent
less tlian her neighbors. She accom
plished this miracle by having three
volvot dresses of different degrees of
nowness, and buying one every live
years. A certain Now York lady al
ways wore black silk, declaring it was
cheaper and more satisfactory than
any other dress. Old ladies should
certainly adopt a permanent, subdued
style of dres-". Unhealthy dress Is al
ways extravagant. II -avy skirts,
light waists and L mis Qiiinzo boots
bring expensive doctors' bills. It. is
an economy to have a few dresses that
will meet all emergencies; there aro
less to be kept iu order and made over.
A real lady would be satisfied with a
few tilings, good of their kind. Hand
sonic lace, a fine iowol of cameo, an In
dia shawl will last a life-time and bo
an economy iu tlio cud.
Wash dresses are by no means eco
nomical unless a laundry is kept in
tho house. Black wraps, and bonnets
to go with all one's drosses, save
trouble and expense. Ono ought not
to save on shoes, gloves and corsets,
as they should always be well cut and
in good condition. Tho beauty of a
gown depends not upon its price, but
on its cut and color; uaslmicre is one
of tlio prettiest as well as ono of the
cheapest materials, and comes in tlio
most beautiful colors. Whether or
not a general s 1 3 1 o of dress has been
decided upon, the economist will al
ways buy with judgment. She will
consider what she has and what she
needs, often planning one dress to
answer for several occasion8. Sho
will avoid novelties as loo noticeable
for her limited and long-enduring
wardrobe, and follow only the gen
eral direction of fashion's dictates.
Sho will understand all tho secrets
of "bargains." "reinnanis," and
buying at the end of a season
when goods are "reduced," but sho
will never buy any thing merely be
causo it is "eh'cap" or beeau-e tlio
salesman assures her it is just what
she wants. She always gets gooil
materials, knowing they cost lo.-s in
tho end, and gives preference to lhoo
noted for their durability, as Scotch
cheviots and India silks. Sho will
prefer French underwear with its deli
cate hand-wrought cowing and em
broidery to garments loaded with
Hamburg edging and cheap lace, and
sho will know that antique laces last
twice as long and are twice as hand
some as the modern article. B -fore
buying a color to place near her face,
our prudent woman will lest its ef
fect upon her hand and draw her con
clusions; if a vivid green makes her
hand pale and sallow, it will have a
similar elleet upon her face.
Of course, tho woman who can make
lior own clothes saves a great deal;
materials aro choap, but making is
not. Many ladies make their own
summer dresses, but omploy a dres
maker for handsomo costumes; in this
case it is economy to select a thorough
ly good workwoman, even if some
what expensive, but to sco thai she
does not choose wasteful fashions or
recklessly squander her material. A
well cut and made garment wears
longer and is always a satisfaction.
Tlio tailor suits of the present day aro
wonderfully suitable and economical
for street wear. An old suit for a bad
day saves the better one, and an ol I
black silk is a treasure. It is hard to
tell just when a dre.-s slum d bo "made
over" experience only can decide
A thrifty young woman of niv ac
quaintaiico novcr has a dress which
can not bo washed; her wool dresses
conio from tho wash-tub "as
good, as new." Velvet waists and
pretty neck arrangements and hand
kerchiefs freshen up old skirts. The
old things should bo usod in preference
to buying now ones. Aprons save
dresses; a jersoy substituted for the
dress waist under a wrap is economy
and so is tho combination of an old
skirt and fresh waist undor a long gar
ment for theater wear.
Iu fact 0001101113 has a thousand lit
tle tricks to save. Have sovoral pairs
of shoes on hand and the same of
gloves, giving preference to the usual
tan color. If you can make your own
bonnots, always buy the best velvet
and wear It several seasons with a lit
tle change. Expensive niching which
can not bo washed is more extravagant
tnaii tlnu lace. Do not wear whilo
k rts on the stroot. Ono need not
fear being "known" by a dross, pro
vided it is, good. By all means koop
your wardroba in first rate repair,
leaving no holo or rip unmeiidud
A. Jf. Turner, in Good Housekeeping.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
There- arc more schools in Franco
than any other country in Europe.
To feed the mind on evil thought Is
to produce vile actions in lltc Zion's
Herald.
Wesloyans have established a new
mission iu Upper Burundi, making
Mandalay their headquarters.
Let men laugh when you sncrifico
desire to duty, if they will. You have
time nnd eternity to rejoice- in. Theo
dore Parker.
An applicant for a teacher's certi
ficate on being requested to name four
animals of the torrid zone, wrote "two
lions and two elephants."
Boston has 12 schools, with an
average attendance of nearly 51,000
pupils, and 1,382 teachers. The net
expenditure for 188G was $l,-i' l,023.8G.
A bequest of 80.000 has been
made to found lectureships on natural
theology at the four Scottish universi
ties. Edinburgh gets 2o,000; Glasgow
and Aberdeen. 20,000 each, and St.
Andrews 15,000.
Wan Sin Lcc, a Chinaman, who
has saved over $15,000 in the laundry
business, lias applied for admission to
Cornell University. He says lie ha
been converted to Christianity, ami
that lie intends to go as a missionary to
China.
V(v vonrs acrn tWO-fifthS of tllO
public school teachers in Massachusetts
were men; now about one-ienin aio
men. Tho average wages of men
then were $25. .1-1 or month, and of
women $11.38: now men average $111.-
23, and women $13.97.
Hr. Warren, of Boston, is here.
says a Rome dispatch, studying tho
practieahility ol estauiisiung an jwuei i
can institute of Roman history and
archeology, toward tho founding of
which he says an American woman has
contributed $10,000.
Tim llniversitv of Berlin has 5.357
students; a gain of nearly 2,000 in fif
teen years. J. lie students in ineoiogy
number 791; in law, 1,283; and in
medicine. 1.297. There are but sixteen
professors of theology to twenty-two
professors of legal lore, and 109 of tho
science of medicine. Congregational
ism
P'lvsnm in bis dvinn bed. said to-
- 'V - - o
his daughter: "You will avoid much
pain and anxiety if you will learn to
trust all your concerns in God's hands.
Cast all your care upon Him, for Ho
caretli for you.' But if you mcrely
go and say that you cast your euro
upon Him, you will come away with
tho load on your shoulders."
Miss Grace H. Dodge, the new
woman school commissioner of New
York, is tlio moving spirit of tlio work
ing girls' guilds in that city, which
have at least three thousand members.
There aro six or eight of tlio guilds,
and all have been established dur
ing tlio past three years. The advan
tages include club-rooms with libraries,
where t e girls find a pleasant and
wholesome place for evening '-esort,
with now and then a lecture and a sim
ple tea, and women physicians regu
larly employed to give skilled scrvico
to all who need it.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Hate, is tho dregs of meanness.-
Wiilchall Times.
Why should not ducks be allowed
nn doctor's premises? Because they
make such personal remarks.
It is no honor, credit or profit to
cheat a person who knows loss than
you do. Pomcrois Democrat.
--Customer I would like to look at
a fat goose. Shop Boy If you'll wait
a minute missus will be here. New
Age.
Tlio man who has the reputation of
always saying just what he thinks is
pitheV an exceedingly good actor or 11
fool.
In some strange way the power to
Bccumulato money seems to dwarf tho
power to elovato the soul. Cumberland
Vresbytcrian.
You can't convince a young man
whoso best girl has just said "Yes"
that this country is going to wreck and
luin.-v'o'"'7 Journal.
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