OREGON SCOUT
JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers.
DMOX, ORKUON.
THE DRUMMEi..
The drummpr saw an EZ way
When ho SAatosell;
i He spreads before you an KA
Of samplr s that XL.
Then talk and talks with NRO ,
Until you DZ prow,
And, feeling he's your NME,
An 10 manner show.
You say you don't want NE thing;
Ho IT ho displays,
Then, pettln;? mad, cay TJI fling
Him out in KO stays.
Ej'11 SQ then to toko a "smile"
And tell IIS nut tulo
And thun LA your anger whtl
In I'O Uo malms a sale.
If you should CK place to hldo
With g'oo ba'll CQ, too.
And when at EV leaves yur iU
Uo'ssold hlsgocola-AU.
A drummer cannot CA snub
And wtl) XQ'scklch,
Uko "Z doesn't fear a club
And to UK will stlok,
O, what IIEK rtrurnmar shows
And what an IN Jaw.
He saves LI sonsu for ho knows
That 1ST can tho law.
II. O. Ifcxlgo in Detroit Free Press.
AN ANNUAL CHESTNUT.
Tte man stands on tho tipsy box.
With all his rcanon fled.
And glares up at too Gtovcplpo joint
Ho holds abovo his head.
Hlfl hands are block with polish paste,
His toco tat&onl with coot;
And down hb onus and down his hack
Sharp pains unnumbered shoot.
Ten thousand ways, ten thousand times,
IIo'b tried to in.afco n f.t;
Tho mora of ways and tunes ho's tried,
Thu mora ho la from It.
Him wlf and children nro outside,
All petrified with fear,
Awaiting tho cntaRtropho
That comes tills Umo of year.
Then comes n burst of adjectives,
And Uicn a madman's roar.
And a man and box with earthquake shocl'.s,
And stovcplpo. flood tho floor.
Tito doctor comes with arnica
And llttli) bllrtor cup;
Tho tinner coined, as UMinl,
And imta tho stovcplpo up.
Omaha Sunday Bee.
THE MAN FROM CHICAGO.
The man from Chicago went forth with a brng;
.And backed up his club with tho loBt of his bwi;
Then gathered mora polf to put up on tho team
Yrom thu place whom tliruo brazen baiU ovul
gleam;
"Where ho soaked his timeplcco and his now over
coat
In keeping his uncertain credit afloat.
Xiko tho wind on tliu lako when tho winter Is krcu,
TtioCulcagos went forward ail vurdnutaud green:
Xlke a cannon flivemrker on Uhj Kpurth of July,
xnatciuti in tlie morning wan cnlpjiur and "fly;
Hut like the wimo cracker on tho llftli of July,
That club in thu evening was knocked high and
dry;
Tor the Bt. Louis boys spread their bats on the
blast.
And hammered the llfo out of tho balls that thu;
cast.
Till they carried tho day with their skill and tlieii
' spunk,
And walloped their foes with a staggering skunk,
While the prldu and tlio hopo of thu grout wliulj
town
"Was picked like n chlckon and tnily done Drown
Vow the man from Chicago wiio staked his wholi
pilo
Taradfs tho city with nover a Binllo;
While down u back uiloy his fantasies float
Where Isaac btauds guard o'tr liU nuw overcoat.
St, Louis l'ost UiuiHitch.
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A QUESTION OF ETHICS.
' JTalr Mary was my boyhood's flamo,
When I wah nine and hho nineteen;
To all the swains who courting camo
Her ready answer was tho Hiiuio:
"I guess I'll wait for Johnny Green 1"
Just what tho maid was pleased to mean
I will not now pretend to claim
I only know slio was my quecu,
Uorillil auotlier Mop between
Till I myMilf nineteen locamo.
How, I relnlo tho fact with .lin.mo;
I cannot think my coiiRcli'm-o clean
Hut Mary's love npivarluj; tamo
In ten years playing at thu gamo,
I craved her hUter Josephluu.
A fairer mnld was never seen;
A host of lovers cried her fame;
But had I any right to lilamo
Her wish to wait for Tommy Oree n,
Wbou Unit's my llttlo brother's unmo?
Walter Clnrku in Tho Century.
OER NORT SEIT TRAGEDY.
The shades of night wero dim afar
When Suilthers tool; an open car;
Tlio air was cold and drvur and gray
And every zephyr seemed to say
Hay fover.
The hanMtaeked K'ts wero chill and bare,
And BmUhershat and khlvorvd there;
While wliUtllng winds did shrilly blow
And ever seemed to whlsjter low .
"Neuralgy."
The mules Hew wildly down the track,
The night ulr crept down Smlthor's back.
The camaH curtains round did slinke,
And ov'ry draught liruuxht lu Its wake
I'licuiiioiilu,
John Kmlthers bluw his weeping nose
Aud bhufllcd round hit frosted tots;
Bui erJ ho rcuohed liU lmmblo door
Alas I poor Bmlthvrs was uo moro
(unsumptlou.
Chicago News.
THE WHEELMAN'S WOE.
Tlie melancholy days have come,
The saddest of tho cycle;
When earth's no hard it breaks one's neck
To fall from a bicycle.
-Life.
Aphorism from the Quartern.
)o coolos' kprinK Uiiloa do clonost 'mongtt
4.0 rocks.
LnV 'ear's hot joH cools olT mighty fas',
Light nigger too much for do ao'-back
lioivv
Do nicller apjilo give fa'r wnmln' 'fo' U
fall.
Do tioUo o do wheel don't modjer tie load
ta do wagon.
Wild gooso in do wheat tW don't go to
Jeeiv.
Twon't lio'p do crop to plant n new f angled
ort o' corn will llf tocn cers to do mil; on da
jo' brooimtraw flol'; dat sort o' land got all
it kin do raisin' one tvr to do hill.
Do dug dat try to scratch n molo out de
Stouh' ain't got 'nough odicatlou to hurt
Wind horse know when do trough empty.
Tar'p'n on tlu log U Jos' safe us do nnl fox
te do buhes,1yV. Macoti lu Century,
SILL NYE ON ECONOMY.
A Few riillonoptilciii Iletnnrks on the
Various Grade of Unrber Simps.
I read an essay recently on tho, lnslilo of a
valued exchnngo on tho subject of economy,
which greatly interested mo. It related to
tho great expenses which really nggregntcd
from littlo ones, and dealt with tho matter of
dally papers, bootblacks, sharing expenses,
baths, etc., and showed how millions tit tho
pcoplo's money wero annually squandered
In
this way that ought to go towards buyln;
Itooks. Tho articlo fot mo to thinking, uid
resolved to iuvestigato IX I was mora espe
cially taken with tho Idea of cxtravaganco in
tho matter of barbers and barber shop, i ou
can go to a gorgeous shop and pay fifteen
cents and a tip for a shave, or you can go
whero you can avoid tho tip, or you can go to
a ton cent shop, or you can get shaved on tho
Bowery for ilvo cents, or you can ignoro tho
wholo business and let tho wind blow through
your whiskers.
Last week I was thunderstruck when
found how much could bo savod by changing
from a fifteen cent barber to a flvo cent bar
ter and keeping it tin for a year. Countin
800 days as n fulr cstimato of tho number ou
which I would bo apt to shave, I found that
by tbischnugo I could havo at tho end of the
year !0, with which to buy books or cross
barred trouwrs or any other means of intel
lectual improvement which I might cliooso,
I could buy ono of thov expensivo books that
Air. Do Lux occasionally gets out, or I could
hear l'atti or buy a small yot fragrant dog
for $30. I could also buy myself somo moro
hair or get my tooth filled. I could tako a
classical courso on tho banjo or buy an intor
est in a bird dog with $30.
But I wanted, moro than anything elso, to
got moro books. I wanted a new photograph
album most or all. An album with Illustra
tious In it, to lay on tho parlor tablo and ex
plain to strangers lu low, passionate tones, is
a nover onding sourco of pleasure to the
thinking mind. When a frontispieco showing
tho proprietor as ho looked withsido whiskers,
and later, a view whero ho was photographed
with chin whiskers aud holding a war tlmo
plug hat in hw swollen bunds; with n picture
of grandmother holding n blblu as though it
might bo a glass bomb, and a front view of
n sightless child that makes up for its total
abscuco of eyes by introducing a soul stirring
mouth that would muko u goldon haired ball
of North Carolina butter turn whito in
single night. With all theso llttlo Fpecimoi
of plastic art, 1 often think timt n photograph
album will do more toward entertaining u
mixed company than any other literary work
witli which 1 am familiar.
Bo I went into a low priced barber shop a
week ago aud began to snvo $30 for tho pur
pose of milling to my librnry. I soon dis
covered that m a live cent barber shop you
get loss consideration ami a lower grado of
hither up your noso than elsewhere
I lieliovo that tho man who shnves you for
flvo cents makes his own soap. Possibly ho
works up some of his fattest patrons that
way. Anyhow, tho soap hu uses smells badly
and tastes worso than uny soap I have over
participated in. At tins price of shavo ono
Eaves financially, but ho loses cutaneously,
iuocnnir i sal in was not a good easy
chair, and the spiral springs in it occnsionully
nod to coino to tho surrnco for moro air.
became very much attached to ono of those
cpnngs, and tho ten cents I saved on tho
cliavo I hod to pay n tailor down town who
trephined my trousers for mo.
Tlie chair was also mentally n wreck, and
Its memory was failing, I thought. Just as I
would relax my muscles and close my eyes
uns touering old chuir would forget Itsolf,
and Uo worn out triggor that hold tho head
rest would slip about nino cogs. Then with a
low death rattlo it would fall nlxiut a foot
and disturb my intellectual faculties. You
can got shaved quicker for ilvo cents than
you can for fifteen, but tho towels nro more
clammy and tho bay rum Is rather more of a
cbcsUtufc, I JudCO,
ButUctt it that I am not going to tontliuio
tho coureo of economy Hint I hud inaugurated
for loo year, for I um opjHsed to the, hoard
lng anil accumulation of a surplus. Honey
is tending too much toward centralization
any way, nnd I do not want tooncourugo it.
While 1 may not be able to secure thu books
which I contemplated buying with my sav-
lngn, I can visit tho chamber of horrors at
tho iluixu tuid improve my mind in such ways
by actual observation.
Wo do not get nil our education from books.
Wo may easily obtain ninny irllnlijg nnd en
nobling Ideas from other sources than tho
musty tomes which decorate tho shelves of
our libraries.
Ono of tho brainiest men I over know, if I
may Iks allowed tho teiniwrary uso of that
term, a man too who had succeeded in uniiiss
lng miito a fortune as a ivsiilt of imtivu
stu-ewdnesH and knowledge of humuii nature,
ouco admitted to mo lu u sudden burst of con
fidence, inspired ierbnps by too much wine,
thut ho had never read cithor of my books.
And yet ho had concealed this grass ignor
ance for Ilvo years end amassed a fortune.
Whilo tills is a sad commentary ou American
galvanized lllitcrncv, It still shows that i man
may bo almost criminally Ignorant lu this
country and yot acquire sciuls. New York
World.
All In n Duy'n Work.
Fashionable Iowa Damo (In Iown) Dear
me) It did not occur to mo until this mo
ment that you always have wine at dinner at
homo.
Distinguished Englishman Do not bother
about that, madam.
"Oh, it won't tako but n moment. Marie,
has tho footman coino back)'1
Mario Yea, madam.
"Tell ti i tn to go right to his room am! get
sick, then send for tho doctor and tell William
to tako tho prescription and a demijohn to tho
nearest drug store." Omaha Wurlil.
A IIopvlci Cine.
Omaha Parson It jou had taken correct
views of this earthly exist cuco you would
not now be ill. Look at the Quakers. They
ru-o tho longest lived people in tho world.
Omaha Man I never thought of that.
They undoubtedly are.
"btntisties prove it. Now, mv frieud, let
your own reason explain why it H so."
well, they don't havo to sit in draughty
churches three times a week with their hats
oir." Omaha World.
AVlint Mr. Ilritwn Thought.
"Where have you lieoui" asks Mrs. Brown
at tho theatre of Mr. B., jutt out between
tho acts.
"Oh, Just out toseo a man," replied Drowa
"When did he die I"
"When did who die?"
"Tho man you went out to so."
"What nro you talking nboutr
"Well, judging from your breath, It must
havo been tx spirit you saw. "New York Bun.
Nature's Liivv In tho Slajorlty.
Tho Bible contain S.SOtUSO letters, 773,-
740 words, 81. 173 versos, 1,VA) chapters and GO
books. Lsehiingu.
In some fiiinlllei -wo know of It also contalm
seventeen iwlpe for doniestlo purposes, all
tue letter tuo oii woman warns to Keep, at
least eleven pieces of "fujltlvo ioetry" cut
from tho country iv-iper, the family flue tooth
comb and something like u halt pock oi
autumn leuves. llixler otate.
SWINDLERS ABROAD.
HOW AMERICANS ARE FLEECED BY
THE WOMEN IN LONDON.
A Good riaco for Strangers to Keep
Away From Sketches of Ilnrlc Ufa In
the Ilrltlsh Mctroi.olln A Jilt of Ex
perience.
Although tho malo swindler h dangerous
and much to bo feured, it is tho femalo of tho
species thnt rcntw tho harvest. Protected by
her sex, tho disinclination of a man to pro
ceed against a woman, tho enso with which
sho cau blast tho character of a man by tho
reason of tho readiness wo accept a story
which attributes unholy lust to our fellow
creature, are all known factors to her in tho
problem of making a livelihood. Beginning
at tho lowest class tho Loudon street walker
you find them in Loudon, in larger uuiu
bcrs, bolder and moro persistent than in any
plnco id tho world. Tho larger number crulso
about the Criterion, whero thero is a favorite
American bar. After 11 o'clock till 1 or 1:30
o'clock in tho morning this congregation is
ono of tho sights of tho city, and tho traveler
generally sees it. His danger thero i-i not
greater than in any other similar company,
unless ho should be beguiled by somo of theso
midnight sirens. They nro tlicro by thou
sands, tho sidewalks and oven tho street itself
filled with them nnd thoso who como to bo
preyed upon, gilded youth nnd hoary age,
dialling, laughing, swearing and singing in
ono vast saturnalia in the midst of tho most
boasted civilization. 1 ho "bobbies" move
among them to keep everybody elso moving
nnd watching for lawless outbreaks, of which
they havo few to repress, but other ofllcial
functions lie docs not assume.
Turning from theso tho visitor, with much
now mat er for reflection, walks to his hotel.
It matters not lu what direction it may bo,
strnugo fl 'ures of women will flit ncros his
pathway, curious inquiring faces will bo un
expectedly thi'titt into his own. and vaguo
forms stanaing in oli.scuro corners will ob
serve him us ho strays through tho otherwise
deserted streets. Beware of tho ono who ad
dresses you. Do not reply if you can avoid
it, but under no circumstances stop and pnr-
loy with her, for you invito ono of tho most
common dangers that Loudon offers tho
stranger within its gate.
Let mo tako an illustration furnished from
tho private experiences of n gcntlomnn from
Pittsburg who lodged in Husscll squnro, and
who strolled home from the Onyety theater
by way of Drury lano and Bedford place.
Uo had just turned into Bedford square when
ho encountered a woman standing hesitat
ingly on tho corner, peering in each direction
as one who had lost tho way. "I beg your
pardon, Bir; can you tell mo tho way to tho
Midland stntion? I fear I am lost," she said.
Tho polito American stopped. Yes, although
a stranger, ho could and would tell her tho
way folio w this street around Hussell squaro
Into Woburn place to St. Pnncrns' church
tho first church on tho right turn to tho
right there and tho Midland station would be
in sight. Ho was walking part of tlie way
nnd would explain further. As they crossed
Bedford squaio they chatted casilv until they
camo to his lodgings, whero ho stopped and
said: "You can't miss your way now."
"No," sho replied. "Thank you, much
obliged; but you can't go in unless you givo
mo 5." And sho got between him and tho
door.
"Five pounds, my good mndaml What
fori"
"Pivo pounds. You havo liegulled mo to
walk with you, assnulted mo and tried to in-
duco mo to coino to your rooms. Fivo pounds,
or I scream for bolp." An invalid wife- with
in, nu urbs incognita without, a hasty
thought of tho condition!), a hearty curso, a
smile from tho lady, who pushed tho crisp
note into her bosom, nnd our friend was
standing nlono, perspiration falling like rain
from his forehead.
A FUinNU'H ADV1CK.
Tho next day ho told his friend, a London
friend, nbout it.
"Bless your transatlantic heart," said he,
you do not supposo that such dangers
meuaco ud Why, wo live hero. It is the
stranger who ij preyed upon. Should a
woman address you ugain ami threaten to
scream you seize her by tho wrist and tell her
to scream nnd you'll wait till tho olllcera
come. Sho'll bioalc away nnd run and you
must let her do it."
Suro enough ho was soon waylaid again.
Tho question was for u chemist shop, spoken
in tones so pregnnnt with grief and distress
that tho American stopped, despite his resolu
tion never to exchnngo a word with the un
protected London female.
"I wnnt a pound," said tho woman, "uivo
it to mo or I w ill call for the police."
"ou call them," said the American, seiz
ing her arm. "I'll hold you till they come."
And sho did call, and tho police camo and es
corted them both to the station house. The
inspector on duty entertained n cross chargo
and locked them both up, Tho nmgistrnto m
tho morning lined tho woman two and six,
ami told the American his position was open
to a vory reprehensible construction aud ho
had better look out. Tho American ns so
mad that ho paid the woman's line, deter
mined that justico such as that should not
have tho gratification of locking tho woman
up. As n rowniil for all this the newspapers
all published n reportof tho "eccentric) Amer
ican;" his wifo got well enough to voingo
homo on tho Saturday Cunnrdcr, and ho fol-
owod nlono in tho Into Star ship ou tho
next Tuesday. It was mouths beforo they
made up, mid now when on his visits to Lon
don, whero his business frequently calls him,
ho traverses its streets in n close cab, mid sets
well bach in it, too.
As a matter of fact tho American is not
favorably regarded in any capacity, whether
defendant or complainant, in tho English
polico courts. London Cor. Philadelphia
limes.
Tho Oeorglii l'lenlo Kl.
And after all thero is no chance for im
provement over tho simple (leorgia picnic
;lss, at the inero mention of which thero rise
beforo tho vision of all tho old boys daiutv
muslins, pinl; ribbons, rosy cheeks and Rem
brandt shadow. Tho very nil seems redolent
of heliotrope; laughter like tho ripplo of a
hidden Iu'iki!. trembles lu the distance, nnd
thu good right arm feels again tho faint
ti uggloof uioiKvty upon it. How tawdry,
how coal's) and revolting seems tho stage
tkism compared vuth this. No, tho liest klss-
ng after all U what tho circumstances make
The circumstances that surround the old
frtshlnned Ocorgia plcnio make it simply do-
lightful. Tho young man who is led olT by
the stage kiss drops the sulfetuuco for tho
hadow and is to bo pitied. Macon Telegraph.
Kxplalurd lit Last.
Dr. Nnrmnn lCerr, of Inidou, explains
what U tho matter with diuuknrds as fol
lows! "There is an abnormal cerebral condi
tion, u dynamical nnd psyehleul disturbance
of the bin I u nnd nervi function, n real de
parture from sound health, which is itself a
pathological state with, in nil probability, Its
postmortem equivalent ill byiwrplasma of
the neuroglia. " Paste this iu your haU and
ivad it to any man that oilers to treat. Ten
to ouo he wUJ skiiv-Nuw York Tribune,
DANIEL BOONE'S BLOCKHOUSE.
IIow the Noted I'loneer of Kentucky Pro
tected His I'limlly An Indian l'lan.-
Boons began building his blockhouso here
on tho 1st day of April, 1775. Tho old pioneer
chose wisely his location, and, with an eye
only to its utility, choso also one of tho love
liest s)ots in tho state. I don't suppose be
hud much time to go, llko Ur. byutax, in
search of tho picturesque, but it happened iu
this install co that ho found it without seek
ing. You can plainly seo to this day the
marks of tho old blockhouse on tho ground,
and a littlo digging iu tho soft, earth with a
cino wilt bring up ashes and bits of old pot
tery from tho spots whero tho old fireplaces
wero. So thero is no obscurity about tho
matter. You may stand, if you wish, on tho
vcritablo Nebo from which old Boono viewed
his promised land, and you may be suro youl
foot is placed on tho very soil trodden by th&
bravo men nnd braver women who founded
this famous commonwealth more than a hun
dred years ago.
Of course tho chief things considered by
thorn who built blockhouses weie the conven
iences of water, fuel and provisions, and also
nn unobstructed view on nil sides. Standing
here on the sito of tho fort, you can seo at a
glnncehow all theso advantages nro combined
iu this location. You stand perhniis a hun
dred ynrds from tho wnve of tho Kentucky
river, and jcrhnps forty feet nliovo tho
water's edge, for tho bank slopes up from the
swift flow ing stream to tho very walls of thu
fort. To tho east anil south tho land is level,
with not a gully or n bank in it largo enough
to conceal a man for half a milo in both
directions. In this fortilo river liottoin Boono
hail his cornfield nnd raised his bread at tho
very door of his castle. On tho west tho
ground slopes slowly down to tho unfailing
spring wlienco tho gnrnson usually got their
supply of water. A well sunk inside tho fort
to tho level of this spring, say twenty feet
iu depth, would, nnd I believe did, fur
nish a bountiful quantity of water when
lieslogers rendered access to tho spring
impossible. All around are high hills
liko the rim of a deep plate, but
nono of them near enough to per
mit tho guns used in former days to send a
bullet into tho fort. No foo can approach
except to coino over tlie rising ground whero
he can be easily seen from lhoupier windows
of tho blockhouse. Ju.t across the river rises
the nearest "kpob," nbout 400 feet nliovo tho
water, nnd pcrhniis as many yards from tho
fort in n straight line. A innn ou top of it
would lie outlined against the sky liko a sil
houette, for tho sun rises over it iu tho morn
ing and sets against it iu tho evening.
Altogether this locn'ion h just such ns you
would expect of a man of Boonu'.s great good
sense to select. It gives him every advantage
and puis his assailants at tho mercy of tho
gnrrbun. It is related that once tho Indians
attempted to undermine tho fort by digging a
tunnel from tho steep offset of tho river haul:;
but tho dirt, which they wero conijelled to
throw into tho river discolored tho water and
so lietrayed their designs. No trick nor do-
vico could bo successfully used against the
people iu tho fort, for tho sharp eyed pioueeis
had tho vnntngo ground. Booucsboro (Ivy.)
Cor. Chicago Times.
Tho Newport Girl A-I)rlvlng.
Bellovuo avenue iu tho morning is quito
another plnco from Bellevuo avenuo iu the
afternoon. In tho early hours of tho day it
abounds with pretty girls; they nro pretty iu
their fresh morning costumes, flitting hero
and there, buying tho littlo odds nnd ends of
which woman is in.periietual need. Whntdo
theso "buds" want? I asked tho other day.
"They drive ui) nnd doun iu their ornate
curts, looking liko peripatetic battel Hies;
they pause for an instant here, the flutter
out there, they light in shop door and reap
pear iu a s cond, get iu their vehicles, tho
tiger jumiis on behind and off they go, heaven
Uuous whero." "It is a part of tho day's
parade, was tho reply to my question.
A few hours later these same divmo voung-
sters will bo driving again through the
avenuo likocircus riders, attired iu even moro
bewildering toilets than those of the morn
ing. Tho NowiKirt girl wears a brilliant car-
niiuo gown of soinu soft silken fabric and a
little cap of thu sumo material on her head,
and sho sits bolt upright liko a ramrod, with
the reins held within six inches of her sweet
littlo chin, nnd away sho goes, with n tiny,
whito breeched tiger holding on for dear llfo
Ix-hind the high T cart. There must be some
thing in Newport air that lends courage to
tho most, timid social flower. I liuvo yet to
seo a girl who is afraid to drive a stylish
turnout. Kvsu tho .Vy ear-old iiihint cries for
a donkey cart, and what is more gcU it. 1
saw ouo of these infantile turnouts thu other
day, and it is no exaggeration to say tho
white nproned nurso probably put tho whOie
all'air in her pocket when Mas er Threesturs
grew a-weary of this pastime of driving over
the big avenue. Boston Herald.
.Musical Instruments of Central Asia.
Tim Uzlieg women are jealously kept out of
sight, of u malo stranger, even though ho may
1h u distinguish til guest, mid ho is expected to
bo uiuused by dancing boys called hatchas
and musicians. Tlie musical instruments of
central Asia nro somewhat limited iu number.
Ouo 1 saw at UoUharu resembled n guitar,
forty-six inches long, with f sounding board
nino inches by four. It might Im played with
a bow or wiUi tho thumb. Another instru
ment resembled tho flageolet, and had sonie-
lliiiiL'of tho haiilbov sound, or between Iliac
and the bagpipe. Singing Is frequently ac
companied by men beating tambourines be
fore a charcoal lire iu u brazier, over which
fiom tiino to lime they hold their iustruinuut.s
to tighten tho iKirchnient. Tho Uitclms allow
their hair to grow long liko that of girls, and
iress iu long flow ing robes nnd wide trousers.
Their iH'rformauco interested mo to seo once,
nit when related again and ugain itbecaino
'xecedingly tedious. Th musicians on occa
sions of dancing sit upon a piece of felt or
curvet, dressed in their tall sheep skin huts,
wh..i give tho Uzliecs n soinowhnt ferocious
appearance. Di; Henry Lausdcll iu Harper's
Muguzinc.
Mnmmiv Could Iteut Them All.
It is reNited that ouo of tho littlo arch
duchesses of Austria was taken ton circus
where nothing amazed her and very little
lenrd her. On her return home the em-
peivr asked how sho had enjoyed tho per
foininuee. ''Oh, very well," tho young lady
replied, "only muniiuu docs everything tho
circus women did n great deal lvttr. Why,
I have seen her Jump through six hoops," It
appears that this is really true, uud that the
empress has ou moro than ouo occasion given
a strictly private entertainment to her inti
mates, iu which sho has surprised them with
feats rivaling those of the most skilled circus
riders, l!oton Journal,
Looking nt Their Teeth.
Deceptions of all kinds nro said to lie prac
ticed by Ft ench-Cantullun families and mill
liaiuh in Salem, Muss., in order to conceal
the ago of children too young to work from
tho iiiscetorR. lately, however, a member
of tho local school board, a dentist, hit U)on
a means of overcoming the obstacle, uud
now, in doubtful Instances, tho child is or
dered to open its mouth. If uo molar, due at
tho uge of eleven, can bo discovered, it muM
po to school in pito of all protestations.
New York Trilmuo.
TESTING A GREAT LENS.
VISIT TO THE WORKSHOP OF THE
LATE ALVAN CLARK.
FlnUhlng tlie Object Glass of n Great
Telescope I'ollshliic with tho 1'alm ol
tho Iliind A I'eep at n Star A
Story.
In 18S3 I calld to seo Alvan Clark, .the
distinguished "instructor of telescopes, who
has just died. I found him at his home m
Cumbridgeport, Mass. His sons were busy
putting tho finishing touches to the great
telescope object glass then being mado for
the Russian Astronomical ob.-ervutory at
Pulkovn. Tho Pulkova objective was to be
pluced in i temporary mounting that very
nvening to bo tested for tho first timo on
celestial objects.
It is in tho aftor correction nnd perfecting
of tho objective which calls for tho special
skill which has mado Alvau Clark's name so
famous. The largo objectives, such as the
Pulkova and Lick glasses', uro ground and
polbhed by machinery. Two levers work iu
oposite directions, nnd are so nrraiiged that
any part of tho glass surface may bo reached,
doing tho work. The final polish, which is of
the most delicate nature imaginable, is done
with tho surface of the hand. Mr. Clark went
so far as to say that one revolution of the
hnnd In excess would change tho correction.
On n table was the finished Pulkova lens,
which weighed -450 pounds, and consists I of
two lenses cuch thirty inches in diameter.
Qenernlly these lenses are made to accurately
fit, and are joined together with Canada bal
sam, but in such large grosses as tho Pulkova
aud the Lick, they are fitted in a metal frame
with nn adjustment so that they ean be made
to approach each other, or otherwise.
When thoevening wnssuflicienth advanced
tho great Pulkova glass was placed in its tem
porary fitting hi tho garden. There, was no
moon uud tho darkness was intense. Tlie glass
nas brought out on a four wheel hand truck
ami lifted into the tube by five men and fixed
by revolving it iu the screw fitting. Iho tube
was forty-tivo feet long and weighed with tho
attending fittings about seven tons. Two piles
of brickwork supported the whole. There
was uo clockwork movement and the rough
est apparatus was emplo ed, tho telescope us
raised uud moved by a guide rope, tho mo
tion of nn equntorial movement being imi
tated by using a common windlass. As the
motion of tho earth caused the object to pass
across tho field of the telescoe, the observer
gave the order "follow," when a slight turn
of thu windlass kept tho object in view. Such
were tho rough appliances used to test thu
$00,COO lens.
VIEW OK A FIXED STAR.
The planets hnd all set, and I had to be sat
isfied with a view of a flxed star, which is nn
excellent object for testing theoptical proper
ties of n lens, but very uninteresting other
wise, ns tho larg st telescope can uiako littlu
impression ou a fixed star; no disk can be
seen, merely a fpeck of light. The star se
lected was a small ono, and barely visible as
a pale, minute object. On looking nt it with
this magnificent instrument its woudmul
light gathering powers were at once evident,
for the star shone with the luster and brill
iancy of an electric light. It was an object
which brought out all the imperfections of
the glass, and to tho eyes of Mr. Clark nnd
his sons many wero evident, nnd, it wns said,
two months' work wns necessary to correct
them. During the trial tho lens wero lonered
Hid fivo men revolved tho glass iu its fitting.
Ou its being pluced iu position ngniu one of
the sous was uliout to makouuothcr test when
tho old man Bhouted: "Wait, boys, let her
cool."
I was curious to know what this could
mean, and Alva Clark explained thut tho cor
icction was so delicate that tho l.eat from tho
hands of tho fivo men holding thu metal enso
of the objectivo would change the correction,
so it had to "cool."
Iu a conversation with Mr. Clark on the
advantages of immense telescopes such as this
one, ho admitted that the telescopes of mod
erate ojierture, say from ten to fifteen
indies, were preferable for general use even
for tho highest purposes. Ho spoko with
pndo of such an instrument ho hud made,
wiih which he had seen all thut could bo seen
even with colossal telescopes. Onlv one ilis
covcry has been mado with tho Washington
telescope of twenty-six inches diameter during
its many years of use. The lUissinn Pulkova
instrument, delivered by the Chirks in ISb'J,
has never been heard from, and thoso who
expect immediate and extraordinary results
from the Lick thirty-six inch objective will
probably bu disappointed. The- huge tele-
r-coiH-s uro great light gatherers and useful
for photographic and spectroscopic work, but
their definitions of the surface of the moon
aud tho planets are disappointing.
A storv is told of a French astronomer who
traveled huudieds of miles to look through
thu great Uoss telescope. When asked what
he would lilte to see he called for thu planet
Saturn, which was then in good position. On
looking through the telescope and finding the
wretched definition of the object ho said:
"You tell mo I havo looked nt tho planet
Saturn, so 1 must believe J have done so; but
I was not nware of tho fact." John Mic'uels
in New York Sun.
I'll! I'llllMT" of I'ul ii tin ps.
Amateurs of paintings, thut is purchasers,
may be divided into tbreo classes, namely:
those who pay more for pictures than they
are woith; those who e,et them nt their
projwr value and those w ho havo a knack of
making good bargains. To belong to the
third class ouo must almost inevitably pass
through tho tlrttuo, uud tlieio are many
who spend their last dollar beforo teaching it.
Ileal connoisseurs are very rare; thero aie
vory, very few experts who can bo implicitly
relied on. Somo amateur speculators are
very sly and nt times make bold strokes.
Hero is a noted example; Mr. W. happened
to buy an unknown Ilembrnudt at 1'Hotel
Drouot for a mere song. Tho painting was
genuine, but, not being known, it was not
quoted. To launch it into renown, the owner
couceived the idea of putting it up again for
sale at l'Hotcl Drouot and of having ouo of
his friends, who was iu tho secret, to push it
up to fD.OOO. This was a sham sale, for Mr.
W. refir.ided the money to his frieud and
kept tho picture. But after that duy the
llumbraiidt was consecrated and classed, for
hi the artistic circles the newly found picture
became the topic, of conversation. Then
when Mr. W. was certain that desire was
ripe In the hearts of rich amateurs he ugain
put up the picture nt auction mid this time it
brought the round sum of $30,000. Pans
Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
3Iut l'lml Hetter Way.
A Kentuekluu with n large jug made a bar
gain with a countryman to take him four
miles over the hill. "IIow niuch'11 you
chargel" "Oh, a couplo of sw igs of tho stuff
iu that jug'll make it nbout tquuiv, I reckon.1
After the journey had Uhsii made and the
countryman had taken a swig, ho udd:
"Stranger, I'm n jeueeahlo man, but if you
don't want to Iw chuck fullof lend to-night
you'd bet tor find another way to cairy yet
molasses." Madison Democrat
Cull not that man wretched who, whatever
IIU he suffers, has u child to love, Southoy,
POBTIiAHD PRODCCK MAKKKT.
Bunxa-r-
Ibut j .o.i, Ib 30
Oregon , 10-
Inlerlor grade 12 (SJ 20
Pi kled H71 30
Calif oi nia roll 1-0
do pickled :8 30
CllEESR
Eastern, full cream 15 20
Oregon, do 14 (3 1G
California 14
Egos Fresh CA 30
DltlliD FllDITS
Apples, qrs, Hks and bx8... 7 8
do California 5
Apricots, new crop 18 28
Peaches, impeded, new ... 12i 14
Hears, machine dried 10
Pitted cherries, 40
Pitted plums, Oregon 124
FiKsv Cal., in bgs and bxs.. 7 8
Cal. Prunes, French 8 (4 10
Oregon prunes 10 12b
Flouk
Portland Pat. Roller, fbbl 3 4 S
Salem do do 4 2
White Lily V bbl 4 25
Country brand 3 SO fift 3 75
Superfine 2 60 2 75
GllAIN -
Wheat, Valley, 100 lbs... 1 20 ffl 1 25
do Wal a Walla 1 07J 1 10'
Barley, whole, t ctl 1 10
do grou d, t? ton 20 00(5 25 00-
Oats, choice milling V bush 40 45
do feed, good tochoice,old 45 w
Rye. t? 100 11b 1 00 1 10
Feei
Bran, V ton 16 00 (317 00
Shorts. & ton -. lb 10 fell) 00
Hay, t? ton, baled (c!8 00
Chop. W ton f3 f0 2.i 00
Oil cake meal V ton 32 00 (a 33 0C
Fiiesh FllDITS
Apples, Oregon, W box 00 1 00
Cherries, Oregon, tfdrm...
Lemons, California, tfbx.. 4 00 5 OO
Limes, 100 1 50
Riverside oranges, box. . .
Lob Angeles, do do ...
Peaches, 1? box 1 00 & 1 i'5
Hides
Dry, over 16 lbs, H? lb 13 14
Wet salted, over f 5 Its 6An 74
Murrain hides one-third off.
Pelts 10 (k) 1 00
Vegetables
Cabbage, V lb 1
Carrots, sack 1 (X1
THE LUCK OF SOME MEN AND
HOW THEY ACCEPT IT.
In the grand monthly drawing of the
Louisiana Stato Lottery, Oct. 11, two
tenths of tho cupitnl piize of ono hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars weie
sold in this city, the remaining frac
tions in New York and Chicago.
Mr. Laurent Fnget, a well known
broker doing business at 181 Common
street, wns the first comer at the lot
tery office Wednesday morning, apdr
on behalf of a friend, presented for re
demption ono tonth of ticket 13,P1G,.
entitled to fifteen thoucand dollars.
Having received a bank cheek for
that amount, Mr. Paget bowed his ac
knowledgment, signed a certificate and
departed.
Scarcely had ho withdrawn when in
stepped two gentlemen, Mr. Victor
Tuiague and friend. Tuinguo hnd
drawn a prize and ho desired to claim
it in person. His ticket, 58,480, rep
retented two-tenths of the third capi
tal prize of twenty thousand dollars,.
ami was entitled to four thousand dol
lars.
Mr. Ttiiaguo is a handsome young
fellow, native of New Orleans, appar
ently 21 years of age, and with hi
father kt ops a saloon at 21U Decatur
street. He bouiiht his ticket from a
peddler iu his neighborhood, and is
thoroughly convinced that fortune is
kind in tho distribution of favors.
lie received a check for four thou
sand dollars on tho New Orleans Na
tional Bank like n littlo man, trailed,
and wanted everybody to smile with
him, and signed for the biggest sum of
money he ever received for his indi
vidual account, for although his father
has usually joined in his lottery ven
tures, on this particular occasion tho
old gentleman ''guessed ho wouldn't
go in," for which unrighteous guess
the o. g. is doubtless investigating his
horoscope with a view of obliterating
ftom the firmament his zodiacal pign.
Victor oxpectp to add "& Son" to
tho sign which swincs over the door of
Iho house of spiritual refreshments,.
213 Decatur street, and to lnvet in
such choice properties as he nmy con
sider bargains. He will rot loan
money at usurious or oven doubtful in
terest. Tlie other one-tenth of the ono hun
dred and fifty thousand dollar prizes
wns drawn yesterday by tho Union
National Bank for account of a de
positor. iWtt; Orleans Picayune, Octo
ber loth.
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