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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1888)
mra and hom; ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT APARTMENTS IN THE HOUSE. Oar of the Conk Stove Tim Winn Unit I est Kmersnn and III Clilldrnn I'oUott IvyAthletic Children's Dress I.nlmi Saving llliit Jtenn. Ono of tho most imporUnt apartment In me houo Is the cellor. nml withal one mat Iftcn receive Ini.ufllclent attention. ''Out ot light, out of in It ul In exemplified here, ami the result may frequently to traced In the Impaired health of those who Jive nbovo th underground lumber room. Old pnekin; toxes, nowspaitors, broken utensils, rottl&g fruit and vegetnblos, anil In some cases such gurbago ns potato parings, lemon and omngo' skins, bones, etc., that should of 1 lht bit consigned to tliu swill pall, are sufTcredjto accumulate from ono mouth's end td'thci other. Tliu uiiwholcsomo and mi ploa'sant odor I lint rise liko n cloud when ever tho Dollar door Is 0ened Is hnsllly at tributed tho iiiustluoss jiopulorly suposod to lo an iinscparnblo adjunct to tho under ground rt-glons. Slight but jterslstent un healthluiHs In the family Is disregarded, and a slwrp s.ttnek of diphtheria or typhoid fovor is erlmi,w needed to arouse tho household to tho don;er In which they dwell. Tho collar Is morn readily kept clean if It Is cut upi into sovoral small rooms, instead of being left in ono groat, undivided chamber. "Whir it Is not thus nrruuged it should at least bo partitioned olf on ono side by bins to hold (ho various stores, in place, of lotting them Ho In hears In cornel. When bins are out nt tho iptestioii, barrels or lurgu packing bozoii form tolurahlo substitutes. Tho coal Is usually kept In tho vaults provided for that puriKxto. It Is a great aid in tho endeavor to obtain proper neutuess in tho cellar If tho room is vroll lighted anil ventilated. Tho windows nmy be kept shut in tho daytime, but should always bo left ocu at night to allow tho fresh air to outer, except when tho weather Li so cold that there is danger of' freezing tliu fiupplies of food kept there. Even thou tho hashes ishould Iks unclosed night and morning long enough to penult n sluice of air to gain admittance, lly carefully following this plan much of tho musty and earthy odor common to cellar may bo banished. Wiro nutting should 1") nailod over tho outside of tho win dows in u way that may excludo tho flies without hindering tho ,ocning of tho sash. There should be a spring attached to tho door that wilt prevent its toing left ujar und a free passage to (lies furnished by carolcwi servants. If there nro no separato vuults provided for tho coal, and it must to kept In tho common cellar, largo bins for this are Indispensable. Tho coal should uuver Ixi dumped into ono corner of tho cellar, whence its grimy dust will bo trucked to tho upper Moor by every one coming up from tolow. Nor should tho wood, large and small, to thrown Into an in discriminate stack, but neatly piled, tho kindling in ono place, tho logs intended for the often tiros in another, and chips, tan dust, and shavings swept together and emptied Into a baskot or box. Vegetables, abovo all, should never be heaied on tho floor. They ro: more easily the re, toslde tolng unsightly, and invariably leaving dirt for some one to swoop up. Barrels or boxes may hold them, as muII as apples or pears. Both vegetable and fruit should ho picked over often, and tho rotten ones thrown away. Tho good ones will keep twice as long if this Is done. Tho work may seem tedious, but It is almost essen tial, especially toward spring, when vege tables begin to decay rapidly. Health do inntidn this as well as economy. Many n eoso of spring illness has I teen traced i a harmless looking barrel in tho cellar, where disease germs are fiwtered in muss of putrid vege table matter, idea that the cellar Is nu omnium cntli irum tor useless articles of ad sorts should to diligently combated. Whatever is not worth keeping in the certain hope of putting to service at some future time should to thrown ' away without hesitation. The cellar cannot j look neat with a heap of luintor and old iron disfiguring it. Broken packing cases und j itavclcss linrrvls may to sent hero to be split up and converted into l.iudllugH nss)ccllly ' invisible, while any boxes that may possibly to put to use are iinwh totter kept in the attic out of the damp. A cellar lloor hhould always be la'd In ce ment. Ail earth flooring holds the dampness . lid Is, moreover, verv hind to keep clean. , The cement can to swept, and even sorubltod, ' without trouble. Th- walls and ceilings 1 should to whitewashed, not only to make the room lighter, but as a means of disinfection. 1 'I'll whitewashing should Iki repeated at least once a year. The flour should twelve Its i weekly In ushlug with the rest of the house, and at. the same time the cobwebs should lie 1 dislodged and all collections of rubbish ro moved. Tho cellar mut be (.implied with shelves. Swing shelves lire preferable to those set in , tho wall, as there Is less danger with tho J former of rats and mice having n chance to attack the provisions. One shelf should bo ! kept for the milk, and wiped clean every day after the cream Is skimmed. Dcjtosits of , tour milk miv always unsavory. Tho meat.s, vegetables, cakes, etc, stored on tho other thrive should always to protected by covers of wire netting. With all tho care ono may take, a fly or two will sometimes unwed in ; effecting on entronee, nnd tho mischief they rati do even inn short time renders thepreeau. lion worth while. A ptecoof gnurooriuus qulto netting stretched over each pan of milk ' limy ali savo a lly from involuntary suicide 1 Mitl tho mill: from waste, l'oultry and meat that arc hung up for h day or two should bo tucavxl In stout brown (Niper, or, heller still, aub'eai-hcd muslin. All shelves should bo ' scrubbed oir every week with a mixture of washing soda ami water, then wipe dry. It is u great convenience to the housewife it she can have a closet nt tltioned off and well stocked with shelves, where she can keep her pickles, preserves, jellies and Jains, Up- itnlrs cupboards are seldom and enough, ex cept when they him In so exposed u HVitioa that there Is i isk of their contents freeiing in 1 the Uitlercst winter weather. Hew, too, can to placed tho choice fruit, tho box of oranges or lemons, the barrel of pineapples and oilier delicacies, that keep better In a cold place , than In an ordinary pantry. The semi-gloom i ali-o helps ptw 1 vo canned goods. I Drain plis frequently travcrso tho cellar, nd are likely, from tho obscurity of tho plaoe, to receive less attention than Is their due. They should often le examined for leaks, and any such promptly cheeked. If thero are Often 1 1 rains, they should bo, washed down with n strong solution of copperas and water Should the odor from tho drains re fuse to yield to this and to chloride of lima or potaii, they must bo inspoeted by a prac tical plumber, and tho matter rectified with out delay Curutlan Terhunn Herrick In Ilsrpor's Baxar. Cure of the Cook Stave. "Why Is it that I burn out to many sets of stove linings!'' soma ono asks, Iet ni tell you. Us little more cam than you hsvo beeti nunc, watch and sea that a clinker U no; nl.xwed to form on tho linings, and it ono does form, removo it caitfully with tho pater. At uigbl tho lira bo should U va r full of coal "after raking out oil the" dead cliv ders nnd ashes in tho range; never fill your stovo with coal above the top of the linings. Never uso a shaker when It Is possible to avoid It: Instead, use the poker freely and you will have a better lire and uso less coal. Shak ing the lira brnks It down Into a solid mass and tho air cannot circulate through. When tho fire from any causo Ijecomes dull, do not stir It over tho top or put In wood, but rako out tho cinders and open the drafts. At night do not close, tho draft as soon as tho coal for tho night is put on, but let it bum a short time, or, as ono man expresses it, "until you think tho coal Is warm all through." Thero Is then very little danger of gas, even If tho stovo is n oor ono. Tho ashes should Hover accumulate in tho ash pan until they reach tho grate. If this hapin-ns evon once, tho grato wlil usually bo burned out. Always run tho range so that you can get (ill tho heat needed without having the top red hot, as this will wurp the covers and centers, and if a Httlo water" should happen to fall on tho stovo whllo so hot, tho top of tho t ango is very apt to crack. Keep tho tovo well blacked; If tho lids get covered with grease turn them over und let tho top of the lid como next tho Are until tho grease Is all burned olT. If tho covers aro red and tho blackening does not adhere, let them get wet, so that they will rust a little, and thou black them. When buying a rnngo, buy ono that Is moderately heavy and made of tho best quality of iron. All tho joint of a heating stovo or range should fit well; bo causo if they do not, when tho rnngo has been usod a short tlmo you will notico goj escaping, and will not bo ablo to toll where it comes from. Nellio Wllley In Good House keeping. Labor Saving Hints, I write to thank thoso who kindly sent directions for removing a teacup that had bo como wedged in a pitcher. I'erhaps it would bo well to state that bsf;ro any nnswer reached mo, I experimented iiiccessfully by holding tho pitcher bottom side up over a teaming teakettle; by topping smartly on tho bottom of tho pitcher the cut) fell out. I think that thero Is such a thing as "honest dirt," and that thero should never be such sn amount of trimming of children's clothing as to keep ono nl ays busy making, washing snd ironing them. I havo two children, and I find time, to toll mid read stories, take walks, and even play with them out of doors and swing them sometimes. I must tell the reoders my method of wash ing dishes. A tubf ul of clean water is kept in tho kitchen, into which all of the "sticky" dishes are dmnN-d bodily and loft until their turn to Iw washed arrives. Tho tub is usod oitly for this purtioso. This saves timo and labor. In washing "stuck up" kettles I uso an old knife, kept for tho purpose, to scrape them with, and never uso my finger nails, as many eoplo do. Where this is prncticed tho linger nails aro usually unythlng hut "a thing of beauty," and nro a plague instead of "n joy forever." I havo seen linger nails from this practico broken, worn oft square nnd hlunt enough to "sot ono's teeth on edge." To clean bottles easily and quickly, turn ft cup ful of fluo shot into them; fill nearly full of hot lyo and shako well. To havo jteas look green after cooking them, put in cold water and let them como gradually to n toil. This Is to be dono when they aro llrst put on tho itovo to cook. It Is convenient to havo four holders to uso around tho stove. Two of them can then be spured for tho wash every week. Detroit Kris) Press. The Wise Hostess. A hostess should, of courso, exercise a wise exclusiveness, such as Lady Polmerston' do icribod when she said she "iwissed Iird Pnlm erston's acquaintances through a coarse iove." No woman who entertains should in vito her guests carelessly. Tho very respect which she owes to herself and her guests ihould prevent this. As a clever woman in Tjoudou once said, "I am never Haltered nt being asked to Mrs. J 'scamp." No wo man should allow her house to to degraded to a cump. Ono should winnow tho chalf from tho wheat. A lady in entertaining has to remomtor always to Invito those who nro congenial. No one in this country can aiTord to mnko her parties either political, musical or liter ary exclusively; but ono should haven gen eral idea of sets and of their tastes, and of who would liko to meet whom. Especially is this important nt a breakfast or a dinner, where the guests must sit and talk for two or three, hours together; there is no such onlenl of ogtveobility. To invite n volutins, airy, foolish woman to sit next an Oxford profes sor, who has n specialty on which ho wishes to talk and which sho would not understand, Is to mnko them both miserable. To ask ft young (Kiet to sit next an old campaigner, who has nothing to talk of but tho dissection of character, who is given to social parboil ing, is to mnko both miserable and will ruin one dinner at least. To ask a busy politician to sit next an abstract philosopher would not to half as bad. Therefore a woman has much to consider before sho begin to enter tain. Hunter's Harar. lleiurily for l'olson Ivy. People who have sought relief during the heated term at tho various seaside resorts which dot the const of New Jersey havo suf fered at intervals from ft plague of musqui toes nnd black gnats. Others, who preferred tho mountains nnd inland attractions, have HifTored greatly fixun contact with ioison ivy. Tho former found ft remedy in tennyroyol and brush fires, but many of tho toisoned ones got no relief. They havo not responded to treatment. As a rule, lime water, butter milk and oxide ot tiuo ointment, into which a little white preclpitato has boon rubbed, will cIToct a cure. This year it seems as though the poison has had to run Itself out, A gentleman, however, who after suffering for ten days more torture than usually falls to tho lot of man, tlnally got relief in the fol lowing manner: Ho saturated a slice of bread with water, and then spread over it a goodly amount of soda. This plaster ho ap plied to tho eruption and kept tho application moist by dropping water upon tho bread as fast as the moisture was absorbed or evapor ated. This dissolved tho soda crystals on tho kin, and gave almost Immediate and pemift. iieut relief. So badly was he poisoned that at one lime he had on his tody twenty kido of these poultices, representing three Vtavos of broad. Now York Mail and Express. The Dress of Children. At a rule, the higher tho position of tlx parents, tho more simply tho children are dressed this mlo holding good as regards the royal and noble families of England. Unfor tunately, our country people have acquired abroad tho unenviable reputation of loving vulgar display, but Anglomania has had the desirable result ot inculcating a love of sim plicity. Teachers In Krench and Herman schools have itoen known to complain bitterly of tho iletnornlUing effect produesd by Amer ican girls Uwn tho other pupils. Tho de moiselle or l-Vauleln, as tho case may be, having been iiceustomctl to the plainest style of dreJ and coilTui-e deemed suitable to hr tender years, it inderd envious and discon tented by oMViaticwi with such free oud Inde pendent youug women clad in silk attire, as a school continue, with diamond earrings flash Ins in their car and their fingers loaded with. rlnc. Whil then will always bo, tu every" cTntmum'ty, s seTecr fb'w who "will know how to dress simply on all occasion! where rich garments would make them con spicuous, the masses are not happy union they aro testifying to their wealth with the gorgeousncss of their robes nnd tho profu sion of their Jowels. New Orleans Times Democrat. Kmerson and Ills Children. Emerson was playful and winning in his ways with bis children, but he did not often romp with them, and tie discouraged their do voting tho early hours, even of a holiday, to nmuscmeut. "Ho taught us that at breakfast nil must to calm and sweet, nothing must jar; wo must not begin the day with light rending or games; our first and best hours should bo occupied In n way to match the sweet nnd serious morning." From the nge of 13 or 14 ho thought they should to encouraged as much as poeslblo to regulato their own conduct. Ho would put the case, and leave tliem to think nnd act for themselves; nnd ho did not fear to inculcnte, even at this age, tho whole of his own doc trlno of sch reliance. To ono of his daugh ters who was nway from homo at school, ho writes: "Finish every day and to dono with it. For manners nnd for wise living It Is n vice to rememtor. You hnvo dono what you could; somo blunders mid absurdities no doubt crept In; forget them as soon as you can. To-morrow is n now day; you shall be gin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to to cumbered with your old nonsense. This day for all that is good and fair. It Is too dear, with Its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on tho rotten yesterdays." Cabot's "Memoir of Emerson." Girlish Figures Spoiled by Athletics. It is tho athletic girl, tho new typo of girl who goes in for pretty nearly nil the sports her brother takes up, who is, if sho has pre viously cultivated her flguro, tho worst de formed girl of all. There is nothing liko athletics nnd corsets, mixed or In altcrnnto doses, to bring out the jtosslbilltles of curves, twists and abnormal developments in a mod ern girl. All British femininity is nt present engaged In screaming contradictions nt Iji bouchere becouso he had the hardihood to do dare that tennis plnying girls were crooked. In a half (Uzcu groups at Central park the other day I picked out four players whoso right shoulders were noticeably of different diapo from the left, nnd six or seven in whom the mine thing, though less obvious, hnd begun to manifest itselt. tho summer exertion enlarging tho muscles and light clothing '.hrusting them out of placo and accentuating tho uuoveii duvolopment of tho body. Girls who row in corsets aro n curious sight, tho rxtrn musculnr development all taking placo high up, wliero tho blood has n chauco to cir culate, nnd making tho shoulders tower abovo tho rest of tho body. Chicago Herald. A Troublesome Form of llenuty. Mrs. Hoformcr Jonness-Miller's latest ob jective jtoiut is tho bustle. In her magazine, Dress, slrt) comments on tho amusing nlacnty with which women lly to tho defense of tho hustle wbenovor that highly ornamental nnd pestiferously obtrusive nrticlo of dress is assailed. Sho quite overlooks tho most gro tesquo phoso of tho bustlo question; tlint is tho constant solicitude of tho average wearer when on tho street. Single, out any well dressed woman you hopen to meet on promenade, and ton to one, if you follow her, you will obscrvo that about once in every block of her walk sho will givo her bustlo a flip, furtivo or told, nccording to her dis position. No woman is ovor certain ten minutes nt n stretch that her bustlo is in tho regulation state of discipline, henco her mind is forever on tho rack. Detroit Kreo Press. Prevention of Wrinkles. Evidently'quito a number of us nro grow ing old because wo nro interested in knowing what will provent wrinkles. Tho tost remedy is, of course, lnck of enro and absolute hanl henrtodness, for tho emotions cnuso wrinkles. When they nro just toginniug to to little wrinkles, sort of baby wrinkles, tho old Crcolo recijio is really of some use. This is to take u small quantity of fine olivo oil on ono's lingers and rub tho wrinkled placo five or ton times twice n day, continuing this until tho wrinkles disappear. Hut with this, all tho other things that keep women beauti ful aro necessary, most of all tho uso of plenty of soap und water. "Bab" in Now York Btar. To Kill Crarks In Floors. Crocks in lloors may to neatly but perma nently tilled by thoroughly soaking uows paitors in paste mndo of a half pound of flour, three quarts of water and half n pound of alum mixed and toiled. Tho mixture will to about us thick as putty, nml may to forced into tho crevico with a case knife. It will harden liko pnpior macho. Boston Budget. Tho tost remedy for burns is claimed to to essence of peppermint and whisky mixed. Wet ft sott cloth or raw cotton and apply. It (tops tho pain instantly nnd draws out tho lire, Tho women of Now York hnvo toon granted tnoro patents than their sisters in any other itato. Tho women of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin rank next in order. Thero is a prejudice against peacocks' toother for household ornamentation, be muse old women say death comes to tho house where they aro displayed. For ingrowing too nails uso equal parts of mutton tallow, castilo soap and white sugar made into o salve. Apply until tho swelling ts down, then trim tho nail in tho center. Raid Lucretta Mott, when asked how she managed never to havo nny trouble with k'l vnuU: "1 never ask them to do anything I know they won't do," The tosto of fish may to removed very ef fectually from knives and forks by rubbing them with fresh orange or lemon peel. If soot b dropped on tho carpet, cover thickly with salt and it may to swept up without Injury to tho carpel. Mrs. Grundy says that the conspicuously fashionable woman who is "charitable and kiud" is a real curiosity. Fleas, one who has tried it asserts, may to driven away by scattering tlour of sulphur liberally about, A teacup of lyo in ft pail of wster will Im prove tho cohir of black good- At the Queen's Fountain, Near Invermark, on Iird Dalhousie's es tate, a fountain was somo years ago erected i to commemorate a visit paid to the placo by the queen. It bears thU inscription, in gold letters: "Rest, stranger, on this lovely scene, and drink and pray for 8cotlana' queen Victoria." A Highlander was shocked one morning to rend iho following addenda, traced in a hoVt hand, suggestive ot I ho Lon don touri't, immediately underneath the original: "We'll pray for Queen Victoria h'lv, hut g and drink her Let Mi iu beei." BUILDING PIANOS. SOME CURIOUS FACTS REGARDING THEIR MANUFACTURE AND SALE. Comparatively Few I'lann Factories Can Justly Claim to Mnkn Their Own In struments Fnnclf nl Nnmes Harrowing a Good Scale Various Hncreufut Tricks. Pianofortes aro no longer manufactured, but nro built. Only two or tlireo of tho hun dreds of piano factories in this country can justly claim to mnko tholr instruments from beginning to finish. Large establishments devoted to tho mnnufacturo of somo particu lar portions of tho instrument hnvo sprung up of late, and havo so revolutionized tho art of piano making that in somo shops not a sin gle, part of tho completed instrument Is mndo in tho factory. Thero aro probably ft dozen plncos In New York and vicinity dovoted exclusively to tho making of coses. A liko number mnko tho beautiful and delicate, pioco of mechanism known as tho nction, nnd as mnnj- foundries cast the heavy iron plates which sustain tho enormous strain of tho strings. Thoro aro also manufneturors of sounding toards, nnd of wrost planks, Into which tho timing pins aro set; carvers of logs, lyres aud trusses; im porters of felts and cloths, winders of wTnppod strings for tho lower notes, nnd drawers of thinner wires for tho upper note. Sovernl largo houses mnko a specialty of pianoforte hardware, and a half dozen cut tors of Ivory supply completo keytoards with black keys of otony and white koys of n me dium quality of Ivory. Other establishments mnko keys of various compositions, princi pally of celluloid, nnd ovon tho stencil plates for tho linmo nro often furnished by tho var nish dealer. Thus, nothing remains to to mndo nt tho factory but tho name, and that is some times of tho most adroit workman ship. Ono of tho largest buildings on the west sido of this city, with n cnncity of turning out tho enormous numtor of sixty to sovonty flvo completed instruments a week, makes no part of tho piano but tho namo, and quite frequently oven that is furnished to thorn by tho denier who buys largely enough to jus tify hnving his own nnmo put on as tho maker. Sometimes a nnmo is manufactured luiviug so close n rcsomblanco to that of somo ono of tho best knovn makors as to mislead tho unwary. UNDER FANCIFUL NAMES. Besides theso, dozens of names, purely fanciful, nro used by makers whoso reputa tion will not justify demanding a high prieo for pianos ltcaring their own namo. It is not, howover, to ho inferred that all instru ments built and put together liko blocks in a puzzlo aro necessarily inferior. Tho qunlity of a planoirto deixmds upon two essontiuls tho scnV ind tho caro with which it is constructeifi-j(id finished. Tho scnlo is a matter of scientific nceurncy iu form, balnnco nnd proportions of tho iron framo over which the strings arc stretched, niM its adjustment to tho sounding board. This is generally most readily arrived nt by borrowing from somo loading maker. A first class piano is secured nnd taken to pieces, tho framo or scnlo is copied, often by making a casting from tho original plate, and the now mnnufacturo is equipped with n successful scale, without experiencing imy of tho delay and disappointment incident to experiments in search of tho now and tho beautiful. Tho ensemakor is noxt visited, and it is found that a moderate price will buy a enso suitable for a high closs instrument, nnd oiu loss elaborate, mndo of lighter mntoriol, can to had for a surprisingly small sum. While tho case, which is mndo of white, wood nnd nsh, veneered with something more expen sive, is getting its first coat of tho stain which is to turn it into rosewood, ebony or cherry, tho skilled workmen nro putting tho framo and sounding itoard together. The stringing is then done, tto pins being driven into plnco with a hammer instead of being carefully screwed in as iu the old fashioned days of conscientious work and high prices. While this is in hand tho case is glued to gether, having received its several coats of varnish. More rosowood pinnos nro mndo than of all tho other sorts combined; yet few aro really veneered with rosowood nowadays. This is because it is seldom that varnish will not wxiii show small chinks and cracks on this veneer, nnd, as a very clo.so imitation can to produced by staining, it is usual to veneer tho cas with mnhogany or buywood or sometimes with cherry, and then transform it into rot-owood or ebouy us preferred. No real ebony is ever used for similar reasons, nnd also because largo pieces of ebony veneer caunot to had. TIIK FINISHING TOUCITES. After tho stain comes tho varnishing. This is frequently dono by contract, tho varnish foreman receiving n stated prieo for oach in strument finished, hiring his own assistants and buying the varnish himself. After tho ouso has joined company with tho iron framo and sounding board, tho action is placed in .position nnd tho wires get tho first rough tuning. If tho piano is to hnvo nny soul, tho tone regulator now- proceeds to develop it by his skill. But if tho prieo ut which it is to to sold docs not justify such luxuries ns a pure, round nnd even tone, nnd n crisp, responsive touch, the soul maker's responsibilities nro not exacting. Fly finishing is dono last. This Includes putting on lock and hinges, and the instrument is then ready for sale. It is popularly believed that no plain piano, however tine, can to made to cost the manu facturer more than $0i, and the fact that some of tho cheapest nro wholesaled ot lets than f 150 seems to justify that impression. It is thus a matter of comment that in nearly all catalogues the old extravagant prices nro quoted, although it is well known that in al most every case tho list price is utterly dis regarded iu making a sale. Only one house of any repute has hnd tho courage to do nwny with the long prieo sys tem, and to face tho inference that reduction indicates a cheapening of quality. Ono groat establishment vigorously holds to tho high list throughout, giviug only a moderate dis count even at wholesale, but Its patrons seem willing to jvy tho prices, and a reduction or modification would probably result in n loss of caste All tho piano makers, however, do not frow rich. Ixmg credits and enormous bills, money borrowed, and notei discounted at ruinous rates work havoc among theso as with other classes of business men. And without copious advertising a piano maker might as well oloso his doors. A piano can not to sold at a fair price unless it U already favorably known. It requires n Ions head as well as a deep pocket to make, a good piano, snd to soil it after It is made, Now York Bun. The Oar's race, Tho faco of the car is neither hard nor mean, yet there is a firmness always visiblj behind tho ItautUomouess and the IndilTer- tiico which would to culled a line of cruelty ' by his onemies, Imt on bouost determination to ruio or iikt uy taoso woo Know turn best. I like his face, and, in spite of my republican principles, admire tho man. Copcohasen Cor Co uri ex-Journal DAUGHTERS OF EVE. A gTanddoughter of Charles Dickens does m flourishing business with a typo writer. Tho Empress Eugenie has recovered her health and now talks about a tour in the Holy Land. Miss Anna Dickinson, who has been 111 for nearly a year, is slowly improving and will shortly go south. Mrs. Mackay presented tho new Countess Cairns, who fa a Jewess by birth, a diamond j and ruby aigrette brooch. ' Queen Victoria, having boon requested to write her namo in a Bible specially printed I tor ino colonics, and to odd a verso from Scripture, selected tho following: "On earth peace, good will toward men." It is remembered of Jenny Lind that sho disliked flattery. When tho sculptor Durhnm made n bust of her sho was greatly displeased with it, "I am," sho said to him, "an ugly Swodo and you havo mado mo a beautiful Englishwoman. A young woman of culturo In London has set tho fashion of wearing a black Portia gown, lined with crimson, to tho theatres, and has gainod several followers. Sho is now trying to load off with a studded shirt front and white cravnt. Rose Elizabeth Cleveland has proved a most acceptable teacher of history. Sho is popular with her pupils at Mrs. Reed's board ing school in New York, -and under her guid ance they havo tocomo proficient in the his torical studies undertaken. In n Spanish newspaper, printed at Matnn zas, Cuba, appears tho following advertise ment: "Photographs of tho most beautiful woman in tho world Sra. Frances Folsom do Cleveland, tho lady of tho White House, tho idol of 0,UOO,000 of people, the wife of tho president of tho United States. Call for tho 'El Rayo Vordo' cigarettes." Tho wife of Don M. Dickinson, tho now postmaster general, is a handsome woman tall, with auburn hair, clear complexion and largo dark eyes. Sho has always been very popular in Detroit, and lias been a prominent figure in tho social lifo of that city. She is extremely affablo, and has both tact and dig- nity. Sho is considerably younger than hor husband. CREATION'S LOWER ORDERS. Tho largest cow in Dakota fa reported from Cass county. Sho stands (1 foot high at tho shoulders, and, though thin in flesh, weighs 1,600 pounds. The weatherwiso of Maine say that tho re cent capture of an immense Arctic owl near Fish Point presages an early winter. Tho bird measured 0 feet from tip to tip. A htndsomo buck was recently shot near Rock Springs, Ky., which for tho past ten years had been a target for tho rifles of tho hunters of tho neighborhood. Ho weighed 175 pounds and his antlers were of unusual size. In many portions of Idaho, Novada and Wyoming tho rabbits aro so numerous that thoy aro becoming almost as great a plaguo as in Australia. Tho proprietors of a largo ranch aro giving boys five cents apieco for tlUWg tlicm, and somo of tho toy earn as much as 5 each per day. Tho dead rabbits iro fed to hogs to fatten them. Levi Campbell, of Kingsbury, Me., set a bear trap and a bear got into it. He dragged tho trap a good distance, until it was caught in a log. Then Levi camo up and struck the bear with an axo. Tho animal turned sud denly, wrenched the trap loose, grabbed Levi, ind was in a fair way to mako an end of him when his dog pitched in nnd attracted tho boar's attention until Lovl could drag him self away. Justico Jaunasch, of Kalamazoo, Mich., has a parrot that ho wouldn't sell for its weight in silver. On five different occasions bas this intelligent bird saved tho houso from being burglarized. Tho last time was on a rocont night. Tho burglar got tho door un fastened, but when he opened it the parrot iskcd, in a stern and harsh voice: "Hello, thero! What's tho matter'' Tho burglar didn't answer, but fell over himself in his desperate effort to get nwny. BRIGHT SAYINGS OF CHILDREN. Boston Mamma You mustn't speak of your legs, Flossie, when wo hnvo company. It isn't polite, Flossio What should I say, mamma, drumsticks!"' New York Sun. Father Come, Bobby, you aro nil tired out ; so hurry off to bed. Bobby, with a slow and reluctant movement) Pa, you oughtn't to tell a toy to hurry up when he's nil tired out Philadelphia Iorth American. "When little Meg sawn picture of Christian, witii tho burden on his back, sho looked at it curiously for a minute and then asked: "Mamma, what makes the manny wear his bustlo so high up on his back." Bostou Transcript. A tiny nephew onco heard his dearly Ixv loved maiden aunt called an "old maid." Tho child's elder brothers and sisters were telling "w hat they were going to bo" ono day soon afterward, aud little precocity aston ished everybody in tho room by saying earnestly that ho was going to to an "old maid liko auntie, 'enuse sho mado everybody dood." Kingston Freeman. A sturdy little chap, somo 7 years old, had a tantrum one day last week, nnd his mother, in order to mark her displeasure nnd impress it upon him, left him by himself nnd went to her own room. He followed her as far as tho door, and, after sho lvul passed in, closed it somowhnt emphatically. Then no went to his play. Half nn hour later he returned, opened tho door softly nml looked in. His mother caught his oyo nnd could not repress a smile. "There," ho said, "I know you'd get over it Now you nro my own dear mamma again." Boston Herald. Little Nellie, of West End, was in an ave nue store yesterday with hor mother, and sho was greatly pleased with tho Christinas array of dolls. "Mamma," sho said, "I wont a toby." "Very well, Nellie," replied tho mother, "you shall have one," and Nellio soon lind ono in her arms, but sh wns not satisfied nnd still huug about the doll displav. i Finally, half in fear nnd half in hope, she whispered; "Mamma, I'd liko to havo twins." "Washington Critic 1 SENATORS AND EX-SENATORS. John Sherman is said to to worth $1,500 -000. ' Senators Stanford, of California, nnd Stockbridgo, of Michigan, turn over all their salaries to tho clerks of their committees. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, when in tho senate before, was ono of tho most liberal entertainers in Washington. His fortuno was much larger then than it is now, yet ho spends money with tho samo freedom that charactermxi him then. Ex-Sonator Dorsoy, Senator Windom and Jesse R, Grant are at the head of a groat syndicate which has purchased ho Moore Benjamin iron mines in tho vVogebie rane, In Wisconsin. The priixi jvaid for tio mines iiid surrounding lands was tnoro than tn . ae.oea GAMES' OF THE FAKIRS 1 SMALL SCHEMES THAT LOOK HON EST BUT ARE DECEPTIVE. How the Itlnp Trick tTlns Tho Tripod nnd Gripsack Man Smuggled Shawls TClilch Kntrap the Unwary The Sailor nnd Ills Clears. Thero aro n thousand and one ways In which tho unsuspecting resident or tho bu colic visitor in New York may to roliovod of his money without In tho lenst suspecting that ho is being defrauded until tho opera tion has boon performed. Thero nro innu merable schemes dally in operation in tlii , city by wuicli a great and greedy army of , social harpies manages to take in quite a con J siderablo revenue from their practice. Perhaps tho most successful of theso littlp , games is that ono generally described as "tho kid glove racket" Tho method adopted in this gamo is very simple, but is nearly always I successful because it works so strongly on tho imagination nnd nppenls with such peculiar fotno to tho gullibility which reiwses in tho i mind of thonvcrago man. Tho gentleman . who plies this interesting gamo may to met frequently on Broadway, between Four ! toenth and Twenty-third streets, and along , tho Bowery. Ho selects n pedestrian who 1 from his appearance may tocomo n likely I victim. Ho walks close Itesido tho man for a I fow paces when suddenly ho stoops to tho ground nnd picks up n dark object " a niNO IN IT." Naturally tho curiosity of tho prospective victim is nrousod, and ho wants to know what tho young man has found. "Pshnw, ' it's only a kid glove, d it!" oxelaims that i individual, as ho makes a motion as if to j throw it away. Ho restrains himself with a start and cries: "There's a ring in it, by gosh I Just feel it," and tho man addressed fools, while, surely enough, there it fa. Then tbo young man draws out tho ring, and, holding it nt arm's length, exclaims with a satisfied smile, "Ain't sho n toanty, thoughf and "sho"' is, if glitter nnd size count for any thing. To prove that tho ring is n valunblo ! ono ho oilers tho glovo for inspection, aud this being always of tho best description, nnt- urnlly oxcitos tho tollef that a person wcar I ing such nn excellent glovo would naturally j wear a valuable ring. By this timo tho vic ' tim is in good shajx?, and tho young man of fers to sell tho ring for $5. It is too much, tho man says. "Oh, well, I'm dead broko nnd you can 1 hnvo it for 82." At this prieo tho victim buys, and ho walks away with tho pleasant: impression that ho carries a bargain with him in his pocket which cost tho young mau 1 who sold it just throo cents. Ho soon learns his mistake, but seldom tells others of how neat I )y ho has Itoen scooped, and consequently tho i young man who works "tho kid glovo rackot" 1 goes along serenely on tho road to woaltli. I Any iersoii who passes along the Bowory J during tho afternoon will probably notico n, i man who, in and out of season, wears n high 1 white battered hat, n kind of linen duster, a , woolen mufller around his neck and n ro i markably red noso. Ho carries with him a portablo trqxxl or stand and a weather beaten gripsack which ho unfold nnd erects nt a spot near Canal street, whoro thero is alwavs a great throng of passcrsby. Ho glances around to sco that no hated "copper" is in sight, and then ho is ready for gudgeons. His gamo is a modification " tho throo card trick, or a still further illustration of tho do greo to which tho now you soo it, now you don't net, may to carried. He has a holo about two inches square cut in tho partition dividing in two comitartments of tho grip sack, and in tho outer partition are four or flvo small pasteboard boxes, something liko thoso mado to hold cigarettes. Ho picks up ono of the toxes, and, pulling out its drawer, shows therein a five dollar bill. Then ho announces to tho crowd which gnthers so ojusilj- on the Bowery that ho will allow anybody to draw that box who can do so by paying ?1 for the privilege. The crowd is not desirous to try, when suddenly n tough young man wearing a jioa jacket ornamented with great mock pearl buttons, says ho will try. Ho puts down a dollar, draws a box, and lo! it is tho ono containing tho bilL nE TRIES IT AGAIN. no invests another dollar, draws ngain, and again ho is successful. Tho red nosed man expresses his disapproval of his ill luck, but announces that somebody must win. Tho young man with tho ioa jacket says ho will not try ngain, as ho is ?S in jockct and is bnppy, and ho disnpionrs from tho sceno. By this timo several men want to try their hands ut tho drawing it looks so simple! Tho first ono draws nnd finds his box contains a cako of soap. Ho trios again, with a liko result Nothing daunted ho shqw down another dol lar for a chance, but fails to get tho box with tho bill. Of courso that particular box is nlways dropped skillfully through tho Httlo slot in tho partition. Then other observers try their luck, but tho result is always tho samo they como out losers. "When tho crowd is pretty well worked tho rod nosed man gazes down tho street nnd cries with a start, "Here's a cop," and suddenly bundling up his traps ho disappears down Canal street. Of courso there is no "cop" in sight, and if any person should follow tho ml nosed man ho will find him in company with tho young man with tho pea jacket in a saloon a block away, drinking milk punches whilo chuckling over their luck. Tho most enterprising and elaborate of all petty swindles is tho "smuggled shawl" busi ness. This is really nn artistic little idea, and tho man who practices it deserves to bo called a Napoleon of finance in his way. Ho drosses in a uniform similar to that worn by stewards on llrst class ocean steamships. His story never fails to mako tho desired impres sion on his victims. Ho goes nround in tenement houses during tho day whilo tho lords of creation nro at work and ho carries a parcel which ho de clares contains n shawl of rare value which has toon smuggled from Franco or Timbuc tio or somo place far away. Sometimes it is silk ho offers, but his makeup and tho plausible story ho tells usually get him n pur chaser. In this wny the guileless housowifo buys u shawl for S20 which tho rascal gots wholesalo on Catharine street for f 10 a dozan. To this class of swindlers belongs tho alleged sailor one moots so frequently along tho river front who sells "smuggled" cigars at $5 per box of 100 which bo purchased on Tark row nt a cent apieco or loss. Now York Press. I SlmiiKr nnd Mysterious Fnet. A day or two ngo n lady In tho West End called my attention to n strange nnd mys terious fact iu reference to the prevalence of diphtheria throughout tho city. Sho liail no- , ticed that in nine cases out of ten tho diseaso was found in tho homes of families living on tho south sido of tho streets running oust anil vest, and on tho oast sido of tho streets run- : ning north nnd south. Sbo wonted to know my opinion ns to tho causo, but I must con fess I was unablo to give hor any infimia U mi I hnvo looked tho matter up, however, ud I find she was right atout the location of , th diseis- ou the south and east sidos of the nrewv-- L". Warren Q, Priost In Qloto-Dom- ocfat.