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DOUBLE INFLUENCE. The bird that to the evening slops Leaves mulc when her song Is ended A sweetness left, which takes not wines, But with each pulse, of ere Id blended; Thus life Inrolres a double light. Our acts and words have many brothers; The heart that makes Its own delight .Makes also a delight for others. Charles Swain. THE DRUMMER'S REVENGE Rcvengo was formerly the pleasure of the gods. In our days It has become the dnllirlir. if traveling salesmen, thoso demi- gods of the country, whose mythology owes Its origin to Halznc. This does not mean Hint Gaudlssart's descendants are unkind olvinltie.s. On the contrary, they are, as a rale, good nnturcd devils, fond of the pleasures of the table, which is a very legitimate liking, besides heartily relishing a good laugh and making the niost of life. Thise gay companions are notsatislled with enjoying nnythlng alone. A fig for egotism, that vice of ill natured people! Their gayety is of a communica tive sort, and their supreme delight. is to relate to each other the tricks and pranks practiced on some fellow drummer. Their jokes are generally of a free and easy species, nnd, as a rule, no drummer aires about keeping the last lick. Indc irde From this peculiarity arises nn unquench able, thirst for revenge. Their anger is generally short lived, and is scon dissipated by the contents of t. bottle of cha pagne. They are very un relenting, ho Trevor, nnd they make it a matter of cot iiclence to get even with the fellow joket Ant has hoaxed them. Just think I ' Let ;w imagine one of them to hiiv been at Perfgneux, the victim of a practical jokj I How could he dare to re turn to that lown, the scene of Romen's greatest expliits, unless he could say at the table d'hote: "You know, I caught up with him at Bordeaux, and, I tell you, I paid him back in his own coin with heavy interest." Instances are cited in which retribution has lcen delayed for two or three years, and the sweets of revenge en joyed only after the victim had traveled to every nook nnd corner of France; but, like certain wines that are improved by a voyage to India nnd back, the enjoyment was all tho jreater on account of the. de lay. It is no rare thing to hear the Cliev .alier de la Guelte, escorting the Huron des Rossignols to the depot at llozlers, say: "As for you, old fellow, I shall pay you Jiack at Dunkirk in six months' time." The Baron des Rossignols may rely on tho chevnlier's meeting his obligations at ma turity. As for me, said friend Doublure, I did not have to wait so very long for re venge, the Inst time, when I got even with that confounded scamp, Iicchard. Bechard is not a bad fellow, but he is tho most inveterate joker Hint ever lived. His system is rather on tho old style. He lias no creative genius, and tries to keep ahead by practicing a lot of classical jokes which he always keeps in stock. His 'imagination is so sterile that he is com pelled to rely oh quantity to replaco what is wanting in quality. Hut, in this world, everybody does the best he can. Yet, In doing what ho can, Hechard becomes a bore with his jokes. When he has picked any one out as tho butt of his wit tho victim has either to display his temper, which always shows bad form, or to leave 'the place to Bechard and go elsewhere. On my last trip to Quimper I had need of all my patience on his account. Hav ing stopped at tho Hotel de l'Epec, I met him at the breakfast table. Delighted in finding a good subject to practice on, my friend Bechard went to work without loss of time. In the evening, at dinner, fritters were brought in. Bechard, who had left tho dining room for n minute, returned just n time to tako the dish from the waiter and plnce two fritters upon my plate. At the llrst bite my teetii met with a soft re sistance that set them on edge. I took the fritter between my lingers, and open ing it, I found a small card, round as a coin, bearing this inscription: "The best cloth may to had from the house of ," igiving the name of the linn represented by my friend Bechard. I put on a pleas ant face over tho matter, and, after din ner, we stnc;ed out together to tho colleo house. On the sidewalk, at tho very door of tho hotel, Bechard offered me a Londres, which I accepted; lie was even kind enough to hand me a burning match. I lit my cignr, but before I had gone fifty steps, pschtt! a real Roman candle blazed out between my teeth, nearly blinding one of my customers who had come up to speak to me. Ho went away furious, nnd I lost hisf trade, while, at the distance of three steps, Bechard was clinging to a lamp post, laughing to kill himself. At the coffee house ho caused me to stumble, thereby making mo tear tho cloth of tho billiard table, which mishap cost mo twenty francs. Luter on we returned to the hotel. Wo stayed awltUc, chatting with tho landlord. Bechard soon left us, begging to be excused, as he felt very sleepy. I did not go up stairs until fully a quarter of nn hour after ho did, and I am suro that you will not be astonished when I tell you that he hnd made good uso of tho fifteen minutes. When I put my key into tho lock I found that -I could not open tho door; it was fastened on tho inside. After all, was it really my room? Evi dently not, as I heard, on the inside, tho grumbling of somebody whose slumbers had been disturbed. I returned down stairs. No, there was no mistake. "Your room is No. IS, sir!" I went up again, and this timo succeeded In opening tho door, I am in my room. No, by Jove! itlie longs to somebody else, for there is a per son in tho lied. 1 beg his pardon, and am on the point of withdrawing when nn idea 6trikes me. Going to tho bed, I gently . tap tho sleeper on the shoulder ami find that I have been trying to nrouso my bolster, to which I had been addressing my npologies. I soon found tho solution of the mystery when I discovered a panel door in one of tho corners of the room. It was plain that Bechard had managed to get the room next to mine. I tried tho knob. The rascal had barricaded tho door, I rapped. A loud snore was tho only nnswer I got. Tho joke had been carried out to the end the end, no, not yet, for ns I endeavored to slip in between the sheets my progress was arrested by an artheuware vessel artistically covered up, Bechard was undoubtedly a great man. I got in Wed at last and fell asleep while revolving in my mind different plans by means of which I could obtain a striking rovenge. But tho question was, would I Lavo sufficient time? Suppose Bechard wero to esca'w tho next day! No dauger, wo wero Iwth going to Douarnenez. Wo would meet again. Wo did meet again, tho uext morning, Juat after rising. "I say," said Bechard, coming up to one, "aro you going to Douarneneif" "Yes," "In what carriagef "In my own." "Could you mnnage to make room for mc?" "Why, certainly, with pleasure." Tho Incautious fellow was placing him sell In my power. My eyes must have flashed like those of a cat finding ngntn a mooso that she hod almost given up for lost. "Walt for mo n minute then," said Bechnrd. "I wnnt to change my breecheti, as it is quite chilly this morning, nnd I am shivering in the ones I have on." If, wns then the mouth of August. But it wns 5 o'clock in the morning and a stiff wind was blowing from the east. Bechard had come down in a pair of linen panta loons. He returned in n short while, his legs Incased in a pair of winter trousers, tho cloth of which seemed to be nearly nn inch in thickness. "I am a cautious man," said he, "nnd I nm always very careful when I come to tlds confounded coast of Brittany, even in summer time." We got into the carriage, nnd ns I hnd a good horse we soon got over the road leading from Quimper to Douarnenez. Thero each attended to his business, nnd after breakfast wo started for Audicrne. Tho dny was becoming excessively hot. Before leaving Bechard had said: "Wait until I change my breeches." "Pshaw," replied I; "It is hardly worth the while! Besides, my horse is harnessed, and tho'llies are worrying him. As he is very high spirited I fear he may play us sonw ugly trick." We got into the enrringe and started off ugain. We hnd not been under way hnlf an hour before Bechard began moaning. "I am so hot," said he, "that I feel just as if I wero boiling In my own juice." In fact, the sun's rays seemed to hnvo coated tho earth with molten lend. More over, Bechard and I had our legs hermet ically closed in under the thick leather carriage apron. With his winter pnntn loons on, Bechard must hnvo been suffer ing untold agonies. "Ha! ha!" thought I, concealing my satisfaction. "This is tho foretaste of re venge, anyhow!" "I say." observed Bechard at tho same instant, " 'tis this blasted apron that is keeping us so hot. Suppose wo try to raise it." "All right," replied I, "let us try." Wo raised the apron. '"Twill not do," said' I. "You sco yourself that with it raised I shall not bo able to handle the reins." We put it back again. There wns a long interval of silence. Bechard was between a stew and a sweat, while I wns slyly fol lowing up the threads of an Idea that my brain had just evolved. "By jingo! I can't stand them nny longer," said Bechnrd. "What?" queried I. "My breeches, of course." "Well, if thoy bother you so much ns all that, why don't you tako them off? Nobody will see you.'' "That's an idea!" exclaimed Bechard. "And a good one, I assure you. I speak from experience, s I have done so myself more than twenty times." "Honestly speaking?" "Yes, I pledge you my word of honor." "Well, then, hero goes!" And- in one time and two motions Bechard took off his pantaloons, folded them carefully nnd sat down on them with a sigh of relief. From that moment his humor wns most :harmlng. With a slight touch of irony In his voice, he inquired if I had slept well the night before. "I slept very soundly," replied I. I carefully noted the mile stones nt tho side of the rond. Audierne was barely more thnn two kilometers away. I waited a few minutes longer. Suddenly, as I jtretched forth my arm to touch up tho horse, my whip slipped from my hand and ilroppjd to tho ground. "My whip!" cuied I. "Has it fallen? Well, get down and get it." "And my horse?" "I will hold him." "No, indeed. Ho is too restive. He seems to olmy no other hnnd but mine." "What shall we do, then?" "Won't you get it for me?" I "Certainly, but wait till I slip on my pantaloons. " "What is the use? There Is not even a cat to be seen anywhere within two kilo meters of this place." "All right! wait a minute." And Bechnrd, unsuspecting Bechnrd, jumped out of tho carriage to the road. Hardly had he touched tho earth than I gave a slight twitch to the reins nnd my horse started off like lightning. "Hey! Hey!" howled Bechard in n hor rified voice. I did not hear him long, as my horse, urged on by my voice, was running nt a fearful rato of speed. But, through the littlo glass in the rear of tho vehicle, 1 could see the unfortunate man brandishing in despair tho whip, which ho had picked up, a.id stretching his bare legs as fast as he could along tho dusty road. Oh! what a funny sight my friend Bechard furnished mo with. I relished my cruel Joy until I reached tho principal houses of Audierne, ns I carried my vengeance so far as to drivo n good distance up the main street. Here, at last, I checked my horo and waited. It would be no easy task to describe tho astonishment of the good people of that city, when they saw coming a sweating, blowing, fuming nnd swenr ing stranger, noblu looking, with a lint on Ills head, a jacket on his back, a whip In hand, but entirely want ing in nether garments. Tho women of the place ran off, cackling like a lot of fright-ened hens, while the excited men, mistaking the queer visitor for a lunatic, were ou tho point of mobbing him. Be chard had burely time to leap into the carriage, and I really believe that if ho had not lieen nwaro of the far-t that I was tho stronger of tho two he would havo tried to strangle me. "You would hardly believe," said friend Doublure, in concluding his rela tion, "that he has sworn nn implacablo hatred against mo, and has never forgiven me for having made him enter Audicrno In that simple costume, with linen Hying in tho breezo. And yet they had a good laugh over it in tho town!" Tho ungrntoful wretch! After that, what Inducement is there for a fellow to help a friend in scoring a success? Trans lated from tho French of Joseph Moutet for Tho Times-Democrat. Oriel" "f "JUntH Crista." An autograph letter of Balzac has Just been mndo public which tells that 'he once Jreamed of grent treasure being buried in Corsica, and he set out nlono to seek it. Wnnt of funds, however, hampered him, anil before ho reached Ajaccio ho lost faith in Ills enterprise and decided to re turn to Paris. But from this incident Dumas derived tho Inspiration of "Mouto Crlsto." There Is more danger in n reserved nnd illont friend than in a uoiay, babbling nam. L'liitrange, DEFECT OF VISION FACTS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. A Most Co in in on nnil Dliingreeahlo De formity Uctnedy for "CroM I'je" Cnusn of Awkwnrduess In ClillUien Uso of Spectacles Good Utiles. By far tho most varied nnd frequent dis orders of tho eyes, those giving rlso to tho pruvest complaints, aro thoso depending ujwn defect of vision. A few of theso dis orders may, with udvnntago, bo brought to tho attention of each parent nnd guardian: "Cross eye" is a most common nnd dis agreeable deformity, nnd is tho result of de fective vision. It is usually found In but ono cyo, and is not noticed till tho child reaches an age at which intelligent observation begins, say over 1-2 years. Every conceiv able device has boon tried for its correction, binding up tho straight eye, binding up tho squinting eye, wearing of patches and shades, compelling vision through smnll holes in black disks, etc., but none nro suc cessful, for nono embrace tho correction of the causa "Cross eyo"' dejiends upon defec tive vision nnd tho existence of greater de fect in ono eyo than in tho other. When long neglected, tho squinting eyo loses shari ness of vision, even to tho point of blindness, after which, oven though straightened, sight cjiuiot lie. restored. Tho remedy for cross eye lies in tho correction of tho vision by menus of glasses, nnd whero this can bo jier ioctly dono nnd tho child is not too old, the j-es become straight. If tho squint is too continued, tho glasses must bo assisted by op eration. A cross eyed child over 10 yenru of ago is a constant reproach to its parents. What mother can exeuso herself for allowing her child to become blind in an oye? Tho de formity itself is too hideous to bo neglected. What mother is prepared to accept tho just censure her neglect or ienuriousnes3 will re ceive from her cross eyed child in later years I Tho fact that it is only a "cross eyo'' does not rostoro vision when tso child becomes an adult. awkward rmi.nnKJt. Eyo strain nnd imperfect vision aro not al ways accompanied by manifest conditions, such as spoken of nliovo. Tho eyo gives no external sign of many of its worst troubles. For instanco: A boy is noticed constantly blinking his eyelids. Remonstrate with him nnd lie says ho "cannot help it," but thnt It Is worse upon uso of the eyes; yet his eyes show no evidonco of weakness. After a timo his wholo faco works in unison with tho eyelids, and later on his shoulders nnd even his arms nro in motion. Punishment avails nothing in breaking tho so called "habit;" it grows worse. Examination of his eyes reveals a de fect; correct it by proper glasses; and tiehold', in a fow days ho has forgotten to blink his eyes nnd shrug his shoulders. Another child buries tho side of his head into his book nnd looks at you with head and neck awry. Ho grows actually lopsided. Why J Hecauso ho is findiug tho most comfortable way of see ing. Straighten his vision, allow him t see In all directions equally, and, if not already too long neglected, ho will carry himself erect and look squarely at everything. Hero approaches a girl with handsome, soft oyes; her gait is awkward and her step hesitating and uncertain. You are moved to pity by tho thought of what a clumsy, un gainly woman sho will become. Yes! pity her! Tho girl cannot seo beyond tho length of her own arm how then can sho know whero sho is wnlking, or upon what) Can you wonder sho is timid, nervous, palo and excitable Adopt tho means of letting her see, correct her near sightedness and watch tho chango! A young woman may bo con spicuous for apparent ignorance Her iarcnts say sho always had soro eyes when studying or going to school, so they put hor to work. Tho soro eyes wero not tho result of study, but of bad vision, nnd her parents must re ceive tho blamo for not having had her eyes put in condition for use. And now, though tho vision may be good, it may bo too late for her to gain all that was lost to her in the opiwrtuuities of childhood. USE OK SPECTACLES. Let overy mother lay asldo her projudlco ngnlnst spectacles and remember that if her child's welfare, comfort and happiness can bo advanced by wearing them it is her im perative duty to provide them. No child, howovor. should bo allowed to select tho glasses to correct its own dofoct, for oft times thoso furnishing temporary relief will produce a vast amount of harm to tho eyo. Tho corrections, particularly with children, must bo left to tho competent special physi cian. How frequent nro tho following expres sions; "I get sleepy if I read," "I cannot thread a needle at night," "I never read it gives' mo headache," "Sowing by hand makes my temples pain," etc. Not ono of thoso expressions contains an allusion to tho eyes, yet each ono of them indicates thnt thero is some trouble with ono or both eyes which needs attention. Constant headache, boring pain in tho top, back or side of the head, with u regular sick headache ouco or twice a week, aro not infrequent symptoms. Every doctor in tho neighborhood exhausts himself upon tho case. In sheer despair a specialist is consulted, Inquiry elicits tho fact that thero is never pain in tho oyes, and "Yos, I will wear glasses, but know it will do no good." But what is tho satisfaction to tho former sufferer when weeks after weeks pass by and no sick headaches? Friends may call it affectation, but glasses mean comfort and thoy nro worn. Good rules to observe aro; Uso tho oyes freely; do not abuse them; always havo plenty of light, but, when possible, avoid n glare; if ixssiblo havo tho light falling over tho shoulder or from behind; road but littlo or not nt all in tho lying position; avoid reading by twilight. Innbility to uso tho eyes means something; find out whnt it is. Allow no inflammation or puiu in tho eyes to bo neglected, and bear in mind that many an obscure pain or acho may bo duo to over taxed eyes or defectlvo vision, Ladies' Homo Journal. A Doctor's Advice. "If the women I refer to joor men's wives I and thoso that aro mothers took n littlo j moro regular cxerciso thoy would bo able to enjoy much better health than most of them 1 havo, and at the same timo hnvo loss exjienso in tho wny of doctors' bills," said a retired , physician, who, as ho laughingly observed, j was not interested in keeping jieoplo sick. I "Tho tnith is thnt they stay indoors so much that when they do go out tho change is too much for them and thoy invariably complain of a cold or soro throat. If thoy took a short walk overy day they would bo surprised at tho good i; would accomplish for thorn." Philadelphia CalL Woman' Talent Underestimated. Tho quality of tho milk in tho coooatiutcan never Ixj accurately determined by looking at tho outsido of it Hut tho world assumes to judgo of tho capacity of women to do a great many things without actual tost. Thoy aro excluded from nearly all tho occupations of men untriod, because for lack of more co gent reasons, it is alleged to bo unwomanly to undertake manly taiks. Philadelphia l'rcord, f ANTHROPOMETRY THE THINd. I The Itogues Gallery to lie. Strengthened by n Curious Device. Criminals throughout tho city may lx ills pleased to learn that tho ofllcers of the Cen tral office nro studying up a now system that promise to aid tho bluoeoats in detecting nnd identifying thieves of high and low degree. It is known ns the anthropometric system, and has boon brought to the attention of a noted detective of Joliot. Tho word conn's from two Greek words, nnd it means having reference to tho measurement of human beings. Tho police nro now compelled to tnist entirely to tho Rogues' Gnllery for weans of identification. Tho now system is intended as an addition to tho gallery. At police headquarters there aro half a down photographs of a noted burglar now at liberty. No two of theso pictures aro alike, .md that fact is made tho basis of an asser tion that it is sometimes impossible to identify tho original of n picture, Tho new system consists In merely collecting a carefully taken licasureniont of certain parts of criminal's bodies. In future, when n dangerous suspect Is ar rested, a registry will bo taken of tho width wd length of his head, the length of his left forearm, tho length nnd breadth of his left toot,, tho length of tho little and middle fin gers of lioth hands, tho length of lis right ;ar, size of his mouth, a description of his ooso and eyes, the sizo of his chest whllo standing, tho length of his body whllo seated, tho length of his legs and entire body, tho Am of his neck, tho full stretch of his arms, md tho breadth of his Iwck from shoulder te moulder. Particular attention will bo paid to deformities, marks or sears. All tho measurements will lo taken with graduated rules, caliper eompnsso.s and ono or two jther trustworthy Instruments. Tho record w ill lie kept in a book, which will contain printed directions and a .formula for tho ox uninor. Tho pollco think it event innovation. Thoy say theso measurementa will be found perfectly trustworthy, as a man's figure and jeueral profile rarely changes after maturity. Tho innovation is tho property of M. l'estil n, nnd was first introduced at tho Prison -ongrcss in Homo two years ago. Now York Hail and Express. l'nper to Wrap Turkeys In. "I deal almost entirely in grocers' brown 3aper," said a Dunne street paper merchant to .ho ubiquitous reporter. "Most of tho paper nills aro situated in tho Now England states, mt a great quantity of paxr is nianutne--ured throughout New Tork state, espcoially tlong the eastern bonier." "What is tho paper mndo out of i" queried ;ho reporter. "Straw and water. Almost any kind of itraw will answer, and I think that corn itnlks havo also lieen pressed Into sorvico, Uthough tho paper made from this material yus inferior In quality. Flail threshed wheat r ryo straw, well bound, is preferred. In ,ho manufacture of paper tho straw is un sound and laid closely in hugs vats. LImo is ipriukled over overy layer, and .vhen tho vats aro full, limo water is thrown over tho ivholo. Steam is then turned on nt tho bot ;om of tho vats, and the straw is allowed to iH)k until it is thoroughly purified. It is then passed through a largo revolving washer md cleansed from tho limo and other impuri ,ies. Tho straw, or what is left of it, is next passed through grinders, which reduce it to a ulp, when it is lot down Into a largo tank under tho iloor. "Tho pulp is now pumpod up, and is ready to pass over tho machine. It is first thinned with wnter, If tho paper is intended to bo light, and then is transferred to tho 'first felt' y means of a revolving wire cylinder." "What do you mean by tho 'first foltf " "Oh, it's tho finest kind of a woolen felting which carries tho pulp through any number Df rollers. From tho first felt it is trnns "erred to tho second and third felts, each of which is coarser than tho first. By tho timo tho pulp has passed over tho third felt tho water is pretty well squeezed out of it, and ho damp paper is able to support Its own vcight as it passes over a space of about .lireo feet to tho 'dryers.' Theso aro big, hol 'ow iron cylinders Hvo feet in diameter and leatod by steam. Thoy aro usually seven in lumber, nlu by tho timo tho damp jwipor .asses over them and through a set of .iioothlng calendars, it is thoroughly dry ,tid is then wound up on reels. "It is now in one long sheet aliout four and i half or llvo feet wide. Tho paper on four md sometimes flvo reels is unreeled nnd cut md counted. Finishers then tako tho paper, old and tio it. After being tied up Into miulles it is pressed, and is then ready for .ho market." Now York Press. Mummies Dirt Cheap. Dr. J. A. S. Grant Boy, of Cairo, Egypt, las spent twenty-flvo years in tho land of the Pharaohs nnd speaks all tho languages of .lint olyglot country. In order to instruct .ho native doctors, two years ago he started m Arable medical paper, which has met .vith success. For years ho has devoted his time to tho study of archieology, and has imassed enough Egyptian gods, from Horns tud Osiris down, to nearly fill tho Metropol itan Museum of Art. Tho mummies of Egypt, ho said, wero now dirt cheap, owing to recent discoveries. They sold from $10 to $20 each, tho price depending ehlelly on their statu of preservation. Ho b'-ought aver a mummified hawk as a curiosity and presented it to tho Smithsonian Institution Scientists, who formerly puid high prices for Que, llrst class mummies, of late years, tho ioctor said, purchased very fow. Tho cheap mummies wero bought principally by tho agents for museums." Now York Com mercial Advertiser. Ailments of Nervous HuliJecU. Bomo affoct to bollovo thnt nervous sul Jocts feign their ailments for tho purpose of attracting attention and sympathy. It is .-jtlito true thoy frequently oxnggerato their sufferings, hut that is no excuse for denying their existence. Ikmidos, it is natural to ex aggerate a grievance so long .as it romains unrecognized. Others admit tho reality of tho diseased sensations, but maintain thnt tho only way to abolish them is by means of reason. They hold that nervous persons ought to lxj taught to control their nerves by their reason, and thoy Insist that "plain seaking" is tho strongest aid to recovery. Their oxjxiricnco seems to corrolorato this opinion. Tho sufferer ceaso to complUu to them, so they fancy that their "plain spunk ing" has effects! a euro. This fancy Is, how ever, very far from tho fact, which is that tho atlonU liavo transferred their com plaints to a more ympatbotIa ear. Nine teenth Century. rnlitene! In tho Itotikles. Eastern Ivuly (traveling in Montana) The idea of calling this the "Wild Wet." Why I never sawsuch perfect poiltennssanywhero. Native We're oiler perlito to ladles, tnnrm. "Oh, as for that, thero U plenty of poUte ues sverywhoro, but I am referring to the men. Why In New York tho men Iwhave horridly to one another, but hero they all treHtawirh othor as delicately ns gentlemen iu a drawing room." "Yw, iuiu-ui, it's safer. Onuibu World. A STORY OF GREELEY. A DASHING YOUNG REPORTER WITH A NOSE FOR NEWS. How He Itepnrtrit the Fnninui Killtnr of Tim Tribune anil Attended Opern Rt the Snme Time A Dny nf Wrnth. "Yes, I used to know Hornco Greeley very well," said n leading Ellsworth, Me., mer chant in conversation tho other day. "Of nil tho ecceiiti ic men I over know I think ho was tho most jH-culinrly so. I hnd occasion to call into The Tribune ofllco often when Mr. Gree ley wns there, and I never shall forget n littlo incident thnt, fortunate enough, made a good mcchnuic out of a oor nowspnpr man, Mr. Greeley, you know, prided himself that tho columns of Tho Tribune wero alwnys necu rato, and thnt, too, Tho Tribune never got left on nny important item of news. "On the reiKirtorinl force of The Tribune nt the time I speak of w as a dashing young Mas sachusetts fellow, a mnn, so New York news paper nic said, who hnd n good noso for news. The young mnn had lieen connected with Tho Tribune but a week, when ono after noon he was summoned into tho editorial sanctum by Mr. Greeley himself. 1 hnpieiitd to lo ehntthig with .Mr. Greeley at tho tm.o, nnd rrmumtier tho soared look of the re porter's countenance when ho ushered him self before, the great Greeley nnd tho conver sation that thou took place. "'Young innn.'said Mr. Greeley, 'there is to lx a dinner at It s to-night, nnd I shall rpeuk. Ho there rtt 8 shnrp and leport me. 1 want a column and a half.' IN A D1LKMMA. "The reporter bowed himself out of tho sanctum. As further developments proved, tho iiewspnjH'r mini hnd mndo arrangements to take his girl to tho opera that evening. Ho was up n stump what to do. Ho was ufrnid of, Mr. Greeley and ho wns nfraid of his girl. He consulted with n reporter friend of his on n rival piqH'r to The Tribune, mid his friend thus talked: 'Oil, that's nothing. Guess you hnven't lieen iu New York long? How much did Greeley say ho wanted? Column and a half? Oh, that will Imj nil right. You just get into your claw hammer and tnkothogal to the opera. I know what Greeley will talk nlsmt. I've been to dinners lots of times nnd heard his speeches. After tho opera ctuno over to my office and I'll dictate Greeley's after dinner spiwh, you write it down, and I'll wngcru f.'i note thnt tho editor will com pliment tho report' " f ho Tribune ivjiorter took his girl to tho opera. Ho didn't enjoy himself vory much, and after the curtain fell and the girl wns home ho sought his reportorinl friend nnd Mind him in his den. They 'wrote up' Mr. Greeley, nnd put over tho article tho most breezy hemllines in their newspaper vernacu lar. The speech was printed on tho first page of Tho Tribune. "Tho next morning Mr. Greeloy came down town nnd tumbled into tho editorial chair at 7 o'clock. Ho took up Tho Tribune, and tho first thing ids eyo fell ujiou was Horace Greeley's ringing speech at It s Inst oven- ing. He read tho article to tho end without n word. "Ho then threw Tho Tribuno Into tho waste buskot and pulled tho bell for tho mali nger. '"Who wroto thnt nrticlel'said Mr. Greeley, when tho man had appeared. " 'Tho new man,' replied tho manager. " 'Send him up!' roared Mr. Greoley. "Tho reporter who took his girl to tho opera tho night before came up. Mr. Greeley wns white as n sheet when tho youth backed into the sanctum. AN ANORY KDiron, "'Did you writo that article' thundered Mr. Greeley, referring to tho half column of headlines under which was Mr. Greeley's speech. " 'Yes, Blr,' -said tho reporter; 'I followod you tho best I could. You know you spoko uncommonly fast lust night, and thoro was a noise and I bad to stand up.' " 'Spoke uncommonly fnst, did I f thundered Mr. Greeley. 'Young mnn, you liol I was sick last night and didn't go within threo miles of It s, and didn't mnko any speech.' "Mr. Greeloy grabbed tho rotrcating form of tho pencil pusher and actually booted him down stairs and into tho stroet "Tho editor tried to recall the great edition of Tho Tribune, but it was too lute. He sent men nil over tho city with instructions to buy every morning Tribune in New York. Said ho, 'Buy them at any cost.' Mr. Greeley paid as high as 51) cents a copy for some of the papers, but tho speech that ho didn't inako was tho gossip of all New York for a week. Tho rejiortcr never dared to show his face to Mr, Greeloy after that night. He dropped tho scribe's pen like a boiling hot potato, and went west, I believe. Ho made a splendid mechanic. "On tho wny to Tho Tribuno ofllco every morning Mr. Greeloy always stepped into a periodical storo and bought Tho Tribune and every other paper printed iu New York," continued tho Ellsworth morchant. "Ha told mo ono day that ho always brugbt his own paper when lie was within threo minutes' walk of Tho Tribuno building. Ho couldn't wait, as lie said. "I've seen Mr, Greeley walk into church whon tho parson was praying, making a tre mendous racket as ho trudged up tho alslo to a front sent, throwing a big bundle of news papers into tho pew and then himself. His puw was uoxt in front of mine. In llvo min utes after he was comfortably settled among his newspapers ho was napping. People used to tell mo that tho ablest preacher in Now York city couldn't keep Horace Greeley awako of a Sunday morning," Ellsworth (Mo.) Journal, Tho Supremo Court Chamber. The supreme court chamber at Washing ton was given over to frescoors this summer, and wus a barren and desolate place enough. Duty white bags shrouded the busts of dead and gone chlof juitlcei In the niches around tho semi-circular walls, the Moon wero bare and tho high bench looked cold and lonely. Scaffoldings held tho painters to their work up under the high ceiling. In tho gloomy looking clerk's desk was locked up tho famous court Dlolo, an Oxford edition of 17W, first used when tho court came to Washington iu 1800, 'Since then every president has kissod it at his inauguration, and every chief and ossoclats justice has been sworn in upon it Just to tho north of tho main chamber is the triangular room In which Morse placed his lint telegraph instrument and received tho first message sent over tho wire. It came from a field station at Uladensburg, six miles away. Now York Sun. Murk Twulu'a Children. Mark Twain Is very particular nbout the education of his children. He has a school room in his house, which is filled with pretty chintz covered furniture and floods of sun shine, and there his threo littlo daughters study every day from 0 until 1. Theso chil dren am remarkably good linguists, and havo been brought up to tpeak French, German and Italian. Mr. Clemens has very common sense ideas on the training of children, which ho expressed some time ago in a letter Unit wns published over fu name, Harper's Uuzar. . A STORY OF LINCOLN. A Itemnrknble Personage t the Whlt House A Very Co ml en 1 Seqnel. Ono day a man of remarkable nppenrancs presented himself nt tho White House and requested an nudlenco with Mr. Lincoln. Ho was a large, floshy man, of a stern but homoy countenance, and of n solemn nnd dignified, carriage. Ho was dressed in a neatly fitting mallow tall coat, raflled shirt of faultless fabric, whlto cravat and ornngo colored gloves. An immense fob chain, to which, was attached n huge topaz seal, swung from his watch pocket, and ho carried a large gold beaded enno. His wholo appearanco wns that Df a mnn of grent intellect, of stern qualities, ot strong piety nnd of dignified uncomcllnesa. "I am in for it now," thought tho prosi lent "This pious man moans business. Ho is no common preacher. Evidently hia ;looniy mind is big with a scheme of no ordi nary kind." Tho ceremony of introduction was unusually formal and tho fow words ot .Hmversation that followed wero constrained. Tho good man spoko with grent deliberation, is if feeling his way cautiously, but tho ovf lent restraint w hich his manner imposed upon Mr. Lincoln seemed not to please him. Thai lequcl was amazing. Quitting his chair tho portly visitor ex tended his hand to Mr. Lincoln, saying, ns the latter rose and confronted him: "Woll, Mr. President, I havo no business with you; aono whntover. I was at tho Chicago con rention ns a friend of Mr. Soward. I hava watched you nnrrowly ovor sinco your in luguration nnd I called merely to pay my respects. What I want to say is this: I '.hink you nro doing everything for the good )f the country that is iu tho power of mnn to lo. You nro on tho right track. As ono of jrour constituents I now say to you, do i future as you d n please, and I will sup port you I" This was spoken with tromen Joes elToot "Why," said Mr. Lincoln, in great aston ishment, "I took you to bo a preacher. I' diought you had conio hero to tell mo how to lako Richmond." And ho again grasped tho hand of his strango visitor. Accurate and penetrating ns Mr. Lincoln's judgment wa jonconilng men, for onco ho hnd loon wholly atistaken. The soeno was comical in tho ox tromo. Tho two men stood gazing nt corn. Mher. A stnllo broke from tho lips of tho toleinn wng and rippled over tho wido ox pnnso of his homely faco llko sunlight over iprcadiug a continent, nnd Mr. Lincoln ws Hmvulsod with laughter. "Sit down, my friend," said tho president; 'sit down. I nm delighted to seo you. Lunch nith us today. Yes, you must stay and lunch with us, my friond, for I hnvo not seen mough of you yet." Tho stranger did lunch with Mr. Uncohi that day. Ho was a man )f rare and rnoy humor, and tho good cheor .ho wit, tho anecdotes and sparkling conver intion that enlivened the seeno was tho work f two of tho most original characters over won in tho White House. Ward II. Lamon. The Iinportnncn of Self Control. An oxiH'rt and experienced official in an in lano asylum said to us a littlo timo since that Jieso institutions nro filled with people who) mvo givon up to their feelings, and that na me is quite safo from nn insane asylum who dlows himself to givo up to his feelings. The), mportanco of tills fact is too littlo appro bated, especially by teachers. Wo aro al vays talking nbout tho negntivo virtues of liscipllno, but wo rarely sjioak of tho posi Jvo virtues. Wo discipline tho schools to tcep tho children from mischiof, to maintain . rood order, to havo things quiet, to enabla .ho children to study. Wo say, and sayi ightly, that there cannot bo n good school.' vithout good discipline. Wo do not, how ivor, emphnslzo as wo should tho fact: lint tho discipline of tho school wb.en' ightly dono, is as vital to tho fuV iuro good of tho child ns tho les ons ho loams. Dlsciplino of the right kind s as good mental training as arithmetic. It s not of tho right kind unless it requires in tellectuul offort, montnl conquests. Tho ex Wlonced oxert, referred to nbovo, was led' 0 mako tho remark to us by seeing a girl ivo way to tho "sulks." "That makes in-' tana women, sho remarked, and told tho dory of n woman in an asylum, who used to J rulk until sho beenmo deserate, and tho oi-j )ort said: "You must stop it; you niustcon aol yourself." To which tho insane woman' oplled: "Tho timo to say that was when I vns a girl. I nover controlled myself when 1 was woll, and now I cannot." Tho teacher las a wider responsibility, a weightier dis sipllnnry duty than she susiocts. Tho pupiU ire not only to bo controlled, but they must )o taught to control themselves absolutely, lonestly, completely. Journal of Education. I'rnetleal Cn-operutlon. No ono who knows anything about co-op--irntlou Iu principle nnd practice disputes tho' act that it pays. A fresh and interesting; roof of tilts has just como to me. A young procery clerk in a wholesalo houso found ilmsolf out of a Job soma time ago. Ho lved In Harlem, in u neighborhood tenanted ihielly by jieoplo of limited means llko him 'lf. Knowing tho valuo of produce ho had if ten remarked to his wifo on tho advanco )rico charged up town by purveyors of tho iccessltles of life, nnd when ho found ho hail lothiug else to occupy his time with ho com noticed to buy tho family supplies dawn own and carry them homo in a basket. A, leighlxir in tho houso suggested that ho iliould do tho marketing for her, too, !ocausa iho fancied tho goods ho purchased wero bet er than thoso she got from her grocer and jutchcr. Sho paid him tho uptown price for ;hcm, so that ho not only got his own sup plies at tiottom figures, but had the expensa )f bringing them up town moro than paid tor. This suggested an idea to him. Ho mode) ut a prico list, charging an advance on cost md still less than tho local scale, secured tha mpport of some more neighbors and com neuced to market for them daily in a wagon, hat liu hired by tho mouth. Iu this way ha ot his own food supply for nothing. Then lomo of ids customers projiosed to fonn a regular association, pay him a salary for dol ing the business and enjoy the benefit of the laviugs themselves. He readily agreed fu this, and is now purveyor general to soma twenty families, gets a bigger salary than he received through his clerkship and hopeo ta build the society up into a strong co-operative club, with its own storo and staff. Ai fred Tntniblo in Now York News. An InquliltlvB Youngster. Hobby (reading) Pa, what is tho meaning of homo genus? Father It mo seo it means that Homer was a genius. Hobby Well, who wns Homer? Father (irascibly) Didn't I just tell yox that ho was a genius? Mother (coining to tho old man's assistance) Hobby, you mustn't liotlier your father when he is reading his pajier. The Epoch. Hope for Young Men. Vi'ho says that there is not hojw for the young men of to-day I Of Amherst's nlnety tlireo freshmen but soventeeu smoke tobacco, A tolwicco report from tho class three year from now will lie lnterttiug. New York Hun, Never wash woolou goods or blankets o k. cloudy iuy.