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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1888)
Y DISHORNING A BULL. Ttio Only Nt-rcn-aft-l Way of Hubrfitlng Cruel hihI Virion AnliimW. I havo ii Jersey bull coming two years old, which somo times seemed to oo filled with vigor beyond his capacity for containing, and while leading him to water ho would often act like a colt, jumping about, and I became almost afraid to walk before him (though I showed no signs of this to him), and finally decided to have his horns taken -off before lie did any damage. Ho was therefore Uiken to a neighbor "who had dishorned twenty-six of his own herd, and put into a stall made of two-inch plank and just wide enough to admit an animal, his shoulders he .ing even wmi uio ironr. etui, wucu a piece of timber was placed below, nn- othcr above, his neck and against his shoulders, Ids head drawn around to the side and firmly tied; a timber was mlso put across the stall under the ani mal just back of his forelegs, raising liis feet from tho floor; the hair was fiheared off closely at the baso of Uio .horn, and with a fmo-tootlied meat (narrow blade) the horn was cut oil as 'near tho head as possible, leaving it Jiko one naturally without horns, whiuh --was perhaps throe-olghtlis ol an inch on tho skit. When done, tho head was lied to the other side and the other Lorn cut ofT, both of which left open ings about threo-fourths of an inch in diameter into tho head and into which -was put a vory little cotton to keep out tint. lie bled vorv freely on one side Imt on tho otlior very little, and was taken homo a different-looking annual After one week matter formed in one flido and forced the cotton out and eon tinned thus for a week, when it dried up, at which time tho cotton was taken irom me oinor snio and it also ran a little, at which 1 was at first alarmed, but learned it was necessary to force out the saw dust which had fallen into tho opening. Some writers say "Itdoos not hurt thorn," but this depends upon what is meant by "hurt." It is a painful .operation, and in this ease ad'ected tho -animal somewhat for three weeks; but after dishorning r.nd examining a fresh boef head, I became fully convinced that no permanent Injury could arise from the operation, if proporlv cared or. ' J can now lead the bull or outer the -stall witii perfect safety, which is a groat satisfaction, and I would not have the horns replaced if I could. I have since witnessed the dishorning of several head, and have oven seen the blood spurt out; but there is no possible danger of over-bleeding, as 1 can understand, borne animals began to eat immediately after tho operation; but I do not think they were in the unood of eating, as it was only excite tmont causing the appetite. Several -cows gave a smaller llow of milk for one lay after being dishorned, so the owner told me, and he weighed the milk; from which please form your own opinion, Quit my observations aro that it will afTect their appetites a couple of days, though eases may diner. In cutting oil the horns. I profor to have them out back on the skin so as to leave the animal like, or nearly, the natural hornless ones, which may be half an inch, though one can tell by feeling thu head, and this does not cause any more pain, as far as I can learn, than it would to leave a stub horn; and though you may look six inches into their heads after removing the horns, do not feel alarmed the brain is safely inclosed by a bono pro tcotion but before dishorning, ox amino a head if possible, to learn for yourself, and you can take oil' horua practically as well as any one, if you Jiavo a llttlo nerve. I think early in tho spring or fall is thu best time for dishorning, there be. ing no tlies or seriously cold weather, though I know of somo operated upon in mid-winter, in this northern region, that came out all right . M. Culbcrt' son, in Country Gentleman. A Thoughtless Father. "What is your son doing now?" asked a merchant of ono of tho senior traveling men. "He is in a real estate office." "That is good. I'm glad tohoarthat Jto is in the way of making money." "Yes, I've taken great pains with that boy. Trained him up to be strict ly honest, always tell the truth, and never take advantage of anybody." Tho old merchant looked at him and then walked away, muttering: "And then put him in a real-estate oflico. Somo fathers havo no jud moot at all." Merchant Traveler. Thoy Feol at Homo. In a St. Paul shoo storo whero thore is a sign that reads, "None but gentle men employed as clerks. Ladies may fool perfectly at homo when purchasing good here," tho other day n clerk wont Ui thu proprietor and said: "Don t you think we'd hotter pull down that Hlgur" "What for?" "Hecauso tho women road it and si I down on the lloor when trying shoos on." St. Paul Globe. 1'. 0. Allen, of Augusta, Mo., pnt ronizos tho United Suites malls to a liberal extont. Ho paid the Post-olllcc Department $140,000 in 1887. Ho pub lishes sixteen periodicals, mostly week lie; employs about (18,000 worth ol labor overy wook, nnd is a full-Hedged millionaire. His subscribers number 1.200,000. A novel scono was presented on lnuid Traversa boy recently. A tug nnd mi eo boat woro out on tho bay to gether. Thu ice was about two and OBe-half inches thick nnd tho ico boat had Uto best of the tug tu far us speed DM coucruiL 'GROWTH OF CHILDREN. fiitrntlfiB OlmTVulloin Muilo liy n No toil Diijiltli IMucittor nnit Sivunt. The period at which tho general in croaso of the body is going on is from the end of Sl.irch to Dicombor; and within tiiis period there is a period of maximum increase in height and a period of maximum increaso in weight. During tho period of m ist rapid in creaso in weight, tho incronso in hoight is tho slowest of any in that period, 1110 nines oi moan growth ot height and weight about coincide, nnd tho period of maximum growth in hoight is a poriod of comparative rost for tho woight. Tho height-poriods begin and end about fifteen days be fore the wolglil-pcrio.ls. Tho hoight first has a pctiod of minimum growth, then a period of mean growth, then its maximum growth, and then suddenly falls bark again to tho minimum rate of growth. Tho woight, howovor, begins witii a minimum rato of growth, passes at onco to its maximum, and then slowly falls through the poriod of moan growth back to thu mini mum ngaln. Tho growth in weight varies moro than tho growth in height. An increaso of 1 centimeter of height corresponds to 2.81 kilo grams during tho period of maximum growth in weight, but only to. 48 of a kilogram in tho poriod of moan or minimum growth. Tho incroaso of woight in tho maximum period is es sentially a growth in stoutness, and tholos- of woight during the poriod of minimum growth is a decrease in stoutness. In tho period of maximum incroaso in hoight tho increaso in stoutness is at a minimum, and dur ing the poriod of least increaso in height is at a maximum. A practical lesson to bo dorivod from tho knowl edge of thoso poriods is to havo as largo as possiblo a sharo of tho poriod of general grontost growth fall into the vacation time; for then tho body has loss strain upon it, an I is in gon- oral i i (lie best condiiion for growing. Tho Swedes and South Germans aro accordingly right in giving their chil dren two or two and a half months vacation, from July to tho middle of Sopteinber, and thus including a good share of the greatest growl h poriod. Dr. Mailing-Hanson hits also at tempted to make out shorlor periods of twotily-iive and sovonty-fivo days of variations in growth, which ho regards as due to the chaugos in tho climatic conditions, but this i not as yet se curely established. His study of tho height rovoals somo vory interesting points. It is woll known that we are longer when wo Ho down than when wo stand up, and this difioronco may be as much as a contimetor. So, too. nftor a long walk, when tha woight of ho body has compressed all thoso parts that furnish room for contrac tion, tho height is smallor. Tivonty two hoys, tliirloon to sixteen yoars old, woro moasurod at difl'eront tlmos of dny. Dining tho hours of leisure, from C to 8 a. m., n boy lost, on tho average, 4 niilllmitcrs in liolglit; while resting on the school bonch.frnm 8 to 9 o'clock, he gained .3 of a mil- imeter; during tho inslruclion, from 9 to 10. ho loses 1 millimeter; during the recess from 10 to 11, tho loss in height was 3 millimeters for oacli hoy; from 11 to 12, during school hours, tho body expands by 2 niilllmo lers, but in the next hour in school loses. 4 of a millimeter, in tho leisure time from 1 to o'clock tho body loses 3 milllmoters. Ii general, from G a. m. to T p. m. there is a loss of 9 mil limeters; from lo 9 p. m. thore aro variation; and from 9 p. in. to 6 a. m. them is a gain of 9 millimntors. These moasiiromentfl woro taken dur ing the winlor mouths. Too daily variations In woight, woro also ob served, From tho ond of. tho ehiof meal, at 2 p. in., until 9 o'clock, oaeh liny loses . 13 of a kilogram, and from !) i. m. to 0 a. in. there was a loss of .67 of a kilogram. Of this. .23 of a kilo- gram was duo to porspiralion and ex halation, nnd tho rost to oxorotions. From 0 a. m. to 1 . m. there was a gain of. 11 of a kilogram, and dinner added. 69 of a kilogram. It is very much to be hnpod that tho custom of taking a variety of this kind of meas urements will bocoino widespread, and systematic attempts bo made to extend and collect suoh observations. Science. A Mighty Strango Town. Hero, what ate you doing?" risked tho janitor of tho Potter bnlld- of a wild-eyed granger, who was rushing across tho roof to tho cop ings on tlio edge. By ginger, that s quoorl was tho ast on ii-hod reply. "I stepped inter a llttlo oflioo when I come in, nnd tho hull bulldlti' bogiu to sink. Fust thing I knowod, she stopped; and now, whon I git out, I find m'self up n tho air 'bout four mile. Quoor place, this York." m-liits. A lady stepped into lior slolgh on Wabash street, tho nthor day, and. taking up tho reins, talked to her horse like this: "Got upl" "Go on, Billy!" Got up! Got upl" "Hilly, why don't fou gor ' "ion norrui brutoi" "What n stupid" llio horse, dospito ill this, stood stock still. Then Ids mistress spoke to a gon' Ionian who had b -oil watching hor: "Cm you make I Is animal start, sir?" Ho politely bowed, canto forward, unhltuhod tho horse, and patted him on tho nock. Then tho animul Blnrtod. SL Jliul Globe. Tho Stoug hum Musical Society has just celebrated Its ono hundred and first birthday nt Hindolpli, Mass. h is ono of tho oldest musical organi sations in tho U "d Slates, mid ninny noted Now Kuland musicians havo belonged to it. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL, Tho door of Heaven is alwnyf open to the prayers of God's people T. Watson. Old ago is a blessed time. It give leisure to put oh" our oarthly garments ono by one and dress ourselves foi Heaven. Unbelief and disobedience are so intimately connected that tho same i word in the sacred writings often serves for both. It is not until wo havo passed through tho furnace that wc aro made to know how much dross tliero is in out com posi tion. Cotton. Tho voice of conscience is so doli cato that it is easy lo stille it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistako it. Malam dc Slaet. Of all dark traits that disfigure the human race, that of wishing to bolittlo or degrado tho character of anothor is tho lowest. Pacific Stales Weekly. I never know a child of God boing bankrupted by his ncnovolenco. What wo koop wo may lose, but what wo glvo to Christ wo aro stiro to kcop. T. L. Cuylcr. Being kind nnd choorful, doing ono's duty, helping others, and loving umi, is tho best way to show that wo are pious in tho truo sense of tho word. Louisa M. Alcott. One earnest gnzo upon Christ is worth a thousand scrutinies of self. Tho man who beholds tho cross, and, beholding it, weeps, can not bo really blind nor perilously self-ignorant. Dean Vaughn. Thero is only ono greater folly than that of tho fool who says in his heart thero is no God; and that is tho follv of thoso who say with the head that the' do not know whether thero is a God or not. Bismarck. Livingstone was right when ho Faid: "Tho salvation of men ought to bo the aim and desiro of ovory Chris thin. Tho spirit of missions is tho spirit of our Master, tho very genius of His religion. A diffusive philanthropy is Christianity itsolf; it requires perpet ual propagation to attest its gonuino ncss. Missionary Jlevicw. If ono has lived an honr pntiontlv nnd serenely, and nbovo tho world, ho has proof within himself that such a lifo is possible. Argumont is no longor needed in his case; he lias experiment ed and proved by his own experionco vhnt tho distraction and worldliness of common pioty aro duo to a weakness which ought to bo overcome. In the war year, 1863, a train loaded with soldiers was passing through a tunnel in tho Cumberland range in Tonnossoe. In tho center of tho rather long tunnel it was tho blaok ncss of darkness. "Isn't this dark?" said a soldior. "Never mind, boys," answered another, cheorily, "Thoro's day-light ahead!" Tho answer went to tho honrt of cortainly ono man who was in some trouble. "Never mind, there s daylight ahead!" Christian, if you aro in tho dnrknoss of trial, "thoro's daylight ahead!" Bo not faithless, but bolioving. Tho dark tunnol is the way toliglitand safety. Jhc Congregation alist. WIT AND WISDOM. It requiros a clover surgeon to dross won n d eil va ui ty. Life. Fivo words to tho witty: Novor joke with stupid people. It is a folly to squnndor on tho dead what is needed by tho living. A great man's faults looked at wid magnifyin' Judge. A courso dinnor in a am alius glassos. first-class hotel ought to bo a lino afl'air.of courso. Hotel Mail. Wo attract friends by tho qualities wo display, and wo retain thorn by tho qualities which wo pos .oss. Aro wo to suppose that bocauso a man happens to bo absorbed in a book, it is printed on blotting-papor? An irritnblo man lios liko a hedge hog rolled up tho wrong way, torment ing hlnisolf with ids own prickles. Hood. Tho crank is tho most obstinato of mon. Whon ho tako a thing into his head you can not turn him. Boston Couritr. A declaration of sufficient punish ment from a defeated wrestler is a spoecli from tho thrown. Rochester Post-Kxpress. Tho man who wrote. "Hark, from the tombs a doleful sound!" had prob ably been listening to a gravo's tono. San Antonio Gossip. If one sins against ltis hoad or his lungs or his stomach ho must boar tho penalty in his own body. Tliero is no vicarious atonement Tho mi mm it of a mountain is gen erally sterile, while at the foot It is for t'le. So a man niny bo bald-hoaded, and yet find that tho corn on his foot thrives. Boston Jlulletin. Choorfulnesss is the daughtor of employment; and I havo known a man to come homo in high spirits from a funeral, merely because ho had tho management of it. Bishop Jjorne. Do to-day's duty, light to-day's temptation; do not weaken and dis tract yourself by looking forward to things you can not see, and could not understand if you saw thorn. Charles Ktngslcy. "1 charged a battery myself onco," exclaimed an ox-sutler. "You did," replied an old artilleryman who know him "you charged our battery fifty cents a drink lor moan whisky." Tex as Sttings. A sportsman is n man who spends nil day away from his hu-duoss, two dollars for powder and shot, mid comes home at night tired, hungry and ugly, dragging a fourteeii-oeut rabbit by thu cars. Ikster (JLe.) Uutctte, FREEDOM FOR HENS. How tha Ordinary I'nrm Crop Is AfTecteil by KuvlriK I'wl, Who could livo for a number of years in tho country without hearing this re frain from the farmer s calondar? April "We're sowing oats shut up the hons!" May "Wc ro planting corn shut up the liens!" And so on through tho long summer months. Their natural propensity to scratch for a living makes the hens seem to do a great deal of damage. During last spring wo cither had to stop and build a poultry-yard fence, or ot out tho fowls. In tins localitv farm help is necessarily scarce, for our neat neighbor gives men oho dollar and sovcntv-livo cents per day in his qttar ries. So, in self-defense, we let forty fowls "run tho farm for us all sum mor. Unwilling to trust them in tho garden, wc mado ono at a distance from tho house. The fowls watered themselves at tho spring, and fed themselves from tho field, with tho except on of a quart of grain oach night. Ihey went to the Mold as soon as the drill and scratched away as if determined not to leave ono oat. J hoy followed the plow to tho corn lot, ami ran opposite to tho bar row in pulverizing the so 1. After planting, thev stayed thero much of tho time, but tho corn eamo tip re inarkably well, the aero near the barns best of all. No field within range escaped their notice. J uev gathered the fallen fruit in tin: plum orchard, mil picked up all the Red Astt acliaus aoples by daylight oacli morning. They picked tho cherries from small trees, and preserved tho currants and red raspberries. The expense of koep- ng was slight. All that thoy really lestroyed was some fruit. Profit came when the labor item was letl nit. Tho past, season has been asoberono o many farmers. A serious drought checked overy thing but weeds, and al most ovory crop we havo lias been a costly one. Looking forward, it seems that we must increase our income by increasing productiveness or reducing expenses. Un a small scale, 1 have lono both in my poultry-yard bv giving Jio hons their libortv. How thoy did lay! Such a commo tion and rivalry among tho hens! Such a rejoicing by tho Spanish tenors! They began to lay earl- in tho season, and continued steadily until the fall fashions came, and they ordered new suits. Whon tho berry crop was a partial fail ure, and tho prices way down, it was a little solid comfort to havo so satisfac tory an incomo from the fowls. To thoso who havo fancy ponltry- houses, well-fenced yards and plenty of money, this summer freedom may seem a venture; but to tho many who havo llttlo timo and money to spoud, it will bo satisfactory to know that tho ordinary farm crop is improved rather than harmed by the depredations of the fowls. Strictly fresh eggs aro easily sold for moro than market prices; a few plump fowls can be dress ed and sent to market any timo at a fair price, and chickens are always in lemand. Let us fonco in our gnrdons or find low places lor them, and when tho warm spring woathor comes, and you start whistling tor the held, call back vour orders with tho now retrain Let out your hens!" Cor. Country Gentleman. SOIL ASSISTANTS. llow to Form n C'orrcot Entlmntn of tho Vliltm of I. ami. The acquirement of knowlcdgo will naturally induce us to seek by art to assist or even to improvo upon nature. and woll considered preferences will ho accorded to certain cultures and breeds of cattle, while into tho soil will bo in troduced those elements of fertility in which it lias been proved to bo defi cient. Siilhciout attention will bo paid to drainage, tho necessity of freeing the land from an excess of water boing even greater than tho introduction of fertilizing elements; for although under tho proper conditions tho latter will increase the quantity and valuo of tho crops, too much witer will elieetualiy prevent us from drawing an crops at all. Nothing, therefore, can over bo done with land anvwhero, if it bo not properly drained whore thore is too much moisture, or properly irrigated where tho necessary natural water sup ply is not forthcoming. It U because of the vital importance ot this (liiestion that we are thus em phatic at this ear.y stage. To ascer tain whenco nn e.ee.-s of water pro ceeds is not by any meani a ninttor of difficulty; a very damp climate, a spongy and rotentivo soil, tho existence of underground springs all those, or any of tliom, may bo tho causes of dis astrous oll'ects, which can bo easily remedied by thoso possessed of such knowledge as wo havo attempted to describe. In tho first of thu cases named, tho evil may bo overcome by ordinary surface drainage, but in tho second it is only after ascertaining tho truo composition of the soil that wo can etleet such mixtures with other soil, or combinations with lime or sand, as may suggost themselves as nocos sary, while in thu third case, tho con struction of deep dudcr-drains alone will carry tiff the water from tho sub strata without allowing it to roach tho surface. Wherever thero exists n faulty or careless system of drainage, no correct ostimato of tho agricultural value of a property can possibly bo formed; for although from its oxoosslvo dampness a soil may remain unproductive, it may, nevertheless, contain nil tho necessary elements of fertility. M watt s Moilern High tanning. OLD CARL DUNDER. lie Turns Illntorliin nnd TelM Scmo Stor!c- About (irr.it Men. Now, shildren, if you comoall aroundt mo I tell you some shtones like she vhas in der oldt country vhen I vha? a poy. Maypo you haf heard of Christo pher Columbus? Yes? Dot vhas a great nnd good man. If it vlias not for him wo doan' haf some telegraph. Ho also goes py Yorktown und makes Lord Cornwa'llis surrender. Eafery pody loves him like her own fnddcr. If it vhas not for him wo doan' haf ' somo Columbus Buggy Company. Dot vhas all iboudt Christopher Columbus, excopt dot he vhas poor nnd honest und don't go py der police court for shtealing. Humboldt was also a great man. Ho makes dot first shteamboat on der Hud son river. Vhcn ho vhas a poy he doan' sliump on some sleighs nor call any pody names, und vhen lie grows oop liko a man eafery grocer und butcher vhas ready to trust him. No pody in lis country would know dot Missis sippi river if Humboldt doan' come lafer here und find him. I doan' know f he had three wives, but ho vims happy whon lie died, und more ash orty hacks vhas in dot funeral procos ion. If eafery poy should grow oop ike Humboldt we (loan' haf moro ash wo policeman in der hull country. Maypo you hcarnpoudt Queen Anne? lie vhas an awful good woinans. She ike to come oafer to America und dis ofer Lake Michigan, but she doan' 'af no time. She vhas soocli a kind learted Queen do eb.e can't go down y der grocery uiik?, somcpody yells udt: "Hurrah for our Anne!'' If a rani) comes along she gifs him so uooch money dot ho vhas a bloato 1 londhohler right off. By und by somo adt peoples make a conspiracy on der Jueen und say she wears a glas eye, mil sho feels so badt dot she buys an i.sp und puts him under her corset und has stung to deat'i. If somcpo ly liko o put oop a grave-stono for her I ship ii two dollar. Dot shentleman named Nero vlias iadt man from way back. He doan' aro if dor Ohio river vhas two boon red feet nbovo high water mark und afdry body vlias drowned oudt. Maypo io vhas der first settlor in Cincinnati. nit 1 l n n no. Sometimes ho sots all lor folks to lighting so he can enjoy u m self, uud sometimes ho sots a city m fire und takes his fiddle und plays 'Saw Mv Leg OfT," vhilo all der houses Hid peoples vhas burning oop, Vhen io dies eaferv body vlias so glad dot eliool vhas dismissed und nopody works. Liko I tell you peforo, der badt man comes to a badt ond. Ho may havo some good times for loedlo vhile, but pootv soon ho vhas a goner. Shoorgo Washington vhas a boss fel ler. If I haf some poy liko he vhas I vlias tickled all oafer. One time hi? fodder tako him oudt pohind der liouso nut a whip in his handt und say ho shall take oil his sliackct. Vhas dot poy ifraid? No, sir! Ho looks up to his ladder nut a pcautiful slimilo on hi; fnco und say: "You vhas bigger ash me, und you can lick mo in two rounds, but I doan tell somo lies. It vlias mo who goes oudt und finds Lake Erie!" Und ash a man ho can go down town und borrow money of a hoonered men. und ho doan' pay no faro on der bob- ailed ears. lie discovers dor Andes Mountains und makes der first print ing, und vhen ho dies eafery pody vhas too sad to speak. If I vhas like him I gif von tAvo-dollar-und-a-lialf. Detroit Free 1'rcss. A NOVEL INDUSTRY. .Mntlinil KmplnytMl In the Mnnuftlct uro of Paper Unities. An attempt, now being made on an extended scale to introduco bottles mado of paper into this country merits omo passing notice The papor-bottlo nilnstry, which has achieved consider able su -cess in Chicag i, and is gradu ally extending throughout tho United States, lias not yet obtained any devel opment on this side of the Atlantic. i'oremost amongst Vio advantages accruing from this now adaptation of paper is tho fact that tho bottles aro unbreakable; whilst tho cost at which they can bo placed on tho market is considerably lower than that of articles of tho samo size in glass, stoneware, or tin. A groat saving in weight is moreover atl'oetod, a desideratum of no small moment where cost of carriage of largo numbers has to lie taken into consideration; whilst the cost of packing N reduced to a minimum, for breakago in transit, which is a constant sourco of loss witii glass bottles, is obviously impossible. Special m ichinory is eniployod in tho manufacture of paper bottles. A long strip of papor of requisite thickness having been formod into a tubo by bonding around a circular "mandrel," is covered externally with an outer glazed shoot, bearing any printed la bels to bo oniployed; tho tnbo is then cut into short lengths, to tho ends of which are added tops, bottoms and necks of paper or of wood, if spooial strongtli is desired -nothing further being necessary beyond pouring in and lining tho insides with a composition, which on setting will effectively resist tho action of acids, spirits, inks, dyes, etc. Tho utilization of paper is con stantly rocoivingnowadaptations.a bare enumeration of which would constitute a forniidablo list; whilst unoiigh has boon said to demonstrate that tho Intest development of this material in the bottle-making industry bids fair to hold a not unimportant part in the varied uses now obtained from papor. t'iam bers Journal. A man was recently sentenced it Liverpool to livo years' penal M rvitud. for obtaining a (shilling under th 1 rotoxt that it was for u charltabh oi jctiL FGYPT. wnero uio uno or 11 woo Is a Duel do ill j Dull liil.tunco. The Lovaniino wo iieu aro indolont. and early become very fat; many In Cairo and Alexandria havo novor soon the city gates or tho port. Ihey are too reputed to indulge in serious in. iriguc. Tho? havo not tho faitli in dosiiny which enervates tho best M'l.so'ms. but aro courageous in dan ger. Thoy aro not frank in their hatreds or dilikes. They associate with tho Copts far moro than with Moslems, and aro ovcrfond of festivi tias. I havo never soen a SI islem woman praying in a mosque except at. the II iwling Dervishes, whon throo wom en in nn upper balcony accompanied the brethren in a part of the exercises, by pantonine, and Ihov woro insane and put there to be cured by tho tlovo tions. Nor have 1 soon a Sloslom womnn or girl praying anv whore But there arc mosques in Cn'ro Hint nro named for women nnd somo that havo boon built by thoni or for thom with thoir money. I know at least six women's names. That of Si. Ziynob. tho granddaughter of tho Prophet, has a clock-lower and much dec oration; and nothing but wom en can outer the bronzi inclos ure which contains the brocade draped tomb. The inosquo of St. Sophia, built by her eunuch, has a fine minaret and decorations; thoso of Ayesha a 'd F it ineh aro of peculiar sanctity Alee, a Sloslem legends O.ir wis and nislructivo tall, gaunt crammed a'ul much N i hian, a rigid with histories, experience, tho best authority on our daliabooyoh, nnd whom wo mercilessly question on tho social and domestic lifo of tho wonion. related to 113 with ninny par- ticulars Moslem after a tliat his wife and otlior women went, twico a year, bath, to a side room In tho lit Fatmeh and Ayoslia ot pray mosque nnd bo advised by a Khateoh. This ex hortation wis praise to Allah, injunc tion to servo tho husband, warning against evil spirits and infi deliiy. exhortations lo toacli the sons the things they should know while in llio harem, rhapsodical expressions of God, and blessings asked for tho pil grims and family of the prophet. Levantine, Armenian, Syrian nnd somo of tho Coptic woman rocoivo mnlo visitors with tho mon of tho family, and thoy shop, ride nnd visit and eat with mnlo relatives and inti mate friends. At a Coptic wedding which I attended in Dairo thero wore many of thoso foreign wonion present, but not ono Coptic woman, oxcopt a young girl of tho family of tho bridegroom. Tho families of both brklo and groom woro wealthy and important, and tho affair was grand nnd expensive; but it was for men and foreign women. Tho young girl of tho family did the arduous duties of hostess charmingly, wi'h the support of another, a schoolmate of hoc own age. In visit ing tho native Consuls, Governors, village sheiks and other public mon, I have never s-eeu 1 lie women of the harem, except by special invitation from tho master of thn house But ono meols in Cairo nntivo wonion of all classes, in the shops, in tho bazars, in tho gardnos on donkeys and in sarriages, and their cv'dent intontion is to enjoy iliomsolves. I know tho wife of a Paslin, a Copt, who rccoivos gentlonion with ladies, but novor alone. Among llio poor tho filling of wntor jars, gossip on the s root, squatting outside tho mud inclosuro of tho homo, with dirty children, eliickons nnd shoop. baihing in tho Nile and wash ing clothing and domestic animals these aro the chief opportunities for woman's social onjoyincnt. And tho koonness with which thoy relish this part of their daily lifo tolls tho story of its poverty. Morning and evening along the banks of the river wo mot with irrogular processions of womon and young girls, reproducing tho an cient, pictures, with their water jars gracefully and jauntily poised on their vailed bonds. Cor. Pittsburgh Dis patch. An Honest Politician. An honest poli ician lias h-on dis- covered in Alabama. Just nftor linv- ing announced himsnlf as a,candidato for Congress and while standing an the eourl-liouse steps making a spoooh, some one in the crowd yollod: "Say. what do you think of tho tarifi? Givo us your views." "My friends," said tho orator, "1 don't know a blaino thing about tho tarifi'." II i wns oloctod by a largo majority. Arkansatu Trave e.r. Tho cows of a Georgia farmor got Into tho poa fuld of his neighbor anil desiroyod about ten bushels of peas. Thoroupou tho lattor farmor prosonted an account claiming 5 for ton bushels of poas at t-ixty coins por bushel. Tha owner of tho cows ox nmlnod tho nccount and thou said: "I.ook bore, my oows ato up ton bushols of your peas, but von 'know tho rulo in gntlioring pons Is to givo one-half for tho gathering. So you soo my cows woro ontitlod to five bushols of thoso pons for picking them. Theroforo I t-nlv owo von for fivo bushels nt sixty cents nnd thnt mnkos$3. Hero's your money." And nt $3 thoy sottlod. Tho manager of tho nutomntlo nmchinos. which furnish weights. sweotments, pons, paper, nnd o.lior things to London noonlo. reoontlir showed the pollco half n Ion of load and line tins nnd thousands of pieces of cardboard (hat had boon dropped into tho niaehluo instead of pouaioa. WOMEN IN