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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1888)
OREGON SCOUT, JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers. UNION. OKKtteX. Fkople In Minneapolis, Minn., con sumo 45,000,000 cigars a year, but only 9,000,000 of tin's number are mado by its 200 cigar makers. Gordon Hughes, an Ohio boy, son of the American Con&ul at Binning- liam, has won, in competition with 52 others, a Cambridge scholarship worth $2,000. Tiik supervising architect of public buildings at Washington has recom mended to the Secretary of the Trcas ury that $-10,000 bo appropriated for tho repair of public buildings in San Trancieco. The remarkable finish of American .papers is imparted by the addition of a mineral called agalith, a silicate of magnesia somewhat resembling as bestos iu texture. It is found only in tho United State?. A iiKTTEit received from Itobert Qai rett, dated at Oniro, states that l.o and his party will ascend the Nile as Jar as Thebes, and returning by way of Cairo, will cross tho Mediterranean to Greece. From there they will go to Russia. They are not troubled with breach ot promise runs in (Jliiua. When a future Chinese bello is about three days old sho is formerly betrothed to tho Bcion of Borne acceptable neighbor, and when sho is about fifteen tho is carried and lufl'there, and that ends it. John LUi.r, of Westbrook, Ga., is evidently a humorist, although ho has not yet become known to tho world us such. Ilif first baby was christened Pirat Half; tho next, Second Half; tho third, Other Half, and tho fourth Jiest J tall. J lo lias a lig sign over his cabin door which reads : "Tho Whole family of John Half lives with in. . A half family is better than none, but if you want to too six halves in one nolo, como msulo and see what is left of us. God bless our homo." TELEGRAPHIC. Ad Epitome of the Principal Events Attracting I'aMic Interest Now Wiiii.k a citizen of Lumpkin, Ga was cleaning out his cellar recently after it had been Hooded, ho discovered a slight dopiossion in tho earth, and, examining it closely, saw a bar of metal partly buried there. Picking it up ho found it to bo lead. Further search revealed 1(57 haw, weighing about u pound each. Mow they got there is not known, though it is sur limed that they were buried during tho lndiun war of J8!K, when a mdo fori stood on tho present tilo of tho house. It is said that -10 per cent, of all the dentlis from poison in Great Britain are due to opium; and this rate of morsality, according to Dr. Dlytho, "ariseB in a great from tho pernicious practices hard-working English mothers and tho baby-farmer of giving infants 'soothing sirrupp,' 'infants' friends' nnd tho like, to allay restlessness and keop them asleop during tho greater part of their existence." It has been calcu lated that ono preparation alone is tho undoubted cause of death of 150,000 children every year. Winter measure both of Bobton hiiB just received from Af rica tho largest gorilla over landed in this country. His name is Jack, and he is live feet in height when stand ing erect, and measures sovou feet from the end of one outstretched hand to tho other. Ho weighs about 125 pounds, and exhibits enormous strength, compared with which that of a man seems like a child. Ho ar rived iu a large box made of planking two and a half inches thick, and when being removed from tho ship ho tore largo splinters from tho hard wood planks with as much ease as a child would break a twig. An enormous black eagle has boon Boon lately at Lander, Wyoming. It is believed that tho bird is fully live foot in height and that his powerful wings measure lilteon feet from tip to tip. His legs are almost as big as a man's. Ho gouoially makes his ap pearance nbout sunset, when ho will fly from cHlf to clill' on tho mountains, all tho time keeping up a piercing Bcroam. Ho has been shot at dozens of times by excellent marksmen, but bo fur ho has safely avoided the Hying rillo balls, and each shot only seems to make him yell louder, as if laughing at his wotild-bo slayers. A mini nmy bo opposed to capital punishment ami yet In favor of hang. Ing up hid grocer. Mwfoi Courier, Married moii aro preferred as offi cers on the pollen force. The authori ties want men who have had their ourauu tried uud urorod. ' Hungarian house deputies adopted tno army bin as proposed by tho gov eminent. In tho duel on tho Boisde Boulocn in Paris, between Depuis and Hubert, art critics, tho former ,yas killed. It. P. Gravel, treasurer of Scott county, Kas., has been found short in his accounts to tho amount of $9,000, Tho ship Smyrna was sunk in coll'sion with tho steamer Moto, off tno Isle of Wight near London. Thir teen passengers were drowned. Daniel Moriarity and Daniel Hayes were hanged at Tralce, for tho mur der of James Fitzmaurice, a farmer. near Lixna, countv Kerry, Ireland, Jamtnry 21st last. Alexander Jones, colored, was hanged at Tallahassc, Fla., for the murder of George Cuthbert, in No vember, 1887. The execution was pri vale. Samuel Phillips, the eleven-year-old son of a prominent merchant of Sagi naw, mien., wnno piayine on soino ogs in a bayou, fell in. Englehart Keiillinger, aged twenty-four, jumped in to save tho 003, but the little fellow clung to ins neck and both were drowned. Itamon Cruz, a wealthy planter re siding thirly miles from Havana, was taken prisoner by bandits is held for a $10,000 ransom. Soldiers are scour ing the country in search of him while his wifo has received a letter demand ing money, and saying if sho plays tho messenger false her husband's life will bo forfeited. New York brokers have boon in structed by a detectivo and requested to look out for a large number of bonds stolen from a lirm at Lisle, I ranee, llio bonds aro supposed to aggregato $1,000,000, and include Panama obligations, Credit Foncicr se curities, Portuguese obligations, Itus sum rents, 1 urkish bonds and miscel laneous obligations. A passenger train on tho New York & Pennsylvania railroad was wrecked near Whitohouso, N. Y., by tho spread ing of tho rails. Tho mail and bag gage cars and two passenger coaches containing about forty passengers, rolled down a twenty-toot embank ment. No ono was killed oulihfht, hut seventeen of those injured will die. lleleno Crosmond, prima donna, committed suicide 111 the oanm of tho Piccadilly, London. Sho signed a con tract with tho Drury Luno Opera Com pany, but owing to a mis-understand ing sho toio up tho contract in a lit of temper. Later sho tried to reopen negotiations, but in the meantime a stibstituto had been engaged, and in a lit ol despondency sho shot herself. General Wirt Adams, postmaster at Jackson, Miss., and John Martin, an editor, fought a street duel, and both nu n wore killed. Tho general was hit 111 the head, and Alartin was hit twice. A published article was tho immediate cause of tho tragedy, though a broach has long existed between tho men. It charged incompetent service in the poslolhee. ... . . . v nine yoar-oiu daugnror 01 a tanner named Albert Uoodspoed, living near Dcs Moines, Iowa, is lying at the point ot death, having been almost lilerallv eaten by a dog when found. Tho girl had been attending school. A hueo dog was standing over tho little girl, tearing the ilesh from her breast and devouring it. Her loft breast had been eaten away, leaving the lungs exposed, while her limbs were horribly mangled. A torrihio accident occurred at Itushsylvania, Ohio. A school exhi bition was iu progress in a hall situated in tho third story of a brick building, over -100 people being present. Sud denly the lloor gave way with a fright ful crash and tho entire audience wont down 111 a surging muss to tho ground. So far, two people aro reported dead, ton seriously injured, and probably fifty los seriously injured. An odd marriaga occurred at St. Louis. Miss Ada Hollo Richards, a cousin of tho late President Arthur, was married to Dr. Wright, of the Choctaw Nation, Indian territory. Tho groom is a quarter-blood Choctaw In dian, and a son of tho late Guv. right, of Indian territory. Ho is a well educated physician and quite handsome. Tho couple became ac quainted while tho biido w.is doing missionary work in thotorritory a year go. A lamp oxploded in tho hand of Mrs. John Quillon at Pittsburg, Pa., as sho was going up stairs. Tho burn ing oil set lire to her clothing, and, overcome with fright, sho ran to tho window and tumped out, alighting on a brick pavement ihirty-llvo foot be low. Coleman Kilroy and wifo who also occupied tho house had retired, but were awakened by tho explosion. Kilroy jumped from the third story window and was badly injured. His wifo forced her way through tho Humes which filled tho halls but in so doing was painfully burned about tho head, face and arms. A British gunboat has returned from Oupo Juby, whither sho was sent to investigate the reported attack of n body of tho Sultan of Morocco's troops upon a depot of tho Northwest Africa Company at that place. Tho coin mumlvr of tho Falcon roporta that Mr. Morris, manager of tho British-African Company at Capo Juby, attempted to photograph a Moorish camp of sovou soldieis, and that while ho was ad justing tho eamura the soldiers brained him. They then attacked and drove his companion into the fort protecting tho company' factory. ( COAST CULLINGS. Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California. A serious stabbing affray occurred at Itcd Bluff, Cal., in a saloon between Steve Trast (colored) and John Mali Ion, when the' latter stabbed Trat three times, and it is thought he will die. At Truckee, Cal., a fnecial train loaded with oranges aan into a freight train at tunnel 13. Both engines and several cars were badly smashed and fifty feet of snow-shed was knocked down. tV Southern Pacific passenger engine in turning on the table at Santa Ana, N. M., ran by tho table and collided with a freight engine in the round house, demolishing tho roundhouse mil freight engine. John B. White was stabbed and killed at Big Pine, Cal., bv W. T. C. Elliott. White was an uncle of El liott's divorced wife, and it is claimed that he was stabbed for offering pro tection to his niece. Elliott asked to be arrested. At Los Angeles, Cal . while Mrs. Molleto was driving into the citv the horse took fright and she was thrown from tho buggy. Her dress caught iu tho axle and she was dragged some distance. Portions of siuln wore torn from each side of her head and her right arm broken. While driving along a road seven miles south of Santa Cruz, Cal., three boys were thrown from a wagon, bv the horso balking, over a sixtv foot cliff. Vincento Garcia, twelve years old, was killed ; Manuel Smith, six CONGRESSIONAL. Legislation Pertaining to the Interest of the Pacific Coast and fol- years old, was bonously injured, and John Smith, four years old, escaped miraculously without injury. redro Pino, a Mvxican, and- Joseph Silva, a Portuguese ouarreled on a sheep ranch near Los Corrillos, N. M over tho right of possession of some laud, when Silva drew a pistol and shot Pino through tho jaw. Tho lat ter returned the fire, and shot Silva through tho brain, killing him in stantly. Pino will probably recover. A passenger train on tho Inter Oceanic railway was stopped and robbed by a band of fourteen high waymen, three miles beyond Irolo, of .Mexico. Tho passengers and train men were systematically robbed. The company lost over ijW.OOO from the treasure box. It is presumed this is tho same band that entered Anieca hieoa recently, and that plundered the Chatbuac ranch in tho state of Pueblo. A t-on of Win. Bent, who keeps a saloon in San Francisco, was drowned at tho entrance of the ferry slip. He was in a boat near tho end of the wharf when tho steadier Donahue c.uue in, and the wuws caused by the steamer swinging into the slip caused tne bo s boat to capsize. A yacht saw tho accident and went !o his res cue, but accidentblly ran light ovei bun. Tho lad sank and was drowned. Terrencc Mullen, convicted of per jury in connection with an entry of public lands in Southern Now Mex ico, whs brought horn Los Cruces and placid in the penitentiary. Jlo is un der sentence of tho United States court to servo four yoais at hard labor and pay a fine of 1,000. Mullen is the ono who concocted tho schonio to steal tho body of Abraham Lincoln. md hold it for ransom. The plot was disclosed by ono of his associates, and he was caught in tho act of carrying off tho body, for which ho served "one ono and one-half years in tho Illinois prison. A shooting affray occurred at Oak land, Cal., which resulted in tho death of John Phelan, a tailor. It seems that Phelan was out with two com panions, and met Hen Litchenstein, another tailor. Thoy had some angry woids about tho price of work. Phelaii accused tho other tailor of taking work from him by doing it at cheaper rates. Litchensttin denied this, and things were smoothed over, and nil parties took a di ink in a neighboring saloon. Phelan than struck Litchen stein in the face. Tho assaulted tailor went away, but quickly rotunud with a rovolvor and shot Phelan in tho left breast, tho bullet entering his heart Phelan died in fifteen minutes after reaching the hospital. A fow days ago a gentleman from Fresno registered at one of the pi iuci- pal hotels in San Francisco, but as thoro were no rooms vacant at the timo ho was' told to return in tho af ternoon. His luck was no better on his return. Ho was a littlo indignant. and told tho) clerk at tho desk that ho would stop there anyhow, and offered to back his boast with $100. Among tho guest at tho hotel Was a young udy from tho same town as tho gen tleman, and for whom ho had a liking. Ho went to tho young lady, told his predicament and determination, and asked tho young lady to marry him. Sho consented, and together they went to tho parson and were married. It is sufficient to say that tho gentleman made good his boast. Some nine mouths ago Miss Laura Webster, a young lady living iu Santa Clara county, Cal., received a severe mguc wnue visiting nor sister m vic toria, H. 0. Sho was in good hoalth at tho time, but a fow days later sho sank into a deep sloop. Shortly after hor allliction sho was takon tb San Jofco, where sho now resides, and during the tranco tho only nourish ment sho received was forced down her throat. Her breathing was barely perceptible, and her limbs, when placed in a certain position, would re main rigid until changed by an at tendant. Sho lies xih heroyes closed but will reply to questions, when re peated several times. During tho last fow weeks hor condition has improved considerable, and tho physicians iu at tendance statu that sho will eventually awaken from her long sleep. HK.NATK. Among tho bills reported placed on tho calendar, were the lowing : Senate bill to retire certain disabled officers of the army. House bill authorizing the presi dent lo retire Alfred Pleasanton, with the rank of colonel, with an amend ment giving him the rank of colonel. House bill for the promotion of army officers after twenty years of continued service in one grade, a minority dissenting. benato bill granting to the Oregon llailway it Navigation Comnanv right of way through the Nez Perce Indian rescivation. The committco on foreign afTairH reported to the senate in executive I session Ihe treaty which was recently negotiated by Secretary Bayard and' the Chinese minister, with the recom--mendation that two amendments bo, made to the treaty, and that it bo sent I to the President with the request that' ne secure the consent of tho Chinese government to tho amendments. TJ10 first amendment is to the first clause of the treaty, wnich provides for the exclusion of all Chinese labor ers from this country. Tho amend ment added to this clause provides that this exclusion shall also apply to Chinamen who have been in this country and hnvo departed, taking certificates with them. This amend ment will prevent the return of all Chineso with certificates. , The fcecond amendment adopted by! 41. n e , . 1 niu uuiiniiiuoo on ioreign aii.urs pro-, vides that exempted classes in tho treaty, such as merchants, students and Chinamen who have departed from this country leaving behind a' wife and family or money or propertv to tho value of $1,000, shall be allowed lo return only .upon presentation of certificates showing that tho holders belong to tho excepted classes named in the treaty. The number of individual pension bills passed bv the senate in sixty-live CARE OF THE HAIR. flolT Must Woman Can Come Into the Pot M-itsloii ot Fine Xrosse. There Is 110 necessity of cutting the hair short to improve- its growth, un less iu tho case of fevers, etc., whon it Is snrj lo fall out. To bo suro, cut ting tho hair short does improvo iti growth, but In most cases tho remedy is worso than the disease, for it takes it so long to grow to a length when it can hi done up in tho simplest way, that whon it is of tho length that it is too long to do up on papers, and too short for a ouil. but must bo sim ply combed nut and lot hang, it is a groat toniptation to cut it again, as it seems to bo at that stage of growth that can not bo kept iu order. If at this stage the leinptatfo 1 is resisted, it will not bo but a short timo buforo it will have grown lo a convenient length to put up in sonio way. for If eared for at this timo It will grow very fast. 1 hero Li nothing that will Improve the hair like brushing. Uo a stiff-brisilod brush, and brush thu hair vigorously until thu scalp glows. No matter how many times tho hair is brushed during tlio day, it is of tho utmost importance that it should bo thoroughly brushed boforo retiring at night. A vigorous use of the brush night and morning, but 11, ore especially at night, will ren der 1 ..: hair soft and silky ami give it a beautiful glos.. It will, also, make tho coarsest ha r soft and the dryost moist. Vjry important is it that 'this treatment should bo given lo long hair, where a comb is of very littlo uso but for re moving snarls. Tho hair should always bo taken down at night, 110 matter how elaborately it has been dressed, and given a tlior- minu.es was 105, forty-two of them be ing house bills. ' Several of them were for volunteer nurses, at tho rate of $2f) a month, and one was for the widow uf Gen. Charles P. Stone, at $50. nous:. A bill to provide for tho sale to act ual settlors under tho homestead laws. of the Fort, Sedgewick military reiser-i vution iu Colorado and Nebraska was! passi d. I A bill w.is nnsil in .cl,,l.i;l. ,,,, .,,1. 1 x - " v. i. ..J, ttu nr ditional land district in Oregon. Johnston, from the committee on ' elections, submitted a report on the! California contested election case ofi Lynch vs. Yandever, and it was placed, on the house calendar. The report is j unanimously in favor of Vandevor, I the sitting member. Cox presented a bill for an approp-1 nation, in lefoiouce to a nieniuiial from Gene. Sehortehl and Sloeuin and other members of the Army of the I otomac-, asking for an appropriation of $ 25,000 to aid iu meeting the tx pontes of a fraternal reunion of sur vivors of the Anny of tho Potomac oiigh brushing, then farted behind anil plaited into two long braids, which may bo left loose, or if annoy ing, as it is to some to have their hair down at night when sleeping, they can bo fastened iu a loose mat at tho back of tho head with rubber hairpins. , 3. eel pins are not in any way as nice I fir holding tho hair iu place as rubber once, for the former aro very apt to rust when used for any length of timo, and must bo instantly thrown away, for they are dangerous a Ijiuots when in tins stale to have ab ut tho head. Itubber pins hold the hair in place hot ter, aro cleaner and more comfortable, and do not fall out ot thu hair as easily as tho steel ones. Although steel piiH may bo, used during tho day when preferred, they ought never, 011 any account, he Usui at night in bod, for any sudden turn while asleop may send the point of 0110 into thu scalp, whicli wound, aside from being pain- ful, may turn out to Lo of a very seri ous nature. To promote tho growth of tho hair and to iirroftt its lading out, wetting tho scalp frerpitntiy with sag.) toa is an old-fashioned remedy, ai.d is an excellent one. Tho lnult with most pooplo using this U that they do not persevere in it, and then condemn it as usclo.is. There is no Loiter reme dy for promo ing the growth if tho hair than tnis oUt-stylod one. To eleanso tho soalp usu the yolk of an egg. boatou in a very littlo water. Hub it woll into the soalp and let dry. Il'mso iu lukewarm water, to been added a fow drops of Ammonia is a good iuvog- ,1,1, (1.1 1 ....... . r if . , . mm mu jvtiu,) u .ui iiiuin Virginia, 1 wineii lias to be held on the battlefield of Gttlvb- ammonia. mug in j 111 next. 10 commemorate j orator, u lmu only a lit do of it is used 1110 t,wenty-htth anniversary of that in water; hut beware of using much. UUm,', . , . ! or it may inllau.o the scalp and t uu Euure mry 01 uio interior trans mitted tho report by Governor Swine ford of Alaska, upon tho operations of the Alaska Seal and Fur Company, in which ho alleges that the company has gtossly abused tho natives, ami at-, taches an affidavit to tho charges. Ho! concludes that it would bo belter to al low every fur seal to be exterminated j than to continue so blighting a mo-1 nopoly. , I'OHTIiA.M) CMtOIHICr: JIAKKKT. 15 (3) 274 s? 10 (&) u & Ca 18 fa) 121 10 6 I Burrint Fancy roll, p lb Oregon Inferior grade Pickled California roll do pickled Cukksk Eastern, full cream Oregon, do Calitoruia Koos- Fresh DitiKi) Fnurrs VpphM, qrs, sku and bxs... do California ApricotH, now crop Peaches, unpeeled. now ... Pears, machine dried Pitted cherries Pitted plums, Oregon Figs, Cal., in bgs and bxs.. Cal. Prunes, French Oregon prunes Fi.ouit- Portland Put. Roller, tfbbl tJ 4 Salem do do i White Lily ti bul 4 Country brand 3 50 3 75 Supertlno a tO & 2 75 Chain Wheat, Valley, V 100 ttw... do Walla Walla Barley, whole, I etl no groin d, p ton Oats, choico milling t' bush do feed.nood tocholce.old Kve. fc 100 lbs Fkko Uru, tou Shorts, ? ton Hay, v ton, baled Chon. Ii ton Oil cake meal fc'ton 33 00 (g35 0C a: ttcit t-jtuun Apples, Oregon, t? box Cherries, Oregon, tdrm... Lemons, California, libx.. Limes, I' 100 Hlveruhle oranges, f box, , . Los Angeles, do do ... Peaches, box Hides Dry, over 16 lbs, lb Wot salted, over 63 lbs Murrain hides. Pelta VE(1KTA1IU Pultlinirn t Ih Carrots, p sacW vauunower, v uoi Onions 2 73 Potatoes, uow, V 100 lbs .. 75 Wool East Oregon, Surlm clip., 14 15 VttUev Oregon, do .. jo IS 40 i!o 30 WSJ So 20 10 U IS 0 u 2S 14 10 40 124 U 10 1-JJ 00 00 V5 (ft 1 22 is w 1 m 1 10 1 lsi 20 IK) (r25 00 M & 17 U Oa 15 I 10 (9 1 25 015 00 17 00 10 00 al8 00 i!3 CO 2.i 00 1 21 1 0 3 23 do 111010 hiirm than ' good. A very littlo borax in water is also excellent lor eicnisiug thu ilea I, but ought to bj ticd us carefully iu auiinoiihi, as too much bus a tendency lo make the hair dry and Lriltlc. Soap will make tho hair coarse and split it at the ends; consequently it ought never to ho u-cd in washing tho hair. After tho hair has been uahud and rinsed, wipo it as dry as possible with a towd, thou dry it thoroughly by ihu lire Never on any cqiisidoratiou go out into the air when (ho hair is wet, as, tho pores of the head being open, serious results may tollow. NuVer go to bed while the hair is damp, but wait until it is perfectly dry. Never uso a sharp-ioothoil comb, for it is suro to sera eli and irritate tho scalp and for this same reason metallic brushes are not 10 bu recommended. liostoa liudiet. 50 0C & & 8 tat in i A 5 7 U 10 & 1 23 2 73 1 25 PURCHASING TREES. Miih ICuusont Why S.n ill Oinx Aru I'ref. 'eriiblu lor Suvtvey 1'iu-)iil. Owners of grounds who aro laviii" plans and making arrangements to purchase nursery trees whon spring opons, and who eau niako.thoir own solectlons, or can rol." o 1 tin nursory man to carry out their wishos, should bear in mind that rather small trees will possess tho following advantagos Jhoy may commonly bj bought fot loss inonoy uiaii largo or overgrown ones; they aru morj easily taken up, ami with better a id more perfect roots; thoy aro mo - compactly and more securely packed for railway con .1 t . veyauce; 1110 iroigni or cxpross charges aro los; thoy aro loss likoly 10 bo injured or dried in transit; there is loss labor In handling and digging holes; thoy aro hotter held by tho roots, and do not require staking; thoy aro not exposed to loosening w inds; an I thoy aro more easily and porfoetly trained into such a shape as w.ll suit tho owner. Hore aro nine reasons; and if tho matter if can fully examined, every 0110 will It fumd true. Tho only supposed ad vantage of largo trees U that thoy will boar fruit sooner, but this is not com. inonly tho cao, and tho chock thoy muot with iu removal oftou rotnrdi thorn so much that tho younger true, which aro seanoly i-lioekud, outsuiii tlioiu, and glvo haitdouir nod mure! thrifty growth and better fruit Country GeitLe uatk I'xiit-llni; Duties of Cam- lliiiiHt-wlved. Ono uf tliu Mutt lilt Hut our shirts aro ready. Unfold one and, with jerky shako or two, snap ot)' the rough particles of starch which may adhere; iron dry a wrist-hand and its sleeve, then it.s fellow, essay the neck baud, which must not bo relinquished until perfectly dry, as tho rounding of the nock of the garment and it- liuisheil look (unworn) eau not bo secured with out this pains some super-sensitive necks require careful smoothing of the inner surface of tho band as well; iron the yoke, next tho front of tho shirt, and, after these, the bosom. Insert the bosom-board, and draw tho shirt-front tightly over it; wipe with a clean, damp cloth, and, bidding it lirmly, iron dry and polish by much rubbing. During tho operation, however, ami whon partially dry. lift all tho plaits cithot with the lingers or a very blunt knifo. and thou press down again. This ro veals tho stylo of tho front, and does not detract from its stillness. When tho desired polish has been obtained, with tho tip of the iron, make a mark ing down the line of stitching on each side of the central plait, which depres sion give.-, tho regular blunderer's finish; draw out the board, iron tho shoulders and Haps, and, lastly, taking tho back by Its center it will not harm the dry, Hill bosom crease down tho middle, and the garment is ready for foldiii"; ami this is the manner of It: lay ft, front down, on the board, aud brin tho right, outer edge to tho central crease, and iron thu folded edge only; take up ami lav llio sleovo lengthwise aihiwn thU fold; rop.at with th left side, and, laying one hand across tho back, at the bottom of tho bosom, toss it over it with the othor. and hang it on thu oloihea-bar, for, as a most worthy mother ud to Instruct her daughters vuium she trained to domes Ucusu.il .( liiwrnrv ways: "Never saddle and bridle chairs with the air ingli .cn." Uvt Housekeeping. AMONG THE PAPUANS. Bovr l'inlly QaarreU are Conducted NmlYra of New Urltaln. The Papuans livo in villages which are again dividod into small inclosiires, occupied by tho various families 01 which tho tribo is composed. Eacb family has its chief or patriarch, whuse" position is ono of considerable respon sibility, for if any of the members o) the little community of which ho is the head transgresses tho customs of tlj country, ho is called upon to rectify the wrong. Spmetimcs, also, a feud will arise between two families, and then it becomes his duty to lead his people in battle. It was our goon for tune to witno3 ono of these family quarrels. A young "buck" was. ac cording to our informant, accused o) "stealing" a young girl, or, in other words, they eloped. As every female has a certain cash valuo in Now Britain, t!ae relatives demanded that the girl should bo paid for iu full, which demand w:i3 refused. After much un successful negotiating the indignant fa ther of tho girl demanded the blood of the gay Lothario, and the entire family went out on the war-path. Wo sta tioned ourselves at a safe distance from the scene of operations in order to watch 'he affray. Ono party of sonif thirty warriors, tho relations of the young "buck," stationed themselves behind the trunk of a huge fallen tree, which formed an admirablo breastwork, and calmly awaited tho onslaught ol tlio foe. Tho girl's relatives advance I leisurely along tho sandy boaeh until' they had arrived within speaking dis tance, when the' halted, and now an animated confabulation took place be tween tho respective leaders, the one trying to persuado tho other to accept ii smaller price for tho ghl than that de manded, tho othor stoutly refusing any but tho girl's full value. Iieitig unable to come to an agreement, both parties began abusing eacii other in no meas ured terms, until finally, becoming more and more exercised, they began to swing their slings (a favorite weapon of tho Papuan) and showers of stones were soon whi.jdug across tho space be tween the two parties. Presently one old man. more excited or more courage ous than the rest, fot within spent dis anee, and lot lly several spears, without, however, doing any damage. His friends coming ui) behind him made such a tieivo onslaught that the foe h-fl their shelter behind tlio tree trunk and retreated. The shrieking and yelling now became terrific. Finally one ol thi.r warriors was observed to fall and his fi iends, dismayed by this catastro phe, lied toward their village, bearing the wounded hero with them. Theii eiiemios. apparently satisfied with their ietoiT. seated thoinselves upon the fallen trunk to hold a council of war. A messenger approached from the client 's camp ami a trueo was ar ranged. V" waited no longer, but afterward learned that tho girl pald for in full and tho dispute ended. ThePapauusarapolyg.-unisis. A man may have as many wives as his wealth enables him to purchase, and the more capital lie invests lu this kind of prop erty tlio greater his income, for tin savage. is a very practical civaturo and his helpmates, by their lab r, so n re pay him for bis outlay. Divorces ;ire absolutely unknown among tlie-o primi tive people; a woman oiieo bought be comes the property of her lord am master. wh. punishes any minor of fenses w illi a cudgel. Woman's greatest crime is, however, nunished with death. Tlio women are consequently very faith fill, ami tlio latter extremity is soldoir resorted to. If a man runs away with-another-man's wife, ho has to pay bet full value in divarn, as well as a line, and .-lie thou becomes the second party's property. Should ho refuse he is liable to be killed, at the option of the injured husband, who kills the woman when ever lie has a favorable opportunity. Cor. Sun Francisco Chronicle. HOW TO IRON SHIRTS. V