The Oregon scout., August 31, 1888, Image 6

OREGON SCOUT.
JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers.
U.VIO.V OKKKIIiV.
It ia estimated that 100 tons cim
mow bo carried thirteen miles an hour
ly Btcamship at a mile cost, including
.-fuel, irsjrance, Ac, of one-eighth of a
-penny.
Thk decay of organic matter has
l)con found by Schloesing to begin un'
ler tho influence of living organisms
'Between 100 and 120 degrees, Fahren
iieit, this action ceases, and is suc
ceeded by a purely chemical process
of slow combustion, which increases
.rapidly with tho temperature.
A hkw method of weather predic
tion has been discovered by Oh. Mon
tigny, a French physicist. Ho has ob
served that the scintillations of stars
increase before many storms, indicat
ing disturbance of tho upper atmos
phere hours before tho meteorological
instruments show any change. The
Horcer tho storm tho more is the
strength of the scintillations in
creased.
In tho year which ended on the 31st
.of last December the population of
Australia increased to tho extent of
100,911 souls, whilo Tasmania and
Now Zealand showed increases of
.6,207 and 13,975 respectively. Tho
-total population of all Australia is
now 3,510,725. Tho rate of increase
'lor tho past year was about 3 per
cent.
A wiutkk tells of a pieco of good
fortune coming from tho sonambulifi
tic habit. A young woman, troubled
.and anxious about a prize foi wliich
alio was going to compote, involving
tho writing of an essay, aroso from
lior bed in sleep and wroto a paper up
on a subject' upon which sho had not
'intended to writo when awako, and
th'is essay secured for her tho prize.
MitB. EciiAKKKit, of Chicago, has
lately invonted a garbago crematory,
built on tho plan of a largo oven. It
.is fed from tho top, tho ashes hifting
through iron grates into four-wheel
carts so that they may bo conveniently
hauled away. It is bo constructed
that all tho smoke and smell is carried
by pipoH into a largo smokestack. Sho
has also constructed a machine for
-washing windows.
Thk intorinfeotion of diphtheria
between man and various lowor ani
-mala, from pigeons and fowls to cats
torses and sheep, has been pretty wel
established by Dr. Georgo Turner, who
loports the results of his invostiga
lions to tho British Local Govern
jricnt Board. Ho found that tho
"gapes" in chickens was frequently
complicated with diphtheroid mem
"brancous growth.
Telegraph polos are presorved in
Jforway by making an nuger-holo
bout two feet from tho ground, in
which four or live ounces of sulphate
of copper in coarse crystals aro placed
and plugged in. Tho chomical is
gradually absorbed by tho wood until
ats wholo outor surfaco turns of
greenish huo. Tho sulphato requires
an occasional renewal, and is said to
bo a perfoct preservative
A wild girl, bomo twolvo or four
toon years old, has boon discovered in
Catahoula Parish, La., and tho people
thoro aro anxious to capture without
harming hor, and see if it is not poa
aiblo to civilizo her. Sho is thought
to bo one of two children brought
thither by a gypsy tramp woman
some years ago, and to havo boon
abandoned on account of u club fool
that provonted her walking fust.
Thehk is no city in tho world in
-which so much black is worn aa Paris,
writes a correspondent. It is a rule in
all largo establishments that tho sales
woinon should bo clad in black. Dark
colors are made tho badge of respecta
bility, so that tho mother of a family
liositates to engago a toachor or gov
crucss wuo manes nor appearance in
anything that is not drab, black or
brown.
TiiKiiB is a woman in Minneapolis
who possesses somo handsomo dia
monds. Sho puts thorn in a box, puts
tho box in a rag-bag, puts tho rag-bag
-on tho closot lloor, and at night puts
tho watch-dog in tho closot on top of
tho rag-bag, locks him in thoro and
very night hides tho koy in a differ
ent place. Hor husband says that if
ho had hor way alio would arm him
to tho tooth and put him in tho closot
-with tho tjog.
Jl3hb llttlo tilings, flono with,
outjiv'at lonst without disturbing
ourdHns of life, that often product)
alio happiest results. Bountiful How.
em grow from snods droppod nut of
Imud Unit aro full of other cares.
UhUciI J'rabutcrtaiK
TELEGRAPHIC.
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An Epitonk of Tin: Principal Evknts
Nkw Attkactinh Puiimc Intiuiest.
Four of the finest buildings in
Macon, Mo., were destroyed by fire.
Tho loss is over $100,000 ; insurance,
$50,000.
The loss bv fire at Chattanooga,
Ten ii on Aug. 10, was $100,000, and
the loss of life is estimated at ton peo
ple, and four badly wounded.
Lee's planing mill and adioinin
structures at Est Saginaw, Mich
burned. Loss, $110,000; insurance
light.
Yellow fever hai been declared an
epidemic at Jacksonville, Fla., an
tho people aro fleeing. Tho woatho
is hot and very favorable for a spread
of the disease.
Duriug a thunder storm Marti
Olsen, living on a farm three miles
west of Lonsboro, Minn., was killed
by lightning, together with two of hi
children.
Tho colored porter of a sleeping-car
attached to tho Union Pacific west
bound flyer was shot and instantly
killed by an insano passenger named
Hutchinson Arnold, of Nicholasvtllc.
Ky.
Mrs. D, Mnzeo, toll-gato keeper on
tho turnpike at Columbus, Ind., was
shot and killed in cold blood hvaman
who rode up to her lodge at midnight
Henry Keller, a deputy sheriff, is held
for tho crime.
Trappers encamped on tho Bed
River near Dcnison, Texas, report the
killing by Indians of a trapper named
Meyers, with his wife and two chil
dren July 10, while in camp on the
Territory side of tho river. Meyers
was from Michigan.
Beardon, thn negro who shot and
fatally wounded Olhccr Pahnor at
Springfield, Mo., was captured, bu
not until his body was filled with lead
Ho was placed in tho bpringhcld i til
wliich is now surrounded by a mob of
300 armed mon. who threaten to
lynch tho desperado.
Mrs. George Allen was burned to
death at Cleveland, Ohio, by the ex
plosion of u gasoline stove. She
rushed from the hotiso and fell upon
tho pavement, shrieking horribly,
Every particlo of clothing was burned
on but tier sliocs. iter Husband is
now a maniac from tho shock.
Charles Henry Riedel was hanger
at New Castlo, Dol., for tho murder of
his wuo and child, on tho night of
September 10 last. Riedel then
turned tho weapon on himself and
fired two bullets into his head, but
thoy did not penotralo tho brain, and
ho rocovored. Poverty and despond
oucy caused tho act.
W. G. Lams, a blacksmith, was shot
and killed at Danville, 111., by O
Allen, a notorious character, who had
been hired by Dectcctive Hall to ar
rest Lams on a charge of assaulting a
woman Allon claims was his wife. The
murder was most deliberate, Lams of
fonng no resistance to arrest. Tho in
dignation against Allon may end in
lynching.
A car of stono left tho rails near
Mapleton, Pa., where a gang of men
were building a bridgo, and crashed
through a light trestle, crushing the
workmen into tho Juniata river, fifty
feet below. Two men wore fatally in
j u red, and threo are in a dangerous
condition. Thoy probably will be
crippled for hfo. Several othors were
more or less injured.
At tho Ohio & Wisconsin coal
mines, two miles west of Albia, Iowa,
Michael Dial, an old minor, killed his
son Dick with a shotgun. The run
was about 27 years old. Tho old man
is in custody of tho sheriff and nearly
crazed with grief. It seems that
there was a family row, and tho father
claims ho shot his son in self-defense.
James P. McLaws, civil engineer,
was killed on tho lino of tho coal road
of the Southern Pacific Company, be
tween Crocker i.tul Carbonado, Cnl.
Mr. McLaws camo up on tho grado
just as n heavy blast was being ex
ploded, llo was crushed by a falling
rock. Ho was buried in Carbonado.
Ho leaves a wifo in Memphis, Tonn.
Ho was aged about 30.
A mixed train on tho Fair land
branch of tho Cincinnati, Indian
apolis, St. Louis & Chicago road, was
thrown from tho track near Morgan
town, Ind., by a broken rail. Tho
baggago car and singlo passenger
coach rolled down a thirty-foot em
bankment, and ovory person in tho
car, with ono exception, received in
juries. No one was killed outright.,
but ono or two may die.
Bocchor said the impulso to tho
wrong uso of the tongue is so groat
that if a man has tho power to control
that, thoro is nothing clso so strong
that lie can tint control it, mid in that
sense ho is a perfoct man that can com
mand Ills tOll'MU'.
Dally ought wo to ronow our pur-
poses, and to stir ourselves up to groa.
or fervor, nnd to say: "Help mo, ivy
Cod, in this my good purpose and In
Ihy holy sorvlco. and grant that I may
now this day begin perfectly. Thomas
a Kern pis.
What mora passing than words?
A breathl What vory, very fow words
of ours rest with us! Wo forgot them
ns soon as spoken. God doos not for
get them. Thoy do God's work or
Satan's work on othors; thoy paHS in
act, thoy abldo In offoot, ISt'scy.
God lades tho wings of privato
prayor with tho sweetost, choicest and
ehiofu.it blessing. Ah! how often hath
God kissed tho poor Christian at tho
beginning or privato prayor, spoken
po-uoo to him In tho midst of nrnvar.
and tilled him with light, joy and as--sitrauco
upon. Its olosol
COAST CULLINGS.
Devoted Piunci pally to Washington
Tekmtoky and California.
Jacob Penner was killed by falling
out of a wagon at Ridding, Cal., when
it overturned, breaking his neck.
Frank Taylor, aged 14, son of G. B.
Taylor, was drowned while swimming
in tho Von tu ra river, near San Buena
Ventura, Cal.
Firo in tho snow sheds at Cisco,
Cal., destroyed 2,000 feet of sheds.
By great efforts the station and other
property were saved.
A young man named Ryan, a
resident of San Francisco, was
drowned in tho Sacramento rivor, near
Sacramento, Cal.
Jack Sheridan, a hod-carrier, fell
from a horse car at Los Angeles, Cal.
Tho wheels passed over his chest, and
ho died in a few moments. Ho leaves
a widow and several children.
Corry L. Young, aged 19 years, son
of J. S. Young, of San Francisco, was
accidonlly shot and killed while hunt
ing. Ho was alono at the time. The
cause of tho accident is unknown.
A boy named Willio Kearney, 7
years old, started across a street in
San Francisco, when an ice wagon be
ing driven at a rapid rate, suddenly
turned tho corner, running over the
boy and crushing him to death.
William Tatum, an inmato of the
German hospital at San Francisco be-
camo violently delirious, and mmped
from tho third-story window of the
hospital, a distance of fifty feet, light
ing on his head. Death resulted al
most instantly.
Fire broke out in L. Voss's lumber
yard at Hunt's hill, six miles fron
Nevada City, New, and 300,000 feet of
choice lumber was burned, causing
loss of from $0,000 to $10,000. There
was Binall insurance. Tho firo
thought to bo incendiary.
Frank Jacobs and Harvey Nesbitt
boys 11 years old, went hunting squir
rels near Stockton, Cal., with doiis.
While walking over the fields, Jacobs
was shot in the right side, the ball
entering tho stomach. Tho wound
may prove fatal.
Fire, believed to havo beon incen
diary, at Los Angeles, Cal., dotroyed
tno residenco and a barn containing
six horses of John Ryan, a saloon
keeper, and a building occupied by
iCtta & Isaacs, second-hand dealers
lotal loss, $-1,500; partly insured
Tho charred remains of Patrick Mc
Carthy, a laborer, wore found after the
lire was extinguished. He is sup
posed to Havo been intoxicated.
A 10-year-old boy named Bartholo
mew JNynam, employed in tlio rope
works at tho Potrero, in San Francis
co, was instantly killed. Ho was en
gaged in tho works when one of the
rapidly revolving bobbiiiB was re
leased from its socket and llewthrougl
tho air with terrific force. It struck
the boy upon the back of tho neck
dislocating the spinal column and
causing instant death.
Oscar Legault killed a negro named
Samuel Morris with a blow of his fist
at Truckeo, Cal. The killing occurred
in a saloon. Morns struck Legault
who had not molested him. Leuault
struclc him with his list squarely on
tlio bridgo ol tho noso. Pieces of
bono wero driven into tlio head, cans
mg deash in ono hour. Tho coroner's
jury completely exonerated Legault
Morris had served a term in San
Quenlin.
Firo at Fulton, Cal., destroyed
about $14,000 worth of property, con
sisting of a brick wine cellar, and its
contents, 35,000 gallons of wine,
valued at $12,U00, owned by W. Chis-
holm, of Potaluma. Tho building
was valued at $1,000, andoutbuildini:s
wore valued at $400. Thoro boine no
available) water with which to quench'
tho llamos wino was substituted. The
loss is partially coveied by insurance,
Tho origin of the tire is not known.
Manuol J. Silva committed suicide
at San Francisco, bv cuttinir hi
throat with a razor. For some time
past ho had boon Buflerine; from
severe illness, and was consequently
n a very uospondent mood. Ho aroe
irom ins ueu ami loiu nis wuo lie was
going to the kitchen to got a drink of
water. She followed linn, drew the
water, and whilo waiting for him to
i i i i . t t i
finish drinking, noticed him suddenly
umer ami lau. wneu a light was
brought sho discovered her husband
had cut his throat and was dead.
Fritz Attaching, tho condemned
Garden Grovo murderer, wan over
heard in tho county jail at Los An
geles, Cal., trying to bargain with the
other prisoners to procure him strych-
niiio. 'alio oinoials ol the l ill became
suspicious that Ansohlag know of tho
presence of poison within tho prison
ami instituted a search, which resulted
tho discovery of a quantity of
strychnine in tho empty shell of a
cartridge in tho cell of Frank Fray,
awaiting trial for arson. How poison
got into tho jail is not known ; but it
is thought Ansohlag was aware where
t was and would have usee! it to cheat
the gallows had it not beon discov
ered. '
John Ru-ikln has given his groat
diamond and mi pur b ruby to tho
Uritlsh Natural History Museum on
condition that tho labels that accom
pany tliuin bo always rotalued. Tho
inscription for tho diamond, is this:
"Tho Colenso Diamond, presented by
John Raskin In honor of his friend,
tho loyally and patiently iiduiaittliio
First nUhop of Natal." Tho ruby ia
thus doserihud: "Tho Kdwardos Ruby,
presented by John Ritskiu in honor of
tho Invincible soldiership and loving
equity of Sir llerbort Kdwardos' rulo
uv tho shoves of tho Indus." 4
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted to the Intkuksts of Fahmehs
anij Stockjien.
Salting llornes.
Somo man has simplified the busi
ness of salting stock by an ingenious
p.nnLivnnen Mint. ? nlrnnflv ftrVmr itu
way to the stalls of livery stables. It
consists of a metal roller bracket that
is put up over the manger and a roll
of hard rock salt is cast in shape to
fit if. These salt rolls aro where
horses can lick them whenever they
feel inclined, and livery stablo men
who have been using them Bay they
completely answer the purpose in
tended, and do it very economically.
Loose salt wastes a great deal in or
dinary feedintr. but this hard roll
I- ... ... ,.
.tv. bivub w .y ur u.sup, ears uinu it,
has been used by the stock.
Tho idea that salt is specially health
ful to asparagus' is now denied. But
potash is an important constituent of
this plant, and much of tho lighter
soil devoted to its growth is deficient
in this mineral. Ashes or somo of
the German potash salts are indicated
as manures for asparagus rather than
aalk
There is little nutritive value in the
first potatoes that come to maiket.
This tuber at its best is mainly starch,
out mo unripe potato nas not even
mat. i 'lie potatoes whose skin can be
rubbed off by the hand show by that
nici inai tney are full of raw juices
mat need time to tie developed in
large part into layers of starch.
The choice quality of most of the
European potatoes has given them an
excellent reputation in this country,
especially tho variety called tho Mag
num, and tho wide outlet and eager
demand have made them salable at
profitable prices the entire season, ex
cept once or twice when tho market
staggered under enormous receipts.
The tomato is commonly grown in
gardens on soils made much too rich.
The vino attains remarkable vigor, but
the fruit ripens slowly. If only mod
erately fertile soil wero used for grow
ing tomatoes the crop woulel ripen
earlier and bo less subject to tho rot,
though this disease is apt to take the
first ripening fruit of some kinds of
tomatoes on any soil.
There is only a profit realized from
tho orchard when there is a full yield
ol flue marketable fiuit. Tho markets
aro over-stocked with common fruit,
wnilo tliero is a large class of dealers
whose customers want line fruit and
who aro willing to pay good prices for
it. The apple grower must attempt to
meet this demand for fine fiuit if he
would make his orchards pay.
In Now York State tho grape crop
gives promisooi oeing unusually largo
Every year tho vineyaids are receiv
ing better attention from the growers,
aud wh.it has for years been known aa
tho Hudson River peach district, is
Ubt giving away to the cvltivation ol
grapes. Growers say there is much
more money in them, and they ro
quire, as a whole, less attention.
Peter Henderson states that a natch
oi annua aoont twenty-live feet by
ono hundred, or only about one-six
teenth part ol an acre, used as a soil
ing crop, near St. Augustino, Fla., fur
nished feed through the summei
months for a cow ; and that twico that
amount, or about one-eighth of an
acre, would bo amplo to supply a cow
with food during tho entire season.
It is stated that since the sunflower
has been cttltivatod on certain swamps
of the Potomac malaria fever has de
creased. At tho mouth of tho Scheldt
in Holland, it is stated that similar re
sults havo obtained. Tho sunflower
emits largo volumes of water in the
form of vapor, and its aromatic odor.
as well as tho oxygen it exhale?, may
navo to uo witn tlio sanitary lnlluonce
in question.
The warmer the milk when sot, tho
more complete will bo the separation
of tho cream from tho milk at any
given lower temperature; and the
more rapidly tho temperature falls,
tho moM rapidly will bo tho separation
of the cream from the milk. Cream
risos best when the temperature is fall
ing; very slowly wnon the tempera
ture is stationary, aud little or not at
all when the temperature is rising.
In germination, heat and moisture
are tho powers winch awaken the
germ to action, and no plant food is
needed at this stago of tho plant's
life, except what tho seed in itself con
tains; but as soon as the plant begins
to soud out its little rootlets it must
mvo food in abundance, of suitable
kind and in suitable shape for its as
similation, or it will starve, tho samo
as un auiuvtl would if deprived of
lood.
The folly of pasturing tho meadows
booh becomes apparent when wo com
pare tho duleienco m yield with those
that havo not beon pastured. Tho
glass on tho pastured meadows eots a
lato start, and tho dry woather catches
t before it lias made near its growth.
Tho soil is packed and robbed of its
rightful aud natural mulchine and
fertilizer; and consequently tho
meadow is impoverished and the crass
only makes a nail crop.
A four-story tenement houso in
avenuo A, Now York, cauirht fire.
Tho family of Gustavo Beg, consisting
of himself, wife, daughter ami mother.
in-law, living on tho top lloor, wero
burned to doath. Tho other occu
pants escaped. Tho financial loss is
uslgnuieant.
Wflliam Bowan was arraitrned at
Rockaway, N, Y., charced with hav
ing plucked his wife's oyos out. Two
yours alto ho plucked hor right oyo
out, but titico then has threatened to
mvo tho other ono, and on July 13
succeeded m gouging out hor re
maining oyo.
MARKET REPORT.
Kei.iaui.e Quotations Carefully Ri;
vised Ilvery Week.
WHEAT Valley, $1 22JU 23
Walla Walla, $1 lol IH.
BARLEY Whole, $1 101 12J
! ground, per ton, '25 0027 50.
OATS Milling, 3G38c. ; feed, -14
4oc.
HAY Baled, $10$12.
SEED Blue Grass, 1410c; Tim
othy, yj10c; Red Clover, 14loc.
FLOUR Patent Roller,
Country Brand, $3 75.
EGGS Per doz, 25c.
$ 4 00
v
BUTTER Fancy roll, per pound
25c. . pickled,
202oc. ; inferior
' grade, ldzoi.
CHEESE Eastern, 1020c; Ore
gon, 14lbc; California, 14c.
! Kn Vi luos' P" '
l1 S!0,' P.or lbl' 2C7 Cllr,?t8
VEGETABLES Beets, pvr sack
Pur U(iz' T,0
'T! V Potfttoe8' I)er
I 9Pc-1 1 radishes, per doz., lo20c.
rhubarb, per lb., 0c.
HONEY In comb, per IK, 18c.
strained, 5 gal. tins, per lb. 8Jc.
POULTRY Chickens, per doz.
$5 000 00 ; ducks, per doz.. $5 00
UU; geose, U 008 00; turkeys
per lb., 12 Jc.
PROVISIONS Oregon hams, 12.Jc
per it. ; iMiHiern, ldliJic. ; Eastern
breakfast bacon, 124c. per lb.; Oreiron
1012c. ; Eastern lard, 10llc. per
lb. ; Oregon, lO.Jc
GREEN FRUITS Apples, $2 00
2 50; Sicily lemons. $G 000 50
California, $3 505 00; Naval oranges
$0 00; Riverside, $4 00; Mediterra
nean, $4 zo.
uixivju rivuiiB sun dried ap
ples, $c. per lb.; machine dried, 10
11c; pitless plums, 13c,; Italian
prunes, 1014c. ; peaches, 1214c;
raisins, z -lUQa ou.
WOOL Valley, 1718c; Eastern
ejregon. yloc.
HIDES Dry beef hidee, 810;
culls, G7c; kip and calf, 810a,
Murrain, 10 12c; tallow, 33ic
LUMBER Rough, per M, $10 00;
edged, per M, W 00; T. and G
sheathing, per 31, $13 00 : No. 2 floor
ing, per M, $18 00; No. 2 ceiling, per
in, uu; JNo. 'J. rustic, perM, $18 00;
clear rough, per M, $20 00; clear P. 4
S, per M, $22 50; No. 1 ilooriug, per
1, ou; jno. I ceiling, per M,
$22 50; No. 1 rustic, per M, $22 50;
stepping, per M, $25 00; over 12
inches wide, extra, $1 00; lengths 40
to 50, extra, $2 00; lengths 50 to 00,
extra, $4 UU ; 1 lath, per M, $2 25 ;
4 lath, por M,' $2 50.
BEANS Quote small whites,$4 50;
pinks, $3; bayos, $3; butter, $4 50;
Lamas, oU por cental.
COFFEE Quote Salvador, 17c;
(Josta Jtica, 18iZOc; Rio, 1820c.
Java, 27c. ; Arbuckle's's reasted, 22c
MEAT Beef, wholesale, 33Ac.;
rlrnun.l (In . nl.nin .. . , 1 1 ' . .
hogs, dressed, 89c.; veal, 78c.
SALT Liverpool grades of fine
quoted $18, $19 and $20 for the three
sizes; stock salt, $10.
PICKLES Kegs quoted steady at
1 '-IK '
SUGAR Prices for barrels ; Golden
C.Ggc. ; extra C, Ggc. ; dry granulated,
go. ; crushed, hno crushed, cube and
lKJwderod, 8c. ; extra C, 58c. ; halves
and boxes, c. higher.
Choice nausages of initio back are
ni icnroau, and ouo dollar a pound ia
Paris.
The Shah of Persia has requestod
the ladies of his haroin to loarn tlx
piano, an I promises prizos of oill
eieney.
Ti-no love's most signal triumph
over poverty aatl turn must bo the ro.
cent nitirrhigo in Devonshire botweon
a spjistt-r of sovoittv-livo and a bach
elor of si.vtv-six, both In receipt of
parish as istaneo.
It was whilo staying at tho late
Matthew Arnold's housj at Harrow,
E igland. that Pi-ineo Thomas of
Savoy, Dako of G moa. received and
declined tho oiler of tho crown of
Sjuiin.
In Scotland rocontly a man was
lined half a guinea for golnr to church
on Sunday, and whilo ono of the wor
shipers was bonding at pravor do-
minding front hint two days wagos
alleged to bo duo his on.
-The famous Bo Tree uiulor which
Buddha sat and meditated until ho
becnino "onlightonotl and ovorenmo
tho lat temptation," Is said to bo
falling to pieces. It is beliovod to bo
tho oldot treo In tho world, being
credited with 2 300 year.
Tho people of Plymouth, Euc
land. proposu to erect a granito col
umn snrinountod by a flguro of BrI -nnnln,
with modalloiis of English
captains aiitl other ornaments below,
to commemorate tho rrpttlso of tho
Spanish armada. Tho cost will bo
flO 000 or more.
Tho barber shops of London aro
dingy and old fogy to tho last dogroo.
Somo Americans havo oponod a shop
in London on tho luxurious Amorican
plan and nro making money by tho
operation. Tho nimble Yankoo is
gouortilly around where tho small
change rattle?.
It Is said that tho prlntroso was
not Lord Bonoontleld's favorite llower
at all, and that tho story that It was
aroso from tho faut that tho Qitoon
ont to graoo his eolllit a wreath of
those llowors with a otud bearing tho
Inscription, in hor own handwriting:
His favorite flower." But sho meant
ho favorilo of her own husband,
tVinoo Alb' rl, tut vf BjaoJitsfL-ld.
EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
How to Slnka Younir Woman Iniloentlnt
In Krory ItospocU
Would it not bo wiser far to induro
young girls In thousands of happy,
pnis porous homos to nmko nuiplo
provision for any nnd all eniorgoneies
that tho futuro mny have in storo for
them? Could a bottor uso bu found
for somo of tho years that intcrvono
bi-tweon tho timo a girl leaves school
and tho timo sho may reasonably hope"
to marry? Tho Hold of woman's work
has been oponod up of lato years In so
many diffiront directions that a voca
tion can oaslly bo found outside tho
profession of toachlng, that will ba
quite as congonial to refined tastes,
and considerably more lucrative.
B.iok-kecping. typo-wriiing. tele
graphy, stenography, engraving, dunt
is ry, inodicinc, nursing and a dozen
other occupations might ho ino;i
lioiiud. Then, too. industrial schools
might be established, where tho
daughters of woalthy parents could bo
trained in tbo practical details of any
particular industry for which thcydts
plaved a special aptitude. If it is not
beneath tho sons and daughters of a
monarch to learn a trade, it ought not
lo bo beneath tlio sons and dauglrers
of It publican America to emulate
their good example, provided thoy
possess tho r. quisiio ability to do so.
Two years will stilliee to make any
bright, quick girl conversant with nil
lie invstsrios of tho art of house
keeping, op-ciallv if she be wise
onotigh to study the art praetica'ly as
well as theoretically. Tho manage,
mont of servants and the care of tho
sick and children will bo incidentally
learned in most hones, and can bu
supplemented by a more extended
study of Vysiology, hygiene, otc..
than was possiblo at. school. Sowing
need not bo neglected cither, while
leisure will readily be loiind for read
ing or ativ other recreation that may
suit individual luste. Another year,
or longer, may be ad led to tho timo
U voted tu these pursuits', if desired.
But, above all, lot two or three years
bo conscientiously sot apart for tho
express purpose of acquiring a thor
ough experimental knowledge of sontu
art or vocation which would fonder
Its possessor solf-iiipoi'ting and, ci.n
scpiou th independent.
If the tide of public opinion favor
ing such a cour.so would bttt sot in,
many a ono would be spared untold
MiU'oring ami misery in after life.
Let tlio rich sot tho examplo in this
matter. They can afford to do what-i-ver
pleases them, and, therefore,
have it in their power lo mold public
opinion. Bo not afraid, girls, that
yon will lind your self-imposed tusk irL
m)iiic. Remember tl-it occupation is
necessary to liappinuss and that thoro
is no reason why you should not
dreaii while you work.
The cry will bo raised that thoro is
danger that such a plan as tho one
advocated here will lend togivi girls
a distaste for tlio quiet retircniont of
home, but thoro islittlo cause for fear.
Not ono girl in twenty will voluntari
y choose a business lito in proforonco
lo domestic happiness. Indeed, it is
absolutely certain that happy mar
riages would bo promoted by this very
independence among women. Not
being at leisure to nurso ovory push
ing fancy, girls would elect to wait
patiently until tho light of truo lovo
canto into their lives. Century.
ABOUT CONSUMPTION.
Tho ltiixutt of u Sctnntlllo I nvoHtl;ntlou o-
Il Ciiumix.
Tho disease of consumption, how
ever vioweil, is alwavs of public in
terest. As Dr. Bowdileh determined
for MasMichuset s, aud Dr. Buchanan
for parts of England, tho comparative
degree of wolnoss in the soil win n fair
measure of tho proportion of consump
tion among tlio residents thereon. Dr.
Pepper, of Philadelphia, iittcmptod an
investigation ol tho distribution of tho
same disease for tho S.ato of Pennsyl
vania, and presented his data ami
eerialn conclusions to tlio Uii Histo
logical Association as a contribution
to tho climatological study of tho discus-.
His inquiries were sent to
050 f tlio 5.000 physlci.sns lits
iribittod through sixty-seven coil li
lies, mid replios wore recoivotl
from 120 cnrrespoiuknls in forty
seven counties. Tlio goueral
iiediieiions troni tlio answers am lliat
tho licalities having high mortality
from consumption are those of little
elevation and Inro annual rainfall.
and that the houiloek regions, which
orrospond qulto closely with tho
favorable climatic regions, have tho
rrealest immunity. A very small pro
portion of tho respondents roeogni.o
tho inlliieneo of special local causes
for this disease, such as the proalcr
dampness of ono house than another.
Tho horodilary nature of tho disease ia
almost unanimously iidmittod, whilo
its infectious quality is receiving nioto
general recognition, lit rnee. tho
'.oirroes seont tho most liablo, nnd
Jews tho moU exempt, but thoro nro
many other factors than those of na
tionality to bo taken into account.
Dr. Pepper regards his papor "as tho
first crudo and imperfect result of an
Investigation which ho hopoi to bo
able to continue lo a much groator
dogroo of complotonoss." N, K
KveniHQ I'osU
A Logical Conclusion.
M. was oxtroinoly fond of tho pleas
ures of tho tabic.
Noticing ono day that his board had
turned gray whilo his hair remained
blaok, ho Impnrtod tho sad liitolllgonco
to a frioml:
"1 am nfndd, M.," was tho unf-ol-b'g
reply, "thnt It's boonusu you' v j
workod your jaws a good deal humor
ilia i you havo your brain." Judge