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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1888)
OREGON SCOUT. JOKES & CHANCEY, Publishers. UNION, OKKUOX. It is found that nearly every kind of glass, especially that containing jnangencBO, is liablo to a change of color by tho action of tho sunlight, but can bo restored to its original color by boat. Stained glass in win dows that has changed tint through olar action can thuB bo restored by heat. Aluminum is coming into use as a material for dental plates. It is nearly as light us rubber, but little more than one-eighth tho weight of gold ; lias neither odor nor taste; is not af fected' by tho elements of food or tho secretions of tho mouth, and costs, "bulk for bulk, about one-sixth the .present price for silver. One of tho most curious of the safety appliances for theaters is the iron curtain which has just been put into the Theater Francais, in Paris. Tho curtain is of sheet iron, stiffened by braces of iron and decorated by canvass attached to it.t It is worked hydraulically, Uio valves arranged so as to be operated by electricity. It is pointed out by a writor in tho Manufacturer's Guzotto that all com pounds for improving steel and re storing burned steel are useless. Good steel cannot bo improved ; burned steel is good for nothing and cannot bo restored. Tho same writer also condemns all compounds for remov ing scalo from boilers, and advises that they bo let alone. The recent tearing down of a Now Hampshire manufactory by means of dynamito demonstrates a new uso for tho oxplosivo. Tho concussion com pletely separated tho bricks and did not seem to injuro them in tho least. Tho charges wore put in holes dug in tho foundation under tho brick walls, and tho number of cartridges was graded according to the number of bricks in tho wall to bo demolished. A day or two sinco Mrs. Tom Shaft" died, and was buried on Oow Grcok, Xogan county, W. Va. After the coromony tho minister publicly in 'vitcd any couplo who wished to be joined in matrimony to stop forward, -whereupon Shaft" and a thirteen-year-old girl uamod Mary Browning stopped out of tho funeral train and -were united in marriage. Shall' is Jifty-sovon years old. Tho affair created quite a sonsation. Mi8B Pahloa, tho eolobrated authsr of cook-books and lecturer on cookery, dined the other day with a Pittsburg lady who had especially prepared a salad for hor distinguished guest, but "which tho lattor scarcely tasted. "Miss Parloa, don't you know that that suhd is mado strictly after your .recipe?" the hostess askod. ''Yes," replied Miss Parlou, "and that's why I'm afraid to oat it. I have told peo ple how to mako a great many thinga that would give mo nightmare for a wook if I ato them." A hkciihtkuki) letter camo to Saccarappa, Me., the other day, di rooted to Joseph Landry. Now, thoro aro throo owners of that namo in Saccarappa, each of whom was sure tho letter was for him. Tho contest -waxed warm, ami an interpreter was called in, before whom tho respective reasons of tho claimaints weroarguod. Finally tho letter was opened, and fouud to contain nothing but a small bill, which 110110 of the three 'wanted. A MBDioAii journal Btatos that now experiments have changed old theories upon the best mothods of treating frost bites. A physician froze sixty dogs into a condition of completely suspended animation. Twenty of these were treated by the usual method of gradual resuscitation in a cold room, and of theso fourtoou per ished ; twenty were treated in a warm apurlmont, and eight of theso died; while of tho remaining twenty, which vrero put at once into a hot bath, all recovered. Navioatoku in Oontral Africa know that boats of iron and eteol quickly corrode in tropical waters, while those mado of wood art attacked by white auto. A missionary society has there fore built a steam cauoo for liko Nyassaof tho comparatively now al loy known as Delta metal, which ro feist corrosion, is light and aa strong an steel. Tho vostel is twenty-one foul long, with a beam of coven and a depth of three fuel, and draws only lxU'eu tat of vvwUr with t'tiglnu and boJIu w Ixwnl. TELEGRAPHIC. An Epitonb op this Principal Kviint? New Attiiactino I'um.io Intkiust. Tho loss by the burning of tho con vent in New York is now estimated at $550,000; insuiance, $430,000. Tho main building of Wells' col lego at Aurora, N. Y., was burned. Tho lofs is over $200.000 ; insurance $100,000. The new Catholic church at Colo man, Wis., collapsed, killing ono man and crushing seven others so badly that several may die. Edward Hanlan, Jr., a young son of Haitian, tho oarsman, of Toronto, Canada, whilo playing with matches, set fire to his clothes and was burned to death. A passenger train ran into the rear end of a freight at Darlington, Ohio, badly damaging tho passenger loco motivo and breaking several cars. Nobody was hurt. Tho Mackintosh sampling works at Sandy, fourteen miles south of Salt Lake, was burned. Tho loss is aboui $25,000, insurance $10,000. Tnc cause of the fire is unknown. For tho second timo in threo year a largo part of the business portion of Litchfield, Conn., has been burned, Tho fire destroyed several business blocks. A fire broke out in tho Caldwell Griilith block, on Market street, be tween Sixth and Seventh streets, at Chattanooga, Tcnn., and destroyed $100,000 worth of property. Tho wholcsalo agricultural imple ment hotieo of Martin & Co., and Kingman & Co., in Peoria, 111., wore burned. Loss, $120,000; insurance, $120,000. Tho cottngo of J. D. McCarthy, at tho Mount Tabor Methodist camp meeting grounds, at Newark, N. J., was burned. Two children and the mother were burned to death. A boarding house and store at West Charleston, W. Vn., was burned, and Mrs. Wallace and son Simon, aged 30, wore cremated. Robbery, murder and arson aro suspected. Deacon Levering, aged 00, and his sister, Mrs. Richardson, of Greenfield, Mass., were instantly killed by light ning. Thoir farm house and out buildings were bumod. Information was received at Tuc son, Ariz., that two men were killed between Crittenden and Uuachua, and that tho deed was supposed to have been tho work of Indians. The men killed wore Mexican vaqueros. Whilo Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was riding in a victoria in Bellvue avonuo at Newport, R; I., tho carriage was run into by a dogoart, and Mrs. Vanderbilt thrown out. Sho sus tained serious injuries. Gcorgo Metzingor, who was the chief instigator in tho Chicago bomb makers, and connected with tho Hay market riot, died in an insano asylum at Jefferson, 111., recently. No one claimed his body and it was used for dissecting purposes. Adolph Harman, a Gorman em ployed as a clerk in Morford, Brown fe Co's store, at Long Branch, N. J., tried to shoot Mrs. Hayes, his mother-in-law, and thou killed his wife and himself at highlands of Navesink, in tho woods back of Twin lighthouse. Whilo Ofllcors Jones and Rosenberg wore attempting to make an arrest at a house on Lafayette streot, in Louis ville, Ky., which has been notorious for crimes committed there, both woro stabbed to death by Charles Dilger, formerly privato policeman and watch man. At Mooeo Lake, near Duluth, Minn., Japp Cox, a well-to-do farmer, shot and instantly killed his 14-year-old son. The father was testing a Win chester ride, whon it was accidentally discharged, tho bullet penetrating tho boy's head. Nancy Kalling, a colored woman living at Norfolk, Va., who has been sick for somo months, has vomited a living frog, nearly as long as a finger, and almost white from long depriva tion from light. It is supposed that somo timo ago tho woman swallowed a tadpole. During a heavy galo tho sloop Flora B. capsized near New Castle, Dul. Sho had on board, Mrs. Elijah Wheaton, Mrs. Johnathan Turner, Mrs. Saml. Wheaton and daughter, 0 years of age, and Mrs. Thomas Finite gan, all of whom were drowned, Jenuio Woolver, a domestic on a farm near Woodland, Miss., was shot ami killed by George Moons, aged 20 years, who then blow his brains out. Moons lately returned from Colorado, and it is supposed that; ho killvd the girl because she was soon to be mar ried to another man, and refused his suit. Throo young men Soloman Reid, aged 10 years, Win. Lawrence, aged 18, and the third name unknown, were drowned in tho Et river, opposite Sixth street, in Now York, from a boat which was upset by the wash from a ferryboat, They tried to swim ashore in a strong tido, and their live companions were rescued after cling ing to tho boat's keel for half an hour. Tho locomotive of a west-bound Chicago express on tho Erie road jumped the track near Coming, N. Y., and dashed into a Lehigh Valley lo comotive standing on the track. The passenger locomotive overturned and crushed to death John Morcc reau of lloruellsvillu, the engineer. The lire man esoaiHul, Henry FUlier, the I.o hlgh engineer, wan hurt about the head. Two baggage ears and 11 mokor we 10 wrecked. HvVra ptu kvugeid woio bull; shaken up. ' AGRICULTURAL. Devoted to the Intkiiksto ok Eahmeiis and Stockmen. SlrnwLcrry Vlnm. Now that the strawberry crop has been taken off, the success of next year lsrgely depends on tho treat ment given tho vines from now until tho winter comes on. There aro two modes of cultivation, the first being the removal of all vines except one on a tnace. which is known as a "single stool" plan, and tho other is tho cl02e matting of the vines in rows, the rows being nbout one foot wide, with room between tho rows for cultivation. , - Tho total oat crop of this country in 4887 was 659,000,000 bushels. Illi nois took the lead in this crop with 109,000,000 ; Dakota raised 37,000,000 bushels. A stock company with a capital of $2,000,000, equally divided between English and Minnesota cupitalisto, proposes to ship wheat direct to Liver pool by way of tho lakes. Tho prin cipal object of this new plan is to avoid the mixing in transfer elevators, hitherto found so hard to prevent. Mr. W. P. Atherton, whose success ful apple culture is mentioned in the Maine Pomological Report, urges set ting tho trees of each chosen variety by themselves, instead of scattering promiscuously through tho orchard ; and ho refers to soveral sorts highly recommended and planted freely, whiiih experience compelled him to root out. To show tho numerous sources from which potatoes arc receivtd in Now York City, it may bo stated that dur ing a singlo day recently the following lots wero received: By Rotterdam steamer, 616 sacks; Amsterdam steamer, 1.551 sacks; Hamburg Btoamer, 3,928 sacks; Stettin steamer, 2,761 Backs; Nova Scotia schooners, 12,444 bushels, and by Princo Edward Island schooners, 13,147 bushels. A South Jersey asparagus grower says that growers fifty miles north are ofton earlier with their first shipments, because as soon as the ground is in fit condition in tho spring thoy throw a light furrow from the sunny side of tho row in tho morning and throw it back again toward night, thus lotting in tho sun to the crown of tho plant. Ho thinks tho extra price received does not pay for tho labor expended, however. A Now England paper says : "Oleo margarine is not selling bo well thiB year as in past Beatone, as its true character is known by customors. This bogus stuH' never would have met a largo market, offered under its true colors. Only by a series of deceptions has it been sold" better last year, and is selling better this season, by reason of tho wholefcomo restrictions upon the salo of iilthy substitutes." A writer in an English jo.urnal dis cussing poultry matters, says : "Cross bred chickens tiro less liablo to disease. They grow rapidly. Individuality is not wholly lost by crossing. Tho lay ing qualities of soveral breeds, and of IKjultry generally, will be improved by crossing. Cros-bred fowls will, as a rule, attain a greater size than if pure bred. An additional point for English poultry-men is made of tho fact that damp soil, which is fatal to tho Dork ingthe favorito English breed would not militate auainst tho produce of a cross with that breed." TMiimR nnd nt.tinr similar fruits mav bo grown in ovory part of this wide . 1 . . . .1 tint Will Willi. UUUUbJJ, bllU IIUVO f,.. ill"! Htiind the climate without any dam ago from tho plum curculio, by spray- liiir me ireea wim kiieiuBuiiiuai uutouiip, l'urin lTriimi and London mirnlo. one pound of oither to fifty or bixty gal lons of water, through the uso of tho mmiviinn nuinii First tmrav the trees i ust before tho blossom buds open; becono, two weens auor 1110 oetuesuy. If a weak soap emulsion is useu 111 Miiikh miriivini's In mix tllO 1)01801)8. it will also destroy the leaf lice, aphis, bugs and all other insects injurious to t)i. fruit mill tint fnliiiL'o. Then a third spraying about June 10, and tho fruit is sale. Suit iTiithoi-H on tho outside of but ter, writes Prof. Arnold, because of tho iviitwiriitimi nf wnti'r contained in the brino fornitd by tho salt added for seasoning tho butter, tlio urine oeing . crowded out of tho butter by con- j traction from chungo of temperature. ' It occurs when too much moisture It j left in butter when working it, and 1 u-limi 11 lord in mi much water in the composition of butter that it separates freely anil lorms an excebs 01 onno ivlmn kiiI 1. is added, lir the latter case tho butter contracts from tho liberation of moisture without change of temperature, just as curd contracts from tho liberation of its whey by tho , action of ronnot, or as lean moat con tracts hv sonaration of its moisture from the application of salt. The Commissioner of Agriculture at Washington, has just received from . - . - . t !... .III. ' r.urupo a ccusigumeiii ui utiuu-e buk worm eggs which ho will distribute gratuitously to all persons who desire to raise Bilk-worms and who aro to situated that they can do bo satisfac torily. Ho will also uo able to turnisli hooks of instructions in silk-culture before tho serieultural season com mences. Fur two scavonr ho has betm lmroluuing cocoons from Amer can silk growers at an average price of 95 , cents per pound. All, therefore, who beck a murki t (or their cocoons or who with ilkworm eggs, or hook of Instruction or Informutljii of any ort in relation to the Industry inut obtain tlio name, free of charge, uiHiii a indication to lion. iSnrniun J. Column. UoiiiiuWmoiut of Ajjrlf ul 1 11 iv, W,uiuiuii, 1). U. 1 COAST CULLINGS. Devoted Pri.nxipally to Washinoton Teziiutohv and California. Charles Rnssellor, a recont arrival from the East at Sacramento, Cnl., was accidentally drowned while bath ing in the river. ; Tho Brown house, ono of tho finest I buildings in Phoenix, Ariz , caught fire, and was totally destroyed, owing to a scarcity of water. Loss, $35,000 ; 1 insurance, $13,000. j Fire destroyed Leach's large plan- ! ing mill and the Poineer Box Com pany's factory at Marysville, Cal. Tlio loss is estimated at $30,000, and well insured. James Featherstone, a schoolboy 14 years of age, whilo bathing with a cisco, got beyond his depth and was drowned. His body was found by a 1 UlUIiUULI. Charles Harvey, known as "Big Charley," an employe at I he Bordou farm near Maderia, Cal., was found dead in the reservoir at the ranch. Ho had gone to water stock, and was subject to fits. A littlo child of Hollis Edwards, living three miles from Walla Walla, W. T., while pl.tying in tho yard witli its brothers and sisters, tripped and fell head first into a small hole in the yard, baeaking its neck. Ernest Vanmet, a young man 21 years of age, while bathing 111 Putab creek near Dix m, Cal., ventured be yond his depth and was drowned. Several companions witnessed his last struggles but wero powerless to render him timely assistance. A young woman known as Shcller or Ida BeiiBon, originally of ban Francisco, arrived at Phoenix, Ariz., from Prescott. She started for El Paso to vifcit her alleged husband, but died suddenly on tho train. No cause being r.ecribed, death is supposed to have been the result of heat. Nicholas Frederick shot and fatally wounded his son at Virginia, Nev. Father and on had an altercation, be cause the lattor and his sister attended a ball at a neighbor's. The father at tacked tho sou and the latter ran out of the house, when tho father shot him with a rovolvor. Tho body of Mrs. Ruchael Frazier, who had been missing for soveral days, was found in a canyon on Cedar mountain, fourteen miles from Liver moro. Cal. She started from her ranch to go to Livermore, and evi dently loBt her way. Tho woman was quite prominent as an army nurse (luring the war of the rebellion. The sloop yacht Thetis, tho favorite yacht of the Corinthian fleet, was wrecked on tho rocks just outside Port Point near San Francisco. She is now alongside the wharf. Sho was hauled off tho rocks and towed into port. Her rudder is gone and there is a big hole in her bottom. It is thought onio miscreants cut her loose for sport or for spite. A young man named Geno Drake committed suicido at Riverside, Cal. Ho was lying on a loungo in his par ent's, house, reading a newspaper. His father and mother went out of tho room a few minutes, and returning found that ho hud shot himsolf through tho head. Ho must have died in stantly. No otiuso is aligned for the deed. An east-bound overland passenger train ran off tho track near Siberia Btation about 100 miles west of Needles, Ariz. The entire train was derailed but no body was injured, ex cept a fow bruises and scratches to 1 somo of tho passengers, caused by a 1 broken truck on the baggage car. J Louiso Parker, 12 year-old daughter of Mrs. Dr. Cown, was drowned at ! Anaheim landing, twelve miles from 1 Anaheim, Cal. In company with a party of children sho started out to 1 gather clams on the boach of the , creek and accidentally foil into deep J water. Soveral of the children tried : to rescue hor, but failed. : Mrs. Robert Nolson, a widow resid ing on Schoolcraft island, near Rio Vista, Cal., was fatally burned and t died in a fow hours. Sho was at homo i nlono and was found by a neighbor ouudde, but vory near ttio house, with 1 overy stitch of clothing burned oil', and her body and lower limbs fear fully burned. ! Somo bovs swimming in tho arm ' near Victoria, B. C, found on tho I shore a pair of pants, vest and coat, 1 also blood on tho rocks. In tho pockets woro found letters addressed to W. M. Culby, headed "Dear Father" signed J. W. Crawley. Tho letters show tho writer to bo connected with a ciicus, selling lemonade. Tho police aro looking into the matter. Mrs. Murphy, of Fresno, Cal., sent hor 13 year old son to Btuko out a cow near tho house Tho boy not return- ing towanl night tho mother went out to search for him, and found him a short dutanco from homo lying on his face iiiBonsible, and suffering from a gunshot wound through his head. The boy rallied enough to chargo tho ohooting on a Mexican boy named Euos. Enos has been arrested. Murphy's wound is fatal. William Odell, partner of tho young man Nohon, who fatally Bhot himself a bhort timo ago, committed suicide by hanging hinuoH with a pocket handkerchief from a branch of a tree at Hangman' creek, near Spokane FilU, W. T. Odoll, who was a rail road laborer, broanio iliwpomlenl after the death of hU pul and Uft a note to ay that ho hud iirwM'd iho dark river u iuln tho pirlt of his departtHl 00111 M'fi1. DiHHMsed hails fioin Minne ..ila, win re ho Ktivus a wilu and urttl dIiiUIivii. MARKET REPORT. I?ni.iAnt.r. Quotations Carefully Ri: vised Every Week. WHEAT Valley, $1 22J$1 23 Walla Walla, $1 151 18. BARLEY Whole, $1 101 12$; ground, per ton, 25 0027 50. OATS Milling, 3035c. ; feed, 44 4oc. HAY Baled, $10$12. SEED Blue Grass, 1416c; Tim othy, 910c.; Red Clover, 1415c. FLOUR Patent Roller, $4 00; Country Brand, $3 75. EGGS Per doz, 18c. BUTTE 11 Fancy roll, per pound, 25c; pickled, 2025c; inferior grade, 1525:. CHEESE Eastern, 1620c; Ore gon, 14lGc. ; California, 14c. VEGETABLES Beets, pur sack, $1 50 ; cabbage, per lb., 2f c. ; carrots, persk., $1 25; lettuce, per doz. 20c; onions, $1 00 ; potatoes, per 100 lbs., 90c.$l ; radishes, per doz., 1520c. ; rhubarb, per lb., 6c HONEY In comb, per lb., 18c; strained. 5 gal. tins, per lb. 8c POULTRY Chickens, per doz., $5 006 00; ducks, per doz., $5 00 7 00; geese, $C 008 00; turkeys, per lb., 12c PROVISIONS Oregon hams, 12o per lb. ; Eastern, 1313c. ; Eastern breakfast bacon, 12c. per lb. ; Oregon 1012c ; Eastern lard, 10llc. per lb. ; Oregon, 10c GREEN FRUITS Apples, $ GO 85c; Sicily lemons. $G 006 50 California, $3 505 00 ; Naval oranges $6 00; Riverside, $4 00; Mediterra nean, $4 25. DRIED FiUITS Sun dried ap ples, 7c. per. ; machine dried, 10 11c ; pitless plums, 13c, ; Italian prunes, 1014c ; peaches, 12J14c; raisins, $2 402 50. WOOL Valley, 1718c; Eastern Oregon. 915c HIDES Dry beef hides, 810c; culls, 67c; kip and calf, 810c; Murrain, 10 12c; tallow, 33c LUMBER Rough, per M, $10 00; edged, per M, $12 00; T. and G. sheathing, per M, $13 00 ; No. 2 floor ing, per M, $18 00 ; No. 2 ceiling, per M,$18 00; No. 2 rustic, per M, $18 00; clear rough, per M, $20 00 ; clear P. 4 S, per M, $22 50 ; No. 1 llooring, per M, $22 50; No. 1 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 60, extra, $4 00; 1 lath, per M, $2 25; lath, per M, $2 50. SALT Liverpool grades of fine quoted $18, $19 and $20 for tho three sizes ; stock salt, $10. BEANS Quote small whites,$4 50; pinks, $3 ; bayos, $3 ; butter, $4 50 ; Limas, $4 50 per cental. COFFEE Quote Salvador, 17c; Costa Rica, 1820c. ; Rio, 1820c; Java, 27c; Arbuckle's's roasted, 22c MEAT Beef, wholesale, 33c; dressed, Gc; sheep, 3c; dre-sed, be; hogs, dressed, S9c; veal, 7 8c. PICKLES Kegs quoted steady at $1 35. SUGAR Prices for barrels; Golden C,6gc. ; extra C,6Jc; dry granulated, 7u. ; crushed, flue crushed, cube and powdered, 8c. ; extra C, 5c ; halves and boxes, c. higher. Left Him In Doubt. When tho shower camo up yesterday a certain pedestrian whoso jaw showed great determination took ro'ugo in a doorway on Monroe avenue Ho allow ed numbers of pedestrians with um brellas to pass him, but pretty soon tho right sort of a man camo along and he stepped boldly out, extended his arm, and said: "Aht you thief, butl'vo run you down nt last! Givo me my property!" "lies ah yes! stammered tho other, as ho surrendered it. Tho man with the prominent jaw walked up the nvenuo as if nothing had happened, whilo tho other skipped for tho vacated doorway. "Was it hisP" queried ono who had witnessed tho performance. "That's what worries mo," roplied tho other. "I'm trying to think where I stolo It from." Detroit Free IVess. According to tho Electrical Review, medicine may bo introduced into the human system by oloetricity. Tho eloctrodes of a battery aro saturated with tho medielno and applied locally to tho skin. Experiments show that thoro is an actual absorption of tho medicine into the system. Russian observations hnvo shown that tooth decay in a qulto regular order, tho lower third molar being tho first attacked, then tho upper, then the lower fourth molar, and so on, tho lowor, Incisors and canlno teeth being tho last ntToetod. Uppor tooth, as a rulo, nro more durable than lowor, right than loft, thoso of dark persons than thoso of blondes, thoso of short persons than thoso of tho tall. Investigations mado by Sohnoko have led to tho conclusion that tho oloo trlclty which Is discharged during u thunder storm Is produced by tho fric tion of water and toothat U, tho lea Is olootritlod by friction with water; just before a thunder storm, water clouds (oumtilt) and leu ohmd (olrrl, olrrosrntt) appour liimltmimsly In tint sky, and Urn fruition of th parti-el- of loe uud watw U, umumUng to this tliwu-) . a tifUitiu)l wmmm of thti Olm'lrW'll ttUli't) IHM wto.. EXAMINING RECRUITS. ')Mtncle In tlio Way of OrUliiB l' Vnc.o Sam'n Army. It Is not so easy for n man to get Into v tho United States army. Ho must go through as rigid an oxnmlnntion as a life insurance company would Insist on, y and oven if ho passes that ho Is not jr-rtaln to bo admitted, ns defective eyesight or Imperfect hearing, tkit would not hurt a man's prospects or longcvltv, keep him out of tho army. The recruiting otlicers need to know us much as a surgeon. Besides that, they acquire a knowledge of human nature which helps them pick out tho best men. Hardly half tho applicants for enlistment aro received, and as a re sult of this careful culling, and the re enllstinent of tho best of tho old men, tho physical nnd tho moral standard of tho army is constantly rising. Tho most careful examination is mado of tho chest nnd heart. A table has been prepared giving tho mean chest measurement nnd mobility for each inch of height. A recruit fivo feet four should weigh 128 pounds, have l 1 mean chest measurement of thirty four inches, and a mobility of two inches. At fivo feet height his weight should bo Ml pounds, his mean chest 34 inches, and his mobility two and one-half inches. Each inch in height . over fivo feet four should mean an in crease in weight of two pounds, with live pounds extra for each inch over five feet soven. After fivo feet soven there should bo an increase of half an inch In tho mean chest measurement for each inch in height. Tho tablo gives tho weight, hoijrht and chest mobility up to (5 feet a, whore the weight should be 190 pounds, tho mean chest 88 inches, and tho mobility 2. inches. It would bo ground for rejection if tho man should bo under woight, or if his mean chest or chest mobility wero too small. Tho measurements of the chest are made by having the recruit raise his arms abovo his head. Tho tnpo is cir- . cled around tho chest under tho arm pits. As tho arms aro lowered and tho air expelled, tho measure is taken. Then a full inspiration, and tho meas ure is taken again at tho same point. Tho difference is tho mobility. A mobility of over threo inches shows that tho chest is in good expansivo condition. Tho recruit hops around tho room first on ono leg and then on tho other. Upon his return tho recruiting officer feels his pulse, to see how much It has quickened through tho exercise, Tho glands, muscles and bone3 aro ex amined, and occasionally measure ments tiro taken of tho arms, legs and stomach. Tho recruit then goes through tho positions required in drill ing, and ho Hops his arms, legs, hands, feet and fingers around to show tho officer that they work freely. Tho ex- t amination oxtends to every part of tho body, and is as thorough as it can bo made iV. V. Sun. ' i AMERICAN BON APARTES. Member of tlin IlWtorlrtU Corxlruit l'um lly Iti'tildln In V:iililnj;t()ii. Two striking figures hnvo become familiar to people along tho fashion able part of Rhode Island avonuo and out Fourteenth streot. They aro al ways on horseback, sweeping along nt a brisk trot or cantor, and whisking uround corners with a reckless grace. The ono is a man of striking appear ance, in high military boots and with tho strong face of asoldier. Ills heavy shoulders bend forward In an un-Amor-icau fashion for riding, but his strong limbs and tho bold carriage of his head attest that ho would bo an erect figure dismounted, and whon his horso comes to a. stand ho sits his saddle as erect as a statue. His largo, round head is set firmly, and his heavy black mustache, brushed straight out on either side and waxol at tho ends in tho military stylo of Franco, and a black goatee, drawn down and waxed In tho same stylo, give him 11 fierce expression, and bring to mind a historic portrait. His mount is n blood bay of largo build, which carries him at n swooping trot. Tho companion who gallops on n smaller animal tit his side is a littlo old lady, with nn abunduneo of Iron trray hair, and features that nl ways attract attention. She Is a daring rider as well as n good ono, and sho often presses her horso to 11 moro reckless pace than Is his wont. Sometimes they aro accompanied by ti young girl, apparently their daughter. Nearly evory day In tho winter, whon less en thusiastic horsomon restricted their equestrian exorcises to tho quadrangle of tho riding academy, theso two would face tho cutting wind with n, dash that showed them seasoned to the tqort. The man's striking rosomblanco to Nnpoloon IU. marks him nt oneo fo 0110 of that stock. They are Colonel Jerome Bonaparto and Mine. lJona po,rt It Is Mine. Ronaparto's love of tills oxorelso that swings hor husband so often into tho saddlo. This nctivo out-door lift) gives her n youthful color that disputes tho accusation of her gray hair. Tho Colonel's hair i tinged with gnij. Any ono at all fa miliar with- tho portrait of the last Kmperor of Franco Is struck with tha rosomblanco between tho two faces. Colonel Houaparto rldos a hotter horse, but ho is not as graceful ti rider as hU wife. Washington J.ttter. Silenco Is Golden. They wero sitting In an easy uhnlr out on th iMiroh. l!t- Darling. Sha Darting. IU -Swnt. She 8wMt. IU I'r-ubMW -prealflUi. Sk I'rwtou - hH. h,Uwwfct. dtKir, do Mtl M a dUuirlt Um mUhku UII Hum Hit' -lit" Hum nt lli ulhl. Will inm n aUiit .V ) Am'I-
