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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1888)
i 'I AGRICULTURAL LIFE. Ismp or tht Rromin Wtir l".v Arn In cllnril ti t.tnvo I'nrnm for Tinvn. Correspondents of agricultural pa pers in various parts of tho country ro port that Jin nmistmlly largo numbor of "toys hnro loft their farm homes during 3ie past, winter and present spring to took employment in towns, or to en gage in tho business of transportation ir mining. Many speak of this dlscon cnt of fanners' sons as alarming. Some refer to it as a calamity A Vermont paper declares that most of tho farms in that State will be worked by French Canadians tho present season. It states that not one boy in ten who were raised on farms intend to remain on them. They form their plans to leave before thoy have put on lonjf pants. A Maine , paper prtwonts a worso condition of af fairs. It states that hundreds of good farms within a few tulles of manufac turing towns are olTorod for sale at about the cost of tho buildings on them. Thoy find no purchaser oven at these price", us tbor.i is no inclination on tho part of young men to engage in farm ing. In the West thero is certainly a strong desire on tho part of both young and old men to obtain farming land for nothing. Thoy aro willing to comply with the letter if not with tho spirit of tho home-ftosul, pre-emption or timber culturo acts In order to acquire a title to a tract of fa-ming land. How many of thorn will remain on the land to which they ncqulro a title remains to be scon. That many .of them never Jmvc any more than a nominal resi dence on tho land to which they sot up a claim seems certain. It Is also certain that men of means show little disposi tion to engage In farming as a businesa. ,. Thoy ui-o convinced that it does not pay ? liko other pursuits to which persons do voto tlmo and money. Many state that :, money invested in farm' mortgage-, pays I much hotter than that) invented in farms. A very largo numbor of wealthy farmers in all parts of tho eountryhave como to tho eonchuion that it is to thole 3 advantage to lease their places and ' to live, on tho rents obtained from t ton tints. Thoy llnd It ploiuantor ns;."rell : as easier to live iu a town. That hoys under these circum lances . should think It is to their ndvantngo to flnd soino moro pro'lalu"' oeoupat! tin than farming is not surprising. The;;, ' aro only following tin example set by thoir forefathers. All tho conversation thoy hoar Is discouraging. In many eases thoy seo tho best farmers in tho , town leaving thoir places and going to , a village to live. Thoir farina aro oc cupied by tenants, who aro generally foreigners. Thoy do not llnd thorn to bo companionable, and they deslro 1. pleasant and intelligent associates. The desire for pleasure as wc'l its tho hope of bettering tlioir Ikmiicnil condition ciniHCfl thorn to look for somo other oc cupation than farming. Hoys aro not likely to bo very otithusl'istle about en gaging In a business that Is spoken lightly of by those who have been bred In it. Farmers' boys aro not likely to know that there urodtr-oouragoincnts in other pursultii. Thoy look at tho dark side of funning and the bright, side of every thing else. Thoy seo the country at its worst and tho city at Its best. Thoy aro unacquainted with thoconllno mont and miseries of t'i latter. Othor- things have exerted an Inlln onco In caiihlng boy to desire to leave farms. The demand for laborers has boon reduced by the introduction of mnehhury. The mining of Hold crops has, in many soetlouH, given place to dairying and moat productions, which requires a smaller uriuhor of men. Per sons who own large farms study how to dlsponso with human labor as far as possible. As fur as they can thoy sub stitute horses and machines for men, and then try and use wind mrd steam power In tho place of draft animals. A man owning u largo estate can no longer encourage his boys to remain on tho old homestead by offering to divide It among them. Thoy all know that In raost parts of tho country small farm ing does not pay as well as large farm ing. Tho smaller the farm tho larger must bo tho relative amount expended In buildings and fences. A small farm requires alnrnt as many machines as a largo ono, and they can bo employed but a hinall portion of tho time. Ob nervation shows that small farms aro taxed higher than largo ones in propor tion to thoir slzo. Then it must bo rememborod that tho desire to engage In farming, stock breeding, dairying and meat production is generally less strong with tho young than with (bono of maturo age. Youth llkos tho excitement of the city, but old ago sooks the quiet of tho country. At I ono period in the history of this country and England nearly every man who had prospered in business in a lttrgo town or by "following tho son" had an ambition to own a farm and occupy it. To bo a country gentleman, with all tho expression Implied, was tho crowning hope of lift. Since tho period of tho civil war the desire to spond tho later yeursof life in tho country has been less Htrong for many reasons. No depart ment of husbandry, except breeding flno Htook. has Ihmjii very profitable, and recently thero has been bmall gains in (lint, Tho cities have become moro attractive- and productive of pleasure. On tho othor hand, country llfo offers awer attractions. A largo number of fnrnn am ocoujiied by a class of foreign m, who, though not objectionable as Highborn, contribute nothing to social pltwurc. Taking all these things Into wtilcrHtl(i, It In not utrnngo that lMy are not strongly attached to farm UfaCAff'" YYwf. -A now theater curtain U umdo of MM4YHH Willi n 1'MCkllltf Of HX1IW IW' b4n. H U lt wound oil u lolluc u ft WHh ut wwtvi' IwncitUi thy Uitfw SYSTEM IN WORK. Why It Hopb Not Vny to Hlrn Clipsp and liii'oiiiprtdit Farm Hrlp. No matter In what business wo may bo engaged, tho saving of time is al ways moro or less an object. On tho farm, of course, this often Is some thing tnoro than an Horn at ono tlmo than at another. During tho busy season of planting, cultivating and harvesting, ovory hour is of consider able importance, and it is especially necessary to econotnlzo tlmo as much as possible. One of the host means is to work by eomo system. Tho man who goes out to tho barn in tho morning, feeds his hogs, milks the cows, and thon feeds tho work teams, goes and gets his breakfast, and then has to wait until tho teams get through eatlngbeforo ho can start out to work. Is not economiz ing tlmo. As woll bo obliged to como back to tho house about tho tlmo ho gets fairly started to feeding, In order to cut a Hiilllciont supply of stovo wood to cook breakfast. Ho is not working to tho best advantage, and yot this is just what many farmers do one-third of tho time, simply because they havo no system. Many useless stops are takon requiring tho loss of moro or less time, for no other reason than a want of system with tho work. So far as possible, ono task should follow another so thut tho least tlmo will bo lost in changing from ono to tho othor, not only iu doing tho noccs sary chores nbnfiit the place, morning and ovening, but also In the Hold work does this apply, in changing from ono flold to another and from ono kind of work to another, often much tlmo is lost, and that, too, at a tlmo when th& work hi very pressing. Thon, oftoii wliun thero is much to bo dor.v, all seemingly necessary to bo dono ;;' onco, tho mistake is too often ni;C&- of making a start at too nirjny things .vt onco, rusher thrwi finishing up ono t.J8?e atra time, often losing con-jIdor-oAAfi tlmo changing tfroi-.-i one to tho othox. Kno wing what yon wts.nl dono.flttlh'iPW, will often jv-vvo considerable tlmo. We often loio valuable time dstx.'ifniaisg' how v.o want tho v?orU drao, wd4 bteoa in getting ovory tfciRjr ready, v hx.cn By u. Uttlo plutftfting' aVowl o s?&tweoaat!3 lug t lro work vnueh fciiM3 omtlol ku asvafl Jslueh 'c-ii b saved by preparing jto?o&, having, as moirly ns possible, 09c tiling1 in reSdinoss, ond thou bj Oxlop ing regular Bstoai flioro ' time may still to saved. It i& olays 01 Ibom to Itoop up with tho Pork, and In ordov 13 do this, and at the sumo tlmo fcoop aa BtrSiU an amount of extra holp Oft pos sible, seato system must bo adopted niftl carried out. 0 0 Lot us tn's0 tiho economy of labor as ro.1. example. In ono sonso skilled lujr is not ncDBsary on tho farm, ;?ot in tScrother it is very important. T5.8 man whom you can direct to sldrt to tho plow field, who has skill or knowl edge sulllcient to determine for hlm fi'olf the best plan of plowing, to udjiiBt his plow and tho team so that good work can bo dono for Instanco, if you want corn planted, you can loll him how you want It planted, and If ho has a sulllcient knowledgo of his work to go ahead and do his work properly Is certainly worth moro to the farmer than tho man who enn only follow, and who obliges yon to bo on hand to In struct him constantly. Tho idea that anybody will do on tho farm If ho has sulllolon strength to do the work Is an erroneous one. A knowledgo of how work should bo dono, as well as tho ability to perform It, is very necossary in farm holp, and tho man that is capahlo of going ahoad with tho farm work without your being obliged to show him all tho details, Is worth con siderable moro to tho farmer who must depend moro or less upon hired holp, than tho man not having tho knowl edgo nooessary to go ahead. Plenty of men may bo hired at low prices who can hold tho linos and the handles of tho plow, but this does liSt necessarily imply that thoy can drive a team or handle a plow so that good work can bo dono. Uoonufo a man can dig or lots Btrongth to uso a hoe is not proof that he can make a good garden, or proper ly elean tho growing plant", and tho dllTorenco botwoon a man who fan take hold and do good work, 1? worth considerable more either by tho day or month, than tho on;o who must bo shown how. As a rulo farm work 1b always pressing at this season. Tho farmer can not afford to looso much tlmo; ovory thing must bo pushed If tho necessary work Is dono in good Benson. If holp Is hired It la dorto with tho expectation that aid In keep ing up with tho work will bo secured. There is no bonotlt In hiring holp at any tlmo that is not sulllolontly competent to make the employer a fair per cent, of profit for his labor; and on tho farm this is fully as Im portant as with any othor class of work; and It Is rare that a man with out knowledgo or experience in tho lino of work expected of him will bo able to do this. As a general rulo It will pay to seonro holp that Is capablo of doing tho work, and usually this class of workmen Is In Bulllciont do inand to command fair prices, and it will bo moro profitable in tho end to pay a fair price rather than accept cheaper but loss competent holp.- A'. J, Micphcnl in Farm, Fjclti and Stock' mm. "Maw, how I perspire!" "Dear mo, Clara, don't lot mo hoar you use that vulgar oxprob&lon again." Do you want mo to nay 'itweatP'" "No, you w re tuhed vulgaiiuni you uuint way yon aro 'bedewed with heat.1 Tho Hot thing ynu know jioonlo will my wo haven't got 110 ktylu ubuuV ." 7Vi tWUnyi, GIRLS OF LONG AGO Tlinugti Attn I, Time Art Sttll Vouii? In Mm faithful I.over'4 Memor. Tho toast you have assigned mo Is 0110 tout touches a very tender chord 1 In my heart. I havo always felt sorr.y for the girls wo loft behind us. It so'Mncd eruol at the time, but how cou'id wo help It? Circumstances wcro miujl tjlttl w 13 i uilluil v jrusaiwij umu them along wo had to leave them be- j hind us. I think I promised thrco or , four to como back for them In tho spring j or early autumn, but I was too busy for several years to attend to It, and after that -well, I was afraid my wife i would not like It. I mot ono of tho girls we left behind tis In the etrcet to day. That Is, I thought I did. Tho same soft, brown eyes; tho samo swcot, sunny smllo. "Is It possible." I said, "that I be hold Miss Sally Jones?" "That was my mother's narao," sho smiled, "before sho was married. I am married now. and I have named my baby after ma." !"oat heavens! Tho girl I left bo hind mo was a grandmother! 1 told tho young lady who I was, and she aid she had often heard her mother speak of mo. 'one sho used to know a groat many years ago. Thon 1 asked about tho girls I usedjto know, nOd what ha1 become of them. I found that some, alas, woro dead. Others, who were married, wished they woro dead. Somo. who wore widows, had lovers seeking for thoir hands. Others not yot widows, woro scoklng for di vorces. O, thoso sominnry girls of long ago how wo did regret leaving them behind us except ono poor fellow who olopod with ono of them. Ho has regretted all his life that ho didn't leavo her behind "4th tho roSt of them. Ihtt 'jo had tfj go and leavo thotfl. Fato bccftngotl v on. Llnd, in somo cases tho f?,eullv urged us to go. 23oro o to 'jilftmo, then, for temporarily forgottiag tho dcbslH I laan tho girl 9e loff lotfiiad ikj? Why, onjo of u lib' el t Uovo (MP tPitnb'Q'. & p.ie c,ollor.if)Uwi of tfiolQ thy wo0, jyjntlcic&n, iw b p;ioll thoift no. 'JV11, villnoyitoltfjehoi5?, plump girls; btacfci oyioJ 0-irls tlr.4 ms&5 in 'odti, anjl bluo-oy-il glrld b'tc So o'.'o ready tolCbo blio'k cy for ftoy time; fair-comploa-ioncd .tfhi.9, broeu girls, ftmlth girls, girls with cuburnoh iir, ;otd girl wfco, not l)lng ablo to noitHi their oOn bair in Auburn, Were compelled to buy it in Wtica or Syracuse. In fact, tlfrsro 'as OloiSt oveoo find of girl thon that thero Is now, except tho t iilor-mado girl, who seems to lffs altogctheo naodern creation. Still, tho latPir hs jioints in hoc f?tvor. 'A'hllo the girl lPo tonderlv recall nssoscd virtue, beauty, intel ligence and mStny engaging ways, I must admit that sho somehow laekod tho gctup -in fact, slio hadn't the bustle of the girl of to-day. Wo, brothers of the olden times, we must confess that iu comparison with tho tallor-mado girl of to-day, tho girl wo left behind us had very Uttlo left behind hor. Still, wo remember her with tender ness and respect, and lot us all join In a bumper to the girls of long ago. D. K. IT. Speech bij Minor K. Uriswohl. EISHOP WILBERFORCE. e Sonip lti.nl:ilil)i AlK'PiliitPi or tlm Cglo hralt'il r.nnllsli Clmrrligi.ui. Do rather illumed himself on ro uicmbeiiug faces, and justly so. Ono day, however, ho received a somewhat rude shock. A Ilamp-dilro lout (1 do not know a hotter word) appeared in a country church among the caudidn&is. Tho Illshop felt sure ho lull coulinnod him before." The ladoponod his groat, wide eyes and replied: "You boa liar." Wllborforco know that this wi& onlJ tho ordlniwy 'S-ny a eloOn kno3 how to donj whaff as tioi truo. So ho waft told' to kaool dooa, and ho wttQ ooullrmOid. llw 'OaS engaged in giving away prizes at a mlddlo &.itcAil, 7 here tlrorO were master and mistress of un usually high quiUilhcnyonB. iX siGich was made In w'hloh tho e.wolloncies of tho master woro duly mentioned, but nothing' said of Oho mistress. Somo ooo ftmiluflod the Bitoaker of the omission, so wlttl r33ly toiCt ho ;ud: MEvory oTio hotri lutofss that iioutt)' includes woRrm. S"o what I said of tho head nmsUw IS equally applic able to tho hfpl inlitross." Jin o vil lage school he was giving a.)r"3ou on .lacob's ladder and tho Illinois, and then invited an5 child prosout to ask 0 question, whereupon an Ingenious lad asked how It win tho angols wanted a ladder oh on thoy had whtgs. Tho questioner was a Uttlo non-plusscd, but wanting to know what was HoiOtng In tho ehlldron's brains ho called up a little chap and said: "Tojntny, can you explain that?" "I suppose," said tho urchin, "cos they was a-moultln'." A Uttlo girl was found after church with hor pot dog and cat perched up on a chair while sho was solemnly reading i hor Now Testament aloud. "Don't you ! know," said sho, by way of explanation, tho bishop told us trt prjvteh tho gospel kto ovory oroaturo? Isn't a dog or a eat a oroaturor .Somo village children woro observed by him making mud plow. "Woll. my Uttlo mon." wild ho, "and what aro you doing there?" "We're making a church, air," "0, a uhuroh, aro you but whore's tho parson?" "Thero ain't mud enough to muko him, sir," wild an urchin. Did you over notioo how lnuon MUtuut wotiuwi tiro? Nothing tomtito Uumii In siioh a tunilur spot tut tin up tfwtUun of tiiiliqutl) , umI yt wknl do nliio mil of Ium of Ui 0ir o.-uuttiro kfty wlitu Uiuy m ' "'hwr ' ' lArmit Thej sy "Why ti twwn n DUi i INo A ROOM. A tlranrh rttoni"ork Which tjeipilre Connlilrrntile Attention. Although to many people the dusting of a moin i a very easy matter, io do this work well requires both time and patient;. Thero Is no part of tho house work that Is so often carelessly dono, and there Is no part that should bo dono so woll. Some women who pot-e as ex cellent housewives aro any thing but thorough when dusting; they seem to think the tlmo wasted spent In this work, and consequently hurry through It ns fast as possible. Vith a feather duster or a cloth they switch otf tho dust, going from ono tiling to nnother, until all the articles aro gone over; then tho door Is closed and tho room Is sup pobed to bo in tho best of order. On entering later In tho day thoy are sur prised to find tho furniture covered with dust, and they wonder whore all tho dust comes from. If they would think awhile, they would surely know that the dust they switched into the room is bound to settle somewhere and, of course, the furniture will hold the larg est share. There Is an old saying that "whatever is worth doing is worth do ing well." and In nothing is this more applicable than in dusting. As a general duster tho feather brush is, not to be thought of, as it is only fit for the dusting of walls, over do( rs, pictures, etc., or any place that can not bo conveniently reached with a cloth. It is not to bo recommended for tho face of pictures or mirrors, as it is apt to scratch tho glass. A soft silk cloth makes a nice duster for mirrors and in'i.l iii-i.u ntirl fni nii-iv Viicrlilv tinlinbod inrnlturo there is nothing nicer. Scrim makes a nico dusting-cloth, and old calico is used by many in preference to any thing else. A dan cloth is the best of all dusters, although many wo men will not uso ono on any account, claiming that it injures tho polish on the furniture. This objection IfO ab surd, for if the cloth is clean it will not harm the furniture in tho least-o To bo sure,it may remove the gloss, but this can easily bo brought back when the surface of tho (6l i dry, by rubbir hard with a dry, soft cloth. Tho ad ventago of tho damp duster i that in swuiol of allowing- the ,t to fly abo the lOsmi, it takes it all on tho cloth, and thereby eeps it from settling any OluOo else. Although this kind of dusting may not bo generally adopted thrtghoet the house, it should 1 rijr hiij observed in an invalids room, and not on any consideration sliould any othor be adopted. When using the damp duster only go over a snigjl space at one time; rinse the cloth oil and often. iQd thero will h no dan ger of injuring the wtdwork of the furniture Ills tho lst to uso a dry cloth for the piano, as tho least damp ness about this article of fu -nitio th bettor for the tono of UP When using a dry cloth for dusting, esiC&o ou of th window frequently, and the dust ill not gather j) thickly on tho cloth as to lft5 shafeen otT and lot tly abou9 tOO room. A small pnlm)bionh iQiJofc bt many housewives for eroviecP and ledges, itf it is almost impossible to BOt into these with a cloth. All ornaments should bo dus-isd carefully, as tho diKt Is apt to get into the crevices, ijfid oncJi in it is very diillctlt t?) mslodgo. ror tho latter worfr a stiff toothbrush ill bo found to do the rork twll a wished, and ought always to bo kept for this purpose. Wash out tho dust cloths onco a week at the very least. Al ways havo a soparato cloth for the stove, jnd never u-C' the. duster for this purpose. Uso tho paint brush for tho window-sashes and a soft cloth for tho panes of glass. Of all things when dusting flo not forget tho curtains. If thoy are of lace, or any? of tho tapes trios they will collect dust very fast. Undo the loops tfio sidos, placo the lower ends out of tho window, and give tho whole uertsnl shaking. Tho shades ought to ho taken down frequently and dusted their full length both inside and outatdo, or, if nogleiCjsd, they will be soon unfit for uso and no amount of dusting will do any good. To bo sure, if they aro white thoy can bojau'ndriod, but if colored thero is no remedy for them. A room that is dusted frequent ly and dusted thoroughly will not need to bo swept as ofton as ono that is dusted carelessly. lioston Budget. m The nOmos iquI locations of the navy yards in tho (United States aro as follows: Charlestown Navy Yard, Hos ton Mass.: Brooklyn ''Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Gosport Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.; Kittory Navy Yard, Kit tory, Mo.; Leaguo Island Naty Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.; Maro Island Navy Yard, San Francisco, Cal.; Now London Navy Yard, Now Lon don, C't.; Pensacola Navy Yard, Pensa cola, Fla.; Washington Navy 'Yard, Washington, 1). C. A Cincinnati onglneor was sus pended from duty by an oxaming phy sician because of deafness, but as ho claimed that his hearing was good while running his loeoinotlyo tho doc tor took a trip with him, and found that when riding on tho moving engine the engineer could hear whUpors that ovon the doctor's our failed to catch. So ho was reinstated. A now candle has boon brought out which oxtlnguUho itoolf In an hour. This It doot. by means of a tiny oxtln gubhor of tin, which Is fastened In tho wax by wires, and which olloouinlly perform tts tHbk. It U only ntKtosary to imitovtt this dlnilnuUvo oxtlnguUhur whoa tu wtM-k U duuo. am) tho onndlo U ugalh iiHidy to burn nnutlioi' lium I.t lHy Iw ItutrwtttHd in all thu iUM4g uf NftUu nnd liu' will Uo mi- plHVHl to UIMIttl'. MltU 14I-. til lil I! IMII llttttk llM, it lhlOMl(jj toiiu ol THE FEMALE DENTIST. A rrofrMloii In AMilrh Sprtrat Womrn Ilnvo AchlMoil OrutlfylnBSurppn. It. is said that tho most successful dentist In' London at present Is a Ger man Baroness, who Is the clovcrcst tooth extractor In Knglnnd. That Is hor branch of business, and a "dental sur geon" she calls herself, tho other den tists sending their patients to her when extreme measures havo to bo taken. Tho female dentist is just beginning to appear over tho professional horizon In this city, and I believe on tho wholo sho Is a success. A man I know lives in a boarding-house and tells mo that a lone, unprotected fom.ale who sat opposite him at tablo greatly arou?ed his curios ity as to her occupation. Sho always started olT bright and early after break fast and never appeared until lato din ner, but sho never dropped tho smallest hint of how she occupied the long hours between the two meals. Sho seemed to bo successful at whatever sho did, for she was always well dressed and seemed to have no anxieties of a sordid kind. Ho noted many times how largo and powerful her hands and wrists wcro and puzzled him self greatly as to how she used them. She was always thoroughly up with all tho news and gossip of tho day. and wiiQie.-uly to talk with tho utmosPfrce dom on any such general topic, but tho moment matters became In the smallest degree personal she promptly retired In her shell and pulled tho shell In after hor. Finally he happened in rather an out of tho way part of the town to see her naino in gilt Jotters on tho edge of tho window, as tho doctors put up theirs, only after it it h(yo tho letters, J). D. S., undJhen ho knew how to ac count for her powerful wrists and her reticence. He enlarged on tho German Baroness at dinner that night, and she looked no. quickly, laughed and owned up. She confessed that ho father had been a dentist and from her chP.lhood bIio had maintained tho greatest in teOst in tho subject, so that h?r father taught her all ho kneSf. After his death she went to Paris to stndv and now has been for two years working on such teeth iu Gotham as aro presented for her inspection. She said: ' CtPiho old heroic days (den tistry, when main force was used and anguish was tho natural concomitant, women hud neither tho brawn nor the nerve for tho work, but since tho intro duction of all sorts of machine appara tus mildor methods and cocoino haOso ameliorated tho profession it is one women are eminently capablo of filling, : well at tho tetO.. There aro four or five fo.-nalo dentisiOin Now York and most of them aro doing ago Q' business. A great many women prolor to como to us, and we are, 1 believe, peculiarly successful with children, 'cause wo understand better howQo manage them. I love my profession and t'ce tho great est pride and plcnsuro in it, and, mo than that, 1 am making money in i" Ar. Letter. cfcLa&Toa9 9 a l?i2. 1)10 St. QoQift I,:tll$ Mrs. Hushes, of -1G10 Delmnr avenue, fence? tho Bight Hon. William K. Glad 4t(fiio when he as a sclntgil boy. Loo& ir" at Jffrs. Hughes to-day one can eas ily understand how tho sturdy English stock insures bodily and mental vigor in tho seventies. " B.n American guess at the age of tins well-preserved, strong-nerved, clear-minded lady would fall short by a dozen or fifteen" years. It. is moro than sixty years sinco sho was a school girl in Liverpool and Bill Gladstone was a rollicking youth. "The Gladstones woro merchants," niiid Mrs. Hughes, recalling something of tho ex-Proniior's boyhood as bIio know it. "Thoy lived in a fine part of Liverpool facing a park. I g-is a little girl of six or seven attending a girls' school somo distance from my homo. Bill Gladstono went to a boys' school not far from ours. Our paths crossed. Coming homo from school wo had to go along a way which tho boys from tho other school also wont. Thoy used to amuso themselves chasing us. Wo were afraid of them. I romembor Bill Gladstono as ono of tho boys who used to do this. Wo would run as hard as we could. When ho caught any of us ho would toss us up over his shoulder or do something to scaro us. Thoro woro othor boys worse and some quiotor than ho was. I ro moinbor him as a hoy of medium size, strong and full of spirits. Ho had a Scotch look about him. He was thon thirteen or fourteon, perhaps. Thoro wasn't uny thing remarkable about him, and I sliould novor have romomborcd about his running after us Uttlo girls and scaring us IV ho hadn't becomo so prominent afterwards. "My people went away from Liver pool to Walos, and I was gono sovon years," Mrs. llughos continued. "Whon I caino back Bill Gladstono was stand ing in some borough, I havo forgotten just whero, for Parliament. I remem ber people talked about It a great deal because ho was so young. Ho could not havo boon much more than of ago. I don't remember that ho had studied for any profession. Perhaps ho had como home from tho university and entered tho mercantile business in which the family was engaged. How ever that whs I can't remember, but 1 know thoro was a good deal of talk about soyoung a man going to PrllaimiiL But ho wan oIdcUmI. Rial ho went on luting aitoutMd ful right along In politic. I omue to tbU country In l&l, hiuI as Mr. (luul. ktoiM UtHXUHo tnuro tuul more prowl lihMtt my memory wuuhl go tmok Hguut Mild MMhIu tt)l lill Vf)uU lit' Uii Bill liWul.loiu lit .UtiHMl ttltiuallitf lilin iu I lit -ilUlltj Mill Mlilll lllilili 1. 1 'III lii-t'l il.it i.-li ll.in. In Uw B. ' - ft lutbU Ukt M.wwMii CLAY FOR POTTERS. tlo- tao TliicKt Quality In rrrparril In the Vicinity of St. I.ouU. It Is well known that tho pots usod by the glass-makers must necessarily bo of tho best material, but what that material is, or whero it is found, Is not generally known. A gentleman con nected with ono of tho largest houses In the city dealing in glassware, who ia also interested in tho manufacture, said: "For a long tlmo no clay was found that equaled that found at Stourbridge, England, but now no glass-maker in this country need Import any, for in tho immediate 'vicinity of St. Ixmls a clay company produces from its mines an article 'fully equal In every respect to the English clay, and this is now in general uso throughout tho United States. The process of preparing it for use is most interesting. "The clay is taken in carts from tho mines to the works, and there shoveled through an opening in tho wall directly into huge vats when It is dissolved in water. From that moment the cleans ing process begins. This is the most important thing in tho wholo proceed ing and for this reason tho carts aro not allowed to enter. "Not only are tho carts kept out, but strangers, aro rigidly excluded, and some inlluenco is neeessa': to scouro permission to visit the building. Whon ono enters ho is requested to clean his shoes very carefully, as the introduc tion of the most minute particlef dirt will injure tho clay. Employes aro riP quired to wear wooden shoes while nt work, for tho sake of cleanliness, and they U'ilBngly comply, because lenthor shoes aro soon destroyed, tho nails bo ing quickly destroyed by coming in contact with tho clay. Iron will not stand tho contact and brass is conse quently used instead ojiron in all tho machinery whiohQi touched by tho clay while it is in a state of solution. "Clav. when it is stirred uivjn wator, will remain in solution for a long time, and the policies of sand, gravel or Iron which may be in it will settle to tho bottom of the liquid as it is carried from tho largo vats throiQh. sluices j he taiiKH where it is allowed to sottlft. As it naases throuirh this oluico it Xj screened or run through a fine wi netting, and ai this point it is constant ly and carefully watched by two JiQ mcn. "In the tanks it remains foQabout a week until the clay has Bottled to tho bottom and the clear water is drawn off to ' used agifwi. Tho clay is thon takon to the evaporating room and placed in shalk pans, tho sides and bottoms of which aro covered with coils of steam-pipe. O uniform temperatuiQ of seventy degrees is maintained g$ nearly as possible in tho room. 0 larfQ forco of workmen Strii tho clay oO0 and over with Oovels until it is of tfd) coPoistcncy of putty ready for tho g!C& ior's use. "Thence it i tafcon to anothor rrt&m where is a powerful bliOb-moldinff rcO chino which prcO cOit Into a slab whicft is cut into blocks by a bop Ho irjKNJ sort of bow with a wiro string, and a ho cuts ho stamps each block with tho 5;tory mark. Then in tho drying room they aro baked slowly for fi9& days, when thoy aro ready for salO 10 that shape, or for reduction to poedoA which is sold in barrels." AT. V. jtTtXJj and Express. . m A Century Under Water. An interesting naval relic has jus been placed upon tho north terrace at Windsor Castle. Its history is recorded )n a tablet filxed to the side of it9 mahogany mounting. Tho inscription is as follows: "This gun formed part of thj) armament of his majesty's ship Lutine, totally lost off tho coast of Hol- i land on tho 9lh of October, 1790. On tho conclusion of pence tho wreck, which contained a largo treasuro, was handed over by the Dutch Government to tho corporation of Lloyd's, whero thoro tho treasuro had boon insured Tho wreck was imbedded in sand in nino fathoms of wator. In 188G this gun was salved, having lain nearly ono hundred years below tho sea, and was presented to hor majesty Queen Victoria, vhowas graciously pleased to nccept it from tho corporation of Lloyd's." Tho gun stands' opposito nn embPasuro commanding tho Dean's garden. N. Y. tQar. A now Senator, bolng told by a nowspapor correspondent just what tho Senate had dono in executlvo session, exclaimed: "Why, we haven't been two hours out of executlvo sossion. How did you got hold of all this? Did a Senator tell you?" "No," said tho cor respondent, "An employo of tho Sen ate?" persisted tho Sonator. "No,11 said tho correspondent. "Woll, thon, how did you find it aJl out?" naked tho j Sonator anxious with curiosity. "I'd liko to tell you," said tho correspond ent, with a droll smllo, "but I can't. Senators aro so leaky." Philadelphia Ilecord. A gentleman who owns a planta tion a few mllos from tho city, Bays there is a tree on his placo that has n I curious elToct upon tho axeman, and I that five or six men at ditToront times have attempted to foil It but failed. Ho bays whon it Ih struck with an axa a i ourloiio sound is hoard, something liko ! the iuglng of a mttlwRtiko, tlmt eoin I pltitoly umiervM tho Hxumnii, tutd ho glvt up tho job. Ilu rtoneii't (wotand to any Una Uia upm otw't bo mil !wn, but ht known thut Mtvoml HttiMiiptn daw brti until which failed. .V Jnrtti i ,V. I '. I JutilHll, Tin' lit'iiMiu uf New York felnUt Ait j.. j;'., mi ,,.. i.f Unit, ijl.li M..l.-t . .'.. 1 ,i hi kuili'iii.Utuwtjli nbtlfc ' BUM) MMtt tft Ul LuHl,
