The Oregon scout., November 09, 1888, Image 2

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THE LUNCH.
A gothle trtadow whero a damask curtain
Made tru- Dlanu daylight shadowy and uncertain.
A slab of apitfl onjfour eagle talons
Held trlmlr upnnil neatly taught to Ivilanco;
A porcclcln dwli o'er which. In many a cluster.
Plump grapes hung down, dead ripe and ulthout
luter,
A melon cut In thin, delicious slices;
Acako thatM-emed mosaic work In spices;
Two china cups with golden tulips sunny,
And rich lasidu Ith chocolate Men honey:
And she nnd 1 the banquet scene completing
With dreamy words and very plearant eating.
TIiomM Bailey Aldrich.
Tho Variety of Uncouth Names,
The number imd variety of such un
suitable names is bo great as to defy enu
meration. Not only i8 history, F.icred
and profane, ransacked for gucIi names,
but hybrid combinations aru invented
which miht be safely worshiped without
breaking the second comman'munt. for
they are liko nothing in tho heaven above
or in the earth beneath, or in the waters
under the earth. An English observer
has noticed that American boys and girls
nro sad. I should not at all be surprised
if many of them wero sad about the un
couth names which have been Middle''
on them without either their knowledge
or consent. I heard tho other day of a
Chicago gentleman who lias four fiiif
children, and wiio is determined that
they shall never bo sad on this account.
For, instead of imposing any distfnctivu
namo on them, he has simply designated
them as One." "Two," "Three" and
"Four." These designations answer all
tho puroses of names, and when tho
children reach years of discretion they
can assume such names as they desire.
Now York Tribune.
No Knlltuilo for tlio Inlr.
' To n woman in what is conventionally
Known as good society, tho lovy of coll
tudo is utterly unknown. She fa chap
eroned and escorted nnd accompanied
till she has not only no clear idea of her
own identity, but no veiy clear identity
of which to havo an idea. To achiovo
this result is, under circumstances that
very frequently occur, n tax that tacomcs
a serious burden materially, as well as a
constant clog mentally. A man may ta
tako hinvclf to any place or resort he
pleases, bo a spectator of its life and yet
retain, if hu likes, tho personal i.olitudo
of tho primeval wilderness; but if a wo
man would go to tho moiintnlns, to the
Bea, to the city anywhere she will, aho
must have at least a woman companion
with her in tho guijo of a chaperon,
friend or maid. Otherwise, tho will ac
quire, at tast, n reputation for ccoontri
city, nnd, at worst, something even leas
desirable. And thus she never tastes tho
Bweet-J of solitude. Boston Traveler.
Ki) Sutistltiito fur Ilnrtl Worlc.
The power to think for one's 6olf has
too little nunuing in the schools; and wo
do not insist enough upon" tho apprecia
tion of the worth of tho school work.
Too often wo try to wheedle our children
Into knowledge. We disguiso the namo
of work, iiiiihIc thought, and invent
schemes for making education easy and
pleasant. Wo give fanciful names to
branchei of study, make play with ob
ject let ma, and illustrate nil things. To
mnko education amusing, an easy road
without toil, Is to train up a raco of men
nnd women who will shim what 13 dis
pleasing to them. Hut there- is no Mb
ntituto for hard work in school If wo are
to havo a properly trained people; wo
must teach tin value of work nnd over
como tho indiirerenco of children to ig
norance. Tho Century.
Tim Cliunjo f Insult.
The laugh at tho twelfth juryman who
nllcgcd that ho had cloven incorrigible
colleagues Is a laugh i:t Columbus and
Galileo and Jenner. Thoy all insulted
tho ignoranco of their time, and ignor
nnco is generally in tho majority, Tlio
charge of insult in such circumstances is
generally tho cry of tho wounded. It is
.a confession that the r.hnft I ma struck
homo. An nrrogant nrraignor of other
men and of common courses, a man who
plainly nsnumcs a per:onal superiority and
merit, is the true Pharisee, who h in
Ftuntly and instinctively repudiated by
liouest men. Harper's Magazine.
London' Lost Icti.
London has long had its homo for lost
and stolen dogs, and as a commercial
affair it pays iis way. All dogs brought
thcro are received and nro left for sov
cral days. If not claimed, tho mongrels
and aged are killed by an ingenious ar
rangement, which gives them, many at a
timo, a painless death by suffocation. A
mnall charge is mado for tho keep of
dogs that are claimed, and tho unclaimed
ones are sold at good prices. Cor. Globo
Democrat. Not Kl;u uf Death.
It will probably surprise most pcoplo to
learn that both cessation of respiration
nnd of movement of tho heart are re
ject cd as signs of death by a French lect
urer, In considering tlio prociso moment
when life ceases. Heart beats havo been
known to continue for an hour after tho
body was beheaded, while, on tho other
hand, they niny temporarily ceaso in
fainting. Boston Budget.
OlilcMt Woman's Club.
Tho oldest woman's club in tho United
StateB is the Wonien'H Physiological in
stitute, of Boston. Forty-6no years ag .
it was organized with tho purjioso of
promoting tho more perfect health of
women. Thero is 0110 surviving charter
member,, a .Mrs. Hobbs, and fcho is 60
years old. Now York Sun.
A Clu'iiji Ciitiimumii.
An enterprising small I toy has nailed n
large roap tax on Home boards and then
fastened the whole to a couple of logs,
lie has made a sail of a xtato bug, and
Balis tho main aa happy as the owner of
the finest yacht afloat. Chicago Ilondd.
A Highland Ciutoun
A Hlgliliitul cubtom is that of ushering
in the morning by the uiusio of ilm bag
pipe; the piper plays under the windows
of tlio ca-itle and thus urouicif the lit
mates,
It U Ktnted that over 600,000 ri
iihnto are anmmlly lniwi lotl Into Awur.
lea fivni Kiiglaml, i'ruuw nnd Holland,
Vm,w About 13000 diul,;iNlilo
pMnbilsJiMiiinU 111 UlJ pouiili, i cin4ajiliV
CUTTING DOWN THE COST.
Laws to Limit Wedding Expenses In In
dia A Norcl Iteform.
A novel sort of reform in the matter of
marriage hu& been instituted by tho gov
ernment In tho states of Rnjpulana, in
India, tho object being as stated by Col.
C. M. K. Walter, ngent to tho governor
general, in a rerent report to tho Eng
lish authorities, the "suppression of in
fanticido among Itajputs." The most
immediate inference is that parents hesi
tate to raise children on account of the
trouble of getting them married on", but
it may bo that Col. Walker intends to in
timate that tho existing marriage cus
toms lead to an iufrcquency of matri
mony nnd to other events conducivo to
the violent putting away of infants. At
any rate, tho fact f-eeras to havo beon
that marriage among Rajputs of any
socialstnnding has heretofore ben a very
serious financial question, both for tho
would be bridegroom and for tho pa
rents of tho prosjKictive bride, nnd tho
reforms are in the direction of fixing nn
arbitrary limit tayond which the ex
penditure at a wedding shall not go.
Tho first of these new rules, under
which hereafter two Rajput hearts will
be made to beat as one, fixes the maxi
mum amount to ta expended at mar
riages at one-quarter of tho annual in
como of a Thakur, or nobleman, whoso
income is 20,000 rupees or over; one
third of incomes between 20,000 nnd
10,000 rupees; one-half of incomes
between 10,000 and 1,000 rupees, and
two-thirds of all incomes below 1,000
rupees. Rajputs with no regular incomo
at all aro not to bo allowed to spend over
100 rupees at a wedding. It is explained
that tho percentage of expenditure is
allowed to increaso as the total income
decreases Ixicaupj) smaller sums could not
secure tho proper performance of tho
marriago ceremonies.
Tlio bccond rule does away with all ex
penditure on occasions of betrothal, nnd
provides that at such times tho parties or
their representatives shall simply drink n
decoction of opium water together and
preci. ; betel leaves, and tho written re
cord of tho engagement of marriage shall
then bo signed. This tomfoolery docs
away with the previously necessary pre
sentation to tho father of tho coming
bridegroom by tho father of tho brido
expectant of an elephant, horses, camels,
jewelry, and other little trifles to a value
rarely lcs3, among well-to-do Thakurs,
than 10,000 rupees.
Tho tliird rulo is for tho benefit of tho
family of tho brido also, and limits tho
amount to be expended as "Tyag,"
largesso to tho Charuns, Bliats, Dholis,
and others, at 0 per cent, of the wholo
incomo wlioro that exceeds 1,000 rupees,
4 1-2 per cent, where the income is be
tween 1,000 nnd COO rupees, ami nothing
at all for Thakurs with less than COO
rupees incomo. It is also provided that
this expenditure for "Tyag" must bo in
cluded in tho amount fixed under tho
first rule as tho limit of expenditure
upon tho wedding. Thisdoes away with
what has heretofore been frequently tho
most expensive tiling about a Rajput
mam.ige. iMimerous cases aro citeu
whero the "Tyag" alono on tho occasion
of tlio marriago of a daughter or a sister
has been very lviuch moro than tho whole
income of tho Thnkur for tho year. An
other important chango mado by tho
now rules provides that only Charuns,
Bliats and similar personages from tho
state in which tlio niarriugo is celebrated
nhall bo allowed to bo present at tho cere
mony, and of theso tho number shall ho
regulated by tho Btanding committee in
each stato, whoso duty it is oversee tho
enforcement of tho new regulations.
At tho end comes n rulo, which prolt
ably afl'ecta or begins to affect a moro
important reform than all tho rest put
together. It prohibit tho marriago of a
man under 18 or a girl under 14, and is
tho first attempt mado in the Rajputaua
to Btop thu custom of early marriages, by
which n young maid is often doomed to
bo a widow all her life ero yet sho has
ever been a wife. Tlio ru'e is saiil to
havo l)oen proposed by the chief of
Bundi, who has beon a great upholder of
l ho ancient customs, nnd i3 regarded as
an important ovidonco of tho growth of
modern ideas hi India.
Another innovation, incorporated as
an after thought into tho now rules,
limits tho ex)enditure at funeral feasts,
and, it is said, will ho an imuionso relief
to tho Rajputs. Now York Sun.
Dancing In llrltlsh Honduras.
TJ10 etiquette of Sunto Toribiro ball
rcoms is peculiar. The ladies bit around
tho room, their multiplicity of stiiT skirts
making them look like ho many Patch
cheeses, while tho men remain outside in
groups until tho dancing is noout to
begin. When tho first strums of tho
marimba mournful nnd despairing as
tho wnil of a lost soul announce the
opening of the ball one of tho samhded
and hatted gentlemen advances to tho
middle of tho floor, on tho way thereto
carelessly nodding to tho charmer of his
choice, and she leaves her seat and rocs
to face him, Btanding a few (vices dis
tant. Then they perform a rapid zapo
tero, scarcely moving tho body, though
their feet nro flying liko mad, for all tho
world like a pair of jumping jacks, ex
ecuting nil manner of pigeon wings, jigs
and double shuffles. When she gets
enough of dancing sho icturus to her
Beat without so much as an adios to tho
gallant; while he, without stopping for a
moment in the everlasting jig, nods to
another lady to pome and play Jam to
his Darby. He is expected to keep on,
without nn Instant's pause, until tho
musio ceases, and often it ij continued n
long time, aa n test to tho young man's
endurance. Cor. Philadelphia Record.
A Trry Ijirgo Crop.
Ohio Man Lovely weather wo.aro
liming.
Maine (slightly deaf) Hoy?
O. M. Beautiful weather.
M. M. Hey?
O. M.I Bay that tho weather is
lovuiy.
M. M, Hey?
O. M. (roaring) I wish to remark that
thu hay crop kcoms a big one. I'itUbury
Bulletin.
A tilrulultt Mivlih.
Thu longest itmlKlit btmtoh of rllvwy
III the wvilil is 011 Uv new AlVNililW la
olllo railway, from Uueou j i " Hhi
foot uf Ilia Aiuliti. Vw a (llMflKft .'fail
niDw tlio iwail U laiil Wtlioui u umt. -
Various Modes of Autrldc
"Of mode? of suicide, poisoning is by
far tlio favorite." said Dr Hamilton.
"1 looked the subject up Unween 1800
nnd 1872. and found that of over COO
suicides here in those ypara 212 were sui
cides by poi.'oning. Tiie preference in
poisons was for arsenic, and this in its
commonest form, paris green. Women
almost alwavs Hison themselves, unedu
cated women using pans green, and edu
cated women chloral or morphine. Tho
frequency with which paris green is used
is due simwl' to tlie.oa'iiness with which
it can be obtained. TIu laws governing
tho sale of tho different kinds of poison
aro not half stringent enough.
"In London hanging is tho popular
form of suicide, though voluntary Hts'j
vation used to Ik). In France people
drown themselves or die from suffoca
tion by inh.sling charcoal fumes. U is a
singular fact that of tho (x-oplc who
choot themselves 7,j per cent, shoot
themselves in tlio mouth. At least this
was tho case at the timo I gatheied
facts about th' matter. Suiciding
by jumping from a great height is a
horrible way of killi$; one's pelf, but it
is often done. And I am inclined to
think that many crises of this characftT
which aro set down as such aro not in
tentional suicides. Imt instances in which
the morbid tendency which nearly every
one feels when at a great height to throw
oih-'s .Mf down, has overpowered tho will
and the brain. I myself onco had a ter
rible experience of this character when
amending" the mountain Corcovado. in
the harbor of Rio Janeiro. It was with
difficulty that I overcame a fearful rest-leswnes-J
and imptiKe to throw myself
down into tho blue sea. 2.000 feet below
me. A fellow physician onco told me
that ho had a patient who never dared to
sloop on the third or fourth floor of a
house ''ecausc of hi.s fear of yielding to
an irresistible impulse to throw himself
out of the window.'' Now York Sun.
A Itiinxlan' I'rlfon Kllclirn.
We went to tho kitchen, whero tho
dinner was leing got ready. Tho smell
of the soup y,as fragrant and nppetizing.
Great Iwwls of tailed buckwheat stood
ready to be oerved, and the reservoir of
Mup was piping hot. I tasted both.
Buckwheat is an acquired tahte, but tho
soup was capital. It n served out in
wooden bon is, each containing a portion
for five, who sit round the bowl with
wooden spoons, holiiing themselves. In
the liakery wo found the great loaves of
rye bread all hot from tho oven. In ap
pearance rye bread is like a dull ginger
bread, but in taste it h;w nn acidity not
pleasing to tho unaccustomed palate. Tlio
Russians all eat it when at large, and the
prison bread is quite :m good ;us that you
get in private houses. 1 iiskcd alout tlio
dietary scale. I was assured by 2lr.
Saloinan and tho governor that no
restriction is plaood uKn tho amount
of food prisoners may consume.
They had as much bread as thoy
cued to eat at break fo&t. at dinner,
and at mipjxM. As a rule, tho daily con
sumption of bread did not exceed two
pounds per man. Thero was no skilly.
Quass, a kind of thin beer, was BUpplied
them, nnd this again without limit as to
quantity. Of tho coup each man could
have as much as ho pleated; also buck
wheat. The only nrticlo which was weighed
out was meat. Hvery man received a
quarter of a pound of meat a day. They
(U not weigh their prisoners in Russia on
entering and leaving t!;o jail. That is a
practice which they might introduce with
advantage. There is no argument so
crushing to the assailants of tlio cruelty
of prison treatment aa tho evidence of
nvoirduK)is the statistics of tho inerca.-o
of weight which has accompanied tlio
alleged privation and torture. And as
they do not weigh tiieir. prisoners neither
do thoy photograph them; neither do
they tako impressions of their thuiniw,
as is dono in some I'Yench prisons. In
this direction something remains to bo
done. Pall Mull Gazette.
i Jupmieso Comlo Artist.
Coming to modern times a brief
glance on tlio wag of tho distant land
is in pleasant order. About KiO years
ago the most famous M-tist Japan has
ever known was tarn. His namo
was llokusai, and of tho weird, peculiar
work of tho artists of that wonderful
country his is raid by his countrymen to
havo excelled all others. All other
artists confined themselves almost ex
clusively to lords nnd ladies of tho court,
rich dresses and gorgeous silk costumes,
with vases and palanquins.
But Hokusai mado a new departure.
He gave himself up to humor. He
opened a Biudio in Veddo in 1810, and
labored steadily until 1840. Ho has left
many books of sketches, nnd tho results
of numerous trips are left in illustrated
albums. His lavorito study was tho
horso. One of hia drawings represented
a horso with his hind lega wildly waving
in tho air, whilo a young woman stands
0:1 n lariat, which had been trailing ta
hind him as ho ran.
The K:ono is Btipiioscd to ta laid in
Kaipzu, a little village on Like Biwa.
Tho young woman, named Kaneko, is
noted for her tttrongth. In stopping the
runaway nhe simply stepinxl on tho lariat,
and tho horse's further flight wai at onco
checked. Hokusai is dead, but ills pic
tures aro held among his countrymen us
csnniplej of perfection in art. Tlio
Journalist.
Tlio llorsrt nnil IU Driver.
"There's somo sort of a telegraphic
communication between a horse's moulli
and his driver's Imudts," said an old
bowman the other day, "anil tho best
place to prove, it in in front of a pulling lo
comotive. I've noon a horso that would
pmuoo and rear a little when tho engine
approached, but quiet down in a very
few moments. I've seen that siuno liorse
with another driver get perfectly frantic
sea ml to death, you luiht eny and
kick ovorythiutf into kindling wood imdor
exactly niuular circuuuince. Tho win to
tiling Ium lutpiM.'iMd ton ofteu to Iw a
moro ooit.ddouou. Why I it that two
man of equal, or imh'..v tNju.d, htnn,;i
lto an ontirv tMinvi.t i-i.t m u
Itonw when b' lil.' jj ilu- lui 'lhn. 1
wrUtlidy wtiuotMiitf in the touch i f iu
man (but un't 111 the tuuih f 1 1 to elbcr.
I'ullildt'lHV l ill.-t'ill I III UlJ I'UH', I .ti
ill lti other. II. I. th. I .- ; 1 i.i I
I'm 1m4 ' Ik ad 111 1I1 It 1 I.I
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CAPTURING A -SWORDFI3H.
A "lclona Jlotistur, Ttolng TToumtpd
1'lercc a lllock Lulutul Ilnat.
A-man stands on a little platform in
front of tho taw armed with a harpoon
having a shnqily and deeply barbed
point, so that in piercing the fish, if it
goes in far enough, it cannot bo easily
got out, let the fish be as ugly as ho may.
The iron is so arranged, in connection
with a polo nnd cord, that the cord can
be detached from tho harpoon, ' lie pole
pulled liack, and the harpoon left firmly
fixed in the now maddened fieh the
lino, a very strong rope, 300 feet long,
being fast to the iron and the other end
6ccuro on tho vessel. This end is imme
diately fastened securely to an empty
barrel, which is then thrown overboard,
and it marks tho course nnd position of
tho enraged fifth.
I It also enables tho vessel to send out a
life boat to haul in, tire out and, if pos
I sible, capturo the ugly fellow. And ugly
j he is, if he is a young fish. If ho is old
and heavy, ho is much quieter even
witli a harpoon in him. It is tho
youncer, livelier fellows that are bo full
of ugly courage that attack and kill
whales, and attack, indeed, pretty much
everything in the ocean, unless it may
be the sea serpent and the devil fish.
That they 'vill attack a man, even a
bather, who is in water not over Ills head,
and kill him, too. unless ho can make
wonderful time in getting into shallower
water, was proved a few yeara ago in tho
case of a young Catholic priest who was
attacked whilo b;ithingon the California
shore, in water just above his hips; ho
was fearfully gashed and nearly killed
before he could get ashore. Sometimes,
in its fury at being harpooned, it rushes
at the Binall "boat and thrusts its ugly
sword up through tho boat's bottom.
Woo to tlio man it hits!
Our harpooner fastened to a fish that
was secured, as it happened, with little,
.trouble, though the harpoon only pene
trated a liitlo way into his big carcass.
He proved to bo 10 feet 5 inches long,
and weighed undoubtedly -450 pounds.
Much larger ones have been caught, but
rarely. Wo also secured two others, not
bo large. And it was with tho second
ono that there was an exciting timo. Ho
proved to lo "a young man" among his
fellows, and an ugly young fellow, too.
Having him well harpooned, nnd tho
barrel going dancing at a great rate
against the wind for it is a curious and
hitherto unrelated fact that a swordfish,
when harjiooned, always niBhes oil to
windward the life boat put out to secure
him after duly "playing" him. In it
went a Block Islander belonging to tho
vessel, and two courageous passengers.
By the time they reached the barrel, they
were a mile from tho vessel, and could
bo eeeu, witli a glass, pulling in on tho
tine.
They worked the fish a good while.
When a nwordfish, finding himself har
pooned and hopelessly held, really give3
up tlio fight, lie suddenly turno and goes
to leeward. Tho men at the lino under
stand what that movement means. They
were r.till "playing" this fellow, and ox
haurting him, when, having several
times had him hauled in closo to tlio
boat, so that his bluo iguro was dis
tinctly visible, and as often permitted
him to go 100 feet off or more, some
thing ha. poned which caused tho captain
of tlio fateam yacht a nnlo oil, looking
through his glass, to exclaim: "They're
in trouble I ho has struck tho boat!"'
and to order an instant suirt for them.
llo was nono too soon. Tlio enraged
fish, withdrawing somo sixty feet, had
mado ono of tho.'-e nrrowliko rushes upon
tho beat, which can ta equaled hi its
velocity by no other fish in Uiosea. Tho
sword pierced the bottom of tho boat a
little one bido of tho keel, near tlio center
coining up nearly two feet. Fortu
nately men havo learned ero now not to
bit down ip a boat engaged in hauling in
a swordfish. By Btanding (as well as
they can) their feet present a smaller
surface, and hence a diminished chance
of being hit. Last year ono man's boot
heel was partly hit, knocking him head
long. In tho present instance ono of the men
had a narrow et-eapo of hardly ten inches.
Bat the men wero saved. Indeed, tho
boat, being si bhell lifeboat, would hardly
havo sunk, although it was already half
full of water and tho men hard at work
baling when the steam yacht reached
them. The vicious fish was repeatedly
lanced through tho head and neck till ho
got comparatively quiet, when, in haul
ing him up the side, with tho harpoon
purchase at the shoulder and tho long
grappling hook r.t the tail, a slipknot was
miccessfully got over hiswido forked tail
and then wo had him. But for this
last grip he would have 1' "d tho Iwat
over. But the way he Piod tho sea
witli that tail was a caution. Hartford
Times.
Anol her Curo for liisoiimlit.
"So many cures fur havo been advo
cated for sleeplessness that I am
tempted," writes a correspondent, "to
projiound my own recipe, which, if it
may appear somewhat impracticable and
far fetched, has at least the advantage of
simplicity, It is merely this: When you
have tumbled and tossed ataut one bed
until your pillow seems to ta on fire nnd
your sheets red hot, turn into another I
mean another bed. You will And tho
f.licetu and tho pillow refreshingly cool,
and it is probable at all events that you
will go to deep. The recipe is not in
fallible, and it is of court.0 necessary to
havo another bed to turn into, winch is
not nlways possible. But wheu practica
ble it is worth trying; and if it fails ono
can always fall back on tho undoubted
fact that theio la no universal euro for
slccplc uiess. What is ono man's meat
is another man's poison." Pall iiall
Budget.
lUtliic tlio I'ltiRvr Nail.
Tlio wife of a well known iron oponitor
In Pcmuyhnnia is taautiful, witty and
uccompliiihftd, but tlio bites hor Augur
units. She miya bho cannot help it. Sho
acquired the liabit in ohildliuod, aud luu
tried every menus to brwik it up, hut
without knee. At tiutes bht) Iim uio-coed.-.
I in resisting the iucUtuttioti tuiul
tdl tar llui r u.uls tio ttLtuvhautly
luOtf, Lut intruiijiy titvy dMuppear if
by luuw the Ik l I hue W i UiKiurtad,
Ulllioted ,11 "iifU' I lii V.u. hlic ill
IkH L 1 i v nIuii !,. bid lilt 1 1. htiu
buddtnl, 1. '.., iu 111 ..'., i;.f.i
t'l l 4 In 1 . I.. I 1 , !i . Ill i 1. . .. . pt
fr M) .
V
No Children NmJ Apply.
A well known newspaper man, who
had Ijeen temporarily residing in Phila
delphia, changed his base of action to
this city. His family consisted of his
wife and five children, all of tho latter
having passed tho mewling age. Find
ing himself well settled In New York ho
looked ataut him for a nest for his mato
and young. Ho was told of a handsome,
wolfnpjiohitcd (lat in a location conve
niently near to thu prominent hotels nnd
which a lchelor friend of his had just
vacated. Ho inspected it and was de
lighted. Tho janitor was all smiles and
smirks. The price was reasonable. Tho
delighted journalist brought forth his
pocket book and, while mentioning some
well known ersoiis as sponsors for his
good name, proffered a month's rent in
advance. Tho still beaming janitor, with
out extending a hand, inquired: "Pardon
me, sir, but aro you married?"
"Why, certainly," was tho somewhat
Indignant response, for our friend saw
in the question nothing more-than tho
evidence of aPsuspicion as to tho legality
of his conjugal relations.
Still tanning, the janitor said: "Any
children, sir?"
Proudly uttered was tho resion&e:
"Four tays and a girl."
No longer beaming the household
ngent said, coldly: "I am very sorry, sir,
but I cannot let Von tho apartments."
Why not?" this in indignant aston
ishment. 'Because, sir, the other tenants would
leave in a body if wo admitted children
to tliis house. Their destrt:ctiveness wc
might put up with, but their noiso ii
what is most objected to. In New York
people get all tho noiso they want in tha
streets, so they want quiet in tho house."
It was in vain that protestations wero
made as to the angelic character of the
youthful quintette in question, and use
less was the emphasiti laid on tho fact
that all tho youngster: had passed tho
boisterous age.
Tlio fiat was inexorable. No children
need apply.
An exceptional case, you say. That's
what our friend wiid. Ho went from
house to house inspecting flat after flat,
but everywhere the insurmountable
"Have you any children, sir?" put n stop
to further negotiations. New York Cor.
Philadelphia Times'.
SJ;rtcli Artist ami Camera.
"No, I do not think that amateur pho
tography is supplanting out door sketch
ing," said a well knowu .Fulton street
dealer in artists' materials a few days
since, in response to a question of a re
porter. "Whilo I do not say that tho con verso
of that projiosition is true, I do know
for a fact that a larger number of sketch
ing classes havo gono info tho country
this summer than ever before, and, as a
rule, these elates have had a very largo
memtarship. It is a theory of mine,
which, I think, can ta really demon
strated, that thero is readily no reason
why tho sketch artist and the amateur
photographer should not work in perfect
harmony, and that tho union will be
greatly to the benefit nf both.
"I can givo you an instance," ho went
on, "where the camera has taen of un
told service to ono of the artists on a well
known magazine. Formerly this artist,
of more than local renown, used to
sketcli wholly from nature, but now,
wjien milking a tour through England,
Scotland, or whero he may chanco to be,
lie always carries his camera along, and
when ho comes across a pretty bit of
landscape, a ruit.ed castle or anything
else ho wishes to preserve, ho at onco
takes a negative. Thus you t,co tint in
a few weeks' time he can tako bur. rods
of negatives, whilo months would Lo con
sumed on his tour if ho were compelled
to sketch each view himself. When he
reaches home ho throws tho negatives
onto a piece of cardboard, touches them
up with India ink, then in somo way de
conqioses tlio tiilver on tho plate, leaving
the India ink drawing in its place. Tho
drawing is then photo-engraved and i3
published in the nsagazino as a bona fide
sketch, while, in fact, it is purely a pieco
of mechanical work." New York Mail
nnd Express.
How to Test a Mtiflimom.
Tho mycophagist selects from wood or
field a specimen of toadstool which by
its external appearance extends an invi
tation to try it. Hard, dry, leathery,
fetid, blimy, or decomposing ones nro
left rigidly alono as they should bo.
Carefully removing the fungus from its
habitation, and after noting its botauical
characteristics, a small pieco is tasted
raw; if it is naufcou?, it is thrown away
and branded as non-edible; if it is hot,
acrid, or bitter, a small pieco is cooked
without seasoning; if it retains any dis
agreeable qualities over tho coals, it is
branded in liko manner; if it loses them
all, larger pieces aro cooked and eaten
until tho kind either gi-es signs of nox
ious qualities or proves to bo harmless.
If the specimen is mild and pleasant to
tho tasto (a 6mall piece) both raw nnd
cooked, tho s;iino caro is observed until n
full meal is eaten; and it is very neces
sary that it 6hould ta; for in one family
of gill bearing toadstools tho Amanita)
no sign either cooked or raw is given
of its deadly properties. This is tho only
family to which deaths havo taen traced;
and tho tatanical characterihtica of its
momtars iniibt ta thoroughly mastered.
Thero is no other method of testing that
is safe. Charms of salt and silver aro as
useless as tho romances of tho fortuno
teller, and oven worse; for, if believed
in, thoy inspire a confldenco that leads
directly to borioua results. Charles Mc
Ilvaino in Lippincott's Magazine.
Destruction Wrought liy Insocts In Anicrfcn
The annual loss to productivo indiihtrics
in tho United States caused bv insects is
estimated at $150,000,000. "Hero is t
fair lttlo tatween man mid anothor sort
of earth occupiers. Thoy aro smaller,
but if they can whip ui, have un
doubted as good a right to tlio world as
wo liave. As civilisation advanced new
insects make their Appearance, marching
boineiimoa outward, but generally west
ward. There are few, if unr, f. ruwt f
vegetation tlint have no mruAi(i tl.at do
vour eitlur f 'l. iji- r fui.t. Tin to
Ihocutum crop U okiimaied at 15,000,000
a our, nhile t!ut to Uio np4o crop is in 4
mut h uvw, uii.l th.,t in ili,. ,4iu crop U(
lt'tl Llw ll.ul uautiii Ii. (tut the tMtlUiuilk)
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OPERATION FOR HARELIP.
l'erfomiel fpon n Chlnl or Pour aionthf.
A snrglenl Scre.
There is at present under treatment at
the Roosevelt hosj ital a child not quite 4
months of nge, win) has taen the subject
of a very difficult nnd delicate surgical
operation, in spite of which he Ftill lives
nnd teems to enjoy life. The child's
parents had lieen married ten years be
fore his birth, nnd his mother hail given
birth to three other children who were in
no way deformed. A strange circum
stance "to which the harelip may havo
been due is that three months before tho
child's birth its mother discovered for
the first lime that its father had been
boi-n with both harelip and cleft palate,
and that ho had been successfully oper
ated on whilo im infant for tho former,
the scare of which operation wero totally
hid by his heavy mustache, while for tho
latter he won; a false palate with several
teeth in his mouth. So perfect had been
tlie work of the surgeon and dentist in
his case, that it would never have taen
known by any one had ho not. on the
occasion of his wife's discovery, ail a
severe toothache, 'which had made tho
removal of the false teeth necessary.
Very unwisclj'he then told her that ho
and" two of Ins brothers had taen tarn
with harelip and cleft ia)ate. Being a
nervous woman and in a peculiar state
of mind, she took a notion that her child
would havo tho eame deformity as its
father. Tho idea haunted her, and in
somo way it seems to havo affected tho
infant's development. When it was tarn
slw saw at the first glance that tho baby
had harelip. Tlio child was unable to
tako food in tho way it should have. It
could not nurse. Food had to be given
by tho spoonful, aud the result was that
the infant suffered for projier and suffi
cient nourishment. At last it was evi
dent that heroic measures must bo re
sorted to or the child would die.
At first the mother would not consent
to an operation, but she did at last, and
on May 24 Dr. McBumey performed it
in the operating room of the hospital.
Ether was given tlio little patient in such
quantities as was safe for one so young,
and, that no evil consequences might re
sult from its struggles if pain should be
felt in spite of tho anaesthetic, the patient
was put into a tight fitting rubber bag.
which was closed around its neck. The
surgeon then, selecting a sharp curved
bistoury, or knife with a pointed blade,
commenced tho operation. Tlio mal
formation to ta corrected as tho first
Mop was to close the broad fissure which,
like the letter A. divided the upper lip.
The next step was to dissect tlio flesh,
muscle and all, from the bono beneath
on both sides of the mouth for some
little distance. A blicdit incision was
then mado from the left corner
of the mouth in the direction
of the ear, as the mouth was
a little short on that side. An incision
was now made trom the left nos
tril directly into the .Cap on the right
side, in the direction of the right corner
of tho inouth. This was planned so that
it left a triangular vacancy, tho apex of
which triangle was midway between iho
center of the nose and mouth. The flap
on the other side was now cut to fit this
vacancy and drawn into it with silk
sutures and carelully stitched. Stitches
were then j Missed into the mucuous lining
of the flaps in such a way as to evert it
and bring suliicient to the outside along
the lower border to form the vermilion
border of the lip. Tho fissure in the
check was I lien sutured together care
fully and tho external operation was
finished.
It now remained fcr the surgeon to
bring the bony roof of the mouth to
gether in the middle, by which means it
was hoped that the fissured palate could
bo closed and the patient saved the in
convenienco of being obliged to use an
artificial set of teeth and mouth roof liko
his father's. Willi a sharp knife the
surgeon incised tho soft mucuous mem
brane on tath sides of tho lisburo. and,
taking caro not to wound the blood ves
sels, raised the periosteal membrane from
tho bony widl of the cavity beneath, and
uniting this flap from each side in the
middle of tho fissure, thus formed a
periosteal tent over tho mouth, for the
protection of which against tho tongue's
action he put a thin silver plate, made
for the occasion, in tho mouth under
said tent. At the interior end of the
lissuro ho united tlio two parts of the
soft palate, thus forming a good palate
and completely closing the cleft.
The periosteal membrane above 10
ferrcd to has tlio property ol forming
new bone, which is deposited on its in-
nor side. It forms the outer or hard
layer of all tanes, and its fiucly family
ing blood vessels supply tho outer layer
of all tanes with nourishment. It is ex
pected that a tany roof will grow over
tho tent of periosteum that was made to
closo tho fissure. When this bony roof
is formed the silver guard will be taken
from tho child's mouth, whero it must
remain until then.
The little patient is rapidly recovering
from tho effects of the operation. The
wounds aro all healed with the exception
of that in tho hard jalnto, and a Arm,
tany arch is forming over tho roof of the
mouth. Tho child's own mother scarcely
recognized it after tho first bandages
wero removed. In a fuw days tho little
ono will leave the hospital cured. New
York Cor. Globe-Democrat.
A riant That Cutehcs riles.
One sees many curious things in na
ture, and nowhere is thero anything
stranger to ta found than among certain
siwciesof tho vegetable kingdom. Thero
is to ta aeon in the yard of C. L. Stilson
a flowering curiosity. It i3 what is
known as a black lily. When it first
blooms it is black, but gradually fades to
n dark juirplo. It is bulbous." tho samo
as other members of the genus lileicen.
The flower is something of the Uiapo of a
calla, lnit much larger, being somo bix
teon iuclies across tho top by ten inches
in breadth. It u eerraUs around tho
edges. The pistil enmnates from a jmuch
about ten inches in dejith, ami i iutlf
some fifteen j.xlu long by nearly an
ncrago idi'i f an inch, and U iierfivtly
black. Bui the most curious thing utaut
the ili.w, r 1, it-inlor, and it Ium loti
t .ut. Ii 1 t-v utatly otfcuiv , Mut-luntf
like the dooin; cuifiu i.f a h.r ur
i-'w, Tin hwuri.t utaut ilu hVmtr.
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