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, INSECT UNDERTAKERS. ferhmt a Krlentlut Learned Wlille Watching up I ' the Dolnff of Ilarylng lleetles. nearly overy ono is laminar witn ; the burying bcotlo, and many have, perhaps, watched Its operations. No ticing that dead moles and other small animals laid on the loose ground soon disappeared. Prof. Gloditsch concluded to investigate the cause. Accordingly, he placed a molo In tho garden, and on tho morning of tho third day found it buried, somo threo inches below tho Burfaco. Though wondering why this service was performed for tho dead mole, yet, as he saw only four beetles under the carcass, ho ro-buricd itand in six days found it overrun with maggots. It was not until then that tho thought struck him that theso maggots erc tho offspring of tho beetles ho had seen, and that they performed tho bu rial rites in order to provide a placo to deposit their eggs, where the newly hatched young might hnvo food for their nourishment. Continuing his observations, Mr. Gloditsch placed four of these beetles under a glass case, with two dead frogs. One pair buried tho first frog in twelve hours, nnd on tho third day tho second ono was similarly disposed of. Tho pro fessor then gave them a dead linnet, nnd a pair of tho booties set to work to bury it. They pushed out tho dirt from beneath tho body; then tho malo drove tho female away, and worked alono for about tlvo hours, turning the linnet around in a more convenient po sition, and occasionally mounting the body to tread it down. After resting for an hour it proceeded, as before, al ternately excavating and pulling, the bird from below, and then treading it . down from above. It was burled by tho end of the third day. in fifty days tho four beetles had burled four frogs, three small birds, two fishes, ono mole, two grasshoppers, tho entrails of a fish. nnd two morsels of tho lungs of an o:;. , Chicago Jnlcr-Occeiu. , Storing Apples for Long Keeping. Thoro is n difforonco in tho keeping tiuullticH of apples in different yonrs that nobody has been fully able to account for. Occasionally a year occurs, to all outward appearances not excoptlonably different from others, wnon wiuuiaus win Keep us wejl as carefully picked apples in former ones Such ii difference can not bo laid to tho handling of the fruit, but must bo owing to atmospheric influences. Ap ples will enduro without injury a much lower temperature than will potatoes, nnd tho cooler they are kept without freezing tho better. Dry. cool cellars are generally proferred by farmers as n storo place for their barroled apples, but of late years somo growers claim that this fruit kcops better in moist than in dry places, always providing said place Is cool. When kopt in col lars, good ventilation is necessary in nil cubes. When barreled in an or chard and not shipped away nt once, tho apples aro hotter to bo put up in tiers undor tho trees and protected from the rain and sun by boards than to bo put in buildings. Some poisons leave tho barrels all on tho ground in tho hhado and uncovered, claiming that they keep cooler on tho ground than when piled up. Apples raised on rich alluvial lands will prove poor koopors. For tho bo-t kcoplng tho or chards should be on high or hilly hinds and not too rich. A'. Y. World. Tho Farmer as a Man. The farmer in tho struggle for ex istence should not forgot that ho is a man created in tho image- of his Maker, and poshossed of great capacities and wonderful capabilities. How many mori wo hoo devoting their wholo ener gies striving to seo how much riches and worldly possessions thoy can ac quire, seemingly scarcely to think of trying to see how much of a man thoy may become. How seldom wo esti mate tho value- of any llfo experience by tho effect It has hud In making us moro kindly, more considerate of othors, more self-denying and moro firmly resolved to do right. Tho building up of a uoblo, pure, grand character Is tho grandest work a man can engage in, and one that is often hotter promoted by what arq generally regarded as tho reverses In llfo than by successes. What aro gonorally re garded as tho hucccshos in life aro often hut hindrances to tho man's be coming a true man, making him moro selllsl, moro narrow-minded and dwarfing his manhood. Whatever a man's worldly success, or whatever tho lack of It, ho yet can bo a man in the true sense of tho word, and as such bo tho full equal of any other man. -St. I'aul Pionter-Prcss. Tho Marrlngo Was Postponed. "Yes, dear, I lovo you; but pleaso don't bo so Impatient, It would bo ridiculous to sot our wedding day so booh." Engaged Youth Hut why? "You must remember that a marriage- Is a great and solemn ovont In a woman's llfo, and should bo colebrated by u grand wedding, with every thing perfectly lovely and six beautllul bridesmaids." "All right. You can have a dozen If you wish." 'What a darling you are! Woll, that's why I want to wait, Brides umlds aro out of stylo now, hut Mrs. Society says tho fashion will bo re vived In three, or four years." Phila delphia Jttconl. m 'Still lying la his gravo" Is an Eastern paper's reply to tho request: 'Pleuso Inform an uruhwoologlsl where tho body of Ananias now Is." A utrlk lg Instance of tho ruling passion 'U-onr In death. Chicago lhrahl. A BOY'S TIME-TABLE. The Pleasant anil Unpleasant Thing! fa Little Freddy' Life. My little nephew ran across a para graph, somcwhero, which said that any body could savo at least two hours of wasted timo a day by running on a time-table. Freddy brought tho clipping to mo, and asked what it meant. I told him that I supposed that it meant that a person could savo two hours a day by having all his work or amusement plannod and arranged beforehand such and such a thing to bo done at 3uch a time, and another thing follow ing directly after, and io on. Freddy seemed so much interested that 1 advised him to make out a titjio table for himself, and try naming qpn It for a few days. Ho suld ho guessed ho would because two extra hours a day would bo a groat holp to him in learning to striko out tho follows, and possibly would secure him tho coveted position of pitcher In tho school nine. Tho noxt day Freddy submitted tho following to mo: Fkeddv'b Time-Table, a. M. G45 to 7 Gcttln up. 7 to 7S0 Hath and gottln reddy fcr brokfus. 730 to 8 Hrckfus. 8 to 820 Pralrs. 820 to 830 Hand stud.y. 830 Star.t for skool. 9 Got thcRO Qa fuH'cr- mi'i'st -have s.unr fun In llfoi). 9 to 1030-Study and rosit'e. 1030-to 1015 Rosos (out- to bo longer). 10:15 to 12 Study and reslto. I M. 12 to 1215 Goln for lunch. 1215 to 1230 Eatln It. 1230 to 1 Sloos of things. Playin ball mosly. 1 to 3 Skool ova. Tuffest part of tho da". 3 ....uol over. Fun boglns. 3 to C Baco ball. Hlslcklo rldln. Goln to walk (sumtimo3 with u gurl). Slldln and skatln In winter. Flyln kite. Bothrin tho dog. Ponuts. Goln to rldo with pa. Shoppin with ma (won I dont kno it bofdurhand). Kandy. In bod wothor roadin. Sloos of othor things. 9 to 7 Dinner (grato timo for mo.) 7 to 730 Nothin much. Dont fool like It. 730 to 8 Pa gets dun with paper an roads sunthln alowd. 8 Scz I must begin to study. 8 to 815 Kickln aginst It. 816 to 915 Study. 915 Gwup to bed. 916 to 935 Wlndln watorbury watch. 935 to 915 Undressln and gottln Into bod. 915 till mornln. Grato big timo with dreoms, but a follor cant stop to injoy thing much. Wonder wy drocms cant hang on moro liko rool things? P. S. Waro do thos too oxtry ours cum in? I'aul Pastnor, in Ihtck. LAKES THAT DISAPPEAR. Hut the .Settler Is Wiirnrcl That Thoy Bltiy Appeui Airttln. Southeastern Orogon isalmostatorra Incognita vol, oxcopt to cattlemon. swamp land-grabbers and people of that Ilk. In tho numerous law-suits botween swamp land men and sottlors who hnvo takon wp claims on the alloged swamp lands, thoro havo boon many Instances of persons swearing In direct opposition to others in rcga:l to tho character of land which would load unbiased persons to supposo that fiat porjury had boon committed. Thoro may havo boon no idea or In tention on tho part of any of tho wit nesses to testify falsely in theso casos, as tho following will show: Warner Lake, In Southoastorn Oro gon, Is a shallow body of wator covor ing a large amount of land. It is divided by low rldgos of land into threo or four divisions. Last year a gentleman cruising through that coun try found one of thoso division to bo a lake oight miles long and four milos wide, and from four to llvo foot doop. This summer the samo gontloman visited that section and found this lnko totally dry and drove his loam across it without trouble. Ho is now pro- pared to swear that tho slto of tho lake is suitable for cultivation, wheroas last year ho would havo sworn with a oloar conseionco that thoro was a lako thorn Last year Mr. Noll had a contract to make a survey of tho moaudor lino of Warnon Lake, which ho did, and this year Mr. Martin, a Government Inspec tor of surveys, visited Warrior Lake to inspect tho survoylng dono by Mr. Nell. He found the work all right, hut It did not conform to tho wntor lino In that part of tho lako above men tioned. Responsible partlos who woro at tho lako when Mr. Neil made his moandor, confirmed Its truthfulness as to tho water lino whon It was made, and Mr. Martin bocamo convinced by tholr tes timony that a wonderful change hnd taken placo. Tho probable causo of tho disap pearance of this largo body of wator la tho light fall of snow in that section for several years past, as all tho lakes In that section aro lowor than over before since tho settlement of tho country. It will hardly bo safo to sottlo on the bottom of a dried up lake or close to low-wator mark, as In case of n long, hard winter, with a great fall of snow nnd late rains In tho spring theso lakes will likely expand themselves to tholr original size. Tho fact that tho lakes In that sec tion aro of this character Is probably ,thu cause of all tho trouble and nils understanding In regard to swamp lands. Irtlaml Oregonian. Prussian blue is got by fusing horses' hoofs and othor refuse anlinal matter with impure potassium Carbonate, IMPERFECT STABLES. Flow They Affect Lire-Stock and the Farm er's Pocket -Hook. On how many farms, should stable bo visited by a committee of inspec tion, would tho stables be found so porfect in tholr arrangements as to call for no criticism? I imagino those which would bo graded perfect are few. Yet the stable Is a very impor tant part of tho farm economy for It is there that a largo part of tho farm manufacturing is carried on. Tho hay fodder and grain aro mado into butter and beef, and tho fertilizers aro pre pared that aro to restore tho waste of tho farm and enable us to grow profit able crops in tho future. Tho cssen tials of a good stable aro that It should bo warm so that in winter no cold drafts blow on tho stock confined with out exercise, and at tho samo time it should bo well lighted and ventilated that the arrangements for getting tho food to tho stock be such as to econo mize timo and labor, and to enable us to clean tho mangers readily and quickly; tluit tho stable floor bo made tight so as to savo all tho manure liquid and solid, nnd so arranged tin the stock is not liable to bo soiled, and tho manure can bo easily removed, and that thero bo good roomy box stalls to bo used for cows at farrowing time, for mares either heavy with foal or with young colts and for wintering calves and colts Tried by theso standards few stables will bo found that fill the spcciflca tions-, It mny not bo easy to remodel an old barn so as to get tho perfect stables, but in most of them a little planning and 'a modorato outlay of timo and money will result in a great improvement. Perhaps an enumeration of some things which I have seen, nnd some suggestions, may bo helpful to our readers: First, I suggest that on tho first rainy day when you aro at leisure you go to your barn and study for a fow hours tho details of your stable I will tell you what many of you will find. Cracks botween weather boards that will lot the cold winds in and tho lino snow sift through'when thoro is blizzard so that your stock will stand and shiver. Stock will bo far moro comfortablo out of doors where they can exercise and seek tho leo of a strawstack, or tho sholter of a grove, than wnon common in a stall in sued a stable. To keep animals under such circumstances is an expensive cruolty for at least ono-fourth of tho food eaten is consumed in maintaining heat. when it might ns woll bo used In mak ing beef or milk. Tho thing for thoso to do who find tho stable in this condi tion is to buy paper and lumbor and havo tho stablo double-boarded bofore winter comos. After you hnvo tried it ono winter if you do not coneludo this to bo good advice, send tho bill to me and I will pay It, provided vou will agree that if you do and that tho ud vico was good, you will send mo a ten- dollar bill as a ice for professional sorvicos. Somo of you will find a worso stato of affairs than this, for in addition to tho cracks in tho sides of your stablo thero Is no underpinning, and tho wind swoops under tho stablo and comes up through cracks an inch wldo in tho stalls. You ought to go around bohlnd tho barn and kick your solf on making this discovery, and then if you do not remedy It I would liko to tlo you in ono of thoso stalls on Uio blrthnight of noxt wintor whon tho mercury dropped down near zero and tho wind was out on a tear. I think before morning your ropontnnco would bo gonuineand your resolutions of amondmontsincoro. Put these cracks aro costing you more than moroly tho extra feed to keep your stock warm. Just listen a momont while I road from a tablo giv ing tho values of manures, and thoro is no question of tho accuracy of tho statement: "Tho fresh solid excre ment of a horse is worth $1.30 and tho fresh urlno is worth $8.G2 per ton. Tho solid oxcroment of tho cow is worth 8G conts and tho urlno is worth $3.M per ton." Those valuations nro based on tho values of nitrogen, phosphoric ncid and tho potash in them at tho, same price we are charged for them as com mercial fertilizers. Tho urlno thon bolng so valuable is not a leak In tho stablo fioor worso than a leak In tho roof How many stables havo floors tight enough to savo tho liquid? I was in tho stable of a neighbor last spring and saw ono of his horses standing In a pool of urine whoro tho floor had been worn hollow and seeing that I noticed It ho said apologetically: "1 bored some holes in tho floor to keep tho stall dry but thoy havo got stopped." 1 said to him: "Don't you know that one pound of urlno Is worth six pounds of tho solid manuro?" He answered IndllTerontly as though It was a matter in which ho had no In terest: "Yos; I believe It Is," and tho holes I think are still in tho floor. Yet this man is in nearly every rospeet an unusually good farmor. Yot such Is tho force of habit that whllo carefully Hiving his solid manure, although he had a largo stack of clover straw from which he had threshed seed, which on a tight floor would havo absorbed all this liquid, ho bored holes Jn his floor to got rid of it, Waldo I'. Jlrown, it: Ohio farmer. Italian immigrants to Now York live on nine cents a day. They make a soup with a bit of pork and cast-off shreds of cabbage and servo it with black broad. Somo Italian laborers who aro receiving sevonty-flvo cents a day aregrowlng rich. Thoy can hardly be wolcotnud competitors In the labor markuU i i i i The hog Is omnivorous and la mnuh buntillhHl by the right sort ol vujjutnblq food. OF GENERAL INTEREST. Engine 310. of the Union Pacific road, has a record of having run 1,140V 625 miles. It has been in use for twenty-five years and was ono of the first locomotives used west of tho Mis souri river. In tho town of Orizaba, Mexico, thero aro three papers, tho names of which signify "Tho Rat," "Tho Cat" and "The Beetle." It. is noticed that "The Cat" is all tho time trying to catch "The Rat," A blast of six thousand pounds of powder was recently set oil In a quarry on Telegraph Hill, San Francisco. It shook tho earth for miles around nnd dislodged from thirty tho9and to fifty thousand tons of rock. The value of coins to collectors docs not depend on their ago. Roman tribute pennies, dated boforo Christ. are not worth moro than $1, whltf? a genuine American silver dollar of 1804 would sell close to $1,000. j.nc oiner uay a lioston man re ceived a letter, on the cnvolooo of which were tho words, "BloSll! Blood! Blood!" In big red letters. Thinking that It contained a threat t(9 kill him, ho cave it unopened to tho no- lice. When they opened it, thoy found it was a harmless appeal from a Salva tion Army crank. A Sylvanla (Ga.) boy dug up somo artichokes to pickle, and among them was a cooter or tarrapin egg, which he dropped into tho brine along with tho artichokes. A few days nfterwArd ho took out a handful of roots and dropped ono on tho floor. It broke open and out crawled a young cooter. Tho boy firmly believes that ono of tho arti chokes had a young terrapin it It. A Washington .territory young man applied for tho teochership of the Port Blakeloy school. Ho sent his application and u supposed letter of recommendation in tho samo envelope ijy mistake, however, no inclosed a letter from a young lady, containing charges and threats very damaging to tho would-be podagoguo's reputation Tho school trustees wroto and told him that his recommendation was not of tho right kind. An Alabama lawyer closed an argument tho other day thus: "If your Honor pleaso, and gontloman of tho jury, I do not desire to militate against tho majesty of tho law, nor to contravene tho avoirdupois of tho ovi dence. If you strip this 'thing of its multitudinous wrappings, break tho cement and lot tho cohesion take placo, you will find out thero is nothing in this case but an inroad by way of an invasion into Dr. Watson's apothecary shop." Tho woody, melon-shaped fruit of tho sand-box treo of tho West Indies is made into a neat box by sawing off tho top and scooping out tho seeds. and is used in Barbadoes for holding sand. When, however, tho fruit is al lowed to ripen on tho treo, it bursts oxplosivoly, scattering tho seeds over tho ground. An experimenting natur; alist recently sought to proservo a specimen of tho fruit by drying care fully; but It oxploded with such vio lence as to dostroy the box containing it. An English antiquarian has boon dolvlng among old newspaper files and has discovered what he says Is tho first commercial advertisement ovor printed in a newspaper. It nppoarcd in tho Mercurius l'oliticus of London, dated boptombcr M, loas. it runs as follows: "That excollont and by all Physicians approved, China Drink, called by all tho Chlncans Tcha, by othor Nations Tny, alias Tee, is sold at tho Sultanoso Head Copheo House, In Sweoting's Rents, by tho Royal Ex change, London." A rotallor In The Shoe and Leather Reporter thus explains a trick of tho trade: "I soil a shoo that costs mo f 1 at tho original prico, and use it as leador.' Then I mark my $1.25 shoes at $1.50, tho $2 at $2.50, tho $2.25 at $4 and the $2.C0 goods at $5. See? A customor wnnts to look at my low-priced grades; I show thom, and bring out all my principal lines. Ikoly as not persuade him or hor to pay $3 and this seeuros mo a fair profit. No, I don't soil many at $1, and oven If I did, tho less economical buyers inako It up to mo by giving mo handsome proliton tho better shoes." m m Queer Analogies In Nature. I ho coeoanut is, in many respects. liko tho human skull, although it closely rcsomblos tho skull of tho monkey. A spongo may bo so hold as to remind ono of tho unfleshed faco of tho skoloton, and tho meat of an Eng lish walnut Is almost tho exact repre sentation of tho brain. Plums nnd black chorrles rosomble tho human eyes; almonds and somo othor nuts ro semblo tho different varlotlos of tho human noso, and an opened oystor and Its shell are a perfect Imiige of tho hu man car. Tho shnpo of almost any man's body may bo found In tho vari ous kinds of mammoth pumpkins. TJio open hand may be discerned in tho form assumed by Bcrub-willows and growing colory. Tho Gorman tur nip and tho egg-plant resemble tho hu man heart. Thero aro other striking resomblances between human organs and certain vegotablo forms. Tho forms of many mechanical contrivances in common uso may be traced back 'o tho patterns furnished by nature. Thus, tho hog suggested tho plow; tho butterfly, tho ordinary hlngo; tho toad-stool, tho umbrella; tho duck, tho (hip; tho fungous growth on trees, tho bracket. Any one desirous of proving the oneness of tho earthly system will flud the msomblnncos in nature u most amusing study. Sciaitijic American. THE BOWSER oFAMJLY. Epistles 'milch Turned the "Old Man's" Wrath Into Conrusion. Some time since I referred to tho fact that I had carefully preserved, ar ranged and filed all of Mr. Bowser's love letters, and I advised every brido to do tho same thing. I now desire to reiterate that advice. I really don't know how I could got along with Mr. Bowser If I did not have tfis leverage on him. Liko all other husbands ho has his sudden fits and his hours of forgetfulness. Ho wanted a pair of pincers to use for something, and be cause thoy wore not right at hand ho mado a cesfaro of despair G0d ex claimed: "O, of course, I must get used to It, I suppose. Such a housekeeper as you are Airs. Bowser!" "Here they are. You loft 'cm on tho loungo yourself last night." "Lay It to me, of course. Y hat s that young'un bellowing about now?" "Ho fell down." "Doesn't ho know enough to stand up.J ma t&o wood como up.'" "No." "It didn't." I ordered it tho first thinr this morninsr. This is the worst run house in Detroit," 'Do I run tho wood yards?" 'But why didn't you tell me it hadn't como up? It's a wonder tho girl hasn't quit to climax our troubles." 'She went an hour ago." Mr. Bowser sat down and looked at me a long timo. Then he sighed deep l&nnd said: Well, I supposo I must stand it, but it's hard, very hard. This is what comes of marrying a girl who has been brought up on caramels and novels." 1 went up-slairs and brought down tho package of letters. Selecting one marked: "Exhibit A filed September 10. 1884," I began to read: My Anoei. One: I send you another box of caramels and flvo of tho lutesl novels, and I hope you will thoroughly enjoy them. You were lamenting tho fact that you knew so little of housework. I atn glad of It. Angels are not expected to fry pork and wash dishes. You shall havo n dozen housekeepers when wo nro married, an I jou shall never know a household care." "That's a base forgery!" shouted Mr. Bowser as I finished reading. 'Oh, no, it isn't. I expected tho day would como when you would say so and so I prepared for it. See here: Mv mother attests it as a witness." Well, if I wrote it I must havo been asleep." 'And only tho other day, Mr. Bow ser, when 1 got a now dress home, you said I hadn't any more taste than a clam, and that my ideas of harmony would stop a clock." 'Yes, and I meant it. lou were always that way." "Was I?" I selected a letter marked "Exhibit A 2 filed Soptembor 18, 1884," and read: "Mv Urautiful: The picture of my dear no as she appeared to mo last night has been vrlth me all day. You havo the taste of a queen In your toilet, and harmony is second nature with you. Oh ! my little angel, you" I wroto that, did' I?" sternly de manded Mr. Bowser. "Of course." "ovor! iho man who says 1 was ever fool enough to write such stun must die!" It is duly attostod, Mr. Bowser, and you can't deny your writing. I haven't changed a bit in my tastes since our mnrrisigo. Indeed, I think I llavo improved." 'Ihoro goes that young 'un again! Ho Isn't happy unless ho is hollering liko a calf mired in a ditch." "But seojiorc, Mr. Bowser." And I solected a telegram marked: "Exhibit B 1 original," and attested by father, mother and nurse, and read: "CitlCAOO, November !Mth. ISSi.MyDarltiw: Thank God for the news of tho birth of our ion I My heart swells with lovo and gratitude. It Is our bond of lovo. Heaven has surely blest us. Again, thank God. Will bo homo Sunday night. Dowser." 'I novor sent it," shouted Mr. Bow ser. Yes, you did! Hero is tho proof to convict you. Thero isn't a mention ibout 'calf in this, and as for 'holler ing, you novor dreamed of it." Oh, woll, havo it your own wav. You'd havo tho last word If I was dying. Somo wives aro built that way. If I was liko somo husbands I'd assert my authority." "But you aro not, Mr. Bowser, as this will prove." And I selected a letter marked: "Ex hibit C 1 original," and attested, and read: 'MY Dkaiikst Lovky: In reference to our conversation last night, I wish to say that I have always held and always shall hold that husband and wlfo should bo equal In authority. Neither has tho right to dictate to tho other, though if either had that right I would give it lo you. We shall never have u wool of dispute not one. If there is any bosstnTf' you may do it." "And do you dnro chargo mo with writing such stuff as that!" gasped Mr. Bowser. I do. Horo Is tho proof, and you can't wriggle out of it." "I wroto 'Dearest Lovoy,' did I?" "You did. Indeed, Mr. Bowser, you woro far gono about thoso days." I was, eh! ell, you can't ranko mo bellovo that I over wroto any inch Infernal bosh as that! You'll noxt charge mo with writing you up In verse." "You ovon did that, sir. Just wait." I solected a letter marked: "Exhibit C 1 very choice." and read: The twilight toftly cometh down, At sinks the sun away. And Hull children go to bed. All weary with their play. Where is tay lovo thtt glorious evof Whore doth her proud foot rostt Ami where that hoad of golden hair Which I shall over bU&sl" 'And you sny I wrote that!" whis pered Mr. Bowser. ou did. It's a beautiful thing, too. I omu mo thoso little elilldiwi folufj rlRht to bed. You spok of my hoofs1 the othor day, and you had slur about red-head! Only four year ago it was my 'proud foot' and my 'golden head.'" Ho was silent. "Do you want any more, Mr. Bowser?" I asked. . "Mrs. Bowser, I don't say that you are not as good as tho average wife, but I 6?j say that you have a mighty mean streak in your composition. It may bo possible that whllo I lay burn ing with fever, or while suffering a nePous attack, I may havo written a rportion of those letters. Tho rest aro base forgeries, of course, and you are holding them over mo as a menace Is that wifely?" "Why. Mr. Bowser, do you deny your own hand-writing?" "I haven't seen the writing and don't want to. Don't threaten mo, Mrs. Bowser. I can be coaxed, but not driven. Cases have been known where husbands walked. out and never returned." But that was only his way of wrig gling out, of it. The next day ho sent me up a new dress, took baby for a bmg walk, and at present is tho most docile husband in Detroit. Detroit Free Press. TOQUES AND TURBANS. The Vnrtous Styles In Which They Aro Muile by FuHhluniible Milliners. Toques, turbans and walking hats are mado in various styles for young ladies to uso for general wear, and aro adopt&l for morning hats by thoso who aro older. Paris milliners aro send ing over round toques in contrast to the long oval-crowned toques import ed from Regent street, which English women of fashion adopted at first merely to wear with tailor gowns, but which they aro now using with their handsomest costumes. Tho round French toques aro mado of velvet or of cloth in threo soft puffs around the head, separated by folded bands of gros grain ribbon, and havo a soft wrinkled crown which is covered nnd flattened on tho right side by a very largo rosette of tho ribbon, with its longest loops coming forward almost to tho front. This stylo is youthful, and is excellent for hat3 of a single color, the velvet and ribbon being all brown or all black or gray, as best suits the gowns of tho wearer, a black toque being now appropriate with dresses of any color. Other velvet toques havo fur tips for their only trimming, as short tails of sablo with a miniature sablo head set in tho front of tho soft crown. Rib bon toques aro also new, and aro in tho long English shape: two kinds of ribbon are used, velvet in one row draped along tho brim, and ending in two rosettes in front, while tho crown is covered with three lengthwise rows in loose folds of tho now satin ribbon that has raised cords in it. or else gros grain ribbon; these form standing kops in front between tho velvet rosettes. Black velvet ribbon with a green ribbon crown makes a stylish toque, or cream velvet with fawn robbon crown, brown with cardi nal, or olive with red, matching tho two colors that aro combined in tho costume. Tho handkerchief turban is a pretty caprice, with tho crown draped with a square of black velvot on which white gros grain is sot liko a hem or binding half an inch or moro in width. Rosetto turbans havo soft rosottes of doubled silk thickly gath ered set in front of shirred velvet crowns. Other volvot turbans havo a0 frill falling on tho lowor edge, with a gathored band, and abovo this a soft puffed crown. Embroidered cloth tur bans may bo merely scalloped on tho edges, but many aro covered with em broidery. Thoro aro also very rich embroidered cloth lcavos and bands that aro used to trim tho sides of vol vot and plain cloth turbans. Braiding and cording aro also fashionablo on these small hats. Long slender oxi dized silver pins, daggers, and clasps aro fashionable ornaments. Ribbon bows aro very tightly strapped with long loops, and theso rival rosettes in popularity. Harper's Bazar. Fish That Annoy the Diver. As to tho fish tho diver soes, thoy aro legion. Thoy swarm all around him. Hideous sculpins peer into his oye-windows aud grin horribly, and snako-liko eols glide ovor his foot and squirm round his legs, nnd crabs and lobsters claw at his clothing and mako themselves, familiar in a cordial man nor that would mako anyono oxcopt a stoical diver go out of tho water. But It's tho simplo, ovory-day porch, tho llttlo fish that tho boys catch at tho wharves that bother tho dlvors tho most. Thoy seem to think his fingers aro bait, prepared by an overruling providence for thero special appotito, and accordingly thoy nibblo nnd gnaw tho baro flesh with tho samo persist ency that they employ in dovouring anglo-worms sont down on fish-hooks. You see, it's not fashionablo anions divers to wear gloves whon diving in warm wator. Gloves would ereatlv decreaso tho dellcacv of touch with which tho diver examines tho slimy pllo in search of worms. Philadelphia inquirer. m "What's tho matter. Darrlnpor? You look dispirited." "I'm troubled with too much mother-in-law." "That's bad, old boy. How often docs sho visit you?" "Twleoa year." "That Isn't ofton, Darringer." "No. It Isn't, only that sho stays six months at u time." Tim. 1 Mrs. Cleveland has booomo nn ex port lawn tennis pluyer. She Is able to grvo a bull with skill and onore-v. and har voHnintr Is remarkably .if. fectlvo.