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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1889)
D 4 DANCING IN THE BARN -AlonRtho ky sweoiolrs are still; Across the Rrasffthe moonbeams fall; Upon the night strikes sweet the trill Of niRhtlnKale nnil whlppoorwill, And down tlie vale 1 hear the call To "Dancing In the llarn." Ah mc! So long ago It seems to be That "Dancing In tho Uarn." 'The torchlight falls on each young face, As, wheeling in tho country dance. Now Id, now out, our shadows chase About tho dear, old-fashioned place. Can aught In life so much entrance As "Dancing in the Ham!" Ah, no! .4. For youth Is fair, but It must go, Liko " Dancing In the H irn." Dut ah I thnt nlch: when as of yore I heard the l.aunting old refrain "When Love Is done, It comes no more; And ah, my heart, how you were sore! And yet ray feet kept time again With "Dancing In tho Uarn." Too lato; The hour hud struck of life and fato To "Dane. ng in tho Uarn." Long after, In n crowded street, A poor, old, blind man feebly played Just where the town and river meet. My heart stood still, my steps delayed, For that old tune which stopped and stayad Wus "Dancing In the Uarn." And oh! What tales ure told of long ago That "Dancing In tho U.irn." Ah, poor young love, Ithoughtyou dcadl And yet I shed these sudden tears After so many silent years; It seemed a requiem o'er your head That "Dancing In the Uarn." Uut deep In my pcor heart that love doth sleep, With "Dancing In the Uarn." Anna J- De Koctn, in America. THE FUTURE VILLAGE. .A Coinbliintlnn of Industrial with Agri cultural Kntcrprlse. Agriculture is so much in need of aid from those who inhnbit the cities, thnt every summer thousands of men leave their slums in tho towns and gj to tho country for tho reason of crops. 'The London destitutes go in thousands to Kent and Sussex as huy-makers and hop-pickers; whole villages in Franco abandon thoir homes and their cottage industries in the summer and wander to the moro fertile parts of the coun try; and in Russia thoro is every year an exodus of many hundreds of thou sands of men who Journey from tho North to tho Southern prairies for harvesting tho crops, whilo many St. Petersburg manufacturers reduce their production in tho summer, because the operatives return to their nntive vil lages for tho culture of their allot ments. Extensive agriculturo can not bo carried on without additional hands in the summer; but it still moro needs 41 temporary aid for improving tho soil, for tenfolding its productive powers. Steam-digging, drainago and ma nuring would render tho heavy clays to tho northwest of London a much richer soil than that of tho American prairies. To become fertilo those clays want only plain, unskilled human labor, such as is necessary for digging tho soil, laying in drainago tubes, pul verizing phosphorites, and tho like; and that labor would bo gladly donoby tho factory workers if it were properly organized in a free nity for tho benefit of tho whole . iy. Tho soil claims that aid, and it would havo it under u proper organization, oven if it wore necossary to stop many mills in tho summer for that purpose. No doubt tho presont factory owners would consider it ruinous if they had to stop their mills for soveral months OV017 year, because tho capital engaged in a factory is expected to pump money every day and every hour, if possible. Uut that is tho capitalists view of the matter not tho community's view. As to the workers, who ought to bo the real managers of industries, they will find it healthy not to perform tho same monotonous work all tho year round, and thoy will abandon it for the sum mor, if indeed they do not find tho means of keeping tho factory running by relieving each other in groups. Tho scattering of industries over tho country so as to bring tho factory amidst tho fields and to mako agri culturo derive- all thoso profits which it always llnds in boing combined with industry (seo tho Eastern States of America) and tho combination of in dustrial with agricultural work are surely tho next step to bo mndc, as soon as a reorganization of our present condition is possible That stop is im posed by tho very necessities of pro ducing for tho producers thomsolves; it is Imposed by tho necessity for eaoh healthy man and woman to spend a part of thoir lives in free work in tho roe air, and it will bo rendered tho moro necessary when tho great social movemonts, which havo now become unavoidable, come to disturb tho present international trado and compel each nation to rovort to hor own re sources for hor own maintenance. Prince Krapotkin, in Nineteenth Cent urij. The Ohio Serpent Mound. Tho famous Serpent Mound, in Adams County, O., whero tho Poabody lusoum of American Archieology has long had workers unearthing tho so crots of tho strango structure, lias been bought and turned into a magnificent park, for porpotuul preservation. It is tho most notablo of all tho mounds of this country. Prof. Putnam has re cently found reasons for reversing the opinion that had been growing among scholars, that this mound, and all sim ilar structures, woro tho work of Cher okco or Shawnee, or other historic tribes of Indians. Ho concludes that at lonst tho Sorpont Mound wns tho . work of a race of mon either identical with tho ancient Moxicuns or akin to thorn. Tho preservation of our most "'important and characteristic monu monts of antiquity should engage not only our universities, but tho Govern ment. Harvard, with Prof. Putnam, has so far boon loft to do tho work In Ohio. St. lAwii Globe-DanocnL PRIVATE HOSPITALS. The r.ntest Freak Tor Wealthy Patients nnil Scientific i;ptoriitlcn. The latest professional fnd in this city is the privnto hospital idea, which threatens to becomo a craze. Almost every eminent surgeon has one or store private houses turned into hospi tals for tho reception and treatment of patients who can afford to pay exten sive prices. Theso houses, which nro usually elegant dwelling houses situated on Fifth, Madison or Lexing ton avenues, nro furnished In tho most luxurious style. Tho doctor has his ofllco in tho library. Tho parlor is made into an elegant recoption room. The chambers and all othor avallablo rooms are fitted for patients of wealth. One room Is sot apart for tho uso of tho doctor's assistants, usually young medi cal graduates who nro glad to givo their timo for their living and tho ex perience obtained. Tho most import ant part of tho establishment is tho patient, who must of course havo plenty of money, and may bo malo or female. Tho complaints of both sexes are treated, though not usually In tho same house. And theso surgical re treats offer tho inducement of perfect privacy to all their patrons, wljich is ono secret of thoir success. As may be surmised from what has been said, many of tho patients aro people of means who do not wish their friends to know of thoir illness, and who have strong reasons for secrecy. The first private hospital started in this city was that of a wefl-known gynecologist and obstotrlcan. In this es tablishment tho diseases of women aro exclusively treated, and tho cost to each patient is about $1,000 a month. There aro .often thirty or forty in mates, seldom less than ten or fifteen. So it will be seen this first venture was a success. If all tho private hospitals for tho treatment of women were of tho same order, it would be a matter for public congratulation, but of tho hundreds that havo been opened by many doctors of doubtful schools of characters tho majority aro not abovo suspicion. Some of theso private af fairs aro really tho laboratories of human vivisection ists. Moro than ono famous surgeon who has a hospital at his command sends tho best of tho hos pital's cases to his own establishment, whero ho can experiment undeterred by tho supervision of human lay-trustees and other hospital ofllcers. A certain surgeon desired to obtain a largo number of casos of abdominal section, a few years ago, and resolved to perform laparatomy whenever he could obtain a patient on whom thoro was tho smallest excuse for this, tho most difficult and deadly of all oper ations. Ho was ono of tho surgeons-in-chief of ono of our largest hospitals, and proceeded to operate on tho insti tution's charity patients on the slight est provocation. Before long tho num ber of deaths from abdominal section in tho hospital engaged tho attention of tho trustees, and tho surgeon was summoned privately, of course bo foro tho board. After a long hearing thoy failed to agree as to whether or not he had abused his powors; but thoy agreed to forbid him in futuro to per form a capital operation without all the surgeons of tho hospital concurred and were present. Ho had not yet obtained tho scientific data that ho desired, so resorted to tho private hospital idea. Ho purchnsed a largo house on Thirty-fourth street and fitted it up for a private hos pital. Hero ho could, untrammoled, cut up his victims and obtain his sci entific data. Hero ho sent all patients whom ho could feel justified in operat ing on. Hero ho has slain his hundreds, and will slay his thousands boforo ho gets dono; then ho will publish a book on abdominal surgery that will mako him famous. As lie is a wealthy man nnd can spend any amount of money to attain his ends, and works strictly within tho letter of tho law, nothing can stop him in his death-dealing ca reer. This is but ono instance. Thoro nro many others. It is in theso laborato ries of scionco that most of tho surgi cal sensations that appear in tho public press originate. There is ono advantage gained by them, however: that is thoy aro tho best possiblo schools for tho advance ment of surgical scionco. "Talk about cutting up dogs and cats! Why, wo cut up mon tho worthiest animal for vivisection!" Such woro tho words, perhaps over enthusiastic, which tho writer heard ono of thoso students of anatomy utter. N. Y. Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In the Dry-Goods Store. A lady and her little daughter wore shopping. Tho child sat on a counter stool and watched tho people coming and going. Presently sho saw a lady elegantly dressed, who stopped at their counter and handed a waterproof and umbrella to tho young girl in charge "Take caro of these things until I call for them," sho said in an auto cratic tone. Thon sho sailed away. Tho bright eyes of tho child followed hor. Tho little face woro a look of distress. "Why, mamma," sho whi3pored, "sho didn't oven say ploaso." Soonor than sho expected to, tho lady returned. "I will take my things," sho said. There was some little delay in find ing them. "I hopo you haven't lo9t or mls plnced them," sho said In a sovoro tone to tho young girl. No. Horo thoy wore. Madame took them cooly and without a word walked oST. This was moro than tho child could etnnd. Loaning over so that her sweet young faco 1:01110 clobo to that of the girl olork sho said, hwoatly; "Thaulc you!" Deiroit Free I'resu INTREPID EXPLORERS. Astonishing Krnults Accomplished by Per., sons Triivellnu Alone. Tho frequent disappearance ana lengthened absence of such explorers as Llvingstono and Stanley leads an anxious public to question tho wisdom of a man's plunging into tho heart o Africa without a companion. Tho lm pression seems to bo that his chances for keeping up communication with the outside world would bo greater in pro portion to tho num Vr of his attendants, nnd that companions would help him in tho accomplishment of his main pur pose. Tho feeling Is a natural ono inde pendent of experience; but if wo re view tho history of explorations, wo find tho facts show that an explorer succeeds best when he relies wholly upon himself to meet every emergency. It is not his personal fortunes from day to day that tho public can reasonably bo interested in. It is not this curios ity thnt tho oxploror Is working so hard to satlsfv. Ho alms to extend outward. at- sorao point, tho bounds of human knowledge. Tho history of explorations under taken by persons travoling alono shows astonishing results. In Africa wo have the example of Livingstone, whoso suc cess In traversing an unknown region unattended, demonstrated tho wisdom of tho plan ho adopted. Pointing to tho sumo general truth, wo havo tho example of Baker, Burton, Kendo and others, who also accomplished great things, and contributed much to geo graphical scionco, by pursuing tho samo method. In South America, Musters travoled successfully through Patagonia, do pending entirely on himself. Tho En glish traveler, Shaw, reached Kashgar in Central Asia, and returnod to India quito alono, having made ono of tho most successful journoys of his day. Not long ago Hannay travoled alono from tho Irrawaddy to the Brahma pootra, through a country that is con sidered almost impassable on account of tho lawlessness of its inhabitants. In tho case of a person travoling through an unknown country alone, his utter helplessness and dopendonco on tho honor of savages about him, will stand him in good stead. IIo is compelled to throw himself on thoir protection, nnd treat them with con sideration such as a largo party could not safely show. It would bo inter pretcd in thoir case as meaning oitho: cowardice or weakness. On tho other hand, a largo party by neglecting to show proper consideration for tho peo ple about them would wound their pride and rouse feolings of hostility. It would also bo difficult for the chiefs and othors to entertain many persons for a long timo. or with the samo freedom they would uso toward tho solitary traveler. Tho baggago 0! a largo company also appeals to the covetousness native to tho savage breast moro strongly than tho little ol value which tho prudent oxploror will take along with him. Youth'' a Com ininioti. m m EXPLOSIVE COAL DUST. Suggestions in Kxpliumtlon of Numerous Colliery DlmisterH. Prof. Arnold Luptou, in a lecture de livered under tho auspices of fho coal mining department of Yorkshtro Col liery, at Leeds, England, said that in the caso of colliery explosions it had been taken for granted that firo-damp or marsh gas was tho causo, and tho eyes of. Inquiry had beon closed to every othor cause. French mining engineers appeared to havo been the first to suggest coal dust as a causo of explosions, but in 187G, Mr. William Galloway, thon hor Majesty's inspector of coal mines, sent a paper to the Royal Society, in which ho gavo the evidence of experiments and investi gations, to prove that coal dust wns tho prlmo agent of destruction in col liery explosions. This paper ho fol lowed up with others. Othor mining engineers thon took up tho inquiry, tho Royal Accident Commission, Pro fessor Abel, tho Prussian Firo-damp Commission, and others, made experi ments; but to Mr. Galloway belonged tho chlof credit of tho discovery that coal dust Is tho main ugont in col oiory explosions. Tho oxporlmentsind investigations proved that very fine coal dust stirred up with air was ox plosivo in an atmosphere containing Inly ono por cont of gas, a percentage too small to bo detected by tho ordina ry methods. IIo thon, with tho nid ol numerous diagrams, described a num ber of colliery explosions in varioug conl fields In Glamorganshire, Derby shire, Yorkshire, Durham and Scot land. IIo said that with tho knowledge now gained it was easy to understand disasters that woro incomprehensible on tho nsumption that fire-damp was tho cause. Tho Parks explosion in 1800 was probably a coal-dust explo sion, so was the Queen Pit, Haydock and many othors. Somo of thoso pits ho had himself explored a fow hours after tho explosion. At Scaham Col liery tho force of tho explosion of coal dust was probably equal to tho explo sion of 90,000 pounds of gunpowdor. Ho thon proceeded to describe tho cause of coal dust, and tho means of laying tho dust by high-pressure water jets and other means; and in conclu sion states that several results wero now plain: (1) That coal dust was as dangerous as firo-damp or looso gun powdor; (2) that tho coal dust could bo laid easily, cheaply nnd with eco nomical olTects, and that as a result of this not only would tho death rate from colliery explosions bo reduced by eighty-five por cent; but tho heafth and comfort of tho minors would ho itn proved. -St. Louis Ghbc-Demociut. ROOM AT THE TOP. The It lint of Young Men Who Aro Hound to Succeed In I.lfe. The principles of business that can bo taught aro not many; thoso that can bo learned nro almost without end. A clerk very soon reaches tho place whero ho has been told all that Is act ually "necessary that ho should bo told about tho details of tho business; ho falls into tho ruts of tho house, under stands tho run of trado, tho variations in people and prices, and how to got In and send out goods to tho best advant age. But all theso details, while they aro necessary to be learned, only tit tho young man for that particular place, and If ho is ambitious ho is always looking to something bettor. Others have beon teaching him; it is necessary that ho should now teach himself. A dork who remains in ono position all his life advertises himself lacking in 0110 of two things ability or ambi tion. There undoubtedly are Instances where a clerk is kept so constantly and continually employed at ono task that ho has no opportunity to learn any thing but his present work, but such Instances aro very rare As a general rule, every clerk has somo time at his disposal, oithor at Intorvals during tho day or In tho ovouing. Theso aro hours that ho can not afford to throw away. Not that It follows that ho must deprive himsolf of every pleasure, or must desert every form of entertain ment. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and dullness does not lead to success. But lot htm havo his entertainment its recreation, and not seal it as a business, and thon ho will still havo many valuable hours for solf improvoment. One of tho prosperous morchants of this city began life as an orrand boy in an olllco. Most boys, and most men, too, for that matter, would say that his position offered but little hopo of advancement. Tho mon in tho office woro busily employed, and saw or spoke to tho boy only whou thoy had an errand or order for him. Ho had no accounts to keep, no writing to do. But tho doslro boing there, the oppor tunities camo. IIo carried tho mail to and from tho post-olllco; watching tho letters that passod through his hands, when ho found an envelope unusually well addressed ho saved It from tho waste-basket, and with this boforo him ho began to try to imitate it. It was his duty to copy tho lottors In tho copying pross, and ho read and ro momberod tho phraseology and tho stylo until ho could havo sat down and, with tho topic given him, havo drossod it up in tho samo form. Ho was so ready and willing to do any and every thing asked of him that tho mon sent him on many private er rands of thoir own, and In return thoy could not but answer his questions when ho asked about tho books or tho business. A chance offered whore ho might do a little writing, and ho did tho work before any 0110 thoro know that ho could. Thoro was somo sur prise at tho good hand he wrote, still moro at tho good form of his matter, and thon ho told thorn how ho hud learned. IIo was given a placo at tho desk, whilo another boy ran tho er rands, and boforo ho had over thought of studying to bo book-keeper ho was ono, and a good ono. On the lload to liichcs. PRAISE YOUR WIFE.' A Woiimii Telln Hiislmiuls How They Cnn Mitko Themselves Agreeable. Praiso your wifo, man! For pity's sako givo her a little encouragement it won't hurt hor. Sho has made your home comfortable, your hearth bright, your food agreeable. For pity's sako, tell her you thank hor, if nothing moro. Sho doesn't expect it; it will mako hor eyes open wider than thoy havo for thoso last ten years. But It will do hor good, for all that and you, too. Thoro aro many women to-day thirsting for a word of praiso tho languago of on couragomont. Through summor's heat and winter's toll thoy havo drudged un complainingly, and so accustomed havo their fathers, brothers and husbands be come to thoir labors that thoy look for and upon thorn as thoy do to tho dally rising of tho sun and its dally going down. You know that if tho floor Is clean, labor has beon performed to mako it so. You know that if you can tako from your drawer a cloan shirt whon ovor you want it, somebody's fingers havo tolled. Every thing that pleases tho oyo and tho senso has boon pro duced by work, thought, caro and of forts bodily and mental. Many men appreciate theso things, and fool grati tude for tho numborless attentions bestowed upon them in sickness and health. Whv don't thoy come out with a hearty "why, how pleasant you make things look, wife," or "I am obliged to you for taking so much pains?" Thoy thank tho tailor for a good fit; thoy thank the man In tho horse-car who gives them a seat; thoy thank tho lady who moves along in the concert-room; In short thoy thank every body and every thing out-of-doors; nnd come home, tip their chairs back and their heels up, pull out the newspaper, scold If tho lire has got down, or, If every thing is just tight, shut thoir mouths with a smack of satisfaction, but never say "I thank you." I toll you what, men, young and old, If you did but show an ordinary civility toward your wives; If you gavo ono hundred and slxteonth part of tho compliments you almost choked them with boforo thoy woro married; If you would stop tho badlnago about whom you aro going to have whou number one is dead (such things wives may laugh at, but tlioy bink deep sometimes;) if you would cease to speak of thoir faults, however bantorlngly, boforo othors fewer women would seok for tithcr sources of happiness. Praise your wife, thou, for all hor good qualities and you may rest assured that her deficiencies aro 110 greater than your own. Ladies' Home 1 mlor. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. j During tho hist four years 160, 000 persons havo been added to tho M. E. church in America. This bus mado an increase, aftor making deductions on account of death and other causes, from 1,709,534 to 2,093.93.). An Albany clergyman said in a dis course on Sunday that if ho had to chooso between his library and his un bound literature that is, tho daily newspapers and monthly magazines ho would part with his library. When it is advertised that Mr. Loud Pedal0 will play tho organ and Mtss Sehreoehor will slug and tho ser mon will bo short, does It not look as though tho sermon, Uko tho bitter part of a pill, was to bo takon only with a largo amount of sugar coating? Tho Wosloyan University of Mid dletown, Conn., is tho oldest nnd clnlms to bo the best equipped nnd most liberally endowed college under the patronage of the Mothodlst Epis copal church. It was among the first of tho New England colleges to admit j women. It is tho purposo of tho lreo Church of Scotland, before tho year 1893, tho fiftieth anniversary of the 1 disruption, comos. to pay tho entire 1 indebtedness on it.s churches. 1-our yoars ago tho Indebtedness wns $1, 34.r),000. Of this moro than $750,000 havo been paid. Tho means of com pletion of the fund aro in sight Fifty years ago soven shoemakers In tho city of Hamburg said: "By tho grace of God wo will holp to sond tho Gospel to our dostltuto fellow mon." In twonty-llvo years thoy had established fifty self - supporting churches, had gathered out 10,000 con verts, had distributed 400,000 Bibles nnd 8,000.000 tracts, and had carried tho Gospel to 50,000,000 of tho raco. It would only tako 150 sneh men to carry tho Gospel to tho whole world In twonty-llvo years. Says a elorgymnn of this city: " I think 1 speak for a great many sen sible Americans whon I protest against tho silly tomfoolery of 'christonlng' vessols. Not only is tho prnctlco a childish survival of a past ago, but It is a pleco of gross irrovoronco to par ody Christian baptism in this way. Thoro is no objection to somo slmplo ceremony In giving a vossol a namo, although oven that Is out of placo in this busy ago. But It is shocking to havo vossols 'chrlstonod,' that is, mado mom Dors or mo t. nriatian cnuron uy means of a bottlo of champagne. By tho way, if It is necessary to thus formally namo ships, why isn't It just as necessary to go through tho samo ceremonies in naming fiat houses and office build ings?" N. Y. Tribune. A FIGHTING MUSKRAT. How tho I.lttlo Unite Attacked u Hunter Who I'lii'Niied It. A number of years ago, whilo I was hunting muskrats In a marsh on Long Island Sound, thoro boing several foat of snow on tho ground, I chnncod to got myself in botweon ono of thoso an imals and his burrow, which hap ponod to bo tho only moans, boyond his running away from mo, that prosontod itsolf for his oscapo. IIo took in tho situation at a glanco, nnd I was curious to see what ho would do about It Imaglno my surprlso whon ho started to como down for mo as fast as his logs could carry him, and In a fow moments ho was too closo for mo to shoot without tearing his beautiful polt all to shreds, for I at onco saw that ho was an unusually handsomo spoclmon, and to thus spoil him would bo a great shame. Whon within about a yard of mo, and his oyos actually Hashing out thoir moaning at his thus boing cornered, ho, without a momout's hesitation, mado a spring at mo and landod on tho top of ono of my leather shooting boots, a pair that camo abovo my knees; in an Instant ho commoncod tearing away with his tooth at a groat rate, but bo foro ho had bitten any thing but my boot I grabbed him at tho back of his nock, and between throttling him and bumping his head against the hool of my gun, lie was rondorod lifeless. This formed tho only case of a muskrat at tacking a man that has over come to mo, and In this particular instance I admired tho little bruto'o bravery all tho moro aftor I found that ho pos sessed but throo logs, ono of thorn hav ing long since boon amputated high up, probably In a stool trap, but tho stump was porfoct, and ho had tho blackest hair of any muskrat 1 evor saw. Forest ami Stream. Don't Bo Too Showy. Don't put your initials or your namo on ovory thing you posses.!, so that pooplo who pick up a fork or look at a pillow sham will road "John Brown, my property." It's all right to mark things of use in somo such a way, but not things of beauty, and If you must ho mark them mako the lottors small and put thorn on tho back of tho object, not tho front. Tho woman who wears hor initials in diamonds on a brooch is vulgar. Tho man who prints his mon ogram on Ills china docs a useless thing, for nobody Is going to run away with his dlslies. Don't assort too much at tho table Don't bo too showy and complex. Don't make your nap kin rings too emphatic and obtrusive Put flowers on tho tablo, but placo thorn loosoly or In glass, for if you put them in china or any othor opaquo subitum1) you conceal half their beau tymainly their stems. Don't entire ly cover your wall with pictures and whon you havo a picture don't lot tho shopkeopor kill It with a big gold frame Try bronzo or something that will rolyto to tho picture on tho wall and not make It stand out llkn a big tihiny spot of color and gilt ginger bread. Decorator and Finisher. GROWTH OF CITIES. An Tmltentton of the 1'reent Population of Lending American MunlclpalltlM. Presidential elections always call out a full vote, and tho voto cast in tho leading cities of tho country recently can bo taken as an Indication of tho relntlvo growth of theso cities. Now York, with Its 'J70.191 votes for Presi dent, leads all her sister cities, with Philadelphia and her L'05,747 votes a good second. These figures indicate a population of over ono nnd a half mill ion pooplo for New York, nnd show that Philadelphia has passed tho 1,000, 1)00 mark? Brooklyn and Chicago aro pressing this city, but they are nearly a quarter of a million behind us. Bos ton shows the smallest porcentago of Increase of any of tho cities. The fol lowing tablo gives tho total number of votes cast in each of eleven leading cities for President at tho recent olcc tion : Total vets cast in J. Now York 870.10 Philiiitrlplila a).?47 llrauhlvtt HTtfGS Clilcnso 183.475 n,iltlmoro 8IKI llotton OS, 309 Cincinnati 03.700 St. l.ouls HG,4fi2 San Francisco 53,370 IhiUnlo 45,161 Cleveland 41,00(1 Tho following shows tho population In 18S0 In proportion to tho voto of each city In that year: A'o. of population to each tnttr in lsn. Now York 5.87 Philadelphia 4.91 Ilrooklyn 5.83 CIllCHRO 6.00 llallunoro 5.94 IJoston 6.74 Cincinnati t.70 St. Louis 7.M San Francisco 5.70 lmmiio 4.8.1 Cleveland 5.23 Tho following tablo contains tho population of oacli city In 1880 and tho apparent population at presont, based upon tho vote cast last Tuesday: Apparent Population population in Itw. in mot. Sow Yorlc l.SUtVJOa 1,585,59!) Philadelphia MIT, 170 1,014,333 Hrooklyn 5I10.GG.1 782,2.'! OIiIcuro CO 1,185 748,858 iiuitimori) :n;,3i.i 507,001 lloston 309,813 410.789 St. Louis .150,518 411,4.11 Cincinnati 855,139 3H,151 Han Francisco 813,959 388,011 Cleveland 100,140 819.KM llunulO 155,134 818,187 Philadelphia Hccord. REMARKABLE INVENTION. An Ingenlotiii Miiehlnu Which Docs Array with Moviklilo Type. Thoro Is on exhibition In Now York 1111 invention which proposes to do away with movable typos in printing. Thoro is but ono typo for each lottor. figure or punctuation mark, and all aro cut on ono cylindrical motalllc shell. Tho mechanism Is oporatod by a system of koys similar to that cm ployed In ordinary writing machines. Tho printing doos not begin until tho koys for about fifty lottors havo boon touched, when a character at a timo la inked immediately boforo its Im pression on tho paper. A uuiquo featuro of tho Invention Is that tho spacing out and shortening of tho linos, known in printers' pnrlanco as "justification," Is automatically ac complished by tho machlno independ ent of any mental olTort of tho opora tor, and whon tho work is dono ench lino Is found to end ovon with tho othors. To "justify" a lino in using movablo typos tho compositor must, whon it is nearly completed, clthor put In thicker or thlnnor spacos. Tho reproduction of tho work dono on tho machine now on exhibition is accomplished by lithography. Tho work of composing on tho machlno la done in less than a fourth of tho time required when movablo typos aroused, tho ordinary speed being from twenty to twonty-llvo words a minute. Tho cost of transferring to tho stono is said to bo much loss than that of mak ing up forms for tho pross in ordinary printing, and as movablo typos aro not used thoro Is no distribution. Tho machlno has also been touted with roforenco to Its uso for making matrices for tho casting of storootypo plates, and tho rosult shows that, with certain modifications which aro now being made, it may bo successfully em ployed for that purpose . Chicago Globe. m - GENUINE FORESIGHT. How 11 Nniiirt Y011111; Mun IV011 a Cool Twenty ThoiMund. "Talking about horso racos," said Tompkins, regardless of the fact that nothing had been said about horses for two hours, "I think I havo had as strango an oxperlenco in that lino as any body. It was in 1873, and I was out in a town In Idaho. Tho boys woro gotttng up a raco for tho Fourth of July, and among tho outtios was Sandy Smith's Arrow and Jim Black's horso Harry B. Harry was somothlng of a curiosity In his way a whlto raco-horso. You don't often seo thorn Kvory body was betting on Harry 15., but I mado up that I would win big or not at all, so I put up ton thousand on Arrow, at two to ono. Well, thoy camo around with Harry II. In tho lead on tho last quarter, but just as ho camo to tho grand stand ho faltered and snorted a couplo of times. That lost him tho raco, and I was just twenty thousand ahead." "But how did you know that was going to happen?" asked one of tho auditors. "Bccauso, whon I first camo on tho grounds I noticed Jim's throe red neadod sisters right down in front at tho far oud of tho grand stand, aad I know tho whlto horso couldn't got past thorn." Merchant Traveler, Whon papering n room a small apartment can bo mado to appear large by being covered with a papor of sub dued color without any particular design.