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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1889)
AN EXCELLENT PLAN. Itnw Farmer Cnn Knslly Supply Their 1'nmlllrs With l'retli Ueer. If the farmer wants a piece of fresh beef ami goes to town to buy it ho must pay 12 cents per pound for it. If ho asks the butchorwhnt ho gives for good fat cattle, ho says he does not need any just at present, but thfc ho can get all he wants at '2 or 3 cents. There is no alternative for the farmer but to pay his money nnd take what the butcher chooses to give. The Pennsylvania farmers have hit -upon a plan to meet this condition of things, and the Pitts burgh Stockman thus describes it: In August. 1SS7, about twenty-fivo farmers agreed to associate together to supply themselves with fresh beef once a week for six weeks. We adopted a few laws for our government. Each member is required to bind hunt-elf io take a certain number of pounds of the average of beef each week at a price which will bo sure to pay cost (wetixed even cents per pound). Wo appointed an executive committee of three, whoso duty it was to buy cattle and have them dressed and cut up. We bought fat heifers for three cents per pound; the hide and tallow paid for dressing and cutting. It cost fifty cents each to buy the cattle and have them delivered at Buffalo. We sometimes had a little surplus beef, which we could always sell to outsiders at a profit. When wo settled up after killing six beeves wo found that wo had our moat for six cents per pound, and still had a little money in the treasury. In short, wo were satisfied with the experiment and expect to start up again after harvest. Of course, we had to go once a week to get our meat, which is more trouble than buying from a wagon at our doors; but then wo know just what kind of meat wo aro getting, and we are suro that it is fresh if we go next morning after it is killed. And, best of all, we get nearly as much more meat for the I money. Lucre is nothing complicated in the business; any set of farmers can make it a success and eat their own beef at cost, and not have to pay one for the privilege." m 0 m THE WEISBADEN LIMP. any Vounc nntl Healthy l'erxiins Ilnblilln A lout I.lko tlio 1'nt lenl-i. One can not stay long in Wiesbaden without catching what may bo called the Wiesbaden limp. The doctors and guide books have not yet taken cogniz ance of this trilling malady. Perhaps I am its discoverer. At any rate I am suro it exists. Although I spent but a few days in Wiesbaden I found myself ;-lowly but surely acquiring the limy. You see iho rheumatic and gouty patients on every side. They hobblo along with e.u.e- and crutches. Watch ing them you conio to sympathize with them. You feel that it is brutal in you to be striding ahead in perfect health and bent only on having a good time while these victims of chronic disease tako their steps so painfully. (Suddenly tho muscles of one leg seem to stifTon a bit. You slow your gait. You begin to think, for tho first time in your life, whether you require a course of the waters so beneficial to tho thousands who llock to Wiesbaden to drink and bathe in them, lint, as soon as you look about, you observo that young and obviously healthy peo ple are a 111 io ted in just the same way. You tako courage, and, after shaking your leg a fow times, become con vinced that tho trouble is purely im aginary. Tho limp is not ungraceful, even to tho belles who frequent the watering placo for flirtations only. It gives them u good excuso to use tho parasol-eanes live feet long, which con tinue to ba in fashion. Probably this odd habit of affecting a limp is con firmed in good society by tho fact that kings, princes and great people gener ally who have inherited or earned their own gout, come to Wiesbaden to got rid of it. They set high examples of limping, and it is but natural for humbler folk to imitate them. I havo never read a scientific report on tho composition of the Wiesbaden waters. But if they contain any thing more than common tnblo salt, my palate mis leads mo; and I fall to wondering whether the patients might not just as well stay at homo and drink strong valine solutions at a temperature not quite hot enough to scald tho tongue. Stuttgart Cor. AT. Y. Commercial. The Result of a Bad Habit. A novol accident, resulting from u habit of very common prevalence among nervous people, was brought to , my notice recently. A young lady pro tented herself at my ofllco complaining of a constant irritation in her throat. Two weeks previously sho had been taken with a severe "soro throat," which was treated by a neighboring physician. Under his care, sho snys, tho inflammation quickly subsided, but thoro still romainod a sensation of irri talion. Examination revealed a small, fleshy-looking object, about tho size of i a kernel qf wheat, adherent to tho tls fL" posterior t'J tho loft tonsil, by ono end. Tho other parts of tho throat wero normal. I ho littio mass could not be detached by a cotton-covered probe, but by tho uso of furcops it was easily removed, and on examination proved to ba a piece of finger nail, which had becomo covered by a cheesy deposit. A broken piece of tho nail was also ro moved from under tho mucous mem brano at the same spot by a sharp poinlod probe. Tho patient then con forsod to tho habit of biting hor finger nails, and, moreover, could romombor that a day or two previous to the onset of her throat trouble u pioco of nail which she had hitton off had becomo lot in hor mouth, but after it hud reueori a tit of coughing sho hud forgot ten About It until rwniudud by my (II-rovorjr.- Itr, J, Tutkilt, in Mttiiml ROD. .mei..-uo summer- (ilurimt HUnsomtnci by tlio AViirxlilr. If the golden rod bo a few days lato its sotting is none the less superb. Tho roadsides, even tho railroad sides, wncro tno uncultivated banks havo been left to tho clouds' own watering. nro rich and dense with wild-growing things, in this neighborhood at least- no trees are heavy with foilagc. Tho juices of the forest and of the weeds are in them, up to the 13th of August, ami only a weakening tree or an in jured ono sends its leaves flying be lore the breath of a thunderstorm. Tho golden rod Is a plant of exquisite grace. Its burning rival, the bitter sweet. with blossoms rather copper-burnished man gold, shows an occasional illumi nation on hillsides and as festoons to the rnil fences in theso parts. To tho further north tho bitter sweet enters into closer competition with tho sign of a waning summer, but croons nnd twines, whereas the slendcr.uprlght statellness of the golden rod is ono of nature's real beauties. It is so delicate in appearance, yet so sturdy in reality as its wooly neighbor, tho mullein. This last would be considered a beauti ful wonder, in its velvety sage-green setting of leaves, were it not for its abundant and homely suggestions and surroundings. Ambitious pcoplo cul tivate tho plant known as the ele phant's ear, but the pretty mullein might bo well called the heifer's car, from its shape and softness to tho touch, and the trick it hns in spring ing up In the stoniest pasture land. It takes a boulder country, apparently, like tho Stato of Maine, to I'ght up the roadside torches of tho bog onion. A veritable flame, ruddier than tho tulip, this vernacular beauty with its single cup of fire, makes as great a show in the midsummer for the north ern woods as the pond lilies do for tho northern swamps at this season. Tho far northern summer journey, extend- I ing to the British possessions. links tho two nations together with tho tiny wild strawberry, sweeter than all of Jersey's and Penn sylvania's crop, of mammoth size and snowiness. The ground pine trails its nets of green across tho frontier whero the fishing controversy rages, nnd knows no longitude or pink granlto pillar for a stopping post to tell whero tho English lino begins. And everywhere the golden rod, in tlestruetivo weed of which farmers Complain not or not loudly advances As territory and heaps its panicles with wealth for tho gatherers. Not that tho golden rod, except in hot city streets, has a pecuniary value. Its rewards are for the gatherers who make it their pursuit. When the pennyroyal, in cisive in fragrance, sends up its greet ing from tho hot sward as .-, ou crush it under foot, bow tho gather it as a trophy, under tho balsam fir knee to it and Hut when from you can get a nodding glimpso of the golden rod, rest and bo thankful that tho lato and crowded blossoming of tho northern Bummer is so rich in color, so health ful to tho seeker, and so subtly inter laced and accompanied with the aro matic smells and taste of berry and weed and a black birch stem. Phila delphia Ledger. Silence Is Golden. Keep still. When trouble is ing, keep still. Wtien slander ting on to its legs, keep still. brew is get When your feolings aro hurt, keep still, till you recover from your excitement at any rate. Things look differently through an unngitated eye. In a com motion once I wrote a letter, and font it, and wished I had not. In my later years I had another commotion, and wrote a long letter; but lifo had rubbed a little senso into me, and I kept that letter in my pocket ngainst tho day when I could look it over without ngitation and without tears. I was glad I did. I.ress and less it teemed necessary to send it. I was not sure it would do any hurt, but in my doubtfulness I leaned to reticence, and eventually it was destroyed. Timo works wonders. Wait till you can Speak calmly, and then you will not need to speak, may be. Silence is tho most massive thing concoivablo somo times. It is strength in its very gran deur. It is liko a regiment ordered to stand still in tho mad fury of battle. To plunge in were twico as easy. Tho tongue has unsettled more ministers than small salaries ever did, r lack of ability. Dr. UurtoiSs Lectures to Yale Divinity Students. Courage Needed. Courage is needed in tho daily lifo of Christian people. Tho "virtuo" or bravery which Paul commends has op portunity for largo play. A man must havo courage to follow tho polo star of principlo in all things. It needs u bravo spirit sometimes to call things by thoir right names. Wo aro not to :ondono covetousness by calling it fru gality, nor cowardice by calling it prudence, nor wastefulness by calling It goodheartedness. Wo need to bo bold iu rebuking sin. An expression Of honest conviction is demanded of all who would bo loyal to tho truth. Faithfulness to God may demand sacri fice, but tho approbation of men is worthless if it can only bo gained by Iho shipwreck of conscience. Chris Uan Inquirer. "Miss Scrcechowl enng nt the tnusiculo last ovonlng," said ono mu iloian to another, "and sho otfaated a fc'ondorful transformation." "Indeed I How?" "Well, Bho tang 'It Was a Dnium,' and turnud it into n oitho. lox night rnuro." Yonktrt Stattunan, PRETTY GOLDEN FOREIGN GOSSIP. Tho Koyal College of Music, Lon don, which is but a few years old, has received a now donation of 30.000. It now possesses 150,000, an incomo of 13,000, and fifty-nino pupils. In thirtcon years (1S73-1SSG) in Great Britain thcro hns been a de crease in tho number of marriages! of three and a half per cent, in each thou sand of population. In Norway a bucket of water is set down by horses with their allowance of hay. and thoy take a sip of ono ami a mouthful of tho othef nltornatoly. A broken-winded horse is rarely over seen in that country. ' In many parts of Great Britain it is customary to remove hives of boos from farms to the mountains in tho month of August, so as to give the bees an opportunity to collect honey from flowers that blossom late in tho season. JcruKulcm is rapidly growing as a trade center. Ono hundred thousand dollars' worth of objects of devotion in mother-of-pearl and olive wood are exported to America and Europe every year. Vino cultivation is being ex tended, and the price of land has risen six-fold within a fow years. The King of Corea is not the weakling that his enemies represent him. In fact, he is a strong, progress ive man, who has a hard road to go, and whoso gentleness is sometimes mistaken for lack of strength. Ameri cans who havo known him admire him. German scientists have laid bare the latest haunts of bacteria. The sur faces of coins are found to be coated with them, and with a species char acteristic of putrefaction. Old bank notes and oven new ones are allvo with micro-organisms, which, in fact, would seem to abound on all objects which arc exposed to frequent handling. 'I he American circle in London, so in En.'lish paper says, is beginning to ittain mi important position, owing to the fact- hat so many American ladies have married Englishmen of title. and aro, on this account, as well as for tlnMf personal attractions and ac complishments, well received overy where. Ultimately tho American cir cle v Ml, if it manages with taot, and consents to glide, become a great 'in fluence' in London." A correspondent who recently spent few days on tho Dutch island, of Marken, in tho Zuydor Zee, writes that in many of the humble houses occupied by the fishermen of the island ho saw carved" furniture- that would turn an American collector green with envv. whilo in evory house tho rare old Delft china was ranged in double and triple rows about tho walls. A Russian method of stopping a runaway horse is said to bo very effect ive. They place a cord with a running knot around tho horse's neck near tho neck-strap. To this slip-nooso attach i pair of reins, which may bo thrown over tho dash-board ready to bo seized at any moment. When the horse starts take up the extra reins and tighten tho cord around his throat. Tho most furious horso stops instantly. Queen Victoria hns begun to de velop a grent fondness for tho gamo of whist. She is not satisfied to let a day go by without having her rubbor. She is not a brilliant player, but sho tries conscientiously to satisfy her partner. 1 hose about hor aro beginning to bo bored by fier-lncessant longing to in utige in uio gamo. ono can stand a long siege at tho table, nnd often wearies those who aro playing with her by hor disinclination to quit. It is said that sho hates to loso her money iw much as though sho wore poor for sho plays tho good old English gamo of a guinea u cornor. IMPORTANT DECISION. A Miirylmul Judco Decide When Ono If h Puamsiicer, untl When Not. Has a person riding in a horse-car a right to leuvo the car for any purpose nnd then return to it to resume tho ride without paying a second faro? That is a point of frequent dispute between conductors and passengers. It was tho causo of a lawsuit that was recently carried to tho highest court of Maryland, which rendered an olaborato opinion on tho law in tho matter. A man riding on ono of the Balti more street-cars complained that ho was insulted by tho driver and told tho latter ho would report him. Tho pas sengor romainod on tho car until about a block away from tho com pany's ofllco, when ho got off and hur ried toward tho ofllco with tho inten tion of reporting tho drivor and then resuming his trip on tho car. Mean time tho drivor jumped off, followed the passenger and assaulted him. Tho latter thereupon sued the company for damages. The Court of Appeals assumed that tho company would bo liable if tho person was a passcngor at tho timo ho was assaulted by tho driver. But was lie u passongor in view of tho fact that he had left tho car? The court held that ho was not. and hence that tho company was not liable. The rule it laid down is that a pass enger has a right to ride to tho termi nus of tho line if ho.uhouses. It added that ho muy nlo leave the car tempo rarily and return to it, provided ho gives the conductor noticoof his intent and tho conductor assents. In such caso his right to continue his ride is nut forfeited, and he romains a passen ger ovon whor. oft tho car. But if ho leaves the cur without giving audi no tice it is to bo assumed that lie has tor minuted his trip, thut tho contract lx twueu him and tho company i at r.n and und thut he I no longur a patten Sr. V. 1'. JleraU, SCIENCE AND PROGRESS. ONE SCIENTIST'S VIEWS ON THE CRUELTY OF BOYHOOD. Tho Kuiplojinciit of 1'tcctrlc Clock Town AVlicro Kartliitnkes Aro lVc- queMt An Amusing Application of I'ltc togruptiy by Mcuni of n l'lato Holder It is well known that nil light foiling upon n perfectly black surfneo Is absorbed, nnd pnotojrrapmc pinto exposed m n camera jwlntcd townnl such n surface will lx ea tiroly unnoted ujion. The most ir.ter.so black is produced Mmply by absence of light, and tho cntranro to n cavo or tho open door of a jwrfectly dark room forms n photographic background, suitablo for tho production of sorno very unutsiug pictures. D HO. 1 rilOTOGRAriUC ri.ATE HOLDER. If a iersoii stands before such a blnck back ground nnd is photographed, only that jwrt of tho plato will Iki nfTootcd which receives tho light reflected from himself. If ho then changes tils position so that his imago falls upon another jwirt of tho plate, both images will npiionr m tho same picture when dovel oped; nnd n photograph can thus lx mado in which n j)crson is apparently shaking hands with himself, playing a gamo of cards with his double, of offering him refreshments, etc As a tierfoctlv dark background is not al ways available, a French photographer, if. Due, has invented u form of plato holder by which two opjKvsito sides of tho saiuo plato can bo exoed at different times. Tho con struction is evident from tho engraving (Fig. 1). Tho doors, B, H, aro o-icned by the pieces of metal, A, A. D is n strip of sheet metal which Is only used to cover the crack between tho two doors, nnd is drawn out after tho holder is placed in tho camera. A line exactly corresponding to tho division in tho plato holder is drawn on tho focusing glass to Insure accuracy in adjusting tho uincrent positions of tho sitter. no. 3 amukino iiKsri.T i.v riioToonArnr. Fig. ii -shows ono of tho results obtained by M. Due with this plato holder. La Knturo gives tlio following explanation of how tho picture was mndo: Tho luiiutor. easel und stool wero first photographed oa ono-half of tlio plato; then, putting on liis coat nnd lint, tho artist transformed himself into a model and was again taken on tho other half. Tho portrait on tho cncl is still tho nimo jx-rsou. but was afterwards udded to tho proof and not directly photographed. Tim Savagery of Uojliood. Mr. John Johnston, in Popular Scicnca Monthly, brings homo tho forcihleuoss of the analogy between tho traits of savages and that of developing civilized mankind. Hn cites a caso of wanton cruelty recorded, bv a boj' without any apparent feeling for the cruelty of tho act. Mr. Johnston, opjos!iig tho sentiment that iwrvades much of tho literature that is supjKisod to Iks written for boys, does not predict for this boy a lifo of sin, but gravely contoinplatcs tho trait as a step in tlio normal df velopment of youth. Pity U a lato factor In moral evolution, nnd n really "good" Iwy U morally precocious or diseased. This view does not lower ono's es timate of n loy's virtues, but neconts thosa that nro suited to his years, ns -well as tho im portance of tho gradual nnd tiinoly uppcar nuco of tho Kjverul instincts nnd emotions without which civilization would bo impos sible Sorvlcraliln flrate ISuri. To removo ono troublosomo complaint that frequontly causes grnto bars to wnrp, say American Enginoer, havo suitable spaco or clcarunco at each end of tlie bur. Grata bar learcrs will prove moro service nblo if thoy aro placed a short dlstanco from tho end of tho grato bar, leaving spaco so that whatever falls at tho end may not lodge there. Homo grato bar bearers are placed up to tho bridge wall tit ono end and join tho dead plato at tho opposite end. As those places nro most likely to accumulate ashes thoy speodlly choke up, if ojionings nro not provfdod for their escape. Two Xeir Alloys of Aluminum. M. Bourbouzo has, says Itovuo Sclcntl flquo, formed an alloy of forty-flvo parts of tin and fifty-five of aluminum, which answers for fcoldoring aluminum. This alloy pos fesscs almost tho samo lightness as tho pure aluminum nnd can booanlly soldered. JL Bourbouzo haa invented another alloy con taining only 10 jcr cent of tin. This second alloy, which can replace aluminum iu all Its applications, cnn bo soldered to tin, while it preserves all tho principal qualities of tho pure metal. i:i-trlo Clocks. An export houso In fituttgart, Germany, has recently supplied to tho town of Caracas, in Venezuela, a number of clocks for tho public rtroeta. On account of froquont earth quakes clock towers aro not advisable, and sinco the dock must bo. placed low, a com paratively largo number fs required. Among tho clocks M-nt out Is ono with tho dial thir teen feet in diameter. All tho clocks will bo worked electrically and illuminated at night with the electric light. How to Waterproof (,'unras. For n good solution for waterprooflnfj can vas horso and wagon rovers tlwt will lio flexible, tako boiled oil, fifteen touuds; boos wui, onoi'mnd; ground lithurgo, tliirtooii jioutxW. Mlx nnd apply with a brush to tin urtltslu, previously strutehtxl against u wall or tahto, wiuhing und drying each urtlcin woll Ufor applying tho coinoltlpji. i w liii j pilM8 SECRETS OF THE TOILET. Direction for l'rcucrvliiir the llyr-tjilict nml Eye-ItroiT. Tlio euro of tho oc-lashes is too lit. tie thought of or understood, though they are indispensable to tho beauty o tho eyes and greatly to the geneiT charm of tho faco. Long, even lashc aro very rare among us, paticularly after tho ago of thirty, while Kastern beauties very seldom lack them. 1 he mode adopted by tliein is the ono we aro so familiar with as regards our hair tho clipping of the split end with a pair of scissors about onco i month. This never falls when tried on a child or young person. Tho eyes should be closed whilo tho operation is being performed and tlio scissors used cautiously. This lengthens and strengthens tho lashes, which often have a tendency to break or fall out. This tendency may arise from different causes. If tho eyes are sticky or gum mod together batho them for several minutes in tepid milk and water. Hub bing makes tlio lashes fall. Again, many pcoplo aro troubled with greasy secretion that lies on tho lids and destroys tho lnsho. In such a case the following mixture is recommended Horax, four grains; sirup of quinces, one urucnm: niacic ciiorry water, one ounco. Mix and bathe carefully. To cheek the secretions, aunolnt nightly with sweet oil. Iho eyebrows aro almost as much neglected as tho o,o-lashos, and that, too. by persons by no means indifler out to their appearance. Thoy should arch slightly, bo rather abundant and lie smoothly. To tho latter end thoy should be moistened slightly with water and cologno and then combed Jo prevent the falling of tho hair of tho brows ono of tho following roc ipes is recommended: 1. Apply almond oil at night on re tiring and bathe in tho morning in tepid water. 2. Five grains of uulphnto of quinine and ono ounce of alcohol. This wash is also good for tho oyo-lashos. It should bo applied to tho roots with tho finest sable brush. !. Until tho brows throe times daily in a wash composed of nine grains ol borate of soda, ono gill of distilled water and ten drops of esconco ol mint. This will also check any ton dency to extreme moisture. 4. Shavo and apply sweet oil. o. ix ono gu l ot water, ono ounce of glycerine and nino grains of chlo rate of potassium. I his roeoipo is a euro for dry, crusty pimples iu tlio brows. It should bo applied lightly with a soft tooth-brush. A correspondent gives tlio following ns t.io result of study and experience in the secrets of the toilet: . . f . ... -Tor a greasy s::in uso iinely pow dered gum bon;:oiu and bay rum iu so lution, or wash the face in sweet milk or liliuntus water without using soap. "For blackheads" a solution of nub phi to of sodi and water Is ojcolont. "l or a rough, dry skin" nothing can be moro simple and directive than a weak solution of carbolic add (ono part carbolic acid, fifteen parts water), and whore pimple? occur, even as In acne, tlio most obstinate of all skin troubles, the occasional uso of a pow dor mndo of alum, borax and cream of tartar (equal parts) will provo an of- fectivo remedy. Glycerine iu any form applied to tlio skin for any length of timo will harden and darken tho cuticle, and will finally ail'ect tho normal functions of seba ceous duets, which functions aro essen tial to a healthy and clear complexion, likewise any astringent minerals, such as zinc, load or arsenic, will by reac tion injure, unless tho skin is attacked by some malignant form of disease, iu which caso it is better to commit a phy- uieiuu. -V. Y. World How tho World Is Fed. "Kvou tho oldest and bos? Informed mail In tho trade," said an experienced salosman in tho grocery business, "can not begin to toll J'011 uy thing about tho wonderful extent of tho traflto iu food. Figures don't seem to express tlio thing so that any body can re alize how enormous the business is. Now ovory body knows that corn mukes only a small part of what any body eats. I moan by that, nobody eats corn enough to muko it u principal ar ticle of diot. Yet there Is ono estab lishment in Maryland acorn factory, thoy call it whero thoro aro thousands of cans of corn a week put up and sold. Now, consider that this is only ono establishment out of hundreds iu this country, and thousands In tho world, whero food is put up in cuiih. i'lien think that corn is only ono small item of food oven among tho canned goods. And then remember thut canned goods aro merely a fraction of tno food supply, ami you win bo ready to acknowledge that tho food Indus tries aro too great to bo readily grasped by tho imagination. Moro than three-fifths of all tho workers of tho world aro engaged wholly in rais ing or handling food." X Y. Mail and Express, A young Australian near Uochuru, after an unusually hard day's work thcop shearing, wont to sleep on the sitting-room couch uftor (supper. Soon ho uroso, walked out into tho darkness, went through four gates, which lie carefully closed, to tlio woodshed, and then hung up his coat and tool: down his sheep shears and sharpened them. Then ho caught a sheep and had just finished shearing It when some of the household cumo with a lantern. Then It turned out thut ho had been uslcop all tho time, und tho light of tho lnu turn awakened him. Tho sheep was sliuarud uu well uh though It hud liuun donu In bioud daylight, FIGHTING AFRICANS. Tlio Story it Native ToIM of tho Hn-Xgnta Attuck on Stntilcj". Tlio bloodiest and most furious battle Stanley had with tho Congo natives during his first descent of that rivet was with tho Ua-Xgala. livery body has read his graphic account of that combat, In which sixty-four e.moes loaded with tho fiercest of Congo fighters wero precipitated upon tho little band of travelers, and had not sprai-s been pitted against firearms Stanley's party would nr.vor havo reached thff sea. A whilo ago Muole, or.r ot tho ollleers of tho chief of tin-Ua-Xgala, gave to Captain Coquiihnl the native version of that mem Mviblo day. Tho white men on tlio Conga bring homo few stories that surpass irt interest tho.se tho natives tell of the time when tho unknown whites lirst camo among them, and of the comma' Ion these strangers, with their wond -r'ul trade goods and thoir still 1110113 nton ishing voapouH, everywhere produced. "We had never soon a white man,"' said Muo'.e, whoso tribj, thickly popu lating the river bank for many miles, numbers over 100.000 people. "Wo had not the slighte.it ide i that such boings existo:!. Ono day, some dozens moons ago fit Win on February II, 1877, at tho moment when the sun stood right above our heads, a IVitllla of e.ino'H of a form wo hud never sjoii t)ofon pre ceded by a canotof extraordinary size, suddenly came info view, in tho swift ost partoi thoc.trront thoy wero qulotlj passing iu front of our villages. We wero astonished to s."e lint nmn, oven to their heads, were covered with white cloths, and we thought it vcrj singular, for tho richest chiefs wo know wore only a littio rag made of bauann liber; and a fuel that, was absolutely now to us, and that upset, all our notions of humanity, was tho sight of two white boings, yes, as white as our pottery clay, who appeared to command the expedition. Thoy seemoi' to havo alwut the same form as other men, but theit hair, thoir oyos and their color wore; very strange to us. "Wo asked ono another: Wore not those men envoys from Ibanza, the mysterious spirit, and why did thoy so suddenly appear upon our river? Theit purpose could only bo bad, for sud denly thoy landod on an island oppo site us, Instead of coming to our shoiu, as all pooplo did whoso intentions wore not hostile. At first, before we vorn able to sco them distinctly, wo thought they wero an expedition from our ene mies of Moboka. Our alarm drums sounded, and wo crowded to our canoes, all ready for a fight. But tho clothing of tho warriors, tlio straigo form of thoir weapons, and tho unheard-ol aspect of tho white men soon unde ceived us. Still, wo launched our canoes nnd rapidly approached thoso of tho unknown strangers. 'The older of the two whlto moc bad straight gray hair and his oyes wero tho color of the water. Ho stood up in ills canoo and hold toward us n red cloth and some brass wire. Wn still approached him, discussing ox. oiledly tho meaning of his strange al titude. Tho othor. white man Frank: f'ocock, who was drowned a few woks, lator in tho cataracts of Iho lower Con go aimed his weapon at us, and the older man talked to him rapidly in u language wo did not understand. Those of our friendn who wore nearest tho strangers thought tlio action of the white men boded us no good, nnd so. thoy judged It host at onco to attack these, mysterious whlto-i who had coma from no ono know whero. "Then tlio battlo bogan, and It wnj tho most terrible wo over fought. Our spears foil fast among tho enemy and wf killed some of them, and thulr bodloi lay half over tho sides of their canous. But, O, what fetich gave thoir weapons such wonderful power! Their bullets, made of 11 heavy gray metal wo hud never ion before, reached uu ivt onor rnoir, distances. Women and old in on who wero following tlio combat from tha shore wero hit. Tho walls of our huts wero perforated. Some goata who wero wandering far olf In tho fiollls dropped dead of their wounds. As for us who wero on tho water, our stout shields wore pierced as though thoy had been bananas. Many of ns were Killed and woundod and othors woro drowned, for the bullets knocked holes In some of our woodon canoos, which filled luid sank.. Still wo kept fighting desperately, and wo followed tho whlto boings somo dlstanco below our vil lages. Their band llnally escaped ua. aud raised loud erics of triumph as wo ended the pursuit. Wo could not un derstand what thoy said." Muole added thut Mata Bailee, tho chief of tho Ba-Ngalu, exerted ovory effort to dissuade his Mrdont pooplo from approaching tite wuHes, who, ho declared, could not 'laman belngg. It was thlsHumo chief, who, throo years ago, wopt as ho bade farowcll to Cap tain Coqullhnt, tho founder of tho Bu N'gala eUJon, who was ubout to go back to Kuropo. "Return soon," ho said, "for I urn old, aud I wish to seo you again boforo I dio." A fow days over a year lator Coqullhat was again among tho Ba-Ngala, who, with thoir powerful and aged chief, aro now among tho most faithful and useful friondB of tho whites. JV. Y. Sun. Tho now eervunt girl camo to tho lady crying und holding 011 to hor linger. "What's tho mutter?" uslfod tho lady. "I've run u fork into my flngor, and if it'u this plated stuff I'll got lockjaw." "Don't bo nfmld. All my Hilvor w gouulno. I don't hoop miy plntcd wmo Jn tho houuo." ffext morning tho servant girl and all tlio silver wero mUsliig, und tliu tnohi ware was nil plutod furnmiu liiuu futv until iho time wyru bdUur,