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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1889)
"ON GREAT WATERS." The ship has crossod tho harbor bar, And, loavlnff liomo and Irlends afar, Sails forth beneath tho evening star. With prayer of watchers left behind, 1 It satis boforo tho springing wind: Strong Is tho baric, iimlQod Is kind. baby-souls, sent forth from Heaven, To you the sea Is also given .A weary struggle to bo striven I Ye, too, have loft tho light of homo Tor warring winds and waves to roam .Across a dreary waste of foam : And what shall bo tho end for ytt Dark shipwreck In tho. midmost seat Or triumph to eternity? Fear not: for If yo bnyro tho bjast : - Willi God's own colors at tho mast. The haven will bC'piirn.rtlTdH. Arthur L. 8ilnontSn Good Wrrit, THE "BOMBAY FIEND." Diabolical Work of a TTativo of India in 1858. An AssiKsIn AV!it M.mtfcHtoil n Mkhicr ' tor tlio lllght Kr of KiiclHIuuoii Tlio Mmiv Willi Tlieorlm Ad vanced Caught ut Lust. Tho Bcrloa of ci'Imos comtnittod by tho so-culled "Whltochnpol Flood" in a district of London, is u pinglnrism on tho work of tho "Hombny Fiond." Tho only dlfToronco is that ono killed only mon, and F.ngllshmon at that, and tho other kills only woinon, and women of doubtful reputations. It was in 18G8 that tho Hombay ilond pursued his Woody work, and during his career I was a resident of that city and saw most of lila victims after death. As nil woro English, and all of thorn army or civil olllcora, and as tho last muttor dngs of tho mutiny had not yot boon stampod out, tho Hrltlsh Government took caro to suppro3S tho particulars of this Head's work as much as possi ble. While a thousand men woro quiotly searching for him tho press was forblddon to give him any notorie ty, as it was bolloved tho criminal was a natlvo, and to particularize would bo to mako a hero of him and induce others to follow In his bloody footsteps. Tho llrsl murder occurred in March, ISTjS, and tho victim was an English Captain of infantry, llo was leaving a club house at ton o'clock at night, and to reach the street ho had to pats botweon two stores by an alleyway eovon or oight foot wldo and twenty feet Ion j,'. Tills way was lighted by a single lamp. People woro coming and going ovory two or ' thrco minutes, and it was a public thoroughfare In which a woman would have felt perfectly safe from vio lence. Flvo minutes after tho Captain loft tho club house an nlarm was raised that ho had boon murdered. A score of us rushed out to find him dead in tho alloy way. llo htul boon stabbed to tho heart, and his right oar hud boon cut off. Tho body had not boon de spoiled, and tho general verdict was that It was a chso of rovengo. There wis a groat stir over this, tho first of tho serios, and many natives woro ar rested on suspicion. Tho Urltlsh woro carrying things with a high hand then, and some of tho parties arrested woro torlui-od to extort a confosslon. It was IjIvcmi out that one had confessed and boon executed, but this statement was only to affect tho native population. Not ono of tho suspects had a word to eay to help clear up the mystory. On tho eleventh night after tho Cup taln'H murder a Llo-.itonnntof dragoons wiib found dead at tho frontdoor of tho bungalow of a friend on whom ho was about to call. It was only twenty foot from tho gate to tho stops, nnd tho path loading up was of Hand. It was only just aftor dark, with many pooplo moving about, and yot no one had boon alarmed. Tho otllcer hud not been dead flvo minutes when found. As In tho other case, ho had boon stubbed to tho honrl uud tho right our cut off and carried away. This satisfied ovory body that an assassin was abroad, nnd tho excitement wns intouso. It was tho policy of tho Government to sup press tho facts as far as possible, but thoy soon became known to ovory European In tho city, and every man was on his guard from that time on. Those who hud been in India longest roasonod that those murders woro tho work of a fanntlo-rii religious fanatlo. At that date, and oven for ton years later, religious fanatics woro to bo found in ovory community. Tlioymado vowb to do this or that for tho glory of their God, and it was a rare thing for one of thorn to abandon his work. I havo met natlvos who had vowed never to walk In u straight lino; others who had vowed to sloop stand ing; othors who kept ono oyo shut, ono arm raised, or had vowed not to spoak. If tho assassin hud vowed to take tho lives of a curtain number of English men ho was more to bo dreaded than a band of robbors. Nothing but his capt ure would prevent him from fulfilling that vow, and tho fact of his commit ting two murders in prominent places and leaving no clow to his Identity proved that ho was a crafty fellow. Thoro was tho usual ory against tho police force, but ono who stopped to consider for a moment realized how bolploss tho officers woro. A dozon arrests woro mudo and threats, prom ise and torture usod to secure a point er, but, tho poor follows knew nothing and, thoroforo, had uothlng to glvo up. On iho evening of tho fifteenth day aftor tho second murder a third oc curred. An urtlllory Captain, who had Ibeen through all tho mutiny, and who had only that day boasted that ho could kuke carq of himself under till clrouiu tHae, hud culled at tho bungalow of hlu brother,-Vrho was In tho civil mirv loe. NelUfludUig lilui.at homo tho Cap. tain hnd tukou..u jtura jn tho garden with hi oltfai. TJio Uhtvo native household servnnta had noticed him walking up and down, but aftor a few minutes ono of them saw him lylnrr on the trround. Tho thrco ran out, and It was to find htm dead. Tho garden was about a quarter of an aero in extent, and was surrounded by a brick wall nlno feet high. Tho assas sin had come and gono llko a shadow, but ho hud done his work as well as in tho other cases. Tho ono thrust had been sufficient, nnd tho right car had been cut off. I wns ono of tho first called in when tho alarm was raised. I took a torch and oxnmlncd tho wall, and at tho rear of tho garden I found whoro a polo hud been shinted up against tho wall to assist a climber Tho man had llftjd tho polo ovor to help him down, and I found tho prints of his sandals in tho soft earth. It was sottlcd, to my satisfaction, at least, that tho assassin was a natlvo, although at this point tho pollco brought or ward tho theory that tho person was a European, probably disguised as a na tive. Tho arrest of a dozen sailors and vagabonds followed, whllo all the na tives in jail wcro turned loose. I never knew whether tho police believ ed In tho now theory, or whether it. was advised by tho government, but circumstances went to provo that the latter was tho c:iso. The arrest una abuso of innocent natives was causing much excitement In tho city, and it was doubtless deemed safer to take an other theory. At tho sumo time tho authorities offered a reward of 1,000 for the arrest of tho real assassin, and a privato circular was sent to every European in Bombay warning him to be on his guard. On tho evening of tho ronth day aftor tho third murder I was In a read ing room much frequented by Euro peans. When f loft I hud to cross a plat of ground about forty foot wldo. It win well shaded by trees, but also well lighted by gas-light, and a brick hldowulk six foot wide ran straight to tho street. Near tho gato lending to tho street was tho only dark spot, and a bench was hero placed beneath a tree. As I camu along I noticed a native soatod on tho bench as If wait ing for his mastoi inside. I noticed him as ono might glanco at a passing carriage, and was going on, when ho culled: "Sahib, for God's sako stop a mo montl I am very 111. 1 havo boon poisoned." "Do you think you havo boon poi soned?" 1 asked, as I icft tho path and approached him. "I um sure of it. Lot mo lako your hand." Ilosoizod my loft bund In his loft, uud his lingers hud the grip of a vise. Ho half rose from tho bench, and somothlng forced ino to say: "1 am sorry for you. 1 will go and find some Englishman who can render youald." "Hut aro you no English?" "No, I am an Amoricun." Ho Boomed to gasp, and I hoard him mutter undor his breath as ho relaxed his grasp on my fingers. Thou he btiiu: "Never mind, Sahib imvnr mind. Wo aro nil dogs lo the Krnr.-.j i. Thoy would bo glial to bee mo die. 1 will find a doctor." Ho stuggerod away through tho gato and was out of sight in a moment, while 1 found myself so weak that I was obliged to sit down on tho bench ho vacated. 1 had caught sight of a naked knlfo in his right hand as ho half rose from tho Uoneh. Here was tho assassin! Ho was a powerful follow, witli musolos of stool. Ho got my loft hand, intending to lift my arm and give mo tho fatal blow, but whou 1 gavo my nationality ho desisted. It was tho English ho was after. 1 had soon him in tho shadow, whoro all dark faces look alike. I had hoard his voice, but all natives of India seem to havo tho sumo Intonations. Hud ho been led bo foro mo two minutes hit or In company with others I could not havo picked htm out. Hut what assurance tho as sassin must have! Thoro was not a minute in which some ono was not passing. Indeed, as I stood boforo him two men entered from tho stroot and two loft tho reading rooms, llo hadn't ono ehanco In fifty of commit ting murder and escaping observation and pursuit, but ho took tho risks. It Is a fact conceded by tho averago Englishman that a Hrltlsh ofilclal who Is willing to take advice is a rarity. Tho Indian mutiny wns yours coming. Tho signs woro as plain as tho sun ut noonday, but Hrltlsh plgheadeduess and otllolal egotism refused to see or believe. 1 verily believe that if a Now lork dotoctlvo should pro ceed to Loudon and secure a straight pointer as to tho Identity of tho Whltochnpol Ilond ho would not ouly bo scoffed at, but obstructions would bo thrown In his way. 1 folt It my duty to go to tho English chief of po llco of ltombay and lay tho facta bo foro htm as I havo before thu render. Ho begun to smile as soon n I began to talk, and presently waved mo away, and said : "Thanks for your kiudnoss, sir, but your Htory Is all nonsense. You don't know these natives as wo do. You woro a bit scared, you know, and you saw a knife and a plot where uothlng of tho sort existed. Thanks, sir, but I am very busy to-dayl" I wont away feeling mortified and indlgir.mt, but revenge was at hand. That very evening, between ten and eleven 'olook, a member of tho civil government of the Hombay presidency ho was a tax rocolvor, 1 believe ua found weltering in hU blood aa tlio ftusln's fourtii victim, llo was lying- In a heap In front of u bench in u puUllo park, and it wns easy enough for um to realize how It luul como ; about. Thogatlvo who took my hand had taken his. Tho knlfo had gono to tho man's heart, and tho right car waa missing. A pollco ofilclal camo to soo mo. and I was asked to pay tho chief another visit, but this 1 flatly re fused to do. I had boon snub bed nnd Insulted, nnd if ho caught ills man it must bo without holp from mo. Tho rownrd was now Increased to 2,003, and over thirty arrests were mudo within tho noxt two days. Tho wholo city was In a ferment by this tlmo, nnd as tho daya wont by and tho real assassin waa net cnughy, tho populace demanded tho head of tho chlof of police, and ho had to stop down. His successor had more than ills keenness and llttlo of his cone?lt, and when ho aont for mo I obeyed tho summons. Ho was satis fied that tho natlvo who spared mo blow tho collector, but wo wcro still in tho dark regarding tho man's identity. Ten days passed, and then a Hrltlsh Major was assassinated on a public struot between two lamp-posts. In this instance tho hour was late nnd the Major was drunk. Tho murder was identical with tho others, and during tho noxt day many Europeans left tho city. It was queer how tho first clew was struck. Two days after tho murder I was talking with an English officer about tho bloody business, and tho iini'.o of tho first victim was men tioned "Poor Tom!" sighed tho officer, "I wondor if ho will find any ears to pull In that other land." "What do you mean?" I asked. "Woll, ho was a good-hearted com panion, but a torriblo hard maslor oil Ills servants. Ho hud his own way of managing them. Samo of us bollovo in kicks and cuff, backod up with good big oaths, but Tom pulled their oars for them. It was not a week bo foro his death that I saw him pull tho right our of his groom until blood flowed from tho torn llosh. " I put two und two togothor us quick as a Hash of lightning, and half an hour Inter was with tho chlof of po lice. It hud puzzlod ovory body to undorstund why tho assassin hud sliced off and curried away tho right cur in cuch cuso. Hjro was a solution of tho mystory. Tho groom had gono into other service, but was easily located and nrrested. llo was curing for tho horses of an officer, and in his box in tho stublo was found his knlfo and the four bloody ears. Ho was a bold, gamy follow, und he boasted of his bloody deeds, lie said: "I killed my master becauso ho pulled my ear. Alter Killing mm i wanted to kill othors. I had sot tho numbor at twenty. I am your prisoner. Do with mo as you like. 1 he four Englishmoa 1 havo killed woro worth to you four thousand such lives as mine. I am ready to dlo." Ho was oxocutod in public, and died cursing tho wholo English raco. How do you suppose tho reward was divid ed? If any body furnished the clow 1 did, but tho money was divided be tween tho chief of pollco, who caused tho arrest, and tho otllcer who told mo about tlio oar-pulling! Thoy woro big- hearted enough to offer me twonty-llvu pounds each, but I respectfully do- cllnod the charity. A. 1. Sun. ACOUSTIC VASES. How Tlicy Kniililnil I Co lit it n Actor to llo lli'itril In iilgaiitlu Tlicittirs. Tho theaters of tho unolont Homuns were notable for their good acoustic properties, duo to the fact of their in terior being constructed of wood, a material which, by its own vibrations, re-enforces sound. Thoso of tho Crooks, being built ohlolly of stone and marble, were wanting In this Important ro- spoet, to romody which thoy woro com- polod to call lu tho aid of resonance, which thoy did by placing a series of hollow brazen or oarthonwaro vossols of carofully-graduatod slzoa botweon tho rows of seats In tho audi torium. Yitruvlua tolls us that thoso harmonic vases woro placed in colls or niches botweon tho rows of seats occu pied by the spectators, to which tho voice of tho aotor had free passage, and that they enabled tho actors to bo heard in all parts of the gigantic thea ters, some four hundred feet In diame ter; that thoy woro made of brass or earthenwaro, and proportioned in magnitude to tho size of tho building', and that In tho smaller theaters thoy were tuned lu harmonic proportions of fourths, fifths and eighths, with their replicates; whllo in thoso of greato magnitude thoro was a vase to corre spond with ovory sound in tlio dl3 diupuson, or grout muslcnl system, in all tho genera. Unfortunately, he does not glvo any descrip tion of tholr form which in nil probability resembled that of bells. These vessels, termed ccheia, woro found greatly to strengthen tho speak er's voice, especially when the dlalrijuo was intoned; and hero wo havo prob ably the philosophy of tho origin and practice of intoning our church serv ice. Each tchcion soloctod a certain note like the pipe of an organ, and vi brating In unison with it, responded and took up tho sound by sympathetic vibration, thereby increasing its In tensity. .Any hollow air space will ac commodate itself more or loss in tho mine manner, a fact that is now gen erally takoa advantage of in our tho ators and public buildings, by leaving open spaces beneath tho sonts and tloors, between tho walls and above tho celling. Chambers' Journal. "The Chlnosonro very persistant, remarked Miss Learned to a gentleman visitor. "1 delist kuuw about that. It twins lo taw the oksmolor of n China inuu ts upt to bo wisii.hu-vwili).M AMUSING ENCOUNTER. Blaglrjls mill Woodchuck Kngngo In Eerie (if Flit ill Duels. An amusing encounter between muskrnts and woodchucks was wit nessed along tho Hondout creek in the town of Kochester a day or two ago. Theso little animals aro bitterly antag onistic to each other, but it is not often that fifty of tho woodchucks array themselves in battlo against an oven number of tho rats. The enemies mot on a narrow neck of land, tho musk ruts occupying tho position nearest tho water, while tho woodchucks formed in a hnlf-circlo somo eighteen or twen ty feet away. The attack was begun by an unusual ly largo woodchuck, who darted out from its fcllowa nnd ran in front of tho solid mass of rats as though inviting an encounter. Tho challenge was finally accepted by a big muskrat, the battlo botweon them lasting several minutes. Tho strangest feature of the fight was that tho rest of tho animals wcro mcro spectators of tho fight Neither tho rats nor woodchucks changed their position till the first battlo was ended and tho woodchuck lay dead. Thon two more sallied forth from each sido and engaged in battlo, these being followed by others until tho ground was strewn with tho dead bodies of chucks and rats. At no time did tho fight become general, nor waa thoro a cessation of hostilities till at least three-fourths of tho entire num bor originully engaged on botli sides lay dead or dying. Perhaps tho oddest part of this unique spectacle was tlio burying of tho dead. Tho chucks carefully gath ered their dead comrades and con signed them, ono by one, to tho waters of tlio Hondout creek. Tho muskrnts did tho samo thing, though in a slower and more dignified manner. Tho rats stood on tho bank and watched the scene, whllo tho woodchucks retired in confusion to tholr liberally-provided winter nests. X. V. Times. ANIMAL COMPANIONSHIP. I'rulrlo ItoK'i OwU ami ItitttlcHiiukc as I'cllott -Lodger. Tho othor day I was riding through California on my way from Los Angeles to San Francisco. It was near evening, and wo had for somo distance passed through a plain covered with very broad, low, gontly-curvcd mounds. Thoso wcro, perhaps, fifteen or twonty foot in diameter and not more than ono or two foot in hoight. Suddenly, on tho summit of ono of them, I saw ti comical llttlo gray owl solomnly blinking at tho train us it whizzed by. I rubbod my eyes to assure myself that I was awake, and thon kept a sharp lookout. Soon 1 saw another, and then a couplo look ing at ono another, and horo anothor and thoro ono. Owls, certainly, and plenty of them. 1 now suspected we woro passing through a prairie-dog town, and I looked at tho low mounds with increased intorest. Thoy woro not at all like the pictures 1 had scon. They woro not so stoop or high. At last 1 siiw ono of the dogs, standing up on his hind legs a fat, clumsy little fellow, something like a woodchuck in size and gonoral nppoarance. Thon thoro wore moro of thorn. Somo dis appeared instantly into tholr holes; othors kept courago and watched us So wo went on miles of prairie-dog town; hundreds of dogs; hundreds of owls. This is an example of what a nut urullst culls "Animal Companion' ship." Tho prairie dogs dig thoir burrows deep into tho earth and throw up tho mounds of earth around tlio mouth of it. Thon thoso queer little owls, in sober gray, como and livo with them or tako possession of do sorted nests. Thoy say, too, that a third lodger comos and "bunks In" with thorn both tho prairio rattlo stinko. A queer trio of follow-lodgors, tho prairio dog, tho owls and tho rat tlesnakes! Nor do thoy always got on pleasantly together. Swiss Cross. TYPHOID FEVER CURE. A I.lln Saved by tln Appllt'iitlon of Suit I'IhIi to tint I'litlont' IVt. A bountiful young woman, ovor whoso head had passed but eighteen Bummors, and to whom llfo offorod only tho prospect of unending pleasures, sho being surrounded with all tlio comforts that loving hearts and willing hands, supported by adequato moans, could afford, was recently taken ill with typhoid fever. Tho best medical tal ent that eould bo obtained was called in, but without avail, and a few even ings since all was gloom in tho hand somest residence in Fordham, whore sho lay ill. Hor physicians had de parted at a late hour, saying that bo foro morning tho ond would como. An aged aunt from tho country, who was on a visit, happonod fortunatoly to remomber that years ago, when tho yollow fever prevailed In tills city, a physician who luul then but recently como from Ireland had broken tho fever nnd saved many lives by apply ing salt fish to tho feet of tho pationts. This suggestion was soized upon by tho now hopeless parents of tho girl, and salt mackorol, which thoy hap pened fortunately to havo in the house, woro applied to tho fair patient's foot by hor anxious relatives during tho re mainder of tho night. When tho doc tors culled tho next morniug, oxpactlug to hear of tho death of their pationt, thoy were astonished to find that tho fever had considerably abated. To-day tho young woman, who was "given up" by hor medical advisers, Is convales cent. V. '. Telegram. All the speeches and nd&rossos de livered during the past twonty yours or so by Albert lidwnrd nre to be piib Itehwl. TIid will be known as Um prluta of Wulod. VifwfefiAfii Lntgtr ABOUT PUNCTUALITY. Tho Secret or the Suecr of Som KaututU Men of (ienlu. Genius Mr. Carlisle lias boldly de fined lo be patience. Ono might well adopt the stylo hero, nnd say that suc cess is tho child of two very plain pa rents Punctuality nnd Accuracy. It Is tho habit with too many young men especially young mm of parts and of culture to fancy that tho practice of tho commonplace qualities wo havo just named is beneath them; that it would detract somehow from their cclnt; that it would render them commonplace, and bring them down from a higher elevation. Never was there a greater mistake than this. Tho most famous men of genius havo been noted for their punctuality und accu racy; tho power of taking p.iins, of concentrating themselves, was tholr most, essential gift. "Sir Walter Scott's punctuality, " Biiys Mr. Smiles, "was ono of tho most .ircfully cultivated of his liubits, otherwi&o it hud not been possible for him to get through such an enormous amount of literary labor. Ho mudo it a rule to answer every let ter received by him tho sumo day, ex cept whoro inquiry and deliberation woro requisite. It was his practice to ribo by flvo o'clock and light his own fire. Hy tlio time tlio family assombled for breakfast, between nino und ten, ho hud dono enough to uso his words to break tho neck of tho day's work. Yet ho said on ono occa sion: "Throughout every part of my career 1 havo felt pinched nnd hum pored by my own ignorance.'" Think if tlio humility .of that confession, and of tlio healthy, frank, candid naturoof tho man, in whoso character there was cer tainly no room for affectation! Even in tho case of poots of tlio moro sensi tive, passionate or irrilablo order, we find that tho power of abstracting themselves from outward disturbances and working on amid manifold draw backs wtis ono of tho chief olemonts in their biiccess. Wordsworth was ono of iho most systematic and accurate of men, us we should expect him to be; but Hyron und Shelley woro liko Schil ler in their power of accomplishing still bouts of work.and sticking to their work till it was finished. Milton, itis clear, was not only systematically laborious, but laboriously careful und accurate. In deed, scarce any tiling in biography has moro surprised us than tho power such mon as Hyron and Shelloy showed of dovoting certain portions of time to certain things not tho least of then causes of irritation being interruptions: of a trivial kind whilo they were at it. As for the great men of action, all uliko havo confessed to tho power ol punctuality and accuracy in'thoir lives. When Nelson was on (ho evo of de parture for ono ol his great expedi tions, tlio coachman said to him: "Tin. carringo shall bo at tho door punctually at six o'clock." "A quarter before," said Nolson: "I havo always been a quartet of an hour before my time, and it has mudo a man of mo." Wellington was never known to be livo minutes into; tlio most ill-written note from an old private who laid served under him in tlio Waterloo campaign was certain to receive a full and inime diato answer. So with General Wash ington. When his secretary on ono oc casion excused himself for the lateness of his attendance, and laid tho blame upon his watch, his muster quiotly snid: "Thon you must get another watch, or I another becrotary." Punctuality intimately connects itsoli with tlio subject of delay, though some how it is most readily associated in the mind with minor matters of appoint moot. It is, in reality, far-reaching; and there Is no important or moment ous intorest that it does not touch. On the great clock of timo thoro is but one word, and that word is "now." "Now," says a good authority, "Is tho watch word of tho wise." "Now," is on the banner of tho prudent. Lot us keep this little word always in our mind; and, whonevor any thing presents itsolf to us in tlio shape of work, whether mental or phyr-ieal, we should do it with all our might, remembering that "now," is tho only timo for us. It is indeed a sorry way to got through tho world by putting off till to-morrow, saying, "Thon" I will do it. No! This will novor answer. "Now" is ours, "Thou" may novor be. Christian Union. 1 m - i - The Sun Lights a Lamp, Tho following conies from Lancaster County, this State: Above tho doorway of a storo in Mount Joy is a lantern which contains a coal oil lamp. Ho hlnd tho lamp is a glittering rollector. Tlio othor afternoon a curious thing oc curred. The sun wna shining brightly, and tho day had in it a suggestion of balmy July. Tho rays of tho sun pene trated tho glass of tho lantorn, thence through tho chimnoy of tho lamp, and woro focused on tho polished rollector. Tho rays woro so focused that tholr ac tion caused Iho wick in tlio lamp to ignlto, and It burned somo tlmo be fore it was discovered. Philadelphia Letlger. m Many yours ago thoro lived in Hrunswiek, Mo., a prosperous old Quakor farmer named Jones, whose conscience troubled him if ho took any moro of his neighbor's monoy than .ho considered a fair equivalent for what ever sold. Ho fixed ono price for his butter and novor would tako any moro, no mattor what tho stato of tho market might bo. One morning his son Thomas was sont to tho vitiligo with a pot of butter, which ho sold for flftcon conts a pound. On his return ho gavo his father the proceeds of his Ua. The old gcutleuiuu t-eul hint ImmwlUtoly Utiit i" t - M"ii!tsur to tvHir.a thiii. cents a pound- j CARVING AND TURNING. An lnterotliiK I)errlitlon of a riennnnt mill Well-I'iilil Occupation. There aro few trades requiring moro skill than thoso of carving and turning In wood nnd ivory. Tho "kit" of thoso mechanics comprises chisels and gouges of various sizes, and what i3 called a "Y" tool. In carving heads, images or designs of different kinds of wood tho block is first brought into rough shape with tho gouges, and, when this Is done, tho other tools nro used alternately down to tho finishing, which is dono with tlio finer chisels. Tho curving of woodwork of this description, which does not apply to furniture, is dono out nnd out by tho workmen, and for a day of ten hours they receive S-'.iO to $3. Tho work Is fairly steady tlio yi ar round, and child labor or convict labor havo no terrors for wood carvers. As a rule the business of Ivory-carving is combined with that of wood carving, tho samo work being dono in most of tho places, and at tho samo timo a few of them do what thoy call tortoise-shell work. There aro threo kinds of ivory used in tlio manufacture of various articles made from this material. Tho best is imported from Africa, and at times tusks aro had aa much as six feet in length and weigh ing nearly ono hundred pounds. The price of theso tusks ranges from $2.G0 to 5 a pound, according to qual ity. There is a Miialler tusk from tlio same place, which in most cases will measure from eighteen inches to three feet in length, tind tho prico of theso ranges from $1 to a pound. Thoso tusks are known by the name of "Scriv elloes." This trado is controlled en tirely by an importing firm whoso head quarters aro in Hamburg. Another species of ivory used in tho trade is "Wali-us." It is much cheaper than tho above, but tho ono vital objection to it is because of tlio "pitti" running through tho center of it, which materi ally interferes with its usefulness. The remaining species, but ono that is little u-ed, is that of tho hippopotamus. Al though occasionally utilized, it is of little value, tlio objection to it being be causo of its crookedness, which pro vents its use for any but small articles. Tho articles made from theso materials consist principally of keys for musical instruments, handles for parasols and breastpins. Tho tortoiso-shell business comprises tho carving and ornamentation of ladies combs. In doing this work tho tooth tiro first made, und then four or five of tho shells aro riveted together, the de sired pattern is pasted on tlio top shell, and with a highly-tempered and line jig-saw the design is cut out. Tho combs aro then given to tlio carvers, who finish tlio work. In tho ivory branch tho work is di vided into two branches, turners and carvers. Tho wages of tlio former range from $10 to $11 a week, and of the latter from $12 to $18 for tho same period. Liko tlio wood-carvers, their hours aro ten a day. For somo years thoro has been no material change in tho wages of cither branch, each man being paid in accordance with tho abil ity lie possesses. Tho wages paid in this city compare favorably with thoso paid in othor places. Tho busy seasons in tlio trado aro in tho spring and fall of each year, but it may bo said of tho business that it is fairly steady. The mnehinory used in tlio places whore this work is dono aro circular and jig stiws of the finest texture, lathes for turning and presses for drilling holes. Ar. V. Mail and Express. PULMONARY DISEASES. How CUiiiitto It 3liuli! tlm ScapiKoat ol j lVrsonal liiiprtiilfiict.. ' "Pulmonary disetiso is tho scourge of our cliniute," says tho medical faculty, in its sententious way. This has long been said, and the phrase will probably continue to bo repeated whilo grass grows and water runs. Yet it is llttlo bettor than a libel on tho elements, for all that. Climato is mndo tho scapegoat of por sonal imprudence. Jf peoplo will over heat thoir houses and places of busi ness in winter, if thoy choose to sit, for an hour at a time, ovoreoated, shawled, hatted und India-rubbered, in ono an other's oven-like offices, and to plungo thonco, bathed in perspiration, into an open-air toinporaturo bolow tlio freez ing point, what right have thoy to charge the climato with thoir coughs, influenzas, soro throats and consump tions? Nobody could bo pitched out of tho tropic of Capricorn into tho frigid zono two or threo times a day without damage to his breathing apparatus, wo tako it. Practically, so far as dlfToronco of toinporaturo is concerned, thousands of us pass through tills sort of ordeal al most every winter's dny. And yot suf forors from diphtheria, pnoumonia, bronchitis, asthma, otc, gonoratod by tholr own insano nogloct of tho most obvious snnitary rulos, aro taught to believe that thoy aro tho victims of climatic tntluoucos. Keep tho thormomotor down to sixty livo dogroos In your stores, countlug liousos and domlclls from Novombor till April; novor sit in rooms boated ovon to that moderate dogreo In your beaver cloths, furs and promonndo headgear; warm yoursolvos with oxorclso instead of immoderate artificial boat; and don't bo afraid to lot tho outsido nir brush tho insido of your dwolllngs, otc, with its hoalthful wings, at least twlco ovory twonty-four hours. Do this, all yo whouro "subject" to coughs and colds that keop you barking and snullllng tho winter through, with a dondly-llke gltmpso of consumption In prospective, and wo venture to my you will think better of lhi "terrlblu i-ino.it. M xt fp-gr than yon do at prvMnL -A'. . LtUcir.