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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1889)
AN UNFUUGHT DUtL ANewTork I.nwyer Tells n Oood Story ol Anto-IIclliim Hays. A well-known lawyer of this City tells a good story of nntc-bollum times that, inasmuch as it is more or less histor ical, will bear repeating. The story is t bout as follows: It was somowhoro in lf48or thereabouts. Party feeling, as oJtwcen North and South, was running pretty strong1, and more especially w as this tho ease in Washington, where Congress was in session. Congressman Fothorstone, of Mississippi, saw fit ono day during a Congressional sitting to refer to tho conduct of a certain Il linois regiment, commanded by Major Ris&cll, at ono of tho battles of the Mex ican war as being cowardly. Major Rlssell, who was also a Congressman, was present on tho floor at tho time. His ire was roused to its highest pitch, 4ind, going over to where Congressman Fetherstono stood, ho shook his fist in his face and shouted: "Cowardly! Why, you contemptible liar, why don't you refer to tho conduct of the Mississippi regiment which all during tho action, and whilo wo wero in tho th ck of tho light, was more than half a milo away and hadn't drawn a trigger?" Tho Mississippi regiment referred to hnpponed to have been commanded by Colqnel ,IelT Davis, who Was also then in Washington, and who when ho heard of Major Rissell's remarks demanded an apology. This Major Rissell would not give, and Colonel Davis sent "a friend" to lix up matters. Tho result of this negotiation was a challengo for a duel, which was to have been fought tho day following. "Zaok" Taylor was Presi dent at the time, and as JoiT Davis was his son-in-law ho was bound that tho duel should not come oil, and accord ingly issued a warrant for Major Ris bell's arrest. Major Rissell was duly arrested by a United States marshal and Lrought before tho President. "Seo hero, Mr. President," said tho Major, "you have had mo arrested be cause I am going to fight a duel. Why do you arrest nie? I am not the chal lenging party. Why don't you arrest your son-in-law, Colonel Davis? Tho Southerners will all say that 1 became afraid and had myself arrested to avoid tho consequences of a light If you allow this to go on." This argument seemed to striko "Old Zach," who thereupon caused tho ar rest of his son-in-law, Colonel Davis. After much persuasive diplomacy on the part of tho President tho would-bo duelists were brought together and tho quarrel was patched up. Both parties aro now living. Major Rissell served with distinction during tho lato war and is now living in retirement on a farm in Illinois, and overyono knows tho subsequent history of "Colonel" Davis. AT. Y. Herald. INMAN'S SUCCESS. How tlio I'ri'slilent iif tho Georjila Central liullroad .Mucin His Fortune. Tho purehnso of tho Georgia Central railroad by John Inman, president of tho Richmond Terminal Company,' brings that gentleman quite promi nently into public notice. When tho rebellion broke out tho threo Inman brothers John, Samuel and Hugh en tered tho Confederate army as privates, and when they loTt the ranks at tho end of tho war they wero without capital or resources. At their wrecked and deso lated homo in Georgia they bado each other good-bye and started out to mako their way in tho world. John Inman came hero to Now York with s-carcoly $10 in his possession, nnd for a titno his life was a very hard and unpromis ing one. Ho worked as a clork in a brokor's office, and plodded along for a couplo of years, saving a little from his scanty salary. Finally ho got into business in a small way for himsolf, and to-day ho is in possession of a fortune estimated at from ?10, 000,000 to $12,000,000. Tho two other brothers wero equally successful. Samuol, who began work in Augusta, finally, after ups and downs in businoss, settled in Atlanta, whero ho is to-day ono of tho wealthiest and most respect ed citizens. Hugh is also a resident of Atlanta, and is considered to-day tho richest man in tho Stato of Georgia. Tho Inmans are. among tho most gen erous and beloved of tho men who havo dono so much to build up tho now South nnd vitalize its great anp grow ing resources. N. Y. Graphic. . Business Is Businoss. Jako Thoro's a man out thoro who wants to know If you need a sign writer. Dealer Wo need a good many signs, don't wo? Jako I should say so. Dealer How many can ho mnko? Jako Ho says ho can turn out ono hundred and twenty-fivo a weok. Dealer Could wo get along on ono hundred and twenty-fivo all winter? Jako Yos, I guess so. Dealor -Well, tell him to como hero all next weok on trial nnd mako us samplos, and If wo'ro satisfied at tho end of tho weok we'll hiro him. ZJc iroit Free J'rcss. He Was a Good Judge. "My friend," said tho mnn who was lighting a cigar, to tho proprietor of tho storo, "that clork of yours sold a ton cent cigar to tho fellow who has just gono out, and ho took it from tho snmo box from which ho sold mo this flvo contor. Ho must bo a poor judge of cigars." "John Is nil right," replied tho pro prietor, quietly. "Ho Ui ft good judtfu. iH-tPi- mate) n mUlke in cus tomer. '-- Unonjo Tribune. AL ETIQUETTE. tacmwyrs of tho Qneeii'g Household T,lk to Acta l'lnln l'cupto. Tho custom of English royal families nro frequently startling, original, nnd ovor-elaborato to a New Englander. Hut nttho same time thoro is frequently con siderable simplicity observablo, partic ularly so tho higher in rank you go. Tho royal family, although surrounded by inevitable forms nnd ceremonies, at every opportunity mako an effort to free themselves from theso customs nnd restraints. For instance, if you visit ns a guest at Marlborough House you will find less formality and etiquette than in many families lower down in the social scale. Such haughty old dames as tho Dowager-Duchess of Marl borough and others of her style would not put you at your ease as do tho Prince and Princess of Wales by their simple manners. A friend of inino who visited them told mo they entered the room whero ho waited them, unan nounced, and greeted him simply tmd cordially. Only tho first words ad dressed to them must bo "your Royal Highness," and need not be said again. Tho Prince, in fact, particularly enjoys an unconstrained manner in those about him; tho easier you are, within the bounds of good breeding, tho better ho likes you. Ho talks little himself, al though ho makes an excellent speech and address, but ho is a good listener. He, liko all tho reigning family, speaks with a slight German accent, his r's be ing very foreign. Tho Princess, of course, speaks with oven moro of an accent, nnd, as sho is quite deaf, sho also is not much of a conversationalist. . There aro people who think she hns nothing to say. My lady readers may bo interested to know that her threo daughters havo been taught at tho Dress Reform Association to mako their own dresses, which nro always simple, but admirably cut and fitted. Tho wardrobe of tho Princess is kept in a largo uppor room at the Marlborough house, which room is lined with shelves, inclosed by doors. All the dresses nro folded in largo sheets on theso shelves, which draw out, and two or threo maids havo ehargo of a largo and gorgeous assortment of cos tumes of evory conceivablo occasion. No servant is nllowed to bo seen by their Royal Highness, excopt thoso whoso duty is to bo witli them or near them. As thoy approach tho maids nnd men must hido themselves, but this custom is not confined to royalty; it ex ists in all other houses of tho aristoc racy as well. And there is a well known Duke who, if in driving over his estates sees a servant or a laborer, has him discharged at onco, and should the trembling hireling hear him approach climbs tho nearest-troe or hides himsolf behind it or a bush, as though guilty of some misdemeanor. Put this Duke is nothing, if not eccontric. Forinstanco, the finest apartments in ono of his cas tles are under tho ground, nnd, except for an occasional rido or drive, ho lives buried beneath tho surfaco of tho earth, in a princely manner, to bo sure, but in perpetual candlo light, or, let us hopo, electric light. Boston Transcript. 'HE'S IN THE SOUP. Tho Origin or tho Latest Addition to the Vocabulary of Muni;. Every body and evory thing that doesn't jut suit evory body else is sure to bo consigned by somebody or other to "tho soup." Tho world, in fnct, seems to havo becomo nn immense tureen, and all its inhabitants aro fioat ing about liko chopped vogotables in n julienne. Why this should bo so and why tho "in tho soup" idea should bo uppermost now in tho mind of ovory citizen who wants to say something funny is not moro apparent than was a whilo ago tho reason for ovory ono being inclined to toll every ono else to 'Let her go, Gallaghor!" Tho origin of both expressions is involved in ob scurity. "In tho soup" first nchioved classic authority, so far as can now bo ascor tained, in ono of tho picturesque stories of what are called "sporting" ovents. Tho event was tho arrival in this country last fall of Kilrain, tho pugilist. Tho situation was that tho big Cunnr der, Etruria, with tho pugilist aboard, lay in tho darkness .off quarantino wait ing for morning, and a tug with Kil rain's friends aboard was hovering about anxious to got Kilrnin off and bring him up to tho city. Tho captain of tho Etruria had announced, with a severity that scorned unnecessary, that no such drunken crow should como anywhoro near his vessol. Tho dlsconsolato but not unhappy crowd in tho tug had to content itself with howl ing greetings to Kilrnin across a watery gulf that separated tho two vessels. Ono of tho men on tho tug, Johnson by namo, was so anxious to got as near Kilrnin ns possiblo that ho tumbled overboard. Ono of his companions, witnessing this act, instendof assailing tho still depths of tho darkness that brooded over tho wnvos by shouts for help or shocking tho calm stars over head with frantlo cries for a ropo, sim ply balanced himself against tho rail and catted out: "Ho! Johnston's foil in do soup!" Tho sublime audacity of tho compar ison of tho great Atlantic to a plate of Eoup was wasted on tho drunken crow that heard it, but tho waves chuckled gleefully ripples against tho tug's eldes, tho stars twinkled merrily, and noxt morning, when peoplo read about it, It tickled tho public fancy bo that tho new slang bocamo quickly tho pet ex pression of tho day, and by this timo it has attalnod juet about riponcss enough to mako it rondy to pick and lay away along with Mr. GiUlHghor and other kUi f onco of rojmt. A'. J', titm. TIME WAS PRECIOUS. A rosMim KIiIrk Courtship nnd It Hnp iy Termination. Old Hobson's fourth wifo had been dead a month, when ono morning ho caught up his horse, saddled him with an old sheepskin furnished with ropo stirrups, and mounting rode oft down the "hog path" leading to 'Squiro Hecson's in tho interior of Missouri. Hobson was in a hurry, but tho old horso wasn't and wont on at lelsuro gait. "Drat sieh or jokin' critter," old Sim mused as ho kicked and thumped his heels against tho old plug's bony sides. "If or feller's in or hurray he'd best walk." Ho thumped and kicked till at last tho "critter" broke into a jogging trot, which ho hold for a dozen yards, then relapsed again into his natural gait, a sort of a cross botweon a walk and a crawl. Riding up to Heeson's front gate Sim Hobson "holloed" two or threo times, and then a grizzled, gray, unshorn head was thrust out at tho slightly opened door and a voice exclaimed: "How'dy, Hobson! Git down, git down." "Hain't timo, I reckon, 'Squire." "Summatof er hurry, oh?" "Yas, I'm go-In' tor git married, nn1 I want yer tor go 'long an' jino us." "Who yor goin' tor marry, Sim?" "Dunno for shore y it, but I ruthcr 'spoet I'll jino outer old Miss Skaggs." "Spoko to 'or orbout it, I reckon?" "No, not yit 1 ain't, but I reckon It'll bo all right with lior. If it hain't we'll go on down to Miss Thompson's. I know she'll bo willin'. Thought I'd take yer 'long so's to mako ono trip do an' hov it over. 'Tain't no use tor bo foolin' crway two days or gottin' mar ried, when thor crop is in ther grass, 'tin asides, mnrryin' er wife hain't no moro'n buyin' of er boss." " Yor sensiblo thar, Sim," tho Squiro said as ho led forth his horse, and he and Hobson rode away to Widow Skaggs' domieilo. When they rode tip tho widow was out in the back yard boiling soap. Sho know old Hobson's o'Tiir.d as quick as she noted tho fact tluvvho was wearing a white shirt and that his shoos had been freshly dressed with a coat of cold tallow. "Govcnin', Miss Skaggs," Sim said. "Howdy, Hobson," sho replied. "I've tuck or notion tor marry ergin," Hobson wont on, "an1 me an' the Squire's come tor seo of yer willin' tor jino me." "When?" "Right now, o' enso. I fotch thor Squiro orlong for that purpose." "Wal, I hain't thought much of it, but boin' asyou'vo gono tor tho trouble o' bringin' thor Squiro, I reckon 1 niout as well marry yer." " Drive ahead then, Squiro," Hob son said; "we're ready." " Hitch yor fists," tho Squiro com manded, "an' loss git through, for I gotter tote er turn o' corn tor mill." " I'm ready," tho widow said taking eld Hobson's hand, "but hurry up, for that fetched soap's goin' tor bile over." Tho Squiro went through tho corc mony in short order, whilo tho widow kept her oyo on tho soap kottlo to see that it did not bilo over. Detroit Free Press. HOW TIGERS EAT. X Couple of Them Usually Finish n Cow at One Sitting. A Hindoo expert on tigers gives tho following interesting information about tho appetites of tigers and their manner of dovouritig thoir prey: "An ordinary-sized tigor and tigress will finish a cow or such animal at ono bitting, leaving only tho head. Tho tigress begins at tho shoulders and eats downward. When thoir heads como together in tho middle of the animal, they know that there is no moro loft, and quit eating. " "Ueforo eating tho tigor always drags its prey a short distance. After tho meal, tho tiger somotimos lies down by tho skoloton, but if thoro are hills in tho neighborhood, it will prob ably go oil and find a cool spot for Its nap. "If any thing has been loft, tho tigor will return tho noxt night to eat it, but it novor makes tho second meal on tho snmo spot as tho first, ulways dragging tho body a short distance away. "Tho tigor can cat half a bullock in two hours. Tigers will also eat each other If it is moro convenient than to hunt up other provisions. Thoy nro supposed to kill only onco In flvo or six days, and in fnct, do prob ably sleep and dozo for sovoral days after thoy havo gorged thomsolvos, but they will kill whonovor thoy got a chance, and it is on record that ono tigor killed for fourteon consecutive nights. "Thoy will wandor immonso dis tances at night.alwaya taking tho easi est paths and frequently traveled roads on that account Tho movo about lit tloin day timo becauso tho hot ground burns thoir feet." Golden Bays. Business Is Business. Railroad Presldont Did you got tho injured passengers in that accident satisfied so thoy won't suo for dam ages? Undor Secretary Yes, sir. Tho worst Injured worodrummors, who aro used to that sort of thing, and three dollars worth of cigars fixed them ull right. Tho only other ono was a man who had Ills noso brokon. "Eh? What did you do with him?" " As tho accident changed his pug noso to a very handsome Roman I charged htm one hundred dollars for tlm operation. So, you sua, wu aro utntfty-titfvi'ii dollar uhoud." I'ulw (.' (4 Jkeunl, A SCIENTIFIC WONDER. The rhonoRi-nph nnd Some or It I'ecn llnrlllei nnd I'osslhllltles. If the achievements of scienco had not alroady familiarized tho peoplo with tho ago of fable in which thoy live, tho rooms In which thoro was lately exhibited in this city the perfect ed phonograph, upon which Edison hns spent some of the best years of his life, would havo been, crowded hourly with an awe-struck multitude. Of nil tho wonders of invention, this is un questionably tho greatest. With tho moro principle of tho ma chine wo wore acquainted years ago; how the sound waves created by the voice in speaking or singing act upon a sensitive plate of mica, and aro thence transmitted to a vibrating steel point, pressed close ngainst tho surface of a cylinder of wax; how tho tiny waving spiral thus traced is an absolutely faithful record of tho omitted sound; hnw tho process may bo reversed, tho vibrating point be made to retraverso Its course, and its movements be again received by a sensitive diaphragm, and made audible by a resonant multipli cation of tho sound. In fact, there Is nothing moro wonderful or dillicult to understand about tho principle of tho phonograph than about that of tho tel ephone. Rut it will appear, none tho less, a weird and diabolical thing for years to come. Tho invention is now really per fected. Ho who sets tho transmitter at work and listen at tho oar-picco can hoar tho words originally spoken repro duced with tho famous accuracy of ma chine work, and with a human quality of which it might seem that no ma chine is capable. Thoro is no diminu tion in tho volume of sound, no loss of nny distinguishing characteristic. Tho quality and peculiarities of tho individ ual voice, every inflection and accent, ovory Interruption and imperfection is thoro with the same fidelity with which a plate-glass mirror returns tho features of ono gazing into it. And then, wonder of wonders, tho funnel ol the speaking tube is applied to tho ma chine, and tho auditor, standing distant by tho space of a largo room, hoars a speech dolivored or a song ropoatod as distinctly as if ho wore in tho presence of tho porformor. It is tho talking ma chine, with which tho public will re quiro long conversance to rid thom solvos of tho creepiness of suporstition. Tho practical utility and commer cial value of tho machine aro not yet decided. Rut it will find its plaeo as speedily as tho tolophono and tho type-writer. Tho owner of the phono graph can hear tho finest otl'orts of oratory and tho dlvinest effects of music reproduced in his own library at pleasure. Members of families divided by thousands of miles can hold actual converso In place of tho unsatisfactory records of tho pon. Tho human voico and mannor are uiado capablo of preservation through all tho ages. Moro than this, tho practicability of stereotyping thoso wax cylinders and reproducing any numbor of thorn discloses the naturo of the library of tho future An enter prising publisher will employ a skilled elocutionist to road into tho phonograph tho now novol that is tho sensation of tho day. Tho resulting cylinders will bo ste reotyped and multiplied. Instead of buying tho new book, tho tired man of businoss will purehnso tho two or three cylinders that contain it, nnd havo his phonograph read it to him in tho leisuro evening hours. Tho meth ods of employment aro many already, and now applications can bo mndo. In ono respect tho phonograph Is not in accord with tho spirit of tho ago. It is, for most purposes, not a timo savor; and tho economy of timo is, above all other things, a demand of tho practical generation. Rut it will find its varied uses, soon to becomo indispensable: and in itsolf it must stand for tho present as tho crowning marvel of scienco. --St. Paul Pioneer Prcss. MADE HIM INDIGNANT.; Why an Arkansas t anner Disowns Ills Pretty Daughter. An old follow stood loaning on a gato. A young woman cautiously up 1) reached. "May I como in?" sho asked. "No, you kain't!" ho oxclalmod. "Ain't you novor goin1 tor lot mo como?" " Novor." " Please." " Go on away now. Clear out." Tho woman went away, and tho man who overheard tho conversation went up to tho old fellow and asked him why ho had driven tho woman away. "'Causo sho's my daughter an' didn't marry lor suit mo," ho answered. " Didn't sho do woll?" " No; she flung hcrsolf away, when sho mout or hit tho nail squar' on tho head." " Don't you think that hor husband will mako a living?" "Ho mout do thai, but a llvin' ain't tho thing. Tho follor has got land an' hogs an' bosses, but tho feller that I wanted hor to marry has got threo o' tho best fox-hounds in tho country." "Yos, but has ho got uny thing olso?" "Any thing olso! Why, blnst yo' lgnunt hido, what do you mean? Look here, you'd bettor go on, now, fur I don't boligvo it's u good ldeo to havo you loafln' orbout tho neighborhood. Any thing else! Go on crway, now. or I'll sot tho dogs on youl" Arkan taw Traveler. Well, Uncle- Cicero, what mnkoa you look so glum?" "Yos, sah; totoll you tho trufo, my ohj woman ban be gun to mako buokwhout-eakim and sho litun't got Into tho bwlug ol It yut, iuh."-.V. 1', Wurld. LADY ELLEN BO ROUGH. Mrs. Lew Wallace' Story or nit Kcccntrlo KiirHsIi Woman's Career. Mrs. Low Wallace in her famous book. "Tho Roposo in Egypt," gives an exceedingly flowery account of Lady Ellcuborougli, tho eccentric wifo of an English nobleman, who, emulating tho example of I.ady Hester Stanhopo and Lady Mary Wort ley Montague, not to mention a French lady, Mmo. tie la Tour d'Auvergne, who built herself a temple on tho top of Mount Olivet, nnd lives thoro now, deserted her country nnd went to llvo in tho far E.ist. Mrs. Wallace says of her: One day sho fled to Italy, and, after years of reckless living, thence to Greece. Tho House of Lords easily granted a divorce to hor husband, and tho children re mained with him. Ry tho terms of tho divorce a large Income was allot ted her, and she set up the standard of wit and beauty, and to It flocked genius anil valor. She married again, a no bleman of Greece, from whom sho was seiw rated by command of King Otho. Determined to rival Chatham's eccen tric granddaughter, she sailed away f iimi Greece to see what tho gorgeous East is inado of. Her ample income gave means of gratifying a taste ex quisite as It was luxurious servants, carriages, furniture, pinto, linen, a French maid, the companion of lier changeful moods, even her little lap-dog went with her. Thoro nro old citizens of lteyrout who remember the stir among an idle populaco when tho great English lady landed at tho sea-port. Her languages gave her tho broadest range of acquaintance, and sho had a genius for friendships. Officials of rank crowded the salon, a thronorooin, where sho spoke In ono evening French, Italian, Slav, Gorman, Span ish, Arabic, Turkish and Greek as readily as hor nutivo tonguo. Pago after page is dovoted by Mrs. Wallace to describing the surroundings and life of tho woiidorful woman who grow tired of Damascus and sot out for the hills of tho lire worshipors, Ragdad. For guidanco and guardianship sho traveled with a squad of Anazehs un der a Shoik. Mrs. Wallace docs not think it best to tell names and tales to gether, so sho calls tho Shoik Aular. His real namo was Dlgby ol Mezrab. In describing him sho takes occasion to say that when you Hud tho host Oriontal, tho oxquisilo grace of his bearing, thosinooth, pationt, courteous dignity of his niannor.Hurpass thohigh e.st breeding of Christian courts. Then sho quotos a remark of an ac quaintance, who says: "Tho further east you go tho liner the manner. First among tho sons of men for polish and urbanity Is tho Arabian; noxt to him tho Turk; then comes tho Italian; then tho Spaniard and Frenchman; then tho cold, stliT Englishman, and, lastly, the holtor-Hkeltor American, and I presumo California is worso than Chicago, though I havo novor been thoro." Lady Ellcnborough married tho Shoik in his tent in tho desert, with no wltnossos but Arabs, and according to tho laws of Islam. Tho bride found to hor horror when sho returned to Damascus that sho had forfeited hor nationality, and had becomo a Turkish subjoct. She novor roponted of her bargain, but made over hor property to lior husband, and lived with him for fifteen years, when she died, regretted by the trlbo and by all Arabs. Sho was devotedly attached to lior hus band anil ho to her. Tho wifo of tho English Consul at Damascus, who know hor, said that sho and hor hus band wore never apart; that sho kept his respect, and was tho mothor nnd Quoon of his tribe. When sho died u rare shrlno was erected in hor memory at Damascus. Tho romancoof Lady Ellonboroiigh's life Mrs. Wnllaco heard undor tho palms sung in a low, slow song by an Anuzoh, who had no thought when singing that tho wifo of tho American Minister to Turkey was listening. Wrecked by Eating Cloves. A physician of Syraouso Bays that ono of tho strangest casos that havo como undor his observation in prac tice is a Syraeuso young lady who Is addicted to the habit of chowing cloves. For sovoral years hor friends and physicians havo been fighting to break lior of a habit which sho carries to such an excess that hor llfo will bo tho penalty paid. At times sho breaks horself of tho habit for a few weeks, but sooner or lator goos back to it with renewed energy. Sho has been known to chow a pound of thorn with in threo days. All tho chemists havo been warned not to glvo hor tho splco, and many of tho grocers also, but she managos somohow to supply horsolf with It in spito of the wutchfulnoss nnd precautions of her family. Tho effects of tho excessive uso of tho spice re sembles somewhat tho effect of opium, and her senso of taste has been wholly destroyed by it. A'. Y. World. A Diploma That Talked. A young man outored a Woodward avonuo car one day last week and be gan to distribute leaflets to tho passou gors. His maune;' was quiet and ho had not tho appearance of being a crank. Each person approached took tho tract so gently olTurod, and at least uiado a show of reading it. Only ono man rojeetcd tho froo ottering. "You had hotter ho at work," ho said, rudely; "that's my rollgion." Tho tract distributor made no answer until ho was rid of all tho tracts. Then he turned to the grumbler and hold out his two hands without spanking u word. Thoy wore horny and culloiund with hard work. Ills appeal was more olo 'iuunt thuuBpucch. Detivit Free Prat, SARDINE FISHING. A Wnry IpUh to Cntrlt nnd n Complicated System of Seining. Sardino fishing begins in May or June and sometimes lasts as lato na November. Roats como from Douar nenez to tako advantago of tho early run, and, as tho season wanes, roturn. At times there nro as many as 1,200 boats engaged here in tho pursuit. Theso uoats are about thirty feot long, entirely open except a short deck at th stern, nnd cary two masts that can bo readily taken down. Tho sails havo no booms, nnd whenever a tack Is made they havo to bo run down and put up on tho opposite side of tho mast the windward side. When at work tho rigging is some times completely cleared away so that tho boat has no uppearanco of being adapted to sails. It Is then pulled along by huge sweeps. The fish aro not caught by inclosing them as when a seine is used, but the not, which in of small mesh and mndo of linen tread, often died blue to render It less appa rent in tho water, for tho sardino is wary, is made to trail straight behind tho boat. That Is the not, about twen ty feet long edge and buoyed with cork floats when it is on tho other, so that in tho water it position liko towed in this assumes a wall, position end, as an upright and it is through tho water, In- ono tho boat is moved slowly along. Tho patron mounts tho llttlo deck at tho storn with a buelcot of halt called roug, tho eggs Ct codfish, under ono arm, and his keen, practiced eye ranging tho wave. He scatters a little of thu roug on one side of tho not when ho discovers tho proximity of tho fish, and thoy rise in a shoal to take it. This is tho critical moment. Ha throws a quantity on tho opposito sldo, nnd tho fish, making a dash for It, aro entangled in tho meshes. Whon tho sardines nro numerous tho boat does, not halt to tako the not on board, but by giving it a cortaln pull tho meshes aro tightened, and with a buoy to mark it, it is cast olTiind loft till a full catch is made. So many fish havo boon known to entangle thomsolvos that their weight carried tho net down and it wtis never recovered. Another not is innnedtatoly put out, and tho opera tion is repeated till tho nets aro all used. Then comes tho picking up and tho extraction of tho fish, tho lattor work being performed with great euro, becauso bundling tho llsh injures them. Tho not is caught up at tho otitis and see-sawed till tho llsh drops Into the bottom of tho boat, whoro thoy remain till tho arrival in port. Bulletin Amer ican Geographical Society. FOUR OLD POETS. Tho Dllllenllles trailer Which They Accom plished Their l.lle-Worlt. Homer lived about a thousand years before the Christian ora; his Iliad was tho first great poem written. Ho lived nearor tho timo of tho Greek war than any other author, and It It is right to suppose ho know what ho was talking about. Liko Milton, this author was blind, and used to stand on tho stroot nnd recite his pooms, tho fragments of which havo boon gathered up and handed down to us. Homer wus tho model for all tho poets who followed, him. Virgil follows Homor, ns to timo. Ho had a liberal education nnd ovory advantago which could promoto liter ary eulturo; in this ho had a hotter chance than Homor. His stylo is moro beautiful and porfoct than Homor's, though ho obtained many of his ideas from him. It is said Virgil and Milton wero both plagiarists, but that it was as honest for thoso authors to copy tho old writer as it is for a sculptor to copy nature. Dunto was a follower and admirer of both Homor and Virgil. Ho studied Virgil closely and has some thing of his stylo. His Inferno is very much liko Virgil's descrip tion of Hades in Rook Six of tho iEnoid; his stylo is moro thrilling and real, howovor. Tho lifo of this man was very sad; ho spent nlnotoen years in. banislunont from tho city of hla birth; thon his own words bocamo truo of himsolf: " Thou halt havo proof, How snvorcth of suit tlio bread of others. And how linrd a road Tim (joliig down and up another's stairs." Milton was a follower of all thoso men, and it is said ho was the most classic of English writers; ho was also a Christian poot. Tho lives of all theso authors woro much alike, in that oacli had soma great trouble; it is supposed that Homor composed his Iliad and his Odyssey from tho memories of hla childhood, aftor ho bocamo blind. Dun to composed his Dlvlno Comedy whilo wnudoring in oxilo; his ndmirors called it dlvlno, but ho called It a comedy, becauso it had a happy ending. Virgil wroto during political troubles, and while enduring a long illness; Milton wroto Ills Paradlso Lost after ho bo camo blind. Therefore, tho host part of tho lifo work of each was accomplished undor ditllculties. Treasure Trove. Tho proper modo of treating muck is to dig it up in tho fall and lot it re main exposed in order to permit tho frost to pulvorlzo It and also to allow It to undorgo a chemical ahungo. Whon In a lino, dry condition It Is suporior to all othor absorbents for uso In tho stalls and for saving tho liquid manure. Tho banana pool 1ms at length found a rival. A Portland, Oro., man slipped on a wot loaf and hroko bin blilu-bono. A curious foaturo of tha acoldent Is that ho walked around for two day bofon) ho know lit) whk lturt