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ONE DAY AT A TIME. Have you sorrow, nnd trouble, and care? Do your burdens seem heavy to bear? Is the prcsnnt all dark, and the future all drear? Is the sUy of your life thickly clouded with fear? Stop for a moment' Pause, silent and still. And note It you can the wisdom and will That measures your strength with God's graol- ous design. Uy bidding your Ills, "one day at a time." AVould you climb up the mountain of fame? W ,uld you carve on Its summit your name? VTu must patiently work, nnd patiently try, Tcnake mo9t of the moments that go slipping by. You may string them like pearls Iryj sclnttllant chain That will give back their light In the darkness again. That will open your path. In one luminous line. If you bind them together, "one day at a time," Have you found that your friend is untrue? 'Che friend that yon trusted, the friend that you knew ! J)o jou mourn your betrayal, as you sit all alone? lo jou f mcy vonr faith forever has flown? Bo you turn from your fellows and turn from each face? Do you think jou will shun the whole human race? Love Is sore wounded, but lovo Is divine. And the hurts will be healed "ono day at a timo." Has your soul been Invaded, your heart cut in twain. Hy that terrible loss and terrible pain. That anguish that comes when a dear one has r died, .And the place that Is vacant is closo at your side? When life seems so crushed by the force of the blow? Even then. In a way that you never may know, The hope of reunion is sen ling its shine 'Through the gloom, and the shadows, "one day at a time." Kiln Dare, (n Inter Ocean. NEW NAVAL TERROR. It Will Have an Kxplnnlve KncrKT of 3,400 Pounds of Dynamite. There is now approaching comple tion for tlio U. S. Government a vessel which, it is predicted, will exorcise as potent an inlluonco in revolutionizing naval warfare as did tho famous Mon itor. Unlike tho Monitor, however, which in hor build presented features of entire novelty, tho so-called "dynamite cruiser" Vesuvius owes her importance to the weapons which she carries and to their capability for tho projection of serial torpedoes charged with enor mously powerful explosives. It is not difficult to conceivo that a hostile vessel approaching our coasts and encountering tho dynamito cruisw may find herself in a very disagreeaf-,. situation. True, sho may open Him i a range much greater than that ova whieh tho dynamito shells can bo ato jeoted, but tho low, raft-like crMi coining bow on toward her, at tho rate of twenty-three miles an hour, and showing a breadth of but 2G1 feet, of fers a target exceedingly dillicult to hit. If tho deck of tho dynamite ship be protected by a curved turtleback shield of steel five inches in thickness, as is contemplated in future construc tion shot and shell fired at sharp angles may easily glanco from it. To reach tho hull with a movablo submarine torpedo of tho Whitehead typo is even more dillicult sti'.l. Tho rango of such a torpedo is only about three hundred yards, so that tho dynamito ship would come within easy tiring, distance and bo enabled to throw hor projectiles long beforo tho torpedo could bo effec tive. If tho enemy's ironclad awaits tho .attack motionless sho will necessarily have but a few minutes, after sighting hor opponent, to do a fatal injury. If she advances this period will neces sarily bo shorter still. Tho moment tho Vesuvius finds herself within 1,500 yards of hor mark sho can launch 1,800 pounds of nitro-golatino, tho ox plosive energy of which equals that oi about 3,100 pounds of dynamito, or more than ton tons of gunpowder, ana this can bo ropeatod every two min utes; or, if tho guns bo discharged singly, a 600-pound shell can be lired. every forty seconds. It is not at all improbable that aftor a fow of thoso projectiles had exploded in her imme diate vicinity, there would bo no iron clad. Tho foregoing represent tho capacity of tho particular weaponsof tho Vesu vius for projecting tho litrgo amounts of explosives noted. Shells containing smaller quantities can bo thrown ovor much greater distances, tho rango of tho projeotilo containing two hundred pounds of nitro-golatino being a mile and a half, and that of ono containing ono hundred pounds of tho same sub stance, two milos. Tho rapidity of fire depends upon tho construction of tho gun, which is practically a huge revolver. Hy increasing tho numbor of chambers in tho rotary breech mechanism it is possiblo to liro oven tho heaviest shell three times por minute. Lieutenant Bradley A. Fisko, of tho navy, has recently discovered a won derful application of electricity, which will provont tho effect of tho ship's motion upon tho gun. Tho possibility of controlling tho range of tho projectile with nlcoty ren ders it probable that tho dynamite ship will play an entiroly novel role in an attack upon a harbor protected by fixed submarine torpedoes- thatis, 6he may destroy torpedoes by tor pedoos. One hundred pounds of nitro-glycerino oxplodlng underwater will, it is said, destroy torpedo ca.os and blow up torpudoos exist ing anywhere within a radius of fifty feet. Tho ship on arriving off a harbor entrance known to bo studded with explosive minos would anchor herself and proceod to drop shells at regular distances of ono hundred foot apart in longitudinal and latoral di rections. It Is claimed that in this tnannor sho could clear of torpedoes a channol thrco hundred foot wido at tho rate of a mllo an hour, and ad vancing into tho pansago as fast as 6ho renders it safo to do so, could boon blast hor way to a position from which hor shell could bo thrown directly into the eitv or fortifications, lark Ven juKiin. in t'arutn. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS Florida alligator hunters say that the saurians will bo looked upon as curiosities ten years hence. Man seldom amounts to much until ho gets married. And verv often his usefulness falls to materialize then. Baltimore American. Jarvls "How truo tho nrovorb is that a man is what his wife makes him." Jervls "And how true it is, too, that a man does what his wife makes him." Tern? Haute Krnrcss. Husband (severely) "What! moro money? Suppose I was dead you would have to beg for vour cash." Wife (calmly) "It wouldn't be as though 1 had never had any practice, sir. uticmio Ulofic. Freshly (rising to go) "I'm sorrv to break up your hand at whist. Miss Rosalie, but really I can't stav any later." Miss Hosalio "O. never mind. Mr. Freshly; I'm sure we shall get on with a dummy just as well." lloston ro.it. At a public dinner a distinauished statesman was placed between Madame do Stael and Madame Kecamler. "How lucky I am," said he; "hero am I seated betweon wit and beauty." "A. id without possessing eithor ono or tho other," observed Madame de Stael. Slavery times were recalled in Wilmington, N. C, the other day, when two darkles got into a loud dispute and almost came to blows, quarrelling in regard to tho social standing and per- onal accomplishments of tho men that owned them boforo tho war. Nothing bettor roveals tho unsel fishness of clairvoyants than the fact that for a paltry dollar tlioy will re veal to others tho lottery ticket that will draw tho capital prize instead of keeping the valuable information to themselves and profiting by it. De troit Free Press. "Why do you call tho phonograph 'sho?'" asked tho horso editor of the snako editor, who had used tho fem inine pronoun in speaking of that in vention. "For two reasons, birst.it talks back; second, it always has tho last word." Pittsburgh Chronicle. Wife (critically ill) "What does the doctor say, George?" Husband "That you are very, very ill, dear." Wife (after a short pauso) "If 1 should not got well, George, give my sealskin sacquo to your sistor. I'll just lot hor seo it's real. She has more than onco insinuated that it's only plush." Epoch. Ho was determined to go out at the end of every act. Three acts had been played, and three times had ho scraped by and trodden on the feet of his neighbors. At the end of tho fourth act, as ho wont crashing through tho narrow space, a lady in tho aisle seat said, in her most dulcet tones: "Sir. I trust 1 do not incommode you by sit ting hero!" Ar. 1'. Xcws. Tho nowest thing in wedding tours is called tho "Secret Honeymoon," neither bride nor groom having any idea where they aro going. Tho idea is not new. For years many young peoplo have married without having any idea where they wore going or how they were going to get there when they did know. Thoy didn't have enough money to go to housekeeping. Xorri.ilown Herald. Some of tho "chain" or "progress ive" schemes for raising money would have curious results if carried out. For instance, ono of them calls upon "No. 1" to send ton cents, and send the appeal to ton othor persons, each of whom is to do likewise, tho process being repeated fifteen timos. Now if this "chain" should not bo broken it would reach 1.111,111,111,111,110 peo ple, an impossibility of course, and would net tho author of tho schomo $111.111,111,111,111. A7, Y. Tribune. Judge "Why did you attempt to throttle your friond, hero?" Prisoner "Ho called mo a liar." Judgo "What caused him to address that op probrious epithot to you?" Prisoner "I was telling him that my grand father is still living at tho ago of 107, and " Judge "That certainly offered him no excuse." Prisoner "I was tolling him that my grandfather is still living at tho ago of 107. and " Judgo "That cortalnly offered him no excuse." Prisoner "I wont on to say that my nged relative doesn't retain his hearing, oan't read without tho aid of glasses and is not in tho habit of walking ten miles or sawing three cords of wood bofore breakfast." Judgo "Then you aro a liar. Thoy all do." Life. The Extent of His Business. Some years ago tho lato N. J. Brad loo. of Boston, was aubnuinnod In a real-estate caso as an expert. Tho lawver on tho othor aido. not knowing him, undertook to counteract his testi mony and began cross-examining him as follows: "What did you say your business was, Mr. Bradloer "Well, I have charge of a good many trusts, mostly real estate," said Mr. Bradloo. "How much real estate have you over had charge of at ono timo?" "Well, I don't think 1 cm say oxactly." "But how much should you guess?" "I couldn't oven guess." "Well, sir, would you say it was flvo thousand dollars' worth?" "I should put it as high as that, cortalnly." "Would you put It as high as ton thousand dollars?" "Vos." "Fifteen thousand?" "Yes." 'Twenty-live thousand?" "Yos." Klftv thousand?" "Yos." "A hun dred thousand?" "Yos." "Five hun- lril thniiuand?" "Yes." "A mil lion?" "Yos." "Well, how many mil lions?" roard tho astonished lawyer. who only now began to discover that . m . tir II t i ho had caught a .tartar. "Hon, sain Mr. Iti-iulleo. verv coollv. "I told you at tho start I couldn't say, but, since vou insist on it, 1 will roughly estimate It at, say. a hundred millions." "You mnv stand dowu," bald tho attorney. a. r, rose. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. A Scotch geologist claims to have discovered in Scotland evidences to prove that tho earth lay for 150,000 years In a liquid state. Ono firm in Now York supplies electrical power to 150 different manu facturers, some of them ton miles from tho dynamo. This has replaced 107 steam engines. London Truth says that tho art of tho working goldsmith is disappearing, owing to the cheapness of diamonds. Kvory ono who buys an ornament in sists now upon precious stones, and es timates it rather by the value of tho stones than by tho beauty of tho work manship. Tho new explosivij now being man ufactured in Germany is called secunto. It is described as a granulated powder of a light yellow color, with an odor resembling that of bitter almonds. It is quickly manufactured, does not de teriorate and costs about tho same as dynamito and Is of nearly opial explo sive power. It can not be fired by fric tion, blow or jar, only strong fulminat ing caps producing the explosion. A new life-boat, which is supplied with a reservoir or oil in order to sup port bodies in tho water, is based on tho recent cases of successful expe riences with oil in overcoming the power of tho waves. Tho reservoir in this case is provided with an outlet, by means of which tho oil may escape automatically, no matter on which side tho lloat, or buoy, may bo turned when thrown Into tho water. A microscopic examination or a great number of specimens of ancient paper, dating back to tho eighth cen tury, has shown them to have been made, as now, from rags, and not from now fiber. Tho most common con structod is linen; but cotton, hemp, and animal fibers have also been detected. Furthermore, it is discovered that many of the samples aro "clayed" with starch paste. Iron, whon heated, bends very readily under weight, so that it can not be considered tho best of material for fireproof buildings. Stone, and especially granite, is very little better than iron to withstand the ravages of fire. Thero is no material, according to the best firo insurance authorities. that can bo used for construction equal to brick. It is tho opinion of both in suranco men and heads of fire depart ments that briek has stood the tost bet ter than any othor material. One of tho troublesomo questions which architects have never boon able to settle is tho placing of permanent foundations under largo buildings. Tho latest experiment, according to tho American Architect, is to cover beforo commencing tho footings tho entire area of tho excavation of tho building with a thick stratum of con croto. laid directly upon tho top of tho elav hard-nan. Tho depth of this courso is nearly two foot, and its ob ject is to strengthen tho clay that tho settlement may bo reduced to a mini mum. A recent analysis of tho potato shows that tho starch in tho tuber is chielly formed at a comparatively lato period of its growth. In an early stage tho experimenter found of ash 10.8 and of starch 10.4. Tho samo variety yielded whon near maturity but .70 of ash and 21.1 starch, showing that tho proportionate increase of starch toward the ond of tho growing season was very great. Thoro is much loss water in a potato tuber toward tho ond of its growth than in tho earlier stages. It is from these facts that "now" potatoes aro moro waxy than those that aro ripe." m PECULIAR CUSTOMS. How Competitive Kxiiiiiliiutlon Are Con ilticteil In China. At Foochow the candidates under- wont much suffering, and oven death. Ono man went mad directly ho saw tho themes, and cut himsolf nearly to pieces with broken bits of pottery; a second also lost his senses and began to oat mud. On the second day a can didate suit blood from over-exertion, and died. Each student was in a sep arate coll. which was hurriedly run up, without any proper raised place for tho men to sloop, so that many rolled off on tho damp ground and injured themsolvos, while ono was stung to death bv a nolsonous snako. Thou sands of students wont up for tho ex amination, but hundreds were plucked in tho preliminary boforo tho literary chancollor, who was exceptionally so voro this year. Tho present examina tion rules have beon in forco for over a contury, and are most strictly ob served, no district being allowed moro than a certain number of degrees. If any district offends, this number is re duced as a punishment; while next year additional numbers will bo allowed in honor of tho omnoror s marriage At each examination thoro aro two chief and two subordinate examiners. with a corns of eighteen readers, who go through all tho essays, and submit tho best only to their suporiors. Copy ists then transcribe these essays in red. Tho examiners aro shut up for flvo weeks. Hard-headed students, who can not got through aftor many offorts, aro accorded an 'honorary degree when thoy reach a venorablo ago 1. o., ovor ninety. Xurth China Herald. A Chicago Wild Flower. Magnzlno Editor Would you not llko to contribute an article to our sym posium on tho subject, "Is marringoa failure?" Literary Lady (from Chicago) O. Mr. Easyehalr, how could you think mo capable of venturing an opinion on such a subjeot? Homumber my youth nnd inexporlone. I am fetlll In my twunUas. and I have only bmtn married four tluioj .Y. i". M'tcAty. AMERICAN CANNIBALS. Missionary' Strnngn Stories About tlio Hudson Hitjr IimIIhim. Itov. EL W. Young, of Toronto, Can ada, has boon in ashlngton for a week telling largo audiences about tho Indians of tho Hudson Bay region. Having boon a missionary among these Indians tor twenty years, Mr. Young is competent to talk about them. Tho Hudson Bav section is like a sealed book to a great many people anil Mr. Young tells some interesting facts. He penetrated the country for hundreds of miles., using a skill in summer and a dog team in winter. 'The Indians of Hudson Bay," said Mr. Young to a reporter, "aro very much like tho American Indians in general appearance. Thoy aro not at all like- the Esquimaux. They live in wigwams and spend their lives hunting and fishing. Many of them were can nibals. It wns their custom also to kill the aged and decrepit as soon as they got too old to spare a rabbit or catch a fish. "Were-you ever attacked?" "The medicine men and conjurers . i tr 1 wero mose iroin wnicn i suuoieu most. Thev made their living by preying upon tho superstitions of the Indians, and as my teachings neces sarily broke tip their business thoy wanted to kill me." "How is tho climate there." "In the winter it is exceedingly-cold, tho thermometer often ranging from forty to sixty degrees bolow zero. I'hl8 is how wo dressed," and Mr. Young removed from his truuks a heavy leather coat, made of tanned moose skins and prettily trimmed with beads. Attached to tho coat was a lire bag. also of leather, in which a Hint and stone wero carried. Pants and moccasins and a heavy beaver skin, which ho said was also used as a chest protector, wero also produced. "But," ho continued, "it is not al ways winter more. aooui mreo months and a half in tho year, begin ning at the last of May and continu ing until early in September, is beau tiful summer. 1 have known tho thor mometor to got up as high as ono hun dred degrees." "Tlio only white people In tho sec Hon," said Mr. Young, aro fur traders, and no whisky or alcohol at all is al lowed to bo sold to the Indians. This is one reason why wo have beon sue cessful. Canada has never had an In dian war in all its history. Instead of fighting them wo educate them." Mr. Young added that thoro are now bo tweon 1.000 and 7,000 Christian In dians in tho Hudson Bay country. Washinyton 1'ost. IN-DOOR ATHLETICS. IIor to Keep l' the Muscle and Ueiiltli In Winter-Time. Cold weather and stormy days pro vont most men from taking their no customed exercise during tho wintor months. Out-door sports are abandoned from necessity. Base-ball, cricket, ten nis, rowing and athletic sports of track and ring aro impossible, and unloss in door exorcise is taken up the muscles bocomo soft and flabby, and tho general health of the man suffers. Young men engaged in ofllco work and othor confining occupations spe cially feel tho loss of tfioir summer sports. How to keep tho physical man in condition from now until the warm days of spring mako outdoor sports possible, is the thought upper most in many minds. If ono has room for suitable appara tus at homo, ho should dovoto half an hour to vigorous exorciso both morn ing and evening. Lifting machlnos, Indian clubs and dumb-bells tako up vory little room oxcopt when in use then thoy should bo given wide rango. Tho variety of movements with tho clubs and dumb-bolls that may bo learned, with a little Instruction, is so groat that every muscle in tho body is brought into play. Tho lifting machino, which consists of two weights attached to ropos run ning ovor pulleys and lifted by means of wooden handles at tho ends of tho ropes, affords excellent gonoral oxer ciso. Tho motion of rowing, striking, pulling and lifting may bo varied in a numbor of ways, and by sitting on a low stool a nd placing tho feet in the handles tho logs may bo exercised. If ono is a member of an athlotlo club whore thoro is a good gymnasium ho will do well to tako a regular course of gymnastics, devoting a certain amount of timo every day to tho work, Bowling Is good exercise for tho mus cles that it brings into uso, but should not bo roliod upon for gonoral develop ment. An excellent plan for wintor oxor- clso Is to go through a courso of box ing lessons. Sparring is ono of tho best forms of gonoral exorcise that can bo followed. It gives work to every musclo, trains tho oyo and makes the boxer agilo on his feet and quick with his hands. Aside from tho exorcise it affords, boxing is an accomplishment that Is of value to every ono. Ar, 1. Mail and Kzirest. A Debtor's Clear Logic. "Could you manage to pay mo what you owe moP" asked one traveling man of another, "Yes, I might, but you may as well wait for it." I llko your coolness." "My dear follow, you aro really hot ter off as it Is. You don't doubt that I tfm going to pay you this money, do you?" "Not tho slightest" "And If I wero to give it to you now, I would only borrow it again." "That's moro than likoly." "And tho next time I borrowed it I might not pay vou at all. So you seo, yen nru safer as Ilia." Merchant Truth tlsr. JAPANESE WRESTLERS, I The Highly AimiMng Way In Which. They Conduct Themselves. One of tho chief amusements of tho Japanese are wrestling matches. These t are always taking place ani attract largo crowds. The wrestlers, strange to say, train to put on fat. rather than to tako it off, and the stomachs of some of them aro simply enormous, Around these they wear a large band, which is intended for the opponent to catch, hold of, I think; at least ho generally does, and. otherwise, there woul.l bo no sense in having them so strong. This baud and small pieces of cloth around tho waist and loins form tho wrestling costume. I hose wrestling matches have something of a religious character to them, as both sides before com mencing go through a cvrtain cere mony, as if imploring the aid. of their patron saint, and then throw a little rice into the ring, which is about six teen or' twenty feet around, and is marked out by a circle of raised dirt. Each contestant has a referee, then there Is always an umpire who, to judgo from tho richness of ms costume and tho airs ho gives himself, is the most important personage of them all. The- wrestlers themselves- are very amusing in tho amount of style they put ou. Always beforo beginning they go through certain motions supposed to limber tho muscles and joints. Yottho wrestling, to nny brought up ono as wo have been to matches taxing tho nerve, wind, endurance and muscle of tho contestants, appears a perfect farce. In tho first place, any kind of a throw counts, provided only tho man touches the ground; second, if you push or back a man outside tho ring it counts tho samo as a fall; third, if in tlio space of minute and a half the wrestlers fall to throw ono another, or to push ono or tlio otnor out. oi mo ring, men tho umpire stops them, first noticing . . . . . . .i carefully the hold each ono has. Then thoy go to their corners and rest, and a drink of water is brought to them, with which thoy rinse out their mouths. After waiting a few seconds tho um pire calls thorn in to tho middlo of tho ring and sees that each ono has oxactly tlio samo hold that he had boforo being separated. Tills goes on until ono has been thrown or pushed out of tho ring, which may tako from twenty minutes to half an hour, during which timo tho crowd Is in tlio wildest state of excite mont. I wonder what thoy would think could thoy see ono of our Grioco Koman matches, which if moro brutal In the way of hurting ono another, is certainly much more interesting and ox olting to watch, and demands moro agility and strength. The place whore these matches tako place is gen erally surrounded by a woodon gallery holding many persons, and having seats for moro underneath. This Is mako of wood, not nailed together, but simply bound together with straw, yet it seems to hold perfectly. Cor. Chicaijo Journal. m NATURAL GAS SUPPLY. The Trauafer of the Industry from I'onn nylvunlii to Ohio. Tho supply of gas scorns to be abun dant although rumors to tho contrary aro biting circulated. Tho largest sup ply well in the world was recently bored near Fiudlay, Ohio, producing 82,000,000 cubic feet of gas por diem, tho largest ono in that vicinity hereto fore producing 15,000,000 cubic foot. Astonishing and valuable discoveries have been mado recently in tho lino of making gaa from crude petroleum that bids fair to bocomo a rival of natural gas as regards expense, and utility. It is claimed by several parties that thoy can produce it at a cost of from ono to threo cents por 1,000 cubic feet and to prove tlnlr good faith ono of those companies has recently purchasod a gas plant in ono of tho Ohio cltlos nnd has contracted to furnish tho city with gas for flvo cents por 1,000 and this plant Is to bo running within tho next 30 days. Chicago capitalists aro con nected with this enterprise. Tlio suc cessful manufacture of fuel gas from crude petroleum would become im monsoly valuable to custom manufac turers and thoso of points remote from largo fuel supplies. Thoro appears to bo a difference in tho quality of natural gas as thoro is in crude petroleum, tho sulphurous olo mont varying lit quantity with tho dif ferent localities and tho extent of Its iniurioiiB oxvdizlng effect on tho con fining valvos is yet to bo ascertained There aro millions of gallons of Ohio oil stored in tanks which as yotaro not available for illuminating purposes on account of tho excessive quantity of sulphur itcontains. Tho Pennsylvania oil containing a smaller quantity of sulphur Is readily and easily soparated into several valuable articles of uso but tho great affinity of sulphur for tho Illu minating oil in tiio Ohio crude oil creatos an obstacle which is as yet in surmountable. At ono roflnory several hundred thousand dollars have been expended in exporimiints with a a vlow to purifying tho Ohio oil, but as yet thoy have beon unsuccessful. Tills oil Is at present used chlofly for fuol pur poses. 'I hero is no groat reason to doubt tho decllno of the oil wells of Pennsylvania, and the gonoral transfer of tho indus try to Ohio. Tho dally production of tho Pennsylvania and Now York fluids has fallen from 100,000 barrels, to IJ, OOObarrols. Tho rich Holds along Oil Creek in tho vicinity of Bradford aro nearly dry, and tho laud is being reclaimed for farming purposes. Tho Ohio fields must bocomo tho contor of tho petroleum industry. Many prac tical men assert that the State can give u dally yield of 100,000 barrels. Men are at work ovory day removing tho tanks to Ohio soil. Cor. Albany (N. Y.J Journal. D TCTriON EST Y IN HAYTf. An .nierlran Itrliites How lie Secured Cmilriict In the Ulnrk Republic well-known Government officer. wm, once had business relations with Haytl. tells this story of tho way in which things used to bo- nm In tho black republic: "Some years ago t was in tho lum ber business, and had quite an exten sive trade with Haytl. On ono of my periodical trips to the island I found that the lVesident wanted anew palace, wmI after a good deal of bickering I secured the job. The palace was to cost $1,000,(0). I sent for an architect, ana when he arrived wo wont to work on tho plans. Judgo of my surprise when was told that tho palaco was to be constructed entirely of wood, and that the only metal-work about it was to be- tho roof and cornices, which were to bo of galvanized iron ami painted in bright colors. While 1 was wondering how It would Ikj possiblo to use $1,000.01)0 in the construction of such a building, tho Secretary of tho Treasury came to me, and through an interpreter intimated that he should oxpeot a little commission on the job, which he modestly put at $100,000. Appreciating that this was one of tho customs of tho country which it would be well for a foreigner to comply with, 1 mado no objection and promised him his commission. As soon as ho had gono away happy tho Minister of War was ushered in. and aftor having thrown his arms around my neck and kissed mo on both cheeks ho delicately conveyed to mo the information that it was usual in a caso of this kind to drop a slight remembrance into tho hands of tho head of tho War Department, and that $ 100,000 was about tho sizo of his pile. Of courso I promised that, too, and then waited for further dovolop monts. Vory soon ono of tho numerous Generals attached to the staff of the President called, and gave me to un derstand that his oxcellonoy must bo seen. It would take, 1 learned, $150, 000 to Moo' his excellency; but of courso I wasn't going to let a trillo like 'hat stand in my way of securing a fat t-ontrnct. So I gladly promised the foo. "Well, to make a long story short, there wero so many palms to bo groasod that when every body s wants had boon provided for tho $1.00J,000 for tho con struction of tho palace had dwindled down to a quarter of that sum. I instructed my architect accord ingly, and expected to realize $100,- 1)00 profit out of tho transac tion. Meanwhile tho Haytlan Gov ernment had been negotiating a loan of $1,000,000 in Paris for 'internal im provements,' and word was received that tho first installment was on its way. Tho fact that thoro was a good round sum In hard cash coming was sufficient to Incite revolution. Thoro was a revolution, and my friends, tho ministers, wero turned out of office. some of them getting shot In tho oper ation. I saw that the era of economy and reform had struck tho benighted country, and that tho idea of a palaco had vanished llko a dream. So 1 loft Port an Prince as soon as possiblo, and took tho first steamer back to the United States." N. Y. Times. GENERAL CLUSERET. A Mull Wlme 1.1 to History- Head I.lka Tlint (if Huron Miiiiclinuseii. Probably no living man can boast of a career moro widly romantlo than that of Gonoral Clusorot, the rocontly elected Deputy to tho French Assem bly. A truo sketch of his llfo would belittle tho adventures of tho Baron llunchauson, Clusorot proved himself a bravo and a brilliant soldloron many fields. Ho sorved in Africa, in tho German war, in the Italian war, in tho war of tho rebolllon in this country, and in tho fighting of the Paris Com mune. Ho was a war correspondent under an assumed namo during tho fighting In Egypt. Sovoral of his lot tors appeared in tho Sun, in which ho denounced Lord Wolsoly as a military humbug, and tho movemont on Tel el Koblr as a marcho Instead of a march. Ills eligibility is now questioned on tho ground that ho is an Amorlcan cit izen. Ho contends that in 1870, whon ho returned to Franco to fight tho Ger mans, ho became onco moro a French man, and wont through all tho legal requirements to that end; but on tho other hand it is said that thoro aro some legal formalities which ho neg lected, and that consequently ho is barred out by tho code. In tho third volumo of his Memoirs ho says: "If I received by my birth and merltod by my military services in Africa and In tho Crimen the titlo of Frenchman, I have also won that of an American citi zen on tho battle-fields of Virginia. I might have claimed, under similar cir cumstances, tho right to belong to tho Italian family, If In Italy tho quality of a citizen was not smothered under tho term subject. Tho timo will como. I hope, whon public esteem will not bo measured by tho numbor of crosses and metals on a uniform, but upon tho number of nationalities acquired for Mirvleos rondorod." Clusorot is certainly an interesting follow, and doubtless wo will hoar from him again boforo long. Ar. Y. Sun, "What's tho matter?" excitedly asked a passerby as a throng of hat loss, wild-eyed men came tumbling out through tho front door of a concort hall. "Has a lire broke looso In thoro?" "Worsea thousand tlmos!" yelled one of the men. "An amateur elocutionist has broken loosol"--CVn'ca(70 Tribune -' - Cases have boon observed of restor ation of tho voice aftor a considerable destruction of vocal chords. It seems to show that they aro mere duplicat uros of elastic membrane and not apo dal btructurc Food JJcaWi Honthly,