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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1889)
0 SALARIES OF EDITORS. Somo r the Mmi Vh Unw Drawn rrlzrs In tho .Iiiuriiiilltle Lottery. "I think every young man and woman In this town wants to go into journalism.1' The speaker wn ono of the best known managing editors in N ew York city, and he passed his hand over his troubled brow as ho spoke. "I pot about forty applications per day from men and women who want to becomo journalists and the proprietor of this paper gets twice as many more. A young man whom I know to bo making $100 a week in tho dry goods business camo to me this morning and offered to work for $23 per week as a reporter. It makes mo a tritlo weary. Jf these young men and women knew how many blanks there are in this lot tery and how few pri.es drawn they would quit." This managing editor was in a bad "humor, but he was all right as to fact". There isn't a newspaper ollk-o in town that isn't Hooded with applieations for work. The prizes in Now York jour nalism are few. You are reasonably sure of drawing a blank protty nearly every time. Thoro are more than 1.000 hard-working newspaper men in New York City. Outsido of their own offices and tho Now York Press Club, not a dozen of thorn are known to the general public. Those who are known outsido of Now York could almost bo counted upon the fingers of a single baud. The men who have drawn prizes can not themselves tell how they did it. All they know is that they started at tho bottom and got thoro somehow. Three of tho brightest working news paper men in Now York to-day and, singularly enough, their proper names begin with tho same letter "C" John A. Coekerill, Amos Cummings, and Foster Coatos, started from tho printer's case. The latter, just about tho time when his trade was learned, and while still a boy, was insulted by a superior, and in an unconscious but happy mo ment, throw about a pound of lead type in his face. Ho was discharged, be came a reporter, and is now a loading managing editor. When asked tho other day how he camo to succeed ho said laughingly: "I hardly know, but I think that hand ful of typo did it." This is not intended to encourage printers' devils to tlnw typo around, but as an illustration. Charles A. Dana is perhaps tho most famous of tho men who have drawn prizes. As editor of tho Sun ho draws a salary of .23.000 per year and from other sources his incomo is swelled to about $130,000 per year, upon which ho manages to livo very comfortably, aided by a Fronch cook whoso income is bigger than that of a Congressman. Dana began on tho New York Tribune at a salary of $12 per week. Ho started in a small way trom a town in tho inte rior of Ohio. Joseph Pulitzer, of tho World, is snid to clear $2,000 per day. Ho is not u "working journalist now, but not many years ago he was an ordinary reporter in St. Louis, and they say ho was a hustler, too. Whitolnw Raid, as a mattor of form, draws a salary of some $1-1,000 per year from tho Tribune, but his incomo from his stock in tho paper is several times this amount, and he is tho son-in-law of 1). O. Mills. Those aro about tho only editors-in-chief who are known outsido of Now York. There aro three or four more who draw good salaries, but they are not known to the general public. John A. Coekerill is one of tho work ing managing editors and newspaper men and draws a salary of $13,000 per year from tho World and has an inter est in it besides. Coekerill was a typo and fought his way up from tho ranks. Amos Cummings is said to have an incomo of $15,000 per year. Ho was n compositor and a privato in the Union army during tho rebellion, and ho, too, camo from tho bottom up to where ho is now. Chester A. Lord, tho managingoditor of tho Sun, has a salary of $7,500 per year. He started on a small paper in tho interior of tho Stato and had to work hard for success. But ho Is little known outsido of Now York. George F. Spinney, as managing editor of tho Now York Times, has a salary of about $7,000 per year. But ho has boon a hard-working journalist nil his lifo and tho salary is not so much. He, too, is little known outsido of New York. Fostor Coatos, of tho Mail and Ex press is ono of the youngest but best known of New York newspaper men, and as lias boon before stated, ho started as a printer's dovil. Ho gets about tho sumo salary that tho other managing editors do. lhoro aro prob ably fifty or sixty men who aro simply writers like Blakoly Hall and Julian Ralph, who earn anywhero from $50 to $150 per week, but, with tho exception of tho men named and four or livo more they aro never hoard or spoken of, ex cept in their own homos and circles. N. Y. Cor. Chicago Times. Tho total wool production of the world Is estimated at 2,000,000,000 pounds. Australia is tho heaviest pro ducer, coining to tho front with 455, 570,000 pounds; then tho United States, 5)07,588,000 pounds: tho Argontino Bo public, 283.017,000 pounds; Russia, 252.000,000; Great Britain, 185.000.000. All tho othor countries range each bo low 100,000,000. m Tho small boy whoso unwiso father has given him a drum and a tin burn for Christmas, somahow or oUmr never booms to be the boy that breaks through the thin Ice whan ho goes out skat'i-? -SouwrvlHe Jouruui. "Mr. Howscr, what on earth nils you?" I demanded. "Where have you bc'i?" "Down stairs after the paregoric." "Did you upset a chair?" "Yes. I do believe you thought burglars wero in the house, and you got up and hid behind the door." "You bcllevo that, do you?" ho shouted, as he bravely walked around and looked over the banister. " ell, thero is something verv queer about it." "Mrs. Bowser," ho said, coming back to me, "you have cast reflections on my personal courage! Your object is to humble me! You know I was after n. y revolver, but you chose to oast a slur where another would have praised I was thinking of diamonds lor your Christmas presents. I shall think no more, l ou won't oven get a hair-pin from mo ! Three or four weeks paseed nwav, and ono evening he came home with a couple of tickets for tho theater and nested that wo go. We went. II (I d not like the play; somebody stole his gloves, and we missed tho last car and had to walk a mile and half, lie restrained himself for the first half mile, and then tho explosion had to explode. "Airs, isowser. no began, "tins is tho last time you will ever make a fool of mo!" "Why, what have I done?" "Done! Didn't you drag mo off to tho theater and bring this result about?" "No, sir. It was you who first sug gested our going." "It was. eh? That remark settles you, Mrs. Bowser. I was thinking of a pair of bracelets and a sealskin sacq'jo for Christmas, but I shall think no moro no more! If you get oven a paper of pins you may bo thankful." About tho first of December Mr. Bowser went down collar ono evening after a scuttloof coal. On coming up ono ear of the bail gave way and upset the scuttle, and Mr. Bowser was thrown oil' his balance and went to tho foot of the stairs. I was in tho second story and know nothing of the mishap until ho came limping up stairs and shouted: "Why didn't you toll mo that ear was looso?" "Because I didn't know it." "No, you didn't know it because you haven't tho least interest in what goes on about this house! Hero 1'vo gone and almost killed myself on account of your carelessness!" "I'm very sorry." "Oh, yes. I presume so, but that won't count. Don't expect any Christ mas gift from me, Mrs. Bowser not a ono for you won't got oven a shoe string!" A week boforo Christmas Mr. Bow ser suddenly Hung down his paper ono evening and ran to the back door to count tho strokes of a fire alarm. Ho was in a rush, and there was ice on the stops, and tho result was ho got a tumblo which toro his coat, omptied his pockets and skinned his shanks. Ho didn't say a word, much to my sur prise, until ho got back into the house and looked to see if all tho doors wero closed. 'J hen ho stood beforo mo and sternly said: "I believe that was a plot to kill me oil." "Pshaw, Mr. Bowser!" "Oh, you can 'pshaw,' and 'pshaw,' until doomsday, but I know what I know. You know that ieo was thero and you know I would meet with a fall." "Did I ring that flro bell?" "Did you try to stop mo as I wont out? I had looked around a little to seo about a watch for a Christmas gift, but this settles it. Don't expect any thing from me, Mrs. Bowser." And yet Santa Clans brought mo lots of nieo gifts, and Mr. Bowser was as happy as anyone in Mio houso over tho fact. Indeed, ho put his arm around mo and said: "I'd llko to havo bought a lot of other things, but monoy is a bit tight just now, you know." Tho dear old soul ! but I wonder what sort of a club ho is going to hold over mo from now to tho Fourth of July! Detroit Free Press. m "How much will you givo mo on this overcoat?" asked a seedy-looking man of the functionary in tho pawn broker's shop. "Fifty cents," was tho roply that followed a glaneo at tho garment. "You ought to givo mo a couplo of dollars, anyhow. Tho coat ain't worth loss than $15." "My friendt, I vouldn't givo you $G vor dot ofergoat. It ain't vordt it, so hollup mo gracious." "Would you tako $0 for it if it was yours?" "My friendt, I would tako $5 for dot ofergoat." "All right, hero's your five. It was hanging out in front of tho store, and I brought it in to seo how much it was worth." Merchant Traveler. Wo havo been repeatedly asked why wo did not open on tho G. & S. railroad for its slow time, miserable old cars, rough road, high rates and genorally Incompotcnt service. It is because wo havo boon expecting an annual pass from tho road. Wo ap plied for it threo months ago, but havo heard nothing as yot. Wo aro nearing tho limit If that pass is not hero in side of a fortnight we .shall sound our buglo in a manner to inako tho offi cials of tho road wish they had never boon born. Arizona Kicker. m An Alloshony man who found a pearl in tho oyster s&ip showed it to his wlfo and asked: "Isn't that prQt'jj'?" "Yos," she replied, "soup-poarl-ativo so." Pittsburgh Chronlclo- Tolograph. Woman's t-phqro that sho won't get u rich husband. A JOURNEY TO VENUS. How I. one It Would Tako n l'Ht KxprriD Train to Hrncli tho lMnnct. Let us for a moment suppose certain railways to bo built: one around tho world in a perfect circle, others to var ious points in the solar system And wo will further supiKiso that the trains on tho railways could bo kept going at the rate of sixty miles an hour for any required length of time, that their passengers could do without food or could bo supplied with an abundance of it; that tho bodies of such passen gers could bo made capable of endur ing tho various changes of air, tem perature and other climatic conditions to which they would bo exposed. And on our world thi-s kind of travel would bo comparatively easy, and would tako next to no time. In twenty four hours the passenger could travel 1,410 miles, or considerably farther than from New York to Chicago. In forty-eight hours he could travel as far as from Boston to Lit erpool; and in less than seventeen days he could go round the world. But, a regards the journeys in space, a difficulty in must eases insuperable would stand in tho way. In order to visit any but a very few of the nearest bodies in space, the travelers on our celestial railways would need to have their lives very greatly prolonged. Were they to set Out for any distant part of the system, they all would die beforo they had fairly begun their journey. A voyage to tho moon, to Venus or to Mars would, under the above conditions, bo possible; to any other body in the sys tem it would be impossible. Tho journey to tho moon would bo comparatively short. Our companion is distant about 240,000 miles; or, in round numbers, its distance contains ten times as many miles as are con tained in tho earth's circumference. Traveling at the rate of sixty miles an hour, and never stopping, it would tako between 10(1 and 107 days to reach the journoy's end. Compared wiMi other heavenly distances, tins !s a more nothing; but compared with the distances aetuallv traversed by tho average man, it is very great indeed. Few over travel at sixty miles an hour. and then only for short periods, and at considerable intervals. Many, prob ably tho majority, of those who livo to a good old ago cover less than 2 10,000 miles during their whole lives. A great traveler might do it in, say, fif teen years. For oven a conductor or engineer of an express train, it would require several years. Let us now tako a trip to tho planet Venus, our next nearest neighbor This will bo a much moro formidable umlortalcing. o havo seen that a succession of the longest journeys over this earth would form but short and passing episodes in a lifetime. Wo have seen that, on one of our imaginary railways, the traveler could circle tho world in less than three weeks. Wo have seen, not only that a journey to tho moon is quito possible to tho passen gers by our celestial railway, but that equal and oven greater distances aro often traveled on earth. But a trip to Venus would bo a very different matter. Venus, as already stated, is about 20, 000,000 miles away; or, at sixty milos an hour, without stopping, sho is dis tant a journey not of threo wooks, or six months, but of somo fifty years. un tno imaginary railway, such a journey would bo possible, for a great many porsons livo longer than fifty years. But in real lifo no ono over has traveled, and no ono over will travel, any thing like so far. No human boing over has traveled 5,000,000 miles; and it is safe to say that no ono over will To complete this measuro of journey ing would requiro an avorago of 100, 000 milos a year for fifty years. Some few, perhaps, in all their lives, may havo traveled 1,000,000 miles, but theso aro probably very rare excep tions. So wo seo that no ono over has traveled moro than a small part of the distanco to Venus. Yot, compared with other bodies in tho system, this star may bo said to bo almost a next door neighbor. D. C. Robertson, in St. Nicholas. Bees in New Zealand. A considerable quantity of Gorman rod clover is annually Imported Into Now Zealand, whoro it flourishes, but has not hithorto riponod sufficiently to yield seed for reproduction. This has been oxplninod by tho absonco of those fructifying insects which, it is well known, contribute so much in Kuropo to tho propogation of many kinds of plants. In 1885 a parcel of ono hun dred wild bees was imported from England, and set froo in tho neighbor hood of Lyttloton. Thoy multiplied greatly, spreading over a considerable district, and already tho farmers near Lyttloton woro able last season to gather and make uso of clover seed from their own Holds. London Times. A story is related of a raw High lander, frosh from tho heather, who put up at an inn at Perth, and shared his bed with a negro. Somo coffeo room jokers having blackened his face during tho night, when ho was called, as ho desired, very early noxt morn ing, and got up, ho saw tho reflection of his face in tho mirror, and ox claimed in a rage: "Tuts, tuts! tho silly body hus awakened tho wrang man." Ooneral Goorgo A. Shorldan, tho lecturer, political orator and wit, has a superstition, at which ho laughs and scoffs, but which is as inflexible as law in its regulation of his habit. If Is happons to don a stocking or garment wrong side out ho will wear it IiPthat muntiur until tho closo of tho day, or, If it bo an outer garment, exchange It for another. I SPEAKING NEWSPAPERS. I Kdlaou' l.tot Iilrn Htiil Kmllo llrrlltier'o .Mitrrrlnit (Irnmiiphiino. The latest development of the phon ograph is a project of Thonia- A. Kd lson, the Inventor, to produce a ma chine that shall tell tho news of tho preceding day by word of mouth, and be in effect a talking newspaper. Con densed reports of interesting events will bo "talked into" tho instrument, which will record what is said on tho wax cylinder or phonogram. Tho phonogram will then be duplicated in electro plates, which can bo distrlli utcd and used in the phonographs of subscribers. Tho laiest development of talking machines is tho gramophone, which differs materially from the phonograph and the graphophono. It is tho inven tion of Emile Berliner, who recently gave a private exhibition of its pow ers in this city. In this machine a ro tary motion is given to n thin disk of metal, eleven inches in diameter, cov ered with a very delicate etching ground, on which a stylus presses lightly and traces tho waves of speech, or other sounds, that enter tho mouth piece. The plate is then put into an aeld bath, and in a few minutes the re cord is etched into tho metal and will last as long as tho plate. For com mercial purposes a medium of sealing wax can bo used, upon which treat ment with alcohol fixes tho record in fifteen seconds. At tho exhibition hero reproduced playing of a German band filled tho room. Mr. Berliner said that at an exhibition given in Washington it was distinctly heard ly five hundred per sons. The accuracy of pitch was some what unpleasantly evident. It must have been toward tho end of tho day when tho strains of tho Gorman band floated into tho mouthpiece, and tho leader was probably weary, for his tone was undeniably fiat and spasmodic. But tho lldolity of tho re production was beyond question, and all the shakes and gradations of tone wero distinctly given. "Marching Through Georgia" was rendered with lino effect. A test was made by Mr. Berliner to show tho accuracy of re produced language, and tho history of Ilumpty Dumpty's groat final catas trophe was Immediately heard and recognized word for word. The striking characteristic of tho in strument is power. In somo cases, however, thero was a slightly burring sound. When Mr. Berliner's attention was called to this, ho explained that this was tho fault ol the medium. De taching tho stylus from the instrument, lie drew it over tho back of tho metal record disk. Tho sound lacked dis tinctness. Ho then passed the stylus over tho window pane, and tho differ ence was striking; tho sound whs now clean cut, soft and almost musical. "I shall soon havo a plato of vitro ous material," ho said, "and then my maehino will bo perfect." Though tho gramophono Is Intended for commercial use, its immediate mis sion, Mr. Berliner thinks, is to pro vide a moans of amusement for coneort halls or parlors, which will bo always available J ho hostess "has a few friends," and has no ono to sing for them. A disk of Pattl in La Sonnain bula, or Gerstor in Lucia, is put into tho instrument, and every ono is do- lighted. If a little Instrumental music is wanted, Josoffy, on a Liszt rhapsodio, will probably fill tho bill. If tho young peoplo want a dance, tho latest waltz, rendered in tho most approved fash ion, may bo reproduced. No turning of the handle is necos nary, as a small electric motor can bo used, and tho gramophone will go on playing as long as it is wanted. N. Y. Commercial-Advertiser. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Ouotulilo I.Iiiok I'rom (Icnrrul I. on- Will liiro'H I'lity "CimiimkmIiik." Somo watchful god muy pity take, anil show A way to triumph yet, and bolter hopo. Act I., Scent l. An angry woman novor won a man. ACT I., Scene 1. Gods, how tho minutes strotoh Themselves to lingering hours In plague of euch As watt at great men's doors, und on tliolr moods Kxpcctant hangl ACT II., Scene 1. Ay, givo ft thought. Hut cap tho thinking with the Instant deed. ACT II Scene 1. I'vo picked tho bones Of labor white. ACT II., Scene I, Then there Is such thing as lovo? ACT II., Scene 2. Truo lovo, as you will find, has gone to blue the sky and suit tho sea. ACT II., Scene 2. Onco I heard It said, does ono llcgln a lie, his tongue tho truckling used, The doors of hell with knocking ring for him; Hut does ho worso tukos ho u pen to wrlto A lie that It may livo, why then of choice He sits already on a devil's bunch. Hnd plies a trado to suit his company. ACT III., Scene J. TIs very bad When out of folly good can not bo had. ACT III., Scene I, Tho Northman's hand Is hard: not so his heart. Act III., Scene. ""W a wlfo. if only sho Ho good and loving, bides near Heaven's gate To let her husband In. ACT IV., Scene 1. Tho meed of ft fool's tonguo Is a fool's death. ACT IV., Scene I. Bo It Is With men. Thoy will not learn that lovo Is most A woman wants, and givo her that, and chango Is what sho prays against. ACT IV., Ecene J, You know thero aro Who dash you with their doubts, and crawl ing go To tasks heroic. I do stamp them vllo. For look you all, my brethren, thoy havo want Of minds resolved; and In the heated soothe Of action, when tho winging chances all The ilercer fan their pinched and four-washed cheeks, " And comes tho crisis with Its thunder-clap. They stop to think, and with themtelvesdebato; And thon the gods ao hiss, and slip their dooms, And sh&ot thjni swift Into the weakling's hell ALT V.. Htene I, Harper's Majfdzlu. MUTILATED MONEY. Tim Work Allrnillnc It Itcilrui-.tlnrt nl tlii New York Suli.Trei.uiry. "What shall 1 do with this tea-dollar bill?" Tho speaker held in his hand a legal tender note isaued somo time during the recent war. It bore all the marks of time-honored wear and tea'. Tho latter was even more conspicuous, as tho numerous creases made by its many holders had worn themselves through and even tho edges of the note had be come badly frayed. Its color wn. so disguised with the dirt of handling that it required close observation to de termine what it was. It had been of fered to many tradesmen, but thoj had ono and all refused to accept, it in pay ment for goods. Yet it was a good representative of value roc lived by tho 1'nlted states Government, which prom ised on it to pay the amount of ton dol lars on demand. After repeating tho above question more than oirv. a by stander suggested that t should be taken to tho Sub-Treasu y on Wall street and thero the owner could find out If it could bo re. loomed. The sug gestion was followo.l. Thero tho holder wa.i tendered, without hesitation, bright, new and crisp bills of a smaller denomination in exchange. A reporter, who was standing nevr, asked if such exchange was a common occurrence. Tho superintendent of tho mutilated money department, Mr. George W. Marlor, said: "It would almost seem as if all the mutilated currency of thocountry came through this Sub-Treasury. We never receive loss than about sf 150.000 worth in a day and often the amount exceeds S'.'OO.OOO. Tho notes, or 'bills,' as they aro more frequently called, aro pre sented in all stage of mutilation, caused by hard usage In handling. Merchants and bankers send us tho largest amounts. Thoy receive them, if any-way decent, from their custo mers and thou send thorn here for re demption." "Do you got many in as bad con dition as that just presented?" "Yes, very of tor. But thoy genor ally come as this one -lid, singly. Notes that havo boon saturated with water from some cause are often prosonted for redemption. There is no occasion for any person to lose mouoy through mutilation or othor damage if tho notes are only distinguishable, When pre sented for redemption thoy will be al ways exchanged with now United States notes of such denominations as tho owner may desire." "What do you do with mutilated notes?" "Thoy aro sorted and dono up in packages of tho different denomina tions. A thousand notes usually form a bundle. If ono-dollar bills.it will represent $1,000; if two-dollar bills, $2,000, and so on. Tho work of sorting is dono by dorks specially assigned to tho duty. Should thoy detect, iw thoy occusionally do, counterfeits In any paekago sont by a bank or merchant, they are thrown out branded and sont back to tho person from whom they camo. When tho mutilated notes aro done up in tho bundles thoy aro packed solidly in a largo, covered basket and sont to Washington to undergo tho pro cess of maceration." "Do you tako any account of tho mutilated notes by their numbors?" "Wo would have no time to do that. When it in considered how many aro handled each day, it will bo easily seen that such a process would requiro a larger force of clerks than could bo spared for tho purpose. This may, howovor, lio dono in Washington, bo foro tho notes aro destroyed." N. Y. Mall and Express. ,M THE BLACK FOREST. U'lure It Is Situated hihI Why It Ilo- colvnil Its I'outillur Niiine. The Black Forest Is tho namo givon to tho wooded mountain chain in tho southwestern part of Germany, travers ing tho provinces of Baden and Wur lomborg, and forming tho eastern boundary of part of tho basin of tho Rhino. It is about ninety milos long, and in It a number of important rivers havo their source, the largest of which aro tho Danube, tho Ncekar and tho Wlosson. Tho chain consists of olovated plains or tableland, tho summits of which aro covorod with snow during eight months of tho year. Below this aro scatterod groves of plnosand bench trees, and those aro succeeded by tho donso forosts of fir, which covor all tho middlo and lower parts of the moun tains, from whoso dark aspect was do rived tho namo of tho range "Black Forest." Tho greatest elevation of tho range Is near tho sourco of tho Wlos son, whore Is tho famous defile called Hollo (Hoi!) pass, a narrow valloyshut In by lofty mountains, which Is eolo brated in history and legend." Through this puss General Moroau led his army In his masterly rotrctt in 17Do, in tho very face of two powerful armies. Tho highest point of the Black Forest is tho Foldborg, which is -1,850 foot above tho lovol of tho sea. Tho mineral Bprlngs of tho Black Forest aro very famous, especially those of Wild bad and Baden-Baden. J hero aro also mines of precious motals in tho moun tains. The soil on tho mountain side Is genorally sterile and tho climate sovoro, but tho lower western slopo3 aro studded with vineyards, and thero are many picturesque and fruitful valloys. The inhabitants of tho Black Forest aro largely engaged in tho rearing of cattle, and tho manufacture of articles ol wood, clocks, music boxos and toys of all kinds. Chicago Inter Ocean. - A prominent citizen of Fresno, Cal., has started n 'possum furm. He has procured a carload of tho animals from Mibsourl. HELPING ONE ANOTHER. How tho Now York Nowslioys Assist Their . llllml Comrade. All the milk of human kindness is not to bo found in tho hearts of tho great and prosperous. Down among the little gamins of Newspaper row exists a charity as sweet and springing from as pure motives ns Is any carried on by the great incorporated Institu tions and societies which grace thia city. If tho busy throng which crowd tfcit thoroughfare had tlmo to notica any thing, they would seo several times each day somo poor blind unfortunato being led through thj intricacies of tho crowd by one of thoso grotesque, ragged urchins whose cry of "Las terdishun" is heard there from sunriso until after darkness settles down. By following a pair of tills sort tho other day the reporter been mo con vinced that tho street gamins, who, somo moralists say, aro tho bursting seed whenco criminals grow, havo gentle, noble impulses, which would, If properly nurtured, bring them to bettor things. Tho boy was tho regu lation gamin ragged, dirty, with pinched features, but withal as morry as a cricket. Tho blind man looked like what ho was a poor outcast, per haps mado so by his infirmity. Through tho crowd tho boy led him down into tho delivery room of ono of tho dally papers, and. after placing him in a position in tho lino of "newsies" wait ing for tho next edition to come off tho press, ho ran out. At tho door ho was stopped, and under the potent influ ence of a bit of silver stepped Into a doorway and submitted to a littlo ques tioning. "Who's do blind feller? Why dat'a Blind Charley. Is ho mo fardor? Naw. He's a poor bloko wot lives down hero on Park row. So's 'o kin git do cola tor livo on ho has to soli papers. Wot wus 1 loadln' Mm for? Does yer tink lie could git tro' do crowd hlssolf wld out any oyos? Doos 1 tink I'm good to lead him? Naw. Why, any nowsy 'ml help blind Charlie or any of dor blind fellers wot's In dor blsnoss. Is dure odders like Charlie? Doro's treo or four of 'em wot live down 'oro ou Park row and gits up early llkos wo do. Den doy comes out ontor do strcot, and any nowsy wot socs 'em Ml load 'em to do office for papers. When doy gets a stock 'author nowsy who has a stand near whore do blind feller locates Ml lead 'em dore, Whon ho sells out mithor nowsy who sees Mm Ml lead Mm back, and so doy sorapo along. Wo'so all willln' tor help 'em, oxcopt dor Dagos, and doy's too mean tor holp anybody." Inquiry of tho dolivory clorks proved tho boy's statement to be truo. Thero aro a half dozen blind nowsboys, or rather nowsmon,.ln this city who owo tho fact that thoy are not sont to tho workhouse simply to tho kindness ot their littlo co-workors. As tho boy said, tho "nowslos"all know them, and whenever they see ono of tho unfortu nates wanting to got to the newspaper offices for a stock, or at tho newspaper olllco wanting to got to a favorito corner, some "embryonic criminal" always voluntoors as a guldo. Another ineidont showing the gen erous Impulses of thoso out-door waifs. It occurred just In front of the Timoa building tho othor evening. "Hollo, Stumpy," said ono gamin aa he mot another, "havo yor fed yot?" "Naw," replied Stumpy, "I guosa ells li do ovo I don't oat." "No coin." asked tho other. "Nlxoy rod," was the response. "I owed Glmpoy lourtoon cents and paid him so's 'o could git somo shoos." "How's yer appotito?" was tho noxt query. "O, doro's novor any troublo on dat lino," was tho laconic response. "Well, Stump," said tho littlo follow, "I tell yor. I got twonty conts and I was going to havo a scrumptious food, hut I rockiu I'll havo to let Del's slldo tor-night. Lot's adjourn tor do hennery." Ho took Stump's arm and tho two walked off. Tho boauty of tho act was that It was dono without tho least con descension, but with a frank, I-may-bo-thore-mysolf-sonio-day air that was do llghtful. N. Y. Times. Mary's Littlo Lamb. I sing of shoop, nnd of tho great wool Industry; llkowlso of tho lamb, tho descendant of tho shoop; Animal diminutlvo, woolly, its ex terior covoring being as devoid of color as tho crystallzod vapor which falls in flakes Upon tho Alplno mounts, and othor spots which come high but wo must havo them. Mary was tho owner of tho lamb I sing, Owuor in feo simple, unincumbered by chattlo or other mortgage. Wherever Mary perambulated, tho lamb also manifested an uncontroUabla inclination to perlgriuato llkowlso: An Inclination profound, lnoxtln gulshablo, uncon quorablo. instinctive necessitated, constrained, irrevocable, inoxorable, irresistible. Drake's Mag azlno. Well Supplied Already. "Any nows in tho papor this morn ing, Samanthii?" inquired Mr. Chug wator as ho camo down to breakfast. "Not much," replied Ills wife. "Seems to bo hardly any yos, lioro ia a 'htrango btory in Regard to Mine. Pattl. Readers of tho Morning Paraly- zor will bo surprised to learu that thla gifted prima donna--" "hamantha," Interposed Mr. Chug water, "boforo you becomo too dooply Interested in that Item of news permit mo to remind you that wo, don't need any toilet soap. Thero aro seven kinds In tho house already. "Chicago TrU unit.