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THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES A. CHANCEY, - Publishers UNION, OREGON. EAST AFRICAN MISSIONS. Thn Comprelirnlvi) Work Carried On by uie l'roteatant mill Catholic Cliurehen. MlBslonnry interests have bocomo very extensive in East Africa. The Church Missionary Society and the Universities Mission, of the Church of Kagland; tho Established and the Frco Church, of Scotland; tho London Mis Blonary 'Society, tho United Methodist J?rco Churches and tho Church of Homo, nil have missions on tho coast or in tho Interior. Tho Church Missionary Socloty has two distinct lines of missions one with itB basis at .Mombasa, in tho English Sphere of Influence, with olght sta tions, Home 01 which nro on or near the coast and some In tho interior. Ono is in tho neighborhood of Mount Kilimanjaro. Tho second lino of sti- Hons is thai which strotchos from Zan zibar to Uganda. I here are nino sta tlona In this lino, beginning with Mam boia and Mpwapwa, nearly duo wosfc from Zanzibar, and Including Usam biro, Msalala and Nasa, south of the Victoria Nyanza, nnd llubaga, la Ugan da, at tho north of tho great lake. Tho Universities Mission has twolvo stations one at Zanzibar, four In tho Usambara country north of Zanzibar, four on or near tho River Itovuma. and thrco on thoo.ist shore of Lake Nyassa. Tho two Scottish ehurchos have the Freo Church live stations on Lako Nyassa, tho Established Church ono on Lako Shlrwa, at tho south of Lako Nyassa, Tho routo to this region is by tho ambosl and Shlro rivers. Tho London Socloty goes further west than any of tho other societies, nnd plants two stations on Lako Tanganyika and ono at Urambo in tho Unyamwozl country, south of tho Vic lorla Nyanza, and near tho stations of tho Church Missionary Socloty. Tho routo was formerly from Zanzibar through Mpwapwa to Ujlji; now thoro la unother routo by tho Zambesi ant, bhiro, Jxtlco Nyassa and a road thonco to tho southern end of Lako Tnngnu yilciL Tho United Molhodist Freo Churches have two missions in tho Mombasa region aid ono in Gallalnnd. Tlireo Gorman Protestant sociotles havo flvo stations three in Gallaland, ono in Zanzibar and ono in Dnr-os- Salam, whore ono of tho massacres took place. Jt is tho Berlin Society which maintains tho last two stations. Those nro all tho Protestant missions betweon Wito and tho Rovittnu rlvor; but thoro nro Gorman and French Itoman Catholic stations. Thoro aro three French stations on or near Lako Victoria, tho mast Important of which i the one in Urganda, under tho con Irol of Poro Lourdol; two on Lako Tanganyika; ono at Bugiiinoyo, near Zanzibar, and ono or two others. Tho Jesuits havo also a few stations, and tho Gorman Catholics havo ono utDar-cs-Sultun. In all, thoro nro thirtoon missions lx British, four German and threo French. Ono socloty, tho Church Mls lonary, alono has spoilt Jlvo hundred Ihousaud dollars in tho last thirty years lu East Africa. N. Y. Jndopondout. HOW SPIDERS GROW. Curious runt About tlm I.Ivim of I ho In t Tjt Intr I.lttlo ('rcnliircM. Tho spider has never been at Bchool a day in his life, ho has never learned a trade or road a book, yet ho can make tho stralghtost,, linos, most per oct alrclos, beautiful Hltlo bridges, and many of his family can spin and weave, tome of them can hunt, and swim, and dive, and do mason work almost as noil as 11 inoy una a trowel and mor- tur. There Is a spider in my garden that makes so many linos and circles you d think it had been nil through , tfoouiotry. It makes circles, every ono u little larger than the other, about twelve of them, and then from tho Bmallost circle begins and makes about twonty-ulght straight linos going to tho outside circle, llku tho whalebones in uii umbrella- It makes this web so perfect and regular that It is called the gooinetrte spider. You'll see late in tho summer clusters of Its eggs on bushes and hedges. When hatched mo spmors win Keep together in a lttlo ball. You touch this ball and tho . . ... . . lltllo Hinders will scatter in all direc tions, but as soon as they can they'll got together again as before. I luft my silk dross last night hanging over u chair near the wall, and this morn lug 1 found that Mrs. Spider had been there In the night nnd made a beauti ful little bridge of spider silk between tny dress and the wall. 1 ho spider that made this bridge for mo had eight eyes. It can not move any of those eyes; each eye has but one lens and can only sou what Is directly In front of It. It had a pale of sharp claws on tho fore part of Its head; with these lltllo plucors it catches other smaller kplders. When the spider Is at rest It folds these little claws one over the other, like tho parts of scissors. This spider has eight foot; most insects, you know, havo six. At tho end of ouch foot Is a movable hook. It has five little spinners, or spinnerets, with which to make its web. Kaeh of those spinners has an opening which it ran iiiuko largo or small, ns It likes, Thoro is u tube like n little hall com municating into each of thuso open ings. In this tube are four little reservoirs, which hold the "gluey ubslniico of whluh tho thread is spun." Ah noon as this liquid conies to tho air It becomes a tough and strong thread. I suppose tho nlr uots upon 'it In somu 'M3-GrovJjw Afftw MIGHTY HARD LUCK. tiy a You up .loiirinilUt tin DlncarnXI 111 llU ClottlPM. A good story Is going tho rounds of tho hotels and cafes uptown about a young journalist's oxporlonco with Mr. G. W. Chllds, of Philadelphia. It is sold to bo truoand has not been printed. Tho journalist was in a financial con dition bordering on bankruptcy. His assets when duly inventoried, amounted to ono dlmo. Only one man in tho city owed him money, and his ambition was to mnko tho ten cents pay the ear faro until the debtor was reached. It was a desporato case, and seven chnnces out of ton tho debtor would havo some excuso nnd not pay. Tho debtor was a queer kind of a man, and always secmeu to no moro generous toward tho prosperous than tho pov erty-stricken looking Individual. For this reason tho journalist clad himself in his finest suit of clothes, wore a beaver hat, kid gloves, patent leather shoos and carried a stiver-headed cane, He got on the Sixth avenue elevated down-town, paying half of all his financial possession for the fare. In the car ho sat opposite George W. Childs, tho well-known philanthropist. Just before reaching the Twenty-third street station Air. i-hiids iook out a roll of bank bills, put several large bills in an envelope and placed it back in his coat pocket. Tho train stopped Mr. Chllds arose with tho bank bills in his right hand, walked out on the plat form and then shoved tho bills, as ho thought, into his inside coat pocket, They missed tho pocket and fell to tho floor. I ho journalist with flvo cents in his pocket picked up the money, overtook Mr. Childs and gave it to him. Tho philanthropist took tho roll of greenbacks, counted out threo bills of largo denominations, and started to hand thorn to tho lucky and honest Under. Before it reached tho hand of tho latter Mr. Chllds drew back, took a caroful survey of tho olo- gantly-attlred gentleman beforo him, blushed, put tho money back with tho other bills, pulled oil his hat and in that polite tone of voice that means to say cati-you-forglvo-mc-for-my-mis- take. said: "Sir, I roally beg your pardon; I thank you very much." I ho journalist wont homo and chuiigd his elegant suit of clothes for an ordinary ten dollar Bowery-looking suit. He thinks now with Emerson, that it never pays to scorn what you aro not. N. Y. Mall and Expross. ELEPHANTS AT' LARGE. How a I'oiipln of ColotMil I'nrliyilcrniK Kn Joyeil ii Tmo Mourn' I.lliorty The circus elephants had a livoly tramp around the environs of Toulon tho other night. Tho colossal pitch y dorms wore literally "out on tho loose," for they had managed to burst their bonds of captivity after the circus was over, and, whllo their keepers were soundly asleep, they wobbled out on tho main road of La Soyne. Finding themselves free. they began to flourish their trunks about vigorously and to tkirnilsh for provender. Thov first undo an incursion into a number of market gardens, where they battered down walls and palings with tho great est alacrity, and proceeded promptly to root. ii and to stow away down their capacious mouths various specimens ot vegetable produce. They next wan dered along by a trim villa, tho grounds of which thoy entered and demolished a conservatory therein. After this thoy sullied around a baker's shop at the entrance to the suburb of La Soyne, bolng thereunto attracted by the pleasant odor of now bread. Tho head baker of the establishment was at his door and saw tho dim colossal forms approaching him in tho darkness. He thought the end of tho world was at hand, and retired Inside with trepida tion, having well barred the door. The pachyderms came on and halted before tho dooi, which they began to batter with their trunks and to crush with their bodies. Luckily for the baker his door was a good stout one, so ho was able to await a possible catastrophe with comparative calmness. 1 hiding the doors too strong for thorn, tho ele phants broke a few windows In the bakery and took to the road again, Spying a gypsy encampment on their way, they rooonnoitorod it; knocked down a few of their huts, and caused a terrible uproar In the noniadto settle ment. The women and children shrieked, and the men turned out with pitchforks to do battle with the strange foes. Hy this time, however, the pachyderms were missed by their keepers, mid the liiie-nnd-cry hud been raised. Hefore the gypsy encampment was completely demolished tho circus people and the police came to tho res cue; the elephants were secured, and were duly inarched back to their oil' closure. - St. James' Gazette. Compulsory Ert'"tion in England. In a school dU.. ,ci tn Loudon there were many parents who reported no children In their families. In order to 11 ml just how many children were thus being kept from school, the schoo, authorities got two monkeys dressed them gayly, put them in a wagon tn which was a brass band, and started through the district. At oneo crowde of children appeared and followed the wagon, which drove to a neighboring park, when the school olllcers wont among the children distributing candle and getting their names and addresses They thus found thatover sixty parents kept their children from sohool; and tie a result of the monkeys, the brass band and tho candy, about two hundred little boys and girls have been set tit study. Journal of Lducntlou. -In China people In easy elrcum -.Unices buy their colllns long bolero thoy need them, and axltllilt thorn m ornamental piece of furniture. CHINESE STREETS. Jurcr glght to lie Seen I the Thorough fure of n CVle-.tlht City. Tho streets in Chinese cities aro from ix to twelvo foot wldo, and are filled Irom morning to night with a ceaseless ihrong. Every man Is black-haired, ;ho fore-part of his head is shaven, ffhllo behind him hangs the queue Im posed by tho Machu conquorors. Hero jornes tho coolies. In blue jackets and jluo knickerbockers, bare-footed, or ttraw-sandallod, with a bamboo across ;ho shoulders, carrying heavy weights ind singing, "Eh ho, ah ho, ay ho-li!" ike all tho brethren of their craft east f the Mediterranean. This man with !ong flowing robe, wide sleeves, huge horn-rimmed spoctaclos, slow swagger ing gait, languid-fluttering fan, evi lontly a very important person indeed, is, in foot, a Confucionist scholar. Here totters along a woman on hor tiny three-inch feet, clad In gay em- broidered jacket, and delicato silk jklrt, perhaps a small silver-mounted tobacco-pipe in hor hand, her head idornod with strange hirsute struc tures like a carving knife, a trencher, a flying swallow, or what ot, a touch of rougo to cheeks and lips, whllo powder gives mistiness to full-fleshed facial charms. I "ere Is a, small boy, if it bo winter, gaily dressed tn brilliant colors, a perfect ball of many wrappings if it bo summer, squally gaily dressed In the not unbo-. :omlng garb of his yellow skin alone. For vehicles look at yon sedan chair, borno by two or threo men. In It sits gentloman, olegantly clad in whito or tlowercd silk or in costly furs, no cording to tho season. If thoro bo four or oven eight bearers you will havo timely warning, for this is a mandarin; uuforo him runs a motley crowd of re- talnors beutlng gongs, carrying tablets Inscribed "Bo silent," "Make way, 'Villainous-looking follows with stee pled-crownod Guy Fawkos hats, armed with whips, mouthing out uncouth cries, aro tho Motors of tho great man. Others Clir,,y l"o tfrout silk umbrella, tho badgo oi office, moant lor ttio olllclal. should ho over wish to move his heavy woll-fed body, with its impressive solf content, from his chair. This Is an event which rarely occurs; in fact it is an awful thought to an Englishman that sitting in a chair and scolding aro tho most violent forms of oxorciso in which u mandarin over indulges. On the breast of handsome silk robe he bears om- nroiaorcu some strange oiru or ueast which marks his rank; on his hat a uution, oiuo, red, crystal or cold, ac cording to his dignity, and, If ho bo distinguished, a one-eyed or evon two- oyed peacock's feather. Occasionally some distubor of tho peace, spied fla grante delicto irom ttio eliatr, is promptly thrown into tho street stripped and beaten. Hero conies clat tering and jingling along a small pony, which ueurs a military official; none but ono accustomed to the rough lifo oi camps would use so fatiguing a mode of locomotion. This miserable, un kempt being, howling a dismal ditty, and rattling together two bamboo slips, is a beggar. It is as well to give him the microscopic dole he claims, for he will stay thoro, Inert but vocal, till he gains his point. Such a one has beon known to commit suicide in adetermin- atoly parsimonious shop in order to bring its ownor into trouble with tho authorities. -North China Herald. NORTH SEA TRAWLERS. The DunircrH Tliny 11 lino to Kcoi Soul nnd Hoily Togt-thi-r, Every condition of squalor, cold, ex cessivo toll and danger is known to them, and during tho greater part of tho year thoy do not know a single pleasure, oven of tho low sort. Why should thoy endure such a fate? It is because thoy know of no other. Many of them leave the parish schools and become apprentices; from that day until their bleak and barren life's end they aro cut off from the world of men. People think that a voyage to tho Cape is rather a long and tedious all'alr, but tho tlsherinan stays out at sea for eight weeks at a stretch, and during that time ho must be content with alter nations of furious labor and mere dull ness, unless some influence from out side can bo made to touch httn. For eight weeks the men only have their reeking cabin as a refuge from the deck; and the very name of pleasure would sound stnuige to them. No one who is inexperienced can conceive the oxtont of the fisherman s ignorance oven now, nnd 1 think that only that from own saino Ignorance keeps them feeling discontented. At thetr craft they are consiininiatoly skillful; they know the cunning and mysterious ways of fishes; thoy can jond the moaning of every change ol wind, or sky, or sea; and thoy aro so heedless of danger that it Is sometimes frightful to see them. Then, barring tho worst of the weeds from the slum, thoy are niett of superb physique, and their powers of bearing labor and priva tions nro quite without parallel In my experience. This noble set of toilers must be reckoned as only equal to tho merest children in knowledge. When they are bud, their badness Is brutal,' when thoy aro good, their goodness Is marked by infantile simplicity. The sailor goes from port to port; the iimacksmaii travels from tho desolate banks of the Dogger or Amoland to tho quayside of his native town, and thou ho goes back again year in, year out. Often on weary afternoons, when tho gray sky stooped low and tho dim water was lashed by tho sleet, 1 have thought "What a llfol" Mr. Carl vie boldly asserted that a man Is nearer tho eternal verities, or something ol that kind, when he is at sea; now 1 biiouiu say unit tlio llsiior. with Mil dog's housing and his dog's life, is u good deal kopt away iroin tho verities, I eisriini una otiiurwise. Lontomporary '. r ... vlnw. . BOLD ADVENTURERS. One Type In Soft anil 1'olUheil, the Otlir Rough anil Carrlp.n. Adventurers nro of two typos tho polished and well-bred, and tho bluff and rather brutal. Tho ono glides softly from tho pavement to tho draw log room, treading on no ono's corns, and corkscrewing his way through all such openings as ho may discern. Tho Dther shoulders his way, and effects by simple push and force what elso is done by craft and tenacity. The ad venturer of tho softer type has been a croupier, a courier or a gentleman's gentleman; whereby ho has picked up tho current shibboleth, and been able to assume tho outside varnish of tho upper ten. Tho adventurer of tho rougher typo has been among miners and cowboys, and has probably served In some half piratical army, where tho object was less self-defense than plun der. and the discipline meant only I! ..... rouuiness to ngnt on all occasions, which experience, if properly managed, gives a certain wild fruit flavor to his talk, a certain heroic seeming to his bearing, which sweeps tho heart out of women cgrscd with imagination and bored to extinction bv realities. For tho adventurer knows ho can do noth ing without the women. Brought to tho door of the house by tho master, ho must be helped over tho threshold by tho mistress, as tho evil spirits of old were helped across by a baptized hand, else could thoy not havo entered a Chris tian home. I ho woman must bo tho adventurer's unconscious but willing accomplice if ho would succeed In his designs. Whatever it may bo that ho has set himsolf to win. she must bo tho goddess Fortune to take him by tho hand; and if shodoes not his plans will all bo shipwrecked. Hence, ho has learned the art of making love, as ono must learn the alphabet before master ing the literature; and of till the skilled and skillful adventurers discovered to us by justice there has not been ono who was not beloved bv woman. Wo havo just seen a most striking instanco of this with tho man Prado, who, up parently without a single physical qua! mention, was tlio master of women ns tho hawk Is tho master of the chickens. When of the softer type, ho makes love sentimentally and flatters his adored ones by artful comparisons. Ho has known divine Duchesses and Countesses that were like dreams of beauty, but this special charm, this particular do lightfulness, has ho never known, and his wholo being pays homage as he never paid it before. But if ho is of the rough and more brutal typo he rouses her enthusiasm by a narrative of his various feats of daring, and probably poses as a man whom love litis passed coldly by until now. In any case, bo knows his ground and tho best method of tillage. And ho seldom fails or makes a mistake. For he litis tho magic of temperament cs well as the halo of romance; and, together, these are as goldon chains which lend women captive whitherso ever the man will. And tho adven turer wills to lead them very far down indeed. Tho first necessity with him Is to induce some one of good family and position to compromise herself with him; when, with this Irresistible pull on her, all tho rest is easy. Fear, shame, perhaps remorse, come in when the glamour of tho first infatuation is over; the woman who has been a do- voted lover, friend and helper, becomes !y force, though tho loathing victim, both slave and accomplice. The world lms never known the screw that has been put on certain women bv the men whoso fortunes they have made. It will never know the truth in some 'uses, where the secret, well kept In life, is now rendered undiscoverablo by death. But .strange romances have been woven betweon the weakness that javo and the strength that held be tween the love that, trusted and tho dishonor that utilized. St. James Budget. AN ADMIRABLE WOMAN. Tim t'oiifi-KMlon of Km Ugly uiiil limit. tnti'tlut DiK'lii-ss or OrliMiut, Perhaps no lady was ever bettor rec onciled to positive ugliness in hor own person than the Duchess of Orleans, tho mother of the Begent D'Orlenus, who governed France during the mi nority of Louts XV. Thus she speaks of her own appearance and manners: "From my earliest years I was aware now ordinary my appearance was, nnd did not like that people should look at me attentively. I never paid any at tention to dress, becauso diamonds and dress were sure to attract attention. On great days my husband used to make mo rougo, which I did greatly against my will, us 1 hate every thing that incommodes mo. Ono day I liitulo tho Countess Soissons laugh heartily. She asked me why 1 novor turned my head whenever 1 passed before a mir ror ovorybody else did. I answered, becauso 1 had too much self-love to bear tho sight of my own ugliness. 1 must have been very ugly In my youth. 1 hod no sort of features; with little twinkling eyes, a short snitb nose, and long thick Hps, tho whole of my physi ognomy was far from attractive. My face was large, with fat cheeks, and my figure was short and stumpy; in short, I was a very homely nort of per son, r.xcopt for the goodness of my dls.ol " oud -mvo endur,ed uio. It was impossible to discover any thing llko Intelligence in my eyes, ex cept with a microscope. Perhaps there was not on the face of tho earth such unother pair of ugly hands as mine. Tho King often told me so, and set mo laughing about it; for us 1 was quite Hire of being very ugl, 1 inuilu up my mind to Ik) always tho first to laugh hi it. This stiecoudt'd very well, though I must confers it fumUliod ma with a i t t t t . P'1"1 suick oi mtiu-nais jor laugnier.'- . Ledger. FACTS ABOUT GULLS. According to ItelUblo Authority They Are IllriU of Grrat haracter, The gull may bo said to be omnivor ous; nothing, indeed, apparently comes amiss. It will devour small fish, and for this reason Is very fond of follow Ing shrimpers nnd other small trawling vessels for tho feast to be obtained when the fishermen are shaking out their nets mollusks and crustacean which it finds left by tho tide,. nnd, one of its greatest feasts perhaps, tho scraps and ollal thrown overboard from the cook's galley of a passing ship. So fond, Indeed, are tho gulls of tho meal provided them by tho reiuso thrown overboard from ships that they will in a harbor whero a guardshlp i moored, apparently observing times and seasons, attend daily with tho greatest regularity for the food they know will be supplied to them. In addition thoy will, as we have said, wander far in land in search of worms and grubs and when so engaged will not evon disdain on occasion to help themselves to the farmer s grain, though this can not bo said in any way to bo their natural food. That a gull, however, can live entirely on corn Is proved by tho fact that tho stomach of ono so kept by now preserved in tho College of John Hunter tho museum Surgeons. Gulls make excellent pets, and are most use. ful in gardens, having an illimitable appetite for slugs and a general apt! tude for devouring obnoxious insects. And, strange though it may appear, considering their natural wariness and wildness, it is not necessary to obtain them young, as an adult bird, pinioned by a good or lucky shot as tho case may be, will, often beforo its wound has thoroughly healed, have become so tame that it will come with great reg ularity to bo fed, if it does not, as cer tainly will eventually be tho case, know and follow the person who is in the habit of feeding It. Gulls in captivity, or rather wandering at largo in garden, though deprived of their power of lliglit. are by no means tho misera ble birds that many would imagine On tho contrary, thoy aro most master ful, and evidently consider themselves of very great Importance. They will generally condescend to notice all the members of tho household to which they belong, though naturally they have their favorites, giving their pref erence as a rule to those who feed them, and will possibly admit certain wou-itnowu visitors to a limited In timacy; but thoy usually resent tho in trusion of strangers, evon to the extent of pecking their heels a far from pleasant operation for the victim, os- peeially if performed by a specimen of ono of the larger gulls. Thov are. in fact, birds of great character, each in dividual having ways of its own. The Saturday Review FUNERAL REFORMS, Soini) Si-imltilo SiiL-Ki'ttloiiH OII'lti-iI ly a .St. l.oitM (JIt'l t'y limn. The custom of inviting tho audience it private and public (or church) fu nerals to view tho remains is too firmly seated to be easily displaced, but is nevertheless objectionable on several grounds. It causes great delay, which, on short winter afternoons, is a mattet of consequence to those who wish to follow tho remains to a distant ceme tery. It is also productive, especially when the services are conducted in the house of deceased, of tin amount of con fusion and jostling which must disa greeably utToet all persons who love to eo things done decently and in order. It is, moreover, tt fresh torture to tho (oretivcd ones, who tire expected to end oil' in the sad procession, to look on the white face and pulsolosi form. Some, not satisfied with a view of the face through tho glass of tho casket, must see the uncovered features. Then frequently ensues a spectacle which must send a shudder through ovory In telligent person. I mean tho passionate kissing of the lips of a corpse by those too young or too ignorant to know that they aro perhaps absorbing disease oi death. Funerals ought to be conducted with solemn brevity. A tender hymn or two. a prayer by the officiating clergyman, and a brief talk portinont to the life nnd example of the deceased, if a person of approved Christian ex perience, aro sufficient. Of course, ex tracts from the Scriptures, If not too lengthy, are always in good taste. Tlu burial service of tho Protestant Epis copal Church can not. in my judgment bo Improved, unless it be In the slight shortening of tho long quotation frotr 1-irst Corinthians, tllteenth chapter. Tho popular desire for short religious services is making itself felt in the funeral exercises more wisely than in tho unreasonable clamor for hurrying up things on Sunday. In the lattei ease, especially In the forenoon service, selfishness is usually tho prompter. Nothing is so piggishly unreasouabk as a hungry human being. But in the mortuary sorvicos tho motive is a good ouo to take tho bereaved as rapidly as possible olt tho tenter-hooks of allllc tlon. No person of refined sensibilities wlshos to niako a spectuclo of his un speakable agonies. llov. J. H. Fox, in SL Louis Globe-Democrat. There Is a discussion among phy slclans In England as to whether or not ill health Is a necessary accom paniment of genius. It Is supposed by some that tho typo of humanity which bestows tho rare boon of genius or superlative Ijitollootual powor Is usu ally associated with feebleness of phys leal development. Others maintain that tho mode of life usually adopted bv givut giuiiiiMto Is the oauo of their 111 health. No ouo ever hears any thluir about the ill ffewlth of Shake' punrti; so it Is rouMinttblt to suiiikjso that both hbuouatituilouund his mode of Hie wero srood. MISCELLANEOUS. A reputable author says that tho skull of John Theach. known as "Blackboard." tho Virginia pirato of 1718, Is in the possession of a Virginia family in tho form of a sllver-trlmmed drlnking-cup. A suit against a popular music hall artist gives information about the prices paid for songs. Tho highest prico was 200 for " o Don't Want to Fight." "Two Lovely Black Eyes" brought 21. Snm Wall Kee, a Boston Chinnman of wealth nnd influence and husband of ono of tho two Chinese women at tho Hub, lately celebrated tho birth of his son and heir by giving a banquet to 700 of his countrymen. He entertained his guests at his house and storo with tea and Celestial delicacies, which a Chinese caterer furnished to tho tuna of $U a plate. Tho youthful Kee has been named Ames Hart, after tho Governor of the Stato and tho newly elected mayor of tho city. An instanco of presenco of mind approaching to tho horrible occurred recently in tho Grand Theater, Glas gow. Miss Roso Leo, while singing a love song, saw a "flyman" fall head foremost from tho flies to the stage, a. distance of twenty-two feet. Sho not only continued her song, but moved forward to the front of tho stage in or der that the calcium light which was directed upon her might not reveal the form of the dead man to tho audience. Most of you know thattiquti plira is ofton an exponsive item In tho prescrip tion which the druggist obligingly fills. A doctor of my acquaintance has a way of saving his patients' money in this matter, which strikes mo as very original. When he wrote out a pre scription for mo tho other day I re marked to him that medicine was a very expensivo luxury. He astonished me by asking in return: "Have you paid your water tax?" "Yes," said I. "Have you plenty of water? "ies." "Then I will give you tho prescription dry and it will cost you three cents instead of seventy-five cents." And I found tho doctor was right. Pitts burgh Dispatch. TRAINING WILD BIRDS. Hovr It Can Ho Dono Without engine the I'Val hi-reil Itt'iiutlt's. Some years ago I lived with my fam ily in a biiburb, a home where birds of many species abounded. 1 no houso was surrounded with forest trees, and the birds built nests and reared their young unmolested. My daughter, who was then a girl of ton years, took spec ial enjoyment in feeding tho birds by casting out crumbs from the table. She never frightened thein, but always moved slowly, and manifested great gentleness and kindness toward them. By tho walk from the front door to the street was an evergreen bush. In this a pair of robins built their nest about four feet from tho ground. By this nest I daily passed and repassed, tak ing caro not to disturb tho bird which was hatching out her young. Many times a day my daughter approached tho nest, but cautiously avoided dis turbing the bird. So familiar had her presence become that the robin would sit on her nest till almost touched by my daughter's han.'l. When the young were hatched, thon her delight was unbounded, and she began to feed them crumbs from tho table and worms which she searched for in tho yard and garden. Between the care of the par ent birds and that of my daughter, the nestlings fattened and grew with apidity. Soon tho little ones recog nized my daughter's presence, and opened wide their voracious mouths for the dainty bits sho had provided for them. When they were full-Hedged ind ready to leave tho nest they sub mitted to being handled and caressed without resistnnce, and would follow her around tho yard as chickens follow the mother hen. If tho pair, thore wore two of them, wore up in the trees. he would call, "Robio! Robio! Robio!" and they would fly to her as read ily as chickens. Not only would they follow mv daughter, but thov soon be anie attached to mo. and would often come at my call and perch on my hand knees, and swallow the earthworms whicu 1 had dug for them. They con tinued with us on terms of perfect friendship for about six weeks. Cld weather came on, and they loft for a warmer clime and wo saw them no more. Williain D. Butler, in the Swiss Cross. The Mosquito's Tho bloodthirsty Poison Glands. mosquito Is not malovolont as ho is commonly de scribed, if wo may accept tho investi gations of Prof. George MaeLoskle. Ho has been ablo by staining and dissec tion, to show that the poison gland Is ono of thrco minute glands (tho others being ordinary salivary glands) on each bido of tho head, and connected with a minute duct which traverses the length of tho long pointed 'piercer which forms tin important portion ol tho mouth parts of tho mosquito. The writer maintains that this fluid is in tended mainly to prevent tho coagula tion of the protolds of plants which tho animal sucks from tho tissues, and that its poisonous ollect upon other anlmala Is only secondary. If 60, it would per Imps follow that it Is not Introduced into tho human flesh ns a poison. It ia , dllllcult to seo what purposo tho Irri. tatlng effect of tho blto upon othor ani mals can servo tho mosquito, 6lnco it must make tho chance of its getting nourishment from tho blood of other nnlmnls many tlraos less than it othor wlso would bo. It may bo worthy of in quiry whether tho Irritating etTect Id not Incidental and perhaps only occa sional, and duo to other causes than tho fluid which sooms. by analogy, to havo anothor dUtlnct purpose. St. l.o uii Uepjblic O