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
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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