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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1889)
- HE TAMED ERICSSON. Jlmv Olo Hull Conquered llio Iron Heart with tlio Clinrm of UN MiiyIc. A vory interesting incident is told of Olo Bull and John Ericsson, ench of whom have contributed by their lives no littlo fnmo to the Scandinavian countries in which thoy woro born. Acquainted In their early llfo and pood friends for years, thoy had somehow been separated and had not met again until both had earned world-wide fame. Hull onco visited Ericsson and Invited him to his concert Ericsson refused on tho ground that ho had no timo for ench folly. Each tlmo Bull camo to New York ho visited his old friend and never forgot to Invito him to his con certs. Ills invitations were many times rofused bocauso tho inventor pleaded no lime. "If you don't come to hear mo onco." paid Bull during ono of his visits, "I will tako my violin along and piny for you right hero in your workshop." "If you bring your violin hero I'll smash it to bits," was Ericsson's only answer. Nothing daunted Bull. Ho was bound to try what effect his music, that had entertained so many, would have upon such an earnest and practical man as Ericsson, who hud been cooped up all his life, ono might say, In hit workshop. Ono bright day Bull wont to Ericsson's house with his precious violin, but not without somo misgiv ings as to how his visit would termi nate, for ho know that Ericsson was a determined man and genorally meant what ho said. When ho ontored tho inventor's workshop ho was greeted in any thing but a friendly manner. Without allowing E lesson an oppor tunity to blow oIT his wrath on him Bull opened tho conversation In the easy, fascinating way for which ho was noted, upon tho violin's construc tion, what It lacked, etc.. and flunjly asked Ericsson his opinion as to tho best sounding woods for tho manufact uring of violins. This was followed by quite a discussion as tc tho acoustic properties of tho violin. To Illus trate one of his opinion, Hull drew the bow across tho strings of his violin, From ono chord ho went to another until ho broke into a lengthened molody. Tho workmen laid asldo their tools and listened with Ericsson to tho grand master of tho violin. All stood spell bound. Bull became enamored of his own playing and made his violin utter tones that It, had never been called on before to emit. After awhile ho ceased to play. Ericsson, who had been sit ting lost in his own emotions, with tears coursing down his cheeks, cried out: "Goon! Goon! For tho first tlmo I know what has been lacking in my life."- -Minneapolis Journal. BOGUS DIAMONDS. (Ii'Iiih That Ave Hit Ntiiiicroin imtliti Hand liy tlit Sou-Sliciri'. Of late years jowolry, and female Jewelry In particular, as It woro, has become very numerous and ostenta tious, so to speak. Formerly the pos session of a pair of diamond ear-rings enveloped the happy female in a halo of aflluonco that caused her to bo regarded as a modllled female Count do Monte Cristo. A minstrel trotipr . whoso perform ance wo attended not long since, made a pointed allusion at tho Increased choapnoss of goins. Tho interlocutor in conversation with tho genial end man, congratulated that dusky humorist because ho had been seen on tho streets accompanied by a beautiful young lady. The happy end man In quire if tho Interlocutor had observed tho elegant seal-skin cloak worn by tho lady. Tho interlocutor had noticed It- With reversed thumb tho end man Intimates that ho had be stowed It on tho attractive fomalo. "It must havo cost you quite a largo sum of money," replies tho Interloc utor, who for somo Inexplicable reason Ignores the negro dialect. "Yes, sah, tlvo hundred dollars, and did yo seo dom ar torches?" "Thoso what!" "Dom torches. 1 means dom lamps, hanging In her yoahs." " Oh, you moan thoso largo solltalro eai"-rlngH Yes, J saw them. Thoy must havo cost you at least llfteeu hundred dollars." "Thirty cents," ropllos tho end man, reaching down for his bones, or rather tho bones with which ho makes discord. Tho sliabblly-drossod, poorly-paid fchopiglrl uours gums that Hash in a dozen dltTorent colors, while tho young boy who gets four dollars a week in a button factory carries on his soiled hand a diamond ring that might be a prince's ransom in olden times - If it woro real. Yot Jowolry, which was formerly supposed to bo expensive, Is now worn so generally as to create a suspicion that the coal deposits are being sub jected to an alarming drain. Not everybody knows that it takes an experienced jowolor to doteot tho ro'il from the bogus diamond; hence it frequently happens that grown-up persons undergo a similar experience to that of the little girl who complained to her grandmother: "Ma told mo it was n diamond, but 1 havo found out that It was nothing but a grindstone." A member ot tho famous "poker legislature" of Texas onco said that tho most expensive diamonds woro those that staid In the pack when ho had four of thorn in his own hand. Texas Sifting. Tho library of tho British Museum will not horoaftor supply novol to render until II vo yours uftur publication. ? WELDING BY ELECTRICITY. J A finecemful Inhibition of Till Novel Pro- ' cr Olvrn lit Itinton. In response to Invitations of Mr. IL ! A. Itoyco. goncral manngor of tho ' Thomson Electric Welding Company of this city, about fifty gentlemen assem bled at tho station of tho Maiden Elec tric Company, in Maiden, to witness tho novel process of welding metals by electric current. Tlicro woro three Melding machines, ono small and tho other two much larger. Tho first is called tlio inch iron machine, for tho reason thnt it lias a capacity of welding from a quarter to an inch bar iron. It will also wold copper from ono-clghlh to one-half Inch in diameter, and brass of somovhat la rer sizo.Onoof tho larger machines Is .ixtwn as tho two-inch pipe machine, as it has tho capacity of welding heavy i two-inch iron pipo and smaller sizes, i Tim third Is called tho two-inch iron j machine, and will weld a solid bar of j iron of that size, as well as smaller sizes. Thoso machines are supplied ( with current by a dynamo having n j ec. aslant potential of about !IO0 volts, and strongth from 80 to 90 amperes. Tho exhibition of welding was begun on the small machine, when several pieces of Iron, brass and copper were successfully welded, much to tho sur prise and gratllicatiou of those present, tlio work on this machine being ciosoil by the welding of a bar of iron an inch in diameter. Tho principle of this process is so simple and so direct that the wonder is nobody thought of it before. It is based on the incandescence of tho car bons in the are light. In tlieso latter the carbons are placed by tho trimmer so as to touch, and when tho current is established In tho circuit and goes through them thoy aro drawn slightly apart by proper mechanism in the lump. The electric current encountering great esistniuo from tho air, produces great heat, which, acting on tho carbons, gives a white incandescence hence the arc light. This principle is utilized in welding. Tlio ends of metals to bo woldod aro brought in close contact; then the current is run through them, and when It. Is established theso ends aro separated siignuy, wnon tlio elec tric arc Is formed between thoin and heat ensues, which, by a skillful ar rangement of tho machine, is gradually Inlonsilied until tho d sired welding heat is obtained. At this juncture the stirronl is shut oIT by tho operator, and tho machine manipulated so as to pross tho heated ends together, when the wold Is at once completed. 'I ho whole process. Is clean, neat, beautiful. In tlio weldings done on the small machine tho file show tho homogeneity af tho metal at tho point of junction, and to show how strong this wold was Mr. Letup twisted one of the joined bars until the metal broke, but tlio break was not at tho wold. Next an exhibition was glvon of welding two-Inch pipo on the machine Joslgned for that purpose. This was is readily and as easily effected as In tho case of the smaller bars in the first machine, the wold being perfect, and leaving but a little ridge oa tho inside. Then on tho third machine bars of wild two-Inch iron woro welded with tho groati'st ease and In tho most per fect manner. Tho metal at first as mines at the junction a dull reddish color. This color gradually extends an each side about ono Inch or so, but while It is spreading there Is a change to a white heat where tho metals meet. Borax Is used to prevent outsldo oxida tion only. Then there is tho sudden (hutting oil' of tho current, a forcing together of tho heated ends, with the result of a complete union of tlio niot ds. Tho whole process Is ono of mar velous simplicity and at tho same time wonderful completeness. Bo.ton llor ild. CARTOONIST KEPPLER. Tim ICurly KtriiKultM unit l.utnr Kuv"iuM ot tho Turnout ArtUl. Joseph Kopplor, tho groat cartoonist, who Is Inseparably associated with the growth of caricature In America, was born In Ylonna about ilfty years ago. Ills father was a fancy bnkor, anil the hoy fostered a lovo of art from orna menting wedding and birthday cakes with quaint and curious designs. He thou made copies of tine costume plates, which ho offered for sale, and subse piently drew for tho comlo Gorman papers. Finding this did not pay, he joined a dramatic troupe and assumed it will tho rolo of tragedian and corn elian. The company foundered, anil ho became a prestldtgitatour, doing the lecoinplleo and assistant act. About ISIiU. feeling the country too small for him, ho came to America, settling In St. Louis. Most of his time was spent in making designs for lithographers, but ho was too ambitious for that work, iiiul Induced some friends to aid him In jstublUhlng tho Gorman Puck. St. Louis was a poor city for such a paper, and the venture lived but a few months. Thwarted but not discouraged. Kopplor came to Now York in 187l ills genius was at onco recognized, und ho and Malt Morgan drew cartoons on Leslie's In opposition to Nasi on Harper's, fie remained with Leslie until ISTtl, when, In company with A. Sehwart.man, he revived the German Puok, tho English edition of which appeared tho follow ing March. Kopplor was not mistaken, and tho paper was an assured success almost from the start, l'uok has been a father to the whole younger genera tion of cartoonists and a fortune to its owners. Personally Mr. Kopplor Iinprossi ono as a dashing, brilliant man. Ho Is Uvo feet ten inches in height, of mili tary bearing, w Ith mustauho and goatue. Groat inuseus of hair mom to Ileal on top of his head. Ills tompuraiuunl Is very gonial. His homo is lit luwood ou.t he-Hudson, whore ho litis a beauti ful house. - Chicago News. MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS. Some Itomnrknblr Queer Trench Viignrlef of thn Olden Time. A French writer named Chnllatnel has recently issued a book entitled "A Blrd's-Eyo View of Franco In tho Mid dle Ages," in which ho rolates a num ber of medical suporstltions current in Franco In tho mlddlo ages, most of which aro said to prevail at tho present tlmo also. In thoso dnys tho Fronch seem to havo had unlimited faith in preservatives against diseases and in fallible means of cure, and it may be ndded that they woro not alono in tholr trustfulness. Tho following aro somo of tlio suportitious practices montioned: To cure fovor thoy abstained from both llesh nnd eggs on Easter and on other high festivals; thoy caused a cab bago stolon for tho purposo from a neighboring garden to bo dried on a pot-hook; thoy woro ono of a dead man's bones as an amulet; they inclosed a green frog in a bag and hung it to tho side person's neck; they ato tho first Easter daisy that they found, and thoy reoeivol tho benediction in three dilTcront parishes on tho samo Sunday. Whilo tolling their beads thoy searched for a mullein-stalk and throw it to tho winds; thoy passed through tho cloft of a tree; they caused a horso to drink a bucketful of water, and then drank after him; thoy crossed a proces sion bolwcon tho cross nnd tho banner; they drank holy water on Easter eve or on tho eve of Pentecost; they twined the hem of a shroud about their arms or necks, nnd they drank three times of a mixture of water from threo wells in a now pot. Tho pooplo of Provence had their llshorles blessed on a certain saint's day. On Assumption day the peoplo of Perlgord went before sun rise, walking backward, to gather nine sprigs of centaury, which thoy fastened to a fovorish person's neck, after which thoy gave him an infusion of tho herb to drink. A toad choked to death on tho ovon of St. John's day had tho same virtue. It was common for a feverish patient to rise early in the morning and walk backward in a meadow, plucking a handful of herbs without turning or looking at them, then throw them bo hind him au.l keep on in his course without turning back; the result of this was that tho fever attacked tho dovil. Anothor practice was for tho fevered person to drop a pteco of monoy in a public place, with bomo mummery; whoevor picked up the coin took the fovcr. Tho wa'crsof several fountains cured fevers, and In particular tho fountains uo Krignac triumplicu over tertians. To overcome fear ono hnd only to stick plus in a dead man's shoe, carry a wolf's tooth or oyo about, or rido a boar. To banish rheumatism tho sick porson caused a miller or his wlfo to strlko three blows with tho hammor, Baying: "in nomino Patrls," etc. Bath ing tho painful parts with tho wator of tho fountain of Montos caused tho pain to cease. In Landos rheumatics and paralytics woro cured of ills by getting Into certain openings, called etrinos, in the pillars of a church. In Britain a child was protected against all dis eases by having his shirt put on damp. Tho peoplo of Perlgord carefully pre served tho ashes and ombers of tho yule log, which euros tho maladlos of both man and beast. In somo districts tho butter made In May was kopt as a vulnerary. Among tho peasants of the Montagno-Noiro a whlto-handlod knife was an infallible remedy for colic. Epl opsy was cured by attaching a eru clllx nail to tho pationt's arm, or by causing him to wear a sllvor ring or a modal bearing tho names Caspar, Mel choir, and Balthasar. For warts there was a vory simple spoelllo rubbing thorn with a wad of hair or of broom, and wrapping chick-peas or pobblos in a rag, which tho porson was to throw bohlnd him on a road. Whoovor had toothache touchod tho aching tooth witli a dead person's tooth. London Standard. Renovating Stcol Rails. Somo success appears to havo attend ed the recently dovlsed process of mak ing old steel rails now, It having boon found, aflor various oxporlinonts, that pieces of stool may, at a propor boat, l)o perfectly and easily woldod togothor uftor being coatod with a solution of sili cate of soda, or other solution In which silica Is contained. Yery satisfactory results havo been obtained by dipping tho pieces of stool to bo welded into the silicate solution, or by pouring it upon thoin, then bunching together tho pieces to bo welded, heating them to an ordi nary heat, and passing them through rolls. This Is tho process followed in tho case of largo articles, but those ol smaller description can bo welded undor tho hnininor when treated previously with the solution. Not only is this mothod found applicable for roworklng old steal rails and other heavy ploces, hut It thus renders certain kinds ol stool scrap highly serviceable which formerly woro almost worthloss; and the establishment of an Important In dustry Is regarded as practicable, namely, tho treatment of masses ol steel with the silicate solution, on a largo scale, placing them In the heat ing furnace, and then passing them through the rolls, thus, it is claimed, turning old rails into now ones as good as the first product of the steel Ingot N. Y. Sun. A Delicate Chicago Foot. Fashionable shoe store. "What slae do you wear, niadamoP" "Number four." Clerk -Take a mho. 1 think I can fit you. Madiuno, I llnd that you require n number olght, at least. "Number olghtl Woll, Unit's a four, Isn't It lov for onuh footf" Chicago Herald. THE ANDAMAN PIGMIES. rtin fiercest f.lttle PuvnKPA In the World lit l.mt Won Uy Klrnlne. In tho Bay of Bengal is a chain of Islands known as the Andamans, whoso inhabitants havo long been famous for their extreme ferocity, their diminu tlvo stature and tho utter fniluro of missionaries who havo labored among them for twonty years without making a singlo convert. It has been almost certain death for a stranger to sot foot on somo of these islands, and it may now bo said for the first timo that through the exorcises of long nnd pa tient kindnesses theso littlo folks havo. been infused with somo measure of confidence in tho outer world. A largo part of their coasts may now be visited without inviting tho tragedies of which we have often read as occurring there. Tho Indian Government has long maintained a pennl colony on South Andaman. The white olllcers in chargo of it resolved to try upon tho fierce dwarfs of Littlo Andaman tho policy that had won for thorn tho good will of many other islanders. A while ago an expedition, assailed as usual when it landed witli arrows and battle axes, took threo women and six men prison ers aid e irriod thorn nearly a hundred miles away to Fort Blair. They were treated with the utmost kindness, and after a while began to think thoy wore among friends. In two months thoy woro restored to their island loaded with all the presents they could carry. Upon the next visit of the whites the released captives camo to see them, and in a few days men, women and chil dren fcariess'y visited tho camp, and oven ventured on board the steam livinoh. Somo of them have sinco vis ited tho white settlement on South An daman, and, though tact and caution aro still required to deal with them, it Is belioved that soon shipwrecked c- ews will bo nblo to land on Littlo An daman with perfect safety. As far as wo know, the Andamanese aro ono of tho smallest races of men that evor existed. Tho average height of the men, Prof. Flower tells us. is 1 feet 9 Inches, that of tho women I feet G inches. Thoy arc about tho samo size as the South African Bushmen, and wo know no peoplo smaller than the Bushmen oxcopt the Akka of Central Africa. Evidently of Negrito stock, tlio Iso ation resu ting from their lion oness has kept thorn a pure and primitive race, still in tho stone age, forming .loir huts of boughs and leaves, and presenting to othnologists a most inter esting Hold of study. Only ono tribe of thoso wild people has thus far proved wholly untamable. Tho Jarawas of Great Andaman keep tholr arrows sharpened for any whites who pass their way. Somo of them have boon taken captlvo, honored with the kindest attention, and finally sent homo loaded with presents, but the hatred thoy chorlshod for tho whito race is still as fierce and vindictivo as over. N. Y. Sun. THE HOT-AIR CURE. Something Ahout thn Simple Diet of tho South AlPerleilll Cowlioys. When in tho Itopublics of the Uru guay and tho Argentine In 18(58, whore 1 mot Captain Burton, I found that tlio tea of Paraguay (mato) as a hot infu sion used by Englishmen "in the camp" did, with mutton, all that it) claimed by your correspondent. Tho fellows In tho distant camp wero often six and eight weeks without any thing but mate and their sheop, and to my horror I found that each at a meal could eat n merely soddon shoulder of mutton, which for an hour had been toasted from a wooden stako ovor a llro of dry cow dung. Tho mutton so propared was often porforco oaten without bread, salt or poppor, and then it was always rol ished for its own sake, but washed down with mato why, it was living like a lighting-cock! Still, I am bound to confess that when tho fellows from tho distant camp visited Buenos Ayres or Monte Yideo, thoy mado straight for a confectioner's shop, and "hobbling" their horses in tho street, thoy gorged themselves with cako like so many schoolboys. Yot tho Repub lics of South Amorlca con firm tho statements of your correspond ent, with this qualifie ition, that tho hot water may be infused mate, and that if fat and sinow aro liked thoy may bo eaton freely. Tho dwellers in the camp are tho leanost, tho most enduring, and tho healthiest men living, sixty miles on horebaek before breakfast being as little thought of as tho walk of a Londoner from tho bank to tho stock exchange it should bo added that children begotten in tho camp inherit these qualities, with Intelligence be yond tholr yours from an English point of view, Tho boy or girl of eight or ten years may bo trusted to climb up the fore leg of a horse that he or she may chase sheep running before a storm, to bo headed fyiomownrd to a corral. Ono word more: a simple linger cut on tho pampas practically Involves lockjaw; and It may therefore bo asked whether this follows from a diet of hot water and moat without vogotable or mineral accompaniment. P. Barry, in Pall Mall Budget. A well-known Chinaman has start ed an evening school In Now York fci teach the English lnngungoo his own countrymen. A good-slod class began recently, and It was groat fun. AP of tho pupils could speak a little "pigeon" ISiigllsh, and thoy imidu it a mile to sienk no ChintMo while in the school; but tho teacher's groatel dllllculty was to get them to pronounce the English word projwrly. i i i ii A man of notUud uoiivleUnns U ono who bits boon tontuiiuod to life sorvloo In a penitentiary., N. 0. Pieuyuuu. , THE HERRING INDUSTRY. flow "Sardine" are Tanned In tho TactO" , rlc of Kantport, Mr. Amerlcnn art was not tho only thing which recived an Impotus nt tho Cen tennial Exhibition in 187G. It becamo evident that wo had to learn a great deal about tho food preparations dcriv ablo from France, Norway, Sweden, and oven Spain. Fish products in end less vnrloty, all excellent, mndo no in considerable portion of tho foreign ex hibits. It might tako years of labor before we could rival the Sevres por celain, but there could not bo any such troublo in regard to tho preparation of sardines. As there always has been a great deal of enterprise in Now Eng land, It struck thoso intcrosted In fish ery products that thoro wero ways of preparing herring other than simply salting or smoking them, and nt once, copying In a certain measure the Scan dinavian fashion, a now industry had Its birth In Maine. Tho center of tho canning of herrings is found at Eastport, Maine, and hero at certain seasons a vory large business Is done. Tho herrings aro caught In vast quantities by means of seines, and tho smacks bring tho fish into port As herrings aro perishable, quick-sailing vessels aro necessary, so as to hurry tho catch into port A considerable portion of the catch is put in barrels for convenience in handling. As soon as tho fish aro landed thoy are at once dumped on long tables, whore thoy aro picked and cleaned. If the fish aro for canning, pains aro taken that all tho herring shall bo of a size. There aro particular seasons when tho young her ring run, and tlieso aro best adapted for canning. Hands becomo vory ex pert, and a great ntimbor of fish can bo picked and cleaned in tho briefest period of lime. Sometimes mechanical adjuncts of a simple kind aro used to tako oil tho scales and fins. In some of the largest of these estab lishments, when fish aro plenty, hun dreds of women aro employed. Tbore is no mechanical process yet invented which will fill tho tins, and so fingers must bo used. In Franco, sardine cans aro packed so close with fish that not anothor one can be put in. The rea son for this is not because the French ennnor is a generous man, but for tho good reason that olivo oil is worth more than tho sardines. In Eastport factories the greatest cleanliness is used, and tlio rooms aro constantly washed down. As fast as the fish havo been cleaned and gutted thoy aro brought into tho canning-rooms. In some canneries tho fish nro first thor oughly cooked bofore Doing put into tho tins; then tho cans aro warmed anow and soldered. Certain factories cook tho product directly in tho tins. It re quires a great deal of skill to give tho horring their propor llavorings. If thoro is tho least blunder in tho me chanicnl part of tho work, tho spoil ing of tho product is tlio result, as immediately decomposition takos place. A great many herrings aro smoked at Eastport, and following tho methods employed for cod, bone less herrings aro made. Theso aro put on tho market in glass boxes. Thoro are, howover, somo ways of putting up tho herring which England seems to havo tho secret of. Wo havo not yot succeeded in converting American smoked horring into tho Yarmouth bloator. OIT tho coast of California tho Clupcu sagax Is found, and this is tho truo European sardine. So far. no ndvantago has been taken of tho snr dlno in American wators, but in tho timo to come, when tho olive-ireo shall becomo moro plentiful in California, tho sardino will find Its propor accom paniment, which is olivo oil, and not cotton-seed oil. Horring enter vory lnrgoly into liu mnn consumption, though to a less do greo in the United States than in other countrios. As nearly as can bo esti mated, -13.000,000 pounds of hor ring aro takon off tho North Ameri can coast Tho aggrogato catch In European wators Is MO, 000. 000 pounds. Harpor's Weekly. Intelligence of Beavers. "Tho intolligenco of tho beavor Is provorblal," says a correspondent of tho St James Gazette, "but it may not bo gonoraliy known that If a stool trap Is loft visible In ono of his runs ho will deliberately spring It with a stick; but if it is so artfully covored with snow or leaves that ho stops on It unwarily, ho will twist round nnd round till tho limb is sovored. It is only undor water that a steel trap will hold a beavor, and then because ho drowns before ho can twist himsolf freo. I onco caught a beaver's foot In this wav, and somo weoks aftor ward anothor trapper caught a three footed animal in a dead-fall. This was evidently my lieavor, so I bought his Bkln and ovontually brought it to Lon don, whore it was sold, to bo convorted so I was informed into n seal-skin vest" A paragraph going tho rounds of Georgia papers tolls of tho first ap pearance ol a colorod lawyer in Atlanta. It was whon Aaron Alpeorlu Bradloy went to tho Stato Somite. Bradloy was a klnd-hoartod mulatto, a sharp fellow, too, and when ho rose unexpectedly in tho court-room ono day to defend a caso tho lawyor on the othor side was so Indignant at his impudence that ho immediately forgot cvory thing ho know. Tho mulatto lawyor called for the papors in tlio caso, looked at them through his oyo-glassos und mads a motion to dismiss upon some technicality. Tho court granted the motion, and Bradley, with an ag gravating twist of his nnisUioho, swag gored oil, leaving tho whlto lawyer so full of rugo and inortllloatlon that ho would not upon his mouth. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL Fifty colored men w latoly studying for tho priesthood In Homo. Every civilized country in tho world is represented by students nt tho University of Berlin. Moro col'ego students come from Connecticut In proportion to tho popu lation than from any other State. She sends one to cvory Mi) poisons. Useful knowledgo can have no en emies except the Ignorant; It cherishes ' youth, delights the aged, is an orna ment in prosperity, and yields comfort in adversity. Every generation enjoys tho uso of a vasthoardfof knowledgo) bequeath ed to it by antiquity, and transmits that hoard, augmented by fresh acquisitions, to future ages. Lord Macaulcy. Creeds may be over-omphaslzed; hut it is a significant fact that tho men who do tho most to domonstrato how little there is in creeds, and how much they hinder the progress of truth, are the men who do the least to conquer tho world for Chris . Dr. F. A. Noble. It is just ono hundred years sinco tho introduction of Methodism into New England. Jcsso Lee had the dis tinction of having been the first cireult preachor. and a bronzo equestrian statue on tho sight of tho old apple tree at Norwalk. wliero ho held his llrst meeting, is proposed. The sum of $70,000 has been ex pended by tho trustees of tho I'oabody fund within the last twelvo months, dis tributed pretty evenly among tho Southern States. During the last twon ty years this fund has supplied re sources amounting to $l,727,Gf0 for tho extension of educational work in tlio South. In Suinmerville, Mass.. a recent re ligious census shows that thoro aro 2,22d children and youth from l to 120 years old, and all but lol are in somo Sunday-school. That does not look as if th" church need ask the Stato to make the freo schools religious. Tho I church can attend to her own business if she will. Independent There aro 1.21S Young Men's Christian Associations in America, 622 in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1, i'J2 in Germany. Holland and Switzer land, 200 in Japan and o.Vi in IS other countries. It is an interesting fact that there is an organization at Naza reth, wliero Christ lived for thirty years, and at Jerusalem, whoro ho was crucified. Tlio Ocean Buy Society, a corpora tion recently organized, proposes to buy the inimenso hotel with 1,200 rooms, which cost $1,750,000 and has been so long idle, at Kockaway Beach, to gether with an adjacent plot of ground containing about twenty-live acres. It will be converted into a largo religious seaside resort similar to Ocean Grove, and although it will bo non-sectarian will be under Methodist government WIT AND WISDOM. No man ovor did a designed injury to another without doing a greater to himself. Henry Homo. Young, ono Is rich in all tho futuro that ho dreams; old, ono is poor in all tho past ho regrets. If you are a diamond, bo suro thnt yon will bo found out Cheek, brass or gall never gets ahead of merit. Bur dotte. Not what tho world says wo may do, but what wo know wo ought to do, is the standard of duty for us In our daily conduct If you would construct h, truo and lasting character you must choose tho right things in the vory beginning of life. Dr. Gregg. When bad men combine, the good must associate; or olso thoy will fall, ono by ono, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke. Wo aro all of us bound to make blunders in this life. Most of our trou bles como from trying to uphold thorn after thoy aro made. Somorvlllo Jour nal. Hard work Is tho cost of all attain ment that is worth having; yot, while everybody wants tho attainment, only now and then one is willing to do the hard work that is essential to its secur ing. Thero Is no bright futuro for tho young man who is shirking every re sponsibility, ignoring industry, and glories in being an Idler. Good luck will never como to him. and it never should. Thero Is a burden of enro in gottlng riches - fear in keeping them; tempta tion in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing thorn; and a burden of account at last to bo given up concerning them. M. Henry. Tho influences of outward nnture, of circumstances, of our occupations, of our fellow-men, aro always pressing upon us. but tho results of this pressure upon our welfare, our character and our life will always depend upon tho nature of, tho inward forces with which wo meet it and respond to it Onco a Wook. Tho woman who hns found a man to whom sho can bo an inspinttion, making him toll oaslly and happily for her sako, lu; f'iund the widest possible sphere. The Instinct of ovory woman lead her to Book this; whatovor olso women sook is probably sought boeauso they have boon denied or disappointed in finding this. llural New Yorker. The probability In tho caso of ovory man is that ho will finally dio as he lived, without any ussontuU cluingo in his character. Those who nro hoping to rectify life's mistakes by a denlh-bod repentance, are almost cer tain to be inlaUiken in this redjiocU In most onsets tho ropuntanoe will not come, and they will go to the bar of God without It independent