THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES & CHANCEY, - Publishers
UNION, OREGON.
SUNDAY IN BURMAH.
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i Famoiin l'ugoilit nt ICntigoon.
I Tcrlmps ono of tho most wonderful
structures that tho Orient can boast is
tho pagoda nt Rangoon. "Shwny" is
Uunnoso for gold or gilded, and, if the
reader can imagine an elongated bulb
ous dome drawn out to 'a height groater
than St. Paul's, and covered complete
ly with burnishod gold from base to
summit, ho may got an idea of the
Shway Dugou pagoda. Hut stay, lie
must not forgot tho Eastern sun blazing
on it in a clear atmosphere, causing
tho oye to turn away from it, dazzled
by its suproino brilliance, for rcliol
among tho doop-grcon foliago at its
foot. At tho very crown of tho spire is
fixed a canopy studded with rubies,
diamonds, emeralds and sapphires, and
this again is crowned by a gilded Hag,
in which all tho choicest gems aro sot
In puro gold. This ling was recently
dislodged by an earthquako and was
taken down, and for threo consccutlvo
Sundays all tho pious Burmeso flocked
to contrlbulo a sharo toward tho
cxponso of remodeling and enriching
this ornament. Thcroaro two or threo
layers of a leaden alloy insldo, whilo
outsldo thc80 nro covered with a layer
of puro gold about a quarter of an inch
thick and densely encrusted with gems.
Tho romolting is a solemn coromony
conducted by tho "poongyeos" or llur
meso elders, a select committco of
whom gather and control the public
funds. Clad in flowing whito garmonts
the "poongyeos" gather bohind a bam
boo barrier insldo a kind of squaro
tent, and rccoivo tho .offoringa of the
people, which vary from a diamond
worth G.900 rupoos to a fow pice, ac
cording to tho wealth of tho donor.
Tho hlgh-casto Uurmoso lady comos
forward, and unclasping a costly banglo
Bet with goms, hands It over to the pro
siding functionary; tho magnate strips
his rings from his hands, and they,
too, go into tho molllng-pot, whore the
pooror pooplo contrlbulo small gold
rings, bangles, necklaces, pins, otc,,
down to rupoos, annas and pices. In the
mooutlmo, in tho foropart of tho lnolos
uro, which is riohly hung with all tho
natlvo emblems, such as uinbrollas,
fcathorfl, vases, quaintly-colored car
pota, long muslin loaves covorod with
epanglos and gold, and suoh llko, two
charcoal fires aro bolng kept allvo
with blow-plpos, in which aro to bo
Boon crucibles full of molton gold. At
elx o'clock tho gold Is cast Into Ingots,
and tho final molting takes plaoo on
tho last Sunday of tho throo.
Tho crowd of spectators prosslng
round tho .bamboo barriers Is of a
ory variod nature Guyly-dockod
Uurmoso girls, with faces plastered
over with whlto paint If of high rank,
tho hair turned up ovor tho head, and
clad in orango and brilliant colors;
naked children; Chlunmou in huge
hats and looso coats, with yollovv, oily
complexions; Slums in black, clothes;
I'uthnnH of flno stature and apeai'
unco; Paraoos from Bombay, of a Sem
itic cast of countonaneo; Hindus,
Blkhs, runjabctof luilf-otiBtes, ' and
Europeans of all nations aro to bo
found lu tills motloy mass, Tho Bitr
rouudlligs, too.aro well worthy of re
taork. Surrounding tho bmco of tho
'pagoda aro numorous BhrlnaH and
smullor pagod.19, fitted with tho
most wondrous carving; outside thcNO
sit inuslolans playing on tom-toms,
gougs, strango violins and string lu
utrumonts; you boo two Or threo bands
ussomuiod within a fow foot of eaoh
other, each playing Its own tuuo (If
tuno It can bo called) irrospoetlvo of
ita neighbors; there, too, aro tho
chlronmuolBts or fortune-tollers, us
trologtstH ami provision mongers. If
you aro inclined to bo told your char
acter and future, you pay a fow annas
und And that you aro going to bo
blessed with ton nous and daughters,
that you aro hospitable and klud
liourted, and, ubovo all things, ex
travagantly gonarous tho latter qual
ity Is never missing from tho catalogue,
for tho wily lJur'man hopes In this way
to screw out another anna or two, but,
-perhaps, as a rule, unsuccessfully.
Whou a Burmun goes to pray ho can
ilo it most comfortably, as ho brouk
fusta in church and puta In a prayer be
tween each mouthful, and if any thing
tickles him ho stops to have a hearty
laugh. Chicago Times.
Niagara Falls Receding.
It Is estimated that Niagara Tails
will recede two miles and then remain
ittatlonury, their height at that point
bolng eighty foot, instead of 1(51. as at
present. Tho supposition is supported
by un argument which appears reason
able. Tho present site is a limestone
formation some eighty or ninety feet
thick, with a Bhnly foundation. As tho
Bliulo Is wushed away, tho llmestouu
breaks off, and tho falls take a step
backward. Hut tho end of tho shaly
deposit will bo reached two miles from
tho present falls, and then tho rushing
water will have more than it can do to
wear away tho isolld precipice over
which it will bo projected.
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A shoemaker at Soran, Germany,
mado a pair of boots for a customer
but callously loft a nail protruding
from tho solo; tho wearer's foot was
noon scratched, inflammation ensued,
und tho foot had finally Ui bo uinpu.
iiu. Tho Hhoomulcor was sued for
Ouwugos, und tho court compolod him
to pay to tho Injured roan u sum equal
s$225 per your for life, and to pay all
vAMtoetor'fl bllla und tho costs of the euit
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
An Explanation of the Intlnintn llclatloni
Kxlutlntr ItotWfcn tlm Two.
To bo beautiful, a woman must be
healthy; tho delicacy which comes
from physical weakness is not an ele
ment of beauty. Tho grace of a per
fect form is tho result of sound bono
and flesh; health strengthens tho
muscles, and the proper condition of
tho stomach and lungs is of great Im
portance on tho perfect circulation
of tho blood and Its freedom from all
impurities doponds the beauty of the
complexion. Tho skin must bo kept
hoalthy by frequent bathing and
propor diet, as woll as plenty of ex
ercise in tho open air. Tho English
aro wont to say tho paleness and
sallow tlngo of tho American girl's
complexion is duo to insulllcient nour
ishment, tho want of strengthening
food. A French author of noto snys:
"A train of exact and rigid observation
has demonstrated that a succulent,
delicate and careful regimen ropols to
a distance, and for a considerable
length of time, tho external nppear
nncos of old age. It gives moro
brilliancy to tho eyes, moro freshness
to tho skin, moro support to tho mus
cles, and us It is certain in physiology
that it is depression of tho muscles
that causes wrinkles, those enemies of
beauty, ,it is equally true to say that,
other things being equal, thoso who
understand eating aro compara
tively ten years younger than
thoso who do not understand that
sclonco." Our dry utmosphcro,
it is true, is somowhat unfavor
able to clearness and brilliancy of
tho complexion, and our cltmato is
moro or less exhausting to tho constitu
tion of women, yet with caro and at
tention to certain rules any woman,
not actually diseased, may have good
health, and with it somo degree of
beauty.
Bathing is ono of tho first require
ments, as it produces a healthful con
dition of tho skin. Thoroforo, tho
daily bath, with a walk of an hour or
moro In tho open air (not tho oxorclso
of housowork), and a plentiful supply
of good, well-cooked, nourishing food
plain food, not pies, puddings and
sweet meats will add not only to a
woman's attractive appoaranco, but
improve mind, body and soul, for
hoalth, happiness and virtuo go hand
in hand. Ladies' Homo Companion.
IUVA TO HER LOVER.
An Ingcminim .Maiden's Spotinli In "Tho
Wltiii'i of the Sun."
"I seem to havo belonged to you al
ways," slto said, with a beautiful can
dor. '! seem only to have a right to
myself through you. Your love makes
mo glad to bo mysolf, becauso If I had
been any ono else, no mattor how
groat or good, you would not havo
loved mo and your lovo Is best. No,
no; you must not speak; you must not
contradict mo. Just lot mo say what
Is In my heart. I fool that what is
there must run into your heart llko a
stream Into tho groat soa. It Is won
derful to think that I havo your lovo
1 out of tho world! It Is as though a
groat star wore to ooncontrnlo Its light
all on somo llttlo llowor and say, '1
will shino only for this llowor that I
lovo.' It is nfl though somo high ono
in Heaven woro to rof uso to slug in tho
groat choir, that his voieo might bo
hoard only In dreams of somo poor :
woman upon oarlh whom ho loved and
waited for. Ah, do not interrupt mo!
It is so big in my heart. It strains
mo. 1 havo no one else to
speak to Indeed, no ono that
I caro to speak to. You aro
tho only ono tho very first tho
ili-Bt since I was a llttlo child and I
gavayou my sllvor book. You holpcd
to form my life. You helped to make
mo Into what you now lovo. You woro
llko a song through tho slleneo of my
life. Always your momoi'V was with
mo at tho right moment. I never had
a wrong thought, a wrong impulse,
that your face did not come us eloar,
as olonr it was as clear as that whlto
magnolia llowor there In the moon
light. And your eyes would look so
grieved. 1 longed to ask your pardon,
to havo you take my hand and say
that you forgave mo. I dreamed about
you 'sometimes when I was awake,
Bomotlines when I was asleep. When
I used to fancy how It would bo If yon
woro dead It scouted llko a tiresome
voice insisting that I was alive. I
would try not to listen to It, but it
would seem to llll the room. And thon
I would llo quite still and think. 'Aft
er all, it Is you who lovo him. my
heart- Heat on, beat on! Oh, do not
stop! without you I could not glvo him
my love."' From Mrs. Chamber's
Latest Novel.
Tho Coat Made tho Horse.
A citizen of Xenla, O , had tho
family horse clipped, and then told his
wife and daughter that ho traded off
tho faithful animal. Roth woro as
tounded and began Immediately to
orltlelsu the now ono. "How ugly his
color Is," said ono of them. "What an
unirnlnlv Hltane. too." remarked tho
other. "And boo how wild and rock
less ho acts," Bald tho mother, who al
ways doted on tho gontlottessof tho old
horse. In thin way they dissected tlio
now horso for quite awhile, and whon
told tho truth could hardly refrain from
apologizing to tho old horso thoy had
bo slandered.
Two Scotch tramps, man and wife,
make a irood llvimr oil tho baby, "Wo
lust gets Mm christened," explains tho
man. "In all tho towns wo passes, and
then, you see. parson makes us all
comfortable wl' sutniuut to out and
monoy for beds. On duys orful bad wo
Las to do m tyio.
BURNED TO DEATH.
A Sarnco I'linifttiuicnt Itrvlvril In the
l'rnvlncn of Yunnan, Clilmi.
Tho Governor of Yunnan states that
in somo of tho country districts of that
province tho villagers havo a horrible
custom of burning to doath any man
caught stealing corn or fruits In the
Holds. Thoy at tho same time compel
tho man's rolatives to sign a document
giving their consent to what Is done,
and then mnko them light tho lire with
their own hands, so as to doter them
from lodging a complaint afterward.
Sometimes tho horriblo ponalty is
exacted for tho breaking of a single
branch or stalk, or oven falao accusa
tions aro made and men put to death
out of spite. This terriblo practice,
which seoms incredible when heard,
camo into uso during tho timo of tho
Yunnan rcbollon, and tho constant ef
forts of tho authorities have not
succeeded in extirpating it since.
Last autumn a caso of tho
kind occurred in tho Chluching
prefecture. Ono evening a man named
Peng Choa-Sheng was going down to
watch his own Hold. His path led him
along tho side of a patch of malzo bo
longing to another man. As ho passed
ho pulled off a head of corn. The owner
saw him and shouted out. upon which
ho dropped tho corn and lied. Tho
owner wont and told his landlord, upon
which the latter proposed that tho pil
ferer should bo burned.
Tho two men having agreed, next
morning they laid tho matter before an
assembly of tho villugors. As tho mat
ter was so trifling sotno advised that it
should bo let drop, but their opinion
was not listened to. On tho following
day tho two men seized their victim
and bound him. Tho poor man's moth
er camo with all her relatives and
bogged for mercy. She offered to mako
atonement by forfeiting tho whole of
her property to tho community, but all
sho could say was of no avail. Tho
moii refused to give way, and ordored
her to give her consent to tho
murdor In writing, threatening
her that otherwise thoy would put
her to doath also. Ovoreomo by fear
sho asked a stranger, a traveling doe
tor who can not bo identified, to writo
tho required paper for her. Thoy thon
piled up a heap of brushwood in an
empty plnco outsldo tho illngo and
tho noxt day at noon carried the man
out and laid him bound upon it. Tho
woman was compoled to sot firo to tho
faggots, and her son was burned to
death. Afterward, as soon as sho
could, sho stolo away to tho town and
gavo Information to tho authorities.
The two men woro Immediately ar
rested. Ono of them, tho landlord,
died in prison, but tho other was sont
to the provincial capital for trial.
Tho memorialist ljnds that in tho
fifteenth year of Ch'ion Lung, A. D.
1750, at tho request of tho Governor of
Szechuon, it was decreed that in tho
case of any porson bolng burned to
doath by a body of men, tho principal
olTondor should bo executed by tho
lingoring proeoss and tho participants
in tho crlmo bo bohoaded. Tho land
lord, who In this ease was tho princi
pal, has already died. His follow-of-fondor
was condemned to immediato
decapitation, and tho sentence- has
boon carried into effect without delay.
Peking. Oflleiul Gazette.
THE LATEST DISEASE.
It Hits it Short Nituie, Hut u I. out; List of
UnpluiiHiiut Symptoms.
"It" is tho namo of a new disonso
so-called for lack of a more descriptive
tltlo. Its symptoms and courses do
not tally with tho description of othor
diseases, although It resembles a good
many In Its different forms. The most
prominent symptom, in tho first place,
U a muscular or neuralgic pain mostly
in tho back. Anothor important symp
tom Is oxtremo weakness, coming on
suddenly, without any rlso In pulse and
without fever. Tho patient is languid,
disinclined to work, tho appetllo is
usually abnormal, and In a majority of
eases tho throat becomes affected, giv
ing rise to something like tonsilltls,
but it Is not howvot amenable to
local treatment, as Is tho ordinary
form of tonsllltis. It Is Infectious
without being contagious, in otXor
cases tno mucous mcmnrauo oi mo
stomach becomes affected, giving rise
to severe symptoms of dyspepsia,
in still another class of eases
tho mucous inoinbrauo of tho bow
els Is affected, and tho symptoms ap
pear to bo typhoid fever, but In all
these casos neither tho pulse nor tho
temperature shows any febrile dis
turbances in tho tlrst day or two. In
all these genuine casos tho fever first
comes and then tho disease develops.
After tho lapse of several days tho
pain usually disappears, with tho gen
eral weakness Increasing, and then, as
tho heart becomes weakor, both pulse
and temperature become higher. Tho
glands, usually, in tho neck or in any
part of tho body, are moro or less af
fected, being tender to tho touch and
somewhat swollen. If It appears In
the throat or nose wo frequently And
false membranes upon tho surface of
tho mucous membranes closely resem
bling tho false membranes of diph
theria, differing from it, however, In
that they do not chango color nor turn
up at the edges, nor Is thoro any raw
ness or ulceration Inmeath. A distin
guished Philadelphia physician thinks
tho malady Is caused by an organic
poison known as ptomaine, which Is
very volatile and Is probably Intro
duced into tho system through tho
lungs. Tho poison can bo eliminated
only through tho kidneys and tho skin.
Stimulation of their excretion Is tho
propor treatment. Public speakers,
lngors and actors aro prone to the all
u. ;:t. Cincinnati liuuLirer.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
German cavalry officers hcreaftct
will havo to Includo stcoplcchaslng Id
their studios.
In Homo thero nro 30 cardinals, 3.?
bishops. 1,-IG'J priests, 2,215 nuns and
3,000 monks, friars, candidates, etc.
At tho recent London dioccsnn
conference the Bishop of Bedford ad
vocated card playing in workingmon's
clubs, but, rather strangely, disap
proved of dominoes.
Tho Boers havo whipped England
five different times, and ono of tnolr
prophets now predicts a coming war in
which a Boor will bo raised to the
British throne.
In 1882 Icolnnd was visited by n
remarkable sand-storm, lasting two
weeks, which hid tho sun and objects
a fow yards off liko a denso fog, and
caused the death of tliousands of sliccf.
and horses.
A discussion as to tho height ot
trees in tho forests of Victoriit elicited
Irom Baron von Mueller, tho govern
ment botanist, the statement that ho
saw ono of a height of 525 foot. Tho
lato chief inspector of forests measured
ono fallen and found that it was 385
feet long.
The commander of tho French Na
tional Military School at St. Cyr lately
issued an order forbidding card play
lug. Ho defends tho order by assert
ing that playing for money was so com
mon in tho school that young men of
no fortune had frequently mortgaged
their pay for five, six, and even ten
years after leaving the eollogo to pay
gambling dobts.
A German traveling on tho Lako
of Como recently, gave a waiter a paper
of diamonds tolling him that it was a
tip, and mado similar presents to
others. Tho police asked him some
questions, and ho replied that he lived
upon diamonds and ho paid with dia
monds, whereupon ho proceeded to
swallow several of tho precious stones.
He was locked up In an asylum and hia
friends sent for. Ho had neaii fifty
thousand dollars' worth of diamonds in
his possession at the time.
Tho population of Kamchatka,
which was carefully registered in 1878
and 1879, shows a regular decrease;
since 1741 tho population seoms to have
been reduced to one-half of what It
was 148 years ago. Years of scarcity
of fish, tho staple food of tho popula
tion, aro quito common. In such casos
tho Lamutes and tho Koryaks usually
bring to tho Kamchndales a number of
their reindeer; but this voluntary help
is not sufficient to prevent starvation.
--Rev. Dr. J. M. Buckloy, writing of
Spain, says: "Bribery is goneral in
Spain. Almost any thing can be done
with a fee. Not moro than forty
per cent of tho taxes leviod by tho
government can bo collected. Mayors
of cities get rich in n yoar. One at
least of tlio most important cities is
destitute of credit. No one will lend
it any money. Spaniards so distrust
each othov that monoy is not forth
coming for groat public works. Tho
English manage tho water-works, tho
street cars and almost every thing
else."
Ono of the strangest pieces of ar
tillery in Europe is at Metz and Is
known by tho namo of tho "Griffin,"
from the figure of the fabulous animal
which is to bo found among tho orna
mental portion of- its workmanship.
The gun was cast in 1520 at Ehren
broitstein, near Coblentz. It is 17 feet
In length and 3 in diamotor. Tho bore
Is 10.1 inches; weight. 22,500 pounds.
Us carriage is 21 feet in length, and
the weight of the ball which it carrlos
is 150 pounds; 42 pounds of powder is
required for the charge. Napoleon
Intended it for the War Department.
Paris, but found difficulty in transport
ing it.
AN AMUSING CASE.
a ri
ench WlilowN tiliiss IJyo Crouto Con-
Hltlitruhlti .Mm inn-lit In Court.
A very curious cause lately came be
fore the justice of tho peace of Neuilly,
Franco. Somo time ago Madamo Flu
yette. a widow of fifty, but v ho still
attache much importance to personal
appearance, nnu ute nusioriuuo, in
playing with a lap-dog, to receive from
It bo sovoro a wound In ono oi iter oyes
that it came out of tho socket. Hav
ing heard much of artificial eyes, and
being recommended to apply to an e--pert
manufacturer in this way, named
l'ainsler, sho gavo an order for a glass
oye for which tho optician charged her
100 francs ($20). Refusing to pay this
charge, tho manufacturer summoned
her before tho justice of tho pence.
Madame Pluyo.to having appeared,
holding tho glass oyo in her hand, tho
judge asked her why sho rofusod to
the bill which Monsieur Tamsior had
sent in?
For a very good reason," replied
tho defendant; "1 can see no moro with
this eye than 1 could before."
What!" said tho judge, "did yon
really imagine that you would be able
to see with a glass oyo?"
"Did I think so?" retorted tho angry
dame. "Certainly I did. Will you bu
so good as to tell mo what oyos aro.fof
except to see with? 1 ordered tho oyo
for use, and until Monster Tamsior
makes me one with which I can see 1
will not pay him a sou."
Tho justice of tho peace endeavored
to convince Madamo Pluyetto that glass
oyos were for others to look at, and
not for tho wearer to look through;
but finding all appeals to her reason of
no avail, ho condemned her to pay tho
plaintiff tho amount of his demand.
When the defendant heard the decision
she becamo furious with anger, and,
after dashing her glass eye on tho floor,
sho rushed out of court, amid tho laugh
cr of the crowd. N. Y. Lodger
"BMLIN' THE WATER"
A Maine Glrl'n ConunnnU Upon Seclnc n
Steum Fire Kiisine.
It was not many years ago that Ka
tury Barker, a brisk and talkative
Maine girl, camo up from York County
to Boston to look for household em
ployment. Sho found It In a family
where the people woro willing to sub
mit to hor talkativeness and familiar
ways sho had no idea that sho was In
tho family oi any other than equal
terms for tho sako of getting a capa
ble and industrious helper. Ono after
noon Katury was sent by her mistress
to tho squaro to get somo thread which
was very much needed.
Tho errand was not Hkoly to take
moro than fifteen minutes, and Kalury's
mistress did not think it necessary to
toll tlio hustling Maine girl to make
haste. But after a long lime had
passed, and tho girl did not return, the
mistress began to worry.
"What aim havo happened to the
child? I havo never known her to
loiter."
Soon after, howovcr. tho girl came
in, red and breathless with excitement.
"Why. Katury, whero havo you
been?" asked her mistress.
"llccn! My goodness, ma'am, there's
a firo down t' the square tho awfulest
liro you over see! More'u five hund'ed
folks stan'in round lookin' on, an' the
craziest lot o' fools my! Why, what
do you think they're a-doln'?"
"What, Katury? Putting out the
firo?"
"No, and that's tho wust on't. There
they bo, fellows with big hats on an'
red shirts, an' their sleeves rolled up,
stan'in' round a kind of a b'ilor, pilin'
on coal, an' bilin' that thero water bc-
foro they put it out' tlm liro!"
"Boiling the water! Why, Katury, it
must bo u steam-engine!"
"Steam-ongyno? I guess not! Them
fellers thoy jest wont to work, kinder
cool an' collected, an' got a lot o' coal
an' stuffed it in undornoath their b'iler,
an' thero they was, b'ilin' the water
an' not goiu" a stop toward that fire! I
jest stepped up t' tho policeman that
stands there, an' says I: 'May bo they
call us folks from Down East green,
but if that 'ore ain't tho greenest thing
I ever see, my namo ain't Katury Bar
ker!' says I.
" 'Green?' says he, kind o' careless.
What's green?'
" 'A-stoppin' to bilo that water 'foro
thoy put it out' tho firo!' says I. "No,
sir,' says I, 'ye don't ketch tho folks
down in Maine doin' a stupid thing llko
that!1 An' that policeman ho laughed
right In my face!"
Tho joke was so good that the family
wero soon all in possession of it, and
finally an anecdote based upon it crept
into one of the newspapers. This
printed nneodoto was shown to Katury.
"Oh, dear! dear!" sho exclaimed.
"It'll got copied into tho York County
papers, an' what'll 1 do thon?"
"O Katury," said hor mistress, to
reassure hor, "you seo thero is no
namo given in this story; It just says
'a country cousin.' Nobody could toll
it was you."
"Land's sakes, ma'am." said Katury,
shaking her head sadly, "tho minute
they seo that down in York County
they'd jest know 'twas mo!" Youth's
Companion.
TO REDUCE DISCOMFORT.
How Liiillrt und Ciiiilloiuru Khoulil Con
duct 1 litiuiHt-l vrs III I'ulilli! l'liiciti.
Do not carry your umbrolla or cane
so that tho person behind you is
threatened with the loss of an oye, or
must dodge to avoid a thrust in tho
face or ribs. Bo especially caroful not
to carry it under tho arm at an anirlo
of forty-livo degrees going up stair
ways. Do not wait until in front of a rail
road tiekot window to consult the time
table Do not wait until in front of the
tickot-sellerboforo your pockotbook is
found. Try to havo tho monoy ready,
tho exact change if possible, and re
member that, whilo you may have
plenty of timo. every ono following
you is not so fortuuo.
When entering a pow in church, do
not sit down in tho aisle end, and com
pel eaoh porson to crowd past you. Go
through to tho end, and remember that
to bo polite requires that tho loast dis
comfort and oxcitonient shall becausod
by your acts. Brigands, robbers, or
Indians are not likely to makodeseonts
on public places of worship or amuse
ment In our day, and women may bo
trusted to sit in the aislo ond of the
pews and seats.
Whon thero aro no reserved seats,
and tho wholo house is sold at a uni
form price, it is hardly fair for ono
porson to go and ronorvo threo or four
seats for hor friends, saying "tho seats
aro engaged" to thoso who, moro just
and polite, rof uso to question tho in
justice, and unquestionlngly take less
advantageous seats, though they sacri
ficed time to secure bettor, and aro dis
turbed, after tho performance or lect
ure has begun, by the lato arrivals
who had used a friend to defraud the
public.
If you moot a frlond in a storo, do
not forgot, in your own joy of mooting
hor, that tho clerk's timo is paid for,
and that you havo no right to monop
olize it to tho exclusion of othor trade.
In leaving church or any public
hall, do not stop in tho aisle-ends of
teats, preventing othor people from
leaving tho building who muy havo no
time to spoud that way.
To romember that thero aro othor
pooplo who havo their own affairs that
need immediate attention, who mako
engagements for certain time which
they expect to keep, is to bo simply
just. To olog a llttlo as possible tho
currents of travel is tho part of every
considerate man and woman. Chris
tian llnlrtn.
FACTS ABOUT WINDS.
tlowThpy Art Cumnl iiu.l How .Mankind
Js ItonrllttiMl by Thrill.
Tho ntmosphoro which surrounds
this earth, tho presenco of which is
CBSontial to tho existence of every liv
ing being, extends to a vory consider
able hoight, and, as tho philosophers
havo demonstrated, exerts a prossuro f
of fifteen pounds on every squaro inch
of tho earth's surface. This being re
membered, wo enn readily conceive
thnt evory motion or agitation of this
atmosphere will bo sensibly felt,
whether it occur in slight and gcntlo
breezes, such as may on a summer's
evening refresh all animate nature, or
whether it assume a moro fearful
character, such as when, under tho
form of tho simoon, it threatens death
to every traveler in tho desert.
By agency of tho winds tho atmos
phere is purified from the noxious ef
fluvia which arise from the marshy
Boiis and stagnant waters, and which
would be destructive alike to animal
and vegetable life; by their currents
tho clouds aro transported Into distant
regions, whero falling in rain, thoy re
fresh and fertilize lands that would
otherwise bo barren; by their aid, too,
llttlo seeds, provided with pinions or
fringed, as it were, for tho purpose
such is tho beneficent forosiglit of Nat
ure aro borne along to spread far
and wido tho empire of vegetation.
The ingenuity of man. too, has made a
lover of tho winds, which ho hns ap
plied in tho operation of machinery,
as may bo observed in wind-mills; also,
in taking ndvantago of their power,
and adapting them to his service by
tho ingenious manner in which tho
sails of a ship are set to catch every
side-wind that may still urgo her od
hor voyago.
Tho causo of winds is simple and
easily understood. When tho air, by
which wo aro surrounded becomes
specifically lighter, in consequence of
which it mounts upwards; and tho
colder and denser air which surrounds
tho mass thus ratified, rushes in to
supply its place.
When the door of a heated apart
ment is thrown open, a current of air
is theroby immediately produced; tho
warm air from tho apartment passing
out near tho top of the door, and tho
cold air from tho passage rushing iu
below.
On applying theso principles to ac
count for tho origin of tho wind, wo
find that, whon tho rays from tho sun,
by their reflection from tho earth's
surface, havo rarified a portion of tho
surrounding air, tho air so rarified as
cends into the higher regions of tho
atmosphere, and tho colder air by
which it was surrounded moves for
ward in a sonsiblo current to llll tho
vacuity. When, also, a condensation
of vapor in tho atmosphere suddenly
takes place, giving rise to clouds
which speedily dissolve in rain,
tho temperature of tho surround
ing air is sensibly altered, and
tho colder, rushing in upon tho warmer,
gives riso to a sudden gust of wind.
For this reason a cold, heavy shower
passing ovor head with a hasty fall of
snow or hail, is often attended with a
violent and suddon gust of wind, such
us sailors call "a faquall," which ceases
whon tho cloud disappears, but is re
newed when another cloud, sweeping
along in tho sumo direction, brings
with It a fresh blast. Accordingly, a
whistling, or howling, or noiso of the
wind, is universally considered to bo a
prognostic of rain, becauso it indicates
that a change is taking place in tho
totnporaturo of tho atmosphere, owing
to tho vapor iu itjs higher regions be
ing condensed into rain-clouds.
The general nature of tho winds in
this and iu other countries depends
very much on tho character of the
region whence they may havo swept,
and, accordingly, it is necessary to re
momber that tho globe Is divided into
livo zones or belts tho torrid, which
is oxposed to the direct rays of the sun;
tho two temperate zones, which, meet
ing tho rays of the sun obliquely, en
joy a moderate degree of heat; and
the two frigid zones, which, deprived
of tho heat of the sun for it great part
of tho yoar, and during the other part
receiving his rayb still more obliquely,
aro regions of ice mid snow.
Currents of wind are described not
according to the point to which they
proceed, as is the case with the cur
rents of tho sea, but according to that
from which thoy aro derived.
By a westerly current of water wo
imply a current flowing towards tho
west; by a westerly current of air, ono
coming from tho west. Wo may now
thereforo observe, that a wind is moist
becauso it comes from tho Atlantic,
wltero a great quantity of vapors arise.
Whon mingled with that of the south,
which comes from the torrid zone, it is
rendered particularly warm. The
wind is the driest which comes from
tho continent of Asia, where thero aro
few seas. Tho north wind, however,
is tho coldest, becauso It sweeps from
tho linnienso tracts of ice and snow in
tho frigid zouo. Tho northeasterly
winds aro la this country proverbially
chilly and bitter. N. Y. Ledger.
His Case the Sadder.
"This is tho seventh timo within I
two hours that you havo asked mo
whon tho train loft for Lansing," re
plied tho policeman at tho Third
Strcot depot to a young mun with a
Buohol.
"Is It against tho law?"
"No, but It Is rather annoying to
mo," '
"Woll, if it annoys you, how do you
think 1 must feel about It? T?o faro
Is $2. GO, and Pvo got to think of somo
way to got out there on $1.0." Do
trolt Freo Prose.