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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1889)
All Airntit meiiuionla. Wetter has written quite an exhaustive-articlo on tho subject of pneumo nia, in which lie reviews tho epidem ics of thut diseaso which havo been recorded. lie draws tho following conclusions Pneumonia is a conta gious disease, and the essential germs can be communicated, not only direct ly from an infected person to others brought in contact with him. but they can be transmitted through a third person. They can, also, as in the case of scarlet fever and measles, be con vcyed in clothing and in many other articles such as arc found in the sick room. They aro dill'usible in the air. but one must come within ten feet of a patient in onler to bo within range of infection Tho pneumonia germs arequito long lived. How they remain capable of doing their work has never been de termined, but three years is set as the extreme limit. Pneumonia is "catch ing" at anv time during its entire coui-so. atuf even after recovery Where a person is exposed to the ills caso and becomes infected by tho germs of it. the first symptoms, as a rule, appear between the lifth and seventh day; but exceptional cases are many, and an infected person may be taken down with the disease the sec ond or third day after exposure, or he may carry it about with him for neat ly three weeks before it breaks out. A person who has once had tho dis caso retains for years a liability to have other attacks, Jor the germs of it re main with him and may be found in li is saliva. Hence, Mich a person is not only dangerous to himself, but to others with whom ho is brought in immediate contact. It is hold that this in part explains recurring epidemics in certain families, and, also, while tho same person frequently sutlers from severe attacks (luring his life time. Considering tho fact, now clearly evident, that pneumonia is a contagious diseaso, tho proper precau tions against infection, should of course, be taken, It is true that this diseaso is not nearly so contagious as the most of the other diseases of tho same character, but it is enough so to warrant a cor tain amount of caro. A patient ill .with pneumonia need not be held so dangerous that a rigid quarantine must needs bo established, but those who aro brought in contact with him should use a reasonable amount if? caution not "tako his breath," etc. Perfect, ventilation is alike important to them and to the patient. Ilnndker chiefs and tho liko sliould bo thorough ly Uisinleoted, and it a 'spit cup is used, it should always contain some disinfectant to destroy tho germs in tho sputa. Boston Herald. Kxpuunlvo Fun. A physician of St. Paul related the following litlto incident in tho career of a fellow student. Tho appearance of the latter was not such as to ini press tho casual observer with tho idea that ho was an .eEsculupius in tho sci ence of medicine, and when ho swung his title "M. D." out in tho chilly breeze, it attracted little attention from the sick and ku lie ring. The man also became an unconscious butt of soino of tho uioro light heartud young ladies. Several of tho bolder ones finally concocted a scheme designed to bring him to irretrievable huniilia tion. A messenger was dispatched in hasto to summon the young Union to sot a fractured limb. Quickly gather ing the bandago and instruments nec essary, the doctor followed. Arriving at tho house designated, ho was met with due gravity and informed that Jus patient was in tho rear yard. whither ho was I once led. There upon tho ground w.is u rooster which had been unfortunate enough to break its leg or shall 1 sav limb? Amid hardly suppressed gigles, ho was in formed thut here was tho patient. Comprehending the situation in an in stant, the doctor gravely and uxpo ditiously set the broken member of Chanticleer, putting it in a plaster bandage with all tho care usually vouchsafed to Immunity, and for once a fowl with a broken leg was in luck instead of in tho soup. Tho young ladies were greatly pleased over their adventure, and proclaimed it among their friends with great gusto, but when some days later a bill fonf'.Ti for or reducing a fracture was received, tho laugh died away. In vain thoy assorted that it was- a joke, and that they were only in fun. Tho prescrip tion writer said ho wasn't in fun and there was no joke in it for him uoth ing but the fee, and he proposed to have that if ho had to sue for it. He got it, and pocketed it with u little observation on laughing about sun down instead of in tho forenoon. -St, Paul Pioneer Press. 8I10 Thought They Worn Simla's. One of our townsmen relates that a friend of his, while stopping at the seashore, caught a number of very line eels, and thought it would bo nice if they could be brought homo. It wusdilllenlt to find just tho best niciiis of transportation, but an old oil cloth covered hand bug was procured, and tho cols placed in it. Tho man board ed tho train, and placed tho carpet hag under tho seat, and thought nothing more of it until some time after the train had started, when suddenly a woman who sal about four seats in front of him jumped up 011 tho seat, drawing 11 1 hor skirts, and yelled "Snakes I" I'ho man looked that way, and saw one of the largest of tho eo'ls blowly wriggling r.eross tho car, and. us there was by this time a general commotion throughout the car, he picked up tho gripsack, and, remark ing thut "ho did not t-uru to stay in a car whoro tho conductor allowed snakes to run about tho tloor," made lib way to tho smoker, and has never heart! yot whether tho "suako" was caught or not, Waturbury American. Perfectly Awful. Mrs. Amolio Hives Chunlor is not tho author of tho following linos, which nro being extensively credited to hers - TIiu imktxl lillln ltd tvatltou to 1I10 brwui, Tho field aiv wide, (,-ruri' unf rucked, Ban) are I ho fclilvurltiR limb of tkhniiivleut tree; lial uouclcr U It Unit (tie com U tiw.kiH Ni Yprk Tribune. MILLET'S WAY. Ho Never Painted from Nature Ilccnaae, He Said, "Nature Does Not Pose." I onco said to him that ho must have a remarkable memory to bo able to work, as was his wont, without na ture before him. Ho replied that in that sense ho had not, but that which touched his heart ho retained. In regard to working from nature Millet onco said to me, "I can say I havo never painted (or worked) from naturo;" and gavo as his reason, "na ture does not pose." I would liko this to bo clearly understood; Millet had well weighed his words in stating that he hud never worked from na ture. This was without reference to his student days when ho drew and painted like others from tho model; out from the beginning of his produc tion of pictures he seems to have rcmgnized 1110 met inai "nature uoes not nose. Always looking upon tier ... t as animate moving and living he recorded by the most simple means tho stable tacts observed during na ture's transitions. With the excep tion of several painted studies of his parental home, and of other places j dear to his childhood memories, which j were in fact pictures in every sense, well composed and oll'cotivo 111 light and shade, drawn probably from na ture, but painted more from memory, I havo never seen any work from na ture of Millet's that was not memo randum like in character, indicating by outline and shadow the principal contour; accenting here and thero a prominent or important muscle, or some particular form which he would find to bo the key to tho expression of the form or action which lie sought. Almost all other painters have let t us studies elaborately wrought out either in color or in chafk, surpassing even in detail and research tho parts in the picture for which these studies were used. Upon my first visit to Millet ho took from his pocket a sketch book , t l10 togeta couple more yards of about two and a half by llireo and a 1 "" d,;css 1 ot "Tu , li'ht v?k shc half niches in size, and showed mo siys to the young lady behind thecoun upon 0110 of these little pages his "d really thinks it unpardonable studies for tho wheat ricks, which ifforanco 011 the part of the girl that were tho principal objects in his pie-! turo called "Winter This sketch, I liko many others of tho samo charac-1 tor, was a masterpiece; every lino was! vital, tho sinking and bulging of tho ricksshowing tho cllect of storm and weather. But tho absoluto modeling ' in light and shade, tho texture or the , straw, etc., was not attempted. This tho artist Kimnlicd in his naintincr not by more olaborato drawings or : v ii--, . 1 . 0 1 studies in color, but by his knowledge and memory, and by tho observation of other wheat ricks under similar ef fects as those presented in his picture. Some of his landscape studies in outline with pen and ink were tho ex act record of proportion and construc tion, resembling rather the work of a topographical engineer. The othei qualities of tho laudscapo were loo llceting. Ho hud copied all that would pose for him, us with the ricks; his memory anil knowledgo supplied the rest. Wyatt Eaton in Tho Century. Tool; Him Don it 11 Vvg. Ono of tho oldest inhabitants in Boothby, was met by a scribe sonic days since, and regaled by tho follow- liigtaloot how lie and Ins belter hull had prided himself on his knowledgo ol tilling tho soil. "You see," commenced tho gentle man, "this smart nephew of mine camo down from Bristol to mako 1110 1111. Him old lmlv n vwi! Kr nf cniiiw I rtuUo ihow1nin,nybH,off XS ' which, of I do say it, is n putty good ono considorin' tho rocks a-growin' upon it." "Nephew's namo is Joshua, and 1 fust took him along to ther hog pen. Thoy'ro likely erectors, and Josh turned up his noso at 'em and said: " 'Huh I them's nothin' but shotes. Yer orterseo niino up to Bristol. My, but thoy ro big tollers. "I said nothin', but took luu, """."'"o I..'... ln,,n to boo my cows, as handsome auiiniles us can bo found hereabouts. Josh 01,11 snifl'ed, and said: istuK stump ctu-Joitli. " 'Huh, them's nothin'; yerorter sec a certain well known gentleman in mino up to Bristol your's is mere tho city owns a valuablo collection of calves to 'enil postage stamps which has taken him "1 was gettin' a bit riled, but kept j twelve years to get together. "My col quioL Next. 1 showed him my hen- lection 'isn't complete," he said, with a uery uiieu wmi miu un us, uut ius &0011 as Josh laid eyes on 'cm ho laughed right out. I la, ha I" snickored ho; 'what n miserable lot of feathoi-ed bipeds yer j orter seo mine up to Bristol 1' "1 was u-bilein within, but kept onnl mit.iviims. J hat ovemno- I Inld told my wife Jorusha all about it, and she said as how sho was able to tlx him and tako tho conceit out of him. Jo rusha is mighty pert on takm' folks down. Wall, Josh went to his virtu ous conch, as tho poets say, but it want 1 long nforo ho was up again, and ho' didn tstop to di-ess hissell, nuther. Ho came prancin' out of his room liko all nossessed. " 'Talco em oll'l lako 'em ollM" I thought as how ho had tho hor- i-ora from tlrinkin' too much apple , jack, but lseoelingiu'to his legs an' . uliii-l nil' 1111111111' I11111 um-nt)il livrt ' shirt, an nippm nun, sovoral live lobsters. Then 1 had to lutl'. Jcrusha suickei-ed too, but said calm liko: " 'Huh I ihoni's nothin' but bed bugs; 'sposo you havo 'out bigger up to Bris tol P 'Wo picked tho green critters oil poor Josh ami put 'em back in tho box where Jorusha hud 'em previous to j puttin' 'cm in his bed. It took Josh down u peg, and no a now on earth onco nioi-o.' Boothby (Mo.) Register. Iiii;iiiIiiu riionti;riitiy. Among tho many ingenious appli cations of the phonograph, a means has been devised by which every blast of tho engines whistlo is recorded, to gether with tho exact time at which it occurs. This dovico will bo valuable to tho railroad companies in protect ing them from tho exaggerated pro tensions of persons who aro injured on tho track. It is interesting to recall tho fact that limoit.oit, us far back us 1801, foretold iu 11 way what lCdison has brought to pass, "TIiu sun pains," heuiid, "presently wo shall organizo tho echo, as wo now do tho shnuows." New ork Telegram, BARGAIN DAY. Why (lie l-ixly Fulled to Match Iter Nap kin and lire- Good. Bargain day" is productivo of all . f,orts,of annoyances. n a largo s ore tho bargains aro confined to only a tew ol tno departments, and tho pur chaser who docs not secure all sho wants of a thing, deciding to come at another time nndgetmoro if sho needs it, generally gets left To illustrate: A lady bought a half dozen napkins at a bargain. She concluded a few days after that they wore quite pretty, and us six would be scarcely enough to go round for "company," sho would get as many rnoro. Back sho goes to the store, but when she comes to buy them she finds the price is marked up fifteen or twenty-five cents above what she paid. Sho protests, and after milling the tem per of tho clerks and workms her- 1 toll In n ii !,, Ihi l.wtl 11' V " ' j ' , ? comes to the surface that sho made her purchase on "bargain day." Out she llounces, determined to wait for another bargain day, and she daily watches the advertising columns of llio papers tor bargain day at tins par- H0!1 '"' st0,'V; h. "PI " lUo. 110x1 Friday or Monday, and without stop ping to observe that the department 111 which she is interested is not includ ed in the bargain sales, away sho goes, pulling and blowing, hor whole soul bent on getting another half dozen of those napkins. Arrived at the store, she Icarus to her disgust that there are no bargains at that counter that day. She expresses her disgust, too, and lowers at tho poorelerksjtistusif it were all their fault. Having had her say there, she goes into the dress goods department and Days, say, eigiil yards ol a peculiar fllil(1 of, "' goods, and then goes home with the satisfaction that, if she didn't get tho napkins, she at least got a bargain in a dress. Next bargain day she appears at tho store again, s does not only not remember her, ut also the particular pieco of goods ("' which she bought her dress w't' a " hat do they keen sucl lPia -stores for? query, sho pro urcss. such pro- sample of the goods. Tho J'01'1!?, woman examines the samnlo -ami mom s ner mat mat particular goods is all gone. "Well, bin I want that and nothing .iii , . "It is entirely out of stock," replies the girl. "But I must have it," she says, with some firmness. She is again told that it is not in stock. Then she makes a straight dive for a tloor wailcer, and lays her com plaint before him. Tho young lady who was so discourteous ') as to not sell her what was not in stock is called up. She explains, and then tho wo man is informed that they will prob ably havo soino more of it in a few days. But she is not satisfied. Sho wanders away, ami tells a cash boy sho wants to seo tho manager. Tho boy goes for tho manager. In a mo ment ho returns with the very man she made complaint to. Sho looks at him, excuses liersell, and goes baclc to still high, and she goes homo mad, 11 lid declares sho will not patromzo such a house again never. A few days inoro roll nround and sho makes up her mind she will ao pay inu regular incu iur a uau 'V"0? ""I1"8 J?" and pay tho regular prico for a half sci Dili ncr ucici iiiuiauuii iu yet a bargain has blocked hor. Thoso par- tieular napkins aro 11U gouo "just sold tho last of them this morning," tho clerk says to her, and expresses great sorrow at her disappointment. To say that sho is now furious would hardfy express it. She deliberately makes a snow of hei-solf and then llounces out, with tho inward satis faction of having told them what sho .1 1,1 r , ;i,ni ii iNcw lorlc s 1 "and t never will bo. WliVf Becauso it would remtiro $100,000 to make it so. There nro about 0,000 dif ferent dcseriptionsof postage stamps in existence. Tho museum of the Berlin existence Tl los;totiu.o () (m B 000 ,H.e r i.t alono contains between -1,000 turn i,vmw njii i iuivjim, w 1 ,, iiivii ,.. ... v plr,,,. Vin-niw, mill t tin remainder divid ed between Asia, Africa, America and Australia. Soino of tho stamps bear a coat of arms and other emblems, im partially borrowed from tho heavens above, tho earth beneain nnu tno i0US( ,orsea, serpents, railway trains, aolphinsand other fearful wild fowl, -nK,IX) m.0 ,10-eover, tho vignctto cf- llgies of llvoeniperoi-s, eighteen kings, three queens. onograntlduKoaminiuiiy i,i'.M;iil.nlu Rnmn if llir shliniw I'.'lll. J10t bo nVirelmsed for $5,000, while others cannot bo purchased for any 1 ...11 ,i. nr., r , sum. 1 leu yon 1110 iiiuui a siauiji collector isn't unliko that of Tanta- lus," Cincinnati Commercial. St j leu In Sltors. Button nnd laco shoes nro not only going out of stylo, but out of uso. Tho only thing that can suvo tho lucoshoo wiU bo tho invention of n fustcniu: for tho ends of the luces which will do away with tho tie and nt the sumo timo bo popular. Thero havo been several in ventions' of this kind, hut none of them were practical. Tho principal troublo with tho gaiter hitherto has been tho bad quality of tho rubborused iu tho sides or gores. These nro now being miulo witu a now kind of rubber, in vented by a Connecticut man, culled "kelgum." It is mutlo of vegetable oils, nnd is said to bo much more durablo than tho rubber that has been used. Tho gaiter is opular because it can lo put on and taken otl" so much more rapidly than tho other styles of bhw and physicians ivcom mond its wearing becauso it docs not weaken tho ankle as the luce and but ton allocs do. St, Ivouis Globe-Demo crat I lteudj In Alilwcr. "Camp meeting" John Allen was always ready with a retort for friend or foe, sometimes scathing, and al ways humorous. After" his conver sion, he met an old minister, who plied him with very searching questions as to the genuineness of his experience, und the young man complained of the severity of tbis catechism. "If tho tree bo well rooted." said the minister, "it will not bo harmed if we shake it." "But," said the convert, "the Mas ter said to his disciples, 'Feed my Iambs.' not 'Uo and shake theni.' " At another time, when Mr. Allen was about 10 begin his sermon in a new place, a former pastor said to him. "Are you a long preacher?" "Five feet seven inches." was the immediate reply At a meeting of ministers, a Baptist was invited to give his views on the subject of Methodist economy, and at ont-e rose, saying that, although there were many excellent tilings in Mcllio distil, it seemed to him to have loo much machinery. Mr. Allen was on his feet in a mo uicnt. "The Methodist church may have more machinery than tho Baptist." he replied, "hut it doesn't require as mufl. water to run it.'" A lawyer of opposite politics saitl to iiim. about 1 he same time. "Mr. A) leu. on which side are you going to vote? for I shall vote against you." "On tin- right side." was the ui swel- "Which side is yours?" Ono morning at a Methodist camp meeting a young man arose, and saitl. pompously . "I do not believe in singing 'Oh, to bo nothing.' 1 propose to bo soma thing, and I want people to know it.'' Brother Allen instantly rose, and repealed the verses. "If a man thinks himself to be some thing when he is nothing, he deeeiv eth himself. But let every man prove his' own work, and then. shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another." The question of ambition was not discussed further that day. Youth's Companion. A llnr.so Unlr Siiulic The horso hair sn.iko is a common sou rco of error. Tho creature that is usually culled by that name originates and lias a life's history as follows: A small flesh colored mito is in water. It changes to a purplish lead color and conies to the top of tho water, where it sports for a time, ami when looking across water of n still evening, espe cial ly if looking toward the setting sun, one can seo masses of these tiny creatures that look liko smoko on the water. When they reach this stage of development they lenvo the water ami get out on the grass. Here, as opportunity oll'ei-s, they attach them selves to tho feet of largo insects es pecially of grasshoppers, katydids, etc. i'he legs of these insects being hollow, they crawl up them, where they gj-ow until they till the legs and sometimes tho cavities of tho bodies of these largo insects. This accounts for the fat, clumsy condition of many of these insects. After a rain, in whicli tho in sects drown, the full Hedged horse hair snakes como lorth to delight the small boy, and to interest tho student of nature, after which they lay eggo iu tho water, if it does not dry up too soon, ami curl around them for a time, and about tho timo tho eggs hatch into tho littlo tlesh covered mites tii-st described, tho snakes die Exchange. lions' i:3-hlght Saved. Mr. William Kerns not long since hat! a visit from a friend from the east, who wished to purchaso land and locate somewhero in this state. Mr. Kerns sent his friend out to look at the Unipqua valley, and ho return ed with a wonderful talo of tho sec tion he visited. Ho saitl that ho visited a farmer who had a greut drove of hogs; all of which had lost their tails, lie inquir ed how this had happened, and the farmer said tho caudal appendages had been amputated, and when it was asked why this was done, ho was told it was to prevent tho animals from bo coining blind. This startling an nouncement led to further inquiry anil explanation. The farmer stated that tho soil on his farm was what is known as black mud. It is very rich and also very adhesive, and the pigs in wallowing around get their tails daubed with it, and a clod finally accumulates on each pig's tail, which grows by accre tion and accumulation to an immense size, and becomes so heavy that it drags back the pig's skin so far that tho unfortunate animal is no longer able to shut its eyes, and soon becomes blinded from tho glnro of tho sun. By cutting oil" tho pig's tail this catastro phe is avoided, and tho pig soon grows fat. Portland Oregoniun. Tho WliliniliiR 1'ost. The institution of tho whipping post, which still survives in Delaware, did not go out of fashion in Kuglaud I until thocloso or tho last century. Un May ft, 1713, the corporation of Don caster directed that a whippingpost bo set up for punishing vagrants nnd sturdy beggars. Threo centuries ago this punishment was carried to a cruel cNleuL Owing to tho dissolution of the monasteries by llonry VIU, a largo number of persons who depend ed on tho charity of the monks were thrown upon the country, and parlia ment hastened to check tho increasing vagi-.iney by an act passed in 15151, which declared that every vagrant should bo carried to somo market town or other place, nnd tied linked to the end of a cart and whipped through tho btivets till their whole body be bloody. Early iu tho lost century tho prico iaid for whipping was four oneo, mill tho constables' accounts in eluded such items as arresting a dis traded woman, watching her and the feo for having her whipped. Whip ping at the cart's tail, as provided for by the statute of llonry Vlll, wont out oi uso in IDOli, when the whipping iK)st was substituted for the earlier method. Phibuleluhia Times. A NEW MRS. PARTINGTON. Shlllnbcr-d Fanions Character In Real Ut In a 3Iiwachuett Town. Mrs. Thrifty, an excellent and pros perous "widow woman," who keeps a store in a famous nnd favorite Massa- chusetts town, has a genius in inn- guago which would set anew Mrs. I, . . , . . - . I..... r.... .r. mm uciwi I aril Ijgioil up 111 uusinusa. uwu uu tocomo to Boston with great regular ity to make her purchases. "Now," she said not long ago to n city visitor, "thero ain't much need of my goin' to Boston with so many of these drum mers couiin' around. And yet I'm goin' there soon to refurnish my stock 01 umoes. 'Your stock of what, Mrs. Thrifty?" ITt!iJ. -.... All cmc3 rf tliiitrv-o t'All lIllUa. Ill OVI U3 Jl i,iiiiJ.?, J know." "Oh, yes." Tho visitor could imagine what "dit toes" were. But it was the first time she had beard them called by that name. j "Yes." Mrs. Thrifty went on. "l I liko to go to Boston first rate. When 1 I git there tho first thing I do is to tako ono of them 'era hoodlums and , then drive all round town." j Tho visitor was about to faint. Tho spectacle of the excellent Mrs. Thrifty driving around Boston with a hood-' urn was too much for her composure, j And she looked so much at a loss to know what was meant that Mrs. Thrifty explained: "Why, I mean ono of thoso now fanglcd" one horso cab carriages. 1 want to know if you don't know what a hoodlum is!" "Oh, Mrs. Thrifty, you mean a her dicl" A a what? Well, when I was there thev called 'em hoodlums." Useless to try to convince her; and no doubt the next time she comes to Boston to buy dittoes, she will stand in front o'f the Old Colony sta tion and call for a hoodlum. When her conversation with Mrs. Thrifty had readied this point the city visitor thought best to change the subject, and related her own expe rience during her last summer's vaca tion, when sho went up the Hudson river and made a tour through tho Adirondacks. "And did vou climb tho cascades?" I asked Mi-s. Thrifty. "I 1 oh, the cascades were very beautiful, Mrs. Thrifty very beauti ful." Tho city visitor felt that sho had got out of a scrape with this evasive an swer. But she doesn't know to this day just what tho excellent woman meant by "climbing tho cascades." This lady was not related to tho one who, after looking over the books on tho counter at 0110 of the book stores tho other day, stepped up to a clerk and asked : "Havo you 'cometh?'" " 'Cometh,' ma'am? I don't know of any book bv that name." "Oil, don't you? Well, I saw a book hero called 'Goethe,' and I thought likely there was a companion book by the name of 'Cometh 1'" Boston Transcript. Treacherous Memories. When a man can say, "1 was there, and I saw it," ho ought to bo believed, ono would think, provided ho has a reputation for speaking tho truth. What shall wo bo suroof, if not of tho things wo havo seen with our own eyes? Yet experienco proves that it is pos siblo to remember what never hap pened, and remember it, too, with the utmost distinctness and peculiarity. This fact bus been abundantly brought out by tho war reminiscences j so numerously published during the last ten years. As 0110 writer remarks, I ovcry book ami magazine articlo is j followed by notes of correction, or by extended article of refutation, so con stan tly does ono veteran's recollcctiou 1 of an event contradict another's, while both of them, it is likely enough, aro proved to bo wrong by tho oilicial rec ords. Tho lato Col. Scott, who had charge of tho war records of tho government, relates that ono day an ollicer came into tho room in a state of great ex citement. "Have you said that I was not in tho second battle of Bull Run?" ho de manded, j "No, not exactly that," said Scott, j "Well, Bob Scott, 1 was told you ! said so, and I camo in to put daylight through you if you stuck to it." j "Oh no," replied Scott, "I never 1 said you wero not in tho battle. What I l said was mat you yourscll, in an oilicial report dated on tho day of the battle, had said that you wero in the Cumberland valley, a hundred miles from Bull Hun!" Col. Scott called n clerk, nnd order ed tho report brought. Tho ollicer read it twico through in silence, put on his hat, and went away without a word. Youth's Companion. Tho Stugo Carpenter. Lloyd Bi-eezo, who is Russell's busi ness manager, chipped in am! toitl a story on their stago manager. J. II. Fitzpatrick, who is an old timer and very conscientious. IIo would send tho scene plot for the pieco to no one but tho stago carpenter of the theatre at which they wero to play, always drawing it otl and addressing it to that worthy. Ono day Breeze reacho a littlo California town to herald tho show, and on his drive up to tho hotel ho passetl tho ollico of tho stago coach lino which ran from that point to Yuba Dam or soino other equally profane-point of tho compass. In "front of the o'llco ho saw an old uativo holding a jwiper at arms' length nnd regarding it wouderingly. At a glance he recognized it as 0116 of his star's scene plots ami ho at onco inado in quiries. Ilnpcnrs that tho document was directed to tho "stago carpenter,' and that it hail been delivered to the uuiu who did tho carpenter work for tho stago company. The lat ter thought for a timo that ho had discovered a plot to rob tho company, as ho I'.itl not under stand the peculiar drawings, but BivcsoM-t things njht by turning tin document over to tho janitor iff tin "opera houso," no wicli oilicial as "suige carpantor" being known ijicre. -Chicago ild. ONLY. Something to lire for came to the placo, I Something to dlo for, may no. Bomctblng to Ke evcu wirrow a grace. 1 And yet it was only n tmiif Cooing, nnd laiightot. nnd gurgles, nnd crio and s.gh, ai0IHOffin,nBliori.ii Dimples tor u-nueresi kiv-. Last year, like nil years. 1 tin rose ami the thorn: This year a wilderness, may lie; But heaven ntoop"d under the roof on tho morn That It brought then ouly a Imliy -Harriet I'rebcott Spofford. .lotirniilUin in AiMtnill.i. As nfiording a notion of tho con ditions of Australian life, the news papers of thut region nro exception ally valuable, for. especially in their weekly editions, they are simply en cyclopedic. Thestraiigeratonce. in his ignorance, takesau Australian weekly to be intended for use far out in the country, at lonely 'stations," by men who find time, once in a while, to ad just all then- relations to the uni verso at one Ion" sitting The reader of such a weekly acts as a sort of father confessor, while the editor spreads out before bun a general confession of all the sins of mankind, from Melbourne horse races to European complications, in well classified order and in very good language. All the Australian colonies are represented in the weekly general summaries; two or three se rial novels run their even courses in the few columns allotted to each; tho endless list of colonial sports, races, cricket matches, football games, is duly set forth; letters from New York, London, Paris, together with pages of telegraphic foreign material, prevent the colonial reader from being too much absorbed in home 11 flairs, while these home ail airs are treated in lengthy political summaries, in long editorials, in shorter editorial notes, in correspondence. Meanwhile practical interests nro not forgotten. Tho farm, tho vine yard, cattle raising and mining are discussed at length by experts. Games, puzzles, essays, book reviews, gossip, close the solid feast of some thirty largo closely printed five column pages of actual text (exclusive of tho advertisements). Most of our terrible Sunday papers aro far outdone as to quantity of matter and on tho whole as to quality of matter as well. None of our weeklies can rival these in ency clopedic character, iu well edited, many sided variety of appeal, joined, as is here the case, with excellence of workmanship. The only objection that our own badly spoiled newspaper reader would mako would be that all this was too dry for him and too vast. For my own part, since my return from Australia, I have been taking one of these tine weeklies regularly, and reading, not all of it, but as much as 1 desired and with no little profit. I know no better means to become ac quainted with the drift and the forces of Australasian life. Atlantic Mouth- iy- Quoting Scripture. That famous patent lawyer, Will iam E. Simonds, who defeated the witty Bob Vauco at the polls in tho Hartford district, tells a pretty good story on himself. He has iu his em ploy, as cook, an old colored woman, who was formerly a slave. She is very religious, and is continually quoting things from the Scriptures. The old woman has a very excellent voice, and sings her old plantation songs in theiuimitublodurky way One Sunday morning sho wassinginaway while preparing breakfast, and Mrs. Sinionds arose and opened their room door that they might hear her the bet ter. When they went down to break fast. Mrs. Sinionds remarked. "Aunty, my husband and myself have been enjoying yoursiiigiug very much." The old darky looked pleased, and saw an excellent opportunity of quot ing Scripture, so she replied; "Law, Missy, but 1 didn't know that I was custiu' pearls befo' swine." Minneaopohs T ribuno. lCuglUh us Shu Is Talked. "Hey, Bill Whyd'ut chu kumtua kool yistuft noon?' "Cozza hatlda stateoni coz mum muthers sick." "Ya-as, coz yerra Her; Jim Tomson saw you gonna lishin." "Welli guess tho doctor said mum muther roughtto havo some tish." "Betchu didden ketch nauthin." "Belt 1 caughtta buli pout that long withu piunook." "Ya-as vou did. Betchu ketch sonithin biggorn that wen you git toskoolntho ole teacher gitsokfo you." "llowjuno?" "Coz Jim Tomson give you way." (Bill weeps softly and goes oil' in quest, of James Toinsou before seek ing tho inevitable interview with the teacher, which really ho does not seek, but finds it rather thrust upon him, against his urgent wishes and stroug protest. ) Bob Bu rdctte. An Economical Mlllloiiulre. John 1. Blair, of Blairstown, N. J., is reputed to bo worth .10.01)0,000, yet such is his strong sense of merely holding his wealth in trust for the benefit of his fellowmcn that he spends upon himself less almost than is paid to his humblest workman. When Mr. Blair stops at tho hotel if ho intends to stay over night ho usu ally asks for a small insiuo room on tho parlor tloor. If it is in tho winter and too cold to sit without a firo he sits 111 tho public lobby. If ho intends to leave before midnight ho does not take a room at all, but occupies tho public room down stau-s, and if he wishes to change his shirt ho slips into the little washroom behind tho olliccs. "1 never oiler or rcfuVe," ho said jok- I 1 . . 1 , ingly ono day to a gentleman who -Pittsburg Com- ollereu linn a cigar. mcrciul. Net Hcb. A painter in Akron, whilo at work on tno exterior of a building, dis covered a bird's nest in n niche, nnd on examining it found that a $10 bill had been used iu its construction. We believe, however, that it is not a rare thing to find bills in birds' nests though they ait) usually small bills. Norristown Herald.