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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1889)
BISMARCK OF TO-DAY. Ill Personal Appeiirnnrn r.nd UN Ahilltt in an Orutor. Bismarck has grown old during the u u lull JU(UO IIIS iilllbUVlll to It 1I11U 3 snov, and his walk less erect than in former years, hut the power of his faco and the might of his eyes live still the same as they did ten' years ago. When ho sits down it is as if ho was on guard, his sword laid across his knees, as formerly old 1 In pen used to sit, and though he is no llagen In guilt and wickedness, he is a liagon in faithfulness, and, if need he, in stern wrath. And he is on guard at the gales of the Fatherland. Bismarck, as every body knows, is not an orator I nearly said, thank God. ho is no orator. His speech has been likened to a forest stream which rumbles over stones and roots. The comparison is somewhat poor. I think 1 know a better, though a rather technical one namely, his speech is like quicksilver drawn out. Take a drop of quicksilver containing some lead or zinc, put it on a pane of glass and hold it slantingly. The drop swells and rolls, but presently it stops, becomes thinnor and longer, remains immovable for a niomont, gathers now strength to tlow, becomes thin ouco again, and so forth. Thus it is with the Chancelor's words; llrst half a sentence comes out. then he hesitates, stops, or utters a short Inarticulate sound, and goes on again, it is ovi dont that to speak is a physical exer tion, but even whon he is in lirst-rato form ho does not talk fluently. But on closer observation the reason appears very soon. The form of his speech is improvised on the spur of tho moment, but, unliko many fluent speakers, he does not use the first ex pression which may como to his mind, but while he is uttering the first half of a sontoneo lie is thinking how to shapo the second half in order to ex press exactly what ho wishes to say. If ho makos a joke or a slight observa tion ho speaks quickly and without hesitation, but as soon as ho returns to the serious treatment of apolitical sub ject this painfully-accurate expression, tho result of montal work, becomes again apparent, which shows that he endeavors not to say a syllable which ho can not reconcile with his respon sible position. This is tho reason why his speeches concerning foreign poll l!ru wul Htm oflininl ili nlomutie doeu- merits, every word is carefully con- slUoreu. His voice is peculiar, high-pitched and not very powerful. It has been called a thin voice, but this only ex presses one of its qualities. Another is that it is so remarkably young that one would think it almost incrediblo for a man of his ago to possess such a voico. If one does not seo him while ho is speaking it is difficult to beliove that it is not a young Lieutenant of twonty-eight who is speaking (which, by tho way, is rather a pity, sinco tho snarl and tho drawl of the Gorman Lieutenant is detestable). But put in connection with this quality it can sound extremely soft and flattering, and I should not bo surprised if in termor years, when ho was Ambas sador, some of his personal successes had been duo just to this timbre of his voico. Cologne Gazette. A PREHISTORIC CANOE. The Itnro Arclimoliiiclc il TreiiHiiro He- eelitly round in Knglund. A discovory of extreme urcha olog ical interest has been mado upon tho Barton section of tho Manchester Ship canal. On Wednesday, while tho ex cavators wore at work in what is known as tho "Salt Eyo" cutting, tho steam navy brought to light a prehis toric canoe. It was embedded in tho sand twenty-five feet below tho sur face. With some difficulty tho canoo was removed to a shod in tho vicinity of tho engineer's oflico, and examined. It was found to consist of a portion of an oak treo roughly hewn and fash ioned. In length this rollc of a long past ago Is thirteen foot eight Inches from end to end, with a width of two feet six inches. Notwithstanding tho lapso of centuries, tho marks of tho axo aro distinctly visible in tho Interior of tho canoe, tho width of tho blade of tho implomont used whothor of flint or Iron bolng apparently about throo Inches. Unfortunately tho vossol sustained some damago in tho ruthless grip of tho "navy," tho bottom having boon cut through at tho bow end, whllo a por tion of ono sldo is broken in. But for this mishap tho canoo would have been recovored practically intact Tho bow is shaped so as to loavo a projecting block, through which a holo Is drivon, evidently for tho purposo of fastening it by moans of a ropo. At this point tho grain of tho wood Indicates that tho anclont work man had cut through tho heart of tho treo, and that a portion had broken away. Another ploco of wood appears to havo boon fitted into its place and fastened with two stout woodon pins. At tho opposite ond tho canoo has boon strengthened by tho fixing to it of a species of gunwale, consisting of tho naturally bent arm of a tree, also hold in position with pegs or pins of wood. It is Impossible to fix tho preclso period of tho canoo, but tho circumstance that it boars no traco of a nail or any iron work may, porhaps, aid tho formation of an opinion upon this point. Tho wood, particularly of the bottom, is for tho most part quite sound. Tho eanoa rested in a bed of sand and loaves, among which hazel-nuts woro found. In the immediate vicinity several largo trees havo been discovered, leading tu tno conclusion that tho bed of tho canal is being cut through what was onco a fores; Manchester Guardian. CARE OF INVALIDS. nint for Nurse iiml Others llarlng ChitrRe of Sick-ltooins. A large, sunny room should be se lected forthe invalid; if without a car pet, so much tho better. Sunshino as a disinfectant is worth bushels of chlo ride of lime. The bed linen should bo changed at least once In ,hreo days; tho blankets once a week, those that havo been re moved being hung in tho open air for a few hours, then thoroughly aired in a w.u.rm room. J'ho room should bo kept thoroughly ventilated, and a temperature not low. or than 0S nor higher than 70". If the patient is kept warm, air may be freely admitted without tho least danger. The carpet of a sick-room should be lightly brushed onco a day with a wet ted broom. The furniture and wood work should bo wiped with a damp cloth. Dry dusters and feather brushes are worse than useless. Tho cro-.s-ihoet should invariably be kept free from crumbs and wrinkles. :is tho-o ntv a frequent cause of bed-sores. Whenever the least redness shows on the patient's body the skin must be at once bathed with alcohol, thoroughly dried and dusted with powdero I oxide of zinc. A sheet folded lengthwise, laid across the bod, with the upper edge just touch ing the pillows and tho ends ligr.tly tucked under the mattresses, will be found to add greatly to tho patient's comfort. It does not wrinkle like a single sheet, and crumbs may be read ily brushed oil it. The nurse's dross should invariably bo neat, tasteful and pretty. Slippers or boots of felt should bo worn. To be continually smoothing tho bod, pester ing the patient with sympathy, and saying a dozen times an hour: "How do you feel now?" is enough to drive a sick man wild. Meals for invalids should look as tempting as possible. Tho tray should be covered with tho whitest napkin, and the silver, glass and china should shine with cleanliness. The patient should not bo disgusted by a display of too much food, and should not bo consulted beforehand as to what he will eat or drink. In bathing the invalid never uncover too large a surface at once. Pin a blanket round the scolders, fastening it bohlnd, anil removoi the night dress under that. l'ut tho hand under the blanket and sponge the skin, a small portion at a time. ' A .woman's hair should be combed every day if she is able to bear the fatigue. If it has be come tangled a little sweet oil will loosen it. Household troubles should bo kopt far from the sick room. Above all, an invalid or an apparent convalescent should be saved from Ids friends. One garrulous acquaintance may in half an hour undo tho good of it week of ton dor nursing. In long illness a small bed table will be found indispensable. Every cup, glass, spoon and utensil used should bo takon out of tho room and washed as speedily as possible. As to walking on tiptoo and whispering, nothing can disturb a nervous person more. Home Topics. AMONG THeVoULTRY. A ISreetler Tells How to C.iro fur I'ouls ol livery Description. Sulphur is not good to give the young chickens. Kerosene and lard make a good oint ment for o:ily legs. After the chickens aro two or three weoks old thoy can bo fed on cracked wheat. If the eggs are to bo hatched koop a drake for every live ducks in order to bo sure. Novor keop a slop holo whore tho poultry can holp themselves if you ex pect to maintain health. Ono advantago with ducks is that they do not harbor lico. Thoy have too much oil. Ono advantago with Pokin ducks is that only a low fence Is needed to con lino or keop them out. On the farm the laying of fivo dozen eggs ought to pay for keeping a hen a year. All above this Is profit. On tho farm it will nearly always pay to plant a fow rows of sunflower seed especially for tho poultry. Geoso aro fond of weeds, especially of purslane, and will often do good servico In killing out and destroying woods. Very often a fow drops of turpentine put in tho drinking water at this tlmo will pro vent tho gapes. If tho chicks aro al roady alTeotod, a drop or two on a small piece of bread will cure. As a rule guineas should bo hatched under lions near tho houso. Thoy aro naturally rather wild, and this will aid materi ally in making' them gontlo, if tho young guinoas aro kopt ne-irtho houso. Milk is much hotter food for poultry during the summor than corn. Corn is heating and fattening, two conditions that, as a rule, ought to bo avoldod. unless feeding for tho market. Tho value of tho manure should al ways bo considered in keoping poultry properly managod. It is ono of tho best fertilizers that can bo had and Is well worth tho-trouble of gathering up and storing until ready to use. ('aro must he takon that tho nests aro kopt as free from lico as possible. One way of doing this will bo to clean out occasionally and substitute fresh, cleati material, burning up tho old and using kerosene, carbo.le acid or sulphur to clean out tho nests. As tho weather bocomes warmor it is necensary to provldo good ventilation and the more thoroughly this is don the more comfortable tho poultry can bo kept. Direct drafts -hould. how over, bo avoldod, and yet at night, dur ing tho summer time, euro should le taken to havo as cool aa possible. St Louis Republic. FREAKS IN AFRICA. I ITorniMl Men, Men with Tnll, leron wltj Spoiled Skim, Hint Dwarf. Mr. Carl Steckelmann, who llvec several years In West Africa, made a largo collection of curiosities illustrat ing the arts, habits and superstition! of the natives. His collection, whlcl is now in Indiana, where he lives, ha; 1 attracted attention, and there wort many visitors to the museum which h opened in Indianapolis last winter There aro curiosities of other sorts, ' however, in all parts of Africa, and it would not take a smart howinnr j long to pick up freaks enough on the; west coast to stock a dozen museums. I Entirely outside of the dwarf tribes,, who are among the strangest people If I the world, explorers find here and there little folks of advanced years j who are made much of. and i ate usually seen at the resi dence of soino chief. Only one ol these little follows has been honored with much attention in records ol travel, and his picture appears it Spoke's story of his discovery of tin Nile sources. On the west coast Doko dwarfs may some times be seen in tin crowds along tho shore when a vessel arrives. Mr. A. B. Ellis was of tho opinion that with one of these dwarfs, a boy he saw with two stomachs, a fow Albinos, who aro by no means uncom mon, and two or three horned men he could set up a dime museum or nr mean pretensions. Tho horned men. sad to rdale, we-ir their horns not on their foreheads but on their check bones. They belong to a small tribo that Is found north of Asliauti, ami a few of them sometimes get down to the coast, where tliet have ceased to be curiosities. Some surgeons who examined two ofthes'j men a few years ago, decided that the j excrescences on their cheeks weiv of an osseous nature. They form lumps, I rounded at tho extremity and i projecting about an inch from the face. They aro not particularly ornamental, but they would probably be worth a fair salary to the possessor if exhibited in a Bowery palace of amusement. Two or throo travelers havo written , of ft Iloman Catholic priest in Fernan do Po, who is willing to make affidavit that he has seen three men in Gaboon with short tails. These curiosities seem to have made good their escape. Many travelers in the early days re corded marvelous stories of Africans who wore tails, but none of the chron iclers had salt enough to catch them. Years ago a female slave, who was said to havo como from Central Africa, was examined in Constantinople by a phy sician in the hospital there, and he de clared sho had an unmistakable tail, about two inches long. smooth and hairless. She said she be longed to the great Ninm-Ninm tribe. Tito fame of this tribe as : wearer of talis was spread far and j wide in Africa long before a white man over visited thorn! and Mr. EllU ' says the story still circulates on the coast. But Sehweinfurth spoiled tho sensation, though ho pronounced tho Ninm-Niam the finest specimens of physical beauty he ever saw. Other curious people in Africa aro persons who seoin to be naturally spotted, not like tho leopard boy known to our museums, but with patches of yellow or brown which diversify thoir otherwiso black skins. Another interesting peculiarity has also been recently observed. That is that different members of the same family aro soni'tlines of different colors. Blan.c children and brown children are found to bo brothers and sisters, just as wo havo brunettes and blondes in tho sumo family. This peculiarity lias also boon recently ob served by Dr. Finsch among tho na tives of New Guinea. N. V. Sun. SHE GOT THE EARTH. A Muy Incident Wlileli Is us Funny us It Is lCeiillitlc. A woman who had been looking at a "To Bent" on Second street brought 1 the key back yesterday noon and said: "I like the houso pretty well, but " "That is all right, madam," inter rupted tho owner. "You woro going to speak about tho need of repairing. I have just contracted to pay a firm $3.10 to paint every thing." "That will bo nice. I was going to say" "Excuso me, but I shall havo the woodon fence replaced with an Iron one." "Will you? And I" "And every room will bo ropapored in tho most expensive manner, mad am. 1 shall put stained glass Into all tho front windows, got now front doors, build a now barn In tho rear, buy more land on each side and add five clothes closets." "How nice! And you ?" "I told you tho ront was $10 per month, but I am satisfied that tho fig ure is too high. I shall roduco It to $l'.1, solid my own teams to movo you in, pay your water tax, cut tho grass for you. You noedn't mind paying your rent in advance, but give it to mo whenever you huvo no other uso for it." "You aro very kind," sho answorod after a momont's thought, "l-.t you boo you know I promlsod to look at another houso, and I'm a littlo partic ular, you know, and so J am much obliged." Detroit Freo Press. Ono of tho candidates at a rocont teachers' .examination in Chippewa County, Mich., wild, in answer to tho question, Give the principal oc cupation of tho inhabitants of your township?" "Fishing, farming, and on election day eliing thoir votes." CHILDREN IN ALGIERS. Oreut dinner Wrought In Their llntilU t'nitrr till- Inlluelice of I'dtiriltlnti. The city of Algiers, tho capital of tho great French province of Algeria, In Northern Africa, has so mild a cli mate that snow Is almost unknown. The average temperature in .lanuary is fifty-four degrees; palm-trees grow freely in th-i gardens and suburbs, and tho country has a tropical aspect. No little excitement was produced, there fore, when one day last winter there , fell snow enough to cover the ground. The last such snow-fall had takon place in 18(11. so that none of tho younger people of tho country had ever seen any thing of tho kind. The sensation was so great, indeed, that all the schools woro closed, and the pupils, rushing out, were heard to make stub remarks as these: "Look ! It Is raining cotton !" "Lot's get some, and take it homo and save it!" Tho boys gathered masses of tho fleecy snow to keep for a curiosity, and were astonished to seo it turn into water in their hands. The boys of Algeria are a strnngo race. Most of them aro Arabs, whoso speech was brought hundreds of years ago from Arabia. They are Mussul mans In religion; if thoy go to thoir own Arab schools, called zawyas. thoy are taught little except to recite verses from tho Koran. Thev are for tho most part bright and merry, much like other hoys among themsolves, but in clined to he grave and suspicious In the presence of foreigners. Girls are seldom udmitted to tho Arab schools, and they do not go, ex cept rarely, to tho French schools. Thoy are usually married at an ago when American girls aro still playing with dolls. A good proportion cf tho Arab boys attend the French schools, and in some of the towns all the Arab children speak and write French. Thero is. however, a race of people in Algeria who aro much more eager to learn than the Arabs. They are tho Kabyles, who, although Mussulmans in religion, some scientists believe to belong to the same raco as tho Inhab itants of Southern Europe. They aro mostly farmers and mountaineers, and arc very industrious; thoy aro eager to learn, and send all thoi'- girls and boys to school wherever schools aro founded. Among them aro some strange colonies descended from tho ancient Komans, and still calling them selves Romans, or "lluml." The Algerian Jews, too, who aro descended from the Jews whom tho Spaniards banished from thoir country, pay much attention to tho Instruction of their children. Under the inlluenco of education great changes aro taking placo in tho character of tho population of Algeria, which, at tho boginnlng of tho present contury, was almost entirely Mussul man, and practically uncivilized. Now, although thero aro not quite half a million Europeans in tho country, more than a million people speak tho French language. Algeria, moreover, is but a part of tho French domain in Africa. There aro French colonies hero and thero around the whole northern half of tho continent, and nearly all Northwestern Africa, including Tunis, Algeria, Sono gal and a great part of tho Western Soudan, promises to become French eventually. Tho French flag has boon carriod as far into tho interior of Africa as Tlm buctoo, which, not many years ago was a synonym for all that was strung, far away and luaccossiblo. Youth's Companion. AN EXPLORER'S RUSE. lie Suys It I'll)- to Keep on the Hlght Side or tho Old J.lldles. When Dr. Finsch landed in Astrolabe Bay, Now Guinea, a whllo ago, ho wont with an escort of sailors a short dis tanco inland, whero ho found burled In tho forest a largo village. Tho party was accompanied by somo of tho vit iligo men whoso acquaintance thoy had cultivated at tho shoro. Tho women, howovor, wore none tho loss frightened nt tho strange appearance of tho visit ors, and most of them ran off into tho woods. A few old women, howovor, who had been bravo enough to faco the strangers, woro rewarded with presents, and through thoir ofTorts tho other women were soon induced to re turn. Dr. Finsch says that throughout his explorations he took particular pains to ingratiate himself with tho old wom en. Ho often found that thoy wloldcd important influence, and their good will was very helpful. Ho admits that ho did not always find it a particularly agreeable task to win tho favor of tho older womon, for thoy aro not fair to look upon. But it was to his interest to havo all tho old ladles on his side, and so he put his best foot forward to mako them think ho was a very nice sort of a follow. Dr. Fitisoh advances ono rather novel ldoa about tho womon of uncivilized trlbos in tropical countries. Ho ro ports tho well-known fact that thoso womon Iohu their youth and freshness while still young, but ho adds that thoy would not seem to fade so early In life if thoy woro clothing and understood tho arts of tho toilet, with which women in other lands long con trive to conceal advancing years and artificially supply tho charms thoy havo lost. N. Y. Sun. Tho Yturbldo. In tho City of Mox Ico, is probably the grandest hotel in tho world. Jt was built by tho Gov ernor for his palaco, and cost $!l,000, D00. It contains a room used by Gov ernor Yturbldo for u chapel that b frescoed In bolld cold. SCIENTIFIC WARFARE. . j TTjn IncreillliJ.r Julrl Work "T 1'liotO" cruplioiK u Itullct lillo In Motion. The prooiit of the art of war is hard to keep pace with, and It is impossible to foretell the future. Military art has become omnivorous of science. There ts not a branch of science that is not. now called In to Rid In the art of war. In the days of Captain Marrviit when a younger son was too stupid fori he law. too bad for tho pulpit- and couldn't lx made a doctor of, he was stilt .l in the army by the purchase of n commission, hence the latter enine to be oo:isidond the profession of "the foo1 of the family." "What would the author o. '.Mid shipman Easy" have said il lie had been told that Lloutenair Albert (! leaves and Ensign Stokely Morgan had succeeded In photographing a projectile In liight? In Austria last year Prof. Ansehuetz muveodod In getting a photogvnph of a riile bullot. the projectile moving at the rale of L.'tOO feet a second and lb- plate which ho uhmI for tho purpose being exposed for only .000070 of a second. The two English ofilcors named used a service llotchkh rifle, weight of charge. 70 grains; weight of lead bul let. 4H.1 grains: with an initial velocity of about 1,100 feet a second. Prof. Aiisohuetz, of Lissa, ha suc ceeded in obtaining remarkable and interesting results in photographing the flight or cannon-balls from the mo ment of their projection to their strik ing the target or other object aimed at. lie demonstrated the perfection of his studios on the trying-grounds of the Gruson works near llnckau. Ills plates wore submitted to the expert, Dr. Koe nig of the Berlin university, who was perfectly able to mako therefrom the desired practical calculations. He established the fact that the projectile thus photographed had a velocity ol 100 meters a second and that the dura tion of the light thrown upon the pho tographic plate did not exceed tho lon thousaudth part of a second. Tho theory ot the motion of projec tiles is a subject regarding which vol umes havo been written. An Austrian chemist named Much has photographed a number of rille-bnllets in motion by means of the olvclrlo light and thus presented somo remarkable phenoui ejin. In this operation his plan Is to illumine the bullet by letting it break an electric current, but tho velocity ol the bullet must exc.'od that of sound in order that tho conditions of the air before and behind tho projectile can be shown. After various experiments Much succeeded In It's efforts to photo graph projectiles fired from Werndl and Guedes rifles having, respectively, an initial velocity of 1158 and .Ilk) meters per second. Tho photographs ob tained in this manner showed nn air formation in front of tho bullet having tho form of an hyperbola, while be hind it alinost.a vacuum was formed, in which, when the Initial velocity was great, thero were somo curious spiral motions. From tho description given there appeared from these photographs to bo a great similarity between the motion of a body through tho water and that of a projectile through the air. Chicago 'I iuies. SHETLAND PONIES. An Importer Tells U here mill How the l.lltlit llornes lire Ohtiilneil. Many erroneous ideas prevail In re gard to the trade In Shetland ponies; in fact, tho vast majority of Ainurlcans know very littlo about tho manner in which these animalsaro raised and the character of the people who raise thorn. For instance, it is tho popular belief that the buyer goes to Shetland and picks up a drove of ponies as easily as ho would a flock of sheep in Texas. But such is not tho fact, by any means. Tho largo island is about forty-llvo miles square, very rough and hilly, and is populated by small farmers. Tho climate Is quite severe In tho winter. These farmers own small patches of ground, and live in small stones houses generally. Every farmer owns one, two, three or moro Shetland inures, from which thoy raise tho ponies, and shelter them in rudo sheds. Tho animals live principally on potatoes, turnips, and a peculiar kind of spear-grass, Indigenous to that country. As soon as tho warm spring days como tho country Is visited by buyers from England and tho conti nent, who como to catch bargains for tho nobility. Tho ponies aro In groat demand for tho wealthier classes of England, who buy them for thoir boys. These Shetland farmers are a common, ordinary set of men, not what you would call really Intelligent, but thoy huvo a keen eye single to a good bar gain in selling a pony, and tho buyer has to uso as many tricks of the horse trader in that country as in Yankee dom. To gather tho last drove of ponies I purchased ihure 1 had to ride over a largo portion of tho island over hills and through ravines covered with snow picking up ono and two ponies hero and there. Tho price for a pony is usually ', and It costs from X'8 to jL'10 each tobhlp them across the North Sea to Aberdeen, Scotland. By the time a pony Is landed in America It has cost the shipper about $12.1. Sev eral of thorn always die on tho sea. Out of sixty-one in tho hist lot J lost thirty. Tho smallest full-grown thoroughbred Shutlaud pony is thirty Inches high and tho largest only forty inches high. But thero is a largo trade in tho I'nltcd Slates In ponies raised in the north of Ireland, and thoy aro sold hero for Shetland pontes. But they aro not Shotlands. Thoy ;;ro bred with other homes and aro larger than the genuine specimen. St. Louis Globe PomocruL SOUNDS OF NATURE. Rtutlo Whoso Interpretation NppiU If Anrlrnt or Secret Art. '1 he sonnta hits boon called tho most perfect form of piano music knowu, and in that, although Haydn and Mo zart exeeled, Beethoven Is tho chtof of all the composers, and all that can bo said by a singlo instrument has been written for the voico of tho piano. But although It takes a Beethoven to mako tho theme and its variations one and although it takes the llrst of mechani cians and. designers to elaborate tho instrument that is to givo them musical expression, and although it takes pa tience and skill and talent, and some times even genius to bo able to uso brain and lingers so its to interpret tho thought of Beethoven, yet thero is an other music, unwritten, and to bo played on no ono instrument, nnd it takes neither genius, nor mechanism, nor industry to hear and feel and in terpret these unformulated strains of nature that music which exists every where throughout creation, which lias its tone in every object, which re sounds whore the sea touches tho shore, whero tho snow sifts through tho air, whore tho voico strikes tho hill side, where the leaves stir against ono another, whore the wind wings and tho stars soar through space. To read this music ono needs no anclont or secret art, no written page, no instrument nothing but a soul. Ono can not crit icise it; ono can not any its time is im perfect, its measures aro incorrect; but ono can watch Its themes dovolop al most as easily as in tho music rendered by the player where tho left had keeps tho time and marks tho measure tho "leader of tho orchestra, "as Beothovon himself said, whllo tho right hand wanders away at Its own sweet will in all subtle freedom of variation to re turn to it again. Ono hoars tho molancholy in tho wail of the rising wind at twlilglit, whon tho trees murmur together In sadness; one recognizes it, marks it deepen nnd strengthen, diminish and dio away; ono hoars tho joy of a sea-breezo in tho sunshine singing in over tho crested ridges, and sighing itself soft ly away in full contest as It washes up tho sand; ono hears tho hum of happi ness any summor morning blending In a rich chord with the murmur of bcos, tho flutter of idiot Insect, tho soft rustlo of boughs, the singing of tho distant birds; one gets tho note of in effable sweetness and sadness in tho Bound of evening bolls strained through reaches of air and floating over water, of rorlal remoteness and alien Indlfferonoo In tho far-off fleeting; of tho echo; ono gets tho voico of con quest roaring on its way in tho cry of the wintry storm; for in ovory tiling, from tho resonance of granite to tho whispering of a breath, tho stroko of tho stono-cttttor's hammor, tho measured falling of tho Hall, thero Is music for tho oar that can hoar It; and ovon when tho tones hold in tho heart of all theso sonarato objects of naturo aro not musio In themselves, and struck togothor mako not music, but discord, j vot as tho sound recedes It filters Itself i to harmony, for the discord dies boforo tho sound does, and loaves only at last a sweet sonority swimming and falling along tho air. Ilarpor's Bazar. SOME SHARK STORIES. Tney Are Good, Hut to u Mini Up u Troo They l.oolc linprolmliln. Last night, In a company of con genial spirits, tho conversation turned on sharks, thoso scavengers of tho sea. Their voracity, staying qualities, and ability to swallow any thing and ovory thing that came their way was dis cussed at somo length. A young man who had novcr been to sea said ho had read slorlos of monster man-eating sharks following ships for weoks, ac compnnlod by an aching void which able seamen alono could fill with any degrco of satisfaction to tho shark. Ho had also road of a sailor who was on dock ono day grinding his knlfo, with a boy turning tho stone, whon tho ship gavo a suddon lurch, tho wholo outfit wont overboard and was swal lowed by a shark. Tho sailor and his boy kopt at work, sharponed tho knlfo to a razor edgo, cut thoir way out of tho shark and woro plckod up by a boat lowered from tho ship. Tho man-of-war's man said that story was a littlo too improbable but that ho could toll ono himself within tho bounds of reason. "Whon our ship was in Honolulu," ho said, "I was ashoro ono day in tho launch, a small steamboat usod for conveying officers and sailors to and from tho ship. Wo woro lying at tho dock and whon tho cnglnoor attempted to start his engine on tho return trip sho re fused to work. Thinking, porhaps, that a rope or something had fouled tho propolor, tho cnglnoor lookod over tho stern and found that a monster shark had swallowed tho whool, and though wo prodded tho cuss with a boat-hook It rofusod todlsgorgo tho cast-Iron dol loacy. Wo thon slowod tho boat around, and heading for tho ship, a milo distant, wo managed by jabbing tho fish with boat-hooks, to make it furnish motlvo power, and thus got under way. Tho coxswain stood at tho tiller and utoorod for the ship, but just as wo got alongsldo tho vossol tho shark gavo a suddon lurch, broko tho propolor short off at tho boarlng, and got uway with IU Chicago Ilorald. A lady's pnpor gives tho following recipe for getting rid of tho stnoll of fresh paint in a bod chambor or living-room: Slicoa few onions, and put them in tho mlddlo of tho room. After that it will bo deslrablo to got rid ef tho Binoll of tho onions. This cm. easily bo dono by putting on another coat of paint.