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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1889)
HEADGEAR OF ROYALTY. A ParMan Milliner KrcnlU ttie Fanclct ot Ilor Titled Pntront. I number u great many royal ladies among my customers. For Instance. I have furnished for years past the l lints and bonnets worn by the Prin cesses of the Orleans familv. Tim Comtesso do Paris drosses in u severe and simple style, and always wears round hats never bonnets. Her hats aro small and of a special variety of the toque shape, which is prepared purposely for her. Dark brown and black ate her favorite colors. Her married daughter, the Duehesse de Brngunza, shares her mother's sim plicity of taste. The Duchesso de Chartres. the sister-in-law of the Comtesso de Paris, is one of tho most elegant royal ladies in Europe. She is famed for her graceful carriage, and it has been said of her that to see her sit down was in itself a lesson in grace. Her usual style of headgear is the capote bonnet in black and gold or cream-white or ted, all of which colors, or combination of colors, are very becoming to her. Her daughter, the Princess Waldemnr of Denmark, prefers a stylo of headgear which is gotten up especially for her. It is of tho toque shapo in front, curving down at tho back in somothing of tho capote lorm. She likes straight high trimming set in front of tho crown, never wears strings, and particularly dislikes hanging ends, whether of ribbon or lace. As she has a fresh, fair complexion, she delights in del icate shades of pale blue or silver gray. The Empress of Russia has been for some years past one of my customers. Liko her sister, tho Princess of Wales, folic never wears high-crowned or large-brimmed hats, which, indeed, would bo unsuitcd to tho delicate typo of her beauty. Every thing must be small and neat and compact, whether but or bonnet. Her favorite colors are pale blue utvl mauve, and several of the new shades of green, such as Nile-red and varnish-green, which last is tho newest color yet produced this season. Iler sister-in-law, tho Grand Duchess Vladimir, who was a Princess of the ducal house of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. is one of tho royal leaders of the European fashion, being extremely stylish in manner and possessing in finite taste in dress. I have just carried out for her an idea of her own, which was to com bine in a toque a crown in real seal skin with trimming of white silk gauze. This union of the fur and gauze, of dark brown and white, was daring and novel, and perfectly suc cessful. She delights in wearing llow ers, her favorites being chrysanthe mums and violots. The wife of her second brother, formerly the Princess Elizabeth of Saxe-Welmur, also has much taste in dress. .Just at present she is re stricted to black and white, as her husband is cousin of the Emperor of Germany, and she is still in slight mourning for the Emperor Frederick. ho wears compact capotes, with closo bordering and strings, tho bow under tho throat being very becoming to her. When sho was married three years ago I furnished the bonr.ets and hats of her t ousseau, c nnprising -iomo thirty in all. Every costume was made with a hat to match, and every carriage, or reception, or theater dress had the bonnet to correspond in material as well as in color. Paris Letter. How Tea Is Tasted Nowadays. The art of tea-tasting in commercial houses, which formerly proved detri mental to the health of so many men, has now been reduced to such accu racy that the tasting pa t of it lias been practically eliminated in all but the name, and tho tea is tested now by sight and smoll. Boiling water is first poured on an accurately-measured po tion of tho leaves. In a few minutes the liquid shows some tint of green or brown, and tho lengtli of this time and the shade of the color produced are important elements in tho tost. Tho taster then, with tho aid of a spoon, inhales tho rising steam from tho mixture. This is called "got ting tho aroma," and is tho most im portant part of tho tc;.t. Ho may, per haps, in some cases actually tasto tho liquid, but this is no longer generally done. Color, aroma and the "liquor ing" qualities of tho tea tiro suf ficient grounds to judge by. Tho old timo teu-tastor was a high-salaried ox port, who frequently ended his career with heart disease or fits, the result of ilow poisoning from tho quantities of adulterated tea lie tasted, but now, as a rule, every merchant tests his own teas by the recent and approved meth od N. Y. Tribune. Progress of Women in India. "The Government's endeavor to promote tho study of mediclno by women is, proving most successful," says tho correspondent of tho London Times at Calcutta. "At tho last ex amination of students in Calcutta ladies carried off numerous prizes and honors A native girl, Kujnl Mitter, ranked highest in tho first M.H. ex iimlnution, and carried off two prizes; Misses Sykos. Dissent and Perclra ob tained certificates of honor in surgery; Miss Woods a special certificate of honor in anatomy; Miss Michell so cured tho Viceroy's medal, a certificate of honor in ophthalmic medicine and numerous prizes; Miss Mullor took a gold medal in materia medica against all competitors, and u speciul certifi cate in unatomy; Miss Smyth wona gold medul -in" dentistry, and Miss Foj u certificate of honor in auatomy. OUR DARLING BABIES. tlow Tliay Should be Dretied During tha Heated Term. One enn not walk :i hnlf mile in any part of town at this time of year with out meeting babies, and babies of all kinds. Poor little three-weck-olds smothered in flannels until they can hardly breathe, and little toddlers pale with the effort to cut their eye-teeth and breathe city air at the same time. A baby of any age needs air tit this time of year. Tho long enshmero cloaks that strain the necks of babies under four months aro barbarous, and yet half tho mothers in town uso them. From sunrise until sunset, while tho thermometer is up to seventy-six, a baby ju-t born or under three months old needs only a little flannel skirt, high in the neck and long in tho sleeves, a flannel band, knitted nnd put on loosely; a napkin, soft woolen Bocks, one long flannel petticoat and one muslin slip. Do not put any thing elso on tho poor little helpless thing. A knitted jiicket and a white muslin cap aro suf ficient for outdoors, except when walking in the wind or driving; then a soft shawl or cape is best. The cloaks with sleoves should not bo used until a baby is old enough to put out his hand for his rattle. Then he is old enough to hold up his head without support from tho hand and can better bear tho weight of the cloak. Don't keep tho baby bundled up all day. After his mid-day nap nnd meal placo him flat on his back in the cen ter of your bed. turn his long frock up and let him kick and crow. It will help him to grow and will strengthen his back and legs. H it is very warm and the baby is fretful give him a mid-day b:ith in tepid water, and another one at sun down if he needs it. Very little babies should not be put in tho water but onco a day, but urs easily sponged olT, and aro generally quiet and sleep well after it bath. A little vinegar added to tho water will allay tho itching from prickly heat. Chafing often comes with June weather, and it is very painful to tho baby. To prevent it aby should bo sponged oil and powdered a half dozen times a day. Fuller's earth is used when powder is not sufficient. The former is a very lino dust-colored powder and can be obtained at any drug-store. Don't put the baby to sleep on a feather bed, and mo a very thin littlo feather pillow for his head. One of the best summer crudes has a bottom of wire-screen, nnd on this is placed a four-fold quilt lined with cotton, and a small soft hair pillow. A singlo eider-down spread is used. Hammocks aro being used in town bouses by many mothers; a quilt be ing put in beforo tho baby. They keep up a gentle swaying motion for a long time, are inexpensive and can bo changed from one room to the othor with but littlo trouble. N. Y. Journal. THE AUTOCRAT TALKS. O. XV. Iluhuoi' View ttl n Phase or Tto of l.itiUiiture. "The question is, will this country ever see another such group of re markablo men as Boston has pro duced. In history tliero aro Prescott, Motley and Parkman. In theology, Theodoro I'urkor and Dr. Bartol; it oratory, Wendell Phillips; in philoso phy, Emerson; in poetry, Longfollow and Whittier, for the latter, if not an actual resident of Boston, must bo re garded, nevertheless, as belonging to the Boston literary guild. "Thero is Lowell, also. Othors might bo mentioned in addition to those already named. For real intel lectual forco tako tho old Chestnut Street Club, or tho Radical Club, as somo chooso to call it. Where will you find its equal? Wo havo nover had any thing liko it in this country since. Indeed, tho litorary outlook seoms hardly encouraging. I sometimes feel that poetry will become a lost art with us. To be suro wo havo a largo num ber of writers of verso 1 refer to tho rising generation of writors and it is very good verso, too, but very little very little of it risos to tho scalo of real poetry. It is not suffi ciently striking to impress itself upon tho world to endure. Tho disposition is to indulge in fanciful triolet and tho rondoau, all pretty enough in thoir way; but very few poems of this char acter have over becomo immortal. "For oxample, tho sonnet is ono of tho most mechanical and Artificial forms of vorso thoro Is. To be sure, Shnkospeuro's sonnot3 aro excellent, as they do not conform to tho estab lished rules governing tho .construc tion of tho sonnet. If ono is to succeed in poetry ho must givo free rein to his sentimentand imagination in the moro simple and natural forms of verse, Tako for instance. Tennyson's 'In Memorlum;' tho form is simple and easy. This is a great poem and will live. Still, from theso observations, I would not seek to discourago any young man from seeking to bo a poet if ho really foo's tho divine instinct within him. "But I would urgo him by nil moans to adopt tho most natural wny of writing, und not by nny means depend on poetry or litoraturo, in uny sense, for his bread and butter. Let him have something elso for a staff; it is nbsolutely necessary, unless ono bo a genius, and oven then it is fur safer, l'oo was a genius, yet his case ought to prove a warning to all who aspire in literature. I In my own case havo had a professorship, the work of which bus not always-been congenial; never theless, it has proved a good stuff." From an Interview in Boston Journal POVERTY IN INDIA. A Country AVhere Ahle-Hmlled Men Wolfe for SI Out a Day. I had always looked upon India as a rice-eating country. 1 find that a great number of the people hero eat wheat and grain. In Northwestern India only about ten per cent of tho people eat rice, and in tho prison at Agra 1 found that the prisoners were fed upon grain. Everywhere tho mass of tho people seem to be underfed and tho leanest, scraggiest specimens of humanity 1 havo ever seen I find in this rich valley of tho Ganges. Where naturo lias done every thing tho peo ple arc starving, and you can have no idea of the skin and bone men and boys whom 1 seo daily by the thou sands. Tho costume of tho people is such that the arms and legs and often the breasts and waists aro bare. There seems to be nothing but skin, bones and sinew, and the average thigh is not bigger than a muscular American biceps. Thero aro no calves what ever, and the joints at the knees and ankles aro extraordinarily large. Nearly every man you meet, if he be poor, lias wrinkles in his belly, and at every railroad station you find gaunt, dark-faced, piteous, lean men. who slap their bare stomachs to show that they are hollow and ask tor backshish. Wages are miserably low. Farm laborers get from six to eight cents a day and masons get about ten cents a day. Even travelers who have to pay tho highest wages can get good English-speaking servants who will travel with them and feed themselves for thirty-three cents a day. and less than that if taken by the month. This valley ol the Ganges hu -more people than it can support, and it is p:obubly tho most densely populated part of the world. The people live in villages and the average country town consists of one-story mud huts, too poor and illy-ventilated for American pig-pens. You would not think of having such outhouses as the resi dences of the majority of this vast population would mnks, and in a large part of India, and especially in tho best part of this Ganges country, tho holdings average from two to three acres apiece. At four to tho family this represents a haif acre per person, or over 1,200 persons per squaro milo. When it is remembered that theso peo ple live by agriculture it will bo seen that this condition is far worso than that of China or uny part of Europe. And still the people aro bright. They aro brainy, too. and you will find few sharper business men, bettor cut faces and moro polite people than these people of India Their faces in this part of India havo much the same characteristics as those of the Anglo-Saxon. Those of tho higher castes are moro liko thoso of tho Greeks, and 1 see faces every day which, if the skin were white, any American might be proud to own. They belong to the same race germ that we do, and under tho same train ing and Christian influences they would bo strong competitors with us. But what can a man do on six cents a day, or how can a man learn when he has to struggle to exist. The popula tion of India is continually increasing. England eats the lion's share of the products of tho country, and though the people are perhaps better oft" under her government than they have been in the nasi, it is tho same old story of her wealth going to tho rulers and tho people working thoir flesh off their bones to supnort them. The Gov ernor-General of India, who, by the way, is the r'ich .Marquis of Lans downe, gets ?fP 0,000 a year. Quito a contrast with tho wages of tho masses at six cents a day. isn't it? Frank G. Carpenter, in Boston Globe. WORK DELIBERATELY. Tilt) Man Who Can Do It In the One Thut Will i: SiicrtMsl'iil. There aro some things which must bo dono in a hur y, or not at all. Catching a Ilea is ono of tho host ex amples apropos to this. Hut as a rulo, it is safe to say, tho man or woman who worki deliberately ac complishes tho most. Tho deliberate worker is tho thoughtful worker, with whom the habit of system be como second nature. Any ono muy cultivate it who will tako tho trouble to try; and tho most unsystematic, spasmodic worker will reulizo witli amazement how easy it is to go through an allotted task in half the time it formerly required by planning it all out before entering tho office, workshop or kitchen. Tho hurried worker is tho ono who fancies ho is an uncommonly busy man. True, ho is; so is tho man who tries to bale out a leaky boat with a crownloss hut; und in proportion to tho energy expended, very often, the ono accomplishes about as much as tho other. Tho busiest men we have known wero those who never scorned to bo in a hurry, und they accom plished moro inaglvon time, and wore loss worn out when their work was done, than many who accomplished half us much and almost ruptured themselves in doing it. Think of your work before begin ning it, then go at it deliberately. It will save wear und tear of nurvo and muscle, you will accomplish rnoro, and what you do will bo better done. Manufacturer and Builder. The Saturday Hoviow lately un dertook to prove that only destitution wuits upon tho men who go to the bur in England. It bus gone on to contend that those who turn to mediclno have oven u smaller chance of earning u livelihood than sucking barrlbters. Those who take to litera ture are, it says, lu a still moro hope loss plight. IN ARCTIC REGIONS. l'ha n ro w I n it Popularity of tlie Land or the Midnight Sun. Everv summer hundreds make the excursion along the Norwegian coast to the North Cape, whore tho midnight sun is witnessed and the night is as light as day. The inhabitants of tho Arctic regions seem to enjoy life us r.uich as those in lower Intitudos. l'hoy would not exchange their coun try for any other. The Icelanders do not want a better country than that found in tho island which is sur rounded by ice half tho year. A few emigrate because otherwise tho popu lation would overstock tho island. Hut the natives of high latitudes never seek warm countries. The Norwegian immigrants take kindly to Wisconsin nnd Minnesota. They want frost, miow and ice. if the lakes and rivers ure not sealed up half the year it is not a good country for Norwegians. A few years ago somo of theso people made explorations in Alaska with a view to settlement. Tho winter climate 's milder than that of Norway. Of course theso explorers did not find a country more attractive than tho northern parts of Wisconsin and Min nesota. They found a country where the waters abounded in fish and thero wero vast forests. Hut these advan tages are found in tho Northwestern States and Territories in addition to cheap and fertile lands. Dr. Nansen. who made tho journey ucross Greenland, was compelled to spend tho winter at Godthnab, on the western coast. He found winter life enjoyable. The permanent white set tlers did not need any sympathy on account of tho rigors of tho climate. Upt-rimvik in Greenland is tho most northern hamlet in tho world. A Danish doctor who had spent most of his life thoro proposed to go back to Denmark and end his days. Hut hav ing been gone twelve months he re turned to live in tho town within tho Arctic circle, declaring that, it was a good enough place for him after hav ing seen something of tho rest of the world. Arctic explorers who aro not broken by tho hardships of tho first voyage uro ready to make another. Life in theso high latitudes has a fascination for them. Whalemen go far up into tho Arctic Ocean year after year. Captains of whaling vessels rarely re tire from business so long as they havo sufficient physical stamina. Theso high latitudes deal kindly with thorn. In Sweden, the terminus of tho most northern railroad in that country Is on tho line of tho Arctic circle. How far will civilization yet push into Arctic rogions? Railroads may final ly reach tho Arctic circlo by way of Alaska. Life has been found tolorable in winter even at Point Harrow, tho fhores ot the Arctic Ocean. The summer tourists aro now on their way in greater numbers than usual to the high latitudes of Alaska. Thoso who have made tho excursion to tho North Capo and havo since piudo ooo to Alaska, declare that scenoiy along the coast of tho latter surpasses in grandeur and beauty that along tho coast of Norway. The pus fage through naivow waterways, the placid waters, wooded islands, land locked bays, fjords, majestic mount ains, and forests coming down to meet tho sea, und furthor north tho glaciers, are somo of tho attractions of this summer excursion in high latitudes. At no distant day, probably, theso slimmer excursions will bo extended to points where the midnight sun will bo as visible as at the North Cape. Whore tho present excursions terminate thoro is only a brief twilight during tho twenty-fiJur hours. An old whaling captain, being interrogated about tho appearance of the midnight sun in tho Arctic Ocean, declared that tho sight was not at all equal to tho spouting of a good-sized whale. San Francisco Bulletin. She Owned tho EftrtKi Sho held up her hand to tho con ductor to stop the car, but ho was in no hurry about it and waited until It reached tho crossing. "Didn't I signal you to stop the car back thoro?'' she demanded. "You did, madam." "Then why didn't you stop it?" "Against orders, ma'um; wo stop cniy at crossings." "Who guvo those orders?" "Tho manager." "Is tho manager on tho car?" "No, ma'am," "And I can't seo him?" "Not unlesi you go to tho office." "Very woli. I withdraw my putron ago from this line. Just inform tho mimuger of this fact, will you, and suggest thut ho cull and apologize. Tho car can now proceed." And tho car, strange to relate, did proceed. Detroit Free Press. Not Very Far Advanced; Dinguss Mr, Snip, have you flu shed that suit of clothes I ordered the othor day? Tailor (well acquainted with Din guss) Why, no, Mr. Dinguss. It it Isn't exactly finished yet. Dinguss I suppose, then, it Is pretty well advanced by this tlrno? Tailor Er--no. It's the advance I'm vuiting.for Mr. Dinguss. Chicago Tribune. "Mr. Bourns," fcitld Mrs. Hush croft, looking into the littlo boarding house parlor, "will you bo kind enough to step into the back room for u moment?" "Certainly," said tho consumptive-looking bourdor. "It's funny," he muttered to himself, "thut every time any body comes here to ap ply for bourd she hustles me out of sight" Terro Iiuutu Express. THE LADY OF LYONS. To Deceive llanlllr. Critic the I'lfiy Wat Hm Produced Anon yiiiomlj. I am not old enough to remember tho publication of tho early novels ! of Edwtird Lytton Bulwer, nnd consequently am uuablo to speak of their reception by the public press; but when that gifted gentleman took to writing for tho stage I perfectly recol lect the savage attacks that were niudo upon his dramatic attempts. There is no doubt that Bulwer had. in some way or other, made himself personally offensive to tho critics; but, whether or no, ho became fully per suaded thut no piny written by him, however good it might be, would bo allowed to succeed upon tho stage. Acting upon this conviction he, in counsel with Macready, who always played the hero in his pieces, deter mined to produce his next dramatic at tempt anonymously. Happy thought! Tho subject fixed upon was "The Lady of Lyons," and when tho play was pro duced about tho vear 1812, 1 think tho authorship was known to two per sons only .Mnereuuy unit nulwor. Dickens was tho intimate friend of both actor and writer and on invitation of Macready ho took his placo among Uin audience on tho first night, in total ignorance of any tiling ami every thing connected with tho play. Tho curtain fell to a storm of applause. Dickons went delightedly behind tho scenes to congratulate tho great actor on a woll deserved success. In Macready's dressing-room Dickons found Bulwer, looking, as ho thought, a little disturbed. "A capital play! good idea well and dramatically worked out. Tho author, a young follow, I suppose, has been looking a littlo at our friend bore," in dicating HtiUvor. "If this is his lirst work I predict a fine future for him; as for you, my dear Macready, you aro In for a long run, depend upon it." Then, turning to Bulwer, Dickens said: "Did you seo tho play from the front? 1 did not notlco you among tho audience." "No," said Bulwer, "I saw quito enough of it from tho wings." "Well," exclaimed Dickens, "you uro not satisfied with it?" "Not a bit of it." said Bulwer. "It was capitally acted, fortunately for tho author. Without our friend lioro it might havo boon a hideous failure." "My dear Bulwor, if I did notboliovo you to bo freo from tho slightost tingo of jealousy of other writors, what you havo just said would niiiko mo uneasy. Tho fellow has written a bright, capital play, and you should bo tho first to acknowledge such." "Not if I don't think so. I suppose," said Bulwer with a smllo. In tolling this anecdoto, as well as I can remember, I havo used Dickens' expressions as I hoard them from ills own lips. Tho morning following tho produc tion of "Tho Lady of Lyons" was a triumph for Bulwer, who was re quested by tho papers to tako a lesson from his rival, who had shown by his admirable play that ho had dramatic powers which wero conspicuous by thoir absence in such works as had hitherto proceeded from tho pen of Mr. Bulwer, Frith' s Homliiisconccs. BEETLES AS CHARMS. Queer Discovery Mitdn hy u ICepnrlor In a (iitlutm .Itmolry .Store. An industrious Mexican bcotlo in tho window of a jowelor on upper Broad way furnishes amusomont to largo crowds almost every hour of tho day. It is a curious looking insect, and oven persons woil versed In natural history nro unable at first sight to tell exactly to what variety it belongs. It looks like a cross between a big black spider and u tumble bug. Tho beetle lias a volvoty blue black, with tho legs of a spider. Around the neck is u gold band attached to a thread that holds Urn insect to a minia ture human skeleton. The bcollo crawls up and down tho skoletou with tho regularity of clock work. So pre cise aro tho movements that nearly every one mistakes it for a mochauicul toy. The other afternoon Walter B. Prlco and Senator Stud lor spout some timo pondering over tho beotlo. "I don't bollovo a pieco of mechanism could bo as perfect as that," exclaimed the Sen ator. Mr. Prlco, who is a great student of natural history, insisted thut nuturu hud novor constructed such u looking Insect, and as a result of tho dlfforonco of opinion a wugor was mado. I accom puniod the two gentlemen into tho store to decide tho wager. Tho jeweler said thut it wus a live Mexican bcotlo. "It is a most curious Insect," lie said, "and it is us busy as a boe. Wo havo put on a false back of bluo volvot to givo it a brilliant uppeuraiice. Wo do quito a trade in thorn. Ladies wear them us charms to thoir chains. Tho Baroness Blanc sot tho fashion to wear ing thorn hero In New York. I don't know just how long they will live, but I know of several thut aro over llvo years of age. "1 urn at a loss to understand hqw they oxist, for thoj novtr eat or drink. Wo keep them lu a show cuso with our wutches. Somo of them nro very intel ligent, and ono of the clerks trains them to do a number of cute tilings. If ho whistles they will come und crawl up nls arm. inoy ureas cunning us 'possums. Tlioy turn on thoir backs and pretend to bo dead when they scout dungor. They soil for live dol lars and upwurds, according to thoir educutlon." Five dollars sounds rathor cheap for (i beetle trained like a circus animal nd dressed up liko a Huytian field amrnhal. doesn't lt?-2L Y. lloruld. SEEKING INFORMATION. i The Sweet r.lttle filrl nt the Railroad Ticket Seller' Window. When ono is in n hurry and has to wait timo passes slowly. A gentleman rushed into tho Omaha ticket ofllco yosterday and wanted to know at tho earliest possible moment when ho could catch a train for somo point out along the road. A lady was just ahead of him at the ticket agent's desk and there was no oilier employe of the of fice tliero. She was such a sweet lit tle tiling, with pretty eyes and brown hair. "Just wait a moment." said the man at the desk as ho turned to answer tho l.nly's questions. Apparently sho wn3 in a hurry, too. "When can I go to Duluth?'' sho nsked. And tho clerk told her tho hour. "Can I go from Duluth to Buffalo?" "You can," said tho clerk. "How do I go?" "The boats run rcgulnrly." "Arc they nice boats to travel on?" "Comfortable." "How long would it tako mo?" "Several days." "Longer than it would bv cars?" "Yes." "Would It bo cheaper?" "I think so." "What timo do the boats lenve?" "The best boats nro Tuesdays- I don't know just tho hour." "Tuesday morning or Tuesday night?" "At night, I think." "if 1 went from Fargo to Duluth what time would I get to Duluth?" Tho clerk looked up a Northern Pa cille time table and told her. "I'm thinking somo of going to Far go first," she said by way of explana tion. "O. yes," said the elork. "How long does it tako to go from West Superior to Duluth?" "Only a fow minutes. Tho trains aro running every littlo while." "Because I have friends in West Su perior that I would like to call on." "O. yes." '.'I'm a stranger In Duluth and I didn't know how far it was from West Superior." "They aro practically ono." "If you wero going to Buffalo would you go in a boat or tho cars?" "Both aro good ways to go." "When can I start for Duluth?" "This evening." "(), I don't want to go as soon aa that." "You could leavo Monday and thon get thoro in time to tako tho boat Tues day." "O, 1 can't lenvo boforo a wcok from Monday, anyway. But I thought I'd ask you about It to-day." "Did you want to buy atickot now." "O, no. 1 am not suro I'll go nt all. but I wanted to find out about it. It wouldn't bo any uso to buy a tlckot un til I found I was suro of going, would it?" "O, no," said tho clerk, with a smile. "Thank you," sho said, as she smiled and wont out. Sho was such a sweet littlo thing. Minneapolis Trib une. GERMS OF CONSUMPTION. A Itt-xuim- of tho ItcHiilts of It eceut Sclco 1 1 II IT IllVI'StlKlltllHM. Tho roport of tho pathologists ol tho Board of Health concerning the manner in which tuberculosis is trans mitted from animals to man and from ono human being to anothor deals with a subject to which tho attontlon ol sanitarians and physicians in all parts of tho civilized world has recently beon directed. Wo havo frequently spoken of tho ronmrkablo disoovoriei made in the last fow years by bacteri ologists with respect to tho mlnuto or ganisms that aro tlie ca'uso, oitlior di rectly or indirectly, oj infectious dis cases. Among tho diseases thai are' transmitted by means of a character istic tyuoillusor microbo is thisdrondod nut ady, consumption, to which are duo ono-sovonth of tho recorded deaths in t.his olty. fc The boufd's pathologists declare flint tuborculoHls is a "distinctly preventa ble diseaso," that It is not directly in herited, and that it is inquired by tho direct transmission of tho tuborole bacillus or germ from tho sick to tlia heulthy. Tho occurrence of sovoral cases in ono faintly is to bo explained, they say, not upon tho theory that children inherit the dlseusofrom their parents, but by tho fact that tho dis ease is transmitted from thoso who havo it to those who uro constantly associated with them by means of thoso fnflnitosimul germs that muy be taken in tho lungs witli tho air. It has boon held by tomo that whllo a mnjority of cases uro caused by a di rect transmission of the microbes, en tering tlio system with food or air, othors aro really Inlierltod. Tho board's pathologists do not seem to nd init that in any Instance tho malady is inhurlted, and tills conclusion is in ac cordance with tlie recent tondonoy of research in this field. Tho introduc tion of tlie diseaso doponds largoly, however, upon tlto physical condition of thoso who aro exposed to infection, and it should bo noted that tho chil dren of tuberculous jiorsons muy be peculiarly susceptible to infection bo causo of inherited physical weaknoss. It Is pointed out that tho mortality duo to tuberculosis may bo doeroused by thorough disinfection and by meas ures taken to prevent tho pollution ot tho air by ttio germs of bacllla. As it is well known that tho germs may be transmitted to human boings from tu berculous cows und beef cattle in meat and milk, It Is shown that for tho pro tection of tho public thoro should ba a most rigid official inspection of such animals. N. Y. Times. V