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THE OREGON SCOUT JONES A CHANCEY, Publishers UNION OREGON. CAPTAIN MINNIE HILL. A Young .'Matron Who la Mnntcr of a raclfl Const Stcmner. Captain II. S. Lubbock, Superintend ing Inspector for tbo First district, re turned recently from a tour of inspection of steamers in tho Portland district Since his arrival hero his attention has been called to nn article lntoly published in regard to what women can do and uro doing in tho way of earning a livcll hood. Tho article epoko of a lady who was engineer of a steamer on tho Co lumbia river, and, thinking that a his tory of tho fair one might provo in teresting, a reporter called on Captal Lubbock with a view of learning some thing of this paragon. Sho is not an engineer, as was stated, but is master of tho vessel. There is but ono othor lady captain known in tho United States, who has a master's liconso on tho Mississippi river. Tho lady commander of tho Colum bin, wus born in Albany, Ore., in 18G5 and lived at that placo until a short tlmo beforo hor mnrringo with Chnrlcs Hill, which took placo in 1883. Mr. Hill was at that time purser of tho steamer Joseph Kellogg. Ho continued in this position for throo years, being assisted in his duties by his young wife. Living economically all this tirno they managed to savo $1,000. With this monoy thoy purchased an old Bchooner, and convorted hor into titrud ing boat, putting a small ongino into her. Airs. Hill's next step was to tako out a second-class master's license. Sho liad studied navigation, and had thor oughly learned tho Columbia and Wil Inmotto rivers while assisting hor bus band, and sho pussod hor examination without any trouble. Hor husband ob tainod an engineer's liconso in Decern bor, 188G, for tho steamer Minnie Hill to run from Portland to Astoria, a dis tanco of 110 miles. They then bought a stock of goods on credit, and launched into a trading business at tho various points on tho Columbia rivor. ' Their venturo was crowned with suc cess, and in tho second year their busl ncss had assumed such proportions that thoy woro obliged to got a largor Btoamor, for which thoy paid $3,000, money which liatl boon mndo by thorn during their first yenr of trading, bo Bldes paying off nil indebtedness. Thoy bought tho Clatsap Chief, and on November 20, 1887. Mrs. Captain Hill applied for and was granted a mastor's and pilot's license, and on that day sho entered on hor duties as comman dor of tho Clatsap Chief, whilo hor husband wont on as onglnoer. A largor stock of goods was put on board as thoy hud found It profitable to branch outnud tako inmorotorritory. Another yoar followed and their fortune was established. Captain Minnlo Hill and hor hus band and their trading were known all over tho Columbia and Willuuiotto rivers. Tho captain hud won tho hourt of every one by her happy disposition, her kindly heart and charming man ners, whilo tho engineer was equally avoII llkod for his upright and manly qualities. In another year they bought tho stcamor Gonornl Nowde for $7,QQ. Tho steamer is 111 fi-12 foot in length, 20fi-12foot beam, and hs.s a depth of hold of Moot. I heir business is flourish' ing greater than over. Thoy now car ry nearly every urtlolo that can be found ir. a general morchiiudiso store. Engineer Hill runs tho lower deelc, whoro ho looks after tho men's wants. uud tho captain dickers with the women on tho upper dock, and is said to bo an txcolleut hand at making a shrewd bargain. Shu steers their ship of life, and her husband gallantly responds to tho bolls, and "goes ahead" or "slow down" as alio directs, and a happier couplo is unknown. When not on the rlvor their homo is in Portland, where it is said they havo accumulated proper ty to tho amount of about if 25 ,000. Mrs. Captain Hill is a handsome brunette, about oJ feet in height, and weighing about 110 pounds. Sho has tho happy faculty of making friends, and no one is more highly thought ot among hor largo circle of acquaintances than is Mrs. Captain Minnlo Hill. Sun Tranolseo Chroniolo. Gas In Railway Coachos. Tho Illinois Central Company is ex perimenting with tho use of ordinary lighting gas from tho city mains for illuminating Its passenger ears. The gas is pumped into three tanks in the bottom of the car and compressed by n pressure of -00 pounds to tho square inch. Tho throo tanks hold COO cubic feet of gas, which supply 11 lamps for three nights' uso. A building is being erected in Chicago, not far from tho Illinois Central tracks, by which it is oxpeeted that all the cars to be lighted can bo furnlshod with their supply of gus in one day. Tho Illumination ob tained is free from smell, and Is much more brilliant than that from oil lamps, although it may bo added that If tho quality of tho city gas Is not bettor than that which haB frequently been furnished in Chicago tho amount re quired to give satisfactory lighting will bo u good deal greutor than it should bo. ltallwuy Ago. Tho English ship Olan McKcnzlo brought to Portlnnd recently tho master and nineteen men of the bark-rigged Liverpool vessel General Pictou, which waa burned wilh a cargo oi coal near Capo Horn, on tho 1-Hh of September. Tho Pictou was valued at $85,000. , EASTERN ITEMS. LARGE DISCOVERIES OP GOLD NORTH CAROLINA. IN St'llivan will not fight McCaffrey. Tho president haa.been duck shooting in Maryland. Tho National W. C. T. U. will meet next year at Atlanta. On Arbor day thero were 2-J, COO trees planted in Pennsylvania. Labor unions nnd Italians took an ac tivo part in the Brooklyn election. Chief Justice Smith, of the North Carolina supreme court, is dead. Sensational Mormon exposures aro be ing mado in tho Salt Lako courts. Thirty-three horses, worth $25,000, burned to death at Louisville, Ky. Nino hundred head of fat oxen will bo exported from Illinois to Germany. Northwestern ltimlermen expect "favorable winter, with lota of snow." Farmers of Lancaster county, Penn., stopped corn-husking to go after rabbits. A premature explosion near Butte killed six men and two others loat their eycB. Tho words "of America" have been dropped from tho name ot the Knights of Labor, at.tho.request ol English mem bers. Tho defense has begun taking testi mony in tho Cronin murder trial at Chi cago. Wanamakcr is reported to havo re ferred disparagingly to tho civil service uAuimiiuuuu requirements tor puuuu clerks. Joseph Schwartz, a $f)0,000 defaulter ir sua., l - t ' i i iroin n. an bus ny, mm ueon arresteu in St. Paul. A. D. Shaw, of Indiana, hns been ap pointed deputy third auditor of tho treasury. Tho silver convention ot Donver rec ommended a silver coinago of $1,000,000 a month. Hill City is a booming little tin town in tho Black Hills, witli a population of 1000 souls. Colorado has organized a state silver association, with Hon. II. A. W. Tabor as president. John W. Keely. the motor man. has invented a gun which lie claims is supe rior to Zalhisky'a. Tho national basoball league has adopted rules which will do away witli tho sale of players. A nnir of candelabra nnrn owned bv Lafayette brought $450 at a New York auction sale several dayB ago. A new system of water sunnlv has become necessary at Denver, and will bo furnished by millions of Eastern capital. TI10I0BSC8 in tho recont Trinidad. Col., snowstorm, ato notas scvoro as at first supposed. Sheen men aro tho heavv losers. Tho Farmers' Congress is in session at Montgomery, Ala., and are discussing tariff and industrial questions and pro posed measures. N. J. Arkoll. the nronrietor of "The Judge," has offered $100,000 a year for tho uso ot tho backs of postago stamps lor auvortising purposes. "Black Hart." tho noted highwayman nas maut) a coniession 01 murder ant robbery at Bessemer, Michigan, cover ing a milliner 01 111s exploits. Tho naval authorities aro conducting experiments on Chesapoako buy, to see whothor tho fog horn or bell is tho bettor to bo adopted lor general uso. The Pun-Aniorican excursionists have oinplotoil their lournev of 0000 miles after having made tho longest continu ous trip over miulo by 0110 train. The lato Chicago philanthropist. John Crerar, leaves a fortune of $:i,rU0,00O, the t ...1 .!..!. !. 1 . .11 1 .'if. mutt in which is ucqucaiuou 10 puuail inropie ami educntionifl institutions. Colonel uicereoU's daughter Eva has married Walstou H. Brown, a New York lawyer. The contract was merely a civil one, no religious ceremonies being had Tho proposed transfer of U2,000,r)00 in nssetB aim securities 01 the bt. 1'aul MinneuiHiliB it Manitoba to tho (treat Northern is menaced by an injunction suit. Tho Methodists decided to divide their appropriations for home and foreign missions into -K and 00 per cent., re spectivoly, of the total buiu at their (lis posal. President Green, ot tho "Western Union, says that tho rates proposed bv Wanamakcr would cut their annual rev enue down to $4,000,000 less than their xpeuses. Tho national missionary committee o tho Methodist Episcopal church is in session at Kansas City, engaged in ap portioning $2,000,000 among tho various iioios ot work. Mrs. Ellen J. Foster, at tho bend of tho iKMtlng Iowa delegation of the W. C. r. u says thoy have received much en ouragoinont and aupport from tho clergy, in their step. North Carolina mining experts aro re ported as saying that thero is us much gold thero as waH found in I'ul fomin Tho opinion a based on now discoveries m .Montgomery county. Androw Eck. n prominent fanner of Baintleld, Ohio, whilo drunk, froze to eath in a snow storm. Ho wus trying A- II- t . .. . - to wane nome, niter losing his horao on tho way by carelessness. Tho vorry and broil of tho sneakerahin uinvnus is kcop ing congressman awav . from Washington. November preceding congress nuver buw bo iow congressman out 01 1110 city aa at present. Ex-President Cleveland ofllclatod at tho laying of tho democratic headquar ters building at Brooklyn. Tho ediilco commemorates Ihomas Jefferson. It will bo seven stories high ami cost 150.- 000. Four young men hav passed a credit able examination for tho Oregon West Point cmletship. Tho results havo Ikuii sent to Congressman Hermann, who will miiko an uppolntinent from one of them. 1IOSIK AXI FA It 31. Beware of tho Bull How to Grow Blue' Grass Caro of tho Old-Fashioned Sweet Pea-Small Fruit. Willows along tho banks of a stream greatly aid in protecting tho soil from washing, should floods occur. WillowB aro easily grown from cuttings. If other work is not pressing plow the ground for noxt year's corn, and leave it in tho rough condition, so as to permit life irosi 10 assist in pulverizing it. 111 tho spring it may Ue cross-plowed. A grass plot, with no shade from the I sun, and where flics are numerous and diligent, is rot tbe best placo lor calves. But if tlio calves bo kept in a dark, cool stable during the hot days of fly time, and turned out for the evenings and nightflj the protection of the soiling syB tcm will be coupled with the benefit of exercise and feed outside. "A now method of preserving butter," saya an exchange, "consists in adding to it a very small portion oi salicylic acid, dissolved in two parts of lactic acid and ninety-eight parts of water. How little salicylic acid is required to keep butter fresh for an indefinite length of tlmo may bo calculated from the fact that no more than ono grain is employed for every 100 kegs of butter. Fruit-growers in Southern Now Jersey aro discussing the feasibility of sending all fruit to the markets of the large cities to be sold at auction instead of on com mission. Thoy claim that by bo doing tho fruit will bring tho highest prices, and that each grower can be present, when possible, in order to inform him self regarding the prices obtained and the condition of his fruit upon arrival. President Lyon, in the Rural New Yorker, pronounces the Erie and Law- ton blackberries not alike. He consul era tho Erio a hardier variety. While there is a similarity in habit of growtl and also in fruit, a careful comparison win snow tliem to bo distinct. 1 season of ripening the Erie is much ear ner man mo Lawton, tlie canes arc more vigorous in growth and very much ardier. Bulls are dangerous animals, and majority of tho injuries received occur lrom placing too much confidence gentle bulls, which suddenly and unex poctedly attack the attendant. A bull will usually prove obedient when voting but it is seldom that a fully matured bull la safe. No bull should be kept on a farm that has rot been '"ringed" in the nose, and it should bo mado to work if training is possible. Cabbago n ants intended for nroducing seed should bo covered liefore freezing weather, l'laco tho cabbage head (wiU tho greater portion of tho stalk cut off) on the surface of tho ground, the ground slightly raised, and cover the head well witli dirt to protect against irost. iiariy in tho sormg remove tho covering, and with a sharp knife make two cross cuts on the head, and it will soon aond up tho Bhoots for producing seeu. When sub-irrigation can bo practiced (which, however, dooends on tho cost of preparation and production), the farmer or gardener will, in a great measure, lie independent ot tho weather. The most important matter is to arrango for a sup lily of watar, which dopends on the size of tho plot or Held to bo irrigated. Steam pumps, Jiand pumps and wind mills are resorted to on level land, but tho streams, or flowing wells and springs aro used whenever such resources can be re sorted to. Tho practice of sub-irrigation is liet'oming extonsivo in iKirtions of Florida on garden plots, and is described at length 111 ttio American Uardon, the details of which will probably interest many who experience the difficulties of too much or lnsullicient ran". If a farm is running down and tl owner getting iioor, there is no rotation which will turn tho tide in his favor than rye, clover and sheep. The land is plowed in August, and rye, at tho rate of livo pecks to tho acre, is sown. In Sei temper wo sow timothy seed, and in March sow a liberal supph of clover which germinates very earlv and bv August is in the height of its glorv Then tho sheep aro turned in and tho plot of ground will not "run down" 1111 less overstocked. When this sheet pasturo is plowed up and planted to corn, a wonderfr.l change will bo noticed Two crops of corn, one of outs, then back to rye, clover, and sheep again completes the rotation. AVhatovor may bo said ;n favor of fancy trellises for climbing plants, it is a fact, that tho sweot pea really seems to do better when given brush to clamber over than it will on any other support .1 . 1 . i i e . . mat wo navo ever provuieu ior 11. 11 BeeniB to havo a decided objection to anything formal. It will not cling to a string well. It must havo something to lean utioii rutin r than cling alxntt. If you want late flowers, bo sure to keep your plants from forinin,: any seed, and cut tho tops bak very nearly one-half in August, giving, at the same time, a good top dresHiig of miuiur We aro glad to notico that this lino old flower is becoming a f.ivorite with those who have hUbcrto thought nothing ho desirable us roses anil other tlowera of that class. Waldo F. Brown, a noted Ohio fanner and prolitlc writer on rural topics, says tho wav he started his pasture was bv sowing onu bushel of bluegniss seed to the aero, and at tlio sauio tuuo seeding heavily with a variety ot other grasses and clover. The bluegrass mado no show until two years later, but has leen improving over since. Tho last piece of bluegraes on fua farm was started by cutting sods by the roadside and chop ping them into pieceB about tvo inches square, winch were dropped iroin a bas ket about two feet apart, and stepped on to press them in tho soil. This was on land hist sown to oats. These pieces grew to the sizo of dinner plates the first year, and in a low years crowded out all othor grasses anil formed a complete sward. Mr. Brown believes that, taking ono year with anotnor, a noni ot blue- grass MVB better than any other crop. and, at tho very least, ten acres out of every hundred oiuht to bo occupied with 1U A singular discovery has keen mado n Ansoniu, Conn., by W anion Wheeler. He Hilda that the deaths of elm treea occurring in alarmingly largo nutiitiera in that borough are not duo to electricity. its 1ms been supiKmod. but to tho depre dations of a white inaoct nltout one-quar ter of an inch long uud no thicker than the ordinary brass pin. Ho made the discovery by accidentally knocking oil' tho bark of a rivunt victim of the pest. Other treea were then visited and were found to bo similarly ulliictcd. It is eared Unit tho jwst will spread over tho ato, aa Connecticut is covered with beautiful olins. THE PACIFIC COAST. FINANCIAL REPORT OF SEATTLE'S RELIEF COMMITTEE. Steamboat Enterprise on the Sound- Wetzell Dlvoice Suit Dismissnd Judgo lerry'B Estate The Lone Highwayman. The Southern Pacific's fences will cost $108,000. A wrestling match is on the tapis in Portland. An eyeless baby girl is on exhibition in Portland. Portland citizens are after reckless hack-drivers. Several revival meetings are in pro gress in l'ortland. Tho late Judge lerry'a estate is ap praised at $U-,4ob. A 10,000 pound mill casting was re cently made at l'ortland. Joseph Holladay'e fine for contempt of court at Portland was $100. Grand Army men, of Boise, will build a handsome memonal hall. lhe new steamer befiome is com pleted and about to begin work. The Burrell farm of 1800 acres near Colfax paid $10.8" per acre this year. Tho Wetzell divorce suit at Portland has been withdrawn from the courts. The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry is in session at Sacramento, Portland has a fund of $100,000 for a library edifice and will proceed to build, One hundred is the usual number of telephone wires on Portland's street poles. The old Mechanics' pavilion in Port land has beeu converted into a bicycle course. Tlio Union Pacific is said to be pro jecting a railroad from Portland to Astoria. The San Francisco engagement of Gil more's band resulted in a financial failure. Tacoma's exposition building is to cover 84.000 square feet, and to cost $1L'5,000. A lone highwayman held up the Coos Bay stage the other day, and rifled the mnil nntlf'liPR. . . ,. , , i;r. vuse, ui oeuiuu, .0 1u41.1un.-u, u, tho coroner's jury, in the recent death of .J one 11 inner. The crew of tho lost vessel General Picton havo all been reshipped at Port land on various ships. At Shoalwater Bay this season 10,000 salmon cases were packed, and at Gray's Harbor 30,000. Tho colored citizens of Portland will celebrate the anniversary of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. The new pipo organ of the Grace M E. church at l'ortland is said to marvel of beauty and perfection. be a Seattle business men have raised $75,000 for a lino of steamers to bo owned and operated by them on tho bound Seattle ts preparing the plans for two new brick engine houses, to accoinnio date their old and now lire apparatus. The now branch of the San Francisco nnd North Pacific railroad, from Sunta Rosa to Sebastapol, is now opened. A Pacific coast chamber of commerce is being organized in ban irancisco by representatives from various sections S. Herrings, of Seattle, met a horrible death by being caught in null machin erv. Ho leaves a large family destitute Mvron Lockwood was killed while at tempting, as one of a party of masked men, to rob a Chinese camp near Albina. William H. Gray, one of Oregon's three oldest pioneers, died in l'ortland and was subsequently buried at Astoria. The Uni'.ed States surveyor's steamer llassler left. San Fnur'isoo on Monday for a surveying trip along the southern coast. Julia Ward Howe, while in l'ortland, was tendered a reception. In an inter view she claims to bo a follower cf Emanuel Kant. Mrs. Loland Stanford has testified to her approval of the project for purchasing and restoring Sutter's fort, by subscrib ing $o0U0 for tlmt purpose Chief Joseph has been for several days a guest of General Gibbon, at Vancou ver, l hoy have been discussing tho status of tho ez Porco tribe. Leather men eav that the declino in prices of -0 to 30 per cent, is due to over production, brought on by the largo num ber of new California tanneries. Tho Vanderbilt representatives, who havo been visiting tho toast, aro a lolly set of fellows, always "guying" each other about their respective towns. new shingle mill is to bo built at Ba lard, on bilnion bay, with a daily apacity ol iiOO.UOO shingles, ltio binni ng will cover oO.OOO equaro feet of ground. John Learv, of Seattle, promises to bin id a steamer ior no teaii.o-iucoma route to cost $(0,00t) and to eclipse in mewl and elegance any now plying on the Sound Opening pru ers in the legislative ees- bionaat uiympu are iienvereu iv ciergv- men who volunteer their servicea. No provision for a salaried chaplain having im.ui mmiii hv ilur limiH. been mudo bj either house. Tho length of tho terma drawn by the Washington Biipreino court judges aro : nders. chief justice, three years ; scon, three years: Stilea and Dnnbur, five ears cam, "uyi, buvuii jemo. i - v . ii . ...... . . .. Tho Sacramento trustees declare that f Sutter's Fort is not soon secured they will open Btreets through it. John W. Leo. who robbed tho railroad M. ticket olllco at Sacramento, liaa been : .nnt n Kin Ouentin for two years. nVi.num -i1ithritted mi tho 4th the fourth anniversary of tho banishment of the Ciiint'BO from ita eorporuto limits. Frank Cotta, a Los AngeleB saloon civer, has disappeared from tho view ia creditor with, it Is bollovod, a I iityk of money. FOHKIU.V FL.ANHKM. Loss of Life in the Eiffel Tower-Tne London Scandal-China's Emperor in Trouble-Quiet in Samoa. Ex-King'Milan is at Belgrade. Spain will increase the import duty on 1 - hour. Tho cholera epidemic in Persia is de creasing. Guatemala has prohibited news being I . a I sent abroad. Cyprus has begun the export of barley to England. An international gang of burglars has been arrested at Vienna. Artificial coffee is manufactured on an extensive scale in Germany. The Peruvians recently celebrated the birthday of President Caceres. Belfast has established a B'rong branch of the Knights of Labor. The workmen in tho British govern ment employ are now paid in silver. Senor Atigusto Cunba has been ap pointed minister of finance at Portugal. Peter Jackson, the Australian colored pugilist, is tho lion of the day at London At a public meeting at Sydney. N. S, W., resolutions favoring federation were adopted. Stanley, the explorer, is expected to reach Zanzibar about the middle of January. Rome's finances are in a disordered condition, and an official inquiry is be ing made. It is learnedlthat Patti has been re ceiving JE700 for each concert at Albert Hall, Loudon. Over twenty tkousand persons at tended the opening of Barnum's circus at London last week. Sir Charles Dilko is determined to re enter public life, and the liberals have promised to assist him. The report of the murder of Mission ary Savage in New Guiuea is declared at Melbourne to be untrue. The first soil of the Nicaragua canal waa sfhcially turned on tiie 'S2a of Octo ber. The services were imposing. The rise in the prico of silver m the London market since October 1st hus been from 42od to 44d, its present quo- tation I Zaldivar, who is said to have got rid of niB pom, opponents in (Josta Kica bv Becret assassination, is said to be in Madrid. China is arming her troops on tho Rus sian irontier with repeating rines and her soldiers are being drilled by German oflicera. The condition of Grand Duke Nicho las, uncle of tho czar, is becoming worse. The cancerous formation in his ear is spreading. A dismtch to London from Zanzibar confirms the report of the massacre of 'Dr. Peters by savages near Korkora, East Africa. It is estimated that 2,000,000 of people witnessed the Loid Mayor's show at London, the 700th anniversary of the London mayoralty. The bakers assembled at Hyde Park. London, lust week, and were enthusiaii tically favorable for a strike for shorter hours and better pay. A reiKirt from Shanghai savs tho em peror, who married against his will, in obedience to his mother, now refuses to see either his mother or his wife. The British government abandons the proceedings against the members of the London W est limd Ulub, who were charged with abominable proceedings. The French Canadians, according to high authority, repudiate Premier Mer- cier's statemcntf at Baltimore that Canadian Catholics desire to be inde pendent of England. Tho United States steamer Pensacola. with Professor Todd and the astronom ical party to observe the solar eclipse in Sisrrs Leone, arrived recently at Porto Grande, St. Vincent, Capo do Verde Island. Great alarm is created at San Jose, Costa Rica, at rumors that the Itodri guietas are preparing to demand that President Soto relinquish his authority. and many timid residents are leaving the city. A Samoa dispatch savs the Germans have gradually withdrawn their support from Taniaseee. Tlio report of fighting between tho followers of Mataafa and the followers of Tamusese on the island of Savoy is denied. In the final wrestling match between Bernard and Cannon, at Paris, the latter proved tno victor, ino result caused intense excitement. Tables were over turned and chairs thrown nlxnit, and lor a fow moments confusion reigned supreme. Boulanger is reported to have left tho Islo of Jersey, but beforo leaving ho is sued a manifesto, declaring that the re vision of the French constitution has only leen postponed, and that the revo lutionists were never more certain of ul- timato victory, ni8H0 Q'Dwyer, at Limerick, Ireland, i.a iaa i..,i nnRtAr.il !,., fi.i-i.ii... the vXergy of ,ho tiioceft0 to Kmat lxh8oU firm tn nnv iversnn LMiiltv nf linwnHinn,, or pursuing the plan of' campaign. The uidhihi ji-i.uid m uuiioi-u uiuuu mo rigni to abaoivo aueii persons. o..,,.,i .nii.u i.. .i Severn! weeka ago an elevator to the Eiffel tower fell ono hundred feet and thirty of tho occupants were injured. It ia Bind a doen persona lost their lives in mo elevators since the opening of the exposition, but tho facta havo been sup- jiresseu vy mu autiiuriiies. I . . . . l . . . . i T i ; . . BJTO.f .JJOI iOI )tnm siium snouuA in itiaiiiouoxu tptitu t . I0)UaiO Btltl tIDMI.n 'omui iivipni iboi uim puuoi itAuq ui in uia puu 'AOJOIUOK' lVnoa 'Buiuimoui vpnr vms sii oj ."."'r' "" .." i:?"'.!:'""1" l,Aml imu lonuui.. u i,oH mVmj M1VIW 'U 'Hi" on oi aminouios n.uq o) piua ai vipuj oj Aoiuuof B.-iopj voqiy onujj.j puu mwu buu psjouios JoinitV Pit1 uojssiusjp iopun u sun, ipunco S&uA oqj puu juimu..j.i oq oj ppia s iiwjqiiB oqx uopuo'i lnu'.r iso m ui soiana nmu.xnsmi UJ lliptlUOS 1VG.I3 V JO B14OII04 Q1V 0J01JX THE PSYCHE CORNER. A New Itlen Tor Younp Women Who Ar Not Over-llcnutlful. Tho newest thing in tho way of household ornamentation, decoration nnd coziness is tho Pysclio cornor. You do not know what it is, nor why it is called the Pyscho knot or a Pysche mirror? Is not Pyscho tho soul, nnd why should tho nnmo not mean, in connection with tho corners, the soul of beauty? It does. Tho corner is beautiful soulful, and when properly filled it is filled full with tho beauty of a beautiful woman. A Pyscho corner is first of nil a cor ner, if you choose to havo it a cornor. or it is an alcove; but if you have no available cornor and no alcove, then you must arrango draperies so that thoy simulate ono of theso things. If it is an alcovo mado by n window then tho light must bo very subtly ar ranged to suit tho complexion of tho modern Pyscho who is to fill tho niche, and a basket of flowers must hang from tho coiling. But if there is no window, thon tho wall or walls aro cov ered with mirrors hung about with rich draperies, and a tiny antique lamp that burns perfumed oil hangs from tho colling in plnco of flowers. Tho only piece of furniture in this alcovo is a divan, and a divan such as is not seen in every house. It is long, it is low. it is broad and it is soft. It is covered with somo soft silken Eastern stuff, about which clings tho faint odor of somo Arabian perfumo. and it is heaped up with pil lows. Theso pillows are of different sizes. Somo aro square nnd somo aro oblong, and thoy uro covered with materials of different colors; but tho tints are harmonious and blending, and tho pillows aro all as soft as eiderdown can make them. In front of this delicious divan are fur rugs and inoro cushions. Such is a Psycho corner prepared for occupancy. Here, then, tho most fashionable beauty re clines on hor divan amid her many pillows, a perfect picturo in a perfect room thoy recoivo small attention from frame. If thero are other women in tho tho men, who Hock to tho divan, for tho occupant has a decided advuntago over all tho other women present. A good many womon who are not beauties havo sot up such a corner, for it is tho most becoming thing in tho world, making a plain woman look almost beautiful. N. Y. Letter. MICROBES IN A TRUNK.; They Infect Four Children After of Thirty Yenrs. a Lnpso Thirty-five yoars ago an opulent family lived in one of our most beau tiful suburbs. Two lovely children graced tbo happy household. But scarlet fover closed their eyes in death. The grief-stricken mother gather up little slips, slippers and toys with two golden tresses, and rev erently laid them away in a trunk as sad but priceless mementoes of her lost darlings. War came with its tragic vicissitudes, nnd death tirno and again throw us shadow over tlio hearthstone. Finally tho placo passed into strangers' hands. Last year two families took it as a summer residence. 1 ho children, six in number, with childish curiosity, be gan to oxplc 'T tho secret recesses of the grand oiu house. In a closet was found tho forgotten trunk. A touch dissolved tho timo-corroded clasp, and ono by ono tho sacred relics were re moved, until a faded nowspapor was found, which told tho pathetic story. Half-spelling out tho meaning, they took it to thoir mothor, who chided their curiosity and tenderly replaced tho treasures. Five days after this occurrence two of tlio childron wero seized with scar let fever, and forty-eight hours later tho othor four wero attacked. Two cases wero grave, tho others mild. All recovered. Was the diseaso con tracted from the trunk? I think so. because Uioro was no other ascortain aolo source of infection. Moral: Silks, woolen and hair, be ing good fomites, should not bo put away in air-tight trunks as mementoes of friends dying witli infectious dis eases, because thoy may become, at somo romoto poriod, tho stnrting point of a wide-spreading nnd disastrous epi demic, n calamity which was averted in this instnnco only by complete iso lation. Journal of Surgery. What Irrigation Will Do. It Is my opinion that irrigation will bo tho mentis of doubling tho popula tion of every Western State and Terri tory within tho coining ten yenrs. I firmly believe that in tho East, whero tho rainfall is heavy, but uncertain, irrigation will ultimately bo resorted to In order to insure greater regular ity of crops. Four-tenths of tho area of tho United States, not including Alaska, requiro Irrigation. This ter ritory includes parts of California, Texas. Kansas. Nebraska, Novnda. Oregon, all of Arlzonn, Now Moxico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and por tions of Dakota and Washington. Through this vast territory thoro flow a numbor of streams with narrow val loys capablo of cultivation. In theso valleys sottlors havo taken up their nbodo, cities havo boon built, nnd now tho cry is for moro room. Tho room Is thoro, and tho only thing needed to mako tho broad sunburned plains vio with valleys is irrigation. Tho senti ment in favor of this mothod of re claiming lnnds Is growing strong, and I predict that ton yoars will witnoss a revolution. Cor. Kansas City Times. 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