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THE OREGON SCOUT A CHANCEY, Publishers UNION OREGON. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL) Tho Gospol Ib spreading rapidly In Jinan. In Tokio it is estimated that tho now convorts average Qvo hundred a month. Dr. G. W. Knox bollovo3 that Japan will yet become tho center of tho Chris tian agoncios that aro to revolutionize tho East. An English curato, who was taking a religious census, asked a workman of what persuasion ho was. "You may put mo down as tho religion of a wheel harrow I goost whichever way thoy biiovo mo." Tho McAU Mission is now carrying tho Gospol to tho common people, in forty halls in Paris, with 269 dovoted workors. holding last year 17,000 meet ings, attended by 1,114,000 hearers, many of whom becamo doers of tho Word. A. J. DroXol, Philadelphia million alro and philanthropist, proposes to do- voto $1,500,000 to build and endow an Industrial instituto in that city for tho instruction of and training of a thou sand girls in tho daytime, est! an equal number of boys at night Among tho convorts to Christianity from Mohammedanism nt Ooroomlah thero aro fivo Saylds, direct descend ants of Mohammed, who nro hold In special nwo and reverence. Thoy at tribute tholr conversion to tho reading of. tho Now Tostamont. N. W. Chris tian Advocate. ' Tho Stato of Now Jorsoy has tho proud distinction of having a largor proportion of its boys and girls In Sabbath-school than any othor Stato In tho Union. It appears by statistics ro contly takon that thoro aro just about two hundred and olghty thousand chil dren in tho 1,097 Sabbath-schools of JJew Jorsoy. -Editor Pholan, of tho Wostorn Watchman (Catholic), writing from Italy, says Vonlco Is tho "most rellgl oua city in Italy. Tho churchos aro full of pooplo on Sunday, and at any hoar of tho day you may bohold old and young, mon and women, soldlors and sailors, knooling at tho altars and praying with all tholr hoart" Tho colony of Victoria, Australia, with 1,100,000 inhabitants, is said to muster 160 "religious sects," easily boating tho record of our country, of which it was onco said that wo had "a liundrod roligions but only one, gravy." But what Is a "rollgious sect?" Two of theso Victorians uro sot down as "so crot worshipers," ono as a "fntnllst," and six profess "rollglon s d." Medical mission work in China is lessoning tho anti-forolgn fooling of the Chlnoso In diminishing tho powor of superstition which connects dlsoasos with ovil spirits, and sends tho h tiller ing to tho exorcists and tho Idols, in stead of tho physician; in giving con stant proof of tho unsolllsh character of our Christian rollglon; and in pro paring tho way, and making openings for direct ovangolical work near by and fur off. , WIT AND WISDOM. Slandor would very Boon stnrvo if no ono took it In and gave it lodging. Ago is not always a criterion or ability, for many a man of thirty can Ho like sixty." It Is tho sins of othor pooplo that ttolf-appolntod roformors mako tho most fuBS about. N. O. Picayune. it Is the man continually orampod who finds difficulty In kooplng his head uboyo water. Texas Slf tings. Tho lino dividing gonulno helpful ness from downright moddlcBomonoss is, eomotlmos, vory narrow. Advance, Accoptlng ourselves for what wo nro and making tho best possiblo uso of what wo havo is a sure secret of happi ness. A Frenchman rocontly romarked that ovory ono In this world was obllgod to boar his cross, but tho smart chaps wear tholrs on tholr lapels. Tho man who makes an apology in proforonco to engaging in a light will novor nood to toll u Mo whon nskod how ho cnmu by that black oyo. Boston Courier. Ability to do, Is no ovldonco that tho doing Is justlflod by tho abili tyalthough thero is no ability that can not bo doslrably utilized. United rrosbytorlan. An anclont ndago Bays: "It Is bet tor to sutler an injury than to commit ono." Hut this doponds largely upon circumstances. Size of the other man, lor liiHtanco. Philadelphia Press. Wo are nono of us perfect in this world, hut a good many of us look com placently at ourselves in tho glass sometimes, and cheerfully think that wo nro protty near lu Somorvlllo Jour nal. Patlonco strengthens tho spirit, sweetens tho tompor, atlllos anger, ex tinguishes envy, subdues pride; she bridles tho touguo, refrains tho hand, und tramples upon tomptntlons. Horno. 1 is an accoptod truth lu solonco and philosophy that tho progross of knowledge is from tho indefinite to tho definite; and this Is as true of tho In dividual as of tho aooumulated knowl edge which Is tho common property of men. S. 8. Times. Not many pooplo work simply for work's sakoj vory fow, at loaat, begin to bo industrious for that reason. Nearly all havo Bomo motive, boiiio ob ject to ho gained, and in this Mob tho d.fforoucc botwoon thorn. SHADOWS. Shadows obscuro lofty height of the mount ains, Thoy fall across the deep valleys below, Oyer our paths through the fields and by fount ains, Passing through shadows, wherever wo go. Never a home, where no shadows aro resting. where there was never a sorrow or pain. Never a heart but some grief Is distressing, Shadows havo fallen again and again. Hopes are oft blighted, and lone and forsaken, Day has no sun, and night not a star, Friends wo have loved from us have been taken, Many a mound casts Its shadows afar. But, on our pathway, though shadows aro fall ing. Mists settle down and our visions obscure, Tot, through the mists, silent voices are call ing, Out from tho realm of tho blest and the pure. E'en through the shadows a form Is appearing, Dora of a glory which streams from above, Bbadows nro lifting, tho morning is nearlng, Brightness Is dawning of Inflntto love. Morning shall rise with no shadow or sadness. E'en from death's valley shall mists roll away,, Out from the shadows, to sunshlnoof gladness, We shall emorgo to tho unclouded day. J. llylngton Smith, In Christian Inquirer. AN ANXIOUS MOMENT. Soonos on Board Most Amorica Bound Shlp3. Foolish Fonrs iitnl Amusing Conduct of l'ussenfipr Who Possess Dutlablo 1 Goods Tho Unconcerned Indi vidual and AV'lnit Da mo Humor Said. It is safo to say that sovon porsons in ten who cross tho ocean as cabin passengors add to their npprohensions n new terror of tho voyage in tho form, of tho customs officer thoy uro to moot nt tho end of it. Nino In ten havo Bpont moro than thoy meant to, nnd havo no doslro to udd to tho expendi ture by paying duty on tholr pur chases. On tho homoward voyngo all Americans nro practical frco-tradors.' Tho story of ono midsummer voyugo is liko tho story of all. I ho good ship , of tho Gulon Lino, mado a rccont trip with a typical cabin-load. The womon oognn to gusion wun nowiy purchascd diamonds boforo tho jour noy was half finished, "just to soo If thoy would attract much attontlon," thoy explained. Tho mon appeared at odd Intorvnls In stiff now garmonts, in ordor to say that thoy had worn them. Half tho talk was about tho dreaded customs inspectors. Almost ovory ono who hnd undorgono any experience with theso sentries of tho coast re ported thom moro thun half human, nnd disinclined to notico ordinary Europonn purchases; but what theso votorans said had llttlo weight bosido tho startling narratives of those who monly repoatod anecdotes of what had happonod to porsons thoy had hoard of. Somo of thoso woro tales of haploss passongors who had boon obllgod to rotlro andbosoarchod, or to spend days und hundreds of dol .Vars in satisfying tho grood of our protcotlvo policy. Thoro was ono story of great cmprcsscmcnt about a gentleman who, on bolng asked to pay duty on two silver candlostlcks, throw thom Into tho river rathor than do so. After sovon dnyBof such recitals a groat number of tho cablu passongors woro rondorod nervous to a dogreo that mado llfo wretchod for thoso who had to Mston to tho borrowed trouble that weighted all tholr talk. Shakespeare's roforouco to that human possession which "makes cowards of us all" was novor bettor unuorstoou or jusiuiou) than In thnt cabin company. Ono black-haired woman, of girlish framo and placid mlon. exhibited no lntorost in tho othorwlso all-absorbing topic. Thoso who had gono over on tho Btuno ship with her declared that sho had appeared equally imlifforont to tho ceaseless rocking of the vossol aB it rodo out ono gaio after anothor all tho way across. It seemed that nothing movod or affected her. Early ovory morniug sue camo up to nor deck chair with an uutlnishod quilt, and tho basket of patches, noedlos and silk, with which sho was complet ing tho protty spread. All day long sho sowed away, stop ping only for her meals or her cup of broth at eleven o'clock each forenoon. Old Judge Dash, of Boston, whoso wife had purchased two pairs of laco curtains in Brussels, felt per sonally outraged by tho qullt-makor's placidity. Ho and his wife thought of nothing except tho customs Inspector who was to oxnmliio tholr trunks. Every day both resolved upon a now modo of smug that is to say, of got tlng tho curtains through to liostou without paytngduty upon thom. It was usually tho Judge's wife who hit upon each now plan, and tho Judge 'com plained that sho always woko him up with these now conceptions at llvo o'clock lu tho morning, after having kept him up till ono o'clock tho pre vious night with Impractloablo plans. Motwceu loss of sleep and u troublod conscience tho Judgo was visibly wast ing away, but his wlfo as plainly Im proved as eaoh day spod along. In Llvorpool Bho put tho curtains undor paper in tho bottom of her trunk. Sho took thom out aboard ship, ami foldod each half curtain in with tho skirt of ono dress after another. Thou Bho do cldcd to rip tho lining out of his now English ulster, and sew tho curtains botwoon tho lining and tho cloth. Sho actually went bo far as to rip tho lin ing loose, dcsplto his excited assertion that ho was not at all certain of getting tho uUtor In duty free, slnco It was mldsummor, and thoro was uo meteorological oxouso for his having an ulster at all. Sho was only dls itiaded by finding that tho curtains woro too thiok to go lu tho coat with out a now und larger lining, acoom- panicd by a cortainty of detection. Ai she put It, the Judgo would havo looked liko tho slico of ham in half of nsand wlch if ho put tho coat on with tho cur tains sewed into it. On thoso accounts tho Judgo felt pro voked nt tho domuro quilt-maker for taking no interest in what to him was as interesting as tho scntenco nt tho end of a trial is apt to bo to a prisoner. "You don't seem to bo nt all con cerned about tho custom-house, miss," suid he. "Not at all," sho repliod. "Well, how is that?" ho asked. "Because I'm bringing nothing du tiable." sho ropllcd. "Woll, I am," said ho. "Pvo got two pairs of laco curtains, and my wlfo Is making mo so nearly crazy about thom that if this voyago lasts threo days longer I'll olthor throw thom overboard, or I'll walk right ashoro with thom over my arm, and I'll call out: 'Hero's what Pvo been trying to run through; hero's what mndo mo feol more liko a snenk than I over felt bo foro; hero's what's sapped my man hood for seven long ' " "It was very foolish to buy lace curtains," said tho qullt-mnker, softly. "Hut now that you havo got them, tho only thing to do is to put them nt tho bottom of whichovcr trunk has got all your soiled linen in it, then pilo tho linen on top. Inspectors uron't apt to go much farther when thoy como to that point." "Madame," said the Judge, "I know why you'vo got nothing dutiable. You know too much. You're too level headed. Tho consequonco is you'ro about tho only ono on board who is really enjoying tho trip." Tho quilt-maker smiled nnd wont on with hor sowing. Tho others con tinued their worry. Tho moving tales of happenings to other persons In tho past camo to an end nt hist, and tho uneasiness might have been tem porarily allayed had not an old trav eler, who hud hold aloof from ovory body and ovory thing oxcopt tho poker players and tho smoko-room, been in discrcotly questioned about tho course ho had always pursued toward tho oustom-houso mod. It was an extra nervous and loquacious lady who asked him tho question. His answer, re peated by hor to ovory body on tho dock, was liko a borab-sholl. "My plan is vory simple." said he; "I tell nobody on shipboard what I've got. I deal only with tho Inspector who oxamlnos my luggage. Thoso ships aro full of custom-houso spios. Thoy roport what thoy havo loarnod from tho gossip of tholr fellow passen gors. and tho inspectors havo no course loft oxcopt to do their duty." Tho ship full of splos! Thoro was a stato of things! It capped tho climax. Evory man and woman tries to absent himsolf and herself from' all tho others, in ordor to rocollect just whom thoy had conversed with, and what they hau told thom. Tho ladies who had brought thoir knick-knack of silver and china and gold on deck to show to ono anothor woro in a fover of alarm. Tho Judgo and his wife, who had al lowed ovory soul on board to know about tho laco curtains, wore in an agony of apprehension. In a largo measuro tho passongors now began to suspect ono nnothoa.of being custom houso splos. Tho tension in the cabin was such that had it been transferred to tho boilers it would havo been dan gerous. Tho next incident of tho voyngo was tho arrival of tho two olllcors, who camo aboard at Staton Island, to ro colvo tho declarations of tho passon gors. A curious mental processs, upon which thoro is no room here to dwell, had gradually brought about a general stltllng of conscience, accompanied by the assumption that, after all, no ono had any thing that was really dutiable; excepting tho Judge's laco curtains, of course, and tho jewelry and spoons and pon-knlvcs and watches that would go in tho gentlemen s pockets, and there fore did not count, slnco it was under stood that tho searching of pockets was a rare occurrence. I'heroforo all agreed that thoy would say thoy had nothing dutiable, and all assorted that thoy felt easy of mind and conscience In doing bo. This was so largely tho gonoral agreement that ono pledged tho othor not to break tho compact, but to bo linn and say thoy had noth ing, when asked tho question. What, then, shall bo said of human nature when it is known that (so far as one man was able to fudge by what ho was told and observed) nearly every pas senger, on coming to tho cruclcal point, weakened, and gave tho otllcers a gonoral idea of what ho had that might call for an enforcement of tho law. Not what ho or sho had lu his or hor pockets mere trltles. you know," of jewelry and precious stones but the Dolft plates, and the suits for tho oldest boy at homo, and tho cheap etchings, and a hint of all tho things that had to bo left in the trunks. Tho only answer to such a queer denouement is that human nature Is either bettor, or at loast more cau tious, than it sometimes pretends to be. As for tho otllcers who heard all this, they replied that such things frankly acknowledged woro not worth tho Government's while to bother about. Each passonger camo away from theso forerunners of tho dreaded in opectiou bearing a card on which was written .a number. Meantime the steamer moved up tho harbor to hor wharf. There tho passengers lauded, and tholr hand-baggugo was carried after thom by tho ship's stewards another namo for waiters nnd servants. Each selected a spot on which to pile thoso small traps, and then tho pas sengers stood guard orcr them while waiting for tho trunks and portman tcaus to bo lifted out of tho forward hold, four pieces at a time, by ropo and windlass. Each lot thus lifted out was put upon a hnnd-truclc and wheeled up the wharf by a 'longshore man, past all tho passengers, who scanned each truck-load, and claimed their own whon thoy recog nized it As fast as n passonger so cured nil his belongings, ho went to a desk sot up on tho whnrf, and showing his number to tho ofllclal in charge, had an inspector detailed to follow him back to his llttlo islnnd of bag gagc, for it to undergo inspection. To each lady unattended by a man a fe male Inspector wns detailed; to each man, or man and family, a male in spector was told off. Tho trunks and bags and hold-nils, and oven tho hnt boxes, aro all gaping liko so many fishes beached in a storm, and tho in spectors and inspoctresscs aro delv ing in tho rcceptables, mercilessly disarranging tho packing that wns produced by so much care, and por hnps oven by professional packers hired In London or Paris. Tho employment of fomalo Inspect ors in numbers sufficient to meet even tho midsummer demand at tho ono great port of tho nation has proved a great convenience to nil our lady voy agers, excopt thoso "supects" who have to submit to porsonal examina tion. Thoro aro twenty of thoso in spoctresscs, and they nro detailed to each Incoming ship in tho propor tion of ono to each thirty cabin pas sengers. It is quite possible for moro than half a ship-load of homo-coming passongors to land nnd undergo tho customs ordeal without being aware of tho presence of theso Inspoctresscs, for they nro of lady-liko appeuranco and deportment, and tho tiny badges thoy display only when they nro act ually at work easily oscapo notice. So far as I heard, in this case, no passenger was called upon to pay any d uty upon any thing, and no passcngor wns takon asldo to bo searched. Ihis disagreeable necessity occurs vory in frequently. It does occur whon what is found in tho trunks gives proof of a clear intent to smuggle; whon jowolry Is found sowed Into clothing or slipped In with tho straw or paper used in packing othor things. It occurs still moro frequently whon gulltandunxioty aro written on tho fueo and relloctod lu tho behavior of tho person whoso baggage is undergoing inspection. In such cases tho inspectrossosdeal with a wlfo apart from her husband, taking hor into tho littlo building or room used for tho purpose, and to bo found, in somo form or other, on overy steam ship company's wharf. Tho men aro examined by officials of their own sex in tho same way. I repeat, howover, that, so far as I hoard, no ono wns found guilty of en deavoring to bring In moro than Uncle Sam's good-naturo would allow. How it was about tho Judgo's curtains I did not hear, though ho and his wifo de clared at tho lust that thoy would put tho unhappy purchnso on top of overy thing, in full view, and would volun teer to pay whatever duty was re quired. Put thoro did lloat back upon tho wind of rumor, a fow days lator, an almost incredible tale. It was to tho offect that tho littlo lady who sewed so placidly upon hor quilt, far beyond tho clouds of borrowed trouble on tho voyago, was a practiced smug gler. It was said that into ovory patch sho lnid on sho sowed a dlamonu to bo smuggled in for a relative in tho jowolry business. I morely repent tho rumor and with tho incredulity I felt when I first heard it. Julian Ralph, in Harper's Weokly. THE LOUNGER ON DUTY. How I'orsomil luni;ruihn Aro I'repuroil fur Sorletv riiporx. Scono 1 Olllco ot Socloty Topics. (Enter a brisk odor of red herrings and lager beer, followed by seedy In dividual in docolloto broadcloth, with dried beor trimmings.) Proprietor Socioty 1 opics Hello, Rohu d'yo want to mako a stamp? Soody Individual (promptly) Hell, I should rolax my facial expression! Proprietor Socioty TopicsWell, just tako in a few of the hotel registers this morning and seo who's In town. Scono 2 Front of St. Marc Hotol. Soody Individual (humbly approach ing desk) Hog pardon, sir, but can I glnneo ovor your register for ono mo- montr Clerk (haughtily) Hoy? Soedy Individual (meokly) I asked whothor I could glauco ovor your reg ister for ono moment. Hope, sir, you havo no objoctlon, sir! Clerk (with magnificent scorn) Well, rush It! I'll glvo you just two minutes to look ovor tho list and fling yourself out into tlio suiownlK again. pi i Scono 3 Olllco of Society Topics. (Seedy individual hard at work us follows on tho Lounger paragraphs): " hue glancing languidly over tho register lu tho lobby of tho St. Mure yesterday I almost dropped my cheroot (a reminiscence, by tho way, of a de lightful evening spent with Sir Lionel Westgate, of Her Majesty's Life's, and a 6olcot llttlo sot of club-men), as I ro marked, I almost dropped my cheroot in 8urpriso to run across tho autograph of my old chum, tho Count do la Irommboslo. to tho Count Is onco more basKlng lu tho sunlight nnd chia of Gotham society. Woll! woll! as wo would say on tho Bourse: 'Co mondo est pleln do fous.' If 1 remember aright, I first met tho Count at Bndon, where wo woro both taking tho waters. His persistent attentions to Miss Made- lino X , a fair young bud of two seasons, was tho talk of tho clubs. Many were tho rumors, Jour-uallbt- SOME FAMOUS TRAMPS. English Men of Letters Who Were Enthn. sliutla Walkers. Tho finest thoughts of many great thinkers aro undoubtedly tho moro or less direct result of their communion with tho out-door world, its strength ening winds and healing sunshine. Cor tain men of incalculable Influence over idoas and morals havo been constant lovers of country walks, and it would bo difficult to overestimate tho effect of such solitary rambles on their habits of thought. It is calculated that Wordsworth, in his many years of sauntering, must hnvo traveled a distance of 180,000 miles. What sights ho saw during such prolonged and delightful wanderings only thoso who havo tho poet's mind and oyo can even guess. Charles Dicens was a confirmed tramp, and no aoubt acquired his ex perience of "life on tho road" from act ual acquaintance with all sorts of vaga bonds and odd characters, such as fre quent towns and country lanes and highways. Ono of the most romarkablo of un professional walkers wns Prof. Wilson, tho "Christopher North" of litoraturo. Ills fine physlquo and great endurance prompted him to tho performance of wonderful feats, which seemed to him entirely a mattor of course. Ho onco walked forty miles in eight hours, and at anothor timo walked from Liverpool to Elleray in twenty-four hours, a dis tance of eighty miles. It is good to think of tho long, unwearied strides with which ho swung along, his blood bounding with healthy pulses, nndsond ing invigorating waves to tho active brain. Henry Fnwcott, also, was a tireless walkor, and ono who, when doprived of sight, did not for a moment think of relinquishing this among many forms of exorcise. Ho was a familiar figuro on tho roads about Cambridge, and thero is no exaggeration in 6uying that fow mon blessed with all thoir sonses could enjoy nnturo moro thoroughly than he. Southoy, worn and proyed upon by mental application and tho practical anxietlos of everyday llfo, found his greatest relief in tramping about tho country, listening for what naturo had to toll him, nnd learning contontment from hor stability. John Stuart Mill delighted in pedestrian tours, and Charles Lamb, though he loved town bettor than tho country, was ono who bolioved in swooping cobwebs from tho brain by brisk and continuous walking. All theso mon wnlked not merely for profit, but for pleasure, and tho profit ableness of tho exorcise was tho great er because of thoir pleasure in it. Their oxnmplo may bo commended to all. It is safo to say that whoever onco forms the habit of regular tramping will nov or forego it oxcopt under somo neces sity. Youth's Companion. THE PRIMEVAL POTATO. How Persecuted by ISeasts und lllrds, It Invented thoTubor. In somo unknown rogion in tho now world, probably some where about tho highlands of Peru for tho origin of tho potato, liko that of Jennies da la Plunche, and othor important person nges is "wrop In mystery" thoro grow, nt that preciso period of history known to chronologers as "onco upon a time," a solaniiccous plant peculiarly persecu ted in tho strugglo for lifo by the por slstont attention of too many hungry and horbivorous admirers. In such acaso tho common rosourco of any ordinary unscrupulous member of the solanum family would doubtless havo boon to adopt tho usual solanacoous tactics of poisoning theso its obtrusive friends and actual enomlos. Any othor solatium would havo filled its stom und leaves with narcotic juices and made itsolf exceedingly biltor to tho taste, so that tho beasts and birds, disgusted at tho first bite, would havo desisted from tho vain attempt to dovour It. Not so tho fathor of all potatoes. Thnt honest and straightforward plant declined to havo recourse to such mean strategy. Hard pressed by herbivores In tho strugglo for oxlstonco it struck out a now'lino for itself and for Ireland. It invented tho tubor. And what Is tho tubor, which natural scion co, thus acting upon tho necessities of the prim oval potato, succeeded in producing for a huugry world? Essentially and fundamentally it is not, ns most peoplo imagine, a root, but an under ground branch, bearing buds and unde veloped leaves on tho surfneo. which wo know as oyes, and capable of doing nil tho work of a branch in producing foliage, llowors and borrios. All that is peculiar to tho tubor, viowed as a branch, sums itsolf up in two cardinal points. First, it happens to dovolop undor ground (an accidont which, as wo all know in tho familiar cases of layers and suckors, may occur with any ordinary branch any day); and, sec ondly, it is largo, swollen, and soft, because It contains largo reserves of mntoriul, laid up by tho plant lu this safe retreat to aid tho futuro growtli of its stems and leaves in n second season. A tubor in fact must be rogarded moroly ns one of tho many plans udoptcd by plnnts In ordor to sccuro for themselves continuity of existence In woody shrubs nnd trees tho matorlnl laid up by tho Individual to provldo for noxt year's leaves and llowors Is stored In tho inner bark, which does not die; and this accounts for tho way in which such trees as almonds, mozercon and pyrus juponlca nro enabled to blossom in onrly spring boforo tho follngo Itsolf bo gins to como out Cornhlll Magazine. - m Tho good wlfo of Mr. Wnckstond, tho shoomnkor, has presented him with twins. Ho looks at tho cherubs crit ically and asks: "Aro thoy rights and lefts?" Burdetta A MERCHANT'S STORY. How His Ute Wns Changed by a Simple Performance of Duty. A gentleman, who is now a prosper ous merchant, in a conversation with a representative of tho Economist, said that his llfo was changed by a simple performance of duty. "I wns clerk behind tho counter of a lnrgo retail storo In Boston, at a small salary. I had been out of work somo time, and whon I secured tho position In Boston I was thankful, and mndo a mental promise that I would porform my duties thoroughly. 1 had been working for two days with poor suc cess; trudo had been quiet, nnd it was difficult to got any customers. I felt somewhat down-hearted becauso my counter had been idlo for somo time. A customer making his appearance, I tried my utmost to effect a sale, but, do what I might, 1 could not please the man. Every thing was either too light or too durk, and if tho color was select ed for his satisfaction, tho 'quality' i.is not what ho desired. I havo a quick temper, and nt times during the transaction I felt that I could stranglo tho customer; but I quickly curbed my temper and went at him tooth and null. 1 felt that my reputation ns a salesman was at stake, and it was a question of conquer or to bo conquered. At last I mado tho solo, and with it camo a great satisfaction; but I was not done with tho man yot. I wanted to soil him more. He said something about sending his wifo around to look at somo dress goods. I promised to send samples of now patterns as they arrived. Tho customer thanked mo nnd snid: "It has takon you a long timo to sell mo a fow goods. Aro all of your cus tomers as hard to pleasoas 1?' " " 'It takes some customers but a short timo to mako thoir selections, whilo others wish to go slower; wo aro bound to plcaso thom all.' I answered. " 'Does it pay your houso to dovoto so much timo to so small a sale?' " ho inquired, again. " 'Yes,' I replied. 'I havo taken pains to glvo you what you want. I know you will find tho goods as I say. You will havoconiidenco to como again, and tho noxt timo it will not tako so long.' "After getting hlspackago ho walked out of tho storo. In threo days I mailed samples of tho now dress goods to his wife, und the circumstunco passed en tirely out of my. mind. In about a month I was transferred to another counter nnd recoivod a slight advance in wages. . Much to my astonishment. I was taken away from this depart ment, after only a month or six weoks' trial, and placed in another position. I could not beliovo that 1 was not giving satisfaction, becauso with each change an increase of wages was made. Ono morning I was informed that Mr. B wished to see me. I went to tho office with surprise nnd somo fear. I was moro surprised whon 1 saw sitting be sido my employer my customer of a few months back. Ho proved to bo tho monoyed partner of tho concern, whoso othor business interests kept him away from tho drygoods storo almost entirely, and ho was known to but fow of his employes, although ho know that 1 was a now man as soon as he saw me, and thought to soo what metal I was mado of. That ho was satisfied is proved by his making me a buyer of tho several departments where I sold goods. My prosperity bogan with tho tough customer, and now 1 thank ;odncss that 1 got him, und that I did not show my disposition to strangle him." A CLEVER IMITATOR. Strungo Doing or WuHhlngtoirs Scientific Fritiikuiistuln. Thoro is anothor queer gonitis con nected with tho National Museum in tho person of Prof. Henley, who is fa miliarly known ns "tho Wizard of tho National Museum." His particular forto is in making pcrfoct imitations of any objoct from a diamond to a human being, the appeuranco, woight and size in each instance being perfect. His imitation of grapes, bananas, peaches and other fruits nro marvelous. Thoy not only appear natural to tho oyo, but also to tho touch, having the same pli ability, color, etc., as tho original. Tho professor's latest and grandest achieve ment, however, is tho manufacture of human ears and noses to tako tho place of natural members whfch havo been lost in lights or by accident. Tho ad vertisement of a Chicago man who had lost his right car whilo fighting with his brother induced Honlny to mako oxporlmonts for tho production of arti ficial llosh. Tho unfortunato Chicago lan offered $550 to any ono who would satisfactorily supply him with an-' other ear. Henley undertook tho task nnd succeeded. In his laboratory, in tho Fish Commission building cor ner of Sixth stroot und Malno avonue, several specimens of his skill In this direction can bo seen. Thoy aro hang ing on tho wall threo oars and two noses und tho sight of them recalled my visit to tho dlsscct-room. Tho nosos and cars aro perfectly pliable, colored tho natural huo of human flesh, und can not bo effected by olthor heat or cold. "I'hcy will stand tho tompornturo fifty below zoro," said Profossor Hon ley, "without danger of bolng frost bitten." Tho most striking peculiarity about thom is thnt aftor bolng affixed to tho putlont both oars and noses will ossuinv and maintain with regularity tho toi pornturo of tho patient's body. Out of tho sumo composition Henley has modo a largo slice, of boefstonk, tho appoaranco nnd touch of which would deceive tho most oxport cook. Wash ington Cor. Chicago Times, .A (