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.
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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,
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