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UNION OREGON.
JTull Description of tlio Ilrcs Worn
Men Who Work Under AVntcr.
It .my ono has seen a diver in his sub
marine) suit bobbing up from tlio water
with his glistening, iminenso round cop
per helmet, with his square, clumsy,
manflsh-llko canvas suit, usually
stained by use, iron rust and sea water
to brownish, yellowish gray, something
the color of a dovil-flsh, ho may at first
havo been soinowhat startled by tho ap
parition. Tlio being who thus rises from tho sea
is not a 'mischiovous creature, but on
tho contrary a very useful member
of society wlion his services aro re
quired and brought in requisition. A
full description of his dress is some
thing like this:
From tho holmot projects a coil of
snakc-1 iko rubber hose, a sort of an
tenna, which passes down under his left
arm and up through tho water, connect
ing with an nlr-pump on a float-stage or
in a boat. Tho pump is manipulated by
two men and furnishes compressed air
for breathing when under water, which
exhausts into tho water by a valvo in
tho helmet, enabling him to breatho
continually fresh air, while, when ho
comes to tho surface, tho windows of
Ills holmot can bo opened and ho can
breatho without tho assistance of tho
air-pump.
When ho goos down into tho water
ho has two moans of communicating
with thoso abovo tho hoso and the life
lino, lly tho latter ho also descends and
comes up when necossary.
lly each of thoso ho gives and ro
coives signals mutually understood,
three sharp pulls on tho lifo-lino indi
cating that ho is roady to ascend.
In order to ovorcomo tho natural buoy
ancy of his body and make its speciilo
gravity such that ho can walk about on
tho bottom of tho sea, ho wears shoes
with soles heavily ballasted or weighted
with lend.
Tho upp.ir part of his body is protect
ed, as is also his lower half, by heavy
canvas covering, consisting of jacket,
with sleeves, and pantaloons, with ter
minations which fit closely, with elastio
bands clinging to his flesh, tho jacket
fitted closely to tho holmot with metal
lic band'i bolted togothor, wltlja burber
gasket between.
No water or air can got to him, oxcopt
tho latter by tho hoso, unless ho opens
tho glnsi windows of his helmet, which
ho is not likely to do unless occasion re
quires. Additional weight Is placed at his
chest and back; sometimes a breast
plate and u Hhouldorplato of load,
umnnl 1 1110 ft 1 t f lirt'i vl 1 r til cr ttA tt'lt tult
can be brown on or olf tho shoulders,
and hang down in front and bolilnd wlion
in uso.
Tho experiences of a divor aro many
and lntoroUing. After ho has once
roaohed tho sunkon vessol, whether by
being lowered straight down from tho
wrecking craft or by walking along tho
"bottom of tho ocean to avoid currents, ho
must search through tho hull of tho ship
as though sho were floating upon tho
surfuoo of tho wator.
To do this ho carries a small lamp
with him, which gives out a peculiarly
lirllliant light wlion under tho water,
nnd makiH tho surrounding objects
glisten with all tho colors of tho rain
how. Caro muit bo takon that tho air-tubn
does not got tangled in any way, or cut
by friction against tho sido of tho ves
uol. Unfortunato divers havo frequent
ly lost their lives by this moans when
exploring the intricate passages ot a
vessel at great dopth bolow tho surface
of tho water.
Danger is also oxporloncod from heavy
piocos of timber, boxes, barrels and even
dead bodies, which aro often floating
around la the hold of a sunken vessel, j
A diver, onco tolling of tho troubln
that ho had in oxplorlng a wreck, said
that ho was constantly annoyed by sev
eral heavy chests which kept moving
about with every swell of tho sea. Ono
camo so near his diving-bell that ho was
forced to give It a violent push, which
sont it agalnat tho opposite wall of the
small cabl'i. Instantly It rebounded
and canv within an inch of the diver's
hulniet, which it would havo quickly
broken ha 1 it struck it.
Hut, by dodging in time, the chest
passed harmlessly over him, and the
uoxt moment it collided with anothoi
similar ohcut. Tlio forcu of tho collis
ion broke one of tho hoops of tho hugo
box, and th
next moment a glittering '
pile of newly-stamped gold coins rolled
out upon the floor of tho cabin.
Tho chest, hacLbeon used as a sort ol
treasury-box by tho captain, and all oi
his valuables wore looked up in It. Ro
ubles gold and silver pieces of money,
rich jowebi and precious stones escaped
from the brass-bound chest, and pre
sented to tho diver's gaxo a rare sight.
The light from his small lamp, shining
through tint water, mado the golden
heap seem brighter than over. Uoldon
Days.
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I'.i-.ier or the DuvlM'lah.
A few days ago at tho end of tho
"Naples whurf a forty-foot pile of about
ono fool diameter was loosely tied with
no hundred feet of cnblo. The hands
suddenly noticed tho cablo running
from the coll, and hoforo any one could
Mocuro it both pllo and cablo were mov
ing rapidly to soa. A dovll-llsh had got
entangled in tho cablo. Roats woro at
onco Boeured and started in pursuit, and
after a two-mile ruco thoy captured tho
lino and log, tho monster having be
come loosened, which fact accounts for
them boU; ablo to overtake it. When
wo consid"!1 that this spoolos of ray at
tains U weight of ,a,000 to 0,000 pouuds,
with strength to correspond, this is not
astonishing. Somo months ago tho pas
Bongers of tho steamer Fearless har
pooned one f these lish near San Carloj
Ttay, and, ufur towing tho stouinor for
somo time, iho onglno being reversed
and pitllLr against him, thoy woro
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compelled to cut tho lino to prevent
being carried on tho Sannlbol bar.
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AUTUMN DRESS GOODS.
tolld Color Kellaved 11 I'retty Trimming!
Will He tho Proper Thlntr.
Solid colors prevail, nn'l r -nccial
.'cnturo of tho season wil im-
ming accompanying or nt
tern of plain wool r en
especially for it. tho
rule, instead of tlr two
materials in ouo .o trim
mings consist of u separate and single
tchnrpe, or scarf, a panel for tho front
of tho skirt, a border on ono selvage
or on both, corner pieces that extend
a short distance along tho foot of tho
skirt after having reached from tho
bolt to tho foot, and finally tho hand
kerchief squares', or stripes surround
ing a very largo squaro like a border.
Tapestry coloring and designs aro
woven in tho now scarfs that aro
placed down tho middlo of tho skirt, a
great iloworcd breadth being seen
there as if beneath tho plain wool
Bides that appear to open upon it
Leaves, grassos, fruit, catkins and
conventionalized flowers of largo sizo
are on red or black grounds of somo of
thesq scarfs, whilo others have a dark
blue or grayish green ground; a band
of sago green smoothly woven then
surrounds tho flowered stripe, and
thero aro narrow stripes near tho
solvago for trimming tho bodlco and
alcoves. Other tapestry designs of
smaller flowers and buds aro on repped
silk grounds of tho color of tho exquis
itely lino wool thoy aro to decorate,
and somo of thoso havo a wido plush
stripo down oach sido of tho flowered
panel.
Still more ologant scarfs havo a bor
dor of velours, with tho design of flow
ers and loaves of black velvet of thick
heavy pile on colored grounds of pnn
By and peach shades, or copper-color,
green, reddish brown, very dark blue,
nnd the rust-color which Is named in
honor of tho Eiffel Tower. These
black ilgured trimmings aro vory
largely imported, and show clearly,
oven at this early date, that it will bo
B-ifo to employ black trimmings on
colored winter drosses very much in
tho way used last year. Roth cut and
uncut velvets are seen in those black
designs, one protty pattern being of
black ostrich feathers on panels of
copper brown, dull greon, EllTol rougo,
or of silver gray wool. Mohair is also
used in a vory offoctivo way for black
figures, loaves, pines, points and pyra
mids standing upward from tho sel
vage, and in Roman vasos and Egyptian
hieroglyphics on dull rod, greon and
rust brown wools, that form excellent
backgrounds for tho lustrous black de
signs.. Anothor way in which black
, mohaXe Is used is in woven imitations
of braid, either In straight rows like
wldo Horoulos braid, or olso in intri
cate designs of narrow linos, like sou
tache. Thero aro also tabliors or sido
panols of branching watored lines, liko
ripples, woven in black on grounds to
match tho camel's hair of tho gown,
and a small Ilgured pieco is added for
tho plastron or vest,
A novelty for tho coming season is
ladies' oloih (tho smoothly wovon
faced cloth u-ed by tailors), with
wovon borders of stripes along tho
solvago, and in these tho fancy for
black is also shown, two black strlpos
ono four inches broad, tho other
only two inches being a stylish bor
der for green, blue and rust-colored
cloths. Harper's Razar.
BABY'S MENTAL EYES.
How They Are Opened Iliirlnj; the First
Year or It I.I ft'.
In tho last volunio of the "Educa
tion Sorios" on "Tho Development of
Intellect" Mr. II. W. Rrown has pre
sented a conspectus of tho observa
tions of Prof. Proyer on tho mind of
tho child, which shows chronologically
tho gradual dovolopmontof tho sonsos,
intellect and will of tho growing child,
and presents in a condonsod form tho
result of a groat number of careful ob
servations. It Is recorded that sonsl
bllity to light, touch, temperature,
smell and tasto aro prosont on tho
first day of infant life. Hearing, there
fore, is the only special sonso which is
not active at this time. Tho child
hoars by tho third or fourth day.
Tasto and smell aro senses at first
most active, but thoy aro not dllTor-
entiated. Genoral organic sensations
of well bolng or discomfort are felt
from tho first; but pain and pleasure,
as mental states, are not noted till at
or near the second month.
The first sign of spoech in tho shapo
of utterance of consonant sounds is
hoard in tho latter part of the socond
month, thoso consonants being gener
ally "m," "r," "g" or "t" All tho
movements of tho oyes become co
ordinate by tho fourth month, and by
this time tho child begins to havo tho
"feeling of self." that Is, ho looks at
his own hands and looks at himself in
tho mirror. Tho study of tho ehlld'a
mind during tho first year shows con
clusively that Idoas develop and rea
soning processes occur hoforo thero is
any knowledge of words or of lan
guage; though It may ho assumed that
tho child thinks in symbols, visual or
auditory, which are clumsy equiva
lents for words. Ry tho end of tho
year tho child begins to express itself
by sounds that is, speech begins.
Tho development of this speech ca
pacity Is, according to Proyer, in ac
cordance with tho development of the
intellectual powers. Ry tho end of
tho second year tho child's power of
speech is practically acquired.
Groon Grapo Jolly. Gather full
grown greon grapes, pick from tho
stem mid put Into a stone jar. Set tho
jar in a kettle of cold water over a hot
lira When tlio Juice will como anally,
strain. To each pint of Juice, add a
pound of sugar. Roll twenty minutes.
Woman's Magazine-
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THE GREATEST MAN.
He Appear Unexpectedly to the Owner of
n Hulk? Team.
A man riding along n road camo
jpon an old follow who, loud in voico
ind violent in action, was endeavoring
to start a balky team. The horse-back
traveler, amused at tho old fellow's
productive resourco of strong adject
ives, stopped, threw ono log over tho
horn of his saddle and without saying
my thing snt watching tho perform
ance. Tho covered wngon to which
!ho team was attached was tho
"mover's" typical vehicle, with two
;hairs tied behind. A woman, threo
:hildren, a mulo colt and a dog be
longed to tho outfit.
"If I just had enough money to take
as fifty miles I'd cut your infernal
throats!" the old fellow shouted, as ho
leaned forward for a moment's rest on
piece of rail with which ho had been
belaboring the horses. "You can pull
jut of hero easy enough, you infornal
scoundrels. Why, a jack rabbit and a
lick cat hitched up together could pull
jut of hero."
"Anderson," said tho woman, "why
lon't you hold somo fodder bofo'
them?"
"Confound it, didn't you sco mo do
that jest awhiloago?"
"Well, why don't you stick a pin in
their Hanks?"
"Haven't you got any sonso at all?
Didn't you soo mo stick 'em with a
larnin' needlo jest now? You bottor
jo off somo whore an' run with tho
nicklin' calves."
"Thnr's ono thing I know you ain't
tried."
"What's that?"
"Twistln' their under jaws."
"I'll twist your under jaw if you
lon't hush."
Tho old follow, turning about, ad-
Jrcssed tho man on horseback. "How
long havo you boon hero watchiu'
me?" ho asked.
"Don't know oxnctly."
"Putty good while?"
"Yes."
"Sorvin' your socond term, ain't
vou?"
"Second term of what?"
"Roin' Governor of this State." J
"I'm not tho Governor."
"No! Wall, you must bo Socrotary
of Stato."
"I am not, howovor."
"Rut you must bo a groat man of
some sort."
"No, I nm simply a country mer
chant." "It's mighty strange, thon."
"How strange? I don't in tho
understand you. Why do you
least
tako
' me to bo a Bront miin?..
"Recuuso a follow that can set an'
watch a balked team and not offor any
suggestions must bo groat in fact,
you aro tlio first man of that sort I
over did seo. You deservo greatness
anyhow, I'll toll you that, and I fool it
my duty to ilosomothiu' for you. I'vo
got a fine rlllo and a good dog and thoy
uro yourn If you'll take them."
"No, I thank you."
"Hero's a live-dollnr bill, all tho
money I'vo got, but you may havo it"
"1 won't take it."
"Well, I feol like givin' you some
thin'. Say, you wouldn't mind mo
namin' a boy after you, would vou?"
"No."
"All right, what's your namo?"
"Worthington P. Rillingsham."
"Good enough. Reeky!" ho called.
"Yes," a woman answered.
"Whore's the baby?"
"In tho wagon asloop."
"Wall, wake him up an' namo him
after this man. Good-day if you aro
gone, mister. Don't care if you don't
hold no olllco, you aro tho greatost
man I over saw." Arkansaw Traveler.
BOOM IN JERUSALEM.
The City of llavhl Soon to Hare it Kallroail
of'ltft Own,
Jerusalem has recontly takon unto
Itsolf a now life. In tho words of tho
Western wordling, tho ancient city Is
enjoying "a boom" Travelers say
that stneo tho harsh law made by tho
Turks forbidding a Jew to remain
longer than threo weeks at ono tlmo
In the Holy City has boon suspended,
Hebrews In largo numbers aro flock
ing to tho Mecca of tho chosen people,
and that there is more prospect now
of the Jews being tho dominant class
In tho old capital than there has bo,on
slnoo tho dispersion. Most of tho
streets of tlio city aro well paved and
tho sanitary condition has boon im
proved. Tho valuo of property has
advanced and tho now movement will,
no doubt, be accoleratod if the pro
posed railroad is completed which is
to run from .IiilTa to Jerusalem. Tho
city has a police forco and every
morning tho populaco aro awakened
by tho bugle call of tho Turkish band.
In a fine house built on the very walls
of the olty a colony of llfteon people,
who are known as "the Americans,"
have found a pleasant resting place.
These people havo come from dllTor
ont parts of the United States and are
awaiting the fulfillment of the pro ml so
that God will rogonurnto tho world,
1 "beginning at Jerusalem." Anothor
reminder of homo to all of our coun
trymen who visit tho Holy City is tho
American flag, which floats from tho
roof of tho Consular building on tho
top of Mount Zion. Rrooklyn Stand
ard. Macbeth was evidently a politi
cian with a "barrol," for ho acknowl
edged that ho "bought golden opin
ions from all sorts of people." Dos
Moines Register.
Tho doctor who said ho charged
tils patlonU according to their ability
.to pay. win fiir-uWon by tho tioh ones
and the p. r emu tVod-
CAPTAIN LEPS ESCAPE.
I A Tale of the Itevolutlenarj War lly Ed
ward Kverett Hale.
Those of you who had grandfathers
or great grandfathers who vvero taken
prisoners of war when thoy woro
cruising in Amoricnn privnteers havo
heard, I do not doubt, of tho prison of
! Forton in England. It was in this
prison that tho American prisoners
, taken at sea were kept- And a very
hard time thoy had of it until Frnnk
I lin wixi at last able to arrange that
thoy should bo exchanged for prison
ers taken by Jones and others from
1 English ships.
I Ono of tho prisoners in Forlon, who
i remained there eighteen months or
1 more, was Captain Leo, of Marble- I
1 head. Tho privateers of Salem, Mar
1 blehoad and Rcvcrly were tho terror
j of all Englishmen who sailed upon tho
. seas; but in somo adventure, which 1
I need not tell here, Captain Lee, of Mar
) blchead, was overmatched, and so had
I been carried into England with his
! crow and was imprisoned at Forton.
Exchanges were not then easy, for tho
English Government had not at first
decided on its courso iibout exchange.
Ono day, after poor Captain Leo had
lingered thero more than a year and
a half, ho was called to tho door and
told that a gentleman wished to see
him. This gentleman proved to bo a
man of military air, who took Captain
Leo into a corner and pressed into his
hand, privately, a purse, which proved
to contain seventy-iivo guineas. With
equal privacy ho said to him that with
a part of tho money ho must buy, be
fore night, from somo of tho attend
ants, tho dress of ono of tho prison
workmen, and
camo around,
out-of-the-way
could fall in
that, when tho relief
ho must bo in an
place, whero ho
with tho relief in
the twilight
and pass outsido tho
prison proper unobserved. "Rut to
go out of tho whole enclosure," said
his friend, "you will need to know tho
countersign." And so ho whispered
to him tho countersign of tho day.
Captain Leo asked who it was to whom
ho was indebted, but tho stranger
would not toll him.
All fell out just as this good fairy
had said. Somo loafer among tho
workmen was not proof to tho tempta
tion of a fow bright guineas, and as
night camo on Captain Leo clothed
himself in tho suit of clothes which ho
had bought. IIo foil in with tho reliof
and no ono observed him. IIo came to
ono and another sentinol who chal
lenged him, and ho "approached and
gave tho countersign!" Ho passed out
into tho dark town, and there ho was
puzzled about tho street, when ho mot
again his friend of tho morning. This
gentleman congratulated him on his
liberty, put him into a carriage which
was in waiting and sent him to a sea
port, whence ho could tako passago
for Franco.
Tho wholo experience was as great
a wonder to Captain Leo as if the
stranger had boon an angol sent from
Heaven, as in a certain senso ho was.
Heaven Is vory apt to send as its mes
sengers tlio persons who havo been
moved by kindness dono to them.
It proved afterwards that tho myste
rious stranger was no less a person
than General Rurgoyno. IIo also had
boon a prisoner of war. While ho was
at Cambridge, in Massachusetts, ho
had been under tho immediate charge
of Colonol Leo, who was Captain Loo's
brother. When Rurgoyno was ex
changed ho hnd promised Colonel Leo,
for whoso kindness to him ho wns
grateful, that ho would render any
service in ins powor to the prisoner at '
lorton. Colonol Leo had intrusted
to him sovonty-livo guineas which ho
had dolivered to Captain Lee, and it
was ho who had whispered tlio valu
able countersign to him. Sunny Hour.
HORSES "n "PASTURE.
How to On trh Them Without itesnrtlut; to
I'lircllilii .Means.
A young horso which it is almost
impossible to catch in pasture niny bo
conquered if tlio following cour-o Is
pursued with him: Go through tho
pasture where tho horso runs, onco or
twice a day, shaping tho courso so as
to bo as near as possiblo to tho rogue
without disturbing him. If ho runs,
keep straight 1 11 and pay no attention
to him. After a fow days, when he
finds ho is not chased, ho will proba
bly let 0110 como quito near him, pro
vided they do not go straight toward
him. When that point has been
gained tako somo oats or a small disli
of salt and sugar mixed, about equal
quantities of oach, and when so near
that ho can seo It, drop a handful of
tho mixture in a smooth place, whore
ho can find it, thon move on. Tho
chances aro that tho horso will mako
an investigation at onco ami eat what
has been loft for him. After repeating
this a fow times ho will most likely bo
on tlio wa ch, and Instead of running
away from tlio dish will como to meet
It Whon this has beon accomplished
tako some of the grain or sugar In the
hand and reach It toward him. Ho will
be shy at first, but will soon como and
tasto it, and mo't likely scampor away
as though possessed. Lot him go,
speak to him kindly and move off in
opposite direction. Follow this up
until when ono enters tho pasture he
will come to inoot them. Always have
a dainty hit of somothlng for lilin. A
pocket full of sweet applos makes an
excellent bait, so do a few lumps ol
sugar. Lot hint come and hunt for
them in the pocket When ho comes
near, push him away careloealy and
gently s though you did nut onro to
have him quit so familiar. Alm -st
any home cm ho made ho tniua In a
l.ort time by this method that ht w ill ,
M'iT.r hiiiiM' f ti be caught provided
r i iii..cheU pr juiriy. Culuva-
UNCLE SAM'S TRADE.
Foreign Countries Willi Which the United
States Exchange Commodities
A correspondent wishes to know
with what countries of tho world tho
foreign trade of tho United States is
largest. Ho is awaro that Great
Rritain is both tho largest customer of
this country nnd that country from
which tho imports aro heaviest IIo
desires to know what countries como
next on tho list.
It is true that tho trade with Great
Rritain is by far greater than that
witli any other country. Tho returns
for tho year that has just ended tho
year ends with tho month of Juno
have not yet been prepared, but tho
proportion vnricj but little from year
to year, and therefore tho figures for
1887-8S will do very well.
In that year tho total imports into
the United States were valued at seven
, hundred and twenty-four million dol
lars, of which ono hundred and sov-
j enty-oight millions, or nearly ono
fourth, came from Great Rritain. Tho
, domestic exports woro valued at six
hundred and eighty-four millions, of
which threo hundred and fifty-eight
millions, or fifty-two par cent, went
to Great Rritain. More thnn thirty
seven per cent, of tho whole foreign
trado was with tho Rritisli Islos.
rcxt camo Germany. One-tenth of
all the imports and eight por cent of
tho exports, in round numbers, are to
bo credited to the Gorman Undo.
r ranco was not far behind. Sho sent
I to the United States nearly ono-tonth
t of all the foreign goods imported in
l tho year wo aro considering, and five
and ono-half por cant, of tho exports
j were shippjd thither.
If now wo unite thoso throo eoun
tr'os, Great Rritain, Franco and Ger
many, we shall find that. tho imports
from them all amounted to more than
threo hundred and twenty-sovon mil
lions, and tho exports to th nn to more
than four hundred and fifty millions.
. This was in, in oach case, more than
forty por cent, of tho wiiolo foreign
trado of the country.
Th's loaves about sixty per cent, of
tho trado for tho rest of tho world, and
this trado is much scattered. All Eu
rope, including tho countries wo havo
named, sont but fifty-six por cent, of
tho imports and took less than eighty
J p01. eent. of tno exports.
There are somo lnr-jo figures loft
The imports from the West Indies
reached the sum of seventy-one mil
lions; the exports thither were twenty
seven millions. From South America
goods woro imported valued at eighty
four millions, while tho exports wore
twenty-eight millions. Asia and
Occanica stand in tlio import list for
eighty-eight millions, and in tho ex
port list for thirty-three millions.
The trado with tho Sandwich Islands
is also of quite largo proportions a
result which is duo to tho operation of
tlio reciprocity treaty with that coun
try; and tho trado is increasing.
Out-side of Europe tho best trado is
undoubtedly that with Canada, not
only becauso it is the largest in
amount, but becauso the imports and
exports nearly balanco each other.
Tho total value of goods passing in
both directions botweon Canada and
tho United States was almost eighty
million dollars.
Whilo enormous imports of sugar
from Cuba, and of colTeo and other
articlos from Rrazil, swell tho trade of
thoso countries, tho United States hns
no larger customor for its own goods
OXCOIlt those that, linvn lipnn nnmnil
ni,.0Ildyf but Australia took eleven
million dol!
liars' worth of American
merchandise. Mexico nine millions
and Rrazil seven millions.
-Renewed interest Is to bo noted
among .-omo of tlio largo morchnnts
of tho country in th South Amorican
trado. I hero is no doubt that if tho
proper means were taken it would be
possiblo to increase thU part of the
foreign trado greatly. Rut tho ques
11011 wnni tiro 1110 propor means is
much in di-pute, and unfortunate y it
is discussed us a political matter in
stead of a purely commercial problem,
and when that is tlio caso it is woll
nigli hopeless to expect that any thing
whatever will be dono.
Rut tho foreign trade is constantly
Increasing and broadonnig, and tho
time is coining when this country will
bo a competitor in every market i.i
tlio world with its great commercial
rivals, Groat Rritain. Germany and
1-ranee. 1 oath's Companion.
The Uses of Electricity.
Peoplo aro prepared to accept any
claims put forth for olectrieitv. It is
apparently to bo tho motivo powor in
transit for passongers and things to an
extent impossible now to limit. It
lias not probably occurred to somo
that it is to bo a valuablo factor in the
churches. It lights them at night,
and in Now York many of tho largest
organs aro pumped by oloctricity, and
it is bollovi'd this will bocomo gen
oral whore tho connections are possi
ble. Tho telephone has shown its
possibilities n tho way of reporting
sermons to the absent The phono
graph, too. will como and record the
words and voice, and roproduco them,
no doubt ovontually with fullness of
expression nnd volume. Talmage and
other great preachers will speak their
discourses into tho phonographs with
all tho vocal ranges, and they will be
repeated to audiences all over tho
country. Tho photoscopo will bo per
fected so as to prosont tho Hponkor
with all his dramatic posing and oye
rollliig, mid electricity will be the in
ducing tit:ent to all the church re
citals. St Paul Globe.
Oncof th tt inhibitions of wU
dom i to avo (I the company of foo'
Milwaukee JouruaL
MAINE'S RICHEST MAN.
He Makes Himself 1'leasant to Stranger
ami Helps StrucKllne Youths.
Passengers on tho Maine lino steam
ers frequently notice in tho pilot
house a tall, slender man, with a long
gray board and tho genoral aspect of
a retired steamboat captain or some
thing of that sort Ho seems to take
a casual interest in tho navigation of
tho vessol, and Is evidently on familiar
footing with tho officers of tho boat.
Occasionally ho may invito somo curi
ous passenger into tho whecl-houso to
see the compass or to peop through
tho glas-es. With such he will chat
entertainingly about ships, tho ocean,
tho weather or any other ordinary
subject. Incidentally it will probably
como out that he is president of tho
line, and he may mention that ho is
also in 1 ho oil-cloth business in Now
York, though his homo is in Maine.
Ho is full of thoughtful suggestions
about tho host way to avoid sea-sickness,
the best state-rooms to try to
got for the return trip, and as to other
matters relating to tho comfort of tho
trip. The passenger who has" boon
fortunate enough to fall in with him
concludes that tho Maino lino lias iu
most accommodating gentleman for
its president, and thinks it would be a
pood thin"- for tho lino if it would
hire its president to sail on every trip
and make things pleasant for tho
patrons.
"Going to stop over in Portland and
come back with us next trip, aro you?"
ho said to a couple of voyagers recent
ly. ' Woll, now, don't you stay in
Portland; go over to Cushing's Island,
to tho hotel thore, tho Ottawa; it's the
only ono there is. and you can't miss
it. It'll only t iko half an hour or so
to go there, and you can spend ono
night and two days thero a good deal
more comfortably than you can in
Portland. Just mention at tho hotel
that I told you to come, Mr. Railey,
president of the steamship lino; it
won't do you any harm."
These two passengers were moro
than over impressed with tlio geniality
of tho Maino lino's president, and thoy
took his advice. Thoy had tho best
room at tho hotel, and received other
attention that made them curious as
to whero Mr. Railoy got tho "pull"
that ho evidently had with tho hotel
proprietor. They 'asked omo 0110 who
this Mr. Railey was.
"Railey? Oh, president of tho
steamship line? Why, that's Charles
S. Railey. He's tho richest man in
Maino. Worth ten or fifteen millions
and mado it all himself. Ho was about
tho first oilcloth manufacturer in the
country, and is tho biggest ono yet.
He most owns tho steamship lino and
a lot of other things. Closo as achest
nut burr, too. about businoss, butdoos
an almighty lot of good with his monoy
on the quiet. Ho don't go much on
churches, but ho has a fancy for holp
ing young mon studying for tho minis
try or young preachers. He'll put up
all tho money they need right along
until they get to mixing in politics
or tomporanco. Thon he shuts down
on 'om right off. Says a minister's
business is to do good to humanity,
not to talk politics or prohibition.
He'll do most any thing for a man ho
takes a fancy to. I knew a young man
who went to him onco nnd asked him
for $5,000. Ho got it, and was going
to give a noto for it, 'Never mind
that,1 ho said, 'if you're honest you'll
pay mo without it, and if you re dis
honest you won't pay mo any how;
your word is all I want.' That's tho
kind of a man ho is, though you'd
nover suspect it if you had any busi
ness dealings with him. You don't
mean to say you were talking to him
and didn't know who ho was? Reckon
you don't know much about Maine;
thero ain't many pios down Eastways
that ho ain't got a finger in."
Tho two travelers mado up their
minds that they had reversed tho
usual form and had been entertained
by an angol unawares. N. Y. Sun.
VALUE OF SINGING
Ouo or the .Most Kelhtlilo nnd Safest
In Health.
Aids
Tho timo will soon como whon sing
ing will bo regarded as ono of the
great help to physicians in lung
diseases, more especially in their in
cipient stnto. Almost every branch of
gymnastics aro employed in 0110 way
or another by tho doctors, but the
simplo and natural function of singing
hns not yot received its full meed ol
attention. In Italy somo years ago
statistics were takon which proved
that tho vocal artists woro especially
long-lived and healthy, under normal
circumstances, while of tho brass
instrumentalists it was discovered
that consumption novor claimed a
victim among them. Thoso who have
a tendency for consumption should
tako easy vocal exercises, no matter
how thin and weak their voices may
seem to be. Thoy will find a result
at times f ir surpassing any relief af
forded by medicino. Vocal practice. 1
in moderation, is tho best system or
gymnastics that can bo imagined,
many museios being brought into play
that would scarcely bo suspected ol
action In connection with so simplo 0
matter as tono production. Therefore
apart from all considerations, merely
as a matter of health, ono can earnestly
say to tho healthy, "Sing! that vou
may remain so;" and to the w..ih
"Sing! that y.-u may bocomo strong.''
Roston Musical Herald. "
A small boy was recontlv rnnmrwi
by his father, who said: "I am vorv
muoh disapp tinted In you, my Bon."
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dwjtly with . ,t i,o aRehtast r..,w.,w -
Hon that h- ,v s ,.ut p,.,n..f.tf.,i J
kn? 1 """ 1 I'-.v, bee,,,' disap- X&.
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