The Oregon scout., June 12, 1890, Image 4

The Oregon Scout
Jones & Chancey Publishers.
UNION, OREGON,
OPEN-AIR TREATMENT.
The Influence of Country Trip on Con'
sumptlve Tendencies.
Thnro Is a strong conviction that Ufa
fei the opon air sorvos an excellent pur
poeo in warding oil threatened attacks
ef phthisis or in curing it. Generally,
iowovcr, it is bolloved that to obtain
the bonoilts of air a locality distant
from the pationt's homo is imporativo
on tho mountains, by the sea, at the
South or in tho North, etc. As a mattor
ef fact, most patients aro unablo to
lcavo thoir homos. If treated at all
they must bo treatod in tbo State in
which they rosldo.
Many years ago a physician who had
pont nearly eighty years In Vermont,
over fifty of which ho was in active
practlco, told tho writer that shortly
After he began tho practlco of medicine
ho broko down, and was told by hi
medical advisors that ho was attacked
by consumption. Ho took his horse and
wagon, and for tlireo months spent hit
tltno in riding about Now England and
"Now York. Ho would travel far and
near, daily, according to his inclination
At tho end of the period ho returned tc
liis homo and professional work, and
continued it almost without intorrup
tion till noarly olghty yoara of ago. lit
died at last, not from any disease, but ai
tho "deacon's ono-horso shay" vanished
mil at onco without any apparent cause,
In minor forms this observation of
tho oifootn of opon-air travol has many
times boon confirmed by tho reports ol
careful observers. Dr. II. I. Howdltcb
(Med. News) gives a valuablo contribu
tion In support of tho value of open-air
travol to consumptives. In 1808 all
father had all the indications of con
Gumption. With a friond he took a tout
of Now England in a ono-horso chaise.
Tho ilrst day ho traveled twenty-five
miles, but his exhaustion and haomop
tysis was so great that ho was urged tc
TOturn home to die. Hut ho pushed on,
and oyery day brought him improvod
health. After his return home bo took
regular open-air oxoroiso, and died oi
carcinoma of tho stomach thirty yean
later, at tho ago of sixty-live One lunfl
presented ovidencoof an ancient cicatrii
at its apex, but both wero otherwise
Loalthy.
Ho says that his father married hii
cousin, who died of chronic phthisis twe
years before Ills father. Of eight chll
dron, one died at birth, and one at
cloven. All tho others arrived at adult
go and married, several bolng still
living. Of the ninety-throe direct do
condunts of his father, not. one waf
phthisical. Tills result was attributed
to tho journey, supplemented by the
following out-door oxoroiso, and caroful
regulation of tho hoalth of his children,
Dr. Rowdltoh thinks that many pa'
tients die from want of open-air treat'
monk lie directs each of his phthisical
yationts to walk dally from three to sis
Billos; nover to stay at home all day
unless a violent storm bo raging. II
tho woathor bo very cold ho dirooti
thorn to wear respirators. Ho forbldi
standing still on tho stroot to talk tc
friends. Ho thinks that by following
this plan patients may bo iiired ai
homo, and while still conducting their
uuslnoss; tins seems sound sense. Hot
ter use tho air at our doors and near oui
tomes, before wo lly to other air hum
fl reds or thousands of miles away.
To those unablo to walk sulllelontly
far to roach tho host air near home
without excessive fatigue, it Is advlsa
bio to use a horse and buggy, or a team
Arivou by tho patient, which is far hot
tor. Tho therapeutic value of a spirited
pan of thoroughbreds, to one able tc
manage them, is very great, and these,
too, can bo added to the o Hoots of the
pan air proper. Consumptives are only
no of many ol asses of peoplo who would
lo thus benefited. Dotrolt Lancet.
THE DAYS OF TERROR.
Bundled of Innocent Victims Kit lloutn
lor tltn (lulllntlim.
A never-ending procession of victims
passod down the Kue St. Honore to the
IMaco do la devolution ei-detmnt l'lace
Louis XV. where tho principal guillo'
tino had been erected. Thoro were
guillotines, however, in several other
parts of the city; and It was no uncom
mon matter for a person going out shop
ping in the morning to meet witli throe
or four processions of unhappy bolngf
proceeding to execution. A well-organized
baud of furies usually accom
panied them, shouting and howling in
tuits uiul cries of "Death!" Early In
1704 protests wero made by resident
along tho lines of route to the guillo
tines, that sensitive persons were begin
ning to avoid those streets, and that this
4Id great harm to their commerce. They
thorefore petitioned that the routes
bould bo at least occasionally changed.
Later on another request was made ta
tho National Assembly concerning the
unhealthy condition of tlm l'lace de lu
Revolution, literally steeped In blood,
which emitted u horrible and dangeroiiK
stanch.
Htrango, however, as it may seom,
saanyof these executions, notably thosn
mt Important personages, wero attended
"1y groat numbers of apparently respect
able people, and tho Moulteur contained
many advertisements to tho utfect thai
"So-and-so hires out chairs to
witness the guillotining of, say,
Louis XVI,, or Mute. Roland, or indeed
mt any conspicuous person, at so much
an hour." A contemporary engraving
(presenting tho execution of Louis
XVI. shows us a crowd of well-droawd
poople, comfortably seated in their
ehairs, placed on a high and well built
wooden stand, and not a few of thorn
aro using thoir opera glasses. Duval is
hooked when ho records that during
tho massacres of September "ou dnnn.ilt
en baullouo." In fact the gay and vol
atile nature of tho Parisians could not
bo wholly suppressed, and some by no
moans badly intentlonod peoplo made a
tort of foto of tho tragic events which
wero perpetually occurring. Saturday
Xuvlow.
LADIES AS SERVANTS.
access of an Experiment Tried In mi En
Kllsh Family.
It is so ofton said that tho plan of ox
gaging Indies as domestic servants doei
not succeed that it is satisfactory ti
hear at least ono caso whero tho plat
has boon tried most satisfactorily by l
lady who has a domestic establishment
both in London and in tho country.
Tho eternal servant quostioncropplng
up in a recent conversation with this
lady (writes a lady roprosontatlvo), I
asked her how tho plan of employing
educated women of tho upper classes as
sorvants had answered. "It has been
ontiroly successful," was tho reply,
"and my sorvants aro now always ladlos.
I havo ono, a housemaid, a charming
girl, who is tho daughter of a medical
man, and all of whoso malo relations
aro professional mon, and who does her
work as thoroughly and as woll ns any
ordinary servant could bo expected to
do it."
"Thon you do not find that after tho
glamor of novolty is worn oir tbo lady
servants begin to find it rather unpleas
ant to do menial work?" "Not in tho
least. If thoy aro real ladies (and it Is,
of course, only in casos whero they aro
that It can succcod) thoy will know that
menial work does not lower them. Of
course, I try to avoid giving them so
called 'dirty' work as much as possible
For instance blacking grates is "vory
unpleasant work, and very ungrateful
work, too, for tho rosult Is never lasting
and nover particularly olfective. I,
therefore, havo only gratos decorated
with tiles as much as possible ""l with
tho smallest part of Iromwork requiring
blacking. Again, in order to avoid
scrubbing, I havo tho floors covered
with a material which only requires
wiping. A great many arrangements
can bo mado in this way to make house
work loss hard und unpleasant, and if
wo, tho mistresses, would only spend a
little more thought on those matters I
am snro tlioro would bo fewer complaints
from and about servants.
"At the satno time," tho lady went
on, "I always insist on my servants ful
filling every duty thoy havo undertaken
to perform. If thoy engago to black my
boots they havo to do it, and do it rogu
larly and well. Hut this does not pro
vont me from having them In my drawing-room
aftor dinner, and playing a
game of whist or any other game with
them. Thoir lives aro, oven under tho
most favorahlo circumstances, rather
monotonous, and when wo can put a
littlo color and brightness into thorn I
think it is our duty to do It."
"Thon, do they tako thoir moals with
you, too?" "No; as n rule I find that
thoy prefer to tako thoir meals togothor
separately, and as thoy havo to cook
nfld sorvo the meals this is a more con
venient arrangement. Hut othorwise I
treat them as equals, and I have not
found that thoy abuse this treatment."
Pall Mall Gazette
A MODERN PARABLE.
They Who Sinlln Upon the Worlil .Shut!
(iron- In Hi-uuty nil lIiiiplui"M.
Two shrubs were planted near a pal
ing fence Tho soil was good, and with
plenty of sunshine, and bolng protected
from tho north wind, thoy had every
opportunity of growth and bloom. Hut
ono of them was deeply olfonded at tho
fence It was ugly so noar stark and
stubborn; and nothing would do hut
that this fence must be driven away.
And so. with a soured spirit It struck at
tho fence day and night, bogging evory
wind and bree.o to help It drive tho
onomy olf the promises. The other
shrub did not uotico tho fence, hut
looked out. cheerfully tho other way,
whoro it saw waving trees, groon grass
and beds of roses and other (lowers. It
sproad its sheltering foliage over a nest
that had boon built honoath it, fostered
a group of violets ttiat sought its
shadow, and loaded up every breath
that came with fragranco to bo carried
off to liny anil all who would reeoio it.
Days passed, and a bluebird that had
watched them from Its perch assumed a
littlo reckoning, and this was its conclu
sion: The fence Mauds and Is unhurt.
Tho plant that was cheerful and tried
to bo useful, turning itself kindly to
wards tho open world beside it, is hand
some in a wealth of foliage and llowers.
Tho blrdlots beneath It are chirping Its
praises, and the violets aro blessing it
day and night. Hut tho one that trotted
at tho fence and fought it, is torn und
shedded, ami its buds that mlirht have
been beautiful are blighted and black
ened. It is always so. They who smile
upon the worm shall grow In beauty and
happiness; hut they who frot, and 'scold
anil light, wliilo tho objects of their
buirotlngs .remain unchanged, wear
themselves away into tatters and decay.
United Presbyterian.
A HOME IN A CANOE.
The StrmiK" Itoildonco of an Kxjilnror In
Southern Africa.
I havo been lending a Btrango but far
from disagreeable life. 1 have been ex
ploring and surveying a large district
between Old Calabar and tho Cameron.
To do tho water part of tho journey I
hired at Old Calabar a largo native eanoe
with a house lu it, an arrangement
faintly resembling tho house-boat on
tho Thames.
At one end of it is a large box of sand.
On this my cooking llro is mado. A
flro, In fact, is kept burning day and
night, so that with a few mlnutos' notice
I can have a cup of tea or cocoa.
In the house, which has two small
windows and two sliding doors and a
thatched roof, there is just room for my
bod, dressing bag, table, chair, and can
toon. The canteen Is a wicker-work-box,
with knluis, forks, plates, etc.
Tlioro are also shelves and hooks In tho
houso, by which a lot of things aro
stowed away in a surprisingly small
space
Outsldo die house, in tho forward part
of tho cauoe. is a clear space with a
lovol floor and small seats around, shel
tered by an extension of tho thatched
roof. Here, in liaytlmo, I put my table
and sit, either eating my moals or mak
ing my survey, as tho canoe glides
along, propelled bv elirhtoon naddlors.
This Is really most pleasant, writes H.
11. joiiiisiouc. tiio celebrated explorer,
from Cape Colony, Tho motion of tho
canoo Is so Hiiuvjth that 1 can write or
draw unshaken, and when my table Is
laid with u white cloth, napkin und
bright silver, It at onco provokes an
appetite -London Telegraph.
AMONG THE SEALERS.
Ajd Interesting Account of I-lfe on the
Fur Heat Inlands.
It was interesting to noto tho differ
ence in character crop out as tho com
munity gradually took upon itself civil
ization. Somo wero naturally prudent,
and oaslly saved a surplus; others would
bo In debt at tho end of tho year. In
1877 a small proportion of thoir number,
porbaps ton por cent, had invostod
about ten or twelve hundred dollars
with tho fur company; anothor ten per
cent- wore always In want; tho remain
der spent what thoy rocclved. Tho best
paid class, tho ablost workers, rocolvod
over four hundred dollars each for
their season's work, and as thoy
could obtain a largo part of thoir
food from tho resources of tho island
without cost, and received their houses
furnished, rent free, thoir needs wore
few. To foreign ways in clothes and
fashion thoy inclined vory naturally.
Tho year beforo my coming sealing
parties had brought to tho island con
siderable quantities of rcady-mado
clothing as an article of trade, and tho
mon wero consequently fairly well
dressed; but only a small quantity of
cloth suitable for dresses had boon
taken, and tho womon had not begun to
mako their clothing in any regular
form. Hut in time with somo assist
ance, thoir ready adaptability mado
thorn a very well-drcssod people Hoforo
1 came away tho wlvosof thoso who had
boon saving sent thoir measures to Sitka
with orders for silk dresses for church
wo.tr, and tho young men arrayed them
selves in broadcloth, woro gloves and
woll-blacked boots, and carried por-
fumcd handkerchiefs.
As my time was not fully taken up
with my dutlos, and good fortune
brought to mo an abiding placo of un
usual size for St. Paul, I seised tho
happy chance of making ray house a
meotlng-placo for tho peoplo, and espec
ially for tho children. Later wo fitted
up a school-room, which we also mado a
placo for social ontortainmont, and kopt
tho school opon eight months in tho
year. Wo woro greatly assisted in our
school dutlos by illustrated books and
papors sent to us; for so unvaried and
barren was tho sconory of tho Island,
which was all of tho world theso chil
dren had over seen, that it was well
nigh impossible for them to comprohond
physical objects of tho simplest nature
What a mountain might bo was beyond
thoir understanding, and tho dlillculty
of explaining tho appaaranco of a groat
forest to children who know no vegeta
ble growth larger than tho purplo-luplno
on their gontlo slopes, was greater than
ono can toll. It was necessary, how
ever, to oxoroiso tho strictest censorship
in our illustrated lessons, as it was difll
3ult for all to comprehend caricaturo
ovon in its simplest forms; oven tho
most Impossible pictures they believed
represented facts.
I found tho pooplo living in separate
families, and, as far as I could see, thoro
was no more immorality among them
than would be found In any decent clvil
izod community. Tho women wero
modest in deportment, tho children
abodiont and respectful to thoir parents,
nd the men always manifested a dis
position to assist mo In all my efforts.
In character thoy wero mild and
irontlo, with tho expression of settled
melancholy habitual to thoso races
which havo no amusements. In this
respect, howovor, they changed greatly
as opportunity developed tho morrimont
latent in their nature. Tho children
whon first taught to speak did so in a
serious way, and tho utter ahsonco of
my thing like hearty laughter in a
jroup of them always alfeotcd mo
Urangoly. It seemed as if theiravonues
Df expression woro closed to plonsuro,
ind lator, wlion they had learned tho
flinplo games I taught them, it was a
?roat satisfaction to mo to hear my
rooms ring with the! morry voices.
-aptaln Charles Hryant, in Contury.
ANCIENT VOTING METHODS.
t.cuvc Used for lliillnts Morn Than Two
TliiiiKanil Years Arii.
Hoforo tho Now York Academy of
iVnthropology in University place L.
lionet, one of the trustees, undertook to
present tho history of voting in tho
form of a regulation pnper. II is research,
Uowevor, was too comprehensive and
sxhaustlvo for ono reading, and ho was
:ompolled, for lack of time, to defer the
presentation of the American branch of
tho subject. 11 Is investigations went back
to the fifth contury hoforo Christ, when
;ho Greeks votod by ballot as tho ex
pression of the inilh idual will. Democ
racy was comparatively unknown before
sho discovery and use of the ballot. In
indent times loaves were used for bal-
ots. ilioy were rejecteu wlion ft was
found that they could be easily broken
iml tampered with tosecure fulso counts.
lUack and white s'ones, small pieces of
jrass, and other convenient matorlal
Aero used by tho pioneers in voting
beforo paper was known.
Athons sot a high prlco on her cittzon
ihlp aftor the great prinolplo of popular
oprosentation was adopted. Citizens
ivho did not como out and vote woro
inod. The Syracusans used at one tlmo
)llvo-leaves for ballots. Rome, at an
jarly day aftor democracy was Intro
luced, borrowed tho ballot-box system
)f the (Jreeks, but nover took kindly to
t. Tho Australian systom of to-day is
I revival of tho practlco in Home two
jhousand years ago. Tho voting classl
icatlon lu Greece in olden times was
both social and territorial not unllko
sho arrangement in this country in
Presidential elections. Many of tho
indent systems of voting wero corrupt
id by extravagant favoritism, and brlb
try was not uncommon.
Probably tho most extraordinary sys
icui of voting was in Hungary, whoro
iho ballot-boxes woro Immense casks,
ind tho ballot-polos from four to six
loot long, which tho oltizon carried and
loposlted forhis favorite candldato with
peculiar pride This form of ballot
would probably bo popular in Iroland,
vhoro Its hundy use as a weapon would
o appreciated. N. Y. Times.
Tho Impassioned orator who ox
ilutnunl, "1 smell a rat; I'll nip him In
iho bud," has boon fairly outdone by
iho osteomud journal, which says; "Tho
low, moasttrod tread of justluo dawna."'
-Helena (Mon.) Independent.
SEA-OTTER HUNTING.
1 Pacific Coast Industry About Which
Itnt I.lttln Has Keen Written.
It is not gonerally known that somo
of tho most valuable fur-producing ani
mals aro killed olf tho coast of tho now
Stato of Washington, and it is romark
iblo that tho extent of territory whoro
these animals aro taken is so extromoly
limited, being only from Damon's Point,
it tho northorn entranco to Gray's Har
bor, up tho coast to Point Grconvlllo, a
distanco of about twonty-four mllos.
Tho animal roforred to is tho soa-ottor,
tho fur of which Is manufactured into
tho robes of the potentates and princes
of tho Old World.
Tho fur of tho sea otter requires no
plucking of hair or coloring; in fact, tho
most valuablo skins aro thoso which aro
speckled throughout with a silver-tipped
hair, which is known as tho silvor-tlpped
fur, tho addition of this hair adding 25
to 50 per cent, to the price of tho skin.
Tho hunters build for themselves der
ricks about -10 feet high by taking throo
3llm poles, or pieces of timbor, each
about 40 feet In length, and bolting
them securely together at ono end for
tho top, then sproad thorn about 25 feot
apart at the bottom, giving tho appear
onco of a hugo tripod. Theso are sot on
tho ocean beach, about midway between
high and low tides, the foot of tho poles
being embedded in tho sand from two to
tlireo feot. Tho structuro Is then thor
oughly braced and a ladder built to tho
top by nailing piecos at convenient dis
tances, crosswise on the inside About
18 inches below tho top of tho tripod
cross timbers aro sccurod to tho legs,
and upon theso cross timbers a floor
from 4 to G feet squaro is laid, and on
tho oceanward and two adjoining sidos
walls are built up from to 4 foot in
height, On tho laud side a door is con
structed to allow tho hunter easy in
gross to and from his "crow's nest." On
tho top of tho tripod, which extonds
about IS inches abovo the floor, a seat
is constructed, and around tho insido
of tho wall a row of shelving is
placed. At low tide, wlion tho wind
is propitious; tho hunter hies himsolf to
bis crow's nost, armed with n good pair
of glasses, a Sh.trp's rifle, a lunch and a
littlo something to keep himself warm,
and f' r six hours ho scans tho lino of
tho ocean just outside tho troakors,
whero ho must expect his game to ap
pear. When tho tide begins to Hood, his
rango is about 000 yards, bu t as it runs
in the rango is shortened to '.'00 or 300
yards. Even at these latter distances
it requires close calculation to know just
how to shoot to overcome tbo rise and
fall of the ocean swell and tho efleot of
the wind upon tho bullets. It is said
that not ono out of 100 shots of tho best
marksmen is effective When tho tido is
full thoderriok stands in tho midst o' tho
breakers, and a landlubbor fools a littlo
squeamish, looking down from tho dizzy
heights on tho rolling wators below.
Tho shooting is gonerally dono on a flood
tido, so tho animal, whan killed will
wash ashore, and oven thon it is some
times threo or four days aftor ono is
killed beforo it is beached. Undoubt
edly many others aro killed and nover
do como ashore. Each hunter marks his
bullets with marks known to othor hunt
ers, and whon an ottor is found on tho
beach, tho ilrst duty of the flndor is to
look for. tho bullet and ascertain who
is tho right owner, for tho sign
is respected among tho huntors as sa
credly as marks and brands aro among
stockmen. Whon an otter comes aslioro
with no bullot in him, as frequently
occurs, tho bullot having gone clean
through tho body, and no notico having
been given, it belongs to the flndor.
An averago skin is about ft feot long
by 12 Inches wido (double), or, whon
cut, 24 inches wido, and in tho hunter's
band is valued at from 90 to S120; but
theso prices leavo a handsome margin
to tho fur men who handle them. In
Russia an overcoat mado from theso
samo ottor skins brings from 81,000 to
2,000, wliilo in China oven nioro is
sometimes paid. The season for killing
sea otter extends from May to October,
and so scarce is tho game becoming that
four a season is considered doing well
by uny hunter. In fact, some pass tho
season without taking any. Tho hunters
havo a rule among thamsclvcs, which Is
strictly observed, that only ono dorriok
.an be allowed within a range, i. o ,
ibout halt a mile thus glvinjr tho wholo
beach a regularity of appoaranco not
elsewhere observable. Portland Oro
jonian. WHOLESALE SMUGGLING.
A (imtcmiilitn Who Curried n St ck of
Jew dry In lilt Hunt.
A distinguished-looking passcngor who
obtained a first-class passage on the
Ueumship Nermandlo on tho voyage to
this country was arrested by Custom
House Inspectors Hrovn and Donohuo
just after the big vossel reached hor
lock. Tho trio went to United States
Comniissionor Shield's otllce, whore tho
passenger was charged with having, at
tempted to smuggle a largo quantity of
jewelry. Whon questioned by Commis
sioner Shields tho prisonorsaid his name
was Michael M. Coloma, and that ho was
bound for Guatemala, his natlvo land.
Ho denied having attomptod to smugglo
tny jowelry, and explained that ho was
in transit to California and wished his
Jewelry to bo sent in bond. Inspector
Hrown thon told tho story of Colomu's
srrest. Ho said that whon Coloma was
questioned by Custom House Inspector
Leddycut regarding tho dutlablo prop
Brty in his possession, tho passenger
laid he hud nothing further than a tow
trunkfuls of clothing which ho desired
tonco forwarded to California. Hrown
Mid Donahue learned that Coloma had
been seen with a largo quantity of jow
elry aboard ship. They searched Colo
ma and found noarly a peck of jewolry
in the legs of his boots. A number of
additional pieces of jewolry wore found
secreted in tho lining of his coat, and
whon a further examination was Insti
tuted, it was discovered that Coloma
woro a chamois belt around his waist In
which were concoaled nearly ono hun
dred pieces of jewelry. Tho wholo find
was valued nt $000, and consisted of
diamonds, watches and rings.
"How did you happen to havo such a
quantity of jewelry lu your boots?"
iskod Commissioner Shields.
"O, I carried it thoro for safe koop
Ing," answered Coloma.
lie wu hniii in $s,000 bail for exami
nation. Colomn said ho was a planter,
md had Iwn tmvollng throughout
Europe, fur ai Uuaith.- -N. Y. Star.
FAR WELL ASA WITNESS.
The Illinois Senator Twists awjl
Verv Much Out of Shape.
A gentleman from Chicago, chatting
with a party of acquaintances about
some of the laughable features of the
testimony given by newspaper men ho
foro tho Dolph "smelling" committoo,
was reminded of an exporionco he had
onco with Senator Farwell as a witness.
"Mr. Farwell," said ho, "owned a
building on Washington street jointly
with mo and wanted to got tho wholo,
so ho sent an agent to mo to proposo a
trade I accepted finally his proposition
to givo mo a building on tho Wost sldo
and S.5,000 to boot, but 1 distinctly told
tho agent I would pay no commis
sions. More than a year afterward tho
agont brought sultagalnst mo forSl,250,
claiming that tho trado was a JSO.OOO
transaction and that he was entitled un
der tho law to 2 por cent, commission
on that amount. As his first stop to
ward establishing his claim was to do
tormine tho value of tho buildings he
informed mo that ho was going to tako
Mr. Farwoll's deposition; so with our
lawyers wo went, at the appointed time,
to tho gentleman's otllce.
"'Mr. Farwoli.' said tho agent's law
jer, after tho nature of tho caso bad
boon explained to him, 'did you trade
buildings with this defendant on such
and such a dato'."
'"Yes, sir,' said Mr. Farwell.
"'On what terms did you mako the
trado?'
" 'I gave him So.000 to boot.'
'"Exactly! Now, Mr. Farwell, will
you please state on oath what, in your
opinion, was tho valuo of tho building
which tho said dofondant traded to you
at that time?'
" 'It was worth about S-'.OOO moro than
tho one I traded to him,' said Mr. Far
well. "'Tholawyor lookod at ilrst a littlo
confused. Thon a bright thought strucl:
him.
"Now, sir,' said ho in a mandatory
tone, 'toll us what you considered the
building worth which you traded to him.'
" 'Well,' answered tho witness quietly,
'I thought it was worth about S",000 less
than tho ono ho traded to me'
"Tho lawyer was now in a dignified
rage
" 'Come, sir,' said ho, 'I am not to be
trifled with. Will you. sir, or will you
not, tell mo how lnucu this building was
worth?'
" 'No, sir,' said Mr. Farwell, 'I won't
tell you any thing about it. Hut I will
tell you something a good deal moro to
tho point,' and opening a drawer in his
dosk ho took out a hook of check stubs.
" 'There is the stub of a check for
S500,' said ho, 'which I gave to my agent
in full payment of all commissions, and
I boliove tlioro is a law in Illinois which
prevents an agent from collecting com
missions from both parties to a transac
tion. Now, sir, if that is all you want
to know you may run along and lot mo
attend to my business.'
"I have seen men sot back," continued
tho Chicago man, "but I nover saw oni
so badly twisted out of shape as this
lawyer was. I nover hoard another word
about the suit, and I haven't paid the
81,250 yet" Washington Cor. N. Y.
Tribune
RIPENING BANANAS.
Gas Milker tlui Oui., .i.'iit That Will Take
tlm I'lnri! of Nature.
Few people outside of thoso directly
interested in tho fruit business know
exactly how tho large quantities ol
bananas which come to Boston aro cared
for by the dealers. Two or tlireo largo
ateamer loads of tho yellow fruit como
to Roston weekly. Whon thoy arrive
about nine-tenths of tho bunches are
perfectly green. In fact, all of thorn
woro green when they lef Jamaica, tho
yellow ones having ripened on tho pas
Mgo up.
Tho "feen hunches havo tobohandlod
and ripened with great care, and it was
for the purpose of seeing this dono that
tho writer visited ono of tho oldest
fruit and produce commission houses in
tho city.
"You see," said a member of tho firm,
"bananas are divided into four classes
or grades, tho finest bundles bolng
known to tho trado as 'golden voils.'
Thoso aro tho vory best fruit grown,
and in a cargo of say in, 000 bunches
there will bo only from 200 to 400
bunches of 'goldon veils.' Noxt to thoso
como No. 1, then como oight hands, and
tho small bunches aro styled No. 2's
and aro tho cheapest. Theso aro the
kind that aro sold by street hawkors.
"The moment wo receive out fruit wo
hang the bunches up In our hot room."
lie then led the way to his fruit ripen
ing room, which Is a double-decker, and
Is built into tho loft wall of the store.
"These two rooms aro heated by gas,"
ho continued, and tho temperature is
kopt at about sovonty. There is no heat
that will perfectly rlpon bananas or
othor fruit but that from gas. We havo
tried every thing else, and wo found
that all but tho gas shriveled tho fruit,
rlponed It too quickly, or ripened it un
evenly: therefore, everybody in tho
business now usos gas."
"This heat-riponlng procoss is, of
course, only for tho winter time, for as
booh as the weather begins to got mild
wo take away tho gas boat, allowing tho
fruit to ripen in a natural manner, and
whon the hotter months aro reached wo
aro obliged to hang up our fruit in tho
collar." Roston Globe
1'ictty Cotton House (Sown.
For house gowns in tho morning noth
ing can be prottlor than the ono-ploce
drosses of porcalo or gingham, made to
opon low at tho throat over a chemisette
and broad collur of tucked nainsook.
Tho front breadth is gathered on each
shouldor, opens in tho mlddlji to button
bolow tho waist lino, continues to the
toot, and Is hold to tho figure by i
pointed belt coming fn-m tho sides and
widened at tho back into a corsolot,
wh ch receives tho fulness of tho back
of tho wnlst. Tho corsolot and the hotn
at the foot are finished with tho narrow
whlto ladder-stitched beading so much
usod by French noedlo-women. Three
straight breadths, forming the sides and
back of the skirt, aro gatlr rod with a
standing rultlo on tho od.'o of tho corso
lot. The full sleeves aro g:herod tfl
bi ttonod wristbands. Largo poarl but
tons fatten tho fro t from throat U
bolt. Harper's Uazur.
STORY OF A NECKLACE.
The Mnnufacturo or I'rarl Heads lu thi
Time of I. mil uuatore.
The pretty Duchess of Fife has been
photographed in evening dress with t
single string of pearls about her neck.
Thoro Is somehow about this string ol
beads a singularly pure and girlish air,
and it is tho one necklaco that is always
in good taste for a young girl. As you
clasp tho string of pearl beads about
your own neck I wonder how many
you know of the romance connected with
thoso which were first mado?
Love which governs all tho world,
comes in this story. In tho timo ol
Louis XIV. there was a maker of poarl
rosaries and necklaces who was famous
for the exquisite beauty that ho gave
them. Tho ladies came from far and
near to buy these wondrous beads, foi
from no one olso could thoy bo gotten.
Vainly did ills rivals try to imitate the
perfoct wliitenoss and polish of the
beads manufactured by him. With all
his prosperity ho was vory unhappy and
dreaded to sell his necklaces because ol
tho poison (said to bo mercury) witk
which he used to givo them their greai
beauty. One day his son was astonished
tw hoar him say, as he sold a particularly
beautiful pearl rosary: "Infamous man
that 1 am! May this crime be my last!"
Soon after war was declared between
France and Flanders, and tho old man
was very happy, because ho thought nc
more necklaces would bo ordorvd. Ills
only son was about to bo marrlul. and
the sweet lit tie girl whom he had chosoc
so pleased tho fathor that he had said
"Ask of me any thing, for I am glad tc
havo so sweet a daughter." With great
glee sho answered: "O, fathor, make
for me one of those beautiful necklaces,
such as only you can mako." The un
happy man was speechless with horror,
and wandered through the woods ali
night wondering what in the world hf
would do. When the daytime came he
throw himself on a bank beside the
wcter to reit, and there, floating on top
was an iridescent substance at which
he could not help but look: it soonied
so like his own pearls. He searched for
it and found that tho effect was caused
by tho scales of a small whitoiish. Hi
collected some experimented with
them, and succeeded in producing with
them tho whiteness and polish for
which lie had formerly been forced tc
uso the poison. On tho wedding da
he clasped around tho neck of thr
beautiful brido tho handsomest string
of pearls that lie had ever made, and a
he kissed her sweet, red lips ho knew
13 could lie happy, for there was not a
particle of poison in thorn. The truth
of tho story lies in tho fact that to this
iay tho method of making pearl beads
discovered by Martin Jacquin is still thr
only one. So if you wear about youi
neck a string of beads like that which
delighted tho heart of the lovoly Ur
sula, and if you havo to thank the man
for having invented a necklace free
from taint of poison, you must remem
ber that ho perhaps would never have
made his great discovery if tho whim of
a woman had not driven hint to it.
Ladies' Home Journel.
TOO MUCH SYMPATHY.
Soinel liliisr Alimif-VJie Heal Tcnd-nry of a
IliKhly Sjijathetli; AKi-.
People who do S,dt see the dangors
which besot society oV evory side, but
who do feel vory keenly thoir own
needs, are far loss likely to sympathize
with thoso who see tho perils around
us, and who are not so penetrated with
want, than the latter aro likely 'to sym
pathize with them. The consequence is
that there is a marked drift in the ocean
of public sympathy toward the niootl ol
the most ignorant and most needy; :tid,
us there is no clear standard by whUib
to measure, tho tendency certainlyjis
for public sympathy to favor the desirys
of those wlio are at onco the blindest
and tlie most destitute. If wo hear otTi
particular guilty parricido, public aymL
pathy is much more inclined to pity hinrt
than to blame him. If we hear of
strike that is undertaken in the dark
without any clear principle, and that is .
willing to plune tho rest of tho com
tnunity into serious trouble in ordor tc
win its way to success, public sympathy
at once prepares to go a long way with
it, finiling the senso of grievanco on
that side very persistent and unirry, and
the sense of duty on tho other side at
best only clear and calm.
Once lot the claims of sympathy, bo
come thoso which appeal most strongly
to public feeling, and it is evident that
no class will profit so much by it as the
class which feels all the more strongly,
because so ignorantly and with so little
power to care what will be the con&o
quence of the proposed revolution to
others, the deptli and intensity of its
own cravings to bo bettor treated and
better fed. Tho real tendency of a
highly-sympathetic ago is toward un
certainty of feeling, a pondulous vibra
tion, now to this state, now to that, but
with a very decided leaning toward the
feeling of that class which is least on
lightened and least disinterested, bo
cause it has tho advantage over the
feelings of othor classes of being moat
porsistent and more vehement. To a
public opinion which veors about with
every strong expression of liking or dis
liking, hoping to find somo practical
compromise among thoso bowlldorlng
fluctuations of hearts, tho most useful
advlco is to find a fixed standard ol
right and wrong feeling, and toendoavoi
to sympathize only with the right fool
ing, and hteadilv to harden itself, nnl
only against tho wrting, but against
mere vacillation, whoro nelthor right
nor wrong is clearly visible Spectator.
Tho Comnllcatlons of Mmlnrn Sv.
cioty. Clara "I thoucrht vou had dn-
clded that every thing was over botwoon
you and Harry, and yet you've boon
sitting thoro for ovor an hour thinking
of him." Maud (dojectodly) "Well, 1
can't make up my mind whether it would,
bo bottor to sue him for broach of prom
iso or to make upVlth him, marry, and
thon suo for a dlvorco and alimony.
uraKe s .Magaxino.
"What aro VOU worklnir nt now?"
Bald ono young man to another. "Noth
ing." "It strikes mo you ought to have
had thatdonu by this tlmo "Washing'
ion rosti.