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The Oregon Scout JQHE8 fit Chanoev Publishers. UNION, OREGON THE BORDERLAND. Upon the borderland we wait, Our labors quite ire o'er; We see bright gleams from olden Oat Light up the silver shore. Onr ship lies moored upon the sea. For winds are hushed in sleep, And night's black robes across the lea Cast shadows dark and deep. We bide abide just till the dar Dispel the shades of night, And wakes again the wingless winds To press our sails for flight. Then wide we spread the white winged sail And hasten to be free. We welcome on the threatening gal That lashes white the pea. Now high o'er storm cloud and the blast That sweeps the angry sea Our spirit rcocheth, cllngeth fast, O God, in faith to Uiee. Chicago Herald. Pretty Flno Writing. Up in n book dealer's place in Broad way, not far from Eighth street, curios ity seekers and men who can afford to Indulgo their lovo for queer manuscripts can find, perhaps, the strangest bit of writing known. On a piece of parch ment liko paper, five feet wide and six feet five inches high, are written all tho books of tho Old Testament, forming tho design of a window in King Solomon's temple. No lines are used. Written words form tho whole design. Tho writ ing is very minute, but legible to tho naked eye. Ink of three colors was used, tout principally black ink. It is a very Intricate pieco of work, marvelous in it way, and must havo taken considerable time and patience Tho work was executed by one Din14 Davidson, apparently in a mood of re ligions fervor. lie was blind of an eye, and bis manner of writing was to lio at full length upon tho floor, on his stomach, with his eyo (ho was near sighted) very close to tho paper. Ho died somo twenty years ago. Each chapter and verso is numbered. Tho writing is not running cript, but each letter is separate; nor are tho lotters much, if any, larger than thirty-second of an inch high. Now York Press. lllooit In the Itoily. The amount of blood in tho body is one-thirtieth tho weight of tho body, or fivo or six quarts, or cloven or twelvo Cnds. Tho average man dies when ho lost ono-lifth of his blood. Tho heart with each contraction ejects six ounces of blood from each ventricle, at a press ure in tho left ventriclo of one-fourth of an atmosphere. Tho heart sends all tho blood around tho body of tho average man once every thirty seconds, or in about thirty-fivo contractions of tho organ. A deadly poison injected into the veins kills in fifteen seconds on the average; injected under tho skin in about four minutes. A cubic millimeter of blood contains 5,000,000 blood cells in thoavcrago man, and about -1,500,000 in the avcrago woman. Thero aro 1100 red cells to every ono white blood cell. Tho red cells huvo an average diameter of 1-8,200 of an inch, tho white cells of 1-25,000 of an inch. Tho specific gravity of blood is 1.055. Tho frequency of tho pulse in tho now born is 150; in infants 1 year old, 110; at 3 years, 05; from 7 to 14, 85; in adult man, 75; woman, 80. Tho respirations aro one-fourth as rapid as tho pulse. St. Louis Republic. Anc-lent Feet. A noticcablo thing about tho statues found in our museums of art, supposed to represent tho perfect figure-i of ancient men and women, is tho apparently dis proportionate Bizo of their feet. Wo mod erns aro apt to pronounce them too large, particularly thoso of tho females. It will be found, however, that for symmetrical perfection theso feot could not bo better. A Greek sculptor would not think of such a thing as putting a nine inch foot on a five and ono-half foot woman. Their tyjcs for theso classical marble figures woro taken from tho most perfect forms of living persons. Shoo and Leather Re porter. Looking for u Sertiiut 1,21.1 Yeura Old. Many queerly written and peculiarly worded advertisements tind their way Into tho hands of tho young men who flunk tho main counter in our business olfico. Tho other day a gem was handed in. It was a "want ad.," but tho young man who took it did not know whether It was intended for tho personal column or tho puzzle department. It read like this: "Wanted A Sweetish girl 1215 rears old 2 in famial.", Its only redeem ing feature was its brevity, and it was finally placed near tho bottom of tho column in tho waste basket. Chicago Herald. ''Your Oraro." It is told of tho late Duko of Hutluud that he one day met tho little daughter of ono of his gamekeepers, "Well, littlo one," ho asked, "and what do you call yourselfr" "For what wo tiro about to receivo may tho Lord make us truly thankful; ameu," was tho astonishing reply, Tho child had simply been fol lowing home instructions to tho effect that if tho duke should ever address her alio should bo suro to say, "Your grace," Now York Tribune. A Child's Thought. A littlo Swedish girl, absorbed in gaz ing at tho starry skies, being asked of what she was thinking, said: "1 was thinking if the wrong side of heaven is ao glorious, what must tho right sido be!" Of course, tho wrong side with her was that which looked on our world, 'Surely, sho thought, tho right sido, that looks toward the throne of Qod, must "be glorious indeed. Montreal Star, To keep the bright, green color of trammer cabbage and some other vege tables, boil fast iu plenty of water in which lias been dissolved a pieco of wash ing soda tho size of two cas; cover until the water boils and then take off the lid. 21 the steam is abut in the cabbage will be vellow and uutigbUy, A. STORY OF TWO SLAVES. THE "RUNAWAYS" THE BEST MEN UNDER FREE CONDITIONS. A Southerner Slakes Such m Statement atnd Tells a True Story In Piwif Two Men Who Eluded Tlnlr Master for Three Tears Are Now Well-to-Do Citizens. A few days ago a gentleman In Haw- kinsvillc, Oa., said: "It is a strange fact, yet it is true, that tho negroes who were most crsistcnt in their efforts to cludo masters whom they hated and who were commonly called 'runaway niggers,' nro tho very best citizens wo now have. I havo watched many of them, and it has always turned out that way. Negroes usually did not run away from their masters on account of work, but because of ill treatment or of natural dislike, and when they onco took an aversion to their master ho might as well tnako up his mind to sell them to 601110 ono whom they liked, or to keep n pack of hounds for tho pur poso of capturing them every time ho gavo them n chanco to get away. NOT A Kit AH) OK THE DOQS. "Do you sco that old colored man in that buggy driving around tho corner? Well, that is old Dcmpsey Clarke, and ho is today ono of tho richest negroes in Georgia. Ho lived for three years in the swamps of Georgia because ho hated his master, and suffered untold hardships lighting for existence, yet ho never did givo himself up until his master, in do spair, sold him to a neighbor named Brown, who was good to his slaves. Then Dcmpsey and his brother camo out of tho woods and went to work on Mr. Brown's plantation, where they worked until tho war was over. "I rcincmler tho day that Dempsey and his brother Bristow wero brought into Hitwkinsville. Thero was a big salo that day and several thousand slaves wero brought i 1 by tho slavo traders. When Dempsey and Bristow wero put upon tho block, they wero bid in by n Mr. Coloy, an old planter who was rich in land and slaves. When Mr. Coloy bid them in, Dcmpsey said: 'Wo don't lack yer, Mr. Coloy, un'ycr needn't buy us, 'kaso wo ain't or gwino ter livo wid ye.' " 'Oh, well,' Mr. Coley replied, 'I've got plenty of dogs,' which meant that if they ran away ho would capture them with tho keen scented hounds kept for that purpose "Tho trado was consummated and Dempsey and Bristow wero sent to Mr. Coley's plantation. True to their word, tho third day sifter their arrival at tho plantation Dempsey and Bristow took to tho woods. They wero captured once, but before they wero brought back to the plantation they again made their escape, and this time for good, as they sworo that they would dio beforo they would ever bo taken back to Coley's plantation, soi.i) in Tin: woods. "1 remember on ono occasion a party of negro hunters struck tho trail of Bris tow and Dempsey and chased them into tho cypress jungle, and among tho la goons just below Big Creek, near where tho creek runs into tho Okmulgee. Tho swamp wasnlmost impenetrable, but the hunters followed their dogs and ap proached within lifty yards of tho 'run away niggers.' "When they wero cornered tho two slaves opened llro upon their pursuers, and ns it was getting lato iu thu evening thero was nothing left for them to do but to retreat, which they did. After trying to recapture his slaves for three years, Mr. Coley llnally gavo up in de spair and sold them in tho woods to a Mr. Brown, of Houston county. Mr. Brown was much liked by his slaves, and as soon as it became generally known that ho had bought Dempsey and Bris tow tho two slaves made their appear ance in tho village and gavo themselves up to Mr. Brown. "I will never forget how they looked when they camu out of that swamp. Their hair and whiskers had not loeu cut until they fairly met, ami it seemed to mo that nothing was visible of tho face except two black eyes that looked wildly at me. I never saw two men so nearly liko wild men iu my life, and their clothing served to strengthen tho Impression made by the first glance at their faces. Mr. Brown gavo them clothes and cared for them, and iu u short while they wero perfectly at home on his plantation, where they remained until after tho war. "1 do not know where Bristow is, but I am told that ho is iu Colorado, where ho went after tho war, and that ho owns largo mining interests there. Ho was a very bright negro, and always would accumulate, oven as a slave. Dempsey remained in Houston county after tho war and followed farming for a living, lie has accumulated a largo fortune, which consists principally iu lauds and livestock. His wife, whom ho married as a slave, Is still living, and his daugh ters aro off at college. As a faithful slavo of tho old typo, n good citizen and an honest and upright business man, Dempsey has tho rcscct of all who know lihn." Atlanta (Oa.) Cor. Globe Democrat. A Wviiiiui's Tribute. A woman has a more excellent way of bestowing a favor than 11 man. Ono day in 1805 Rosa Bouheur was surprised while working in her studio to receivo a visit from tho Empress Eugeuio, who en tered unannounced. Tho empress kissed tho artist as sho roso to receive her royal visitor, and, after a few minutes' conversation, de parted as unceremoniously us she had entered. Tho woman artist discovered that tho woman sovereign had pinned upon her working blouo tho cross of tho Legion of Honor. Tho ornporor, who had hesitated to confer tho decoration on tho artist be cause tJio was a woman, had left tho em press regent during his nbsonco from Franco. Ono of her first acts was to drivo over from Fontainebleau, near tho tudio, and decorate Itosa Bonhcur with her own hand. Youth's Companion. Goldsmith's Orat Wo ha re among us, in the heart of this rich city, in Goldsmith's buildings, hard by tho Temple church, tho grave of another man of genius tho grave of Oliver Goldsmith. Tho insignificant monument that covers his remains, and tho tenth rate statue, if such it can bo called, that adjoins it, aro in. a state of decay that does tho greatest discredit to Goldsmith's fellow countrymen. On tho ono side of tho stono is tho inscription: "Ucro lies OliverGoldsmith," and on tho other. "Born 10 Nov., 1728. Died 4th April, 1774." Many of tho letters and figures on tho stono aro well nigh oblit erated, whilo tho inscription underneath tho statuo it is absolutely impossiblo to decipher. This is no new tale. Somo of our contemporaries have very properly again and again called tho attention of tho public to theso facts, but Btill nothing is done. Surely the few pounds necessary to keep his grave in a proper stato of repair iaight well bo subscribed. It is now entirely neglected and deserted, save by a few kindly folk who sometimes deck it with flowers. A movement having tho object wo havo indicated and headed, say, by the two great English actors who have given us such delightful renderings of what was perhaps Goldsmith's greatest creation Dr. Primrose could not fail to securo tho hearty co-operation of all thoso who havo derived pleasure and amusement and instruction from that master of Ac tion, who was not only ono of tho great est novelists of his time, but tho purest hearted and most good natured of men. London Saturday Review. Hand Spinning: ami Wearing. Fir6t of all, to answer tho question, Does it pay? which is the averago Eng lishmen's first question. I want my pro ject to be, as all honest schemes ought to be, self supporting; so I am glad to bo ablo to reply that it does pay, even in tho hard and fast commercial sense. I had been mindful of a maxim of Mr. How ells in onoof his books, "Beforo you learn to do a thing, pray bo suro j)eoplo want it." I find people do want the Langdalo linen, for without advertising or public ity I havo orders from all parts of Eng land for many hundreds of yards. And it pays, too, in a coin current in another kingdom than this; pays a hundred fold in tho glad, uncounted treasure of bright ened homes and hearths mado happy with sweet and honest lalior. I reap, too, all to myself, u littlo har vest of pleasant sights and sounds. It gladdens mo greatly to pass a cottago door and to hear from within tho soft murmur of tho wheel. Onco too, on a wild November day, I saw a strange, weird vision of tho Fates, not Narcissus crowned, but hero nlivo beforo me as three Westmoreland women. Little did tho threo spinsters think as they drew and cut thu tangled thread from the dis taff that they were betting forth in homely fashion tinder tho crags of Loughrigg tho tremendous myth of life and death preached centuries ago under the olivo groves of Greece. Albert Fleming in Century. Street Cars In tho City or Mexico. While the principal cities of this coun try aro no doubt very favorablo places for street nil way investors, yet in pro Krtion to their number and wealth tho people of tho City of Mexico contribute more, perhaps, to tho support of their horse ears than thoso of any other city. Nobody seems to walk there who can scrape together enough to ride. Mules tiro tho motive jower, and theso thin leasts gallop along at a reckless paco under constant lashing from their driver. Thero aro lirst, second and third class cars, which vary in price from u real (about 12 cents) down to 2 cents. Tho first class coaches tiro about as comfort ablo as tho Broadway cars of New York. Tho second class cars havo small win dows near tho roof without glass, a bench running lengthwiso along either wall, and another without a back down tho center. Third class cars carry freight nnd Indians indiscriminately. Ono road, which extends far out of tho city to tho principal cemetery, runs funeral cars draped in mourning, and does a big bus iness iu funerals. As all tho lines meet at the principal square of thocity, the mourning coaches can lo switched off to any part of tho town. At tho cemetery thoy aro sido tracked to await tho return of tho funo ral party. Street Railway Journal. A Maori v on tho Ostrich. Tho following c ;n f 11 composition of a New Zealand Uy on tho subject of "What Do You Know About an Os trich?" was received by a lady in this city from a friend ti England who takes an active jKirt i.i missionary work: "Tho ostrich is an African animal that lives on sand and generally hunts on horseback. Tho female makes a nest in tho Kind, which is simply a deep hole, and then tho male lays iu it ten or twelvo eggs, which ho hatches, for mak ing ornaments and for food for his fam ily. Theso eggs chase their parent all over tho desert till ho is quito tired, ioor fellow 1 "Tho three tail feathers of this ostrich form tho motto 'I servo, and thoy belong to tho I'rinco of Wales, who is also fond of theso tail feathers. This ostrich is often used for drinking cups and other various amusements, but it is chiefly valued for tho leautiful feathers, which aro found on his legs and thoso that grow on tho egg bhell." Pittsburg Dis patch. Stephriuon's 1'Uuro Hours. George Stephenson, tho great railway pioneer, did not know his alphabet until lio was 18 years of age; but ho no sooner bocamo convinced of tho necessity of learning to read in order to get on in tho world than he bet about it with all thu energy ho possessed, and went to school (though ho made rather a big schoolboy) while ho was working twelvo hours a day nt very laborious work. Beside learning to read and writo and acquir ing tho other elements of education, ho mended clocks and shoes for his neigh bora in his "leisure hours." Georgo Stephenson's cxamplo shows that a great deal may bo dono if wo only make up our minds to do it. Boston Herald. A GLIMPSE OF CORK. Bights Seen In a City of Ireland on Ilrlght and Hustling Day. Cork looked very bright and bustling tho day wo reached it. Wo had mado somo stops here and thero on our way, mostly at out of tho way, picturesque villages, and so deeply had their quiet impressed us that Cork, with its cars rat tling up and down tho steep, stony streets, its noisy quay population, and all tho hurry of the lower town, had tho air of a stirring metropolis. How it would strike us if we had visited it immediately after landing from tho Cunarder and with tho rush of Chicago and New York still fresh in our recollection I cannot say, but it impressed us when wo did see it very favorably. Whilo thero wero, of course somo evidences of tho universal "bad tunes," thero wero many signs of undoubted prosperity. Its connection, through Covo or Quccnstown, nine miles distant, with America, accounts largely, I think, for tho latter. In tho streets we noticed many shops devoted exclusively to tho salo of American products, meats, fruit, tobacco, agricultural implements, sewing machines, etc. In tho very gait of tho people we fan cied wo could see an American freedom and energy. And the contrast of this modern dash and lifu with the gray re minders centuries old many of them of bygone times that meet ono every where is very impressive to the stran ger. Exceptionally fascinating was it all to us, seeing it in the lingering pale twilight of tho day that had tho north in n sky of tenderest blue and tho south in its balmy zephyrs. Old and weary as time itself seems Ireland in the rain, but tho new morning, tho rosy dawn of childhood .aro no fresher or fairer nothing can bo fresher or fairer than Ireland when tho magic blue of her skies bends above her and the caresses of tho south wind play upon her. I Women in very ugly caped cloaks, but comfortably shod and trim of head servants and workingmen's wives were bringing homo basketfuls of marketing from tho great "English market," as it is called. Carriages waiting for their oc cupants wero in lino outside tho dry goods shops nnd bookstores; men of tho coal heaver tyje were going homeward in groups, smoking and chatting cheer fully among each other; bustling coun trywomen with many an excited objur gation dragged their dilatory husbands to the carts outside tho public house doors; cabs and outside cars dashed madly along tho streets; lights shono in tho shop windows and thoso of tho hotels, and a melancholy man near the bridge was plaj'ing tho air of "Bellews town Races" in a manner that seemed to havo its effort on the feet of all who passed. And that was how "tho beauti- , fill city" .appeared to us on tho occasion of our first visit. Nora Creena in Chi cago Times. I limiting a Coyote. ! Pullman Superintendent Ell wood, of this city, Superintendent Tom Urquhart, of tho Los Angclos division of tho South ern Pacific, and Superintendent Beal, of tho Atlantic and Pacific, met in Mr. Ur quhart's ofllco at Mojavo ono day, and agreed to go hunting upon tho Kern county desert for coyotes. They armed themselves with rifles, secured a carriage and driver, and started out early in tho morning across a cactus covered plain. Very soon through tho yuccas, they taw standing iwnsively a lone coyote. Ho was reflecting upon his sins, perhaps, or upon his hunger. 1 "Let mo shoot! Let mo shoot!" said Mr. Beal, excitedly, raising his gun, and Tom Urquhart gracefully yielded to his guest. Mr. xical shot and missed tho coyote by at least forty feet. Tho coyoto was a sensible animal, for ho knew that tho closer to tho guns ho got tho safer ho was. Ho did not seek to escapo through tho yuccas ho btartcd directly for tho wagon. Mr. Urquhart is a bravo man, but that coyoto looked hungry, and ho turned pale. Though ho trembled, yet ho leaped into tho breach to save his friends. Raising his gun, ho took delib erate aim, 11 red and struck a yucca ono hundred yards to tiio right of tho lino of advance. Tho coyoto still camo on. It was a thrilling moment. Tho driver turned his horses and galloped off, the coyoto in pursuit. Tho animal passed under tho wagon in n 2:09 gait and dis appeared. Tho railroad men returned to Mojave, and they havo not yet ceased to talk about their narrow escapo from tho ferocious beast. Los Angeles Tribune. .lin.1 I.lko I'lilli. A friend of mine who used to have a houso in Paris under the empire, and was well acquainted with all tho artists of imjorial France, told me apropos of tho picture by (Jerome, exhibited in tho American gallerier., a story that is worth repeating here. Every ono who loves art must know tho picture (or tho engraving from the picture) representing "Moliero Breakfasting with Louis Qua torze." My friend hapiened to run into Gcromo's studio just after tho canvas was completed. It was in its frame and on tho easel, and Gcrotuo was chuckling in his saturnine way as ho entered. "What do you think?" said tho painter, "I havo just received tho visit of an American richard, who has mado me what ho considers n great offer for my 'Moliero.' He has offered mo a thousand francs a head for it. I havo refused, as I would If thoro had been a flock of courtiers. 1 cannot fancy selling a pic ture as ono would pork." Tho picture was sold for 110,000 francs. Town Topics. A His MWtuUr. Thero aro a class of ignorant peoplo who imagine a bank is n place where money Is thrown about In careless pro fusion, and that any ono inside tho rail ing can help himself, where every one about tho place is rich and have their pockets bulging with gold. Every boy thinks that way until ho learns other wise, but you can't make tho beggars bo liovo iu Bank Teller in St. Louis Globe Democrat. Indiana alono has 375 gas wells, and tho prediction that n largo portion of the ctato will ultimately sink many feet is caring the Uoosicrs. A WICKED STUDENT'S TRICK. The Goodly Tollcemen of Boston Chase a Harber's Pole and Us Owners. Not n great whilo ago a party of half a dozen Harvard students wero in a barber's shop in this city, nnd after having been beautified and adorned tonsorially, ono of tho number was struck with an idea. It was commu nicated to his companions, and with out a dissenting voice agreed to. Tho proposition was nothing less than to Surchase tho barber's pole, which was one, and a receipt taken. Then the young men sallied forth with their striped and parti -colored acquisition. They had not gone far, however, when they wero overhauled by a policeman. "Hello, there I what aro you doing with that pole?" "That's our business." "Your business, eh! Well, I'll mnko it mine. Come along with mo !" They wero marched straight to the nearest station, und stood up in lino beforo tho captain. "What's tho trouble, officer?" asked tho captain. "Stealing a barber's pole." Tho officer felt quito proud of his capture and related with particularity all tho circumstances' of his arrest. The captain looked upon tho offenders and was about to order them to be locked up for tho night, when ono of tho students produced a paper und sug gested that perhaps tho captain might liko to look at that, U10 captain looked at it. Then turning to tho po liceman ho said: "Officer, you may return to your beat." A moment lat er tho students might have been seen filing out of tho station with their ton sorial standard held proudly aloft. They had not gono far, however, beforo they wero again brought to a halt by another officer, who, like his predecessor, wanted to know where they wero going with that pole. He was informed that that was their busi ness, and ho in turn assured them that ho would mnko it his business, which ho did by escorting them to tho self samo station they had just quitted. "What's tho trouble, officer?" "Theso fellows have stole a barber's pole, and" "Very well ; you may return to your beat." Tho captain smiled as he dismissed tho students. Hardly had he resumed his wonted gravity of nspect before tho door opened and again entered a E x)hceman, six young men anu a uar- r s pole. And so it went on. Six several times wero the students nnd their bar bcrous property brought by as many different policemen into that station, and had not nu officer been specially sent out to warn all patrolmen under no circumstances to interfere with six young men and a barber's pole, it is moro than likely that that pole and its bearers would havo been brought into that station as tnanv times that nitrht as thero wero patrolmen in tho uis I trict. I People who wondered what was the cause of tho hilarious laughter which proceeded from tho usually grave and quiet station, on the night in question, aro now fully informed of the same. Boston Transcript. I Queer Torch Hearers. 1 In somo parts of northern Africa, says Mr. C. F. Holder, it was tho cus tom years ago to employ largo baboons to hold torches at balls and other en tertainments given at night. Ou one occasion tho owner of half a dozen of theso curious creatures gave a ball, and had tho entire force seated upon a bench, each holding a torch or flam beau. Everything proceeded smooth ly, until finally ono of tho baboons probably dropped asleep, and allowed its torch to strike its neighbor. In stantly thero arose a dreadful shriek, and a horriblo odor of burnt hair. Tho victim, intent upon retaliation, struck tho sleeper violently with its torch, thus burning another, and soon all tho torch bearers wero engaged iu a sanguinary encounter. The howls of rago nnd agony completely drowned tho music nnd broko up tho entertain ment. Philadelphia Times. Tho Hrltish Empire. 1 Tho queen of Great Britain is now sovereign over 0 continent, 100 peuin sulas, 500 promonitories, 1,000 lakes. 2,000 rivers and 10.000 islands. She waves her hand and 900,000 warrioi-3 march to battlo to conqueror die. She bends her head and nt tho signal 1,000 ships of war nnd 100,000 sailors per form her bidding on tho ocean. She walks upon tho earth nnd 30,000,000 human beings feci the least pressure of her foot. Tho Assyrian empire was not so populous. The Persian cm pi ro was not so powerful. The Carthaginian empire was not so much dreaded. Tho Spanish empire was not so widely diffused. Tho Roman power was weak in comparison, und Greece was as a small village. Detroit Free Press. Modjeska and Martlnot. Beyond being fond of outdoor life ou her ranch in California, Modjeska has no well defined tastes for anything in particular. She loves to ride a horse or to drivo a team over tho country roads round about her. Sho is fond o'f fishing, shooting, nnd in fact every thing that appertains to tho glorious lifo of a raucn owuer. Thero is nothing Sadie Martinot lovcssowell osa pair of spirited horses and an ocn victoria in tiio park. On a fine afternoon it is thero sho may always bo seeu, and usually m tlfe company of her manager, Mr. Am berg, who recently presented her with a handsomo team. New York Journal. Not Entirely a Stare to the Habit. Visitor Iphilanthropically inclined) Auntie, don't you think you would enjoy better health and livo longer if you could quit smoking? Auutio (aged fty I don't smoke nil tho time, mum. Sometimes I go half a day 'thout touchin' my pipe. Ik-en doiir that away, off an' ou, fur about (to a gTOat-gnat'grandsou) vou. Georgo WaUi'utoul give the lady a cheer ur I'll theta jerk the top o' ver head ofTu yol fur ubout seventy-Ave year, mum. I-uud bakes, I ain't no davo to the habit Chicago Tribune Woman and Her Latch Key. If you have never had the pleasure of watching a woman open her front door by means 01 a micu nuy 11 i worth dawdling away tho fifteen min utes she requires for tho operation to be amused at tho thorough femininity of her actions. Tho other evening, shortly beforo dusk, a bright faced, quick stepping girl, buttoned up in an English walking jacket, swinging a long handled parasol and carrying half a dozen small parcels, passed brisklv bv, on Camp street, to run up a fligllt of stono steps and open siego on tho front entrance with tho skele 1 ton instrument concealed somewhere about her person. First sho shifted tho responsibility of purse, packages, umbrella and handkerchief on ono hand, whilo sho used the other to feel ' in both coat pockets for tho key. They failed to produco it, and by that time one bundio and tho tiresomo parasol lav half way down tho stoop. With ! slfghtly flushed checks tho girl picked up tho" awkward parachute, leaned it up in one corner, took a firmer hold on tho slippery parcels and examined the palms of her snugly fitting gloves. This process gave her handkerchief to tho breeze, and mistaking tho triflo for a miniature sail, tho zephyr play fully caught it up and helped it flutter a dozen pacc3 down the street. By this timo a tenso expression had grown about the young lady's lips; sho paid no heed to the results of an evening's industrious shopping now lying scat tered at her feet, but plunged boldly into tho intricacies of her smooth dra peries and instituted instant search for a secret pocket. With nervous fingers sho pulled at ono fold after another, until finally a section gavo way. and with a lurch net hand disappeared in the depths of somo hidden recess. Tho triumphant expression beginning to dawn over the girl's features gave way ' lirst to ono of dismay, and then grow ing mortification as memory seemed i to point to tho exact snot on her dress ing tablo from which sho had not inl.nn linn L-ntr flint nftnnnnntv Tndio- uinuii iiv-i ...... v ... . - - - - . . . O nant and disgusted, this independent young woman gavo a vicious tug to tho bell, bowed humbly as a sympa thetic man gathered up and re stored her disordered belongings, and with meek head passed out ot sight through tho door held open by tho smiling traid. New Orleans Pica yune. Children Untight and Sold. Poor girls nro of no account in China and infanticide is still common. You can buy a girl baby for from oiiu cent up to a dollar, and at the Jesuit children's asylum, near Shanghai, ono of tho sisters'told mo that they bought hundreds of girls every year for less than a dollar apiece. At Foo Chow, Mr. Wingate, our consul, told mo of a poor woman who strangled her own baby girl in outer thatsno might adopt the baby of a neighbor to raise as a wifo for lier lit tle son, and a missionary thero told mo of a man who went around ped dling children. There is a foundling asylum here which, upon tho payment of 25 cents by tho mother, will take u girl baby to raise, but theso girls aro sold ns soon as they grow much past tho weaning age, nnd they nro bought in largo numbers by tho brothel keep ers. The selling of girls for wives and concubines is common and full grown maidens bring from $25 upward. Frank G. Carpenter. N'ept line's Satellites. M. Tisserand has presented a report to tho Paris Academy of Sciences con cerning some remarkable observations of tho satellitesof tho planet Neptune, which was discovered in 1847. Tho angle which tho piano of tho orbit of this satellite made at that dato with tho ecliptic was about 30 degs., but this angle has now increased uy at least 15 degs. Tho satellito moves around its principal in an opposite direction to that usually followed by other satel lites, so that a question might bo raised whether iu tho courso of time this variation iu tho inclination of tho plane of its orbit might not end in its movement around its principal bo coming normal. M. Tisserand showed that this variation of inclination was duo to tho oblato or flattened condi tion of Neptuno nt its poles, and that it will completo its limit within a pe riod of 500 years, at the end of winch, timo it will then bo as it was in 18-17. New York Telegram. Fortunes In Heal Estate. Many men of very moderato means, some with no capital save a fair sal ary, havo founded fortunes on real os tato speculations by beginning in a. small way. Thero tiro always oppor tunities for tho investment of a few hundred dollars whtro tho returns, bring a piodcst profit, with littlo if any danger of loss, nnd it is by watch ing for theso opportunities to invest that tho wido awako poor man makes a start as a real estato speculator. Agents often reap tho benefit of such deals, but ns a rulo they look first at tho commissions and aro keen to sell and resell and lot tho purchaser reap what profit ho can. I havo known agents to sell property where a profit was almost a certainty nnd ndvauco tho purchaso money to their customer to consummate tho deal. St, Louis Globe-Democrat. Why. It is a pity that somo peoplo nro not bo quick with their hnnds as they arc with their tongues. A farmer onco had a very lazy hcljwr. Ono day ho returned from market and found his man sound asleep under a tree. "Whatl" exclaimed tho farmer, "asleep when you should bo nt workf You nro an idle wretcht and not worthy that tho sun should shino upon you? "I know it; I know it' sa'id tho man, sitting up and yawuiug. "and that's tho reason 1 lay down here tit tho Ehaiidl" Youth's Companion. Tho recipe for making tho original eau do cologuo was discovered !iuu years ago, and sinco that timo it has been intrusted to only ten person. Tho written copy of the recipo is kept in a crystal goblet, under triple locks, iu a room iu which the essential oiU. are mixed. i