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.
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