The Oregon Scout
IOHE & Chanoey Publishers.
UNION, OREGON,
ODDS AND ENDS.
A now and popular development of
electrical sfilenco is tho electrical hair
eurlor. It Is wild to bo equal to tho
-tnost exacting demands of the feminine
oifTiiro, and tho beard or mustacho
can bo curled in any style in two min
utes. Tho British census will bo taken in
1891. Tho cost of tho census of Great
ajrituin in 1881 was 172,000 for a pop
ulation of 20,000,000. For England
nd Wales tho cost per 1,000 of tho
population was 4 lCs. fid. in 1861, ris
ing to 5 5s. 7d. in 1871, and 0 12s.
L in 1881.
During tho Franco-German war tho
ladies in England wcro busy making
paper cushions, which they Kent to
SVanco to bo used for tho wounded in
tho hospitals. Hundreds of thousands
of theso cushions wcro sent and wcro of
groat service.
Damaskeening is producing upon
steel a bluo tingo and ornamental fig
ures, sometimes inlaid with gold and
silver, as in Damascus blades. It is so
called from Damascus, which was cele
brated in tho middlo ages for this class
of ornamental art.
A very ancient Egyptian papyrus re
cently discovered at Kalinii was evi
dently part of a medical treat iso and
contained this prescription: "Treat
ment of a woman who is pained in her
legs and in all her limbs, as one who ia
beaten. Do with regard to her thus:
Iot her cat greaso until sho is cured."
At tho celebration of tho fiftieth an
niversary of tho invention of tho post
ago stamp, held recently in England, a
stamp was shown worth 100 guineas.
It was from tho British Guiana collec
tion and showed a rudo postmark on
pink paper.
In 1811, when thoTliameswasfrozon,
m printing establishment was set up
-vohmio entitled "Frostiana; or, a His-
lory of tho Itivor Thames in a Frozen
fjfato. London : Printed on tho Ico in
tho Itiver Thames, 1811."
A well digger living in Talbottoin,
3a,, was hired to clean out a well.
"When ho camo out of tho well in tho
evening it was noticed that his Jet
black hair had changed its color from
black to a bright yellow or golden
shado. Tho cause is unknown.
Tho annual production of India rub
ber balls in different countries (in doz
ens) is: Germany, 2,850,000; Franco,
800,000; Ilussla, 750,000; England,
630,000; Austria, 520,000; America,
600,000; Italy, -150,000; total, say,
C.500,000 dozen. The demand for Ger
man balls is increasing yearly. Ger
many now exports to England about
850,000 dozen and to America about
' 1100,000 dozen.
A necklaeo of great antiquity was
3ound somo time ago in tho course of
somo excavations on Lord Homo's
projjerty at Dundeo, Scotland. This
necklace was claimed by tho crown as
treasure trove, but tho treasury after
much deliberation has returned it to
liord Homo on condition that ho pre
sents it to tho museum of antiquaries
at Edinburgh.
Tho discoveries mado bv Stanley
show that tho Nllo is tho longest river
in tho world, belngat least 1.100 miles
. , ... .,. , . , ,
In length. Wero tho Mississippi regard
ed merely as a tributary to tho Mis
souri, as somo geographers contend, tho
latter would surpass tho African wider
courso, having a length of -1,500 miles.
It will bo seen how dangerous it may
bo for untidy children to scratch each
other through tho report of seventy
eight examinations of tho impurities un
der finger nails recently made in tho
bacteriological laboratories of Vienna.
Tho cultivation produced showed
"thirty-six kinds of micrococci, eigh
teen bacilli, three surclnio and various
variotles; tho spores of common mold
wero very frequently present
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i...v..,min lui Hill l'l'KlWIIU llllYU II llliaUUIIU IIU lllll I Ul gl V U MIC 1 1
and Hudson's new double track, while pitiful iguorauco if sho can nmko his
excavating on tho northwest corner of homo a placo of rest and pence to him
Broadwav and Van Dorn Mreet, Sara. boino that is indeed a homo for tho
toga, a few days ago, uncovered tho l'""-nas Duno in Good Houso
old Kellogg well, a rello of tho early . k00lmi
settlement of the "upper village." It
was covered over about a quarter of a
century ago. It was located in Van
Dorn btrcot and had a pump in it until
n fracas concerning tho custody of tho
pump handle caused tho death of Olll
cer W. W. Mitchell while endeavoring
to servo a legal process on tho party
Laving it.
Hung lit Urn lliily Si'iHilihcr.
Recently the Duke of Norfolk wrote
trom tho holy laud to inform her
majesty of an Interesting and untquo
Incldont in connection with tho visit
of tho English pilgrims to Pales
tine On St. George's day, for the
fln,t timo since tho ago of tho C'ru
udcs, Pontifical high muss -was sung
at tho hllver altar in front of .the
Holy Sepulcher by an English prolate,
the Hon. and Right Rev. William Cltf
ford, bishop of Clifton, and his lord
ship also preached, after which the
anthem, "Domino Sal vain fao Regl
nam Nostrum" In other words, "ioi
Bavo tho Queen" was Ming by tin
pilgrims. This was tho first Instance
t . ... A. A 1 . - . 1 i f
uuh mo queen or omer uriumt sover
clgn had been publicly prayed for In I
that placo probably einco tho tiinoof
JUchard Cojur-do-Llon, nnd certainly
4i.n . it..
tho first
eliunuo.
wiim ui ituuiiwiliuil, ru-
USELESS KNOWLEDGE.
to Called "niffher Eriuratlnn" Tliat Often
Works More Harm Tlmn Good.
I am glad that thcro aro a few men
in tliis ago of tho world liko tho old
farmer who onco said to mo that
"wimmcn hadn't no need o' l'arnin'
beyond a knowledgo of how to write
their own names und read fairly well."
But 1 do sometimes think that this
higher education for women should
bo governed in somo degree by con
siderations as to whut their futuro lives
aro to bo. This conviction was
strengthened tho other day after I had
read tho account of a tnarriugo of u
young friend of mine. Ho is a plain,
plodding, good nnturcdsortofayoung
fellow, of ordinary mental capacity,
working for a very good salary, but 1
doubt if ho over has anything more
than a salary, by way of income, and
it was this part of tho wedding notice
that set mo to thinking: "Tho orido is
a graduato of our high school, of tho
W- Normal school and or K
university. Sho has mado a special
study of tho languages and speaks and
reads French, uerman, Spanish and
Italian with as much caso as her mo
ther tonguo, whilo sho is very profi
cient in many scientific studies."
It occurred to mo that a voumr wo
man who had been educated up to this
high standurd must havo had littlo
timo for tho study of many things it
behooves tho possiblo mistress of
every homo to know. I wondered of
what earthly uso her knowledgo of
chemistry, of astronomy and geology
would bo in tho homo sho would now
havo and in tho society in which
henceforth sho is destined to move. I
bethought mo of tho mistress of a cer
tain house, whoso knowledgo of bot
any is very much greater than her
knowledge of bread making, and sho
could dischargo tho duties of a college
fircsident better than sho can direct
ho affairs of her own wildly disor
dered homo. Too closo application to
her books has greatly undermined her
health, and her husband and children
aro objects of general sympathy in tho
neighborhood m which thev live.
I recall tho caso of a hard working
mechanic and his wifo who mado
every sacrifice that their only daugh
ter might recoivo an education better
than that given her in tho excellent
fiublio schools in tho city in which sho
ived. After graduating from tho
high school sho was sont for four
' homo hi.rhlv .imnfi:ftn, ;,?,'
well
tilings Bho knows notlnner about to
r. r..?:. 1 : t
day, for sho is now tho wifo of a hard
working carpenter who cannot nfford
to keep oven ono servant for her, and
sho married in utter ignornnco of somo
of tho simplest rules of housekeeping.
Sho has four children, and tho sys
tem of housekeeping prevalent in that
homo would drivo a tidy housokcoper
crazy.
It docs not, of courso, follow that n
highly educated woman must bo either
a slattern or an inoilicient mistress of n
homo. But it cannot bo proven that
this so called higher education is of
nny valuo to tho wives of nine out of
ton men. Tho education given in our
public schools is amply sufficient for
their needs, and if to this can bo add
ed tho practical education necessary
to conduct a homo and a knowledgo
of how to mako that homo a placo of
rest and peace and comfort to nor hus
band and children, she need never
blush because of her lack of knowl
edgo. Of what uso is a knowledgo
of chomistry and higher mathematics
and hydrostatics to tho wifo of a man,
who may havo to do her own house
work ami caro for her own children?
A great deal of fun and poor wit is
poked at modern cooking schools, but
what is taught at thorn might well
form n part of every womaiis educa
tion, for tho palates of a good many
mou havo keener sensations than
Uioir hoiirta when thoy aro onco fairly
f1"b',fS if! "', 1. -T??. "r
best of them think "a sight' of what
tho
trhfof what
thoy aro to eat, so that, it behooves
every woman to go to a homo of her
own prepared to conduct its ufi'uirs
in a wise and sensible manner. This
is particularly truu in this day of in
oilicient servants, when oven wealthy
women aro sometimes compelled to
discharge tho duties of the kitchen and
laundry nnd pantry themselves. A
clear conception of her duties us a
wifo and mother should form a part of
tho education of every woman, oven
though sho goes to her gruvo without
knowing how to calculate tho oxact
distance from tho earth to tho moon,
or how to sopumto carbon from oxy
gon in anything in which thoso useful
elomontscxisL Sho will most likely
1 I ...I t :. f.
Jtlnli' Net Soup.
Chincso birds' nest soup is a tasto
loss, gelatinous compound, according
to tho jKilato of western nations.
Theso nests aro most plentiful in Brit
ish North Borneo, whoro thoy aro
found in caves. Thoy aro mado from
a soft fungoid growth that incrusts
tho limestono in all dump places it
grows about an inch thick, outside
dark brown, inside whito. It is taken
by tho him in its mouth and drawn
outin a filament backward and forward
liko a caterpillar weaving his cocoon.
Theso "birds" aro bats and swifts. Tho
nests aro gathered by candle light at
tho dizzy Height of several hundred
feot; theso caves havo been worked
for seven generations, without any
apparent diminution, though three
crops aro gathered in a year. Good
Housekeeping,
u
B.i 1 1 ml Ilia IMItor.
Excited Lady (rushing inlocditorial
rooms) Oh, Mr. Editor, can't you
print an obituary notico of my hus
band in this evening s issue!
t Editor Certainly, madam, if vou
will givo us a fow iiarticulara. When
did your husband die?
U Layo . isn't dead, sir, though
JfttoM mo muups but I thought
' .ViV! m lh ?b,tu.ar? u milli
ravohislifc I havo heard of so many
bases of thut sorL Burlington Free
A Surprised Joker.
A laughablo but rather embarrassing
caso of mistaken identity occurred tho
other day in ono of Boston's largest
retail stores. A gentleman who is a
littlo too fond of joking entered tho
storo for tho purposo of meeting his
wifo at a certain counter. Suro
enough, thero stood a lady dressed,
to his oyo at least, just liko tho woman
ho was after.
Her back was turned and no ono
was near her; so ho quietly aj
proached, took her by tho arm, and
Baid, in a voico of simulated severity:
"Well, hero you arc, spending my
money as usual, eh?"
Tho faco turned quickly toward him
was not his wife's; it was that of an
acrid, angry, keen eyed woman of
about CO years, who attracted tho atten
tion of everybody in that part of tho
storo by saying, in a loud, shrill voico:
"No, I ain't spending your money
nor no other man's money, and I'll"
"I beg your pardon, madam," cried
tho confused gcnilcman, "I supposed
you wero wifo, and"
"Well, I just ain't your wifo, nor
no other man's wifo, thank fortune, to
bo jawed at every timo I buy a yard
of ribbon I I pity your wifo if you go
round shaking her liko you did mo. If
I was her, I'dfl
Tho chagrimed joker waited to hear
no more, but mado his way out of tho
shop amid tho titters and sly chuckles
of thoso who had witnessed his con- ,
fusion. Youth's Companion. i
Pictures in Marble.
Soveral hundred people wcro massed
all of yesterday in tho central court of
tho city hall craning their necks and
straining their eves to seo what tho
small boys wero trying to point out.
And when itcauglrttheircyes what was
it? On ono of tho whito marblo stones
in tho wall near tho southeast corner
was a minuto picturo of anudo femalo
traced in tho natural veiniugof tho
stone. Tho figuro was standing up
right, with arms stretched aloft and
hair streaming down tho back, very
lifcliko and quito artistic. Thero was
no littlo discussion of how tho sketch
K(
"
ot thero. Somo wero inclined to lay
io blamo on ono of thoso wicked
street nrabs who had failed to catch
tho spirit of Anthony Comstock's
teachings. But it was naturo that did
tho work, and thero tho slender femalo
will stand as long as docs tho city
hall, unless tho slab of marblo shall
bo removed or a coat of whitewash
covers iL But it guvo tho groups of
idlers lots of wonderment yesterday.
Men. women and children waited
until their eyes had caught tho curi
ous figuro, nnd then they 'passed on
to lot others get n sight and go in
pcaco. Other lifcliko (iguresaro traced
in tho marblo of tho city hall, and if
tho curious get to work thero is ma
terial for an art gallery. Philadelphia
Record.
An Extrnorilhiury Drcnm.
A girl at Ilacknoy, nged 19, with
her two brothers and a yoiin ! sister,
was left in chargo of tho houso whilo
their parents attended a funeral in tho
country. In tho evening tho girl's
sweotheart called. As sho was alarmed
at noises which sho funded sho heard,
ho stayed at tho houso all night to re
assuro her. During tho night ho
dreamed ho saw tho girl walk past
him. beckoning him to follow. IIo
nwoko, and becoming alarmed went
into tho passage Having dressed ho
wont to tho door of tho girl's room
and knocked. Receiving no answer
ho then nwoko tho others. On tho bed
room door being opened tho girl was
found lying on tho floor with blood
issuing from her mouth. From a doc
tor's examination it would seem that
tho girl died at about tho timo that
her sweetheart dmuned sho beckoned
him. Pall Mall Gazette.
Till! llcst Chocolate.
If you havo a largo und rather olab
orato dessert chocolato may bo served
with, say, tho third courso, as an ac
compammcnt to tho remaining part of
tho meal; or, if the dessert bo light,
chocolato may bo served tho hist thing
with whipped cream nnd a sweet
wafer. A senator's wifo who is said to
mako tho best chocolato in Washing
ton gavo tho following recipo to Miss
Edith Ingalls: Three-quarters of u
cako of chocolate, ono quart of cold
wntor, ono quart of sweet, rich milk,
sugar to tasto. Grato or scrupo tho
chocolato and mix with tho water,
thoroughly and smoothly ; then sweet
en and allow to boil until it is quito a
thick jmsto. Boil tho milk separately
and stir it into tho chocolato mixture
and cook a fow minutes longer. Now
York Telegram.
MotJilcu ApolouUrd.
I think Mine. Modjcska is tho most
genuinely religious woman I' over
met. Sho is tho truest kind of n Chris
tian. A woman of singularly gentle
disposition, sho never has n word of j
harsh comment or criticism for nny- !
body. I was in her roomsonoSuuday
ovoning nnd wo woro waiting for Mr.
Henloy. Mr. Henley was Into.
"That is just liko him," Mmo. Mod
jcska said; "ho promised to bo hero ut
a quarter to 0 o'clock, und now it is
0 o'clock."
Then sho paused n moment, mid
added :
"Thcro, I havo been abusing him.
nndl'vo just como from listening to n
sermon on charity, too. I must apol
ogizo to him when ho comes."
And sho did. San Francisco Call.
Snllt III Side.
Two Irishmen woro engaged in
splitting rails in Australia wnon their
employer overheard tho following
ready application of n metaphor:
"llah, my joker I" exclaimed Padd v
Buriit as ho drove a wedge (lomo with
peculiar ell'ect into a largo block of the
tree.
'Aro you making him laugh,
Paddy,
"troth, I'm making him split his sides
tn..i.;..ivn..i.-w-....L...:n..
laughing." Youth's Compauion.
I In tho lexicon of youth, which fato
reserves for a bright manhood, the.-j
is no such, word us fail I Bui wer
Lytton.
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
rhe DeneflU to He Oerlred by Their Es
tablishment in America.
In Europe, at Lyons, Crefcld and
Como, Zurich, Muhlheim, Paris, Ber
lin, Manchester, Bradford and other
cities, thcro aro schools in which tho
principles of tho textilo industry aro
taught. Tho Silk association of New
York has long advocated tho school
and expended much money to secure
it Ono of its members said:
"The benefit which textilo interests
would derive from a trade school of
their own in this country could hardly
bo estimated. The effect of its success
could not, of course, bo immediately
felt, but tho final result could hardly
bo doubted and can bo foretold in ono
sentences: Absoluto independence of
all outside influences for theso indus
tries in their creative, industrial and
commercial departments.
"Whilo the United States is second
to no other country as far as tho com
mon school and classical courses of
study are concerned, in tho matter of
technical education wo aro sadly de
ficient even beside the smallest and
most insignificant of European coun
tries. A special school caterincr to tho
needs of the district in which it is
situated is indeed an establishment
which any town in Europo is proud to
possess. In textilo industries, particu
larly, tho number of technical schools
has been largely increased in Europe,
with tho result that the improvement
in tho process of manufacture has
been steady, and thero is now hardjy
any itind of textile manufacturing in
Europo that does not possess an edu
cational establishment in which tho
! principles of tho industries of tho dis
trict aro taught to the young men who
havo not vet entered practical life, as
well as to their older brothers, who
havo already had the experience of tho
factory, but who wish to perfect them
selves and aro anxious to learn tho
scientific reasons why certain kinds of
work should bo done in a certain way.
"In considering tho foundation of
technical schools in America tho ex
perience of other nations can bo used
to advantage, and much experiment
ing will thus bo dispensed with. In
order to profit by such experience, and
to savo tho first steps in tho dark, it is
necessary that tho various systems of
technical education adopted in tho dif
ferent European countries bo mado the
subject of careful study nnd compara
tive observation, tho best points being
taken from each and adapted to the
condition required by tho industries of
tho country.
"It would bo useless at this stage to
attempt to foreshadow tho details re
garding the actual establishment of
tlio first American technical school.
If it wcro intended to establish a whole
national system of technical education
tho general plan might bp to havo a
number of lower schools in all cities
of any importance, in which tho prin
ciples of all tho sciences coulu be
taught; theso schools to act as feeders
or miseries for a central technical uni
versity. Privnto efi'ort could hardly
accomplish this. Tho establishment
of such a completo educational system
would tend to elovato tho moral and
nnd material standing of tho country,
nnd especially of tho various indus
tries: but tho scopo is so vast as to be
hardly attainable without tho aid of
tho national government.
"If wo consider textilo industries by
themselves, wo find that in regard to
tuition that can bo given which would
bo of valuo to tho students in their
futuro calling, thero aro three chief
departments to bo considered tho me
chanical, tho chemical and tho artistic.
Although theso departments difl'er
widely from each other, thoy are,
nevertheless, so closely connected as
to bo indispensablo to each other. A
studont who makes a specialty of one
must, nl the same time, know some
thing of tho other two, and it is there
fore necessary that all threo directions
should bo under tho samo roof if any
completeness is to bo tho result.
"Thus a single school may bo made
to do for textiles all that circumstances
now so urgently demand. Wo of the
toxtilo industries may not hopo to build
to completeness tho grand fabric of
technical education, but by co-operation
wo can rear and occupy ono tower
of this great stronghold of industrial
freedom und progress." Now York
Star.
An Old Timo Auctioneer.
John II. Draper is, by tho way, ono
of tho very fow successors wo havo to
tho witty auctioneers of tho generation
fjono before us. When ho porches
limself in his armchair, florid and
handsome, and with his fine flexible
voico commences to do business, you
may bo suro that tho fun will soon be
gin. Ho has n word for every one,
and a reparteo for every occasion. A
man who had eaten too much dinner
Baned when n beautiful little i Corol
wna knocked down for 125. "lhero."
saw mo auctioneer solemnly, "you
hear Corot's ghost, don't you?" A
drunken man, who had wandered in
and fallen asleep in a rcmoto chair,
foil over on the floor just as a strong
Michel went at $95. "Tho prico made
him faint," was tho auctioneer's com
inoiiL When a brilliant Vibert, a car
diual.all in rod under a rod umbrella,
walking in a sunlit gurdou, was put
up, and one of tho audienco went up
to examine it on the easel, tho auction
eer said; "You've often painted it
that w;y yourself." A Monticelli he
described us a good "all tho week pic
turo." You could call it what you
wanted, and turn it a now way every
day out of tho seven, and give it u
now titlo. Any one who knows Mou
ticolli's nbsinthesquo fantasies of color
will appreciate tho description. When
a tentative bidder otl'ored a raiso of $1
onaCorot, and a good ono, tho auction
eer mado it $2.50. Tho bidder pro
tested that he had only mado the ig
uro if 1. "All right," said tho auction
cor, "I'm lending you a dollar and v
I , ,l ilm nTr"1'1
Mion tho Kilo ended tho nuctionet i
nail to preserve your self
gravoiy uinnucu ma uuuiciico, lorguve
them for their coldness on tho ground
mat ho did not blamo them for hem:
shy of picture sales nowadays, nnd sent
thorn off with tho valedictory, "Uoc
liclu tho old masters T'To-Dav.
Sir llojle tloche.
Perhaps a fow particulars about Sir
Boylo Roche, tho high priest of Irish
I "buUs." might bo interesting to your
readers. Ho was of tho ancient family
o tho Do U Russes, of Fermoy. was
member for Traleo from 1775, and was
created a baronet in 1782. Ho began
ono of his speeches in tho Irish houso of
commonsas follows: "Mr. Speaker, it
is tho duty of every true lover of his
country to give his last guinea to save
tho remainder of his fortunes." And
'another began: "Sir, singlo misfor
tunes never come alone, and tho great
est of all national calamities is gener
ally followed by one much greater."
; A letter of his is still preserved, sup
posed to havo been written during the
rebellion of '98, though it is doubtful
if ho over put so many "bulls" to
gether on paper. It is as follows:
I "Dear Sm Having now a littlo
peaco and quiet, I sit down to inform
you of tho bustle and confusion wo aro
in from tho bloodthirsty rebels, many
of whom are now, thank God, killed
and dispersed. Wo aro in apretty mess,
can get nothing to eat, and no wine to
drink oxcept whisky. When wo sit
down to dinner wo aro obliged to keep
both hands armed. Whilo I write this
I havo my sword in ono hand nnd my
pistol in tho other. 1 concluded from
tho beginning that this would be the
end, und I am right, for it is not half
over yeL At present thero aro such
goings on that everything is at a
standstill. I should havo answered
your letter a fortnight ugo, but 1 only
received it this morning. Indeed,
hardly a mail arrives safe without be
ing robbed. No longer ago than yes
terday, tho mail coach from Dublin
was robbed near this town ; tho bags
had been very judiciously left behind,
and by great good luck thero was no
body in tho couch but two outsido pas
sengers who had nothing for the
thieves to take. Last Thursday, an
alarm was given that a gnng of rebels
in full retreat from Drogneda werond
vancing under tho French standard ;
but they hud no colors nor any drums
except "bagpipes. Immediately every
man in tho placo, including women
and children, ran out to meet them.
Wo soon found our force n great deal
too little, and wero far too near to
think of retrcating. Death was in
every face, and to it wo went. By tho
timo half our party was killed, wo be
gan toboull alive. Fortunately the
rebels had no guns except pistols,
cutlasses and pikes, and wo had plenty
of muskets and ammunition. Wo put
them all to tho sword, not a soul of
them escaped, except somo that wero
drowned in an udjoining bog. In fact,
in a short timo nothing was heard but
silence. Their uniforms wero all dif
ferent, chiefly green. After tho ue
tion was over wo went to rummage
their camp. All wo found was a few
pikes without heads, a parcel of empty
Dottles filled with water, and a bundle
of blank French commissions, filled
with Irish names. Troops aro now
stationed round, which exactly squares
with my ideas of security. Adieu 1 1
havo only timo to add that lam yours
in great haste, B. R.
"P. S. If you do not receivo this,
of courso it must havo been miscar
ried; therefore I beg you to write and
let mo know." Loudon Spectator.
flo Lost ills Job.
Klagcr, tho famous actor, was en
gaged to play tho part of Gcssler in
"William Toll" at tho Lcipsic theatre.
Being a great favorito with tho stu
dents, ho sat boozing ono afternoon
with several rich undergrads from
Courland. When tho timo for tho
performdnco drew near, his boon com
panions tried to persuade him from
going to tho theatre, but as ho re
mained proof against their entreaties,
ono of tho gentlemen ofl'ered to stand
threo hampers of champagno if Klager
was not hack at tho tavern by S
o'clock. To tho astonishment of the
company Klager proferred to pay for
tho champago himself if ho did not re
turn by that time, says n foreign ex
change. As no could not possibly havo been
struck down by Toll's arrow at the
hour stated, tho jovial party wondered
how ho would get over tho difficulty,
and accompanied him to tho theatre.
Hero tho action of tho play went on
much as usual until tho sceno of the
npplo. But when Tell said: "Am I
compelled to nim with my cross bow
at tho head of my child? leather will 1
diol" Gessler went up to him, shook
him by the hand nnd said: "I really
cannot blamo you, Toll, 1 wouldn't do
it myself; let us bo friends." Of
courso tho curtain was dropped.
Klagcr was back ut tho' tavern by 8
o'clock nnd won his bet. but naturally
lost his engagement at tho Lcipsic the
atre. Now ork Telegram.
Kflect of Imagination.
That tho imagination has much to do
in governing our physical welfarocan
not bo denied. Wo seo too mnny in
stances of iL Tho doctor who testified
on tho witness stand a fow days ago
that tho profession frequently gavo pa
tients dough pills, or somo other sub
terfuge, and thereby rolioved their
minds, told what was known by tnanv
as tho truth. Peoplo who imagine
thoy nro sick must bo madoto imagine
that thoy uro going through tho nec
essary courso of treutmeiiL But I
know of ono peculiar caso where a
man loft homo in perfect health, nnd
was mado to beliovo ho was ill by be
ing frequently told that ho looked vcrv
bad. It was a put up iob and wasdone
to test tho efi'ect of tho imagination
Tho man beenmo qiyto ill beforo ho
returned home, and merely because ho
was made to beliovo ho was so. St
Louis Globo-DemocraL
Able with a Jury.
At a burglar's cell m thocounty jail
Lawyer Marks Now, John, tell mo
wcro you concerned in this burglary
or wcro you uotl Aro you guilty or
innocent?
John I'm guilty. If I were inno
cent 1 wouldn't say so.
"Why not?"
''Because you aro'n good deal better
with a iury whon you kuow you aro
lying than when you aro telling the
truth." Chicago Herald.
THE TWO STUDENTS.
Peculiar Circumstances Under 'Which They
Several Times Met.
Among tho many interesting pieces
of pcrsonnl history which, ono by one,
aro coming to light as local episodesof
tho civil war, few aro more striking
than tho story of two young men,
who, shortly before tho war broko
out, wero fellow students and room
mates at a college in Pennsylvania,
ono of them a southerner.
Both wcro hard students, nnd as
pired to bo leaders of their class, and
in timo tho sharp rivalry between
them changed their friendship to bitter
enmity. Mutual charges wero made,
and tho hostilo feeling finnlly culmi
nated in a challenge from tho south
erner, which tho other treated with
contempL
After graduation tho young duelist
went home, and in tho cares and ex
citements of tho following years his
collego quarrel was forgotten. Tho
memory oi ll suuueniy camo uacii io
him ono day, after he had becomo a
Christian, and shocked him with tho
discovery of a surviving hatred.
It was at tho battlo of Stono River.
Our student, now a Confederate offi
cer, was riding across tho battlefield,
when his horso nearly trod upon a
wounded Union soldier. Ho dis
mounted, with tho humano intention
of giving somo assistance, but when
ho looked tho soldier in tho faco ho
recognized his old collego enemy. Ho
turned quickly to remount his horse,
but better thoughts und feelings
checked his first cruel impulse, nnd
"in Christ's name" ho caused tho sol
dier to ho removed to a placo of re
fuge, and procured for him tho ser
vices of a surgeon and u chaplain.
Tho wounded man know his deliv
erer, but was too weak to utter in
quiries or thanks. Informed that his
wound was fatal, he could only re
quest that his mother bo written to,
nnd assured that ho "died liko a true
soldier;" and this kind servico also the
southern officer faithfully performed,
as soon as the battlo was over.
Ho had no suspicion that tho caro
ho had secured for tho suH'ercr would
prove tho means of saving his former
enemy's life.
After tho war tho northern man
wroto to thank his forgiving enemy;
but no answer was received, nnd fur
ther inquiry brought tho information
that ho had been killed.
Twenty-ono years passed ; the north
erner was a physician in prosperous
practice, when business called him to
Charleston, S. C. In a street of that
city, then partly in ruins, tho two men
who had twice been dead to each other
met again.
Tho startled doctor saw tho class
mate who had onco been willing to
tako his life, and onco had saved iL
Tho man had lost his all in tho great
earthquake ; and his old enemy and
grateful friend took him and his needy
family back with him to his own city,
and established him in a good situa
tion. Not often does tho chanco of shift
ing events enablo penitent foes to for
givo and repay each other after this
romantic fashion; but tho Christian
spirit may always bo exercised, and
may bo nil tho moro praiseworthy, bo
causo all tho moro dillicult, if main
tained in tho midst of commonplaco
and every day surroundings.
And even if there bo no opportunity
for its display, if tho old enemy bo
dead, or his whereabouts unknown,
wo may still cherish tho kindly feel
ing, anil bo suro that tho will is count
ed for tho deed. Youth's Companion.
Stuff or "Which Gentlemen Are Made.
Thero is somo goodness in human
naturo after all, and tho Arounder
was shown a sample of it yesterday
afternoon on Maino street. Tho news
boys on thostreetsnro hardly noted for
their goodness and obliging dispo
sitions, but ono of them yesterday put
somo of tho good peoplo to blush. A
littlo girl was going along with u
largo package of sugar under her arm.
At tho corner of Maino and Eaglo
streets sho dropped tho package, and
tho contents wero scattered on tho
ground. Tho passers by laughed.
Somo said: "Poor girl, 'tis too bad,"
but no ono offered to assist her, until
n newsboy camo along and saw tho
wreck. IIo promptly stopped, and
kneeling down, ho took a couple of
tho evening papers that ho had paid
for, and wrapping tho sugar up neatly
and tying tho bundle, gavo it to tho
littlo girl and started off. Buffalo
Courier.
An American going up or down
stairs in a public hotel does not feel it
incumbent on him to remove his hat
if a lady should bo on tho stairs. In
Europo it would bo considered very
rudo if a man did not uncover under
uch circumstance.
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