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The Oregon Scout Jones &. Chancey .Publishers. UNION, OREGON. UI.TTnce l& tho LlTo of Men and 'Women, Tho ordinary woman arises from her bed in tho morning, makes tho daily round of hor duties, seta her houso in ordar, gets her children oft to school and Bottles down for u quiet day of Bowing or reading. On an occasional afternoon eho makes a shopping excursion or scores off a list of calls. Sho moves generally among tho samo set of people. Day after day uho stays within tho homo walls and escs only tho familiur family friends, tho ji03tman, tho grocer boy, with now and then tho extraordinary excitement of a day with tho dressmaker. What a contrast to this humdrum is tho daily existence of tho man. Ilia journoy to town by steam or horso car, or Ida walk along tho busy street, is full of incident and of interchange. Before ho has reached his place of business in tho morning ho lias, perhaps, discussed tho topics of tho day with a half dozen different persons. His daily occupation brings him into contact with men of a dozen different nations, of a dozen dif ferent creeds, in a dozen different strata of society. Ho may not bo awaro of it, but there is in his mind a constant sift ing analysis, judgment of human char uctor. Tho constant shifting of tho kaloidoscopo shows him lives in all sort of combinations, broadens his views and takoa from him that intensity of feoling which belongs to narrowness and help to set aside personal feeling in forming his opinions. Good Housekeeping. Tho Cure of tho I'uco. Yon want to keep your skin nico all summer? Well, then, horo nro soino rulos for you: Don't batho in hard water; soften it with a fow drops of ammouia or a little borax. Don't batho your faco whilo it is very warm, and nover uso very cold wator for It Don't wash your faco when you aro traveling, unless it is with a littlo alco hol and wator or a littlo vaseline. Don't attempt to remove dust with cold wator; givo your faco a hot bath, using plenty of good soap, then givo it a thorough rinsing with wator that has had tho chill taken off it. Don'trub your faco with a coarso towel; junt remember it is not made of cast iron, and treat it as you would tho finest porcelain gontly aiid delicately. Don't uso a spongo or linon rag for ' your faco; chooso instead a flannel ono. Don't beliovo you can get rid of wrin kles by filling in tho crovices with pow der. Instead, givo your faco a Russian mux ovory nigiit tnat is, uatlio it with wator bo hot that you wondor how you ' can stand it, and then a minuto after witti cold wator that will make it glow ! with warmth; dry it with a soft towel und go to bod, and you ought to sleep iik-o a imuy, wmio your skin is growing Stapleford, a neighbor's boy, was super firmer and becoming frco from wrinkles. , lntendim: a iiirht between two vociforous Now York Sun. The "i:htiilmiit Mini." Ho was tifllictod with two terriblo do foiinitics overgrowth of certain bantu und a sovoro skin disease of a disfiguring nature. Two enormous bony outgrowths developed on his forehead, and tho bones of tho upper jaw, right arm and both feet woro of great size. Tho skin disease consisted of wart liko masses, quito su IHsrficial on somo parts, but forming largo oxcrescencea on tho back of tho head and loins. Tho skin formed largo Joobo flaps on tho right side of tho chest and tho lower part of tho back. Tho eyelids, ears, left arm and other parts riHuninod freo from tho skin disease. Tho high masses of bono on tho fore head, with tho prominent noso and lip, which hung downwards, owing to over growth of tho skin, gave an elephantine appearance to tho features. The head, during tho last threo or four years, grow no heavy that at length tho man had groat difficulty in holding it up. Ho jJt pt in n crouching position, with his hands clasped over his legs and his head on his knees. Thero cuu bo no doubt (hat tho wight of tho head killed him, nil statod at tho inquest. Tho poor fol low was grateful, intelligent and inter esting. British Mcdicii! Journal. A Sport Loving Pmiplo. "I eupposo you have frequently hoard that Australia is tho greatest country in tho world for athlotio sports?" said Ned Il.mlaii, thooarsmau, while talkingabout tho world's championship boat race at Sydney. "Hut tho facts havo not been exaggerated. It is wonderful how tho people turn out to any kind of sport wulliug, horso races, wrestling mutches or anything elfo. Why, I saw as many hs 20,000 ieoplo at a littlo sprinting in itch onco. Then, what do you think of 170,000 going to tho horso races? For that was tho attendance ono year when tho Melbourne cup was run. Tho Derby in England isn't a comparison so far as tlio crowd is concerned, Tho crowds at bout races nro also phenomenal. Tho people in Australia go crazy over ull tjrtsof iK)rta." Louisville Post. Unique Iluniiiiotr, An old Belfust sea cautain ia credited with do vising a unique barometer. It consists of a tliitistripof white plnowith u number of cross pieces uikju it. This ia hung on tho side of tho building, and when damp weather is approaching tho i 1 promoter bulged out ; in tho center, wh o i3 dry weather tho center f.inka in and tho ends conio out Now York Commer cial Advertiser, Truth I Mlchty. A grocer in a suburb of Philadelphia called Jttckowaxem, or Shackomuxum, or wrao such thing, hung n sign on his eafo leadings "No money in here." And yet two burglars worked for ton hours to get it open and discover that it was only an empty void. A man who won't believe in his fellow man must expect to work far low was. Detroit Vtwi Prws, AN OPENING ROSEBUD. What will it be? Tto a bud on a roso bush growing, A tiny and tender thing, With Its green, fringed calyx sbowlnjr Tho faintest lingo of a pink flush, flowing At kiss of tho welcome spring. What will it hot What will It be? With an exquisite Rrneo mid bearing, In timid yet trustful sway, On Ilionllm curved stem 'tUMiarin? Tho balmy breath of the south wind, u ring Tho gaze of the fervid day. What will it be? What will It bo? I can catch but n doubtful gleaming (Bo llttlo tho etnU show), Thro' tho scarce cleft sepal, seeming Like lightest bonds, if the bound heart' dreaming In foldings of flame, or snow. What will it be? What will it be? In tho day of Its full tide uplendor, A marvel of beauty fair, With its soft londs riven, render The richest red of a warm heart, tender And sweet with an lnccnso rare? What will it be? What will it lie? In tho time of Its full displaying The secrets its petals hold Will It show, In Bunshlno swaying, Tho purest wliito of a rich heart, spraying Its sn octa from a bosom cold ? What will It bo? What will it be? To tho bud on the roo bush blowing I whisper a tender line, And its closo veiled petals, glowing, An answer send in n soft blush, knowing The wish In tho wlilsjier flno. What will It bo? Gustavus Ilarliues in Philadelphia Ledger. Litrgo JteServolrs. Omitting lakes, which aro in many cases natural reservoirs, tho largest res ervoir or artificial lako in tho world is tho great tank of Dhebar, twenty miles southeast of Udaipur city, Itajputana province, India. It covers an area of twenty-ono squaro miles. Tho masonry dam is 1,000 feet long by 05 feet high; CO feet wido at tho baso and 15 at tho top. In southern India, also, thero aro somo immense reservoirs. That of Cumbum in Cuddapath district is formed by dam ming tho Gundlakamaua river by a dam 67 feet high thrown between two hills. Tho reservoir has an area of fifteen squaro miles. Tho Sulekero reservoir in Mysoro stato is very littlo smaller, and next to Cumbum is tho finest in southern India. Compared with theso artificial lakes, Loch Katrine (supplying Glasgow), four and one-half squaro miles, and Vyrnwy reservoir (supplying Liverpool), nearly two squaro miles, aro insignificant in size. Tho Mnnehar tank in Scindo has an area of 180 square miles, but only when fed by tho waters of tho river dur ing tho months of Hood. In dry months it shrinks to quito u Binall area. Now York Telegram. Napoleons of Finance. A most appalling sound was heard in tho nursery, and tho astonished fathor, with his hair on end, ran to see what was tho matter. Ho opened tho door ftnd looked in. Willio was sitting astrido his drum, kicking it with both feet, Johnny was twisting tho cat's tail and bringing forth howls of diro agony, Tommy was whirling a rattle, Dobby dogs, Harry Plugmoro, another visitor, was jumping up and down on an empty barrel, half a dozen other casual young sters were pounding tin pans, and all weroyolling at tho tops of their voices. "What is tho meaning of this unearthly racket?" demanded tho father as soon as ho could make himself heard above tho din. "Wo'ro playing Chicago board of trade," replied Willio. "Fellers, lot 'er go oneo moral" And pandemonium broke looso again. Chicago Tribune. A Curious lliii'lul. Tho wishes of a curious character, who was named Ililkington, better known as Squire Iluwloy, were fully carried out a fow years ago at a place near Doncaster. Ho was buried in his own garden, amid tho graves of his dead cattle, which had been stricken down by rinderpest. He was laid out in full hunting costume, including spurs and whip, and was placed in a stono coflln weighing upwards of a ton, which had to bo lowered into tho grave by means of a crane. His old pony was shot and buried at his feet, and at his head was laid tho bodies of his favorite dog and an old fox. All his property was left to his groom on condition that these fu neral observances, were fully carried out; in default tho estate was to go to tho priest of Doncaster for tho benefit of tho Honuin Catholio church. Tho' groom, however, did not sillier tho bequest to himself to lapse. Cassell's Journal. DiiiiRcrN of .imlii;y. An excellent story is related of tho way in which that inflexible disciplin arian, the young kaiser, was hoist with his own petard in tho person of ono of his own children. Tho littlo princo waa rebuked for eating with his lingers, and threatened that if ho rejwated tho oll'onso ho would bo sent under tho table, tho proper place for littlo boys who uinuluted tho habits of dogs, After a brief inter val of good behavior the offense was ro jieated and the culprit ordered to got un der tho table, whore ho promptly pro ceeded to undress himself, on tho ground that little dogs did not wear clothes thoy only had skin. London Globe, No Allium IU. Crofton, naturalist and geologist, says that thoro was darkness over tho world bunco oi w y ru g luoiormtt- U1 .mi-..u, ,... m Bm ning and peals of thunder at intervals of fivo minutes. You can believe thia or not, just as you happen to feel about it. Mr, Crofton has no affidavits to publish. Detroit Free Press. The l.tvrly Moth. An English naturalist says that the moth was known S00 years B, O. and that Cleopatra, after losing $10,000 worth fit fine clothes by him in one year, paid www.v. .v ...... ... j -! jtuu 1 1 - ut rvn ft.. i m mi ttruMiu .,uuu 10 ihuko nor i cueai or kwd to keep her other store clothes from tabu; chawed up. Detroit Free Prs. DUTCHESS COUNTY'S BIG CAVERN, An Interesting IIolo In tho Around Near tho Foot of Mount Illgu. Near tho eastern boundary of Dutchess county, almost in tho shadow of Mount Riga, is ono of tho greatest natural won ders of the state. It is a cavo or passage way into tho mountain, which is called Cavo Hill, and its depth has never been known. Its opening resembles n roughly cut doorw.'iy into a great rock. A di minutive stream of water trickles down tho mountain and into this opening, which would seem tho only agency by which such a tunnel could havo been worn into tho rock, but tho size of tho cavo some distanco within precludes tho idea of its having been mado by so small a stream. Tho opening is just largo enough for ono person to enter, and tho way is a rough and dangerous one. Tho rocks aro covered with a slimy substance that makes every foot of tho way slippery and treacherous. After much cautious mov ing and squeezing through tho narrow Opening tho party came to a largo domo shaped place, which, in tho gleam .f tho torches, resembled a small ico palace, whilo drops of water constantly fell from somo unseen place. Tho way leading into tho cavo is on n sharp downward inclino, and somo of tho spaces aro very large, many of them being about fivo feet wido and fifty feet high, and, look ing up through tho dim light of tho torches, dozens of ugly looking rocks Bccm suspended from tho glittering arches by very slender hangings, and tho sight is not calculated to produce a homo liko feeling. Tho party followed this dark hole in tho mountain for nearly half a milo, occasionally stopping to ex plore niches and apartments on either Bido that suggested tho story of tho cata combs. Finally tho amateur explorers camo to a precipico from which nothing but dark ness could bo distinguished. Ono of tho party dropped a stono into tho darkness, and the time that expired before it struck anything seemed almost as long as it takes a stono to reach the river when dropped from tho Poughkeepsio bridge, and when it did striko thero was a pecu liar rattlo and a sound liko a much larger stono falling into a pond. Almost on tho. edge of this precipico aro two names cut into tho rock. Thoy aro J. C. Dayton and D. C. Dakin, both dated 1810. Other names aro cut in tho rock niwrer tho opening of tho cavo, ono as lately as 1875. Tho cavo is without doubt perfectly na tural. Looking up from its deepest re cess it looks as though thero had onco been a narrow chasm liko that through which parts of tho Ausablo river winds through tho Adirondacks, and that tho rocks had met at tho top, thus closing tho chasm and sending huge rocks down, partially filling tho opening and leaving a treacherous footpath through it nil. Thero aro stories and legends con nected with this cavo which havo nover , appeared in print, although somo of tho ' people that livo in tho mountain aro thoroughly familiar with them. Somo Now York oxplorers onco visited tho 1 cave, and ono of tho party, a young i woman, became frightened after enter-1 ing and nearly lost her lifo beforo sho could bo rescued. About twenty yours j ago a stranger inquired from tho wood- j men whore tho cavo was. When shown tho opening ho exclaimed, "Ah, 'tis 1 mine! 'tis mine!" and at onco prepared to enter it in search of hidden treasure, which ho said was thero. Tho poor man was insane, and in his wiinderings had heard of this strange place, and at onco associated it in his mind with untold ' fortunes, just us insane men nearly j always do. Ho built a hut on tho hill- i side near tho cavo and went ovory day 1 into its gloomy depths and crawled . about, often without light, oven in tho ! winter. In this weary way ho woro his lifo away, and was found by somo hunt ers ono day dying in his cabin and still raving for his gold in tho cavo. Tho mountain into which tho strango channel extends is ono of tho wildest in Dutchess county. It is covered with white birch trees so thickly set that ono i can hardly pass through. Many of tho trees aro dead, and tho reporter, not par ticularly muscular, easily broke off sev eral of them with an ordinary push. Poughkeepsio News Press. ) itupld Talkers In Oormany. Ilorr Hofor, of tho Dresden institute, is an export in shorthand writing, and ho has been making an estimato of tho ra pidity with which certain famous mem bers of tho Gem :.m roiehstag deliver their speeches, lie reports that Herr Riekert speaks at tho rate of 15:1 words a minute; Herbert Bismarck, Ml words; Fohrvon Stumm, MS words; Dr. Bam berger, 1C0 words; Herr Singer, 121 words, and Dr. Hushing, 112. When wo tako into consideration tho exceeding length of the German words wo aro com pelled to admit that theso aro cortainly Instances of wonderfully rapid speaking. Eugene Field's London Letter. A Prudent Parent. Indignant Father Hadn't you dono anything but laugh? Boy No, sir. "And tho teacher whipped you for that? The woundroll I'll teach him" "Yes, and ho whipied mo just as hardl Do's a great big man." (Not quite so indignant) "n'nil You mustn't, laugh in school, Johnny. It's against tho rules." Chicago Tribuno. Tho l7iHvrtiilntl of .Iitrlcs. A clerk In Chicago waa tried for lar ceny. Ho was acquitted, WherouiRin ho said: "Well, if you jurors can't con vlct a man when ho confesses ho is guilty I don't know what you can do." Wo saw a Halifax jury acquit a man who pload"d manslaughter and whoso lawyers asked for such a verdict. Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger. That .Toko Again. "Four hundred aud t wentytwo," yelled tho elovator lioy. "What W asked tho passengor. "Yon are I Yon are tho four hundred jknu iweiuy-brcomi umu 10 uat iuu ims r I A. J. .. 1 1 - weelc If mv life isn t full of una and downs. Ask it again. York Bun. I like it," New GHINiVMEN'S COUSINS. ( CLAIM THAT AMERICAN INDIANS ARE OF MONGOL DESCENT. Ilcnftona for Thinking They Aro The Striking Kcseinlilanro In '.ungmige nnd Appearance Curious Custom of I)o presslng tho Skull Artificially. Having in youth visited tho upper Missouri, and obtained considerable kuowledgo of tho tribes who dwelt on that river, 1 have always felt a deep in terest in tho investigations as to tho ori gin of tho American Indians. From tho settlement of this country down to our own timo all sorts of theories havo been advanced, somo of them of tho wildest character, and others plausiblo and rea sonable. Catlin tells the story of Princo Modoc and his Welshmen, and speaks of bluo eyed and light haired Indians of tho Mandan tribe in support of tho legend. Neither Catlin nor any of his critics seem to havo thought of tho simplo fact that the puro blooded Welshman is neither bluo eyed nor light haired. And this is but a sample of tho way in winch tho subject has been dealt with even by careful and inquiring writers. SIMILAR WORDS. My own opinion if it is of any value is that tho North American Indians, or tho greater part of them, aro descend ed from Asiatic immigrants and closely akin to the Mongolian race. In tho Sioux language, with which I havo somo acquaintance, tho word for a chief, or head man, is "eetoncha." Among cer tain tribes of Alaska tho chief is called "eeton" and "tyono." This cortainly i brings us very near tho Japaneso word ! "tycoon." I havo mentioned this word j in particular becauso it is ono of tho i terms likely to bo perpetuated under any 1 change of circumstances, just as tho , Saxon word "king," in England, survived 1 aliko Norman conquest and Celtic ad mixture. Tho Sioux word for a tent, or homo, is "teepee," and this is very simi 1 lar to tho Tartar word, whilo thero is also a marked similarity in tho appoar J anco of tho tents uliko of tho Tartars and , I tho American Indians. Tho photographs j brought by travelers from Siberia of tho , tribes there subject to Russian authority might well bo mistaken for pictures of American Indians in unusual attiro. It is true that tho Indians aro, as a rule, superior in physique to tho average , Mongolian, at least to tho specimens of i tho Mongolian race that wo meet in i America, but tho difference is no greater J than between tho average Celtic immi 1 grant of fifty years ago and his grandson of today; whereas tho Indian immigration ' I probably took place many hundreds of ! 1 years ago. Tho writer has not been the only traveler impressed by tho resem blanco of Indians to tho Mongols. Both in Central and South America tribes havo been found whoso likeness, in lan guage, physique and manner, to tho Mongolian race has lately been tho sub-1 ject of considerable observation and re mark. Ono of theso tribes tho Guara ris has its seat on tho far confines of Paraguay; yet, in tho opinion of a gen tleman acquainted with tho Tartar tongue, their speech is distinctly Mon golian. It does not follow that all tho aborig inal inhabitants of America aro of Mon golian descent, even if they all camo from Asia. Tho writer has seen tho de scendants of tho Aztecs in Mexico, and it is difiicult to imagine any relationship between them and tho Mongolian. Yet Azteo tradition points to tho north as their original seat, and among a people who had no method of transmitting his tory by writing tradition is likely to havo been fairly accurate. Europe was not all settled by ono blood. Tho fair and tho dark haired, tho Celt and tho Goth, swept over tho continent, tho current eddying hero and there, whero a wan dering horde was tempted or compelled to rest. So that other races besides Mon gols may havo emigrated from Asia to America. j AZTEC TRADITION. i The Aztec tradition of northern mi gration is supported by various circum stances, and ono to the bearing of which, I think, attention has never beforo been called. It is well known that tho Aztecs havo a slanting forehead or, in other words, thoy havo no forehead at all tho skull being depressed in front almost on an angle with tho nose. A tribo in j British Columbia has for ages practiced ' tho custom of depressing by artificial means tho foreheads of children so as to i make tho head look very liko that of an ' Aztec. This is not dono to tho heads of children of tho lowest class in tho tribo tho depressed forehead being a sign of at least resectable rank. It is not un reasonable to suppose that tho origin of this singular habit may havo had somo connection with Azteo supremacy in that 1 region at a far renioto poriod, when it became to tho interest of a subject clan to havo as near a physical resomblanco as possible to.tho conquering raco. Tho American Indians aro passing away. Cities have grown whero I havo shot tho prairio chicken, chased tho buf-! falo and kept midnight watch for tho prowling Sioux a few years ago. An other ten years and it will bo difiicult to find an Indian of tho sort that followed i Sitting Bull, and harassed tho infant settlements of Dakota. Thoy will havo become half civilized specimens of hu manity, living on tho charity of tho gov ernment, without the virtues of indejion deuco, and with numerous vices of which In freedom thoy woro happily ignorant. Theso Indians havo traditions that aro worthy of buiug handed down; their lan guages, boou to jiensu, aro worth pre serving. Letter in Now York Star, Olijerttil to thu SU. It was a very affectionate husband who uttered the most literal interpretation of sentiment on record. "I beliovo," said his wife, proudly, After some great instance of his unselfish devotion, "I beliovo you would lot your self bo cut into inch pieces for inel" Tho husband looked doubtful. "Mako tho piocea six inches, Mary," hd .returned, honestly, "and maybe I could stand It Youth s Companion. A SEA-SIDE EPISODE. Tenelono Meet With lJefrat nt the Ilnndi of Sinter Dolores. Scene A corner suite, second floor, in tho Groat Big Bill Summer Hotel. Dramitis Porsonao Pcnolopo elder sister to Dolores. Dolores younger sister to Pcnolopo. Tlmo Tho hour for an afternoon nap. That is to say any tlmo after dinner when tho men aro quiotly enjoying their cigars. Ponelopo (undoing hor hair) It ia shameful perfectly sliamofull Ono might oxpect something bettor of ono's sistor. Dolores (toying nervously, like a his torically desperate Greek maldon, with a hunk of notigat) What is shamoful? Ponelopo Your actions with Jack Dashing. Dolores I do not know of any notions of mino that aro open to criticism, Miss Envious. Ponelopo You danced seven dances with him and walked out four others in the moonlight Everyone In tho room noticed it and you can imaginomy Tool ings. As for mamma, I am glad sho waa not there. Doloros Well, you would havo dono tho same thing if ho had given you tho opportunity. I am not so awfully dull, after all, and if you think you can frighton mo you aro greatly mistaken. Pcnolopo I would havo dono nothing of tho kind. Miss Impertinence. Lot mo toll you that I havo too much sonso of propriety. Dolores And too littlo sonso of pro prietorship. Oh! I know you. And I know you a great deal bettor than you think I do, my dear, dear sistor. Ponelopo (grasping tho ond of a braid with maddened fury betweon hor tooth) You dol Well, 1 warn you right horo that Mr. Dashing and I aro as good as ongaged. Boforo tho season closes ho will havo ceased to notico you, oxcopt it bo to dance with you occasionally be causo you aro my sister. Dolores (masticating tho nougat with aristocratic imperturbability) Indeed! What evidence havo you of his affection? Pcnolopo why should I toll you? I don't think it is your affair in any partic ular. Dolores (stoically Becauso you want to hurt, my feolings. Ponelopo Oli! do I? Well, just to satisfy your curiosity (triumphantly) last nlsrht ho kissed mo. Of courso no ono saw It, so I can't prove it But I supposo you will beliovo me, though I do intorforo with your flirtation. Dolores That doesn't amount to any thing. Ponelopo Why not, pray? Dolores Do you really want to know? Pcnolopo (Incredulously) Why, of courso. Dolores Well, last night he gavo rno Ponolopo (feverishly) What? Doloros An ongagomont ring. Mun sey's Weekly. NO ROOM FOR DOUBT. IIoit Dr. Illeilsoo Itollcved an Anxious AVIclow'H MIihI. Two physicians, named Bledsoo and Curcm, woro residonts of a Toxas town, and as Is frequently tho case, thoy woro blttor rivals, and hated each othor heartily. Not many months ago a man by tho name of llobinbon died. Mrs. Pobln son, a nervous, oxcitablo littlo woman, firmly bolloved that hor husband had boon burled alive. In ordor to rcliovo hor mind, sho ropaired to tho ollleo of Bledsoo ono morning, as sho wanted to toll him of tho many things which led hor to beliovo her husband had boon burled alive. Curom was tho family physician, but sho did not go to him, for tho roason that ho had pronounced hor husband dead, and would ridiculo any thing to tho contrary. "Dr. Bledsoo," sho said. "I firmly bo llovo my husband has been buried alivo." "Who was tho physician in attondanco during his Illness?" said Bledsoo. "Br. Curom." "Dr. Curcm, eh? Well, mndame, if ho attondod him you need havo no fur thor apprehension as to your husband boing buried alive. Your husband was undoubtedly dead when burled." Sitt ings. Ono Thine " Wax Ahlo to lleenll. Lawyor (after persistent inquiry) You say you can not recall tho mat tor? Witness I can't, sir. Lawyor Your recalling faculty isn't very good, oh? Witness Possibly not sir. Lawyor Is thoro any thing that you can recall? Witness I can recall another occa sion on which 1 was questioned a groat deal by a lawyor who know vory littlo. Tho Jury. A I.lvlnj; l'roof. Young Mr. Freshly (conversing with nn oldorly frlond of tho family) When I soo how wo havo things now electric ity, telegraph, tolephono and think how pooplo llvod sixty years ago I can't holp thinking that our grandfathers must havo boon fools. Mr. Oldboy (obviously nottled) Whon I soo somo of tholr grandchildren I can't holp thinking tho sama Boston Times. A (looil Start. Morrill How is tho nowunlvorslty of your city coming on? Woolloy Oh, splondldly. Tho base ball and foot-ball grounds aro laid out tho bath houso built, and wo'vo sccurod sovon athlotio Instructors. Wo'ro going to hire a man to teach Latin and his tory and all that and I oxpoct we'll open with a largo class noxtfalL West Shoro. Outer Woman und Inner Man. Unolo Mamie, what did you buy with tho dlmo 1 gavo you? Mamio This protty ribbon, undo. Undo Bobby, what did you buy with your dlmo? Bobby Ico cream soda. Chicago Tlmo3. She Wai AVIlllnK. Ethol Iloro is an articlo in this paper ontltlod: "Why don't young men mar ry?" I wondor why? Maud Becauso thoy don't ask you, I I suppose. Puck, THE CONSTELLATIONS. How tho IVwItloii or tho Sun mid thn l'laiict; t U-llnril. Tho ancient astronomers gavo tho namo of Zodiac to an Imaginary belt extending around tho heavons, having for Its middle lino tho celiptic, which is tho line of tho earth's orbit, or tho ap parent path of tho sun through tho heavens. Tho ecliptic forms tho ren ter of this bolt, which Is about eighteen degrees in width, which in ancient timea included tho orbits of all tho known planets but fivo in number as well as tho sun. The 18-degreo belt of tho old timo astronomer will not now contain tho orbits of all the recently discovered planets and asteroids, which aro now technically known as ultra-zodiacal planets. Tho stars in tho zodi acal bolt were grouped into twelve con stellations, to each of which was as signed one-twelfth of tho clrcumforonco of tho circle, or thirty degrees. This arrangement mado it possiblo to readily define at any time tho position of tho sun and the planets. Tho constollatlons that iravo riso to tho zodiacal divisions wero as follows: Aries, tho ram; Tau rus, tho bull; Gemini, tho twins; Can cor, the crab; Leo, tho lion; Virgo, tho virgin; Libra, tho balance; Scorpio, tho scorpion; Sagittarius, tho archer; Capri cornus, tho goat; Aquarius, tho water bearer, and Pisces, tho fishes. As ono half of tho ecliptic is north and tho othor half south of tho celestial equator, that is, tho lino whero tho piano of tho earth's equator if oxtonded would divido tho heavens, tho points of intersection of their pianos aro known as tho equinoctial points. Tho old tlmo star-gazers regarded theso points as fixed and Immovable, and thoroforo, tho ono at which tho sun crossos tho equinoctial lino from south to north was fixed upon as tho first point in tho first division of tho Zodiac, tho sign Aries. After tho sun had travoled !I0 de grees eastward in this division ho entered tho second sign, Taurus, and thus continued his courso through all tho signs, crossing tho lino from north to south, when ho passed from tho sign Virgo into that of Libra.. Tho equinoctial points aro not stationary, but movo slowly in tho heavens, tints tho first division of thn Zodiac has boon almost entirely sepa rated from tho constellation of Aries, and now corresponds moro exactly with that of Pisces. Anciently tho signs of tho Zodiac wero supposed to havo an abnormal effect upon all animal and vogotablo lifo, hut this is now looked upon as rankost suporstitlon. Tho con stellations of tho Zodiac wero arranged by tho astronomer Ilipparchus in tho year UOO A. D., or thoreabouts. Su Louis Republic. f FEMALE COMPOSERS.. Women Who Havo Created l'leasluir Tunes' anil Stt-rllne; Operas. Tho reproach that women, whilo pro fessing to bo fond of music, havo nover been numbered among tho creators ot tho art is now being happily falsified. Of women song-writers a long list might bo quickly compiled. A moment's re flection will suggest tho namosof Maud Valorlo White, Lady Hill, Hopo Tem ple, Mary Carmlchaol, "Louisa Gray," Edith Cook, Mrs. Goodove. Miss Wako fiold, Mary Ostiero, tho lato Miss Eliza both I'hilp, atid many mora. But with in tho last fow years womon havo soared to highor Uights. From Paris como continually tidings of now triumphs achieved by women. This now heroine of tho hour is Mile. Augusta Holmos. Sho is a naturalized Frenchwoman, but of Irish extraction. Hor fathor, Colonol Dalkeith Holmes, when ho rotired from service in tho English army, wont to livo at Versailles, and tho daughter is how a loyal citizen of tho Republic of Franco, whero bho has found a homo, Iroland, howevor, still retains a strong hold on hor affections, and MUo. Holmos delights in Irish melody and poo try. Although sho certainly does not belong to tho German school of composors, sho follows Wagnerian principles in ono ro spect, for sho weds tho music to hor own libretto, a system which imparts tho unity of effect for which hor works aro remarkable. Gounod has oxprosscd a highly favor able opinion of her works, an predicts a distinguished career for hor. Mile. Holmes' music has already found a plaeo in tho programmes of tho Colonno and Lamouroux concerts, and tho per formance of tho "Ludus pro Patria" at tho Consorvatoiro last year was a fiattor lng acknowledgment of hor genius. Sho has also written many charming songs, of which tho most popular, per haps, aro "to Conte do Noel" and "La Soronado Pruitaniero," and to hor na tivo land tho fine composition, "Irlando," is dedicated. Sho is now engaged upon an opera, and report says that tho rod ribbon of tho Legion of Honor will shortly bo eonforrod upon her by the t'-eiuh Government, at whoso hands sho certainly well do served this ir-rk of recognition. Now Yotk loiome iaLdvertlser. raw VEGETABLE PANAGEA PREPARED FROM ROOTS 8c HERBS. FOR THE CURE OF AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISIMO FROM A DISORDERED STATE ofthc STOMACH OR AN INACTIVE LIVER. FOR SALE Br ALL DRUSG1STS & GENERAL DEALERS i I