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
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