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A 1 1 ' r The Oregon Scout Jones & Chanoey Publishers. UNION, OREGON, REGARDING CELLARS. Cxtrnct from a lecture hy Vr. Hello??, of llitttln Crock Snnltnrlmn. Build your houso with a woll-vontl-lated basomont which may bo usod if dosircd for dry storago, but do not put a lrutt or vogotablo collar bonoath living tooms unless you aro willing to ondan gor tho health of your family. Slnco tho tomporaturo of tho oarth bolow tho Irost lino is about 50 to 00 itisoaslor to mako a collar wholly or partly be neath ground, although tho samo object can bo socurod by building it with vory thick walls abovo ground. Vegetables and fruit broatho in a manner similar to animals, and so exhaust, as well as contaminato, tho surrounding air. It Is popularly supposed that plants purify tho nlr in which thoy aro growing, and eo'thoy do to a certain oxtont by us ing up somo of tho carbonic acid gas, but thoy also consumo oxygon and aro in this way a drain upon tho llfo- glvlng olomonts of tho air. after a fruit or a vogotablo reached maturity, it coascs to nuino carbonic acid gas wbilo liut has consuming oxygon. It throws oil a cor taln amount of carbonic acid gas as be fore, howovor, and in tightly-closod collars or storo-rooms tho amount of this gas has boon known to bo so groat as to produce suirocation. There is also tho additional danger which comos from do cay of animal or vogotablo mattor, and consoquont contamination of tho air from this sourco. Tho gonna of decay aro so plontiful and work with such rapidity that all ordinary precautions as to cloanlinoss will not rendor safo a collar underneath a houso. An Inventor' Folly. A few months ngo an inventor of a certain apparatus of a very simple, character, which could havo been duplicated in ninny different forms, was offered $G,000 for tho right to a certain inland town. Ho was a poor man and needed tho money badly. Tho reader supposes, of courso, that tho inventor jumped at thochaucoand Socketed tho money on tho spot. Not o; ho told tho buyer that tho patent -was worth $100,000, and ho was not go ing to soil ono town in Now York' stato for $0,000. Tho samo inventor -was offered a similar sum for another largo town in tho state, or $10,000 for only two cities in tho country, but ho refused to take it. Wo havo theso facta from the inventor himself, and thoy aro correct Before it was too late to ncgotiato wo berated tho man oundiy for his folly, but ho was deaf to all argument, Tho sequel was that tho inventor never sold a single right, and has his patent to this day. Engi neering1. V A Wax Figure of un Kmneror llehemled. Thcro aro men employed at tho Eden Museo whoso business it is to comb tho lialr of tho wax figures, keep their faces and necks clean, and brush their clothes. This is supposed to ho dono out of busi ness hours, but occasionally somo of tho helpers get caught. Ono of theso things which eomu peoplo call a funny coin cident happened the very day that Bis marck resigned. Tho young man who liad chargo of tho crowned head wax department, without any knowledge of what was going on in Germany, went among tho crowned wax heads with brush ami comb. Tho heads of theso figures nro fastened ou in euch a way that they can bo easily removed. It was therefore a funny co incident that on tho day tho young Ger man emperor accoptod the resignation of tho old Iron Chancellor tho young Jiair brusher of tho Museo took oil tho lead of tho young emperor to comb and brush tho hair. It was still funnier when ho forgot to put it back and sev eral visitors saw tho llguro standing be fore them beheaded. Chicago Tribune. llow Timothy (Imu Wm Named. Timothy or herd grass is tho most com mon grass of continental Europe, grow ing wild throughout all that vast region between tho Mediterranean sea on tho uouth and tho North sea in tho direction tho namu implies. It Is not known ex actly when it was first introduced into tho United States, hut this much is known, it takes its name from Timothy Hanson, a farmer of Maryland, who brought it into genoral notice as a hay grass, after lie had cultivated it exten sively for his own use for years. Tho botanical namu for tho grass is phleum pratenso. It is a curious fact that, al though its nativo homo is Europe, the United States is tho first country in which it was grown, cut and cured for bay. Not longer ago than 1785 somo timothy heads and seeds woro taken to England and exhibited as curiosities. 8t, Louis Republic. Food of llehreir. A rabbi of Montreal says that tho low death rate among Jews is owing to their adherence to tho Mosaio law, which per mits for use us food only tho flesh of such animals as divide tho hoof uud chew the cud. In tho killing of theto animals the strictest examination hud to bo mudo to prevent tho communication of disease to man. As to fish, tho Jews only eat thoo with both fins and bcalw, and oysters, in bit opinion, are simply the "scavengers of tho sea." Lobsters, crabs and other eniHtucea arc likewise tabooed. Chicago Herald. Tho Queon City Natural Gas and Fuel Company has offered tho rlty of Ciitcln Jintl 100,000 and 2 per rent, Uoii tho annual gross receipts of the company, or frro fuel for the city buildings, in ran ideratlon for tho franchise. SOME OF LIFE'S CROSSES. To a Certain Extent Kverr Mortal 1 Something of n Mlcawber. Plllsl Cornsl Chilblains! Widows who want boaux. Young mon who insist on courting girls who want somo othor young mon. Toothache, soggy bread, tough boof steak, poor relations, muddy stroots, smoking chimneys, bursted wator-pipos, plumbers, lightning-rod men, gontlo mon who want to mako contracts for sowing-machinos, organ-grinders. Rich old aunts, who novor dio until thoy aro ninoty, and tlion will thoir monoy to a lunatic asylum, so that you novor can rocolvo any bonoflt from your llfolong expectations, unloss you turn yourself into a maniac and got boarded at tho institution aforesaid. Llfo's crossos tako a groat many forms. Thoy march along day by day. just as fast as you can bear thorn; and you may fight thorn and rail at them and swear at thorn, if you like, but you can not got rid of them. All tho monoy in tho world will not savo you from tho troublos which living entails. If you aro born into this stato of oxistonco, and you can not vory we' I holn It, if it bo so decreed, you must suffer its inconvonloncos. iou must uoal wltli lllos and mos- quitoos, and March winds,, and houso cloanlng, and tiros that won't burn, and tho pump frozen up; and you wlfo's "I told you so," and your husband's "That's just like a woman!" You must moot and conquer, or dlo In tho attempt, dllllcultles innumerable tho contribution ovory Sunday for tho hoathon in Asia, and tho samo thing two or threo times a weok for tho hoathon at somo othor point of tho an tipodos. And if you aro an honest man, you will savo up your dimes with holos in thom for such intorosting occasions. For it is woll known that tho contribution-box novor refuses any thing offored. You will havo to boar with your neigh bor's hons in your (lowor-gardon; with dogs that bark in tho noxt yard to keep away burglars; with tho musical oiforts of itinerary tom-cats; with childron which como a-vlsltlng; with pooplo who know your business host; with long wlndod sormons; with but why g on? Wo havo all boon there, and wo know how it is. Wo know that vory llttlo of tho machinery of this world runs to suit our own tasto. It rains whon wo want to havo a picnic; it shines whon wo havo sot out our tomatoos and cabbago-plants; it thaws and spoils the sleighing whon thatgontool Air. Jones has invitod us to a rido; it lroezos whon tho flro goos out in tho furnaco, and all our plants aro ruined; and it rains, pouring, tho first tlmo wo woar our now summer silk, and that silk is reduced to tho condition of a moro dish-rag. Somebody olso draws tho prizo in tho fair, whoro wo havo a tlckot somobody olso gets tho "boautlful moss-roso tea sot, valued at fifty dollars, which is given away to purchasers of "our supe rior toas and coifoes;" and tho stocks wo purchase in that wondorful sllvor-mino go down to nothing a weok af tor wo got tho certificates. Wo havo achos and pains and "ologlos," and "monlos," and disorgani sation gonurally, and wo got out of patienco, and wo wish wo novor had been born, but wo can't help it; and, after all, tho most aillioted and the hoavlost cross-boaring man in tho world had rather boar on a llttlo longer, in tho hopo that something hotter may turn up. Wo aro all Micawbors! N. Y. Lodger. ERASMUS POPPED. How the Fulr Viola ltroucht llor llitshrnl I, over Around. Softly shone tho subdued light of tho solitary gas-jot in tho parlor of tho Ml dorhack mansion on tho avonuo, and soft was tho voice of tho abashed young Erasmus Shackelford, who sat ou tho edge of his chair, mopped his heated faco, and smilod with a kind of paplor macho smile at tho ontraolng young woman in tho dazzling aureole of whoso auburn hair ho had fluttered in agon izing captivity for months and months. "Miss Viola," ho said, clearing his throat and speaking with ovory inflec tion of a man about to say something, "you will not bo surprised, I prosume, if I if I express tho feeling the feeling, tho tho opinion, as It woro, that that it's protty hot this ovoning?" Erasmus gave his faco anothor fron tied swlpo with his handkorchlof and subsided into palDltatlng sllonco. "No," replied Miss Viola, with a smllo that brought a large and ocstatlc lump of something or other up into his throat, "I am not surprised, Mr. Shackelford. You mado tho samo ob servation oarllor in tho ovoning." "Y-yos," ho gasped. "I bollovo I did. It it was not an ontlroly now re mark. In fact, it was a kind of a of a chestnut, I suppose." 'I ho agitated youth made anothor of fort to crush down tho lump hi his throat. "And I I fool, Miss 1U1 Viola-as If I woro a a kind of of observation my self that was getting tiresome. Haven't I been been observed hero a llttlo too often? Do I seom to bo a a chestnut" and as ho moved his handkorchlof ovor his glowing faco In tremulous jabs his voice took on u despairing sound "a sort of of roasted chosnutV" "No, Erasmus," slowly answorod the maldon. "Whon a chestnut is rousted it pop." Tho conscientious historian is bound to record the fact that at this point Erasmus immediately popped. Chicago Tribune Inroriiiutloii for llotli. "Your faro, ma'am," said a streot-oar conductor to u young lady from New Jorsey, "That's quoor, ropllod tho damsol; "1 always thought 1 was kinder dark a brunutto, yor know." Tho Jury. F. 11 Crowo, of tho Now York World composing room, has just cow plotod a portra.it of Horaco Qrealy, mado ontlroly of brass rulo. that a foe should bo paid oUrirysaon Who conduct funeral takes up their time. Borrlo, m j Almee Rapln. "He would have been a great artist If ho hod como into tho world without hands," said Leasing of the painter Ra phael. Tho remark may contain some of that exaggeration inseparable from en thusiasm, but it is based on a Bound com mon seriBO which experience has justified. To our own day belongs a Swiss artist, Aimeo Itapin, who has attained an envi able rank in her profession, without tho uso of hands. She was a strong and healthy child, but was born without arms. From her earh est childhood sho showed tho most aston ishing dexterity in tho uso of her feet, and as time went on her ability to make them servo instead of hands was greatly increased. Her foot coverings were, on iuac account, careiuny nrrangeu so mat tho toes should not bo hampered or con fined. Ono day. while Aimee's mother woa walking in tho garden with her little girl, sho was surprised to seo tho child suddenly throw off her shoes, pluck a flower with her left foot nnd then pull off tho petals, ono after another, with tho toes of her right foot. After tho motlier's attention had thus been drawn to tho littlo girl's suppleness and dexterity sho took pains to cultivate her muscular powers, nnd succeeded far beyond expectation. Tho child showed a decided talent for drawing, and after her Bchool years wero ended it was decided to allow her to pursue her studies at tho School of Art at Geneva. There sho soon distin guished herself as an industrious and highly gifted pupil. Miss Rapin now lives in Paris, where sho is known, not as a curiosity, but an artist of high rank. Sho has chosen por trait painting as her specialty, and guides her brush, hold between tho great and second toes of tho right foot, with perfect caso and security. Youth's Companion. Troubcsoiiio Journey to Friend. Two Charlotto Indies wero on tho way to visit a relative who lives six miles from tho city, when they saw an old white woman and two girls hobbling along in tho road. Ono of the girh was almost blind and tho other was on crutches. Tho ladies invited tho crippled girl to rido in their carriage to "tho turn of tho road," and sho accepted. Along the way tho ladies learned quite an in teresting history of tho trio. They wero from Illinois, and had walked every milo of tho way from that state. Thoy wero bound for Lincoln country, N. C, to visit a relative there. They would always spend tho night at tho house of negroes, as thoy had heard that tho negroes in this section wero better than tho whites. Thoy got money by begging along tho road. They mado from six to ton miles a day. After a fow weeks with their Lincoln relative thoy expect to tramp back to Illinois. Norfolk Land mark. A Mountain's Reflection. Attention is being called to the fact that tho peak of Teneriffo at dawn caste upon tho ocean a shadow that at first appears to bo flat upon tho surface, but that gradually seems to nso up until it is perpendicular, and stands apparently a reproduction in black of tho real moun tain which beside it is whito and glow ing in tho sunlight. Tho scientific ex planation of tho phenomenon is that the shadow at first is really flat upon the water, but that, as tho heat of tho rising sun causes a vapor to riso from tho ocean, tho shadow gradually becomes cast ngainst tho bank of fog instead of upon tho water, and really is straight up in tho air. San Francisco Argonaut. A Homo T'nt Will I'uy fur Itself. Mr. Imes, of Terro Haute, who bought Axtell, tho great stallion trotter, for $105,000, is at tho Fifth Avenuo hotel. 1 havo heard nnmbers of persons wonder how ho could expect to get his money back. I was told by Mr. Imes that he will receivo $50,000 during tho year for exhibitions of tho great trotter, under engagements now booked. Besides which ho is under fifty engagements with tho animal for breeding, which will bring him $50,000. Tho big horse will pay for himself tho first year. New York Press. A School mistress to He Sued. Miss Ella Eaves, a school teacher nt Upland, in Delaware county, has tho bad fortuno of getting into trouble through her mode of chastising hor pu pils. Sho is to bo brought beforo a justice of tho peaco to answer for put ting a pieco of sticking plaster over a pupil's mouth to keep the child from talking in school. Tho boy's father says ho must havo redress for this wrong, as his son was not tho guilty party. Phila delphia Times. Surjillct'd Femule Choirs. Surplicod women choirs aro becoming fashionable, and tho innovation is a sen sible ono. Nothing is more inappropri nto than a gayly dressed choir. Those that wero not surpliced had tho appear anco of h spring opening on Easter Sun day. New York Commercial Adver tiser. Cumulative Evidence, Ilostetter McGinnis Do you really think that wo aro going to havo real spring weather now? Gilhooly I've no doubt of it, I see tho shadow of tho strawberry shortcake looms up no bigger than a man a Laud. Texas Siftings. A report from tho Delaware Valley Ornithological club states that thus far this year the unusually largo number of 119 8iocies of migratory birds havo been seen in tho vicinity of Philadelphia by members of the club. A man named Catoni, a giaut above seven feet high nnd projortionntoly stout, with an enormous head, has just died in Italy. Before his death he sold his skel eton to tho Anatomical museum at Roma for $3,000. tt . V. .. ..1 ........ 1 1 I ...... 1HA . -, . . ' t of bravery in the rescuo of drowning per- tons, three wero bestowed upon heroes under tho ago of 15. THE WAITER GIRL. A Romnnce from JteHl I.lfe Vonched For br H Iteputahle Mngmlne. Sho was a pretty llttlo girl, and was at ono of tho metropolitan stations. Enter to her, as thoy say in tho play books, a mlddlo-aged gontlomon, very hot, and In a vory great hurry, takes a tumbler of claret and lemonado as be fitting tho summer season, and precipi tately disappears on hearing tho ring- in it nf n lw.11 ii-li I ,0. n.wtlnlmnrl tV,nt Vita I traln,8 duo; n di9aDDCareUi bllt in his hurry ho loft bohlnd him a pockot book which ho had taken out In order to dischargo his reckoning. Now that pockot-book was a vory Important ono. It contained somo sovereigns and a roll i 0f bank notes, and also somo business I papors ovon moro important than tho bank notes. Tho merchant retraced his steps and wont to ovory placo ho had visited in tao courso i of tho day, and ho had been to 1 a great many; but his memory was 1 an uttor blank In regard to tho refresh ment room. Ho put an advertisement in tho papers; but waitresses do not road advertisements unloss thoy aro ; looking for a situation for self or friends. Hut ono day this gontlomon managod to find himself in this station, which, by tho way, was not in his nor mal lino; ono which ho visited vory raroly, and, as it woro, only by accident Directly ho entered tho room tho protty Ifriri at tho counter recognized him, and oamo up to tho llttlo tablo whoro ho was sitting It now being lato in tho autumn drinking a cup of toa. "I think, sir," sho said, "that you left a pockot-book hero somo months ago." "Indeed I did; and I shall bo particu larly glad to hoar of It again." Tho girl had hor wits about ho. It would not do to give tho pockot-book to tho first stranger that claimed it aftoi sho had montlonod hor find. Ati ho same tlmo sho had a recollection of tho porson to whom sho spoko, which had caused hor to address him. "What sort of a pockot-book was it?" iho askod. "And what did It contain?" "It had three sovereigns In it and flvo five-pound notes and somo businoss papors, bills of exchange" "It is all right I havo got your pockot-book," sho said: and sho wont to a llttlo desk and producod it. It was all right to tho minutest do tail. Thoro woro tho gold and notes, and tho othor proclous papors, a llttlo silver bosidos, and half a dozon postago stamps. "Young lady," ho said. "I am vory much obliged. Do you know that I havo offored a reward in tho nowspapors for tho discovory of this pocket-book?" "I did not know it I am vory glad that I kept it for you. I do not want a roward." Sho said this; but bolng only a hu man waltross, I dare say tho vision of a bonnet, or a dross flashed on her Im agination. "Now, will you wrlto down yournamo ond whoro your mothor llvos In this pockot-book of mlno?" "I havo no mothor; but I have an aunt and a lot of llttlo cousins." And sho gavo an addross in Walbrook. Somo timoattor this gontloman called upon tho aunt and said that ho would bo vory pleased to sond tho girl to school for a fow years, dofray all possi blo oxponses, and mako himself respon sible for securing hor a livelihood after ward. Tho girl horsolf was not so pleased. Sho thought that school was only moant for little girls, and bolng a maturo young woman of sovontoon, sho thought that sho was much too old for it liut being assured that thoro woro girls evon older than that at tho good and small finishing school whoro ho pro posed to sond hor, sho was wiso onough to accopt tho offor, and clovorly availed horsolf of all tho advantages which woro sot boforo hor. Tho merchant provided for hor fut uro by persuading hor to marry him. Sho mado him a good wlfo, and thoy "llvo happy forovor afterward," as if thoy bolongod to a story book. All tho Yoar Hound. IT WAS TOO MUCH. A Detroit Ire-Mnn Killed by a Truly Re mark iblo Shock. "Do many peoplo kick about shortago of ico?" was asked of an ico-doalor tho othor day. "Heaps of 'em," was tho roply. "And do thoy havo a valid oxcuso?" "Not ono in twonty. Thoy fool it ob ligatory to drop In and claim light weight but not ono in a hundrod ovor weighs a lump to bo suro about it And then nearly ovory lump is allowed to lay at tlio gate from flftoon to sixty minutes, and tho sun melts oil llvo I pounds in a vory llttlo tlmo." j "I supposo you can toll a klokor as soon as ho ontors." "I can. Hush! Ono has just struck tho foot of tho stairs. Wait and soo tho 1 olrous." Tho stops camo noaror and noaror, j and prosontly a rcd-facod man oponod I tho door, glared around, and askod: 1 "Is this tho Ico ottlco?" i "Yes, sir." "Woll, I camo to soo about my Ico." "Yes," was tho non-committal roply as tho ico-man winked at tho roportor. "Tho lumps look vory small to mo." , "Yes." , "1 guessed thoir wolght to bo about evontoon pounds." "Yos." j "Whoro I ought to have twonty-flvo.' "Exactly." j "And so I got a pair of scales and weighed them for a weok." "I soo. llow much was tho short ago?" "Shortagol Why, man, ovory lump woighod twonty-sovon pounds, and somo of them thirty, and wo como In to pay you for nineteen oxtra pounds for' last weok. llow much is it?" Tho ico man turned rod thon whito began to tremble, and finally pitched off bis stool to tho floor. Whon tho re porter raised him up ho was as doad as a roaokeral. Tho sudden shock had killed him, Detroit Freo Press. First Passenger ')Are ye elok, Thomas?" Second Passenger (faintly) "D'jo think I'm doing thla for fun?" Trouble for Itoston Jews. There is a great commotion among the Jewish population of Boston, caused by an order recently issued by the board of health forbidding the killing of fowl within tho thickly settled sections of tho city, except in places especially assigned , for that purpose by the board of health, i The Jews put great reliance on poultry j for their sustenance, and it is probable that they consume as many chickens as (all tho other people of Boston put to gether. The poultry that is consumed by others than tho Jews is generally j killed outside, but idl tho fowls intend- ed for Jewish consumption havo hith 1 erto been killed in this city. Tho reason for this is to bo found in I tho Jewish law. Tho meat of no animal or fowl that has not been killed by a per J son authorized by tho rabbi to slaughter such animal or fowl can be eaten by a j Jew, nor can it bo eaten after having l been killed for over two days. Tho con sequence is that tho peoplo of this race prefer to buy their own fowls or animals alive and havo them killed by tho proper authority. It is calculated that some thing like 5.000 chickens are brought into Boston alivo every week for Jewish con sumption alone. Boston Herald. , An KnglUh Veteran. There is a great deal in tho papers on the fact that Sir Provo Wallis has en tered tho hundredth year of his life. Ho entered the British navy as a middy eighty-six years ago, and had retired from service as a post captain before the navy contained a single steam vessel. Ho has a unique distinction hero as tho solo survivor of the naval life of tho time of Nelson, but the venerable man has Amer ican interest as well. Ho was born in Nova Scotia, and as senior officer com manded the Shannon when sho sailed out of Boston harbor after the historic fight with the Chesapeake, towing tho capt ured vessel with Lawrence's body to Halifax. Ho was mado commander for share in that memorable battle fought seventy-eight years ago, yet ho still lives in fair health and in possession of his faculties. Cor. New York Times. Juvenile Murderers Guillotined. Some littlo sensation was caused re cently by the execution in front of the gate of La Roquetto of two juvenile murderers, aged respectively 17 and 21. They had strangled an elderly, concierge in broad daylight in tho Rue Bonaparte, with a view to robbing her. President Carnot was dissuaded from sparing their lives, with a view to dispel a current but deep rooted impression among tho youth of the dangerous classes that it is unlaw ful to guillotine "infants." Tho ono hardship in their caso was that fifty-nine days were allowed to elapso between their sentence and execution, and the de lay encouraged them to hopo for a com mutation of their punishment. They met their fate with courage. Cor. Lon don Telegraph. "Shincd" by Her Schoolmntes. A story is current in regard to matters of recent occurrence at tho young ladies' seminary in Culpeper, Va. Ono of the girls accused another of stealing $1 , which thoTaccused indignantly denied. During the night tho accused girl, with somo of her chums, went to the room of tho girl who mado tho accusation and demanded an apology, which was refused: where upon tho girl whoso character had been impeached, aided by her friends, seized tho offender, gagged and whipped her, and administered a coat of shoo polish. All the girls engaged in tho escapade are daughters of highly respected people. Charleston World. The I.nt est Hair Cut. What is tho latest thing in a hair cut? I haven't been officially notified of any donation from the pompadour cut. But ono of my men told mo tho other day that he had heard thero was going to bo a revolution in tho cut. Ho said that tho old fashioned cut was going to re turn. That is. straight across tho back, the hair about tho ears to be left thick and long and combed over on tho tem ples hooked ovot. That was tho sort of cut your father had when he was court ing your mother. See? I don't know whero my man got that idea, but he is always getting an idea somewhere. In terview in Chicago Tribune. The Season Has Changed. On Saturday. April 13, two red tulips and one yellow ono timidly unfolded their leaves in tho big bed in City Hall park. On Saturday, April 20, every ono of tho thousands of other red and yellow tulips in tho bed had followed tho exam ple, and tho whole bed was a glorious blaze of color. Folks used to say that tho tulips never blossomed in this lati tude until tho first day of Juno, but we do thoso things better in theso days. New York Sun. Dudley Iluck to Sing In Opera. Mr. Dudley Buck. Jr., who for years has been ono of tho soloists at Holy Trin ity church, Brooklyn, N. Y., has tendered his resignation, aud severs his connection with tho choir of that church. He m- ( tends going on tho operatic stago and will go abroad in a fow weeks to study. ' Brooklyn Eagle. ! An Odd l'rluce. Clubman Bismarck shows that he is princo by appointment and uot by birth. Companion In what way? Clubman Beforo leaving Berlin he went scrupulously about and paid all his outstanding bills. Chicago Times, The Prlco of I'ork. When pork at 12 o'clock April 12 is worth $4 moro than tho same pork at 11 o'clock of tho same day, it would cer tainly Boom that tho laws of supply and demand havo about as much to do with the market price as has the nebular hy pothesis. Chicago Times. Tho cano recently presented to Presi dent Harrison by Col. A. L. Snowden, minister to Greece, was made from the oaken yoke that held the bell on Inde pendence ball in 1776. The gold cap on the end of the suck u insert Dea with a brief history of it HOUSES OF THE ROMANS. Augustus Found a Capital of Urlck and1 Left Ono of Marble. In tho early ages of Rorao, tho houses woro merely thatched cottagos. After tho city was burned by tho Gauls, thoy wero built in a moro spacious and con venlot stylo, and of moro substantial materials; but so groat was tho hasto J havo thom oreoted, that no attention was paid to tho regularity of tho streets. Every ono sot down his habitation ac cording to his own tasto or fancy. Tho success of tho Roman arms in Greeco sorved to introduce an immonso improvement in tho Roman architect ure, and toward tho Augustan era, Romo might woll boast of tho magnifl conco of hor buildings. During the roign of Augustus, tho improvements seem to havo been conducted on a vory extensive scalo, and to havo justified tho Emporor in exclaiming, that ho had found Romo of brick and had loft it of marblo. Still, howovor, tho stroots con tinued narrow and crookod, and tho housos woro for tho most part of wood, gonorally of three storlos, and very In convenient A dreadful conflagration in tho reign of Noro reduced tho greator part of Romo to ashos, but it was soon aftor robullt with increased splendor. Tho stroots woro mado of groator width, and laid out with moro regularity, and tho height of tho housos was restricted to a cortaln standard. Every houso was ordered to bo Isolated, and to bo built of stone, so as to bo loss subject to destruction by flro. This also con tributed to tho health and magnificence of Romo, though thoro woro many at tho time who consured tho improve ments, and protended that tho narrow stroots and lofty houses produced an agreeable shade in tho heat of summer, and rendered tho city both ploasant and salubrious. Tho vosttbulo of tho golden palaco of Noro was so oxtonsivo that It had threo porticoes, each a milo in length, and which inclosed a largo basin of water, surrounded by so many buildings that thoy presented tho appcaranco of a town. Tho door was mado in general of dif ferent kinds of wood, such as cedar, aypross, elm and oak, but somotimos of iron or of brass. Tho doors of tho temples wore often inlaid with ivory and gold. Thoy were, in genera), elovated abovo tho streot by a flight of steps; at least, this was tho caso in tho temples, and, -in-aH probability, also, in tho housos of Romo, though tho door3 of tho houses of I'ompoii aro found on a level with tho footpaths. Tho door opened inward, liko those used by us; but among tho Greeks, and in order to confer honor on meritorious citizens among tho Romans it was mado to open outward. Uonco aroso tho custom, whon a porson intonded going out of a houso, of knock ing on tho door, to warn those who wero passing by to got out of tho way a cir cumstanco which sorvos to explain somo passages of tho dramatic authors of that period. Whon tho door was shut it was secured by bolts and locks; somotimos two bolts woro usod, ono abovo and tho othor bo low. Tho lock seems to havo boon mov able, llko our padlock. Knockors or 1 bolls appear to havo been gonorally I used. Tho gate sorved as an ontranco to the ball, threo sldos of which woro support ed on pillars. Tho Mo opposito to tho 'entrance was fitted up as a library, whero tho family archives woro kept Tho hall was tho principal bed-cham-I her, and tho spot whoro domestic manu- I fnr.ttfT.na it i vi' r.ov.i.i'ml . Tn .... i .... . times it sorved as tho kitchen and tho placo whoro tho family suppod. It was also tho room whoro tho noblo families kept tho statues of thoir ancestors and received company. It was ornamented with paintings, statues and valuable furniture, and was divided by curtains. N. Y. Ledger. Koseu's Industry. There are at Essen 1,105 furnaces of various constructions, 280 boilers, 93 steam hammers of from 200 to 100,000 pounds, 370 steam engines, with a total of 27,000 horse power, 1,724 different machines and 361 cranes. Of coal and coko 2,735 tons aro used daily, and 11 high furnnces of tho latest construction produce about 000 tons of iron every day. Chatter. Tho city council of Montreal has adopted a resolution favoring the con struction of a general traffic and railway bridge across tho St. Lawrence in front of tho city. Tho plan is to have tho bridge at ono point 175 feet above the water and so to construct it as not to in terfere with navigation. A brakeman who lost an arm In tho dischargo of his duty was awarded $18. 000 from tho Boston and Albany rail road by a verdict in Boston. 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