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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.
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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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