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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1890)
AN INCIDENT AT SEA. Commotion Caused by the Arrival or a Tta ljr In the Steerage. Somottmos on board an Atlantio toamor an incldunt occurs which causes touman sympathy to brldgo for an In stant tho gulf botwocn tho first cabin and tho steerage. As whon, for In stanco, on tho first day of May a young tnarrlcd woman In tho stoorago bocamo tho mothor of a tiny girl, and In mid ocean tho passongor total was suddonly Increased by one. Grpat was tho oxcltomont among tho chlldron in tho first cabin whon thoy hoard thoro was a now baby in tho steer age. "It's such a long way for an angol to fly without resting," oxclalmcd Phyllis, uged six, to Lillian, aged four, "that Whoy don't often bring them to ships. But I s'sposo ho just folt liko coming, it was such a lovoly moonlight night." "I wish tho angol had lining it to mo," whimporod Lillian. "I hoard tho doctor toll mamma that tho mothor who got it was only a llttlo girl." "Don't cry, Lillian," says Phyllis. "You know Polly, our stewardess? "Well, 8ho says it's awful pink, and thoy'ro going to call It Mayflower. Isn't that nico?" "Oh, myi" says Lillian. "Lot's got a lot of presents, and go ask tho govorn csa if sho won't borrow it and lot us bap tizo it" Tho baptism Is postponed, but pres ents arrived, and from all quarters. 'Flannols, wine, bonbons and toys find tho mothor and child in tho stoorago (hospital. Tho toys aro porhaps a llttlo ipromaturo for a miss just thrco days old. 3Jut tho children who send them refused to'bo denied tho pleasuro of giving, and tho prudent grandmother carefully puts them away against tho timo whon thoy will bo needed. Tho hospital nurse, a comely young woman in a neat black dross, crisp apron and dainty laco cap, holds tho llt tlo ml to 'on tho pillow by tho proud joung mothor whllo tho ship rolls nnd tosses, and tho artist, braced against tho doorway, sketches tho sympathetic llttlo group for Harpor's Weekly. Tho liospital is neat' and ship-shapo, but -very small. Whllo tho artist sketchos, tho happy father and doting grand another stand outsido, and vainly try to modorato tholr dolightod smiles. They aro all going to visit tho old homo in Scotland, and tho grandmother oxplains that although llttlo Mayflowor "Is a wee hit balrnio boo, sho'll ayo bo blggor coomin' hack." Minnio lluchanan Good man, In Harpor's Wookly. a lbatrossskTn. It llorcllkr Smoothness nnd l'urlty Can Not He Excelled. Tho most valuablo part of tho alba tross, howovor. is its plumago. Tho Hock, breast and holly aro snow whito, shading delicatoly into gray and dusky lirown lit tho sides and back, and tho ifoathors aro so curled and elastic that tho skin with tho plumago on is an inch or an inch and a half thick. No finer matorial can bo got for muffs, cuffs, col larettes, capos or tho trimming or lin ing of cloaks and rohos. It Is very light, yot exceedingly warm, whllo for ap ponrnnco its dovollko smoothness and purity can not bo oxcolled. It has tho advantage, too, of bolng very durable, tho natural oil of tho bird prosorvlnf tho skin and features for many years, whllo tho characteristic musky odor is oaslly overcome by camphor. It Is a wonder that some onterprlslng furrier or modlsto does not set tho fashion of wearing albatross plumago and send to Antipodes or Crozot's for a season's sup ply. Thoro would be money In It, not only by its novelty, but by Its useful jioss. At tho same time, 1 hopo it will not bo done, because if oncu tho skin of tho albatross acquired a commercial value and tho ruthloss hand of fashion wero laid on its. smooth white nook, tho ipoorlilrd would soon bo driven from Its oooludod haunts and might even bo la danger of extermination. May tho day bo far distant whon tho trador shall Invado tho home of tho nl Tmtross or tho pot-htintor disturb Its an ciont, solitary reign. Forest and iStream. A Clever I'Vmiilit Lobbyist. A sensation in society circles at Wash ington has been made by tho dlselosuro of tho fact that a widow of a certain farmer otllclul of high rank who camo to tho city last fall, and, renting a hand some mansion, entertained extravagant ly all winter, lias been In tho pay of tho Alaska Seal Fur Company as a lobbyist. Tho contract of that company with tho iovot nment for a monoply of tho seal fisheries expired last winter, and, ail will bo remembered, was renewed for another twenty years after an aotlvo light. Tho lady in question was form erly a social lender of groat popularity, but upon tho death of her husband dis appeared and has boon living in com parative poverty in Uio West, Thoro was much curiosity as to tho source of hor income, and it was supposed her moans wero btiiull, and thoso who at tondod hor reception and ato her din nors wont homo wondering how they woro paid for. Now thoy know. Hut lior lobbying has been dono very quietly and without detection, and now that tho objoot has been gained sho has folded hor tents, llku tho Arabs, and silently stolon away. Out of tlltl Uslllll Hun. Oswogo County, N. Y., is noted for both tho longevity and frultfulnoss of Its people. Tho present census, which has just huen completed, shows that in tho llttlo town of Parish, within u, radius of seventy miles live thlrtoen families which contain an aggregato of 205 ohlldrun. Thoy aro apportlouud us follows: Same. A'o. Jonathan Attaint - ..18 Jhcou Ketlum .14 John Kollum ......U David Hilton ..1J Kheil Urowu , Jamo Adams - ...M Jotluh Colo.,... .............11 John I'hiillpt w - . 14 Oliver lilllliiB..M ..-...,-.-.....11 J timet llruwn.,,, .......... .... mm............... 10 William Tyler..- .,,.. M. 5 Ataot Tyler. ... ., I 'miomftt Toil l! si Ylth tho excoption of Thoinas Todd, who has twonty.nlno ollvo branches to Vis credit, nouu of these men havo hnd ore than ono wifu. Todd bus hud two. MISCELLANEOUS. California fruits aro "shlppod in largo quantities to England, whoro thoy aro Tery popular. Ono of tho curiosities found by tho census enumerators in Madison County, Ooorgla, is a boy nino years old who has nover boon given a name by his paronts. Proprietor of county' hotel (to serv ant) "A stranger has arrivod. Mako a flro in No. 14." Servant "A big flro, sir?" Proprietor "No, ho is a llttlo bit of a fellow." If thoro is any thing that oxceods all olso for appalllngncss It is tho situa tion of a man who gets caught in a rain storm in a flannel shirt that is alroady too tight for him. Washington Post. At Chisamba. Africa, tho young poo plo havo asked the missionary to ralso a flag Saturday evenings, that thoy may know that the next day is Sunday and como to tho meetings. A wild westerner attended church In Winnlgep, Manitoba, for tho first time in twonty years, and during tho service lit a pipe and enjoyed a smoko. Ho was fined SlOfor disturbing worship. A Now York woman who is suing for a divorco because of failuro to pro vido stated that whon hor olght chlldron woro in need of shoos hor husband sent hor a basket of flowors and a lot of his own poetry. "Ever had a cyclono horo?" asked a Kansas man who was visiting a country aunt In tho East. "O, yos," said his aunt. "Deacon Brown's son brought ono from Boston a spell ago; but, law, ho couldn't rldo it. Tumbled oil every timo ho triod." Golden Days. An obliging clorgyman in Aroos took, Mo., was lately called upon by a loving young couplo who woro desirous of going to housokooplng. Tho clorgy man married them, and then thought of asking their ages. Tho brldo is fourteen and tho groom ono year older. Tho first steam vossol which sailed on tho Mississippi was in 1810, and tho ontorprlso was considered extraordin ary, in 18211 tho steam navigation on tho rlvor had so improved in respect to facility and quickness that flfty-ono boats, of 28,910 tons, woro omployod. Tho two hotels which Waldorf Astor has decided to build in Now York aro not intended for transient guests, but for rich famillos, such as can afford to pay S.1,000 to S5.000 a yoar for a suito of rooms and board, and It is boliovod that thoro aro onough of this class to fill both housos. A woll-known London lady of rank has just had a pair of ton-button gloves mado in which each button is a dia mond. Tho pair cost $200. Gontlomon In London aro now woarlng mousquo talro gloves which go highor than tho elbow. "Tho kola nut, of which a gooddoal has been said latoly," wrltos tho Lon don corrospondont of tho Manchester Guardian, "is rapidly lncroaslng In favor as an indlsponsablo adjunot to a I traveler's kit. Tho.Fronch Alpino Club havo just adopted it as a stimulant anil . nutriont In their mountain-climbing ex peditions." An athlotio Cuban negro, about thirty years of ago, escaped tho other night in Hoston from a strong coll in polico hoadquartors. Reaching botwoon tho bars of his door ho pried olf tho faco of a hugo padlook with a caso knlfo and i tho wire handle of a buckot, pushod back tho bolt and oponod tho door. Ho got through a corridor window to tho top of a shed, dropped to tho ground, climbed a fonco or two and was olf for parts unknown. Two Cincinnati womon thought thoy would make a fortuno by oponlng a res taurant and hanging out a sign '-'Homo Cooking Hero." Hut tho patronago was so poor that thoy woro threatonod with bankruptcy, whon a rocontly-marriod man advised them to ohango tho sign so as to road "No Homo Cooking Horo." Thoy aro now doing a rushing business, and will soon rotlro with a fortuno. A police otllcor of this city has do vised an Ingenious modo of signaling for tho patrol wagon. Ho has a brass plato llxod in the ond of his club, having an I oponlng of suitable shape to corrospond with and not as a koy or wronoh to turn ( tho lovor that sonds in tho alarm. This oponlng also sorves as a mouth-pieco to a whistle set in the base of tho club. This is a most practical device, for tho Bubjocts of arrests aro, as a rule, nolthor obliging nor amiable, and cortalnly not pronu to remain peacoful and inaotivo I whllo an otllcor Is oxtraotlng his keys from his pookot to sond In an nlarm. , Chicago Nows. i Thunder-storm loro Is thus mado plain by tho Cincinnati Enquirer: If you can count three slowly that Is, ono count to tho soound botwoon tho flash of lightning and tho poal of .thunder, you may know that destruction has not boon wrought in your own locality. Tho llnsh and tho crash aro roally simultane ous, only the light of tho former travels m;oh moro swiftly than tho sound of tho latter. If it takes three sooonds for tho noise of tho thunder to roach you, then tho storm Is 8,970 foot two-thirds of a mllo away. Hut whon tho Hash and tho poal come close together, then shako yourself to see If you aro hit. Women Who Draw Mou'a Salaries. Tho writer was In a down-town busl nossotllco talking to tho cashlor. Threo 1 womon camo in, were handed envelopes containing money, and dopartcd. "Thoy aro not employes," said tho cashlor in answor to a question. "Thoy aro tho wives and daughters of men who aro In our employ. Why do tho womon draw 1 tho men's pay? In ono caso tho woman draws It because shu wants to; because she is tho boss and hor husband doesn't dare say his soul is his own, Tho other cases aro different. Tho womon get tho pay in thoso cases at the request of tho om ploy oh, who admit if thoy got tholr hands on money thoy could not resist tho tomptatlon to gamble it away, Thoy sro follows who dosorvo to do hotter, hut thoy oau not, so thoy say, overcount tho disease Thoro is uuothor man working hero who has enough money withhold from his pay ovory wook to koop him on good tortus with his land lady, who comus regularly for tho sti pend. You see thoso follows aro honuat Thoy want to pay thulr way, but so monoy-niad aro thoy that thoy can not bo trusted with a doUar," Chicago Tribune. I HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES. Whenever you soo a rat hole pour a llttlo tar in It Tho rats will not come near It. Pickled Spring Chickens. Holl stx young oh ckons until dono; pick tho meat from tho hones and put in a stono jar; pour in a pint of tho liquor In which thoy wero boiled, with a pint of strong vinegar, a dozen popper-corns, a blado of maco, a dozon clovos, and a dozen allspice. Cover and sot away for tnroo or four dcys. Sausago Patties. Ono cupful sour milk, ono egg, a spoonful each of salt and soda, and flour to roll out Cut out pieces tho slzo of a bowl; placo a flat pleco of sausago In each and pinch tho paste over it Placo on a plato in tho stoatnor and steam ono hour. Sorvo with mashed potatoes and applo sauce. Western Rural. Creolo Pudding. Heat eight oggs with half a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter and tho juico of ono lemon. Lino a doop dish with puff paste, cover with qulnco preserves, pour over a little of the mixture, lay on moro prosorves, then moro of tho mix ture, and preserves. Hako and oat with sauce. Ladles' Homo Journal. Acids as Food. Fruit acids aro wholesomo, but acids which aro tho re sult of decomposition, as vinegar, for instance, aro very unwholesome. Fruit acids aro sort of poptogons or appotlzors and as such sorvo an excellent purpose; still ono can live entirely without acids of any kind and not suilor if tho food takon bo of propor quality. Dr. J. H. Kollogg. Ono Way to Cleanso a Carpet Having dusted and removed such ar ticles as can bo carriod from tho room, wring a flannel mop out of hot water and wipo tho. carpot thoroughly, wring ing tho mop from clean wator as often as it may become soiled. Now, swoop with a broom, as you ordinarily would, and whon you havo finished you will havo a bright, clean carpot with llttlo or no dust, and all at the oxponso of a vory llttlo hard labor. Thoso who havo not tried this mohtodaro sceptical about Its merits; but ono trial will convinco. Boston Hudgot. Prof. Angoll, of Michigan Unlvor slty, furnlshos tho following as a tost of purity of wator for drinking: "Dis solve about half a toaspoonful of tho purost whlto sugar in a pint bottlo com pletely full of tho wator to bo tested, and tightly stoppod; oxposo it tfo day light and a tomporaturo up to 70 dogroos F. After a day or two oxamlno, holding tho bottlo against somo thing black, for whitish floating specks, which will botray (ho prosonco of organic matter In consldorablo proportion." Mlcroboa In impure water aro killed by boiling and it is rocommended to also boll milk boforo drinking it, in tho warm season especially. CHOLERA INFANTUM. It Is Caused Largely lly Feeding llnby on Milk When It Wants Water. No othor disease excites so much tor ror as Asiatic cholera. Yot cholora In fantum far oxcoeds it as a dostroyor of human life. Tho invasions of Asiatic cholora havo always boon at long inter vals; tho ravages of cholora infantum occur ovory summon In Philadelphia tho avorago mortality from all diseases during tho moro hoalthy weeks Is about threo hundred; but in 1872 thoro woro in a slnglo wook in July, over flvo hundred doaths of chlldron under llvo years of age. In 1870, again, during tho hottest weok In July, thoro woro four hundred and thirty-four doaths of infants under two years of ago, and matters woro still worso In Now York. Tho connootlon of this dlsoaso with a high temperature and tho spocial lia bility to It of bottlo-fed Infants aro uni versally admitted. Still, physicians aro not agreed as to Its prooiso nature. Dr. Molnort, of Drosdon, Gormany, has boon making careful Investigations into tho subjoot, and thinks ho has ascer tained tho following among othor facts: A high tomporaturo with high wind Is not dangorous; but a modorato tompora turo without wind incroasos tho number of cases and tho mortality. Hot days without wind nro tho worst. In a porlod of uniform high tomporaturo, thoro Is an lncroaso of boat in tho dwolllngs, fty accumulation, and a cor responding lncroaso of mortality. Insulllcient vontllatlon rondors tho lnsldo tomporaturo much highor than tho outsido, and so invlto3 and aggra vates tho disease, which, for this reason, provalls In blocks moro than in do taohod housos. Less dlsoaso was found In tho underground tenomonts and on tho uppor floors, tho first floor faring worst apparently bocauso of tho boat rollected from tho pavomont Tho groat mortality of hottlo-fod In fants Is duo to tholr failuro to bo sup piled with sulllolont wator, with which, by its evaporation on tho surfaco, tho normal tomporaturo of tho body is rogu lated. Tho hroast-fed child gots wator through its nurso, whoso thirst inducos hor to drink copiously. Tho cry of tho bottlo-fed infant for water is mot by giving it milk, whloh is roally food, and not only falls to fur nish tho needed fluid for evaporation, but lnuroasos tho feverish boat by dis turbing tho stomach and howols. Youth's Companion. The crt or lleauty. Tho socrot of beauty is health. Thoso who desire to bo beautiful should do all they oan to rostoro their hoalth If they havo lost It or to keep it if thoy have it still. No ono can lay down spocitlo rulos for othor pooplo In thoso mattors. Tho work which ono may do, tho rest ho roust tako, his baths, his diet, his exor cise, aro mattors for individual con sideration; but they must bo carefully thought of and never neglected. As a rule, whon a person fools woll ho looks well, and when ho looks 111 ho fools 111. Thoro aro times whon ono can guess, without looking in tho glass, that the eyes aro dull and tho skin is mottled. This is not a caso for something in a pretty perfumery bottlo, or for a lotion that advortlsemunu pralso so highly. To havo a frosh complexion and bright eyes, oven to havo whito hands and graceful figure, you must bo woll Health and tho happiness which couioj with it aro tho true socroU of beauty,. N. V, Lodgor. FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. Tho host liquid for cleaning old brass 's a solution of oxalic acid. Yollow piano koys may bo whltonod with sandpapor and aftorward polished with chamois. Mosqultoos, flics and gnats may bo kopt away by sponging tho faco and hands with cldor flower. Spiced Plums: Ono gallon of plums, ono pint of vinegar, ono quart of sugar, cinnamon and cloves wholo. Boll sov oral hours and seal. Old Homostoad. A woak galvanic current, which will somotimos euro a toothacho, may bo generated by placing a silver coin on ono side of tho gum and a pleco of zinc on tho othor. Rinsing tho mouth with ocldulated wator will lncroaso tho ef fect 'A woman in Amoricus, Ga., is using a lamp chimney that sho has used daily for tho past oigbt yoars, and sho oxpocts to uso It for many years yot Sho says that sho boiled it in salt and water whon it was bought, In 1882, and no matter how largo a flame runs through It, it won't break. Mayonaiso Sauco: Ono toaspoonful of mustard, one-half toaspoonful of salt, one-fourth saltspoonful of cayonno pep por, two oggs, yolks, ono pint ollvo oil, two tablospoonfuls lomon juico, two tablospoonfuls vinogar. Mix the mus tard, salt and cayonno popper togothor; add yolks of egg3 (raw) and stir; add al ternately, drop by drop, tho oil and lomon juice, lastly tho vinegar. Do trolt Frco Press. To cook rlco or grits tako a clean oan' or othor sultablo vossol, put tho rlco in this witii wator sulllclont to moisten it and allow for swelling, placo tho can In a kottlo of boiling wator, cover tho lattor closely and lot boll without stir ring until tho rico is tender. Thoro is no danger of scorching. Grits aro nico cooked in tho samo manner. Salt to tasto whon putting on to cook. Boston Budgot. To Koop Eggs: To ono pint of salt and ono pint of frosh llmo, add four gal lons of boiling wator. Whon cold, put In stono jars. Then with a dish lot down your fresh oggs Into It. tipping tho dish aftor it fills with liquid, so thoy will roll out without cracking tho sholl. Put tho oggs in whonovor you havo thorn fresh, keep them covered in a cool placo and thoy will koop frosh for a yoar. A Good Sago Pudding: Wash a half-cup of sago, and sot on tho flro with threo pints of cold wator; slmmor two hours; thon stir in ono cup of whlto sugar, ono tcaspoonful of salt, and ono of tho extract of lomon. Havo roady a doop pudding-dish in which, aftor it has boon woll buttered, put as many pared and cored apples, as will stand in tho dish; turn ovor thorn tho sago, and bako ono hour in a moderate ovon. Sorvo with sugar and croam. Ladies' Homo Journal. Boot Salad: Cut flno, cold" boiled beef, and to oaoh pint add a tablospoon ful of chipped onion, a toaspoonful of colory seed (or two sticks of colory, cut flno), ono hard-boiled egg cut up, a handful of light broad, broken small, with skimmings from tho pot in which tho hoof was boilod, and onough of tho liquor to mako It soft a cupful of hoof gravy will do as woll, or a tablospoonful of butter rollod in flour, with a half cupful of hot wator. Add two or threo cold potatoes, sliced flno, and,, aftor mixing all thoroughly, put In a doop pan and bako flftoon minutes; sorvo hot with cold slaw. Good Housokooplng. CONTRIBUTION-BOX CURIOS. C Coins of Many Countries Discovered by a Church Treasurer. Whon peoplo road tho paragraphs in tho funny papors about tho buttons and tho punched and tho countorfoit coins which aro droppod in tho contribution boxes, thoy usually glvo tho mon who wroto the artlclo credit for drawing largoly upon his imagination. Tho fact of tho matter is, howovor, that tho truth is funnlor than all tho humorous mon's fictions. Tho troasurors of nearly ovory ohurch in tho city sond rogularly to tho United Statos Sub-Troasury a lot of punohod coins on which thoy reallzo not much moro than half their faco value. Tho countorfoit coins aro usually destroyod. Tho troasuror of ono of tho best known Catholic churchos in tho city showod tho wrltor a collection of punchod coins tho othor day tho faco valuo of which amounted to about ton dollars, and all of which woro put into tho contribution boxos In ono month. A queer-looking collection it was, too. Thoro wore coins roprosontlng nearly ovory clvilizod nation in tho world. Among tho collection woro Gorman pfennings, English slxponcos, shillings and half-crown plocos, and a Blx-ponco struok in honor of Quoon Victoria In tho yoar of hor jublloo; Canadian plocos, Fronoh flfty-contlmo pieces of tho timo whon Napoloon rulod that country and plocos of tho samo denom ination struck sinco tho country becamo a republic; Mexican coins, plocos from Vonozuela and coins from numorous othoroountrios. Tho largost ploco was a Unltod Statos half dollar; thoro woro sovoral of thoso. Thoro woro a number of quartors, dlmos, half-dimos, flvo-cont and threo cont silver and nlokol plocos and coppor ono-cont pieces, all mutllatod, oithor by having a holq punchod In thorn or a pioco cut out of tho edgo. Sach holo was carefully pluggod with load so that tho sharp-eyed collector would not oh Borvo that tho pleco was mutllatod un less ho inspected it closely. Thoro voro moro dlmos than plocos of all tho othor denominations put togothor, No doubt many of thbso piecos havo an intorostlng history, for tho reason that many of them contain monograms, aud during tho timo that bangle brace lets woro tho rago thoy undoubtedly adornod somo fair wrist Somo of thorn woro indoubtodly tokons of love, and bow thoy found tholr way into tho con tribution box will probably remain a mystery. Porhaps somo of thorn woro spent in dlro necessity and finally roached tho contribution box aftor pass lag through itvural hands. May bo somo of thorn woro spent for caramols, by a proud boauty to show bur disdain for hor former admirer. Possibly some of thuin woro lost N. Y, Trlbuuo. MODES FOR CHILDREN. ITow to Dress Hoys nnd Olrls Neatly and Attractively. Now that tho soason Is woll ostab- . llshod, it is a pleasuro to chroniclo tho doings of fashion with regard to children's apparel. Tho slmplost stylos i aro tho most popular and by far tho i prettiest and manufacturers havo re sponded to this proforonco by proparlng tho finest cottons, tho softest and most dolicato woolons, and mixtures which aro tho most offectivo whon mado up without elaboration. Whlto fabrics of all kinds aro choson for tho midsum mer drosses worn by both largo and small girls, making boautiful effects by tho use of ombroldory, laco and ribbon. Plain woolens of flno toxturo in whito, cream and light shades generally aro vory much omployod, and form an ox collont foundation for trimmings of gulpuro and embroidery, which may bo wrought separately or, on tho dross ma torial. A vory protty dross for a girl of ton is mado of pale willowgreen cash moro, and is Cut in princess shapo at tho front and back. At tho sides tho skirt is joined to the hodico undor a bolt of ribbon. A blouso front of pale green silk Is gathered at tho neck and waist but finely plaited below, and Is fastened to tho dross diagonally from tho right shoulder down under a hand of hand somo embroidery. 'Iho back Is arranged in a triplo box-plait starting at tho nock under a collar of ombroldory and ornamontod with long loops and ends of1 narrow ribbon. Tho ribbon bolt begins undor tho plait and tios in front Tho slooves aro vory full and aro drawn In abovo each wrist undor a hand and bow of ribbon, and a knot of ribbon Is also placed up tho loft shoulder. This dross would bo oqually pretty in washing ma terials trimmed with ombroldory, and tho drapery might in this caso bo al lowed to fall in natural folds Instead of being plaitod, a stylo moro sultablo for washing drosses. A protty little dross for a girl from oight to fourteen years old is mado of a plaid fabric, either of woolon or Scotch zophyr, and has tho front and sloovos cut on tho bias, whllo tho back Is straight. Tho body Is gathered at tho neck and waist at both front and back, and fastened in front Invisibly among tho folds of tho material. A ribbon band around tho waist is folded to a point in front, and thoro aro long loops and onds on tho loft sldo of tho front and at tho contor-back Tho full slcovos aro oach drawn In with ribbon at tho wrist, and a bow Is placed at tho inside of tho arm. Tho back part of tho skirt only is cut on tho straight, mounted with gathers at tho waist and bordorod with a doop flounco of ombroldory laid on flat. Tho collar is a doop rufllo of ombroldory closing at tho back. A noat summor suit for a boy from eight to eleven yoars is mado as follows: Tho trousors aro of whito flannel, and aro cut in truo sailor fashion, whllo tho blouso is of marino-bluo flannel, em broldorod in whito, with a whito shiold. Tho sailor cap is also of tho bluo flannel. Simple drosses for littlo boys of four and flvo years aro mado in sacquo shapo, oithor in sorgo or seorsuckor, and trimmed with flat bands of ombroldory. Tho front is closed diagonally from the loft shouldor, and a belt 6r ombroldory fastons with a bucklo or motal clasp. Whon tho matorial is sorgo, a llttlo polo cap of tho samo, with a broad band of tho embroidery, is mado to complete tho costume. A great many girls' hats for summor wear aro mado of fancy straw in whito, black, ar.d colors, especially boigo. The crowns aro low and flat, tho brims wide In front, and aro oithor wido and turned up against tho crown at tho back, or vory much shorter behind and concealed by trimming. Loghorn hats aro tho standard kind for children's broad-brims, and thoy aro allowed to droop limp about tho faco, perhaps woightod horo and thoro by flowor-branchos. Many light and cool hats for littlo tots aro mado of "Liberty" or China silk shirred ovor roods or wlro. Tho most satisfactory ovory-day drosses for chlldron, being at once cool, durable and cheap, aro mako of cross barred linon, tho kind which is sold for glass towoling. It only costs twolve conts a yard, and tho prottlost posslblo drosses for both littlo boys and girls aro mado Into kilt or gathered skirts and blouso waists. Loslio's Illustrated Nowspapor. NATURAL BARRIERS. The Degree of Hindrance Thoy Offer to the Extension of Species. Tho rolations of tho fauna of difforont roglons aro intimate In direct rolation to tho oaso by which barriers may bo crossod. Distinctness is in direct pro portion to isolation. What is truo in this rogaul of tho. fauna of any region as a wholo is llkowiso truo of any of its individual speclos. Tho dogroo of ro Bomblanco among individuals is in di rect proportion to tho frocdom of their movomont, and variation within what wo call specific limits Is again propor tionate to tho barrlors which provont equal and porfoct diffusion. Tho various divisions or realms Into which tho surfaco of tho oarth may be divided on tho basis of thodlfforoncos In animal llfo oach has its boundary in tho obstaolos olforod to tho sproad of the avorago unlmal. Each speclos broadons Its rango as far as It can. It struggles knowingly or not to ovqrcomo tho bar riers of ocoan or rlvor. of mountain or plain, of woodland or dosort of moisture or drought of cold or heat of laok of food orabundanco of onemlos, whatever i thoso barrlors may be. Woro it not for I thoso barrlors, ovory spocios would bo como what only man now is, practically I cosmopolitan. Man is pro-omlnontly tho barrior-crosslng animal. Tho dogroo of j hlndranco offered by any barrlor to tho nvtnnsion of snoclos Is only rolatlvo. That which constitutes an impasslblo barrlor to somo groups is a high-road to others. Tbo rlvor which opposos tho passago of tho monkoy or tho cat would bo tho king's highway to tho frog or the turtlo. Tho waterfall which checks the ascont of tho fish would bo tho choson homo of tho ouzoL Presldont David Starr Jordan, in Popular Sclonco Monthly. Dabba "So poor Dick's in trouble ftgaln; any thlug sorlous?" Jabbs "O, ho; la lovo." Howard Lampoon. . A STRANGE NECK-TIE. Kade from the Skh7 of a Snako That Saved the Wearer's Lire. It may bo of Interest to tho inhabitants of dudedom to know that thoro Is a now and decidedly unique stylo of neck-tlo in town. Its owner, who is also tho de signer and manufacturer, is to bo scon occasionally In tho rotunda of tho Grand Pacific Hotol. Ho camo from Califor nia, and his tie, which sinco his arrival litis attracted consldorablo attontlon, is a product of that State,. Brown in color Is this tio, about an Inch and a half wide, and at a casual glanco looks liko a strip from an alligator hido; but It isn't Thoro is no diamond pin for ornamont, nor any manufactured jowol. In placo of ono is a round dull-colorod Bubstanco, not qulto so largo as a pea. Whon a group of acquaintances had ex amined tho tlo to thoir satisfaction last evening and guessed its naturo until thoir judgments and imaginations wero exhaustod, tho woarer informed them that tho tio was tho dried skin of a rat tlcsnako and tho ornament ono of its rattles. "You aro, I soo, surprised that I should wear such a thing at my nock," ho continued. "But when you know that to tho snako that inhabited this skin I owo my llfo you will agroo that my notion is not so incomprohonsiblo after all. It was flvo yoars ago this summor that tho ovont occurred. I was hunting in tho mountains at homo, and aftor tramping about from daylight till lato in tho afternoon, I found that I was lost and completely tired out. Howovor, thoro was no hopo of getting back alono that night, so I built a flro, ato my sup por, and. knowing that, fatigued as I was, it would bo imposslblo to koop awako long, I wasted no timo In trying, but colloctod a lot of flro-wood, lay down and wont to sloop. How long I slept I don't know, out I romembor I awoko slowly, with a heavy fooling on my breast Too tlrod to turn ovor, and thinking tho fooling duo to my heavy blankot, I was about to drop off again to sleop when I folt a hand grip my throat Opening my oyos, I saw knool ing besido mo, ono hand holding mo down and tho other with a long bovvlo knlfo in it abovo me, an Indian. As tho Indian saw mo, looking at mo, ho hissod: 'Whito spy no catch Red Knlfo. If ho do, he kill Red Knlfo. But Red Knlfo catch white spy and kill him.' Thoro was no mistaking tho look In tho oyes of that savage, who, as ho montloned his namo, I know to bo a much-wanted murdorer, who had killed sovoral farmors in Humboldt County. Tho look moant death, and as ho moved his hand to strike mo more sqaroly In tho hoart I shuddered and closod my oyos. At tho samo timo tho woight on my body sprang off, tho Indian gavo a yell of rage, and I oponed my oyos just In timo to soo him mako a swoop ovor tho ground with his knlfo and disappear in tho bushes. I sprung to my foot and, grabbing my gun, followed to got a shot at him. But though tho frequont break ing of a twig botrayod his gonoral whoroabouts, I couldn't soo him. so I fired both barrels In his diroctlon with only tho rosult of making him increase his paco, roturnod to tho flro and found that within two foot of whoro I had boon slooping lay a boheaded rattlo snako. It was tho snako which, coiled on my broast, had first awakonod mo. Had I thon moved it would havo bitton mo. It was probably asloop whon tho Indian took hold of my throat, and awakoned as ho spoke, had bitton tho hand of tho Indian as ho moved It to got a hotter position. But that bite staid tho knifo; for, woll awaro of tho danger of tho hlto, tho murdoror instlnctivoly swopthls armed hand toward tho snako, luckily killing tho roptllo, and thon ran for an antidoto. Woll, I didn't leop any moro that night. But I killod timo by skinning tho snako, and whon I roachod homo next day I strotchod it, and whon it had driod I mado this tlo of It, and for a pin usodonoof tho rattlos." "What bocamo of the murdoror?" asked an Intorosted youth. "A posso sot out for him at onco, and about two rallos from whoro I spent tho night thoy camo across a cavo in which thoy found him doad. Tho snako hlto had killod him boforo tho whisky from from a jug which lay overturned besido him could counteract tho olfoct3 of tho poison. Chicago Post. SENSIBLE EMPLOYERS. They Erect a Sixty Thousand Dollar Club House for Their Workm-n. Tho ovldonco of soul In a corporation Is as much a mattor of nows as a cloud burst or a college commoncomont, so tho proceedings of tho Illinois Steol Company desorvo publication. Tho com pany, which employs 2,000 mon on its plant at Joliot, has just finished a S00, 000 club-house for Its mon. This is what tho Joliot correspondent of tho Chicago Tribune says of It: "It Is a modol In architectural beauty. It is a finished pioco of work. Tho club has a momborship of 1,100. Thoro aro a gym nasium, swimming pool, hand ball court, six billiard tablos, an art gallery, li brary, music hall and restaurant, all un dor ono roof. Tho art gallory is a charm ing ono. Horo thoso laborers who aro mombors may como with their famillos for tho paying In of 83 a year. Thoro is not a club houso in Chicago that has as many advantagos and attractions as this. As an inducomont for tie mon to romaln horo tho company has offorod to pay to each man who stays in its omploy dvo yoars, in aauiuon to his salary, llvo per cont of that salary. Tho employes I of tho company havo shown a koon ap I preclatlon of this club houso." Porhaps it wasn't soul at all, but I brain. Brain of tho right sort makes , an admirablo substituto for soul. Somo , pooplo tell us thoy aro ono and tho samo thing. At any rate, hottor workmon, bottor workanda hotter spirit aro HkeJr l to rosult from tho Joliot club houais. ! With such an Improvement how lon- ! would It tako 1,100 mon, working nino , hours a days, to make up to tho company , tho SC0.000 oxpondod? Not vary long, ono can easily boliovo, and tho improve moot aftor that timo is so much cloar gain for tho company. I A c?ood deal Is sulil nni'iini i. ...... 1 1 ..w MV.UJ o UUUll, tho erection of such resorts fw workmen at public oxponso. But it is doubtful if largo omployors would not find it to tholr gain in tho long run to tako tho mattor Into tholr own hands? Buffalo iCxpross.