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The Oregon Scout Jones & Chanoey ... Publishers. UNION, OREGON. FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE. IVhat la Good ami Wlmt U Had Form In Mourning Contuinr. Thoro Is no moro glaring violation of pood tastes In dross posslblo than an elaborate or much-trlnimcd mourning gown. It stamps its woaror at onco as certainly Ignorant, very possibly vul var. Tho stylo follows closoly tbo qulotost shapes of tho day. Thus for tho stroot a long-walstod bodice, very possibly soamloss with tho fullnoss plainly gathorod in front instead of bo ing conflnod with ribbon or buckol, and a skirt with undrapod back and having tho front oithor straight also or with long (Jrook apron, slightly caught up on tho left side. Such a skirt may bo bordered, if wished, with a doop crapo band. At any fashionablo milliner's will bo found a varloty of mourning hats and bonnots, and tho straining aftor oflcct in thorn quito as marked as in gayor plumage. This does not apply, of course to tho first bonnot worn by tho widow, which carries tho vail. This -all, tho doctors say, is a most un wholosomo pioco of drapory, and ns nurodly it is woarisomo becauso so heavy. Its longth in fashionablo clr clos is carefully graduated nccording to whothor it is worn by a widow or a mother who has lost a child. Tho tendency at prosont is to substituto nun's vailing for crapo as its matorial, and for summer, certainly, tho chango Is comrnondablo. A bonnot that is to bo vailed must havo a low, flat crown, and in splto of tho fact that n few blaok-hoadod pins and a fold hero and thoro are all that is necessary, tho arrangoniont of a vail to form a becom ing back-ground fpr tho faco is a good doal of an art and ono to which is givon moro and more attention, only tho host milliners in good establishments boing nllowod to touch tho drapory. Strings for tho mournlmr bonnot, if of crapo, nro sllk-llnod. Sometimes broad rib bons are usod and somotlmos narrow bridles. Mourning for young girls should bo of tho slmplost always and not too hoavy. It injures tho health and spir its, and no ono has a right to kcop thorn nndor a cloud. For toddling childron mourning-dross is nothing short of heathenish. Tho mourning glovos aro undrossod kids, but thoso soldom woar well, and drossod kids aro frequently substituted. A handkorchiof with a simple black monogram is hotter than tho bordo'rod variotlos, whllo as for tho woman who Bonds blaok-bordored papor and onvol opos through tho mall, sho ought to bo Htoppod by an Injunction. To woar black corsots and lingorlo is ovorstop plng tho mark altogether, and suggosts a luxury of grief that is as far removed from genuino ailllotlon as posslblo. Ono is not called on to bollovo in hoart broalc whon a woman llnds hor tearful oyos rollovod if thoy rost on mourning draporlos in hor boudoir. It losson's ono's rospoot for a woman if sho llnds black shoots contributing to hor poaco of mind. Chicago Times. j DEALS IN IDEAS. Odd HuHlilPii by Which n Now Yorker Milken flood Living. Thoro is, in an olllco building up town in Now York, a gentleman with a norono and humorous cast of faco, an oruot flguro and a stnllo that is as much idontliled with his countonanco as aro Ills drooping glasses and oluslvo blondo mustaoho. Ills namo Is James Good win, and ho Is a creator of Ideas. Ilo Bolls tho Ideas in tho rough, makos a capital living, and works on contontod ly without a traco of yearning for fanio, yet tho famo many oarleaturlsts and nrtlsts In Now York belongs by right to Jilm. Artists and nowspapor Illustrators uro almost ontlroly dostltuto of humor, taken all In ull, although thoro aro ono or two exceptions. Tho majority of thorn havo tho ability to draw olovory, bin tho Inventive and humorous faeultlos nro not included in their mental and urtlstlo make-up. These men Mr.Good win suppllos with Ideas. Ills sketches nro made roughly on paper and for warded to dliroront artists regularly ovory .day. Tills week no loss than nlno pictures In tho current lssuos of tho cotnlo pilpers wero inspired by the creator of ideas, although thoy aro all Blgned by the names of prominent caricaturists In very largo, black and prominent letters. Mv. Goodwill de clares, by tho way, that tho artists lack assurance moru than ability, and that if thoy only knew tho trick thoy could creato an idea as oaslly as ho does It for them. Hut thoy do not soom able to llnd tho Goodwin soerot. N. Y, Let ter. Tim Onlil In a ltl Dollar. Director Leach, of the mint, thus writes to tho Philadelphia North Amer ican: "The amount of puro silver in tho standard sllvor dollar has not been changed since wo first begun coining. The quantity of puro gold to tho dollar, ns Jlxed by tho nut of 17M, was m.75 grains, the ratio in colniigo being 15 tol. Jly the act of Juno U8, 181U, tho puro gold was reduced from 1M.75 to 2:1. 'JO grains to tho dollar, tho ratio between gold and sllvor in oalnngo boing 1 to 10,00'J. lly tli act of January 18, 18H7, the flu one is of tho gold coins was In creased about three-fourths of ono thou sandth by changing from standard of .SlHCiW to .000, which Increased tho puro gold In a dollar from StUBO to S3.S3 grains, at which It has romalnod up to tho prosont tlmo. Tho ratio botween the two metals in coinage was fixed by this act at 1 to 16.08S, at which it still roinulns." Tho iuoronso noted In loprosy In tho West Indies is attributed to tho foot that lepers uro permitted to walk about -without restraint, to beg, and to mix irith healthy pooplo. In tho four years following 1878 twenty-two deaths from loprosy wero rogUtorad thoro, whllo thirty-four deaths occurred In tho threo loara precodiug 1BSS. MORE KICKS. Specimens IHnntratlni; "Tlie Arizona Kick er '" Vigorous Poller. Wo extract tho following from tho last issue of Tho Arizona Kicker: "Otm PoucV. Heretofore, as our readers know, The Kicker has almost entirely ab stained from publicly criticising tho evHs v tilth nil know to exist under our noses. Wo havo l)econi8 tired nnd disgusted with our selves for this lack of spunk, nnd next week wo shall open a red hot campaign on "Tho mayor, ''Tho common council, "Tbo flro department, "All secret societies, "Tho saloons, "Tho gambling dens, "And onvarlcms other organizations and institutions rocking with corruption. "It will bon spicy Issue. It will mako moro than a ton of human hair stand on end. It will mako n thousand hearts thump liko pile drivers. Chicanery, deceit, hypocrisy, theft, robbery, arson nnd murder will bo properly tagged off und tho tags pinned to tho right coat tails. "Order your extra copies ntnn early date. Advertisers should send In their copy by Saturday. Don't neglect this golden oppor tunity. Another may nover como." "Stopped His Papeiu Old Stevo Bridge man, who bus several times been alluded to in theso columns ns tho meanest whito man in Arizona, has stopjod his paper becauso wo did not havo n column editorial on tho Fourth of July. Ho says wo nro no patriot, and that a man who enn't whoop 'or up for Independ ence Day Is a cussed rebel. "Wo havo scratched his namo ofT tho list, and if ho doesn't quit lying nbout us wo'll scratch his carcass olf tho faco of the earth. "As to tho Fourth of July, wo wero lorn on that day. As to patriotism, wo'vo got moro in our heels than old Stove could hold in Ills whole body. The man who intimates that wo don't tuko our hat oil every tlmo wo hear tho caino of Oeorgo Wnshhigton is a liar and a horso thief. Our editorial on tho Fourth was a solid chunk of patriotism weighing twonty-flvo pounds, but was crowded out to mnUo room for advertise ments. Wo know our gait and wo think wo know tho great need of most of our towns people As to old Stovo Brldgciuan, wo aro exacting two or thrco of his six or seven wives to drop in on us any day and furnish us sonio ixiwerful good reading matter. Don'tHi uneasy, Stephen wo'll gut to you in a fowduys." "Waunino. Wo nro no fighter. Wo havo neither tho sand nor tho musclo to mako one. We always knuckle unless there's n chanco to run. We admit to a dozen lickings in the last three months, and in every caso wo wero the only ono who suirered. "However, wo want to warn tho coyoto who plastered our olllco door with mud tho other night that tho worm will turn. Wo nro tho worm. When wo turn ho had better look out. Wo can bo kicked, cuffed, iu sultcd and abused up to n certain limit. How far off the limit is wo don't know, but when wo reach it wo shall bo a bad, bud man to fool with." Dotroit Free Press. How to Write. Dialect Story. Tuko ft number of sheets of now white papor and write ii story on them. Any story willdo. Got your double bnrruled shotgun nnd load it with lino bird shot. Pin your story up against tho sido of a barn, stand oft nbout twenty foot, aim carofully nnd let both barrels drlvo. If you find thut thoro havon't been suf ficient vowels knocked out','rcpoat tho opor-' ntlon. Judge. llobson's Choice. "What? Lenvo theso cool breezes for a ununcr in Caunda!" "Woll, my husband Is thero and" "Goodness! Tho idea of Ills going tliero!" "Woll, ho preferred Canada to Sitig Sing." -Life, Ono Moro llsiiiioliitnu)iit. Einployor William, you havo now worked for nw threo years. "Yes, sir." "And I havo always found you Industrious, painstaking nnd honest." "1 have tried to bo, sir." "Now, I desire to bhow that I appreciate your fidelity." "Thank you, sir." "For tho noxt two months you will work en tho books until 11 o'clock every night, I do not fear to leave you in the olllco nloue at ull. I have a great deal of confidence in you." Lincoln Journal. A Dudo'n .JoUc. Fwoddio's wnrdrobo suffered severely in tho tiro at tho Southern hotel. His friend Cholly, meeting him on tho street, observed: "Good gwaelous, Fweddlo! Wlmtevah havo you done with youah good clothes) You look like a twanqi." "Deoh loy, my clothes nro 'soaked.'" "Deah mot Didn't know you were in such strnlghts, my boy. What did you get ou thorn r "Watahl Ha-hal" Chicago Tribune, Why Ho Didn't Want IU "Darringer, have you a half dollar that you don't want!" "Why, certainly. Hero it Is." Tho next day: "Say, Darriuger, that half dollar you gave mo was a counterfeit." "Yes, Uroinley, You asked mo if I had n half dollar tliat I didn't want," Life, A Sugueitlou. A Now York physician says that moro rod dcu deaths take place on the fourth floor of buildings in that city in one year than in all other parts of the houseacoinhined. In view of this alarming fact, architects should mako It n olnt to omit tho fourtli floor when de signing n six or eight story bulldlug. Nor rintown Herald. An Uiurcrtary Iiuult. Tramp Madam, will you glvo me soruo tblng to euW Mudam I klu glvo you an old vest If you want it. Tramp Madam, do you toko mo for a Yorkvillo goat f Tim 3& 1 HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES. Decorating a homo that Is nover Ir radiated with hearty goodnaturo is liko frescoing a cellar walL An effectual romcdy for slimy and greasy drain pipes Is copperas dissolved and loft to work gradually through tho pipo. A simple means of changing tho air of a sick-room is to open a window at tho top and opening tho door, movo it back and forward rapldly.soas to insuro a current of fresh ntr from tho window. Corn Oysters. Tako ono pint of grated corn, two boaton eggs, and as much corn starch as will adhere to gether. Shapo into corks and fry to a light brown in got lard. Wheat flour will do Instead of corn starch for bind ing tho past. Banner and Herald. Corn Plo. This is made with grated corn, with or without oggs, as preferred. Without tho oggs less cream is used. Uuttor, sugar, salt and poppor aro added, and tho corn Is allowed to como to a boil beforo boing pourod into the crust. This is also very nlco as a sldo dish. Housoho d. Turnovers. Frlod. Ono quart of pastry flour, ono toaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar; wot with sweet milk, salt and roll out tho dough tho slzo of a saucer; put in for in side applo or minco, fold over, press tho edgos togothor. Fry in fat to a light brown. Boston Globo. A Breakfast Uolish. Toast slices of stalo ryo or brown bread. Uuttor well, and pour over them hot milk which has boon seasonod with salt, ppppor and butter, and thickened slightly with flour. Tho addition of a fow spoonfuls of grated chooso makes this a nlco sup por or lunch dish. Poultry Monthly. TomatoSoup. Ono quart of pared and sliced or canned tomatoes.no quart of wator, boil for forty minutes; add ono half cupful of graham or whito flour, mixed to a cream with cold wator, a tablospoonful of sugar, salt and popper to tasto; add ono and one-half cupfuls of milk, bring to a boll, and it is ready to sorvo. Housokoopor. Simplo Curo for Catarrh. To an ounco of glycerine add fifteen or twenty drops of carbolic acid, and thoroughly apply with a small spongo, known as tho oar spongo. Tho stlmulat ng and anti eoptio proportios of tho carbolic acid, comblnod with tho soothing qualities of tho glycorlno, produco tho most happy resul ts. This remedy affords almost Im mediate reliot to an ordinary cold. Iiousohold. Corn Starch Cake. Ono-half cupbut tor, ono-half cup swoot milk, ono-half cup corn starch, ono and ono-half cup flour, ono cup sugar, ono-half toaspoon ful soda, ono toaspoonful cream tartar, ono toaspoonful salt Last, add tho wliitos of threo eggs, boaton stiff. Flavor with vanilla. Bako in shoot. Iolng for samo Tako enough pulvorlzod sugar to mako tho desired amountand flavor with vanilla. Add a llttlo cold wator to moiston tho sugar, thon add a ploco of molted chocolato slzo of a walnut. Spread on tho cako with a broad bladod knife. lioston Globo. NEXT YEAR'S FASHIONS. Largo l'lnlrtft to Ilo Miipcrnmlml lly Checks of lllmlnutlvn Size. Whllo tho hot weather is still on us thoso whoso businoss it is to foresoo and in a cortain Bonso to load public tasto, tho manufacturers and tho deslgnors, havo already mado tholr preparations for tho summor season of 1801. It is still too oarly to predict what will bo actually worn noxt summor and it is much oaslor to namo tho stylos and fabrics which aro moro or loss cortain to find littlo If any favor. Flowor dos'gns in jacquard stylos havo no friends. Fino, soft, ono-color goods in India cachomlro finish nnd ono color, stripod, vigogno goods havo all tho chances of boing extonslvoly worn noxtyoar. Shaded stripes will light for a placo and a good place, too, and ombro stylos will bo mot with In all va riotlos, on( Indian cachomlro grounds, on vigogno and on soft cheviot Broad shaded stripes in all posslblo combina tions in simple nnd comblnod, straight nnd crosswise and zigzag stylos will bo soon. Changoant stylos havo many ndmlrors who foroseo their adoption. Thoso styles may do very woll on silk and hiilf-sllk goods, but tho reproduction of tho samo on woolen goods Is besot with bo many technical dlllloultfus that tholr comnierelal buccims on wool Is out of tho quostlon unt.l some niothod of over coming theso ditUcultles has boon found. Shndod stylos havo success assured. Somo of tho latest samples show Bhndod dots and bomb designs bo twoon flno stripes; shaded stripes nltornato with ono color and shaded poa designs in stripo. A lot of vory flno stripes or hair linos cotubino into a largo stripo which Is bordorod im both sldos with lino-shaded cubo do Blgns, tho combination boing vory of- footlvo. Largo plaids havo mot with scanty favor rlils Bummor, although thoy had boon brought out in nlco color combina tions. This will prevent tholr boing enmplod extensively for noxt year. On tho other hand, small squaros, In sub dued quadrangles, which uro cut by linos that form lnrgor squares, may find deserved recognition. English stylos of worstods In gray or mado In small squares, occasionally rondorod moro of feotlvo by means of small silk knots, will also bo worn. Cheap bolges (vlgouroux) will bo tnuoh worn with shaded Btrlpos in knottod or in oval designs and othor similar dotnehod styles. In Imitation of tho blaok ground mus lin prints which wore fnTorltes last Bummer In colored tlowor designs, sim ilar stylos havo been introduced on oachomlro. lilnck Indian caohomires nro seen with small embroidered flowers in colors, with guidon yellow wheat ear designs, in green loaf and wood em broidered designs. Very light votlo tissuos nro being prepared showing largo Bquaros formed by knotted stripes. All tho styles mentioned havo good ohnnco for next summer. It scorns as iurod that soft fabrics and shaded styles will havo u irood run- ABOUT SHAKING HANDS. The Latest Evolution of a Very Ancient C'u.tom. Wo aro more givon to shaking hands than other nations. Where tho French- r, 1 .1 klM.nlf in o u ui VI i: i ill a ii wuuiu uuuiUUb muiau with a comprehensive bow that Includes a whole company of people In ono court- - t' iii tit uuud owt;uo, luu iiiiinuiijuu, u3yvv.i.jf i If ho is country bred, will patlontly and porsovoringly shako hands with ovory ono prosont Perhaps it is owing to a fooling that an unnecessary uso of tho practlco is provincial that we may traco a vlsiblo decline in it atthoprescntday. Hut it is difllcult to say to what causo is attributable tho prosont extraordinary form which it takes among cortain poo plo whon thoy do practice it a form which is especially prevalent among thoso pooplo whoso ambition it is to bo known as "smart" Whon two members of this class, or of tho far moro numer ous class that imitatos thorn, meot each other, thoy go through a ceremony which certainly boars a faint resom blanco to that of shaking hands, but is in all real essontials absolutely dlffor ont Tho lady lifts her elbow as high as a tight sleeve will permit her, and danglos a littlo band boforo hor face, carofully keeping tho wrist as stiff and high as possible whilo sho allows tho flngors to droop down. Tho man con trives to lift his olbow a llttlo higher, and, by a dexterous turn of tho wrist, I toucheB hor flncors that Is alL Tho ! reason assigned for this is curious. It is said that ladles who aro bidden to court, and whoso privilego it is to ox chango greetings with royal personages find it difllcult to comblno a courtesy with a shako of a gracious hand with out raising tholr own hands to tho lovol of tholr faces. Honco tholr too frequent communications with illustrious poo plo havo corrupted thoir good manners; thoy acquire a habit and aro so forgetful as to introduce it IntoUhoir ordinary lifo nnd tholr rola- tions with moro ordinary people. Hut thoy forgot tho courtesy, whilo thoy for- got to romombor to lower thoir hands. Another roason that has been suggested for this greeting, as it is practiced by tho host socioty, is that thoy havo bor rowed It from tho coachman. With his roins in ono hand and his whip in tho other, tho only approach to a salutation that a coachman can mako is by a sharp, upward movement of tho elbow and whip hand. Indeed, this explanation is vory plausible, for there is a kind of natural affinity between tho mannors of tho stnblo and thoso of tho vory smart people. How ancient a custom Is tho shaking of hands no ono can say. Tho giving and clasping of right hands had its origin most probably in a wish to show that tho right hand was unarmed, and that no dangor need bo approhondod from its ownor. Thoro is evidonco to show that tho clasping of hands was an ancient Hindoo usuago In logal trans actions, as it was also among the Romans in such matters as a marriago contract As a modo of salutation It cortalnly oxisted among tho latter; for wo havo Horace's description of a bore: Arrcptnriuo munu, "Quid ugls, dulelssluio re ruin?" Tho modorn idea of tho scionco of politonoss is a scionco that will save tlmo. No ono would wish to bring back tho statoly oboisancos. tho swooping courtesies, and tho hollow compliments of last coniury. .But at loast they wero a protty comedy whllo thoy lasted, whoroas' this last fashion of hand-sha -ing is a grotosquo farco. London Spec tator. TORPEDO-SHOOTING. A Dangorou CnUlng I'umuecl I(y Men in the Oil Country. Not every day doos ono meot with a man who has boon blown sovonty-flvo feot through tho air and lived to toll of it but such a man is John McCloary, who Lvos in a comfortable homo In Groonpolnt with his wlfo and two chil dron and drives a custom houso truck down town for a living. Ho was at lnch noar by whon ono of tho steam heating oxplosions at tho corner of liroadway and Fulton stroot took place. Tho atmosphoro was conduc.vo to ox ploslvo story tolling, and McCloary told of his oxporionco to an Interested group and produced a number of nowspaper clippings to vorify tho extraordinary oc curronco. Ono of thorn was from tho Eldred (Pa.) Eaglo, and it callod Mc Cloary tho hero of tho nltro-glycorino oxplosion at Haymakor, Pa., in 18S0, and said that every stitch of clothos had been stripped from his body during his flight of sovonty-flvo foot through tho air. McCloary explained that ho was what Is known as a torpedo shooter. In de scribing his sensations ho said: "When 1 tho oxplosion took placo I was probably ! twenty foot from tho stuff. I saw a blinding flash as If tho world had sud 1 donly taken lire. I know that I mado , an attompt to run from tho dorrick. I folt that I had maybo but a minuto to livo, and I romombor resolving to op-, cupy that minuto In running. All onco it sooined to mo as though .in tho mgli attompt I had takon a fearful loap and that 1 was going down down ns ono in n droam. 1 knew intuitively that tho explosion had takon placo, but I had not hoard tho roport, strango to say. Every thing looked bluo, and I began to wonder If tho explosion had killed mo and If I was doad. I calculated how many others, wero dond. I could hear tholr widows crying, nnd I rltnossed tholr funerals, I supposo It took mo ton soconds to bo thrown to whoro I was found, but It soomod to bo ton yoars, and I had tlmo to think of a thousand different things. "Finally 1 lost consciousness, and that was whon I struck tho ground, 1 suppose. 1 was badly broken up, and finally gavo up 'shooting' wolls for good nnd camo to Now York. No, now that I reallzo tho groat mk, tho hazard ous life, tho almost dally danger of death, 1 would not go back to it again for n farm." N. Y. Times. llusy Passenger (ocean greyhound) "Sign this paper, ploaso; qulok, for wo aro noarlng tho dook." Passlvo Pas Bongor "What is it?" "It's a tosti monlal to tho captain." "What for?" "For tho brave, oonsldorato nnd intolli gent care with which ho stopped up tho loaka ovory tlmo wo collided with ico borgs, nnd Bhlps and rocks and things." I N. Y. Wooltly. OF THE FOREST. Some Interesting Polnm About the Enof inou Tree of California. Thoro aro ton groups of bequoia gi- gantca in tho Sierra Nevada mountains, and tho descrintlons of most of them aro nnA tVin flnQfrtnt.inns w. . r. ..,,. n found In tho writings ot iuuir, and Clarenco King. Beginning as ino nn,th thnsn rrniina are named as loiiows. - i , p livnr- Tno uaiaveras grove. m -- as grove, tno auoiuhuiu Merced grove, tho Mariposa grove, tho Fresno grovo, tho Dinky grove, tho King's Itlver grovo, tho Now Kings River grove, and tho largo Kaweah grovo. Tho lattor consists of a number ol small sequoia forests extending over a bolt of country flvo miles wide and fifty miles long. It is in this region that tho Kawoah colony of solists havo secured most of tho timbor lands and aro now building largo mills. It Is not probable that In ten years any of theso ton forosts groups will remain oxcopt tho Calaveras groves, and perhaps ono or two other small groups, now used as summer resorts, unless immediately steps aro taken to prevent tho further filings of timber claims. Tho records at tho land-ollico show that in tho past twonty months 121,080 acres of heavily timbered land havo boon bought Irotu tho Government much of it obtained by a systomat o evasion of tho laws. Much of this land has boon taken upalong tho wostorn slopo of tho Sierra Nevada, and includes most of tho Sequoia gigantea districts. Tho Calaveras grovo covers fifty acres and contains ninoty-threo largo trees. Ono trco in 1854 was str.pped of its bark to n height of thirty feet by a man who thought ho could mako a fortune exhibiting it Tho speculation fortunatoly failed, or tho grove would havo been ruined by simi lar enterprises. This tree is estimated to contain 537,000 feot of markotablo lumber, and stands 325 feot in height girthing eighty-four feot without tho j bark. A fallen tree was about 400 feot , in height and tbo circumforonco of tho i trunk near tho baso is 110 feet Tho South grovo contains 3S0 sequoias of good slzo somo vory largo. One of tho ! largest of tho standing trees in theso Calaveras groves is tho Grizzly Giant thirty-throe feot in dlamotor near tho ground. Thoro is a treo in tho Kawoah region that is thirty-six feot in diame ter, and thoro may bo ovon larger ones. .Tho giant sequoia yields seeds in Bitch abundanco (Mr. IJradloy counting 824 seeds in a small cone), and tho vitality of frosh seed is so uniform that millions of trees could bo grown and planted on tho mountain slopes of Cali fornia. In tho Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sonora, Santa Clara and other largo valloys tho treo thrives without espe cial caro. In most plncos it has grown fastor than tho somporvirons. If tho Stato wero to undertake to reforest the wasto lands tho giant sequoia would offer ono of tho best troes for that pur pose. Tho roason why it now grows only in such isolated and small groups, instead of in oxtonsivo forosts. is bo- J causo its small light seeds can not easi ly root themsolves on tho dry, loat 1 covered soil of tho region. Tho climate has changed; tho treo is slowly disap pearing. San Francisco Examlnor. A FABLE DISPELLED. Elephantine Memory of Faces Is In No Sense Itmnrk:ttiln. There is anothor fable of our early chi dhood which a cortain young man 1b ablo to dlspol with absoluto authority, having mado a long and careful series of observations. This is a fablo about elophants and thoir wonderful power of romomboring faces and avenging in juries. Tho young man, who, ovon as a youngster, was of a reflective and ox- J porlraontal cast of mind, bogan bis ox- porlments at a vory tondor ago by dls respectfully twisting the noso of ono of tho olophants in Central park. Not tho wholo of this proboscis, you know, the youth was too small for an army con tract of that kind, but just tho oxtromo tip of tho trunk, as it was hold out to him in friendly salutation. Tho big mass of moat roared and quiv ered with pain. It was evident that wringing tho ond of an olophant's pro boscis was liko wringing tho noso of a man. Hero was a now sensation both for tho boy and tho elephant, and ono that tho former proposed to follow up as long as tho lattor was not at liberty to romonstrato. Tho noxt day ho tried it again. Now horo was a chanco for tho olophant's memory to stop in and protect him from a ropotition of yester day's Indignittos. Hut it didn't Just ns beforo, tho- trusting animal put out his proboscis in greoting, and just as boforo tho bad boy gavo It a twist that brought tears to tho oyos of tho enormous croaturo why not "olophant tears" as woll ns crocodile's? and mndo him howl with pain. Day aftor day this young ster would go up to tho park and prose cuto his researches in tho psycho. ogy of tho olophant's mind and ovory day tho kindly croaturo assisted in his studies Jb.v Riving him his trunk to experiment on- Onco during tho. month It happened that tho olophant did break his cage and getaway. Tho inquiring youth stood noar. Now, ho was sure that tho olo phant had begun to romombor and that his own littlo spooial judgment day had coma But tho olophant rushed past as if thero woro no such things in all tho world as inquisitive small boys. And thon for tho first timo tho boy began to doubt tho eternal romombranco of an olophant Hut still ho was not wholly Batlstled. It might bo that thoro was somo mental peculiarity of this part cu lar olophant tho youth reasoned, nnd so from tlmo to tlmo ho wont on twisting elephants' trunks whonovor ho got a ohnnco. And as ho has traveled much during theso years that ho has boon gottlng older, ho has probably had moro chances and twisted moro olophants' trunks, both in Europo nnd America, than any other living boing. Moreover, ho has aot his friends to oxponmontlng upon elephants, whonovor it was possible, and ot no faot in lifo is ho moro corta n than that tho beautiful story of tho olo phant's lasting memory is a clear and unmitigated myth. N. Y. Evening Sun. Chineso pboasants woro introduced , into tho woods of Oregon only eight years ago, and thero aro now said to b oarly a million of thorn thore. GIANTS THE THIRD NAPOLEON. . rfknt Duke Hrneat or Raie-Cohurp; Sr" of Illin In III Meniolm. Tho Duko of Saxc-Coburg-Goth a Queen Victoria's brother-in-law, saw tho Emperor Napoleon III. closoly. His Highness was again in Paris and at tho opora on tho night of tho Orslnl attompt Ho wont thero alono Instead of in tho company of thoir Majesties, and that probably saved his life. Ho stood await ing thorn in tho vestibule, whon arst explosion was heard, and then, an in stant after, a second. "I was still stand ing thoro," ho says in tho volume of his memoirs just published, "potriflcd with horror, when tho Emperor and Empress rushed in. Thoy seemed about to falL Tho Empress seized me, as it wero, mo chanlcally by tho nrm and said protty calmly. 'Sauvczmoll' Tho Emperor was liko ono stunned; ho staggered and I thought ho was wounded. Ills hat was a littlo knocked in and torn on ono sldo by a bullet." And this was only tho second explosion, for thoro was still to bo a third. In this caso tho bomb must havo boon thrown straight at tho door of tho hall, for fragments of tho shell and bullets smashed tho windows nnd rebounded from tho colling. "I dragged tho Empress, whom I had on my arm, away with mo, and recollect having knocked down somo person who blocked tho way, as I was endeavoring to reach tho stair-case leading to tho box. Tho Emperor appeared at a loss to know in what direction to turn. Then he followed us up tho stairs, and at last wo all reached tho box." As soon as they had composed thom solves tho terrified pair stepped to tho front of tho box, but thoy mot with no reception. Not a hand stirred, not a sound was raised. "Tho Emperor said to mo in Gorman: 'Thoro you seo tho Parisians thoy aro never treated harsh ly enough.' " Presontly the marshals and tho membors of tho Imperial family came into tho box. Marshal Canrobort wept liko a child, and whon tho Princess Mathildo arrived thoro was a scene of passionate excitement, for sho had lost all self control. "Quito lato in tho ovonlng Prince Napoleon also put in an appearance. Whon ho approached tholr Majesties tho Empress turned hor back upon him, whilo the Emperor said to him coldly, beforo tho Princo had timo to mako any fino phrases: 'C'estbienl c'ost bion!' " Tho Duko was to seo this much tried ruler and man onco more, and this timo in his greatest trial of all. It was at Sedan. A messongor brought tho King of Prussia tho famous letter of surrender from Napoleon III. "Listen," said tho King to thoso who stood about him, and ho rend tho letter aloud. Then, sitting upon a plow, ho wroto his an swer on tho back of his aid do camp. Tho samo day tho Duko mot tho Em poror driving from Donchery, and bow ed to him from his horso. "Ho waved his hand in a frlondly way, but did not speak a word. For tho last timo in this lifo I saw his sad and overshadowed features." Tho Duko necessarily passes J most of his timo on what his illustrious I countryman, Auerbach, calls ttio Hoights. Ho rarely descends to tho plains. Wo hear littlo of pooples, but vory much of thoso who govern them. Even his brothor's great achievement, tho exhibition of 1851, was, in tho Duko's eyes, "pro-ominently aristo cratic" Somo of us havo thought that it was not without popular foatures, but lot that pass. "Tho nobility undertook tho representation of England in a man nor such as it has novor dono again on any other occasion. On tho opening day nearly 4,000 stato equipagos appear ed, and the royal party drovo up almost daily in full splendor to visit thooxhibi tion." x Tho Duko's history, however, must bo taken from tho Duko's own point of view, and in that it is not alto gether without consolation for thoso who liko to preserve thoir faith in popu lar destinies. Democracies can not pos-, slbly mako greater mistakes than havo! been mado for them by thoso who oblig ingly undortako to roliovo thorn of all troublo in tho management of thoir own' affairs. London News. A I'aljiablo Evidence. A Spauish astronomer bus ascertained that there aro rain and snow on tho moon tho i samo as on tho earth. Time dark spot over tho left eur of tho man in tho moon, then, must bo uu umbrella. Burlington Freo Press. Her Choice. A Miss Leg, of Montana, has just married a man named Hand. Sbo thought sho would rather bo a right Hand than a left Log. New York Tribuue. Mutual Recognition. Smith Why, excuse mo, sir, but that is tho umbrella I lest. Brown Excuso mo. This is tho umbrella I found. Detroit Freo Press. Chicago's Ucgrct. Chicago has reason to regret that tho world la so small. Carter Harrison is moro than balf way nrouiul it already. Chicago News. VEGETABLE PANAGEA PREPARED FROM ROOTS & HERBS, FOR THE CURC OF AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISING FROM A DISORDERED STATE ofthe STOMACH OR AN .inactive: liver. fan SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS