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The Oregon Scout JONEB &, ClIANGEY Publishers UNION, ORFGON. "HEALTHJ LOVEJ WORKI" Wens ever each cauiitffi triplet tornf Jtosy and sweet and rU1 an tlio morn; TJovcr a hearthstone tar nml wldo Co happy as whcreXheso thrco ablda. If the angels senfhut ono to nin, Which would Icihooso of tlio lovelyt&root O.-of the trio, Love-Is Ijcst; Ixrve immortal, in loveliest. Jim. George W. Swlftto Woman. TliiUroiuU of Indian Territory. There trro 20,000 'Clwrokccs, 5,000 7hoctaws, 5,000 Chickasnws, and from 2,000 to S.'OOO Sotninolcadn tlio territory. The Crooks number 8,000to 10,000 bouIs, tout it is thought about 'half of theso are negroes. Owing to projudiconmong tho Cherokees and Choctaws there aro fewer wegrocs in thoso nations. tTJie, territory liaa more railroads than nny who have not studied tho subject would believe. Tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo route -runs a Jino from Arkansas City to Chdnesvillo straight through the middle of the territory. Tho Missouri, Kansas nd Texas, part of Gould's Missouri Pa cific line, ruiiB through tho northeast cor nier, tlirough tho Cherokee, Creek, Choc taw, and part of the Chickasaw nations. Thcro is a fifty milo bit of road from Fort Smith, Ark., to Moskogec, in tho Oeek nation, entirely traversing tho Cherokee country. Tho Atlantic and Pacific road has got tho right of way, and has -made its survey straight across tlio territory. A branch of tho Rock Xsland system crosses the territory, and a branch of tho Southern Kaunas route runs across tho northeast corner. Diag onally ucross tho state is projected tho -Dcnnison and Wachita Valley road, part of tho 'Frisco system. Now York Sun. Tlio IIlHtory of Ono. "Fivo or six years ago that woman -was n great !ello,"Baid my neighbor, as - -tho door closed on tho shocking example -of resurfacing. "Sho camo hero for tho first timo tho anorning after tho great ball. Sho looked tired, and I didn't wonder. My lirother, who was out late tho night bo faro, told mu that ho heard n gentleman call her by name as ho handed Iter into a carringo after a littlo'suppcr at tho close r an evening at tho theatre. It was .midnight and sho was just going homo to dress for tho ball. You can guess tho fiacohho was keeping. Sho IxMightnoth in.; but a little violet Kwdcr to whiten tho great dark circles under her eyes. Next eciison sho was n regular customer for roso leaf wafers of ono kind and nn thcr to rub a little bloom on her cheeks. After that it was paint, and now look at Jicr. Sometimes her faco breaks out in Matches and sho has terrible work to cure them." Eliza Putnam Ileaton. llulncil by tlio Si unit Hat. Every old East Indian ollicer knows -that when a musk rat runs over tho bot 'tlca in your cellar you might us well -throw tho contents away. They will Iiavo tho smell nnd tho tnstoof tho musk, nd nothing that you can do will euro it. 1 know it is n story that you won't bo Jiovo, because you haven't seen it your clr, but you can cork ti bottlo of ale, ay, as securely as you like, seal it nnd 3ut it away, and if tho rats get iv chanco to play about it you will find it wholly tindriukablo. I don't know how tho racll gets into tho liquor, but there it is. J Jiavo seen bottles washed and scrubbed nd rubbed with sand, then opened and jifjfound to bo ruined. There is no animal that tho old bchool Indian will kill with ucli a thorough consciousness of doing a 4;ood work us tho rat. Chicago Newa. Military Ilulloons In Use. Tlio actual practice of military bal looning is now being carried on by Italian forces in tho Soudan to n consid erable extent, and this question of ob taining tho gas for tho balloons has caused not u little trouble. Tho hydro 5rch required has been manufactured at Naples and taken to tho beat of war in .steel tubes, each of which is about fi C-8 inches in diameter by -1 foot 7 1-i) inches long, tho walls being nkmt C 5-8 inches thick. Tlio hydrogen is produced by ac tion on iron turnings with dilute sulphu xio acid, and is pumped into theso tubes nt u pressure of 1,010 jwunds per square iuch. Forty of tlio tubes aro needed in inflating u hinglo balloon. Now Orleans I'icayunu. Itoek Crystal Wutrli)'. A new and peculiar class of timepieces .'lias lately U'cu brought out which ilhu iratcs tho hteady progress that is being inndo in tho arts of skill and precision. This is u watch of ordinary bize, of which tho cuso and plates aro mado of Brazilian -lbbIo or rock crystal, thus tendering tho watch transparent, und oxiKwing to jilain view tho wheels and nil other parts of tho interior mechanism. Scieutillo -American. Kngluiiil' Diiiucstlti riorvlrr. About a hoventh IS. 7 per cent. of tlio working population of England is engaged In domestic bcrvico. In Amer ica only 0 jht cent, of tho satno jwpula tion earn their living in this way. At least ten families tuo eoiuH'ling for ono domestic in tho United States whoro only four uro bidding against each other in Xugloud. Onco u Week. Willow uml Ouk. Tho vdllow which Iwntls to tho temixst return twapes lxtter than tho oak which icaists it; and so in grout calamities it oinetiuies hapMiiH that light and frivo lous t-pirits recover their elasticity and -t)rconco of mind boouer than thoso of u .loftier character. Sir Walter Scott, A DUtliiguUlii'il lVi-ioungo. Census Tnkor Your uuino, please. John Smith." Any middle nnnio?" "No; isn't the nnnio I havo enough ilo dlstlntruish me I" Yanlcco Blade. President Harrison Iuih proiuibod tho Tlibor Committee that when Coiiltimh wdjoiirned ho would give coiibidorutiuii f to tlio I'lglil-liour law ami would IiihIhI aiK)ii ItH rlrlut enforcement In govern audit building, lrfnh I'oeU. The long training of tho porjplo In verse composing and verse recit'ing pre disposes them to the composition of po etry of some degree of excellence. Irish men and Irishwomen as a rule havo a knack at writing if they rend vo any edu cation at all, and arc riMv.ral journalists and writers at an early ngo. The last re markable poet of tbc.Jie kind known in Ireland was OaroJin, the blind bard of tho last century, -whoso jwrtrait and some of whoso versos, translated and in the original, wero published by James Hardiman. He was as jwripatetic as Homer is said to have been, blind also, and certainly a fine if not a great poet. Though tho race is not extinct, little ex cept tho most ordinary verse is published in Irish today, the audience being too email to tempt tho most ardent patriot. With all its inherited shortcomings, and with the evils that befell it owing to cir cumstances, the poetic guild of ancient Ireland did the world a great scrvico in keeping from destruction historical and national data lost from other parts of Europe. It also added not a little to the world's stock of tragic, of noble and of comic fiction. Charles do Kay in Cent ury. The Country I'apr ' the City. It would do tho hearts of country edi tors good to ride up town on the elevated cars in the afternoon of Friday and Sat urday on any week in the year. On these two days a great many business men give only a hasty glance at the evening papers and then immediately draw from a pocket ,,,m nnu shot past the bicycle at an cle ft rnnv of n. miner that is in 'marked con-1 nation of some fivo feet from the ground. trast to tho city paper, so far as typo and genoral appearance goes. The type is in variably larger and the displays of ad vertisements nnd headings to news arti cles commonly coarser. Tho ink is not alwnys spread evenly over tho page. Nevertheless, tho business man opens the paper to the page devoted to villago news nnd reads every lino there. After that ho not infrequently reads the villago ad- vertisements nnd cives a brief look at the editorials. The city man used to live in the village where that paper was printed, nnd ho recognizes tho numcs of people thero as old acquaintances, and common ly old friends. Tho villago paper comes like a letter from homo to tho city man who was onco a villager. Now York Sun. A New Lighthouse, The new lighthouse at Host holm is tho most powerful in the world. The beam is of 2,000,000 candlo power und shows clearly at Olokhus, a distance of thirty llvo miles. It is produced by aro lamps, fed by Do Moriten's dynamos, driven by Rteam engines. To prevent tho extinc tion of tho light through an accident to tho machinery tho latter is duplicated, ono set coming into play should the other fail. Tho light is further supplemented 1 in thick weather by two powerful Rirens, or fog trumpets, working with compress ed air. Tlio fascination which n power ful light exercises on wild birds is curi ously illustrated by this lighthouse. It is eaid that basketfulsof dead snipes, larks, starlings and so forth aro picked up in tho mornings outsido tho tower. They kill themselves in clashing against the windows of tho lantern. Montreal Star Writing on Cast Iron. Mr. John Farrar, foreman of tho Q. W. & F. Smith Iron Company, of Bos ton, has threo small cast iron plates, ono of which is 3J by (i inches, on which is cut in sunken letters etched tho Lord's prayer in bold handwriting, and tho other two, each 5 by 0 inches, contain ing outlino drawings, ono with threo sketches a pig in an inclosure, swnns on water, and a deer, with pyramids in tho distnnce, nnd the other plate con tained an outline drawing of a horse. Referring to theso plates, Mr. Farrar said: "What you seo on them is done with n common steel pen on a piece of thin paper. Tho paper, when prepared, is pinned into n Hand mold, iron is poured into tho mold and tho writing is trans ferred to tho casting." Boston Herald. Sim Fnrtiit Tuo Noon, Paris officers, going to seize tho goods of a woman against whom a judgment had been obtained, found her lying ap parently dead and prepared for burial in her rooms. They were about to retire when ono of them could not resist tho temptation to pinch the plump arm of tho woman. The supposed corpse promptly sat upon tho bier nnd gavotho impertinent ollicer a regular dressing down before sho remembered that she was dead to hor creditors, if not to tho world. Tho oxecution was innilo at oncu mini tho goods sold. Now York Sun. An (MIutr Sen V. "They cut their food with their dag gers, and they eat with pitchforks!" cried the horrified Japanese who first kuw Europeans eating in such n barbaric nnd revolting manner with tho knife and fork, Light fingered, deft and imitative as tho Japanese and Chinese are, it takes them as long to learn tho proper and graceful uso of the knife and fork as it requires for us to master tho evolutions and etiquette of tho chopsticks. Eliza Scldmoro in St. Nicholas. Uo for Cunt Oil' (lurinrvt. Who could dream of boiling tip sol diers' cast olf trousers? Yet this is what Is done with tho discarded leg coverings of tho English soldiers, and what do you guess to ho tho uso of tho condiment when ho cooked? Tho pulp .thus pro duced is used to Btull balls. Tho trou sers aro chopped fine, loiled, treated with 6omo chemical substance, and then cast in molds of different sizes for uso in tho dltloreut flvea and racquet courts. Chatter. Th AVrlght or tlio llralu, It is curious to observe that tho aver age weight of tho brain coverings and fluids is highest in tho insane, while the weight of tlio bruin is lower. Washing ton Star. Only 13 per cent, of tho imputation of Russia can read and write. Tho number of primary nuhools is 88,000 for tho popu lation of 100,000,000. INSPIRATION. lie was peasant tolling 'mid thofeheaves From dew to dew among the war.lng groin What time he went afield In w.y morn, The stars shone above the mooning mlsto; And when at eve he reached ills cottage door. Ho heard the plovers calllng-to the night. One day, while 'neath Ills measured rhythmic stroke Fell swath on awath of precious golden grain. She came across the fields a vision rare The princess, good and pure and beautiful. Who, smiling on him as she passed him by, Knew not that she had filled his heart with love And soul with music Vet from that day forth Ills fellow workers heard his sweet sad songs, And wondered at their comrade as ho fang. Soon far beyond the humble rustic town Ills master music touched the hearts of men. Until the world had claimed htm as her own, And wreathed him poet with the laurel crown. Ono day he found his wondering steps astray Where he had seen the vision of his soul "If she," he thought, "had been a peasant maid. And I a prince had seen her toiling there. How happy now would be these weary days!" At this he threw himself upon the sheaves Until the length 'nlng shadows eastward thrown Had blended with tho gently deep'mng gloom Until across the misty starlit meads He beard the plovers calling to the night. Sanborn Oovo Tenney in Harper's. A Doc That rr. This recalls the story of the grey hound, whoso master was an expert bi cyclist, and was accustomed to rundown bill, with his legs tucked up on the ma chine. The greyhound, a speedy and highly intelligent creature, always seem ed to take extreme pleasure in this feat, and one day, to his master's astonish ment, suddenly drew all his legs under , Threo times onlv in the course of a long descent, he just touched the ground with his left hind foot, and met his master at tho foot of tho hill with frisks and bounds, having traveled nearly three hundred yards in tho air. It is a curious fact, but tho chronicle asserts that, on tho death of this dog, elementary wings I wcro ,ouna on ,l,s "ouiucr blaues, wiiicli Becma t0 indicate that ho had a natural predilection for flying. London Times. Itnprnvpil Sounding Machine. Tho old method of "heaving the lead" was a cumbrous nnd often unreliablo process, which occupied a considerable time, nnd could only be performed when tho vessel was brought to or going at a very moderate speed. With Sir William Thomson's improved sounding machine the depth can bo accurately found with little trouble and without altering the speed of tho vessel. A lino of soundings can be taken with great ease and tho ship's place bo made known by compari son with tho chart long before sho comes near to nny dangerous position. For steamships going at a great speed, and especially when Hearing land, the uso of this machine is absolutely indispensable. Now York Commercial Advertiser. A Mun with Iron Nerve. An exceedingly cheeky thief made his appearance in Boston ono day recently. Ho was dressed in overalls. Ho went into the olllco of a lifo insurnnco com pany and, while whistling one of tho latest tunes, began to unscrew from tho wall of a toilet room on the fourth floor a mirror valued at about $20. Fully twenty occupants of tho building saw tho man nt work, and everybody thought ho had been hired either to repair the glass or clean it. They did not suspect anything was wrong until after ho left. Then it was learned ho was a thief. Ho walked down the four flights of stairs nnd left by means of tho front door. Philadelphia Ledger. "KetchoU" Up with Thrm, Ignatius Donnelly sometimes tells this anecdote from tho platform; An old 1 farmer in tho south was taking his first trip on a railway train. Tho equipment was poor and tho road was rough nnd in bad conditioafBo that the train mado poor time. Suddenly tho engine whistled. "What'8 tho matter?" asked tho farmer, anxiously. "Oh," said a fellow pas senger, "thero aro 6omo cows on tho track and they nro whistling to scare them ofl." Tho train ran along slowly a few miles farther, when tho whistle sounded ngain. Tho farmer suddenly started and then exclaimed: "Mowed if wo haven't ketched up with them cows ngain." llnrlty of the (.'orinoi nut. It seems rather strange that, while skins and eggs of the great auk aro so highly valued, the public rarely hear of Pallas' cormorant, tho extinction of which in the North Pacific corresponds to that of the great auk in the North Atlan tic. Only four specimens of Pallas' cor morant aro known to exist in museums; no one possesses its eggs; and no bones 1 were found or preserved until Mr. Leon hard Stejneger, of the Smithsonian insti tution, was so fortunate somo years ago as to rescue a few of them. Yet this bir was tho largest and handsomest of its tribe. New York Ledger. A fiutty Hum. Tho costliest horso barn in tho world belongs to 1). E. Crouso nnd is located at Syracuse, N. Y. It has now cost tho owner, a millionaire horseman, some thing like 700,000. Incidental expenses will make tho stable cost little short of u round million, St. Ixmis Republic, llotolir. "Yes," Baid the learned youth, "1 reached forward and struck him n blow on the optic, und a minute later his alter ego was in mourning." "His what?" inquired tho fond parent. "His alter ego his other eye, you know." Boston Transcript, A French company is pushing a schoine for piercing tho Fauoilles by a tunnel, which would shorten tho distance U tween Paris and Geneva by bix hours. Tho Swiss government is against it be cause lxth outlets of tho tunnel would bo iu French territory. Tho population of Iceland diminished 2,400 between 18S5 and 13SS, being nt the close of tho latter your 09,224. The decline is duo to emigration to America. Tho native fishermen complain that their business is boing ruined by tho Eng lish foiling steamers. Th tore., suit l KniUnd. j 'A GREAT LEATHER COLLECTION. An experience recently told me of uu , , Number of gpeeimen. visit to the London Lyceum theatre a mod 0eneri,i interest. i twelvemonth since verifies tho state- A mQgt inU3re8tlng collection, consist ent as to the positive rule of some of the , of Qver m varieiieB 0f hides, skins English playhouses not to admit ladiesor (and leaUier8 each from a different spe-' gentlemen to the stalls unless they are m cieg of flshi flegh or fowif hag been put evening dress. The American had bad a T,,jh!tinn wt,h:n the bitr show win- busy day of it, and found that it was too late to put himself into his dress suit, as was his custom when going to the thea Heart." At the box office he tendered his money for a couple of stalls. The ofli- cial looked the applicant over for a mo- ment, apparently arrived at the conclu- sion ho was a gentleman and forthwith asked if he would not accept a box a much preferable and morn ciwinim Iliuru expeUBIVO situation for his lady and himself, "I make this suggestion," continued tho courteous and diplomatic represen tative, "because should you appear in the stalls not in full dress you would at tract an embarrassing amount of notice as the only persons that had been pro vented, for some cause or other, from observing tho usual formality. I feel sure that under tho circumstances you will find this box more agreeable." "Neat way of putting it, wasn't it?" said tho narrator chipperly, "nnd so En gush, you know!" Clothier and nisher. Fur A Curious I'ulplU A curious colonial relio known as the "open nnd Rhut pulpit," lias been sold at Danielsonville, Conn. It had been in tho Read family for 100 years, and was the ! property of Rev. Amos Read, tho first Baptist minister in the state. Mr. Read had to travel great distances in order to "spread the gospel," and had his pulpit made to take with him. It opens and 6huts with hinges like a chest whoso lid is very much lartrer than the box nart. When the nulnit is shut uti it is seem- ingly a fair sized box; opened, the solid lid stands straight before the preacher, a pulpit standard, on which tho minister lays his Bible and hymn book, nnd bo hind which he discourses, standing on the other part of the box. Rev. Amos Read, when ho set forth to preach in I distant parts, just strapped up his pulpit, , balanced it on his horse's back and trot ted forth, carrying church as well as gospel with him. Philadelphia Ledger. Traveling a Morinrn 1'iiuloii. Now tho gadfly which pursued poor Io seems to havo stung us all, and we flit about the globo restlessly, till it has nearly come to pass that everybody who has a house has let it to somebody else, and the last place to expect to find a man is nt home. A general game of puss-in-tho-corner amuses tho best society of Europe and America all the summer and 'much of tho winter. Tho humblest village school child expects two or threo annual excursions; every servant and shop hand stipulates for holidays long enough to pay distant visits; in short, our lives are becoming much like thoso of festive gnats at play of a warm even ing. Sometimes wo pauso to suck a ! flower or to bito somebody, but wo soon j return to tho perpetual locomotion which seems to possess unfailing charm. Fran- ces Power Cobbe in Forum. A Hog That Likes (ins. At tho Dog's Grotto, ono of tho curi osities maintained near Rojo, Italy, thero is u cave, tho lower part of which is said to bo filled with deadly gas, so that while a man can walk about unharmed a dog breathing tho lower air is asphyx iated. To provo it they havo a dog called Columba that is taken into tho cave ' whenever a visitor appears and that, after a short time, seems overcome by tho alleged gas and has to bo carried out and resuscitated in tho fresh air. Tho dog is so well trained that whenever she sees a stranger approaching she gets up and trots oil to tho cavo to get her as phyxiation. This happens many times a day, but the dog seems none tho worse for it. Now York Sun. A Sgiiclnus Dog. A correspondent tells a curious story of animal sagacity. Ho onco knew a dog who used to run on tho legs of one side a sort of ono sided shambler. Tho animal would start in tho usual way, and when he had acquired a sufficient momentum tuck up tho legs of ono side and, leaning over toward tho other side, ecamper nlong on two legs until tired. Ho would then ncquire fresh impetus, nnd give tho other legu a turn at this ex hilarating exercise. Tho correspondent writes from Cyprus, not Crete. London Field. A Viillil KxouKe, Lady Reformer Why don't you con gressmen pass a law prohibiting the smoking of cigarettes? Congressman Wo huvo no reason for doing 6o. Lady Reformer No reason? Why, ci garetto smoko injures tho brain. Congressman Possibly it does, ma dam; but people who havo brains don't i smoko cigarettes. Chatter. A floating Church. Tho Rev. Robert J. Walker, of the Church of Our Saviour, anchored in the East river at the foot of Pik street, is eoinethlng of a wng. Ho says that his church is "high" or "low" according to tho tide. As his members nro all sailors, ho may bo said to bo dependent upon the floating iKipulation. Now York Com mercial Advertiser, Not Afrulil of Microhm. Dr. George Duttan, a Boston physician, at a meeting of tho American Health bo cioty, of which ho is prosident, mndu this challenge: "Lot my medical friends bring mo half a pint of all kinds of la cilli and I will oat thorn, provided that it I am not sick tho next day tho microl theorists will forover thereafter hold their peace." Tho total population of Greenland at Uie end of 18S8 was 10,291. Thero had been 102 deaths during tho previous ' year, of which thirty-ono had been by i drowning from tho nativo canooa anil , ten uv other accidents. tm oni rr i., .i:... ., . . mu renee raws unu uiicuhik uw, urZidit of a large sum oi money. - flnd me Mmo " Y , vf , It was got together Ov the proprietors - . - d wenther und der forraanco of nenry Irving in -The Dead . tnr m.nnnriMin and 5 a!! 1, .mK., dows of a rjnjon 6quaro jewelry shop. I The collection is a unique one, and it is i :n...i i unt,..u ViiFiinn it is 001itiuually referred to every day. From the eicpimnt to the molo all the mala aro represented whose skins are 1 o tanning. Among others, ono , ' ,i, nr ,ha MA Mna w" -5, , "Tr . i 1fl,n- nt tYin can linn nllllTJltor. 1 chameleon, lizard, eel, turkey, crow, ic.v v.. 0 , hawk, codfish, cassowary, porcupine, Persian goat, wild boar, dog, seal, calf sea wolf, elk, Tampico goat, kangaroo, African antelope, porpoise, Rocky moun tain sheep, Rocky mountain antelope, chamois, boa constrictor, shark, walrus, lamb, armadillo, elephant, cat, crocodile, garfish, pig boar, St. Bernard dog, West India pelican, wild swan, woodchuck, rabbit, monkey, sheep, Australian wolf, raccoon. blacK bear, buiialo, camei, ta- Ti.adi.m wild trout, docfish. Euronean ! sturgeon, wildcat, opossum, badger, pan- t.hor Qlflinlf wi ll tlirU-ov wi ll flunk. Wild goose, chicken, eagle, horse, East India goat, luwack, ant eater, Russian dog, agouti, squirrel, guinea pig, prairw dog, wolf, fawn, black monkey, peccary, red monkey, nylghau, waterbok, gray gnu, hartebeest, lion, koodo, caribou, alliga- tor, mole, zebra, tapir and of the Aineri - , can elk j Somo of the separate pieces of tho . leather aro of great size. Ono is that of ' a boa constrictor, which when nlivo ! must have measured over twenty feet in I length. There is also the skin of n big alligator, tanned whole. It is ! t'10 introduction of alligator lea owing to i leather into trade that these animals are now fast be coming extinct. One of tho rarest of all the specimens is a piece of genuine mammoth skin, with some of tho hair still on it, which was cut from the dead body of ono of these great extinct ani mals, which had melted out from be neath tho primeval ico of Siberia. New York Evening Sun. An Aburovintetl Sign. George Bowles took advantage of a beautiful day to indulge in a drive with his wife. On one of tho principal streets they passed a grocer's wagon on tho side of which was painted in bold capitals this queer inscription: : idoorkpo : Of course Bowles' curiosity was at onco aroused and he drove up alongside of tho wagon. When tho grocer came out of a neighboring house with his empty bas ket Georgo asked him what the sign meant. In a manner which seemed to express contempt of his inquirer for his ignorance he replied: "Those letters mean that my stqre is located just one door east of the postollice." Then Bowles looked at the inscription and wondered why ho had not solved the riddle before. Chicago Herald, Deer Come to Town to Live. L. L. Goilney informs us that the town of Downieville is at present inhabited by quite a number of deer that were cap tured during a storm. They walk around town aHd are as tame as cattle, some of them going up to children on the streets to eat food and delicacies given them, One band of fourteen wero found near tho banksof the river, above town. They were all bunched in the snow and left over night. The next day thoso who found them picked out what they wanted and took them to town, where, in a few days, they became perfectly tame. Somo are kept tied in stables, and somo wander nround town at will, returning to the barn when they havo had their exercise. Tho town dogs do not disturb them when out. Nevada City Herald. Unsold Ijuul iu the United State. The United States government has been tho largest owner of arable laud on the earth; tho total area of tho "public domain," sold nnd unsold, amounts to l,811),072,.r)S7 acres, and con stitutes 73 per cent, of tho total area of tho United States, including Alaska. About 700,000,000 acres of land have been sold and donated; about 1,150,000, 000 acres remain unsold. As tho area of Alaska is 800,530,000 acres, tho area un sold exclusive of that territory is about 780,000,000 acres. Current Literature. Ar th GUI to llliumt? The young woman who is forover com plaining, however, that some man "keeps staring at her" iu public places ought to remember that if she had not looked at him sho would not havo known ho was "staring." It takes two to make a stare annoying. It would bo well to supplement the old ndago to "Never look a gift horso in tho mouth" with "Never look a strnngo man in tho eyes." Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Coot fif l'aiut fur Anii'ilran Women, A Gorman statistician, who has ne.. curate data concerning tho uso of cos civilized world. luetics throughout the estimates that tho money which Amer ican women pay for cosmetics would pav for tho painting of 37,000 houses nt an expense of $75 per house. Berlin Courier. Onrln Aro Hi tler Than CaU. Tho barn owl, whon tho has young, brings to her nest a mouse about overv twelvo minutes, and, as she is actively employed IkjIIi at evening and at dawn, nnd as male and female hunt, forty unco a day is the lowest computation wo can make. Macmillnn's. IIrU Llura for an Innocent Man. In China tho man who lives nearest "l0 600,10 urdor is accused of the criruoi nn,i j,t. nmst ,,rovo jlja jnnocenco or stand tho punishment. Consequently, 11 1,8 is Innocent ho ruttlus round pretty Jvely t0 Jiwovor tho criminal. Chicago iiut. - . 1. 1 . r tnlvir n n il th . I-1 1 1 T I I 'n L 1 1. Ill U1UIII tl . . J I vw . - . 1 1 , 1. I . V. J .. Some General Observation. If I vhas to live my life oafer again I ox pect I do no petter ash peforo. Nopody knows how to live until he vhas about ready to die. In trying to get something for nothing in dis world we cheerfully buy $3 worth of cigars fer der man who gifs us a teccket to a fifty cent show. I doan' see some loafers nround midout I wonder dot nature vhas so foolish. Sho could shust ash well haf used oop dot material to vhas eati- peoples und I XT wlirt nliMH uu- ... niar ut naviHm Vhen I like to pound on my drum I forget dot 1 haf some neighbors who may like to ihleep. Vhen I like to shlecp myself my neighbor should be put in shall if ho playe on . der piano. We like a man who snpeakg der truth by .... . i . i, ' . cniisr go soon asn ne lens usboiiio- tbi pleasant we vhas mad at him. I rnen i near a boy whistle I foel safe. I know dot so long as ho whistles he doan' pub up some shop to shteal my apples or carry off my front gate. If you take a man's bad luck und'traco' it back you vhill discover dot he vhas to blame i ten times vhero somepody else vhas once, und yet ho remembers oirly dot once. ! We doan know some men until doy vhas gone to der bad. Den it vhas we hear ofery- pody say how shmart und talented dey vhas all der timo. i Sometimes it seems to me dot der world vhas too wicked to stand much longer, and "OH v una uu.u luuca, ujji .fcuu man. I take somo nver meuicine, unu lot , uml all men vhas aU right. , j baf soen a funeral procession a mile long, un(i two weeks later I haf askod who vhas buried dot day, und nopody could remember, Vhen a man gets through mit dor world der 1 world vhas through mit h!m.-Carl Dunder in Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Parshley (as the boat pitches a trifle) How delightful this little swell is, Mr. Parshleyl Young Brockelsby (complacently) I al ways try to bo eutcrtaining, Mrs. Parshley. J 111! CO Rnnk nml Money Marriage. It is becoming more and moro hard for Faubourg St. Gormain mothers to And rich husbands for their daughters. As thoro is no court hero, tho connec tion which marriage with ono of thoso young ladies might open to a nouvel en richi would bo of small value. Sho could not endow hor husband with a title, and hor pretensions to bo bottor than his family would bo unondurablo. As her forefathers and foromothors all married for monoy, sho has not tho recotnmonda- I tion of beauty. Tho sons of noble fami- I lios, as such, aro not nearly so much ' prized as they used to bo by tho mag nates of tho French Jowry. Still, thoy can pick up in all directions tho daugh ters of men who havo mado monoy in business. For instance, a match is con templated botweon tho hoiross of a manufacturer of corsots and a descend ant of Marshal do Grouchy, who was a man of anciont family. Hor fathor is glad to buy a title for hor, and sho is de lightod at tho prospoct of hearing a siyllsh maitro d'hotol announco that "Madame la Marquiso ost sorvio." A Belgian Princo of non-royal house was ablo somo eight or nino years ago to got hold of 400,000 by going to Hymon's altar with tho daughtor of a man who roso from boing a stroot-swoopor to hav ing a contract for swooping tho streets I of Paris. But his sistors, who wero pon iniloss, had to marry poor widowers. London Truth. Names for Triplets. This is the latest credited to W. S. Gil bert. A friend was bewailing in his com pany that his wife had just presented him with triplets, all girls. "What am I to- do with them?" asked tho poor man. "I don't' even know what to name them." "Oh," said Mr. Gilbert, "call tho first Kato, tho second Duplicate, and tho third Triplicate." Tho Argonaut. A Mu-tscuso's Observation. I A masseuse who has practicod her profession largely anion" families of wealth makes the statement, that in many years sho has administered massage to i only ono woman whoso ribs had not been ; displaced by corset wearing. Now York woriu. Wasto silk has been shown to bo tho most effective nonconductivo covering for Bteam pipes. Tho prico is high, but tho demand is very great. Bouquet throwing has been abolished in tho London theatres. VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FROM ROOTS Be HERBS fOfi THE CURE OF IIIW M HllflllMll' r .i -j a i w,' k. mm AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISlNQ FROM A DISORDERED STATEofthe STOMACH OR AN INACTIVE LIVER. rOH SALE BV ALL DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS. I Takeo to Himself.