The Oregon Scout
JONC8 &. CHANOEY Publishers.
UNION, OREGON.
A LETTER FROM HONDURAS
Intercut hit; In-tft dinn-riilne tliu ISunnmt.
A Tricky Triulei Hid 11 ti I -' l.iim.
The inlinbitiuit of the north, who live?
within easy reach of steamers n::tl rail
ways, can buy his luuianas ami other
tropical fmit while the thermometer is
feoniewhero down in t lie; thirties, and hi
may have a faint longing to ho some
whom down south, when' "tho citron
blooms," and whore ho may imagine
that tho sky must Iks forever blue. But,
far from it; hero, as elsewhere, thoro ia
always some detrimental elem-nt up
setting ono's agricultural expectation's
and tho bananas, in bpito or perhaps be
cause of tho luxuriant and speedy growth
of tho plant, is tho first to mi (Tor from
tho heavy storms that sweep down over
tho mountains or along tho coast. Wliolo
. banana Holds are thrown to the ground
by ono severe gale; tho plant has not
what might bo termed a trunk; from tho
comparative slender root shoot up tho
leaves and stem, which, top heavy and
fruit laden, is bending tho tree- by its
own weight, and if felled to tho ground
by u sf.irni it rises no more.
This is, however, not the only misfor
tune to which the planter must submit.
-Even if he is lucky enough to escape tho
devastating storms and havo his bananas
nttaui the nocr-nsary stale of maturity,
lie is then at the mercy of an occasional
Bleamer to come and buy his product.
Tropical fruits are not like apples and
pears, which may bo preserved for
months; here almost every kind of fruit
must bo cut beforo it is fully ripe; ba
nanaa are cut when they aro "three
quarters full," and during tho summer
even less, to insure their safo arrival
after a voyage of ten or twelve days.
Strango as it may seem, -bananas left to
ripen on tho stem aro tasteless; they
must nlways bo cut lioforo they aro fully
rijie, only what is exported is often too
young and too green to develop tho de
licious llavor which they havo hero.
"When a steamer arrives in these tropic
jiorts where bananas aro cultivated, tho
ngent or captain gives out tickets or or
ders to tho various fruit growers to cut
bo many hunches, each cluster to bo of
tho prescribed hoight "soven hands uj"
which means so many layers of ban
nnas overlying each other. There aro
tall and littlo men, so thoro aro hunches
of bananas, but a littlo man may bo a
man for all that, not so tho bunches of
bananas, tho small ones aro counted two,
or even three for one. Atn stated hour
of tho day, or more frequently of tho
night, tho steamer is anchored out in tho
bay, and at tho peril of his life each
iilanter carries out his fruit in his small
mat or dory, to meet with bitter disap
lointnient, for very often only one-half,
perhaps less, of his fruit will lw accepted
and paid for, although it was all con
tracted for, but it is so easy to (hid somo
fault, and as there is no way of preserv
ing the bananas, and 110 other steamer
duo for a week or a fortnight, there is no
choice and no time for tho planter; either
lio takes what he can get or ho throws
Ins bananas overboard, and tho tide of
tho early morning washes tho refused
bunches ashore like so many bodies after I
n slaughter.
Ono often reads in books of travel that
the banana is tho staple article of food of
tho inhabitants of tho tropics, but this is
11 mistake: on tho contrary, thev war-
tho foreigners from indulging ttx much
111 mis species 01 u nit, winch they never
cat themselves, except cooked liko pota
toes, while the banana is yet green. It
Is tho plantain which, throughout tho
west Indies and tho mainland of Central
and South America, takes tho place of
bread and potatoes. It Ik1oiirs to tho
name family as the "Musa L.," but it can
not bo eaten raw; it is cooked, rjastedor
fried liko Ktatoos. Isabel Cantini in
Homo Journal.
LOVE'S HYPOCRISY.
Ocr Hps said, "Oo;" lienslilnlnc eye said, "Stay;'
How tell which was tier meaning, which her
will J
now road the riddle of licr yea and nay.
And dlscijtani;!o each, liowildi'rud still?
n caring licr chilling tone, all Iiojmj expired;
Seeing licr glo lug eye, ilepalr took heart;
Ouo moment certain of the good desired;
One moment turning, lmiflew, to depart.
Then, as nli stood, It Ii Iiulf averted face,
From head to feet ellitl from ),! ardent eyes,
Sudden sho changed, and uilli trinmphunt grace
Flung off tho mantle of her kouI'h disguise I
Sweet hypocrite! how falne was all her feigning.
Turning for (light, yet, Idle sho turned, remain-
lug.
I'ri'piirnl Ion fur I lie Stuse.
It is related of Lester Wnllaok that ho
always inquired of every female appli
cant for entrance into the profession
whether sho had been married, buried n
child, quarreled with her husband, and
BUlFered poverty. If not. he told her
theso were requisites for tho portrayal of
tho cardinal emotions and for simulation
of experietico with the stem realities of
life. Whether that is a mere tradition
of the stago or not, it is certainly truo
that nearly that standard is set up by a
manager who has made his bow to tho
public tis tho business man of an English ' touch with
AN AMERICAN GIFT.
star whom we all know. 'ou must
havo been married,1' ho always says to
women who apply to him; "if unhappily
married or widowed nil tho better."
Now York Cor. Chicago Tribune,
(oriiiiiiiy'H Aerostat la Corps.
At somo recent experiments mado
under tho auspices of tho aerostatic corps
of tho German army, good photographs
were taken ot the surroundintr recion
while a balloon was poised 2,(500 meters
nnotit a mile and a half in air.
will bo remembered that, during previous
tests of this kind, so manv dilliculties
wero met that tho promise of any really
,? I I . 1. I , 1 . . .
practicality vaitianio worie seemed rathe
doubtful. Tireless German energy and
stiiuy navo at last succeeded in ovorconi
ing theso dilliculties. if wo may judge
irom 1110 Jiuitnr wochenhlatt, but in
just what way we aro not told, the reason
for this being obvious. Sciontiilo Ameri
can.
A I'mnlly 11I sIiiiiiih.
Tho mat t of old did not suffer moro
than somo people wo havo all known for
(ho sake of npoarancos. A largo family,
Kor and proud, living in iv good liouso
and fashionable neighborhood, had their
reception days, and all through tho cold
winter never had a tiro in tho furnace
r.xeepting on those days. At other times
tho family crowded into 11 small sitting
room on tho second tloor for warmth and
comfort, if they wero not in tho gay
world. Tiie paterfamilias of this estab
ment had his chamber in the fourth
itory of tho house, to which ho always
retired after the tt o'clock dinner and
there worked till midnight. Ho oneo
taid that ho had earned $100,000 in his
Iirofossion as a lawyer, which his family
uid spent. His sons at tho time were
doing fairly well. It would answer for
them to work and help maintain the
family, but tho daughters would consider
it a disgrace to earn n iennv, although
they are all accomplished, Said ono of
theso fair maids:
Wo tiro a family of shams, except
poor pajKi. We girls expect to marry
rich men. It Is our only esoajw front
poverty."
And they have married rich men just
In time, too, for jwior old jkijw is dead,
mid ambitious, intriguing mamma is in
111 health, worn tint in her battle of
shams. Brooklyn Kaglo.
A Triton's Ih'iiil l)Uiierl.
Tho excavations out ho AorojHil is, at the
Boutheast angle of tho Parthenon, luivu
resulted further in a discovery of the
blghest initortanco. At a depth of
ubout four meters from tho present lovol,
near the now Aorojxilis museum, h:u
been found tho liearded head of a man
of horoio size, curved in jHirous stone,
well preserved anil retaining r. covering
of rich and brilliant coloring. The hair
and heard are, as usual, painted hluoaud
tho ftuw ml. What is runmrknblo, how
ever, is that the pupil of the oven are not
only painted in, hut alto delineated with
chisel. Thi head, which forms one of
tho most ancient twulptuttn ever found
tion the AcmjioIU. will attract ooiuMdcr
able attention U4J1 from the utyle of
workmniikhip him I the material of which
it is mude. It apje urs ( I hi tht head of
tl triton, the icM f the Uxly in the fiuui
of n Mirivtit. ending hi Ui" tail of n ilkli.
having been f...im n f.w days Ufmo
near the name place. Lwiutou Athe
uamni.
Messages for tho Wires.
Intelligent receiving clerks in tho
larger telegraph oillces have tho best
possible opportunities for tho study of
human nature. The half written
messages left at tho close of each day's
business otlen constitute a volumo of
half finished romances. It is curious, for
example, now occasional messages, that
is, messages inspired by an occasion
likely to suggest the same general train
ot thought in the average mind, will run
in verbal grooves. Tho tuno will come.
no doubt, when tho telegraph companies
1 .ill . .
win nave printed matins ot condolence,
congratulation, inability to meet "that
note," arrest for fugitive, doners and tho
like. Now York Press "Every Day
lUliC."
Not Our Antipodes.
Tho Chineso aro not our antipodes. In-
deed, wo havo none. An antipodo is ono
who lives on tho opposite side of tho
globe, and whoso foot are, of course, di
rectly opposite to tho feet of those who
livo on this side, but directly opposite
our country is a wild waste of waters,
fPI... -!.! . t l, ..
i iiu iiiueso, wno uwoii on me other side
of tho globe, but in tho same latitude as
wo, aro our penecians. Those who livo
on tho same meridian, but in tho south
ern hemisphere, are our anticians. Our
antipodes must oppose us both in latitudo
and longitude. Christian Advocate.
Tho Cost of Itojiilty.
Taking tho royal family together, it is
found that the present sovereign, tho good
Queen Victoria, with her aunts and her
numerous progeny, litis eest the British
nation XM.OOO.OOO, or in tho neighbor
hood of SI?-), 000, 000. In the 100 years
of their national life, closing with tho
present administration, the American
people havo paid their presidents as sala
ries if 2,000,000. -New Orleans Times-Democrat.
LeUnd Stanford Jnnlor UnlTerslty, "With
a Sketch of the Life and Labors
of Its Founder.
The time-honored metaphor "A
Princely Gift," is in fair way to be sup
planted by the three words heading this
article. It is eminently right, too, that
the change should be made; for no gift
of Princes throughout history can com
pare with the gifts of Americans. There
is a marked diflerence, too, in the ob
jects of their munificence. Princes give
to fawning sycophants. Americans give
to their own and to all succeeding gener
ations of their countrymen. In this, our
men of great wealth have set an example
alike honorable to themselves and their
country. Europeans fail to comprehend
this trait in American character, because
of their inability to understand the sen
timent which underlies it. However
prosperous the American may bo in the
pursuit of wealth or fame, he never loses
the people. His heart re-
llrlttli'iiesH nf limit's.
An English chemist has shown that the
brittlones-i of tho bones of tho aged is not
lue, as is generally supposed, to an in
crease of tho proportions of mineral
salts with advancing years. From a sec
tion of tho femur of llfty subjects of dif
ferent ages no diUercnco in tho projior
tion of ash could bo determined. Ar
kansaw Traveler.
Concerning I'leiiro-riieiiinonlii.
Professor James Law, chief of tho
bureau of animal industry of New York,
in answer to an inquiry about the infec
tion of human beings from cattlo sick
with pleuro-pnoumonia, savs that the
disease of tho ox is not, under any known
conditions, communicable to man. Do
troit Free Press.
mains in every sense truly American.
No more conspicuous cxnmplo of the
large-heartedness of ourcotintryinen an
bo instanced than in tho founding of
belaud Stanford Junior University by
Senator Leland Stanford. This noble
and enobling act of Senator Stanford
was inspired by sentiments of love for
his countrymen and for his idolized son
lost to him by death. Tor his country
men he builds and richly endows a
University of tho lirst rank, which shall
have no rival in either hemisphere.
For his idolized son ho builds a monu
ment such as no father ever beforo
erected.
LOCATION AND IlKQUKSTH.
Tho University is located in Santa
Clara county, Cal., at Palo Alto, a half
hour's ride from San Francisco. As a
part of tho bequest, a deed of trust con
veys s;i,zuu acres oi land, comprising
some of tho most valuable estates in Cal
ifornia, the ittcomo from which will go
to tho University for all time. The
founder has also set aside twenty mil
lions of dollars as an endowment for the
University, the main endowment being
by will, in which the trustees are made
residuary legatees.
Kon Tin: i'i:oi'i,i:.
This is not to bo a school for rich
nen's children alone, but for the yoor
man's children as wen. 1 no articles oi
endowment piescribe that students ahall
be admitted at the lowest possible ex
pense. J ho studies shall embrace an
he arts, all tho sciences and mechanics.
There will be a school of agriculture and
horticulture, with a farm attached for
experimental purposes.
NON-SCCTAHIAN.
Tho articles of endowment prohibit
etarianism and direct that there shall
be taught that there is an all-wise intel
ligent God, and that the soul is immor
tal. The sexes will be admitted to equal
privileges in every department of study,
ml preparatory schools will be estab
lished for children to bring them up to the
tandtird required for entering upon the
University course.
riiAN or mni.bixns.
Jt, would bo impossible in a newspaper
rtielo, of the space accorded to this one.
to give a comprehensive description of
the building plana as shown to the writer
bv tho resident architect of the Uni-
orsitv. Some conception, however, of
their magnitude may be had from the
number of buildings contemplated and
the ground they will cover. The plans
embrace sixty-tive buildings, which are
to cover ono bundled and sixty acres.
Sixteen of tho buildings are already un
der roof. Two hundred and fifty men
are constantly employed, and although
tho University will be far from being
completed, it will be dedicated early in
tho coining year. It is expected the
President of the United States, together
with other distinguished people of our
own country and Europe, will be in at
tendance. In the careful preparation
for making his bwntiful bequest Sen
ator Stanford has displayed, in a marked
in finance caused him to bo made the
candidate of his party for Treasurer of
the State, and though he was defeated,
his canvass disclosed such qualities of
leadership and such evidence of sound
.ind elevated personal character, that he
was nominated for Governor i,: 186'J by
the Republican party, then in its weak
ness and infancy. The divided Dc'tnoc--acy
in the Sate that year cast an agme
.'ti te vote of !).1,54.'!, while he received
but 10,110, or 0 per cent, only of the
total vote of the Stale. That eaiivn
made him further known to the 'oi''
and enlarged their appreciation i I i
ounlities. Two years later, when Un
political skiea were ntttlire with the
coming tempest and tho people turned
instinctively to strong men only forposi
lie is to-day one oi me .iost conspic
nous men in the United States Senate
lie is large in person, large in mind and
in the conception of gigantic schemes
for the betterment of the condition ol
race. Above all he is large of heart.
Such a man is the founder of ths belaud
Stanford Junior University. It is not
too much to say only America could
have produced him. Our children to
the latest generation will benefit by his
munificence.
Htt trlss Museum,
The m--un to Nettchatel Is an tinn.
Bually iniie'R ". ""d the traveler
docs not ice that sensation of
weariness which is often fell in visits to
similar places One room is filled with
annuals, stuffed of course, which aro
found in the higher Alps, many of which
are now extinct Wolves white and
btown bears, foxes, white hares, chamois 4
steinlKX'ks. nil are there, most lieautifully
stuffed and preserved 1 have said that
some ol these animals are no longer to
be found in the mountains, but it would
have been more correct to have stated
thai they have retreated before the civil
izitig hand of man. for it is believed that
bears, and certainly wolves, aro to bo
found on the higher peaks, where no foot
of Alpine climber has penetrated.
In the next room are the models of tho
lake houses and the curious relics of the
A ISnliy IJeiiver't lluiu.
A college professor in 3Iainn tells how
ho convinced a friend who did not be
lieve that beavers could build dams. Ho
Ixnight a baby beaver o(I a hunter ono
day and sent it to his skeptical friend.
Tho lieaver became a great net in tho
Hons of exceeding resnonsibilitv. he was ' house, but showed no signs of wanting to , ntes of stone and bronze which havo been
ngain nominated for Governor, and his 1 build dams until one .Monday morning a , found tmieddod in the mini and shine at
leauy paiuui ot water was put; on 1110 the not 10m 01 1110 tauo. me oaio ot
(loot" in tho back kitchen. The beaver ' these remains cannot be determined,
was there; he was only a baby then, j Opinions diller, but all agree on ono
too, but tho moment ho saw tho water , point that they certainly existed beforo
oozing out of a crack in the pail ho ' the time ot Julius Ciesar The houses
competitor by 23,28(5 and of tho other by 1 scampered into the yard, brought in a ( were cleverly built on four iron rods
25 002 This was before he had any in- 1 c-nP ant commenced building his dam. sunk deeply in the mud at the bottom of
flucnco or help or means of party lender-1 "Al ,?r was calk"1' nVd wa,c.ll,ed1 1 lake d . ""PPorting a kind of plat-
in. rcsieu, anil tno
former hopeless appearing minority was
changed into a plurality, while his per
centage of the total vote rose from 0 to
40, and his vote exceeded 'that of one
ship or political success except his
character and qualifications, the faith of
his friends and the confidence of the
people.
None who have lived under his admin
t ration of Governor have forgotten that
timo of potent pass'.on. California, iso
lated, remote and hardly accessible to
the rest of tho Union, wore lightly the
bonds that bound her to the nation.
what he saw. He gave orders to havo ; inhabitants reached tho 6iiore by means
tho pail left there, and the industrious
beaver kept at his work four weeks,
when he had built a solid dam all around
tho pail. Tho professor's friend believes
now that beavers know a thing or two
nbout dam building. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Origin of liirrliis.
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Many men dreamed of separation and , mo jn miml fing , j , ,
before the fancy of some rose a magnili- i,eard n shoi.t timo ago about their origin,
cent vision of a Pacific Coast Republic. When Ilagar ran away to escape tho
Leland Stanford was tho war Governor of wrath of Abram's wife, so the story goes,
the State. Political discussion ran into ' Simu vowed that if her handmaid ever
.,,, ,,,,,, ,,!, ,, ,., .,. 1 returned she would cause her to bo mu-
frenzy around tiiiu and temper was ... . . , . ,
1 ., , tilated, thinking thus to destroy her
high and hot. et, wlnlo he never re- beautv an.i m...V(!llt i10r causing anv fur-
1
laxed his vigilance or slackened his
tense devotion to the Union and his
cheer to all who could look forward
through the storm and tempest to its
restoration, ho never made tho temper
and widely-different belief of his oppo
nents an excuse for their persecution.
In the midst of tho war and during
political turmoil ho and his associates
began the Pacific Railroad. It is grate
fully remembered that this was an inter
esting diversion of public attention from
tho war and its collaterals. The' pas
sions of men, who, whatever else they
seemed, wore Californians to the mar
row, wero forgotten in the prospect of
realizing the dream of an overland road.
After ho had been three times beforo
tho voters of tho State for honorable
I ther domestic infelicity. Time, however,
had tho effect of so cooling faiirars wrath
that when Hagar came back and pleaded
with her she decided to forego her ven
geance and restored her ex-handmaid to
favor. Hut an oath was not a thing to
bo trifled with, andasSarai had solemnly
vowed to mutilate Ilagar slip was in a
quandary to know how to do this with
out injuring her or marring her fair face.
Finally she hit upon the expedient of
piercing a small hole in each of Ilagar's
ears, and it is said that Abrnm, to offset
the pretty handmaid's punishment, pre
sented her with two beautiful jewels to
suspend from the holes, ller appearance
thus adorned so excited the admiration
of tho other women of tho tribe that the
wearing of earrings soon becamo general
among them. Jewelers' Weekly.
of canoes made of hollowed trees. Tho
reason apparently of their choosing tho
lake as a dwelling place was to protect
themselves from the numbers of wild and
fierce animals with which the country
was intested. Indeed it is evident that
it was then little more than a vast marsh
1 or morass.
I In the same room with tho modeU aro
somo grotesque ornaments worn by tho
woman and some equally extraordinary
weajwiis worn by the men. In another
room are the skulls ot 6ome of theso an
cient leings. Very Hat anil receding aro
they, und the inspection goes far to
strengthen one's "belief in Darwin's
theory that their possible ancestors may
have lxen an ape like tribe.
There is no national costume worn by
tho Neucbatel peasantry now. but in
many of tho cottages you may see old
pictures, roughly but brightly colored,
representing the dress worn in days long
gone by A delightful excursion is by
tho little lake steamer as far as Morat, a
quaint old world fown about three hours'
distance from Neucbatel. Hero aro
funny old streets, narrow and furnished
with arcades built of stone, under which
are the oddest little shops imaginable.
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
How to lli'i'ouii) l.i'umi'd.
a r 1
J J1.1 T!. A VoJ an Im. "'" ul "liUUlU inifil WI1U UU3 L'll-
"UU " VT 1 joyed all tho advantages of a free public
pressed them that within two years his primary, grammar and high school, a
vote rose from almost nothing to a preparatory academy, a college, and a
plurality, and after ho had been Gov-1 professional school, will testify that what
ornor and had by tact and truthfulness , !"- learned by himself is of infinitely
and toloration mitigated the rasping J mo.re 1Vi3luut( him j!mn. 0,1 Iw over ac
. . .. . ., . . ... i, I quired 111 all tho institutions of learning
frictions incident to tho civil war, he ,,0 evcr .ltu,nde(L IJooks 0 aU Bubjcct
promoted the building of tho overland are I10W s0 cheai) an( j,iontV) j)Ubjc
railway. ; libraries are so largo and numerous, in-
In tho beginning it seemed as hopeless struction in special studies is so easily ob-
and as impossible as tho realization of I tai,.,wI u'ilt ""' person who can read,
his public career had appeared when , -e ,-;;--"s may b
ho first went forward to political , wh,lt ho ,.nowa or lhiilks wm nfford him
leadership. But in the end it also sue-1 the most pleasure or profit. Ho can
ceeded. DoWitt Clinton was Governor ! cultivate his head, hands, or heels, his
of New York beforo he built tho Erie eye. tongue, or ear, his manners, morals
Tito l.uiMlloril in CiiImi.
Tho proprietario is as bard upon his
Cuban brother asSpain is upon the island.
This landlord lives his littlo spendthrift
lifo in the gay capital, only to become
overwhelmed with debt and in timo bo
supplanted In- other kind proprietors.
who, in their turn, dissipate, grind the
tenantry and make way again for others.
Thus the landed aristocracy of Cuba is
constantly passing from opulence to beg
gary. A common expression here illus
trates tho quick shifting of fortunes in
commerce as well as in lands: "Padre
bodeguero, hijo caballero, nie'o pordio
sero!" ("The father a grocer, the son a
gentleman, the grandson a beggar!")
Edgar L. Wakeman's Letter.
Canal, and aftor that then stupendous
work was accomplished, ho was again
elected Governor as an expression of
gratitude by an immense majority, and
death sought him in tho midst of tho
duties and in tho enjoyment of the
honors conferred upon him by a grateful
people.
Stephen A. Douglass secured for his
State tho Federal aid which built tho
Illinois Central Railway, a work which
restored tho public credit, reversed in
and language to any extent ho desires, at
an expense not exceeding what a young
man ordinarily spends for cigars or a girl
for candy. If it person wishes to become
learned there is little trouble in accom
plishing what bo wishes. Chicago Times.
ISt'O OlM'llhO.
A "nameless bee disease" lias appeared
during tho last few years, and tho bee
keepers havo had to lament not only de
pleted hives, but large numbers of dis
eased bees. Tho bees look black because
The Mnimtiiliis of .Tuniiili'it.
No scenery is grand on an empty
stomach. I lvmember a distinguished
editor in New York asking mo ono timo
what was tho best hotel to go to 'in tho
Catskills. I recommended tho old Moun
tain house because it commanded tho
best scenery. Rolher tho scenery,"
said he; "1 can't live on scenery. Whero
can I get the bevi dinner?"' I thoughtof
that when we were up in tho Jamaica
mountains filled up full of emptiness.
The scenery was grand almost beyond
description, but we three New Yorkers
would gladly havo exchanged it all for a
sight of that half way house where we
were to breakfast .--William Drysdale in
New York- Times.
Uillif for Ivy rolxiiiilng.
I was repeatedly poisoned by ivy when
a boy, and found no re ief till an undo
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ui lots 01 nair. mucn ns uo rouuer bees or to d mr ninth...- in ,m0.
ri,,,i,ni lwi..K... ........ .1 1..:, .1. nln hnoc 11, cm-itin, ...wl f,.ii,.f.i.i.- 1
unmu.n u.uit.niiu; UUU llim uiu luuxr vv.,. .....o, ,um niijuvim; waive ' 1 m 01 lllOrOUgll WOl't tC.t CaCll UlOl'tlillg
dation of commercial and political great
ness of that Stato. For this ho was
rewarded by confirmation of his placo in
tho United States Senate, whenco oven
tho passionate hatred of Buchanan's ad
ministration could not drive him, and
ho died a Senator and a patriot.
Other examples might bo quoted, but
theso sudlco. What man lives who
would not think worse of New York and
A Mett'or' Velocity.
Somo of the heavenly IkmHos aro in
clined to bo fast. Meteorites sometimes
attain a velocity of 180.000 feet per
second. When passing through tho air
at lias rate tlie tnction is so great that
tho air is heated up to a temperature of
iu.buu uegs. !'. New York Mail and
Express.
Sioux Ninni's for Innny.
Tho names for money in tho languatro
oi mo ugaiiaim bioux tiro interesting.
Gold is mases ska-zi, literally, "yellow
wnito iron:" silver is mases-ska-ska. or
"white iron," and greenbacks nro niimio-
hunpiniases-sku, or "paikr that tnlka
vliito Iron." Now York Evening World.
Tho l.iiiii;tiiiKii of Identity,
It is a curious fact that while Oneen
Victoria stntiks German in her homo
circle, tho present Gentian empress dis
regards it m hum and uses English as
much as possible. EnglUh is the fireside
tongue of tho Greek. Danish and Russian
royal families. Chicago Herald.
degree, thoso qualities of forethought , Illinois if cold ingratitudo had embit
tered tho latter days of Clinton and
Douglass? What Californian will deny
that tho construction of tho Central Pa-
whlch have mado his phenomenal buo-
cess in lifo. Finding the laws of Call- ,
fnriltfl lnndnrmntr. in liln nlirnrtana n 1
drafted and secured tho enactment of a "he rmlway ranks in importance with
law for tho protection of endowments ; "10 L"0llufonud tho railway sys-
tnildn for wlnnntirmnt nnrnnq Jr, nil. I teIU 0f Imn0ia?
. 11 I After it ta flntBt,wl n,l Tolon.l Clan. : ' , " " ' . .
itornin. , - - , on rordido river, about soven miles
nioaiur-moAL. ford hns Passed from tho war governor- I west of Jacksonville. Florida Times-
Leland Stanford was born in Albany I I resu.ency, successiui ineacn, union.
Onteimry of tlio 1KI Jur.
uwtttijju iiiuiiuiia tit until, Ul UJU 111U&, US
though dancing or m convulsions. The
diseaso is supposed to be duo to fuugoid
attack. Tho remedy is found in super
seding tho queen with a healthy one,
and also in having a plentiful rmpply of
salt water close to tho hives, whero the
bees can gain ready access to it. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
riorlilu'H Hoy Wiggins.
Escambia county can botist of n
weather prophet to whom Wiggins could
not hold ji candle. This prophet is a
negro boy. 7 years of age, who it is said
makes prophesies about tho weather
many days ahead, which in nine cases
out of ten como true. It is alleged that
ho is as black as tho ace of spades, has
red eyes, and lives near Millviow, a vil-
before eating during the month of Mav.
nnd 1 never would bo poisoned ngain..
She followed his directions, and tho ro
6iilt was I never havo been poisoned
6ince. although 1 was exposed to it tnoro
or less each summer for a number of
years afterward. The abovo may not bo
a suro euro in all cases, but it is worth
trying, as it can do no harm if it does no
good. -Albert S. Trask in Scientific
American.
lie Knew tlio Word to Ilinw Syrnpatnyv
Tramp Couldn't yez help a poor umn.sor,
i7Uo's just nfther gettiti' over a bud sick
ness? Agent of tho Society for tlio I'rovention of
Cruelty to Viee-II'm! U'lmt wus tho mat
ter, my poor fellow?
Tramp Sure, it's on tho oislandOi'vo been,
For, for tlnvo months back, recoverin' from
tho eirects uv uu uttack uv kleptomania!
Life.
Kutlni; In lliutf.
Tho n vertigo tune of Jt.000 Now York
buiimws men nl tieir down town lunch
eon in eight minute. This is a matter of
record in a lending retauinut.
A Philadelphia ivulwt dtliiras that tho
uso of uponi kUmmih drains the optio
nurvo mid injure the oymight.
Thy man txililnd tlio tliUM breaks th
colt; tho wise mail trains it.
11 !.!! !..t i 1
county, N. Y., in 1824. Ho received an u .meres unu con-
academic education and was entered nt J fidenng what inay bo dono to influence
a law school from which he graduated, i tbe mot bich n God's time ho
and was admitted to practice in tho St.- I ,nUBt 'ollow the other captains of Amon
premo Court of the State. Moving with , enterprise, he sets aside a fortune
tho great tide westward, ho stopped fo J t would daa e a prince to found an
a time In Wisconsin. The destruction ! "8 ltu in wh,C 1 tPfr"ta h?vo
of his library by lire in 1852 decided him h?r fl'iluren taught the bread-winning
to join his brothers in California, live of nduatrics and trades, n order that hav
whom had preceded him. Like nearly " th40k1I and knowledge to earn an
all now arrivals in the fifties, his tint J'O'st llyhhood, they may bo Bayed from
venture was in minim.. His ilrst bust- I " surges ui a people, ime-
ness venture was as a merchant nt Mich- j "C88 , Prlvtion
igan niutl's. In 1150 ho removed to Sac
ramento, whero he engaged in mercan-
In this institution
A curious centenary was recently cele
brated by tho women of Bunzlau, in Si
lesia. It was just 100 years since tho
man died who constructed a gigantic
earthen vessel, which is a kind of
counterpart ot tho far famed vaso nt
Heidelberg. Tho vessel holds thirty
bushels of jieas, is three yards high and
measures nearly four yards across.
Chicago Herald.
tile pursuits upon an extended scale.
It is a common error, in treating of
Senator Stanford's connection with joli
tie, to speak of it as duo to his Presi
dency of tho (lint railroad which con
nected tiie ottkt and wl Sides of tho con
linent, The facts aro tlmt ho was a
leader of his party Wfur the Ieu.lbtltty
of such a iilm.id hud been dmi:td,
scout by a few inriinr nun who wer
toUnttKll US lllot!V iitdvc t'lltlui-l IHt
miliar than n -e. ,. d us .r.i tt. a! m . ..i
."! ta It or tin. .ncicnt.
Tlio ancients wore acquainted with
seven met:ils which tl
tlirtan l'lif urmL- nlnoatnnl ni.lt ..,. maw . . ? .. II -O
v....o..-.v.... ju&uk, ceriaui inystio reiatlniuliip with
it, and thanks to tho wisdom and tho j tho planets, and were represented by
wealth of its founder, it will omit no I the heixiglyphiM by whioh the plain is
moans of training head and hand audi "vv ." n. ooki was caiiett Sol
or
heart for tho high duties of lifo.
In tho future when our sons and
daughters have succeeded us, when they
aro tho bonodcinries af the steadfastness
of this State to the Union, and of its
"": tuivcr, j.una, or moon; iron, Mars
load. Saturn; copjicr, Yen-s; tin, Jupitvr
meicury, Mercury, Mining lteviow. '
A Orjnttilllzuil Ttar.
Maklen lane jeweler are m!1Iii ...
niatoriolities so greatly enlarged by his I lu- mM lo eautoin a cr-ullial tear
vegetablTpanacea
,PREPARED FROM
ROOTS fie HERBS,
FORTHE CURE! OF
ii i im m mi mi ii i ii i r i
(tuiorpriso nnd when thoir clean and
gontle, ami rolf-rollant lives havo boon
unriehed by the culture of tho sahool
whioh is his gift to humanity, thuy will
look witli pride to the honors lagtoWtHl
flfalre. His buiiu ability atid t.d. i.ih by this goneratloii upon tholr bouofuctor,
irotn the oye of CletHwtra. Uam,!.,
waalih aud good luck will nttwHl tho
wearer of tlw aiuufet, and Jt will ctt
you only fifty com.-. NVW York Tribune
Thoi!eowi.f c 1 1 ..ii ''t'..rv4uitiMa
rivor U oauiiiy i.-h r,,, l)dt
baao of ODcmtfous to Alaska,
1 ri -ATi -tVrxiJlW
AND ALL OTHER DISEASES
DlSORDEREDSTATEofTHE STOMACH
, OR AN
INACTIVE LIVER.
ron sai r- vs a
DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS.