The Oregon Scout
.Jones & CHANOEY Publishers,
UNION, OREGON.
LUCI3.
' Falrl.ticls' love I.iicln!
Your grave linn grown green;
Tho mm ncems to lo e It,
Tho usli wee above it,
lln daffodil springs wlicro tho snowdrop hai
been.
Luclsl iiwcct I.ucisl
Your graru ban growii green.
Lost I.ucisl dead I.ncial
I stand by your cross.
Do uhlto wings and glory
Remember love's story 1 f,
lQd Infinite gain does your roiiI feel loaf
I.ucisl my I.ucinl
Your crown lit my cross.
White l.uclsl Halnt Lucia!
You had a warm heart
That beat high la past time,
When I limned you last time.
2Iu tho Angel of Death set the two thing part
I.ucisl Ah, l.uclsl
Your soul and my heart
Tlie Old Fashioned Way.
"John, " sho said, as sho toyed with
ono of his coat buttotiB, "this Is leap year,
isn't it?"
"Yes, Mamie," ho answered, as he
looked fondly down on tho golden head
that was pillowed on his manly Iwsorn.
"Tliis is tho year when the proposing
is dono by tho young ladies?"
"Yes."
"I hopo you don't expect mo to pro
pose to you?"
"Why, Mamie, dear, I never gave the
matter a thought I er to tell tho
truth, I'vo only known you for that is
to nay"
"I'm glad you didn't expect mo to
propose. I'm not tiiat kind, I hope. No,
John, dearest. I couldn't be so imprudent.
I am going to let you do tho proposing
yourself in iho old fushioned way. The
old fashioned way is good enough
for mo."
And tho gcntlo maiden gave her lover
a beaming Biuilo, and tho youth rejoiced
that ho had found such a treasure of
modesty. Boston Courier.
N To Keep Chicken Tlilorxe Awny.
Well, a gooso is just tho lxt thing
modo yet when it comes to watching a
chicken roost. Tliero isn't n chicken
thief in this state so fly that a goose
won't squawk on him every timo. Why,
any of tljeso professional chicken thieves
will not go near a roost whero thoy
know a gooso is kept with tho chickens.
Itisngamo thoy can't beat. Tho only
tiling that can get away with a gooso ii
u fox. Ho'll play dead; and tho bird,
which l'aa moro curiosity than anything
Utat walks, will coino up to sen what'
tho matter. Then it loses a life in tho
jmrsuit of knowledge. But tho chicken
thief ain't foxy enough by a long bhot.
Oakland Tribune.
' A Marrying Itnre.
In Turkoy everybody marries young,
nnd, ono might, perhaps, bo permitted to
iidd, those who can afford it marry often.
Such n thing as an old maid is unknown
among the Turks. They aro a marrying
nice, nnd as a general thing tho girls aro
uiarriod otT by tho timo thoy reach their
teens, and often a year or two before. A
Turk may possibly fall in lovo with his
wifo after murriago, but it wouldn't ho
very easy for his affections to antedato
this ceremony, for the first timo ho over
W'U oyes on her faco is in tho nuptial
chamler, after the wedding guest lwve
retired. Thomas Stovens.
The Vice of Orer Feeding.
V .1 I - l II .1 .
' 11 1110 jicopio uuk us wen us iney ao
on tho unceasing amount of rich food
which thoy absorb in London, how ad
mirably would they talk if thoy would
only cat loss! It is marvelous that any
wit at all remains In England under the
lsily burden of unceasing food with
which men and women pleaso their pai
nt, and generate in themselves urio
ncid nnd nutritive plethora. Sir Henry
Thompson preaches In vain to a deaf gen-t-rution,
and it is with our world, as with
the world of Eccleslastes, "by surfeiting
nuuiv perish." "Ouida" in Woman's
World.
Hot IVutrr for Ivy I'oWoiiIng,
Let mo add my testimony to that of
Mr. John Burroughs as to tho olllonoy of
hot water in curing tho poison by ivy.
Tho best way of applying it is to keep a
spirit lamp under tho tin containing the
water, and apply tho water as hot as the
tdiin will bear. Tho sensation of relief
fixim tho intolerable itching is so imme
diate and bo complete that it is almost
worth while to bo X)isoncd by ivv to ex
jorienco It. Willlatn C. Church in Sci
entific American.
Mountain Air.
Hnrloin landlord (showing tenth floor
of flat) Tho present occupants of the
flat, air, givo it up tho first of May and
will send tho summer at tho Whit
"Mountains.
Possible tenant Yes, I suppose when
ono gets acclimated to mountain air he
wants it nil tho year round. Now York
Hun.
A Valuable Curiosity.
Countryman (In museum) "Did that
otick belong to George Washington,
mister?"
ILcplanatory ofliclal (Impressively)
"No, sir; that is tho cane that killed
JVbel."
Coutrynian "Gosh, yo don't say sot"
Tho Kpoch.
International I'ustnge Ntaiup.
Tbo introduction of an international
estago stamp, which has been advo
cated by curtain Qonnan newspajwra,
would Ixj u boon greatly appreciated Ujr
tho puhlio. Indeed, the only wonder Is,
in theso days of rapid progress, that the
suggestion has not been mudu before,
Home Journal.
A blacksmith in Lowlston, Me., to
making money by hammering out iron
nnd eteel finger rings, for which he finds
a imdy tle a fifty cents each. Ha' war--rants
them to cure rhoumatkm,
Electricity Is being used to purify sew
age. It produces a chemical change by
whloh the solid matter conies to the ur
turn and pure water flows off.
Climbing Cp tho Rli.
I am not certain whether it pays or
not to go up on the Rigi. When tho
weather is clear you can see three moun
tain ranges all snow capjcd, 12 or 13
lakes, 17 towns and cities, 40 villages, CO
odd glaciers, nnd this in a circumferenco
of about 800 miles. Glorious, I admit,
but oh! tho discomfort of the descent
ngainl It takes longer to come down
than it does to go up, and passengers nro
jerked, jerked, jerked from apex to baso
60 rudely that lifo is no longer n pleasure
ero we have reached Vitznau again. Out
on such cogwheel contrivances for hu
man torture, say I; tho old fashioned dil
igences may have been slow nnd cruel,
but they were Pullmans alongsido of
these new fangled cars.
Four years ago I climbed tho Rigi,
mero child's play after doing Pilatus, and
I havo not grown much older since I said
I would climb it ngain nnd I did 60 day
beforo yesterday. It was a warm after
noon. Not a breath of air, and the sun
shining full on mo for half tho distance.
By half-past 7 o'clock I had reached tho
kulm or highest jwint, nnd there I throw
myBelf on tho earth nnd saw tho sun go
down. Then I liad my feet nnd legs
well rubbed with liniment, meanwhile
eating dinner, and then I went to bed to
bo called early enough to sec that samo
Run riso again. Tho Rigi Kuhn is tho
best place I know of to observe tho splen
did ruddy glow that comes over tho great
Alpino jcnks at tho rising and setting of
tho sun. Unfortunntely these effects of
light do not last long, but they aro mar
velously beautiful. Night beforo last ns
tho sun went down it becamo first yel
low, then dark red and in an instant
everything touched by its dying rays as
sumed tho samo ruddy tint. This lasted
for n couplo of minutes after the sun had
entirely disappeared, nnd then suddenly
everything turned black and lol tho
stars wen) shining. Henry Hnynio in
New Orleans Picayune.
No Chances Against Gambler.
In 18-10 that famous magician, Robert
Houdin, was requested by tho judgo of
instruction of tho tribunal of tho Seino
to examine nnd verify tho genuineness of
ICO packs of cards which had been seized
in tho possession of a man who enjoyed
anything but n savory reputation. A
peculiarity of tho cards was that they
wero perfectly while, and it was impos
sible to detect tho least proof of their
having been tampered with or to find tho
slightest mark upon them. Over his
work Houdin spent a fortnight, now in
specting them with tho unaided eye,
again by means of superior lens. Every
individual card of tho 150 packs was in
spected again nnd again. Ho was giving
up his work in despair, when, of u sud
den, close to tho corner of ono of them,
ho perceived a dullish spot. Looking at
it closer tho spot disappeared, but holding
it at n distanco from him tho spot re
appeared. Following up this clew, ho
ascertained that on every card thero ex
isted n spot which, according to its posi
tion on tho card, indicated tho suit and
tho value of tho card.
Ho pursued tho subject further, for
tho puriK)se of ascertaining whether a
person who plays for amusement only
has tho slightest chanco of winning with
a person who plays only to live. Tho
conclusion ho arrived at .was that thero
is no such supposed favorable chanco,
nnd that tho amount of tho non-professional's
losses is limited only by tho mag
nanimity of tho professional. Boston
Herald,
Favorite IlevorugfB In Tenia.
Tho great boverngo in Persia is sher
bet, which is plentifully supplied, und of
which tliero aro many varieties from
tho bowl of water with a squeezo of
lemon to tho clear, concentrated juice of
any sort of fruit to which water is added
to diluto it. Tho preparation of sherbet,
which is done with tho greatest care, is
a very important point in so thirsty a
country ns Persia, and ono to which
much timo is devoted. It may bo cither
expressed from tho juico of fruit freshly
gathered or from tho presorved extract
of jwinegrnnates, cherries or lemons
mixed with sugar and submitted to a
certain degree of heat to preservo it for
winter consumption.
Another sherbet much drank is called
guznng ebben. It is made from tho
honey of the tamarisk treo. This honey
is not tho work of tho bee, but is made
by n smnll insect living under tho leaves
of tho shrub. During tho mouths of
August and September tho Insect is col
lected nnd tho honey is preserved.
When used for bhcrbet it is mixed with
vinegar, nnd, although not so delicious
as that made from fruit, it makes an ex
cellent beverage.
Only among tho rich nnd fashionable
nro glasses used. In all other ctises sher
bet is served in china bowls and drank
from deep wooden spoons carved in pear
wood. Youth's Companion.
Damn Facts About Honey.
Starch and sugar when eaten undergo
a digestive change loforo thoy are assim
ilated, In honey this change has been
mado to a considerable extent by tho
bees. It is ivntly digested, easy of as
similation und concentrated, nnd fur
nishes tho same element of nutrition us
sugar and starch imparts warmth and
energy.
As a medicine honey has great voluo
and many Ubos. It is excellent in most
lung nnd throat affections, nnd is often
used with great benefit in placo of coil
liver oil. Occasionally thero is a person
with whom it does not ngre but tnot
leoplo can learn to uso it with beneficial
results. Children, who havo moro na
tural appetites, generally prefer it to but
ter. Honey is a laxative and todative,
and in diseases of the bladder and kid
neys it is an excellent remedy. It has
much tho same effect as wino or stimu
lants, without their injurious effects, and
is unequalcd in mend and harvest drinks.
As an external application it is irritating
when clear and soothing when diluted.
In many places it is much annroclated as
a remedy for croup and colds. In pre
serving fruit, the formio acid it contains
makes n better preservative than 6Ugar
syrup, nnd it is also used in cooking and
confectionery, American Boo Journal.
Tho Now Zealand government is ad
vertising for qualified pcreons acquainted
with tho best (systems of dairy farming,
and competent to instruct dairy farmer
in New Zealand as to tho beat method!
of preparing their produce for the Ens
Ikh market. Boston Budget. .
A FEW FORCED MARCHES.
Infantry Arcrngr hut riftcm Miles a Day.
Alieicnt Figures.
A dispatch from Fort Robinson, Neb.,
mentions an exceptional march mado by
tho Eighth United States cavalry, com
manded by Col. J. Misener, from Fort
Davis, Tex., having Fort Meade, D. T.,
for its destination, a distance of 1.050
miles. The regiment reached Fort Rob
inson on tho 2Cth of Augu.-t, having
mado 1,550 miles of the march, leaving
100 miles still to go. The regiment left
Fort Davis on May 17. nnd reached Fort
Meado on Sept. 3, making the time 109
days, and an nverago of u fraction oyer
fifteen miles a day, a rate of traveling
considered exceedingly good. Tho band
and regimental headquarters accom
panied tho expedition. This move is
merely ono of tho ordinary changes of
quarters, and is of interest only as an
initial step toward a chango of system in
transporting troops. Whero timo is of
little object tho government has con
cluded to adopt the plan of marches in
stead of using tho railroad, thereby sav
ing tho cost of transportation a very'
considerable item. Of courso this can
only be dono in tho open country, but
oven thero in tho great west tho land la
becoming settled so fast that a barb wiro
fenco is frequently met with aa an ob
struction. Lieut. L. W. V. Kennon, nidc-de-camp
on Gen. Crook's staff, whoso main hobby,
by tho way, is tactics, ho having written
a number of cxhnustivo articles upon that
subject, ono lately appearing in Tho Army
and Navy Journal, expressed tho opinion
that tho system would become verypop
ular, for, besides tho saving in expense,
ho claims it is tho best sort of drill, hard
ening and toughening the troops as would
no other method. Fourteen to fifteen
miles a day is considered a fair pace; over
fifteen is called quick marching, and over
twenty is set down in military books ns a
forced march, but there havo been somo
raro instances of quick marching that
mako the ordinary forced march seem
liko play.
Moving a wholo army, consisting of
infantry, cavalry, artillery, with tho ac
companying baggage wagons and army
necessaries, is vastly different from tho
transportation of a single regiment of in
fantry or cavalry. Napoleon is credited
with having jerformed the most aston
ishing feat of this character on record
when in 1805 ho marched his entire army
from tho channel to tho Rhine, a distanco
of 400 miles, in twenty-fivo days, sixteen
miles n dny. Tho historian Gibbon tells
of a inarch of tho Sultan Galalcddiu in
1800 with his troops of 1.000 miles, mak
ing fifty-eight miles a day. The samo
authority mentions nr. incident a century
later when Mirza Meheddin Sultan
marched with 30,000 soldiers 230 miles
in five days, but states that tho penalty
of tho commander's nrdor was tho loss of
20,000 of his men, reaching his destina
tion with but 4,000.
During tho late war Gen. Grierson,
now colonel of tho Tenth cavalry, inarched
COO miles in sixteen days through tho
enemy's country; this was at thoratoof
thirty-seven and a half miles a day.
Later than this, some timo in 1873, Gen.
Stanloy marched through Montana and
Dakota with a regiment of infantry 000
miles in twenty-eight days, thirty-two
miles a day. Chicago Herald.
Mojestle, Towering nnd I'lucUy.
Tho manners of English women aro
mnrvelously austere. They aro of ono
type, except a few glittering exceptions,
who pursue tho frolicsomo demon "ani
mation" in tho vain delusion that they
ore imitating American women. With
our girls God bless their beaming eyes,
clover brains and captivating ways
sprightlincss nnd vivacity spring from
tho heart. With English women, buoy
ancy of manner comes from a thought
ful and logical deduction from facts.
"Wo aro heavy." tho daughters of
England muse; "wo must bo larky and
loud. American girls nro vivacious, and
the mob pursues them, while wo sit
stolidly by in tho indisputablo nnd soul
6earing iosition of rank ootsiders. Wo
must 1)0 gay we will bo gay."
The effort is invariably majestic, tow
ering nnd plucky, but it is futile. An
"nnimnted" English girl of 21 reminds
mo of nn overgrown colt who has not yet
mastered his legs, gnnilwllng with elec
trical playfuhk'ss over n stubby field.
Blnkely Hall in Tho Argonaut.
Crossing tho Atlantic Ocron.
Ono hundred years ago our fathers
wero content to hear from Europo onco
in two or three months that was better
than tho six months of their fathers. It
took at least a month to cross tho At
lantic. Tho enrl steamers reduced this
timo to threo week. This was considered
speed. Tho Great Western brought tho
passage down to fourteen days, which
was a miracle. In 1850 tho Britannia
reduced time to twelvo days; then in
1870 tho White Star lino crossed in nine
days. It was but a nine days' wonder.
Tho Alaska cut tho record to seven days,
nnd then tho Oregon to six days and n
1 half, and the Umbria is a quarter of n
day better yet. Tho ideal timo seems to
bo'fivo days. Probably that will bo about
tho maximum nnd soon attained. Then
tho balloon. Globe-Democrat.
Patients Attracted by Quackery.
A Paris magistrate had recently sum
moned lieforu him a man charged with
practicing medicino illegally. Tho ac
cused, to tho great surprise of tho mag
istrate, immediately produced a diploma,
nnd went on to explain that patients wero
nttracted to him "by tho semblance of
Illegal practice," und expressed his nj
prchonsiou thnt his business would bo
ruined If his legal qualifications were
known. There nro some things that can
bo explained only on tho principle of
total depravity, and this seems to bo one
of them. Onco a Week.
llurterla In finun.
A Berlin physician, Dr. Ernest
Flothow, was consulted by n patient
who was troubled by severe- headaches.
Tho physician's inquiries revealed tho
fact that tho jwticnt had been given to
an iuunodcrato use of snuff. Tho snuff
box was produced, mid a microscopic in
vestigation showed that it was swarming
with bacteria, which appeared in tho
form of a flue whitish powder. Theeo
parasites, it is stated, boro Into tho walls
of tho nasal cavity, whero thoy multiply
rapidly and finally find their way to the
brain. Chicago Time.
Ynlne of floapstone.
Hie mineral soapstcne or steatite Is
just now coming into prominence, by
oason of tho valuable property it pos
sses ns a pigment for protecting steel
r'ssels against corrosion. Soapstone is a
ft magnesian mineral found frequently
small contemporaneous veitis that
traverse serpentine in all directions. It
is used in tho manufacture of porcelain
to make tho biscuit semi-transparent. It
is employed in polishing marble and glas
for mirrors, nnd in numerous other direc-
I tions in the arts and manufactures.
I In China, soapstono is used ns tho ma-
tcrial for idols and other figures which
form tho household gods of tho Celestial.
Hence it has been termed ' figure rtnm .
Its refractory nature lends itself to tho
manufacture of gas burners and for uso
in furnaces. It is also used in the manu
facture of crucibles.
Its latest application, however, is that
of a paint for protecting tho insides of
iron and steel ships and other structures,
which difficult problem it is stated to
have been the means of solving. Besides
tho purjxwo to which wo liavo already
alluded, soapstone is also largely used in
China for preserving structures built of
sandstone nnd other stones which aro
liable to disintegrate under atmospheric
influences, and we nro told that the cov
ering of powdered 6oapstone in the form
of paint on some obelisks in China, which
wero hewn out of stone liablo to suffer
under atmospheric influences, has been
known to preservo the samo intact for
hundreds of years. Iron.
Gentleness of Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Lincoln was one of the bravest
men that ever lived and one of tho gen
tlest. Tho instances in his earlier career
in which he puts his life or his body in
peril to prevent injury to another aro
very numerous. I have often thought
thnt his interposition in behalf of the
friendless Indian, who wandered into
camp during tho Blnck Hawk war and
was about to be murdered by tho troops,
was an act of chivalry unsurpassed in
the whole story cf knighthood. So in
the rough days of Gentryvillo nnd New
Salem he was always on the side of the
weak and tho undefended; always dar
ingly against the bully; always brave,
tender, and always invoking jieace and
good will, except where they could be
had only by dishonor.
Ho couid not endure to witness the
needless suffering even of a bruto. When
riding onco with a company of young
Indies and gentlemen, dressed up in his
and their best, he sprang from his horbO
and covered himself with filth to release
a pig, which was fast in a fence and
squealing in pain, because, as ho said in
his homely way, tho misery of tho poor
pig was moro than he could bear.
Ward H. Lamon in Philadelphia Times.
The llndjn ami Ills Property.
An Oriental fable which illustrates the
western proverb, "Givo him an inch nnd
ho will take an ell," is narrated in the
"Diversions" of our lato minister to
Turkey, S. S. Cox.
Tho hodja having built a house, offered
it for sale. A purchaser appears, tho
house is sold, but the hodja asks as a
favor that ho bo allowed to drive a nail
in tho wall of ono of the rooms the nail
to be his own property. The favor is
granted.
Shortly after tho buyer has settled him
self in the house ho hears n knock at mid
night. Descending to tho outer door, he
asks, "Who is there?"
"It is I," says the hodja. "I wish to
tie a string on my nail." Ho is allowed
to enter.
Three days after another knock is heard
at midnight. "What is wanting?" asks
tho man of tho house.
"I pray you, good friend, let me
enter," nnswers tho hodja. "I wish to
untio that string from my property."
Again and again this performance is
repeated, until tho purchaser, tired of
dancing attendance on the owner of the
nail, sells tho hotiso for a song and the
hodja liuys it. YoHth's Companion.
The Chunii of Americans.
As I havo frequently had occasion to
remark, there nro no peoplo so attractive
to Englishmen us are Americans. But
thoy must bo Americans, not painted and
patched up Englishmen. The charm that
lies hid in every American, to English
eyes (1 except, of course, American heir
esses, for wo all know wherein their
charm lies, not hid. but very upnrent),
consists in their Americanism. I wish I
could make myself understood, nnd that
! any anglomitniac, either incipient or set
tled, premonitory or cnronio, wno may
chance to read these words will ut once
"swear off" nnd become n good, sound
American citizen, with American cus
toms, habits, style of dress and language.
His efforts to become English uro vain.
Ho imposes on no one but himself. Ho
thinks he is nn Englishman, but ho is
only nn anglomaniac and nn nnglo
inuninc, pure and simple, ho remains to
tho end of tho chapter. Cockaigne" in
Tho Argonaut.
A Peculiar Tribe or Indians.
The Seris Indians, who, it is reported,
havo recently crossed from tho Tiburen
Islands in the Gulf of California to tho
mainland and Are raiding tho ranches,
number about 300 in all, and nro 0110 of
tho tallest races on tho continent, nearly
all measuring 0 feet 4 inches. It is
claimed by some that they aro cannibals.
However, they aro tho only Indians in
Noi America using poisoned arrows,
and thoy prefer raw decomond meat to
meat thai has U-en cooked, nnd in fact
live entirely ujwn raw food. In stature,
looks, language and manners they are
different from any other Indians in the
Americas.
A few years tigo a Turk visited their
island, and he claimed tliat they spoko
Ids tonguo. In npienranco thoy resemble
the Malayans, but fow civilized people
have ever hud tho courage to visit tho
island thoy inhabit, and thoso who havo
and got away nlivo nro regarded as being
decidedly fortunate Home Journal.
Cool Ins Kneel of Ice.
The cooling effect of Ico Is actually
dependent upon its melting, as in this
C recess tho heat which causes it to melt
1 absorbed from the surrounding bodies.
A pound of ico in melting will absorb
sufficient heat to cool a ound of water
from 174 degs. F. to the freezing point,
or to cool 1 13 pounds of water one de
gree, Beaton Budget.
CUTTING DOWN THE COST.
taws to Limit Wedding F.xpcnes In In
dia A Noel Reform.
A novel sort of reform in the matter of
marriage has leen instituted by tho gov
ernment in tho states or Rajputann. in
India, the object being as stated by Col.
C. M. K. Walter, agent to the governor
general, in a recent report to tho Eng
lish authorities, the "suppression of in
fanticide among Rajputs." The most
immediate inference m that patents hesi
tate to raise clul'i.-i-n on account of the
trouble of getthi, i mi.i married off, but
it may I? that Col. Walker intends to in
timate that the existing marriage cus
toms lead to an infrequency of matri
mony nnd to other events conducive to
the violent putting away of infants. At
any rate, the fact seems to have been
that marriage among Rajputs of any
social standing has heretofore been a very
serious financial question, both for the
would be bridegroom and for tho pa
rents of tho prosiectivo bride, and the
reforms are in the direction of fixing an
arbitrary limit beyond which tho ex
penditure at a wedding shall not go.
The first of these new rules, under
which hereafter two Rajput hearts will
be mado to beat as one. fixes the maxi
mum amount to Ixj expended at mar
riages at one-quarter of the annual in
conio of a Thakur, or nobleman, whoso
Income is 20,000 rupees or over; one
third of incomes between 20.000 and
10,000 rupees: one-half of incomes
between 10,000 and 1.000 rupees, and
two-thirds of all incomes below 1,000
rupees. Rajputs with no regular income
at all aro not to be allowed to spend over
100 rupees at a wedding. It is explained
that tho percentage of expenditure is
allowed to increaso as tho total income
decreases because binaller sums could not
secure the proper performance of the
marriage ceremonies.
Tho second rule does away with all ex
penditure on occasions of betrothal, and
provides that at such times the parties or
their representatives shall simply drink a
decoction of opium water together and
present betel leaves, and the written re
cord of tho engagement of marriage shall
then bo signed. This tomfoolery does
away with the previously necessary pre
sentation to the father of tho coming
bridegroom by the father of tho brido
expectant of an elephant, horses, camels,
jewelry, and other little trifles to a value
rarely, less, among well-to-do Thakurs,
than 10,000 rupees.
The third rule is for the benefit of tho
family of tho bride also, and limits the
amount to be expended as "Tyag,"
largesse to tho Charuns, Bhats, Dholis,
and others, at I) per cent, of tho whole
income where that exceeds 1,000 rupees,
4 1-2 per cent, where tho income is be
tween 1.000 und 500 rupees, and nothing
at all for Thakurs with less than 500
rupees income. It is alto provided that
this expenditure for Tyag" must bo in
cluded in tho amount fixed under the
first rule as tho limit of expenditure
upon the wedding. This does away with
what has heretofore been frequently tho
most expensive thing about a Rajput
marriage. Numerous cases aro cited
whero the "Tyag" alone on tho occasion
of the marriage of a daughter or a sister
has been very much more than tho wholo
income of the Thakur for the year. An
other important change made by tho
new rules provides that only Charuns,
Bhats and similar personages from tho
state in which the marriage is celebrated
shall bo allowed to be present at the cere
mony, and of these the number shall 1x3
regulated by the standing committee in
each state, whoso duty it is oversee the
enforcement of the new regulations.
At the end comes a rule, which prob
ably affects or begins to affect a moro
important reform than all tho rest put
together. It prohibits the marriage of a
man under 18 or a girl under 14, nnd is
tho first attempt made in the Rajputana
to stop tho custom of early marriages, by
which a young maid is often doomed to
bo a widow all her life ero yet 6he has
ever been a wife. Tho rule is said to
have been projxjsed by tho chief of
Bundi, who has been a great upholder of
tho ancient customs, and is regarded as
an important evidence of tho growth of
modern ideas in India.
Another innovation, incorporated as
an after thought into tho now rules,
limits tho expenditure ut funeral feasts,
und, it is said, will be an immense relief
to tho Rajputs. New York Sun.
D&nclng In ltrltlsh Honduras.
Tho etiquette of Santo Toribiro ball
rooms is peculiar. The ladies sit around
the room, their multiplicity of stiff skirts
making them look like so many Dutch
cheeses, whilo tho men remain outsido in
groups until the dancing is about to
begin. When the liit strains of tho
marimba mournful and despairing as
tho wail of a lost soul announce the
opening of the ball one of tho sandaled
and hntted gentlemen advances to the
middle of the floor, on tho way thereto
carelessly nodding to tho charmer of his
choice, nnd she leaves her seat and goes
to face him, standing a few paces dis
tant. Then they perform a rapid zape
tero, scarcely moving the body, though
their feet are flying liko mad, for all tho
world like a pair of jumping jacks, ex
ecuting nil manner of pigeon wings, jigs
and double shuflles. When she gets
enough of dancing sho returns to her
seat without so much ns an ndios to the
gallant; whilo ho, without stopping for a
moment in the everlasting jig, nods to
another lady to come und play Joan to
his Darby. He is exjiectcd to keep on,
without an instant's pause, until tho
musio ceases, and often it is continued a
long time, as n test to the young man's
endurance. Cor. Philadelphia Record.
A Very Largo Crop.
Ohio Man Lovely weather we- are
having.
Maino Man (slightly deaf) Hey?
O. M. Beautiful weather.
M. M. Hey?
O. M. I say that tho weather is
lovely.
M. M Hey?
O. M. (roaring) I wish to remark that
tho hay crop seems a big one. Pittsburg
Bulletin.
A Straight Stretclu
The longest straight stretch of railway
In tho world is on the new Argentine Pa
cific railway, from Bueuos Ayres to the
foot of tho Andes. For a distanco of 211
miles tho road is laid without a curve.
New York Evening World.
Decadence of Illblo Illustrations.
Whero is tho American Biblo illus
trator) It is queer that among a peoplo
in whoso lifo tho religious clement plays
so important u part no notable illus
trated edition of tho Biblo lias been
I published, with one exception. That
is the "Illuminated UiOle" puoiisiieu
by the Harpers in 184G. It contained
1,000 illustrations. 1.400 of them bein
nftcr drawings by John Gadsby Chap
man, nn artist noted at tho time, but
now quite forgotten. As examples of
wood engraving especially many of
tho illustrations were excellent. Ex
cepting this, I can recall no other. I
mean, of course. Bibles illustrated by
prominent American artists, and not
cheap reprints of the illustrations by
Dore, Bida nnd other prominent artists
of France, Germany nnd England.
So far as our jMiinters aro concerned
religious art had some votaries in tho
40's nnd 50's, in tho days of Chapman
and Thomas P. Rossiter. Today it has
practically none, if wo except tho de
signers of church decorations and
stained glass windows. Epoch.
Snurlers.
Ill conditioned dogs do not all go upon
four legs. Most of us havo seen snarl
ing curs upon two. If thero is a hate
ful biped on tho faco of tho earth it is
your habitual snarlor tho man who
has reduced ill nature to a system, and
practices it methodically at all times
and seasons.
These professors of tho snarling nrt
of courso snarl at everybody and every
thing, but their especial targets aro
their families. They reverse the chem
istry of tho bee. Instead of extracting
honey from tho weeds of life, they con
trivo to extract poison out of its honey.
It has been said that "man never is,
but always to be, blest;" but that's not
tho caso with tho snarler. He neither
Is nor can bo blest. In fact, ho won't
bo blest; but on the contrary is a curse
to himself nnd to all who como in con
tact with him.
Oil 1 tho wives that aro snarled at!
Vain are their efforts to please. All
their winning ways nro met with con
tumely, nil their fond words choked in
tho utterance with snappish yelps of
anger and contempt. New Lork Led
ger. Illshop Perry's Itcmlnlsctrices.
Bishop Perry, who is about to give
tho world his reminiscences, is tho re
tired octogenarian first bishop of Mel
bourne. He has survived to see two
successors in that see. Ho was conse
crated in Westminster Abbey in 1847,
and his episcopate covers tho whole of
tho exciting epoch of the early gold
fields. He is one of the few men now liv
ing who witnessed tho birth of Ballarat
and Bendigo, and who hnd special op
portunities of studying lifo nnd char
acter on the Australian gold fields un
der tho most stirring and romantic con
ditions. His recollections ought to be
interesting. Pall Mall Gazette.
Early Settlers' Curious Talcs.
Somo of the early settlers of New Eng
land sent homo curious accounts of tho
strango land to their friends, whom they
evidently enjoyed hoaxing. "Here
abouts," says 0110 of them, "if you sow
barley it comes up oats." Another tells
of tho "lions that prowl about Capo
Ann." A third, in 10G3, says that tho
frogs of Massachusetts "sit up on their
breeches a foot high, and somo are as
big as a child that is a year old." Tho
present frogs of that state aro degenerate,
but the babies of Massachusetts aro now
certainly bigger than frogs. Globo
Democrat. IIo Oulckly Comforted Her.
"It is with unfeigned sorrow and a
bleeding heart, Mr. Sampson," said tho
girl gently, "that I am compelled to say
thee nay; but I lovo another," and tears,
of sympathy welled into her eyes.
"Now don't bo so overcome, Miss
Clara." ho said earnestly. "It Is really
of no great consequence; I'll bo ns chip
per as a bird in n day or two, and it
pains mo to see you thus distressed."
Then slie dried hoc eyes and became
quite herself again. Tho Epoch.
A Test for Symmetry.
Tho best test for symmetry i3 simply
turning a man with his face "to tho wall.
If ho be perfectly molded and symmetri
cally made his chest will just touch the
'wall, his nose will he four inches away,
thighs five inches and tho ends of his toes
three inches. Tho development of a man's
physical qualities is a most important
matter, and is one that is ovei looked tho
world over, und seldom is it that you will
find a man w ho can stand tho test
Philadelphia Record.
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