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'The Oregon Scout!.. !ONE8 &. Chancey Publishers. UNION, OREGON. INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS. Effect Produced !.) KartlHiunkM i:.-ir(Iirjunlc Upon tlio Lamer AnlriiitU. . capital. In the last Issuo of the "Transactions It was a terribly melting clay in the of tho Seismologiral Society of Japan," scorching month of June, when, with a Professor Milne, tlio well known student cool array of immaculate linen and sug if volcnnlc phenomena, discusses tho cf 1 gestively airy, snow white duck, ho en foots of earthquakes on animals. Tim t,.re( tj,e fitate librarv, where the ever records of most great earthquakes refer , fnjthful custodian of the precious vol to tlio consternation of dogs horses, I f , , , pouring over his rattle and other domestic animals, ris h , , , , ., b , . 1 . nlso are frequently affected. In tho Lou- desk busily engaged in answering a mass don earthquake of 1711). roach and other 1 of correspondence ever accumulating, lish in a canal showed evident signs of tho burden of hts daily life of routine, confusion and fright; and sometimes "Why don't you buy a fountain jcn?" after an earthquake fish riso to tho sur ho asked, in an enthusiastic tone, as ho faco dead and dying. pulled one of these little instruments out iinriiiff mo iokio eartiiqi.aKo oi .low. io iokio eannq mivo joov, .srrsestfcHLTdc ' oardi confining them to their' capo, foxes jthivti thn linnr-d prinfinirtrr stables. Tlmm run. therefore, bo no kmbt that animnls know something un usual and terrifying is taking place. More Interesting than theso aro tho ob servations showing that animals are agi 1atcd just beforo an earthquake Ponies have been known to pranco about their stalls, pheasants to scream, and frogs to -case croaking suddenly a littlo time bo fore a shock, as if awaro of its coming. Tlio Japanese say that moles show their agitation by burrowing. Geese, pigs and dogs appear more sensitive in this respect than other animals -After tho great Calabrlan earthquake-It is said that tho noighlngof a horse, tho braylngof an ass, or tho cackle of a gooso was sufficient to cause tho inhabitants to ily from their houses in expectation of a shock. Many birds aro said to show their un easiness before an carthquuke by hiding their heads under their wings and bchav I iuginan unusual manner At the time of tho Calabrlan shock, little fish llkosand cols (eirricclll), which nro usually buried in tho sand, catno to tho top and were iught in multitudes. In South Amer ica certain quadrupeds, such as dogs, ! cats and jerboas, aro believed by tho peo plo to glvo wayiing of coming danger by their rcstlessSf-ss; sometimes immense Hocks of sea birds ily inland beforo an, earthquake as if alarmed by tho com mencement of somo sub-oceanic disturb nnce. Before the shock of lbS." in Chili, nil tho dogs aro said to have escaped from thn city of Talcahuaun, I Tho explanation offered by Professor , Miluoof this apparent prescionco is that homo aulmais aro sensitive to tho small tremors which precede nearly all earth quakes. Ilo has himself felt them some seconds beforo tho actual earthquake catno. Tho alarm of intelligent animals would then bo tho result of their own experience, which has taught them that small tremors aro premonitory of move meats nioro alarming. Signs of alarm days beforo an earthquake aro probably accidental; but sometimes in volcanic districts gases have emanated from tho ground prior to earthquakes and havo poisoned nnlmal. In one caso largo milli bars of fish were killed in this way in tho Tiber, and nt Folloutca on tho morning of April fl. 187-1. "the streets and roads were covered with dead rats and mice. In fact, it scorned as if it had rained rats. The only explanation of tho phenomena was that theso anluuds.had been destroyed by emanations of carbon dioxide." Scientific American. Tlio Citlminmii'it Iove. of Home. Tlio ties of locality aro very strong among the Chinese, and hence now fami Ilia, as thoy are formed, settle down l:i life in tho immediate vicinity of that from which they sprung. Thus one commonly sees groups, or nests, of families gathered about tho parent stock. Wholo villages may bo found composed almost exclusively of persons of tho same name, and contain ing four and oven 11 vo generations of one family. "ihiilthvlllo," "Jonesvlllo," or, to trans late more exactly, "Tho village of tho Cluing family," "tlio town of tho Wang family," "Tho I.I Family Crossroads" those and similar names of hamlets, vil Jagos and cities nro so frequent through out China that they give a largo fraction of all tho names to places in tho umpire. Tlio class of "globo trotters," as thev aro called persons of wealth who travel around tho globo sight seeing form a never solved puzzle to the mind of tho Chinese. A Chinaman never leaves his ho:no except from necessity. While ab sent, whether in forolgn lands or in some other part of his own country, ho alway.. looks upon himself as an exile, Is always mere or less homesick, and, no mutter liow dirtv and squulid his native village wuy be, no looks forward to his return to tho wretched place as tho chief joy of his life, Tho Chinaman Is not, and, without an entire change of ids nature, cannot, bo coruo a colonist. He is an acute and care ful merchant, a patient, faithful and dili gent laborer, but, nbovo everything else, Ida homo ties are strong. While ho wan ders all over the earth and submits to all borts of privations, abuses and hardships, lie Is only a wunderer whoso deepest do hire is for home, a unlet old ago with his family, and, above everything else, burial in tho toinbs o his futhors.-Chostor W- llolcombo in outh's Companion. i pauloii Andrew l-'in' Now Came. It Is "my own invention;" nlono I did it, and can recommond it as more than com iuou, tedious and destructive of the hup pluess of nations. By this gatno alone a company may bo driven to bed an hour earlier than usual, and tho comfort of the families may lo wrecked at tho lowest possible figure. Directions for playlngtho new iutclioctual game of poets and paint em: Kaeh person being provided with a hhoet of paper mid huc11, which the owner will never see ugalu, tho dealer makes a noiuonno rhyme. An example Is hero given for tho Instruction of country gentlemen, Example; There was nil old man of Toronto, And people cried. "Whero lion ho gono tor Hero' W tablo and chair, Hut v hero I Jin, where, TtiU luvUlbUt inuu of Toronto 1" When tho donlor has cvimposid a gem of this kind ho does not show It, but illus trates It by n drawing. This ho circulates among tho company, and each of them has to make a noiibonno verso on tho Incident illustrated b.v tho sketch. The worse you draw tho bet er. Tho dealer thou rebuts tho true original rhyme, and tho others we read ulou 1 by tho person in tho con pny least t tilled In deciphering hand writing. A I ox containing tho game and rule for ploying it, with pencils ot crayons (h-uu pencils '.'s., colored Cs.), may bo obtained ut the otllco of tho society fo'i propagating intellectual man's Maguz ue. gonies. Long ' IT WAS A FOUNTAIN PF.N. Tried t Explain Ilmr It Worked, but railed liioiiiliiloiiiily. Ho was n prominent lawyer of Topeka. Briefs with him were ns thick us the sunflowers that fringe the low Iwttoms 1 of tlio 6ilent Kaw in August, i Always dressed in the most spotless of fashionably cut garments, ho was the j envy of struggling barristers and the J cynosure of the ladies who promenaded -" 0f his vest pocket. "You can't imagine 0f his vest pocket. "You can't imagine -hat a vast amount of time oue can save I purchased one this morning, and if I could not procure another I would not take $1,000 for it, "Why, don't you know that a man's nnn travels, in dipping his pen in the ink nlono, more than half a dozen miles in an ordinary day of hard writing? Just think what a waste of muscular energy! Lot mo show you how easily tho thing works." As ho spoko he attempted to unscrew tho littlo cap. ujKjn which a jet of the deceitful fluid, as lino as the spray from a lady's rubber bulbed perfume bottle, spurted out and struck him fairly be tween tho eyes and slowly trickled down his faco. "1 guess that 1 havo unscrewed the wrong end. Wait until I try tho other." Then, without replacing the cap ho had withdrawn, he slowly took off tho other. which, ierniitting more air in, out the treacherous ink Hew in a stream its thick as a lead pencil, completely covering his face, vest and permeating his hair, fall ing down on his trousers, until his whole suit resembled the map of a swamp. With evident disgust depicted on every lineament, lie slowly ejaculated: "Per haps if I had been educated in a poly technic school 1 would understand the mechanism of tlio darned thing better. Havo you a hivntory here that I may try and repair damages?" Whereupon ho went nut. a discomfited muni Kansas City Star. Kxpomiro of Oiio'h WenkncKHeq. A special weakness of a man is ex posed by his indiscriminately accusing others of tho same defect. When a per son, in criticising tlio character or dis position of others, applies with a certain blind persistency one or two common faults to them all. now perchance hitting tho mark and now flying far wide of it. wo may bo sure that theso very faults aro possessed by the critic in a marked degree, though they nro often in a meas nro concealed by tho complications of his own character. They seom to stand beforo his mind's eyo as glasses of various colors, giving corresponding hues to whatever is viewed through them, as ho who looks at tho sky through u colored window will 6eo it red. yellow, green or other wise as the i aso may bo. One who do sires to rid himself of faults will do well to scrutinize himself in this respect, and if ho finds a tendency to harp on somo particular weakness of human naturo ho may feel assured that there ho can apply tho pruning knife. Now York Ledger. Itnmlmy OyHterx. Tho very newest thing about town is tho "Bombay oyster." Tho "Bombay oyster" isn't an oyster at all, of course, but this is tho name that has been bestowed on it. It is a composition sufficiently simple and common to please tho loan and lard ed purse alike. It is nothing more than an egg dropped unbroken into a tumbler, and deluged with viuegar. and sprinkled with pepper and salt. It is consumed always beforo break fast, and by a great many sporting men in the city. Ono of its effects Is to counteract the ovil tendencies of qvor eating. Some stout men liko a "Bombay oyster" in tho morning, and eat nothing again until noon. For a bilious btomnch it is the fluest kind of a remedy. Boston Globo. Protector An electrical ;:iliit Moot Inn. engineer of Carphin Springs claims tho invention of a month piece for pipes that will prevent any connection of the nicotine deposited in smoking with the tongue. Ho makes "a hollow ball, with it short tubular or slotted stem attached to it, which is in serted into the usual orifice in tho mouth ,... ... ,,. ,u1 or 11 "olllor iso io pit?, or cigar or cigarette that the smoke shall iwiss out through tho tube or slotted stem and upper slotted part of the ball, and tho tongue shall rub against tho ball in tho mouth of tho oriiiee, and thus avoid or provent tho saliva of the mouth from go iug or working buck in tho mouthpiece." Now York Telegram. Tlio llelyht r Our Ancestor. Although it is needless to tell readers that all speculations upon tins matter aro without foundation, it is curious to .find in u work published in 1718 by a "member of the French Academy of Sci encoa the following Mateinento. Ac j cording to this author, Adam was Vl'A feet 0 Inches in height, whllo Evo's stilt ' nro is assorted to have been 1 IB foot 0 ; inches and 0 lines. Noah, wo aro told, attained u height of only 27 foot; Abra ham was barely 'JO feet in Mature, while Moses is alleged to have measured only 13 feet in height.-J. N. HallocU in Christian ut Work. Wo Witt Innocent, "I missed bovoral oT my chickens last night, Undo Jasper. Ooyou kuowuny thing about thumr" "Cuimel, I indiovo do law do not re quire cullud geiiniHin to answer quoa Uona which mout discriminate them fcelvea." Puak. IF 'WE KNEW? vonld ttlxs letter It we knevf If we could lift tlio veil w hich lddw The lauvr ohrlno where mhj! abides Would life wMi nobler, or inbre trim? If vre could trace each circle round, And Btfs as angels see, and know As bo from whom life's eurrentH flo, Would lieatta bo happier for truth foundf Should we find more to love, or less Within tho mirrored sotil of each Could we discern the utmost reach Of Bjilrit'a dwjx-st consciousness? Eva Gorton Taylor In Chicago Herald. THREE SORTS OF WOMEN To bo Soon Almost Any Day on the 5Inlr. Street of tlio metropolis. There are thrco dWt'nct sorts of womor. to be seen on Broadway, which divides Itself into three distinct streams of females, streams which How within definite litnitj and rarely encroach on each other's terri tory. Women begin to ho seen In lum bers on Broadway at about Forty-fifth street. These women are New Yorkers pur et simple. On them are to be seen what are distinctly New York styles. This hi the ground thut fashion writers haunt for hints as to the styles of the coining season. They aro slim, clean limbed, with hair ns smooth as satin and cut in littlo pointed bangs that' are never curled and never have a hair out of place. They wear very rich and very simple clothes, with n fit and a finish thatspctks of Paris, Ion don and the very best dressmakers and tailors of this city. They never admit any eccentricities of dress, and nre so severely costumed that they considerably resemble each other and would scarcely be called bcauMful so much ns chic. This stream Hows down to Sixteenth street and there it stops, absolutely and nt once, undone never sees a single woman of it below that part of town. At Fourteenth begins a crowd of stran gers. All along that thoroughfare tho strangers are mostly from the small towns about Now York, and provincialism hns marked them for its own. Their clothes aro echoes ot past fashions, their bangs aro flamboyant, they carry littlo hand sachcls and cluster about tho shop win dows. At homo against their own bark ground they aro very attractive looking, but against tlie radiant freshness and lino grooming of tho New York girl they look not quito well kept. After turning the Fourteenth street corjier ono begins to see the western and southern girls, who wear expensive mate rials that are well made but lack in style. This autumn ono recognizes these women by tho heliotrope gowns thnt New York abnudoncd( lust spring. They are, ns a rule, extremely pretty in n picturesque, individual fashion. Particularly is this true of, the middle aged women, who re tain tho beauty of their figures wonder fully, nnd who have, many of them, big. soft dark eyes and thick gray curls iirouui. their brows. They are neither so fair noi so rosy as New York women. Below Eighth street the crowd changes for a third time and are native New Yorkers again. These tiro the women who work for their living, and may be j seen in groups of two and three going homo any whero between 4 and 7 o'clock. These women have a good looking sprink-1 ling of elderly, meager females In dingy black, with anxious faces and little black bags in which they carry their lunch to tho olliees whero they work. Many of them ure pretty and many young. Their clothes are evidently selected with an eye to wear, the purchases evidently being nail in mum whether the material would show spots and dust and whether it was , the same on both sides, so that it would "turn." Their general appearance shows ' that they have been hard at work all day and have had meager toilet appliances to repair damages before coming out on the street. Many of them walk arm in arm, I witli a little independent half masculine nir that they have insensibly picked up from their employers, and jostle through tho hurrying thrones of men without no-' ticing them. They aro pretty and lady like, as a rule. New Yorl: World. Answered 111 I'tirpose. Ono of our attorneys tells a story of a money lender he once knew living in Den mark. Being npproached on a certain oc casion formoucy ho told tho borrower to step into his room and ho would get it out of his safe and let him have tho sum wanted. As the borrower went in nnd took a sent ho saw no safe there, but tho money lender went to an old Biblo and after turning over the leaves awhile, ho found the amount needed. "What, sir! do you call that a safe?' asked tho borrower. "Wall, it ain't exactly safo again fire, but it's safe again the family," said tho money lender. Lowistou Journal. .Sample of l'alo Kconoiny. It is false economy to do part of to-morrow's work today; living cheaply so that you can dress well; going to law about anything you can compromise; to employ a botch because ho doesn't charge much; sitting in the tv. light doing nothing in order to save oil; buying things you don't want because they are cheap; marrying your daughter to nn adventurer so as to have her oil' your hands; to take your money out of tho bunk and invest it in a wildcat scheme; taking your boy from school and allowing him to grow up in ignorance for the sake of tho a week he can earn. Philadelphia Call. A T'jeutre Without I'ootllglit. Brussels is to have a theatro without footlights, in accordance with tho plans of M. Bees, the designer of tho now Flemish theatro there, lie believes that the thick stratum of heated air through which the voices of the actors have to pass to reach the audience obstructs nnd deadens tho sound. For tlio footlights ho has substi tuted a triple nrago of gas lights behluc. tho orchestra. Tho new system was test ed, mid pronounced ti decided improve-' ment on that now in use. New York Sun. j How l"liii rimwm Aro Grown. j All tho line flowers seen at exhibitions nro obtained by the plnnts being "dl. budded," us the method is technically known. The expert florists instruct ama teurs who select special kinds from tho ' cut flower tables that they must not bu disappointed at finding thorn half the size when they flower, unless they pinch oir nil tho buds but one on each shoot just as soon as the buds can be been. Now York Mull and K.vuvts. I Kurtfiqunkn Proof Hullitlnc. ' The government of Jnimu has invited eovcrtil scientific liodles to appoint a joint committee to examine and report upon tho typo of buildings best calculated to rv slst shocks of earthquake. This is in view of tho fact thut whereas Jupnucto houses were formerly constructed otwood, masonry is now coinlug largely into use, 1 rspcclully in the construction of pubLc' bulldlugtf. Chicago Times, ( VALUE OF MESMERISM. THE THEREPEUSIS OF HYPNOTISM AS A MEDICAL STUDY. An Anirstlirtlc ns Perfect an IUher. Story ,if (ho Seven Headed Cow rtc belllous Reponftlres Cnn Crime. Ilo Committed by tlio A hi of McMncrUin? It Is conceivable that mesmerism might injuro an invalid If ho huvo heart dis ease, for instance, an exciting or violent episode, a rupturo of joy or a convulsion Of great grief or fear, it might provo inju riousoreven fatal, just as it might in Lis normal condition. This possibility Is nbundantly ofTset by tho valuo of mesmerism as a therapeutic agent. Tho responsive can bo tnado so intoxicated on water, which ho has been told is whisky, us to exhibit all symptoms of cxtremo inebriety; ?an bo mailo dis gustingly sea sick by being told that ho is nt sea in a storm, and can bo at onco physically affected by an Imaginary mcdl clno. Ills temperature can bo changed, his eyo dilated and ins pulse quickened. Mesmerism is as perfect au anicstlietic as ether, and as harmless as water. Any mesmerized person can at onco. by a slnglo stroke of tho hand, bo rendered to tally insensiblo to pain, and can havo a tooth drawn,, a cataract removed, a can cer cut out, or an arm cut off without feeling tho slightest pain. This has been bo often demonstrated that amputations frequently tako place under its influence in tho I'uris hospitals, and it is success fully employed in obstetrics. Though only a fraction of patients will bo found eligible ns candidates for this annihilator of pain, its utility is so obvious it cannot bo long beforo medical societies will tako up tho therepeusls of mesmerism as a serious study, and nrmy surgeons will bo required to havo as practical a knowl edge of It ns of any part of tho pharma- It is quito erroneous to supposo that tho conduct of tho resposivo is directed in detail by tho operator. Ilo only sug gests the general lino of thought, and each responsive pursues it according to his own knowledge, experience or oreiu dices. 1 say to my responsives, for 'in stance, that 1 have a wonderful educated cow with soven heads. They all want to sco it. I call their attention to the imaginary stable door near by; they look toward it, and when I snap my lingers they all seo a seven bended cow enter. Now, by questioning them it becomes obvious that they all seo a different cow. Unless I havo designated her color ono sees a white cow, another a red cow, und so on. Then I tell them that she can dance, can waltz and keep time with music. I hand ono a cane, telling him it is a lluto, and that ho is tin eminent performer, nnd ho goes through tho motions of playing to tlio dancing cow. They all hear differ ent tunes, but tho exhibition is satisfac tory. 1 now ndd that tho cow can sing can sing a different part with each mouth can sing seven ballads at onco. At this point there is somo incredulity expressed, flioy seo the cow stand up on her hind legs nnd hear tho seven ballads and this, I may as well add, is tho narrative of an actual experiment. Fivo of tho six mesmerized persons be lieved that she sang. "Sho is singing 'Tit Willow,"' said ono. "And 'A War rior Bold,' " said another. "I hear singing." said tho incredulous ono, turning to mo. " 'Annie Laurio,' isn't it? How do you work her tho machinery. I "iiicauV" Tho others laughed at him. "Why, tho cow sings," said a young lady. "Can't you hear her sing? Can't you seo her sing?" "Sho looks as if sho sang," conceded Incredulous. "I seo her mouths raovo all around. She sounds as if sho sang; but sho doesn't sing Cows don't sing." "Very well, what is It, then?" asked ono of tho others. "A tube und a holo in tho floor," said Incredulous, "or perhaps ventriloquism." "Awl" exclaimed tlio first, derisively, "ventriloquism does not work liko that. I'vo niado a study of ventriloquism." "Well. I've mado a study of cowl" per sisted the scolTer obstinately. Sometimes I turn the responsives into children, and have them play school with Infinite fun, sometimes transport tlieiu over ocean to Africa or Japan on tho en chanted carpet, whero for a brief space they enjoy all the delights of travel; sometimes wo participate in battles, in political campaigns, in exciting tirade, and sometimes Socrates, Moses or Con fucius is introduced and interviewed, tho intelligent responsive furnishing both questions and answers in a curious dual action of tho mind that is highly cuter tabling. Not only tho reason sometimes rebels ns above, but tho conscience also. As a rule responsives can bo completely dominated and maae o do anything of" which they aro physically capable. They could gen erallv bo induced to tako poison, or jump off tlio house, or throw themselves under a locomotive, or attack ono another with deadly weapons. Uut thero aro somo ex ceptions. I was unable to overcome tho fear of ono of uiv responsives. whom I sent to assault an Imaginary Indian in tho park. Ho refused to go, and said it was "diillcult to kill an Indian." A young lady, ono of tho brightest sen sitives I havo ever seen, steadfastly re fuses to play cards. I tell her sho is Bullalo Hill, and easily induco her to as sume his character, but wheu cards aro suggested, "No. I never play cards. It is wrong!" sho says, ami 1 cannot moro her. I could make her jump out through tho window or nut her hands in tho tiro, but play eards slio will uot. I was puz rled by it till, inquiring, I ascertained that her religious parents hud brought her up very strictly and taught her it was "wicked to play cards." And this brings us to tho question much mooted of late, whether crime can bo com mitted .by the aid of mesmerism. If so, it is brought luto relation, uot only with medicine, but with jurisprudence; uot only with tho pharmacopoeia, but tho pen itentiary. It is obvious that If cases of this kiud occur tho one to whom punish ment must bo dealt out is tho mesmerist. I could probably Induco any ono of my responsives to take his life lu my pres ence or to assault anybody within reach, but tho mind wanders curiously in this btruugo condition, cud generally takes llttlu cognizance of surrounding objects, I havo used tho word "probably" In this senteuco because the conduct of mc3 morized ticrsous cannot be positively pro- dieted. Tho mental impression may uot in a given caso be sutQciently vivid and dominating to Induco action, or the in tention may be counteracted by the trained moral sunsa asserting Itself and overbalancing the confused hypnotic ten dency. W. A. CroSut in North American Ik view. The Prince of Wales continues to gala In flesh, much to his chigrln. WIIITKLEY'S PLACE. J A VISIT TO THE "UNIVERSAL PRO VIDER" OF LONDON. Ono of the Wonders of tho World of Trade The Pnniou Hon Jlnrclio of Tarls Outdone A Wliolo Congeries of Store. Whiteley's establishment is ono of tho wonders of the v.oridof trade Compara tively few Amenc-a:.-. vL-it it. as it is far awu fintii ivlki ..,m..i us tlio Amcri can I--. i e. t:nii tho Langham hotel to tho Motropole. Compared to tho trade kingdom over which u biuglo proprietor, William Whlteley, rules, such meio overgrown dry goods stores ns tho Louvre and tho Bon Mnrehe in Paris uro but simple aflairs. White ley's is not a store, but a wholo cougeries of stores, each as accesstblo to but as dis tinct from tho other as tho dining room is from tho parlor on a floor with folding doors. What in tho usual run of dry goods stores occupies a counter or at most but a room such ns tho silk depart ment, tho linen department, tho costumo department, etc. has at Whiteley's u largo and imposing storo to itself. Tho jewelry store is u superb establishment, tho furniture house is magnificent; china, glass, ironmongery, dressmaking, sewing machines, coiitures, toys, Japaucso nnd Indian curios, each and all havo stores devoted exclusively to themselves, largo openings giving communication through tho entire series of establishments. ADDITIONAL IZSTAIILISIIMKXTS. This would bo wonderful enough, but thero aro surprises at Whiteley's; a pro vision storo of extensive dimensions ad joins an excellent restaurant, tho restau rant leads into tho aviary, conservatory and live stock establishments. Thero 13 a well supplied wood and coal office. Pi anos uro upstairs in a storo of their own; near them is a largo hall, decorated with flags, statuary, tables and chairs iu pro fusion. Hero a dinner of several hundred covers may bo given, or ordered for any place, town or country, with overy acces sory, from tho banquet itself to tho waiter who serves It; all provided by Whiteley. 1 had nearly forgotten to name a charming picturo gallery, whero many original works of great beauty aro dis played, and where orders aro taken for copies of any masterpiece on tho walls of any of tho great galleries of Europe. Whiteley is nlso a banker. You may buy or sell money on Ids premises. You may tako your passage by any steamer for any port. Von may hire a servant; bury a de ceased friend; put your belongings "up at auction; purchase, sell, build or take down a house. In short, there is not a single transaction in lifo relating to trado which Whiteley is not willing to mako for you. No wonder ho calls himself "tho univer sal provider." Such a business us White ley's must speedily mako a man a bank rupt or a millionaire; und as disaster lias not overtaken him, it is presumed that Whiteley has u good account at Ids own and other banks. His establishment has suffered frequently from lires, whoso strnngely persistent recurrence irresist ibly suggests incendiarism. In tho matter of cheapness I find very littlo differenco between Whiteley's anil other establishments which aro not es pecially devoted to wealthy customers, as aro Gillow's in tho furniture line, and Lewis & Allenby in tho dry goods. An honest price prevails, and if an American visitor sees anything ho or sho lilies at Whiteley's, I would adviso him or her to purchase it without further ado, as it would bo a waste of time to ruu all over London to try to find tho same article at a lower prico. AT THE WW MARCHE. For ono American who has heard of Whiteley's in Loudon, ninety and nino havo heard of tho Bon Marcho in Paris. Persons who know no other singlo word in French aro awaro thut bon marcho means "cheap." This famous storo is in deed a marvelous place. Outsido of a few littlo kuickknacks known as articles do Paris, tho vast establishment is en tirely devoted to tho sale of dry goods. No wonder tho American woman, with her national love for shopping, rovels in hours spent in flitting from ono counter to anotlier. Gloves aro to tho right of her. flowers to tho left of her. silks aro in front of her, lace is beyond. Aro theso beautiful things really, or only in ap pearance, cheap? Why. tho truth is they are sold at tiio market price. Examine well anything that is offered below tlio current rates, and yon will discover n reason. I will call tho attention of American , ladies to a custom which prevails at tho I larger shops in Paris, by which our conn trywomon nro misled, though no deceit A willfully put upon them; it nrises.simply from a difference of custom between tho French and American merchant. When a prico is seen upon a remnant iu America, tho purchaser knows that tho marked figure Is the price of tho wholo remnant, whilo In Franco tho marked figure means per yard or rather meter, according to tlio French measurement. Thus, if an Ameri can lady sees somo attractive pieces of lace or silk, marked variously from 2 to $10, and decides to tako somo or many of theso remnaiAs, it comes, as a very "dis- agreeable surprise, to find out that tho articles were nt so much per yard, nnd that tlio shopkeeper will now measure tlio yards. Often tho prico is but a fow sous reduction per yard on tho original figuro asked, and the purchaser finds herself with awkward lengths of goods sho was tempted to buy only hi tho Mrs. Toodles spirit. To bo sure, at tho Bon Marcho tho privilege is given of exchanging articles which a purchaser may bo dis satisfied with If uo harm has" eomo to them. Eveu money Is, under certain cir cumstances, returned. London Cor. Bos ton Transcript. A rrfrallJnc.aiatcuHao Tad. A prevailing masruliao -craze" is for each man of :a.Mo to wear a distinct! vo flower. This is, r. notion from "across seas." Tlio Etapi.-ar Frederick wore con tinuclly. In his bv.ttoukole. a modest cluster of violas, just as his father was always decorated with the corn flower. A well known society man of today is never seen without a slnglo Ivy leaf on tho lapel of his coat, tad another wears, invariably, u whitu rose. S3 small n to , barely uotlceable. By tell it is propho I sled that military fnahlons for men will bo the race, Tisni is also a "fad" bor rowed from our foreign cousins, who aro sporting esti-ikivJy wJut they term "La Itevonche" t;ylM. The carnation, tho em blem of "glory." gUwa in triumph on tho I breast of every patriotic Frenchman. Tame TaiK. At tho club. "Jack's just finished a letter to his fiancee." "Yes, and It was so soft you could hear It swish around In tho c3ve!c-Do.,--ToTi Topics. ".ej-end or tho ripentono Quarry, biood red stono has a peculiar slg. a-Jenuce. and Is an object of veneratlrn to tho Indian Since tnught by "Maul tou" (tho Great Spirit) warlike tribes havts gathered here in peace, to worship, dig tho stono and smoke tlio calumet ltelicj of camps may bo traced in great numbers, by tho stones placed In circles, now nearly buried from sight, except when prairie fires sweep over them legends say that a remnant of red men were driven from a deluge to the top of this rocky crest, whero an eagle had built her nest, and that the rising waters swallowed all 4ut ono maiden, who clung to tho eagle lor safety. When the waters receded, tho Great Spirit found a cliff of rocky warriors turned into sinning juspcrl lu solemn wrath he vowed that henceforth tho tribe. should meet hero only In peace, that uo war whoop should bo heard, no bow and arrow or tomahawk should bo seen at thi rendezvous, but hereafter tho tribes should assemblo hero eacli year to wasu off their war paint iu tho lake, bury the hatchet and smoke tho peaco pipe, iu token of which tlio maiden nnd war euglo should sacrifice a milk whito bison a t-aro and sacred beast, and ah object of cere monious and mysterious sacrifice. It was laid on the altar of jasper, when lol the flames of heaven descended, as lightning, connecting tno stem oi .Mam tou's pipe with tho altar, from whence rose bweet Incense, the blood of tho sacrt fico staining tho crag a crimson staiu Tho eagle also joined in the compact by leaving fivo eggs, which turned into huge bowlders of stone, watched over by two female genii, who remained in tlio grot toes between those eggs, nnd alternately sleep and watch tho sacred quarry. Then Manitou broke open tlio quarry for his, children, and tuught them how' to carve tho calumet and smoke it as a pledge, after which ho left his own impress on a commanding pinnacle of rock in tho form of a human faco and then vanished from their sight. Helen Strong Thompson in American Magazine. Does Moro Injury Tlmn Ileneflt. Wo aro partly bamboozled by tradition. From our youth up wo aro deafened on ull sides bv ndvico to "read and improvo our minds '' Tho inference is that tho mind Is improved by reading. But that infer unco is open to tho most serious question For my part, I should be willing to hazard tho statement tiiat twice as many minds havo been, injured than havo been bene fited by it', and not a small proportion of tho former havo been made entirely worthless by tho practice, it is just like dram drinking it is intellectual dram drinking, and "intellectual" is scarcely tho word to uso in that connection. One reason is, no doubt, that tho dram" in question uro, for the most part, of very Inferior Muff. But even if it were of the best btuff imaginable, tho detrimental el feet would remain. Tlio finest Madeira, if swallowed in sufficiently copious doses, will produco delirium tremens; and the most unexceptional books, if thoy are also too numerous, will bring on mental dyspepsia. Tho mind becomes a mere sack to hold other people's ideas, instead of a nmi'liine to generate ideas of its own And tho ideas thus acquired aro of no uso to it. Tlio mind has lost tho power to work them into tho flesh and blood of wisdom. They remain a heterogeneous and incongruous muss. Foreign material.. whether physical or intellectual, shoulljr bo taken in with discrimination nnd mod eration, nnd thoroughly assimilated Unless you need and liko it, you cannot mako it yours; whether you swallow it or not, it really stays outsido of you. Julian Hawthorne in America. The Mew of London. A peculiar feature of Loudon, to begH with, are the so called uiew-j. Tho ntme mews originally applied to tho royal stables, though whether on account" id tho characteristic melody of the cats that congregate around such establishments, or for some more classical cause, has never been explained. It gradually eamo to bo adopted for tho alleys in tlio rear of fasii ionable mansions on which tho stable.-, open, and, in fact, for any street o.' stables. Tho mews of Ixiiido'n uro streets sui generis Thoy cut in half tho block on which swell residences make a pompous frontage, and their aspect is as much more picturesque and homelike, as it is less im posing than thnt of the grimly grauti palaccb of which they aro adjuncts jl In tho quarters "of London in whim aristocracy still lingers, tlio mews stiii preserve much of their old character, nnd aro the abiding places of stable helpers ami genteel poverty In the deteriorated part of the town they nro squalid and reeking uests of misery "and want, where human beings harbor like rats' and probably of tei do not seo the light of day for years. I can imagine nothing more" horrible under tho sun than tho Whitcchapcl mews, uu less it bo the dreadful inner courts and no thoroughfares which still further com plicate tlio ramifications of theso mazes of misfortune and vice. Alfred Trumblo iu Pittsburg Bulletin. Can-ins a Itestunmnt steak. Two young gentlemen a Hub tho worse for wear dropped in ono Saturday evening at a certain Chirk streot restaurant, nnd.. after consulting the bill of faro rather hesitatingly, each ordered a sirloin steak. In duo eourso of time tlio steaks were de livered to tho consignees, and thoy pro ceeded to earvo them. Ono of tho j'onng men angered tlio waiter', after repeated onslaughts on his steak, by calling for an ax. Tho other young man was calm and unmoved. After vainly endeavoring tov cut his steak whllo ina sitting postuw' ho arose, poised his knife nnd fork am', addresssed Ids friend as follows: "You just keep our oyo on mo now. Years ago I used to dissect remains over In a houico pathic medical college on tho West bide, and I'll 'do' this steak if it kills mo. I am tlio great prodlssceter. Watch mo ami wait for tho big show!" aud tho young physician eloverly separated tho component parts of both steaks in a mas terly niaui'er, although it was plain to bo seen that Ids Incidental remarks had ex ercised a rather depressing effect ujioa tho appetite of his young friend. Chicago Ilerald. Why She Took I-eison. Julius Kichberg. thowoll known Boston musician, tells this story of an early ox perlenco: One day a lady somewhat advanced in years camo to mako arrange ments for taking prlvato lessons iu bluff ing At tlio end of tho second lesson tho teacher felt constrained to tell her that her ear was not true. Sho received tho remark very coolly, and at thoist losson sang as badly as before. "I am afraid. " said Mr. Kichberg, "that you can never learn to sing lu tune." "Oh. it doesn't matter," was tho surprising answer "Doesn't matter!" said tho astonished teacher. "No." said tho puplL "Idou t care any thing about music, but my docttri said that singing would bo tho best thin t 7 for my dyspopiia. aud so I decided to toko lessons. "Now York Sun. 1