The Oregon Scout
-Jones &, Chanoey Publishers.
UNION, OREGON.
DIVIDED.
If thou wcrt by ray side, dear Iots,
And I could wnllr with thee,
Tbo Jinth unto ttio mountain crest
No toll would seem to mo.
But now my feet walk wearily,
And heavy aro mlno eyes,
And dread and dark tho winding way
That leadcth to the skies.
Tet If thou wert Ixisldo me, love,
My hand within thinu own,
rerchatico my weight would hold thco back,
Tho' thou canst win nloue.
Thou mlghUnt stumble, following me;
Or loitering by tho wuy,
Seeking tho sweets and (lowers, my feet
Slight tempt thlno own to stray,
But now by different paths, my love,
Wo seek tho self namo goal,
80 far apart no check nm I,
No hlndruncu to thy soul.
And tho' my heart doth neho for the
My lips for thy long,
I aee thco Uiiliug upward still,
And hush my pain with song.
And when upon tho mountain crest
Wo stand whero souls are free,
Tho bliss that doth cludo us now
Must como to theo and me.
Not ono brief thrill of Joy, of pain
On smile, in tears to end,
But an eternal crown of love.
When soul with soul shall blend.
Housewife.
IVhy Suicides AVcro Hurled nt Crossronds.
It has been suggested tlmt suicides
wero buried nt crossroads becauso that
wns tho placo whero a cross or crucifix
usually stood, and only second in sanc
tity to n church yard, and that tho
driving of a stuko through tho body
-waa not at first intended na an insult,
l)ut to keep tho ghost of tho suicido
Jrom walking on tho earth again. Theso
plausiblo stories havo gained many ad
vocates, but it is more likely that burial
at crossroads was intended as a mark
of indignation.
Tho tomples, or rather altars, of tho
heathen Teutons wero mostly at tho
junction of crossroads. Tho placo of
execution was thero, criminals being
sacrificed to tho gods, and henco sui
ciclos wero buried at the crossronds to
rIvo as strong an impression as possiblo
or a heathen burial. Probably, too,
tho publicity of such a spot, wliich in
:turcd tho fact that a great number of
pooplo would becomo directly awaro of
tho degrading consequences of tho
crimo, had a good deal to do with its
.selection. Chatter.
l'litented I'ellnes.
Tho illuminated cat was granted a
patent in 1881, and it is a eat of p.-mte-"board
or tin for tho purpose of fright
ening rats or mice. Tills cat is to bo
anado in a sitting posture, and it is
painted over with phosphorus so that
it shines in tho dark liko a cat of (Ire.
Another cat, equally funny, is tho
patent cast iron cat which is worked
Iy clockwork, and which has a bellows
in it which swells up its tail to tho sizo
of tho maddest of felines. If proporly
ot it will emit a noiso equal to tho
wildest of living midnight Thomases,
and it has in addition steel claws and
"tooth. You wind it up and placo it on
;yourroof and set it howling. All tho
oats in tho neighborhood jump for it,
and its poisoned claws kill every ono it
ulrikca. Frank G. Carpenter's Letter.
Cxorclsn and Hunt for Digestion.
Thuro aro but fow people who can
not oat good ripo fruit.s in season, pro
vided thoy do so in tho morning,
limits, raw or cooked, if eaten with tho
upper, often causo digestive disturb
ances. "After dinner rest awhile," and
tho rust should bo mental ius well as
physical. Hut in tho coursoof an hour
tr two after eating, most dyspeptics
aro bcnellted by a walk of a mile or
"two, tho distance being covered leisure
ly. This Is usually tho case if what is
lcnown as flatulent dyspepsia is suflorod
droni. During tho walk tho "fullness"
disappears, and tho victim of it returns
feeling buoyant, physically, as well as
mentally. lloston Herald.
( ChrUtfiin unit Gentile.
Christians arc) not Gentiles. Thoy
aro n religious sect, a God fearing sect.
Thoy aro tho followers of tho teachings
of Jesus of Nazareth, who was himself
-aside from his Kculiarities a God
louring man. Gentiles wero Idolaters
r pagans, who wero culled by tho IIo
Lrows by tho namo of Gohn, and tho
Christians called them Gentiles. In
tlio Now Testament wo find it repeat
edly. Jews and Gentiles aro often men
tioned. Now it seems that tho uso of
tho word Gentile in connection with
(ho Christian people is an unjust mis
jioiuer, and yet some of tho best Christ
ians call themselves by that namo.
Hebrew Journal.
Tho ItuililhUt Kills No fle.li.
Tho suporetrict Uutldhlst will not eat
llchh at all, because tho life that ani
mated tho creature is part of tho mil
vunuil life that animates idl creatures,
from M'hioh each in turn abstracts tho
Mtpply for tho purposes of its temporal
existence. To eat of tho creature is
therefore a kind of cannibalism of tho
woond degreo, and your Buddhist will
none of It. Tho commonalty of them
lo not go bo far. They may eat meat
between sunrise and noon. New York
Evening Sun,
A Kul Cute of Htupldlty.
Kosciusko Murphy How do you liko
U Us Jones? In my opinion she is not
only handsome, but very Intelligent.
Oils do Smith I agree with you as
fur its her looks are concerned, hut alio
is not intelligent. I've been courting
Iter for the lost nix months, and I don't
-think from tho way sho acts that tho
J utu found it out yet. Texas Sifting.
Ages of Man 11 lid "Wife.
It Is always better for n man to bo
Boveral years tho senior of his wife, and
I'll tell you why. Tho averago girl
who marries God bless her! stays at
homo and makes a homo u blissful
abiding placo for her husband and her
children. Tho man goes out into tho
world and has tho responsibility of car
ing for thoso who aro at homo, and yet
timo does not seem to set its seal on
him as it does on a woman. Tho littlo
cares of lifo rulilo her and too often
make her look, as wo say, "old beforo
her time." Now, even when this does
not happen she does proportionately
grow old in appearance sooner than tx
man, and for that reason sho wants to
tnko tho benefit of tho doubt and let
him havo tho added years to start with.
Then, too, you should desire to keep
your heart and mind young, to bo his
intellectual companion, and this is much
easier when your husband Isold enough
to bo "tho guide, philosopher and
friend." Tlio lovo of a woman to her
husband always has a littlo of tho ma
ternal in it that is right and tender
but she does not wish to bo mistaken
for his mother.
15o wise and marry n man older tlian
yourself; ono who has seen hfo in Its
ninny phases and who can gtndo you
over tlio rocKy place: ono wuo nas
learned that it is not always wiso to
oboy impulse, but that any important
duty should bo well thought over.
Ruth Ashmoro in Ladies' Homo Jour
nal. IIoiv Ciuiiplior Is Miido.
Camphor is made in Japan in this
way: After a tree is felled to tho earth
it is cut into chips, which are laid in a
tub over a largo iron pot partly Ullod
with water and placed over a slow flro.
Through holes in tho bottom of tlio tub
steam slowly rises, and heating tlio chips
generates oil of camphor. Of courso
tho tub with tho chips hits a closo fit
ting cover. From this cover a bamboo
pipo leads to a succession of other tubs
with bamboo connections, and tho last
of these tubs Is divided into two com
partments, ono above tho other, tho di
viding lloor being perforated with small
holes to allow tho water and oil to pass
to tho lower compartment. This lower
compartment is supplied with a layer
of straw, which catches and hold3 tho
camphor crystals that aro being depos
ited as tho liquid passes to tho cooling
process. Tho camphor is next sepa
rated from tho straw, packed in wooden
tubs and is ready for tho market. Tho
oil is used by tho natives for illuminat
ing and other purposes. St. Louis Re
public. I
1
I'iiIhoiioiis KfTect of Nicotino.
It is sidd that Turkish tobacco con
tains prussic acid, and that Havana to
bacco has another alkaloid callod colli-
dino, of which on)-tweiitietli of a drop
will kill a frog with symptoms of paraly
sis. Tlio hall liquid matter that ac
cumulates in tho bowl of pipo will
kill a small animal in three drop doses.
A fow drops of nicotino iusortod under
tho conjunctiva of an animal will kill
at once. Eight drops of nicotino will
kill a horso with frightful general con
vulsions. It has been observed that
tho living systems quickly becomo tol- j
crant of tobacco poison an luifnml
that is thrown into convulsions by 0110
lmlf a drop ono day will rcquiro twioo
as much tlio next day, and so in four
or five days four or flvo times as much.
Now York Telegram.
Hound to I'liy it Compliment.
Whilo at tho races Mr. Guest, tlio
well known turfman of Kentucky, re
marked: "Do you know what tills
sandy spot in hero reminds 1110 of? It
reminds mo of a fellow's farm that I
saw onco down in Kentucky. It was a
terriblo sandy placo, and so poor that
you couldn't ndso a disturbauco on tho
placo. I stopped thero ono day, and
of courso 1 wanted to say something
complimentary about tho place, 60 I
sold to him, 'Colonel, I doelaro you
havo got tho finest placo I over saw to
Bcour knives.'" St, Paul Pioneer Press.
Tit for Tut.
Mrs. Magnus Scott (prepared to go
out) Roes this gold necklace match
tho whlto laeo of my dress?
Mr. Magnus Scott It doos.
Mrs. M. S. Would silver look bet
ter mul cooler?
Mr. M. S. It would not.
Mrs. M. S. How docs my hair look?
Mr. M. S. Connno 11 faut.
Mrs. M. S. Ismy bonnet on straight?
Mr. M. S. Very. Can you seo tho
holes in my socks? Jewelers' Circular.
Tlio Ohlueso Dead.
Tho Chineso bury their dead in tho
fairest spots in tho land. Thoy aro ex
traordinarily devoted to tho dead, and
tho labor contract of overy coollo emi
grant specially stipulates that In case
of death his body shall bo carried back
to China, that his dust may nilnglo
with that of his forefathers and join
their spirits in tho flowery kingdom.
Otherwise ho believes that ' his soul
will wander amid strangers unknown
and astray, Once a Week.
A I.lttln rurm In 1IU Hoot.
It Is not often that grain Is found to
grow In a man's boots, but such a enso
is reported. A farmor brought a pair
of boots to a Guelph cobbler to bo re
paired. When tho shoemaker com
menced operations on them ho found
grain growing to the length of eoverul
inches. Such Is certainly a curiosity.
Guolph (Out) llerald.
A Short Itoiid to AVealtli.
An amateur editor in Indianapolis
bos inado a fortuno by hU pen. Ills
father dlod of grief after reading ono
editorial, and left him $130,000. Union
Prlnte.
STRANGE LOUISE MICHEL,
' Her Sincerity nml Courago Joking the
I Bourgeois rnclnl Ugliness.
j Loulso Michel Is certainly a tlotraqtico
In politics; but If slio makes detestable
speeches and commits still more nbomina
blo acts, thero cwn bo no question as to
her sincerity or her courago in defending
her opinions. It Is this sincerity and her
Bclf ahncgatlon that gives hern certain
sympathy nmong people who detest her
theories. Another causo of tho general
Indulgence) shown to this misguided
woman is her womanliness. It may sound
strango to hear that this vehement
utopist, who Is ready to kill and to de
stroy, possesses any womunly qualities.
Once away from politics sho is kindness
itsolf No ono has a more tender lovo for
children, greater pity for tho aged or more
dovoted care for tho infirm. Sho was her
mothor's good angel throughout her pa
rent's lifo, although tho old lady never
behoved in her daughter's Utopian dreams.
In private lifo Louise Michel Is not at all
a disagrecnblo companion Sho Is bright,
nlways cheerful, anil enjoys a good joko
Sho likes to play jokes, above all 011 her
sworn enemy, tho bourgeois. Ono day,
when returning to hor home just outsido
tho fortifications, sho found borsolf seated
on a horso cur beside a rcspoctablo look
ing old gentleman whom she was stiro
was a Philistine) Beginning tho conver
sation about the inhabitants of tho dis
trict, Its needs, etc., sho timidly re
marked "nut havo you not in this quarter
a terriblo communist, a woman who wants
to destroy everything? What is her
namo?" "Ah, yes," replied tho old gentlo
man, "Louiso Michel "That's tho ouo."
And then tho old gentleman went on to
say how much tho preseiico of such a
woman Injured tho reputation of tho
dace, whilo she constantly encouraged
dm by putting In a word to show thav
sho was entirely of his opinion, that It
was regrettahlo tho law did not permit tho
expulsion of such a dangerous character,
etc. When tho "red heroine" reached her
destination she turned as sho was leaving
tlio car door, and with a diabolic smile
replied to the old gentleman's polite bow
"M'slou, I'm lx)ulso Mlchell" And off sho
went, chuckling to herself
Louise Michel lives at Lcvallols-Perret.
a suburban town adjoining Paris. Two
small rooms and a smaller kitchen com
prise her humble abode Thero. sur
rounded by her cats and some stray dogs
ttat sho has picked up to save from tho
pound, sho receives her callers and writes
hr books Most of the money sho earns
sho gives away in charity, retaining for
herself only what is absolutely uecossary
it first glance Louiso Michel is homely,
almost ugly looking. Tall and very lean,
rlth frizzly gray hair floating wildly
wound her high and retreating forehead,
an oval faco with strongly marked fea
tures, large nose, wide mouth, falso teeth
and weak chin, she Is repelling. This
ugliness, added to teachings received
from parents who know tho woman
only from hearsay, causes tho chil
dren to mock at her wheu she
goes along But to a careful ob
server tlio ugliness of tho revolution
ary apostle is only momontary Her eye
is gontlo and bright, her smllo at once
tender and malicious and her volco soft
and sweet. In short, the general expres
sion of tho face is singularly Intelligent
and engaging It is ouly whon she talks
about tho wrongs and sufferings of hu
manity that her wye becomes torriblo. ha
conversation with those who are tho
furthest from her beliefs sho is always
polite, and It is easy to see that this vi
rago of tho political meeting is a woman
who has received an excellent education
and breeding Notwithstanding her the
ories and manner of propagating them,
Louise Michel is one of the most curious
and Interesting figures of tho present day
Charles Soymour'a Paris Lettor In Tho
Epoch.
Matrimony In Zunl Laud.
In Zunl land tho womun makes the first
advances looking toward marriage. It is
right. The woman raises tho family Sho
transmits the namo She sends to the
youth sho chooses n basket of meal or
Homo peaches, and if ho is inclined toward
her he forthwith makes a present of pri
mary consideration," consisting of a pair
of moccasins of a whole door skin, beau
tifully dressed and suow wldto. That
signifies that sho Is provided with shoes
for life. The skin is placed over tho foot,
and then rolled around tho leg and
strapped down with delicato thongs. You
can always tell a nowly married Zunl
woman by tho largo roll of deerskin, and
by tho small silver buttons that adorn tho
leggings. Whenever tho foot pieco wears
out It is cut oil and the roll is replaced.
When tho women becomo old tho roll is
small.
Tho ouly sanctlfication of the marrlago
Is tho formal adoption of the oung man
after tho acceptance of tho b to, lie is
then tho stepson of tho gui's father
When the youth desires to consummate
the courtship ho sends tho girl a dress,
which, theoretically, ho weaves. That is
to show that ho can provide his wlfo with
clothes. He works for her In the fields,
to Bhow that ho can provide hor with
food. Each of thoso little things has a
Blgniflcanco. They seem small, but thoy
aro of great importance. Tho Zunl In
dians aro a small tribo, but lu them is
condensed tho history of tho greatest
people that has over populatod tho Amer
ican continent. Frunk Hamilton Gushing
In San Francisco Chronicle.
IMcturw Veru tlio Verse.
Mr. Julian Hawthorne advocates tho
banlsbmoutof Illustrations from the mag
azines In order that more spuco may bo
devoted to tho writings of American au
thors. Mr. Hawthorne's suggostlon does
not tally with tho notions that prevail
among mamizlne publishers, who ought
to know their business pretty well. Wo !
happen to know of an ouilnont poot who
was requested to furnish a poem for ouo
of our leading magazines not long ago.
Ho complied with tlio request, and an em
incut engraver was employed to illustrate
it. When it came to muklug up tho nages
ot tho tuiigazlnu It was found that tlio il
lustrations rvqulred more space than was
left onjtbo pago after tho poetry bad been
put in typo. Accordingly It became nec
essary to sacrifice a part of tlio poetry or
a part of tho Illustration. Which had to
to go? The Illustration? Oh, no! It was
ono of tlio poet's beautiful vorsoa. Bos
ton Herald.
Humming Hint u l'ets.
A young lady of Now York amuses her
self with humming birds as pots. They
build their n-'sts In tho laco curtains and
havo raised littlo families In tho parlor
Thero aro plants for thorn to fly about In,
and overy day tbo florist bends a basket
of flowers for them to extract the honey
from Thoy aro liko littlo rainbows fly
ing about tho room, and they light on tlio
head of their dainty mistress with perfect
freedom. Sho has an opcc!ul affinity for
the feathered race, and nlgoons, canaries
and bullfinches aro lucluded among her
household favorite. Chicago Harold.
LITTLE LAUGHS.
A man always thinks he is on the wrong
tack when he sits down on one. Irish
Weekly Times.
It Is queer that Queen Victoria did not con
fer the Order of tho Bath on some of Buffalo
Bill's Indians. Pittsburg Chronicle.
Yan Phou Lee, tho Yale Chinaman, Is from
Fragrant Hilts, China. Fragrant Hills is
probably the placo where the dead animal
man of Pekin runs his gluo factory. Cities
aro cities, whether they bo in China or
America. Louisville Courier-Journal.
This is the season of year when wo nro
thrown into the society of tho niati who rooks
tho boat for fun if ho goes out with you for 11
row 011 the lake or liver. He never gets 10
be over 30 .enrsof age, and generally partici
pates in n double funeral. Beware of him.
Albany Journal.
Customer Isn't it n trille largo, Lovif
Levi Larch, mine frent? Graciousl Ufyotl
geeps dot sphring coat on, unt your wife sees
It, your bosom vill schuell mit prido so dot
she'Jl lief to set dein buttons forvarts. New
York Mercury.
"I can't come now, maw," said tlio high
school girl, when her mother called her to
assist in soma household duties; "and wish
you wouldn't interrupt mo again. I want to
finish 'Tho Model Daughter; or, n Hnppy
Marriage,' ami then I must eomtuenco work
011 my grudunt 11c essay, 'The Duty Children
Oho to Their Parents.'" Norrlstown Herald.
Wo aro filled with astonishment at the re
port that n Boston boy recently spelled "haz
ardous" "haziirdtHt," and defined it as "a
female hazard." But tho Bostonians nre
weak it you take them away from their
native Greek Pittsburg Chronicle.
"I want to be un angel," sang a femalo
voice in a side room, and thereuioii a heart
less wretch in an adjoining apartment broke
forth with: "Johnnie, get your gun, get your
gun, gun, gun." Detroit Free Press.
What nre the wild skeetcrs saying,
Sister, the whole day loncf
Ever with bui.iiiK and humming
The air seems filled wl.h their song.
Why come the pesky old critturs
A-bltlii' poor sinners like me?
ri-.uu.s of big lumps, A. M'ria,
head to the pan of my knee.
New York Journal.
ClieeK Is the tight rope upon which crafty
men often cross the chasm of ignorance to
success Washington Hatchet. '
Politics makes strange bedfellows. And tho
bfdfellows do not sleep. They lie awake
Hitching one another. Bultimoro American.
It is used as an argument, either for teui
p trance or the bicycle, that no bicyelo riuer
orer comes homo drunk, on hU bicycle.
1 Icayune.
Father of Fair One We close up hero at 10
o'clock. Brasshendeil Beau That's a good
idea. It keeps fellows out who don't know
enough to get inside earlier. Tid Bits.
Literary Lodger (to new servant) Oh, you
are the new servant; and what might your
namo be? "Aimer, sir," Literary Lodger
Hannah or Annnf Servant Taiu't neither,
sir; it's Anner, with two haitches. Fun.
The Uentli or W. II. Skinner.
"Bill Skinner Is dead," said a man coming
into tho olllco of a Dakota newspaper.
"Moses and thunderl" yelled, the editor, be
ginning to jump around the desk, "that old
thief hasn't died, has he? I beuuu to think
tlio old fossil would live foreverl He owed
me four years' back subscription, but I mu
willing to lose it just for the satisfaction of
knowing that the howling old hypocrite has
gone whero ho will get whut he deserves. Be
tides, if 1 went out and said a word about it,
tho old woman nnd the boys would chaso
1110 olT tho place with a pitchfork. Got to
give him an obituary, though, I s'pose."
Then he sat down and wrote:
"It is with a heavy heart and lagging pen
that wo make the announcement that Will
iam Horatio Skinner is no morel For many
years he lias been a leading citizen of this
place; a man honored, respected, large
hearted, aide; a man who touched nothing
that he did not adorn. This Usually happy
community is plunged in tho deepest gloom
by tho sad event. But what is our loss is
heaven's gain. Best in jteacol Ho was a
kind husband and uii indulgent lather."
Dakota Bell.
lie Got "Iiihlilt- Figures."
Scene in a real estate broker's office two
year's hence. Enter man with money to
invest.
Customer Got anything good for a man
to put n little money into?
Broker Yes, sir. Have somo flno corner
lots on Selliugton avenue, extended only thir
teen miles from where the depot will bo built
when tho railroad runs through Juyesburg.
Tho town's all surveyed nud laid out. Here's
a plot if you'd like to look at it.
Customer How much is that ground worth!
Broker Well, I'll give you inside figures.
Considering that you're an old friend, I'll let
you have as much of it as you cure to take at
$1.85 a quart. Merchant Traveler.
A Detroit Arab.
"When? ore you polng, uiy little lad?"
"To see de baseball match, sir," he said.
"Have you (jot a ticket, my little ladl"
"is'aw! I don't need one, sir," ho said.
"How will you see It, my littlo ladf"
"I'll shiti to de fenco top, sir," he said.
"Here's a dime to jret in with, my littlo lad."
"111! Mi w ill buy smokers, sir," he said.
And the little Arab scampered away.
Nor stopped ho a "thaukee, sir," to say,
Detroit Free l'rvss.
"Why She AViuu't There.
First Omaha Girl (just home from school)
It was too bad my friend Clara was not at
the commencement to read heressay. It was
beautifully written and she had a perfectly
lovely graduation dress.
Second Omaha Girl What was the title of
your friend's essay f
"Thoso Boasts of Men."
"Sho ottgiit to have lead it and let some of
tho beast of men know what wo think of
them. Why didn't she!"
"Well, you soo the night beforo commence
ment bha eloped with one ot them." Omaha
Herald.
Had I.ui'k In St. I.ouU.
Omaha Man I thought you went to St.
Louis to start a dime museum!
Showman I did, but all my savings were
wept away by the loss of ono curiosity.
"A freak J"
"Not exa My. I Imported a South African
king at great expense and got everything
started, when the man suddenly died."
"CotHumptiouf
"No; sunstroke." Omaha World.
Tukluc Ulin lit HU Word.
"Whar'd yo' git dat load er lumber, Br'ei
Jlmsoul"
"Down ter do 111111111' Ba'm chu'eh."
"Dasso, Br'er Jimsonf Why, has dey tored
tho bulldin' downP
"Oh, no, Mhl Hit's dar yit, but I hearn
rarson Blowhanl say dat de pews was free,
bo I rlz up 'nrly this morula' an' went down
dar an' ripjed" up a p'ar of 'em an' fotched
em erioug." Yonkers Gaxette.
RURAL REALITIES
As fluy Carloton Found Them too Near
"ew York.
It is now tho golden time when the thought
ful man says unto himself, lo, it is hotter
than beeswax in town, and I will arise and
flee as a bin! to the mountains; I will lay me
down, languid with a midsummer night's
dream, by the bank of the laughing waters,
under the trees lloved by tho slow stirring
wind; I will view the coming of the chariot
of day through the gates of pearl garlanded
w ith roses: I will listen to the choir of happy
birds, tho drone of tlio wandering bee, tho
pipe of the nest tug uiui r tho eaves, tlio
fiddle of tho loou-t and the deep throated
if J
boom of the bullfrog in his sedgy lnir; I will
watch tho storm king build his towel's nnd
wnlls and battlements on high, hurling cloud
against cloud ami thunderbolt ngainst thun
derbolt till his writli is appeased, nnd then to
me shall be blown the sweetness and the cool
ness of wet fields, and through the long nnd
languorous purple hour shall come twilight
and the peace of him who liveth well; and
under the solemn dome of dusk, under tho
young eyes of the stars, under tho broad
sheen of the riing moon shall I float down
the river of rest to an infinite calm.
This is the city man's dream of a country
heaven, but I have not found it.
I found the trees beloved by the slow stir
ring wind, but I found, too, that a largo
colony of painful ants had go, there before
me and was dispo-ed to nuarrol with intru
ders. I have watched the coming of the
chariot of day through the gates of pearl, nnd
I noticed the thermometer throw one leg over
tie eightieth rung, and then reach up and
pull himself up to the ninetieth before the
chariot had got fairly going. I have learned
tj love tho ilrono of tho wandering bee at
immense distances, having discovered that
that pampered insect considers it quite a joko
tj poniard u slumbering stranger without
provocation.
I have seen an abundance of fresh vegeta
bles in rural districts nud miles of orchard
binding under the wealth of pippin and
cherry, but the frugal and far seeing farmer
had mortgaged the entire lot, and the stranger
had to content himself with a tmulllo for yel
low peas just picked from 11 Baltimore can.
These things have made 1110 sad. It seems
to me the honest granger should have nobler
aspirations than lo paint iiis house yellow,
his barn blue and his well box green, insert a
four lino advertisement 111 the Sunday papers
nnd steer uiisiispei'tnig citizens against his
corned beef nud malaria in theguiseof health'
and economy. It seems tome somewhat un
reasonable for a man to sevl: so far and faro
so badly when ho could just as well enjoy
his Hies and skimmed milk, his iusomuia and
profanity without leaving the city.
But the fact is every man bred in a city
considers himself swindled unless he has two
weeks of summer on u farm, just as the
farmer thinks life not worth living without
an annual tour through the joys of tho Bow
ery in winter. It is an outbreak of inward
cussedness, like the hives, and every man gets
it. The whole piiaruiai'opmla can furnish no
remedy, and the only relief is to go ana pur
sue the wayward fancy and come homo full
of sunburn, colic and repentance.
Go to the country, you toilers seeking for
rest, but let it be country indeed, with no
mingling of town. Seek your balm from sky
and field, from sea and hill, from leaf nud
blossom and bild, and you will get it for tho
asking. Let the sun brown the cheek and
hands of your daughters. Let your boys
scurry through the tangle of woods, wild as
the chipmunk they chase. Get as far as
steam can carry yon from the city nud its
worry, from the crowd und its tiresome
ajiery; be n child of ualure, a worshiper of
laziness and sunshine there is tho sovereign
henliiiK you seek, and you will seek it in the
gatherings of fashion in vain. N. Y. World.
Very Sociable.
"The people of New York aro not very
sociable, are they?" said 11 western man, ad
dressing an acquaintance who lived in the
east.
"Well, I don't know but they nro, nltbough
they may be a little jx-'Cidiar in that respect.
For several years 1 had my olllce in a very
largo building on Broadway. One day a fel
low came in and asked if my name was J. Y.
McFtddlcton. I told him it was, and then,
after a fow moments' silence, lie said: 'My
olllco is just across the hull, und over since I
saw your sign soverui ears ago I havo been
intending to drop 111 and see you. I am
your brother, you know, and well, how aro
you getting along, anyway?' Yes," con
tinued the eastern man, "they nro a trillo
jieculiar, but after you get in with them you
flud them very sociable." Arkansaw Trav
eler. ioiiilby, (iuuy.
"Little do you kuow how we bartenders
aro imposed upon. Woo is our lot. Today
a six footer entered our saloon and called for
brandy. He imbibed u large quaff.
" 'Has Gooy bet-n in?' ho asked.
" 'Whose Goosyf said I.
" 'Goosy walks like this.1
"The six-fooler drooKd 011 his haunches,
spread his legs apart like a p'liufully bandy
legged lieing and waddled towards the door.
Suddenly straightening himself out, lie
howled nt 1110 'Goodby, Goosy,' and lied 11
mile up tho street before I found time to run
from behind the lur." Philadelphia ews.
Dancers of Kducutliiu.
Hotol Guest I don't lieliovo in this modern
custom of tipping. I want yon to under
stand that.
Waiter I's been to school, sah, an' I hop
pen to kuow there ain't nothiii' modem about
it, sah. The custom is us old as civilization,
sah.
"Oh, como now."
"Fnc', sah. I learned in history, sah, that
one timo a rich man liko you named Caligula
went some whero to supper an' it cost Him
HOO.000 before he got through, sah. By the
way, sah, all the things you ordered is out,
sah." Omaha World.
In Need of m l'relli.
"Hello, old lny I Hea rd you're Kolngto be
married and n Hue girl, too, ehP
"Well, yes, sho has a very comely figure."
"Oh, liut that's aside from the question,
now about the iueomely figure!" Detroit
Free PresJ.
Slcim of Summer I'llght. '
First Beer Garden Waiter Mrs. De Goodt
U off for the summer again.
Second Waiter How do you know any.
thing about that fine lady's movements I
"Mr. De Gocdo has just come in." Omaha
World.
AN IMPRESSION.
A cypress dark ngnlnst the blue.
That deepen8 "P to sucn n ,mo
As never (winter dared and drew;
A marble shaft that Lands alone
AboTf a wreck of sculptured stone
With cray-Rreen aloes overgrown;
A hill sldo scored with hollow veins
Tliroiipli np long wash of summer rains
As purple as with vlntapo stains;
And rocks that while the hours run
Show all the Jewels, bne by one.
For pastime of the summer sun;
A crescent sail upon the sea
80 calm and fair and ripple free
You wonder storms can ever bo;
A shore with deep Indented bays,
j And o'er the gleaming wnterways
A Klltnpso of islands In the haze;
A face bronzed dark to red and Rold
With mountain ees that seem to hold
The freshness of tho world of old:
A shepherd's crook, a coat of fleece,
A KrszinK Mock the sense of peace,
Tho Ions sweet silence this Is Greece!
Kennell Rodd.
Indefensible Injustice.
Aoout ono-fiftb of nil males in Massa
chusetts average less thnn $1 per day.
The females working at this low scale of
wages comprise 72.04 per cent, of all tho
workers. No intelligent reader will fail
to realize what this fact means. As tho
scale of wages rises t he number of fe
males enjoying them grows steadily less.
Of a total of 7.2.r)7 workers receiving .?20
a week and over, only 208 aro females.
The figures simply show that in tho em
ployments in which the very lowest
wages aro paid women constitute over
70 per cent, of the workers, whilo in tho
employments where as high as $20 iv
week are paid thoy constitute hardly
over 3 per cent.
Iu addition to all this is the humiliating
fact that in the same occupations, stand
ing side by side with men. the females
aro paid less wages for tho samo work;
or. what amounts to the samo thing, a
woman of 20 years or upward is made to
work side by side with a bov of 10 at tho
same wages. Women are compelled,
then, to fill most of tho cheap places,
and paid less wages for tho samo work
at that. We have no hesitation in saying
that this is an indefensible injustice and
ono so gross as to shame civilization.
Why do legislators sit passively under
such discriminations of sex in tho matter
of work and wages? Simply becauso
they know that the women carry no
votes, and that mero sentiment, however
just, can neither seat nor unseat a poli
tician. But it will not nlways bo thus.
Boston Globe.
An Odd Itli-d Tbut I.Ikes Pishing.
Away up on the mountain side, where
tho numerous streams find their way
through deep, dark canons down to the
pulse beat of old ocean, is tho natural
summer home of tho water ousel, tho
strangest of all strango birds. You sel
dom see more than one of them at a
time. They aro of a dark blue color,
and arc easily recognized by a peculiar, J
quick, jerking motion, which thoy never
seem to tiro of. And as thoy flit from
rock to rock they are continually bob
bing up and down, performing such a
polite little courtesy as would causo you
to smile to see it.
Owing to their peculiar habits and tho
isolated 6pots they select to build their
nests no ono but tho most ardent sports
men and naturalists succeeds in finding
them. Hence a water ousel's nest, with
two of their eggs in it, has a commercial
value amon;c nest collectors of 25. They
always build their uests just back of
Bomo waterfall or under some overhang
ing bank, whero they havo to go through
or under the water to get to it.
Another strange habit of this bird is
the deliberate manner iu which thoy ap
pear to commit suicido. Thoy will start
slowly, very slowly, to wado right down
into tho water until they disappear from
view, but if the water is clear and you 1
have a sharp eye you can still seo their
little dark forms clinging to tho bottom
in search of their morning repast, wliich
consists of periwinkles. Tncomn Led
ger. .
Coating for IMuster Cunts.
Hitherto in the galvanic coating of
plaster casts thero has been a difficulty
in stopping tho pores of tho surface so
effectually as to prevent tho galvanic
bath jieuetrating into tho interior of the
plaster and thero producing first crystal
lization and then disintegration. This
obstacle appears to have beeu overcome
by tho discovery tlmt saturation in tan
not only closes up the pores of tho plas
ter, but adds very considerably to its
strength. Specimens so prepared havo
been covered with copper ono millimeter
thick, a thickness which is not only suf
ficient to resist atmospheric influences,
but which enables the surface to bo fur
ther worked up and finished by hand.
Tho price of a cast coated with copper is
said to bo one-fifth of tho cost of a copper
casting. Now Vork Commercial Adver
tiser.
VEGETABLE PANACEA
PREPARED FROM
ROOTS fite HERBS.
FOR THE CURE OF
AND ALL OTHER DISEASES
ARISINO FROM A
DISORDERED STATE onrc STOMACH
OR AN
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