The Oregon Scout
Jones & Chanoey Publishers.
UNION, OREGON.
A LETTER FROM J. G.
lie la Kn nil hit No Motley nml AVrllcn
Tniicliliigly I" I'. N.
1IH following pri
vnt! letter niiil JI8.
linvo just lict'ii re
ceived, nml though
only biuned with
ff"" 2r .-' tl10 i,litinls of 11,0
tiSflL writer, there nro
ninny reasons why
1 am led to believe
tlmt both nro tho
work of nn old
friend, Sir. Jay
Gould, who is (it
prevent in tho coun-
i- try where tho let-
tor Is dated:
'AFI.OAT O.V TITK JICHITEItllANKAN, I
ix tiik Gloaming, IBM. f
'Mr. Wilheltnj Contiguously, World Ofllce,
New York, U. H. A. :
"Kitt Would you mind using your In
fluence In trying to get tho inclosed pieco
prinlod in tho Sabbath World nnd send mo
-whatever It is worth In currency by registered
mail, caro lock box !S)1, Homo Italy! I am
not earning anything this winter, being dis
abled by neuralgia, and no it has occurred to
me that I might write homo pieces for the
jKtper, telling of sight and sounds abroad.
If you print this letter, or uso your influcnco
to that end bo that it gets into tho pa)cr, will
you wend mo two or threo copies and I will
Iay you in n fuw weeks. Hut, if you do not
use it, I wish you would avoid making memo
randa on it with a blue pencil, as several
other editors havo done, for it nunoys mo
very much.
"Plcaso do not mako fun of tho pieco if
you do not uso it, as I am threatened with
heart dlscaso, and anything that makes mo
very angry is apt to provo fatal. Atrophy
of tho heart is what it is called, and if I ltvo
forty-flvo years longer it will bo about all I
(---in expect, so plcaso do not mako light of my
piece. Fraternally yours, J. G."
(Communicated.)
For some tlmo wo have lioen Railing o'er
tho anrufllcd bosom of the Mediterranean
ken. It is a beautiful blieet of water, which
has been plowed by many a keel as far back
ns history can inform us. It is from t!0 to
00 feeth in depth, anil is well located to do
the principal tralllu between Kurojio and
Africa,
An enormous quantity of water Hows into
Hie Mediterranean sen, for n half dozen
lurocan rivors contribute to it, and tho At
lantic ocean also discharges its woters into
this son. And yet, owing to tho hot, dry
winds which sweep across from tho sandy
wastes of Africa, tho evaporation is very
great nnd keeps thu sea from overflowing its
1 winks. This should teach us that even nature
tthhors a surplus. 1 would rather bo road
.master of a good yacht on the Mediterranean
than to live upstaiiw In Now York.
We visited Milan not long ago. It is an
Inland town whoso southern wall is washed
by tho Olona river. Otherwise the placo Is
yitirely unlaundored. Milan, prououucid
Mo-laun by bearing down hard on tho last
syllable, is ii railroad center in northern
Italy. It is uight miles in circumference nnd
has ramparts around it. Milan jioints with
pride to her ramparts. I often think that
Now York would Invito moro visitors from
broad if she had a better lino of ramparts.
Tho nrchitecturu of Milan embraces many
tyio, but n good deal of it ismodlmval, with
a roof of tho same. Florence, howover, has
nine palaces that uro modiuivalcr than those
of Milan, I think. Milan used to have -10
churches, but 1 17 of them did not pay nml
wero upprehsed by Maria Theresa and
Joseph II. Hlneo that other churches that
wore doing well a few centuries ago have
ooasod to attract, and now thero are not over
eighty out of tho original 10, and they hnvo
an trouble doing tho whole business. I could
luiva purclmsed a controlling interest in
thr. e churches horo for $17. Tho cathedral
t Milan is first rate in evory resect and is
doing well. I sometimes think that it is
foolhdi for other churches to try to compete
with a cathedral. They may succeed for a
-while, but sooner or Inter they will have to
acknowledge that they cannot keep It up.
livery whoro wo go we Hud the Caucasian
race in the osceuduut. I sometimes think
that Uio blood of thu Caucasian is mora
largely roil and luw u wider circulation than
any other. Hut this is u deviation from
wliat I was saying.
The newer btreots of Naples are quite
jiretly, and extend several miles out beyond
the town, liko those of Fargo, I). T., where
sidewalks several hundred miles in extent
-wore built nt thu expense of tho county. In
tills wny Fargo had sidewalks that extended
for lulled iu every direction through tho
neighboring farms, and the county puhl for
thorn. Furgo has Iteen striving ever since to
live up to her sidewalks. Asldu from this
thero is llttlo similarity between Naples nnd
Tiirgo. The old streets of Naples nro nar
row and crooked, and tho houses uro so high
thatiiriH) Mmegrauato dropped from tho
roof ou tho plug hut of a passing tourist is
jKii'iiiaitently iiiiMJtvd and the hat pros
trated. Naples claims to bo the leading lazzaronl
srinoyanl of the world. Wo try to imitate
lior iu Now York, but wo fail. Wo have
ixm-rty onough In New York and tluont, ox
"tcnixiraiKous U'ggars as well as moro or less
disease, but we havo not been able so fur to
unite our jioverty and disease iu such a way
as to successfully imitate tho picturesque
laxraronl of tho east. Our poor jiooplo iu
America are tin) rebuilt and our invalids are
too many of them wealthy. Bo long as it is
tlmt way Kurojio and Asia will do our hit
taroul business iu spite of all wo can do to
jirevent it.
Wo can got up a fair noelmoii to look at,
but it lacks ago nnd tho air of travel as well
us tho pleasing malformations peculiar to tho
laziaronl bijouterie of tho old world. I
Kouu'tlmos think that the reason Naples so
long retained her supremacy over other cities
iu this lino was largely due to tho stimula
tion resulting from too close eoniotltloii be
tween Vesuvius and the local talent of thu
lavjironi in tho mutter of eruptions.
Tho jiopulation of Naples is nearly 600,000,
"but tho annual rainfall I havo Ikhmi uuablu
to obtain. If I can Hud out In time I will
KUid it in my next letter. If you whit to
tend mo tho money for this piece and hold
Uio article till I can ascertain wliat tho rain
fall U you may lo so. J. G,
The foregoing is w ritten in such a plain,
tralghtforwnrtl way, and contains so much
information, that I am in doubt whether Mr.
Gould wrote It or not, but iwaslbly ho luu
Wn taking something for his memory,
Wliether ho has dono so or not, it U safe to
my tluit hu has been taking something. The
only way to keep Mr. Gould from taluug
Kimethlng 1 to iiall it llrmly to tho lloor.
In printing tho letter 1 do it to help Mr.
Gould, and wUh to statu that I do not hold
myself ronlblQ for uny of tho statemenU
made therein. Hill Ny i Kw York World.
SEVERAL PARISIAN DENS
RARE COMBINATIONS OF LUXURY,
COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE.
Tlie Sanctnm of KrlrntUU. Critics and
Literary Genlimcn r World Wide Hep
utntlons Where tho llrlgbt I.lgtiU Ite
tlre to Do Tliclr Chosen Work.
The sanctum of M. Louis Pasteur, for
example, is ono of tho most simple in tho
high order of truly physical comfort. It
is not encumbered with tho scientific
paraphernalia often met with in tho
houses of medical men. A large carved
oak table stands by tho side of the nrm
chair in which tho great scientist often
sits in quiet contemplation of his past
experience and futuro hopes. In that
high stack of green cases at which he
casts an occasional glance stores of valu
ablo notes nro classed in perfect order.
They are ready for reference should a
fresh problem nri6o in the courso of his
labors in bringing about the prevention
or cure of that terrible afiliction to tho
study of which he has devoted so many
years of his valuable and successful life.
M. Pasteur usually wears a close litting
skull cap when in his sanctum. Ho is
grand cross of tho Legion of Honor, mem
ber of the French academy and perpetual
secretary of tho Academy of Sciences.
THE QltKAT TOWr.K ISUII.Dr.lt.
M. Gustavo Eiffel, tho engineer whose
wonderful popularity has grown so rap
idly, is accustomed to ruminate in a
quiet looking but very comfortable nor:
of library. Ho is fond of walking about
when in deep calculation, and frequently
makes a halt in front of his admirable
chimney piece, tho shelf of which is sur
mounted by a very chaste and beautiful
female bust. On each side of tho chim
ney pieco is n handsomo Veuotian mir
ror. It was in thin sanctum, situated in
tho Rue do Prony, that M. Gustavo Eiffel
solved tho last few serious difficulties
which at ono timo threatened tho com
pletion of his Champ do Mars triumph;
and thero it is that ho now moditatos
over tho opposition formed by some of
the members of thu municipal council to
his project for the construction of tho
Metropolitan railway for Paris. Tho
main objections to tho metropolitan
scheme are that it would destroy tho
beauty of tho boulevards and ruin the
lino of omnibuses running from tho
Madeleino to tho Bastilo. It is not at
all unlikely that the engineer who tri
umphed so gloriously in tho caso of his
tower will nehiovo another victory with
ttio railway ho proposes to construct.
Tho man of tho iron tower is an officer
of tho Legion of Honor.
M. Fruiieisquo Sarcey, tho well known
theatrical critic of The Temps, and one
of the brightest of the galaxy of Pari
sian chroniclers, inhabits during his long
working hours a library in which ho is
almost surrounded by his books. M.
Sarcey is beyond what is usually consid
ered tho prime of life, yet ho loolcs
well as, "with spectacles on nose, and
wearing a soft and smooth white board,
lie poses himself carefully and closoly
over his table in front of tho copy he is
carefully preparing. Ho is reputed to
bo a model of gallantry toward the la
dies; but tho case might bo reversed
when it is considered that the lady art
ists whom it is liiH duty to criticise not
infrequently call at his house to ask u
favor or an act of justico for their pro
fessional requirements. Thero are two
places where Sarcoy may very often be
met with; ono is his library, and tho
other is his fautouil d'orchestro, when
ever u grand performance or a premiere
representation is given at any of the
principal Parisian theatres.
WKAVKUS OK HOMANCE.
M. Georges Ohnet, tho eolebrated ro
mnncist and dramatist, still young and
handsome, with his smooth dark hair
caroftilly brushed and parted, usually
sits in pensive attitude in one of thoso
luxurious armchairs with which his study
abounds. Tho6olpturod chimney pieco
by the side of which ho takes his placo in
winter is a work of art in threo stories,
surmounted by a beautiful clock and a
looking glass out of old or young human
reach. The author of tho "Maitro do
Forges" is one of tho most amiable of
Parisian litterateurs, as all who have
visited him at his charming residence iu
tho Avonuo Trudiano can affirm. M.
Georges Ohnet is as young in thu Ordor
of tho Legion of Honor as ho is in his
ago; but with timo both may surely be
expected to ripen and advance to a brill
iant maturity.
M, Einilo Zola dwells in tho artistic
quarter Clichy, where, in tho Hue Dallu,
he possesses a sumptuously furnished
sanctum, provided with sofas, peacock
pictures of tho greatest beauty, stat
uettes, ovcrgreens and objects of art in
every variety. All these strikingly ap
parent comforts and delights combine to
encoumgu that inclination for tho dolco
far uieute to which tho indefatigable
pretender to academical honors docs not
for one moment yield. With his limpid
hair fulling in a looo style on each sido
of his head, after tho maimer of many
popular knights of the palette, ho con
tinues to wear tho same blnoclo as when
ho wrote "L,Assoniinoir"and"LiiTerro."
Iu fact Zola, by his free and easy ap
pearance looks moro liko tin artiste
point ro than iv literary man. lie may bo
considered a painter also, since ho writes
pictures with his jcii almost as vividly
as thoso who paint them with their
brushes. M. Emtio Zola is a chevalier
of tho Legion of Honor, and tho red rib
bon is well placed and well morited as
tho reward of his profouud thought,
bold imagination and vigorous expres
sion that are sometimes sovoroly criti
cised but invariably admired. Qalig
nanl's Messenger.
Tho Phauiicians arc amongst tho earli
est nation which aro supposed to havo
jutted thu saw. Thu scholar Is not sur
prised to lind a very protty story no
joonntlng for the discovery of tho saw in
tarecian mythology. Hero tho inventor
u said to havo found the jawbone of a
snake, which ho imitated by jagging an
iron plate,
war usimrti.t -u;.
A Winged Lizard.
One of the strangest of tho many
strange creatures that inhabit tho wilds
of southern Asia and Iudiais tho "flying
flowers," a small, brilliant hued lizard of
tho order bracovolans. On the wing
bracovolans resembles a richly tinted in
sect; when at rest it compares favorably
with others of tho lizard tribe, with the
exception that it has an extraordinary
protuberauco on both sides of tho body.
These are the wings, which are formed
by a cutaneous Hap, wingliko in shape,
supported by a series of falso ribs. In
color these flying lizards aro blue and
gray, with intermediate tints of various
kinds and shades.
The tail is long, slender and very
snaky in appearance. A largo doublo
pouch extending below tho head adds to
tho ferocious aspect of tho littlo rainbow
colored brute. Tho wings aro not true
wings, strictly so called, but aro used
merely as parachutes. When tho lizard
leaps from tho limb of a tree into tho air
tho upper current brings them out, and
enables the possessor to soar away at an
anglo to a greater or lesser distance, ac
cording to tho height of the starting
point.
The lizard can chango its direction
while in the iur, a power not iossesaed
by our "flying squirrels." Hence the
casual observer might readily believe
that they had tho power of moving the
wingliko appendages, which would, in
that caso, bo truo flight. Soaring is,
however, tho limit of their power, the
height of tho starting point regulating
tho distance traveled in tho soaring
flight, which is quite frequently several
hundred yards, an aerial exhibition
which strikes terror to tho heart of a
stranger wandering for tho first time in
tho jungles otf tho antipodean wilds.
St. Louis Republic.
Cactus anil Cnniel.
The cactuses aro very peculiar plants
as peculiar structurally as they aro
bizarre and grotesquo in outer appear
ance. They have spared no pains nnd
shrunk from no sacrifice in accommodat
ing themselves to their niche in nature.
In tho first place, they havo no truo
leaves. What look liko leaves in certain
jointed cactuses aro really flattened and
extended stems. If this seems at first
hearing a hard saying the analogy of
the common stonecrops, whero stem and
leaf are hardly distinguishable will help
to make it a littlo less incredible. In
other ways, too, the stonecrops (or so
dums, as tho gardeners call them) throw
much light upon tho nature of the cac
tuses. All these rock haunting or desert plants
naturally got very littlo water oxcept at
long intervals after occasional showers.
Hence only thoso can survive which form
themselves, as it were, into living reser
voirs to retain all the moisture they once
absorb. As soon as the rain falls in their
arid haunts tho roots and rootlets eager
ly drink it up in a great hurry and store
it away in the soft and spongy cellular
tissue of which tho main part of the
plant is wholly formed. For this pur
pose, both in stonecrops and cactuses,
the stems havo become fleshy and succu
lent, and being also green and leaflike
they closely resemble truo leaves. But
they aro covered externally with a thick
skin, which resists evaporation and keeps
the moisture, once collected, at tho
plant's disjiosal for an unlimited period.
In short, the cactus does as a plant just
what a camel does as an animal. Grant
Allon in North American Itoviow.
I'ooIIkIi Consistency.
Emerson tolls us t hat thero is no par
ticular virtue in consistency. How stu
pid a man must be, ho says in offect,
who is not wiser today than yesterday,
and who does not accordingly have to
chango some of his opinions.
"A man will never chango his mind
who has no mind to chango," says Arch
bishop Wlmtely. and Faraday expresses
tho same idea when ho charges us to re
member that, "In knowledge that man
only is to bo despised who is not in a stato
of transition."
Thero is a medium between what a
worthy old gentleman calls "whifllin'
about liko a weathercock" and remain
ing rigidly in one rut of bolief. Most of
us know instances of men who cannot
bring themselves to my anything which
would contradict what they uttered last
week or last year.
A certain Irishman onco declared that
ho had owned a horse which was fifteen
feet high. A fo days after ho referred
to tho same auim.il us buing fifteen hands
high.
But," said a Ii.--tuner, "you gave it the
other day us lift eon feet."
"Did I, thinV" said Patrick. "Well,
I'll stick to it. He was fifteen feet high."
Youth's Companion.
A Itomarliulile Ciimil.
The most remarkable canal in the
world is tho ono between Worsloy and
St. Helens, in north England. It is
sixteen miles long and underground from
end to end. In Lancashire tho coal mines
are very extensive, half tho country being
undermined. Many years ago tho man
agers of the Duke of Bridgowater's es
tates thought they could save money by
transporting tho coal underground in
stead of ou the surface: thoroforo tho
canal was constructed, and tho mines
connected and drained at tho same time.
Ordinary canalboats aro used, tho power
being furnished by men. Tho tunnel
arch ovor the canal is provided with cross
pieces, and tho men who do tho work of
propulsion lie on their backs on tho loads
of coal, and push with their feet against
tho cross liars of tho roof. St. Louis Re
public Hound to Suto lior Mat.
On a Western and Atlantic train that
pulled out of Atlanta recently was a
negro woman who h:id paid her faro to
Chattanooga. When on tho outskirts of
tho city her twonty-fivo cent straw hat
was blown through n wiudow. Sho
jumped up and pulled tho bell cord.
Tho train stopied, and whon tho con
ductor rushed into the coach ho saw tho
woman disapiearing through tho oppo
eito door. Whilo tho woman was chas
ing her straw hat over the meadows the
train ptdled out and left her behind.
Exchange,
A YAXKEE IN RUSSIA.
A CLEVER AMERICAN GETS GOLD
FROM REFUSE SAND.
Thn Native Antonlntiril llpyoni) Measure.
Tho So Culli-l Crunk Mak a Contract
wltli a Prominent Mine Owner Capital
mini Science Succeed.
Together with the groat awe the average
Russian feels fot tho cjir he cherishes a
liko respect lorjtho clever Yankees " In
1885 tho city of Ekaterinburg wan visited
by two strangers a certain RiiHsinn cipi
tallst. Zeleukof. and an American linn-t
All efforts of the profesKionoi gusii-en" jf
the towu to learn anything about the
strangers were utterly useless Nothing
was known of them save that during
their short stay they were frequently
seen around tho mines In the suburbs of
the city in tho adjoining forest, aa
though engaged in some geological re
search One finu morning however,
they were gouo and nothing was
heard of tueui until the Bprlug
of 1880. when they appeared again
and at this time evidently fully
prepared for business Almost the very
day of their arrival they were seen on the
outskirts of the city and the number of
various apparatuses which they had along
soon exposod their secret They wero
testing and experimenting upon some of
the enormous quantities of iolel or sand
spread all over tho field, which Is ro
jocted by the mine owners aH useless
ouch an apparent absurdity was enough
to arouse tho whole town Tho jokes,
comments and general amusement at tho
expense of tho "cranks" knew no bounds.
"Olio may as well test the mud of the
street tho result will bo tho same "
Such remarks wero heard on all sides.
Tho "cranks " however entertained adif
fereut opinion about the 'matter After
having completed all thi necessary exper
lmcuts. they called upon Novikof, ono of
tho most prominent mine owuers in Ekat
erinburg "If you remember." said Zelenkof. "we
had tho pleasure of mi.H'ting you a year
and n half iigo, when, with your kind
permission, wo Qlled a bag full of your
lefel "
"Of course 1 do. batlushka. Well, do
roil wish to have homo uinre of It? You
iro perfectly welcome to all you cau
rather and more." uueeriugly added Novi
tot
"Yon are very kind. Indeed At tho
same timo we should prefer to sign a con
tract by which we bind ourselves to pay
you a certain amount. Bay 400 roubles per
each pood of gold (a pood Is equivalent to
forty pounds), that wo may obtain from
your lelel "
Novikof stared at them for a moment,
is though scarcely able to realize his
whereabouts, and then remarked
"Well, now gentlemen, I do uot wish
to bo made tun of "
"Not at all." Uiterposed Zelcnkof We
mean business We wish to pay yon 400
roubles tor each pood of gold obtained
from your iofel, and to thai ell eel we wiuh
to sign a contract "
MILLIONS IN T1I1C BAND.
A few moro words brought Novikof to
terms A similar contract waa at the
same time obtained from another promi
ncut miner Tho first ulep having been
accomplished the next was to break the
ground and erect a large factory with all
the modern improvements Men. women
and children were frequently seen m
crowds viewing ihegroiilest wonder of the
ago that of manufacturing gold out of
lefel Of course, opinions as to the suc
cess of the enterprise varied Novikof
himself thought, and he did not at all
hesitate to express his thoughts, that the
"cranks' would fail betore long lie
changed his opinion, whuuui the courso of
a year Iho strangers succeeded in produc
ing eight poods ('.M0 (unuids) of the Utgb
est grade of gold while be himself, after
expending a fortune and using what be
considered the best gold ore, produced only
ten poods
This occurrence created quite a sensa
tion In Ekaterinburg "Millions in tno
Band! Millions that uo one ever thought
of Millions spread all over the tieldl
What a discovery'" Both Zelenkof and
his American companion, especially the
latter, became tho heroes of the day
They were frequently called upou by the
miners of tho surrounding towns and
villages, who in the most simple manner
urged them to disclose the "beciet. "
"Five hundred thousand roubles and a
written agivement to keep the secret to
yourself," was the discouraging reply
which they received from the 'heroes
Tho successful enterprise of Zeleukof &
Co has undoubtedly proved to many of
tho Russian capitalists that capital and
science combined go much turtUur than
such an uncertainly as 'luck" The suc
cess that this firm met is waiting tor
many About five years ago u poor Ger
mail graduate from the miuing school
leased a few desiatius of worthless"
laud Uo is said to be worth U0O.UO0
roubles now
Ami still tho czar is In need of funds
and his sole advisers are devising all sorts
of means to borrow money and to lax his
aubjects. Philadelphia Tiuiea.
ftlilip ut London Dinners.
Owing to the facilities for transport the
fashion that prevails at large dinners of
giving game, fruit etc., coming from far
countries is less difliciilt than it might at
first appear and you now meet with many
curious dishes that hitherto tbe uuiruv.
eled have only read or heard of At a
grand dinner It is uot extraordinary now
to have ollered to you bear's ham from
Russia, sterlets from the Volga or haunch
of roiudeer from Lapland Among the
fruits, tho cokis from Japan are the best.
This fruit Li yellow resembling in form
r.ud color a mandarin orange the inside
s eaten with a xxm. like an Ice liutall
these dished from afai are overrated and
cost mure than they are really worth, and
your truo gourmets prefer the rmuiuce of
l'Vanco. where the (Miultry game and
fruit can bo hud fresh and not solled by
a lung journey and being packed In Ice.
Loudon tjueeu
Iti-Hillni: While In llr.L
As to reading whilo lying down In bed
or on a lounge. I can see no objection to It
Bo far as the eyes are. concerned, provided
tho book Is held in such a position that
the eyes do not have to be rolled down too
far I'll Ions the head is raised very high
by pillows, however It will be found very
fatiguing to hold the book high enough,
not to mention the danger of falling
asleep and of upsetting the lamp or caudle
and thus setting the Ui ou tiro Many
iwi-Kons permanently weaken their eyes
by reading to pass away the tedious hours
during recovery from ttevere Illness The
muscles of thtteyoH partake of the general
weakness and are easily overtaxed Per
ona Iu this condition may uo read to, but
build avoid thu acu v uso of their ywtt
i;ca. I'rofusaor Duvid Wetater, M U
A FREE CHURCH EXPERIMENT.
The CotiMicnoti Snccesn Which n Hoiton
Congrcsstlon Him Achieved.
When, nearly threo years ngo. the
Berkeley Street Congregational church. !
in this eity. made its pews free, in-
creased it3 pastoral force from ono man
to three, opened its doors from Sunday ,
morning until Saturday night, and in- j
augurated various lines of practical
Christinnendfavor.it was u new do-j
pnrturo in church i ctivity such ns this,
city bad never m'cii before on so large,
n senle. The movement had behind it, j
nl.-o, tho support of several sister ,
churches, not so well situated for the,
prosecution of people's work, and of
tho Massachusetts Homo Missionuryi
society. -
Tho enterprise lias now passed
through tho critical and trying period ,
of its history, nnd seems to bo on n j
permanent basis. It lifts had, of courso, j
to feel its way into the heart of tho
problem of city evangelization; it has
encountered difficulties and discourage- J
ments; but it has gone steadily on to
larger successes, and commands today
tho respect and the confidence of the
entire Congregational denomination.
Comparatively few of tho Christian
people in this city even realize what a
large and varied work is prosecuted at I
Berkeley temple. Classes in dress-j
making, bookkeeping, painting, elocu-,
tion and stenography, reading rooms
and young men's debating clubs, tcni-
porance guilds, a Chinese Sunday school
these nro some of the special features.
The temple is a homo for scores of
young men and women who otherwise
might have to spend their evenings in
the narrow quarters of South End
boarding houses or upon tho street.
Persons in search of relief and sympa
thy nnd spiritual minis! ration aro learn
ing that Berkeley temple desires to be
tho friend and helper of every needy,
distressed soul.
Without dhy.'Wegeinent to the other
churches of tli,. -sty, it is worth much
to have a downtown church in Boston
of this typo. Thu Berkeley Templo
Year Book shows iho scope and many
sidedness of the work which lies within
tho province of u modern church in a
great city. All these secular instru
mentalities have an avowedly spiritual
end, and while tho church tries to carry
on its philanthropic and humanitarian
work, its workers keep steadily in view
tho purpose of bringing to men and
women tho help and tho inspiration
which are in tho religion of Christ.
Tho influence of such institutions as
Berkeley temple, in Boston, or of tho
now famous St. George's church, in Now
York, is widespread. Their methods
are scrutinized and copied all over the
country. Their spirit of practical help
fulness is n mighty impulse to aggress
ive Christian work in scores of places,
east nnd west. Tho time in which wo
livo is urgent in its demand that the
church shall not only save the individ
ual, but shall reconstruct society;
hence the eagerness with which every
effort in this direction is welcomed by
multitudes of earnest souls. Boston
Advertiser.
Dan Lock wood's Great Kfl'ort.
Congressman-elect Lockwood away
back in his school days ut Hamburg,
was an orator of such note that ho was '
chosen valedictorian of his class. He
prepared for the event by ordering a
now pair of shoes. Lato in the after
noon of tho great day the shoes came.
But, good heavens I they wouldn't go
on. Dan hadn't another pair fit for
use. Ho summoned the shoemaker to
a conference, nnd, while the perspira
tion rolled off hJ" 'ace, ho explained
tho situation.
"That's nothhv JJtd Crispin; "got
a coupio of eggs ri break ono into
each shoo."
Don did so. and t:io result was charm
ing. Ho went into thoso shoes liko a
duck's foot in the mud. His vale
dictory was tho greatest effort of Lock
wood's career up to that dnto. The
words wero honeyed and the gestures
as graceful .s a snake swallowing a
frog. All his friends and relatives wero
spellbound. But right in tho midst of
it the author stopped. Agony was in
carnuto in his features. His hair rose
on end. Ho becauio palo nnd red in
turns.
What was the mutter? Had he for
gotten his speech? No; he had just
thought of those two egg omelets, and
would have given all ho had or ovor
hoped to havo for a chauco to laugh.
Buffalo Express.
DliiiiimiiU Tliut Aro Safe.
Extremely valuable diamonds nro al
most perfectly safe property, A gen
tlcmnn who possessed one valued nt
50,000 passed it freely from hand to
hand in a largo commercial establish
ment, and even allowed a man whom
ho know nothing about to t&ko it out
of tho room.
"I should think you would bo afraid
that it would bo stolen," somo ono
said.
Tho owner of tho diamond smiled.
"Its value Is its protection," ho said.
"A thief, in order to realize anything
upon that diamond, would havototako
it to a largo dealer, and tho diamond Ii
perfectly well known to ovory such
dealer in America or Knropo. It would
bo recognized ami held at onco."
"But could not tho thief havo it cut
up into small diamonds, and sold In
that way?"
"To bo cut, it would havo to go either
to Amsterdam or to ono of two or
threo men Iu America, In eltlier caso
it would bo found registered, with my
naino as its owner. It would bo of no
mora real vaiuo to Uio thief than a
lump of coal." Youth' Companion,
A VERY AGED TALE. "
Tills artist laeklDK money, has- made a drmvtng
I nun)', anil with hope his face is sunny;
Dear me.
What flee!
For In Ills liuntrrv mind lie fancies lie has dined.
Say on a meal of vegetables and mutton.
His wonderful creation iiortrays tho perturbation,
ami the Innermost exatlon,
Oh, my!
Don't sIrIi,
Of the man who vainly seeks, with tho carpet on
his cheeks
For houi-s,,to lluil his fleeting collar button.
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But alas for him, poor chap, he apjears to be un
happy, for lie little knew the trap ho
Spniuj; when
His pen
IhI him to the door on the journalistic floor,
Where lie foiiuil an editorial Hon caged.
He thought the sketch was witty, but look on tip
with pitv, for this happened in tho city,
Oh, dear!
How queer,
A long, long time apo a century or so
For eeu then this Joke was ery apod.
Tom Massok.
A Day in Driotlevlllo.
One day Death assembled his grisly court
nnd demanded a reort from all his terrible
agents. "Who best has done my work upon
mankind?" demanded the monarch. Up rose
the Kerosene Lamp, but beforo sho could
speak tho Toy Pistol put her down and stood
beforo tho King of Terrors. "I" he began,
but was kicked clear out of the presence by
tho Empty Gun. "I am here, oh kinp;," he
began, but an American Pie choked him in
tho act of speaking. "Away, thou sudden
death!" exclaimed a haughty voice, and as thu
speaker strode into view, all the court pros
trated itself with fear, and oven Death mader
ready to vacate his throne. "And who art
thou?" asked tho monarch. "I am a Fire Es
cape," liut with the applauso that greeted
his name a dark shadow fell upon tho court,
nnd as a figure of ghastly terror loomedin
view, the court took to its heels, and Dcajli,
gathering' hiH'bones together for a good start,
asked with trembling jaws, "And thou?" "IV
replied tho new comer, "I am tho Bass. I am
tho Life Boat." And with a horriblo shriek
Death fled. Burdetto in Brooklyn Eagle.
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until Jan. 1, 18S'J; for half tho quantity we
will send it half tho time. Hazel Green
(Ky.) Herald.
Hut et Thero All the Same.
The aeronaut doesn't want tho earth.
Washington Critic.
It ain't do man dat is hard ter whup dnt
gins you do nios' trouble. It is do feller dat
won't stay whupped.
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