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The Oregon Scout J on 8 & Chanoey Publishers. UNION, OREGON, LITTLE BOY BLUE. Tho littlo toy iloit Is eorered with dust. But sturdy and Ktaiu.li lie viands: Anil tho little my wtliller Is nil with rust, Aud 111' musket mold In Ills linudn. .Timo was when the liule toy dog was new, ' And tho hold:er ".s imwinK r.ilr. And there was Hut line ivlji-n our Little l!oy Hint Kissed thum ind p.it the.n limit). "Kow, don't you go till I come." lie said, "And don't you make any nnifol" Bo toddling off to Ills trundle bed lie dreamed of tint pretty toys. . . . .- And as hu koh dreaming, mi nngel Bong Awakened our Little Hoy Blue Oh, tho years nro inauy, tho years are long. Hut tho little toy friends uro true. Ay, faithful to Littlo lloy Illuo they stand, . Each In tho Rnmo old iilaco. Awaiting tho touch of n little hand, Tlio Kinilo of a littlo faco; And tliey wonder, aa waiting theso long year through. In tho dust of that little chair, "What lias liecoino or our Uttlo Hoy tllue, Biuco he kused them and put them there. Eugenu Field lu America. A Curious Library. In 1807 u rich collector of stamps, coins, eggs, woods, etc., presented tho town museum nt Cassel, Qennany, with ono of tho most remarkable sot of books Iniown to tho bibliomaniac or botanist a library of COO volumes, each a book mado of a different kind of wood. Tho book of each volume is formed of tho lrnrk of a tree, tho sides of tho wood in its mature state, tho top of tho wood as taken when young, and tho bottom of tho same wood after it has been dried and seasoned. When opened tho book ,is found to bo without leaves, box shaped, containing tho llower, seed, fruit and leaf of tho treo of which tho Lox book is made. Australia is said to havo over 1,000 species of trees largo enough to work up into books after tho fashion of those in tho Cassel museum. At tho timo of tho Melbourno colonial exposition of 1800 a Col. Clamp exhibited a largo collection of woods mado into books, each alphabetically arranged, and labeled with both tho common and tho scientific namo of tho species of wood from which tho dainty littlo wooden volumes wore fashioned. Tho collection was gotten up to show tho wonderful possibilities of Australian forestry. Tak ing advantago of tho wooden library at Cassel and tho commendable efforts of Col. Clamp, tho antipodean wood col lector, Russia employed a cabinetmaker during tho entire winter of 1877-78 at making a library of Russian woods, which were classified and arranged for tho Russian exhibit at tho Paris exposi tion of tho year last named. As with tho Cassel library, this Russian wood collection showed tho wood in its soveral growths, as well as fruit, leaves and heeds, eithor natural or imitated in wax. St. Louis Republic. Attracting Cimtoiiiers with Musle. Tho latest fad tocntlco trade is to enter tain would bo ciihtomors with music. The other afternoon while a reporter was mak ing n few purchases at a general lumlwaro anil sporting goods store on Vosoy street, ho heardtliodelightfulstniinsoi' uStrauss waltz. In an alcove of tho htoio a harpist, two violinists and a ilutist were doing their best to entertain tin purchasers. Thoy were good musicians, too, and their music was vastly superior to that usually furnished by street players. Tho old saying that "inuslo hath chnnns to soothe the savage breast," was hardly applicable to this particular crowd, but certain it is that hardly a man or wo man lu the store failed to show tho pleas mo ho or slio experienced while waiting for tho clerks to open and display new packages of (roods. Tho women were particularly delighted with tho music. Some of tlieni walked about more grace fully than they otherwise would havo done, others still hummed the strains as though thoroughly ac((ualnted with tho inuslo, while tho eyes ot ninny Unshed and their faces bespoke tho delight they wore experiencing. All tills while tho proprietor moved about as though unconscious of tho plena nrcs ho was alTordlng his patrons. "When spoken to about tho inuslo, ho liald: "Yos, I suppose It Is pretty good music, but 1 don't know much about it, nud so I keep my mouth shut. Hut I'll tell you ono tiling: It is a right good ndvcitls'ing scheme, and my business lias almost quadrupled since I engaged the orchestra several weeks ago. My idea was laughed nt a littlo at tho stnrt by my neighbors, but now they fully raUixo that I ntn mak ing u good thing out of it." Now York livening Bun. llttat t'nrtiili'N In the Air, Mr. Jolin'AJtkon, a well known Invostl gator of tho ntuiosphoro. has reeontly mado a series of on inu'lmonts on tho mini ber of dust particles in ordinary air Ho far his results show timt ouuidonir. after u wet night, contained Ml. 000 dust pur tides per cubic Inch, outside air in bur -weulhcr contained 3.110.000 particles in tho sumo space, showing that ruin Is a groat purifier of the uttnosphoru The nlr of urootu was found to contain tlO.Ulb.OOU intrudes In tho same spucu. Unit near tliu celling contultilng tjS.illu.OOO particles pur etibia Inch Tho nlr collected over a Hansen tlniiio contained no loss tlinti -ISO. 000.000 particles per cublo Inch Tho numbers for n room were got with gns burning lu the room, nud nt a height of four feet from the lloor Those figures, thought not ubsoluto. show how Important is tho intlueiico of a gas jet on tho nlr wo breathe, and tho necessity for good ventt lutiou iu apartments Mr Altkuu remarks that there tem to bo ns many dust r tides lu a cubic Inch of air In a room at night when mis Is burning in tliuro are Inhabitants lu tirent Hrltaln. and that in thrco cubic Indies of the gusoa from a Hunsen llumo there nro as many particles us mere aro people in tuo worm. unsoll s Family Magazine, Ah llui'lili't Ntny tliiil tt'ill Though fat and tot, IIo luted htaitsar With It', KV. ami Q's; lKit, tu t MUtt, WIhhi kU gut poor, Ho often I hUuKOUMsi, Whwi iinw www good Tills lutur vuuM Enrich Ida lore wlUt uhUhji Hill WU'.alfM! U'n own U xw 6hn tabus It wit lu uuflcu; i filauguW iu the pau ! IImw uil UunMW iu CivoUlvu Uaclt. THE LITTLE PEOPLE. A Sninll Hoy's Anxiety Not to Know III IT tiling. A gentleman one saw a boy pooling tho bark from ono of bis choice trees with n hatchet. The gentleman tried to catch tbo boy, but tho latter was too (juiek for him, so the farmer changed his tactics. "Come here, my little wn," ho said, m a mft, Unto like voico with counterfeited friendliness, "come (to to mo n minute. 1 want to tell yju font-tiling " "Not yet," replied tho lecip oiit, "little lioys lllie mc don't utod vo know everything. " Toxns Sittings. TJio WIcrIi-s of Wakefulness. Soino expressions aro nil the more forcible for having sprung spontaneously into exist ence without tho fostering aid of grammar. Lillian had an uncomfortable way of waking before light, and expecting the family o rise with her nt what thoy considered an un bearably early hour. "Lillian, yon must lio still nnu try to sleep," sold her mother one morning, when tills early bird began to chirp. "I'll try," said tho child, and so sho did. but it was to no purpoe. In five minutes sho was sitting up in lied playing with her littlo pink toes. This timo her mother, grow ing impatient, as sleepy copo havo been known to do, summarily extinguished her under tho bedclothes, saying, in despair: "Lillian, I told you to try once moro to go to sleep P' "I know it, mnnuim," said truthful Lillian, "and I did try, but the wnko wiggles in mo so 1 can't keep still!"' Youth's Companion. Another Daniel .Solution. Willie is a littlo Scotch boy who lives in Glasgow, lie is ! years old, and has not yet learned to like "pease brose," which in hi country is given to children toeool tho blood. "Go on, Willie, you must eat it," said his papa one day at breakfast. "Hut I don't like it, dada," replied tho boy. "That doesn't matter; you must eat it. It will do you good nud make you fat like Daniel, wiio lived on it when ho was a boy." "Did he? Was that tho man who was in tho den of lionsi" "Yes, Hint was tho man." Well, then," replied the Ind, scornfully, " I don't wonder tho lions didn't eat him." Tho smell of ponso brose is not by nny menus pleasant. Harper's Young People. Ways and Means. A littlo boy, Giissio, whore I live, lias an mint who goes away in summer and lives with him iu winter. Sho was coming back, but the room sho used to havo I have now. One day ho nsked mo if my husband would feel bad if I should die. I told him I thought ho would. Then ho nsked mo if I would feci bad if my husband died. I told him I would. Hu thought a few minutes. Then ho said: "Well, if Uod Mould take the both of you Aunt Delia could havo tho room." Boston Globe. I'cll Off tho Train. Rnilrond Man Are you bndly hurt, sir? Victim Hurt : nuw! )o y mi suppose Pvo practiced tobogganing for nothing Now York Sun. Tho Way of the Wise. "It is greatly to bo regretted," wns ro marked iu tho hearing of uu Illinois farmer, "that formers' boys do not htick to tbo l'nrm. It seems as if seniwly any of them do." "Oh, I dunuo," said tho farmer. "I'vo raised eight boys and they're all fanners 'cept one." "Is that so? Only ono of thoin caught by tho glitter of thy city, oh!" "Yes, that's all. Poor Hob would go, cpita of all I could do run iiwuy to the city when ho was IU, nnd wo ain't never seen him since, though it's been over twenty year, Hut I dunuo lint it's nil right; he hadn't no likin' fur farm work, nor wouldn't take no interest iu It. ho jes' naturally scorned to hnto tho farm nnd didn't know enough ntout farm work to drive ducks to water." "Yes, 1 think it was Ixitter that he should leave the farm, as ho evidently had no tnsto for it. Is he in the mercantile business!" "Oh, no, nothing of tho kind," replied tho farmer; "no; for the last ten years Iol has been editor of an agricultural (taper. Ho writes most all of the 'Hints to Farmers,' 'How to Do Farm Work,1 'Stick tothe Farm, Hoys,' and Mich things." Fml C'urruth iu Chicago Tribune. A Disappointed Yoiiiik Jtiin. Ono of t lio girls In fusliloiiublo society in New Yurk uiudo up her mind to got mnrrltMl tho other day, nud after confiding lier intention to nor Inther, sho sulci: "What do you Intend to do for moY" Tho father wns a wonlthy man, and thought ho was showing n liberal spirit when ho answered: " oil, 1 will glvo you -flOO.-000 to buy a house nnd 35.000 to furnish it with." "And what will you givo mo to live our" tho young l.wiv demanded, with n dlbMitltjftod look on her face "Oh, I will allow you tho interest on anotlior $100,000." replied her futher "Hut my chef will cost at least Jjl.iJOO a yenr How do you think 1 unn possibly manage wttli so littler Tho father looked slightly grieved, but only snid. "Tlint must do while I nm llvlug; you will mobably havo moro when luuigouu." The young man who was Interested In hearing the result of tills conversation between father nnd daughter said when lie hoard It- "Ila might at least liuvo given bur two mill ions " Tho marriage did not take phico. -Now Yorlt Proas 'Every Day Talk." Snut lotml Newspapers In KiiuIiiiiiI. All the murder guiettes nro not pub lished in this country II civ, for instance, is Tho Weekly Courier, of Liverpool, Hug land, which recently published tlio follow ing ndvortlbuiont "Houiurknblo Murder Trials. Now Stories of Old Crimea.--There will shortly bo begun In Tho Weekly Courier n borioa of nrtiolos, trlvlug I datailixl ami graphic accounts of sotuo of the nnmler trials wlileli havo taken tho duoiHist hold ou the public mind Special attention will bo given to remtirkublo trials of 'local btorvat in Uverpool nud ljuicashlro. K&eh article will tmco tlio crime from its Inception, duscribo ltd methods and incidents, tho otTorts of tho oulturlts to elude pursuit nnd onptui tli Incideuts of tho trial, nud, ilunlly, tho ex oautlon of tho eonvlot iuually nt Kirk dalo guol, In tho preneo of nst inultl tudos of ooplu.',-sNttw Vork TTlbuno. mm A CHAT WITH EI3MARCK. An Incident of tint I ranco-rruslaii War. l.'illtor ItnNtend. In tho early mornhvr we walked about the townlet and entered tlw nnciont church. A palo French priest said mass tremulously for a few women draped in black, gorging, wo parsed house, and saw, an if fniniod in tho open window, the king.. f Prussia. All tho ideal trnnsformatious he h.el undorgono in portraiture on my way from Paris, alike tho horns and tho lialos, hnd vanished; hero was tho same bland and blonde old man, rosy with tho morning air at his open window. We bowed, and tlio king auswerf-d with a wavo of his hand. Tho women from the church woro passing, aud it occurred io me ns hardly safe for the king to run the risk of n Cordny pistoleuse. A cnl-imnur individual appeared at tlio king's door, witli upheld linger deiring approach. There was but ono mnn lu Luropo with that head and front Bismarck. Ho said with r plonsant ami somewhat humorous tone, glnneing at our civilian dross, "Mny I usk where you nro from, gentlemen, aiidyourdestinution?" "Woaro Americans," I said; I think Halstcad added, "just from France." lasmarck opened our credentials lazily, but I could see his eve fixed like a solar microscope upon them. IIo welcomed us cordially, saying they desired tlio course of tho war chron icled for the world, for no country rather thnn the United States. "You might not expect that from such a conservative as l nm supposed to be." Our papers, ho said, would secure us the good will of German officers. Should wo need food wo might apply at tho king's headquarters. Wo must bo careful not to fee French fami lies where wo might bo quartered; that might cause dissatisfaction atuoug tho boldiers who could not pay. Tlio families furnish accounts for all services, which would ho paid. IIo also admonished us not to carry arms; otherwise if captured wo might suffer ns combatunts. This was all snid iu excellent English. IIo iiiudo no inquiry nboiit our experi ences in France, 'lo ids question whether ho could do anything for us, Halstcad said tlio ono thing ho needed was a horso; lio would pay largely for one. "Wo nro here," said Iiisinurck, "a nation on horse back, and I fear tlio horse is just what wo cannot supply." Halstcad said, witli his faerious smile, "It booms a littlo hard that tho ono thing a man needs und is ready to nay for is precisely tlio tiling ho can't Iiavo." "Haven't you generally found that tho case through life?" baid Bismarck, quietly. IIo introduced us to ono or two olllcers, and as wo left tlio king waved his hand again. I was pleased witii Bis marck's voico and manner. IIo was frauk and without egotism. Moncuro D. Con way in Tho Cosmopolitan. Kiliii-ation ol tlio i.mlit. Tlio brain can bo trained just liko tho hand. Tills is tlio great subject of educa tion. An empty head is an evil head; an untrained brain is a mischievous brain. Tlio brain must bo used all round, and perhaps tho greatest dnnger of school education at present is that tho memory is cultivated principally or almost alono. It is not walking encyclopiedius that do good in the world, but skilled brains, able to think and not merely to remember. So teaching is likely to bo of much perman ent value which does not exerciso other faculties of tho mind, tho rolloeltnti nml judging powers, tho power of giving nil- divided attention and tho power of taking pains. Interest in the work is essential to true progress, and the most enduring knowledge is that which we teach our- nuivc3. iiiiiiKiimiiou Miiotim oe stimuiateit bv wnolcsoiue und stirring stories and all tho wealth of poetry; and tho will should lo educated by forcing ourselves to do our duties promptly even when disagreeable, mi they so otten aro. Habits aro largely tho result of train ing; the same part of the brain is used over und over ngulu; tlm nervous energy travels tlio sumo bet of fibers from tho sa.mo center timo after time, until ulti mately it passes without any control and almost uncoiibclously. The painful efforts of learning an art in tlio end givo an un noticed mastery over it. Hero is tlio danger of self indulgence in any vice. O. II. Pollock, M. D., it Tlio Cliautauquan. Small lleruluirdt nt Worlc. Tho amount of work which Sarah Bern hardt bus to get through daily would bo enough to kill anybody but u 'fashionable actress. Jsover home from tho theatre before 1 o'clock In tho morning, sho is to bo seen in her atelier us soon ns there is light enough to worl busy finishing her I tnreo ousts ior ino next salon. Alter a hasty breakfast a mere apology for a meal sho drives otT to tho theatre to ro hearso "Thereso Itaquin" and tho other now pieces iu which bho is to appear in tho courso of her approaching professional tour. Whilo her own drama was in prep aration at thoOdeon sbo had, after her long morning drudgery, to spend her uf ternoon in tlio siiK.riiitendenco of tho re hcnrsuls; and, not content with tho ordi nary method of coaching tho performers by wny of advi .t and suggestion, sho practically went through tlio roles her self as sho conced ed them on each occa sion. And, after a day thus spoilt lu ceaseless toil, there wns 'still tho work of tho ovoulng to face her iorformunco In M. Stmlou'a drama nt the Porto St. Mar tin. Now that her own piece is oil her hands she will have a llulo leas to do, nnd she is quite radiant at tlio prospect of liaving "only tltieeu hours' work a dny" for some time to como. St. Jamos' Gazette. Calculations of an lti-.cn cr. An observant citizen make the follow ing calculation, winch l giver, for what it is worth Out of every ten average ,. .!... . Ill .l... .1 JlUlUlik-'lUI IHl'U. UUU III Wll0 lllO IUI11T sldoof tho walk, two will stand In tlm ! door of a car If tharo is no sont. tlmm will I"10" wu" slpouory syringe. 111 aport a toothpick In their mouths in public. Humiliation is remedied by froqnont four will expectorate In public places, live bathing in cold water, rest nnd plain win carry an uuiureiia nomontnlly under 1 tholr ami in two street. m. will cross their 1 lega In a car. seven will fall to rouiovo their huts lu a down town elevator wbeu 11 , lady enters, eight will forget to shut a 1 car door when they go In or out. iitno will i risk tholr live to cntcli a train when they ! could Just as well wait for tho next one. 1 mid tho whole ton will growl all their I lives at public nuisances without doing I anything to abato them. Now Vork I ; Tribune. ' He who seeks xaeo will find that with 1 advancing nge tho ioacolul moment, that ouce camo soboldoin. returns moro readily 1 and that at Inst tha moments unite to in ok 0 heum, aud the hours to build up , days aud years fr Marlon Crawford. , I j A Serious nitnculty. I ! Since n Russian law forbids the nso of , exchunntlou ltointa in n newspaper article, uuu is uv 11 tube vu co now win no properly ititorproted tluwln i Muscovite's out burst wheu he stops ou u taok, Boston UudgcU A TURKISH TALE. Rah Merr. tti. l,.r nt h nlfr t-ntA Bah Merv, the Iw'gar aud philosopher, ' In talk with Itrahn, at ease lieneath tho arch, Stoopint; to pick a koiieck to him thrown, , Found blewllns In the dust beside the coin , A rlnK worth half a prine's realm, 'W'WSw i Merv i Allah lie pralsl! none ever shall hej? more!" The sultan's daiiKliter, proud la silk nud pearls, i Herself more lovely than the houri's queen, Knvioil by all who envy, passed the Rate, And Dralm, bold cynic, ith rare Irony, As who would say. "So much for charity!" Dipped iu her lap the sequin of bright gold. Which lie by luck hud found some twelve months tiuco. Hut wise Soli Jierv, w ith rarer mplency, Threw on the satin black, beside the coin, The ruby ring worth half a prince's realm. And turned to crunch a crust u kopeck bought. "Fool! fool! A fool and madman!" cried theyalL "Not so!" thought she to whom tho fortune felL "What Is to me a Itauble, were to hhn Tlio purchas price of endless miaery. Tills ruby ring worth half a prince's realm, Yea, and its fellow, too, could such be found, I'd ho for Ids contented jtoverty !" New York Ledger. Jesse James' 3Inuliooil. "Jesse James, tlio Missouri' bandit, possessed many manly qualities," feel ingly exclaimed Undo Dick Henderson at tlio Brunswick hotel. "I knew him well. lie was turned into n Nemesis after tlio Pinkertons threw that bomb through tlio window of tho Samuels resi dence and blow oil: tlio arm of Jesse's mother. Ever after that occurrence both Frank and Jesse declared war to the knifo on tlio Pinkerttm men. The killing of Jesso James by Bob Ford was tho cowardly act of a treacherous, tin grateful fiend. Bob wasn't 'eating reg ular' when Jesso took him to his homo, gave him shelter and food and treated him well. Ono day, when Jesso was dusting off a picture and had his back turned, Bob shot him from behind. Of courso you know that but very few peo ple ever learned what picture Jesso waa dusting off when ho got his deatli wound. It was tlio largo picture of his dear old, white haired mother, whom lie loved dearly. "In ono robbery nt Bluo Cut, when tho James gang went through a train, Jesso led the way and relieved the pas sengers of their valuables. IIo camo to ono woman in black, who was sobbing bitterly. Jesso stopped and inquired tho cause of her sorrow. As sho handed him $70 in greenbacks sho cried out con vulsively: 'It's all I havo in tlio world. My husband's corpso is in tlio baggago car.' Tears camo to tho eyo of the train robber. Going into his pocket ho re turned tho $70 and added two crisp 100 bills to it, which lio forced tho widow to accept. IIo nover would rob a cripple, or an old gray haired woman, either. He onco took an overcoat off his own back in the streets of Liberty, Mo., and gave it to a poor, shivering old man that had been turned out into the cold by ungrateful son-in-law. I could namo many other instances." Denver Repub lican. Secretary Seward'H Opinion. heard a story of William H. Seward 1 tho other day which I think is a now one. ! I am not certain, but I am impressed with )v conviction that it comes from i ritu cnit-r. p:i..,. .,....,.! itibioy bewarii, an adopted daughter or the late Secretary Seward, whoso Bohemian literary salon is ono of the most charming places to which ono can havo tho entree at the national cap ital. It wns at tho time when there was great agitation of the removal of tho Cap ital, and all Washington was alarmed. One of tho scared ones said to Secretary Seward, "Mr. Seward, do 3-011 think tho capital will bo removed from Washing ton?" "Yes, I think it will," was the re ply. "But wliero to Chicago?" "No." "What? Not to St. Louis? Well, wliero then?" "To tlio City of Mexico. That will probably be tho center of poj) ulation of the United States ouo of these daye." Pittsburg Dispatch. I.IUo IN XumcsuUe. Middlesborough, England, is well known as tho great center of tho iron trade a city of 00,000 inhabitants, witli 130 blast furnaces, and an annual out put of nearly 0.000,000 tons of pig-iron. But there has recently been founded an English Mldlesborough in America, which bids tail, if its present rato of de velopment continues, to roprcsent in timo as much wealth in gold and iron as tho older city of which it is tho namo sake. Two years ago it hud no oxistonco save in tlio minds of its founders; today it is a city of several thousand inhab itants, aspiring to become tlio principal seat of the iron and steel manufacture of tho United States. Harper's. Treatment of l'lles. So called remedies for piles aro with out number. The complaint often lasts for years without affecting the general health, nnd on the other hand constant irritation and bleeding may at onco affect the entire system. Keep the bow els regular, relying upon fruit and grain diet. Avoid tobacco, condiment, liquor, etc. For bleediug a wash or injection of tannin is recommended ouo ounce to half a pint of wuter. Any good anti- t . , A- i., E" " 0 oi ,tmout tneil, to bo np- ioou. tioraui ot uenmi. At tint Naval Aondomy. rorluxpa it may not ho out of placo to 1 give some Annapolis localisms, or slang torms. "Sux" U nice. "Spuds" are po j tatoes. "Skinny" la ohomUtry. To bo 1 "prolocted" or "hnng ou tho Christina ' tree is to be posted far a low mark. ! "Sat" and "unsat" aro short for satisfac tory aud unsatisfactory. "Tag Ends" ia tho name of a book of jokes recently lisued nt the academy. Tho "yacht" 3 tho santoo. whore a man Is bent for light imprisonment. In punishment for smoking, drinking, eta. It Is throe-quarters of a milo from quarters, aud the men who gel thoro have to walk bark awl forth to rv cltatlnn, etc., twelve times a day. Tha "brig" Is the berth deck of tho santee, where n man is sent fur suriouti disubedi- tuico of rules To "shake a leg" means to hurry. New York Tribune. Z.'ilMltseotfokati-iiiiM mnn who is vtork-n coal mine. He has thrnutu name l.i is tho nmuo of n in the Schuylkill a thoroughly uu THE MILKY WAY. S ORIGIN AS ACCOUNTED IN VARIOUS LEGENDS. FOfi II10 Story as Told In Greek I'abli Th Sheaf of Strait tnxoii Trad It Ion Tlio llusliiupii's Heller Meteorological I'lie nomeiin Kori-cnsts. The brillinnt nppcarnncr and prominent rolor of the Mil .v W iv hare not failed to give rl-e to in.-.:-, c .:;;-names aud to many Is" 'Uds uj l- 1. ongin, A' . cr-d-.u' to tue Greek fable, it was pn-duccd by the milk of Hera (Juno). Children born of Jupiter's illicit amours could only Inherit divine honors if suckled by this lawful spouse of the great Olym pian god. Hercules was thus introduced 1 to the goddess, who became so angered I when she discovered the substitute infant that bhe threw him from her breast, nnd the milk flew across tho sky, forming the galaxy. Ilyginus says the Latin legend 1 substituted Ops, spouse of Saturn, for ! Juno, and the occasion was tho presenta tion of n stone to iier for tho true child. A Sicilian legend says the milk was from the Madonna's breast, lost whilo sho searched for Jems. A curious class of legends accounts for the creation of the bright baud of stars across tho heavens. One of these, from Wallachia, relates that Venus purloined a Dhcaf of straw one night from St. Peter's mills, nnd in her hasty flight toward her celestial abode scattered it across the sky, where we see it now on cloudless nights. A Dalmatian tradition ascribes the loss of the straw to St. Peter himself, nnd calls the galaxy "tho Straw of St. Peter." Ac cording to a Crotinn legend, it was caused by a mnn who. having stolen a sheaf of tt raw from his foster father, was hasten ing away with his burden, when tho bun die broke nnd the straw scattered about. To recall for ever tho theft, God placed tho straw in the heavens, where' it still glitters. Tlio name given to the galaxy in Servia and Albania is "Godfather's Straw." Similar traditions must have given rise to names bestowed upon it in other countries. It is known ns the "Strawy" in Boznia: ns tho "Straw Hoad" in Sardinian, in Magyar, in Modern Hebrew, Coptic and Ethiopian; ns tho "Hoadof the Straw" in Aral), Itabylcnnd Syriac, and as the "Scattering of tho Straw" in tho Magyar dialect. An Ar menian appellation is "Stealer of Straw." nnd Persian titles uro "Path of tho Car riers of the Cut Straw" und "Way of Car rying Chaif." Tho peculiar whiteness of tho Milky Way is also evidently referred to in it its Transylvanian name of the'Tloury Way," Riid its Westphalian titles, the "Road to Mill" and the "Sandy Path." There aro other legends to account for its nppenr nnee. A Saxon tradition relates that tho world took Are some ages ago and burned until it was consumed. God gathered to gether the cinders nnd united them in a furrow. They went out little by little, leaving a whitish brilliancy, in tho midst of which still burn some live coals. About tho entire heavens are dispersed other burning embers. Sometimes a spark shoots from a hidden bunch of them, be coming a shooting star. Husiimeu say the galaxy is formed of allies cast there lonc ago by a young woman, so that her parents might bo able to And their way home. Another legend assigns a different origin to it. A young woman, angry with her stingy mother be cause she would .give her but a small quantity of a certaiu red nut to eat, cast quantities of it from her into tlio sky, wnere it became the stars and tho Milky Way. Like tho rainbow and othc.r prominent ceiestial appearances the Milky Way is connected iu popular tradition with meteorological phenomena. In Wcst pnalia it is called tlio "Weather Stripe," "Weather Street" and "Weather Tree," nnd is also given tho name of "Wind Tree." A Welsh namo for it was "Road of tho Wind," and iu Picardy it is called "Foot of tho Wind." Talutians call tho bright band "Flying Cloud" nnd "Solid Cloud." It is "Band of tho Aurora" in Muygar lnnds, and tlio "Evening Ray" in Westphalia. In the latter country tho galaxy is said to bo iu the middle of tho world nnd tho sun stops thcro regularly nt meridian. It is also believed to turn with tlio sun, and hence flrst appears from the quarter in which tho sun has set. Similar notions of tho cosmograph ical importance of tho Milky Way prob ably gave it its Arab name "Mother of Heaven," An old Arab poet alludes to it as tho "Mother of the Confused Stars." Appearing only by night, prognostica tions drawn from tho luminous way are not so numerous as in the case of tho rainbow. Esthonians judge by tho more or loss brilliant appearance of tho amount of snow that will fall during tho coming winter. If by the cud of September tho northern ond of the galaxy is very brill iant, snow will not fall until Christinas is pnst; but if tho south end is more brill iant in appearance, snow will fall long be fore Christmas. If the whole band is very bright, snow will fall before and after Christmas. Icelanders nlso prog nosticate the winter weather from the np pearunce of the Milky Way in autumn. In our own country, many people believo i that tho odgu of tho Milky Way which ' is the brightest iudicntes the direction from which tha approaching storm will j come. F. S. Ilasett iu Globe-Democrat. Susli Weight from Tlu Cuui. Thoro Is no secret nbout tho process. Tlio only thing is to have a proper suod lurniico and tu get up u sufficient heat. Tho busiiiuss has det eloped uf Into, but uiunulaeturors av tho tnargiu of profit is biuull It oots moro lu molt the facraps than common iron Chips ready for the furnace cost $7 u ton The sash weights produced aro of a superior quality Tho business is tike tbo eusoof old rubber, an Illustration of tho use. of waste material. Tlio tin can companies aud oilier manu facturers of lln goods formerly dumped hundreds of tons Into space, but now theso serous uro utilised, nud tholrrespou slbte smai! boy wurus the uah fields to his profit in companionship with tho blithe some gout. Commercial Bulletin. For Uncording an Kurthijuakr. Tho model of an oarthquako Is a unique piece of apparatus that haa been con structed by a Tukio seismologist. Pa tiently and lalKinously following out tho accurate records of a modorn seismo graph, Professor Soklya has succeeded in shaping a long coil uf copper wiro to as to reprosuiit, with the utmost precision, tho Intricate path described by a shaken spot of the earth a surtaco. Tho tnodol magnifies fifty tiiuea tho ground's ab solute motion during sovoaty two sec ouds and rusumhles a ball of twine un wound aud thrown down lu a confused bean Numbered tasa show tho nro?ress of the shonk for each seoand of time, New Orleans t'lcayune. l'.KAI) AND UK CO'VIN"Ci;i. CoquiLLK City, Or., Dec. ill, 1MX). J. Eugene Jordan. M. D., Seattle, Wash. - Dkau Slit: It has been some time since I wrote a letter to you, but I have been so well that it has not been necessary. You remember when i flrst wrole jou in May, 1SS0, I was in a fearful condition with a complication of troubles. I could not stand on my feet five minutes at n time un'css walking around; it seemed as though my back would break apart. You renieiuler that I had an enlarged lung or a bunch under my short ribs on the left side, and it teemed to me as though I would smother to death. I also had liver ami stomach trouble. In faet, my lica tli was completely broken down so that I would have been much better dead than alive. Could not do nny housework nt all. Now I am getting so stout; my side does not trouble me. and I can do all r. y house work, washing and all. Pleuse publish my testimony in any of your books or pa pers, as I was just ns bad as nny onecould be and get well. There are a gre it many weakly people here that I know your med icines would cure if they had them to take, and I am sure if it was near here so that it. could lie procured they would take it, as all know how much I have suffered. I beg to remain Very respect fully, Mus ('. C. Meyep.s. Dn. Jordan's ollice is at the residence of ex-Mayor Yeslcr. Third and James. Consultation and prescriptions absolute ly Fit 1:1:. Send for free book explaining the Ilisto genctic system. Caution. The Ilistogenetic Medicines aresohlinbutoneagHiicy in each town. Tlio label around the bottle bears the following inscription: "Dr. J. Eugene Jordan's Ilis togenetic Medicine." Every other device is a fraud. -i "What wns the muse of your leaving your watch with your unelc'.'" I'oser Fhiyer "Ante, relatively speakim;." ICUI'TL'KK AND IMI.ISS CU1MC1J. We positively cure rupture nnd nil rectal dis eases without pnlu or detention from business. No cure, 110 pay; and no pay until cured. Ad dress for pnmphlet l)r. Porterllcld & Lo-ey, k3S Market street, San Francisco. "Your number," said the warden to tlio pris oner, "is :wt." "Tlmt's (.'ratifying." taid the unfortuuate; "I'm iu the 100 at Inst." Mediocrity uhvays copies superiority. Dobbins' Electric Soap, flrst made in 1S-05, has been imitated more than any onp ntnde. Ask your grocer for Dobbins' Electric S-onpf all other Flectrlcs, Elec tricity, Mnguetics. etc., arc imitations. A comimj-out "party" Tho pollticliin who quits a fat otllee on the llrst of the new year. l'ir.K.S! l'lI.KS! I'll.KS! Dr. Williams' Indlau 1'lle Oiutmeut will euro Illind, ltloediiiK and Itching Viles wheu nil other ointments have failed. It absorbs the tumors, nlhnsthe itching nt once, acts h's a poultice, gives instiint relief. Dr. Williams' Indian l'llo Ointment is prepared only for Piles, and itching of the private parts, and nothing el-e. Kvery j box is warranted, sold bv drucgists, or ent;by mail on receipt of price. SOe nnd U per box. WILLIAMS M ANl'FAt "IT III NO CO.. Proprietors, Cleveland. O. Why does this man stare so ? TTe) is simply listening to the marvelous cures effected by Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discovery. The following case illustrates : Februnry 14th, 1800. Would's Dispe.vs.viiv Medical. Associa tion, nuflulo, X. V.: GcntJcnicn A remarkable enso has occurred In our territory. J. N. Iierry, n mnn nbout thirty years of nge, was iroing down rapidly. He tried physician nfter physician, iwtent medicines, homo receipts in fnct, everything. Ifo wont io a noted sanitarium nnd returned no better. Wo nil thought lio wns dying with consumption, nnd only a few weeks of lifo were lett for him. He commonced "Golden Medical Discov ery," and nt tho samo time commenced to mend. He has used nbout two aozon bottles, nnd is still using it. He has gainod in weight, color und strength, and is nbio to do light work. It is Just such a caso as wo should have listened to rntlier suspiciously, but when we sco it we nut believo it. It lias treblod our sales of "Golden Medical Dlsooveiy." JOHN HACKETT & SON. Druggists, Itoanoko, Ind. J In all bronchial, throat and lung affections, lingering coughs, spitting 1 of blood, weak lungs and kindred i ailments, tho "Discovery" effects the most marvelous cures. I AVoxDKitriT. ci:i:i2. Klcotrlolty Oiiroi. 11 I'lerlno Tumor. ago Mrs. Charles Snrirent Two weeks of Wyoming camo to this citv to have Dr. loci rouiovo a fibroid uterine tu , inor, from which sho had been stilloring 1 for soino years, and was now vorv weak from loss of blood. Dr. Tool removed tho tumor by means of his galvano-cnustic Iwttory, thus avoiding all loss of blood during the operation und afterwards ami causing scarcely any pain. Mrs. Surgi-ut was able to return to Wyoming again in , ten days. Peoria Journal, i Or. Tool is now located in Portland. I The tumor, with hundreds of other tu I mors and cancers successfully removed bv I him, can be scon in his ofiicc. Dr. Too'l 1 has studied four years at tho Universities !nnd lame Hospitals of (lermany, Switz erland nnd England, and is tho only sur geon in the Northwest who operates by electricity without loss of blood. DOCTOR TOEL Makes a specialty of Diseases of tho Nofco, Throat and' Neck, Skin, Urinnrv Organs, h oinnle Diseases nnd all Surgical Operations, na for Fistula, Piles, Strict-', ure, Cancer. Polypus and nil other Tu-, 1 mors and Ulcers. OneratimiH i.rfnmo-il by moans of electricity without Ioes of blood. Oillco No. 70M, Waahington street, eonior Fourth, rooms .1, -1 nnd 5 Washington building, Portland, Or. 1 PlfWIW.il WatMUJWW MHWWW l'i,m A.