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.
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