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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1891)
'4 CO ttt THE OREGON SCOUT Is in lepenc'ent in all thins;, neu tral in nothing; dnvoted to every cause it believes to be right .1 THE OREGON SCOUT lias ns large a circulation as any two papers in this section of tho State combinud, and is corre spondingly valuable as an adver tising inuditim. journal for the peiple. 1 Hero Will tho Press tho People's Rights Maintain. VOL. VII. UNION, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1891. NO. 3G The Oregon Scout AnlnrtriKm cat weekly Jouma', Issued ever Thursday morning hj f JOiS.ES & CUAJSUEY, Publishers and Proprietors. A. K. Jokes, Kdltor. 11. On ncev, Foreman Kutcs of .Siiliscillitloii. One copy one year, One opy s x nwnohs. One copy three months, S150 J. 00 .75 Invariably Caili In Ailvntiri. bv chanvf sitb'ertptlowi nrr not Jifiii till end oj year, fir dollar! will he charged. Hates of advertising made knoitn on application itB Correspondence frjiu nil imte of the country elicited. Address a'l communliatioas to the OitEdoy Scout, Union, Oregon. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. UMTED STATUS. President Ilenjatuln Harrison pf Indiana. HtCHETAUV or BTATK James U, 111a ne of Maine. Skurgtmiv or TUB TnEA-iunv William Wiudjm of Minnesota. Ski'Iietauv or Waii Hcdflel I Proctor of ermont. Secretarv or the Nav Uenjuula P. Tracy of New York . Secuktaiiv or the Intemok- John W. jble of Mlisourl. Postmaster-Oks'kral John WauamaKtr of l'enn eylraula. ATTORNKv aKNKRAL W. It. H. Miller of Indiana. Secretary or Aiiricultcre-Jb emtah Husk of Wisconsin. STATE OF OUEGlW. Hen itors, Co ogres smau, Governor, Secretary of State, htAtn Trpasurrr. " f J. It. Mitchell. 1 J. N. DoLi'ii. liiNdhU Hermann. SVLVEITEK l'K.K.SOVKIl. Ukhkik V. MCltRIDK. CS. W. WEI1U. Supeilntendeutof Pilbllo Instruction, V.. II. McKlrov, otata rr.nter, - riaiiku. nAHi.ti. fit. H. Stuahan, Supreme Judges, - W. I. Lot i. (.w. W. Thayer SIXTH JUDICIAL IIISTRIOT. ( M. I). Cr.iri'or.D Circuit Judges, . - jAM(n A. Fee. Proeecutlnn Attorney O. F. Hyde. COUXTV OF UNION. State Senators, Represen tat Ives, Judge Sheriff, r Clerk, ltecorder Treasurer, Hchcol Superintendent, Surveor, - : Assessor, Coroner, Commissioners, I J. W. Norval. I J. II. Haley. John McAlhter. 1 J. A. Wiiuiht. I. N. Sanders. .1. T. 11oli.es. Turner Oliver. J. S. Elliott. E. O. IIRAINARI). II. S. Stuamie. J. I,. UUHTIX. J. 1). GUILD. Joel Weaver j William Arnold. I John McDonald. CITV OF UNION. Slaypr; Iteourdcr, Marshal. Street Commissioner, J W. Kennedy. O. I,. ltl.UChSI.KE. Anon Johnson. K. F. I'll'KLIN. COUNCIL.MEN. II. F. WlLKON. J. II. CORIIIN. J. H. Elliott. a. K. Jokf.i, J. M. Oakuoll. H. A. Puiweu LODGES. UNION LODGE, No 39, I. O. O. F., MEETS EVERY Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. WM. HALEY, N. G. O.S Miller, Secretary. GRANDE RONDE 1 NOAMPMENT, No. II, I. O. O. F meets ou the lust and tntril Tnwniis in eacn mouth. O. 8. MlI.Lhll. C. 1'. J, 11. Thompson, Scrilie. GRANDE RONDE VALLKV LOIX1E. No. 66, A F. k A-M., meets on the second an 1 fourth hatunlaS even- month. E. W. DAVIS, W. SI. It. II. lluowN, Secretary. GRANDE RONDE VALLEY CHAPTER, No. 20.. R. A. M., meets first n d third Tu-adaia each month. W. T. Wit (HIT, M. E. II. P. Turner Oliver, Secretary. BLUE MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 23 K. OF P meets every Wednesday evening. T. 11. CRAWFORD. O O. Turner Oliver, Iy. of It. & 8. IKESTON POST, No. 18, G. A. H., MEETS KVlIIlY third Saturday lu each moith ai the Odd I ellows hall. JOSHUA HRADl'ORD, P. O. G eoiui eHeininoer, Adjutant. CHURCHES. The Methodist Episcopal Church holds services at 11 A. M. aiU 7 r. M. or eucu nunuay. ucv. J. I". aiimuin, l asvor. Services are held at the Presbyterian Church at 11 A, M. and 7 P. M. of each Kum-'ay. Rev. W, J. HUGHES, Pastor. 1'ROFESSIONaL cards. j. w sitelton. j. m. carroll. SHELT0N & CARROLL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office two doors south of Postolllco, Union, Oreiton. Special attention given to all business entrusted to us. It. EAK1N. J. A. EAKIN, Notary Public. R. EAKIN & BR0., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Union, OruKWi. Troinpt at'eiitlon paid to collections. DR. E. N. NORTH, RESIDENT DENTIST, Has the flnwrt anausthetlc for eitractlng teeth without )lu kmwu to tne proirssion. inu u. .r.l.. .I,l.tr. Hllror unit uolil work a peclalty Finn set. of teeth a'wayt on hni. Flrst-clas wore ana w'i:n . OHIcb Mnln St., Union, Or. W. E. BROWNELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, r.lK'lii, Urt-Kon. tW Ofllce t CHy Drug Store. I, N. CROMWELL, H, D HYSICIAN SAND SURGEON, Ofle w door ot1 k , Ut)loH( Oregon. The Co ve Druir Store JASPAR G. STEYENS, Proprietor, DEALER IN- PURE DRUGS, Patent Wedieines, Perfumery, Paints and Oils. I'roRcrliitlonn Cnrofnlly l'ropiirml. ALSO DEALER IN- SPORTING GOODS, -CONSISTING OF Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols and Cartridges. Imported and Domestic Cigars, Etc. Montreal Saloon Ed Remillard, Proprietor. If you want a refreshing drink or a good cigar, drop In. llllllardand pool tallies for the accommodation of customers. Cornaeopia Saloon. William Wilson, Proprietor. The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Always in Stock. First-class billiard table. Drop in and.be sociable. For Information About the South -ADDRESS WITH STAMP. Tbe Official Immigration Department -OF- FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES. CAUL KOMNBON, Secretary, ltalel'h, N. O. UnionTonsomlPariofs GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor. Sbavfng, Hair-Cutting and Shampooing in tbe Lasest Style of the Art. Shop two doors south of the Centennial hotel. Give mo a call. City Meat Market Jliiln Street, Union, Oregon. BENSON BROS., Proprietors, KEKP CONSTANTLY ON WAND Beef, Pork, Yeal, Mutton, Sausage, Hams, Lard, Etc. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E. BROOKS, H. D., Physician and Surgeon, InIuimI Olty, Oregon. Prompt attention clvcu to all profes hloual calls, day or ulnht. M. DITTEBRANDT, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, lilt? In, Oregon. Ctf- All calls promptly attondeil to, day or night. T. McNAUGHTOH, 14. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, KIkIii, Oregon. All lis j.romptly attended to day or n! WILLIAM KOENIG, Architect and Buildor, Cove. Orfuoii, Dr.fU. pUoi iWui fuf dllln tui Uiii t wuUU4 PU i.pUkUwi. WHAT THE VIOLINS LAID. 'We're all for love," tht violins nald, -Sidney tanlar. Do I lore you Do 1 Iovp your Ali the heat i-nt Uiat tx'nd aboroyoa, To find language nnd to proo you If Uiey lop tho IHtur uii. Ask the burning, blinding meadows If tlioy loe the railing slmdowa If thi-y hold the happy slmdows When the fervid day U douo. Auk the blue txll5 and tho daisies. Lost u in hi the hot Held mazes. Lilting up their thirsty faces. If they love the hummer ratas. Ask the linnet and the plovers. In tho nest life made for lovers Ask the tieen and ask the clovers Will they tell you for your palnsf- Do L darling, do I love you? What, I pray, can that behoove youJ How In Love's nnme can 1 move you, Wheu for Love's sake I am dumb? If 1 told you. If I told you. Would that keep you. would that hold you, Heroni lost when I enfold your If It nould-tiush. darling, camel Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. THE GOOD OLD TDIES. Farmer Blowltt was a llttlo. dried up, Irascible, maa, and bo used to wear a rod comforter around bis nock and rod flannel car (uppers on bis plug bat wben bo went to meeting In winter Ho was always ready to aripio that tbeso modern times were awfully bud. and that tbe good old times ot a hundred years ago were just right lie would decry invention and im provement and say that tho world would be better without them lie look a news paper on purpose to count the murders re corded in it uud tell how bad tlio world had grown Ho would stand for hours on a corner in the village and retail his de ductions on tho present and bis regrets for tho past One day be had whipped tho minister In argument, and as he bad had bis dinner and tlio minister bud gono away mad and tho women wero at work In tbe kitchen, ho tipped back in Ids chair, drew a red silk handkerchief over his head to keep off tho flies and went to sleep Uo bad not slept over five minutes before his sou John came In uud said "Come, fathei wo must get at that piece of wheal and cut It " Bio win got up und yawned and fol lowed bis son to tho barnyard, whero his two sons sat on a log Gling a couplo of sickles "What In the tuition are you doing with those old sickles?' said lilewitt. Ono of the uovs looked astonished and said "DoiuT U by wo are gutting ready to cut tbe wheat " Blewitt stared a moment and then said "Why in thuudei dou't you hitch on to that reuper und slop fooliu' with thorn sickles?" Tho boys looked at each other in sur prise, but said nothing Blewitt ran to the shed, but there was no reaper thoro. Ho came buck Tbe boyp had got over tho fence and wore on their knees reaping tho wheat and carrying it in guvels "Boys." saiii lilewitt, "what do you mean by this foolishness? Whero Is that reaper? ' Charley, tho second boy, looked at his father pitvingly and then tupped his foro head and looked over loJohu, who nodded and looked sad "Why. darn it." said Blewitt, "you can never run them bundles through a thresh in' machine " "Threshlu machine." said Charley; "why, you know as well as I do that I shall havo to flail tins wheat out mornings and nights while going to school this winter What alls yon fathort" Blewitt.. as we haul got mad easily, and now be just bopped up and down and said "Flail It out! It must bo threshed ready to ship ou the cars next mouth " "Cars, cars. " said John, 'don't know what ails you, father 01 what you mean. 1 know 1 shall have to team this wheat down to Albany and sell It for what It will bring Here you come out talkln' about reapers and curs and threshin' ma chines, and darned if I don't boliovo you are crazy, so now " Blewitt pinched himself to see If ho was awake uud strode angrily to the houso As ho upprnuched It ho heard a rumbling and roaring liko wind, and he looked Into the kitchen und there was his wife spinning Who-o-o wout tho big wheel and Blewitt bank into a chair and yelled "Now, Maria, what under tho canopy aro you doinY' "Uoin-f" said nls wlfo, "why, splnnln', of course I must get out forty yards of full cloth for you and tho boys, and twenty yards or pressed flannel for mo and tho gals " Blewitt looked down at his legs and saw them incased in full cloth of course tex ture, and tho beat of his trousers he felt reached clear up to his shoulder blades, and the legs wero as wido as two bushel Backs "Well, I'll bedarned," was all ho said. Dreamily ho sauntered out again to the wheat tield, and John hulled him. "Father. If you ain't goin' to help cut the wheat, suppose you yoke tho oxen aud go up to tho woods uud draw u draft or two of logs for wood?" Blewitt was composed, but ho said: "I had Intended to burn coal In tho bitting room aud parlor, and not cut much wood " "Coal, coall" said John, angrily; "now boo hero, father. 1 don't wantuuy mora of this foolish talk- I am goin' to git a doc tor " Ulowltt began to think ho needed ono lilmholf Hnrn lii Imvs had never hour, I of a reaper or a threshing much in o or cars. Ho felt of his full cloth pants and groaned. On tho lounge at tho houso ho laid him eelf down and tried to calmly think things over When tho doctor cunie ho called for a pail aud bared Dluwitt's arm. Ho took out his lance, and then Blowitt groaned again. "I mum take & gallon of blood," said tho doctor, "and then ho will calm down and Iwall right. " "Don't you know bleedln' wu played out fifty yeur Mgu?" eoJd liluwltt, "How (it wander," ald (lit doctor, and uliinuu) In h! lancet, IJlowJtl fulmd . r.s2 be c" to uiiuseiT uo Heard ono or tho girls talking about an artist down In the villuge who took profile pictures with a spindle as natural as life. "What do you want of such blamed pictures as tlmtY" said Blewitt from the ioungo 'Why dou't you go down to Takem's at Albany and got photographs?" "Photographs. ' said the wholo family: "what f unn names ho gets off In Ills crazy fancy Blowtu too weak to argue, and he seemed to Ik- somohow out of sympathy or kuowiedge with all mankind, so he just lay still and u-ulchod the girls get supper. Uo noticed that tho 6roboard was down and it tiro was built In tbe fireploeo A kettle was on Hip hearth and wns covered with llro coals Soon ho saw tho girls take out of the kettle somo nice biscuits and he weakly said "Why don't you use tho cook stove?" "Poor pa." said Ange lina, 'bow ho wanders Cook stove. Wonder what he means?" i Blewitt closed his eyes and thought. Bay ley his now neighbor, was a mau h could trust that Is, In anything hut money matters Uo know Bayloy was badly in debt, but bo was a good follow. Uo would send for him, so ho called his wifo and told her to Bend over for him "Why, you know," said Mrs Blowitt, "Bayloy has been In Jail for doht for th last ten years " "In jail for dobt." said Blowitt, "hero wo aro again 1 havo boon trans planted Iglvo up. but, say, hero Is two cents You send a letter down to brother John and bo will bo up hero in a day or two " "Why. husband, tho mail only goes onco a week, and then ho will bo threo days coming up on tho stago, and further more it will cost a shilling twelve cents to send a letter to Albany " "Say." said Blewitt. "just bury mo, will you? 1 don't belong to this contury. Stago coaches, twelve con tspostago I Tolo graph him. tlienl" "There goes another now word." said his wifo In a solemn voico, and sho wotted a cloth and laid It on his forehead, as sho repeated to hersolf, " 'Telegraph:' what a funny word'" Blowitt was in despair Could it bo that all tho common things of life wore to him a dream? Had be ever ridden on tho cars? Did ho over own a mowing miichino? Was thoro ever a telegraph jioio in front of his house? Ho turned his eye aud looked out. He only saw the tall post and long polo of tho well sweep Along tho other sldo of the road nut a dense forest Uo was williug to sweat that ho had onco owned a nice meadow whero that wood was. Backed up agaiu.st tho log fenco was an ox cart with a neap as largo as a young liberty polo Down collar bo could hear the bunging of an old fashionod churn. He looked up the road to the east and saw the rmd was lull of great hemlock ami pino stumps and over It tho doctor was coming on horseback, with saddlo bags betore him Blowitt was a man of determination, and ho arose from the Ioungo and went to thedoor to consult with his wlfo 'Maria,' said he? "thoro has boon enough of this foolishness You staro at everything I talk about, aud 1 can't locato myself, or seem to lay In with my sur roundings Now will you just answer mo ono question?" Certainly I will If I understand It," said sho "Well then, who Is president of tlicso 'ere United States?" "Why. John Adams, of courso." sho said Blowitt sank down and whispered "Then you never heard of Cleveland Bwingin round tho circle?" "No. never." bho answered, "Then all right Shoot mo or put mo In a bag and luv mo away up garrot. I havo got through. " wild Blowitt, and he went hack to tbe lounge aud fell asleep. When ho awnke it was Sunday morn ing, and tho whole family wero stirring around, getting ready for meeting His wlfo. of whom bo was somowhat proud, had put on a dress with a waist about nine Inches long aud a skirt 6o tight sho could hardly walk, and on her head such 'a bouuotl It mado lilewitt bold Ills j breath, but ho bad got through talking. The boys had on suits of full cloth and ' shirt collars soven Inches wldo Blowitt ! smiled, but said nothing At last Mrs. Blewitt came to him and asked him if ho ' was going to chinch, ' "Certainly certainly," said ho, "any thing to acrommodato. Toll ono of tho boys to hitch a horbo on to tho top car riage " j "Top carriage! Thoro you go again." "Well, then," roared Blowitt, "hitch on to tho stone boat, hitch on to tho ox , cart, hitch on to anything Uavo it your own way " J "Why. wo will go on horseback you on tho saddle, I on tho pillion behind," said the wifo I "All right," sold Blowitt, and away ' they went i lilewitt mado somo odverso remarks about the singing at tho church, which was led by a deacon with a fiddlo. Tho sermou was too long too It lasted two . hours On his way homo from church his wife appeared to bo In fear of something 1 and urged him to hurry up IIo asked her wliat uUcd her, and sho told 1dm in a ' trembling voico that his queer talk had ' madu the minister think him bowltched, , and sho feared ho would bo burned or , drowned "What kind of a country is this, any howr" asked Blowitt I Then Mrs Blewitt reminded him that l in New F-nglaud boveral had thus died, and that everybody believed In it and tho church was death ou witchcraft, "Then I guess wo had better light out I from hero, taid Blowitt, as ho clapped spurs to his horso t Away they went, rattlo-to bang, over ! stumps aud logs and stonos, and thcro was ' a ruttlo aud roar behind and ho knew tlioy i wore after him. They camo to a log 1 bridge over a brook, and they struck It bo I hard that down It went, Blowitt and I horse and wlfo, and with a yoll of despair I ho awoke yes, uwoko, for the chair nad tlppod loo far back, aud ho was lu a heap I ou tho floor, with Ida head In a pan of I apples and hit feet hi Mrs. Illewitt'B work basket. Ho heard tho rattling '0t, and ho looked out of tho window to ducover Its Kourco. and taw that tho hoys had started tho reaper In tho Held of wheat, Ono of tho trirlM had just driven Into the yard with m loucurrbico. and was Juit tfckUu? out bis dally mall, and Imrt ottered film a telegraph dispatch about his hops. His wifo was putting in a tenor to tho rackot with a sewing machine in tho front room, anil tlie hired girl was blacking tho cook ing rango With a pleased smllo Blowitt sauntered out to tho wheat field, and, as tho reaper stopped, ho said "Darn tho good old times I These 'ero times is good enough for mo " "What's that, father?" 6ald John. "I thought you was In favor of tho real, honest, reliable, good old fashiouod times of a hundred years ago?" "Never you mind, John," 8ald tho smil ing father "You can go down and buy that Thompson colt you'vo been wantln , and lot Charley havo your sldobar buggy; and say. If the wheat ain't takln'no hurt you may go down to Baruum's circus to morrow and cut tho wheat noxt day." Ho looked down at his diagonal pants and white Marseilles vest, anil muttered as ho went to tho houso "Darn tho good old timest These 'ero times will dow fur mol" Prof (lougo lu Albany Journal. Tho Ocean's I'loor. Ilcro is nn o.id of nil romnnoe nbout hidden ocean depths. Tho whole ocenn is now mapped out for us. Tho report of tho expedition sent out from London for tho ptuposo of ocean surveys has been published. Nearly four years wero given to tho examination of cur rents and the lloors of the four great oceans. The Atlantic, wo nro told, if drained, would be n vast plain, with a mountain range in tho middlo running parallel with our coast Another range crosses it from Newfoundland to Ire land, on the top of which lies tho sub marine cablo. Tho ocean Is thus di vided into threo great basins, no longer "tinmthomed depths." Tho tops of theso sea mountains nro two miles b low a sidling ship, and tho basins, no cording to Reeltis, almost Uvo miles. These mountains nro whitened for thousands of miles by n tiny creamy species of shell lying as thickly on their sides as frost crystals on a snow bank. The deepest parts nro red in color, heaped with volcanic masses. Through tho black motionless waters of theso abysses movo gigantic nbnonnal creat ures tiover seen in upper currents. There is an old legend coming down to us from tho llrst ages of tho world on which theso scientific deep sea soundings cust a curious light Plato and Solon record tho tradition, ancient in their days, of n country in tho west ern seas whero nourished tho first civili zation of mankind, which by volcanic action was submerged and lost Tlio siimo story is told by tho Central Amer icans, who still colobrnto in tho fast of Izualli tho frightful cataclysm which destroyed a continent loaded with pop ulous cities. Dr. Uourbourg and other eminent nrehieologists ascrt that tills lost continent extended from tlio coast of Africa to near tlio West Indies. Tho shapo of a plateau discovered in sur veying the ocean's floor corresponds with tliis theory exactly. Wo may yet llnd tho lost Atlantis. St Louis Re public. Ileudy AVIt or One Girl. Tlio White Sulphur girl lias n reputa tion the southland over for ntidacious wit. An old beau, who know tho place when tho fnmous Mattio Ould, of Rich mond, sustained her bollcship hero through soverul seasons, sidd tlio Whito Sulphur girl was as bright and start ling of speech as over sho was. Then ho told a story of a fair maiden who is enjoying her first season out of seliool. IIo identified her an tho daughter of an ox-congressman. Tho father had given a dinner in honor of tho daughter. Ho was very proud of her. IIo looked upon her somowliat nnxiously to seo how sho would sustain hersolf among his old friends. "Tho dinner was nearly over," said tho old beau. 4,Wo wero getting ready to mako somo en couraging and congratulatory remarks about tlio debutante as wo wero called on. In the lull tho young lady arose, aud raising her gloss said sho would like to proposo a toast Of courso wo all applauded. Then thbi girl, fresh from school, heart and fanoy frco, said, '1 propose tiuit wo drink to my father's future son-in-law,'" "What did tlio old man do?" somo ono asked. "Do?" repeated tho old bean. "Ho tried to catch his breatli. Wo woro all paralyzed." Cor. St Louis Globe Democrat. About Thunder Clouds. Among tho curliest symptoms of the approach of a thunder storm Is tho ap pearanco on tho western horizon of a lino of cumulus ("wool pock") clouds, oxhibiting a peculiar ttirreted structure. I say on tho western horizon, for most of our changes of weather como from that quarter, and it has been proved that thunder storms, liko wind storms, ad- vanco over tho country geuerally from some westerly point Tills bank of clouds moves on, and over it appear first stream ers und then sheets of lighter upper clouds (cirrus, or "mare's tail") which spread over tlio sky with oxtreraa rapid ity. Tho heavy cloud mass como up under this film, and it in a funeral oIh twrvation that uo eloctrio explosion or downfall of rain over takes place from a cloud unless streamers of cirrua emanat ing from its npiier eurfacu aro vialbia when tlio cloud la looked at sJilway f row a dUttmeo, New Orlwum ricyniw. i:iiHluml' Aliomltinblo I'.iiKllftli. Tho common peoplo in England speak all sorts of dialectic abomina tions, but with thooxcoption of porlinps one man in 10,000 they do not spenk anything that bears any respcctnblo re lation to written English. Tho English drawling burr is quite as iminteltlgiblo and not half so musical as that broguo of tho Irish which tho English aro sa fond of ridiculing. It is, on tho whole, nearly as easy for nn American to under stand u French porter as an English one, and if tho Frenchman pretends to spenk English ho speaks it a hundred times better than tho Londoner does. When it conies to proper names, names of streets, or anything which cannot bo guessed from tho context, tho averago Londoner is as utterly unintelligible to tho oar untrained to the monstrosities of his pronunciation ns if ho spoko Choctaw. Uisa thousand pities that tho English cannot bo taught to speak tho American language, which is a hundredfold inoro clear, nioro classic, mom elegant and more consistent than tho tongue spoken in England. Chi cago Tribuno. Tli ii Umi of lliilr ToiTtlor. Tho rise and fall of hair powder Is ono of tho most interesting things In. tlio chronicles of fitshion. In 1014 soma ballad singers at tho fair Or St. Ger maino powdered their hidr in order to produce an eccentric figure. This ia supposed to bo tho origin of tho cus tom, but so slowly did it spread that a contury later, during tho reign ot Georgo I, two ladies who powdered thoir hair wero laughed at, and at tho coronation of Georgo III thoro woro only two hair dressers in London. But in 1795 so universal had It bo como that tho annual amount of flour used for hair powdor was valued at 1,250,000, or moro than SG.L'flO.OOO,, and tho numbor of persons wearing it. wero estimated at 200,000. Think of tho loaves of bread this Hour which, went to servo a caprico of fashiou would havo mado? After this tho fashion dwindled, until in 1803 the amount of Hour used for powder had' sunk to tho valuo of nbout $200,000. Cloak and Suit Roviow. A Victim ot Over Indulgence. Lady Chatham's dog sulTored from over foodlng. and becamo so violoutly ill that Its llfo was In danger. Sho sought ear nestly for a doctor for hor favorite, and. at length heard that tho blacksmith of tho villago had said ho could euro it. Tho, smith was sent for, and undortook to curat tlio pot if ho could bo allowed to keep Itil for threo weeks. My lady pleaded that sho might bo por-l mltted to visit her favorite two or threat times a wcok, but this was stoadily re fused, and tho man was at length allowed! to depart with tho patient. For tho noxt tnreo wecits mucn amuse ment was afforded In tho smithy by tho sight of Lady Chatham's fat poodlo tied undor tho bellows In such a position that It nantcd with tho oxertlon of irottlnpr up whenever tho bellows was used. Tho smith's boy also drovo tho creaturo round tho orchard" threo times a day, tied with a, string. This reduced tho fat of tho pam pered animal, wiiilo a slmplo dlot of bread and milk restored tho tone of its digestive organs, At tho end of threo weeks th smith roturned tho dog fully recruited and received a handsome roward. Rev. William Quokott's "Sayings and Doings." Alplioimu Duiidot's Youthful Iloauty. When 1 first saw AlplionsoDaudotha was as beautiful as a woman. Long almond shaped dark eyes of a soft yet brilliant brown, delicately cut features,, long brown, glossy locks falling upon his shoulders and a complexion as pure ly and transparently wlilto and pink as that of a girl of 10, went to mako up an onsemble that was singularly and strikingly attractlvo. When Baudot in Ills youth was en gaged to become the secretary of tha Duke do Moiry ho was surprised at being received at his first Interviuw witli his omployer with a marked de gree of coldness and an abrupt Intima tion that ho might rotiro. Tho Duka afterward confessed laughingly that on beholding tho softoyod, blooming, long haired youth ho fancied that somo one was playing a trick on hlin, and had substituted a pretty girl to represent his new secretary. But tho passago ot years as well as Daudot's intenso sutler ings from rhoumntisiu havo deprived, him of tlio delicate bloom and feminine charm of his early years. Lucy Hooper In St, Louis Post-Dispatch. Two of Them. Tom -You look worn out, old follow. Tlio ponnlty of popularity, 1 suppose! Popular Young M. D. (wearily) Yes, I attended two small but livoly germane lost night Tom Too much for ono night P. Y. M. D.Ratlier. At the sawa houso, too. Tom Heavens I How odd I V. Y. M. I). Not at all, My worthy patron, Schimmelhopfer, became the father of twins last ulglit Pittfburjf Uulletin. lluliy' Look. Fond Mother Who do you tliink tta baby looks like? Fond Uncltt-Well, if I were rial I wippow It would look Jmrt Jlku I1M, bMt as 1 am trujflillntf iuyjr 1 mpftttMt.H looks iiiut m ou tlw other 44 m