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tral in nothing; dnvoted to every
cause it believes to be right .1
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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.
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VOL. VII.
UNION, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1891.
NO. 3G
The Oregon Scout
AnlnrtriKm cat weekly Jouma', Issued ever Thursday
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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