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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1891)
HOW MANY WORDS IN ENGLISH. Estimate of Different Authorities and a Comparison if Dietlonurles. An interesting question suggested by an ancient waif of a book is the number of English words now existing. Con siderable difference of opinion exists on this point. Mr. George P. Marsh, an American author of repute, in his "Lec tures on the English Language," esti mates that the number (in 1801) "prob ably does not fall short of 100,000;" and large additions, esju-cially in art and sci ence, have come into use since that date. Other writers, however, come to a differ ent conclusion, and think that 40, (.1)0 would include the whole. It depends a good deal on how calculations are made. If all the subsidiary words participles and the like are to be taken into ac count, it will swell the eum total very considerably. Taking the first three words that oc cur at random, we find that from "dem onstrate," in one of our modern diction aries, ' there are thirteen derivatives: from the word " bright " there are twelve, anil lro-n "deplore" there are ten. There is also redundance in other forms. In one of Todd's editions of Dr. Johnson there are upward of eightj words with the prefix "all" all-complying, all-divining, all-drowsy, and so on a very notable instance of dictionary padding. In ways like these the vocab ulary may be indefinitely increased. Probably if we take leading words and all their derivatives, the number at the present time will exceed Mr. Marsh's es timate. An approximate verification of Uiis may be found by multiplying the number of pages in any good modern dictionary by the average number of words in a page. Shakespeare's works, it is believed, in clude about 15,000 separate words, and Milton's about 8.000: but from these fig ures we have no criterion of tho extent of the actual English vocabulary. It may be mentioned here that while Cockeram has only about 7,000 or 8,000 words, there are in Bailey's Dictionary approx imately about oO.OOO, and in Johnson's not more than that. In somo of tho larger modern works, again, tho figures, as has been said, reach to upward of 100,000. In Dr. Johnson's vocabulary many technical and scientific terms were omit ted, and in his original prefaco ho ex cuses himself in a very naive and char acteristic fashion. "1 could not," ho says, "visit caverns to learn tho miner's lan guage, nor take a"voyago to perfect my skill in tho dialect of navigation, nor visit the warehouses of merchants and the shops of artificers to gain the names of wares, tools and operations of which no mentiou is found in books. An ad verso critic might be inclined to ask: Why not? But, all the same, it will be readily conceded that ho did a great work according to his lights. Tho science of philology has been revolutionized since his day, but his labors largely contrib uted to the earlier stages of its progress. Chambers' Journal. Kx-Gornrnors of IVmuy I vim In. Ex-Governor Pollock was the oldest ex-governor of the state alike in years and in service. lie was elected in 1851. and was succeeded by William F. Packer, of Lycoming, who died years ago. Packer and Pollock each served only one term, and Packer was succeeded by An drew G. Curtin in ltfUl, who served two terms, and who is yet living, and now tho oldest ex-gdvernor in both years and service. Curtin was succeeded by John W. Geary in 1S07. who svrved two terms, and died soon aftei I is retirement. Geary was succeeded i y John F. Ilart ranft, who served two terms, and who died in 18S0. Henry M. Hoyt succeeded Hartranft in 1870. the first under tho pro vision of the new constitution that made tho term four years, and made tho govern or ineligible for re-election toimmediato ly succeed himself. Governor Uoytisstill living, and one of our active members of tho bar. Governor Pattison succeeded Hoyt, and is now at the head of an im portant financial institution in this city. Tho death of Pollock leaves only three ex-governors of Pennsylvania among the living, Messrs. Curtin. Hoyt and Patti son. Curtin's election goes back to 1800, Hoyt's to 1878, and Pattison's to 1882. Philadelphia Times. Wonderful Surgery. At the surgical congress at Berlin Pro fessor Gluck, of Berlin, gave an exhibi tion showing a most valuable advance iu surgery namely, tho successful sub stitution of catgut, ivory and bono freed from chalk for defects in bones, muscles and nerve sinews. Tho juices of tho body are sucked up in tho inserted ma terial, thereby establishing tho junction of tho separated ends, without any short ening of tho part. Ho presented tho cases of patients in whom there had been an insertion of from six to ten centi metres of catgut to supply defects in the leaders of tho hands, to which complete mobility had been restored. This case had previously been impossible. In tho case of another patient Professor Gluck removed a tumor from the thigh, caus ing a considerable defect in tho bone. Ho inserted ivory, and no shortening en sned. In another case ho removed a large piece of nervo in tho groin and in serted catgut, and tho functions re mained completely satisfactory. Those are considered wonderful achievements. Pall Mall Gazotte. A IT.eful Cement. The following mixturo has been nsed with tho greatest jiossible success for the cementing of iron railing tops, iron gratings to stoves, otc; in fact, with such effect as to resist tho blows of a sledge hammer. This mixture is composed of equal parts of sulphur and white lead, with about one-sixth proportion of borax, the three being thoroughly incorporated togother, so jus to form ono homogeneous mass. When the application is to lw made of this composition it is wot with fctrong sulphuric acid. and a thinlayerofit is placed between tho two piecos of iron, thoso being at once pressed together. In flvo days it will be jwfectly dry, all traces of the cement having vanished, and tho work Imvitiu every apiwiranca of welding. H.dl'a Journal of Health. NOVELTY IN EARNEST. A CO-OPERATIVE BOARDING HOUSE IN DECATUR, ILLS. Members Avolil the Troubles of Cooking uutl Llvo Well at u Cost of S'J.73 V.acU l'or Week Short History of "Th Uoby." Sit nut Girl Question Settled. At Decatur. Ills., public interest is centered on "The Roby." This pretty little city has electric street railways, six newspapers, a dozen line churches, a metropolitan air. clean streets, good wa ter and the servant girl question. But all these "ain't nothin'," as a small boy remarked iu my pn.--.enee when these ad vantages were being enumerated. "We've got something Chicago ain't got It's u Bellamy boarding house." This is the history of the experiment: Miss Fanny Fuller and her mother boarded at Tlie Hoby with Mrs. Guyton. It was tho swell boarding house of Deca tur The Misses Witherspoon, two handsome young ladies, also boarded there. Mrs. Guyton never had trouble with her servant girls. Why? Because the work was systematized. One did the cooking and laundry work, another the second work. One had the table to wait on and the dining room to care for. When their work was done the girls went where they pleased. This set Miss Fanny Fuller to think ing. One day she read "Looking Back ward." and proceeded to look forward. Where others read and marveled and criticised, she read and adapted. One morning she came into Mrs. Guyton's room with an idea. She read the chap ter from Bellamy's book on the public dining room. "Why can't we do it?" she asked. "We can," said Mrs. Guyton decidedly. Miss Fuller put on her smart jacket and hat and called on the ladies of hor acquaintance with her idea. Everybody was charmed. The gentlemen forgot impatience and listened. A few weeks later a meeting was held in Mrs. Guyton's parlors. After n num ber of whereases it Wiis resolved to es tablish: I A co-ope rati to association for tht beueflt of all Its members a. No debts shall be contracted S. A president, secretary aud treasurer shall b elected from anions tho members. 4. A superin emlent shall tw appointed to ct as the purelm-sing agent of tho club, vouchers to be delivered to the treasurer 5 Members shall aj' Si.Tft a week board to the treasurer: children under 10 half price. 0. Tim superintendent is to have entire oliarge of the dining room, kitcheti and servants, under the direction of it I ward of managers. It was ugreed by till present to sign tho constitution, these being the charter members. Applicants for membership should have their names posted in tho dining room three days before admis sion, and no one was to bo received if a serious objection wero raised by any ono member. Mi's. Guyton's basement was rented, including a large dining room, kitchen and pantries, a manager installed, two cooks and three waiter girls hired, aud the co-operative club, after paying a membership fee of and one week's board in advance, sat down to their first meal at The Roby. Mrs. Guyton gave tip keeping boarders, aud bIio and all her guests fell into the new order of things. There is no doubt about Mrs. Guyton's enthusiasm. She met me and began an other book of her epic. "We have fifty-four members men, women and children all of the upper crust aristocracy who are used to living well, and they wouldn't put up with anything but the best. We get that for $2.75 a week a head; half prico for children." 'What do you have to eat?" 'Everything in season. Stay to sup per and find out. Now wo get every thing down to minimum cost by having each family bring its own linen and silver and fancy dishes. Wo have a common stock of decorated china. The club rents my basement, including the range. Expenses are like this: Kent (at S'i'wi month) $ C 00 Manager's salary 10 00 Head cook 6 00 Second cook 4 00 Three waiters nt S2.M 7 f0 I'er week 'The income is from: (3-J SO fifty-two grown people, at 8 1.73.. .$142 00 . 1 40 One child, half pay $143 40 "This is something like what the club eats: nHFARFAHT Fruit; cereal food of soma klud; two kinds of meat; egirs, jwtatoes, biscuit, griddle cakes or rolls, toast, tea nnd colTee DINNER. Soup, relish, or salad: one kind of fish and tiro kinds of meal; three vegetables; pie or pudding, fruit, coffee, tea. cbocohv e, or milk. SUI'PCIl. Cold meat; baked or cream potatoes; salad; hot rolls, cakes, or muffins; fruit or dessert; coffee, tea. chocolate or milk "That is about as good as anybody lives." remarked Miss Fuller. "It is all dainty and well cooked and nicely served." I went down into tho dining room, n large, cool apartment in tho basoment. Eight or nine tables were covered with snowy linen. Napkins in rings, silver and china were on tho table. They all expressed themselves as being charmed with the experiment, and did not fear the pessimistic prophecies con cerning its destruction. The books show that the bills are being paid up every week out of the allowance. It is a suc cess, financially ami socially, so far, and 1 can recommend the table. If you should ever go to Decatur I ad vise you to get a room wmiewhoro and tako your meals at The Roby, in tho co operative boardiug house. Guests are charged twenty-five cents a meal. By this means you will fare better for loss money, meet the cream of Decatur soci ety and see the practical working of a part of Bellamy' dream. You will be converted to the idea of co-operative ouieinaa and go home to spread the now gosjiel. Cooks will be abolished from dwelling houses aud housekeepers eman cipated. Tim wrvnut girl question will be solved. CUlcugo Tribune, Hawthorne Time. High In the tops of blossoming tree t hear the 1mm of honey bcea; A faint, sneet odor loa is the breeze: Tis haw thouie time. Tit hawthorno time. Woodpeckers drum far up the hUl; The robin's song sounds cheery still J But sadly moans the w hipioorw 111: Tls lmwthorae time, 'Tis ban thorne time. What though the birds sing day by dayf Jly Iwart grows sad iu sunny May, For one I loed went far away I ti haw thorne time. In h.v thorne time. Though bees may hum and robins trill. Though faint, sweet scent the breezes till, I always hear the whippoornill In ban thorne time. In bawtli.inie time. Maria H. II. Ilazeu iu Uood Housekeeping. A (Jrrat Duneer Dead. The announcement of the death of Mine. Van Gobbelschroy, at tho age of 1 91, has almost entirely escaped notice, i Yet seventy years ago, as Mario Lesueur. she was one of the most famous dancers of tho generation. The great David took her for his model in "Mars Disarmed by Venus:" and after a most successful ca reer on the stago she captivated and mar 1 ried M. Van Gobbelschroy, tho once well 1 known Dutch minister of tho interior. I A volume might be made up of tho odes I addressed to Marie Lesueur between her i debut asRosino in 1811) and her marriage somo ten years later. She danced at the ! inauguration of the Monnaie theatre the year before George III died. Her hus band was ruined by a financial siecula I tion and committed suicide in her pres i encs. To the last she enjoyed a small pension from the royal bounty, but the ; ancestral castle of the ex-minister passed , into the hands of M. Malon, tho toli- tician. London World. Oswego mill Owego. No ono but a person connected with the Oswego postollice can have tho least conception of tho extent of tho confusion growing out of tho similarity of the names Oswego and Owego. Tho post master in Oswego directed that n count of tho letters designed for tho village of Owego sent to the postofiico in this city be kept for one week. Tho number by actual count was 481. Let our Owego friends apply for a city charter and call the place the city of "Auwaga." "An waga" was the Indian name of the place. It contains the "Auwaga house," tho "Auwaga bank," etc. It seems to lo a namo they are proud of, and it is a euphonious and pretty name, andiswlmt tho village or city should bo called. If the- object to the change, why let them continue to receive their business letters via Oswego, averaging ,r00 weokly, from twenty-four to forty-eight hour behind time. Oswego Times. Kugllsh Itukerles. Tho result of tho inquiries recently made as to the sanitary arrangements connected with the trade of baking is anything but reassuring. Bakeries are said to exist in Manchester where the cleanliness which should obtain in tho preparation of food is impossible. Somo of tho bakers complain that tho ma chinery now used takes "tho flavor out of the bread." They prefer tho old method of "dancing on the dough." The Lancet commissioner naturally expressed a hope that "tho men washed their feet," and was cheerfully assured that they did after the bread was made, as otherwise they could not put their loots on again. It is desirable that the city authorities should deal with this matter immediately, and see that the staff of life is supplied to the peoplo un der somewhat better conditions than at present. London Cjuccu. Keeovery Comes Too I.ato. Several years ago tho residenco of Cora Pearl in Pari" wa.- entered by thieves and robbed of sjsliJO.UUO. One of tho robbers was captured and condemned to five years' imprisonment, but the property was not then recovered. On his liberation from prison lately he endeavored to raise a sum from a hanker, with which ho might go to Germany and redeem tho stolen property. rl iiat had been deposited in a German bank. The banker's suspicions wero excited and tho man was arrested, and has revealed tho name of his accom plice. Tho great sum may bo recovered, but too late to be of any valuo to Cora Pearl, who died in destitution, after hav ing vainly endeavored to make a little money by publishing her memoirs. Pa ris Letter. Klertrlclty for AniiiHOiuunt. An electric roundabout has been con structed by a French company and fitted up in a public place of amusement in Nice. Here tho electricity which is used Cor arc and incandescent lighting is also employed in tho transmission of force to tho roundabout or race courso. Tho ponies are of life size, and each contains a motor, current being supplied by tho rails. Tho weight to bo drawn, includ ing tho rider, is about r00 pounds, and tho speed attained is about 000 feet jer minute. Tho track comprises six circu lar and concentric Hues, on each of which runs an electric pony. Paris Let ter. A remarkable trout died recently noar Kelso, Scotland. Its dead body was found in a covered well only a few feet in depth. Tho tradition is that, some thirty-two years ago, this fish was taken from tho Tweed, placed in the well aud lived there until its death. Its body was eleven inches in length and very much emaciated, weighing only six ounces. Baron Ferdinand Swift, tho proselyt izing atheist who died in Venice a short time ago at the age of CO, climbed the Campanile of St. Mark on horseback, paddled from Venice to Trieste in a ca noe, jumped over ranks of drilling bol diers on a hunter and rowed down the Grand canal from the bare back of a horse standing on a barrel. The Rev. John Prince, a Methodist clergymau, aged 80. aud Mrs. Cynthia Wood, aged (A, were married recently in Montreal. They were lovers in child hood, ami would have been married sixty ywira ugu hut thir parents pro vouted the inutHi Love Hugers a lung while in the luiiiMii heart. DRAGONS. Some Pretty ltlg Ynms Ahnnt fllrantle Mounters Thai Once Ktlstetl. The dragon is frequently mentioned by ancient nnturalists as well as by scriptural writers and dreamers. Aris totle tells us that dragons 70 cubita in length wero often met with in tho vicin ity of tho Ganges. Reducing tho cubit to feet, according to our mode of reck oning length, we find that tbeso Im mense serpents were yards iu length. Alexander the Groat and his army on countered one in n cave that measured , 105 feet in length. An ancient work on serpents says: Three kinds of dragons wero former ly recognized in India. First, those of the hills and mountains; second, those of the valleys and eaves; third, those 1 of the marshes and lens. The first is the largest and is covered with scales as resplendent as burnished gold. They have a kind of beard hanging from their lower jaw. their aspect is fright ful and their cry terrible, being a loud, hissing wail. They have crests of bright yellow, and protuberances on their heads which are tho color of a burning coal. Thoso of tho Hat coun try niv of the color of silver; they fre quent tho rivers, to which tho former never come. Thoso of themarshes are black, slow of motion and have no crests. St moo says tho painting of ser pents with wings is contrary to truth, but other naturalists and travelers utllrin that some species are winged. There is much confusion on this point. Some havo mistaken tho hood of the naja for wings; others havo con founded the innocent dragon lizard with Hying serpents and report, as Pliny does, that their bito is venomous, which is not true. At Batavia, Java, a serpent was onco killed and the wholo body of a negro woman and tho carcass of a largo stag found in its stomach. Legual says: "There are many serionts on tho island of Java that measure more than fifty feet in length. At Batavia they still keep the skin of ono which, though but twenty feet in length, is said to havo swallowed a young woman whole." St. Jeroino says that all immense sor pent.s are called boius, because thoy can swallow whole boves (beeves), and lay utter waste to wholo provinces. Bos nian says that three entire negroes wore found in the gullet of an iminenso ser pent killed on the gold coast of Africa. Rut Pliny caps the climax when ho tells of the serpont which opposed tho Ro man army, under Regulus, at tho river of Bagradiu Afriea. It devoured sev eral of the soldiers; its scales wero so hard that they turned spears and darts. At length it was besieged by all tho military engines that would bo employ ed iu attacking a fortified city. When killed the skin of tho monster was sent to Rome asu trophy to bo preserved in one of the temples. After drying sev eral days in tins hot climate of Africa it was sent to tho Imperial City and was oven then found to bo over 120 foot in length. St. Louis Republic. Your Own Price on the Cigar. Stranger (to a Bowery vender of cig nrettes, tobacco and cigars, whoso whole stock in trade of cigars consisted of two partially filled boxes) Hnvo you any ten cent cigars? Vender reaches toward box number one. "Er, have you any live confers?" Vender reaches toward box number two. "Oh, I sav, havo you any two for fives?" Vender reaches toward box number ono. "Never mind; 1 guess I will go down hero to a friend of inino nnd get some threo for fives."' Vendor detains him with ono hand, reaches toward box number two with tho other, and exclaims, "Hero aro some." New York Tribune. A New Umi for Tripe. That most succulent and refreshing Tiand, tripe, so littlo known on the table of tho upper ten thousand that more than ono young lady of fashion lias been known to confess that she always supposed it to bo a variety of fish eaten chiefly by tho poor, has been put to a new use. Some ingenious per son, during tho period when it was pro posed to put a duty on hides, experi mented with tripe as raw material, and succeeded in producing a very unique article of leather, In which tho honey comb effect is admirably though unob trusively preserved. Trio thus tanned is soft and yielding, yet strong and durable, and especially fitted for tho mnnufucturo of slippers and other light footwear. Boston Post Curious IlfTerU of I'olnons. Tho animal body can bo played upon as if it wero a machine. Tho strokes of tho central pump, tho heart, can bo slowed or quickened; tho vital heat lowered or increased j tho pupil of tho oyo oxpaw I or contracted ; tho limbs paralyzed or convulsed; tho blood sent to tho surface or withdrawn to tho in terior; even tho natural hue and color of tho body can bo changed by the subtlo action of various poisons taken into tho system. I lull's Journal. I'rollt In High I'rlred Dinners. Tho Hoffman house chef in a moment of professional iuadvertanco admitted to an acquaintance that it is woll nigh impossible to o.xpond more than $1 a plate upon tho food of a public dinner; so flint the luunl ill served $10 dinnor, with wine, mind bo highly profitable to tho caterer, while Dolmonlco's $5 din ner, without wine, undoubtedly yields a high ixircontago of profit. Now York Sun. They Stole a 1'i-rstimnn. A dispatch from Ann Arbor, Mich., says: The city is thoroughly excited over an abduction that took place last night. Frank .1. Evans is president of the freshman class and toast master at , the clas-s banquet which took place to- night. Last night he was missed from ; his accustomed haunts, and inquiry de- veloped the fact that five men had seized I him on the street and hustled him into a ! hack, driving rapidly away. Meetings i were called, and searching parties were organized aud sent in every direction. One party traced him to Moorclaud, six teen miles from Ann Arbor, where, with the marshal and police force of Saline, they found tho party lodged in a hotel. They formed a cordon about tho house and demanded his release. The party refused, and the Salino marshal threat ened to charge the hotel with his jKirty, numbering thirty-two men. Then Evans was given up. It was found that the ab ductors were five sophomores, who had run away with Evans in the hoR of breaking up the freshmen event. When they reached Moorclaud with Evans they had put him to bed and hid his clothing. It was 4 o'clock this morning before the party having Uim in charge returned to the university, and some of the boys did not get in until noon. A crowd of twenty freshmen have acted as his body guard all day, and tho banquet came off to-night as advertised. The faculty will take action, as tho tho ab ductors are all known. l:lectrle Itiilluujs tn ltussiii. We have long been accustomed to as sociate any new development of electric traction with America, but a scheme is on foot in St. Petersburg which, if car ried out, will certainly leave America far in tho rear. It is promised to have a railway entirely worked by electricity, connecting St. Petersburg with Arch angel, and spanning a wide stretch of country between the Baltic and the White sea. Tho project is said to be backed by Archangel interests, and the name of Siemens it Co. is connected with tho enterprise. Tho plan is to furnish the current from a series of generating stations distributed along tho line. The distance is something over f00 miles, and the estimated cost a little over I'll, 000 per mile, including rolling Stock. The scheme is certainly a daring ono, and, while it may never reach accomplish ment, its further progress will bouwnitod with interest by tho advocates of electric traction in England, London Times. ICulner WIUieliu'R Mother. Tho Empress Frederick is touched by suffering and takes much interest in charitable enterprises. She was present recently at tho great meeting of the com mittee of tho society for sending the weak and sick children of tho poor of Berlin for chaugo of air to tho country, tho seaside and various health resorts a society which was called into existonco ten years ago at the suggestion of the then crown prince and princess, and which last summer was able to give some weeks of fresh air and healing baths and waters to more than 12,000 poor little city children. Eight boys and eight girls, who havo benefited by the society, wero allowed to hand bunches of violets to the Empress Fred erick, aud as she took them she was heard to say: "Ah, if 1 could only take them to bun! Ho was always so fond of violets." Exchange. A Strange Monster. Two Mexican fishermen killed an ugly and vicious anolis of the lizard species the other day on Padre Island, but not until a hard battle had been fought. It measured four feet long and thirteen inches in circumference, with claws equal to a tiger's. It contained twenty- four eggs. This monster is a native of tho West India islands and the first ever seen here. During the combat tho ano lis several times changed its color from green to brown and vice versa, a pecu liarity of its tribe. Many theories are advanced as to how it reached the island. Tho most plausible is that it c;une in one of tho huge mahogany logs from foreign lands that are frequently washed ushoro, Cor. Kansas City Journal. His Speech Cunio lluok. Fred Couch, who Buffered an accident in Ansonia, Conn., whereby ho lost all power of speech, has as mysteriously gained it again. He was riding on the cars to Great Barrington, Mass., with his wife and child, when ho felt a pecu liar itching in his throat. As the train neared Great Barrington Couch looked out the window, and, turning towards his wife, exclaimed: "Mother used to go by that road!" Theso wero tho first words he hail spoken since tho accident. Ho continues to improve. Philadelphia Ledger. An Old Miiii'm Heroic Conduct. Robert Ni'atts, who died at Felixstowe, deserves a word of praise for his heroic conduct, which hastened his end. He was 76 years of age, and had lived at the Felixstowe furry all his life. On Easter Tuesday signs of distress were shown by a vessel on the Skipwash Sands, twelve miles out at sea. A boat was manned, and Watts went with the crow, but they wero out for over ten hours iu tho cold winds of a very bitter day, and next day tho old man was found dead, the cold and exposure being more than ho could Btand. Pall Mall Gazette. A plague of frogs Is reported from Northampton. The frogs aud their spawn choked up the water pijies, actu ally cutting oil' the supply to some houses. People had been drinking thu water unflltered, aud the reservoirs will have to be emptied to remove the frogs and cleanse tho pipes. A shower of worms, it is reported, fell noar San Andreas station, iu Santa Cruz county, Cul last week. Tho worms re sembled the grub, were white in color and had red eyiw. They wero u new sjxjdes to the residents. Slg. Campanlni hau had n tumor le moved from his throat, and ho has strong hopes that the surgeon's kiiif has ru btorcd his long lot high C. What n .Moslem Hellere. Every Moslem believes devoutly In personal God, in an overruling Provi dence, in tho mission and miracles of Christ, whom they designate as tho Mes siah, in the duty of prayer, and tho Im mortality of tho soul, in a future state of rewards nnd punishments, and in tho in spiration of the Bible. An educated Moslem, if asked why he does not be come n Christian, may not improbably reply that, according to his own inter pretation of the New Testament, ho is one already. Thus, in a letter recently received from one of my friends, ho styles himself "a Moslem and a Chris tian at the same time." Though a most pious and sincere .ilo hammedau. he claims to be one of thoso "who profess and call themselves Chris tians," for whom we pray every Sunday that they may be led into tho way of truth. They held that Islam was the lat est revelation, perfecting the Christian revelation, just as Christianity supple mented the revelation given to tho Jews. Mohammed may lo considered as a re former of Christianity; like Luther ho denounced certain superstitions that had grown up. The Koran says that God gave the Ciospel to Jesus to proclaim, and that Ho put kindness nnd compassion into tho hearts of those that followed Him; but "as for the monastic life, they invented it themselves." "In the time of Mo hammed," says ono of my friends, "Christianity bad lccomo corrupt, aa many of your own writers admit, and it was theso corruptions that it was Mo hammed's mission to reform. We reject tho corruptions of Christianity. But wo claim to haven final revelation, predicted by your own prophets, just ns tho com ing of the Messiah was foretold to tho Jews, who nevertheless blindly rejected him as you reject Mohammed." Leaves from an Egyptian Note Book. The reeling Was Ther. In attendance at ono of tho Indianapo lis ward schools is a little colored girl 0 years old. She is miserable, indeed, for at homo she is ill treated and tho shoos she wears, and often the clothes, nro sup plied by the teachers or some of her classmates. Thero is a tender poetic veiu in her make up and it found vent in a composition. The teacher took a littlo pansy plant to school ono day and told tho pupils of tho llower. Two days after sho asked them to writo a poem of it and gave them the privilege of having tho pansy talk nnd tell tho story, and this is what tho littlo colored girl wroto, tho word pansy in the copy being the only one dignified with a capital: "I am only a Pansy. My homo is In a littlo brown house. 1 sleep iu my littlo brown house all winter, and I nm nowr going to open my eyes nnd look about. 'Give mo bomo rain, sky, 1 want to look out of my window and seo what is going on,' 1 asked, so tho Bky gave mo somo water nnd I began to climb to tho win dow, nt last I got up theronnd open my eyes, oh what a wonderful world I seen when birds sang songs to me, and grass hoppers kissed mo, and danco with rue, and crcakcts smiled at me. and I had a pretty green dress, thero was trees that grow over mo and the wind faned me. the sun smiled at mo, and littlo children mncllcd mo one bright morning mo and tho grasshoppers had a party ho wood play with monad a naughty boy pick mo up and tore mo up aud I died and that was tho last of Pansy." Indianapolis Journal. A lluttlcflelil Trust. Wo aro in danger of something worse than tho Libby prison speculation. It is now proposed by aspeculative northerner to purchase all tho battlefields of tho lata war, fenco them iu, turn them into parks, and show them to visitors at twenty-five cents a head. It will strike thoso who aro acquainted with tho situation that tho great Ameri can showman will havo a big job on. hand when bo conies to tho cluster or bouquet of battlefields around Atlanta. Our old red hills havo good causo to bo redder than any other hills that ever trembled through tho thunder storm of war. Nowhere on American soil can there bo found n spot that was ever so pounded, and mangled and harried nnd scorched as this same Gate City of ours. All over tho world there aro men now living whoso proudest boast is to say that they went through our forty days' baptism of liro or wero in ono of tho many battles fought under our city's walls. Wo aro not yet ready to soil our blood stained fields of glory to tho glib 6trangers whoso only Interest in them is to coin money out of them, If wo can do nothing better, let us level tho grim for tresses and tho frowning ramparts, and fill up tho silent trenches onco so full of heroic lifo. Let us cover theso scars of war with the blooming industries of peacel Atlanta Constitution. A Model ling Story. A remarkable case of animal intelli gence aud fidelity has developed in this city. Every one knows the Into D. Watson's littlo dog Zolla, that used to follow him everywhere and often rido beside him in his buggy seat. Ho would come every morning to his master's ofllco, aud if he did not find him thero would run over to the livery sfible to bco if the doctor's buggy was gone, and if it was he would follow the track until ho had found him. When his master was in the cofliu little Itolla was'held up so ho could seo his face, and showed feigns of Intense grief Ho wus ut the funeral at Woodbino cemetery tuid was the hint ono to linger at tho new made grave Since that time he has visited the grave night and morn ing and is seen sitting iim it keeping watch, as though he expected his kind friend and master He often wondered alone on the streets in night, and a gen tleman whose profile and heard some whnt resemble Dr Wutstm s has told us that little .olla hits often walked in front of him aud giucd into his face and even, followed him home and sat for hours in front of his door Uniting lor lilm locoino out that hu might get one more look at this face so inuuh lla the one treasured In hU memory. Jeirenson ((iu.) llerakL.