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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1891)
HEH PRAYER. I softly pwp tlimurli I be opi'o door, I can my loml mm there: 6he I ka'HIiw down oa tin' lurlor floor In nn attitude of prayer Her bnck l.vturned. so tier H.isped bands Anil her Tm c I i-annot wo; Vet I feel in my Inmost heart t!iat that prayer Is rnlsisl lo liravra for tno. As I draw nmr with rentle step. Anil head Immil. on her o- demands, I Bee that the litreeln by a reslstcr. And I merely writ-tiilng Iter hands. Cornelia lledtuund iv .Tudse. SLUG XUMDKll ELEVEN "Norpr own in a tirintinK office before, I suppose. What woman's )icturo is that over that cane, yon nak? Why, that's Kan. She was Slug 1 1. Oh.no. Slug 11 wasn't her nickname. Twas lier nniuher. See! liero is a King eleven. Printers use their slug numbers to marl: their matter: elso how could they make. up their strings? A string? Oh, wo paste all our dupes together, and that makes a (.tringthat hIiows what we've done. Hero's my (string for tho duy regular roe, ain't it? "Want to know about Kan, eh? Well, rlio was the only female typesetter wo liad, and she was a hummer. She could talk longer, and on occasions louder, nnd truth compels mo to ray broader, than well, than romo girls. 1 'rutty? Not exactly, just ko so. Slender, lively, liair the color of canned salmon, teeth pretty well justified, and eyes that wcro usually bine, but liable to turn green if eho got mad. Boys used to say that if Nan was going to Paradiso sho'd be lato getting there: but I never saw nothing bad nbout her except, onco in n while, lier tongue. Mister, don't you get it into your head that because a girl sets tyjK) or works in a factory among u lot of men fsbfi can't bo good. "To resume my yarn. Ono day thcro came along iv handsome young fellow that we dubbed Mr. Kokuk, becauso ho came from tho town of Kokuk. Nan .i f'limv tfi limi ll nnfl Tim Rat were nbout tho only persons in tho ollice that Nan did notice. Wo called him The Rat because ho went back on us when we struck. Wo took him back outof pity, but no ono loved him. Lank, cadaverous, pock marked, thin lipped fellow, with eyes like two holes burnt in n blp.nki t. "Well, Kan nnd Mr. Kokuk went to two or three dances and a circus or two wo used to get plenty of comns to such tilings then and liivt wo knew they were engaged. Tho very next week wo went on it strike again, ail except Nan and The Rat. Ho said his wifo was dying, nnd he had to earn what ho could. It wasn't much, because bo was u regu lar lile.'-ksinith. Wo call a poor printer n blacksmith. Nan'noyes in rued green ns she said she wouldn t go because sho didn't want to, 'so there!' About u week after the t-tilko began Mr. Kokuk nnd 1 were in a saloon opposite tho block whew The Rat's folks roomed, and wo paw Nan come in at tho family entrance nnd buy it llask of whisky. Wo were in there c'elelimting the end of the strike. AM went back next day, and lato in tho evening, when only Mr. Kokuk, Nan and I were left in tho ollice, 1 heard him go over and tell Kan ho must break olf tho engagement because sho had gone back on the strikers, hut mow particu larly for the reason that ho would never marry a woman that bought whisky by tlio llask at a saloon. Mr. Kokuk was n kind of goody goody fellow, you see. Kan wheeled about on her , htool, her eyes (snapped till the lashes1 .,.i .1, l. v Ailll J iuv nx. vi, tutu run- rwiin w it v little' plaster of naris cod, ain't you ? I Jo careful you don t tip i.wr or you'll break in two. You ought l ; as n missionary to the cannibals. Y... wouldn't bo good caling, but they nL.'i very particular.' air. Kokuk put on his coat and went nwav, but alter he had gone I went to lift a handful of typo out of a form that stood near Kan's' case, and 1 saw that lier eves were sweating. Tears as big as rain drops fell dow.i over her caao. Sho kept on throwing in type. Sho tossed 4aV into tho 'o' box and commas over among the periods and 'caps' down among tho lower case letters In a reck less manner. Every stickful of typo pho set up next day was so lousy tlio foreman threatened to dischargo her. Vhat do I mean by lousy? Why, full of mistakes, to bo sure. 1 knew tho reason nnd corrected somoof her galleys to help lier out. At tho next meeting of our union some ono said it had been proposed to raise a fund to bury Tlio Rat's two children that had just died that day of scarlet fever, both on tho sanio day, mind you. lie had buried his wifo tho week lefore. 'Ho ought to bo ablo to bury his own dead; he's been at work right along,' said some one, and nearly nil growled assent. " Who started tho movement to raiso tho fund?' itFked 1. " 'Nan,' imswered tho fellow who had proposed the matter. 'Sho headed tho list. Sho's about tho only friend tho family had. Sat up nights to help take caro of Rat's wife, who was a mighty sweet little woman. Nought whisky for her when that wan nil that would Keep thojKKir woman alive.' "You ought to havo seen tho expres sion of Sir, Kokuk's face when ho heard this explanation as to why Kan went to tlio saloon to get a bottlo of whisky. And when Rat'H wifo died,' continued tho speaker, 'and his two children fell sick, sho cured for them. Worked all day and sat up nearly all night with them. 1 tell you, Ixws, printing offices havo their devils, hut now and then angels drop down Into them, and' "Before ho could say any inoro Mr. Kokuk sprang up and moved that each member iio assessed $3 to deO-iy tho fu neral expeubea of Rat's children, and that as many of tho boys as could hire tubs should attend tho I uncial. Did wo carry tho motion? Well, rather. "Nan was thu only woman mourner, and &ho looked handsome on a cheap dress of black she had got for tho occa sion. Next day she was back at her case, nnd at evening, while sho was distributing type, Mr. Kokuk crept up to her case lookjng ItLu a whipped spaniel, and said: Nan, do you know wliut 1 think of you? " 'No: and what's more, I don't carol' enapped Nan. Well, 1 think you aro a ealnt upon earth.' 'Do you know what I think of youV cald Nan, knocking about half a handful of matter into pi. I don't think any thing.' Then how Mr. Kokuk did plead for forgiveness! Nan said not a word for a loi.Ktlmo, but finally eho turned about with a hulfwieer on her facound paid: Til jff to m who pays for tho tickets to the theatre to-night.' TojolT is to plnv n game with type. Mr. llokuk got stuck for the tirk"ts. and 1 tell you ho was tickled. Thev went: but they only saw part of the plav. An they wore walking along lo the tlieatre they iaBscd a par nonage. 'Isn't that the man that preached the Mineral sermon for Tho llut's chil dren?" asked Mr. Kokuk. " 'Yes.' answered Nan. " 'Let's i,o in and uoc him,' said Mr. KokrJt. In thev went, nnd Kan. who is usu ally surprised at nothing, was much astonished when Mr. Kokuk asked the milliliter lo marry them, but sheconsontcd nnd they were married, nnd when the minister hail reached the end of the per formance and Mr. Kokuk took Kan in his nrmsand kissed her, what did she do but drop her head on his shoulder and cry! She said it was because she was wcyn out watching with The Jlnt'n folks, but I reckon those tears were tinctured with the compound essence of joy. "Say, do you see that kind of countri fied looking fellow with a slouch bat standing over there by one of tho forma talking to the foreman? That's Mr. Ko kuk. lie's now editor end proprietor of Tho Kokuk Hsmnur. (lets all tho county printing and in making a barrel of money. He's here on a visit and telling the boys alKiut Nan. (Jave me her pic ture iih she new looks. Gentle, refined looking ladv, ain't she? She's bossor tho Sunday school in Kokuk, has two scholars from her own family to send to it, and when nnv of the printers goon tho tramp the bustles into Tho Manner olllco and tosses metal with tho best of them. If there's a sick family in Kokuk or tho contiguous territory that needs help, you bet Nan will bo there. "Say, mister, I'm not well posted on religion, fiiit when tho saints take their places in line in heaven I'll bet Kan will 1)0 not far from tho head." Now York Evening Sun. Hurled Alive. In Russia people- aro oftener than elso whero condemned unintentionally, of course to that most grewsomo of all deaths, of which I'oo had such un feigned, horror burial alive. Itut tho ciremrr truces accompanying this fright ful tur-uro are seldom so characteristic or so horrible as in the case of tho wifo of a peasant in the government of ol- Niyma. on ino noroers oi nosm; , wi u, hv according to ineiocai paporsui uinvina, was lately buried in a comatose state. Sho was expecting soon to become a mother nt the time of her supposed death. After the "corpse" had been kept the UHiial time, tho parish priest, Konstantinoir, recited the prayers of tho burial service in the churchyard, tho widower cast three handfuls ol earth on tho coffin, and all departed except tho gravediggers. In filling up tho grave tho latter shoveled in nn unusually largo rod of hard earth, which struck the coffin with a loud noise and woke up tho un fortunate woman from her 6leep. Tho horror of her position at onco dawned upon her. Sho cried out in most piteous tones to tho irravediircers to rescue her from a hor- . .i i p r,.n !.. liblo death. Sho solemnly promised i them all her property lttney wouliltauo her from tho grave and cofiin. Tho more she cried and entreated the mow htrenuous were their endeavors to fill in tho grave; and on h-aving the church yard, when their work was done, they still heard her cries and moans. They at onco hurried oil' to lier husband, who wan surrounded with guest h, drinking to tlio memory of I he deceased. Having related what had taken place, tho mat ter was discussed by the guests and tho neighbors, who soon came rushing in, and it was finally icsolved nem. con. that an evil spirit hail taken possession of the deceased, and that in order to pre vent her walking at ni.;htand disturbing the iK'onle. it was absolutely necessary to disinter her and drive an aspen stako through her body. '1 he niirsent u depu-! tation to the priit esking permission to disinter (ho body and perforin the super stitious rite, deemed necessary in all such cases. Tho pope, horrified, hurried oil' to the churchyard and had tho body dis interred in the hop;' of saving a lifo, Itut superstition had already got itn victim, tho woman was dead, but unmistakable signs showed she had struggled hard to escape from Iho most horrible death tho human mind can conceive. Boston Herald. .lnlin VIii' Cmirtnlilp. As an illustration of tlio somewhat grandiloquent style of our grandfathers, Tho Koriolk Virginian publishes letters, ono from John Wise, written to tlen. Cooper, seeking permission to address his daughter, and (Jen. Cooper's reply. Mr. Wiso wrote: "Keeling myself irre sistibly impelled by inclination, and prompted by a sense of propriety, I havo presumed now to address you upon a subject of importance and delicacy. Having conceived an affection for your daughter (Miss Sally), 1 beg leavo to so licit your permission to make address to lier, and nt tho same time let mo express tho hope that, should I be so fortunate as to succeed in gaining her alTections, my first wishes may not lie frustrated by your disapprobation. 1 havo thought proper to make this application to you on tho subject in this manner rather than in person, because my character (if 1 had acquired any), my condition and my situation in lifo aro not altogether unknown to you, and if objections aro to bo made they can be mow freely com municated in this than any other way. I havo hitherto proceeded no runner witn the lady than merely obtain her permis sion to make this application; and, sir, I now pledge you tho honor of a gentle man tliat, in casoyou havo objection of nn insuperable nature to tho union, whatever may bo tho chagrin, regret and mortification which 1 may feel on tho occasion, 1 will not disturb tho (pilot of n parent, extremely solicitous, no doubt, for tho happiness of u beloved daughter, by persisting any further with her," Under dato of May It, 1703, Gen. Cooper responded, saying: "Although tho application made hy your letter of this day was unexpected, yet my reflec tions heretofore on tho subject havo pre iKired mo to answer that, however solic itous 1 may bo for tho teni)xral felicity and tho "future rcbpectabillty of my daughter, sho is tho only proper judge of the person best calculated to make lier happy. Rescct and impartiality ought to bo shown by mo to you or any other gentleman that might mako his address to my daughter, and I coulldo in your candor and judgment." A aiulkioua Truuijw ITousoholder (to trump No, you can't have anything to eat hero. (Jo right away I TrampThat' what they told mo over tho way. They said you had only ono meal a week licre. Sorry I troubled you. Tu-tal-Now York World, SHOES OK AM. NATIONS. LARGE COLLECTION AT THE MU SEUM IN WASHINGTON. i:olull f I'lMiluvur III Clvllli-il l.iinl. rixliis tlm Sliapo by I.snv Wooilrn Mmcn with CliiiinlicTH for Corn "Walking on Hit l'lMT." Various forms of footgear have been devised by different people under dif ferent conditions All the shoes made havo ono thing in common, and that is a soli!. There are shoes consisting of a bole without an upper, but none that consist of an upper without a sole. Not to have n wile on one's shoe has been taken figuratively to represent extreme destitution So when one wants to speak of a person who is in impecunious circumstances, one. if he uses slang, is j likely lo say: "Ho is walking on his uppers." The oldest form of a shoe or sandal seems to have been merely a fiat solo Bucured to the foot by thongs. KiitsT i:ffoi:th to imiotkct tub fi:i:t. This form can bo seen represented in Roman ami (Jreek sculpture. The Egyp tians had similar soles or sandals made ordinarily of leather, but sometimes of palm leaves or papyrus. In tho Ninth and Tenth centuries the common form of shoo in Europe was tho wooden shoe. Even the nobles and princes wore clumsy wooden shoes, such as now are found among the peasants. Tho Fourteenth century produced tho grotosquo long pointed shoe. Tho points had been ex tended by fashion so far that in the days of Richard 11 they wero secured to the kneo by little chains. Tho church thun dered against this absurd and useless fashion, but almost without avail, for it held sway for 300 yean or mow. In HGiJ, however, so much headway had been gained against the mode that a decreo of the English parliament was obtained to oppose the decreo of fashion. An act was passed prohibiting shoe makers from making points mow than two inches long for tho unprivileged classes. Henceforth the long point be came a badge of the criminal class. IJut a reaction came, the long point went out of fashion, and people went to tho op posite extreme. Tho Iocs of shoes were made of grotesque width. This absurdity was carried so far that Queen Mary felt called upon to issue a proclamation re stricting the width of toes to six inches. If there won any of her subjects who had a natural spread of tho toes greater than six inches they had logo barefooted. In the Sixteenth century boots wero generally worn in England and Franco and tho boots of Iho cavaliers wero made with enormously wide tops, that were rolled or folded over. After tho restora tion the tops of ihe boots wero orna mented, at least by tho fops of tho day, with lace. The simple form of shoo, which has held, its own among Euro peans and Americans to tho present day, made its appearance in tlio Seventeenth century. Tliis shoo has undergone sev eral modifications. It was fastened with a buckle before shoo laces and buttons came into vogue. In the National museum in tho depart ment of ethnology aro gathered together specimens of foot wear from all over the world. Shoes aw studied not alono from tho economic standpoint. Ethnologists see in the development of shoes, iho growth of tho heel, tho solo nnd tho up per, tho process of evolution, just as tlio naturalist sees it in tlio mechanical fitness of the prehensile tail to tho con ditions of life of the monkey that has it. Many drawers aw filled with shoes, and in ono of tho alcoves of tho museum aw Btored away another collection of shoes. If there was a procession representing all nations and even tho subordinate divi sions of all nations, tho representatives of the dilTewnt countries and localities could all find in this collection tho proper boots or shoes to wear. KOOTUKAlt I'ltOM ALL NATIONS. Then, scattered through the museum, ore elligies armies of very littlo ones in cases, representing the dress and tho im plements and ceremonies of different peoplo, and hew and there largo figures startling in their lifelike character, and on each of these the students of shoes can find an interesting study. Wooden shoes, or sabots, are worn now among tho peasants in many countries in Eu rope. Their advantage is in their cheap ness and durability. In Franco and Bel gium aw factories whew they aw mado of maple and ash. There are some in thi museum from Norway and Belgium, and some used among Iho Scandinavian set tlors in the northwestern states and ter ritories that seem heavy and clumsy to one accustomed to lino leather. Tho6hoo is made all of one piece, hollowed out. They are fashioned in tho form of tho foot, and sometimes havo a littlocarviug outside to represent buttons and tho top caps on leather shoes. The uppora are about a quarter of an inch thu-k and tho soles twice as thick. On one pair of wooden shoes In tho museum, from Belgium, even a repre sentation of the littlo knob supposed to bo made by the wearer's corn appears. An attempt was mado to establish tho inauufactuw of wooden shoos in this country during the war, but tho indus try never reached largo proportions. Some, however, nw made now and sold among tho foreign lorn jHHipIo of the northwest or exported to Europe. In tho tin district of Cornwall, Egypt mado wooden shoos or pattens aro used. One of these in tho museum is simply a flat piece of wood, with an iron ring fastened underneath. The. ring is on tho ground, and raises tho fiat bhoo and its wearer above tho ground. Tho shoo is fastened to the foot with straps. Shoes with wooden soles aro very common. Thoy aro used In some eountrtos for or dinary wear, and many aro made for tho sicclal use of erbons employed in bleacheries or damp places. I Iio imjK'r vlous wooden soles keep tho feet dry. Somo shoes with handsomely adorned uppers aro provided with wooden sole. Washington Stur, London Without lUu. London never fails to impress tho tour ist with Its peculiar place among the rilies of the world There are many pre senting far finer groups of buildings; its main thoroughfares, such as Regent street and Oxford street, are not to be compared with those in Paris or Phila delphia; but there is a solidity in its pave ment, a steady progress in its vehicles, a sense of continuity in the endless succes sion of its streets, an air of unpretending conl'ulonce in its crowds, an unabashed, monotonous ugliness in its lines of subtir Ihiu villas which is unique, lxnidon is the place where incidents and gatherings which would move many a metrojioiis "to its center" are wholly unnoticed ex cept by such as happen to come across them, liven the most popular events, which mav attract some hundred thou- I sand people, do not mako a sign or ripple in the surface of the great brick and mortar sea which surrounds tho city proper. He must be a very big man, indeed, who can draw direct personal notice in Ixnulon. Metropolitan news is conveyed not by conversation or verbal rumor, but by journals. The "talk of the clubs" (exalted by some "society" papers) is an infinitesimal!' small fraction of that which engages the metropolis. There is really no "talk of the town" as distinct from' that of the nation. It is sheer size which distinguishes Ixmdon. Not long ago I stood by the castle in Edinburgh ami noticed that I could discern men nt work in tho fields all around me. There were indications of separate outside life. It is so, moreover, in the large transat lantic cities. Down the straight streets of New York you can catch glimpses of white sails on tho Hudson or East river, but when you look at London from any square or open space within its borders, there appears no proof that it lias any borders at all. or that it cutis anywhere. It might cover tho whole earth for all you can see. The Cornliill Magazine. WolwrliH's Aro tlcly Customers Few Washington people know what a wolverine is. They know that Michigan is called the Wolverine stato and that Michigan people aro called Wolverines. Hut they havo littlo or no idea why tho state was so named or what tho nick name means. Tho state is named after an animal that used to infest, and still frequents, tho dense woods in tho northern part of tho state, as well as in tho woods of northern Wisconsin and Canada. This animal is tho wolverine, or, as tho varie ties of him found in northern European countries are called, tho glutton. They aro savage beasts, these wolverines are, and they play sad havoc with tho cattle of tho Michigan farmers. They aw liko a cross bet ween a wolf and bear. Tho tail and the temper rescmblo thosoof a wolf, but in strength nnd size nnd sav ageness they much resemble a bear. They aw lesscluinsy than bears, though, and they can climb trees. Many a hunter has walked under a tree up in Michigan without looking for a wolverine in tho two first, and the wolverine dropped down on him from ono of tho lower limbs, and before tho next morning had eaten him up, buckskin breeches and all, even to tho heels of his hunting boots. They are ugly looking beasts, tho only pretty thing about them being their bushy tail, a foot or so long. Their claws aw longer and sharper than bears', and their teeth just as sharp. Altogether ti.e animal is a very un pleasant sort of ono to seo outside of a cage. They aro so savage ami so wary and suspicious that it is almost impos sible to catch them alive, and so they don't have them in circuses and zoologi cal gardens, and most people don't know what they are. They aw so savago that hunters don't caw to hunt them, and 60 tho wolverino lias things nbout his own way where ho lives. Washington Critic. Oscar Vllilt mitl Joo. I asked Pryor about iho buncoing of Oscar Wildo by Hungry Joe. Said ho: "1 saw Wildo give Joo tho check over nt tho nrunswick, but .loo got away be fore 1 could interfere. I came at onco to tho Second National bank and told tho cashier not to pay Wilde's check if pre sented, but send for me. It wasn't twenty minutes until I was sent for, and there was Hungry Joo himself with tho check. Of course he gave up. lusitcctor Byrnes took all tho credit of the affair nevertheless, and 1 never got any credit in tho matter at all. Hungry Joo got $-1,000 in cash ami checks out of tho president of a large bank in Montreal, who was a guest nt the Fifth Avenue hotel, hut when I told him tho banker was our guest Joo gave up liko a littlo man. He came pretty near getting 150 out of Cen. John A. Logan onco. Tho general was in one of the rooms on tho ground floor on the Twenty-third street side of the house, whew tho ladies' en trance is located. "Tlio boy at the door came and told mo that the general had gone into his room accompanied by u bunco man. 1 went around and knocked at tho door. Hun gry Joo was just going nway, but I barred tho door anil nsked tho general if ho had given the fellow any money. Tho general was Inclined to get nettled at my question, and blurted out that tho young man was tho son of the president of tho liauk in Chicago whew tho gen eral's account was kept. 1 said: 'Why, general, the man is n thief, a common thiof.' Ho would scarcely believe me. Hut presently Hungry Joo took $50 out of his pocket, which ho got from Logan, handing it kick said 1 wi3 'on to him and tho general might as well havo his eyes opened.' Tho general had giveu him $50 and was going to givo him $100 tho next day. Tltis story of Logan has never been told before." Cincinnati En quirer. Sumo Thine. Tlio pastor was a little abstracted whllo giving out the notices from tho pulpit, and did not observe the stuilo that passed around tho congregation liko n magic . hat, as it wore, when in speaking of the concert for thu U'liofit of tho ioor fund ; ho called It "A Charity Uawl." Every body smiled except tho quartet. Bur I delta lu Brooklyn Eagle. Work Tliat In Unlic.tltliful. Tho dust of wood is to harmless that th occupation : cabinetmakers and canenters is very seldom productivo of disease, but Bomo forms of vcgotnblo dust nro very inju rious, cither by reason of their composition, as tobacco, or their fihapo uiul size as cot ton, flax, or hemp, or their rigidity and in solubility, us charcoal. Tho most Uangen f work is that of tho grinders and jxdishers o cut gl:u, who seldom attain an ago of inoro than ;j yeais. They aro very soon nfTeeted by disease; their teeth drop out, and they finally dio of blood poisoning, as there is a lnrgo proportion of load in glass. Stonecut ters almost all die of consumption before they ure tO years of age. Workmen who make Portland cement liavo a jersistont cough, and oxpeetorato little lumpsof cement. Lime and plater workers do not seem to sulTer in health from their occupation. Workmen who inhale Iwno dust are healthy, but those who work in mothur-of -pearl suiter severely. Workers in feathers cannot continue at tno occupation j or more than turee years unn out great impairment to hccllh, us they in hale more or less dust containing particles of fctithora, and at tho post mortem examina tion of a nan who, in order to sort the feathers better, hod kept the doors and win dows of l. room closed, tho lun3 were found thioldy plastered v.-uh feathew. Cui oogj Kovra. ITotv :lioe V. our Out. Thcro are a number of small cobblers in baseme.its nud hr.lhvay btanda oS tho mam thoroiihr.:ri'3 who i::a!;u a specialty of "re pairing wi:Iio yoa wait," cud who derive a profitable eaotom from tho iMssers by who iii.-cJ a heel tipped or a sole renovated to put their footgear in pood condition, whom the stores or r.vjrn pretentious shoemakers would compel to wait a', least a day. There nro few men who do do v.'ear off tho right heel sooner thru the left, becauso tho majority put more force in the right foot when walking. Women walk much nsoro evenly than men, esin-ciuliy in tho high heeled shoes in vogue, and, not walking as much, do not need to often the nttonlion of tho cobbler. Women wear tne.r shoes ut sooi'cr in tho solo of tho foot, whev i tho position in their even walking is greater, and tho work in their shoes is liner than those cobblers can perforin, and so they aro seldom I customers. Tlio prevalent stylo of the moa j to walk with tees outward is very sevcro on ( tho heels, and a good solo will outwear at least two heelings. Herald of Ileallh, I'rriillnr i:yo of a Murkstiian. This man Swinney, who wants to bo a traiu robber, and isn't, has most remarkablo cy s. Hj is iv dead shot, if sucli a thing exists, ami you would think so when you first look :ii him. His eyes, which aro very dark ur.u piercing, affect ono unpleasantly, mainly be causo ho has in tho iris, and itnmcdiatclv around tho nunil. a licht irray rintr that you will not. find in tho ordinary human eye. It fact I uovcr sawbutthreo men with that ring J and they wero nil dead shots with tho rifle in revolver. I havo heard und beiievo that thi-1 kind of an eye is always found in gooii I marksmen: but it does not follow by anj means that a man without it isn't n good shot You hear a great deal about men being am bidexterous in tho uso of iho revolver. 1 havo met men who could Uioot well witb either hand, but theo stories you hear about such men ns Uando und others lieing able tc llro successfully at two marks ono to tin cxtremo right and tho other to tho extreme left aro in my opinion fairy tales. Detect, ivo in Globe-Democrat. Slii llln IVas liy ."Machine. An Albany linn hits gotten patent on a device for sheliiii out a pens, Tho novelty about this machine is that tlio peas are cut down liko wheat or barley, and the vino and pea aw all fed into the machine, which separates the green pea from tho vine nnd pod per fectly fine and clean. Tho machines nro large, being 10 feet long, 11 high and G wide. Tho company do not sell these machines, but let them out on a royalty, and they aro in great demand in nil places whew canned goods are put up, ns they mako a very great sav ing in ttio Harvesting or peas. iew York Tolo;jrani. ACIIOSS Tlll2I)Ki:r. TO TI1H Y.Ml W KST, On steambonti. cars and stano f oaclies, lIostt ter's Stomach Hitters is carried as. the most im-. portant Item iu the materia mediea of the trav-1 elltig public. U deprives vitiated, brackish water of Its hurtful properties and execrable flavor, counteracts the pernlMous etl'ecU upon ( me btomacn 01 uan or iuuikusiiu i- n.-mi.-dles cramps, hcartbu n attd wind upon the stomach. It Is a fine defense against malarial disorders, nullities tho etl'ectsol excessive heat, cold and damp, relieves sick headache, ami U ati Incomparable cure for costtveuess and bil iottsne.ss. The fatigue of travel often tebs moBt di'astr usly upon invalids and c-nvalcteents, occasionally to such an extent as to Jeopardize life. Persons la feeble health, appiehenslvo of bad efl'eets from traveling, will, if provided with tho Hitters, be far less likely to Have tlieir tears realized. It Is ensv to tell when a man Is flattering your neighbor, but it Isn't so easy to deulde when he is flattering you. Patent medicines difier One has reasonableness, an other has not. One has repu tation another has not. One has confidence, born of suc cess another has only " hopes." Don't take it for granted that all patent medicines are alike. They are not. Let the years of uninter rupted success and the tens of thousands of cured and happy men and women, place Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription on the side of the comparison they belong. And there isn't a state or territory, no nor hardly a country in the world, whether its people realize it or not, but have men and women in ii it.i' i : be-': mum iiuuiu n.iuuiui uu- their dlSCOVCry and J II1U1I UllUllS. Think of this in health. ; Think of it in sickness. And then think whether you can' afford to make the trial if! the makers can afford to takej the risk to give your money back as they do if they do " Ills mouth Is set on a hair trigger" Is a new phrase lor tbe man who Is fntitl of discharging It on sllMest provocation. There are people using Dubbins' Klectric oap to-dtiy who commenced its umm'n lfcr. Would this be the cu;e were it not the pur est and mw ectmnmiml soap made? sk vnii' grocer for it. Look out for imitations. Dobhitu'. It l- s.m?tiui t'Hiiei lor a man t" complete a round of nltaMire tlian it Is fur liltn to make trilng. MUr" a tprwwr-. No s-.ifcr iiiiieiiy t:un be had for coughs an 1 colds or any trouble of the throat than " Itrnirv' Hrnnchiiil Trvehc." Price 25 cents. Sold only in boxes. .-ouu- otu- Diii-i- Mini tunt lie could alnxi t henr th" uriMfe erotv. Wedbellevcnl hlui nuitl while ero-li Holmei' Held the other day we ills UIH'll.v iKKHt It tnrWll. 'tnnlor'N Ori'U'oti Hloott 1'iirlflerlg the bet remed for thai dread dlM:fte, dpep--la. for It jvpulatus the ljmphatiu system and tad Micretious. I'lI.KS! 1'll.KSI 1'ILIiSt Dr. Williams' Iiioihii Pile Ointment will cure iltnil, lllcfditiB and I toti I nqr Hies when all other jltitineiiTK hae lal.ed. It abMirbp the tauter, allavstln? itchitiK at ouee, arts as a poultice, itistiiiit relief. L'r Williams' Indian l'ile Ointment is prip'ml only for Piles and Itching of ttie private parts and nothing else. Every oox is warranted. Sold by drtiKRlnts, or sent by mail on riw'lpl of tiriee, ftjc and $1 per box. WILLIAMS MAN t'KAl'TtJ KINO CO., Proprietors, Cleveland, O. WH HiRlil merits of n remedy lor pain do not -T7ivT!Tr' consist in its being U Ijxxillm as good for relief as other remedies, but In the fact that It is better, in being more prompt and ftirc, and therefore the best for the specific purpose. It Is not an idle catch Hue that strikes the eye thus: ST- JACOBS OIL THE GREAT REMEDY FOR PAIN, 15 THE BEST. It Is the best cure for all aches anil palm, end it holds THE TRUE PROOF. To this specific fact Archbishops, Bish ops, Clergrymi'ti, Luwyrs, Doctors, Gov ernors, Grnernls, Senntors, Members ot Congress nnd LeKlsltitures, V. S. Consnls, Army nnd Navy Officer Mayors and OfilciuK testify und unite in faying: "We suffered pain; OTHER REMEDIES FAILED, and Rt. Jacobs Oil cured promptly and per manently." Kor the same reason THE POOR SWAN fiads what ho seek and needs. Is not decelyed nd will have it at any price. A Brawny Bargee al the Kslm. ToVJER'SSlLCKERISAlL EVJEARS 'i, - W. V 'WW'- WW 8 rrft- To-day it ia raining in torrents. He knows experience the value 01 a-risn jruiiu oiumi. It is his sole article of dress, and to Iiim worth drawers, thirt, coat, vest, and pants. He U tell you tales by tbe hour of storms lasting days and nights when that "Slicker" mado up the whole difference between comfort and misery ; and all lor a mere trifle fr .m Ins week's pay. Why don t you buy one for yourself ? To realize how little it costs, think how lona it las,ts. It will outwear for tuits of cl.'thes. Iietter get one tolay, be fore you forpet it. A day's delay may cause a month of sickness, and cost a hundred times Urn pnee of a Slicker. Beware of worthless "niationsj everv rarrr.ent stamped with the " Vish Grand Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat when you can have the " Fish Brand Slicker " delivered without extra cost. Particulars and illustrated cat alogue free. A. J. TOWER, Boston, mass Itlg O Is thinrknowledg4 loading rpmeily for all tli unnatural discharges and prlvntodlsea-iesof men. A I'tiro In lToSDAYB. Unknotted cot 1 ' ccrlaln cure for the deblll um Sulaure. tatlng weakness peculiar to unmrn. vr.ionWtY I nrescriheltnnd fcelsafa THtEviNSCHEMicuCn. In rccommendlnc it to CINCJNN1T ,0.EHa ... u.b.a. jrw A.).oiuncn, m ukluaiuphlu 1 Tri JUrK J .L'JUVX. oi.uu. DON'T. Don't cheat yourself out of a good smoke by taking a poor imi tation for the genuine Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut Tobacco. HAY FEVER CURED TO STAY CURED. We want the nameancf ad- & . dressof every sufferer in the AQTUM A U S. and Canada. Address, HO I nllln r.Eirol4EiTef,U.D.BaCtl.I.T. , ctciuw iv r..M. d... ni.-.. ' Meaning the BtoT IHko Maui. m& the UrortU I ft"Vr Pns; 11 UuslcsJ Instrument; Hnu Hup- Ki l" " Dnee MUSIC HTKINWAY IlAU, a ud i Port Btret; Mavthui Qkxx Oo, (3 ro uu. uvw nwuii uui new noes., "THE SPECIFIC A NO. I. i Oureallunnturld!iichargeofirien. YOUNG no iituiirriit inw loin standing. I'n veuu suu-iurt, It IwltiKBti Internal eumly . fun when everything Um MEN! kppllcktloc K.ldby lruvltorwiil kill rec iiit ut prliw by 1 he A. Hthu-ii- helt Medlcliia Ui . ban Joae, Cul WHY! it - ixos. uenefit or cure you. n. N. u, No. 3i3-s, p, n, u, No. m