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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1891)
WOMAN AND HOME. A MIDDLE AGED UNEQUAL WIFE'S PATHETIC, STRUGGLE. I Kecnlnir II i Aiiiiciiriiiiren Wnrnlni. AEl,,.t lt.ee IWorSoclal America G'"n lnzjin, cninphor or other drying "b- stniicd. These nro simply nasty. Their uc 1( Ju 1850 Kroiioinj A OlrJ't Kilucutlon. tlon is the same as of lard or butter smeared The Mclilrnp Itciimcliolil liinu. thickly over the faco of tho user. The rest Host finely organized women aro bo sus ceptible to tho quality of tho moral ntnios phcre that their very personality alters with their conditions. Tlioy are eloquent In ono . jprcsence and dumb in another, quite irre .I T in i " their likings or d . silking. In at syrnpatliy, of interest and nt - spective of the warmth of lproval, even in the comfortable medium of a decent civility, they (lower out Into variety emi a gracious ngreeableness. In tho chill of isdilTerence or a tolerant silence, their men tal )owers shrink Into torpor; they havo nothing to nay. and if, from a senso of loy alty to tho domestic idea, they try to make talk, they are tacitly informed that they suc ceed in lielng tiresome. No unequal strugglo Is moro courageous or .mn.... .1 .1... ..jr... - I I II. rr. i V .vi. m. m i. I : TT r","l . ,L;lf, . i'0,L: i""-i " w.unui.u, j ay, so airy, sjieaking his Infinite deal of nothing, is converted Into tho silent boor of lw meridian. Tho tenderer nnd moro con tclcntious the woman, tho more ready is she to excuse, but tho mora sho suffers. When 2rntiano comes homo at night with heavy lcp and heavier countenance, bidding her n cant good evening, sitting silent throuirh linner, and, by way of jxist-prandlal enter- TaJnment, falling asleep in his chair, burvini? himself in the magazines or spreading out hit business papers and working nt them with a conscious "Seo how I am ready to Slave myself to death for you I" in every lllrt i xne ikmi, snu says to iierseir (and to tho world, where ho needs defense) that ho is worn out with work end anxiety, that ho is taorlcd in tho pious task of providing for er riituro and the children's, in caso ho hould fall u martyr Ui his domestic dovo- ttion, nnd Mint she must not mind his moroso fcrcsR, which Is simply nervous exhaustion for vbifh ho is not responsible. But she is not deceived. Hho knows that lie owes her something more and higher than the "heaping up dust from year to year." She knows that tho eve.ngs and 8undnys nd tho hollilays ought to belong to them together, to lie used in tho building up of tho home, which is so much more than tho house. 8ho knows that no matter how hard ho may 'have worked, and how much ho may havo 'worried, he has met pleasant oxorieneo8, teen pleasant faces, had some vnriety of fool 'ing in every day's round to rellovo its monot ny, and leave him fresher than any twilight Ibour finds her The dlllerenco is that ho makes of his weariness a fortress, Intrenched tichlnd which he inny eoinfortably and safely xlcty nil conjugal and social claims, whilosho turns her fntiguo Jntif n means of graco, re proves herself for self Indulgence in longing to yield to it, and goes out o do tho social duty that cannot lie Mi Irked, or Hits rending or working in tho room with her oppressor, infinitely lonely in either case.. ?t is right that a man should secure a com petence for wife and child, who without him might eat tho bitter bread of poverty. Hut af ho clients their present of all that makes St worth having, for tho snko of n future that nay Jiover conio, he is guilty of a folly that 4s cruelty. They aro leieudout on him for their dally joy ns milch as for their daily liread. To supply the ono, he has no right to lretend to himself that ho may stint tho oilier. Tho police reports of wife beatings uid wife torment lugs are too horrible to bo -ead. Hut that brutality, born of thought- Srssuess and selfishness, which deprives tho wlfoof tho moral ovygen tliat Is her right, "which keeps her in the devitalized air of In dHTorcneo, Is a greater wrong, liocauso tho "victim Is moro sensitive and tho tyrant mora iillghtened. llarK'r's Bazar. Keeping Up Appcai-uni-eii. Some hyserisy there i:iay 1h In keeping appearances. Tho Inst sacrifices may lie made to keep up the pj tlor with u show of oll doing, while tho kitchen maybe a pig pen. A tasteful, rather expensive, clouk r jjown may hide unclean and tattered cloth ing lioueuth. An impi-ovidon family man ges to maintain a cnrrrigo with some show Jueforu the community, while tho debts of tho Jamlly would mora than eat up its ikissch--sions If some wuy were not devised to evade rtlw shoriU'. (Irooers and other merchants turo laid under contribution to help maintain '-lainlllcs beyond their actual means. Tho uiiui who piles up firewood will tako pains to iduco tho sticks with tho sawed edges out "ward, that tho front surface of tho pllo may pnear well. And mi it gos throughout life. This may all lie hyiK.ori.sy, in groat or small legreo; but, after all, It menus something deeper, l'coplo do not lovo to tie hypocrites, uui9s wo except tho few Uriah Heeiw. Thero fa no nmusemeut in deceiving anybody but yourself for the snko of deceit alone. Ho-' UMthnll this are more ultimate actuating mo tives. llcpcctuhilit.Y is aimed at, Uvuuso it 4s n good thing; well doing is ussuiihhI 1k tuso it is ili'slnible. The handsomest gnr tnent is placisl in sight because lieauty is ono of tho grant additions to modern life. "As sume u virtue If you havo it not," said Ham J ex. Bo, in our age, when well doing is not ttulversal, wheu elegance and U-auty nnd luxury nra not common to all, their owner ship is pivtended; and they will continue to 1m assumed until thntilay wheu woMmll all jglvo up tho pursuit of Ideals, orlw honestly tatisiled with our elfurts to attain them. lood Housekeeping. I'riiny WUilom unit I'liunit t'oolUlinets, Kcouomy only ivases to lw admirable when it goes too far and verges on stinginess, and then it is very apt to defeat its own desires. The boarding houso l;eeor who doltvj out two towels and two napkins u week m.muU mora than tho economizes. Tho linen loses mora by tho luuil scrubbing it must sustain to bo made clean than U saved in laundry "work by the reduction of tho mimbcr of yileoos. Common miiso is tho measure, by which oouomy uuut lo conduetd. The guarding against tiunoccMiry wear mid tear, thomoud ingof tiny holes and worn places as toon as they are perceptible, the stitch in tlmo that Bttvos nine, tho changing uUmt of rugs that tiwymaywivir evenly, the making over of old clothes, tho skillful dhqiotdttou of rem ianU, tho watching forstu'h little leaks as tJw throwing uway of soup block or tho neg Jeet la sift tho ivslicti all this attention to up ivtratit trlvialltti-fl only Imvoiik inlsplacil heu it withdraws tho mind from higher ob toU, and bind it down to a mecluiulcul KroBitd thut lavea room for nothing but ywUy doUlk. louomy imu.tnpour in uot vwhtiui nervo forvu and brain tiwuo for iu depittU cuuto us veil us in tho avoidance of jiwUrhU extra vngaiiee,ChiUUi)o Terhuue Jlorrkk la llurptr' Iktuir, Wurnlnir ArhiiuI i'uvo l'inilr Um do fttoe pow iters tluit aro not March or vi Mwtlni mhI mjoiuI, um no faou jkiw. 4m tUt contain load, duo, bluuuth, hicmIu v mumry, Of tUu nvtuMvui "turn ttmkn, "beauty mnftka," "complexion balmi," "medicated pastes," blooms of youth, beauty or loveliness, "Lola Montcz secrets," not ono Is good In any rcsiect, Tlio very best Is without value. From this they range down to the depths of injurious and ghoulish ac tion. Tuu best consist of an oil, fat or gly cerine, with some erfuino nnd a trine of I are dangerous as well as disgusting, They contain the same ingredients as tho face jiowders denounced and are even moro tieriif clous in their notion. Lead rolie, lead paralysis, mercurial ulcers, arsenic sores, bolls, carbuncles, abscesses, pu gin,,,!,, salivation, sudden baldness bud e , ,noro w.rjUsl)ls can bo trawl to their boils, carbuncles, abscesses, putrid even use, and will invariably accompany that uso as long as the human liody remains as it is to day. Of tho rougo preparations, thosomadofrom cochineal and madder are harmless. All others aro bad, very bad, and horrible. Tho "eau do vinaigre,' "rouge vinalgre," "cam phor wine," "red cit)er wash," "capsicum elixir" and tho like, which depend for their eiFect upon Irritating tho nervo corpusoles, aro unoi,jlH:tiollui to the physlclau and ! chemist. The new preparations, which aro boiutioiK of anillno and other coal tnr co ore. are poisonous and should bo prohibited by law. American Analyst. Horlul Aincrlcii tn 1850. Tho furniture, of city houses esjiecially, often costly enougli, was almost without ex ceptlon dreadful. Tho carjK'ts, of enormous patterns and discordant colore and tho fur nituro of excessively varnished rosewood, or some liko material, and always in "sets," were things to shudder nt. Tho costumes of the women were in keeping witli tho bouses, Not only did the ladies wear long trousers of somo white material, that came so low that it was imisjsslblo for tho wearers to walk with out getting them in dust or mire, but tho smallest girl child was rigged out iu tho KamopreiKJsterous garments, it being thought fully immoral for a tot of 0 to expose her ankles. Tho ladlos' lioots, made usually of cloth, wero heelle.is, laced ut tho side, and came not quite to tlio jinklo bono; while the ono button gloves left tho wrist ontirely bare, Tho nearer tho female forehead reached to tho back of tho head tho lovelier, many oven shaving the central iwrtion to enhance their "beauty." Any hnlr that was golden or yollow was thought almost a deformity, and a girl with sunny tresses wus looked upouns hideous, was taunted asn "red head," and generally used a lead comb or some wash to mnko her golden tresses conform as nearly as possible to tlio prevailing standard. All women plastered their hair iu a hard, fiat mass tight to the skull, with bnndolluo or somo other mucilaginous substance, as low down as tho ears, and then had it twisted in stlir, wire liko spirals, or pulTed out liko blinders. Boston llcrald. NlKliteap4 Injurious. Nightcaps as an article of dross, oxcept in antlquntcd farces and amateur theatricals, have gone out of fashion. Their universal uso by our forofathere and foremothers may, perhaps, lie safely attributed to tho fact that In tho good old times sleeping apartments wero uncommonly draughty. Ill fitting win dow sashes,' large chimneys and autedlluvinn doors let in so much air that thero was very good reason for protecting tho head from tho consequences of too much ventilation. Now adays the headgear appropriate for nignt uso has becomo obsolute, so that it will cause no painful shock when tho public are informed by the voice of medical authority that tho uso of nightcaps Is actually injurious. "A man," wo aro told, "might as well sleep iu his boots as In a cap." Wo aro not aware that even If a person did commit tho former enormity any dreadful ellects on his health would Infallibly follow, whatever might bo tho results to his U.hI linen. Htlll, medical science Is pretty safe In running u tilt against nightcaps, for tho simple reason that it is hardly anybody's Interest to defend them. Loudon News. A dill's IMiiealioii. I think n girl's education begins in tho cradle. Who can say how early sho discerns what sho has no sicech to utter sees, for in stance, whether tho ieoplo around her nro self controlled, patient and sweet, or tho sad reverse! 1 wonder how many months old a girl must bo lioforo sho would know whether or not hho was treated capriciously whether sho was refused a thing when mninina was in ono humor and granted tho same thing wheu mamma was in another humor. And do you think your little maid of 3 or 1 fails to notice what aro your chief Interests in life, whether you aro most eager about your clothes or your books or your housekeeping! Does she not perceive whether tho poor rela tion who comes to visit you is welcomed as warmly us is Mrs. Crtesus, who drives to your door with her well appointed carriagel In short, though tho little damsel has no iwwer to reason, sho has keen eyes to see, nnd your own attitude toward life mid life's demands will lie educating her, whether you ara uwara of it or not, oven from her cradle. IouIm Chandler Muulton iu Chicago Journal l'rom Shoulder to ICtliow. "I wonder," writes a fashlonnblo milliner, "whether tho confirmed wearer of tho con ventional sleeveless ball dress ever reflects on tho fact that arms which look white early in the evening get crimson with oxereisoi From the shoulder to tho elbow is a most treacher ous part of a woman's arm. With heat it sometimes turns as crimson as her checks. It is not lieautlful then, particularly when fiho Is dressed In white. This only hupjHMis with plump beauties; with a Mender woman that part of tho arm Is generally much too thin. I am sura wo must Ik) a decaying nice, for except in rare eases dross is now a means of hiding defects rather than of setting off beauty." London World. 'Woman iu an Imiplnje. When a woman asserts that sho does ox- actly ns much as a man, and does it just as well, that Is her side of tho case, Terhaja tho employer, who knows just what tho man does, and what tho woman docs, would bo of a different opinion. The trouble teems to bo in this, that a woman will do just what Mio is oxoctod to do, iu tho regular routlno of her employment, ami do It well, but thut eIio U not willing to W called on for extra serv ices outsldo of her regular employment, whereas a man ex(ccU to do us ho is told, I whether it agrees with his preconceived notions of what hU duties wero to lw or uot. San Francisco Chronicle, drain 8oup Without Mt'nt. Hero is a grain soup without meat that is recommended. Fry in cluiillod dripping, or iu butter, somo carrots, turnip and onions, which nro cut in small dice, taking euro uot to burn them. To two heaping tablospooufuls of tho butter or dripping and each kind of vegetable allow a fccaut quart of boiling water, a heaping tablcsjioouful of rloo and a bunch of sweet herbs, lloll nil tho ingradl cow together for an hour aud a Half, then udd Ntlt and Kpier to Ute, skim off twt fat, mi l tU4 Urviid tut iu dtai aud wrvn. This may ixs made with vermicelli fcutcad of rice. "Invalid's Own Book." Heclpe for .Snnn. This is an excellent recipe for ginger snaps, tho "snappishness" being produced by boil ing the molasses nnd then allowing it to cooL i anaps uoii ono iniu hi moiasses, anu wien it nas cooiea to aixnit milk warm beat into it one egg and one teacup of butter and lard, mixed and melted, and two tablcspoonfuls of ginger, Work in lloor enough to make it roll easily, with one tcastioonful of soda dis solved In a sjMKiiiful of warm water. Roll very thin nnd bako quickly. Remove from pan carefully. When cold they will snap. Cor. Atlanta Constitution. Now that tho gardening season Is ap proaching, you will do well to remember that an old can with a small liolo punched in the IkiUoiii and sunk in the earth beside your pet plant, if filled dally with water and weekly with liquid manure, will help it to a wonderful nnd delightful growth. Three Russian omen, graduates of medi fill", havo established a hospital for diseases of women at ICoschun, Persia. Their exiieri mcnt has proved completely successful. They are rejwrtcd to have Ijcen consulted by 1,500 patients iu the last ten mouths. If you would keep your faco and hands unwriuklcd, uso tepid water; very hot or cold water is injurious. Also avoid burying the face in a soft pillow nt night, which always produces wrinkles around tho eyes. Basements should novcr bo constructed without uu nir space between tho lloor and tho earth. If the lloor is laid directly on tho ground it Is sura to bo damp. Hub cellars for tliis reason alone are very desirable. Tyio rubbing is one of the best paying in dustries for women. Tlio work consists of nibbing tlio type after it is cast and to tho loiut of polishing, which is done by men. The sun bath is the latest lieautifler, and Is recommended us tho best meuus of attaining the Irishman's "middle extreme," wherein a woman is neither too fat nor too lean. A slice of raw onion well rubbed over tho roots of the hair upon going to bed is ono of the very best things for any unwholesome condition of It. Women desiring to enter tho London Socl ety of Lady Drossmakcrs havo to furnish tes timeuials of their "social (K)ition" as well as of character. Tho air of a sick chamber should always bo kept so fresh that thero will be no j)ercep tiblo difference uM)ii coming into it from tho outer :r. It rests with our own henits whether tho four walls of a cottage shall not eushriuo as much of bliss ns tho gorgeous precincts of u palace. Rubbing tho scalp for ten minutes every day with tho tips of tlio fingers is both a preventive and remedy of baldness. Put meat into a hot oven to ronsc. If tho meat and oven get hot together tho meat will bo tough and thu gravy gray. There is ono instrument that no clever wo man ever learned to play on, and thut is a tecoiul fiddle. Unele Ksck. To reniovo blnck grease stains from cloth ing use cold water and soap. Hot wuter sets the stain. Some of the women of Paris have formed a league for the suppression of impure litera ture. Don't allow ashes to bo put in a wooden box or barrel. Always havo nu iron ash can. Divorces would lw unknown if thero was as much courting after marriage as before. An old man iu lovo is as helpless as a blind kitten. Sift Hour just lieforo you wish to uso it. Sim Saw the Point. "That lady," said u Woodward avenuo merchant, pointing to a woman who had traded about $1U' worth iu ten minutes and was going out, "used to bo ono of my worst callers. She'd como in almost daily, bother four or llvo clerks for two hours, and go out without buying a cent's worth." "How did you cure herl ' "Well, I spoke to her in nu off hand way one day, and sho llrcd up aud said that as long as I kept clerks It was my business to lio liothcrcd. Next day 1 selected ten of tho girl clerks, posted 'em us to what to say, and they rung her door bell ut intervals of an hour all day mid Inquired if sho wanted a nurse girl. She didn't, and told them so pleasantly ejiough until tho tenth ono came. Then sho said: " 'I'd liko to know why on earth all you girls come hero bothering mo wheu I don't want to hirer " 'Because, ma'am, so long ns you keep servants it Is your business to bo bothored!1 was tho prompt reply. "I think sho reasoned out tho analogy, for sho now sits down and buys what she wants aud overy clerk likes to wait on her." De troit Free Press. A I'n tty Olrl' Kje. iMthough nonsense may lw common in ultra fashionable circles, it is nevertheless often unique. At a recent reception ono fair maiden reiuulntsl persUtently seated while tho other girls walked about u great deal and btruck pretty jhiscs while in conversation with tho gentlemen, SomelxHly uskwl why this attractive creature remained iu hor chair, "Because sho doesn't feel Uko standing," was tho reply. "Oh, then sho is lame." "No, no. Sho has upward eyes," "And what ara they P "Why, sho has discovered that her oyea aro exceedingly handsome when wide open uud looked down Into, but when the oliserver is on a lovol with them they aro not half so charming. It seems to Ih a peculiarity of her orbs. So she sits down all tho while when on exhibition, so that tho follows as they stand lieforo her in conversation must gate down into her face, and in so doing en counter her eye ut their best." Now York Bun. The Oljeetlon i:nlly Obvlutril. A gentleman of fastidious habits was lunching at his restaurant the other day, hen a stranger cumo iu uud sat down at tho same table. While eating the Mint meal ho ordered, tho stranger looked uero&s ut his well drassed vis-a-vis aud remarked: "I eo you have had celery; will youobligo mo with ten ceuu to jwy for somo celery, slrf 'I don't kuow why I should juiy for celery for you, tr," answered the seiitlemau haught ily i "you aro a jn-rfcct stranger to ma" "Allow nw to luiroduco myself ."cheerfully rrlouded tho other, presenting a card, "Now, sir, shall I older tho cwlory, or will youl" io Hot iu weirvu rrao itw i ABOUT THE ZUNIS. THE INHABITED VILLAGES WHICH NOW EXIST ARE MODERN. A Curious I'eople, but Not In the Least Incrnloun, So an Kxplorer Say Seven Timaynn Villages The Descent of prop erty In the Female Line. Cosmos Mcndelcff has returned from Ari zona to Washington. MendeJelT, as his nnmo indicates, is n Russian, nnd ho is an intelli gent and exert explorer on the staff of Ma j. John W. Powell, chie fof the bureau of eth nology. For six years ho and his older brother, Victor, havo lieen engaged in the survey of tho antique ruins of Chnco nnd the inhabited pueblos of Zuni and the seven vil lages of Tusaynn, and together they mapped the queer habitations of thoso mysterious (teople, nnd havo uiuuo for the National mu seum models of the largest nnd most interest ing pueblos. Victor still lingers in Arizona to finish njiortionof the work, but will arrivo hero in about a fortnight. MondelefT has made somo !J00 photographs nnd n large number of free hand sketches of tho strange residences of this remnant of a race. ' "I don't know that there is much that is really now," said MendelelT. "It was for merly, Indeed recently, thought that the pueblos wero very ancient thu snmo in which this half civilized race lived tit the timo of the Spanish conquest but o now know better. Tlio inhabited villages which exist today aro nil modern. It was formerly supposed that the Tusayan Indians never changed their place of abode, but held to tho sumo site from generation to generation. It is now known that they havo been in tho habit of abandon I ing their old houses und building now. In early days the villages .were mostly in the lowlands, and they wero gradually crowded up or climbed up to tho practically inacces sible mesas sharp elifFs, easily defensible, Tho reasons for an abandonment of villages and tho building of others are many, some times military, but often rooted iu some superstition, j "Tho builders of theso pueblos had very ' meager architectural attainments. Their houses are poor piles of stone and mud. Their ingenuity was puerile. The element of skill is almost wholly lacking. These curious ruins nro simply an evidence of tho existence of a rnco with unlimited timo nt their dis posal and unlimited material ut hand. Every where is shown a lamentable lack of con structive ability. They did not kuow how I to make a bquaru room, or how to rear ono I wall at right angles, or how to build a wall plumb to another, or how to make a circle or oven u straight line." BEVE.V TUSAYAN VILLAGES. Mr. Mendeleir has comprehensivo photo graphs of tho seven 1 usayan villages. Each village consists of fifteen or twenty houses and each houso of several residences. Tho j house is a series of terraces, receding as they rise. Tho first story is about seven feet high, and is approuched from without only by a ladder, which leads to a hole in tho roof. In I war times tho luddor is always pulled up. ' From tho rear of this story rises tho second story, seven feet higher, mounted also by a ladder, and other ludders lead to a third nnd I perhaps fourth story. Of course, tho first ' story under this urrangemeut is of much the largest and tho upjier story of much tho smallest area, and ns tho latter is tho light I est, tho best ventilated und tho safest, being I dcufensiblo from all tho roofs below, it is tho favorite habitation, and usually occupied by . tho officers uud tho aristocracy. It is esti mated tuat iu ull the seven Tusaynn villages thero ara 2,000 jwrsons. They live mainly on Indian corn, squashes and beans. They nro I under Mormon inlluence, and will not per I mit a census or hold much intercourse with Americans. Col. und Mrs. Stevenson had , trouble with them, uud were compelled to do part. Mr. Mcudolcff nnd his party wero treated remarkably well, and aro puzzled in I trying to account for it. I "Perhaps tho oddest thing," added Mr. Mei'deleif, after u moment's pause, "is the status of woman In these queer communities. Sho owns all the houses and most of the projerty. Tho man owns tho crop iu tho field, but ns soon as it is harvested it belongs to his wife. Sho controls tho houso nnd all that is iu it. Sho works steadily and con stantly in the duties of thu household, but she does no ileld work, and, taking it all together, her condition compares favorably with that of thu American farmer's wifo. Tho descent of ull property is in tho fcmnlo line nnd through tho mother; it is sho who makes the will mid provide for tho offspring." "What does the man own, then 1" I asked. "Tho donkeys, jierhaps," lie said; "but I am not sure about thut." "And tho land!" "No, tho land is not owned individually. Ever since lioforo historic time land has been owned by tho whole nation, on tho Henry George plan. If un Indian goes out uud takes up some laud not in uso aud cultivates it nolody can tako it from him. But if ho stops using it anybody else can jump it. It belongs to tho fellow that can uso it." "How does that work!" "Thero aro no millionaires. Thero is about tho same degreo of comfort that thero is among very loor ooplo anywhere. As to laud, tho shrewdest nnd smartest Indian manages to got tho !est, the same us under any system." Washington Cor. Now York Mail aud Express. A llml Kit or Territory. Tho little, old fashioned villngo on tho crescent shore that marks tho water lino on tho southern end of Mackinac Islamt has been tho seeno of more robU-ry, debauchery and ruin worked iqon the trusting, ignorant and helpless reds of this upper lake land than was over knowa in any equal bit of territory on tho glole. A very old and squatty but amply whitewashed building may yet lo seen there, iu which ono can buy rum or play billiard, aud which was thu headquar ters of the Fur company. Ever slnco it was built ioison has been dealt out In it to tho Indians, rum for furs; to tho Americans, rum for cash. Visitors oven now aro bled quite freely. Rich furs wero then bought by the iKuind, nnd it is said that white men had a way of giving un Indian u deep drink of nun, nnd then persuading him that "whito man's hand jist imuiuI." Then white man laid his hand on ono scale, ami drunk Iudi.. piled bcavor skins on thu other until whita man's arm could hold down no more, uud that was "pound," worth fAW). Money was of no uso to tho reds, nnd what they got in its stead cost them fabulous prices. Tho In dians went uwoy oorcr uud ioorer overy tuna they cumo. Beside tho tratlle in furs, tho island was tho place where for many years tlio Indians gath ered annually to receive their luouey from tho United State for ceded lands. Hero many thouwimU t( dollars were paid ovvr to tho unprotected reds, ho wero ?J0 poorer for oery fl iid them. Tho crescent Uvu-h iiaslieeu tvn covered with Indian canoes, nnd the old village crowded with men uud women drunk from day to day until their money had ull passed into the hands of w Into "tnuiors," (lodsaxu the mark! und then they would gradually got Maned into the nocc uty of goimr buck to tho woods to hunt for ft living. -Uiurles iillUlUAiueiU'ttU Aiagauutf, DESOLATION. Alone I sit In gorgeous state, And view my gathered treasures rsre, Which seem to mock my cruel fate My lonely lot, so Weak and hare. tVlthln is wealth and warmth and llsnt, Close curtained from the whittling wind, That sweeps nnd swirls with reckless mlRbt, Whoso breath brings death to human klnrt. But the cold wind of her deep scorn Has blighted nil my joy of life; Within my soul no hone is lioru No rest or pence or savage strife. And what care I for pride or fnme. Since love from out my heart is driven! All. all Is but on empty name Ashes the prize for which I've striven. Dead ashes from a deep despair, A heart burned out by passion's fire 0 God! she was so false, so fair, And blind was I with fond desire. 1 loved with lovs that ne'er grows old; My worship followed where she led; But weary of n tnlo oft told, Sho left me! and the world is dead. Martha M. Rosa In Times-Democrat. A BICYCLIST IN BENARES. Idols nml Temples, Moxqnot nnd Ilathlng tilints Gixls or the Heathen. At length I reach Hennres, wheeling down tho luxuriant Ganges valley. Of nil the cities of tho east, Heimrcs Is per haps the most interesting nt the present day to the European tourist. Its 1,-lCK) Bhlvnlus, or idol temples, nnd 280 mosques; Its wonderful bathing glints, swarming with pilgrims washing away their sins, tho burning bodies, tho sacred Ganges, the hideous idols nt overy corner of tho streets nnd its strange idolatrous popula tion, mnko up a scene that awnkens ono to a keen npprcelntlon of its novelty. Ono realizes fully that hero tho idolatry, tho "bowing down before Images" that in our Sunday school days used to seem so unut terably wicked and perverse, so monstrous and n far, fnr nwny, is a tangible fact. To keep up their outward nppeurance on n par with the holiness of their city, men streak their faces and women mark the tho parting in their hnlr with red. Sacred bulls are allowed to roam tho streets nt will, und the chief business of a largo pro portion of the population seems to bo the keeping of religious observances and pay ing devotion to the multitudinous idols scattered nbout tho city. Everywhere, in niches of tho walls, under trees, on pedestals nt frequent cor ners are idols, hideously ugly; red Idols, Idols with silver fnces nnd stone bodies, somo with mouths from car to ear, big idols, little Idols, tho worst omnium gath erum imaginable. Sati, nothing visible but her curious face, beams over a black Mother Hubbard sort of a gown thatcon- ccals whatever she may possess in the way of a body; Jngaddutri. tho Mother of tho World, with four arms, seated on a Hon; Hmhmu, with llvo eyes and four mouths curiously mado to supply quad ruple faces; Knmndeva, tho handsome llttlo God of Love (the Hindoo Cupid), whom tlio cruel biva or.co slew with a beam from his third eye all theso und multitudinous others greet the curious sightseer whichever way one turns. Han niniin, too, is not forgotten, tho great Monkey King who aided liama in his ex pedition to Ceylon; outsldo the city proper is the monkey temple, where thousands of tho sacred anthropoids do congregate and consider themselves at home. Then there is tho fakirs' temple, the most beautifully curved shlvnla in Hen ares; hero priests distribute lmndfuls of souked gram to nil mendicants who pre sent themselves. Tho gram is supplied by wealthy Hindoos, und both priests and patrons consider it a great sin to allow a religious .mendicant to go away from tho templo empty handed. Thomas Stevens in Outing. Uought It Conditionally. A genius has invented a clock, which ho warrants to ruu u hundred years. A man bought ono of thorn tho other day on condi tion that if it didn't run over OS years ho might return it and get Ids money back. Norristowu Herald. A Working Women's conferenco has been formed in England, and a society of women is organized in tendon for tho investigation of tho local government. SAFK AND KFIT.CTIVi:. IlitANiutETii's Pills are tho safest nnd most effective remedy for Indigestion, Ir regularity of the Ilowels, Constipation, llil iousness, Headache, Dizziness, Malaria, or any diseaso arising from an impure stato of the blood. 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