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CONDEMNED Ammonia Baking Bills have been introduced in the New York, Illinois and Minnesota Legislatures compelling1 the manufacturer of such baking powders to brand on the label in bold type, this powder "Contains ammonia." Physicians and chem ists condemn the use of ammonia in baking powders as a crime. Its constant use no matter how small the quantity deranges the stomach, neutralizing the gastric juice and destroying the complexion. It is the small quantities taken every meal that do the mischief. It is gratifying to know there are pure baking powders to be had on the market and at no greater cost to the consumer than some .of these so-called "absolutely pure" ammonia powders. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, the standard pure cream of tartar powder for forty years. Free from the taint of either1 ammonia or alum. None so pure None so whole some. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia, Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the purity of this ideal powder has never been questioned. What Sim Coiilil li. "Do you never get out at nil?" The crippled girl shook her head. "And are you uot.ablu to read or write!'" "No." "Not even sew a littlef" I persisted. "Oh, no, ma'am, not'oven that." I glanced around the small chamber. The ceiling was low, the furniture was scanty A single narrow casement admitted a feeble light ai:d afforded a vista of a dingy, de serted street. Croping in my mind for boinu vantage ground on which to place he.r. and failing, I only ventured helplessly: "I am sorry to llnd you so hedged in." "Oil, on forget that 1 can always look out of the window," the girl made answer, with a smile of serene content. What u world of philosophy was in her reply. Coupled with her unconscious rebuke it sank deep into my heart. There will le many in the sweet summer time whose casements give no view of sea or sky or mountain. To such would I in infinite tenderness bring a little message, beginning with the slender, agile, red haired, sanguine and ap reflection that ever so small a window is ' parent ly void of conscience. His speech better than the darkness of a dungeon , was a curious mixture of slang from tho which does not sound very wise or orig- j slums, figures from the counting houso inal, hut which would be well to remeni- and technical terms caught from the me- ber. Kven if there be nothing nleasant to tee, some rays of sunshine are likely to be reflected by the blank wall opposite. Chicago Herald. Tliu Mini lit the Thriller. The moment the chief bulfoon of the niece appeared on the stage hit neighbor clapped his hands until I thought he would i split his gloves for he wore gloves and ' olil everything, from a knitting needle to he chuckled, audi heard-him whisper to j rag baby. At that moment ho was can hw companion: "There he is. He's im- vasal ng for a new puzzle, but the owner of mense." And I saw that he was theowner j the invention expected too much, in fact of a finely adjusted hair trigger laugh. For hoped to sit still and see dollars roll right the moment the comedian approached a jest, the very approach fired my neighbor's gun of oachinuatiou. The completion of the jest, with its accompaniment of facial and bodily contortions, incited loud squeals of joy and other manifestations of delir ious delight, nut wtien, by accident, a wittv line occurred, the persou beenied 1 bored and glum. On examining the audience I found that he was only one of many, although he was a most remarkable specimen of his kind. Hut what one word in our noble language describes the kind? I cudgeled my bruins in vain; but after I had sent my boy to bed I dropped into the club, and my accom plished young friend, tho publisher, came I to my aid. "You must coin a word," he .... .. n i. sum, "inter tue manner or inns uarrou. Nothing is simpler. A man guffaws when he sees the bufToon. Therefore the man himself is a galloon." 1 think this word "guffoon" is worthy of adoption. Tuver uer in Boston Post. Twenty Million for Turks mul llmilrvunls. Chicago's system of public recreation grounds consists of six spacious parks strung upon a thirty mile chain of park ways, called boulevards, which, except for two short gaps, completely encircles tho city. These parks and driveways are in general well advanced toward completion, and as their construction has progressed they have satisfactorily fulfilled the pur poses for which I hey were created. Jack sou, tho largest of the parks, which has been chosen as the site of the World's fair, is us yet mainly uuitnproved, but is des tined to be one day the foremost recreation ground of Chicago. The parks proper, with several small urban grounds under the control of the West Side park commission, comprise 1.S41 45-100 acres of ground, and fifty-nine miles of boulevards have been built or laid out in connection with them. In the twenty-two years since the beginning of park construction in Chicago over 20,000, 000 have been expended upon the purchase, building and maintenance of these parks uud boulevards. Harper's Weekly, Ho Took u Middle Courts. In traveling over the battlefield of An tleuim J met an aged negro who seemed to kuow the lay of the ground perfectly well, ana after a time I inquired, "Were you here when the light took place!" t "llight yen sah," hu replied. "Saw It all thenr" "Well, sah, not 'autctly, but I saw dedead folks arter de battle." "Why didn't you wltnesiUhe movement of the iroowV "Well, sali, I wus dull embarrassed u limp dm day. I Liiuwed Glnerul Iah wm ilttMU)dlii' on 1 1 m not to whoop fur du Van seiw, uii' dut UitHtml ,MiOluIau wiw puiidiii' on in iwt Ui tlnwp iigln 'tun, mi' ko i dun ttttfH wii wMar ujiSat w d lituul of it ettUrlwi iM-.'Ut'wn 3l tumid best way doy tkl, -Uvr hw York Powder Must Go. HE WAS A PROMOTER. frmlt) Tafk of it Curious Oliurnrter Com mon ICiiongli In New Vnrk. Sonus hundreds of keen and not over scrupulous New Yorkers are perpetually haunted by visions of wealth to bo mads through petty Inventions. The success of "pigs in clover" concentrated for a tinia the whole energy und cleverness of these men upon puzzles. A dozen new puzzles were promptly invented, and as many old ones were revived. There was an iiucon Jcionable amount of lying done about the prospects of each invention. Half a dozen of the speculators were tortured by pros pective success that stopped short in tho first week, and twice as many moro per severed for months, led on by a hope plain ly enough vain to all save tho unhappy victims. A typical man of this class perched him self on a stool in a dingy second hand book utore the other day and talked of his trade. Ho was not twenty-live years old, tall, chnuical trades with which his precarious business brought him in contact. Ho was glib of tongue, quick at repartee and at times peculiarly happy in rude figures of speech. All his talk was spiced with a cynical wisdom of the world, and beneath the sur face lurked, half hidden, an intense desire to Ket money easily and quickly He had in at his doorway. "But that ain't my funeral; it's his cemetery, see? So long as he pays me five dollars h day for canvassing I'll work for him." There was always some jay around town with 500 looking for a cold cinch. Such persons expected to get the eartli and put " fence round it. and all for fWO, lie him Belf had a little thiugof his own Invention There was a comfortable living in it for the next twenty years, and ho had it tight with a copper fastened patent. He had ad vertised in a Sunday paper for a partner with $300, and had received three or 'four answers, but they all wanted the whole tiling. Ho didn't intend to sell a good liv lng for twenty years at any such price. w invention nau io no witn siiiks. V.... .1 ii. ruvi luut Now, there were i'-.OOO.OOO sinks In the United Suites, anil every one of them was bound to have that article. It could be sold cheap and made for little or nothing. A profit of less than a cent on each meant wealth. Ho need not keep an office, but could have his article manufactured in Brooklyn and receive orders direct at the factory. There was nothing like a house hold utensil for selling. Puzzles didn't last. They plajed out in a few months and something else had to lie done, but the world would go right on using his article i till sinks were no more. New York Ite ( corder. ! WlitU Wo I.Ike. 1 Among the many things that are hard to understand is the fancy entertained by so many people that other people will be Interested to hear at considerable length what they like to eat and what they do not like to eat. There seems to be nothing of very great interest to one's friends in the fact that One is passionately fond of cab bage and onions; and yet, next to the weather, the most frequent subjtstof con versation is probably the subject of eat ables. "If there'sauything I dote on," says Mrs. Chubb, "it's a nice leg of mutton, with a butter gravy and cuers. And I like" "But," says Mrs. S-ragg, breaking In, "is there anything uioie horrid thun pickled tripe? I cau't liear it." "My favorite sauce," Mrs. Chubb con tinues, t'ls fried apple sauce; and scalloped apples I cau't get enough of." "IjiwhI" exclaims Mrs. Scragg, "you don't say so! No kind of fruit agrees with me. And I don't see how anybody can eat those miserable things they tall olives." So they go on for an hour. "Well, I must bo going." sa Mrs. Serngg, rising at hut- "Wo'ib had a real pleasant time!" Throughout the wholM interview Mrs. Chubb has Immii talking about tlm things sliu likes, and Mrs. tM-TugK l Imi tulklng ubout the things sin doe not Ilk Kuoh one has Immiii fwllowiutf lir own tojiipuru menu uhiI whila sIm u m-t iu at nil in- tnrutl In wtuit tltu ilir litut sld slot lias Umjii grwitly iniwrosud m what khu )inlf lift Thfe licit-- ij'iv "f iuiiipiuiiiiM is kiii rt y lb ImtUt Ut ttMNMI ItHW VUiiYWkalWIt ttbvul food - V walk ' CuuiUfttiiuu, UR FLIEGENDE: HOLLAZ.-uErt, -Maslc, that 1-uathcs ncrnM tho soul As a dim u ltul Mircnils along. Where the strwn: Where lrndn .renchcU moonlight Is not totals nnd stirpes roll; caminirs strive ami toll A heart who llll tneilntik darkness Is ojie song Where helpless hopes mnko moan, and throng. Winced for a vain nml shifting goal. A ship, whose uniting eonlagc sways In tune with straining, restless spars. As through the nights, between the days, Sho reels, grown hoar with weathered scars. In lengiius on leagues of spray and hiRe Past lieadlands vague U'lieath the stars. Edward Lucas White hi New York Sun. THE DOCTOR'S YARN. I don't suppose that there is in the wide world a happier wifennd mother thau Iady Dartmoor. I don't suppose that between the four seas t litre exist.s u woman who f prouder and fonderof her husband and her children, and she has very sufficient excuse for her pride and her fondues. Dartmoor is a distinctly handsome man ho is nlso a distinctly clever man and when the Duke of Westcountry said that Dartmoor, who was his son and heir, should marry and settle he was of course the great, prize, the "catch," of the season, and ho fell to for tunate Linda Vomer. Themoststrikiiig peculiarity about lord Dartmoor is his thoroughness. When he goes in for a thing he does go In for It; he is the sort of man who feels, as the vulgar old song said, that "he is bound to go the whole hog or none." Of course ho is a genius, because he bast lie capacity for tak ing an infinite amount of trouble, lie dis tinguished himself at the university not merely in the schools, but also on the river nnd in the cricket fields. Then ho traveled through Central Asia with that very ec centric personage, Captain Brittles, gen erally known as Hadji Brittles. the great orientalist. And then he became private secretary to Lord Grindstone. Lord Grind stone was reported to have killed several private secretaries; but no amount of work was too severe for young Dartmoor. He knew perfectly well that his career as the future head of tho great house of West' country was necessarily politics. Lord Dartmoor was a lluent speaker and n hard worker, anil ho quite understood that as Lord Grindstone's private secretary he would be initiated into the business of a practical politician, mid learn all tho tricks of the trade. Ho had two years with Ixird Grindstone. Then he entered tho house as metnlier for Clodworthy. lie hail attended far too often, both in the house of com mons and in another place, as Lord 'Grind stone's private secretary, not to under stand all about the forms of the bouse; and he was a glutton for work, and members were continually pioposing to "add the name" of the member for Clodworthy to this committee and that committee. Linda Verncr was one of tho belles of the London season when -she became en gaged to Lord Dartmoor. That was noth ing more than her right, because Miss Verner was really very beautiful. She was only eighteen, but sho was straight as a dart, her figure well developed, and her complexion clear; her hair, which was the color of the ripened wheat, wits genuine and plentiful; and us for those tender blue eyes of hers, as we say in my profession, I "they accelerated the cardiac action." I I am not going to describe her in detail; it is perfectly unnecessary, because you always seo Ividy Dartmoor's photographs in thu shop windows, and her portrait by Paris, H. A., was tho picture at the academy seven years ago. I was her family doctor. When she married Lord Dartmoor I think that-the poor child was a little dis appointed, because, though it was an abso lute lore marriage on both sides, yet Dart moor hud so many irons in the political fire that ho could not give a proper amount of attention td his beautiful wife. You seo he was a member for Clodworthy; he had just been made an undersecretary of state; nnd what with the affairs of his constitu ents, and the a Hairs of the nation, and his determination to be a great political suc cess, tho man, though he loved and hon ored his young and beautiful wife, really had not time to cherish her or make a fuss, his business engagements were so very nu merous. Of course, tho beautiful L.ndy Dartmoor went, a great deal Into society, anil she was even ipore admired us Lady part moor than she had been as Liuda Ver ner. Captain the Honorable Heglnnld Black adder, generally known as Adonis Black adder,' was a professional ladykiller. Young Blackadder hud lots of money, and when I say that lie was u sort of Lovelace, with a dash of Casanova, you can under stand the sort of man he was. He was re ceived everywhere because he wus ex ceedingly well connected, but he was a distinctly dangerous man and a libertine by choice. His complexion was of an Ivory like pallor. Women always admire that; they forget that it is usually produced, as in Captain Blackadder's cise, by dissipa tion and late hours. Women said that "he waltzed like an angel;" men looked upon him as a conceited numskull. Ho did wait, like i angel, and he was a conceited numskull, and a thorough good kicking would have done Captain the Honorable Reginald Blackadder a world of good. But It is dlfllcult'for mi Injured father, or even an injured husband, to administer a thorough good kicking to an ollicer in the puards who stands six foot one In his socks. For a year lefnre her marriage Captain Blackadder had paid Linda Verner marked attention, but Miss Verner gave him no encouragement; after her marriage the captain's attentions became still more strongly marked. He danced with her as often as possible, and women liked io dance witli Iteggle Blackadder. Ho would talk to her In whispers about unfiling, and most women felt a profound satisfaction in monopolizing tho attentions of so bund some a man as Captain Blackadder. He played the very strongest card that can 1st played in the gailie of fascluulioii, and jiosed as Lady Dartmoor's friend, Iord Dartmoor did not trouble himself one jot about the fusciiiatlons of CupUilu ltluckadder; he merely looked Ukii him as an usm ail ass who talked well, who danced well. If he could only havo pretended to have been a little bit jealous all might have lx-en well; but Dartmoor had not time for jealousy, much less for shamming it. Whun he could escape from the house, if he had time, which he very seldom ijud, he would drop In at the ball or car(iet dance, ut which his wife might Isi cngsgt-d, and dutifully dritn home w ith her, as a bus IhuiiI should; but In wa generally so tired, jMxir fellow, tliai Im drop pud off to sluep before they B"l Uj 1 It house. Hum t thu inns iltttt I wait willed in rofrioiill to si lady Dartmoor, J hd known 1. r ul hn lifr, you see, nnd I wib kiiiMl l i uiitlt rtlumi her umtkUt (loll fiii LO,pUlll it l.f loM of iiipuw-, llivlu m ml. Mlilu uii lilttl dl)pllou I .n ui! t - i.i . .n.'i i i.uiign f Mir hi t i-.ot, (in iwi. i. ,i lmi DurUuiHvr U I dined tqjleavc lotidou till tho er.oh was over At his lordship's desire I rhvt Lndy Dartmoor every day. At first she was not inclined to be ' confidential. I Misected that there was something on her mind, and I Implored her to give mo her confidence. After a while she did so. Her grievance w as that she fancied her hush.. ud neglected her. In vnin 1 pointed out that a man In Ixird Dartmoo.r's position, ius the heir to the dukedom of Westcotintry, as the mem ber for Clodworthy, as an undersecretary of staU naturnlly had' his hands pretty full. "Dr. Swansdown, he has ceased to love io," said U-idy Dartmoor. U-idy Dart moor was getting morbid. "Uidy Dartnioor, you should make al lowances," I said. Ijuly Dartmoor de clined to make allowances and the matter dropped. One night I was sent for suddenly to seo Lady Dartmoor. She was sulToring from a . sudden attack of brain fever, evidently brought on by intcuse excitement. There was a good deal of wild delirium, and Ijuly Dartmoor had clearly something on her mind. She hail had a violent lit of hyster lesat Lady.Doublechin's ball. I sent for her mother. Mrs. Verner; I warned her not to leave her daughter's liedslde for an in stant. "In your daughter's suite, my dear niadatn," I said, "you must take no notice whatever of any absurdities she may utter In her ravings." I directed Hint no one but the nurse and Mrs. Verner was to enter Lady Dartmoor's room. I live in Hurley street. Thero is no gar den to my house in Hurley street. The fact of there Wing no garden to my house in Ilarley street is a great trial to Maria, who is very fond of flowers, lint, like John Gil pin's wife, she has a frugal mind. She does not buy her llowers at the florist's; she deals with tho barrowmen In the street. She does not pay in cash; she "swaps" my old clothes for floral treas ures. It is no use my remonstrating witli Marin she will do it. Two days after the commencement of Lady Dartmoor's illness my wife rushed into my consulting room. "Oh, Ananias!" sho cried (Maria is very fond of me, and sho will call me by my Christian name), "look what 1 have found." Then she held out a magnificent three stone ruby ring. I recognized the ring at once; it was 1-ndy Dart moor's. "Ananias!" cried my wife, "I got rid of yourold shawl dressing gown today; I bar tered it for ferns. One of them actually came out of the pot, it was so dry, poor thing; and between tho pot and the earth was this beautiful ring." 1 congratulated Maria, and I took charge of tho ring. When I called professionally upon Lady Dartnioor that day her mother, Mrs. Verner, was very much depressed. "She has been raving all night nlKiut CapUiin Blackadder anil her ruby ring, doctor. She seems perfectly conscious now, but she does nothing but shed tears, tloctor, and stare at her left hand. And," added .Mrs. Verner dismally, "her ruby ring is missing, Dr. Swansdown." Then I went up to see my patient. She was perfectly sensible, but her mental de pression was intense and tears wero flow ing freely from her lovely eyes. I got rid of Mrs. Verner on some pretext pr other. Then I stooped, and, pretending to pick it up from tho floor, I handed her the ruby ring. "Oh, Dr. Swansdown," she cried, in a voice of genuine gratitude, "then it was all a dream a dreadful, dreadful dream. I must tell you, doctor," she cried in her excitement; "I must tell you. Somebody," sho said "somebody who shall be name less has been persuading me for ever so long that Dartmoor neglects me, and I dreamt a dreadfully vivid dream, Dr. Swansdown, and I thought 1 was sure that my dream was a reality, for 1 had lost my ring; and I dreaiiit that when I was sitting out with him in the conservatory at Ijuly Doublechiti's ball the other night he asked me to elope with him that night. At first I indignantly refused. Then I dreamt that I hesitated; I told him u- leave me; that if I consented I would put the ring in a flower pot that held a fern which was standing behind us; and then 1 dreamt and my dream seemed real, doc tor that 1 iiimlo up my mind that Dart moor no longer loved me, and that I placed my ring in tho llower pot, close to the edge; uud that just then Dartnioor appeared to take mo homo. And then I remember nothing more until late last night. And then I found the ring was gone; and, oh! Dr. Svansdown, I loathed myself." ''Calm yourself, calm yourself, my dear young lady," 1 began, with a genial, pro fessional smile, "Late hours, my dear Lady Dartnioor, late hours and ixinilou Vilr havo much to answer for. It was a lucky thing, though, that you found your ring; and now your mind is thoroughly disabused of the tun monstrous halluci nation. You must try to dismiss these ridiculous ideas from your mind. Ah! we are much better this morning, much bet ter. Are wo not, Lady Dartmoor?" 1 said, with a smile thut was childlike and bland, to Mrs. Werner, who just then entered tho room, 1 did not tell Ixird Durtmoor how very nearly the happiness of his young wife's life hud been wrecked; hut I ordered the Dartmoors oil1 on a voyage round the world; and they started within the fort night In Sir John Binnacle's big steam yucht, which Dartmoor purchased. When I got home 1 told Maria that I had lost the riiliy ring, and I added that 1 did not believe that they wero rubies, "Oh, Ananias!" cried Mrs. Swansdown In her just Indignation, "you are a erfect fooll" What became of Captain the Honorable Heginuld Ulackadderr Why, Jurnuu, the French deputy, spitted him upon the sands of Blackenlierghe lecau.so ho was a great deal too attentive to Mine. Jarnac, and he died upon the field of honor. Serve him right, tho lieast ! They manage this sort of tiling so much better In France. St. James Budget. A llluek Silk 1'i-ltli out for Two Dollar.. A black silk M'tiliuut, trimmed hand homely with black lace, is a luxury that not every woman cau afford when the prices of them lango from twenty to thirty tlollurs, ami even nioie. This Is how one wus made, and a U-aiity it was at that, for two dollars. A young woman started out with ten dollars to get the long envied urtlcle. She went from shop to shop; nothing quite suited her, uud it setmed such au awful lot to give for the Jliinxy things, with their poor luco und pinked nifties, thut were set before her. So, giving up in despair, she took the elevated home, and gliding over the Brook lyu bridge u waft of fresh air blew uu Idea into her wearied brain. On getting hoiuu khe found an old rial silk iiuilnrskirt which she hud intended lo I si knit up into u wovtiu iMirtlwie. On another die wus an old bhmk lac IIuuih-. whhjh, with kioiig lug.piMMiuw uinl tutruliitf, WHkiimdo utmrit u guod mb uuh i wll I t Im iwt silk shirt w goiMM Hi rough thu diiiirf protfuk. Tl two Mem put ioiiili'i , Miel for I wo)lulhtr, thu sum for du in, sin- Imd u nun h i ' livr muiAi Hutu mo) lit Imd Hutu l"i i- a duilaii. (.) rk Lmiiii( huu ALONE. Mr life puts forth to sea atone: The skies nre dark above; Alkrouiid Hiear grnr waters moan I Alas for vanlMied love! "O lonely life that presieth on Across those wa -tes of years. Where sro tho guiding pilots cone Whoso Is tho hand that steers?" Tho pilots they are left behind L'lxin yon golden strand; We drift before tho driving wind: Wo cannot miss tho land That land to which we hurry on. Across tho angry years; IIoihs being dead, and sweet l.ove cone. There Is no hand tltat steers. -Philip Hourko Mnrston in New York Truth. Optical l.iintrrns. For exclusively parlor ttso a good lantern may bo obtained for $15, which will give a picture Cor 8 feet in diameter. Forfcilone may purchase a sciopticon suitable for use in small halls and capable of producing a picture 10 or 12 feet across, A sciopticon of the highest class, with an oil lamp or lime jet, would cost $100 or more, nnd would give a picture 20 feet In diameter at a distance of 12. feet, A pair of scioptl- cons used together for dissolving views form n piece of apparatus known as a sto- reopticon. Prices of stereopticons rnngo from f.0 to $.IX), and a triple lantern, used for fancy elfects, will cost you from $lW)to $1,000, accotdlng to the needs of your bus! ness. For hall exhibitions, however, the low priced lantern does all tho work of a high class one, anil a pair of good $Co scl- opticons may he used very effectively in dissolving. About lantern screens. A clean white wall is an ideal surface upon which to pro ject a lantern imago. Nexttothlsn tightly drawn muslin sheet without wrinkles, Paper with a dead finish makes a good screen, but it is apt to be lacking in dura lilllty. If it is desired to place tho lantern behind the screen, ih in tho case of the screen being in a large doorway, with tho lantern in one room mid the spectators in the other, it should be stretched very tight and thoroughly wet to make It, translucent. This plan, however, I do not recommend, as the cloth will not permit all the light to puss through. Lnt ertainment. Some Old Oeorclii SiipciHtltlini. Hero is a contribution in the shape of fo'k lore gossip as heard among the Geor gia crackers. It is a survival of tho old Knglish superstitious. When it is ebb tide tho slits in a cat's eyes are horizontal; when it is Hood tido they are vertical. Kill ti frog and it will rain hard for three days? If a cock walks in at tin' door, turns around ami crows, ho announces a death in tho family. Pota toes will not thrive unless they are planted in the dark of the moon, and a child born at the full of the moon will be a boy. If you open an umbrella in a house the only person present will die, and the same thing will happen if you hang a coat or hut on a door knob or a door bell. It is not wise to set. a hen during a certain part of August, becaqso the life of t(ie world is at its lowest then. If two persons going hand In hand meet an obstacle which dl vides them the one on tho left will go to Jiell and the one on the right to heaven. IT you drop a pair of scissors and one point sticks in the Moor a visitor will come from the direction toward which the other leg is extended. A child that has never seen its father cat) cure whooping coughJ by blowing down the patient's throat. To get rid of freckles count them ami put an equal number of pebbles Into a paper, Whoever steps on tho paper will get the freckles. At lama Constitution. TIn Spec l nil l,l;lit. "One stormy night in October," said a well known railroad conductor recontly, "I was in mortal fear that the (fridges, of which there are ii good many on the line, would be washed away by thu swollen rivers, Fortiihutoly wo passed nearly all of them safely, but just as wo drew near the last bridge I happened to ho crossing from one car to another and noticed a strange, weird looking blue light dancing up and down In 1 rout of the train. I don't know what possessed mo to do it, lyit I rang the bell and brought the train to a stop. The engineer, braketuau and I then set out to discover tho cause of the light, hut it had entirely disappeared and not a trace of it was left. We went down tho track as far as the bridge, and found that it had been completely washed away by the stream, which was swollen, only a few timbers remaining to bear evidence that a bridge had once spanned the stream. We were kept there for over two days, until another bridge could bo built, and, al though the other trainmen laugh at mo for it, 1 earnestly believe that that spectral blue light was placed by a divine Provi dence to save us from an awful fate." St. ImuIh Globe-Democrat. Tim Villus" I.i4iiiillgliter. In some siirbiirban villages tho lamp lighter makes his rounds in a sulky. Ho may not have a greater number of lamps to- light than his city brother, but it may I hi that they are further apart, and to get over the ground In time he must drive. He does not carry the inclosed torch that Is commonly used In the city, for he doesn't need it; driving up under tho lamp, he is, when standing in the sulky, high enough ahova the ground to reach the burner, anil ho light tho gas with a match. New York Sun. The ray, or skate fish, has a mouth set transversely across Us head, the jaws working with a rolling motion like two hands set back to back. In the jaws are three rows of flat teeth, set like a mosaic pavement, and lielweeu these rolling jaws the fish crushes oysters ami other mot lusks like so many nuU. Probably the liveliest railway junction in the world Is at Clupham, in Kngland, where the lOiidnu, Brighton and South Coast und the liiidou and Southwestern railways cross. Between 7 o'clock in the morning and fo at night, 1,000 trains puss this junction au average of one every fifty four seconds. The celebrated Krasiuua, although a na tive of itotterdam, had suchaii aversion to fish thut thu smell of It threw him Ipto u fever. Ambrose Pare had u putleut who con Id never see uu eel without fainting, and another who would full Into convul sions ut thu sight of u carp. Clouds consist klmply of wuler divided into minute globules or drops. They differ In no essential respect from the steam emitted by a tea kettle, or the mints uud fog that fill rlrer valleys at kiiurlse. Thrno form of water are nil produced In tho same way. Sir William Wlumeii's method of apply ing tdmtiU light, iu grow llower ami fruit by HlBlit or on vlowdy day liiu lnii mil- ploywt Willi 0M-I tUMttM U btittril II NVkV Indian ktuainsr in kirp ullve sxpg v)ne und vllitr dMiii Woes nt n Marrlpil Man Two old follows wort' In tin cent be hind mo in tin; ear They Imd just met by aceitk'iit. nftor n long wparntion, mid having discussed the weather, tho crops and the 1'nritiers' Alliance. tley fell upon domestic matters. "You married a Grayling, didn't yon ?" asked one "Yes. my first woman was a Gray ling. Good woman too," "Yes, I bet she was good df she wa. one of old Ilimiii Grayling's girls." "Well, she wasn't as good to work a.n some of the other girls. Now wli,eii it come to picliin' hrosh and helpin' with tile eleariif slu wasn't much good; said her back give out. and all that." "Naw." paid tho other sympathetic ally. "Yes; but then she wns better th.m most women 1 didn't do as well tho last time." "Is that so? Le's see who did you ninrry last time?" "1 married that girl of Hen Hvnns', yon know the one who used to look fo healthy She got sick with typhoid fever right after harvest, two yeans ago. and lost nil her hair. When sho got well she was always dingin- at mo for money to buy a switch. Now,, tny wife had on a good switch when she died, and we didn't even put it in the eotlln with her. Hut do you think, that livnns woman would put tliethitip; on her head! No, sir. She said if I couldn't nITord as tunny hair switches as 1 could wives I might go to grass. Just goes on talkin' that way, yon know." "Too bad." said tho other inatu "Sho'M be wanting a new eollln all to herself, the next thing you know.'" Chicago Herald. Charity Mlnuppllril. The superintendent of a children s charity institution remarked: "Ah, there is one lady of fashion in this city whose goodness of heart is certainly without a parallel among her set. I can't tell you her name, because sho objects strongly to having her kitul deeds known. She is u true Christian at work, oven if she does dunce a great many nights away and own a fortune's worth of diamonds." "Does tiie lady give a lot of money to the institution f" the superintendent wan tusked. "Oh, no." he replied, "she doesn't give money to its. but she labors fonts. She does indeed. Sho cooks for us con tinually Kvery day there are pies and eakes and pudding sent iu to the chil dren from her, and I have proof that they are all made by the lady herself. How she ever llnds time for it all is more than I can explain. Only a low moments ago I received here two dozen custard pies, four suet ptiddingtt and six sheets of sponge cake, with this note saying thut she had just baked them all and hoped tho children would enjoy them." "And they Just will enjoy theu, won't they?" said tho listener. 0 "Well, no." replied tho suicriritenil ent. "You see. they won't eat them." "Won't eat them?" "No, That's the only trouble with this good, charitable lady. Nootiocan eat anything she cooks." Now York Sun. i Mlelit lluvii Coin u ;. C. It. No incident in Disraeli's career is more pleasant than his offer of u pen sion and a G. C. II. to Oarlyle. A friend of Sir William Eraser walked with Carlylo for two hours on tho day on which Disraeli's letter arrived. Carlylo described tfie letter being brought to him by a treasury messenger, the largo black seal, his wonder as to what tho oillcial envelope could contain, and lib great surprise on reading the olTer, oon- veyed in language of consiimate tact and delicucy. Carlylo wild: "The let ter of .Disraeli was flattering, generous and iiiiigiiiiiiinious; his overlooking all that I have said and done against hiru wtw great." lie added . "The uccuruto percep tion of merit In others is one of tho highest characteristics of a lino intel lect. 1 should not have given Disraeli credit for possessing it had it not beeu brought home so directly to me." 'lio repeated the words "generoiiB" and "iiiugiiuiiiiiious" several times. Dis raeli's letter, by the way, though it en tirely deserves the praises abovo quoted for its tact and delicacy, is by no weans impeachable in grammar, for it ooiir tains within a dozen lines two Instanced of the hanging "and which." Pall Mall Budget. OiiUIiIb unit Intlilv. The ingenuity of jx'ople who think they are ill when they nro not quito triumphs over any external evidence of health. A very stout German workman went to a physician In thu west nnd com plained of being very unwell. "Hut," said the doctor, "If you ure sick it has not prevented you from get ting pretty comfortably fat" "Oh, dot fat!" said the Oeruintu "Yes, I am fat on de outside, but on do eetwlde, achl I am bo poor l" Youth's Companion. A llruv uud blinplt. "No." Tho American captain was asked why, with lib ship In extremity und tho waves washing men overboard, he hud suddenly hauled down lit tiny of dU treas. Ho and hl crow Imd been tluifc tho llrltbli ktoiiiuur watt lowering ono of her bonis (It rowniud them) and hud doubted wliolhur a bout could llvo Iu that sou. "I mIiI thun Io my men, 'Khull wo lot thou bravo followu tMi llmirllvw to novo iilirxi' m thoynnlil No I' '1'Iimji 1 IiuiiIimI down I ho W Academy,