The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, December 24, 1891, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Texto ft Hot Griddle Cakes. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder possesses a peculiar merit not approached by that of any other baking powder. It produces the hot buckwheat, Indian or wheat cakes, hot biscuit, doughnuts, waffles or muffins. Any of these tasteful things may be eaten when hot with impunity by persons of the most delicate digestive organs. Dr. Price's Cream Bak ing Powder leavens without firmentation or decomposition. In its preparation none but the purest of cream of tartar, so da, etc. is used, and in such exact equivalents as to always guarantee a perfectly neutral result, thereby giving the natu ral and sweet flavor peculiar to buckwheat and other flour that may be used, the natural flavor so much desired and ap preciated by all. The oldest patrons of Dr. Prices powder tell the story, that they can never get the same results from any other leavening agent, that their griddle cakes, biscuits, etc. are never so light and never taste so sweet or so good as when raised with Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder. n t Lnj i . The Bpriw- U hero nt last. Lei 's bu Rlail! The gloo-ny days aro past. And tli" sad The spring coat's out of pawn. Ami wo have to mow the lawn, Aul ttat shad. The grass U crowing green Iiy the rill. Ami the dandelion's seen On the hill; On the stalls there's early fruit. And come homo tho wife's spring suit. With the bill The robins have uecuu Sow to mate. And the youth of tenty-on ' Meet his fate. And 'neath fair Lima's light, lie swings u i 1 1 1 her nt uigut On the gate The cat niin the shed Nightly sings Till Home one nt Ills head Uriel; bats lllngs; But he merely changes haso. And blngs In another place. Yes. by jlngs! Boston Courier. The, Curtain Down. A party of countrymen were, in town en joying tho sights. At last they enmo by one of tho theatres ou llrondwiiy. "Suppose wo ttiko it in," says ono. "Better see how much it is first," paid an other. After inquiring the prieo of admission they decided to pool their i-sues and send one of the party inside to see whether it was good for anything or not. After remaining for some time, tho delegate returned. , "How is it" asked ono. "No good. A lot of fellers Hddlin' in front of a big pictur' Coino on." Munsoy's "Weekly. Took the Oliulim. "Brnin food," ho wild, as ho leaned over the counter of a fish store. "Yes. sir. Let mo see!" He rummaged union;; his papers for three or four minutes and then mid: "I had n memorandum, hut 1 havo mislaid it, and will havo to take tho chances." "What chances'" "Whether frc-h cod furnishes new material to tho brain or only nets on the liver. How much, sirl" Detroit Free Press. A Natural Inference. In a Sunday school class in tiio neighbor hood of Meridian Heights tho teacher last Sunday asked who was tlio first man'. "Adam," replied the small boy. "Anil who was tho first woman I" she asked a little girl. Tho child hesitated for n minute; then her face brightened. "Mndnm," she sung out, and tho teacher hadn't the heart to correct her. Washington Star. The I'ltness of Tilings. A certain Young Men's Christian associa tion recently invited a geiitlemun to deliver an address. IIo did so, and Mattered himself that ho made a good impression on tho audi ence, but was somue, hat taken aback when tho chairman at the close of his address gave out tho hymn: "Art thou weary, urt thou languid, art thou sore oppressed J" New York Tribune. Mule Testimony. Miss Hokers How long's Mistah Loos bo'n wearln' a spyglass in he's eyol Mr. Ifley Dat nin't a spyglass. Ho got truck wiv n clam iu d' suppah room, an' ' leavin' hit In fer evidence. Judge. Soelul llcinmmy, Mrs. Scrooge I'm writing to ask the Brown' to meet the Joihmm here ut dinner, ami to tho Jonewts to meet tho Drowns. We owe thorn loth, you kuow. Mr. Scroogw Hut I've heard they've Jut quarreled and don't speak! Mr. Scrooge I know They'll refuse, and we needn't glvo a dinner party at olll Punch. Innocent liigrutllmle. A little 3-ytsr-olii ly went Ut the grocery store with hl mutber. While tlmro the pro prietor gave the little fellow nil npple. "What do you wy to the Ktwitlwuan when ha glvo you mi npilt"ul Uwiimleful moth er. The ItUla fellow htwJlatal ft MMllMIt, then itetehiutf Um mh4 up Ui the elver, Mid, "I'wil 1 1. "-West mum MtMl (fuel. Mr. uM0 -llMo, mim, I'm su prWtwl ir jWj)wf," tut itttt- H iai. W. UH froftL I f1Wtr )il "'u, I u ti. H . U I f ..ii i. ... i m- si 1 it . 4t ll..i.k ' "I Itt'x - I Muui) tin. Tricks of Artists. A trench paper says that for two months of tho year tho chief business of tho two thousand ami odd exhibitors at tho Salon is to attract the attention of visitors to their own pictures. Some of tho "dodges" which have been found useful for tho purpose, it seems, are highly ingenious. The plan found most effectual, and therefore most commonly employed, is the "Yankee Amateur Dodge." It consists of employing two or three agents, dressed in an eccentric fashion, to walk backward and forward with a mysterious air. Tho public is greatly awed by their appearance, and reports are soon circulated that the pic ture will be sold for its weight in gold. Another highly recommended plan is to hire the best looking model intro duced into tho picture to walk back ward and forward in front of tho can vas. The identity is soon discovered, and great sensation is tho consequence. A few years ago a painter found out a still more original plan. Ho placed some soft, resinous substance, winch would grow soft with warmth, in front of his own picture. Tho unfortunate person who happened to stop for a few minutes would find himself fixed to tho spot for somo time. Our authority thinks this last method tho most businesslike and effectual. Ceorgo Idiot's Wife. Tho blunders that nro mado in regard to literary jxjoplo by thoso who should know better aro absurd enough, but thoso who havo had no opportunity to inform them selves in such matters can go even beyond these mistakes in droll errors. At an authors' reuding recently given in Boston for tho lenelit of a working girls' club there were present a number of work lug girls who havo for the most part a small chance to keep themselves informed of tho history or personality of authors. Among tho readers was Mrs. Maudo Howe Eliot, daugliter of Mrs. Julia AVurd Howo, and author of sovernl novels. When tho read ing of her selection camo one girl was over henrd to say to another: "Ain't she lovely? I'm awfully glad to seo her. I always did want to seo George Eliot's wifo." The confusion of ideas in tho speaker's mind between tho living authors of America and tho departed novelists of England must havo been pretty complete. Youth's Companion. Society Ilables A lining Indians. Among Indian society thej'o aro grades as I in our own. There uro classes nud ranks, u I good society and a joor society in every In I dian tribe. Among tho higher classes of In i dians there is tho greatest nicety iu taking J care of their children. The visitor at an In i dian reservation usually sees only tho lower classes, often those that would correspond ' witli beggars and paupers among us. Tho , higherclassesof Indians appreciate thondvan- tagesof our civilization and are sending their I children uway from the reservations to bo 1 educated. Among Indians of that grade there is more or less of cleanliness and tho I children aro bathed every day. Philadelphia Ledger. I'uul mid Virginia Discredited. Another pretty tale, that of "Paul and Virginia," is now attacked by a seeker after "absolute truth." A Frenchman named Aretie has written an article to prove that Virginia do la Tour, who was reported to have been drowned in the wreck of the Saint Geran, was really saved by her lover and duly married him. M. Areue relics largely on a fan said to have been given to Virginia by M. de la Bourdoutmis, the colonial governor, who married her to Paul, this remarkable fan being iu the possession of one of the gover nor's descendants M. Atiatolo France, however, says that the fan. from the de scription, Is pure Inputs XVI, and that as the Saint Geran went down in 174-1 it is of no value as an argument against the ac cepted legend. lie Siitq About Your Oati. A St. lvotiis writer who claims to be un authority ou the subject says he has tried au old remedy for saving wet shoes and that It works well, ills method is to stand them up, put them in shape and then fill them with oati. "such as they feed to horses." This will In a few hours draw all the moisture out of the leather leaving it soft and pliable. OaU "such as they feed to horses" is good. Can it bo possible that wooden oat have a vogue In St. lmisf Or Is there a special kind for humuu usuf Muil Money In lUtebitll. There i money In baseball for those who kuow how to handle their ersoim! attain. A. ( Spalding saved hl wages, suru-d In buslueas and U worth n million or two. "IK-acon" White, tho fainoiu pluyer, lu never vuiitiued ou outside enterprises, hut by frmtslliy lie has JiIImI together HW.ttJU uiwl luwui'imi uvener iif h line fiirin In Ktiiillicli rounty, N V . where liU fttthcruiid slsUr j "vi ... I ul hu U'ssr JsMrlrr. I, Huniu f the lvuluii Army's pruliy i mriiilrs lwe u kMmni Jewelry, bta lh Is fru uwl till. ttvii lh um ' iBuobiiMi uLmt ut lis fMr wsrrturs lis! I Us) UikSSt Hl naliiltsi for Ifee luMtttflt lJ.tUMMitfi iM.li i .lit.. U It fimfi n pik.,i ( ii. .,i. - Il.nr 1-Vt "it , i.m t ' t.n .( s '".' -'y 1 AFfEB T11E MUD A1AKCH. AN INCIDENT OF CAMP LIFE SPOILS SUNDRY DINNERS. How One Rrcliuent 0t the Lunch on a Com puny r Yankee Jerseytuen Feast el on lloaiit Hoc It AVaii Then Served to Verniontern as Ileait Clieene. Every old soldier of tho Army of tho Potomac remembers Burnside's mud march. It Ix'jjau on Jnu. 22, 1803. This was forty dnj-s after his defeat at Fred ericksburg. In an effort to retriovo it he followed tho example of Charles XII and opened a winter campaign. IIo tried to strike tho Rappahannock somo miles above Fredericksburg, cross the river on pontoons and reach Lee's rear. It began to rain ou tho evening of tho 22d, and it rained incessantly for threo days. The pontoons never reached tho river. They were stuck in seas of mud Nearly every man in tho nrmy was wet to tho waist for days in efforts to drag them to dry ground. Tho Confederates on tho other sido of tho Rappahannock quickly divined tho situation. They stuck up immense pla cards on the bank of tho river bearing such inscription ns "Burnside's Army Stuck in the Mud." "Burnsido is not Mc Clellan." and other pat sayings. When the sun began to shino and the pontoons wero dragged from tho sloughs tho nrmy went back to its old camp. Everybody was disheartened. Tho pen insula veterans, who wero stanch Mc Clellan men. shook their heads mourn fully, saying, "I told you bow it would bo." Tho discontent rose to such a pitch that there was a spirit of mutiny in some of tho regiments. Hundreds of deser tions occurred every day and tho army had no confidence in its commander un til Joo Hooker succeeded Burnside. THK ItHGlMKNTS. I was a sergeant in Company C of tho Twenty-sixth Now Jersey volunteers at this time. The New Jersey regiment was part of the Second brigade. This brigade had won n brilliant reputation on the Peninsula and at Antietam. It was known m tho Army of tho Potomao as tho Vermont brigade. It was com posed, with tho exception of tho Jersey regiment, of Vermont troops. They wero tall, ungainly Yankees. They drawled their words, and gavo them a peculiar nasal twang. Their feet wero so big that tho Johnnies compared them to old-fashioned griddles. A Mississippian onco told mo they wero so big that whenever he killed a Ver mont Yankee ho had to go up and shovo him over before ho would tumble. I saw somo captured North Carolinians sent in from tho front at the first battle of Fredericksburg. In stature, gait and accent they resembled tho Vennonters. 1 believe that if they had worn the Fed eral uniform tho Vennonters themselves would havo taken them for brothers. Wo went into camp after tho mud march near Whito Oak church. About two weeks afterward Bill Young, a big Scotchman in our regiment, confiscated a sheep owned by boiuo farmer in tho vicinity. IIo had found a little copso in an out of tho way nook, where ho butch ered the tho sheep, hung tho carcass to the limb of a treo by its hind legs and dressed it Ho' had hardly finished tho work when ho was frightened by a file of men who wero approaching the spot. After hastily concealing tho carcass ho sneaked back to camp, Two hours later ho returned to tho copso. The mutton seemed to uo all right. It did not appear to havo been disturbed. Ho avoided collision with the camp guard, and managed to get it to' his shelter tent after dark. Then ho cut it up and distributed it nmong his friends m tho ranks and tho commis sioned officers. DOG INSTEAD OF MUTTON. Twenty-four hours afterward a Ver mont regiment, then commanded by Louis A. Grant, now assistant secretary of war (and by tho way, Redfield Proctor was a captain in tho same regiment), passed through our camp on picket do tail. As they struck company C's street, through wjiioh they marched down tho hill, they all began to bark like dogs. The Jerseymen rushed from their tents and wondered what tho barking meant. Tho Vennonters kept up tho canine dem onstration for half a mile, yelling with delight. Commissioned officers who had par taken of tho mutton were tho first to solvo tho riddle. Somo of tho cold meat was left. After tho Vermont demonstra tion it did not tasto like mutton, it was little rank, one said, and tasted lhoro like coon meat that hadn't been par boiled. Many who had received tho gift wero sick nt the stomach. It turned out that somo bright Ver- mouter had seen Young ut work on tho sheep. IIo rang in his comrades and fnghtened the Scotchman back to camp. Then they stole tho carcass, and put iu its place tho dressed body of an old New foundland dog that had been following n Wisconsin brigade. When the Vennonters returned from picket duty and began to cross our camp tho barking was resumed. This time tho Jerseymen wero ready for them. From 700 throats came tho cry: "llead cheese, head cheese, you Yankees!" This cry gavo u pallor to the Venaont faces. Their stomachs wero turned. Whilo they wero on picket duty eomo Germans in tho Jersey regiment had gathered nil of tho cold roast dog in camp, turned it into head cheese, and jeddled it ou Urn Vurmont picket reserve, lleud cheeso was a delicacy rarely soon in tho army. It had gone Ilka hot cakes. Kverybody bought It. Possibly evenBeo retary Prootor and General louls A. Grant got their sham of It. At all events there was no inure burking anil no more buying of head i-hetMu on the pluket Hue. Amos J. (Jiniiiiiiinfs in New York Hun. A Well linn ii OsrniPiil. Landlady- On, Mr i.Hleiii.tt sliinll thlitf uauiu In hwI Mul war uwwmL Mr Hj'Iii!jii u)l- UMliar, ue liiulleri I'll fouii HMtUt-i' Ji n.jiu m Mtiiit u mu ii mhI rry iwn Hukr in i"Mrii in uvml (js hnvit, TACT IS THd THING. IIow i New York Iliiy Out i Position When Time Were tllll'eretit from Today. Tact is one of tho first qualifications of A business man, and the following little incident in the history of one of tho most successful merchants shows n develop ment of this trait early in his business career. Coming to New York from tho conn try, without friends nnd with very little money, he found Uis way to "lower Wall street." and walking into tho storo of W. & Co., passed back into tho count ing room and waited modestly and pa tiently till ho should divert tho ntteution of Mr. W , who was at tho moment busily engaged with somo friend. At last tho frank, open faco of tho boy at tracted his notice, and ho addressed him with: "What can 1 do for you, sonny?" "1 want a place, sir." "Well, what can you do?" The boy answered eagerly: "Most anything, sir." Mr. W , partly for a joko and part ly to rid himself of tho almost too confi dent boy, said; "Ah, ah! Well, just go out and bor row me a couple of thousand dollars." ' Tho lad placed his hat on his head, I walked out of tho storo, then passed I slowly down Front street till ho came to 1 nnother large store in tho samo lino of business, our friends of tho past, Messrs. S. C. it C. then, with a bold but honest j look, he walked up to tho head of tho housa and said: I "Mr. W , of W. & Co., sent mo I down to borrow $2,000." "IIo did, my son? IIow is business up at your place?" Tho boy, having seen tho appearance of largo shipments, answered quickly: "Very good, sir." "Two thousand dollars did you say? Will that bo enough?" "Well. $2,000 is all he told me, but if you have plenty I think ho would like it if you sent him $1,000." "Just give this boy a check for $3,000 for W. & Co.." remarked Mr. S to his cashier. Tho boy took tho check and with it re turned to Mr. W , walking back into tho olllco with an nir of successful pride. and said "Here it is, sir." Mr. W . taking ono look nt tho check and then at the boy, said: "Young man, como in hero: yon aro just tho ono 1 have been looking for." And giving him a desk he set him to work. New York Recorder. Odd KpltupllK. Whilo strolling in tho fields near a small hamlet not thirty miles from Rochester I camo across an antiquated gravoyard overgrown with ivy and mosses, tho stones of which boro dates between 1700 nnd 1820. I scraped tho mold from a few of tho stones and brought to light theso inscriptions. This one is modest; My noddy to tho iiravo I rIvo, My houl to (iod I hupo Is lied; When this my children You do see. remember me. This, on a child's grave, is not without pathos: This lovely bud so young and faro, C.ild hence by erly doome. Just cnugut to hliiiu- how sweet a flower In Puradlso would hloom. This one also preserves tho phonetic method: Youth lll;e a morning flour. Cut down and withered iu an hour. Notice tho unexpected word division in theso: To worlds of spcrlts I am koho. And left my friends beh ind to mourn. My body lies hrru in the dust, My boul is Htatinuud wi th the blest. Hark, my Ray friends, to you my voice has been, Refrain from folly and forsake your sin; Still from the dead I fain would send my cries. Trust in the Saviour, don't His Rraco despise. This one is as good as any I havo seen: A thmisnnd ways cut short our days. None are exempt from death, A honeybee by stluRinK mo. Hid stop my mortal breath. Rochester Union. A WlililiolHtlnc Drum. A novel machine called a whiphoisting drum has been invented in Rhodo Island for unloading lumber and other freight from vessels, and is found to bo a great improvement on ordinary methods in tho saving of timo and labor. 'I ho ma-! chine has three drums which operato two derricks and n central lino which runs to tho hold of tho vessel: tho power is fur-1 nished bv an electric motor of ten horso t 4t. ; .! 1 power, inu capitally wi uiu suuiui iiuug C00 volts and making 1.C00 revolutions to tho minuto. A belt connects tho motor with tho shaft which operates tho drums, tho power being transferred to the drums by what is called a paper friction; each drum is operated by a lover, and can bo stopped iu an instant. Tho motor is a belf oiling machine, a drop of oil falling on tho bearings every thirty seconds. When tho lumber is drawn from tho vessel, a largo hook from tho wharf der rick is attached, and tho sticks aro trans ferred in tho most ready manner to any part of tho yard. Now York Sun. Ooeer I'rovUlon. Tho will of the Karl of Pembroke, of tho English civil war notoriety, does not jiortray a mind exactly iu tho state it should bo when ho proceeds to sayi "As regards my other horses, I bequeath them to my Lord Fairax, that when Cromwell and his coum il take awuy his commission hu may still have somo horses to command. Above all, nut not inv IxmU' beneath tint (dinreb noreb. for I .., ..it.,r ..II ....... of 1.IHI. ..,! would not that 1 idiould bo interred there . where Colonel I'rldo wan lorn." Ban Francisco Argonaut. A I "Id ur (Juiitleiiinii (on railway train) Pardon Hie, iiittdiiini U IliU seat besltlu you en gugedf Lwdv (iltsUiilly) I prcsuiiiu I can re ihw my MiUwhuf ami tumuli nud iiikUo ruoMil lHt III Um swU wjMiii) mu mim ouiimlv iiiuMsumilwl (J.Hiss mui m. nudum. )uru i wm4ww U IU fiwil gf llieili. MtW Vrlf Wuly. I I AMERICAN VEKSATiLITY, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE CAREER OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Flrt a Lawyer, Then n Tiiet, an Aclts tor, a Satirist, an laylt, a Lectnrer, a rnlltlcliin, it niptinnatliit anil at the Laftt a llerenreil Old Mini. The recent death of James Russell Low til, a man who In his time had "played many parts," cannot but direct attention to tho fact that American men of litters ro not ns a rule writers solely and dis- M. I.OVi:i,L AT TIlIKTV-FIVn. tinctively. In some, and often In man ways, they come in touch with the more material activities of life and arc able todo otherthlugs than to polish a sonnet or to round a graceful period. A number of names suggest themselves ns examples of this purely occidental versa tility. E. C. Stednmn is a broker ns well as a poet. Edgar Allan Poe, Charles King and Mayuo Held were In the regular army. Fitz CiiTcne llnlleck lived on his salary as a clerk iu tho office of John Jacob Astor. I The Abbotts wero clergymen, and the Adamses have stamped their individuality on public affairs slnco tho days of t he col onies. Thomas Bailey Aldrich began llfu as a clerk in a New York counting house. Georgo Bancroft, tho elder Hawthorne, Bayard Taylor, W. W. Astor and Btct ' Harte figured in political affairs. Andrew Carnegie was an Ironmaster ere ho was an author, Samuel L. Clemens was a printer, a river pilot and several other things be fore he became Mark Twain ami wrote "Thu Innocents Abroad." Holmes is a physician, and Bellamy is a lawyer. Thu list might bu extended almost in definitely, hut enough Instances aro set down to sustain tho proposition that versa tility is an American characteristic and that those who shine as literary stars of thu first magnitude have capabilities be yond the realms of phrase turning and bookmaktng. Lowell thoroughly recog ui.ed tills, and was himself one of tho best of modern examples. IIo started out In life with certain views that experience and a widened hori.ou Induced him to modify or totally abjure. When a Harvard stu dent he wrote his first poem and devoted many of Its lines to satire of the aboli tionists. Later on these abolitionists Emerson, (ilddings, and so ou became his closest friends, and In his verses hu exalted thoso whom he had formerly debased. Then, too, as a graduate of a leading university, ho wils wont to have small re gard for the lesser educational institu tions. But as tho years wentby this preju dice was supplanted by other convictions, as witness thu following extract from an address delivered by him not many years ago at the opening of it new college for girls at Bryn Mawr, near Philadelphia: "1 once had a strong prejudice against tho building of small colleges, but I am re minded that they uro of great use as semi naries of culture. We are too aptln Ameri ca to take credit for education. I have been taken to task for saying hard thitms about tho culture of America. I don't know what good a man Is to his country unless hu tells tho truth about it. I don't know what good a country is to a man If he can't bear to have the truth told about it. Onco I said universities were places where nothing useful was taught, but I have qualified that. Some say that their uso is to help a man as a breadwinner, but I don't believe- that. My opinion is that what hu learns there Is not that which makes him any tho better or worse as a breadwinner, but it will actus ti sweetener of what bread he gets." Mr. 1owell began his manhood life un der fortuimtu conditions. Ho possessed money, brains and ambition. So when ho felt that he had made a mistake In choos- ing the law as a profession hu was able to abandon a rather meager practice without nuyicarasto tnenreuuanu nutter conso nuences. Freed from all financial cares. ho did two very natural things took to ! writing and fell In love. The lady of his cliolt-o Inn decided views on public ques- ". " peruaps it was owing to ncr in nuenco that Lowell for the remainder of his llfu was In constant conllict with hint- mm MIL LQWKLL WIIKS UIMSTKU TO UNO LAND self. His Inclinations were thoo of the conservative and aristocrat, ills Judg ment set bin feet In the path trod by the COIIIIIIOII IK-Ople. home Inkling of the ever existing struggle may be glraiied from t lit.SH I'l.huutl t.t tl these verses, of which he Is the author! It limy bo vlorloiu In wrlta Tliouuhls Hint hull uIujI the twoor three illith souls, like iIiomj fur Urs thsl cuiua In slulit Once In n centum Jlut better far It i In tints k One simple Honl, whh now s ml thru fihsll ttuka Ibelr fitui wduis la Die wvk And frlsiHllwM suit of iiisii, In fctuiBiiig I iill's erks, purlliiuliirly ll Ui rhyme, uuv is sirusk with nnutlivr l',wu' wiUy tut Mwlli. JJU wller jHMiiim sliww iIimI U hn4 luml uWdy sinl uiHey V u..M .U.Uu, ut n sImiImU hi. Iiui.., u.MisrsiliMpiM-Alixl en the ihiuuiiJ t su-un sihkIIuii, iu Pi 'Vt?sVf' ! fia - 'A shown by his passionate appeal when lii first wife lay dangerously ill: Uod 1 do not let my loved ono die. Hut rather wait until the time That I am Rrown In purity KnotiRh to enter thy pure clime: Then take me, I will k' I. idly ro So tlmt my love remain below. With the publication of tho first scries of the "Blglow Papers" Mr. Ixnvell assumed a prominence that win his until tho day oC his death. He had up to then been known only as a writer and an editor, IIo suc ceeded Uitigfellow later on as a professor In Harvard college, traveled abroad, re turned home, helped to found The Atlan tic .Magazine, issued a second scries of tho "Blglow Papers' as a commentary on tho civil war, poured forth his views nud ob servations In pro.se and rhyme, and during; the two decades ending with 1875 may 1k said to have covered every field of composi tion. Then, having achieved repute na poet, satirist, essayist, critic and platform orator, Mr. lowell bud aside his pen for a season and turned his attention to another phase of American activity. He went into politics, made stump speeches, was chosen a presidential elector from Massachusetts and cast his vote for Rutherford B. Hayes. Mr. Hae.s on assuming olllce was not slow to reward. He sent Mr. Lowell iu minister to Spain, and three years later transferred him to the Kulish mission. It was particularly at London that tha poet diplomat showed l..s ability to do other things besides mako rhymes. Al though he had no momentous or knotty questions to handle, he distinguished him self as a high bred, courteous nnd com petent representative of the American re public. On a previous visit lie had lieeti made D. C. L. and LL. I), of Cambridge During Ids term ns United States minister, the stiident-s of the University of St. An drews elected him lord rector. But partita rise and parties fall, so when Mr. Cleve land assumed the presidential chair Mr. Lowell prepared to abandon politics as. cheerfully as he had taken them up. Ho went to Washington and Introduced him self as a man "with Ids head under bin arm" who had come to save tho services. 0.5 an executioner. Thu remainder of his years were spent, chlclly In well earned ease. He lectured some, traveled and wrote, but not so eager ly and voluminously ns wlieii life was at-. Its heyday. Ills first wife died nine yearn after marriage. His second wife was hla companion for twenty-eight years. Then she, too, died, and iu Ins old age the man who had made his mark in prose and poe try, at the college professor's desk, ou tho lecture pin" form, iu politics and diplomacy saw with indifference the lamp ol amhitioui Dicker and dieoiit. His first poem brought 1 1 1 in uo comtH'tisation; for Ills last short production, "My Brook," he received $1,000. He had years and honors and fume, yet ho was glad to go. "Why can't, you lob au old man die)'" lie asked his daughter. Then lie turned his face to the wall nud his soul went forth ou the wings of a sigh, of peace. THK LOWELL IIOMKSTkAd. Rest hail come to thu restless, and tlitt brilliant and busy brain was naught buX clay. KltKIi C. LUYTQ&. TRYING TO MAKE RAIN. Souin Kxperlinents That May I'rovo Suo- Ct'Ksflll. General Dyrenftirth has exploded his ex perimental bombs near Midland, Tex., and rain has followed. It was a fairly good rain, too, and camo but twelve hours after the experiment. But of course one such experiment proves nothing, especially nta season when rain Is likely to come at any time. Tlio general himself Is not at all confi dent, hut thinks thu trial will result in great gain even if it proves thu negative, for there is a widespread belief that artifi cially produced concussions of tho atmosphere causo rain, and If such is nut thu case it Is well to know it. The main (11(11 culty lies in tho fact that tho air nearest, the earth Is often super heated In hob wenthcraud there fore "holds un tho GKN-CItAL DYItKNKI'ltTII. nurture," OS it were. The rain stratum lies above that, perhaps a mile high, nnd observations show that light rains often start from it and are vaporized In the dry lelt stratum below and so sent up again. Hence tho scheme to send up balloons and do the ex ploding In the moist stratum. Senator Furwell, of Illinois, was tho first statesman to take any Interest iu thu theory, and secured u small appropriation for experiments. Aside from the question of rain, however, many valuable observa tions will bu made by scientific men con nected wth the expedition, testing tho ef fects of concussion on the air. From timo immemorial sailors and farmers have in sisted that the moon hud some Influence on the weather, but scientists havo never been able to prove their theory false or true. But as to the theory of concussion milking rain. Ceueral Ilyreufurth Intends to have proof certainty one way or tho other. It may be, of course, that rain '-an lie artificially produced, but "not in pay ing itiautllies," as minors say. We can only wait. 1'roiliif Hun of C'iihI In the South, According to a recent census bulletin thu production of coal In thu states of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vlrgliilu, Georgia and North Carolina Is reported for 18VJ at U.OlU.'JiV) short tons, valued at tlb tli;i,06'J. The production for the same states nt the tenth census wus:i,l(!U,:i'i() short ton, valued at H.IIO.tlCJ. The Increase of (jhsii tlty and decrease In ton value are the two facts worthy of notice. An Old Time Mluttrnl. The oldeit negro inliistrvl In Ainerlw with one exception. U said to 1st Paul Her, ger, tho turnkey u( u I'lilliulvlplila nolle station. He is now sixty five yvurs, himI (h sllll noted for a melodious bass voice. In 4.1. , ... r.... 11 If mi prune nw wiiii im-iuiu i-mntcus i m Jlurvii and I'olk at jirivuiu audiwiws, lfsUmmn, brnl u Hutu by li klw tf a dug. Is Hie iivmmI iiitilsdy, both kiuuiuu lUHlsdhlHii "litwiiiH.lavi'ipydW." sil well iuiiiiiuu. Vut II UitfiHsmertfr u( Ihskwim Is rltfbi I hit Hirwlhiu, Id I . Mllist he ssi-t viiditjf hjbul limit.