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About Washington County hatchet. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1895-1896 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1896)
W A S H IN G T O N COUNTY HATCHET A FIGHTING OYSTER. I door, and spoke against the growing A GULDEN OUTLOOK I>ower given by the rules to the speak er. He withdrew hia position, how I t(n J ever, after a speech by Bell, who y NJ, (ROUTINE WORK OF THE FIFTY- olaimed that it would secure for the R A P I D D E V E L O P M E N T O F T H E DAIRY I N D U S T R Y . FOURTH SESSIO N. Populist members the recognition of whioh be olaimed they were deprived. te m . i f f - The discussion of the rules waa not T h « li«*Mt W i n t e r F e e d f o r C o w « —S o m e ^‘ «u lH U a M o r t h . I M Ila u d K o a o l u U o a a finished. »Ul. j [iGRESSIONAL N EW S t e t r o d u o o d In t h . M o u n t « . . i d beM n —C * » d . i i . . i l M ouao K e c o rd o f th o l » a l » l < o f auj O fc '» " I 7 M " N o t l u u a l l , » * i u » k m ‘ K«»*r «**h iu |{tou , Jan. 10.— Senator Wol- "B tiw M , Who hag been absent in Europe for the S^oina nioutba, was present in the senate ey ^°>4od«jr and took the preeoribed oath, tusltnt; Hale, from the oominittee on naval lile; t lf f n i * . reported back favorably the bill a otrto antennae the seoretary of the navy s, audio tafrease the number of enlisted men 7 11 Jn thk navy. He directed attention to tatthe iAportanoe of the bill, and gave ig wunioaof that he would call it up at an real! ja rly day. essioil Bugler offered two amendments to ampiiaKSWroe-omnage substitute for the lublujpoaj bond bill. The first prohibits I) ilanite aale of interest-bearing bonds with- How lo t tho express oonsentof congress, and ;? be aaoond makes it mandatory on the rd. eoretni v of the treasury to redeem ;reenibaoks and treasury notes in silver rama * long as the market prioe of 412 >, arid JWdn* of silver is not lower than that iry ■ grains of gold, uces ti At, the conclusion o f the morning ve ,, oor Sherman J moved that the senate ie n rd}ourn, it being understood that the the ,lepnt>lioans desired to hold a caucus. Washington, Jan. 15.— The honse, after devoting an hour to the oousriera- tiou of business, reported from tbe District o f Columbia oommittee today, took up the pension appropriation bill. (General debate on tbe bill consumed the day. W. A. Stone, in charge of the hill, explained its provisions Draff offered the amendeut abandoned by the oommittee, inhibiting the sus pension of pensions for frand until the fraud had been proved in a United States court, and Bartlett opposed the proposed extension of the dependent aot of 1890, by the revival of the in h i bition of widow s’ pensions until they had proved their dependency on their daily labor for support. He estimated that the proposed extension would add 50,000 names to the pension rolls. Iu the house today, Dalzell of Pennsylva nia introduced a b ill constituting Andrew Carnegie, George K elly, Charles Bachelor, Churlos McGee and twenty-six other persons, u corporation under the name of the Lake Erie & Ohio Ship Canal Company, with power to oonsti not and manintain a canal connecting Lake Erie and the Ohio riiver. The house oommittc on banking and currency considered the project for an international American bank, which was one of the rcoom- mendations of the pan-American con gress, and was largely the idea of the late James G. Blaine. The b ill pats the capital stock at »5,000,000, and authorizes the bauk to aot as the iinan- oal agent of any government, state or municipality or corporation; to handle bonds, etc., but bars it from issuing notes to circulate as money in the United States. F o re ig n D a ir ie s — T h e D a i r y S c h o o l —N o m e Ia a S u. W a s h in g to n \ V a lu a b le Iu fo r - j ^5 ? that If a man were divorced from his w ife (even though she were the offend ing party) he had lu return her dowry intact. u ia tio n fo r D a ir y m e n . None of tbe resourced of the great Northwest give more hope for future development than does the dairy in dustry. A careful and conservative estimate, printed in the* Yakima Republic, fixes the amount of butter used daily in the state of Washington at 60,000 pounds, and for the week, 350,000 pounds. This, at 25 oents s pound amounts to »87,000 weekly. N ow o f this amount, as near as can be ascertained, the state of Washington only furnishes 50,000 pounds, which, at 36 cents per pound, amounts to »12,500, leaving 300,000 pounds to be furnished from the East and outside the state, which, at 25 cents per pound, amounts to »75,000 which goes out of the state weekly for that one article alone. A b o u t W in te r F e e d . Hinoe dairying has beoame a leading feature of Eastern Washington agri culture, writes Professor Hpellman, of the Pnllman Agricultural college: “ The question of w inter feed for dairy cattle is an important one. In ivew of the fact that the various root Vhilei Washington, Jan. 11.— The debate crops do unusually w e ll in this section, prudn^Hhe senate free ooinage substitute and are eminently adapted for Btock is valtnr the house bond b ill was opened to- feed, a tew facts in regard to these iron ^ by Jones of Arkansas in a two crops w ill doubtless be appreciated by nanulours’ speech, which was followed with our farmers. -■aIs. > oae attention. Jones took strong “ The particular root crop that has terns, -oonds for the free and independent proven the best adapted to feeding ( uom >mage of silver, contending that was dairy cows is the mangel wnrzel, ' <lhh,* only method by whioh the distress while carrots are tbe best for horses. u eu.i th*-«ountry could be alleviated and In selecting a variety of mangel wnr to elite treasury department relieved from zel. three points shonld be taken into lis mm dependence on the speculative bold- consideration; first, select one that is p rop «* o f gold. There was no reply to his free from fine, fibrous roots, so that * woc-gnmetit today, but the debate w ill T H E P R E S I D E N T ’S L E T T E R . when pulled it w ill be free from dirt; i resumed when the senate meets j ;ain. During the morning hour .Hr. C l e v e l a n d W r it e * t o S e n a t o r C a ffe r y too mnch dirt fed to a oow may result la . in death. Seoond, one that does not ritohard made a speech in favor of \ A n e n t t h e Ito n d 1 nm ue. I) grow too deep, so that it may be palled L6 re-enactment of the M cKinley law, Washington, Jan. 11.— The debate I id W h ite made some remarks in favor on the Elkins resolution in the senate without too mnch effort; and third, ’ aan uding the rules of the senate, so last Friday, when the administration1 one that yields well. "T b e Golden Tankard fills these i to g iv e the majority the power to was aooused by several senators of conditions pretty well. ^ 'f i r f c g a measure to a vote whenever it having entered into an agreement with “ In seleoting a carrot, 1 would ad ' iw fit Morgan, the former chairman the syndicate to float tbe expected issue L . the committee on foreign relations, of bonds, is the subjeot of a letter w rit vise planting one of the half-long or barrNtroduoed a resolution oonveying the ten Snuday, January 5, by President stump-rooted varieties; they are easily palled and yield well. Carrots are rped mgniiulatious of congress to Presi- Cleveland to Senator Caffery. The also fine feed for oows, and have the ir * uger. knowledge that such a letter had been ghingtou, Jan. 15. — Morgan's addressed to Mr. Caffery was obtained reputation of g ivin g batter a yellow Carrot tops, however, should on the silver bond b ill was the tonight, and the letter was made public color. j g M i n the senate today, although a by tbe latter. It ia iu the handwriting not be fed oows in m ilk, as they taint personal colloquy between H ill, of the president, and covera six pages the m ilk badly. Mangel and beet tops _____ tard and Butler enlivened the of closely written paper. It is as fo l are excellent cow feed. " I n regard to turnips, it may be said > ■ 1 umrs. Morgan finally addressed lows: that this section is best adapted to the fclf personally to Sherman, who “ I have read today in the Congres culture of the Swedish turnip, or ruta j t aOrosH the aisle, and for two hours sional Record the debate iu the senate fned the Ohio senator for the Friday, oonoerning the financial aitna- baga, as it is called. These do w ell •ries <>f financial ants with which he tion and the bond issues. 1 am amazed here, and are excellent for sheep snd idei ititled At times Morgan was at the intolerance that leads even ex oattle, but for cows g ivin g milk they tterly personal lu the main, how- cited partisanship to adopt as a basis of must be fed jnst after m ilking, and at d by/er, the speech was a scholarly pre- attack tbe unfounded accusation« and least ten hoars before m ilking again, re. Nictation of the silver question.* assertions of a maliciously mendacious or they w ill taint the m ilk and the batter made from it. * taniitoh' U introduced and had passed by and sensational newspaper. T h © D a ir y S c h o o l the me flBnato a resolution calling on the " N o banker or financier, nor any w uhioreta ry of state for information as to other hnman being, bas been invited to The dairy school of Washington, at i reoott# S p o rt of the special agent of the visit Washington for the purpose of ar Pnllman, w ill begin February 17, and the i< nitad States sent to the F iji islands ranging in any way or manner for the oontinue eight weeks. The work in s, m i investigate claims of B. W. Henry, disposition of bonds to meet the present this school is entirely different in char is jof Offfcgon, and other American citizens or future needs of the gold reserve. acter from that done in the farmers’ pom? Mrtaiu lauds owned by them in the N o arrangement of any kind hag been school. The dairy school is intended ugh lands, and appropriated by the Brit- made for the disposition of snch bonds for the batter and cheese maker, and ebt h government. Henry and the other to any syndicate, or through the agenoy thorough instruction, accompanied by tiaetis are now pressing for their of any syndicate. No aaauranoe of anch regular work in the laboratory, oream- oney K yle introduced a resolution a disposal of bonds has been directly or ery and cheese faotory, w ill be offered .kimg the president tc reoognize repre- indirectly given to any person. In in m ilk testing and in butter and tec of the Unban insurgent)* point of fact, a decided leaning toward cheese making. nl"**'heX»ver they appear to have a Beat o f | a popular loan and advertising for In order to make the instruction 'n,; iveiliioent iu the ialaud, and a fol- bids has been plainly exhibited on the offered in the dairy sohool of the most II w.wiug of a majority of uativea of that part of the administration at all times practical valne, the agricultural college " ‘" ’’-IMP. He ia direct.nl in that caae to when the subject was under discussion. has secured for instructor in dairying them belligerent right*, l i e u “ Those charged with the responsi Adolph Sohoenmann, of Plain, Wis. 11 Ir,t town introduced a b ill in the aeu- bility of maintaining our gold reserve, 1 Mr. Schoenmann has been instructor for the admiaaiou of N ew Mexico so far as legislation renders it possible, during the past three years in the W is JK ** 1*0 the Union, hare anxiously conferred with each consin dairy sohool, whioh is, perhaps, oee »: '¡ K ------------ other, and, as oooasion permitted, with the leading school o f its kind in the those having knowledge of financial oountry. He ia also secretary of tbe riaugjahingtou, Jan. 10.— The «object and of the monetary conditions as to Wsoonsin and the Minnesota State annexation of the Hawaiian the best and moat favorable means of Dairymen's Associations, and he holds a waa broached in the houae to- selling bonds for gold. a diploma and a gold medal for cheese Spalding, in a resolution whioh “ The usual importance of a success exhibited at the world's fair in 1893. fled that the Sandwioh inland« be ful result if the attompt ia again made He is the anther of tw o well-known ^d into a new atate to be called ought to be apparent to every Amerioan books on dairying, namely, "M ilk |ii, with a Republican form of citixen who bestows upon the subjeot a T estin g" and "T h e Batter F st and ament, to be adopted by the peo- Dividend C alculator." moment's patriotic thought. hrough deputies in convention, "T h e secretary of the treasury from F o r e ig n D a lr ie a . the consent of the existing gov- the first moment that another aale of In some of the dairies in tbe neigh knt. The conditions were imposed bonds seemed to be approaohing desired borhood of Edinburgh, and in all those 111 questions of boundary or oom- to offer them if issued to tbe people by near Glasgow, says the American A g r i pions with other governments be a public advertisement if they oonld culturist, the butter is msde by churn Initted to the president to be laid thug be successfully disposed of. A fter ing the cream and milk together. This congress for final action before fu ll consideration he came to the con is done in order to obtain the butter »ry 1, 1898; that all property per- clusion to whioh I fully agree that the milk, the demand for which is always »g to the public defense be ceded amount of gold iu the reserve being great in large cities. When tbe milk United States, but that the state now »20,000,000 more than it wag in and cream are to be ohurned together, all other property and the United February last, when a sale of bonds the m ilk is kept in the ooolers for from i to be liable for none of its debts, was made to a syndicate, and other tw elve to twenty-four hoars, and then resolution proposes as an alterna- conditions differing from those then poured into a milk-tab. It remains bat Hawaii may be admitted aa existing, justify us in offering the here until required for churning; and i by treaties between the two gov- bonds now about to be for sale by popu w ill, during this time, have ooagnlat- pnts, with one representative in lar subscription. ed. I f a certain quantity of milk is ss, and proposed the appropria- "T h is is the entire matter, and all put into the milk-tub, and has coagu " 1 » of »100,000 for making treaties, those particulars oould have been easily lated before any more has creamed, his resolution was referred to the obtained by any member of the senate the ooagnlated milk mnst in no way be jittec on foreign affairs. by simple inquiry. disturbed, or, if the two quantities are “ I f Mr. Morgan, or any one else, mixed together, too much fermentation kahington, Jan. 11.— The houae I its time today to a discussion of reasoning from his own standpoint, may be the oonsequeooe. Tbe milk is ■opened amendments to the rules brought himself to the belief that the not churned till it bas beoome acid; government would be constrained to fffty-flrst oongreas, which were and when once coagulation has taken |«ionally adopted early in the ses- sell bonds again to a syndicate, I sup plaoe, it should be churned aa early as to govern the bouse. T w o inter- pose he would have a perfect right, if convenient. If the m ilk has not fer discuaaions relieved the mo- he chose, to take suoh steps as seemed mented beforeohurning, the buttermilk ky of the technical debate One to him prudent to put himself in con wHl keep for a much longer time, w ill precipitated by Walker, chairman dition to negotiate. have an agreeable taste, and w ill bear " I expect an issue of bonds w ill be to be mixed with a little water. When i banking and currency oommit- rho made a tight against the pro- advertised for sale tomorrow, and bids the milk has fermented before being >n to drop the committee on to be invited, not only for those allowed churned, the buttermilk w ill never be og and currency from the list of by law, but for such other and differ so good nor w ill it keep for such a ittees privileged to report bills ent bonds as oongreas may authorise length of time as the former. • honse at any time. A partisan during the pendency of the advertise resulted. In which W alker waa ment. I t a l i a n V i c t o r y la A to y s s la la . by the Democrats and a Re- " N o t having had an opportnnity to Rome, Jan. 11.— News is teosived contingent, whioh included oonfer with you in person since tbe that tbe Italians in Abyssinia hare de the free silver men. W alker present session of oongreas, snd notic feated Emperor M enelik's forces at I to carry hia point Hepburn in- ing your participation in the debate of Makelth, the engagement taking place noood discussion by an last Friday, 1 have though it not amiss January 7. The Hhnana lost heavily, at to direct the speaker to to put you in possession of tbe facts while the Italians had only three of any member who addressed snd of the information herein con- tbs native troops killed and a few $ ill \ HK popular woman need not car« T h e W i n te r Girl. whether «lie is pretty or ugly. Hhe Away with the girl who’« no fund of tho need not query whether she i* Wheel: brilliant or stupid, but simply revel lu Who boasts of a century run. the fact that every laxly likes her Her bloomers and jackets no longer ap peal— whether she likes them or uot. And Who cares for the races she’s won? that is the secret of this extraordinary popularity. She does uot try for It. The weather’s suggestive of ice and of snow— for if she did the effort would l>e dis It’s been rather ehilly of late— covered and her object at once shatter And homage we pay just at present, yon ed into the smallest of small atoms. know. No. the popular woman is so because To the maiden who knows how to skate. she cannot help it. Nature has endow ed her with an amount of personal mag Away with the girl who would imitate rna n— netism that attracts people to her with The season's not suited to her— out the slightest volition of her own. and once thus attracted they swear by And now we want girls of a different plan; her, come what will, whether she be For who would make bloomers of fur? kind to them or inclined to show the The bicycle girl was all right for a while, cloven foot lu the gentle feminine style But now she is quite out of date: known to the wilful woman. From ob ! The bicycle fa» e is eclipsed by the ainile O f the maiden who knows how to skate. servation one would say that the pop ular woman Is th»* on«* who smiles as pleasantly upon the elevator boy as up Oh. here’s to the girl whom iu winter we prize: on the owner o f the building In which Whose cheeks are as red as the rose, the elevator is run. The smiles are not ! Who captivates all with her bright, spark studie«l; they come spontaneously. It ling eyes Is Just ns easy for the popular woman As gracefully gliding she goes. to be kind as to be cross, therefore some Oh. here’s to the girl who in winter bolds sway. one will say it is not to her credit to be Who havoc in hearts will create, popular, and no more It is. Nature kas 1 Who dresses to-day in a womauly way— made her so. Her own sweet, sunny ! The maiden who knows how lo skate. temperament garners friends as cer —Chicago Evening Post. tainly as molasses attracts Hies. It is all nonsense to give a woman advice F o r T h in W om en , how to I m ? popular. Unless her own Thin women should dress to conceal inner nature is such that it <*alls all the I their angles and to keep their bones in world friend there is no earthly use In the background. Plain bodices which endeavoring to smooth off the rough permit th»* collar bones to reveal their edges and acquire the mauners that presence, tight sleeves which announce mean so much to the woman who pos the »existence of sharp elbows and backs sesses It. Popularity Is a gift, a rare calling attention to conspicuous shoul- one, It is true, and one that once owned »l«*r blades are all to be avoided. In cannot, like other treasures, be lost, order to give herself tho ap)H*arance for owning It honestly it foPows the of gracious round ness of figure the thin possessor as persistently as a bad rep woman should have skirts that flare a9 T THE WAY SHE PH ILAD E LPH IA. MANAGES CHICAGO. S K IR T S . M W YOKK. utation. and we all know that that can much as fashion will permit. Scant not be lost, try however hard we may. skirts make her look lik<* an exclama tion point. She should wear bodices R u stles O nce M ore. shirred at the neck and at the waist, Women who study fashions in a far allowing fullness over the bust. The sighted way have prophesied for some sleeves should 1»«* full to a |K»int below time that the »lays of the bustle were tin* elbow in order to avoid a display about to return. They have said that of sharpness at that crucial point. I f organ-plaited backs presaged the ad wrist bones are prominent, long cuffs vent of the bustle and that, widely flar or frills of lace should help to conceal ing skirts lined with stiffening would the painful fact. Collars should not inevitably lead to the reatloption o f that In* plain, but they should be gathered clumsy article of attire which women or laid in folds. gave up so gladly a few years ago. The T h e A r t o f H uting. lingerie department iu the shops would Wi* must insist oh the necessity of seem to bear out this prophecy. The bustle has made its reappearance there, teaching children »laintiness in table tentatively so far, but still with the air manners. The young person is to be o f having come to stay. It is not the ■In»*erel> pitie<l who lias no careful monstrous article which was banished mother, nurse or governess to attend when clinging skirts became fashiona to this In childhood that golden time ble. It is rather small and is made when learning Is so easy. Men and of haircloth, sometimes black, some women are Judged by trifles. After a times gray and sometimes white. It rugged back woodsman has hewn his consists of three vertical puffs which way to a high pla»v in the councils of l»s>k like the abbreviated lining to an tin* conn try. or. i>erhaps. saves It in hour organ-plait skirt, and It is finished by of |>erll. one may well forgive hint if he a frill of hair-cloth. Its main object forgets the right way to shake hands or Is to give the skirt a start In the right doff his hat or enter a drawing-room. direction. A well-lined skirt will flare But even h«* will lie unforgiven if his at the bottom with the aid of u very table manners are untidy and offensive, aina 11 bustle. O f course, this slight re .lust here th«* most amiable of men— appearance of the bustle may be fol Thackeray—drew a sharp line. “ Oh,” lowed by a bustle revival on a large he sighs, “ if only the dear American icale which will make camel-like hump« girls would not strip th»* corn with their white te»*th!’' And. again: “ How could ooce more the style. 1 breakfast with flve women eating with their knlv«*s! I could have stood T h e Sensible W i f e . ’•Another way o f getting one's »e lf one—but flve. all at once!” unpleasantly associated is to introduce I l r a i d e i l tl nt n . painful topics, like hills and depleted Braided chenille and braided felt are wardrobes, at improper time».” says a used extensively this season lu the woman writer in the Washington Star, making o f hats. Sometimes a velvet discussing the subject of “ how to man crown has a braided brim, sometimes age a husband.” “ Men are creatur»*s a brim o f ahtrred velvet is used with a of mood» and have, as a result, their braided crown and sometimes the en amiable ami unamlable periods. The tire hat Is of the bra Die« I goods. A pret unamiable epoch, according to my re- ty affair in black chenille braid had a searchca» is. with the most o f them, crown of sailor shape and a brim turn early in the morning, ami yet that Is iug up all around iu |»olnta. It was the very time that untactful woman trimmed with g«>lden brown velvet In (with her hair quite probably in curl folds and rosett«*«. A b!n«*k ow l’» head papers) takes to prefer her monetary with glittering golden brown eyes claims, thereby getting herself con 1«Hiked out over the fa«*e. a little to the fused In his mind with house rent, gas left of the center and a bunch of black bills, shabby cloaks and other distaste quills was fastened on the same side. ful things; whereas, had she possess«*»! her soul in patience till that night after Green the Henson’« Color, This appears to be the green season, dinner, and then state«] her wants with all shades of that color being in vogue. a rose In her hair, she would quite as fully hare a»*hleved her punsate. and Green gloves are a novelty, and ure at the same time have maintained her seen in three different tint»; the new reputation with him as a wingless chameleon silks Invariably show a angel. I think it Is Scripture. Isn't It, touch of green in their changing color»; which says there 1» a time and a place many o f the new wool fabri»*» have for all things? At aJl event», the »ay- green as the predominating shade; the boiicle cloths show threa«ls o f green, Ing 1» true a» Scripture.” and the most fashionable crepons are in Divorce In Olden Time*. greeu and black; varying green tint» There has been a very general mis are seen everywhere in the new Jeweled conception that «luring pagan times trimmings; and green wing» adorn the position of women was practically many o f the new hats. that o f slave«, it will, perhaps, sur prise many to learn that the legiaiatioti Righ ts °f Married Women In Georgia. The IjegiMlnture o f Georgia has paus regarding marriage and divorce waa in Iceland $nd Norway far more mindful ed a bill which makes tbe earnings of of tbe w ire'» interest than It haa ever a married woman her personal proper been during the Christian era. The old ty and not liable for tbe debts or in any LcefendiJ law stipulated, for instance. way bekmglag to her hi Ì B a t t l e With s Kturflxh the R i v a l re K i l l e d I U F o e. Wstefcfhl “ To loch »?• an oyster you would nevev imagine that there was any fight in H» would you?” asked an observant fisherman as lie pried open the shell of one of th« blvalyes he was talking about. “ No on« would think an oyster oould and woukft fight unless he hu«l been a witness some time or other of the oyster’s fighting qunA- ties. “ One of the most exciting oonteats I ever saw was between an oyster and on« of the most deadly enemies of the oystnr family, and I am glad to say that the oy»- ter won tho fight. The enemy was a star fish , and if all of its kind were as fresh and indiscreet as this one was the« wouldn’t l>e a source of so much dread la the oyster farmer. “ Every person who has anything to tin with raising oysters has st»en many a batr tie between them and starfish. These de structive enemies of the oyster grow fast* but seldom atteiupt to attack the blvaLv«a before they are fi months old, and then their inexperience and overconfidence a»a apt to get them in a heap of trouble. A starfish that has cut its eyeteeth, so to sp«*ak, will get the lawt of an oyster «nrorjf time, for it will mount the shell, drill a hole through it, inject its stupefying liquid into the oyster and envelope the wbola thing with its capacious and elastic mouth stomach before the poor shellfish know« what has happened to it. “ A school of starfish can go through aa oyster farm almost as quickly as a tornado can wipe out a wheat farm In Dakota. Starfish are virtually walking stomach«, and I have found them stretched o s « clams, shell ar.d all, that were a great deal biggt»r than the natural dimensions of th* starfish. When one of these rapaoftov* marauders envelops a clam or an oyster, fcfc simply turns »ujelf wrong side out a*d pulls itself over its victim, as you wowld pull on a pair of new socks. “ This fight 1 was speaking about • * curred in shallcTO ’vator, and I had a good sight of it. 1 saw the starfish work warily along over the oyster, and then settle up«* it. The bivalve was on the lookoah, though, and when the starfish was near enough the oyster’s shell olooed like a stool trap on one of the starfish’s five rayB and cut it off as Stic* ns if it had been d o «« with a knife. A starfish doesn’t mind M m 1»* sh of a ray c*r two — in fact, it can s t a n d the loss <*f tour of its rays and then malm its way off, iu a short time spreading and growing the lost members again. But if the starfish loses all five of its ray» It* doom is s»«nled. It will die almost Ira n * d lately. “ Tho oyster had no sooner clipped off one of its foe’s legs than it set its fcra^ again anti waited tor a renewal of the at tack. This was not long in coming. T «s starfish dropped itself slowly, with a* much confidence that I could almost see 1% and was soon astride the oyster agnU L^ Again the trap flt*w shut, and the starflohi - rose with but three of its five rays ie#K But it was plucky, and with confide *— unimpaired returned for the third round with the prompt and watchful oyster. Th* round was a repetition of the other tw«, anti the starfish was btiroft of another The persistent enemy of the «>yster had ap- purently set its mind on having that par ticular on«*, and without a moment's hesi tation turned its crippled body to th* fourth assault. “ Tlie oyster was now mad all the way through and shifted it« position, turning its open shell upward as the starfish drop ped toward it. This was tho last round of the fight, for the oyster caught bolt —- main iug rays of the starfish in the trap ami snipped them off at one bite. Th* ray less starfish turned over and sank h* the bottom dead.’ ’—New York Sun. Weather Frophet. A n old man who acts as sexton In th* one church of a little New Hampshire v il lage has what ho calls a “ sure tellin sign“ to tissist him in making thos«) prognostica tions about tlie weather for which he ha» acquired a pleasant renown in the neigh borhood. “ i t ’s my old bcllrope that tells mo sartfen sure when t here’s a dry spell com in. a * when we may count on a good smart ratm. She's jest os reliable os hist woek’s papor —or jest about. “ When 1 tuke her in band to ring for an ovenin ineotin, un her strands is all kind— moistened up an stringy, 1 says to iny— ‘ We’ll totch a storm by toinorrer night, — my name ain’t Keziah Hicks,’ says 1. A » we alius fetches that storm toinorrer night —or therealxiuts. “ But when 1 ketch a holt, of h e r o n * m»l blisterin Jnly mornin, when the folk* are all cominulong up the road with pa'— leaf fans an sun umbrellas, an she's all squnched up together jest as dry as an olA Isiiie, an not a mite o’ give to her, why, I know what to expect. An when the folk* stop an say, ‘ Don’t you reckon wo’ll gsh some rain to cool us off tafore long, Mr. Hicks?’ I ’m obloeged to say to ’em tha& I can’t give 'em any ««nkerredgement. “ Almanacs is fearful unsartlii, an ci— weather reports is kinder liable to proa* now on then, hut you Dike an old belirop» that’s got the hs™» o’ the climate, as yaw might say, an she won’t never mislead yo*. When she's dry, you «^n leave your u—- brdla to home, an when she’s m ’ ist, why, if you don’ t see it snuMichin up in the can» before long it’ll bo—-It’ll I m * urns’ likely because the storm has riz up in the middl* o’ the night an ketched you nappin!’ ’ — Louis Republic. (»iRMnf 1« Chin*. The greatest «yin* is taken by the Chins— of the pieces of ginseng of the finest qual ity. M. Hue says that throughout ( ' b i - no chemist's shop is unprovided with mo or less of it. According to the acotnint given by Lockhart, medical missionary I* China, of a visit to a ginseng merchant, it is stored in small (Mixes lined with shim» lead, which are k«)pt In larger boxes oow- tainiiig quicklime for absorbing moistum. Tho pieces of the precious drug are forth— inclosed in silk wrappers and kept in littl* silk lined boxes. The merchant, who* showing a ph-ce bared of its wrappings t* Mr. Ixckhart for bis inflection, requestad him not to breathe on or handle it, whiJ* he «lilated on its merits and related tfc* marvelous cures be had known it to off«—» The root 1» covered, according to quality, with the finest emhroidemi silk, plain oak- ton cloth or paper.—Chamber»' Journal Hampton's Hoothurn Cross. General Wade Hampton Is »till, me— than any other living man, the Idol of tl— people of South Carolina. Hardly le— In teresting than the aged warrior himself 1« | his quaint home near Columbia. It built from the debris of his fine reside»— that was burned during tbe war and waa «werted by his former slaves under hi» «Ik rection. As new rooms were added to» the humble dwelling U assumed the form o f * cross, and to the general’s friends It 1» known — “ Th« Southern Crons.“ —A — nmxMiaco Argonaut.