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ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1888
VOL. I
>. <!. CALI»WELL.
*«li««al Drasaeratir C'*w vent tea.
The national deiuocra’ie committee hav
ing met in the city of Washington on th«
MECH NI AL AND OPERATIVE
Xxiid d«y of February.
ha* a^poLated
DENTIST.
J ueoc/ay, (As otk <iay of Juno
Aahlaad. Orrgaa.
Next, at boon, aa tbe time, and eho»»n tbe
city of bt I jou L x a* th« pve for boding
Nitreu» Oxide Ga* administered for the
the na'Iooai democratic convention, bacli
Htate ix eutilled to representation therein pairilr*» extraction of te th.
Office over the hank.
•qua! to double the number of it*senator*
aud repre-enlatives in the rongre-»» of the
K. DerKATT.
Unilea Slate*, and each territory and the
di*tr ct of Columbia *tnul Lave two d le
gate».
«ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
All democra ic c-tnaerva'ive cltlx ns of
LAW.
th«- L’ni ed • tate*. 1 re»peetive Of past
p litteal aenoriation« and dlfteren<'-S, who
Aslslaad, Oreg««.
can un te with u* iu an effort for pure,
ec nomieaJ and cotisiiteilionaJ govern
Will practice in all Court* of the State.
mem, are cordially invited to join u* in
•ending delegates to U c convention.
Onice adjoin ng Well * Fargo & C j .’ h
WILLIAM H. BARNUM,
Express Orti ce.
Cbairman.
F hkdkiuc k G. P hinck . Secretary Na-
J. T. ■UWDinH
tion«! Douo-crali.? Committee.
Deaseeratle Piatflerm.
The IJsm crary of the State of Oregon,
In convention aan-mbled, declare* it«
fealty to the great <.rg. juzatlon of which
iti* a part, aud a k* the respectful siten-
lion : f the n ople of t’ e State to ths, its
atatem'ust of msitonal and local politic :
Re*olvs<i, That we bea^ti r endorse
President Cleveland, « ho, by hi* capabil
ity aud fearleax hone it y, and fidelity to
the trust repoaed in him, baa i'lu tented
the princip e that thi* 1* a government of.
by and Tor the people, and pledged to
guarantee equal rights to a 1 aud give
special privilege* to
U> uone.
none.
th« r ‘resent
Keaolved, '1 hat we approve th*
faithful an efficient democratic st* te ad
ministration.
Kesoired, That we most hone<t y and
nuqualifiedly Indorse tbe policy of tariff
ravistou, aud a reduction of the surplus
revenue to ths need* of the government,
econo-i.ically adminxterixi, a* *et forth iu
the p esident’a Ia*l annual lneasasri to
eontm-x«. •* e believe that su- h a revis
ion I* dictated by sound poli-y, aud that
uiinec -s«ar> taxation is unju t taxation
and oppreaaiou, and that the public
revenue should, a* far a* possible, be de
rived from taxes levied ou the luxuries
rather than upon the uece**arl> s of life
Resolved, That we demsud the forfeit
ure '>f unearned land grant*, and that the
pubidi domain be h-d<i a* a sacred trust far
home* for our rapidly increasing popula
tion; and we commend and approve the
president'* me*'Sgn iu r gard to < iregou
wagm-road grant* lately seut t->congr -s*.
Re«olved, That proper public policy
looking to the future se uiityof the coun
try require* that the g .veruuieut keep all
it» p: dgea to tbe soldier» of the Union
in it« varioas war*, and that the peusiou
r>ilof tbe republic lie Jealous y guarded
a« a roll of honor, without imposing upon
tho pe pie burdens «quil to the maiuicn-
ance of a standing army, and exhausting
the resources of the tax payers, whica
may h.i nee-l«*l f >r future defense.
Resolved, That as a free people, enjoy
ing the bl —■Ing* of liuarty in a govern
ment of th* people, we detiouiic - the
policy cf tlie hiiglixh gov- riuneut in it*
admit-ixtration or Irish affairs, and that
we extend, ou behalf of tbe democracv ot
f'regon, our earnest sympathy with Glad
stone and Parnell in tm-ir efforts to se ure
home rule and Laud r> form* for the people
of Ireland.
R aol> ed. That we endorse the sal-itarv
poll y of the uatlonu! a-lniluiatratiou iu
restricting corf»»ration* to the privilege*
am< p i tlta to whicti they are strictly en
title under tbe law.
Resolved, That e arc in hearty aceord
and sympathy whh the effort* of tbe tab-
oriiigiiixaHes au l wage earn r* to amelior
ate their condition aud establish th ir
ri Uta, aud are in favor of tlie enactment
of such laws a* will beat protect their in
terests, and of legislation which will
lota ly exclude a I Mongi l zn immigra
tion.
—■ Resolved, That we favor a> amendment
to the constitution of tha ’’nitvd States
pr -vidiug for the electio < of the United
States senators by direct vote of the
people,
i.eaolved. That we favor an amendment
to the pres« it r<ilroad onunissiou law of
Oregon, conferring upon the board of rail
road coniniia>*lonera power to tlx aud ne
gut it« the rate* f >r tmnsportaiion of
freights ou railroad* withLu tne State of
Oregon.
Resolved That we are In favor of the
opeuiug and improvement of tbe Colum
bia i»er aud various ports i f entry on ihe
M «board, so that the commerce of the
country may be carried without interrup
tlou to the markets of the wor d aud for
that purpose we deiuaud of tbe general
governpient lib -rai appropriations for that
purpoke, I and
purpose.
— aak a ■ eedy enactment of
the pending river and harbor bill now
pan-ilng before c ingress
Re*olv-:d, That tne thank« < f the demo
eracy of ihe State of Ore-ion are due, aud
are hereby ien-lered to Hon. B. Goldsmith
fur hl* able, etBcieut and *uc ee-ful man
agemeut ot tbe laat eauvaa* ot thi« »tale
as chairman ot . he state central commit-
SCIENCE AND HiOGRESS.
EFFECTS GAINED BY ORTHOCHRO
MATIC PHOTOGRAPHY.
A Umpl« Apparatus for Measuring the
Bulk
of Halid»»A
Navel
Invention
That Pradue«* Drawing* and Palatluga
by Menus of aa Air Jet.
Tlie novel invention known a* tbe “Air
brush," for prolucing drawings and paintings
by means of an air jet, instead of using pencil
or brush** ha* l«en fully described and
illustrated recently in Tbe Scientific Auieri-
cau. W« reproduce two of the cuts for tbe
l enr-flt of our r-a-lers, with a brief descrip,
tion of tbe mm«.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT
LAW.
Ashland. Orepa.
Wil'practice in all Courts of the State.
Gdlectiuna promptly male.
J. C. PLUMERTH,
CONTRACTOR ANO BUILDER,
ASHLAND, OREGON.
I will give estimates to erect all kind*
of buildings In and out of the city, tur
t> »hing labor, material, plans and specifl-
cntlon*. upon reasonable terms. All work
XIG. 1—TH« Ain BRUSH.
guaran teed.
By means of a jet of compresued air a
Residence on Spring st reet.
■Cream ot black lead, iu finely pulverized
r'onn, or a fine stream of liquid paint, is
A. L. WILLEY,
blown from the ;x.int c f a needle and made
to iuipinge on tbo surface of the patter, in
CARPENTER, BUILDER AND AR line or broad lines, a* required by the O[iera-
tor, wlio simply holds tbe delivering instru
CHITECT,
ment in his baud ar.d directs t lie <leiivery of
the pigment upon the paper, while with his
I* now prepared to give estimates to com loot he works the air compressor, as shown
in Fig. 1.
plete all kind*of buildings, and to fur
Tbe aciiou of tbe hand piece is entirely con
nish all labor, material, plant, spec
trolled by the thumb valve, and tbe artist
ifications and detail* for tbe
:au produce tbo finest line and instantly
same,
upon reasonable
change to n broad shadow. These effects
terms and short notice.
witb a single stroke have a finish that only
hours of toil can tqual by any other known
Residence, West Ashland
Post-office box 113.
Hillside.
C. W. AYERS,
ARCHITECT
AND
MANUFACTURER
BUILDER
AND
WOOD WORKER.
8hop on Fir»t Avenue near Main Street.
Will make estimates and bids on a’l
Bui ding*, public or private, and furnish
all material, plans and spe ifleations for
the constru tion of the «»me.
Fash, Dors and Mmldings on hand
and for sale at
m. 2—TDB AIU BRUSH.
It will be seen that holding the instrument
ow produces Cue lines: and by elevating the
instrument broad effects are produced, and
-lie artist can go from line to shadow without
Lowest Rates!
¿opping, a* seen ii> Fig. 'A Supposing tbe
nstrument moved from A to B, following
(renerai »hop work done in
lotted line*, tbe effect would be as seen on the
neper from A to C.
Everything about the operation of tbe air
SHORT ORDER.
¡rush becomes perfectly automatic after a
ittle practice, and the artist will handle it
Stair building * specialty. All work with the same ease that be now handle* the
gusrauteed to be flrat-elas* and of latest hruah or stump. Iu a word, it puts into tbe
.rtist’s bands at once many years of practical
design.
manipulation, which few would care to invest
‘-ho large amount of time and study to attain.
11 JUDGE,
It doe« uot, however, imply the entire «ban-
lonment of any of tbe methods now in use.
SADDLE It may ba well to add that the committee
HARNESS AND
m science and the arts, constituted by the
Frankliu institute of the state of Pcnnsyl
MANUFACTURER,
rania, after due examination of the air
brush, regard It a* deserving of the warmest
Ashland and Linkvilla
■ommendation.
Reaolvcd, That we demand ot the gen
eral government the *psedy comp! tion of
the lock* at the Cascades, and the tin med
iate conatruclion of lock* at The Dalle*
on tho Columbia river, and a sufficient ap‘
propriatioa therefor, and that we favor
the state an fir a* iu it* power, and shall
make such improvement* at or arouud
the-e point* aa will, until the completion
of the !■>« >a, accommodate tbe commerce
ot the country.
R solved, ihat this convention respect
fully calls the a'tention of congress to the
fact that by reason uf the present condi
tion ot the liar at the mouth cf the Colum
bia river it c«n be ral ly entered ouly by
»easel* the draught of which doe* notex-
cv«d twi ncy-two feet; that aa the supply
of such veaaela is very limited, «nd iu
fact unequal to the demand, they can only
be charteied for foreign export* from the
Columbia river at a rata fifteen shilling*
a ton greater lhau the freight rate of vew-
eela of f <ur feet greater drau.rht, aa is
evideuc«-! by comparison of our charter
rate* with those i>f such vessels as enter
San Francixco bay: ihat aa the supply of
■ ich vessel* i* unequal to the annual sup-
pi* of freight to be exported from ¿oO.itX)
aqu«re mil vs of territory drained by the
C lumbia river and its tributaries, every
year a large aurplua of our produce have
to be carried to San Fraacisco bay by
steamer or to Fq-iet Sound by rail, at
great expense, aud tln ru »hipped from
those port* to foreign luxrta; and that as
almost all Amerii-an »hip« are of deep
draught, they are n.»w almost entirely ex
cluded from t e Culumbia river, they be
ing in fact in number leas than 7 per cent,
ot th- eutire number entering that river
for fore gu export ; aud tie it.
Resolve-1, Tlust we, 'hervf -re, earneatly
request congress to lucres»« the amount
of the proposed appropriation for the bar
at tbe month of the Columbia river to
$6 U iW, aud f.w the speedy t axtage of
peudiug nver aud hai bor bill, aa w al
tered.
Resolved, That the flrat choice of the
democracy of Oregon, iu convention as-
aemble I, for president, la that tearless
champion of the the peopla'a eause,
Grover leveland.
Resolved That the flrat choice of th«-
democracy of Oregon for vice president
ia our esteemed fellow citixen, GoV. Syl
vester Pen no ver.
Ortlmchroinatlc Photography.
Orthochromatic photography, which is now
bsc-imiug an important branch of the art, is
not, as many suppose, photography in colors,
but ratber photography of colors. If, ex
plains Popular Science Nows, an oil painting
Repairing neatly and promptly done, is copied in tbe usual manner all tbe yellow
and at low rates.
ton««, which to the eye appear light, will be
more or loss dark in the photograph, while
the darker blue tone« will be nearly white,
ASHLAND
rbis is due to tbe fact that the blue rays are
iccompau ied by a much larger proportion of
ictinic or chemical rays than the yellow. By
•overing the sensitive plate with certain
fluorescent bodies, among which eosine and
rythroBine have given tbo best results, th*
length or character of the waves of coio;--l
;ight are so changed that they are photo
p-apbed with their proper gradations of light
md shade. By this procese most beautiful
effects have been obtained. Tbe softness and
lelicacy of the shading is such that it re-
embles rather a crayon drawing than a pho
‘ograph; and, as tbo process has only re-
ently boen made practical, it is probable
hat even greater success will be obtained
with it in tbe near future.
Proprietor.
All work order d will be made to rive
ENTIRE SATISFACTION.
FEED AND LIVERY STABLE.
GEORGE STEPHENSON,
The MoUel Primer.
L
Having purchased the old stable on
The Boy is Sitting Down eating Jam. Hie
Main street near the bridge, and a-sum d
the management of the same I am pre Mannna is coming through the Door, The
pared to offer the public better accommo jov will stand up to the Next bowl of Jam
dation* than ever before afforded in us Eats.
n.
Southern Oregon in the livery business.
Here we Have a Game of Croquet Henry
lias just Hit Nellie with a Mn'.et, and Nellie
s calling Henry naughty Names. Their
Mother is not Much of a Croquet player, but
tn a minute she will Come out and Beat them
At reasonable rates.
Both.
m.
New and handsome turnout*, reliable
This is a Gun. 1« the Gun loaded! Really,
and safe buggy teams, au< good saddle
I do not Know. Let us Find out. Put the
horsex always to be had at these stables.
Gun on the table and you, Susie, blow down
one Barrel, while you, Charlie, blow Down
WILL BUY AND SELL HORSES.
the otlier. Bang! Y’es, it was Loaded. Run
quick, Jennie, and pick Up Susie's head and
Is artistic furnishing« mantel scarfssmiply Churliu’s lower Juw baforo the Nasty Blood
sm’iroidered on the ends now have the call get* all over the New Carpet.
ovir elaborate lambrequins, which have been
IV.
to over loan cd with ornament that a reaction
The Girl has pretty Eyes and Red Lips.
against them was inevitable.
She i* Going to Tako a wal't ia tbe Star Lit
Percale and gingham gowns for girls of 10 Gleu where the Cricket chirps in the Hedge
to 14 have round half low waists, with yokes .¡nd the Jiggers play in the Gras* William
of velvet, pointed to the belt and worn over is Going to Walk in the Glen, too. He will
high white muslin guunpes, or else are lapped Meet tbo Girl aud they will Talk about the
from left to right over a plaited plastrou.
We-ather. Wo wouldn't Give a Cent for that
One of the prettiest as well as most service 1’iece of Court Plaster on tbe Girl's chin by
able of summer accessories will be the domino the Time tue Girl gets Back home.
v. .
cape of lace—black, white or cream—with a
hood of the same, sometime* lined with silk,
Oh, how nice and Black tbe Coal Hod is!
but preferably left in its own sheer beauty.
Run, childreu, Ron Quick and put your
The new t>ordered woolens ore made up for Little, Faz hands in it. Mercy me, your
misses' spring gown* into a plain lower skirt, ’.lands ore as Black a* the Cool Hod now!
with the be rder at the foot, and sash or apron Mark, Mamma is Coining. She will Spank
drapery aad a basque sloping away from a you when she Finds your Hands so Dirty.
gathered vest of soft silk or tine white wool. Better go and Rub the Black Dirt off ou the
Wall Paper before she come*.—New York
From Paris ivum the must daring combi
Com’ iercial Advertiser.
nations—as old roes and mastic, pale blue
*ud bronze green—yet the effect is so tinged
Th. Wonderful Human Eye.
and toned by galloons, braiding, embroidery
“The power of the human eye is simply re
and so on, that it is not so patchwurky as it
markable. Why, lion tamers can control
sounds.
the fiercest beasts by simply looking at
Tiny "smocks,-' with the fullueas honey
them.”
combed into a yoke, coma tn white China
"That’s all rot.”
silk, pongee, clialii and cashmere for the
“Did you ever try i».r’
wearing of baby girls, and are made in set
“Yes, I was stunted by Grigsby’s bull
■olors as well for the use of their sisters of 3
dog the other day and looked it steadily In
md 10 year*
the eye. resolved to control it, but the scheme
Irish embroidery is the rage in fam- wouldn't work.”
loc. By death bed request of Lady Brassey,
“Why notr
“I neglected to climb a tree before com-
Office and ware room at railroad cross- he trouanstu of her daughter, Mabel, will be
¡imposed exclusively of band made Donegal ipanrin<g to stare at the beast.”—Nebraska
lag, Helman Street.
men and embroidery, and there will b» Bute Journal,
OBI >ON uiaay imitaWn
ASHLAND
Funeral Director
Horses Boarded and Fed
PHVblOLOGV
ANO
HYGIENE.
I
Health cf American School Girl»—-Skis
Troubles—Benefit» of the Hath.
A society of collegiate alumnae has issued
some utcnwtjig literataro ou the subject o.
tbo health cf school girls. Among some oi
tho causes cf tho semi-invalidism and increas
ing number of nervous diseases that exist
amoug oven young girls, it enumerates the
follow ing:
1. Social dissipation and excitement. 2.
Hab^ ial loss of sufficient and healthy sleep
3. Irregularity and haste iu taking food, th<
omission of breakfast and tbe use of a stimu
lating, innutritiou, diet, such as condiments,
pastry, etc. 4. Tight, heavy or in.ufficieut I
clothing. 5. The ambition of parents and
daughters to accomj lish much iu little time.
It states that inquiries made in school
i-ooms reveng'd great neglect of the laws ot
health ou the port of tie pupils. In a New
York academy a cla-j of sixty girls between
tho arcs of 12 and is years chanced to lx
asked by a visitor at what time they retire«!
tho night before. The average was found to
be twenty minutes before midnight, but no
surprise was manifested by teachers or regret
by pupils. Out of niicty girls questioned
one morning in a public school, twelvo had
eaten no br- akfacl; of these twelvo, six hau
broti-ht no Itmcbcon, tbo other six had cake,
pio or si m il ar indigestible food.
A PEDDLER’S METÜODS.
ONE OF THE FRATERNITY TELLS
ALL ABOUT H!S WORK.
ITay» That Ar« Dark and Tricks That
Are Vai»— A Successful Peddler Must
H»v*
Just
Enough
Cp Stair* and Down.
Salt
Cunfidauc«.
!
STRANGE SIGHTS IN MEXICO.
Old and Primitive Custom» Which Snr-
l>rl»o Northerner*—Sltent Courtahlp.
“Everything looks particula; ly strange io
Mexico at tbe present time,” said R. E
Want, of lx» Angele* who arrived from
there on one of the vestibule train* “The»
do things so differently down there, any
way, fn>in w hat we do. that things look very
queer to an American Scenes iu tbe street
now set you to thinking.
“In all tbe cities and towns you see Ion.
lines of jack trains loading with gixxis. an
tbis notwithstanding the railroads and trann
os they call their street car lines The latte
are the regular cars drawn by mul ■* Thei
extend through a town and out into th.
counu-y seven, eight aud as far as twelv.
miles right through the couutry to and be
youd other town* sometimes connecting se»
eral in a chain. You may ride a short dr
tance on one of these first class cars for i
oue-half real, or six and one-balf cents O,
a second class car you pay half of that, an
on a third class half of that again. They
run the three kinds of cars ou the sain
track.
“The City of Mexico has not been drainer
for .300 year* and au Ohio company lias jus
taken a contract to do it. Heretofore *1
the drainage has run into a lake that throw
it ail back again, and you lift up any of th
sidewalks iti that oity aud you get a smeL
that nearly knocks you over. Tn are is jus:
one elevator in the City of Mexico. It ha-
ouly been recently put In. Every evening
great crowds stand around with wondering
eyes to see it work. They never he ve a fl) i
nor a place for one in any of the roo m, and
you are sometimes quit« uncomfortable
They light you upstairs with a tallow can
iUe, and each guest must furnish his owr
towel aud soap.
“(Joi ng aloug th« «treeta of Mexico City
one day 1 saw a young man flipping hi
fingers grotesquely, as though playing al
imaginary tattoo in the air. 1 looked al
around but couldn’t see anything. Tbe nex
day I saw him at it ag-dn, gazing skywar-
all tbe time. I went iuh tbe hotel, and on
of my friends asked me if I had s*on the
young fellow who was courting that younj
girl. 1 fell all at once, aud hxiking out 1
saw a girl in a third story window looking
out at him and doing the tattoo act also
Said my friend:
“ ‘This business has been going on for twt
years, and ¡either of them has spoken a
word.’
“It was sc. They ware courting. That’«
'.he way tboy do it down tiler* It was *
flirtation, long protracted, but whether the
pantomime was translatable into language I
am uuable to say.”—San Francisco Ex
aiuiner.
NO. 4.
SWEATING IT OUT.
GETTING RID OF ALCOHOL IN A
TURKISH BATHROOM.
A Vuuug Inebriate’« initiation Into the
Mysteries of the “But Koo**”—io the
Land of
llream«—A
Sudden Baking.
Rejuvenated.
“Good peddlers, like successful men in the
A little office under a «idewalk. a passing
higher walks of life, are born, not made,”
view of a room filled witb ffarrow canvas
said the particular member of the fraternity
cots, a few yellow gas flame«, behind a desk
whom a reporter questioned on the subject.
a young man whose nakedness is einpliasized
He was loaded down with rugs, door mats,
by an wpiator of crash towel in front of tlie
feather dusters and other articles until he
looked like a perambulating house furnishing
desk an iuebriate with |>ale. blinking eyee
store. Any or all of the articles under which
and unsteady bands. The inebriate removes
from one p<»-ket a roll of greenback* from
be struggled he offered to sell on “time pay
another a revolver, from a third a match,
ments of fifty cent* a week,” and w hen the
from a fourth a handful of rumed cigara
reporter gently but unhesitatingly declined
He lays tbeMi with hi* jeurf pin on the
the offer, the peddler looked so unutterably
disgusted that the reporter offered him a
counter He takes a Lay to the drawer in
choir and some refreshments. Soon the two
which they are placed by tlie naked youth,
and he walks loosely out lb rough the room
were engaged in a conversation which
where tbe cots stand. He staqqere a little
brought forth the observation milule above.
and almost g-.es dowu in avoiding au oi-e«e
“No," bo continued, “a peddler is naturally
foot that sticks from the end of one of the
a g o,- peddler, and no amount of training
cots. He cur*» the foot w itb putlietic pro
or trying will make a gxod one of a man who
faulty The owuer of tbe foot rubs his sleepy
h-xsn't it in him. On tbe other hand, a good
eyes and sends back a volley >1 oaths that
peddler is generally good for nothing else on
rimptes an<l B’.arkhcads.
blister the stone floor Tbe inebriate stumbles
earth. Let him try to stop peddling for any
ou around to a room to whicb an attendant
Pimples and blackheads on the face are oc other business a id tbe chances ore ten to one
casioned, says Heral-l «f Health, by the that he’ll make a fizzle ot it"
—r duplicate of tbe youth in the office—has
torpid state of the skin; or, in other words,
asaign-xi him. He removes hisclotuing after
made a success.
a de*|ieraite struggle with his suspen lers and
by tho mabiLty cf the skin to perform its
“Now, I am a born peddler, and at peddliug
proper functions. Tho cause of these spots I have at last made a success, where in all
a collar and elbow wrestle . with bis shirt
is nothing mere or leas than an obstruction things that I tried before I tailed. I went to
And uow be stauiis nu-ie, and alcoliolically
bashful until (.nothei equator of towel is tied
of tbo pcroa of tho skin; the perspiration schoi 1 until I was 18, and since then—that's
being allowed to accumulate, tbo mouths of twelve years ago—I have been successively a
around ins blushing form. He u> led out to
the hot room,
tho pores getting elogged, irritation ensue* lawyer's clerk, bookkeei«r in an importing
and a pimple or black hood results. The house, clerk in a dry goods store, driver of a
Tbe future bis no terrors for any man who
only way to bo rid of them is to allow the delivery wagon, car driver, elevated railroad
has eiK-our.tered the torridity of a hot room
6jiin to do its own work, by preserving it in a guard, waiter and peddler. It’s four years
:u t Turkish liatb house for men. You could
healthy condition and by keeping the whole since 1 found my true vocation, and I’ve ik>ne
fry eggs ou the floor >t is hotter than dog
system in order. The following ointment is pretty well.”
days in the lower regten* It would make a
rocommended: Tako an ounce of bailey meal
salaiuandei quit iu five minute* Tbe air is
‘•D<x-s a good peddler make much money!"
(tbo finer tho oettorj, ono oun< a of powdered the reporter asked guardedly.
so full of suspended fire that a red beaded
bitter almonds, and a sufficient quantity of
man looks like a striking brunette. The in
“’.Veil, that depend* Now, I average $30
honey to mako a smooth pasto, and apply a week, borne, a few, make more, but the
ebriate tie« on a couch. He closes his eyes
this frequently.
The air is heavy He slumber* He dream»
majority make les. Anybody that’s a good
be is a porter house steak. He is being
peddler, though, should be able to make $25
Tbo Bath.
broiled. The cook is careles* He wakes
a
week
without
any
trouble
and
be
able
to
go
Every human habitation should contain
with a start The «heel tui* beeu pulled from
out on Sunday for a good time.”
some convenience for a complete bath in
under him and tbe fiercely hot rattan top of
“
Wbat
characteristics
must
a
good
peddler
water. In the long catalogue of disease*,
the couch is next to bis skin. He look»
says a well known physician, scarcely one posses I"
alxiut him witb savage eye* The man ii.
“Oh, a great many, Belf-confldence, or
can bo named in the treatment of which a
the next couch is quietly smoking. Two
‘cheek,’ os it is called, is the most essential,
ixit h is useless.
others, th vested even ol their towel* are
I
To three blessed with good health, a bath Without it no peddler ever peddled with
sparriug in a corner None of them notices
give* thrift and growth to healthy functions, success. But too much of it is even more
him. He Lie* down again and dreams once
fetal
for
bw
prosjierity,
for
in
addition
to
a brightness and delightful serenity, a clear
more. Suddenly something pricks him like
failure
he
often
gets
a
broken
head.
No,
he
ness cf mind ami buoyancy of spirit. It is
a noodle.
muat
have
sclf-coufldence,
but
not
too
tnucL
certainly a blessing to both mind and body.
HOTTER THAN EVE!L
For tbe mental worker it is a nerve tonic. —just enough, you know. Then be must be
Ths Nobility In Germany.
A sharp pain runs through his back, tie
n
character
reader
—
know
just
to
whom
lie
can
A thorough application cf water of proper
Tho manners of people of high rank iu Ger whoopx and junq* up. His neighbor is still
temperature will calm and givo tono to liis soil and whom not, who will stand a stiff many are amusing to a stranger. Nowhere smoking. The sjiarreni are sparring There
'
— Indoor
- -
whole ------
s> stem.
Ths
laborer, who gete prb-e and who must be offered the goods at iu tbe world are “dukes au’ duchesses an is noth lug to indicate the cause oi bis sud
b
------------
j supply of freai ,.,1
but
a scanty
air, , Ut-UUS
ueods u
a m
bath cut rate*
“To be a good peddler you must also have sicb” so unpretentious as here. In tbe hotel den wak'ug except a thin qiray of watei
to obtain the skin
skm invigorating element of
a firm, yet gentle disposition. You must al where 1 am stopjting there are several prince lazily falling from the cold water faucet
open air.
low nothing to deter you when you see a per of note who are waiting an improvement in The inebriate know« that some one bat
son to whom you feel you can eelL No mat the emperor’« condition before returning sprayed uim, and he is bolter than ever He
Over Stimulation of Young: Brain*.
ter what bo or sho says, you must persevere. home. Soldiers guard the entrances of the offers to fight any person in tbe room. The
The
practice or
of giving tea and cuffoe to
id» pracucs
This is where the firmness comes in. Tho hotels in their honor, but that is the begin boxers say they would be glad to accommo
young children cannot be too stiongly con gentleness is necessary, so that you may, un ning ard end of al! ceremony. The Duke of date him, but the doctor Las warned them to
demned. Cmldhood is the period when ner
der no circumstance«, lose your temper. It Saxe-Meiningen, a tall, amiable looking m.ni beware of violent exercise. The mau ou the
vous activity it very great. Tho brain is
with a big gray beard, a nd the Duke of Salm next couch assures him that be promised the
ever busy in receiving now impr^-ions. fte- doesn’t pay. If the door is slammed iu your Horsiuar, who is blonde and dys(>eptic, wan friend who gave him tbe cigar that be would
face,
swearing
will
only
make
matters
worse.
ilcx action, co-oruin.ition of the muscles, »n,i
Tbe people next door will only laugh at you. i tier uncoiM'crnedly about, followed by droves smoke it before tie killed any on*
tue s;.-ec.al senses are oil under a constant
Tbe inebriate is disguste<L He meander«
No, you must preserve a dignified silence of mon in magnificent uniforms. Wherevei
eourso of training, i he nervous system is
they go people rise and remain standing till into an adjoining room. There are others
and
siuile
indulgently
as
you
turn
away.
pushed to its utmost cup«u.-ity, and long is tho
the men of title have seated themselves there before hint. They nr* turning on the
uSv of victims that follow its over siimula-- Then you can sell to the neighbor. He' sym Then there is a genera! sinking into scats and steam It rises first in a vapor, then a mist,
pathy
will
be
aroused,
and
by
patronizing
tions. In littij people ¡.»thing but harm can
covert looks toward the great men.
thcu a tog, now a cloud. The air is filled
como from tuo vjbo of such cerebral stimu you she thinks she can administer a rebuke
When Che princesses—of whom there are s witb white light The inebriate is stifled,
to
the
unmannerly
woman
next
door
and
lants a* tea or coffeo.
dozen or so—take it it in their royal littl» be cannot breathe, be cau scarcely think, he
shine by comparison.”
blonde beads to diue in tbe public dining moves his bands feebly and crawls out into
Iiem®dy fox-
UP STA1B8 AND DOWN.
room, an enormous sensation is created th* hot room. Theu ha swaat* Ha sv.aata
!
A phycician proscribes ono simple remedy
•‘Is peddling hard work!”
People have to bob up and down rejie tedly for keep* He leaks first, then he Khowers,
tor sleepIcssness: Composo the mind as much
“Trudging up stair* and down with this as when they enter, and all Che officers kiss Ch- then he pour* He is standing in a pool of
tis ¡possible and confine the thought« to cue sortment of goods isn't as much fun as play princesses’ hands with Ch« most reverential water that was once himself. He feels his
subject, or a number, or individual, and clc« ing poker, but there is more money iu it for and impressive bouiagc. It’s funny to see legsgoiug, his brain reels, be staggere out,
sao eyelids, roiling tho eyes continuously in tbe average person; and, besides, it's no tlie priucessee turn their faces and watch the tnd iu another moment is lying ou a marble
eno direction. In a short time comaeiousness harder than many other things—selling dry kissing. They feel about the same interest slab with soap iu his eye* bis ears, bis
willbo.ldrt and you will be in the blissful goods, for instance. I can pick my custom in it as a cow doe* when she turns around mouth, bis nose. A muscular young man is
idiui of dreams.
ers in this business, but when I was a counter and looks contemplatively at the maid who ¡ounding him as though be were a rubber
jumper 1 was entirely at the mercy of any is milking her T he officers are dandies out bag. Soapy aud sore be arises froui the slab
Li.e Tii.n-; »..ii Another.
woman who happened along."
and out. They never attempt to conceal it He seeks the shower. He turns it ou himself
Juniper Dcn-y tea is good tor sick head
“What becomes of all the peddlers!”
They wear stays, aud when they take off Now for the rippling, gurgling water* of the
ache.
“That question has often puzzled me. There their helmets and caps in the big restaurants olunge He hurls himself in. He is an in
A diet of frogs is com tiered advantageous are two things I never saw in my life—a and hotels they lean over tbe tables aud -briate no longer. He is a nymph witb
¡or those suffering from pulmonary com dead mule and a dead peddler. Sometimes I calmly arrange their hair witb little combe whiskers and a rasping voic* There arc
plaint.
think that when mule« and peddler* di« Old aud brushes carried in the coat tail pockets
-ther nymphs there before him. They also
To make a soap for whitening the hands Nick carries ’em off bodily as choice bits of This takes a long time as a rule The «pec have whiskers and queer voice* They play
tators evince a ree.jiectful interest lu it, and like boy* They splash racb other They
mix thoroughly two ounces each of eau de cussedness.’"
“Are all peddlers full of ways that lead to when it is at length completed there is a sick. They disport. They swim under each
cologne ofad lemon juice, with six ouncee oi
Old Nick!”
general sigh of relief and satisfaction, the other aud tip each other up.
powdered brown Windsor soap.
This was rather a leading question, but the officers bow to one another politely, and the
At 8 o’clock tbe ex-inebriate meets Lis em
Av much bicai bonate of aotln as one can
peddler met it unblushingly.
world rolls on again upon it« axis.—Blakely ployer at the office.
put on a five cent nickel, dissolved in a sma'J
“Well, generally,” be replied, nonchalantly. Hall's Berlin letter iu New York Bun.
“You are looking well tbis morning."
glass of water and taken beforo breakftyst
I ‘Some save their money, but very few. I
“Y’es, sir. 1 left our church sociable
once or twice a week, sweeteus the breath generally turn up with a big head and empty
ilxnit 10 o'clock, bad a good sleep, ana got
and relieves dyspepsia.
Persia's Il Ivo re« taw«,
pocket* on Monday morning.”
In Persia, as in Turkey, if a husband wishes ip early It is very pleasant walking down
“Then how do you manage to buy your
a divorce from his wife all he baa to do is to town early iu ths morning. You ought to
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE
goods! On timeP
try it, sir.”
“We don’t buy our good* We get them order her out of tbe hou-a. As a check upon
The employer says he will—Chicago
Planner* and Custom* Practiced in Polite
from house« around town that ore only too tbe too free use of this arbitrary proceeding, i'ime*
Society.
however,
tbe
Persians
have
constituted
a
very
willing to let us have them to sell on commis
A gentleman always lifts his hit when of sion. When a new hand starts in he ha* to curious and ingenious custom. While the
t: »In fall on tbe I’lalns.
fering a service to a lady, whether he is ac deposit the value of the good* he takes out, Mohammedan laws make it so easy for a bus
A writer in Science bas set himself to
quainted with her or not. It may be, says but after awhile, when he gets better ac band to put away bis wife, it socures to bei
inswer the question, “Is tbe rainfall In
one authority on tbo social etiquette of New quainted, be can get all the goods be wants al) her own property. Under no con
Y ork, tbe restoration of a diopped kerchief to take out.
sideration can the husband deprive the wife creasing upon the plains/” After a careful
< r fan. tho receiving of her money to pass it
As a precaution inspection of all tbe available data, te is of
“I must go now. I just saw the red headed of her own property
he opinion that there has been oc increase
to the cash box of a car, the opening of her woman who lives across tho street return. I against divorce, then, the husband in th<
umbrella as she descends from a carriage— knew she was out, and I’ve been waiting for marriage contract is usually required to of rainfall on tbe plains since they began to
all the same. He lifts it before or during the her all this time. I can always sell to a red promise a considerable sum of money ass («settled up by farmers They bave planted
• ourtesy if possible, fihe bow*, and, if she leaded woman. I don’t know why, but I wed.lmg gift to his bride. This mouey is not many trees, It is true, but not enough to
chooses, sue also smiles her acknowledg •an. A red beaded man, though, is a useless forthcoming at tbe wedding nor expected, satisfy the theory which associates forests
ment , but she does the latter faintly and does !>eing as far as peddlers are concerned."
but it is placed to the wife’s credit as a debt with moisture. The truth is, as tbe writer
shows, that tbe prevalent ideas atout tbe
not speak. To say “Thank you” is not an
With this parting shot (the reporter’s hair owed to lief by the husband. As in case of amount of rainfall necessary for farming
excess of acknowledgment, but it has ceased take* on a russet tinge at sunset) the ungrate divorce this money would have to be paid
operations were erruneoua As the pioneers
to be etiquette.
ful vender of rugs took his departure.—New over, tbe amount is usually made so large bave tested tbe capabilities of the soil in
When a gentleman accompanies a lady York Press.
that it is virtually beyond tbe husband's
upon whom such an attention is bestowed, ho
means In that case divorce to him would their western march, they have discovered
always lifts Lis hat and says “Thank you.”
mean financial ruin and as a Persian's that a rainfall of twenty inches a year is not
PHYSIOLOGY ANO HYGIENE.
If it is in the giving up cf a seat to the lady,
pocket is tt.e most susceptible part about tbe indispensable minimum. They can get
Ue will not seat himself while the obliging Vegetable Polson»—Treating Whooping bun, it follows that there is no divorca along with ten, and it remains to 1« seen if
stranger is still standing, but will call his at
Owing to this ingenious arrangement, even leas will not answer they have found
Cough with Snlphur.
that, however slight the raintull may be, it
tention to the first vacant place should he be
There Is a curious superstition in the mind, although a mere angry order to begone Is a
can be greatly encouraged by cultivation.
unobservant of it
of many that all vegetable remedies are com legal divert«, there are fewer divorces In
A geutl'-man opens a door for a strange paratively harmless, while mineral sub Persia than in tbe United Blates.—Thomas When tbe plains are plowed and harrowed
tbe rain sinks into the ground and iteevapo
!ady, holds it op-n with one hand aud lifts stances are much more injurious to tbe Stevens in New Y ork Sun.
ration is prevented by the erope wliose roots
bis hat with the other while she passes human economy. According to Tbe Medleal
it feeds
The improved conditions which
through in advance of him. Ho always offers Record the prejudice is entirely without
Baking 8o<ia for Barns,
western people *up(>o«e to have beeu brought
her the precedence, but he does it silently and foundation. At tbo present time a list of
Cloths dipped in a thick solution of common
without resting his gaze ujxm her, a* if b« poisons will show a great preponderance of linking soda in water and applied to the in about by increased rainfall are merely due
waull say: “You arc a lady and I am a gsn- the vegetable kingdom. We have, for ex jured surface are excellent for burn* They to tbe better conservation of tbe ruin they
get. — Bustou Budget,
’etnen—I am polite for Loth our sakes.”
ample, such universally consumed substance- must be kept wet by squeezing more soda
A gentleman always raises his bat n hen h» as alcohol, tea, coffee and tobacco. These and water on them whenever a dry spot begins
A Tomb and “Rolling Btoo».“
‘>egs a lady's pardon for an inadvertence
purely vegetable substance« do a hundred to appear.
whether he is known to b<»r cr not
From Mount Calvary it is hut a short ride
fold more to poison and deteriorate tbt
to tbe mck hewn sepulchers known as the
human system than does the whole mineml
8OCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Fortane'a Freak* with Twin*
“Tombe of tlie Kings" The entrance to one
pharmaco.xBia. But beside these we have
Some suggestive figures are given in tbe opium, Indian hemp and the whole seductive
of these subterranean villages of tbe dead is
Manners
and
Customs
Practiced
In
report of the registrar general of births, list of purely vegetable narcotics. By far
closed by a ’rolling stone”—a rudely cut
Polite Society.
deaths and marriages in Scotland for the year the most powerful poisons are of purely
disk, perhaps a yard tn diameter, standing
Constant
politeness
saves
the
temper,
We
1885, iust ijsuod. During the year in question vegetable origin.
ou edge iu an inclined groove which runs,
Buch, for instance, i«
1/37 women in Scotland bore more than one stropanthim, of which a solution containing are all disarmed by an attempt to please us, deep cut. from one ante of tbe doorway to
and
politeness
cutlasts
all
other
virtues,
is
tbe
child at a birth, ot which 1,4’23 were twin one part to ten million of water will kill the
the other When tbe tombs orc open, tbe
coses, and 14 triplet. The number of moth exposed heart of a frog. The most subtle experience of one as well versed in society's stone is rolled to tbe left, and a small wedge
ers bearing cbililren during the year was and evasive of poisons is tbe active principk- ways as Mr* John Sherwood. This gentle is placed under it to keep it from returning.
124,GW, of whom one iu every 88 bore twin* of the “purely vegetable'' digitalis purpurea, politeness has a charming effect on domestic When tbe wedge is removed, the rolling
life. Harmless and graceful optional civil!
and one in every 8,1X13 bore triplet*
stone immediately follows tbe iuc.ioe to the
while strychnia has prolAbly poisoned more
On inquiry into the occupation of tbe animals and human lieings than any drug ties are a part of the gra~e of foreign man eight uutil it reaches a slightly deeper de
ners.
In
Francs
when
a
gentleman
takes
ofl
father j of tbe twins it is found that in 331 but arsenic. The mineral drugs which cause
preesiou. into which it rolls, thus it closes
cases they wore workmen of various kinds harm are few in number, and, if we exce]>t his bat in a windy doorway, and holds it in tbe entrance of tbe tomb. Considerable
his
hand
while
talking
to
a
lady,
she
always
as carpenters, mason* plasterers, smiths, arsenic, are not especially violent poisons.
strength is required to displace It.—Edward
etc., in SUU tbe occupation was that of In fine, it is the purely vegetable drugs that suvs “couvrez-vou*” “I teg you not to stand
Mi ilauu in The Century
a farmer, steward, plowman, laborer, oi are the most dangerous. We wish, says Tbe hatless.’’ A kind hearted woman nays tbis ts
a
coachman,
a
boatman,
a
man
of
high
or
ol
those connected with tbe working of land Record, that the public could be made to
in 114 cases mining was tbe work of tbe understand this, when confronted with allur low degree.
Pipe bmuklog io England.
We do not yet sufficiently appreciate the
fathers. 10 were fishermen or seamen. 7V ing notices of the perfect safety and harm-
value of manner* Tbe bad manners of Ameri
Pipe smoking is rather encouraged than
merchants and shopkeepers, as grocers, lessue-e of “purely vegetable” drugs.
cans are really from want of thought There otherwise by English ladies. Probably this
bakers, etc., 75 were engineers or connected
are no more generous, chivalrous, kindly men is from two cause* It is more economical
with such work til were clerks, travelers,
Local Antidotes for Sunk* Venom.
in the world than American* They might, and more cleanly iu the bouse, the f umes of
agent* etc., 65 were factory bands, 64
Drs. Mitchell and Beiebar; have pursued however, study optional civility. They should tobacco from a pipe not hanging alxiut*
grooms, carters, and other* connected with
horses, in 3U cases ouly tbe male parent be some very original and valuable researches not only have good manners but better man room so long i*s those of a cigar, there being
longed to one of tbe “learned professions;” upon the venoms of poisonous serpents, in ner* Let a cordial bow, a gracious smile, less dust and dirt following a pipe and the
25 were shoemakers or saddlers, a like uum cluding rattlesnakes, moccasins, ground rat “make sunshine in a shady place." Civility smell of burned tobacco being far less offen
ber being hotel keepers, brewer* waiter* tlesnakes. copperheads and coral suckers. oils the wheels of our domestic machinery, and sive the next day than is that of stale cigar
rtc.. 23 were tailors, 21 soldiers or policemen. They find that all fresh serpent venoms are American women might mend their man smoke. English ladies, too, seem to prefer
4 were watchmaker* and 8 printer* while more or less alike in appearance, being fluids ners, particularly as to optional civilities to see the more robust pipe smoker than the
in 86 cases the births were illegitimate ano varying from the palest amber tint to a deep Optional civility does not in any way include (to them) somewhat effeminate cigar or cigar
yellow, and that the active principles of the familiarity. Perhaps it is the best of all safe ette inhaler. But, w' ereas in this country
the vocation of the fathers not known.
I guards from it. Well bred women never say no ajiartment is completely furnished with
It certainly seems a strange irony of fate venom are contained in its liquid ports only
anything to hurt a person s feeling* To tell out its cuspidor, in England a man who was
that twins so often appear m families least They arrive at the conclusion that potassic
one of disagreeable things said behind one's so lost to the assumed decencies of social
able to give them a cordial welcotn*—St. permanganate, ferric chloride in the form of
tbe liquid or tincture and tincture of iodine back is neither good taste nor optional amenity as to expectorate in the presence of
Janies’ Gazette.
seem to be tbe most active and promising of civility. It is apt to be ap express on of indi ladies (at leak", without both attempting to
generally available local antidote*. The vidual spit* It is doubtful taste to warn hide tbe fact and afterward apologizing for
China now furnishes a third on'y of the tea
search for a chemical antidote which can people of their faults, to comment upon their it) would be deemed a coarse creature, ut
used in England. India furnisher the greater
prove available after the poison ha* reached failure* to carry them disagreeable tidings terly wanting in refinement.—New York
P*rk
th* circulation is oouidsred almost bopale*. undar to« nan» of frwndtoip. Tbb i> vwy Pres* “Evary Day Talk."
«CtonayNowdMvlU»
Published at Ashland, in the
flourishing Rogue River Valley.
The leading town of Southern
Oregon, population 1,800, junc
tion of O. & C. and S. P. R. R.
Leading industries—fruit raising,
mining, manufacturing, stock-
raising and farming.
“MAN OVERBOARD«»
A Cry VTh1 h Only Thow tvh«
Itel at Sea Comprah«»*.
Haw*
One day, wind fresh and aboun, the ship
staggering aloug under topgallant *Jls, tbs
cry was heard, “Man overboardf Thoee
only who ho "e been at sea know what this
means.
It baa been written up many
times, but no writing can express just wbat
the cry and the fact convey You «tanJ < mi
deck and wutcb the (hip cutting and shear
ing through tiie boisterous wave*
You
■moke tlie pipe of peace and thunk your
lucky «tars that you are not on »here, ex
posed to dangers from horse cars, policemen,
fire engine« and tbe like, but safe on board a
good step with a Sjteug breeza tuid a clear
sea.
But look, If yon please, beyond tbe lee bul
wark* and picture, if you cau, tbo «mall
cbance ■ man would have If tos-«<i into that
churuiug iiu « of fierce wave* Tliey nw iu
to leap and grasp qut for a victim. They
would seize you, if they could, and toss and
buffet you about, twist every joint and lintb
until it ached, aud dash their mad foam acres*
your face until uo more free air could fill tbe
poor gasping lunge, no more free actiou could
be had from tbe tired luub* and tbe wave
fiend* would da»b over you and engulf you in
their tuad triumph. Every mi lor knows *11
this, whenever be goes aloft cr pursue* bis
calling iu any part of tbe snip, and ao be is
careful and alert, aud tries for safety all tbs
time.
But when the running ship, towering on
the crest of a lofty wave, dashes’ suddenly
onward and do:.u, burying her head boons
in the boiling »-a, and tears them out again
with a tern Ills strain, as was the case on this
occasion, no living thing can hold on, and ao
our [>oor shipmate was dashed into tbe so*,
was struck aud ¡lassed over by the ship and
was never seen more by any living man. It
occurred instantly and was over in a second.
ft was seen and the cry raised: “Man over
board.” Bailor* must act promptly at all
times. In less time than 1 can write about it
life buoys were thrown ovw, the ship hove to
•uid a boat was overboard manned by deter
turned men, resolute to rescue a shipmate if
(ictwible The effort was vain; tbe boat rw
turned, was hoisted again with difficulty and
wo proceeded ou our course one man 1***—
Forest and Stream.
Mr. Depew'* Correspondence.
It was late lu the afternoon, and yet *
moss of correspondence remained u[ion Mr.
Depew’s desk. 1 was never more strongly
convinced that great men occasionally have
w> work.
"Why can’t people write letters on one
■agef’ he exclaimed with a pleasant assurnp-
‘.ion of wrath, as be hold up the bulky re
sult of some correspondent's effort*. “I nevar
viw anrtliing iu my life whicb couldn’t be
condens-d to tit a sheet of good sized latter
paper."
The rapidity witb which Mr. Depew went
hrougb his pile of letters—ruerving some
and handing other* to an assistant—was truly
surprising. He Las evidently acquired tb*
art of getting at "the moat” of a story In th«
shortest |x«siliio time. To see him do it give*
one a eensation similar to that produced by
the wonderful feats of a juggler. You can
not help admiring the perfect control of the
faculties necessary to such celerity.
“Tbis 1 must read myself;" “Comply with
this request;" “Put that with other papers
relating to the case,” he said, almost with
out a [«use. His assistant retired witb both
Lands full of paper* Thou Mr. Depew turned
to his visitors. Two were newspaper men
who had come to ask him what he thought
of tbe strike. 1 have never seen anything
neater than the way in which he refused to
say JI word,.ebAct tha same
journalists in H^xxi h’-mor.
when it came my turn, be had not tba
reason to keep silent on tbe subject about
which 1 wished to question him, and 1» die-
cussed clearly and concisely.—New York
Cor. Globe-Democrat.
CareleM People of India.
Our farmers need never fear India for good
wheat These people are too slovenly in their
manner of cleaning it ever to send a good
article to England, and, as the commissioner
(governor) of this district told me. they will
not change their habit* They hand weed
the fields, so that no foreign seeds mix with
the wheat, but they clean it in tbe ground,
and the tniddlemeu throw in dirt and coarse
sand to increase tbe weight. I have e xamined
quite a quantity here in bags in tbe bazaar,
and found it shamefully dirty. One seller
wanted me to buy 1 told him I was from
Chicago in America. He innocently assured
me be would make hi» bags tight so that I
tould take it home qi..b ma By the way, 1
will explain that in hand weeding fields
everything is saved; wbat is pulled up is
necessary food for cattle
Another thing will ultimately tell against
India os a wheat country. Manure is care
fully picked up and dried for fuel Tbe land
needs it and cannot get it. Trees are scarce;
leaves, coarse grass, and excrement of cattle
keep the natives in fuel. These people are
poor beyoud any others I have ever seen, and
will not become well enough off to become
land improver* They are not lazy—they
work hard, but keep themselves poor by ths
ceremonies which their very religion seems
to make necessary when their children
marry
This hardly seeuis credible, but I
am informed by intelligent people that they
save almost exclusively for this purpose, and
cover themselves with debt and mortgage)
when savings prove inadequate.—Carter
Harrison in Chicago Mail
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The Gypaj Kettle Stick.
While the tent, as typical of the home
shelter, has clinging to it specifically a
world of lore, ballad and song, tbe thiDg
among the gypsies embodying'the very
essence of the home belongings and tbe
tender love and superstitions attaching to
them is the kettle stick. I could fill a
book with sayingsand superstitions about
it. Where the kettle stick is there is the
gyi»y hearthside, the inglenook, tlie very
home shrine itself. Ferhnps best illus
trative of this was my visit to the home
of a gypsy friend in Philadelphia lust
winter. The husband and boys wer»
away on a winter trading tour In the
south, and I found the old mother, a crip
ple who could travel but little, with her
band alone. We together cooked a fo-
mous meal at tjie queer fireplace of the
aicient ramshackle house. All the old
belongings were in that replace, lint my
hostess used none of them. She had set
tlie loved kettle stick on the quaint brick
work, and the fire and all were arranged
and used precisely as upon the road. I
noticed this as a most interesting little
express on of the gypsy home sentiment
and wh:le eating carelessly inquired:
“Mother, why don’t you use tliat splen
did fireplace, with the andirons anil crane
for cooking?”
“Bless hus!” she exclaimed, as if caught
In some poor weakness, “Hit's like in
sturdie (prison) here. Hi jess get up the
stick cauipqrise like, ’n' w'n Ill liends o’er
the fire that-a-wny, hit’s like Hi wus wl’
my own people ’mong the tents. The oi’
tree out yon's great comfort betimes,
likeaways.”—E<lgur L Wakeman 8 Let-
te;.
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Waiting for tlie Bteutog.
An eesfcru United States senator tells this
about his little girl: He says that wlien his
family had gathered for dinner little EEle
was too busy with her p'aytiilugs to suspend,
and her mother called to her to come.
“ ‘Yes, iu a minute,’ was the response.
“ ‘But we are all waiting,’ said my wife,
‘and your l-apa is waiting to ask the bless
ing.’
“She came in, climbed into her chair,
folded her little bands demurely, bowed her
lead and said in a tew voice, ’Let tier go,
Gallagher!’
“I am afraid,” said the senator, laughing,
“that the blessing I invoked at my table that
day was slightly lncoLer<nt. ”—Clivebiud
Plain Dealar.