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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1890)
TO A3 OR MOT TO WA3. or Vt!, H Shnulil Ailttrn W tiniet Beauty ami Taste. of "o woman is "ly whet) she is (.'ncl." Only LoiirChesteitU'Kl fouW I c lx-a guilty of such a gallant per version of the truth. If he ist;d 'the wont '"dressed" ad- i- il'V and meant clothed w ith a dun itrirdto the selection of becoming color and to the out and style of the ; wn to suit the individuality of the t e:irer. he was undoubtedly right no woman is ugly when she is artistically and becomingly dressed. Hut so few women seem to know what colors will enhance or destroy their rood looks, whnt style of gown will itinera! their defeclsand heighten their charms and what wav of arranging their hair will improve their faces, that dress ufttimes instead of adding beauty to the appearance has the contrary etlecl. People who are florid must be care ful w hat wds t hey hs even more than the pale people. A deep blue red, that red s-uggested in a plum or the velvet leaf of a red pansy that has caught a shade, from the petals of its near neigh bor, the dark blue pansy is the color for rf irid 'complexions. Grown people should le careful not to wear bright red. As Mod jeska observes: -As one grows older red is more Incoming above the face than below it.M Dark cardinal velvet above gray hair and dark eyes has a most charming effect. Piuk is most becoming for fair young people.- Itose color, combined" with black, white, or gray can be worn with impunity by the vouthful and fair. Magenta should be suppressed. Only a dazzling beauteous being could sur vive the uglifying effect of this de- i-Yvkv.l r,-ior nt thpti it must 1m pnm. Lined ith white. Dark sage green is an almost univer sally becoming color. It annuls any tinge of green there may be in- the complexion; for this reason brunetto people generally look well in green. Only those who have an exquisite complexion should dare to wear pale green. If the complexions are clear, rosy, and fair, pale and dark have equal privileges. Dark greeu, combiued with pale, is becoming to brunetts - with clear, pallid complexions. Yellow is a delicious eolor a favor ite hue of the old masters and Darne Nature. Warm yellow has a good effect on the complexion. It Slakes the skin look fairer than it really is. It goes pleasingly with many colors. A brunette will look particularly handsome in a green yel low. Mnsiard color, which is insuf ferable by daylight is simply delicious in the gaslight. Pure blue and yellow are harsh. A good rule is never to combine two colors of eqnal intensity. One or two colors should be dull and not too pure. Yellow will blend well with old gobelin blue, with heliotrope and cer tain shades of blue grays. Ambec- of all shades is exceedingly becoming to dark people. s- People with blue e'es should not wear bright blue. It makes their eyes look faded and detracts from the bloom of the complexion. - ' Black should be worn advisedly by both old and young. The" young can wpfir it better than the old. It brin" out clearly the ham lines in the face aod seems to deaden the bloom of the skin. Golden-haired blondes, red- haired maids and matrons, and dark people with clear, rosy complexions can wear black and look well. All others can modify its hardening effeets by combining white, red, orange, gray, er yellow with it. " All but people with coarse com plexions look exceedingly well in white. Every color can be made becoming toy being artistically arranged and re lieved by another color, or by the soft, "sTTLdaing effects of net or lace or airy tulle. X Y. Herald. TOLSTOI AND THE BEAR. Row the Cllrmte Novelist's Present of Mind Saved Hi Life. An incident is related about the cele brated writer. Count Tolstoi, which nearly cost him his life. He went out on a bear hunt with some of his friends, and. after selecting a spot which com manded a good view of the surround ing grounds, some of the more , ex perienced hunters suggested that the snow had better be trampled down so that it would be easier for them to move about and gef ont of bruin's way and have time enough to take a shot at Lira if he should come upon them un expectedly. The counL however, although up to his waist in the snow, objected to this and said that it was entirely un necessary, since the whole thing con sisted of shooting the bear and not wrestling with him. They did not have to wait long, for the bear, which had just risen from its lair, was walking along to get out of the way of 'the hunters when it sud denly stepped out into the open space directly in front of Tolstoi. He coolly took aim and tired, but the bail, for some reason or other went wide of its mark. Taking aim again he tired, this time hitting the bear in the head, and the bullet lodged in the lower jaw and of course only made a very irritating wound, which made the bear so savage that, taking a few jumps, he was upon Tolstoi before he was able to realize it. Just as the bear came close enough to him he dropped down, and of course the bear went right over his body. Tolstoi's whole body sunk into the deep snow, and, the only part that remained exposed was Lis head, which the bear tackled as soon as he had recovered from his sur prise in seeing Tolstoi disappear so suddenly. Tolstoi did his best to push his head down as low as possible, and elevated his fur cap for the bear to bite. Twice the savage animal snapped at iL and - then, discovering his mistake, made a bite deeper down, this time taking a piece of flesh from the couut's right cheek. ! Just at this moment his comrades re turned, and by their loud yells suc ceeded in driving away the bear, who very slowly turned his back upon the banters and walked into the woods, .master of the situation. TVherela the Resemblance Failed. - The late Gen. Clinton B. Fisk of New rsey, who attained political promi- ; nce as the Prohibition candidate for !:ident, was a Sunday-school worker vell as a Prohibitiorfist. He was -ays in demand at Methodist Sunday s'! institutes, and at one of these wrings, as he used to tell, he was .etely dumfounded by a bright ester in this manner: He was tig an address after another speak ilio had reminded the children that "TT was Washirxgton's birthday. Said Gen. Fisk: - " "Of course, you all know, children, about George Washington, whose birthday this is. He was a General, alsorCan any of you tell what is the difference between Washington and myself?" At the furthest end of the room a small, boyish voice eagerly exclaimed: 1 know," sir." .... ' " " ' Well, what is the difference?" asked Gen. Fisk, with a smile of encourage ment. - Gen. Washington couldn't tell a lie, sir!" was the exultant reply, which tfet the older p rsons present into a roar of laughter, in which the General himself joined as heartily as any one. ,V. J'. Pi-.-s.i. LADIES AS DEPOSITORS. Til Ulttloiltles the llesr Crmlarrl llv tu Comprehending Simple Tiling. " "What .sort of a time do you have with your lady depositor"?'' The question was asked of a putieut lookinir. middle-aed yelitleiuaii who stood behind the counter over which was the sign "Paying Teller." in one of the up-town national banks. "Well," he replied, with a smile a very agreeable smilo now that I have become a practical philosopher. I do not tind it irksome. Indeed. I rather enjoy myself. The. efforts of a lady to master file intricacies of banking rules and practices used to make my head ache. Now they provide entertainment for me all day long, t used to sigh when 1 saw a laty approach the win dow with an expression on her face in dicating that s!ic was in doubt n!out sonu'lhsn;;. Now 1 observe her coming with pleasure, for Uo may have some new problem thutiih that is nnlikelv or she may develop soir.e new phase of character. That is nnlik also, however. 1 think I know theul all. 1 ought to." Why is it they can't ii'tli-i:tndP'' "Mativ of them nn!er-it aikl every thing, riiemujiiity oi' mem do. T.ie woman who c.innoi comprehend all that is required of a depositor is an exception. But those whj do uot un derstand do not uudi-r.-tand at all. What do you think of a lady coming here and demanding to know why a check drawn by h -r was not paid when there was no money to her credit? I've had that happen to me a number of times. It happened this moruing. When I told the annoyed woman that her account was slightly over drawn, she aked me why I hadn't sent her word. " 'You could have told very easily by consulting the stubs in our check book ami comparing the total with the total deposits in your bank-book.' I said. " 'Oh,' she said. ! can't bother with figures. I always hated "em." "And I had some difficulty in con vincing her that it would be necessary to put money in the bank before she conld draw any more out. She wasn't quite so bad, however, as the very in nocent lady, historical in bank circles, who, wheu one of her checks was sent back marked -V funds." descended upon the bank for information, and, incidentally, for more monej-, explain ing that there must Iks plenty to her credit still, as she had only used about half the checks in her check book. The teller was obliged just then to inform a bright-looking young woman that her signature to "the check she pre sented would be absolutely necessary before he could honor it. She blushed furiously and hurried to a desk to add her name. "There's au example." he said, laughing. "But she knows better. It was only carelessness." When he had paid the young woman her money he continued: "It is a great wouder that lady depositors are net continually being defrauded, because of their manner of drawing checks. Of course when they draw them at the bank we can correct them. But the checks they write duriug their shop ping hours would, I should think, be a constant temptation to people with tough consciences. Thev could, be so easily raised. Nearly all, except the experienced ones, fail to till out the line after putting down the amount, and any bungler could raise the fig ures. It is a blessing, therefore, that most of the checks are drawn to the order of the reputable business houses of the city. "Frequently their checks are for ridiculously small amounts. It is the new depositors who write them. It is a novelty, and they appear to leave all their small change and big change, too, for that matter-at home, for the purpose of enjoying it. I have had as many as rifeeen checks from one wo man in one day and -:?!. fur amounts as small as .5 oeiiis. Tie o:!:r lay a check was presented here ii.r 19 " 1-2 cents." "Do they lose their tempers, oftea?" Oh, sometimes, of course." Just at that moment the angrv notes of a woman's voice were bean). She was talking to the cashier. It ap peared that a check of hers had been refused because it was drawn for an amount larger than the sum to her credit. "The check." said the cashier, calm ly, ""called for ?'23. You have only f 14 in the bank." "I have, too." she answered fiercely "I've got $37." "You're mistaken, madame." an wered the official, still calmly. "Well, here's my book. Y'oti can see for yourself." The cashier took the book with the resigned air of a man who had been there before many a time. He exam ined it qnickly. The trouble is," he said, 'that you have drawn a check hurriedly some time, and neglected to till out the stub." "I couldn't possibly have done that," she replied, "because I always fill out the stub first. And, besides I don't write checks hurriedly. I don't do business that way." The cashier smiled, and that exasper ated the woman still further. "You've made the mistake yourself," she declared. "Wedo not make mistakes here," was the quiet response. "But you might," she said, witlmem phasis. "Yes, we might, but we never do." "It's possible, isn't it?" she demand ed, with more emphasis. "Yes, it's possible. Almost every, thing is possible. But we never have made one in our twenty-two years ol business life." The lady sniffed at this, and then, throwing her checkbook on the coun ter, she said, sarcastically, "Well, il this institution needs money so badly, you can have it." She flounced out. "Will the bank be that much rich er?" was asked of the paying teller. Harcfly' he replied"; "she'll un doubtedly come back and draw it out." -V. Y. Times. A Substitute. "Julius," said the Colonel, with a benevolent smile, "you probably know that if have a hundred acres of water melons?" "I I has yo' dun got dt much, sah?" "Why, you live but there, Julius.and know all about it." "Deed I libs out dar, but I'se bin so verry busy I hain't had time to inquar1 around. What alxmt dem watermil lyons, Kurnel?" Julius, suppose I should drug some of those melons?" Yes, sah." "Put in something which would make the thief awfully sick? ' "I follers yo'. sah." "Do you think you could tell one of the drugged melons by feeling of it in the night?" "Me? Me? What would I be doin' in yo' millyon patch at night, sah?'5 But suppose you went there?" 'Arter millyons?" -Ye." "Gwine ter steal 'em?'' "Yes." "Wall. Kurnel Johnson, 'taiu't no use toargify dat p'int, kase I wouldn't go." Why not?" ''Kase I'd send one of de bovs, yo' know!' X. Y. Sun. IN f AVOS OF CAMNfIBALS. Pie In 1'nlliK tlmi r the practice K-tliif Hum til ll.ih. The word cannibal is associated in our minds with scenes of the most debased savagei v that I he imagination can picture; of ineu iu habits and appearance n little lower than the brute; of orgies the result of the most degrading religions superstition. It is not until one has live I on terms of friendship with cannibals, says Muck wooiVs M.ttjitzin ; that one realizes that the practice is not iucouipaiibiu with uu intelligence and moral qualities which command respect. And after all, if outi can for a moment lay aside the instinctive Mirror w Inch the idea calls up and dispassionately consider the nature of cannibalism our repug nance to it seems less logically grounded. It"is triio that it nuist generally en tail murder. Inn that is certainly not the reason fur oar loathing of it. " It is something deeoer ili iu tins, and the distinction we ii iweeu the flesh of men and of a little curious, inhabitants of ; physical necessit to cat ll.-sli to ii at first sight in imagine the . plauet. whose i . ...i not force them t;ke lifu in order to live regarding us with much the same kind of abhorrenco with whiea we look ou cannibals. Most of our nat ural instincts are hacd upon natural laws, which, when broken, are sure to visit the breaker with their penalties. The eating oi unripe fruit, of putrid meat and of poisonous matter are some of these. But no penalty in the shape of disease seems to be attached to can nibalism. What, then, are the motives that lead men, apart from the pressure of famine, to practice cauuibalism? Among certain African tribes, aud lately in Ilayti. it lias been the out come of a debased religious supersti tion or that extraordinary instinct common to all ru es which lcads men to connect the hihct religious enthu siasm with the most horrible orgies that their diseased imagination can conceive. The feeling that leads mem bers of sects to bind themselves to gether by the celebration of some un speakable rite perhaps led to the accu sations laid against the Christians of the second century and the Ilungariau Jews of the nineteenth. But in the South 'eas, although the motive has been falsely attributed to a craving lor animal food, it was generally the last act of triumph over a falleu uemy. Thus Homer makes .Jchilies. triumph ing over the dying Hector, wish ho could make mince-meat of his body and devour it. Triumph could go no further than to slay and then to assim ilate the body of your foe. and the be lief that bv thus making him a part of vou jou acquire his courage iu battle is said to have led a chief of old Fiji to actually consume himself the entire body of the man he had killed by daily roasting w hat remained of it to pre vent decomposition. Valuable Itecips. The girl who freckles, says the N. Y. Star, is said to be lovable, therefore any girl who freckles should not fret about it. She always does, however, and for this .reason to prevent tMe freckles aud the fretting Dr. Anna Kingsford once devoted a long article to the subject. I am going to make an extract or two from it. for the season is upon us when a little talk of this sort is at least appropriate. To pre vent summer freckles -that is. freckles caused by heal wh-n -j .rvr out in the heat of the day. ruu ;i ; -d cream on toe face and wear :i veil unless you prefer the freckles; and between the latter aud its reniedv I believe I would prefer the freckles. Cold cream is, however, an innocent aud beneficial ointment, softening and whiteuing the skin far better than either glycerine or vaseline. It should lie composed of pure white wax. spermaceti of the best quality, almond oil and roe water, or better'still, cucumber juice. A little oxide of zinc is sometimes added to give consistency to the mixture. This makes a perfectly harmless cosmetic which can be applied to the face to remove freckles. Many countrv places arc beset with poison ivy, and from which summer visitors are apt to suffer. It is well to know .that it can be cured by a few applications of wood lye. Tie wood ashes in a bag and boil a few moments. Dilute so that it will not be too harsh, yet leave it quite strong. Paint with it the afflicted parts, and in ten tnin Ote3 wash off with soft tepid water and anoint with yaseline. Hepeat two or three times, or till a cure is effected. A method of whitening tarnished silver that is-used by many jewelers is to immerse the article in a bath of cyanide. The strength of the solution should depend on the condition of the jewelry to be cleaned. After immers ing the piece thoroughly in this liquid clean with Whiting free from dust ot grit- How to Treat a Sweetheart. From au old New England scrap book: When he comes to see vou let me give yon a few hints as to your treatment of him: First of all, my dear, don't let him get an idea that your one object in life is to get all you can out of him. Don't let him believe that you think so lightly of yourself that whenever he has an idle moment he can find you ready and willing to listen to him. Don't let him thiuk that you are go ing out driving with him alone, even if your mother should be lenient enough to permit this. Don't let him think that you are go-i ing to the dance or the frolic with him; you are gbiug with your brother, or else you are going to make up a party which will all go together. Don't let him spend his money on you; when he goes away he may bring ytit a box of sweets, a book, or some music; but don't make him feel that you expect anything but courte-ms at tention. Don't let him call you by j our first name, at least not till you are engaged to him, and then only when you are by yourselves. Don't let him put. his arms around you and kiss you; when he put the pretty ring on your linger that meant that you were to be his wife soon, he gained a few rights, but not the one of indiscriminate caressing. When ho placed il there he was right to put a kiss on your lips it was the seal of your love; but if you give your kisses too freely they w ill . prove of little value. A" maiden fair is like a beauti ful, rich, purple plum; it hangs high up on the tree and is looked at with envy. He who would get it must work for it, and all the trying should lie on his side, so that when he gets it he appreciates it. Old People In the Crimea. A Greek woman who died at Sim ferpol, Russia, lately is said to have been 112 years old. She was working in her garden to the lat moment. lie. oming tired, she faid down to rest and passed away without a struggle. There are many centenarians iu the Crimea. Three years ago there was in Kertch an old soldier w hose dismissal from the army dated from the time of Catherine II., and whose authenticated credentials nut his age at V4S years. The government telegraph service ol Great Britain transmits, it is said, on the average, 1.53S.'J"0 words a day. to newspapers aloue. ' FREMONT'S CAMEL SCHEME. A Project Whlrli We a'proptieey of th Advent of the Iron Horn. Mrs. M. A, Bingham, widow of the late General Bingham, met General John C. Fremont in Kansas City in the days before the war. and has many In cidents to relate of tho Pathfinder. One of tho most interesting refers to tho meeting of Senator Benton and General Fremont forty years, ago to discuss the establishment of a caravan route to California. "I nit t General Fremont along iu the fifties." remarked Mrs. Binghaiji. "He camo hero and stopped several days at the famous Gillis Ilousc. I rcnicmbet taking dinner w ith htm. He was re garded as a brave, adventurous, daring spirit. We looked upon him verymucn as people of to-day look upou Stanlev. At tho time General Fremont was in Kansas City planning for a caravan to travel Ticross the great American Desert. -His right hand mau iu this project was Lieutenant Beale. a civil engineer, educated at West Point. The father-in-law of General Fremont, Senator Bentou. was also here, aud regarded the caravan scheme with favor. They proposed to import camels from Africa aud use them in transporting goods overland along the route known as tho Santa Fe trail. The camels were Imported at a considerable expense, but the trip was found im practiable. Tho camels could not stand the climate. It was proposed to winter them in Texas or Southern California, but the project fell through, and the promoters of the scheme lost considerable money. "I shall never forget," continued Mrs. Biugham. "how one bright sunny morning General Fremont rode away from Kansas City on his way to Cali fornia, looking every inch a soldier in his handsome uniform and military trappings. Reining his steed to one side, he said, laughingly, to me: "When I come back get your saddle ready and 1 will give you a tide on one oi my camels.' I'never had the privilege of taking that ride. General Fremont soon forgot the camel scheme and went off to new fields. Tho camel idea seemed perfectly feasible and practica ble, but the' idea of a Pacific railroad seemed preposterous. While discuss ing the caravan project Seuator Beuton said to me: "You are young, but you will live to see the iron tars start from Kansas City and cross the mountain; to tho Pacific Slope. 1 am old. I shall never live to see it. But I have con fidence in the couutry and I believe in the future of the railroad. This little town of 800 inhabitants will become one of the great cities of the world. "I could not comprehend such a project. I was surprised at its magni tude. Visions of my schonl days of "the great American Desert, second only to bahara in its size, the geographies said, came flitting through my brain, and I remarked: "But Senator, how about the great American Desert? How can they ever cross it?' "That is nothiug.' he replied. Standing in the moonlight" on the portico cf the famous Gillis House, impressive and'majestic in manner, the aged Senator has seemed tome ever since a prophet. The caravan, which seemed so plausible, a failure the Pacific road, which seemed so far away, a success. Who can tell what to ex pect?" He Wasn't Extravagant. . Cautious people are sometimes too cautious, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The story of a man who con sidered seriously for a week whether it would be wise for him to pay fcXH) for a lot. and. after deciding in the af firmative, learned from the real-estate man in a more careful conversation that it was $500 per front foot, is a case in point. A few days ago a stranger, while passing a haberdasher's store, was at tracted by a display of shirts, which were further distinguished by a placard on which was printed the legend, "These are 75 cents." It happened that in the same case were a few silk umbrellas, which command about $3 each on a pleasant day. with a slight tendency t rise if clouds gather. The pedestrian gazed long and earnestly into the window; then he wandered away, only to return soon and gaze again. This was repeated several times. Finally he entered- the store and asked to' look at the umbrellas. One was brought out aud he opened and examined it with the utmost care. It seemed to suit him exactly and he turned to the proprietor and remarked: "I'll give yon au even 60 cents for it." The proprietor evidently didn't think he understood aright, for he leaned forward and said. "What?" The stranger again informed him "I'll eive you an even 60 cents for the umbrella." The proprietor was dazed. Then he began to recover. "How much do you think it costs?" he inquired. "Seventy-five cents." "And you have been debating all this time whether you would give that amount lor a silk umbrelt? The stranger said he had. The proprietor led him gentlv but firmly to the door. "My friend"," he said, tenderly, "vou are too far from home and you'd better scoot before some hungry car-horse gets a chance to nibble at vou and make a funeral of vou before the mistake is discov ered." Sieallnjt Kisses. A good joke is being told on a well- known young Third street man. He is a great society man. He is hand some, polished and something of a dandy. He is quite good-looking and. a pair of glasses balanced on his aristo cratic nose gave him an intellectual air that he would not otherwise pos sess, rqr a year or so he has been no voted to a well-known young society woman. Not a week ever parsed that he has not been at least twice to see her. About a month ago lie proposed and was accepted. About two weeks aero the ensajcemeut was broken, only to be patched" up again shortly after ward. Tho cause of the engagement being broken was that the voung man made his accustomed visit; he was shown in to the parlor. hue sitting there he heard his betrothed coming down the stairs. He stepped to the door, aud as she passed the door he leaped out and printed a kiss upon her lips. A faint scream above startled him. He looked up and saw his sweetheart at tho head of the stairs. He looked down and saw that he had the housemaid in his arms, He tried to explain matters but his sweetheart would not have it. and the engagement was broken. She after wardaceepted his explanation aud re instated him. This experience would have cured most people, but it did not cure him A few li ghts ago he called again and entered the parlor. There was no light iu the hall nor iu the parlor. In a short time he heard .his girl coming down the steps. He stepped out into the hall, and as she reached the bot tom of the stairs he inclosed her in his arms and imprinted a Ions, lingering kiss upou her ruby lips. Keleasiugher, he struck a match and lit the gas, then turning to snatch a kiss, he was horri fied to see before 'him the black cook, He gave her a dollar not to say any thing about it, but it was too good to keep and she toltl it. An infant grows eight inches during tne nrst year. A SABINE LOVE STORY. Ililatrallng the KOVrt of tieutle PorCe on tYniuttn's Sit ft-1 Nxture. Here is a cute little slorv from the French of t'alnlle Meiules. Not a pretty Word, perhaps, but then she said it so prettily! She was n sweet little thing, aud w hen she put her hands ou her hips, lifted up her saucy little face, and, looking at yon with half-shut eyes. in i tied this provoking inonosvllable, t flew as straight and swiftfvtoits mark as anv Kuaft in Cupid's quiver. And just because the little miux was Hrfectly conscioils.of tho effect of her' Pshaw T she uttered it on all public occasions, v She said "Pshaw !" to everybody and without any apparent reason, but there was one to whom she said it more fre quently than to an t body else, and for tne very best of reasons. For he loved her anil she pretended that she didn't love him. and so for a lonir time "Pshaw!" was all the answer the poor fellow got to his prayers ami protesta tions. 'I love you." 'Pshaw!" "1 would ?.ive my life for a kiss from your lips." . Pshaw!" "I will blow my brains out if you re fuse to listen to me." m "Pshaw!' said she. brinsrin!? her laughing face still closer to his so that her tempting red lips fairly touched his beard. She wasn't a bit afraid of him. vou Bee, but he. poor fellow, was still a lit tle afraid of her. and tdio drove him almost crazy with her coquetry. At lasi ne lost an patience, anil coming upon her unexpectedly- one eveninc he said never a word but took her iu his arms and covered her face with kisses. She struggled and screamed like a captured bird, and as uselessly, for the victorious lover raid no attention to her remonstrances, but kised her hair. brow, cheeks and lips with the concentrated passion of months of de sire. And as he grew bolder.aud. drawing heron his knee, kissed her white throat and clasped her yet more passionately, she became alarmed. She gave up struggling and hail recourse to tears and entreaties. "Let me go. oh! Please let me go!" Tslfaw !" said he. He didn't saV it as prettily as she did. and he didn't have such a saucy little face, but then he was a good deal stronger, and Well, wheu he did release her there were tears and some reproachful glauces. and then a sweet little kiss of forgiveness, givcu without the least compulsion. She never said "Pshaw!'' to him agaiu that is. not when she had on her best frock and wanted to keep her hair in order, and they are to be married next week, I believe." Fight ltetwcen Chameleon. As soon as they catch si 'lit of each other tlier remain ierfectlv still for a moment, says the Philadelphia Tintes. J hen they nod their heads up and down three or four times. s if to work themselves up to the right pitch for a light. Then thev swell out their dew lap, or throat jhiucIi, until it becomes a neautmu light scarlet. All this while their color is constantly chanjr- ing in a manner marvelous to behold. Before they saw each other each wore a gay golden-green coat aud a white shirt bosom, tinted with green. but iu an instant this holiday attire vanishes and they don their "lighting suits one after another, dark brown. light brown, olive green, slate color, some plain, some spotted, but the puff ing out of the dewlap is the last of these preliminaries, aud now, like a flash, the.tussel begins. And such a tussle it is. to be sure! No fun or play about it, only deadly earnest. I have watched these Lilliputian com bats more than once; one especially I recall between two unusually fine spec imens, regular anolis dudes," and a fair lady (I suspect she was at the bottom of the trouble, too), sat on a leaf close by and looked calmly on. ready to greet the victor with sweet smiles. The antagonists seized each other by the jaws their teeth are very tiny, just big enough to feel rough to one's liuger but they managed to hold on to each other, and then their heads moved to and fro, their long tails lashed, they advanced nnd retreated up and down the stem of the evening jassamine. which they had selected as their battle ground, and for ten min utes they kept at it, their dewlaps swelled like beautiful scarlet balls, their hues constantly changing, their whole aspect instinct w ith rage and de termination. At the end of that time one of them had lost half of his tail, but he fought bravely on uutil another sharp jerk de prived him of the remainiug half. That was the "drop too much;" he did not "turn tail aud run," simply because he had none to turn, but he did run as fast as he could go. leaving the victor to swallow the writhing stump of his tail, which he did with evident enjoy meut. The conquered hero escaped the same fate only by flight, for it is always considered the proper thing amoug the anolis tribes to devour their conquered enemy. ' A Resourceful Wife. A good story comes from one of the rural districts of an ex-swell who mar ried a young woman with a reputation, much to the chagrin of his family, who cut him off," so to speak, for such a fatal mistake. Recently the parental hearts begau to relent, and a prouosi tiou was made through an accommodat ing friend that the voung ex-swell shoulddivorce the objectionable daugh ter-iu-Iaw, aud receive in return uot only the parental blessing, but a good- Iv part or the parental exchequer When the matter was laid before madame she advised her spouse to ac cept the generous reward offered for the "inconstancy of man," suggesting that it would be advisable to" replete the emptv cotters. "What s a divorce more or less? Let's have one by all meaiis divide the spoils and get married over again. Now, could a mau", an ex-swell, have a more accommodating wife. " nv," slie said to a listening con fidante who, of course, circulated the matter, as all well - regulated con ridatltes do "why. I am ready to do anything for the dear boy." And she added ingenuously: Only last winter when he was strapped for funds. went to Sau Francisco and worked iu a bookbiudery." Sun Francisco Call. ltcason l'or Protesting;. There is a story told of a young phjr sician of this city who was connected at one time with the emergency hos pital which has caused many a smilo at his expense. He had not loug been stationed at the hospital when a woman was brought in suffering from a severe scalp wouud. The blood was welliug out in great jets and was fast dj'eiug her golden curls a rusty red, and the doctor was engaged in hastily clipping her hair, when his patient exclaimed, Oh, doctor, dou't!" Thiukirfg he might have hurt her, he said. "Oh, never miud; that's all right." "No it's not," responded tho lady with some warmth, "foryou are cutting my wig." And so he was. Paris's water supply is proportion ately more than one-third less than any American city of note. MYSTERIES OF THE PACIFIC. Interratlnfr llloiirv of CIlllatlon of (lrl Antiquity. Modern science, w hich has brought to light buried Troy, revealed the place of ancient Itabj Ion, uutombed the mummy of the Piniraoh of Moses, and constructed something of a history for the Aztecs and the mound builders, stands ballled before the mysterious ruins of the Pacific sea Islands. K'ssait. otherw ise known as Strong Island, of the Caroline archipelago, with a circumference of fifty miles, is covered with massive ruins of a remote date. They bear the outlines of forti fications, aud are built of stones ten feet long, duly squared on six sides, of a geological formation not met with on the island. Ascension Island, kfjown as Panape. is larger than Kusaie, possesses similar ruins'" but much larger. In one place remains a wall 3iX) feet long and 30 feet high, forming a court. - Little Easter Island, on the eastern outskirts of Polynesia, has no running water, no trees." nothing to attract In habitants. Yet this island is peopled by Polynesians of the fair type, such as are found far away in the Society Islands, and is covered with remains of a prehistoric civilization of which every record but that of stone has perished. At the southwest end of the island there are to be found the ruins of near ly a hundred stone houses, built in reg ular linei and facing the sea. The A'alls of these houses are five feet thick and over five feet high, built o layers of flat stones, and lined inside with flat slabs. Internally the houses measure about forty feet long by thirteen feet wide, aud they are roofed over with slabs overlapping like tiles. The in side walls are painted in three colors red, black, aud white with figure of birds and mystic beasts and faces, aud geometrical figures. In one of these houses was found a curious stone statue, eight feet high, and weighing about four tons, w hich is now in the British museum. The sea cliffs near this ancient set tlement are carved into grotesque shapes not unlike the painting on the walls, aud the coast is marked with hundreds of these sculptures. Again, on each headland of the isl and there is an enormous stone plat form, built of hewn blocks of great size, fitted together without cement. They are built on sloping ground, pre senting on the seaward side a wall face twenty or thirty feet high and two or three hundred "feet long, and on the landward side a wall of about three feet in height, rising from a levelled terrace. Upon these platforms are stone pedestals, w hich have supported images and on some broken figures remain. On one platform fifteen images were found, iu size ranging fro in three to thirty-five feet in height. They are of human shape, representing the upper part of the body only, with arms and nanus close to the sides. J he heads are cut flat to allow of crowns being placed on them, which crowns seem to have been made, not of the same ma terial &s the statues, but of red tufa. This has been traced to an extinct crater w ithin a few miles of the houses, and on the brink of this crater a larjre number of crowns were found, finished and ready for removal before some strange fate depeopled the island of these ancient worshippers. The images themselves are made of gray lava, which is only found at quite another crater at the other end of the island. At this crater called Otouli there are several finished and partly finished images, just as they were left by the workmen. The bead of one of these measures twenty feet from the nape of the neck to the crown. The faces of the images have well-de fined features, with thin lips, broad noses, expanded nostrils, and a gen eral disdainful expression. It is be lieved, from the appearance of the eye sockets, that obsidian eye "balls were intended to be inserted. The ears are very ewrefully carved, and are promi nent There are also, in different parts of I .1 2-1 I 1 ..Ul.i. .1 1 with curious carvings and strange hieroglyphics, which no one can ex plain. At Opara. or K.ip.uu. Capt. Vine tlall found a temple, or castle, in five stages, surrounded bv walls which in close stonp houses, and also square platforms of stone on the sides of one of the hills, similar to those on Easter Ilandj This isle is 2.000 miles from Panane, but the inhabitants of the lat ter say their ances!ers came from Opnro. Who were those ancJvnt people? The ruins presents an antiquity equal to that of the prehistoric civilizations of America. Tiie present inhabitants are simply tattooed savages. The ancient race possessed intelligence far beyond anything now found iu the Pacific; had ideas of architecture, sculpture, paint ing, and engineering and an elaborate religion. Archicologistii and ethnolo eists have iriven us no lisht vet. The mystery of the Pacific awaits solution. Chicago Xcws. ' The Sense of Smell. Smell is the most acute by far oi the five human senses, according to the Pittsburg Dispatch. Take an ounce of musk most powerful of scents and leave it where the atmosphere is still. open on a table, for a vear. At the end of that time, having for full twelve months rendered odorous the whole air iu its neighborhood, the most deli cate scales cannot detect that it has lost a particle iu weight. Yet the smell has been infinitely dis tributed, microscopic portions of the musk floating off and exciting impres sions upou tiio nerve papilla? under the delicate liuitig of the nasal passages, for this is what smell means. "The sense has gruwu almost rudimentary in human beings through want of necessity for its use under civilized conditions; but it is highly probable that the cave men had it quite as well developed as the sharpest-nosed beasts. D.iniurin. A now element ii:imeil "Jam.-iria," is s:iid to have been discovered in t!io crater of tin extinct volcano in Dumarhi lanii. It U reported to have an atomic weight of only 0.5. or half that of hydrogen; and. therefore, it is the lightest known siihslfinee. Mrs. Clianl's Advice to Girl. These are the lust public words I shall speak iu Boston for a long time," said Mrs. Laura Onniston Chant to several hundred j-oungnersonsgathered around her. ' 1 want to ask j'ou to keep up the standard of gentlemanly and ladylike behavior that I see around me, as well as to preserve your good looks.' How are yon froing to keep up this standard? Well. Ay avoiding eertaiu youthful vices. Somo of these you know well. Eating' your diuner iu a hurry is one. Smuggling your breakfast into your stomach is another. Reading in bed is a third, and eveu worse is smoking in bed Iu order to take new ideas iuto our minds we-nusst read, but readingat the wrong time tloes no good. Some people wonder at me for doing so much work and never appearing fagged put., I will tell you how I do it. - I laugh heartily. I lo've to laugh. I sleep soundly. I love to-sleep. I eat well. I should say I love to eat. but you in'iiiit consider me greedv.'' ALLISON, OTF & CO. 55 AL 57 FIRST St SAN FRANCISCo! CAL Rojtd-carts, Buggi Spring Wag ons, Mowers, Binders, Feed- , Cutters, Pomps, Etc W E CARRT A LARGE TARIETI Itnglea. Carriage and Sprlnc Wagon MiwnnractnreU XritK.I.Y tor the I'Millc Coant Trade Write for Special Catalogue. IVe have made arrangements to handle the ildcd Flows. and will iupoee of oar stock of GALE PLOWS at reduce! cos It till ft )C b Write tor I'Blt'K ALLISON, NEFF & CO, 53 & 57 FIRST ST., SAX FRA.H CISCO SOME CU3IOU3 SEIZURES. Singular Liquor Tlist Have Been Seised by the w latkCmtasu Authorities. The custom ' house occasionally af fords interesting glimpses into the vast foreign life of the United States, says a letter from New York. Recently while calling upon a friend, who holds a respousible wsition in that circum locutory inslitution. lie showed me samples of a lare number of invoices of liquors whiea had recentlv been imported. Every one would puzzle the average man about town. One was a green ish-vellow fluid called slivovitsch. It comes from Austria and the Balkan states, and is made from a small wild plum which grows in that district. It is tiery and to a Yankee palate very disagreeable, but is extremely popular with the Hun garians and Wallaks. A sugge-Uion of the Holy land was given by samples of honey wine, pass over honey w ine, and Jerusalem plum brand v. The tirst and second were jweet aud odorous, wit a trine insioid. In composition they are like the methegiiii and honey mead used in England during the middle ages. The braudy w:ts raw :ind almost vitriolic. The three stimulants nre consumed by the Slovaks and Pulaks from Russia aud the (Jrepfc and Syrians from Asia Minor. Specimens of pulque and mescal showed that Mexico h.-tsso:nt influence upon its sisser republic. The former is a beer made from c.tetas. aud tastes somewhat like that sr.i-wous German horror, weiss-beer. It is far stronger, however, and is said to produce the most intense drunkenness known to erring man. The mescal is the distil late of pulque., and can b? described oniy by the word atrocious. The Scandinavians show their love of the f.-itherl:ind by unceasing impor tations of C.'iristt.-mi.t lKer. Swedish punch aud corn brandtviu. The beer is light, pleasant and wholesome; the punch is aromatic, savory, but so sweet as to be insipid; the cnrir brandtviu is not corn brandy, as the name literally translated vru.d imply, but a whisky made from r3'e. oats and barley. It is rich in fusel oil and consequently bead ache. From" Russia every now and then comes vodka or wodky, an impure, reeking, strong alcohol;. from Central America some delicious cordials made out of pineapple, guava aud banana; from China uot less than titty stimu lants, running from tea wiue. rosebud wine ami almond lieer to heavy millet whisky and riee brandy; frora Turkey some liquid for m.-ikiag sherbet, and from Brazil lavangina. or oranre-peel gin. Over 5.o;l.) diSereut kinds oi stimulants are kuown and recorded in the custom house, of which 2.80! were uuknowu to Americans fifteen years airo. A Victory Won Too tiate. A Detroit wholesale house sent an agent iuto one ofTlie northern counties the other day, says the Detroit Free Press, to investigate and report on the failure of a dry -goods man whose as sets were beloV zero. The bankrupt was perfectly willing to explain how it all happened. "You see," lie said, 'I got married about two years ago. Up to that time the postmaster ana his wife bad been at the bead of society bere and run the ranch. He had the only swallow-tail coat and she the onlr silk dress in the town." I dee." "Te had to make a lead for the head and I bought my wife a $12 bonnet and a diamond ring."" "Yes." 'The postmaster bought his wife a bronco pony and a pair of' diamond ear-rings." Yes." "Then I subscribed i200 to a new church, gave two lawn parties, and bought a top carriage and a pacer." les." "He came up smilinslv with a new brick house, a progressive euchre par ty, and gave $250 to the heathen of Africa." "I see." , "Well, I had gone in to smash him or lose a lung, and so I pledged myself for the preacher's salarv for a vear. lost $400 on a deal in wheat, kept two. ' i i - i i .... i inreu Kiris, Dougut inree x'ersian rugs, backed a barber shop, took a half in terest in our home newspaper, and presented every church in town with a bell." "That must have laid him?" "It did. lie threw up his hands and surrendered, but when you fellows in Detroit drew on me at three days' sight I was dished. I'm sorry it happened, but you can't blame tne. If that post master hadn't made a fool of himself I'd have been able to pav 150 cents on the dollar. " To Insure Long Life. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes says the first thing to be done to insure a long life is some years before birth to ad vertise for a couple of parents both belonging to long-lived families. Es pecially let the mother come of a race in which octogenarians and nonagen arians are very common phenomena. There are practical difficulties ia fol lowing out this suggestion, but possi blythe forethought of your progenitors, or that concurrence of circumstances which we call accident, may have ar ranged this for you. Electric Railway in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City, Utah territory, ex pects to have sLxty-tive miles of electri cal railway in operation by the clos of the summer. BUSINESS COLLEGE, St POST STREET, SAjf FRJLSTC1SCO, CAL. Established nearly 2T rears. This eolleee In cludes more tban la offered by any other school In America noder rme tamos m. Changed to salt the times Fall Business Coarse, for six months (75. This includes Shorthand, Tjjm wrIUn. Telegraphy, Sing e and Doublo Entry Bookkeeping, as applied to all departments of business; Commercial Arithmetic, Baslne-s Pen manship, Mercantile Law, Business Coriesuond- ence, Lectures on Lav, Business Forms, Actual Business rraence, ttallrnaaui?. 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J. Tuohy, one of the accused, has been tried and acquitted and that probably ends the cases. children waste away under such a diet, while others gain flesh from the starchy food (carbonaceous or fat-forming-), but they are weak and any slight illness or exposure prostrates them, and they need more of the muscle-forming foods. Xew England Farmer.