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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1886)
la- ' in our It was »go, but t of the It is one on, and le. Au ndicates i there lat it is f study, sxaniin- that in dsion ia school- lly, In twenty fleeted; portion It is far ; reach- leologi- r cent isieiana pint ot d habit ms. It exam order to pro- grow- une if sighted EST SIDE M’MINNVILLE ST SIDE 'TELEPHONE. Isa ued----- COACHMEN AND HORSES. ON THE PLAINS. k Theory That They Eventually Become ! Some of the Mistaken Committed by the Early Katina« Cattle RaiMers. << the Same Diapodition. During the winter of 1871 and 1872 I The white-haired old man sat in his usual place, with the ever-present pipe engaged in the handling of Texas cat and tobacco within tho reach of his tle in the semi-arid belt of Kansas. 1 BV hand. After the usual salutations of had provided no food for my stock. I knew that cattle could and did winter Talnuitie «V Turner 'lie day he went through the preface on the plains far north and west of of his discourse, which was to fill the lublishers sud Proprietor». old Turkish pipe and light it. Some where 1 was; but I did not know SUBSCRIPTION RATES: how or other his tongue seemed more that there was a difference in the One year...................................... -................... $2 00 nutritious qualities of the different ■Kinonihs........................................................ I 25 obedient as the blue smoke curled up Three months................................................... 75 above his white hair. Resting his left prairie grasses. Idid not understand the peculiarities of the climate of the setni- Entne.i in the tti.- Postotilce I’ust.Hile. at McMinnville, lii jlimnille. Or., a in on the arm of his chair, he began Entered arid belt, nor the effects of rain falling as secont 1-clasR matte . rather more abruptly than usual. I on dead grass. Stupid of me, of course, “ I stood on Summit street the other | but 1 had plenty of company. My CATCHING EELS. day and watched the horses as they neighbors were bright Germans, intel The Ingeuloug Method Pursued by an Ohio were driven up in front of the differ ligent Englishmen and keen Amiri- Official. ent establishments. Some were lean, from almost every State in the Eels in the lake, bay and river are some were rough, and some were fat | vans I nion. »Ve were a hopeful band, bee- >ming more plentiful each succeed and sleek. Some stood quiet and at young, strong and eager. When we ing year. One weighing nine pounds ease; others were nervous and pawed gathered in our wretched hovels o’ WA- brought to one of the Toledo fish the pavement. Now, all these things nights, and the pipes were glowing, to the not without reason. Be'ng natur- ! our talk was of cattle, cattle, cattle. lestion, hdpses last fall. Many others of are ally observing. 1 watched and began to i other smaller size were caught, and were look for the cause. I believe I finally '1 he sales of the steers off the range at six cents per pound, live weight, made readily purchased, people who come arrived at the proper conclusion as the previous spring, were strongly IT. from the East being especially fond of regards most of the horses. Now, dwelt upon. I was repeatedly assured ■al pal them. The larger eels are supposed to nnnd you, I did not confine myself en j that the Kansas winters were so mild mware come from the St. Lawrence. The tirely to a study <Jf the horses, but sub | that 1 would not need a coat. The lisease, smaller ones are of those deposited in ject al ea h jehu or driver to a liberal ! height the new prairie grass would irning. the river, bay and lake by Mr. D. Y. and close scrutiny, and watched their ' surely be on the 1st of March was synip- (Dwell in June and July, 1882, while influence on their teams. And there, I measured on table legs by outstretched ng D r , drug- superintendent of the Ohio fish hatch think, lies the secret. I and dirty index fingers for my instruc Front eries. This gentleman made a study *■• ‘As the twig is bent, the tree in tion and encouragement. There was of the habits, growth, etc., of the eel. ! clines,’ I was taught by my mother not one of all the band of eager men and concluded that it would thrive well years ago, and I have found the appli who rode the Kansas plains in those ir boy inp Western waters. He accordingly cation of that old saw very many times days who did not firmly believe that started for Troy, N. Y.. where millions and in very many different cases, cases. In our fortunes were made. The country riojti of voting eels make their wav up the most cases a child partakes of the na was full of cattle. November came in If the Hud son. When lie reached Troy he ture and temperament of those to with a blizzard, and, with slight inter of Dr. found superintendents from Wisconsin. whose care he has been intrusted. A ruptions, kindly allowed by nature for ," and Illinois and several other States en young dog, if properly managed, learns the purpose of affording us opportuni run its deavoring to get a supply of eels fot many cute tricks; if he is treated well ties to skin dead cattle, the blizzard rerless s a pa- thieir respective localities. They found lie is a good dog, but if he has a vicious lasted until March, and the cold, for the the process of capturing eels quite master, the dog becomes a sneaking, stormy weather for two mouths longer. lolden slow and tedious, and willingly paid vicious deg, So in all things. Experi There was ~rass until the is no . — new gr inds of btJys a cent apiece for each eel fur ence is every thing, and surroundings < May. Ii In all Texas led to nished them. Mr. Howell saw that to have considerable to do with the case. middle of herds held in Kansas the losses id two get. eels in the way named would not So you will find it in the matter of reatise were heavy. Hardly a herd lost less st Imo- - answer. He therefore went down along horses and their drivers. than fifty per cent., and sixty, seventy ’ the bank of the river and sat down ttn- “The coachman in a wealthy family r Med- per cent, losses were com :ier a shade tree, in the river near by has sole charge of the horses, and the and eighty By spring we learned that great WAs a large willow limb. He carefully greater part of his time is spent with mon. tar St. Witched the entail eels as they passed them. They, in fact, become compan herds of heavy beef cattle, held on the wiled. along, and saw that they would stop ions, and l hey learn to know their mas Smoky, Cottonwood and Arkansas riv been frozen on the range, and and cling to the limb to rest, and then ter and what to expect of him. Now, if ers, had the Texans had saddled their shoot away up the stream. The fact you will notice a round-faced, round- that and gone home. The creeks that they rested on some object when bellied, jolly-looking coachman, whose horses were dammed with the decayi" tying car an lopportunltv occurred was an rnai face is red and full of smiles, and then casses of cattle. The air was ras neavv Mr. i Jowell required to devise a plan run your eye down the ribbons to his with the stench of decaying animals. for catching them. He cut several team, I will warrant you you'll see a The cruelties of the business of starv small willow twigs and tied a string pair of fat. sleek, healthy-lookinghorses. ing cattle to death were vividly im around the top of them. This made Watch them more, and you will see that pressed on me. Every wagon sent from thtitwigs flare out at the. bottom. He no 2:40 gait is theirs. They amble con the cattle ranges to the railroad towns then made a string fast to the bundle, tentedly along, and the driver doesn’t was loaded with hides. The next sum I and dropped it into the river. He want them to go any faster. Is good- mer, bankruptcy stalked over the Kan waited patiently to see if the eels natured and easy-going. So are they. sas plains and struck men down. Our wculd enter it. He was disappointed Doubtless those horses were once as was that none of us knew that to»ee but two or three eels go into the frisky as most colts are, but their dispo trouble the tall blue-joint grass was worthless trench After waiting for two hours sition was molded by their master and for winter feed unless it were made he (concluded to lift the bundle of companion. into hay, none of us knew that the fall twig, When he did so, hundreds of •‘Next take a look at a small and rains had washed the nutriment out of eels were seen to swim away, nervous driver, who is sharp-featured, it, and none of us knew that about once Mr. Howell then made several angular, cross, aggressive and thin in ten years there is a hard winter in small bundles, and got a fine wire lipped. There you see the embodiment far West, during which the mer gras- scoop prepare. ed for the pur of nervousness, restlessness and discon the modestly retires into the bulb of pose of passing it under the bunches tent.. He hasn’t much control over his cury thermometer, and blizzard chases of twigs suspended in the river. The nerves and they lead him a wretched the blizzard over the plains in quick suc others superintendents asked him how life. When he is with his horses at. the cession. Some of us learned the lesson n Oak he was getting along. When they were barn begets roiled easily, and perhaps elieves at once; others, who claimed that the kZEL- told that lie had not got a single eei now and then hits or kicks them. They cattle protection, not food, poison after being there three days, they con glow nervous when he approaches the erected needed »on as sheds, which proved to be sider ed the Ohio man a rather slow su stall because tney don’t know what to e( will 25 ets. perintendent. Mr. Howell is an early expect. Like human beings, they fret death-traps, the cattle “stacking” riser and was at his work early in the and worry their flesh off and grow thin; under them during cold weather, and morning. He placed his bundle of they become nervous, fretful and full of tried it again, and went into bank IY. twjgs, and when the time for the first lire; they champ and paw and are al ruptcy promptly after the second ven lodorn lift [came, he was rewarded by catch- ways heated up with cxeitemeht. When ture. As it was in Kansas, so it is, in :■ thi ing thousands of the slippery little fel- you enter the carriage they want to start a less degree, in the so-called “cattle death ’ lows ■ 8 — ■ • ‘1 y. in small ’ A wet autumn, followed These he deposited off before you are ready. They can not country. I cure by a hard winter, kills the cattle held with trays sunk in the river for the purpose stand still and be at ease. How differ on Northern ranges by the thousand.— of Receiving them. He kept at his early ent from the fat, healthy team? Is not morning work for three or four days. the driver chargeable with this? Is it Frank Wilkeson, in Harper's Magazine. Byt this time he had captured fifty thou not reasonable to suppose that they par FORGOT HER FEET. sand and was ready to ship his eels to take of his character or disposition? I Toledo. He then exhibited his eels to think so, certainly. The Inexplicable Abseut-Mindeduess of a thef other superintendents, who were ut- “Now. in many cases, you will find Chicago Society Lady. teri!} astonished to see so many of the my theory very plainly visible, while in A boy being asked what his name wigglefs together. When he began to others you may have to look for some put the eels into boxes with a hole at time before seeing clearly where the re was, on the “first day of school,” re- plied that he “left it to home." An the! top and center, with flannel bot lationship has affected the horses. tom he was told that such athinv would “I also observe that a white coachman absent-mindedness quite as mortify never do, as they would surely die. has more control over a horse than a ing sometimes affects people so that “Never mind, gentlemen,” said he, “I colored man. The horse is not a dumb they wish they bad left certain things have been testing this question. For boast by any means; it is one of the most at home. A Chicago gentleman, the past four days I have had eels in a intelligent of anima’s, and at times the less favorable position than these, and intelligence of a horse is akin to that of speaking of absent-minded people, re - they are as lively now as crickets.” a Ini man being. It takes a man with a marked that his wife was one of the J, “Pack them in moss; wet sawdust; good head to know how to properly most thoughtful women in the world, but one night recently they both dressed ot a keep them in water,” and such ad handle them.” Toledo Blade. very carefully to attend a large party, reise vice was given him, but he said the eels the being anxious, for special reasons, to IN'S would reach Toledo all right as he was A PUZZLED GENERAL. appear well. live putting them up. And they did. Not frill ••My wife,” he said, “was greatly a single one died, and they were all A Soldier’s Reply Which Considerably concerned about me, as I am the ab Bothered General Buell. safely deposited. An ex-army surgeon tells the follow sent-minded member of the family, and ' When Mr. Howell left Troy he took the Wisconsin superintendent aside and ing story of General Duell: “On one looked me over critically and carefully told him how the eels were caught, at occasion, near Cave City, he ordered the afler 1 left the coat-room, and before I ""¡the same time making present of men kept away from a fine spring, bu went down stairs to the drawing room „ him linn a pre the willow bunches. The Wisconsin the guard was overrun by thirsty men, where the guests were. She was her self all right, of course, and superbly ■urn afterward wrote to him saying man £ ths' that it was s simple wonderful how and Buell rode with his stern, official dressed. “We went down in high feather, and Mpily the eels were caught by Mr. dignity to tlac spring to stand guard Howell’s simple device, and warmly himself. He wore at the time a little had passed through the parlors, and thanked him. He asked for the privi straw hat and h's fatigue uniform, A spent a delightful half hour on parade lege of imparting the secret to other large six-footer came up, very thirsty duty, as it were, when my wife sud snyerintenaents, which was granted, and impatient, to till his canteen. He denly turned pale, in what 1 thought and all soon had as many young eels as rubbed against Buell as he passed, anil was a fainting lit. stepped with one foot in the water, to “I hurrieu her from the room, and tbty needed. It was quite ? sight to witness the per- fill his cup. Buell said quietly, but de was about to turn the house upside ftwmance of eels when deposited in cidedly: ‘Take your foot out. sir.' Still down for restoratives, when she tank-, partly filled with water, in To- stooping, the six-footer looked up, and clutched my sleeve and pointed to her •» ■Ro Fresh water was constantly s>id: ‘You go to Greenland's icy moun feet. She had, before leaving home, kept in the tanks, and the eels tried ts'll«. I don't want any quartermas drawn over her shoes a pair of my socks k their best to climb up the sides of the ter's clerk ordering me around.’ For and had forgotten to remove them. The instant the < ommander of thought she had been parading before tanks. Sometimes they would get an nearly to the top, when they would the Army of Ohio was stunned by three hundred people with those socks fall back in the water. A fresh white the unexpected reply. Then he said on was too much for her."— Youth'» fish was dropped into each tank, the quietly but emphatic'iDyt ‘General Companion. » *0eh from which was quickly stripped Buell orders you to take your foot—out —A Waterbury gentleman was sur —of—that—water.’ The man gave the fron. the bones.— Toledo Blade. General a glance of unmistakable ad prised while out for a drive on ’he Wolcott road recently by the conduct A man named Spencer settled tn miration, and said quickly: ‘I'll do it, of whom he asked to ride. The North Gainesville, Ga., recently, to- sir. If General Buell would order me boy a boy refused obstinately, and when with his wife and twenty-four to jump he ni first into a cannon. 1 prevailed rpon for a reason said he , trav- would do it. Out comes the foot. Why children. Nine of I-~ their off-spring a whipping when he got eled in a wagon from their hi ormer didn't you say so before?' This reply expected anil was in no hurry.— Waterbury Mb>e • and arrived at their bothered the General a good deal, but home —:e f in ~ Kentucky, I — iCw » American 8a a«id nnt.hiniy rV. 1’. PosL dabti nation looking- well I I ULY 9, 188G MATERNAL DUTIES. low • Good Mother Should Bring Up Her Children. NO. 8 THE AMOOR DIGGINGS. A <1 venturers from All \a1ion« Hunting Gold in a Chinese Valley. If »he is educated in the broadest ' There is considerable excitement siise, if trained by self-culture, bydef- i here regarding late gold discoveries in a . • discipline in her department of the valley of the river Djolgonti. This hi bor »nd influence, she is in possession | vale is located on the Chinese border >f the true “philosopher’s stone,” of the Amoor river, directly opposite L: insmuting all under her control with the Russian colony of Ignachino. in the range of her influence. And There is no highway whatever to it, even though a bad man may oceupy and the marshy nature of the soil ren the piece of a father, with almost su- ders the country almost inaccessible, p (natural power she may guide the except in winter. The first evidences little domestic bark away from the maelstrom of vice, and thoroughly ot gold were discovered in May, 1884, appropriate that family, as cer and since that time there has been tainly end fortunately making those drawn to this desolate region very children hers in all respects as if she many persons. The first who arrived were the only claimant of authority. were Russians. Then came some She is and must be, in a great measure, escaped Siberian convicts and colonists. in the domestic hive what the qu<- u These were followed by crows of Cos bee is in the apiary. Like a queen she sack deserters, vagabonds, Siberians, sits in judgment, sways a mighty scep some Yacouts, Ostiaks, C'oreans, etc. ter, when that scepter is wielded by in January, 1885, there were more than the true womanly spirit—controlling, nine thousand Russians on the ground, leading, molding, as no other can. and since that time the crowd has not so much by ordinary authority as been largely augmented. Adventur by the influence and sanction of her ers have flowed to the region with as position as the mother, commencing much earnestness as they did in the and vitalising her influence on the very early days to California. In addition threshold of existence. Indeed, the to the Russians there is a colony ol mother is the first teacher of her child about six thousand Chinese and about in all respects, and though she need one hundred and lifty Americans, not assume undue contral of the educa These latter liave joined their tion in the schoolroom, need not dic fortunes with the Russians, and tate. assuming authority, vet. if she un they play a grand role in the working derstands her duty and privilege, she and management of the dig- will not allow another to wholly con gings. The organization of this trol the training of her child. She is Russo-American association is essen and must ever be the educator of that tially Russian. All the gold-seekers, d, giving it her style of language, except the Chinese, are formed into child, her type of mind. seven hundred and twenty-two little her 1 line of thought, _ and, to a great extent, her mental and associations, called “artels,” and each moral peculiarities. The child's first man has equality therein. There are lisping» will ordinarily be nut the twelve men, called “the elders,” echoes of her style of speec. . while she who do not work themselves, but give must give form and direction, in a great their time to the maintenance of order. measure, and might to a far greater They each receive two hundred rubles extent, to the whole course of educa per month, and are elected by the parent tion. It is an easy matter for the in- organization. These twelve “elders” iclligent mother to teach the relations form the local police, and are selected of numbers, etc. (arithmetic), in con from amongst the dust purchasers, sup nection with even the toys with which ply merchants, etc. early hours are beguiled, while a love The diggings are on Chinese soil, but for the beautiful is easily imparted by I the seekers do not fear interference the lessons taught by the display of from the authorities of that country, pictures, flowers, works of art, and the because "their” rich valley is totally like, given at a time and in such a man inaccessible to troops. Neither do these ner that their memory will not be far-away gold-hunters trouble them eff aced till the brain ceases its labors. selves as to what llu-sia may say. They A slight effort, a casual remark, a brief fear nothing, ami are governed by their lesson in any direction of elementary own laws, which are exceedingly sim instruction, may turn the whole cur ple. Bui they are severe. Cheating at rent of thought in the child, aiding the garni ling: tic adulteration or misrep future teacher materially, while utter resentation of the richness of dust of inattention to the meutal state of the fered for sale; theft or pillage; drunk young, on the part of the mother, may enness during the hours of labor; are determine the ignorance, vice and ruin offenses punishable by death. Insubor- of an immortal mind. dination and quarreling are punishable It is well known that teachers often I by compulsory labor. With such laws find their hardest tasks in “unlearn there is good government, and very ing,” or destroying false teaching, in gene: .illy peace and industry reign. eradicating errors and in turning the Th,". Russians, as a class, are peace currents of thought into the true chan able enough, but. when aroused they nels. The true mother, therefore, the are ferocious. Already there have been intelligent, thoughtful, conscientious three deaths by assassination (on ac and faithful, may do much in the mat count of Chinese women) and two ter of educating her child at home, criminal deaths, one by hanging and where the foundation must be laid, and the other, an inventive Hebrew who in the school-room; while one of the mixed brass filings with some dust he opposite character hangs as a dead sold, and was ordered beaten to death weight, an incubus, obstructing the with thin iron rods. The fellow who progress of the schools, retarding re was hung was convicted of cheating at form and progress, dragging down tlm cards. There are five “hotels” and aspiring, turning back civilization and twenty-two shops of various kinds in poisoning tne streams of life to their the diggings. The prices for provis very fountains,— Dr. Hanaford, in Gold ions and necessaries are not high, save en Rule. for strong drink, which, as in all min ing countries, is looked upon as one of WHAT HE WANTED. the "necessaries.” The Kind of a License Desired by an En These mines, or rather placers, are amored Old Bachelor. exceedingly rich, and, with even the I The following story is told of a well- primitive pan-washing, some workers known gentleman of this city who re have secured over one hundred and cently married a belle from a neighbor fifty dollars per day. No work, it seems, can be done in summer, in con ing Pennsylvania city after his case sequence of an overflow of the rivers had been given up as hopeless by all and streams. In winter, however, labor the managing mammas of Buffalo. It goes on with great vim. seems that the gentleman in question The Chinese Government has de regarded his abnegation of bachelor manded of the Czar of Russia that he hood with a sort of rueful misgiving, withdraw all his people and those of which increased as the days of his lib other nationalities from the country, erty waned. His last revolt against and Alexander has requested the ad the shackles of matrimony occurred venturers to withdraw; but they do not when he was sent to procure the mar heed the order. What the upshot is to riage license, a few days before the be no one can tell. Russia has no ceremony. He sought the city official power over people not on her soil, and who presided over the license depart China does not appear to be able to re ment and asked gravely: “Is this move them. All along the Amoor are where licenses are kept?” “Yes, sir,” hosts of Chinese, but they and their answered the clerk, politely; “what women (of whom there are many)cling kind of a license do you want?’’ “Well, to the "adventurers” as against their w hat kind have you got?” rejoined our ruler. The Americans are reported as friend with superhuman gravity. The being the real opponents of both Russia clerk had begun to look upon his vis and China, and their dailv advice is to itant as a lunatic, but iie obligingly “hold the fort.”— St. Petersburg Cor. rattled off the list. “Give you a license Chicago Mail. to drive a hack, give you a license to pull teeth or practice medicine, give Pittsburgh'» Little Chief. you a pawnbroker’s or huckster’s license, give you a license to keep gun Louis Hahn, of Pittsburgh, is well powder in the house—” “Stop,” said our friend, " iend, quietly; “that’s what I known there as “The Little Chief.” Whenever there is an alarm of fire, the wi.nL” 1 - —Buffalo Courier. — A writer in Mature gives an in* boy, clad in the garb of a fireman, is Fiance of remarkable adaptation in always seen dashing to the burning elephants. He observed a young one building. He is almost a monoma go to a fence and null out a bamboo niac on matters pertaining to the fire stick, which he broke in pieces, but he department, and knows more about threw all the pieces away. This he re the department than most of the fire peated till he found a piece that suited men. He can do what every member him. This lie passed under his arm of the department confesses himself pit and began to scratch. Down fell a unable to do, and that is, to be given great elephant leech, six inches long, the number of a box, and then tell its and that withou.. a scraper could not exact location and what engines will have been dislodged. The writer adds respond to the. alarm from it. Time that the custom is an established one ami again, when in an engine house, among elephants. They will also this test has been made, and young break oft’ bushes, strip them neatly Hahn could never be deoeived. He down, and use them to whip away keeps posted on every new box. In flies. hi« loom he has fixed up several wires and gongs, and often enjoys himself —The city of Newark, N. J., was in in practicing on them. So far has his corporated on March 18. 1836, and th< fire proclivities gone that a- t went into i fleet April 15. The vil it is department great desire to have n wire run lage of less than twenty thousand in to his his house and a gong placed therein, habitants in 1836, is now a cosmopol he may hear each alarm of fire. itan city, and the home of more than that He knows every fireman, and fre one hundred and fifty thousand people. quents every engine house.— N. Y. Run. • MISCELLANEOUS. - An American livingin Kobe, Japan, has engaged thirty very skillful Japa nese ivory-carvers to introduce the art into this country. —The locomotive headlight, which is so universally employed on railway engines in this country, is said to be losing favor among experienced rail way men. They regard it as of little or no utility, while its powerful illu mination tends to render indistinct the colors of signal lights on the track ahead.— N. Y. Examiner. —A youthful theological student, so minute in stature that he ordinarily can not make himself seen when behind the pulpit desk, recently preached near Exeter, N. H. An aged woman sat in the front pew, and was greatly concerned to see a boy in place of the expected minister. So Bhe »lipped on tip-toe to the pulpit stairs and beckoned to him, whispering loudly: "Come down, my boy; you mustn't sit there; that’s the place fot the minister."— Springfield (Jfas.i.) Republican. Mrs. Elizabeth Chambers, of Mis souri, made her will in 1862, and be queathed her slaves to her children equally, with the exception of one to whom she gave her freedom. She lived a number of years afterward, but steadily refused to recognize the results of the’war and her will was admited to probate at St. Louis this week, just as it was originally written. But the slaves which she desired to divide among her children long since walked off on their own account.— St. Louis Post. —Henry L. Ebbecke, of Dpper Naza reth township, Northampton County, Pa., is the owner of three horses, the like of which are seldom found. One of the animals is thirty-eight years old, another twenty-eight and the youngest twenty-six, their combined ages making a total of ninety-twO years. They are the only horses Mr. Ebbecke owns and all three are in constant use on that gentleman’s farm. Even the oldest is still able to do a solid day’s work, and all promise to be good for some year»’ service still.— Philadelphia Press. A HOLY CITY. Strange Sights on the Banka of the Ganges at Benares. The most remarkable part of the spectacle presented by the river face of Benares is its population, resident and immigrant. Throughout the length of this northern shore, where the flights of steps and the slopes of the temples come down to the Ganges, is seen all day long an immense crowd of devotees, of all ages, ranks and rai ments, and of both sexes, bathing in the sacred river or praying by its edge, or washing their robes of pilgrimage, or bringing their dead to be burned. Imagine what an artistic effect results from such a fringe of life and of color between the steep multi-colored back ground of the steps and temples and the shining waters of the stream. Throngs of brown-skinned men and women, of boys and girls, stand waist- deep along the bathing stations, whispering their supplications and pouring the holy liquid over neck and lireast and loosened black hair. Groups of bright-clad women, led by their Brahman gurus, come joyously down the stairs from far-off towns and jungles, to lay their scarlet, saffron, grei n and rose-color saris aside with the ghat-keepers and wash their inno cent sins away in Gunga. Big umbrellas are everywhere erected in the sand or mud, inscribed with "Ram, Ram,” and under them, shaded from the sud , fam ily parties sit and chatter, or pray in silent accord, arrived, after immense marches, to be laved in and saved by Gunga. Sick people lie, wistful and wan. on charpoys. brought to her bene ficent side, that they may hear the ripple of the "Great Mother,” and feel the healing wind blow from her waves; while, at the foot of the burning Ghats, where the people who sell the “death wood” are raking for white bones in the heaps of hot ashes, and piling up fuel and cow-dung for their next batch of funeral pyres, lie three still figures covered with white and red cloths, from which protrude only the fixed, cold feet, washed by the outer edge of the tide. These are the dead of to-day, happy— thrice happy—to have passed to tho gate of Swarga, close to Gunga's good waves. Their friends sit near, well satisfied even amid their natural re grets; and, very soon, three blue curls of smoke wafted among the temple roofs from three crackling fires upon the platform of the Ghat will tell where those votaries have finished their pil grimage for once ami all. Wonderful is the fervor of belief among these gentle, metaphysical Hindoo people. ---------- ---------- Milk-Weed as a Rival to Cotton. American inquisitiveness and inge nuity united hate produced thread made from the blossom of th- common milk weed, which has the consistency and tenacity of imported flax or linen thread, and is produced at a much less cost The fibre is long, easily carded, and mav be readily adapted to spinning upon nn ordinary flax spinner. It has the smoothness and lustre of silk, rendering it valuable for sewing-machine use. The weed is common throughout this country, but grows profusely at the South. The material costs nothing for cultivation, and the gathering is as cheaply done as that of cotton. Samples are being introduced into this market.— Roeton Tranerrif.i //