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ri MEDFOR H 4 VOL. IV. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1802. NO. 1. D MMm I . -.. t 5 i a PROFESSIONAL CARDS. B. B. FIOXSL, X. V. Physician and Surgeon. ' Medford, Oregon, fiw: Booms S4S.L0.0.E. Bunding VBASOIS FITCH, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW. Medford, Oregon. J. B. WAIT, V. D. Physician and Surgeon. Uedford, Oregon. Gflee: In Chllders' Block. S. P. OXABT, K. D. Physician and Snrgeon. Uedford. Oregon. Offloe on C street. KOBT. A. UTT.T.KK Attorney and Counsellor-at-Lav; Jacksonville, Oregon. Wul practice In all Courts or the State. J. H, WHTT1U5. Abstracter and Attorney-at-Law X MEDPrtRO. ORJWOX. . Office In Bank building. Have the most com plete an.1 reliable abstracts of tllle in Jackami canty. W. S. JONES. M. D. Pliyi sician ana oureeon. , Meuford, Oregon. Office Hamlin Block, un-stalra. DR. O. F. OEMORESTi It ESI DENT DENTIST, Jfaken a Specialty of Srst-rlass work at rea-snn- x- able rates. Office tn Opera Honse, Mo.lf.inl, Oregon. &. P&YCS - IL 1. "s - - Physitiaii and Surgeon TedfOrdtJ-coJi. Office ChlMers Block; Residence, Galloway aeslaencc. ' WILLAKO CRAWFORD, Aturney and Oouiclor at Law MEDFORD. OREGON. Office In Opera Block WJC. K COLVIG, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW. Jacksonville. Oregon. MOBJLIS HABKNESS, Attorney and Counsellor areata Pass, Oregon. DRUGSTORE Tin leadln; dru store of Xedrnrd Is vGEO. H HASKINS, tBuceeeeor tn Baklna k I-awton.) He has anything in the line of Pare Drugs, Patent Medicines, Books, Stationery, "' Paints and Oils, Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, . Toilet Articles, And eiurrudag that la carried la a Orat-elaas - . Drug - Store. Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded. Kaixt XceUbrd, Oregom. EAST AND SOUTH -VIA Southern Jlvir Pacific Route. THIS MOUNT SBAXTA ROUTE. EXPRESS TRAINS LEaVB pobtxahd daily: South I North 1M P. M. I Lt 1J2 r. u. I L a M a. . I at Portland Ar MeiKonl Lv San Francisco Lt 7:3 A. tt. 5:06 p. 70 P. Above trajas atop only at the following stations north of Boaebnrg: East Portland, Oregon City. Woodbam. baleni, Albany. Tangent. Shedds, alaay, Harrlsinirg, Junction Cliy, Irrlngand Koaeburg Mall Umily. O 86 A. M. 1 L :0 P. M. I At Portland Boaeburg Arl 4O0 p. M. 60 A. M. Albauiy Local UaJly (Kxeept Sunday.) mo p.m. U P. M. Portland Albany Ar8S A.K. l-T5 A. M Ar PTJIXKAH BUFFET SLEEPERS. Tourist Sleeping Cars For aceom modat Ion of Sccond-ClaHS Paaaengera, suae ed to Express trains. vrnst 8IOE DIVISION. BETWEEN PORTLAND AXD CORVALLIS. Mail Train Dally (Except Sunday.) 1 30 A.K. 13:16 r. M. I Lt -Ar . Portland Oorvallls Ar Lt I SMF.M. 12 J P. M. At Albany and Corral lis oounect with trains of Oiegon Panlnc Railroad. (Xxpnas Train Ifttlljr Except Sondajr.) Portland McMinQTlUe . Ax I 8 tSfl A. K. Lt 1 1:5 A. H. lir.i 4Ea"Throagfc Uckeu to all polntc East and South Fur tickets and full lnforuiation regarding Biss, maps, etc., call on Oo's agent at Med Cord. M, aiOKULJCK, K. Jf. KOUKK8. Manager. AaatQ. F. k P. Agt When My Ship Comes In." "Wlien my slilp enraea In." runs the young- mail a snnir. " W liat linivo I lilnirs sliall T do With the st -nittl or iny wenlth and the Joy out thronir Of friends st. ut-liearted and Irucl" llo watches and waits 'nenth storm and 8U n By the si ore of hia life brand sea. And the days or hln youth are quickly ruu. Yet never a sail spies he. "My ship has none downl" In soberer strain Sinirs the man, and to duty turns. He foivets the ship In his toil anil pain. And uo longer his young hope, burns. Yet Again by the shore he stands irrown old With the course of his years well spent. And tr2in)rout on the deep behold. A dim ship landward beutl No banner she flies, no sonjts are borne Froui her th cks as she neara tlie land; Silent wit sail all souihre and torn Sl.e is safe at last by tlie strand. And lol To the nianld ape she has brought not me ir asures lie iiionrni to nin. But lionor. couteut aud love life-wroiiiiht. And he cries, "lias my shin conie hit" M. A. de Wolfe Huwe, Juiu in Harper's eeiy. ESQUIMAU TOYS. HOW THE LITTLE CHILDREN OF THE NORTH AMUSE THEMSELVES. Dolls or Bnn , Wooden Walraaas with Flare Mustache, and Ohoatly Birds with Unb.od.ng Ulgalty. Did yon ever see a group of children gel together oil the sidewalk and play the l.-is'in:Uinr game of 'Esquimau"?. it is not uniiKe the Mulliti Mail." but then it requires diffcreul words, aud so it certaiuly is another game entirely. All the youngsters gather iu a ring aud slowly jig around 'and around, while half of them shrill in a queer siug soug: Oil, do yon know the K quimauf Tlte K qulruau, I hc K quiuiuu? - The query is solemnly answered with great alacrity hy the other half of the circle, who shriek: Oh, yes, we know tlie Esquimau, The Esquimau. The Esquimau. He lives in tbe land of ice and snow, . Of Ice and snow. Of Ice aud snow. Then the whole band bop solemnly in simulation of the supposed antics of tbe Esquimau. The fauniest part of it all, accord ing to a gentleman who has recently returned, to this city from the arctic regions, is that the little Esquimau youngsters have an almost identical game singing; an odd little tune of their own and going through queer antics, unhesitatingly believed to be exact representations of the children of tbe far-away South. Yon would think that so much of the little Esquimau's time would be spent trying to keep warm that be wouldn't have a great deal left for play. But those little fur-clad tots in the ice and snow are having more fun than a cir cus and summer vacations rolled into one. They tag around after their male rel atives just as the small boys do here, and they fidget their snub-nofcd mam mas almost to death by stealing off among the icebergs in a little bit of a tippy cranky craft made of skius and things. They listen round-eyed to tales of harpoons and of deadly bonis wiln polar bears. lhey tell their small sisters brave tales of their own dauntless courage, and when a bigger boT shouts -PoMr bear!" thev ran shrieking to llieir relatives, josv as if they lived on California sAreet or some- wncre in 1110 luigyro. "The E-oinimaii small boy is amazing ly like other small boys. H-'s round faced ami brown-cheeked aud chubby ueyonn ueuei. lie wears queer gar ments of skins and of leathers. He doesn't know what a hat is. He never ate a kiuiicI of candy or a dish of ice cream in hi life, and lie never heard ol a Imiu-iiall game, but he's lots like oilier luns fur nil that. As fur the jfirl. she's precisely like '"r Il I; siler down here, who hasn't tbe faintest notion bow good wbalc'4 blubber is. She knows just the same kind of games. When one brown tot "goes visilio' another brown tot she lags ber favorite doll with her, and then she sits right down in the dark little hot and begins to "play house." That doll of hers is a strange-look ing being. It has a flat face made of wood or bone and it has Ihestiffest kind of arms and legs, not a joint in them, and its eves are just painted on the face, and it's a lucky dull that has a bair ou its head; but liltln Miss Es quimau loves that dull just as much as if it were flaxen - haired ami had red cheeks and shining blue eyes. Dolly couldn't speak "mamma" if von squeezed it to pieces, ami it would never think of fueh a Hung as letting vou tnrn its head, but Hiss Esquimau doesn't mind that a bit. Site just dresses and undresses her nnd nhips her and cries over her dreadful mis deeds quite as if her name was Maude Athel Van Bnren instead of being an unpronounceable thing in consonants and a grunt. She has a good many gowns, too, has little Miss Iceberg. O. yes. Why. there's her minkskin walking gown. nd ber oiler sledging get-up. and her sealskiu cloak, and. finest of all. her feather dress. Preity things they are. these gay skin garments. They are wonderfully made, delicately sewed. and sometimes lhey are wondrouslv embroidered with quills from the fret ful porcupine. those benighted little beetle brows have never heard of Noah's ark. Uit lhey have a substitute for its weird animals among their toys. Wooden walruses, with lierce mustaches, and ghostly birds, whose unbending dig nity suggests the splendid reserve of those familiar patriarchs. Shem. Ham, and Japhet, so distinctly that yon look around for the little green trees and soolted dogs that always stand guard over the ark. They don't have trains of cars to play with, those blue-nosed shiverers; lhey wouldn't know what to do with them if they bail, but they have a jol ly substitute. ' There's a tiny sledge of bone, drawn by four sleuth-like dogs, aud there are bold forerunners going on before and daring hunters walking nonchalantly behind. There's a toy for yon. There's something even'botter than that, though. There's a regular Santa Clans of aTloll, sitting in a sledge and driving four beautiful ly snarling dogs. . When the bong winter dark comes on the boys sit in the low huts and make tiny boats of fish skin cunningly stretched over a skeleton of lirm wood. While they are tinkering away at these pretty boats the small sister sits beside them on tbe bearskin and make soft little fur hoots for her dolL . The niotber is close by making nets or trimming a robe with a delicate border of porcupine quills. She can tell the loveliest fairy tales, can that little bit of a (at, roly-poly mother- fairy tales all about " queer little seals who can turn up their fur hoods and turn into the splendidest bow legged men. There are strange legends abofit the crow aud his wife, ami talcs of the domestic life of the b g white bears. When the boy grows weary of the legends he runs out and has a tumble in the snow. There's always plenty 01 snow such sleigii rides, such 8uow lights only think of tho fuu those little blue-chins have. They have the funniest kind of foot oalls. lhey look iikm huge potatoes mat nave ueen put iiitwn cellar and sprouted, they're all covered with long tufts of fur that Hies about in a most coufusing way when tho ball goes round. They make snow shoes for themselves, too, mid for their dolls, and they go o::l "shoeing." in ot Mich a dan nlea. Hits living at the North I ole, is ii? That is when you're a youngster. When you're growu up yon want Initios papers and concerts and t healers and soup ami itiunt-rs wmi inoicli me course. and it's ditTcivtil. But then it's always different when you're grown up. DRIVING A THOUSAND MILES. An Kogllshman Covers th. mtanca with One llttrsn. It is needless for tne to compare the average swiftness or slrcugth of a horse as agaiust that of a uiau, as it is a well-established fact that forstrengtli and speed combined the horse has no rival. But it is quite another thing when we consider the latent slaying power or physical endurance of a horse over that of a man. This was supposed to have beeu proved conclu sively in favor of mau by the remark able walking achievement performed a few years ago by Weston, who, as your renders may remember, walked 3,000 miles in sixty consecutive days oamug ounuavs covering, nartlv up on a prepared track, fifty miles in each day. It was said at the timo that it would require iwo well-bred horses to sncces.-fully compete with Westou. lu past autl present times for speed we have remarkable examples upon record, aud among these 1 tnav men tion that of Thoruhill, an iuukeeper from Stilton. Huntingdonshire, who rode, with a relav of horses. 213 miles in 12 hours and 17 minutes, lu 1750 the Earl of Marc't drove a team of four horses nineteen miles in one hour. There was in this case a siieciallv pre pared carriage and harness, and these were so lighi that it is said one man could carry them. A fe months ago Lrfird Liousuali! gave us a spleudid ex hibition iu all kinds of driviug. both as regards siieed. stylo, and good or der, having his horse uuder perfect control. Having a u Uh to test as far as prac ticable the endurance of a well-bred horse, on Monday. July 6. we started upou a 1,000-m'ile drive dog-cart, passengers ami luggage being regis tered over eight hundred weight....- Be forehand. I consulted an authority as to the possibility of our covering MO miles at an average of fifty miles a day. or 1.000 mile., averarug about forty-four miles a da v. - L was told that tbe shadow of disappointment was awaiting me. ar was advised to abandon the propped drive,1 as no horse would be equal to iL - 'The re sult, however, bits given a contradic tion to Ibis, aiid -has proved conclu sively. I maintain, that a horse has, nnder proprr control and care, more ttnln.rar.ee than is supposed. We cov ered tbe 1.000 miles in nineteen davs, averaging over fifty-two miles a day. The longest distance namely, sixty two miles was covered in the last day. Wheu the following circum stances are taken into consideration, I claim I have broken tbe record of oue borse driving. " We selected roads at random, and they proved to be very hilly, covered with loose slopes, generally unfavor able to the extent of half the distance covered; added to this seven- days' rain. The route taken was somewhat as follows: London to York, Durham, Berwick-on-Twecd. Kdinburg.Stirliug. back to Glasgow, Carlisle. Kirby. Lonsdale. Barnsley. Bradford, Not tingham, Bedford. Lojulon. Tlie horse we drove is lifleen bauds high and well bred, aud was in good condition when we finished the jouruey. as the following certificate 1 hold proves: -July 26-1 drove with Mr. D.-ivies four miles, and consider his cob in good condition, and no worse for the long journey he has done." I had but one object, and that was to show what a valuable servaol a horse is to man, and worthy the care and kindness extended to mine. Your readers can see that an equal task would not be performed unless an equal weight be carried and the same roads covered. Letter to LoiuUm Times. Chinese Detective M. Victor Dnhnsse. a French surgeon stationed at Toiiquin. China, says: A Frenchman naturally thinks the Paris ian detectives the best, thu English swear by the Scotland Yards men, and the Americans, of course, by the New York detectives. After three years' residence in China. I do not think either of the three lanlies ate entitled to the credit given them. The Chinese beat them all. They are at oue time the most expert thieves and at another the most skillful detectives in the world. A Chinaman can steal your watch while you are looking at it. aud lie can catch the man who stole it if it happened to lie some other thau him self, when a French detective could not. I have seen evidences of detective ability among the Chinese which would startle even Zola. It is impossible for an evil-doer to long elude the Chinese detectives. They scent a crime autl follow it to the last before civilized de tectives would know of it. In a coun try of so many people, who all look alike, this is remarkable. I heard of one ease which will serve to illustrate their shrewdness. A family iu Tonquin was murdered, and there was no apparent clew to the murderer. The entire detective corps of three provinces wero placed upon the case and iu three weeks the mur derer none other than the chief of the secret police who handled the chase for the murderer was arrested and be headed. Think of that. The Chinese detective force is a secret body aud the best organized in the world. They have an eye upon every man, womau, and child, foreign or native, in China, and iu addiliou watch each other. In formers are eucouraged ami collusion k impossible. The head of I ho Chinese police is not known, but there is one, and a very active one too. I have beard that the present head was ouce an ambassador to u Europeun country, but really do not believe that any one knows who he is. There are said to be over 600,000 men under bim nnd bis assistants, who control the various districts. How She Served the Summons. She was bright and pretty, and she dropped into a lawyer's olllie the other a ay ami askeu for work. "What can you do?" "Auything a. wouiau of ability c do. and more than most men." "Great opinion of yourself, youno- WOlllnn "an . ..1.1 1 T . v,um. auiuuu Qiuriiji lawyer present. remaps you iiuuic you could serve this summons." ! might," said she. -May I look at it? Yes, I will." "If you do that you'll do something we've all been trying lo do for a week. He's a slippery fellow and bis people are an posteu. However you may try iu aou can ationl to lose a little con ceil," aud the lawyer smiled grimlv. At 10 the next morning the offlce door was opened aud the bright young woman walked in again. "thought you'd give it up. eh t round him too slippery for your Thought so." "I lie paper is served," said she. It was her turn to smile now. and she did it. The lawyer swung rouud in his chair. "Served the . How'd vou do it?" "Oh, it was simple enough. I called at his place of business, looked around, priced some materials and then asked if he was iu. "'No.' said the salesman, 'but I can do as well.' "f think not,' I said quietly, ile has served me before, aud he under stands just what I wauL' "Oh. in that case you might call at his house, lie will be in to dinner.' "1 did call at his bouse, dressed iu my best, card case iu baud. I seut in my card and he appeared promptly. "Mr. ?' said 1, risiug. "Yes. You wished to see me on business? -I hear you are interested in property in street?'' "Yes. Well. I have a paper which will interest you concerning it.' offering him the summons, whie.'i he took with a smile. He looked at it ami Hushed crimson. So did I. Nothing was said. He controlled his temper and ac companied me to the door. "Another held opeu to women."' was the lawyers onlv cnmmcuL A'. 1' World. Not a Happy Ioti Til tell you of a curious duvice or two for evading the law that would make you feel creepy if you were to put on my badge and go into somo grog shops in Lewislon with the pur pose ol raiding them, said an oQicer to a lewislon Juiirwu rejiorter. "The other day an Auburn mau told me he had gone into a placo to get a drink, and tho bartender bad taken a bottle up from somewhere behind the counter, then put it back and defied him to find it. Ami he couldn't either. - . "If you go into"a v wuA op tw tim or Tear down the ceiling, whatever damage we do we bare gut to pay for. If we knock down a door, why of course we dou't have to pay for tbaL but if we do any damage after we are in we must pay the bills. So it is not profitable lo do any wreckage unless we tr sure of getting some liquor. " There is one place where tlieofficcr. as he enters, is pitched down through a trap-diMir into the cellar, and while he is coming up again tho stuff is poured into the sink and ammouia kills all traces of it. 'Then there is another way. Four doors with concealed spring locks lead the officer, as he enters, into a room in the back of the house, and the door hutting after him locks him in unlit he breaks out and tbe liquor has disap peared. 1 tell you I'm aluavs nervous wheu I go into suc'i a place. It makes me feel as though pen as the next step would plunge me into a well or somewhere else." He Got Hia License. "Boss, is dis yere de place whar yer bnys liscofes fur giltin' married In ?"' asked a young negro of Clerk Meigs at the city hall yesterday afternoon. This is the place, young man," the genial clerk replied. " "What is your name, please?" "'Taint fur myself dat I wants it fur. 'Deed yer wroug dar. boss. I wants it fur er freu of miuo over iu George town, what is goin'- ter marry L.ia Jones to-night; dat Is. ef dar ain't no law agaiu marryiu' Fridays. Sim Smith, he 'lows dat dar is. 'But I tol' him dat law didn't teen Georgetown folks, nowise. An' Ise right, ain't I, boss?" "Well." replied Mr. Meigs, "the law of superst'ilion is against marriages ou Friday, but I feel you are correct in stating t-at it does not 'lecU' the good ieople of Georgetown." 1 kuoned yer'd 'plain nie, Jndge, yer honor. I kuoued dar wuz two diPrenl laws fur Washington an' Georgetown, fer year only giu fifteen days in Gcnrgelowu fur do same 'fensa dat yer nils thirty days in Washing ton. I knows, fur Ise tried 'em Itofe. Make dat lisens for Henry Jccms John sou an' L:7.a Jones, please, vi :" 'Both live in Georgetow i.?" asked Mr. Meigs, as he proceeds lo till out the desired document.' Y:is, salt; bofe uf us I means dey bofe liv's tlalisah." WitxhiiHjUm Mar. How lo Itltln a Swimming Jlttrae. To begin with, it must not be sup posed that a horse always swims nat urally, aud with ease, the moment he is off his feel iu the water. The ani mal, uuder such circumstances, has but one notion, to keep his head out of the water, and to lift his shoulders as high as possible. In doing this his hind quarters sink, and he finds himself almost standing upon his tail, or at least iu a position three-quarters crecL In such a position, if the rider draws upon his reins, or throws his body back iu the least, the animal's hind quarters will sink more and more, his body will take a vertical position, and, beating the water uselessly with bis fore-feet, he will finally sink. As soon as the horse gets off his feet in the water, let the rider grasp a handful of the animal's mane, leaning at the same time well forward upou his shoulder, but without touching the horse's head. The rider's knees should be pressed tightly to the horse's sides, otherwise he is likely to be swept off by the water. This is the only position which will enable a man to remain iu the saddle and the horse to swim at the same time. The reins must be. held loosely aud eacn well to one side. If the hrse is to be guidud in the water give the loose rein a little jerk In the dirt'etioa desired. , But it is in tbe highest! de gree important never to pull od the ....... a b..,,.. .1.. - W.'l'j..' . --L PRIVATE SECRETARIES. Mn Who llMvn Kii"n from Ilia Ama nariisls ll.sk l Itpppona bl l'laces. -Never bo nny man's private secre tary. It wiU.unlit you for all work of responsibility. So said the president of one of the largest banks in this city to a reporter oue day last week. Perhaps this is good advice, and is well worth heed ing by a young man v b intends to enter fcome commercial pursuit, says the N. Y. AVu.; but in thu business of practical politics the private secretary stands a remarkable good chance for advancement provided thai he is made out of the right kind of material, aud if he is not successful there is no 'start in life that will do him any good.. Col. John Hay, the author, poet.aud editor, made his first reputation as one of the private secretaries of Presideut Lincoln, llu subsequently married the daughter of Aina-ia Stone, a many limes millionaire of Cleveland. O., and his fame since theu has been more of a source of gratification than of income to him. John G.. Nicolay owes what ever of greatness he can lay claim to to his service as chief private secretary to Pre-idenl Lincoln. A still later instance is ex-Private Secretary Col. Daniel Lamont. Although he may, and probably is, a millionaire and a potent factor in street railway circles, bis chief fame will always rest upon his brilliant work iu the office of the white house during Mr. Cleveland's incumbency of that historic mansion. Being a private secretary certainly has not ruined him iu work of respou- sioiuty. lo other lines of't-jsiuess than politics the private secretary does not fill so large a place. With the excep tion oi Horace u. UuvaL who is tbe private secretary of Chauocev M- Depew. it would be difficult to recall the name of a single private secretary to a commercial man who is generally known to the public of thisciiy. There are uo Wall street private secretaries, not even in the largest corporations, who are generally known. Mr. Rockefeller's private secretary may be a very important man in the big white Standard Oil building, but when the public hears anything about Mr. Rockefeller or his doings the io- lorniation comes irom nun direct, or from one of his brother officers, Wheo it comes 10 lame tne vt all street priv ate secretary "is not iu iL" llu principal reaps it all. It is rare. too. to find in the business part of this city many successful busi ness men who started out in active life as private secretaries. The busi ness man is secretive, as a rule, and does uol con tide his secrets to his private secretary. He needs some oue lo represent hint in miuor matters, to run errands for htm. ami to answer hia ordinary correspoudeoce. . The important letters tho shrewd business wwuo. answers hunaatf. The itunonant dispatches be sends bimwslf in cipher and tbe important omfereuoes are at tended to by tbe business man iu per son. The private secretary in such a place, if he be shrewd and has tact and industry, becomes valuable; but il is a fixed value. He is iuvaluable almost as a private secretary, but lie never will be promoted to a post of higher responsibility and trust. He is too useful where he is. In the largest manufacturing concern in Newark the private secretary has served for forty years nnuer nve masters. He is a walking price-list indexed ami run ning back nearly half a century. He Knows everything that any oue wants to know, but be is still a private secre tary and he always will ho one and his salary today is just (15 a week higher than it was thirty-live years ago. " Gave Orders to the King or Co re a. Arthur Frascrof Philadelphia Capt. Lee. who died suddenly at the Hoff man bouse the other day, you remem ber, was one of the most intrepid of men. He once ordered the king and cabinet of Corea off their own parade ground Iterance lhey tried to dictate to him concerning the handling of the native troops. CapL Lee was em plot ed by the Corea u govemuieut as military iuslruclor of the army four years ago. aud he kuew his busiuess in every phae. With two other Ameri can officers w ho were employed with bim in similar capacities be had charge of the army ami gave it thorough in struction, elevating it beyond the standard of even the Japanese troops, the best drilled in the east. Lee and his fellow-officers didn't get along to gether very well. The troops liked him exceedingly, but on the day ha ordered the king aud cabinet off the parol' grounds, because they got in the wa. i .to came near being a re volt auion them. Lee was inexora ble, if polite, and the king aud the cabinet left without a protest. They always respected leu for bis action and treated him nilli great courtesy afterward. .Si. l.ouis (i obt-Democrat. Oddities or Kast Indian Ijife. The recently published loiters of the late archbishop of Bombay give some iuleresting glimpses of. life in India. "After breakfast." be says in one of them, "1 bad to sisten to an address and theu to a series of complaints against the parish priest, who was present and defeuded himself vigor ously. A curious case of couscieuco came before me. The pagans had cou secratcd a cock to one of their gods. The bird is taken to the shrine, offered to the god, and then set free. Can a Christian kill the cock and eat what has been offered to idols? The com mon Christians dare not touch such a bird for the world. I fear the priest shot it and made one or two good meals of it." Of the same sort is the following: "Not long since a devout Hindoo gave a live bull to one of his gods, and turned the animal loose. A less worshipful mortal collared the bull ami yoked bim iu his cart. There upon followed a lawsuit; the dovout man claimed the bull, but the judge decided that the bull was uot his he had given it to his god aud he im plied that the deity liad not looked after his property." A Small Philosopher. Ho yvas 6 years old, short for his age, and lutrefooiud aud dirty. His eyes were sharp and watchful and his face was lined and old. Hu ran away from school for weeks at a time and scoured alleys anil instinctively avoided all the conventional and decorous paths of childhood. When he listened to ad mntiitinns and promised to amend, his inner ear was deaf and bis words were from the lips outward; but he voiced his genuine experience and retteotion with the brevity of a maxim: "I thiuk I'd rather be a girl; they dou't get so mauy kicks." . LOVE'S BURIAL, Lots Is dead : Otre hi in burial like a king. Let the nilnstar death bells ling. And with sable batig the wall For a monarch's f uneraL AthlshAad Lay what lie alone made dear, April's sunshine and Its tsar. May's brlRbt blossom with inorn And midsummer's golden morn. At his feet Put all sweetness ones was his. Bony hlunh-and rapturous k Ins, And a tress ot silken hair 1 bat a loTer once found fair. Incense sweet "hall be bis of heartfelt sighs. Holy water from sad eyes. And the chanted litany. Libera me, Oomlna. Than, when all tbe rites are said. Bet a marble at his bead, I-et this epitaph there be: "Ere be died Lots murdered me." Crawford KlchoUa, In Saw Orleans Picayune. A LONG MOMENT. By Hugh L. Condon. (Copyright 1BJL. by The Cnlted Press.; It was my day in camp; for it was not safe, in that quarter of the Adirondacks. to leave one's possessions very long: un guarded. Toward sunset there was a great whir ring in tbe air. followed by an Immediate splashing In the lake, uear tbe canip ahanty. Looking out. I saw a flock of ducks, some five hundred yards away, swimminar and fluttering about, as It bait-mad at tbe joy oi new-iounu water. For an hour I had been wondering what new dish I could surprise the boys with, at supper-time, and here now was my very chance, close at band. Catching up a shotgun and a few loaded cartridges, I went a little way down tbe lake-shore, where my game would be in easy reach. So intently were my eyes fixed upon the ducks that I did not see a low-lying snarl of wiry vines, just before me. Catching my feet In tbem. I was throw face .down ward upon the ground, so violently that one barrel ot my gun went off, the charge tearing an ugly bole in my right thigh. A sickening sense of pain and weakness swept over me, but by making powerful resistance, I escaped losing conscious ness. Tnough no artery was revered, a tor rent of blood rusued out of my lacerated member, which I staunched as well as I could with shreds and bandages, torn from my flannel hunting-shirt. Then I reflected upon tbe situation. In an hour tbe boys would come to my rescue, as it was a strict regulation ot ours to got hack to ramp at sunset. But to stay where I had fallen, until then, was oat of tbe question ; for the ground was covered with myriads of ants, which were already crawling over me, despite ray efforts at keenjug them oft. Soootaer would attack tne in" earnest, unleoo I moved and no man could Btwa.& their tor- turlna-annarattui for an bour. Clearly. I must move at ones, tn cpite of tbe danger of fainting. Bracing for the effort with every nerve. I began crawling bark to camp, a fresh tide ot blood eluding my bandages with" each movement. When bait the distance was covered. I was so nearly exhausted that a bait for rest was necessary. . Then a new idea occurred to me, and drawing my revolver I fired three rounds of two shots each tbe signal of distress which the boys and I had agreed upon for emergencies, when we first went into camp. Soon I heard their answering shots, less than a mile away, and knew that thev would come to roe as fast as the dense un dergrowth would permit probably reach ing me in about ten minutes. Brushing off the murderous ants, which were causing me the most execrudating agony by setting their strong Jaws in ttm edges of my wound. I again pressed on toward camp, leaving a trail ot blood be hind me as I went. The last ten yards ot that difficult Jour ney I made with bright colors flashing be fore my eyes, and with loud ringing sounds In my ears, so near I was to faint tng away. Half way through the shanty-door my strength gave out, and I could go no farther. Again dislodging tbe ants and tighten ing my bandages, I settled myself to await the coming of tbe boys. y bat kept them so long? It seemed an hour since I had signalled them, the pain made time drag so. Would they never get there? Surely tt was time "I beard them, any way; and yet there was no sound ot them. My throat was dry. and pains first dull, then sharp and agonising shot through my wound. Altogether. I had never before so longed for the presence of my fellow-beings. X.,. Ah! they were surely coming, for yonder a twig snapped under a heavy foot. Raising myself upon one elbow. 1 looked eagerly in tbe direction of the sound to see who the first comer was, and saw not a man, but a panthei I The sleek, tawny brute was coming slowly toward me. his bead so low that bis nose seemed to touch tbe ground as he came. Wonderingly I looked closer, and then I understood his strange movements. He was following my trail, from the place where I tell when shot, and was lap ping the blood which marked my course, as he came. What my fate would lie, when he reached me, unless the lioys got there lln-t . it was not at alt difficult to guesa. Tho gnawing ot the vicious ants was now forgotten. I had no thoughts nor eyes for anything but the panther. Weak as I was, I managed to keep my head elevated, first on one arm and then ou the other, so I could watch every move ment of my approaching foe. Once or twice he paused for a moment, to sniff the air, and then came on, lapping up tho blood I had lost, as deliberately as ever. When he was within ton feet of me, I be gan counting the seconds which were likely to elapse before he reached my wounded side. I no longer felt the pains In the wound 1 was only conscious ot one thiiu? in the universe the panther. Nearer and nearer he came, with ap parent rogardlessuess as to how far away tho source of his enjoyment m ght be. At last, cither a glimpse at me, or a sud den realization that he was uncomfortably uear the ablding-uace of inon, caused him to pause and sello backward on hia haunches, tvith a slight gto ri. A swift uudulaut quiver ran iver him, as If he contemplated b-'ringlng at me; but if this was bis idea, be at oitco changed his mind, got up, aud resumed lapping my blood. . Such Blight breeae as there was blew toward mo from him, foul with the nause ous odors of his fetid breath. Again a twig snapped. -Was It the boys? Oh, if it was only them If heln were only at hand! I dared not attempt raising myself to aee, the panther was now so near; and so I pressed every energy into the business of listening But aside from tbe slight noise made bv the breathing ot the blood-lapping brute. a oouiu near nothing. Nearer and nearer vet cams the panther now less than two feet away. m, wny oiun i toey shoot. If the boys were there, as lhey must be why did they suffer the prolonging of agonies which must have been so palpable to them? Once again the panther lifted bis head and sniffed. Satisfied that no danger was mena"eTng"'j u". " too to tapping once more. The sun was nearly down. Looking across the lake, I saw its last rays paling on tbe western hills. My hope of rescue waned with It. Long before sunset-ti me came again I should be dead. Of that I now felt certain. The panther, though, gave me no time for moralizings. He bad reached my wounded side. The bandages interfered with bis pleas ure, and with a low growl of impatience. oiieu a paw anu struck them away. Then I felt his rouirh tonr.uo Hoir ih. blood from my torn flesh. A groan of anguish escaped me, he hurt me so. Answering It with another growl, he lifted bis bead, poking his foul-smelling nose into my very face. It is said that the human eye has power to intimidate dumb beasts, even in des perate quarters but my eyes, full though they must have been, of the strength of hopeless despair, had no apparent effect on bim. He seemed to regard mo contemptu ously; for drawing in his breath and giv ing a little miort in my face, he actually spattered a spray of my own blood in my mouth and eyes. " Quick r whispered a low voice. Just outside the shanty. - - My heart gave a migbtyand joyous leap. Help was at hand, afur all. With a rnor menni-iug growl, the pan ther crouched back on his haunches, his bead up and bis nostrils quivering, listen ing intently. But only for a moment. Either disdain or' thirst soon overcame bis curiosity. Again he gave a little snort, leaned for ward and resumed lapping away at my now vigorously bleeding wound. Despair re-asserted its reign. Vhat irere the boys waiting for? No doubt they were there, for I bad heard not only the snapping of twigs, but that one whispered word, as well. ' Couldn't they.see that the monster be side me was lapping my life away? "ere they afraid were lhey mocking me why didn't they fire? That rough, awful tea tine toninie seemed to lick straight through my quivering ooay. into mr very heart, the pain irom it maue me sick and faint. Again there were sounds in my ears ringing sounds, as of many bells: and roaring sounds, as of mighty and adja cent water-falls and with these, swift and bewildering site -nations of vivid light and totai'darkness, in mv eyes. And through it ail. tbe cutting, drawing pain from that tireless tongue, each second growing more intense. . O. God, would it never end Crack-bang! The noise of a rifle and a shoUrun. fired so nearly at the same instant that thev gare an almost simultaneous reoort. . j oen tne pain tn my side stoppe-d. and the oaather screamed out clawed the &artn, as u In mortal agony. there was a contused murmur of excited voices, the noise of a great deal of rushing about, a great jumble of sounds altogeth er. Presently some one's band was thrust through my shirt and placed over mv heart, and some one s voice said : We were in good time he is ail right-" And then, so weak was I. that with the con sciousness of safety came utter uncon sciousness of ail things. WaalUaugtoa's Cleric , There is in a Sutter street watchmaker's establishment an old dock with a history, says the San Francisco Examiner. It was once owned by George Washington. The watchmaker who has been repairing it ays that he recognises that it is of Eng lish make, and that it must date back at least a couple of centuries. Its present owner is Dr. B. H. Macdonald. who has documentary evidence in support of tbe claim that it was once the property ot the first President of the United States. It has been in possession of the banker's family for many years. The works are very simple and strong, the motive power being supplied by two large weights. Tbe case is of solid mahog any, almost devoid ot ornamentation and not unlike in :enerai design the hall docks which, under the name oi modern an tiques." were fashionable a year or two ago. The dial is a curiosity. It is njadeof brocoe. the circular portion being silvered and bearing engraved subdivided circles on each side of tbe Botnan figures. The In ner circle is. strangely enough; divided into twenty-four parts', so that tte hour hand alone denotes the portion of the completed hour. The exterior curie is subdivided in the usual way to denote the sixty minutes. There is a small inner dial round which the second hand moves Is a very jerky manner very foreign to the easv modern escapement movement. In the semi-circular spare above the dial there is an elaborately eugraved movable image of tne moon, tbe various phases of which are regularly displayed in consonance with the movements ot ue heavenly body it self. The day and date of the month are also indicated, and a small silvered plate bears the words in clear letters: "Peter Stretch, Philadelphia." 1 Marac-t need Im BrieBa. It Is one of the "tea secrets" that tab let tea is manufactured at Haukow in factories belonging to Kussian lirms there. It is made ot the finest tea dust procurable. The selection ot the dust is the work ot skilled experts; the cost of the dust varies from twenty cents a pound upward. . This dust is manufact ured into tablets by steam machinery. About two ounces and a halt of dust are poured into a steel mold on a steel cylin der. The dust is poured in dry without steaming, and the pressure brought to bear is two tons per tablet. Great care is required in the manufact ure aud packing of tablet tea, and the cost Is comparatively high. The tablets are wrapped In tiu foil, then in expensive and attractive paper wrappers, and finally packed in ttu lined cases for export to Russia. The tea, it Is stated, loses none of Its flavor by being pressed into tablets, and, as tablet tea is only one-sixth the bulk of leaf tea, it is most convenient for travelers, and also for Importing into the remoter regions ot Russia. Buffalo Com mercial. Cfctckems Pk-ked by kSlecrrlclty. Can it be possible that -wind alone can completely strip the feathers from a chicken aud not hurt the fowl? Never; but it te possible for electricity to do this, l'lnco a man or a woman on an insulated slool so that the electricity will not pass through the body to tho earth, and then heavily charge the body with electricity add every hairot the head, even a woman's. long gair, will stand out like iron spikes or the sized hair ot the Circassian showgirl. No doubt If the elect ric charge should be increased lt would drive every hair out ot the head, and this, is the reason tnat so many chickens are stripped by tornadoes. Koit Worth Gaa?t to. A lueer luwrlpttow,, - Bronson That was a queer inscription Enpee put on his wife's tombstone. Loiigbecker w ti.it was it? iironson lis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at aib" N. X. t.crald. The man who tries to avoid mountains not uavo JT WW&OU rUUU. . y Prof. Eissen welter, ot Geissen. claims to have discovered the bacteria which pro duce baldness by destroying the roots ot iheuair. s . Women's World. Old -Tl--3e Babies Wen Happy. FniTog : One would think, on read in (; an Srti4e on "Fortanata Babies "in tbe Sun4ar3!ronicle of Dec. 20, that it is a marvel that-ire, are any babies now and that the an cestors of the babies oT to-day did not all perish from neglect before they grew large enough to wear short dresses. The Chronicle's correspon dent runs on in the following stytei 1 " Tim a nAavkn the babv was rele- 'a. gated to a very inferior position when he was required to take a back seat, as it were. He or she, as the case might be, was regarded as a sort of necessary nuisance, on whose account or for whose behoof it was not incum bent tliat any adult should , for a moment aiseommoae mmseu. j.u&U3w.l Ul li&iiug a uiuac w wo for it, or instead of receiving the con stant attention of members of the family, it would have been crowded to one 6ide and left largely to its o devices. Instead of the haadsome rattan or the ornamental wooden rocker or cradle it had a clumsy sort of ark, made or rougb lumber, wiut a j rrrw'it iktIit wrvwlan " Amr fTlf WA end, and mounted on low rockers, in which it was roughly rolled to and fro until syncope set in and there was a period of something called sleep. but which in reality more closely sembled the effects of a temporary paralysis of the brain. " When the infant of fifty years ago was taken out for an airing, does any one suppose that his majesty was en throned in one of those poems in np holstery and wickerwork that are now to be found in the great baby carriage establishments all over the land ? Far from it. " x - - Instead he was in good lock .if he were the owner by .hereditary-descent of a clumsy two-wheeled cart without springs or cushions, inJo--hich he was dumped unceremoniously and bumped over the stones aad k5d at the imminent riskof his tended li"ps and fragile bon.eS. " Instead "of a potent adjustable sunshade, made of silk and fringed and embroidered in gorgeous shape, j hideous sunbonnet, about seventeen sizes, was wrapped around the infant's head, and thus attiredhe ,wasdj!V(M-" imssea wiui scant reremony to taiLt; his chances with the calves and geese and other farmyard occupants. " When the luckless youngster, by the advent of a companion in misery, was forced to abandon hit coffin-like hooded cradle .was he given oue. of those handsome works of art in polished brass that adorn the nursery of to-day ? By no manner of means. A 'trundle-bed made of rough boards, with a tick filled with straw and cov ered with patchwork quilts of the log cabin, sunrise, hit-or-miss, or no pat tern at all, was the luxurious coach, upon which he reposed his aching; limbs, this trundle-bed by the way usually . acconunodatingj anywhere from two to half a dozen of the smaller members of the family. " Contrast the toys and playtbr of the babe or child of the last gener ation with those of which there is such a superfluity for the enjoyment of the modern infant. A doll made of rags, a broomstick, a box of rough blocks, did duty for an entire family in those times. But the baby-jumpers,, the perambulators, the adjustable hi?h chairs, the thousand and one things now made for the use or pleasure of the infant all testily to the' high es timation in which that indiyiihwLis held and the prominent place that has by common consent been accorded him in everyday life,1' I cannot agree with the writer of the Chronicle's article that the babies or the present day have anything more to be-thankful for than those ot the happy days of old. The mothers of old times, instead of regarding their babies as a " sort of necessary nuisance " loved them with a love as strong as any mother now can feel, S and eared for them better than tlr mothers of to-day could do if the would. There were strong, healthy-S mothers in those days, who would think netting cf picking up the baby, and walking three or four miles through the woods fosjan afternoon's . chat, who carded, spun and knitted or wove their own and baby's clothes and did all tlie household work; who supplied nature's food to the little one ftom a healthy body and co have been persuaded to trust iiim the hands of a hired nnrse. 1 - The baby's tough. divT"tiiofle days was as much an abode ot bliss anI a haven of rest to hhn aaTISeTuosl artistic contrivance of to-day could be, and instead of being spoiled and pampered and brought up a -dependent, helpless dude or dudine, he grew up a sturdy man or woman, broad-chested, big-lunged, weU-knit and supple. The stout-hearted six or seven-root men of revolutionary and later days were the product of the old-time treat ment. Pity we couldn't exchange a few millions of the flat-chested.ane-, sucking, cigarette-smoking littie two legged nuisances produced by the modern style of bringing -up babies for as many men like those ot the olden time. The proof of a pudding Is in the eating. By their works we may know them. Contrast the pro cession of stunted, pale-faced runts one sees on the streets of any of our cities to-day with the healthy, well developed manhood of the past and ask yourself if the modem has more to, be thankful for than had George Washington 'and his conteajajsjajegfee in those days before he chapped the cherry tree.- J Tabitha Axse Huggixs. The Kussian government dered iour new ironclads. - has Uld not I or- rw. fs J vatl 4 tt . - V