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VOL. XXIII. NO. 29, TIOKESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1890, S1.50 PER ANNUM.
' According to the Philadelphia Ptcord,
colonial furniture is tuned out by tho
ton in that city.
The Boston Herald opines that "tha
newspaper of the future will Imto a Con
gressman or two upon ita staff."
It has been doclded to establish a unl
Tcrsity in British Columbia; and the
noccssary act has been passed by the pro
visional legislature
i .
The Chicago Herald emita a growl ovet
thefliscnvcry that of Die books taken out
of traspublic library by public school
teachers for thcmsclvcJ and their pupils,
nearly one hundred per cent, consist of
the trashiest and most rancid sort ol
fiction.
The number of men in the flold in the
late South American war would not have
made a small army corps, and the losses
were scarcely more than the killed in
lively skirmish during tho Civil War.
They had one great advantngo, however,
remarks the Detroit dree Prett. They
had one general for every forty soldiers.
According to tho Detroit Fret Preu, a
New York chemist is out with tho . good
news that beef at eight cents a pound ia
just as nutritious ns beef at twenty cents.
It is harder to masticate, and there is
more danger of being choked to death,
but after it is once in tho stomach it is
nil right nnd begins to put fat on the
ribs.
At a recent pharmaceutical conference
In Englaud it was stated thut the patent
medicines have paid to the British Gov.
eminent, so far, in 1890, tho enormous
sum of $1,110,000 in the shape of duties,
and it is estimated that before the end ol
the year 67,600,000 will have been ex
pended by the owners of tbo nostrums.
"And yet," comments tho New Orleam
Times-Democrat, Englishmen jeer at
Americans for their use of patent medi
cinal" . The PrairU Farmer believes that "few
peoplo who llvo at a distauco from, the
great lakes havoan adequate conception
f tho magnitude of lake commerce. It
Jfill aurprise thorn, perhaps to learn that
during 234 days of navigation last year
tonnage passed throngfi tho Detroit River
to the amoiixav 0,000,000 tons more
tha
f? fe and clearances of all the
seaj
l fla in the United States, and 3,000,
000 tins more than tho combined foreign
aud coastwise shipping of Liverpool and
London."
A leading iron journal states that im
provements in the new navy nro bring
ing youug men to tho front in all de
partments, not the least of hich is
steam engineering. Iu the modern ships,
ia addition to the great triple expansion
main eugiucs, with ull their complicated
parts, there are dynamos, blowers, 'team
stecrers and auxiliary engines of nil
kinds and sizes, scattered in widely sep
arated parts of the vessel, and with tho
small number of engineers carriod, a
large aud intelligent force of machinists
is a pressing necessity.
A significant fact in the history of in
ventions is that many of tho most valu
able devices now in uso have been the
work of mechanics. There is a growing
tendency on the part of employers toen
coujuf their workmen in this line. Oue
of wechanics of tho Pennsylvania
liues iarorking on a device by which
coal will be fed to the fire-box of a loco
motive in the same manner that a base
burner is fed. It is claimed that if the
device is perfected it will greatly in
crease the heat in the tire-box, as no cold
air will rush in, as iu tho case when the
door to the lire-box is opened to throw io
coal.
Professor William D. Marks, Super
vising Engineer of tho Edison Electric
Light Company, of Philadelphia, an elec
trical expert, says ho is willing to stake
his reputation as au electrical engineer
on his ability to construct an electric
motor that could take a train of cars
from Philadelphia to New York in thirty
six minutes. The Professor might have
mnde it even thirty-five minutes, ob
serves the New York World, but as he
has placed his reputation at stake in the
matter, he may wish to bo entirely on
the safe 'side. One hundred and fifty
miles an hour ia the speed Professor
Marks' motor would have to make.
1
Says the Sau Francisco Chronicle:
Matches are a great modern convenience,
but they bring u.uuy evils in their train.
It is estimated that at least twenty pet
cent, of the fires in largo cities may be
traced to their us. A recent report of
the Fire Marshal of Bostou discusses
the subject at great length aud seriously
recommends legislation to compel tho
adoption of safety matches which will
only ignite under certain conditions.
The losses entailed are great enough tn
be appalling, but very few persons, even
when they are fully awaro of the dangers
of a cheap match, will take tho trouble
to insure themselves by buying the let
te but dcaivi article.
TROT, MY OOOO STEBD, TROT,
Where my true love abiileth
I make my way to-night
La, waiting, she
Kspleth m.
And oalleth In delight:
"I see hla steed a-near
Come trotting with my deer
Oh, Idle not, Rood steod, but trot
Trot thou my lover here!"
Aloooa I cast th. bridle
And pry the whip and spur,
And Bayly I
Speed this reply
While faring on to her;
"Oh, true love, fear thou not
1 seek our treating spot
And double feed be yours, my stood,
If you more swiftly trot !"
I vault from out the saddle
And make my good steed fast;
Then to my breast
My love is pressed
At last, true heart! at lattt
The garden drowsing lies,
The stars told down their eyoj
In this doar spot, my stned, neigh not,
Nor stamp in restlera wisel
Oh, passing sweet communion
Of young hearts, warm and true I
To thee belongs
The old, old songs
Love finds forever newt
Wo sing those songs, and then
Cometh the moment when
It's "Good steed, trot from this dear spot -Trot,
trot me home again I"
Eugene Field, in the Chicago Newt.
THE BIG CHEESE.
BT ESTnitn SEHLE KENNETH
The Saltons wero as poor ns people
could be, and live comfortably and re
spectably. Mrs. Sultou said it was owing
to her husband's industry and energy
that they got along at all wages wero
so low, and market prices so high; while
Mr. Salton declared that their cosiness
was entirely the result of his wife's good
management. They wero very united
in their affections, and they had threo
good children.
But, to Mrs. Saltoa's regret, tbey wero
all boys. She would have liked a daugh
ter to grow up in the house, and assist
her. Ho pressed was she sometimes for
a little niuid to sew up a seam, or wash
the dishes, that she told Joe Sheppard,
tho overseer of the poorhouso, that he
might send her au orphan girl, if ho had
a bright and docilo one, and she would
try her, aud perhaps keep her till she
was eighteen.
"Well now, Mrs. Salton, I reckon I'm
lucky enough to have just what you
want," said Joe Sheppard. "It's Sophy
Niles. She's above the gincrality o'
pool bouse girls. Come to us because she
was left with an old grandmother, and
the had to come. Sophy could havo
earned her own living, tho' Bhe was but
twelve, but she couldn't support her
grandmother, ao th overseers brought
Vm both. Sophy aiu't so chirk siucc
tho' old lady died, but she's a good girl,
an' a good-mannered girl. Never has to
be spoke to twice."
Mis. Salton agreed to take Sophy
Niles.
"I think I'll have to, Nathan," she
said to her husband. "I feel lazy this
spring; I suppose it is becauso tho baby
is cut ting his teeth so bard, aud breaks
me of my rest to."
"There isn't a lazy bono iu your body.
With tho family, tho cow, the pigs, tho
hens and tho baby to take care of, you
have too much to do. I only wish you
could have a good strong woman "
"O, nonscusc! I only want a little lift
now and then. I'm glad yon didn't
think it extravagant for me to take Sophy.
She will do."
Mr. Salton was a farmer, but ho did
cot own a farm, lie worked for a rich
man named Arthurson, who owued a
very superior farm, and kept n great deal
of help. He had to work regularly every
day under Mr. Arthurson'a orders. At
certain seasons of tho year, however, ho
would be unemployed, llo was subject
to rheumatic fevers, which incurred ex
pense, lie had lost two children, and
he had otlf r misfortunes which kept him
poor. Bui just now he was struggling
very hard to pay up tho mortgago on bis
little home. Ho counted every cent with
this object in view. lie had been a lit
tle surprised that Lizzy, who was o:mj
with him iu all his plans, should wish to
tako another mouth to feed. Still, he
supposed his wife knew best. She knew
how she felt. If eho needed the girl's
help she should have it, if they did nut
pay the mortgage for another year.
Sophy came just at the right time,
ho was a quiet, colorless girl of thirteen,
doing just as sho was bid, and she
seemed to have a knack with tho baby,
so Mrs. Salton said she made' a good be
ginning. Two days aftor sho arrived, Mr. Arthur
ion camo riding down to tho little house
on horseback. A terrible thiug had hap
pened a dog, supposed to be mad, had
bitten bis dairyman's wife; the husband
had gone oil iu gueat h:sto to get a fa
mous doctor, and might not bo back for
two days. Mr. Arthurson's cowa ha'i
been just driven up for milking, and
thcra waj no one to milk them. Would
Salton and his wife, who understood the
business also, coiuo uud milk them? They
might have most of tho milk, iu payment,
uutil tho dairyman came back, and other
a.'raugemcuts could bo made.
For three nights, Mr. and Mrs. Salton
went to the villa, and milked Mr. Arthur
son's uumerous cows; aud then they had
a barrel of milk.
"What had we better do with it,
Lizzy!" asked Nathan Salton.
"I used to have good luck making
cheese when I was a girl at home," said
Mrs. Salton, "I would liko to make a
cheese."
This was finally decided upon. But
they had no press; so Nuthuu contrived
ono with part of a hogshead, with
heavy rocka for pressure. It touk a
good deal of time and trouble, but the
cheese seemed to be a success. It
worked very nice, aud was immensely
large.
'It will brim u (rood mice if I havu
any kind of good luck," said Nnthnn,
"and will go a long way toward paying
off the mortgage."
All the family stood around nnd ad
mired It it was so big, and promised so
much. Sophy led the baby, who was
learning to walk, around it sovcral
times. Tho two boys wanted it cut;
but their mother totd them nothing
would be so nice as to sell it, and to pay
for their house, so that nobody could
take their homo away. They went to
bed then, and one and all dreamed of the
big cheese.
The next morning the children's father
said :
"I am going to town."
And his wife said: "I will go with
you, and get a little stuff to make jackets
for the boys."
"Will you take the baby?"
"No, I will leave him with Sophy.
He is a very good with her."
They were delayed a little by two old
farmers coming in to look at tho big
cheese, but at length they got off. Lizzy
started oil with an unusual sense of com
fort and security.
"Sophy is a very good girl," she said.
"I only wish she were brighter and bet
ter favored. I don't like a girl to be so
plain and quiet."
"Oh, handsomo is as handsome does,"
replied Nathan.
Yes, Sophy seemed a little dull, and,
with her pale hair, pale eyes, and her
pale cheeks, was not at all pretty; but
she washed the dishes, and coaxed the
baby into being conteuted, and made
hasty pudding for tho boys' dinner very
faithfully. She was as sober and steady
ns a little old woman. But she smiled
on tho baby, and nursed the ailing
chicks, nnd always looked out that the
cat was fed. She seemed to havo a fel
low feeling for all dependent creatures;
so one could see her quietness wqi not
moioscness.
Nothiug went wrong in the little house
until afternoon. Then a shaky old wagon
drovo into the yard, and two dark, ill
kempt men got out. Sophy went to tho
door, and they begged for something to
eut. Whilo she hesitated, listening to
tho whisper of little II i ram behind her,
"them's gypsies, Sophy," ono of tho men
thrust his elbow against the door.
"Let's eeo what you have in hero," he
said.
Both of tho men pushed in, and the
children were forced to yield.
The former looked about them. Tho
kitchen wes neat and cool. One began
looking from tho various windows; the
other went into tho buttery, whero he
found a dried apple pie, which he com
menced to eat. Then tho man at tho
windows looked at the children, and
they looked gravely back at him.
"I say," said he; and his listeners cer
tainly gave him all needed attention.
"Whcre'p th' big cheese I"
"Hold on a minute, Jim," called the
big black follow in tho buttery. "Sure
all's clear?"
"Yes. There's nothing in sight."
"There's no hurry, then. I'm hun
gry." "Oh, dash the eatin'I" returned the
other. But, he too, went into the but
tery to have a look about. For an in
stant tho three children standing wide
eyed, in the centre of the big kitchen,
wero unobserved.
"Go out th' side door still now,"
whispered Sophy to Hiram. "Creep
through the bushes up to Mr. Arthurson's
don't let 'cm see you an' bring some
one quick!"
As the boy disappeared, the men came
out of the buttery.
"Look here, girl I Where's tho big
cheese?"
Sophy did not speak. The men began
to frown.
"Noneo' that! You'll have to tell,
yo know," said one.
Little Sammy began to cry.
"Let th' young ones alone," said tho
other man. "It is iu the house, 'of course.
Whero docs this door go to? Where
does that;one go?"
"The baby's there," said Sophy
quickly. "He's asleep dou't disturb
him."
Tho men pushed their way into a shed
room. Sophy turned instantly, nnd
pulled Sammy into tho other, which was
bare, shuded, and almost empty. But
thero was tho baby, asleep upon an old
settee, and there, upon the floor, was the
big cheese 1 Thoro was little else. Mrs.
Salton had been in to habit, during the
summer, of placing the, child hero, nwny
from the light aud files 'for his afternoon
nap.
Catching up the baby, Sophy flung tho
blauket and pillow ou the cheese, and
laying the little fellow down on them
again, placed Sammy upon one side and
sat down on tho other, hushing and talk
ing to the child, who sat up ou his strange
couch and began crying vigorously. The
men, who had been starching through
the house, came back.
"Say, now," said one, "that cheese is
neither in the houso or barn. Whero is
it?"
'It's too heavy for th' old wagon, I
Vl'eve, anyway," said the other.
Sophy got up, and taking oil tho long
apron iu which she was enveloped,
spiead it over the baby's lap so that it
euvnred a spot where she could see the
cheese's edge.
"Can't you speak, you girl? How
much does it weigh, anyway?"
"The girl's a fool," said other.
Sophy sat closer on the edge of the
big cheese and speechlessly dangled a
spool on a string for tho baby, warning
Sammy (who iu his fear sat somewhat
uneasily) not to move.
"I'm bouud to havo it I tell you!"'
exchiiulfcd the more determined of the
men, taking her by tho arm. "Look
here," he added, shaking her, "you
know enough 1 Where did galton put
that cheese?"
Sophy trembled, hut did not stir, aud
Scsimy begau to whimper.
"lliild ou," said the more pacific ras
e:il. "Don't raiso a row with the young
ones, r.u' I'll tell you a better job, Jim.
Tli it ere baby tee?"
The men exchanged glances. Sophy
looked up at them.
"l'whl Sallou's poor!" ewid oue.
"Arthursou's got money,!' returned
the other. "He'd stand by him."
"Too much of a job. Th' young one
'11 yell so!"
"Gaghim. My woman '11 keep him
all safe till we get the swag."
Poof little Sophy turned white. The
spool dropped from her nerveless hand.
She cast a glance nt Ihe window. The
blind was tightly closed.
"All right," she heard one say. "(Jo
out and turn th' horse and bring in my
ole coat. I'll sag th' baby int that."
As the other obeyed, the remaining
wretch picked up the spool, and ap
proached tho child, apparently with the
intention of thrusting it into his mouth.
Sophy stood up.
The next instant she had snatched the
shoe from ber foot, struck the man a blow
iu the faco with tho heel that mado him
reel, and clutching the child by tho belt
of its dress, sprang to the door.
"Help I help! help!" she screamed,
piercingly.
Two burly, resolute men ran into the
yard followed by little Hiram, Arthur
son's men; and before tho evil fellow in
the house could escape, they were on him.
During the tussle of securing him, the
other escaped on foot, leaving his team.
Meamwhile, poor frenzied Sophy ran
down the road with baby, head down
wards, but tightly held until, at the
turnpike's end, she ran straight into the
arms of Mr. Salton and his wife, and
then fainted dead away.
They brought her back. The poor,
weak, overwrought child had swooniug
spells at night; but Mrs. Salton held her
in her arms, and could not be kind
enough to the lovely, faithful young
thing who was never lonely again. The
good couple took her into their hearts
with a warmth and completeness which
left nothing to be desired. They mado
her a daughter in every sense of the
word.
The law disposed of the villain Jim,
so that he, nor his mute, never were seen
by the Saltons again. The horse, which
was a good one, fell to their lot. The
price of tho big cheese, exhibited at a
Surge fair, brought the sum of its worth
several times over tho money being re-
turned to the happy maker. This, added
to a good amount for which the horse
was finally disposed or, paia on tne
mortgage on the cottage ; and the Sal
tons are now prosperous nnd happy.
Yankee Blade.
Manufacture of Bobber Goods.
England is the country where the
mackintoshes and silk gossamers are
manufactured. Those used in Europeau
countries are all imported from Lou
don and Manchester. Tho first gfs
sumcrs were manufactured in this country
in the early seventies at Boston. They
were made in the beginning under a
patent, and the sum of $10 was then
charged for a gossamer that can now bo
bought for $1. This cheapening in the
article is altogether due to the fact that
the patent has expired. The English
goods sold here nre the rubber and cloth
of tho finer makes. Ordinary rubber
clothing is not imported, but is entirely
the result of American industry. The
rubber manufacturing centers of the
United States are Massachusetts, Con
necticut, New York and New Jersey, but
Massachusetts leads them all in the im
portance of the traflic and quality of the
output. The workers m these rubber
goods are a well-paid lot of people.
Rubber is bought in bulk, in chunks ana
barrels from Para, Brazil. Chicago
spends every year fully $1,000,000 for
its rubber goods. Chicago 1'ou.
Cost of Running Europeau Steamers.
Reliable data concerning the cost of
running the fast European steamers have
hitherto been difficult to obtain. Some
statistics of tha voyage of tho Normanuia,
tho magnificent addition to the Hamberg
Americau line, have been colllected, and
as the figures apply practically to a run
of tho City of Paris from New York to
Liverpool, they aro interesting. When
tho Normanuia starts on au eastward
voyage she carries nearly 3000 tons of
coal in her bunkers, nud it costs about
Sa.OOnton. Tho stokers daily shovel
into her furnaces between 250 and 300
tons. The expenditure for coal approxi
mates $1000 a day, or $3000 for the
voyage, All cxpeuses included, it may
be said that ono trip of the Normanuia
costs its owners not less thau $25,000.
The receipts from all classes of passen
gers ou a good midsummer trip are over
$50,000. Usually the Noruiaunia carries
8U0 tons of freight, which, at the trans
portation rate of about $10 a ton,
amounts to $S000. A'eio York Com
mercial Adiertiter.
Diamonds to lie Fouud iu America.
Major Powell, of the Geological Sur
vey, says that diamond fields ure likely
to be developed iu the United States.
He says that diamonds of fine water have
already been found near Atlanta, Ga.,
and in Russell County, Ky. He believes
that systematio investigation would lead
to valuable discoveries of precious stoues.
Garnets, some of them worth 170 and
(ISO each, have been shipped Eust to tho
amount of hundred of pounds by the
Nuvnjo Iudiaus, and somo exceptionally
line specimens have been found iu Vir
ginia. Opals of gieat value have been
found in Oregou. Turquois mining is
rapidly developing lu Colorado. It h:is
been pursued with more or less succes
in New Mexico for somo time. The
Virginian garnets are said to be superior
in luster to tho fiu'"tjrodu.cts of Ceylon.
Chicago Inter- (Juan.
Mirrors of Wood.
Iu Germany wood with a mirror polish
is coming iuto use for ornamental pur
poses iu place of metal. Tho wood is
first submitted to a bath of caustic alkali
for two or three days at a temperature of
about 175 degrees Fahrenheit, then
dipped in hydrosulphate of calcium fo
tweuty-iour or thirty-nine hours, aftei
which a concentrated solution cf sulpbui
is added. After another dip iu au ace
tutu of lead solution ac about 100 de
jrees, a shiuiug metallic surface is given
0y polishing when dry with lead, tin oi
iiuc. Afi Yolk KWey'O.
SCIENTIFIC AND IN9VST1UAL.
Artificial musk is a recent chemical
achievement.
Glue from whale refuse is a now ar
ticle of commeice in Russia.
Electricians are beginning to look
tbout for a substitute metal for copper.
A stenographio instrument used by tha
Italian Parliament is capable of record
ing 250 words a minute.
A rich deposit of mercury has beca
found three feet below the surface at
Mantche, near Wippach, Austria.
A lighthouse built of masonry or con
crete is said to be the only thing that
can stand the terrific force of the seas on
Hatterat Shoals.
Silk from paper pulp is mode smooth
and brilliant, has about the same elastic
ity as ordinary silk, and is about two
thirds as strong.
According to Dr. Chaille, woman's
average life is longer than man's, and in
most parti of the United States her ex
pectation of life is greater.
Dr. Koch of Berlin, who claims to be
sble to cure consumption by inoculation,
is about to begin experiments on human
patients who are afflicted with tubercu
losis. Professor Mendenhall, tho new chief
of tho United States Coast Survey, is
about to attempt to locate anew the
magnetic pole of the northern hemi
iphere. Blackening the nose and cheeks under
the eyes has been found an effectual pre
ventive of snow blindness or the injur
ious effect of the glare from illuminated
mow to eyes unaccustomed to it.
It is proposed securing knife blades
to the stern bearings of steam launches,
for tho purpose of cutting the weeds as
:he vessel steams along, with a view of
preventing the screw from fouling.
Natural gas has become so scarce at
Pittsburg, Pcnn., that many of the lead
ing iron works cannot ruu full time, and
ihe probability is that they will be
obliged to roturn to tho use of coal.
A new material called rubber velvet is
made by sprinkling powdered felt of any
;olor over rubber cloth while tho latter
is hot and soft. The result looks like
felt cloth, but is elastic, waterproof -:id
exceedingly light.
There is as yet no satisfactory machine
for cutting cornstalks in the fiold. Self
binding reapers are used in some locali
ties to cut the smaller varieties of corn,
but for large, fully matured sorts these
io not work well.
In some niuety species of plants grow
ing both on the coast nnd in the interior
of France, Pierre Lesago has found that
proximity to the sea causes a thickening
)f the leaves. Artificially salted soil
produces the same result.
Soveral doctors hove been sent by the
Russian Government to Asia Minor to
test by experiment the treatment of
:holcra with thoFcrubiaSumbul, a plant
jrowing in Turkestan and possessing
inti-spasmodic properties.
Experiments, it is announced, are being
;onducted in the channel near Folko
itone, England, for the purpose of test
ing tho geological structure of that por
tion of the sea bed upon which it has
oeen proposed to construct a bridgo
across tho straits.
Compressed air, instead of steam, will
probably be used in our cities to operate
machinery. The pipes for its traunnis
lion will be laid three feet below the sur
face; tho air, besides giviug power, will
rcntilate workshop. Eugincers who
save examined it say it will be a great
improvement over steam power.
How They Catch Herriug.
All the herring taken by Newhavon
(Scotland) fishermen are sold for fre:ih
iousuraption iu Edinburgh and its
luburbs, the greater portion hawked as
"Caller (fresh) herring!" by the Newha
von fishwives themselves. Quest for
these delicious fish is made in evcr-vory-ing
portions of the Forth from opposito
Newhuven itself to tho open sea beyond
the famous Bass Rock, the "season" con
tinuing from July 18 to the 7th of Sep
tember. If the boats nro goiug a long
distance, they depart at daybreak; if but
fifty or sixty miles they leave at noou. In
either case they mako 11 beautiful picture
against the dark emerald background of
tho bold Fifeshire hills to the north.
Each boat carries a "fleet" of from fifty
to sixty nets, each net about sixty yards
long and eighteen yards in width, aud
tho crew of each boat as it passes out to
sea aro engaged in "fishing down,"
which means stowing away tho nets in
the hold ready for paying out on arrival
at the fishing grounds. Here they drift
with the tide until tho instant the "suu
tak's th' hill," that is, the moment it bo
urns to disappear behind tha horizon.
Tho joined nets, which are provided with
buoys every forty yards, ure then "shot"
in a half hour's time ; white lights aro
hoisted that the little craft wh ch con
tinues to drift with the tide, may not be
rundown bypassing channel steamers;
supper is had; and all, save ono lookout,
turn iu to their bunks for sleep until 2
o'clock in the moruiug. Commercial Ad
certiter. Extraordinary Japanese Weaving.
Au extraordinary piece of Japanese
weaving is now ut the exhibitiou in
Tokio. It is known as isuzuie-ori, or
pierced weaving. It is ouo of great size,
and the dtuigu is equestrian uichery, uu
old-world accomplishment in Japan, und
one which is frequently used for pur
poses of illustration and desigu by Japan
ese artists. Tho price asked for it was
J10.000. The distinctive feature of this
kind of weaving is that the whole mar
gin of the design is perforated like tho
joining of postage stumps, so that when
the whele piece la held up to tho light
the design of the artist seems to be sua
peuded in the body of the stuff. Iu
Jnpan this kind of weaving has been re
garded as a tour do force of tho artist,
ami it is believed that Ihe piece Is thu
largest and finest e'2r piulUCid. CsiH
I mtiniui Adeei liner.
COUNTRY LIFE IN CHILI.
PRIMITIVE WAYS OF LIVING NXAR
THE ANDES.
rialn Kooil and Clothing or the Na
tiven ;V PrnfiiHloii of 'Water
melons Tho Imitative 'Peonea."
Agricultural Chili is a pleasant and in
teresting country to visit. The scenery,
suggesting memories alternately of Cali
fornia, Switzerland nnd Northern Italy,
is both grand and charming. Nothing
can bi seen more majestic and impressive
than tho main ridge of the Andes, with
the volcanic peaks white with snow,
while occasionally toward the south some
crater shoots up volumes of smoke and
lava, as Villa Rica did about the time
that I was at Traigucn. Nothing can bo
more charming than tho scenery along
the Rio Bio-Bio, whoso sinuous banks
the railway follows between San Roscndo
and Concepcion. Iu pnrts this ricr, the
longest nnd broadest in tho Republic,
having a course of 222 miles, reminds
one of the Loire, except that it flows
continuously between sloping Bnd often
wooded hills. Like the Loire, it is full
of shifting sand banks, some of clean,
yellow saud, others of black volcanic
sand ; and these, ns the water varies in
depth, give to the surface a moire of vio
let nnd yellowish green. As for tho rus
tic population, and tho incidents of life
along the road, they offer plenty of ma
terial for the painter, nnd food for re
flection to the student of manners.
Here indeed is primitive civilization,
needing no house lumituro, no comfort,
very elementary clothing, and only tho
simplest forms of ceramic ware. What
plainer food could be found than bread,
beans nnd onion pic? What more natural
drinking vessel than a calabash? What
less complex vestment than tho "pon
cho?" What shoe more easily made thnu
a bit of cowhide tied on with thongs?
What more refreshing and obvious com
bination of food and drink than the fami
liar watermelon, winch would seem to bo
tho chief nnd only nourishment taken by
many of the poorer Chilians? In tho
stations you sec whole trains loaded with
watermelons. In the towns watermelons
aro sold in twerv shon. nnd ltilcs of them
nrn fitnnUnfl in in clrrfitd wlinriivnr tlw.rn
U nn nnpn.nir hri.nVf.wt. nhil'l. (in thn
steamers that ply between the pnrts of
tho Pacific tho decks aro encumbered
with the inovitablo melons, nnd the wnter
in the harbors is covered with the float
ing rinds of empty ones. In no other
country have I seen such universal
consumption of watermelons except
nlong the banks of tho Dai.v.be, whero the
peasants are no better lodged and no
better fed than those of Chili. All this
I say not in dispraise of the Chilian "pe
ones." Ou the contrary, I am convinced
thut they aro fine fellows in their way
and splendid workers, especially by tho
piece. No Europeans can surpass them
in strength and endurance. Above all,
no Europeans could exist in th 3 samo
conditions of alimentation nud habita
tion. In Chili tho "peonies" live lit
erally like pigs, both in the country and
in the towns, regardless of hygiene or
even tho most ordinary sanitary precau
tions. The consequence is that infant t
mortality is great; tho infants die liko I
flies, aud tiioso who survive nre only j
the strongest and tho fittest. This rural
nud urban working population is igno- )
rant, though not unintelligent. Tho ,
"peoues" can rarely read or write, but
they havo a natural talent for imitation, i
and when once they have been shown
how to do a thing they will go on doiug
it; thus they learu iu a few lessons to
muuago agricultural machinery, aud
when they have once learned they do not
forget. As for morality, it is to be
tcared that they have but little. They
nre not afraid of death themselves, and
have not much respect for the life of
others, and both men and women alike
appear to have inherited a fair dose of
superstition nnd many queer beliefs from
their Iudiuu ancestors, together with a
number of silly remedies. The women,
when they have a headache, paste rounds
of paper 011 their temples, or tho pip of
a watermelon. If they feel anything the
matter with their eyes they will plaster
their cheeks over with leaves. Indeed,
you rarely sec a woman who has not
something struck ou her face. All theso
defects, all these superstitions, ami all
this neglect of the laws of hygiene Presi
dent Ualmaccila hopes to eradicate by
education, and therefore, vu see, not
without surprise, iu rustic townships liko
Traigucn, lino school-houses being built,
at n cost of 'JO.OUO, before there is yet
a single brick house within thu district.
This policy of building schools an d pro
moting education is being actively carried
on throughout Chili. Wherever you go you
see a fine school being built, and at no
great distance from it au equally line
uew prison, and the chances an; that the
cells of tho latter will bo tilled sooner
than the classrooms of tho former.
However, the education of tho masses
has been one of the great cards of mod
ern republicanism iu Europe and iu tho
United States, and it is therefore not as
tonishing to find imitative Chili follow
ing iu the wake, perhaps a little hastily
and a little blindly. Ilarjur't M ij izinc.
Tho Destroy In; Sand Wave.
Born of the wind nnd the sea, ou tho
sandy beaches of Capes llatleras and
lleulopeu is a curious natural phenome
non. A mammoth wave of sand, that
towers aloft like a sea wave, even curliug
over in places liko a huge breaker, is
rolling inland irresistably, and lacking
ouly tho clement of speed in its career to
carry such terror to the hearts of tho in
habitants as is inspired by sea waves that
tollow un earthquake, for the dcatruc
tiveness of the band wave is limited ouly
by its scope. Though similar iu origin,
substance und motive power, there is yet
so much dilferenco between the two
waves iu form, extent and speed of trav
el, and in the actual destruction of
property, that each is a study in itself.
Especially noticeable is tho dill relice iu
the devastation wrought, for while 0110
is laying wasto a forest of small value,
the other is burying inexorably a liumlied
lowly homes. H.r,linr.
THE ROSE OF DAWN.
How mockingly the morning dawns for me.
Since thou art gone, where no pursuing
speech, '
No prayer, o farthest-sounding cry can
reach!
I call and wait the answer to my plea
Bat only hear the storn, dividing sea
(That pauses not, however I besoeeli)
Breaking, and breaking on tho distant
beach
Of that far land whereto thy soul did
flee.
Do happy suns shine on thee where thon
artt
And kind stars light with friendly ray
thy nigbtf
And strange birds wake with music
strange thy mornt
This beggared world, where thou no mora
hast part.
Misapprehends the morning's young
delight.
And the old grief makes t'ue new day
forlorn.
Louise Chandler Moulton, in Century.
IIUM0K OF THE DAY.
A magazine article Gunpowder.
A finger wring The thumb-screw.
Fowls share at least one attribute of
mankind The good die young.
Summer brings lcavo of absence, but
autumn brings absence of leaves.
It looks funay, but a sinking fund is
the means of raising n debt. Union
Gazette.
Tho mosquito is a desperately wicked
creature. It never rests till it g:ts "be
hind the bar3." Puck.
Why is Pennsylvania liko a good sol
dier? Becauso it is well drilled, of oourse.
Cotton Commercial lull:tiii.
Never call a man another unless you
know what you aro talking about, and
be careful then. Nsu York World.
If you'd have mo
And 1'J have you
Why, you'd bo won
And I'd b?, ton.
Xew York Herald.
Lady (to applicant for place) "Are
vou a ulain cook?" Applicant "Well,
Is'poselcud be purtier." Cinghaintoii
I XjCldcr,
I A mountain side makes the
best pas
ture for young cows, because climbing
tends to streugthed the calves. Codon
Journal.
When a fly alights on your hand you
can't tell whether ho is sitting or stand
ing. But it is a diilercut thing with a
bee. Statetman.
lie (reading) "Then their lips met,
nnd " Sho (interrupting) "Was it
a protiacted meeting, I wonder!" Car
lington Ftce Press.
Magistrate "Wero you prisiut whin
the assault was committed on ye?" Wit
ness "May it please the Coort, I had
jitt got there." Harper1! Jlaiar.
Edwin "And you'll ulways bo truo
to me, Angelina?" Angelina "Why do
you doubt me, Edwin?" Edwiu "Oh,
you're too good to bo true." Lie.
Cobwigger "Why doss n womau have
her pocket where it's so hard to get nt
it?" Merritt "So that she can stick
her friend for the car fare." tJioch.
Billy "So you have returned from
your bridal tour. What did you seo on
your trip thut pleased you most?"
John "My wife." Toronto Kmmre.
Although phe's fast, ami snv)kosall day,
Men look on her with proui e-notiou;
Admired by all she makes her wuy
The steamer called "the (Jueen of Oeoan."
fuel;.
When a man is caught he owns up and
says the woman did it. When a woman
is caught sho swears it is not so, and
cries to corroborate her oulh. National
Weekly.
"What nro your potatoes, Mr. Scales?"
"Thirty-five cents a peck." "They are
only thirty at Mr. Bushel's." "Why
dou't you buy some there?" "Ho hasu't
auy." Sea York Sun.
"Left your purse at home, eh! Well,
I can't lend you ten dollars, but I cau put
you iu tho way of getting it at once.
Here's a nickel. Take a car home and
get your purse." Chatter.
Simmons "That is a rather peculiar .
stouo you are wearing, Ti'ninons. Must
be something rare, is it not'" Timmius
"Very rare stone, indeed, my boy.
That is au lS'JO peach stone." Indian
ajKitit Journal.
Stage Manager "Mr. Heavy, you will
tako the part of.Alouzj." Mr. Heavy
"I have never seen this play. I)j you
think I can please tho audience in that
part?" Stage Manager "Immensely.
You die iu tho first uct." AV.a York
Weekly.
"What a queer namo you have, Miss
Boogluspeegle!" ho said, alter ho hBd
asked her once or twice to prouounco it
for liim. "Well," sho responded, with
just tho sweetest smile, "you know what
you can do with that'uuuie, Mr. Smith."
Wa&hinaUm &tar.
"How human that instrument is!" re
marked Gale at the antutcur miisicale.
'Do you notice how it throbs aud Highs?
Ita Hindus" "You're right; it doci,"
assented Jack Pott, ns ho watched n
muscular young woman pound the keys
out of shape. "It's a wonder to 11m it
doesn't burst a blood-vessel!" Dig
Uoattt Chronicle.
Old Lady (at Tampa Kay) "Mj
daughters want to go sailing. Cau you
swim?" Yacht Skipper "No muni."
Old Lady" My goodness! What
could you ilo if auy thing should liappeu.'''
Yacht Skipper "l'leise, muni, when
the man wot does the sailiu' cau't s-.viiu
hu's mighty keerful not to let unytluag
happen, "(rood .Yi'ir.
A dog was burking at tho moon w '.ici
a sac inquiicd v.hy lie did so, a. lain ;
that ho could not possibly ad'eet the great
luminary one way or the ote.er, ami that
:t seemed a useless waste 01 energy. "lh,
it isn't that it makes any diilereueo with
the nioou," replied tbo ciuinc; "lint I
want the other dogs in this neighborhood
to know that I am not d a I." Moral .
We never know that some m -u have been
buried until we miss lUfil bKtjiti'. Ve
il vit Vtt Pi Hi.