7
YOUNG
II KAMA
Hill after hills,
A sea of billows,
And everywhere a brook
.With feathery willows.
Fern-scented woods
In every glade.
Where ghostly silver birches
Haunt the shade.
-i
Fringing the roads,
The happy summer flowera
While lazily away
The sunny hours.
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Cupid and the
BX DR. It.
s.
I ADMIT that tlie six-shooter. In its
Its palmy days, was much oftcner
a weapon of offense than of de
fense, and was largely the cause
f lawlessness and bloodshed; and the
mere knowledge that he was an ex
pert In Its use caused many a man to
draw it when otherwise he would not
have done so. But, like every other
evil, it was not an unmixed one. mid
,wfts not "pulled" invariably with blood
letting intent. A six-shooter figured
prominently in one of the prettiest
little romances I ever knew of, and
no blood was spilled, either. But tlie
hand of time has to n great extent
drawn the veil over those days, nnd
they linger only in the memories of the
old-timers who are left and who"
"Here, mau, don't excite our curi
osity in that way, by suggesting an In
teresting story, and then quietly pro
ceed and leave it untold," said one of
the listeners.
"That's what I say," "Certainly,"
"Of course," "By all means," came in
chorus. "Let us have the episode in
.which the deadly revolving machine
.figured."
A group of men, several "forty
niners" among them, were gathered in
one corner of a Los Angeles hotel ro
tunda, talking of their i'ormer experi
ences in the gold fields, and comparing
the men and the methods of that lurid
period tha days of the pick, shovel,
iwashing-pan and revolver with present-day
mining methods, machinery
and men.
"It was more than an ep sode, gen
tlemen; it was an event, jn the lives
of two of those concerned," said the
first speaker. 'Tor Stove Daniels,
knight of the six-slioot?r, it was per
haps -only nn episode. Later, he but
that's another story.
"In 18(0 1 was working a claim at
Monito, in Nevada Cpunty, and doing
fairly well. More than a year had
passed since pay-dirt was struck, nnd
there were some 800 or 1000 people in
the camp, and saloons, of course, in
proportion. The 'Golden Eagle' was
one of the most popular of these, nnd
Steve Daniels wag the bright particular
star among its frequenters. It was
reported that he had formerly been a
cowboy, and an unusually quiet,
peaceable member of the unquiet
calling, until after the death of his
svife. He soon after came to the dig
gings, bringing with him his little boy,
about three years old, and Manuel, a
Mexican, whose special business it was
to look after the child, though he in
cidentally acted as cook nlso.
"Daniels, who was "one of the early
arrivals at Monito, staked a claim and
stuck closely to business for some
time; that is, until his first gun-play.
.When sober he was an easy-going, low
gpoken fellow, Just the kind a bully
would select to Impose on, and this
one of that class was deceived into
doing not long after the rush to Mon
ito. He was buried next day, nnd
Daniels' reputation as a remarkably
quick and accurate shot was duly es
tablished. He fired three times and
yet we could find but one hole through
the man's body, and that not much
larger than the opening usually made
by one ball from n regulation six
shooter, the bullets having scarcely
.varied a line.
"After that Daniels got on Rprees
periodically, and while they lasted he
let himself loose for the fun there was
In it. He did not fear God nor regard
man when drinking, but drunk or sober
lie loved his child with every throb
of his hea.L And 'Nugeto,' for that
,wag the name given him oy Manuel,
because of his golden curls, wag as
sturdy, handsome- and cute a little
fellow bb oue would wish to see. As
an off-hand swearer be waj about the
easiest and most accomplished within
the limits of his vocabulary that 1
ever heard. He was given many a
pinch of gold-dust by those reckless
miners in exchange for 'cuss words
end as his list lengthened his pile
increased.
"Manuel seemed really fond of the
boy, and no one could have taken
better care of him; that is, while he
iwas on duty. - But the Mexican was
like hiB employer in oue respect, he
.would go on jamborees. On these
occasions he always disappeared, how-
ever, and was usually gone several
.weeks. Daniels accepted these little
defections as a matter of course, never
touched a drop while Manuel was
absent, but attended strictly to the boy
and the claim. By the time the Mexi
can returned Dauiels had dUBt enough
on hand to enable him to act the part
. or. master or ceremonies at the Golden
Eagle with satisfaction to himself nnd
hia friends. He was having Lis fling
one nigut, soon after Manuel's return,
twnea some one remarked that a tender
loot had come in on the afternoon
tage.
" 'Trot him out, then,' ordered Steve.
'Some of you fellows go and get him
and I'll furnisk the fun.'
"Two of them went out and re
SUMNER.
X. LI KB.
At hide-end-seek
Among the maple treesj
The sun in varied mood
l'lays through the leaves.
Wide pastures bare.
With lichen-covered rocks;
Above, the mackerel clouds,
In little flocks.
A far cascade,
A bridal veil of white.
Greets with its murmurings
The coming night.
Outing.
SixShooter
B. BILL,
a-
turned in a few minutes with a
slender, city-bred looking young man,
apparently about twenty-five or twenty-six
years old.
" 'There's the man that wanted to
see yon.' one of them said, pointing to
Daniels.
"'What can I do for you?' asked
the stranger, pleasantly.
" We're fceliu' sorter cull an" want
you to entertain us some,' drawled
Daniels. 'Our entertainments gen'rally
begin by settin' them up to the crowd.
Got no conscientious scruples, have
you?' winking' at the others. 'Never
romisei our mother on her ryin' bed
that you'd die before you took a drink,
or anything of that sort, did you?'
Never,' answered the tenderfoot.
and as I came here expecting to locate,
and wish to get acquainted, I know
of no quicker way. Barkeeper, drinks
for the crowd, please.'
'So frank and pleasant was he in
words and manner that Daniels was
slightly taken aback for the moment;
but the drinks were swallowed with
will.
" 'The l'ext thing on the programme,'
said Daniels as the last glass was re
turned to the bar, 'is the light fantas
ia Not a member of the church, are
you?' with another wink.
I am,' he replied; '"out my church is
not one of those that prohibits dancing
occasionally. The Scriptures tell us
here is a time for all things, and
I suppose this is my t'me to dance.
I am a vry ordinary performer, but
will do what I can.'
"Throwing oft his hat and coat he
began a light, graceful heel-and-toe
dance. This he kept up for several
minutes and then stopped.
Here, what lo you mean by quit-
tin' so noon";' growled Daniels. 'I
didn't give you the vord to stop!'
"'Why, I'm tired,' was the answer.
"Tired" roared Daniels, whipping
out his guu. 'There's no such word as
tired in our dictionary; leastways, for
you! Wh?n we're tired we'll say so.
Till then, you move them tender feet
of yours, and move 'cm lively! Look
out, now!'
He fired as he spoke, f.ud the
bullet cut half its thickness through
the edge of his victim's shoe-sole.
"For a moment an expression of
startled surprise flashed into the young
man's eyes.
If I must, I must,' he then said
quietly, and began to dance again.
" 'Faster! Faster!' ordered Daniels,
emphasizing his commands with shots
from his gun, and' it seemed miraculous
that he could shoot so close to those
moving feet and not hit them.
"He had fired the last shot in one
revolver and was drawing the other,
when a small golden-haired figure,
dressed in miniature miner's costume
red flannel shirt, rough trousers, stuck
in boots and held up by suspenders
stood in the doorway, looked about
the room, and seeing Daniels ran up to
him, clasped his legs, and cried:
'Take me, daddy! Me so hot an'
tired an' sleepy! So vehy sleepy,
daddy!'
"Catching Nugeto to his breast
Dauiels asked: 'How did you get here?
Where s Manuel?'
'He's gone! Me emnnied all the
way by myself. Me not 'fruid"
Well, I'll be ' Daniels paused
suddenly, and, searching the boy's face
with anxious solicitude, asked: 'What
ails you, anyhow? Tour face is all
breakln' out!'
" 'I will tell you what ails him,'
said the stranger, after looking closely
at the child; 'he has smallpox.'
Smallpox! roared the crowd as
one man, and they fell over each
other getting out.
'How do you know he's got it?
Whore you, anyhow?' demanded Dan
iels, threateningly.
" 'I'm a physician, come here to prac
tice my profession, and I tell you post
tively the child has smallpox. Are
there any cases in the camp?'
" 'Haven't heard of one.'
" 'I heard some rumor of the disease
as I came up from 'Frisco. Has no
one in camp been down that way re
cently, and returned?'
" 'My Mexicun cook has Just 1
Daniels paused suddenly and relieved
himself of a good long paragraph of
oaths. 'That's it,' he said, with con
viction; 'that greaser caught it some
where and brought it back with 'im
I noticed his face was mighty red the
day after ho got back, but thought it
was the drink. So he's give you the
smallpox, my Xugeto, an' then run
away to keep me from borin' his yeller
carcass full o' holes! But I'll find 'im
an' kill 'im 'fore the smallpox has a
chance to whether you live or die.
But, doctor,' his voice breaking, 'you
can Bttve him, can't you? You won't
let him die?"
"'I will certainly do my best; nnd,
with your help, I hope the chances are
good to pull him through.'
"And they pulled him through, but it
wai a very close call. The doctor took
hts patient to a vacant shack about a
mile from camp, and there he and
Steve nursed him day and night till
he was well. The doctor Collet was
his name, he said took such good pre
cautions that the disease dldu't spread,
and he and Daniels both escaped it.
"When Nugeto was back in camp
again nothing was too good for him
or tlie doctor. What with gunshot
wounds, cuts and bruises and ordinary
sickness, Collet was kept pretty busy.
He was always pleasant, but very
quiet; so much so that I told the boye
I believed he was troubled in his hear)
about something. And so it turned
out.
"Nearly a year after Collet's intro
duction that night to tho hangers-on in
the Golden Eagle, Daniels was initiat
ing another tenderfoot. This one was
smaller even thaii Collet; so small and
delicate looking, in fact, that the little
black mustache he wore seemed out of
place. He was plainly in a fearful
funk, so scared he couldn't talk, and
didn't know how to order drinks. II
only pretended to drink himself, and
sat his glass down full. When Dan
iels brought his fist down on the bar
nnd roared, 'Drink every drop of it and
be quick about it!' he made a desper
ate effort, but came near strangling,
and the glass fell and broke. His knees
were visibly shaking when the order
came to dance, nnd when Steve fol
lowed his command with a shot close
to the visitor's feet, there was a
scream a woman's piercing, terrified
scream and she fell back in a dead
faint, the false mustache breaking
loose as she struck the floor.
"Among those who rushed in at the
sound was Dr. Collet. As he bent ovet
the small, white-faced figure he uttered
an exclamation, and apparently forget
ting there was anybody else in thj
room, began pleading with her.
"'Edith, darling, look at me! Speak
to me" he said.
"'Hoys, I think we've got business
on the outside Just at this stage of the
game,' said Daniels, and we all went
out.
"Mike Brannon, the barkeeper, told
me afterward that she was not long in
coming to, and that then two soft,
white arms went round Collet's neck
and a mighty sweet voice said: 'Oh!
Arthur, how could you, why did you
go off in that awful way, trying to
make us all believe you were drownedl
I didn't know what to thiuk. Why did
you, Arthur?'
' 'Because,' he replied, 'I thought you
had fallen In love with Leonard Wells.
lie was just the kind of man (except
his poverty) that most women fancy
handsome, brilliant, full of audacity
and of manly proportions everything,
In fact, that I was not. I overheard
him say you had given him good reason
to believe you were In love with him,
and that he would marry you if I was
out of the way, and you had the entire
fortune. From what I had seen of
your manner toward him on more than
one occasion I believed he spoke the
truth, and, as I wished you to be happy
I made away with myself, or tried to
leave that impression. Then I came to
this out-of-the-way corner of the world,
changed my name and have been prac
ticing my profession. I thought I was
as good as burled alive. How did you
find me?"
" 'I did not, but detectives found you
for me. But I had told you I loved
you. Why could you not believe me?"
' 'Yon had not met Wells then. Did
you marry him after you thought I was
drowned?'-
' 'I did not think yon wore drowned.
My heart told me you were not. But I
would not have married Mr. WTells If
you had been, not if he had been the
last man on earth! I have loved yon
from the first, as I told you. Do you
believe" it now, or must I go back with
out you?'
' 'Yes. sweetheart,' he said. 'I do
believe it, and I hope you will forgive
me for doubting you. But tell me
how
" 'Not in this horrible place, Arthur.
Take me away, quick, and I will tell
you all about it when I take off this
coat and these other things.'
"Mike told me he cleared his throat
several times to let them know he was
there, but he might as well have beeu
back in Irelaud for all the attention
they paid him.
"We heard afterwards that not a
great while before Kendrick (for that
proved to be the doctor's real name;
came to Monito, a wealthy uncle in
San Francisco died, leaving a fortune
to him and the daughter of an old
friend. Jointly, on condition that they
married. If either should fail to carry
out his wishes he or she was to be cut
off without even the proverbial shilling
and the entire estate was to go to the
other. The rest you have heard."
"I suppose everything came out all
right?" ventured a listener.
"Of course. They are still living,
and have one of the handsomest hornet
in 'Frisco. And they did a good part
by Nugeto, too. When Steve Daniels
finally struck the wrong tenderfoot and
was killed, Kendrick and his wife took
the boy, brought him up, and he is now
a prominent business man of 'Frisco.''
Good Literature.
Hebrew In Jeruinlvm.
Yiddish is an archaic and corrupt
form of German extensively spoken by
Jews in many countries besides Ger
many itself. An instance of its popu
larity is given by a writer. In Jerusa
lem he met "a worthy man who de
nounced me for being unable to con
verse with him in Yiddish. 'You are
no Jew,' he protested, 'for you do not
know the Jewish language.' I an
swered that Hebrew was tlie Jewish
language nnd that I was quite willing
to speak to him In it. His rejoinder
was: 'I have no patience with this new
fangled idea of speaking Hebrew iu
Jerusalem.' " '
New York City's gross debt Is 018,
708,337, and the net debt $447,882,080.
The year's increase was f 48,000,000.
THB OLP W6ST.
BY "HUNTER."
YEARS ago it seems a great many
years ago to me I decided to
take Greeley's advice and "go
AVest." It required some little
nerve for a young man raised on a
farm iu New York State to leave his
friends and make a break alone into
the then almost unknown West. There
was a "frontier" then; now there is
uone.
I went to Junction City, Kan., and
then on foot south to the Santa Fe
Railroad, which was then Just being
built, and finally stopped where the
city of Wichltn now is. At that time
It was a military post. I could stand
there then, and looking southwest
across the Arkansas River, see the
whole country speckled with buffalo
as far as tho eye could reach. I stayed
there a few days, and then went on
up the river to what is now Hutchin
son. Here I met a man who told me
about the Medicine River country,
which was about 125 miles further
southwest. He represented It as being
a well timbered country, with quite
high bluffs along the streams, and as
all the country where I was then had
scarcely any timber, it looked very
dreary to me; besides, I had an Idea
of going Into the cattle business, so I
decided to go and look nt the Medicine
River country.
I bought a pony nnd we started. We
had heard of a camp of hunters, at
the junction of the Medicine nnd Tur
key Creek, who had a wagon trail into
Wichita. We went south, so as to
strike the wagon trail nud follow it to
their camp. I proposed taking along
some provisions, but my new friends
said there was no use buying or carry
ing supplies, as we could get all the
game we wanted; so we went without
any provisions.
Well, we started out, aud there
seemed to be a break in the buffalo,
as there were none in sight, and we
went on all the iivst day without a
chalice to kill anything; and slept that
night on the ground by a "chip" tire,
with nothing to eat and no timber In
sight. We were on what I afterward
learned was tho north fork of the Nin
isquaw River. The following day we
traveled all day and killed nothing
until night, when we stopped pn the
south fork of tho Ninisquaw, and I
killed a bird about as large as a robin,
which we roasted and divided between
us.
The following day we began to see
buffalo, and about noon came to a tim
bered stream, and within half an hour
I had killed a big turkey; and I think
that I never tasted any other turkey
quite so good as that was. We camped
there in the timber. No one knows
Just what a luxury timber is to camp
in for fuel, until they have camped
on tho bare prairie and burned chips.
That afternoon my friend killed a
buffalo, I was greatly surprised at the
size of the animal. I had seen the
buffalo robes that we used iu tho East,
and which at that time could be bought
for from $5 to $10, but they were small,
nnd I learned that the large ones were
never made into robes, as their great
thickness called for too much work
to dress them. White men never
dressed robes; the Indians did that, as
their time was worth nothing. A
squaw would work a month or two
tanning a hide; then her lord and mas
ter would trade it to a white man for
a plug of tobacco or a pint of firewater.
We went on the next day and reached
the hunters' camp, which was owned
by Captain Griffin, formerly of Dutch
ess County, New York. The following
fall Captain Griffin was killed by the
Indians about thirteen miles from his
camp on the head of Mule Creek. He
was a fine shot, and although he had
a wooden leg below the knee, he was
one of the best horsemen I ever saw.
It was by means of the wooden leg
that we were able to identify his bones
when we found his remains. He had a
needle gun, and In the buffalo wallow,
where his bones were, we found about
100 empty shells, which showed that
they had fought there for some time.
There was a man from Pennsylvania
by the name of Van Buren with Cap
tain Griffin at that time. We buried
their bones together.
The Medicine River country was an
Ideal one for game. The bottoms were
well timbered, and there were plenty
of red deer and turkeys In tlie timber;
the prairies were alive with buffalo
and antelope. Sometimes tho buffalo
would mass together and form a vast
herd, and when once started to run,
would go for no one could know how
long. I have seen a mass of them, say
half a mile wide and perhaps two miles
long, all on tho run iu a solid body.
They would come to a stream nnd go
roaring over the bluff and through the
water, and come In sight on the other
side, and the great black river of liv
ing animals would go pouring on across
the prairie. If something alarmed
those In front they would wheel like a
body of cavalry by the flunk, and on
they would go iu another direction.
While this great mass of animals
would be sweeping past, others would
be grazing or lying down, aud would
not appear to pay uny attcntiou to the
galloping herd, unless In front of it,
and then they usually joined the herd
and went with it. The numbers were
so great that it simply went past the
power of enumeration, and one might
as well attempt to count the sands on
the seashore. I saw them once in June
so thick that they nearly drank the
' small streams dry, and poisoned the
water so that It was almost impossible
to get any to drink.
The buffalo was a noble animal. Its
habits differ from those of the deer
famiiy entirely; with antelope, red
deer, elk, caribou and moose there is
a similarity in habits of them all, but
the buffalo has no relatives. When a
bull became old and was .-..'hipped he
became a social outcast, and was
driven from the herd, and no others
would associate with him. He wan
dered around by himself, and finally
became a prey to the wolves. Wher
ever there were buffalo there were
wolves. They would hang around the
outskirts of the herds and wait far a
chance for an old one or a cripple or
a calf.
A great deal has been written about
the wanton waste aud destruction of
the buffalo, the substance of which no
doubt Is correct; but did you ever stop
to think that it would be impossible to
operate a farm in a country where
buffalo roamed at will? A herd sweep
ing down across the country would
stamp the farm into the ground, nnd
a fence would be no more obstruction
to them than a spider's web. Stock
could not be herded In a buffalo conn
try; they would stampede tho cattle
and ruin a cattle man. They had to go,
The country that they had used for
ages civilization demanded for homes
for civilized men, and they had to go
the same as tlie Indians had to go.
When the buffalo disappeared, it
had one blessed effect; it compelled
the Indian to keep near the military
post, from when they drew their sup
piles. When the buffalo was plenty,
they could wander where they pleased,
and were sure of plenty to eat; they
could go on their devilish raids and
murder settlers, who, with their labor,
were striving to make homes for their
loved ones.
The buffalo are gone, nnd it would
have been a great blessing to humanity
if the Indian could have been wiped
off the face of the earth nt the same
time. The buffalo helped the settler to
meat, while at tho same time ho fed
the settler s enemy. His room was
needed. He roamed over this continent
in millions, accomplishing no good ex
cept to feed a race of vagabonds that
have left no trace of their ownership
on the face of the land except the
graves of their murdered victims,
Here, instead, are millions of homes,
where dwell n happy and contented
people. From the hilltop where the
worthless Iudiau watched for some
one to slay, now rises the church spire
or the flag of the school house. God,
in His supreme wisdom, never Intended
that this vast fertile continent should
belong to a few wandering barbarians'
when suffering humanity demanded it
as n place for Christian homes. Forest!
and Stream.
A Chicago In Korea.
The Koreans eat a great deal of
meat aud the raising of beef cattle
is an industry which promises to grow
most lucrative under Japanese direc
tion; but it must be under Japanese
direction, for the Koreans have no in
itiative. The hills of Korea, or at least!
the foothills of the verdureless peaks,
offer One grazing in some provinces,
and the common ca.tle bean that
grows thickly in almost any kind
of soil fattens very rapidly, and if th1
Japanese are wise they might make
Seoul in time an Oriental Chicago.
The Koreans themselves have no
niceties of selection as to the part of
an animal or fowl, and they consume
everything, from the entrails to the
hide, without wasting any time in tb
process of cleaning and dressing. Nor
do they consider cooking always .-. ne
cessity. In common with the Ameri
can Indian, they consider steaming
hot, fresh, raw liver, a groat delicacy
when it is dipped in a mixture of con
diments more oi less resembling Cbin
ese soy. I take the word of others for
this, because, having once witnessed
a government ."beef issue" to the In
dians near Ft Reuo, in Oklahoma, I
could not be induced to look voluntar
ily upon such another exhibition in any,
part of the world. The man who has
written the best "history of Korea" did
it before he ever set foot in the coun
try. He had at his command all the1
records in the Chinese language, which
he read as easily as his own, and he
dwells with great fjlee upon the Kor
ean "fatted calf," which is usually a1
fowl or animal of some sort cooked
and served without having been
marred by knife or water. A man whd
served such a feast is considered to be
a most generous host. Leslie Maga
zine. Caught Vie Hliitrk on FUli Line,
While fishing off the terminal dock
aliout noon yesterday N. Gonzales1
hooked an elgbt-foot shovel-nose shark
and drew It up to the dock with an or
dinary fish line.
The moustor was easily drawn In and
made but little resistance until a heav
ing line was thrown over him and the1
slip knot begau to tighten, and then
the fun commenced. The water was
lashed into foam for many feet around
and the strength of several men was
required to prevent its escape. Two
boat hooks were finally brought into
piny on the back and sides of the big
fish and very Boon it was conquered
and hauled on the dock. It was hid
eous and frightful looking and was
viewed by numbers of people in the
afternoon. Miami (Fla.) Record.
Americans An Paint triers.
It has been remarked that the Amer
lean people consume more paint, both
In the aggregate an'd per capita, than
any other people In the world. In a
recently published article on the sub
ject it was figured that our yearly
consumption is over 100,000,000 gallona
of paints of all kinds, of which over
one-halt ia used In the paintings of
houses.
The reason for this great consump
tion is- twofold: a large proportion of
our buildings, especially In small
towns and rural districts, are .con
structed of wood, and we. as a people,
are given to neatness and cleanliness.
For, take it all in nil, there is nothing
so cleanly or so sanitary as paint.
Travel where we will throughout the
couut.ry, everywhere we find the neat,
cheerful painted dwelling, proclaiming
at once the prosperity aud the self
respect of our population.
Fifty years ago this was not so;
painted dwellings, while common In
the larger cities and towns, were the
exception in the rural districts; be
cause, on the one hand, a large pro
portion of those buildings were tem
porary makeshifts, and, on the other
hand, because paint was then a luxury,
expensive nnd difficult to obtain in the
out-of-the-way places, and requiring
special knowledge and much prepara
tion to lit it for use.
The Introduction of ready mixed or
prepared paints, about 18(10, changed
the entire aspect of affairs. As the
Jack-of all-trndes told the Walking
Delegate in one of Octave Tunnel's
stories "Any ono can slather paint."
The insurmountable difficulty with
our predecessors was to get the paint
ready for "slathering." That the coun
try was ready for paint In a convenient,
popular form is shown by the imme
diate success of the Industry and its
phenomenal growth in fifty years from
nothing to (lO.ooo.OOO gallons the esti
mated output for 1000.
Some pretty severe things have been
written about and said against this
class of paints, especially by painters
nnd manufacturers of certain kinds of
paste paints. Doubirss In many In
stances these strict lies have beeu jus
tified and some fearfully and wonder
fully constructed mixtures have In the
past been worked off on the guileless
consumer in the fhnpe of prepared
paint. But such products have had
their short day and quickly disap
peared, and the too enterprising man
ufacturers that produced them have
come to grief iu the bankruptcy
courts or have learnel by costly ex
perience that honesty is the best pol
icy and have reformed their ways.
The chief exceptions to this mle are
some mail order houses who sell direct
to the country trade, at a very low
price frequently below the wholesale
ju ice of linseed oil. The buyer of such
goods, like the buyer of a "gold brick,"
lias only himself to blame if he find
Ills purchase worthless With gold
Felling at any bank or mint at a fixed
price owners of gold do not sell it at
a discount: and with lluseed oil quoted
everywhere at fifty to seventy cents a
gallon, manufacturers do not sell a
pure linseed oil paint at thirty or forty
cents n gallon.
The composition of prepared paints
differs because paint experts tave not
yet agreed as to tli- best pigments
nnd becnuse the tiailr results of tests
cm a large scale are constantly im
proving tlie formulas of manufactur
ers; but nil have come to the conclu
sion that the essentials of good paint
lire pure linseed oil. fine grinding and
thorough incorporation, nnd in these
particulars rll the products of repu
table manufacturers correspond; all
first class prepared paints are thor
oughly mixed nnd ground and the liq
uid base Is almost exclusively pure
linseed oil, the necessary volatile
"thinners" nnd Japan dryers.
The painter's opposition to snch pro
ducts is based Inrgely on self-interest-He
wanti) to mix the paint himself
and to be paid for doin It; and to a
certain class of painters it ia no rec
ommendation for a paint to say that It
will last five or ten years. The longer
n paint lasts the longer he will have
to wait for the job of repainting. The
latter consideration has no weight with
the consumer, nnd the former is a
false idea of economy. Hand labor
can never be as cheap or as efficient
as machine work, and every time the
painter mixes paint, did he but know
It, he is losing money, because he can
buy a better paint than he can mix
at less than it costs him to mix it.
I'repared paints have won, not only
on" their actual merits, but on their
convenience and economy. They are
comparatively cheap, and they are In
comparably handy. But when all is
said, the experienced painter is the
proper person to apply even n ready
mixed paint. He knows better than
any one else the "when" and "how"
and the difference between painting
nnd "slathering" Is much greater than
It appears to a novice. Every one to
his trade, and after all painting is the
painter's trade and not the household
er's. .
Early Training Does It.
Spoiled children are apt to develop
into spoiled men and women, for
what are these but children of larger
growth. Ill nature, the same as ill
manners. Is a result of improper
training In early childhood. The
child that is brought up to good man
ners will ever be well mannered. Its
manners will be unconscious, there
fore, easy and natural. Erasmus Wil
son. A Reticent Tombstone.
Dr. Sawyer, of Williston seminary
nt Easthampton, Mass., was discuss
ing the early education of the .oldyr
gereraticn. "It was not such as
people get now," he said, "but I am
not ashamed of it. When I think of
it I uin always reminded of an epitaph .
I once saw in a desolate little town.
It devoted two lines to the virtues of
the good woman burled there, con
cluding with this line:
" 'She averaged well for this vi
cinity.' " Everybody's Magazine.
Longest Underground Hello.
Tho longest underground tele
phone line in the world has recently
been completed, and extends from
New York City to New Haven, Conn.,
a distance of over 70 miles. If this
system proves to ba a Buccess, its ex
tension to other cities may be ex
pected very soon.
A London cabman has provided
against possible accidents by Invent
ing an automobile that can bo used
as such or drawn by a horse.
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