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THE COUNTY PAPER
Br DATENFORT fc DOI1TNS.
OREGON,
MO
ABLKKr.
HOSE TKIIRT COOKE.
in summtrtlme ho fair It showed I
Ms garden by tho village road,
Wbcro fiery e talks ot blossom glowed,
And roses softly blushed;
With azure spires, and garlands white,
iPale heliotrope, tjiesnn's delight,
.And odors that perfumed tho night
Where'er the south wind rushed.
There solemn purple panties stood,
Gay tulips red with floral blood,
And wild things fresh from field and wood,
Allvo with dainty grace.
Seep heaven-blue oells of columbine,
Tho darkly mystic passion-vine,
And clematis tbat loves to twine,
Bedecked that happy place.
Beneath tho strong unclouded blazo
Ot 1ur and fervent summer days
The colors smote tho passing gaze,
And dazzled every cyt.
Their cups of scented honey-dew
Charmed all tho bees that o'er them flew,
And butterflies of radiant hue
Paused as they floated by.
'.Now falls a cloud of sailing snow,
Tho bitter wIdJi ot winter blow,
"No blossom dares Us cup to show
Earth folds them In her breast;
A shroud ot white, a virgin pall,
Lis slowly, softly, hiding all;
in vain shall any sweet wind call
To break their silent rest.
My Harden Is a vanished dream,
Dead In tho wantag moon's cold beam,
dear Icicles abovo It gleam;
.And yet I know not how
My flowers will hear the dropping rain
'When spring rcnewcth hill and plain,
.And then It shall be mine again:
It Is God's garden now.
THE SNOW MAIDEN.
A ltusslan Story.
BY MAIIY KYI.E DALLAS.
N. Y. Ledecr.
Onoo upon n tlniotwo pcoplo who had
been married a great many years vroro
slttlnir bcsldo their stove in thoir com-
fortablo llttlo houso talking to each
othor.
'Why did tho Good God novor givo
us any children?" nskod tho old man of
tho old woman. "Its seem etrango that
tipsy Peter Potorvitoh should havo four
groat sons and I none, and that women
who knows nothlnrr of tho caro ol a
household should havo many daughters
while vou havo not ovon ono, Veda
Nokrosof."
"It is tho willof God.Vanza Nokras
of," replied tho wife; "but I would bo
vory clad to havo a daughter, bho
would bo such a ploasurc to us. Fancy
hor, with horflaxon hair just llko mint)
was when I was a girl her round, bluo
oyes, and her plump, white arms, pour
ing hot tea for us on a winter night,
sitting horand singing to us. Wo
should dross iter llko a llttlo queon, for
you havo plenty of money, Vanza; and
if sho married sho should havo such a
nceklaoo of gold coin as no girl in tho
country has over had."
"Bah, and why should sho marry P
You women always think of that," said
thn husband.
"Well sho should not marry, sho
would lovo us t'oo well; but sho would
bo sought In marriago," said tho old
wife. "Wo both como of handsomo
families. My llttlo Ivanyotta would be
a beauty and so good."
"Yes. Ivanyotto would bo hor namo,'
said Vanza. "Uikoit. Hark, what is
"Tho boating ol tho snow drift on tho
door," said Veda.
"No, a knock," said Vanza.
Ho arose and wont to open it.
whlto iiguro stood without in tho snow,
tall, slender, and seemingly wrappod in
whito lurs.
It seemed to Vanza to bo no morta
woman, yet ho foil that it was no ovll
thing.
"Tho Christmas days aro comiug,"
said tho figure. "I bring you a present.
Tako caro ot It. Give it to no other.
Swear!"
"I swear," said Vanza.
Ho held out his arms. Tho whito fig
ure laid somothlng in them. A great
drllt ot'snow rushed In bolwoen thorn
as she did so, and scorned to swoop her
away.
Tho next minuto ho stood within his
room, holding in his arms tho most
beautiful child his eyes had ovor rested
on.
""God has hoard us, Voda," ho said.
"This is nothing ovil; and, remember, 1
promised never to glvo It to any ono
olso."
Veda crossed and took tho babe in
hor arms. A great mother-lovo welled
'up in her heart for it; a groat joy, im
possible to express. On tho next day thoy
had the child baptized, and now thoy
woro happy, for no parents had a sweet
er, lovolior child.
"Tho angels brought it from heaven,"
-said tho noighbors.
Th7ltttlo Ivanyotta crow apaoo. Sho
movoydlsouoyod her parents. Sho was
.lovout and nent as woll as boautiful.
Whanuo wa'. Ja tni'f young maiden, with
long, gomen Draws down ner uacK, suo
'allowed old Veda Nekrasof to do nono
ol tho household work. Ofton tho old
pooplo sat bosldo tho stovo whilo sho
sang to them and brought thorn hot tea,
and romomborod tho day whou thoj
wished for a daughter. Thjyr wero vory
happy, but happiness cannot kei ago
away. Thoy grow old in twenty years,
for thoy woro alroady long past middle
ago when tho child oamo to them. And
'now tho youBg men of tho neighborhood
boganto suofor tho hand of Ivanyotta
Nokrasof tho tall young son of thodoo
tor, tho sohool-mustor.s nophow, tho
young 'tea raorchant, who was boliovod
to bo sorioh but toeaoh and all tho
old pcoplo saidt
"Wo oannot givo our child away, Wo
avo mado a vow beforo God."
For a long whilo Ivanyotta was glad
to hear them say se, but ono day a
strangor camo a youth from Donmark
who sang divinoly, who said things to
her tha1. no ono had ovor said boforc.
Sho lost hor heart to him, and now It
soomcd cruel to hor that hor fato should
bo liko that of no othor maldon upon
earth. Sho wopt In secret, but sbo was
too good todlsoboy thoso whom sho
know as mother and father; and so thoy
lovod each other tho young Dan o and
horsolf and waltod.
Wo aro growing vory old," said
Vanza Nokrasof; "in duo time, God will
tako us away from earth. Then Ivan
yotta will bo alono. Wo cannot glvo
hor away, but after us it will bo as God
wills."
"May you livo long, my good father,"
said Elwla thoDnne. "Moanwhlle, I
will bo a brother to Ivanyotta." And
so tho yoars passod on, bringing no
chango to tho girl's beauty. Sho was fair
and young, and dolicato as ovor, whilo
Edwin's soft moustacho changed to a
long board, and his shoulders broadon-
od and his framo grow taller.
Sho was thirty whon Vanza Nokrasof
and his wifo ono day foil ill of a fevor
that swont thruuch tho village It was
a pcstllcnco which spared nono that it
touched; but Ivanyotta kept horplaco
besido thoir bed and hold tholr hands to
tho last.
Whon thoy died sho wopt bittorly,
but tho (over did not touch hor. Tho
old pcoplo lay at rest at last. Their
forms woro placed upon a blor in tho
aislo of tho old church. Tho noighbors
knelt, many of them wooplng. Close
besido tho bier knelt Ivanyotta, her
head bowed upon hor hands. Edwin
hor lover watched her from afar. Sho
had forbidden him to approach hor.
Tho solemn services began. Iho
moro reverent vallod tholr oyes, but tho
young pooplo who looked saw a strango
sight. Tho snow was drifting through
a window in tho root nnd falling upon
tho head and shoulders of Ivanyotta.
Sho did not stir. Tho prayor wont on,
the musio walled ovor tho doad. Tho
frlonds nroso; all was ready for tho
burial. Uiu behold! at tho foot of tho
altar tho pilo of drifting snow, that
half covoroa tho form of tho kncollng
girl, aroso towards tho motionless bodies
of hor ndoptod parents,
"Look, Edwin, look!" wnlspored a
friend. "Look!"
Tho lover uncovered his oyos. Ho
had boon praying and wooplng; ho could
hardly see.
"What is it?" ho cried. "Is It a
mantle of whlto fur that has fallen on
Ivanyotta's shouldorsP"
"It is snow, from tho window abovo,"
cried his friend.
Edwin rushed forward. But at that
instant tho doors wcro oponcd for tho
boarors, who had lifted tho blor to their
shoulders. A groat drift of powdory
snow swopt in. Some pooplo afterward
said that thoy saw a woman in whito
fur, with a child in her arms, following
In tho funoral train; but from that
moment human oyos never again saw
iho beautiful form of Ivanyotto Nokra
sof.
Rations for Lumbermen nnd Soldiers.
A corrcsnondent stoning himself
"Backwoods," contributes to tho North
western Lumberman, tho foil wing show
ing tho comparative rations of lumber
men and soldiers. A rivor drivor's
provisions for ton days aro: Hour, 15 lbs. ;
pork, 3 lbs. 7 oz.; beef, Gibs. 9 oz.; su-
gar, 3 lbs. 9 oz. ; heans, 2 lbs.; lard, 2 lbs.;
dried apnles. lib. 9 oz.; buttor, lib.
l oz.; couiiau, a ius. u ua-, tuu,
a . n II.. O . nn O, tiy
syrup, 6 gills.
And here is an estimate of a soldior's
rations for ton days: pork, 7 lbs. 8 oz
or 12 lbs. 8 oz. fresh boof ; flour 12 lbs
4 oz., or 10 lbs. hard bread; beans or
peas, 1 lb. 7 oz. ; green coflco, lib,
or 2 oz. black tea; brown sugar, 1 lb.
7oz.; vinegar, 3 gills; candlos, 1 oz,
soap, 0 oz.;salt, C oz. ; pepper, oz.
It Is a well-known fact that tho hard!
est soldiers in tho rocont war woro
recruited from tho lumbering districts,
and an explanation of thoir ability to
stand tho grief ot tho campaign fs road!
ly found in tho development of muselo
incldont to tho hard work and oxposuro
of a lumbor camp. Of ono thing you can
rest assured, that, as your figures show
to bo tho case, tho amount of provisions
which a hardy set ot lumuormon nan
stow away during a winter's campaign
in the pine woods and upon tho drive,
is simply enormous, and If eating
matches ovor becomo as popWar as
walkiug matches, you need havo no
fear in advocating tho claims tot" tho
shantv men as tho chamnions W tho
ftho
world hold! I oxoludo Indians 'torn
A
tho contest. If a match is ovor iiado
up, hot your bottom dollar on tho a' r-
ago capacity of tho stomachs of iio
aborigines. Thoy will oat a sbantyiflan
blind and call for moro. Did vou ovor
soo an Indian with a. full stomach P Ti
you ovor como aoross one, just tologra
mo, and I will go a long distance to sf
tho sight. I havo seon an elephant take
down his rations and trumpot 1 sat I
faotion as ho turned away from tb
feast, but an Indian, novor. Ho oai
oat enough to feel complaont; but fullP
it is impossible, thoro is no limit to his
I capacity any moro than thcro is to that
of a professional beer drinkor. I wish
I could glvo vou a tablo of rations for an
Indian. If I ovor ascortalmtho figures
I will promptly forward thom; but do
not look for thom immedlatoly, I do
not oxnoct to find thom until Vesuvius
is fathomed, or tho surroundings about
tho north polo aro mappod upon tho
chart of a torrid Greonlandor.
"Tho llborty of tho press must bo pro-
served," said tho small boy as ho stolo
up to tho older mill armed with a bundle
of straws.
COMl'LKTKNESS.
8crlbner's for February.
Oecauso It Is fair, shall the rose bud keep
Us possible loveliness folded npt
Would you have the pride ot the forest sleep
For fearot spoiling tho acorn cupt
Nay. The bud hath dreams ot tho perfect
flower;
Tho acorn thrills with divine unrest;
The bud must blossom when cones Us hour,
The acorn fellows Its high behest.
True, they do perish. TIs ever so.
This law unerring all nature knows.
Tho bud and the acorn are slain ; but lo t
The pride of tho forest, and lo! tho rose.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
IVcch In CltlcH.
Oennsntown Tclcgrjph.
An interesting paper has been recent
ly road by Dr. Phono at Edlnburg on
tho bonofits to bo derived from planting
trees in cltlos. Among tho bonoQclal
rosults to bo attained aro, ho statod, tho
rollof to tho optlo norvo through tho oyo
resting on objects of a green color.
Just that which is cfToctod by tho uso of
green or bluo glasses in strengthening
nnd sustaining tho power of sight, is
attained, or at anyrato much aided, by
tho prcsonco of green in naturo; and in
streots tho only method to procuro this
result is by planting trees. It was
pointed out by tho author that whorovor
opportunity exists Naturo provides grcon
and bluo (tho latter bolng tho samo col
or minus tho prcsonco of yellow), and
that as tho absonco of color produces
snow blindness, and in tropical calms,
whoro tho ocean presents only a whito
reflected light from a uniform glassy
surface, rodticcd optical power soon fol
lows a long contliiuanco of tho nbseiico
of bluo color, winch becomes Immedi
ately apparent on motion of tho waves.
Solu toe HuriiH.
Scientific American.
All kinds of burns, Including scalds
and sunburns, aro almost immediately
rellovcd by tho application of a solu
tionofsodato tho burnt surface It
must bo romombcrod that dry soda will
not do unless it Is surrounded with a
cloth moist onoush to dissolvo it. This
inothod of sprinkling it on nnd cover
ing it with a wet cloth is ofton tho vory
best. But It is sufllclout to wash tho
wound repeatedly with n strong solu
tlon. It would bo woll to keep a bottle
of It always on hand, mado so strong
thut moro or less sottlos on tho bottom.
This is what is called a saturated solu
tlon, and really such a solution as this
Is formed whon tho dry soda is
spriuklod on and covered with a moist
ened cloth. It b thought by somo that
tho pain ot a burn is caused by tho hard
ening of tho albumon of tho flesh which
presses on tho nerves, and that tho soda
dissolves tho albumon and relloves tho
prossuro. Others think that tho burn
gonorutos an aorio acid, which tho soda
neutralizes.
Keep Your IJcnt HrccilcrM.
On no consideration should tho fancier
dispose of Ids best brooding stock, un
less ho dosiros iroih blood to Keep up
tho stamina and constitutional vigor of
his fowls by procuring tho same kind of
first class stock, but not rolatod, to tako
tho placo of thoso ho lias beon brooding
from. At this season and In bprlng
timo thcro is a brisk demand for good
liRnndlnc? stock, and thoso who need
such and know thclrroal valuo aro will
inc to pay a good prlco for thorn
Broedors who aro fortunato to navo
raised a goodly sharo of oarly hatoho d
birds can now supply their customors
with prlmo young stock without lesson
inc tholr breeding pons. But somo
times thoro is a big prlco .offorod for
some of those rotnluod as breeders that
looks so tempting that tho owner parts
with thorn, thinking that somo of tho
young stock would in no way bo inforlor
as stock gottors. Tho possession ot tho
host possiblo breeding stook is a matter
of consideration and ot paramount Im
portanco to ovory brooder ol thorough
bred poultry. Tho best is not too good
but when ono becomes tho possessor of
extra stock getters, reliublo in tho un!
form products that como from them, it
would bo poor policy to soil thom al
though offered a biir price. If tho
wottld-bo purchaser oonsldors such fowls
equivalent In value to what ho offers in
cash for his spoolal uso as brcodors, why
would not tho samo fowls in tho hands
of their owuors bo as valuablo for tho
samo purposo?
Horticultural IIlntM.
Qardcncr's Monthly.
Tho rulo in pruning grapo -vinos is to
shorten iho shoots in proportion to thoir
strongth; but if tho advlco wo havo glv
on in former summer hints has been at-
tondod to. thoro will bo llttlo disnropor
I '
tlon In this matter, as Summer pinching
of tho strong shoots has equalized tho
strongth of tho, vfne. Thoso who aro
following any particular system, will, of
course, pruno according to tho rules
comprising suoh systom. As a gonoral
rule, wo oan only say, oxcellont grapes
oan bo had by any systom of pruning
for the only object of pruning in any
oaso is to got strong shoots to pust
whero thoy may bo desired, or to add to
tho incroasod vigor of tho shoot, whloh
pruning supposes will foliow tho act, in'
oroasod sizo in tho fruit it boars.
Manuring of grapes should bo rogu
latod by tho naturo of tho soil. If it bo
damp in most oases a bad condition
for grapo -growing stablo manuro i
groat quantities means diseased vinos
In dry ground, it has a bonofiolal effect,
Many poisons of small places havo
crapos in damp ground, or can havo
uono. Thoy must tako oaro to keep tho
roots noar tho surfaco; novor crop tho
ground about thom to dostroy tho small
flbors, if it oan bo avoldod; and ovon
good may olton follow, whon tho vinos
seom failing, to carefully follow up tho
1 roots, lift noar tho surfaco, and encour
1 age, as much as possiblo, thoso remain
ing thoro. Wood-ashes, bono-dust, and
such llko forttlizors aro best lor grapo
vines in low ground.
Do not plant any trco doop cut off
tap roots and do all you can to oncour
ago surfaco fibers. Surfaco manuring
is tho bost way of doing this nftor tho
treo is planted. Do not allow anything
to grow vigorously around your trees
tho first j oar of planting, nor allow tho
soli to becomo hard or dry. Lot treos
branch low, and pruno a llttlo at transplanting.
IICNt Fotitto.
Western Rural.
A Marcus, la., correspondent Inquires
if thoro "aro any now varieties of pota
toes suporlor as tablo potatoes, to tho
old and common Early Rosoand Peach-
blow varlotios, and that will bo likely to
tako their places In tho markot, or that
will bo considorcd tholr equals? Ho
says that in tho West It seems to bo dif
ficult tomako a success of tho Peach
blow. Owing to tho long season requir
ed to'maturoit, and tho frequency of dry
seasons, and other causes, It often falls
entirely, leaving us but tho ono kind, tho
Early Roso. Now of tho many now
kinds that aro offered, If thoro Is ono of
each early nnd lato that is superior to
all othors, you will obllgo at least ono
subscriber to your valuablo paper, by
tolling which ones thoy aro; or If thoro
is no ono suporlor to all othors, namo
tto best considering good yielding, with
tho othor good qualities."
Of course wo all know Just what tho
Early Roso and tho Peachblows arc.
Thoy aro established variatlcs, and when
wo plant thom wo know what wo aro
going to get, if wo got nnylhlng. Ol
iomo of tho now varlotios wo think wo
know, but may bo mistaken after thoy
lavo been tried, as long as tho Early
'oso and tho Poachblow havo. Tho
Mammoth Pearl has so fnrmot tho most
sanguine expectations in ovory respect.
It is noltheroarlyor lato, but is between
tho two, and lu thatrogard is worthy of
attention in thoso sections whero lato
varieties cannot bo grown. In quality
it is ono of tho bost potatoes wo ovor
tasted, and wo should prefer It lu fact,
to any variety wo know lor tablo uso.
It is also an abundant producor, yield
ing four and flvo 100 bushels to tho acre.
To say tho loast it is fully equal to tho
Early Roso. Tho Early Roso and Peach
blow aro tho standard markot varieties,
but If tho Mammoth Pearl continues to
givo tho satisfaction which It has given
for tho last year or two, its cultivation
will becomo vory gonoral, and It will bo
as standard In tho market as olthorof tho
old varietlos, if it docs not supplan
them.
Jordan's Prolific Is also a nowvarioty,
which is very liko tho Mammoth Pearl
In mcasuro of merit, and appoars to givo
satisfaction whenovor tried. Wo should
plant cither of thoso vuriotics.
milk Itoom.
Western Rural.
In answer to a correspondent who in
quiro3 concerning tho details of erecting
a milk room which ho proposes to con
struct on tho north side of his houso,
under somo trees, wo reply that there
various ways of building a mill
room, ana sovorai mat navo uccmcu
merit. Wo do not understand that our
correspondent moans to havo a supply
of ice, but Info that ho does not; and
ricrht hero wo embrace tho occasion to
urgo not only him, but ovory man own
ing a farm dairy to provldo n supply of
ice. In a wlntor liko this, no ono should
noglcct to cut and savo enough ico for
uso on tho farm during tho summer, and
unless It is provided, porfcot success In
tho dairy, howover tho room may bo
constructed, cannot bo hoped for, un
less, of courso, it is so constructed that
It can havo tho bonollt of running wa-
tor, from a source that will koop It suf
ficiently cool. Many of us, no doubt,
havo seon tho "spring houso" awny off
tomowhero lrom tho houso, in which
milk anil butter could bo managed vory
woll, but oven under tho most favorablo
circumstances, it Is dlllleult to keep tho
tompcraturo ovon in any kind of a room
unless it bo provided with ico.
Tho walls of a milk room should bo
of sufllolont thickness to Kocp out tho
groater part of tho heat in Summer,
and if thoy aro constructed of boards,
wo should build a doublo wall, say stx
inches apart, and fill in hotween with
sawdust. On ono sldo wo would con
struct tho ico houso, running to tho top
of tho room. Upon tho inner side of
tho ico room wo would boro qulto a
number of holes, an inch in diameter,
ono below tho othor, from tho top of
tho ice room to within six inches of the
bottom, and would then oncloso thoso
with a spout mado of boards, roaohing
from tho top to an inch below tho bot
tom hole It would bo advisablo to
havo two or throo n( theso spouts, with
an urrangoment to oloso (bom when
desirable. Tho cold air from tho ico
room enters tho spouts through tho
holes, and descends to tho floor of tho
room, and this Hood of air will lower
tomperaoiro to tho propor dogroo.
Windows should bo placed high up in
tho room and' by moans of thom and
tho current mado by tho descending
cold air, vontilatlon will bo secured.
Buffalo Extermination.
Lot mo say a fow words on a subjeot
to which attention has boon called sov
orai times in your paper, namely, tho
wanton destruction of buffalo. That
thoy aro rapidly approaching extermin
ation is abundantly ovident. Tho aotlon
of tho Gamo Protoctlvo Association of
Wyoming testifies to that faot.
Tho lottor of W. A. Allon, of Mon
tana, inyour issuo of Docombor 23, says:
"Wo found parties killing them for tho
tonguos alono, not ovon taking tho
hides."
Let me glvo tho results ot my own ob
serration. In tho spring of 1870 1 wont
from Dodgo City, Kauaas, across Indian
Territory and into tho staked plains ot
Toxas. Tho herds which wo saw woro
vory small, nono numbering moro than
four hundred; fow woro noarly so largo.
An ofilcer of tho expedition, who had
passed through tho samo country a llt
tlo moro than two yoars beforo in pur
suit of somo Indians, told mo that so
largo woro tho herds thcro that it was
nccossary to halt the cavalry and flro
into tho librds, in order to break thom
up and scattor them, so that tho column
of cavalry might pass through. In 1870
tho few romalniug ones woro so wild
that thoy fled precipitately boforo us,
and when it was necessary to kill thom
for tho moat wo wcro compelled olthor
to uso tho utmost caution in approach
ing thom, orclso rido thom down nnd flro
upon them from horsoback. Tho samo
olllcer told mu ho thought that in his
first oxpodltlon thcro woro ten whero ono
was found In tho second.
Upon nil sldos wo found hundreds of
carcasses blenching in tho suu. In
ono locality, whoro thoy woro most a
bundnnt, thosrackof tho rlllo was heard
ovorywhero. Our nostrils woro con
stantly olTiindod by tho stench of decay
ing bodies that almost litoraly covered
tho plains. Of courso theso wcro killed
for their hides, but tho inovitablo result,
nxtormlnatton, will surely follow unless
somo limit is put to tho numbers killed.
To glvo somo just idea of tho enormous
numbors killed, It Is only necessary to
say that in ono year thrco hundred thou
sand hides wcro shipped from Dodge
City, Kansas.
When tho two railroads that cross
Kansas woro opened It was not unusual
to havo to stop tho trains till tho buffa
loes had crossed tho track. Now a
bull'.ilo is novor seen on either ono of
tliom. And this is not simply the re
sult of advancing civilization; it is tho
direct consequunco of tho merciless war
which has boon waged against them,
nnd unless something Is dono to provent
it, tho day will soon como whon this
characteristic Amorican animal will bo
ono of tho things of tlio past. Cannot
something bo dono to put a stop to this
wanton destruction? Is thoro not somo
action which could bo taken on tho part
of tho Gonoral Government that would
do something toward tho preservation
of tho bison? It will not do to plead that
hunters mako a living by tholr hunting.
The samo amount of timo, labor and on
orgy (and a much less amount of ex
posure and hardships), expended in
nearly any othor direction could hard
ly fall to bo ns fully remunerative, if
not moro so, for tho hides delivered nt
tho railway station bring but iittlo moro
than ono dollar each.
Even if legislation should compel
somo men to seek another modo of ma
king a living, it would bo bettor than
to exterminate tho buffalo. But I do
not propose to discuss tho matter;
want to lay tho facts boforo your read
ers, and lot all draw tholr own conclu
sions. It seems to mo that it is desir
able to placo limits to the slaughter of
thisaaimt I, and to do . something toward
its preservation. o. n.
Contagion.
Contagion consists physically of
minute solid particlos. Tho process of
contagion consists in tho passogo of
theso from tho bodies of tho sick into
tho surrounding atmosphoro, and In tho
inhalation of ono or moro of thom by
thoso in tho immodiato nolghlorhood.
If contagion woroagosoous or vapory
cminallon, it would bo equally diffused
through tho siok room, and nil who
entered it would, if suscoptiblo, suffer
uliko and inevitably But such Is not
tho caso; for many pcoplo aro exposed
for weeks md months without suffering.
Of two persons situated In exactly tho
samo clrcumstauccs, and exposed in
exactly tho samo degrco to a givon con
tagion, ono may suffer and tho othor
cscapo. Tho explanation of this is that
tho llttlo pnrtiolcs of contagion arc irreg
ularly scattered about In tho atmosphoro
so that tho Inhalation of ono or moro of
them is purely a matter of chance, such
chauco bearing n direct rotation to tho
number of particles which exist in n
given cubic spaco. Supposo that a
hundred gorms woro llodt.ng about in n
room containing two thousand cublo
feet of air. Thero is ono germ for ovory
twenty cubic feot. Naturally tho germs
will bo mostuumerous in tho immediate
neighborhood of their sourco, the
person of tho sufferer; but, excepting
this one placo, they may bo pretty
equally distributed through tho room;
or thoy may bo vory unequally dis
tributed. A draught across tho bed
may carry thom now to ono sldo, now
to tho othor. Tho mass ot thom may
bo near tho coiling, or near tho floor.
In n given twenty cublo feet thoro may
bo a dozon germs, or thoro may bo nono
at nil. Ono who ontors the room may
inhalo a germ beforo ho has been in it
ton minutes, or ho may romain in thoro
for an hour without doing so. Doublo
tho numbor of gorms and you doublo
tho danger. Diminish tho size by ono
half, and you do tho samo. Keep tho
windows shut, and you keop tho gorms
in; open thom, and thoy pass out with
tho changing nir. Honco tho im
portance of freo vontilatlon; and henco
ono reason why fevor should bo treated,
if possiblo, in largo, airy rooms. Not
only is freo ventilation good for tho
sufforor, but it diminishes tho risk to
tho attondants.
Two ladlos wont to soo Clara Morris.
In ono of tho most affecting passages of
tho play, whon tho wholo houso was
hushod In stillness, ono lady who had
boon using hor opora glass nttontlvoly
romarkod to tho othor: "Pooh! Tho
trimming on hor dross is nothing but
Hamburg odglng,"
LITTLE FOLKS.
"Poars to mo your mill goc awful
slow," said an irapationt farmer boy to
a miller; "I could cat tho monl fast
cr'n jou grind it." "How long do you
think you could do it, my lnd?" quoth
tho miller. "Till I starved to doath an
swered tho boy.
Llttlo Charloy had his hair "bob
bod" tho othor day but did not liko tho
operation of brushing. "Ma, that har
bor's brush mado mo squawk." Moth
er "I did not hear any noise."
Charloy "But I squawked In my
thinks."
"You'ro sister 'Molla's feller, alnt't
you?" asked tho llttlo trottor, not yet
out of dresses. "Well, wlint do you
think about itP" wos tho roplylng ques
tion, with a redness of tho face that
noarly matched his hair. "I fink,"
said tho llttlo one, "that mamma talks
awfully 'bout tho 'margorlno on your
hair gcttlu' tho now wall paper dirty."
Thcro's whero the child made amlstako.
Ho drow no candy that trip.
A young man recently called at n llt
tlo domlcllo in Vicksburg. A small boy
und a big yellow dog woro snugged on
tho doorstep, and tho young man usked:
"Will that dog blto?" Well," said
tho boy, "It's owln' to certain things of
ho do or do not. Ef yer want to col-
lock sowing machlno money he's licrco
ns a tiger, but of yer got anything to
glvo us he's harmless as a kitten ain't
yer, towsorr"
A parochial teacher, who delights in
calling forth tlio thinking powers of his
pupils, lately asked a member of ono of
Ids youngest classes to glvo him an ex
ample of a vorb. "Man," replied tho
boy qulto readily. "Howso, my child?"
enquired his master. "Because," added
tho llttlo philosopher, "a verb expresses
being, doing or suffering, and if that bo
true, man is tho groatest verb I know,
for ho unites tho wholo throe."
Ho had been sitting still so long that
tho mother expected to find liim asleep
whon sho looked around nnd asked,
"Well, Harry, what aro you thinking
of?" "Ma, aro wo vory rich?" ho sol
omnly inqslrcd, by way of reply. "In
ono way wo are," sho said; "your father
says ho values mo at threo 'million dol
lars, you nt two million dollars nnd tho
baby at ono." That closed tho conver
sation on that subject, but luxt morn
ing, ns Harry was getting on li is over
coat ho examined tho now patch which
had been added, and coolly observed:
"Well, I think father had better soli off
about half of you or tho wholo of tho
baby, and get tho rest of us somo decont
duds to put on."
Ono down town preacher is blessed
with two sons and bright Iittlo fellows
they aro, too. Now, it is tho custom
in that preacher's family for theso two
lads to rcclto every morning a verso ol
Scripture. Recently, however, tho boys
havo developed a decided lovo for coast
ing und thoy wcro In great linsto to got
out on tho hill a couplo of mornings ago,
when tlio father said: "'Sow, boys, re
cito your vor.503; then you can coast."
"I'd rather bo a doorkecpor in tho houso
of tho Lord," ropcatcd tho older lad,
"than d woll in tho tcnte of tho wicked."
"So'd 1," ejaculated tho junior youth,
nnd away ho flow after his sled and tlio
fathor did not remonstrate.
Tho "StarorBcthlehcm."
Washington Republican.
Professor C. A. Grimmer, of Kings
ton, Jamaica, who Jsasolontistof fame,
recently mado somo wonderful propho
cies in connection with tho action of tho
planets and othor hoavenly bodies. Ho
says of tho "Star of Bethlehem"! "In
1887 tho 'Star nf Uothlohem' will bo
onco more aeon in 'Cassoopla's chair,'
and will bo aooompaincd by a total
oclipso of tho sun and moon. Tho star
only makes Us uppoaranco ovory threo
hundred nnd fifteon years. It will ap
pear and illuniinnto tho hcavons, and
oxeced in brilliancy ovon Jupiter when
la opposition to the sun, and therefore
noaror to tho sun and brightest. Tho
marvellous brilliancy of tlio 'Star of
Botlilohcm' in 1887 will surpass any of
tho previous visitations. It will boseen
ovon by noonday, shining with a quick,
flashing light tho ontiro year, after
which it will gradually decrease in
brightness nnd finally disappear, not to
roturn to our hoavens until 2202, or 315
years after 1887. This star first attracted
tho attention of modorn astronomers in
tho yoar 1575. It was then called a
now star, it was no now star, how
over, tor this was tho star which shono
so brightly IB. C, and tho star that 11
lumnatod tho hoavens at tho nativity of
Christ.
C'ofl'eo Houses.
Tribune.
So groat has beon tho success from a
business as well as a moral point of view
of tho coffeo-houscs established in the
chief English cities as a moans of keep
ing monaway from tho tavorns, that tho
way would scon: to bo plainly opon for
simlllar enterprises in this country.
Most of tho English companies pay an
annual dlvidond of 10 por cent on thoir
capital. Tho coffeo-houscs supply cof
foor tea and cocoa, soups, cold moats
and, broad aud buttor all tho artUles
boing of good quality and tho prices
low. Nowspapors aro kopt in abund
ance, and tho customors aro free to ro
main and read as long as thoy ploaso.
Wo (havo plenty of places In this city
whoro so-called coft'eo can bo had at
cheap rates, but It Is a bovorogo whloh
neither; cheors tho brain nor warms tlio
stomach; bcsldos, tho worklngman who
swallows a cup of it fools that ho Is ox
pected to pay and vacato tho promises
as soon as possiblo. Only in tho saloons
is ho wolcomo to sit and rest and chat
with his friends. Tho coffco-houso
which serves as an agenoy of tompor
anco must bo a sort of club-houso, to
whloh poor pooplo can resort nnd find
wholesomo chonp bovoragos that will
not mako thom drunk.
Grecian Ambition.
Ocrmntowo Ttlcpr.ph.
Notwithstanding tho violent demon
strations of a warlike kind by tho gov
ernment of tho Iittlo kingdom of Greece,
thoro appears to bo nn Increasing pros
pect of tho favorablo adjustment of tho
prolonged dispute with tho Sultnn of
Turkey about tho boundary lino botweoa
tho two countries. Tlio Sultan's minis
ters havo submitted lo tho allied pow
ers fresh propositions, laying down a
now boundary line, which concedes to
Greece n portion of tho disputed ter
ritory, but loaves to Turkey an im
portant strategical frontier. In tho
meantime tho Albanian chiefs havo
been making demonstrations in favor
of n scheme for tho organization of
Albania as an autonomous btnlc, tribu
tary of courso to tho Sultan as part of
tho Ottoman empire. If the tiltlmato
ambition of tho Greeks could be grati
fied, tho prosent llttlo kingdom would
dwlndlo Into a mere provinco of a groat
empire, with its capital at Constantino
ple Henco thn territory in disputo Is
only a small part of what tho Greeks
really want and expect gradually to ob
tain by tho aid or tho European great
powers and by constantly stimulating
civil war in tho adjoining provinces of
tho Turkish empire. Tlio territory In
dispute is mostly inhabited by people of
tho Greek race; but tho Greeks of tho
Turkish empire nro really not desirous
of becoming moro dependants upon
Greece as thoy prefer the chances of be
coming ultimately the rulers of a far
groater estate. Undoubtedly this trouble
would have boon settled long ago but
for tho distraction caused by tho deslra
of Austria to annex to her own empire
all tlio western provinces of tho Balkan
poulnsula, as sho has already done with
Bosnia, Herzegovina and parts of Alba
nia. Tho Greeks hopo to imitato ulti
mately the successful uxamplo set them
by tho unification of Italy.
A Family Affair.
Tho Kafllrs hold tho doctrlno of tho
transmigration ot souls, and pay tho
spirit of their relatives tho doubtful
compliment of believing that they havo
a special afllntty for snakes and serpents.
So, when somo venomous roptilo takes
up Its quartors with a family, in placo
of killing it thoy abandon the hut to Its
use. Dr. Norburry tells a story of n
missionary who camo near to paying
with his llfo for tho delicato considera
tion of his flock. Whilo ofllciating at
tho communion table hu fancied ho
heard a hissing sound. Briuglng tho
service prematuroly to a close, ho peeped
bolow tho cloth and saw ono of tho mo3t
poisonous snakes in South Africa. Hi3
parishioners had had their eyes upon it
nil tho timo, but had declined to say
anything, from motives of delicacy.
Thoy thought tho snake must bo a rela
tive of tho clergyman, ami would uot
Interfeio in a family nflair.
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