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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. Lk I'AXrVILU EUGENE CITY. OREGON. THE EMPTY MOUSE. The ancient apple Irm that stands Ueeide Ine blank, decaying eaven Onm more baa Ixilh her erouked nandB llir full of Wartime flowere and leaeea. Bui the old fray bullae enera Ins (old nalrad children Bloammed out from window and doof At lb early kie of the warn) May eunahl Tba old fray bona will blioro do mora. In that old appla tree aaln Tlielr loving- neat the liluebtrda fill: Tli7 warWe to tho mild aprlng rain. Kiln muKie eofl tha morning thrill. But the old gray bona with bar recant wta duwa. Where never a may check la pnea, d. Where all la atlcnoe and void and ahartow. Ho birda coma hack to ber eruptjr nuat, Irene i'utnain In Uood llouar keeping WHAT FIREMEN FIND. They Pick Ta Cnrloue Artlelee Roroetlmea. A Touching Incident. "Wull, sir," said a stalwart looking Ircinuii tlio other day, "we follows don liuvo mui'h timo fur looking abont for finds when a house in burning and per hups people's lives are at make, yet we do como aenws things occasionally. "A brother wearer of (ho bins helmet used to toll bow bo wus nnco at a 0 and a big oun, tx and In making hla way through the house poaitivcljr aaw bunk notes burning away like so many pipe light. He picked op m many aa be possibly could, Untied tlii'm In his pork ets and went on with hia work. Afcr the conflagration bud erased the man who win li ft in charge picked np among the embers an old fashioned popper boi black and charred flllixl with silver dullurx, and a further toured brough bim to a number of rare old silver sixxma "I bare myself found two or three chocklxaiks, and once a sot of false teeth. w hich I popix-d in my pocket and atsin after was able to return to the owner, who proved biN right Ut poawwa tbei without a doubt 1 once brought ont t gcmiiiio Htradivurius a violin worth several hundreds of dollar while dia woiiiU and other jowelry huve been saved in plenty. "Indeed there aro a thonmiud and one thing a fireman Audit and saves, thongh perhaiM that which gave me the greatest nit infliction whi an old rag doIL It was a touching littlo incident uud quite true "It liaiM'ii(xl al a big (Ire, and in the in Ids t of tho excitement which I aa aure yon few pxxiplo realize the word wont forth that a littlo child waa 'op stain.' I don't want to boost, bnt away I went I found her on the second fl'xr, sleep ill her littlo crib, with this old doll by her aide 1 caught the child iu my anus and he awoke, She looked tip in my fuco and seemed to understand tli at I was wiving her from tho flume. " 'Dolly t Dolly I' she cried. "Tho next instant aye, quicker than it take to toll yon I had the old rag doll, and my pala told me that if any artUt oould only have painted ns aa we appeared me with tho youngster in my arum, and she cuddling np her treasure why, there wouldn't have been annth er picture in tlie luud to touch It I" Boston Traveller. Wonderful Fecundity of Flower. A single seed of the common sweet pou of the Emily Ilenderxoii variety haa been known to pnxluco a stalk yielding 9,000 flowers per month during tho flowering season, which generally lasts from June IS to Oct 1. A record of the flowers cut from a row of thoso poos 00 feet iu length, plants or vine standing at edlstancoof nine inches apart, shows that the first flowers were plucked on June 1 1 and tho lost on Oct SO. Even though badly matted which made clone, cutting almiMt impossible and allowed many thouMand to go to sixxl the 00 foot row exhibits the following remark able record: Flower removed during Juno, 20,000; July, 17,600; August, 30,000; September, (1,400; October (up to the evening of the 10th), 8, BOO; total, 73,400. A uolcd, a Inrge uum ber went to seed, besides the buds thai were smothered out on account of the vines being so badly mat tod. There is scarcely a doubt but that the row would bavo yielded above 100,000 flowers dur lug tho season had conditions been more favorable St Louis Republic. racking Ice In Know. When I firxt began to put up loo, we wore told to pound it up to pack be twecu tho cukes. That was very good. Ihru we wero told to pour water over It and freeze it all solid. This I did oueo, but never shall again. It madti bard work iu getting it out No shnpe or sue to It lion cut perfectly square, all of ono size, it will pack so closely that it needs no chinking, but that is seldom done. The last few yours I have packed iu snow. lieu a layer la in, throw on snow, take a broom and sweep the cracks full, leaving some on the sur face for the next layer. When done, cover (he wholo with sawdust so thick tlmt it will not melt Every block will come out just as it went In, with no trouble to loosen it Some puck sawdust Wtweoit tho cukes. This 1 do not like. It freeze to Dm ice and Is hard to gel off without cutting. Lay the cakes so the space Ix'tweou tlieui will bo largo at the top; then cram In snow, and yon will bo more thau pleased with tho re sult Country lloutluman. lie Changed It la Mind. A gosxipcr In tho Washington Post tells the following story: "My friend, Mrs. 11 , is ono of thoeegixxluutured women who are always wanting to liiuke other povplo coiiifortuhlc, Hie bupix'iied to Ixj in the railway station tho other day when a man she knew cumo in. Ho said bo was going to Pitts burg. Now, it happened that MnuU , whono htiKbnnd is a dirwtor, knew (he conductor of tha Pittsburg truin. Ho paxMxl through tho waiting nxuu just then, and Mrs. II called to him. 'Conductor,' ahe sutd, 'this is my espe cial friend, Mr. Smitli. Ho is going on your train and I want yon to show him overy attention rxMsibln.' The conductor of course said he would, but when be went away Mr. rimilh turned to Mrs. 11 with a sickly smile. 'I did intend to go to Pittsburg dxlay, and I was in au awful hurry, but, on the whole, I think I'll wait for the next train.' And be handed the kind hearted woman a lip of paper. It was a pass, but it was mode out to one Jouea. " "Facts are stubborn things" is an aphorism first emimerutod by La Sage In "(iil UW" It bus since beoome pro roibiuL CUPID HAS AN ENEMY PERSISTENT SOLICITORS WHO DETER WOULD BE BENEDICTS. MsSrliuoBial Venture Made Eltra llaurd ns by lbs Hunt For Uualneaa-A liaJr Raising Warning From a Ufa Inauraac Man. When the young man walked into the Dewxpuper ofiU and timidly asked the society ixlitur if she would kindly insert a uMice of his appru:hliig murrlago, be little thought of the trouble he was bringing down njxm his heuiL The annouiKNiiiieiit wits printed finu dot When he rrachixl his office Mou duy, he found a stack of letters waiting for him, every one addressed in a band writing he did not know. He whistled when he opened the first, ditto the sec ond, looked a bit surprised at the con tents of the third and swore fluently through the bulauc of the pi la At noon there were more. At night there were others Despite the evident curiosity of his follow lulxirers in the oftlee he did not tuke a soul into bis confidence until the third day. Then ho remarked to bis doskmates: ' "Huy, the great American life insur ance mull isll l overlooking win these days, is he?" "Wlmrefore this outburst? For answer the groom to lxj went to a drawer and produced a stack containing 147 letters he suid thut was tlie exact Dumber, though bis friend did not count them the accumulation since that fate ful tiunduy morn i n g. 'Every blumed one of them Is Iroiii somo agent for some lifo insurunco com pany who wants to insure my lifa Each one represents die bust company on the face of tho ciirtlL mIi pays tho largest dividend. Each invests the money or its patrous to tlie very Is-st advantage. Each moralics on the uncertninty oi life and socks to Impress npou me tho solemn duty I owe to my wife that is to be to get my Mo insured for a million or two of dollars. And each blessed one has como since the announcement of my approaching wedding was prinu-d. " Tho young nmu paused a iiiomeur, then be dug into the pile and uftor a fow moments' seurch produced a docu ment which ho shoved at hia friend, simply saying: "Just look at the devlllsli ingenuity displayed in the construction of thut thing. " The "thiug ' was about the slzo or a thoutrlcul sister known its a three sheet, iu other words, threoof them will paper tho sido of a born. Down tho center, at regular intervals, were u lot of inottix and warning exhortation printed iu tyisa three times tho size of the context, und in rel ink. Here is ono choice extract from tho document i "In the midst of lifo we aro in death." lict us cull your uttcution that it is evory husband's duty his soloniu duty to provide for those dependent Ukui bim. No ono kuowoth when the angel of death may knock at the door of hovel or mansion and how can one bo prcpurcd for his coming unless time is takeu by the financial forelock? Think of the ray of hope which breaks through the clouds of bitter lxreuvement when tho sorrow- nit ones reflect tlwt by tho curuful fom- thonght of the dimr depurtwl poverty has been prevented from adding its horrors to those of the gruvc. It is your duty to provide for your loved ones. Do not put it off until tomorrow, for In the lull- guugo of the poot, 'Tomorrow never oomes. There was another paragraph iu the document (hut showixl the touch of a waster hand. It ran something liko this: Our policies are devised and de- igued (o meet (he wants and needs of all people desiring Insurance. They aro lilwruL They are honest 't Hey bring (he very best returns. We luive Ideal policies which we can safely reeonunoiuL We cau uml will guarantee, endowment results at much less (him endowment rate. And again wo pledge, ourselves to furnish paid up policies at fur below tlie usual cost Our dividends aro often five times us largo us those of other com panltw on similar policies. We also make specialty of making lilxirul loans to our clients on their policies. We are iu tho Held fur business and wo mean (oget it And don't you forget it " 'Do uot leuvo your wife and babies dcxndont on charity. " Tho elocutionary effect (ho benedict to be throw into tlie rending of these ex tracts gained him a round of applause from his companions. It also brought to him (he kuowlcdgo thut every other man iu (he oftlee who was married In Chicago had been similarly aftliclciL But that brought uo balm to his soul. and he ooutiuued lo kick. Ho didu't think it tho proper thing to do and he announced hia intention of writing a circular letter to the various individuals who hnd importuned him to "take a risk" and informing them of his fcol- inga 'Don't do It, my boy," said the hend bookkeeper. "Wait until after you are married. Von will get forty of theso things thou to ono now, and then you'll have to get out another letter. Wait till then, and then you can address yourself at one and tlie sumo timo to (he life in surance agent, the furniture denier, the gnxxir, the iiiiui who has a second hand sowing machine, to sell, the philan thropist who wants to moo young people get along and who offers you a lot way out iu tlie suburbs that will make you ich iu live years, (ho rental agent, the iceman, the milkman, thocockrouch ex terminator, und all their kith and kin. You'll hear from them all, for they all read the society columns of the daily papers and tho newly married are their Ultimate prey. ' Chicago Tribune. Leper la tha World. According lo Mdlhall, leprosy is fur mora prevalent iu Kuroixi than most people stipposo. Ho says that there are uow 8,000 lexrs iu Portugal, 1,770 in Norway, H,(K)0 in Russia and about ,000 all (old Iu oilier European coun tries. In India there aro 131,000 aud in Canton, China, not less than 10,000. Uo does not give figures for other coun tries and islands, but it is estimated that the loxr population of the world is but littlo, if any, short of 1,000,000. A Hallruad Advocate. "I'm iu favor of railroads," said the editor. "Von are?" "Yes; they're a great Institution; had luy leg cut off on one, and got 5,000 damage aud a pension for life. If it hod only been my bead I'd have owned the road W aahlngton Bt A BACHELOR MAID. Ono there II red a bachelor maiden, Veara anil yrara ai(o It), And ber mind with troth was laden, But her bt-art waa oold aa tuow. For alte Ihuiucht, wltb good old Plato, Mhe could live alone. Bo ahe ainlled on many a aultor. But her tii-art waa burd aa atona. ' Cam s bachelor man s aulng For ber frlemtslnp true. This, alua, waa her nmlulng, Aa It inlKhl have lx-en wltb yon. Fur her (rinel-hip at all he ucd ber Hucb s Nlinple tiling- Till before ahe knew ba wooed ber, Woued ber wllh a friendship ring. Now, although ahe 'a fond of Pluto, Her cold In-art a grown warm, And her Iheorn-a of living Have Imbllx-d a wondrous charm, For ahe aays: " 'Tla human nature, Hplte of I'lato'a pen. lien were uiaite for loving women. Women made for loving men." Mury W. Mlatter In Kute Field ' WaahlngtoB. BUYINQ SOCIAL POLISH. Aa Kngllab Couple Who Inatruet In the Art or llelug rine. A new profession for "gentlefolk" bus been discovered iu London by two impecunious members of the chtxs. They have discovered thut there is a li veliluxxl to be obtained by "polishing off" the uooveaux riches and other whose man ners "have not (hat repose which stumps the caste of Vere do Vera " They are a well torn, well bred married couple who are still suflluiently young to be adaptable. They have been used to the ways of the leisure class, and they are clever enough to teach them. Anything from the cure of the cockney accent to the proMr way to eutcrtuin a duke is taught for a "consideration." The wife dcscrilx's her share of the work thns: "I generally," she says, "undertake to engage tho services of all specialists, such as superior maids, who know what is whut and can give judi cious and nsefnl bints to their mistress; also manicurists, teachers of deportment and sometimes teacher of elocution, 1 have cured one very bud case of mere outwurd vulgarity iu three weeks for 10 guineas, and I liuve corrected a cockney accent iu three mornings for 3 guineas, while, on tho other hand, a certain city man, who never aspired to anything better than heavy Iiritish dinners, Fri days to Mondays at Brighton, and Man sion House bulls until ho married tho daughter of a west end restaurant man agershe know nothing of lifo beyond her own nurrow sphere gave us curte blanche to make 'fine folks' of them. "Not much could bo done for him be- youd keeping him quiet, but sho lent herself to our process. Now they have u very pretty place iu Hampshire and en tertuiu some rather nice people iu the summer, vte ourselves received IU0 guineas for our advice, but tho husband intuit huve spent over 23,000 in adopt- lug our hints m to mode of living, and he tolls us that whut ho bus got for it is worth doublo aa much. "Philadelphia Pros. SUPERSTITIOUS RUSSIA. TbeCrael Murder of a WomanBuppoeed to lie I he "Cholera ItoTll." Another form which the devil as sumes in Husxiii pretty often of lato is (hut of (ho cholera, who, of course, is a I female. In (he district of Barnaul the' other duy (ho pcosunts wero determined ) to niiiko short work of tho "cunning ono" in that odiouH rolo of his. They, cluhlx'd together und lay in wait Ono' day they descried tho spirit of evil on : his way to kill people with (ho terrible epidemic. Ho was riding iu a turuiitnss a sort of springlcss curt covered with canvas disguised iu tho form of a fe male. Tho watchman refused to allow tho tnrantiiss (o enter (ho village of Prits- I louklia. The woman inside protested, but hnd to turn back. The peasants as sembled, gnvo chase to tho tarautuHS, surrounded it and culled out to tho , "cholera devil" to disnppear. Tho poor woman said she was human like thein-1 selves und could not vanish miraculous-1 ' ly, but they shouted, prayed and closed I around. A few shots wero heard, fol t lowed by a piteous moan mid theu a deafening shout of triumph: "Pruy to Uod, brothers, and thank him. We I have killed tho cholera. " Tlio woman 'i liuiuo wus Koinlratietr. Her corpse was not allowed into tho village Loudon Telegraph. May and Matrimony, Tlie pagans had a myth that "oulv , bud women marry in May. " They hud another, thut if the marriage, did take place tho couple would live mostunhiip pi ly. and children born of tho marriage if it was not hopelessly rendered bur reu by thus slapping tho fates iu the face would be deformed or imbecile. . With prizes like that iu prospect, it is not much wonder that the ignoruut and superstitious taboo May marriages, but there is no excuse yet for this idiosyu crusy of thinking people at least, no sonsible ono. Ovid was a firm believer in the sn perstit ion and said that no widow or ' young girl would marry in May unless alio wished to Invito tho displeasure of tho gists, and that the imprudent worn an who braved their wrath would fill an early grave. Ovid pinned his faith to rosy June, tho birth month of Juno, and whou he got ready to launch his daugh i ter on tho matrimonial sou he studied . tlio stars and all tho superstitions to make sure that ho would uot ruu upon I Seyllu in steering off Charybdis. Resolved to watch the girl, be tried to Hnd What day a litiprospcroiui were, what moon, were kimL i After June'a aacred Idea hla fnncy atroyixl Uood to Uie wall and happy to tlie maid. rietter One Way. Iu North Carolina lately a case was tried in which, the defendant's churuo (or having becu impeached, it wus sought to bolster it up by showing he had reformed and joined tho church Tho witness, who belonged to the same church, insisted tlut as the defendant was uow a Christ iuu mun of course his character was better. Counsel asked him, "Dtxxiu't he drink just as much as ho ever did?" Tho witness, who was colored and evidently embarrassed by tho iunuiry, slowly rained his eyes aud said with much deliberation, "1 think be do, but he curries it more better. " San Francisco Argonaut Calomel. Calomel was discovered by Crollius in the seventeenth century, and the first direct ions for its preparation were given by lieguin in ItiOS. Its name is derived from two Ureck words, signifying "a beautiful black," because in iuprepura tion a black powder Is the first step in the manufacture, being produced by rub biug mercury together with oorrosive tublimai. HE KNOWS THE HOPES ALSO ALL THERE 13 TO KNOW ABOUT MODERN SHIPS OF WAR. H.lllp lllchborn, Chief foiled Htatea Na val Constructor, la a Thorough American and an t p In Data Shipbuilder, and Hla Job la Not tay to Kill. A more burdensome responsibility than (hut which rusts npon the khoul ders of Cotipiiodore and (!hief United Stutes Naval (Constructor Hichhorn can not well lx imagined. It is his business to build Uncle Ham's warships. Con gross can appropriate the money and ill general terms designate the type, dis placement, cost and desired speed of any given craft, but that is alL When these things are determined upon, the work of the bureau of construction be gins. From start to finish this work is of the most complicated nature. Human ingenuity has never planned, hnmiin bunds have never built, a moro complex structure than a nuxlrru warship. The amount of computation mx'essary in working ont the details, after the will of congress has lxx-n declared with re gard to n given ship, is ulniost beyond belief. It may lxi suid that (he earliest stage of a niaii-of-wiir is virtually a fig uring match, for the purpose of deter mining the under wutor lines, the CONMTIUXTOB HllilllOliS. amount of iver mx'CKsury to drive the vessel tlirongh tho water at the re quired speed, the weight of boilers, en gines und uppurtenunces necessary to develop that speed; the amount of weight that can be giveu to hull, armor, top hamper, guns, etc. ; tho space that may bo allowed for coal nsnn, store room und other necessary divisions of the ship, mid so on almost without end. Of course tho chief constructor dix'S not have to actually perform much of this urduenx work, but ho must bo able (o decide with unfailing accuracy when the figures are presentixl to him wheth er they uro accflrute or not, since uo one but him will lie held responsible in case of miscalculation. In tho matters of strength, seaworthiness and stability ho can do no better than to figure out tho necessary projxirtions for himself, and as a matter of fact he goes over all the figures furnished by his sulxirdinates, often radically changing und revising them, for tho purpose of getting a little moro room hero, of increasing tlio spuco there and of lidding strength in another place, so thut when the final plans for a warship ure completed sufficiently to leave Constructor Hichhorn 's bunds they muy properly be considered Ins individ ual work. Iu many wnys Constructor Hichhorn. since assuming his present pluco about two yenrs ngo, has given evidence of decided originality. Ho has not, it is ' true, failed to recognize points of excel- I leuce iu warships built abroad, bnt he I has introduced somo new things which I have in (ho niniu met with unqualified i approval on (ho part of (hoso competent to judge. As far us possible ho has prof- ' flted by the experiments and exporieneo of foreign constructors, but at (ho sumo timo he has inudo it a point to work on linos tending to the evolution, within established typw, of ships (hut nro dis tinct embodiment of (ho most admira ble features, constructive, engineering and offensive, of American inventive skill. ComtiKxloro Hichhorn is ono of (hose who believe it possible to "overguu" wnrships. Ho does not think it wiso to load u vessel with all the artillery she ran curry. "I deem it best," ho says, "for ws to avail ourselves of u marginal buoyancy in providing protection for qnick firing guns, which, in nil proba bility, will lx most important iu com ing naval engagements. Tho more lim ited the variety of guns on shiplxmrd," ho adds, "the moro efftvtivo the ship is likely to prove in the unavoidable din and confusion of action." Philip Hichlxirn wus born iu Charles town, Mass., March -I, 1WI8. He was graduated from (he Hoston high schxl iu 18,V, uud was then indentured to tho government under tho tuition of tho lute Melvin Simmons, U, S. N., mas ter shipwright of tlio Boston navy yard. Young Hichlxirn showed himself so opt while there that ho was given a course of theoretical training in ship designing aud calculation. In IMiO he went to sea mi u clipxT ship bound for California, then entered tho employ of a Pacific Mail cou.jvuiy, and theu went back to tho government at the Mure Island navy yard, Sun Francisco, where in two years lie became master shipwright of tho sta tion. Iu IbOO he was made an assistant uuvul constructor, with tho relative rank of lieutenant. In 1870 ho wus trans ferred to the Portsmouth (N. II. ) navy yard. After that ho went to League is land, Pennsylvania, was promiueut dur ing the Centennial exposition of 1870, wus sent to Europe in 1874 ou pociul tluty uud later was made an assistant chief of tho naval construction bnrenn. His last promotion, to tho head of the bureau, came iu 1803. Commodore Hichlxirn has passed through thrve distinct stages of ship building pructicowotxl, iron and steel. Ho believes that metal will bo tlie ship building material of the future. Alwaya on Time. Washington had many admirable traits worthy of imitation, aud one of them was rigid punctuality. This was well illustrate,! by oil incident during his visit to Hoston 100 years ago. Having appointed 8 o'clock iu (ho moruing its the hour at which he should set out for Salem, he mounted his horse just as the Old South cha k was striking that hour. Tlio company of cavalry which was to tweort him did not arrive till after bis dcnrture aud did not overtake him till he had reached Charlua river bridge. ticuauge. mm MET THEIR MATCHES. Two Callforulana Who learned tha I air Krgulatluna a Mournt Late. Frank napixrsberg, tha sculptor, and Jim Yung, the restauraieur, were out viewing the remains of the JCidwiutcr fuir a few duys ago, when Mh found themselves with cigars and without matches. , "Ah, I have it," rc-inarM Yong. "Come over to tho Muuufacturas builil ing. I have a friend there who has a mutch exhibit, and we tun get hut we want " Tliey walked to tho Ixxith, ani os (he proprietor wasn't (hero Jim took tho lilx-rty of helping himself to (lis grout pile of wax mutches. 1 "Take nil you wnut, Frank, "ho re marked. "Ho's got a wagnuloaij here and don't want them. Happcrslwrg commenced fillinj his pockets. "I'll iKX'dsonie at my stiujio," und ho filled his trousers pockets. "Ought to huvo some at my room, ibo, " and his vest pockets were loaded. W'o always need them on my nnphthit launch," and his cont pcx-kets cam luenced to lmlgo. I "Guess I'll take some homo, " romiik ed Jim as ho commenced loading Lis clothes. "A few wouldn't come amiss at (ho restaurant eithvr. " 1 Then tiny walked out looking lik n pnir of smugglers loaded for a cuiton-t officer. At tho door they met the own of tho booth. Happersborg had bo scratching mutches on his trousers tlii wholo length of tho building, but the wouldn't light Yung had also worn slick streak on bis pantaloons. "What's (ho matt- ; with these matches?" he inquired ilie exhibitor. "What matches?" , "Why, yonrs. Wo helped ourselves to a box or two, as you weren't there," "Oil, there is no phosphorus on them. Tho fair nianugers wouldn't al low genuine matches in the building. Those uro just painted wax. " Yung and Happersborg stole down to Stow luko uud unloaded Sun Fr:uicis- co Post. HUMAN COMEDY IN STONE. The lluata Which Will Adorn the Nc brary Itulldlnga at Washington. 'LI Nino busts in granite have been fin ishud for tho exterior decoration of tho new librury of congress iu Wuxhingtou. The worthies who lirst como to tho front are Walter Scott, Dunte, Demosthenes, Nathaniel Haw thorne, Emerson, Irving, Oocthe, Deujuiuiu Franklin and Mu caulay. Judging by nowapnper cuts, a great vuriety of expression has been obtained by (ho respective artists who have made. these nine busts. Walter Scott has the intent, forward guzo of a college sprinter waiting for tho word "go. " Dante looks us if Dr. Chuuiicey SI. Dcpew hud just refused to uccomnnxluto him with a pass to Lluffa la The model who sut for Demosthenes was Puck's Wcury Waggles. ISenjamin rruiiklin is slyly chuckling over his sue cuss in lodging a big churgoof ulectrici ty in Nathaniel Hawthorne's back hair. Mucuulny him put ou a beuutifully am! symmetrically curled wig. Ralph Wnl do r.merson lias got tlie railroad pass which Danto missed. ashiugtou Irv ing is listening to the Hon. Amos J. Cumuiiugs' latest uud best anecdote, and (ioctho lias just caught through his alert left car an invitation to drink from a mini whom his soul loathes. For picturesque animation the work of the seven sculptors seems meritorious. If this is only a Is ginning, tho front of tho new library buildings bids fuir to bo a human comedy m stone. The up pcurunco of (ho second nino will Ixj waited with great interest. Wushing ton Letter. ' WONDERFUL NERVE. A Man Who Looked on Calmly While the hurgeoiia Cut Off Ilia l oot. Thomas E. Iiyrnes, u inoldcr, had portion of his right foot crushed by be ing ruu over by a Lake Koland car yes' tcrduy morning, which necessitated tho amputation of ulxuit one-half of tho foot During tho amputation Pyrites gnvo one of tho most stolid exhibitions of nervo and impussivoness to pain ever witness' ed. Drs. It F. lilako uud Oeer lmide preparations to put their patient under tho iutlueuce of chloroform for this pur pose, but whou Dyrnes was informed of what they wero about to do ho amazed them by telling them to go ahead with tho cutting, but that ho didu't want a narcotic. Tho physicians feared ho couldu't stand it, robust us ho is, and plainly told him so, but Byrnes was firm mid said ho would gi t through it all right. Then tho surgeons proceeded as geu tly as possible. Tho pain must have beeu terrible .lust iinngiuo taking a knife and sinking it down into the flesh, sever ing bones and joints I "It 's enough to muko ono shudder, " said a bystander, surgeon, tixi, accustomed to tho horrors of a surgicul hospital. Hut Byrnes never even winced. Ho sat in tho chair with folded arms, braced himself nguiust tho back or the sent und watched the move' moots of tho knife. There was uo monu, no rolling of the eyes, no twitching- j absolutely no indication of (ho (erriblo puin except tlio pallor of his face. The operation over, Byrnes thanked the sur geons, who seemed to Ixj far moro con corned and unxious that the job eome to au cud tliuu tho heroic patient Bal timoro American. DUCKED IN SACKS. But the Sultan1. Arrectlnu Made the Opera- lion a Mild One. Odd stories nro coming from Constan tinople, in connection with the recent earthquakes. One has been told of Gins suf Block, physician to tho sultan. The curthquako damaged tho part or the palace in which ho lives, und suddenly two favorite wives of the sultan were precipitated through tho cciliug into the doctor's room. All three flod from the building before it collapsed and lontui tuo sultan himself iu the court yanl 1 ho stem practice of Islam left the sultan no choice but to tie up his two wives iu s;n ks and plunge them into the Bosporus, they having been gazed upon by a profane giaour. Fortunately tho suitun cnensiitHi atroctiou for both of them, oud having consulted the grand mufti he saw his way to have them pun ished symbolically. They were put into sacks which were properly sewed up and duly taken to eqneKtered spots on tlie banks of the Bosporus and in the presence of a number of praying imams guutly dipped into the soft, blue waters, after which the women Were deemed to be purified. They were then removed to g new home and restored to their oon Inarai rUhU Ltuuloa Tmih. P FLOOD OF THE NILE. THE GREATEST EVENT OF ALL Tf YEAR AT CAIRO. Imprclve Ceremonlea at tba Catting tha Bauk to Allow tba WaUr to N.w Into the Canal-Tlie Ancient Kllomel r a the I.land of Itoila. Tlie tourist w ho only conies to Egypt t shun "winter and foul weather" know nothing of the majestic glories of tb' Vila fl.Mxl. The ancient Kilometer a 1 the sonth end of tho iHlund of Bodu, jt i nlxive Cairo, is one of the most intercut ing sights of tlie placa The wuter eu tors from the river by a culvert into o well about 18 feet square, with a gradn .t,ul urntin Tii lhir in tho center. On each side of (ho well is a recess ubont 0 feeti wide aud 3 feet deep, surmounted by pointed arch, over which is curved in roiief u Kufio inscription, and a similur insi-riiition is curried all around the well, consisting of verses of tho Korau. A staircase goes down the well, from the steps of which the initiated may .nd tho heiirht of the wuter on the pil lar, bnt they ure few in number, and the hereditary sheikh or tne n uoiiiout, whose duty it is to keep the record..1 a person of some iuiportunce. Tho Kil ometer dates from A. D. 801. oud I be lieve iu tho archives of Cuiro may be found the daily record for 1.000 ycurs. I need hardly tell you thut when our English engineers took the river in hund we established a number of gauges at Wndi-llulia. Assuun. Cuiro and many other points on moro scientific principles th:,n thtt venerable Kilometer of the RimIu island. After the river has begun to rise its .height is duily chanted through tlie Cairo streets until it reaches 10 cubits on tho guuga At this point the Khulig elMusri. thooldcuuul thut flows through the heart of Cairo, is oixucd up to this point it is dry, and full or empty it is little morothiiu a sanitary nuoniiuunon at present, but in former duys it occu pied un important pluce, and when the Kilo water wus high enough to flow down its bed it wus looked on thut the flood hud fairly set in, aud thut the kind ly fruits of (ho earth might be duly ex fiected The head of (his cunul is on the right buik of the river, just south of Cairo. The wuter enters a channel some 30 feet wide, with a high wull ou its left und a shpiug bunk ou its right or southern fliiak. Tho wuter theu flows under tho pointed urch of nu old stone bridge. The bed of tlie canal is cleared so that it would flow in ut a gauge of ubont U, cubits, bat au earthen bauk is throw u ucro it about four feet higher. Tliero is uouiore interesting ceremony in Egypt than tho annual cutting of tho khnliir, us the owning ceremony is oulled. It takes placo between Ang. fi and 15. Days before preparations are niude tor (ho festival. Touts with innu merable lamps are placed along the wull ou (ho one sido. Frames for all manner of fireworks are erected ou the sand bauk on the other sida All the notables ure there in full uniform or in canonicals. The klidive himself or his representa tive, tho Sheikh ul Islam, the highest dignitary of the Mohammedun faith; the Sheikh el Bckri, the Sheikh el Sadat, all the learned scribes of tho great uni versity of tlio A.hur, (he cabinet minis ters uud under secretaries, tho sirder of tho army and his staff, the judges and tho financier. Tho lCgritian troops ara turned out, salutes uro (fed, uud nlxint 8 o'clock in tho warm summer night the classed ull assemble under tho gayly lighted tents, tho masses crowd round tho frames for the fireworks, the street is lined with hurcm curriafea full of closely veiled figures, though it is not much that they can see from their broughams. Out in the river just opposite tho canal's mouth is moored au old hulk of a certain sea going ontline, which has becu towed up from Buluk during the day and is mi emblem of the time when the great re public of Venice sent an envoy to wit ness the ceremony. This boat is full of lumps, and fireworks too. As the night deepens tho excitement increases. The populace ou (ho bridge nnd opposite bunk uro shouting, yolling and dancing wildly round the fireworks. On tho other side ure the gay uniforms and lighted tents, from which we can look over tho wull down ou the dark wa ter, where you s? brown figures plung ing iu and, waist deep, digging with ihoir hoes at the embuukmeut that blocks the caual'i month. Long before midnight tho fireworks have gone out and left the splendid stars to themselves; the grundces huve all gone to bed, but tho peoplo keep tip tho revelry, and iu tho morning, by t:30, every one has come back. Then but little of the bunk is left uncut, uud a fow more strokes of the big hoes will do it, and the browu skins uud brown water reflect the bright Sunlight from ubovu, Then tlie Sheik hnl Islum solemnly thanks the Almighty, Allah tho all powerful, the all merciful. Ho implores his blwsing on tho fhxxl, and at a sigual the look is cut, tho wa ters rush in, and witk them a crowd of swimmers. A bag ( silver piasters is scattered turning them, and the ceremony Is at un end. Katur. Bruin met and Byron, Bvron. while walkis? nlnno PifoHii. ly one bright summer luoruiiitf. pnmnn. tored Bean Brunimcl, who was return ing from his tailor's Uow are yon, Brnnimcl?" said the poet , "Pretty well, thank VOU. " rwtnrned the beau. "I've beeu reiidina 'IWm Juun. '" t " Yes?" said Byron, ith a smila "There is somo clevet rhyme in it " "So?" observed Byroli, with affected surprise. "And some pretty gi4 versification. " "Ah?" returned the oct "Why don't von trv vonr Imn nn. try, Byron?" asked BrutimeL ine two never spoke to each other again. I Followed Ordrra. Confound it!" pscl.-ilmt T.t,0, "What a stupid follow tint jeweler ul" now so: inquired bs friend. "Wbr. I told him the arhoe H.. I wanted engraved ou tl engageuieut ring the letters 'from A irn 7. -r.... Arthur to Zeuobia,' yon liow and the idiot went to work and pi4 in the whole alphabet I" Elmira Teletram. Concealment No Longer 'ecweaary. Mrs, Oldun Whv. hit drar. von lrxik ten years older since yon Were married, i Mrs, Youmron And I are. Yon tnnv I have been only 23 for de past tun 1 rears. ivtroit rree freas,; EARTHQUAKE JOHNNY MlLNf, Ba la aa Ksnert on Belinda Nk-,L Haa Married a Japan, Earthquake Johnny is(hesomes. uudignifitxl appellation the tlytn .-re" have i Mi lne, F u u Wninclurp,' the U.pmnm ! 'f miniim. m.. .-;vs""''gyii.lftliu. IllUchlnm.. n. i 3 ai 1 ok To m,i. Wl Bile .1 ' WHO reeenil. i... . --v tril there l.. . l JOIIN MII.NR. ilU . P lits n-Kidi-iK-B I,. Hie isle of Man. Professor Mi lne moT nbly knows more ulxuit eartli(1Uake tha any other man. The study of disturbances is his fad. and ho has d. voted years (o mak i ng i u terest ing txv ments audio inventing iimcijI10rt f " (he measurement of curth(iiakt-, ' gj, bx.k on "Eartlujnakes" bus ,;ia , y iiiloanil is considered on inithniitT ui tho subjivt. During his iuveailKt'i,jni in Japan he has hud 1100 luWrvers irat. lered ulxmt the kingdom and theg,n'. eminent bus aided him iu variouivja. When he went to the Lund of the Hit in g Sun, Professor Milne was looked up. on us a confirmed oM btu helor, bnt p-etty Japuiieso gir won his heart, ud tliey wero murried not long ago at tha British legatiou iu Tokyo. Mia. Milue it a charming young woman mid huldi a diploma for her skill in artistically combining and arranging flowers. There is one building ut Tokyo Bal Vfrsity thut is expressly devoted '-to Hue appurutus designed (o record (hemo. tiins of earthquakes, and there are ti-pe-i mental struct ures erected flir tb pmxe of learning by actual experi. en e w hat sort of a building will beat wi'.hstund the seismic couvnMun. xi out timo Professor Mihio teconiniendtd that buildings in the enrtltqnuke cen ten of Japan he built njxm raimoo balb so arranged thut (hey could move u hid or so, but tho experiment was tried and proved a failure. fVufeKMir Milun has invruted a ma chiw for Indicating the slightest vibra tion of the earth. Each shuck, lie be liefs, is precedixl by premonitory tre niori which ore registercnl by his nia chim, but these tremors huvo little val ue ai indicating au approaching earth quuk, for tho reason that he cannot tell whether they presage a shock or are merely the effect of shock in other part of the world. lie bus liarurd tlut objects deeply and firmly inibedilid is tho ground withstund shocks better than those on tho surface. A KENTUCKY ROMANCER. Jaraea Lane Allen and Ilia Notable Werk In I ho Field of Fiction. One of the shining literary light of the new sonth is James Lane Allen, i young Kentnckian who rejoices in tlx possesion of a very commendable liter ary pait and gives promise of evens moro c immendable literary future. Al len is t blond young giant with a miu; niiiceut head and a strong, kindly face. Ho was born several years before toe beginni ig of (lie civil war cn a blue grass fam nenr Lexington, and wit far removec from (he spot where many gen erutiom of his family had lived since the first 'migration from Virginia One of hisao'cstors, Colonel William Pajnf. once strvk Oeorgo Washington during a quarrrl, bnt tho two men nfterwanl became (reat friends. Alleu vas educated nt Kentucky nni versity, Inished nt the very head uf hi cluss undiheu took a postgraduuto ounrss nnd recehed the degree M. A. Be lift the collep pretty thoroughly coiiversaul with Lnt.ti. Greek, French, Gemian, Spanish Had Italian, and for some time taught (fan languages iu southern col leges. Ifii ambition, however, wn to do soniediiug worth doing iu Uteraiure, JAM LANS ALl.EN. and as college work grew more w more distustefu) to him he turned litoruture, ninkiiL his field of lictun his native state. I Tho rewards o( literature in a per""1' iury sense are ver small, cspx-iu.lly W a beginner, ami at he studiixl fiction W also studied lawlmd was udmit(tl to tho bar. While id Omaha be w role W first book, "Alluu's Uandb.x.k of Kebrasku Cixlo. " Jti 1ST0 he beg" " pructice of his pt.fcssion iu CliicK and sixin attructeiconsideiablo atb'n tion because of hlsjcgal talent iuid i;" qnent puhlio addresk on eix-ial, p'""' cal and educational topics. . Ho lovel luw, however, less than lovetl college workl mid steadily tinning his liternr lalxirs sixm to muke a name t hinicclf in lnw tnre. His sliort stori s have Ih'oii I'0Dj lished in (he leudinV niaga.i"''"- ;, "Tho White Cowl," faster I,1"riil nnd others have jihiaily deinoustww that he possesses rare lilcnt for the p duction of fict ion of u liigh clos. of his best known boks nro "A r-..n..i" ..,l Plnie ml"r lin. " As n public renh r he I"'1 very successful throiigliiut the su th. Tho Illinois river wus o terunxl fn; Unelllini, a trilsa of Ind.an oil baida. Auolher derivutieti tsoi,1'1'!!," iu Isle aux Koix, island nf Nut eral derivations moro id" less f-""M " are suggested by the ctyiol"Ku " geographers. The frequency of storms in Nehn" Is due to the fuct thut uot euly d originate there, but the sterun kot move southeast, and tho' l K us and Texas northeast, generally log through Kebnuka on their t'J uorte. " I am W F