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EUGENE CITY GUARD LATEST NEWS SUJDIAKY. BY TKLEOKAPll TO DATR. inn aula nt HiO nfiWI of I'lvmOU th church notted 837,000, decrease of more tliun ? iooo ooniparod wim iut year ru tuls. A Chicago dispatch of Jan. lOtU soys the circuit court Das grouum jun. ... . 1! . ... I. ..at Hcoville a uucrco oi uivoreo iruiu uui husband. The bod-maker of the Wbutobee houso onintr into tlm room of Win Julius l).imeraue. OD the 10th, found lii'm lianrrinff In ttlfl bodllOSt by tllO U0 an. I W.I '1 tin cause of the act was do- pression at not being able to obtui work. An Tn.lian tnrritorr dispatch says the troubles of the creek nation are virtual Bottlod. The force of Spioohes and Choote, rival chiefs, are disbanding. The result of tbo war baa boon the dulh of about 12 moo and tho wounding of about as many more. John Codv. oirod CO. dind at Munisteo, Michigan, on the 10th, after fasting 10:J duya. He nerved during tho war in the 10th Wisconsin regiment, and leavos a wife and live children, nil married. JJiir ing tho fust his weight wan rodinod from 100 to 107 pounds. Hi habits wore tem perate. Tho supposed oause of tho fast ing was ulceration of tho stomach. A Chicago dispatch of Jan. 10th nays a blizzard bus been raging in southern Minnesota. Trains aro stopped by drifts. Shoveling in going forward rapidly. Tho blizzard came unexpectedly, finding thousand of people unprepared, and will probably do muobdarnago. Two euginea are stuck in tho drift at Lake Benton. It is tho worst storm for two yoars, ond ap pears to extend 350 miles. Tho National Tobaseo association baa passed resolutions asking for a reduction of tlio tux on tobacco to eight cents per pound and on cigars to $3 per thousand, on cigarettes to 75 cent! per thousand, with a rebate equal to tho reduction on stock, if it would amount to 810 or more, tbo reduction to go into effect May 1st nut. A vigorous protest against allow ing producers to soil to consumers froe of tax was mado. The New York World says of Vandor bilt's proposed California trip: Ho pro poned to leavo this city at tho eud of January in a spooiul train of five palace cars, thoroughly fitted out, for a four weeks' trip to tho l'acillu coast and back, He will take with him a party mado up of his own family and some iutimato friouds. They will go to California by the now southern routo through Texas and return by the Central Pacific Iu this way tho travelers will reach Califor nia at the height of the most beautiful seuson of tho year in that stuto, besides an inNpeotion, on their way out and homo, of the vast area which has been thrown open within the last few years to settle lucnl and civilization by tho rapid and systomutlu development of ruilwuy com munication butwoun tho Mississippi und the l'acitlo. A Dcthlohcm, Pa., dispatch of January 10th tays: A frightful boiler explosion occurred to-day at No. 1 blunt furnuce of the Bethlehem Iron Co., resulting in tho death of four men and women, and ser ious injury to several others. Ten boilers aro located over the engine house at an elevation of !t! feet, two of those. being 40 inches in diameter au.l !t(l feet long; tho others being smaller aro used for heating purposes, Two of the largest boilers exploded with ferritin force, wrecking tho llihtrinr ir lint nnirinn limiun utiil iln. moliidiing nearly half of tho pattern shop adjoining the engine house. One boiler was carried througU the ventilators and broke through the roof of an old mill and fell to the ground. Of the ten boilers only thruo are left in position. The in terior of tho engine house is tilled with debris and men are at work searching for the winning. Tho bodies of (loo. Grady and Jesse White, engineers, have been found. Samuel McCundloss, boiler lou der, was scalded to death. Another man, who was taken from the ruins, is unrec ognizable. Tho wife of ouo of the pud dlera named draft, while feoihing his dinner, was killed. Wm. Buroh and li. Clewott, pattern makers, aro badly in jured. Iho search continues to-night. One or two employes are still misting. Tho boiler thrown through, the roof of the old mill was hurled 1100 feet and fell among 100 workmen. The damage to mill machinery is great. Last week tbo boilers were cleaned and ltispoctod and pronounced safe, lu July lust a jeweler of Sun Francisco, named Ebrenberg, was earchiug for a capitalist with money to loan on dia monds. He represented thut the owner of the gems was of noble family, and temporarily embarassed, but felt averse to dealing with pawn brokers. He en countered Bombard Von Amnion, a grain broker, to whom be repeated the story, at the same time introducing Joseph Bcnrimo, a curbstone broker. During the interview between the parties the latter produced an elegant casket with ight superb pieces of jewelry, contain ing M diumouds. You Amnion mis trusted the purity of the gems and sub mitted them to tho inspection of the lead ing jeweler in the city, each of whom (renounced the lot worth from $7000 to 10,000. Hour uno asked tho loan of $0000, saying he would redeem them in six montus. The (rain broker concluded to decline to advance moro than ;UHKl and tho offer proving satisfactory, ho had tho diumouds critically passed upon a aecoud time, with the assurance from cch jeweler that they were the same as the original lot. Ou reaching his private olllce on California Mrcet Yon Amnion sat down to write a check for tho money and a receipt for tbo jewels, of which a'u inventory had previously been drawu up. Ho was scarcely gone two aecomls Ri.d returning saw the casket iu the same pi nee he left it. A glance at the jewels was taken, the canket shut and sealed iu the presence of witnesses and 1lt check passed, and in duo time collected. When tlia six months bad passed and no re demption made, Vou Amnion called tin witnesses, opened tho casket and to the surprise of everybody found only eight diamonds, which, alien submitted for inspection to tho jewelers, who examined the lot iu the first instance, pronounced that the second lot waa not worth more thanflOOO. Bnrimo was arrested on a charge of grand larceny. Other persona have mode similar charges against bim. Dr. 8. M. Ballard, a prominont noliti inn atwt lxn.1 nnr WU robbod of $o7, 000 cash at bis isolated farm in Audubon eountr. Iowa, on the lOtn. A competitive exhibition of the Brush and U. . electric lights will be held in Louisville, Ky.. tho defeated party to pay $1000 excuses and donate fiooo to the roiytccnnic lusumw. nn,n niiiznninf Kan Francisco have started a subscription list for tho relief of sufferers by the recent flood. Homo g.VJO have been collected so iur, mm m pun trii mnnll IITA In nrocross for an enter tainment, tho proceeds of whicn will be sent forward at once. Th o s u perior con rt at Indiuuupol is gave a decision on tuo mu wuicu, u w in cipel announced therein ii carried out, il n.t tlm stato 8200.000. It is that n. mnut rninrii the money iiuid by counties to the stuto treasury, Dy miHioae or otherwise, in excess of balance uue who is spending a weok in niimha. savs that he Dioposes to chal lengo the winner of tho tight between Sullivan and Hlado, as soou as the match is mado. He savs he is in bolter comn- ii.n nn. limn bo ovor was in Ins life, and ho is anxious to meet Sullivan iu the rinv nciin some time thia yeur. Ho says Mace's judgment as to Sludo's ability us a pugilist is worth something und the i i ... ullii-un u ill flml Hlmln orouuouuy i" ih - a hard man to whip. rVinl,Wnhlo excitement was caused in M m I'runi-isCO OU the 11th by a largo crowd which collected in f rontof a prom inent bank on Montgomery street and tlm Imnressioa was created that an exten sive run had bcon inaugurated. Humors to tho effect that the bank hod collapsed were circulated but an investigation re voaled a man with a placard on bis bat bnarinir the inscription, I want worn. This method of cheap advertising was suooessful, 'or tlie man was soon given employment by a gentleman who saw tho oonsjuouous placard. The secretary of the treasury has a tel egram from Capt. L. M. Btoddor, com mnn.linir the reuonue outtor Oliver Wol- oott, duted Victoria, 11. C, Jan. 10th. as follows: Have received a communication from tho primo minister of British Col- U til Ilia asking ssiniuuuc an unuiuimuu. There is an Indian troublo and no British naval vessel is in thoso waters, and assis tance is urgent. Secretary Folgor sent an answer to-day, as follows: "Tho rov cnuo steamer Woloott will be permitted to bo present at Fort Simpson and pro vent violouoo, but no force is authorized unless to repel an attack imminent ugainst tho whites, and then only on a written requisition by tho British Columbia au thorities." A Milwaukee. Wis., dispatch of Jan. 10th savs: Tho Newhull houso, a six-story brick hotel was burned to tho ground this morning. Tbo lire was discovered at 4 a.m. Iu less than half an hour tho entiro building was one sheet of Humes. Tho llrst alarm camo at J:47, followed nuieklv by a geueral alarm. By this time almost the entire south front of tho Newhull house was ono sea of flames. In a moment every window in tho largo six Btory structure was tilled with strug-1 gling guests, frantically ana piieousiy beseeching tho few below for aid, which it was impossible to render. But few of the unfortuniito inmates gained tho front entrance on Michigan street, although moro might have bceu saved if some im mediate utt'Jinpt at systematic rescue had Wen nimbi. Iu the bulls wuu a scene of the wildest confusion. Men, women mid hildren rushed up and down tho hulls u tho dense end suffocating smoke, avoiding the blinding H ones and roaring blaze, and in their frantic efforts rushing by stairways and windows leading to tiro eseupes, stumbling ovor bodies lying un conscious on tho carputod walks. The scenes during tho conflagration wero ter rillo in tho ouitreme. The hot-.d register was burued so that it is impossiblo to stato delluitely the number of guests at tbo time of tho disaster, but all accounts agreo thut tho dend w ill roach 100. Tho scene ut the morgue a few hours after the lire wns sickening. Thirty-two bodies of men and women lay upon the tloor, many burned to an miilistiuguisliulilo mass, while tho efforts of a strong police force wero required to keep back tho agonized crowd who wero frantically searehi'.ig for missing friends. The cold was inteuse and many wouudod suffered from both tho extreme of heat and cold. Tho hotel was built in 1857 and has long been regarded us a 'death trap. Tho elevator and passuga ways wero almost at tho first alarm enveloped in Humes cut ting off all retreat to the frenzied guests and employes. Telegrams from all parts of tho country are pouring in asking for missing friends. Inquiry has been made by at leust a dozen wholesale bouses iu tho east regarding their traveling men, who wero due hero Tuesday. Not ono of those inquired for cuu be found, und it is sufo to assume there wore a great many more transient guests in tho house thun at first reported. Tho finding of tho two bodies so near tho edge, that had not bo fore In eu sceu, has given rise to the idea that there are at least 1(H) bodies in tho ruins. It will tako several duvs to re move tho debris, with as largo a force as can t worked, ami as the register is pro served iu tho safe, it will ni impossible for a long time alter the bodies buvo been recovered, before it will be known who all tho victims are. A further dispatch ou the ntli savs: At iluYligut tins morn ing a largo gang of laborers rvHumed the awful work of hunting for the dead iu the ruins of the Newhull house. Tho streets in the vicinity of th ruins are packed black with people. I ho greatest excitement prevails. The fire department is engaged iu pulling down the re in limits of the walls, and with each succeeding crash, the excitement iner?asos. The police and firemen are contldeut that fully M people are mined iu the nuns, luclud ing a number of guests not mentioned in the published list. Crowds of people are arriviug on every train. The hotels are filled with tearful and anxious people seeking friends or relatious snpposod to have Ih-cu in the tire. Tho telegraph wires inclosing the buildingon the south and east sides ployed sad havoc with those who niide tho frightful leap from the windows for life. Ssveral bodies were Uirly out iu two by the wires, and tho torn and bleeding forms would drop 10 me ground. Utliers would bit the wires crosswsvs, rebound and Ive hurled to the giound with a dreadful cnuh. To the unfortunate waiter girls, all lodged iu the sixth story and att'es, the saddest lot bai fallen. Of the sixty young Birls ouly eleven were heud from alive as laU as yesterday evening. MIlB-OF-ALL-WOBK. Rachel Ramsay looked rery pretty, indeed, as she came down the narrow wooden aUircase in tho little brown farm-house that afternoon, drcssod in a white muslin dress strewn all over with tiny pink rosebuds, and a fresh laoe frill around bor neck, tied with pink ribbon, wbilo her pretty feet were buttoned into a new pair of boots, with high I rench heels, and bor bair was curled in loose, -i ai.ininff hrnnze. hioshv uuun ui ouiM'o , . . "Eli!" said Granny Ramsay, looking np from her everlasting knitting work, over which she was half-asleep; "going to church, bey? "It isn't Sunday, grandma, explains lunrrliinff &ml coloring. 1 m ts l,Tn.ir In Ri'fl MissCa houn She has often invited mo there she and 'Pshaw!" said Granny Itamsay, wuo nno i t ihnnn venerauio ui-i'i'iu privileged to speak their mind on all oc itiiK (ins: "what do tue nno cuy luuies u at tho Tower want of a farmer's daughte liko you?" . . , "But, grandma, tueyve inviieu mui "Tt rnn.in.lail nip " Hllill CTraDcluia. "O the old story of tho iron pot and tho china pot swimming uown wreaui i nxtlinr unit 1nn't nOWisO BUlt." Rachel said no more, but.cacaned into tho shady Jane, where tlio maples wero beginning to turn palo yollow in the first September frosts. rinin.imn in nijinvs cri.ici.niir every hui " Mi,a thnnirlit. "I know tlieladios at the Tower will leglad to see mo. Miss Ali,.n nrnntu tn sklltch mT bead for Elaine,' and Miss Boll asked me to sing duets with her. She suid 1 liml a voico like a lark, and perhaDs Air. Harold Haroldson will be there! For I know he often visits the bouse." And Ruohel smiled to herself, as sue nmuuAil tlm mxtm bridle and went through the woods to the Towor, a fan tastic wooden cottage with a semi cirou- lur front, which was let lor me summer, tlm r.nn.,1- tiiunuif iirrfcrrinz to live in a square brick structure in the little vil lage. The littlo side door was opon and T),.,.i,l u.onf in. Vrnm tho left of the Aknt.uvk " v -- , , passage-way; a door opened into the kitchen, and mere iu net iiuiuiio mont, sho sav Miss Alice Calhoun her ...ir in an ii.qtlmtifi dress of Palo sase groen and roses in her hair, contemplat ing a pair of docapitated fowls which lay on thn table. "Miss Alice! sho exclaimod. flml van. Rachel?" cried tho city young laJy, pouncing on hor.as a drown ing man pounces on the nonrost floating straw. "Oh, I novor was so glad to see anybody in all my life! These horrid hens! lUKlgot nas gone owuy in mpn l,o,.,muo T nri'sumed to find fault with tho coffeo this morning, and we have got company to dinner, and 1 uaven i au idea bow to get the feathers off these iTLfttures. But now that you aro hero everything will bo all right!" And she shook off the big bib apron, aud stepped buck with a kigh of relief. Rachel looked perplexed, huo ha t como there, not to enact tne roiooi kitchen-maid, but to visit Miss Calhoun, to sit in her drawing-room and enjoy the conversation cf her guests, and huo nu not exactly relish this summary tlisruis sul to tho kitchon. "There is soup stock," went on Miss Alice, "and a delicate pieeo of halibut, and with tho fowls roasted, and a pio or a pudding, or something which I dare say you enn make, wo snun no very nicely, i n parucuiuriy anxious auoui tho dinner, because we are to have com pany. You'll excuse mo now, because I havo to dress." Aud away tripped Miss Alioo, bcIUsIi nd smiling as oVer was Queen Cleopa tra's self. Pmir llanlinllShe stcod aniinnto iu the lint liit.-liPti. tbo tours spriniiiiiar toher eyes, a pang of disappointment at her heart. Sho knew an niioui n. iiaroid ir.inil.1min Rnil Mr. Dallas wero to dine thero that day, aud she she was to be cook, waitress, niuid-of-nll-work what sicnifled it what sho called bsrself? She remembered what grandma ban siiid.niHl for once in her life gave that veuerublo old lady credit for discrimination. There was no help for it, however. Sho tied on tho bib-aprou, tucked tho urls back of her ears, ami went to woru ii urnniiro tbo chickens for the roastimr pan, and now and then pausing to brush away tho round, bright tears which rolled dowu her cheeks. These yonnir ladies evidently intended to make her useful. Sho might havo mown that they did beforehand. Sho nnl,i lumr the soft sound of Bell Cal houn's guitar; the sweet subdued tinkle of Alices laughter; tlio deep monoton ous undercurrent of gentlemen's voicps; and then bIio glaneod down nt her pretty muslin dress and bows of piuk ribbon, and begau to think that Miss Calhoun lad taken an unfair advantage of her. If hbe could onlv havo heard tho ener getic ooloquy which transpired between tho two sisters in their dressing-room, shen first Alice camo up stair, she ivould perhaps have better eompro liended the drilt of things. "Good news!" Miss Calhoun had iriii.l why milt lr scentod liDckntlinn,!- ' -"r -- - - I kerchief in the air. "I've got a girl in io Kucnei)! "No!" said Miss Bell, a fair-haired. cream-coinplexioned damsel, with pale bl ilne eves, and a perpetual smile. "Rachel lUinsey, no.hleil Alice, 'came up here iu her best bib and ticker, to spend the dav. Of course I rtniirtsi'iktail hiir nt onoi-" "The bold, pushing thing!" said Boil, ith a disdainful gesture. "She's a deal too prett v to lirini? into tlx , . 0 iio drawing room for Haroldson aud Ar- mine liallaa to tint with, added Miss Ali.'f Liifiu'intlv. "Anil I don't fut inr way that I could have avoided it, if it had not been for 'those lnckv chickens, tind Bridget's fortunate tit of teniir. Make haste, now; they'll be hero in a miDUto. And I know little Rachel is a first-class cook, for I have been there to tea." Sit the voune ladies of the Tower were enjoying the feast of reomtu and the flow of soul in their cool drawing-room with books, new-gathered rosea aud blue-ribboned guitars, w hile poor Rachel Ram say was broiling in the kitchen over peach tarts and Neopolitau creams. She bod forgotten her disappointment; but, artist like, she had throwu herself into her occupation with engrossing in terest, and she was stirring the crems with a quick, energetic band, when a step crossed the threshold. fresh trout. Bridget. to surprise your mistress," said a clear TAnd to her infinite amazemont Harold TT,..i.iunn atvut before her. in his bunt ing costume, with a fishing rod lightly balanced on his snonnier. Tm nnt itrii1or,,t." suid the Kirl.laugu inir. but still stirring on. "I'm only Rachel." r.-aa Diminul" i a Axelaimcu. Jlftinz bis cap. "How, in the name of all that is wonderful came you here?" And then, without numor, iwuuuci u- .oih.,1 ihn manner and incidents oi tier capture. "I am the maid-of all work, if you please," she remarked with a courtesy. "Thon let me help you," said Harold lv tvinn- a second bib apron arnnml bis hnntinc Huit. "Iusedtobo a good bund at spidor and gridiron when I camped on Lake Capsuptio in MftiDe-" 1..-,, ii "But you are not enguged, Racliol said, half pleased, half frightened. "I can volunteer," observed the young man. "Give me tho oil and vinegar, and you will see what dressing, "a la may onnaise," I can provide for that salad of yours." And if a pair of cooks ever spent a delightful unconventional sort of morning in tho kitchen, this pair did. They laughed, they made innocent jokos, they behaved liko two school chil dren. And at last when Rachel ran out into the garden to gather some water-cresses to dock the newly roasted fowlaj Mr. if rnhlunn heard the voice of Miss Bell Calhoun calling down the stnirway: "Richel! Rachel! you may serve me dinner. Every ono is here but that tiro some Haroldson!" "And lie's here, too," calmly re sponded that gentleman, who was wash ing his hands at the pump. "What!" cried lion, Bunny. "The cook and Butler ore expected to take their meals in the kitchen," said Mr. Haroldson, with commendable grav ity. "And I've no objestiou to that ar rangement. And nnliinr could induoe narold Haroldson to come up to the dining- room. Ho and Uacnei togoiuer aw meir Tiinnininr unrt of renast and washed the dishes although tho matter somewhat lost its spice when the Misses Calhoun nud their company all adjourned, "eu masse." to the kitchen and persisted in joining thoir ranks. And when tho purpie sunsci came dreamily down over the dark cedars that nvprlninir the brawlintr stream, and the gay guests bad all departed. Alico and . . . . . . . . i i - i i .. .. i . lioll Uttluoun gazed uuoiousjy ut euuu other. "Was ever anything so provoking, said Boll. 'Ho has nctuallv gone home with her," said Alice, bursting into angry tears. 'Ami after nil tho pains we took to keep them apart!" sighed Bell. "It was all your lauit, petulantly ex l.iinm.l Alien. "Noticing that farmer's 'daughter, and dragging her out of her sphere, in that sort of way!" "But it was you that plumed yourself on, getting her into the kitohen!" scolded Bell. "And a nico mess you've made of it!" "Rut how wero we to tell that it was going to end so?" groauod poor Alice. "Wnll lt'iflif.l " suid Grannv Rumsav. when tho girl came iu, just as the lumps wero lighted, "what sort of a day did vou have?" 'ilumphl" grunted Granny, after her answer. "That s a queer way of enter taining visitors. But p'raps that's city manners. "Perhaps it is," said Rachel, de murely. "Vlin wuu it puma 1 in inn with von?" asked Granny, who was not quite deaf or blind us yet, "and left vou at the gaidon 61'?" . . . .. , .. "Ouo of the other servants, said Rachel. "Well, I never," said Granny. 'Wbero's all your pride, Rachel Ram say.' "I nover was prouder in all my lite than I am to-night," said Rachel. "Lis ten, grandma, for I havo much to tell vou. Mr. Harold Haroldson, of New Vork, walked homo with mo; and I've iiut, him ever so manv times this sum mer, at picnics and archer parties and sucu piuces, out i never Know mat no carod for mo. And to-night be askod mo to marry him, and he is to come bore to-morrow morning to see fatuor. "Do yon love him.' said Granny liam- sar. huskily. And Rachel answered: "Yes." "Thon Ooil bless vou. mr child, and J - "3 ' ' give you both a long and happy life 1" said tuo old may, soiciy smooming me girl's bright head. And every ono was satisfied, except the ladies of the Tower." First Glimpse of llolUud. A very largo opal or the insido of a mother of pearl shell would make a good background for this thin strip of distant Holland that lies blinking away in tho early morning light. A long, narrow ribbon of a picture it makes, with its lit tle spots auJ dots and splashes of color hero nnd there, accidental here and methodical there, as if part of a pattern. By carefully looking through a glass thoso dots of various shapes and sizes soon resolvo themselves iuto wiud mills, cows, sheep, Dutchmen, churches and steeples, and little red-tiled houses with green or blue shutters. I do not pre lend that this is a peculiar or striking in stance oi tho nrt glimpse of a foreign strand consisting of cows, windmills, and steeples I know of other such places but I contend that the Dutch Bind slip is cleaner, the cows are sleeker ana fatter, the windmills more iauntv and active, the cottages more spick and span and more recently out of a toy box, tne specks oi hnmauity more rotund and well-to-do. Nover, except in some other strip of Dutch strand, will you see just surh specks as these. And as we draw nearer the shore, and the bits of color take more definite form, there is no mis tale this is Holland, and no other land atoll. George H. Broughton, in Har per s Magazine for January. You should make friends again. It is absurd for an engaged pair to quarrel. Laura W ell. theu, let Edgar say the first word. F.l f.ith a - - - -- . v w . lection of the recent tiff) Yes, so long as you cave uie list, you doa t core. English troops D)Uff A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, writing from Alexandria, Egypt, under date of Nov. 29. says: 1 have stated iu my previous letters tuai me grim old gentleman with the scythe and hour glass was playing sal havoo with the English soldiers quartered in this country, and that funerals were far more frequent amougst thorn than were pro motions, but it was not until list week that the army Oazetta pnblishoJ a word on the subject; I send you the substance of the article merely for the reason that it corroborates my letters, and plainly sou forth the fact that the Arabs have a chap on their side who is considetably more potent than was Arabi. "The is alarminir mortality among the British troops both at Cairo and Alexandria, .is attracting general attention, and is giv ing rise to many uncomplimentary com ments in regard to tho army modioal department. We understand that the British Vice Consul at Cairo has taken tho matter in hand, and is preparing a report on the subject for the homo government. In tho mean time our men are dying like flies, and a general outcry is raised against the water, and against what is termed the unhoalthi ness of tho climate, by persons who are no competent to offer an opinion on the subieot. We do not thick we aro going too far in saying that, in regard to tho heulth of tho troops which form the army of occupation here, a panic is threatened in puono opunou at uuiuo which is likely to equal thut which exiited at the time of the occupation of Cyprus. Then, at dow, there was an outcry about the water and the unhealthy uoss of the climate. The island was likened to "a charnel houso and a graveyard," and the government was severely taken to tasa lor uispotcuing British troops to dio iu what was de scribed as a fever strioken island situated in a forgotten corner of the Mediterranean, butexpenonce has shown Cyprus t j be no more unhealthy for per aiiiiH vim take ordinary precautions than any othcrisland in the Levant. We do not think that it is bad water or the na tural unhealthines) of the climate of Egypt so much as bad living and im moderate indulgence iu poisonous liquos at low drinking places tha'r cause such fearful mortality among our men. There is a movement on foot to start a cafe where tue soldiers will bo able to procure coffee, tea, milk, bread, cheese, lemonade, sherbets and other non-intoxicating drinks, but it cannot be expected that Tommy Atkins "out on the sproo," will bo likely to patronize this establish ment in preference to his usual haunts on such occasions, and his incorrigible habits will cause trouble to those to whom the care of his health is intrusted for all time to come. Aside from this, there are many other causes for disease; no blankets hfd been served out to the men until quite recently, although the niirlits were exceedingly cold. At the citadel they had to lie down on the cold, damp ground, with ouly their wearing apparel to keop them from getting chilled. Tho army medical department has been faulty in many particulars, as there was opportunity of seeing at Is mailia aud throughout the line of march. There is a great deal, ulso, to bo said in regard to tho treatment of the maladies from which our men suffer on account of tho peculiarities of tlio climuto, and val uable lives are lost through what is really criminal ignorance. We would advise the government to call to thoir service somo of our local medical practi tiouers who understand tbo diseases nnd tho remedies suitable to the climato and not permit tho men to be killed off on gonerul principles. The real cause of the soldiers dying is on account of their immoderate beer aud porter drinking at thoir own canteens; they nre not allowed spirits, but they can drink English ale ad. lib., and that stuff drank in quantities in this climate is certain poison; it is not what they get outsido at tho "low drinking places" that kills them, for tho reason that they do not have frequent opportunities of visiting them. Llto'iiry Husbands. There could bo but fow more critical bisks than to write a treatise on the choice of wives or husbands; but wo need not be over scrupulous about warn ing ladies in search of husbands to be ware of men of literary habits, and we shall be doing a kindness if we advise literary men contemplating matrimony to select for their wives judicious and patient nurses rather than charming and brilliant women. There is a comfortable doctrine held by wives that all husbands are more or less selfish, and we admit that there is much to bo said in support of this theory. Hunting husbands, shooting husbands, parliamentary husbands and business husbands generally sees their own amusement as the principal end of their lives, while tho pleasures of their wives are regarded as desirable but secondary objects; but none of the above-mentioned are so purely selfish as aro certain literary husbands. Strictly pleasure- seeking husbands often study tueir own amusement only, whilo they worship their wives. Literary husbands also study their own amusement only, whilo they worship themselves, aioreovei, in intercourse with their fellow-creatures, ordinary mortals usually imbibe some fresh ideas or learn a little entertaining gossip, and are consequently more or lofs agreeable companions to their wives But the literary man spends the day at home in his own den, where his brain feeds chiefly upon itself, with a fow books, by way of condiment, by writer? holding their own identical opiuioos; to that he is unlikely to be very fremi or amusing when he seeks the society of his wi.s. Like a savage animal that cannot be approached without danger, the literary husband, as we have said, spends his time iu bia study. He may be concoct ing jokes for a comic paper or writing a treatise on Christian gentleness; but for all that, while sitting at his writing-Uble he will be as ill tempered and as snup pish as a ball-terrier on his chain. Tho judicious wife will be wary in approach ing him on such occasions. If the kitchen chinney is on fire, or if the pipes are bursting, "dear George" must not be d stnrbe 1 on that account, or the beat of his wrath and the explosion of bis tem per are likely to exwed the worst that can happen from thos-) domestic calami ties. He may be writing the most calm J and animiasaioneJ judgment on the disputes between the Gnelfi and th '-1 1. 1 L 1L I I -V. . uirioeuns; out it wuvuu ,uo onwu In his wife to calculate on his giving an equally temperate decision on a squabble between the cook and the butlor during the hours that he spends in his chair of literary jurisdiction. It is true that there are some literary Ua. bands who will make attempts to be courteous when invaded ia their sanctums. They will assure their vivas that they "are not in the least in tbo woy," whilo their nervous rest lossnoss too plainly holies their words they may even assume a ghastly smile whon a thorough reorganization of their rooms is suggested, and there may ho a very pretty struggle between the paren tal aud the literary instincts when their vnnnrrnut ebildren are brought iuto thflir dons; but it only requires half an eye to see that thoy are in reality as much put nnf aa a ant-canf. illKtlirled at A tllnal which we tako to be the extreme exam, plo of human acridity. Perhaps the mnak rpmarkabto expression ever as. sumod by a literary husband is that which he wears whon his wife rcqueiU bim to come into tho drawing-room to holp to entertain some friends, especially when she assures bim that they are ivnm bn la at homo. His faco. airuiti. i a study, if she enters bis room when he is in tho middlo of a long and carefully prepared sentence, with the pleasing an nouncement that tho housekeeper com plains of "a smell" in one of the buck passages. Illll Sye'l l eclnef. To remove oils, varuishes, resins, Ut. oyster soup, currant jelly and other - lections from tne bin oi lare, use oen- zine, soap and chloroform caustioualy with whitewash-brush and garden-nose. Then hang on wood-pile to remove tbo pungent effluvia of the benzine. To clean ceilings that have boon smeared by kero sene lamps or the fragrance from fried salt pork, remove the ceiling, wash thor oughly with borax, turpentine and rain water; then hang on tue ciomos-nne io dry. After, pulverize and spread over the pie plant bed for spring wear. To remove starch and roughness from flat irons, hold the iron on a large grindstone for twenty minutes or S3; then wipe off carefully with a rag. To make this effective the grindstone should be in mo tion while the iron is applied. Should tho iron still stick to the goods when in nso, spit on it. To soften water for household purposes, put iu an ounce of quick lime in a certain quantity of water. If it is not sufficient, use less water or more quick-lime. Should the immediate lime continue to remain deliberate, lay the water down on a stone and pound it with a base-ball club. To give relief to a burn apply the white of an egg. The yolk of the egg may be eaten or placed on the shirt-bosom, according to the tuste of the person. If the burn should 0 ;cur on a lady sho may omit the last instruction. To wash black silk stock ings, prepare a tub of lather composed of tepid rain-water and white soap, with a littlo ammonia. Then stand in the tub till dinner is ready. Roll iu a cloth to dry. Do not wring, but press the water out. This will necessitate tho romoval of the stockings. If your lmnds are badly chapped, wot thorn in warm water and rub them all over with Indian meal; thon put on a coat of glycerino aud keep them iu your pockets for ten days. If you havo no pockets convenient inxH them in the pockot of a friend. Woolen goods may be nicely washed if you put half an ox gall into two gallons of tepid water. It might bo good to put the goods in tho water also. If tho mixture is not strong enouph put iu another ox gall. Should this fail to do the work put in tho entire ox, reserving me iuii for soup. The ox-gall is comparatively useless for soup and should not do pre served as an article of diet. f Boorac rang. A Presbyterian IiiImiI. Yarmouth. Nova Sootia, has a witty and wido-awake Presbyterian eldor of pronounced Scotch antecedents, who, although a persistent advocate of tho "Westminster Confession, will occa sionally, for convenience sake, and from an innate love of social religious inter course, attend the meetings of bis Meth odist brethren. At a recent prayer-me9ting of the lat ter body of Christians that was held as preparatory to a centennial service in commemoration of the progress of Meth odism in Nova Scotia, the presiding minister dwelt eloquently upon the wonderful growth and prosperity of the Methodist church,' aud of its great founder, John Wesley. He also ex pressed thankfulness that to-day there wore one hundred and nine Methodist ministers in Nova Scotia. t The meHiug thus very na urally as sumed a denominational character, and the minister asked our good Presbyterian brother to lead in prayer at the close. The elder complied, and after thanking the Lord for tho many good things ho bad just beard "about this branch of Zion," he added, with much depth of feeling, "O Lord, we thank Thee for John Wesley, but we especially thank Thee for John Knox; we thank Thee for one hundred and Dine Methodist ministers in our country, but we especially thank Thee for the hundred and thirteen Pres byterian ministers who nre preaching the Word of Life throughout our land. Amen." Presbytorianisra will not lose any lus tre by that earnest elder, even in a Meth odist prayer-meeting. Editor's Drawer, in Harper's Magazine for January. A Jint Cause. Durinir the war. wbilo Gen. Steele commendeded the post at luttla KocK, an old Arkansas lawyer was drawn up before tho general ou the charge of shoot ing a soldier. "I had a right ter shoot bim, general. "Did be insult yonr wife?" "Wusen that, general." "Did he strike you?" "A heap wusen that." "What did be do?" "Why, general, the ornery cuss said that I waa an nneddycated man. That was mor'n I could pnt up with. He bit my darter with a churn-dasher and said j that my wife was as homely as a cow, but general, when he ia sew a tod agin my eollege trainin' I couldn't stand it any longer, and I lifted him." f Arkansa . Traveler. !