EUGENE CITY GUARD.
I. U CAMPBELL, Proprietor.
EUGENE CITY, OREGON.
Astee Legend.
"C. W. R." in Loulsvillci Courier-Journal.
About half way betweon Las Vegas
and Lomy is the Mecca of tho Aztecs,
tho rcpntod birthplace of Montezuma,
over which nn old Aztco templo form
erly Btood which was succeeded by a
Christian church, built, so say tho
Jesuits, by ono of tlieir own nmiihcr
early in tho sixteenth century, that is.
very soon after tho first discovery of
this portion of tlio country by tho
Simnihh. As we approach the station
of l'ocos, at tho crossing of tho river of
the sanio namo, this old church, itstdf
also in ruins, with only a portion of its
walls still standing, is pointed out in the
distance, off to tho left in a wooded
hollow, a rudo ad oho or stono paral
lelogram fast crumbling lwk to earth.
It is said to be surrounded by the
broken walls of what wis onco a largo
city, whoso ruins kindly nature lias
been busy for centuries draping with
green banners and adorning with tow
ering monuments of pino, until the once
populous city is now but woodland
bower, tho. hnunt of all tho wild
creatures of tho forest. How puny are
tho works of man compared with tho
ever-aliiilintr forces of nature!
Hero, tradition says, o scarred the
Aztec avatar, the incarnation of Jlotitu-
zuma, tho cultured god, tho founder of
tho Aztec religion and the dynasty of
tlio Mexican moiiarchs of tho Aztec race.
Tradition further says that, when ho
arrived at man's estate, Montezuma
manifested his supernatural powers to
such an extent that ho secured a great
following and led an immense immigra
tion of his countrymen into tlio coun
tries to tlio south, himself leading tho
march mounted on tlio back of an eagle.
Wherever the oaglo alighted at night
nn Indian pueblo was founded. Tho
token of arrival at tho point where, tho
great capital city was to be established,
according to prophecy, was tho ulight
ing of tlio eaglo upon a cactus plant
and devouring a serpent, which mani
festation occurred upon tho arrival nt
tho present sito of tho City of Mexico,
and is believed by tho Aziecs to have
led to its foundation there. The seals
of botli Old and Now Mexico commem
orate this mytliical event in tho life of
tho first Montezuma.
Thackeray's .Mart j rilom.
"C u'iiwiill" in Iutr Ocean.
I am only permitted to tell ono inci
dent out of tho many thtit havo been re
lated to mo. Tho best years of Thack
eray's life wero given to the all'ectiouato
raro of his iusitno wife. Her disease
was that of a violent type, except ut in
tervals, but sho required constant over
sight und attendance. To secure this
Thackeray bought n house in the coun
try near London, in which tho invalid
was surrounded with every comfort that
lovo and sympathy could devise. As
Bho still craved his prcscuco and
seemed unhappy when ho was out of
her sight, Thackeray made frequent
visits to her in her retire
ment. These Mere tho hours
which his enemies declared were
spent in tho midst of all kinds of follies
and oxeesses. They wero devoted in
stead to soothing tho invalid ropiuingg
and quieting tho unreasonable sus
picions of a wife dearly beloved but
hopelessly insane. In ono of his un
published letters ho rotates without
complaint, but in a strain of heart
broken resignation, that sometimes
his wife could only bo apponsod in her
insano moments by being permitted to
beat him with her naked lists. This ho
endured shut up with her for hours, or
until tho violence of her passion had
passed, wheu ho would emergo from
her rooms looking liko ono "who has
died once and comes uuwilliugly back
again to a hateful existence," it is not
to bo wondered nt that Thackoray's
viows of lifo wero tinged with a pro
found melanjholv.
The liomlnsule Mhlrt Collar.
Detroit Free rivmi
Tho shirt collar originated in fraud
and hypocrisy. In tho days when men
first woro linen it camo to ho fashion to
leate more or loss of that linen exposed
nt tho neck to provo tho cleanliness of
that underneath. This naturnlly took
tho form of tho collar. Then a gonitis
caught on to tho idea, of cutting out n
separate piece of linen in the shape of
tho overhanging part and nlllxiug it to
tho top of tho shirt. These bits of linen
could bo put on clean every day, thus
giving tho public tho impression that
they represented the cleanliness of the
unseen garment to which they were at
tached. They were in ell'ect fraudulent
certificates of such cleanliness. Hence,
tho collar is but a base subterfuge of
ancient origin. It is as the gold wash
on the pinchbeck jewelry, the rongo on
a dead complexion, or the wiliiptuous
outline of a new pair of corsets. Tho
collar is a useful aid to the cravat in
strangling tho neck and making it un
duly sensitive to cold. The collar did
not attain its perfection of fraudtileney
and the height of its iniquitous hvpoerisy
until starch was invented to gloss anil
stiffen it. When this happened mankind
forgot that it was a cheat. The collar is
an unmitigated nuisance in hot weather,
and of very little protection in cold. It is
a joy to the young man and a uuisauco to
the old one.
How He Courted Her.
Tho follow ing is Artemus Wnrd's de
scription of why ho courted Betsy
Jane: "There wero many affect in' ties
which made me hanker after Hetsy Jane.
Her father's farm jined ourn'; their
cows and ourn squelched their thirst
at the same spring: our mares both had
stars on tlieir forhead; tho measles
broke out in lioth families at nearlv the
same time; our parents (Hetsy June's
and mine) slept regularly every Sun
day in tho Mine nievtiu' house, aud tho
neighbors used to observe: 'How
thick the Wards and the lVusleys nir.'
It was a sublimo sight in the spring of
the year to see our several mothers
(lletsy's and mine) with their gowus
pinned up, so that they couldn't sile
cm, affecktionatoly bilin' soap together
and aboosiu' their neighbors.'
The Face in the Moon.
(iisomo Mimlock In The Continent.
We IjiiI all olwrved for some time that
Tom Eubrti had ln unlike hlmnelf. Orig
inal s good-witurud sort of chap, withAut
much facility in iiitiiig, to be sura, but
with any mount of ambition, he had pleased
us all. Tlie one or two sharp criticisms on
his pictures tliut had been accepted by tho
hanging committm and the innumerable re
jections lie had unstained at their hands,
seemed at lost to have really turned his tern
r. Ho (rew blue, sombre, now all I a'iiin
gruff, and singularly loquacious on tho suh
Ject of hl ort He would orato by the hour
on theories of glinting, and was some
times Ingenious, if obscure. I wat
miking to (ileason Towner slmut him
one day, and (ileason, who deals in
caustic speeches, said: "Sum up Tom
Kuton, ami ho Is a good example of a limit'-d
man with an unlimited ambition. He was
supKjsed to liave great talent, and started
out In life under the Impression that he was a
genius. Ho lived in this dream for a while;
uow he Is waking to find he is only an ordi
nary sort of man like the rest of us. It makes
him mail, or if he Is 'not mail, be soon will
be, if he govs about wltii his notions aud
talk."
A week or so later, Eaton monopolized an
evening at the Kit-Kat club by giving ns his
new views on art. Art meant only por
traiture. Everything else, from still life up
to landscape, was a mere accessory. Ho
really dawdled on with his thought, though
his words flew fast enough, and I felt as If he
were killing his frieudsliii as I glanced
aliout tho room and saw numerous indica
tions of suppressed yawns.
It was so. Oleason Towner said: "Eaton
has rung his own dcath-knelL Ho belongs in
an Insane asylum, not In an art club."
"I really think his brain is crocked," sug
gested Hob Ungley. "They say ho has au
uncle who"
Hut some one broke In with tidings of a
new model, and we dropied Tom Eutou.
I do nut U'lieve I gave the fellow a thought
again until he chancel uuon me the next
summer while I was staying in an out-of-the-way
village iu Maine, on a sketching excur
sion. Ono day, hi July, I stumbled upon
Eaton sitting out under his umbrella, paint
ing. "Hello, old maul given up portrniur' I
called, reinemlieriiig by the association cf
ideas his talk the last time I saw him.
"No, this is a portrait," and he turned liis
easel toward me to display a most Indifferent
figure of an Irish woman with a basket In her
hand.
He held his brush Idly for a moment, and
thou looked up at mo quickly.
"I have come here to see you," he said ab
ruptly. "I heard you were here. Will you
go rowing with me to-night! I have somo
thing to say to you- secret I have come
all this distance to And you, for say it I
must."
I will confess to a vague remembrance of
Eaton's queer ways, but I am not half a bad
fellow, aud was, moreover, a trifle flattered
at this proof of confidence and friendship, so
I consented.
"At 8f he asked.
"At H," I answered.
"Meet mo here at this lnt if you will. I
shall lio busy until then, and do not care to
see you and Idly chat over nothings while my
secret chokes In my throat"
He laughed uneasily.
"In love," thought I; "and I shall lie In a
Isiat aud listen to descriptions of her beau
tics and her charms all night Heigh-ho!"
At o'clock precisely I had reached the
point, but Eaton was there before mo sitting
In the Ixmt, oan In liaud, paddling about un
easily. He had pulled off his coat, and as ho
was a tine, brawny fellow, I looked at him
with some admiration.
"What a Hercules you are!" I cried.
"And what a crab, a turtle, are you I Oct
In."
As I jiiniHHl Into tho boat, annoyed by his
tone, which was almost savage, I stumbled
against his paiut box and a big bit of canvas.
"What are those things doing borer I
queried, as I sat down iu the stern of the boat
"They go whore I go," he replied. "They
are my tools,"
We did not scak for some time. Eaton
pulled bard and fast, and I lay Imek with my
hands under my head and looked up at the
sky. It was just before moonrise, aud tho
heavens were in their golden glorious exjiect
aucy. I did not care tobrenk the silence. The
secret of the night was grander and more in
teresting than auy petty human confidence
could be, Eatou sHko first
"You aro not curious I"
"I beg your pardon; I am ready."
Ho was silent again for a few moments.
"I am going to be s great painter," he said,
abruptly.
Ah! It was not a love secret then!
"Hut to accomplish my end I must take
terrible means. I must condemn myself to
years of agony. I must condemn also an
other being to a briefer but very horrible
torture."
Then it must U a love story, after all!
"Yes!" I replied, as be paused, putting as
much expression as I could into the words.
My mind, curiously enough, rambled Ivack
to another moonlit night when I was quite a
lad, and wheu I sat in the stern of a boat
with such a beautiful little girl, Anita Gray
son by name, a child of 1 2, erbais. Some
one sitting by had said, "Anita looks liko the
moon," and 1 bad watched her during the rest
of the evening and wondered w by, and gone
borne to dream that I kuw the moouinthe
water, and that it had Anita's face in it
While I was dimrf recalling this, and half
listcuiug to my friend, I Is came suddenly
quite roused from my dream. Eaton had
lieen saying something about bis incapacity
to catch a likeness.
"I cannot make tho people I paint impress
mo.One eace follows another swiftly, and
my model Hits away with those sp.vtres.
Now, only one thing can impress a face upon
my mill. I, I feel sure impress it so that it
will stay by mo and haunt mo by day and
print itself on my soul at night 1 have
thought it all ever. There is but ono way.
tJml help me I I must commit a crime. I
must kill some one I That face bis face
will haunt me. I shall see only that, und I
can paint it You ai-o, I am quite calm iu
this mutter. 1 have reasoned tlio tiling out
I am a good man; my bitterness of spirit
will harass me into uvrk. I shall hold my
brush w ith remorse, I shall paint a grout,
terrible picture!"
Clival heavens! (ileason was right This
is madman, I thought, and glanced shout
w ith my mental eye to take in the situation.
It must be strategy vcimi strength. I saw
at a glance that I must not display the
uliliti-! fear. His plan was settled. I must
plot to d' feat it. In tlio tlrst place I must
gain tinu. Tins might be only wild talk.
"Whom do you promise to kill!" I inquired
nonchalantly, although my heart seemed to
standstill aslwaitel fur bis answer. Ho
lifted his onrs, and I could bear tbem drip,
drip in the moment' silence,
"I pniki to drown a man," he said
"Tlu u I will tie him to my boat this, my
lt, tbat you and I aro in and let hiiu
n sit. I .hull drink in the sight of that float
in face iu tin) dark water, with the moon
light about It, and the world that has scorned
me will hold itsbrctttll."
"An original pluu, Indeed," 1 replied.
"Have you chosen your maul"
"I havechows you."
"You should have selected a handsomer
face, or nt least have mud him shave lie
fore starting. A bearded face In the water
is isliaw! very lad, Don't you seel"
My voice sounded steady, und I w as lost In
admiration of myself as a man of nerve.
"Don't you seer" I repeated.
'I shall see, for I shall paint it! You take
it coolly." he continued, eyeing me warily.
My thought were flying about in coufu
in. I could not swim. EaUn knew it I
am a slight man, a mere nothing to this
Hercules. No help, Indeed, but by my wits.
If I was cool, so was he. I must try a new
tnck, unsettle the (lied idea that anchored
his wild fancy and gae bun this terrible
strength of purpose.
"A woman's face would have been tiotter,
I suggested. "Something really poetic about
that, now! All, hs.k therer I cried, on Idea
striking me, aud pointing as I cried out to
the moon mirrored in the water. Blw had
risen, but had been cut off from ns in the
heavens by a ledge of rock at our left, just
bevond this jut, her counterfeit presentment
shone round and full iu the water. "Look
there!"
"What do you seer cried Eaton, his voice
trembling with excitement, his whole body
eagerly bent forward.
"A woman's face in the moon In the
waves!" I called, gazing fixedly as if at a
rision. "What a brooding fnee! What
shadowy hair I What a slow smile! And her
eyes! Ah! do you see her eyes! She has
opened them ! Have you killed herf
"I swear to you, no!" cried Eaton; "I swear
to you, no I I know no such woman! I have
never killed her! I have not even broken her
heart! Tell mo more aliout her!" .
"Klie is young, very mystical, yet very real,
with a smile at ono side of her mouth, while
the other looks (mite grave."
This was a characteristic of Anita's mouth,
and It was sho I was describing Anita as I
fancied her grown older, for I bad not seen
her, scarcely indeed thought of her, since that
day when wo were children.
"It's a pity you cau't paint her for me,"
said Eaton Iiiqietuously, as ho gazed at the
moon. "I dou't quite see her, but she sounds
great"
"I might try to paint her to-morrow," I
suggested, taking a cigarette from my
jKX'ket, und relapsing into my calm manner
again,
"You forget to-morrow will bo too luto.
But you shall paint her to night now, be
fore 1 kill you."
He put up bis oars as bo spoke and camo
toward me, drawing a rosj through his
heavy hands. He was in a state of wild ex
citement, and I felt my light, airy manner
slipping away as he npproacbod. I was chill
as as my watery grave was like to lie. Yetj
I let him bind me hand and foot, and instinct
ively counted bis deep breaths the while by
way of something to do. A lurch, a struggle,
and I should have been overboard and lost
Now that there sjenv-d a chance for lifo, I
was in terror, and I was more than half out
of my senses as I watched my Charon lay me
on the hither sido of his stream. He took mo
from the boat as if I had been a child Then
be built a tire.
"J can mix colors by firelight," ho cried,
and unfastening my hands set his canvas and
easel beft re me, gave nw a brush and bade
me begin.
Forthe life of me, and In spite of tho
threatened death so near at hand, I could but
feel nn interest iu tho freak.
"I must do it in gray or browns. It must
lie a monochrome, or we shall ruin it." I
sHike impatiently. So I did it in grays.
Tlio jut of black rock, tho waves, the moon
resting on the waves, and little Anita's face,
with the half-solemu, half-smiling look
UM1U it
The strange scene, the nianiao liesido mo,
my own former fear aud excitement and the
striking of my fancy gave me a certain ficti
tious strength. In less than au hour, as I
should think, I had finished my sketch. It
was certainly weird and, as it seemed to me,
strong. Iu the distance I half suggested the
boat, and two men in it, one gazing eagerly
toward tho moon and the face, aud the other
lying in' tho stern, his arms over his head,
his eyes toward the hoavous. Tho boat and
tho men wore small and well in the shadow.
"Ilravol bravo!" cried Eaton. "Dou't
touch it agaiul Give me the brush I Here,"
and snatching it from my fingers he wrote
his name, "Thomas Eaton," iu bold, black
letters under the boat "This is my work,
remember mine, not yours. It will be a
great success, and you" he paused and
looked at me "you havo saved your life,"
Baying which he jumped into his boat with
my sketch, laughed a harsh, black sort of
laugh, and rowed away around the ledge of
rock.
For a few moments I sat still thinking it
over the strange, ridiculous, yet almost
tragic scenes. "I am not sure that little
Anita didu't save my lifo after all," I thought
to myself,
It did not take me long to get out of my
close quarters, but tho walk homo over the
dreary, rough coast was long, and it was late
liefore I reached the village. hat a strange,
eerie walk it was, with tho sea charging tho
moist air, and the moon contracting aud ex
panding before my eyes through tho mist
that had risen, Anita shared the walk
w ith mo.
I found a telegram tolling mo of my
futber's very serious illness at Hiuten liaden
and I was busy packing aud driving through
the chill, early morning toward the nearest
railway station, so tliut I had no chance to
look up Luton. I romenilior that I told my
driver something about bu artist, a friend of
mino who bad turned up, who seemed wrong
in bis mind, and ought to be looked after. I
believe I wrote n line to the same effect to
tileason. I know I meant to do so. lint the
anxious voyage and more anxious weeks in
Europe put ullotlierthoughts from my iniud
It was after my father's death Into la the
fall that I sailed for home. Taking up a
per that came out on the pilot -boat I saw the
notice of the Salmagundi exhibition. Coupled
w ith it was au announcement of the death of
poor Tom Elton, who had died iu a mad
house the week liefore, "An unsuccessful
but iiaiustaking artist," the review went on
to say, "it is somewhat surprising that the
only work he has left of any strength should
now be hung at tho black and white exhibi
tion. This sketch was made after his mad
ness was fairly Uon him. This picture is in
grays, oddly colored, but in composition and
drawing quite full of a certain weird power.
Not to be too funny at a dead man's expense,
this gives the poor fellow a good send off at
any rate, as a friend of his remarked the
other day. The picture, token in connection
with the tragic death of the artist, has cre
ated some little stir, more particularly as the
face iu the sketch is strikingly like that of a
young Hoston beauty who is making her
debut in New Y oi k.
So poor Eaton was dead, and his picture
my picture was a success, and Anita had
lived iu Dostou wheu she was 12!
I hurried to the Mack and white that very
afternoon, aud found quite a group collected
about my picture Eaton's picture. I laughed
somewhat nervously as I stood before It
borne ono behiud mo spoke. It was Uleasoa.
You needn't laugh, man. I am glad to see
you luck, by the wny. There is some force
in tliat, and I am glad for poor Tom's sake
that lie has lift this sketch behind him. I
give you my word I ha 1 uo Idea he could do
us clL He couldn't have while lie was sane.
Every oua is surprised. How are you! You
look pale. Have you come back to stay !"
etc., etc. I linger d around for a while and
found myself back again and again before
my picture (Eaton's picture), the, picture
never to bo claimed as mine now. It chanced
I had told the story to no one. There had
lieen no opimrtunity. Now, of courw?, I
never must. As I stood looking at It and
S'imewhat mo veil, perhaps, more by the re
membrance of that night than by anything
actually before my eyes, two girls and an
elderly woman approached and stopped.
"It certainly is like her, mamma; I wonder
if she will see it herself! It Is quite time she
wero here, bye-tho-bye. Bhe promised to meet
us at 3, you know."
"I don't think it does her justice," replied
tho elder la ly, looking through her glasses
critically. ".She is a very beautiful creature,
and this face is less so," sho adde 1 rather in
definitely, and with some hesitation in her
voice, so that I fancied the picture grew on her
as she locked, aud that she might yet reverse
Ler decision.
The other girl spoke now. She had a dis
cerning face, as1 1 could see, and that long
upiwrlip that goes with speech faculty. "It
is like," she said, "more like ber soul than her
body. It Is like the way she will look to her
guardian angel or her lover." She turned
abruptly to greet some people who were
walking towurd us.
I was singularly excited. The maniac in
the boat bad uo such paralyzing power over
me ns this potentiality in a soft gray gowu,
with a long gray glove outstretched. My
heart beat and the picture swam before my
eyes, for this might be, might it not, Anita
herself) I beard a voice exclaim, "This is
the picture!" A lady iu black w ith the gray
girl began an no!ogy: "We are late. As
usual, tSignor Doldini and some new music.
Ah!" interrupting herself, "it is like why,
yes, very. Dou't you think so yourself f
the name dt htst, surely but no "don't you
think so yourself, dear!"'
"Yes, do tell us what you think. Isn't she
weird! and can you look liko tliutf cried the
girls.
"Ah, tho other me!" said a new voice
softly, a voice with a low thrill in it "It is
like what I might have been, I'm sure. Some
one told mo once when I was a child, I re
memlier, Hint I was like the moon, but hav
ing lived eight years since then iu a flood of
sunshine" and the gray hand touched the
black glove nenr hers, a graceful touch, I felt
sure "why, I am not so much like it now as
I was,"
"In spito of the smilo that you always will
and always won't smile outright. That is in
tho face in the moon, tx, you see. Did you
ever meet Mr. Eat on f
"And do you think the girl very beauti
ful, and very liko a maniac's dream!" broke
in tlio shorter girl "Do toll us, Anita,"
So then it was Anita. I turned, and as I
walked away faced the blue-gray eyes, like
violets, and the hair liko shaded moonbeams,
and tlio smile. Not tho little 13-year-old
Anita this, but a lieuutiful, sunny creature,
with tho other Anita somewhat suggested,
and yet not there. This oue more of the
world, with a savoir fairo lying over the
moonshine. I had meaut, if it were sho, to
siK'iik to her at onco and boldly. As it w as,
1 simply gazed, and when her eyes met mine
I fear it was I, not she, who blushed. But
6he recognized me. My identity was all iu
my face, I am sure. I saw a puzzled look in
her eyes, and I seized my chance. I bowed;
lspoko:
"Years ago you knew me, Miss Grayson,
when I was a loy in Boston, and when you
wero like the moon."
I was introduced to the aunt in black. My
father had been ono of the old family friends.
So iu a few moments I was talking like an
old friend myself. Mrs. Grayson touched on
my receut loss, and then, as I turned to leave,
said:
"I woul l be glad to kuow your father's
son. Can you dine with us on Sunday next!
So the golden gates were opened for me,
and Sundays came and Sundays went and I
was fathoms deep iu love, I could not
paint, I could not talk. I heard a good deal
of music, and I suppose alack aud alas read
(KH'try. Fatal habit of lovers. And so at
List it came to the point when I must tell her.
Armed with a shield of violets I met her in
ber aunt's drawing-room one Sunday again
toward twilight. A day in April it was, aud
spring was in the air.
The auut was out on an errand of charity;
would soon be at home, Anita hoped. I said
nothing. Talk flagged in consequence.
"If those violets are for this bouse, why do
you hold them f asked Anita; "why do you
not give them to me!"
"1 hold tbem because yu will soon touch
them yourself" which was an asinine speech,
wasn't it!
"That is stupid," she laughed frankly, "and
like other men, and not like you."
"But I am like other men," I answered, ab
ruptly, "for I" Then I paused, gave her
the violets, and conversation flagged again.
We tried various subjects Russian dyna
mite, Scnlchi; all failed.
"How good Aunt Emily is!" cried Anita at
last in enthusiasm; "so full of thought for the
Ksr aud needy. I wish I had ever douo any
one any good."
"You saved my lifo once," I said. I must
havo said it very earnestly, for Anita flushed
and then paled.
"Why must you jest with mo In this way
to-day I You are breaking our frieudshio."
"I want no friendship from you. I am
glad to break it. I will tell you how you
saved my life if you will say yes to a ques
tion I am going to ask. But you must look
at me and not at tho violets."
And so all the debut wont for nothing, and
the swells and the lordliugs that bail hung
about got their conge, and I got my moon
light, for the girl with the long upper lip
who, by tho way, is now my cousin was
right, and Auita was the nioou Anita to her
lover.
In the course of time we married. Such a
bald statement of an idyllic fact! But that
is all that words can do only half tell any
tale. Our secret and our love aud bow she
looks to me still are all told to ns silently by
a picture that bangs over the fireplace in our
nursery, for there is a nursery as well as a
studio, and the picture is a picture of a moon
with a face in it, and in bold black letters
the name of the artist Thomas Eaton,
A certa;n brown-haired baby boy, on be
ing held up to warm bis wee toes by the oen
thro, always stretches his hanils toward the
face in the moon and calls: "My mammal
my mamma!"
Xovrl Alarm C lock.
Philadelphia Call.
How is it you ore so punctual at the of
fice every morning, Smith! Y'ou nmst have
an excellent alarm at your house," "Yes,
Indeed, and a cheap one. You see every
evening before going to bed I push the cradle
umler the 'Black Forest' clock, with the
weights directly over the baby's head. Punct
ually at 3 o'clock iu the morning there is au
unearthly yell aud 1 kuow what it has just
struck."
TEXDESCIES A iTOXO Q I' A A'A'W.
At Winthrop. Mo., the Quakers have
introduced a wonderful innovation on
old customs. They are building a meet
ing bouse which is actually to be beau
tiful. It will exceed in its decorative
splendor onv other Friend's meeting
house in this'couutry. Other i'.B
houses are bare and nnpamted. I Ins
one will be tastefully upholstered. Jt
will also be finished iu hard w ood. A
bell is talked of, but it is thought that
the conservative tendencies of tho
Friends will bo sufficiently strained by
the upholstery, the hard-wood finish,
and the generally ecclesiastical appear
ance of tho house. Tho denomination
has hitherto stoutly resisted all lunowi
tions of this sori. Tho indications uow
are that tho old rigidity of Quaker cus
toms will have to accept a modilication,
in order to keep the younger Quakers
from running off and joining other do
nominations. V.i:eale Crematio.t.
When the Celginn chemist TJ. Creteur
was charged with the purification of the
battlelield of Sedan, he was compelled
to resort to cremation in order to dis
pose of the heaps of half-covered
bodies. Not one case of illness occur
red among his 2"0 workmen, though
they were at work under a blazing sun.
After the battle of Worth and Grave
lotto and tho two sieges of Paris the
bmliesnf the slain wero cremated, and
none of tho usual contagious disorders
occurred. la Kusia, atter me retreat
of the grand army, corpses wen
burned wholesale, and Inter, befon
Pnrm i nil!) were cremated wi'h n sim
ilnr avoidance of bad effect. It is said
if a similar method had been adopted in
Fgypt t'to cholera woiuu not nu
broken out at Damietta.
THE r Alt AS IT E OF ItAlAUlA.
The observations of M. Richard seem
a pnntirm those of Leverau: he found
in the red corpuscles of the blood of
persons sutlering irom acute maiuriu u
parasite of oscillating form moving very
rapidly, and sometimes disengaging it
Bf frnin the trlolmle. These parasites
have been met with in a number suffi
ciently largo to obstruct the capillary
vessels and to explain many of the
nvmiitoms of intermittent fevers. It
has also been proven that tho culture
of these parasites in a fertile gelatine
basis can be brought to au immediate
cessation u o i per cent, quinine soiu
tion is odded
"vur I' I rut Dntiichu-.."
It is told of tho wife of Buchanan's
first postmaster general, Mr. Drown,
that she had been married before, and
so had her husband, aud each had a
daughter by tho first marriage. Then
thev had another daughter. Mrs.
Drown used to present tho daughters at
her receptions in this way: "This is
Miss Drown, Mr. llrown's daughter by
his first wife; this is Miss Sanders, my
daughter by my first husband, and this
is Miss Drown, our joint daughter I
Cheap Decorations.
Those wealthy Americans, who
pine for roval decorations, will bo
gratified to learn that thev can purchase
the ribbon of the Order of Isabella of
Spain for the trifling sum of 8110; for
$'J00 they cau belong to the Order of
the Lion and the nun, and for tlio sum
of $1,000 the sultau will permit them
to wear on tlieir manly bosoms the Star
of the Medjidich. Why not cultivato a
taste for tho beautiful and mu-uiliccut?
How Kid It ct There T
A Mississippi paper says that while
some persons were boring an artesian
well in Leo county, that state, they
found a log a'la feet under the earth,
which was in a fair state of preserva
tion and resembled poplar.
If the area of the United States wa3
as densely settled as that of Fi ance
there would be room lOi1 CcSJ.JJJ.'JJO
people.
A FIREMAN'S FORTUNE.
The San Francisco (Cal.) Chronicle, in an
article on the Fire Department of Sun
t rancisco, gives the following from Assis.
tant Chief Engineer Matthew Bradv: "1
have been subject to an aggravating pain
in my chest for over four years. I resorted
to various modes of treatment to obtain
relief. I have had mv chest terribly blis
tered. No physician could tell what was
tho matter with me. Two weeks ago I
commenced using St. Jacobs Oil. It has
cured me.
Roliert Collier was 60 years old Decern
oer zm.
A child that wakes with croup should
nave a (lose oi i iso s cure.
Jay Gould was not Invited to Vander
bilt s bail.
A TOTAL ECLIPSE
Of all other medicines bv Dr. R.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" Is ap.
proachini;. Unrivalled in bilious disorders.
impure blood, and consumption, which is
scrouuous disease oi the lungs.
Shakespeare disliked dogs, but Lester
auacK Keeps twenty-nine.
Dr. B. F. Laughlin, Clide, Kan., w rites:
t.C" . . . . .. . V ... ,i
OA.MA1U1A.S .I.K1MS CUrCS IllS.
Dujardin's Life Essence is the remedy
ior me overw orsea Drain.
Dujardin's Life Essence is The Great
BENCH ERVE TOXIC.
rhysicinns declare the Xaglee Rrandy
superior to all other brands for medicinal
purposes.
Strength for the w eary Dujardin's Life
Essence.
The Irishmen propose to Poole their is
sues and avenge O'Doiinell.
GET THE ORIGINAL.
Dr. Pierce's "Pellets" the original "Lit
tle Liver Pills" (snpar-coatedi cure sick
and bilious headache, sour stomach, and
bilious attacks. By druggists.
The lips of the Flatbush girls have a
bulge that is almost Ethiopian.
"When we say that Samaritan Xer
vine cures rheumatism, we mean it."
Frisco Journal.
. T 11 Vl.l,.rl.tir.. T(i.lll,n.
Wr. ir in i. ..1.,,, ii"ii-,
in T u'nnlil recommend a trial f
ilrow n'i Iron Hitter in all cases of anionic
debility or neu a ionic or uppciwcr m m.
dlcated."
"ItoniH ox CortniH." l"e, 2."c, ISOc, at
Druggists. Complete cure Coughs, Hoarse
ness, Sore Throat.
t ,l..t livlf with tCALOllIC VlTAl
Jllll"l. , '
On.. It w "I cure the worst pain.
n.,i,,p.iin'a Life Essence cures neuralula
ami nervous headache.
'.. ii.,..,.Mul Tmi'hew for ronirliu
nnd colds. "I do not see how it is possible
for a public man to be himself in winter
without this admirable aid. -Rev. It. M.
Devcns, l'ocasset, iuass.
ii . c- rv P.. mill. men I am much
gratified with the action of your Ufa Eh
!T. I mo miflerinit Kreatly with nun-
Hhot wounds nnd a broken hip: In fact, I
am an epitome or injuries, nni inm t
there is a great ticaioi m-nimn miui ), .
...1. ...... ......... I.iliitl toniiike home linn. :
I10lllllKCl"i-i -- ,
nv I am nlso troubled with sleepcssiies i
nw loss of appetite, or rather was until I
commenced taxing ino i.nu ram-un:, n
which time, when I take it, I sleep better
than for years, have a oeucr upline, mm
am not troubled with palpitation. My
1 ......... (a nntlrnlv restored, and
8C.M1IU Djmoii. .0 v ---.
consequently have lost my melancholy
1 .1 .... f ! ,1 1 ,in1fktsV flllfl I
nioroHt'iiesH, aim hhk'hhu kito,
ntnl nnd dIivhIcjiI force
and strength that I never anticipated.
1 ours very inuy,
Anton Hakdis, M. D.
"Bi-cnt'-PAiitA." Quick, complete cure,
all annoying kidney and urinary dis
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Tin tnrdln's Life Essence makes the old
feel young again.
4 .. r....i. c. -vim upver Mils to
viiniicii b tv."H ,-
cure if used in time and according to di
rections.
Ti.nw linva n liinib in Xew York that
drinks beer and chews tobacco.
VmiMtr men nr mlddle-mred ones, sufTer-
ini? from nervous debility and kindred
weaknesses, should send three stamps for
Part VII of World's Dispensary Dime Sc
.1... nMw.L-a. Address WoHI.ls DISPEN
SARY Medical Association, Dutlalo,
X. Y.
Su-nilmv. tailed learninB Is the name
given the study of Greek and Latin.
Rev. W. II. Chapman, Baltimore, Mil.,
says: UW lllg 10 Hie goon iicami in my
family resulting from its use, i ueem
Brown's Iron Bitters a most valuable
tonic."
Duiardin's Life Essence conquers nerv
ous debillity, loss of memory.
1 nnnf ,,n.,i nnmtlo fi.l'l tlieillMI'lvpH
2 ivnt iticinj j,. .
...!,, ,.n f.,iliiwi. Tlii.v ilon t. know mst.
what is the matter, but thev suiter from a
combination or liiuescrioouie acnes aim
pains, which each month seem to grow
worse. The only sure remedy known that
will counteract this feeling nnd restore
perfect health is Brown's Iron Bitters. Bv
rapid assimilation it purities the blood,
i t ...... .ii i...ni, o.,.i
Olives Ullt uisi-iisf, nvo m-..i ii"ii
strength to every portion reached by the
circulatory system, renews wasted tissues
and restores 'robust health and strength.
Duiardin's Life Essence gives brain force
and vital energy.
It Is astonishing the number of Intelli
gent people who regard a cold or cough as
a trivial matter, something unnecessary to
pay attention to. How many times have
you heard the expression, "0, nothing the
matter, only a slight cold." Yes, my
friend, nnd nine-tenths of the ninny thou
sand consumptives who walk the earth to
day doomed to a premature death, said the
same thing. We pay attention to a cold,
and promptly, too. Our remedy is Am
meu's Cough Svrup; somo other prepara
tions are good, 'but we have found It by far
the best.
Dujardin's Life Essence positively cures
hysteria,, and all nervous affections.
HARKNESS FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
First premium Mechanics' Institute, 1883.
D. S. Brown & Co., general agents for Pa
cfllc Coast, 3(1 California street, San Fran
cisco, The following letter explains Itself:
J. X. Andrews, dealer in General Mer
chandise; Postmaster and Agent Wells,
Fareo & Co's Express.
Elk Grove, Sacramento Co., Cal., )
December V, 1883. J
Messrs. D. S. Brown & Co.:
Gentlemen Please send me another
six-gallon Darkness Fire Extinguisher as
soon as you can. I had occasion to use the
ono I bought of you a short time ago.
Last night the hotel adjoiniuing my
store caught fire in the hallway to tho sec
ond story from the explosion of a lamp and
the building being cloth and paper was im
mediately on tire in several rooms, but in
less than two minutes after getting the
extinguisher to work the fire was out.
As soon as this one arrives I will send
the otherone down and have it replenished.
Also please inform me if I cannot draw oil"
the fluid remaining in the tank and save
it for future use, or shall I send it os.it is.
Yous, etc.. (Signed) J. X. Andrews.
"Roron on Corns." 15c. Ask for It.
Complete cure, hard or soft corns, warts,
bunions.
THE -GREAT .tVi
REMtlll
CURES
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lumbaga, Baokacht, Headache. Toothache,
orTh rout, ft wr Ulna. Nprnlns.Hraiaes,
llurna. Mralil. t'rwit II lira,
ISO ALL orillK VnllILT PUNS AND A 1113.
S14 bj lriUU tii 0ftlraTirTwfr. flay CfQUftbtitla.
DlrMtloDt In 11 LtuiUMt,.
THE CI1MM.KS A. VOl.Kl.KR CO.
Smniiltniulltou Wua, Ho. C.S.
PURITY SOAP
aWSomething Sensible,
roB
TOILET. BATH AND LAUNDRY.
AGENTS WANTFnvr;RYVHER' t BfX1
ch n. ew nrented. W .11 kni . pir f ,tckUw. wilt
MKbLnaTutcompWt ia SO minutrt. It IU
kuitirrtTrt,t ot funvnrk fi.r which tbnvUml
!. Ir mrkHt. f, cimil m Wnrt to
mcojs on
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