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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1884)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. l.I.CAnPHi:iJi, 1'roprlMor EUGENE CITY. OREGON. VANITY. "Three flbcrs went sulllnir out Into the Knst, Where the tailing wan bust unci the (lulling was loast: Joy Rat upon each pincutorlal mug, lAud they curried their bult lu a J, u, g, Jug, They cast In their Unci with the tide running out. And they taunted tho flub witb hllnrloui Hhiiut.; They fished until tunfct, from bright rosy UIIWII, When tliulr b, a, I, t, wa g, o, n, c, gone, When homo they would null, thero was no wi, n, ii, Po they hint to row hard 'gainst the t, I, d, e; An nar Is a tlilnir that no limn iindi-ratuiiilii. And they b, 1, 1, a, tared the puluia of their IianUD, Now, rafo on the shore most devoutly they Wlhll They iniirht go to a storo and b, u. y, some Buhl Ana prnuilly eiicn in, a, n, mioiiiiiitk iiik rou s III I Anil beam home a string of smoked burring and cod. Oh woe to the f. I. s. h. er. who brlntr At the prey of tho angler, suit eod uud such thinirir. Or a chii of cove oysters, and swears that ho took, Every ovs, t, o. r, with a line and a hook. ii. J. lluiilMt, in the llronklyn Kaj'4. AISOl'T LIZARDS. Tho night of a iiarJ crawling over tho wnlls of )ht house would doubtless horrify and disgust an American houso kcopnr, niid tlio iippcnrunco of ouo of tho dreadful creatures in her parlor or drawing-room might drive her to the verge 01 uiHiraeuim. iiiu Hcntmuim caused by a mouse is nothing compared to what a li.ard might do in the tiamu lino. In India, however, things are different. Tho housewifely instincts of an hnglish or American woman there arc probably no less relined than those of a careful woman in this country, but still slio docs not mind seeing lizards in any part of her house. She has become used to tho dark little fellows, ana knows that they are harmless, useful and noiitrusivo. The-o house lizards nro seldom over six incites long. Their color is mottled grayish-brown, which, in its irregular lines, sometimes looks like tin) grain ol a piece of wood, lliey nro Hut in shape, Tie close to a surface, and against a light background have somewhat the appear Aneo of a miniature squirrel's skin mailed to a barn door to drv. While Saving a bony structure, tho skeleton of lizard Is much of it ot a cartilaginous nature, not so soft, however, as to pre vent a quite rapid motion on tho part of tho reptile. Tho soles of tho feet nro made lor running along or up a hard, smooth wall and even across the ceil ing, though in trying the latter feat the lizard sometimes gets a fall. Tho little creatures aro frequently seen chasing each other on the walls or beams of a building, or playing at hide and seek among tho furniture. Catching tlies is a favorite pastime, theso and other small insects serving us food, and tho dexterity with which they capture their prey Is remarkable. Their Reuses of sight, hearing or smell must bo wonderful v acute. Discovering 1ly on the wall fully ten feet away, a li.ard will start for it, running at full speed mid In a straight line until about a foot from tho object, when its motion becomes more and ui.ire slow and as stealthy as n cat's when staikinr a mouse. The create ro hardly seems to advance, lint gradually draws near the insect. When within im inch of the fly, tho lizard's bodv slmois forward like "it Hash, the feet still Micking to the wall, a big mouth opens and shut' like a steel trait, thero is a slight convulsive gulp, ami the drama if Jniiiih and the whaie has been re-enacted, the lly taking (ho part of Jonah. Sometimes a lizard will make a complcteorparlial circuit of its victim going above and descending head downward on the prey, approach ing it from below or seeking to make the attack from some other direction, The strangest thing about a lizard is Its power of losing its tail and having it grow out again, the second tail being winner and less perfect than the origi nal one. Tho tail is simply a muscular ppeudago into which the back bone does not seem to extend. It is about two-thirds as long as the lizard's body, quite large wiiere it joins tho body, and pradunlly tapers to aVoint. A fall or a blow will break it oil', but even when completely detached it, will retain life for half an hour or more, squirming like a worm, twisting, doubling up and even jumping around as actively as a minnow out of water. This activity grows more and more faint till the tail is dead and till". When it is broken into pieces the fragments show life, but of course the power of motion is limited by the size of the niece. A lizard, like all reptiles, is "cold blooded," 1.0 that a detached tail or its parts bleed but little. These house luards' cjrgs are as round as marbles and about the si.o of small peas. Their shells are as thin as paper and exceedingly brittle. They are deposited in out-of-the-way nooks on tho tops (if or behind books as they Maud on shelves, in unused table draw ers or In tho pigeon holes of desks. When freshly laiilthey aro of a cream color, but become a very imle blue, like well watered milk, as the hutching time draws near. A newly hutched lizard is nn exceedingly lively little fellow; and sometimes, when an egg is knocked from its resting place and broken, the occupant, after a second or two of astonishment nt so sudden an introduc tion into the world, will dart away into a place of concealment with as much agility as if it were fully grown. The voung lizards encounter many dangers. Large spiders lie in wait for tiiem, drivo them into the corners, tangle them in welis and suck tho blood from the youngsters at their leisure; marauding l)laek wasps sometimes find the little fellows a convenient prey with which to stuff their uests; and there are other and equally successful means for be reaving the mother lizards. A pair of these interesting creatures once made their home in and around an American missionary's desk. They laid their eggs in ail empty wafer box, but the young never seemed to linger abofit the old homestead. Tho parent lizards remained, however, for several months, and might have stayed longer had not ono of them been crushed by a book tossed upon a newspaper under which it was hiding. Ouo of this pair was a lit- tlo larger, darker and bolder than the other, and was supposed to be the male. When not foraging for tlies, the two deemed to take a special delight in watching tho desk owner at his work. They would peer at him from among tho papers in the pigeon-holes, or from the shelves which rose behind the desk. They rarely descended to tho desk proper when the gentleman was present, and only once did the male muster up courage enough to tato a drop of milk placed on tho desk for him. The usual programme was for tho little creatures to crawl stealthily out from their retire ment, advaneo boldly a few steps'and then turn tail and scamper back us if half frightened to death. They were so shy that tho slightest move or sound would at any time send them to their hiding places in aurry. Tho buzzing of a4y, caught nnd held between the missionary's lingers, would generally bring them from their hiding places, but they never seemed to euro to touch an insect which they had not caught themselves. They kept the desk tolerably clear of vermin, and for this, if nothing moro, would have been always welcome to free lodgings. One day, however, as a sort of warning of coming danger, probably, the female fell from a shelf mid broko her tail oil'. Shortly afterward her mate was killed nnd then she left. Other lizards took possession of the desk, but they did not seem to care to make friends nnd wero left alono. J. F. Ikrrick, in Vomjreqa lionulid. s - The lliifrne. The Ilaguo is an excellent "foot hold" or starting point for many places of interest lying thereabouts, both land ward and seaward. In itself it is ono of tho most charming of all tho towns In tho Low Countries. It has all tho fresh, brisk air of a seaport, without quite so many of the serious and sub stantial odors of harbor mud at low tide that ono gets so often in a suaport town. Thero is also a quaint, genial nir of court gentility still lingering about its many palatial residences. It is easy to seo that at one lime its dream, its ideal, was Versailles. Not any vain attempt to outshino its queenly splendors is evi dent; but over much that remains of tho best part of the Hague of tho eigh teenth century which is a very promi nent part indeed thcro is a light, flourish)', courtly touch that takes ono buck to the time of powdered wigs, nnd of patches deftly placed near dioiplos and nt outer corners of roguish eyes, of jeweled snuff-boxes and sedan chairs, and the loftiest of high-heeled brocado shoes. Yet there Is much that is mod ern and Parisian. There is also a good fair bit that was built when tho Dutch bad an architecture of their own, when they wero making glorious chapters of history, when their Hugs wero Hying iu every clime, and they wero good hard hitters by sen nnd laud. The vaguo excitement-hunting, mere sight-seeing tourist could "do" tho Hague arnfnll about it In a (rood long day, and forget all about it before tho next morning, and be ready again for a similar dose; but to those who havo an interest in matters of Dutch hist ry, iLs art, or its past, or its picturesque, pros perous present, tho Hague would nlVord pleasant exploring ground fur a week or more, hveu the artist, working at .Scheveningen, would perhaps live cheaper and more pleasantly at the Ilaguo only a few minutes oil by train. Sehevcningen is all very well when ono has 11 "purpose," nnd docs not mind ex- Iienso and discomfort in pursuit of it; ait if the sketchcr wishes to exist iu (piiet and comparative economy, or even if he wishes his money's worth of luxury, the Hague itself is the best place to stay nt. At least such is my experience. Not fur from Seheven ingeii by the coast - six miles, about is Katwyk, the smaller sister Usher vil lage, and growing up to be a fashion able sea-side resort. . . .Katwyk has tho same exhilarating air nnd movement as Sehevcningen. One is lifted over its breezy dunes as if with winged feet, Thero is a mud impulse to catch one of the tunned lish-girls around her amplo waist and have a wild careering waltz across the level sands. Katwyk is much more uuiet nnd retired than her neigh bor, while for artistic purposes I think it has many advantr.ges. '1 here is more variety of landscape Tine in its environs, nnd oiiite near lies the village of Rat-wyk-Witliin, full of picturesque ma terial. In fact, I found it of more in terest to me than Katwyk-ou-Scu. llaqwr's Mittaiinc. m ' Tho Wronic Word. Uncle Hube, the old colored man who docs odd chores around tho post-ollieo, received a registered letter the other day. It was addressed to Hon. Keuben Sparks, Esq., and hud gono the rounds of nil the white dignitaries in the city whose names began with S. before if reached its lawful owner. Wheu Uncle Kubo was informed ho presented a beaming charcoal visage at tho counter of tho registry department. Thero ho was confronted by a pretty girl, who was eating caramels and sorting out great bundles of letters. "Vou wist bring some one to Identify you." she said, holding on to the letter. "Which -w-h-a-t. 1 doan' diskiver de akriniony of our demarks. Miss." "Why, we want you identilied." "Ise been done Mentilied," Miss, in do ltaptiss Church." " e'l, tiring some of the people to identify vou here. How do we know you are the same person this letter is in tended forr "Does you mean de vaxiunaslHin, The young lady laughed ami Uncle Kubo scratched his head Another young ladv took pity on the old man. "I'nele liube, bring in some one who knows vou who can prove vou aro the Sparks the letter is for." "lankee. Miss, tanker, said I nele Rube, bowing low, "I nab plenty of folks to do (Int." Then turning to tho lirst young lady ho said, reprovingly: loh pcrnouneeu de wrong word dat time. Miss. Kf you had sed rc-oogniso, I'se a knowed what yob meant I'ze accustomed to select languish." Detroit Free 1'nss. Another cavo has lieen discovered in the Neptune mine, in White Tine County, Nevada, banging from tho roof of which are stalactites tiftccu inches In length. iKnvrr Tribune. LAYING OUT A STORY. Dautlit' WayHow liarlea IXrude liloikcd Out Ilia Tale. Inter Oeai.) The methods of work employed by Iteade have only been partly told in "A Terrible Temptation." Since thut day every wouId-io novelist in Knglaud and America has kept his scrap-books on the plan of "Mr. t.olf." Tho fact is that scrap-books were nover ns useful to Mr. i.eado as ho hud hoped they would bo. '1 ho care with which he kept them up was not abated, however. His method of laying out a uovel has only been vuguely hinted at. Alphonse Daudot begins his stories with tue climax and its participants. From thut point he works back to the opening of the tale. Then ho rowri'et and de velops hit characters, introducing such incidents as suggest themselves. He writes with a purpose, but ho never knows when ho begins what chura -tors will enact the incidents lending to the catastrophe. He works ba:k from ef leet to cuu ne. Thoophilo Guiltier believed in long prefaces. It was nn cp.gram of his that his "greatest novel would bo a 1 prefu e.'' Churlos Heinle did not up prove of them. He said that many a clover st iry wa-t damned by a pre face. His theory was that tho tale oil :ht ta tell itself, without prologue or epilogue. Ho kept his stories - they ne er wero romances iu any, literal sense on the stocks for a your t r moro. Ills niothod of nurs ng the youngling was peculiar. Tho chapters wore roughly blocked out on separate sheets of paper, 'lhen they wore numbered uu.t urrungod in their order or dropped botweeu tho leaves of a large scrap book. Then tho proeessof fecundat 011 begun. An incident was added to one chapter, a bit of description to another, and a scrap of dialogue found place on still anothor sheet. 'then the shifting of scenes, inci dents, dialogues and whole chapters be gan. Tho matter in chapter it, for in stance, found pluce in 11 ; 11 became 7 ; 7 was lodged at 5, and so on. '1 ho work wus growing all tho time. Details were evolving themselves from tho muss of facts. A new churacter was suggested. Lis course wus traced roughly through tho chips of this literary carpenter shop, lie was hinted nt, for example, in !; he appeared iu.li; he bocuiue necessary to tho Ktory in !', and on to tho climax. A fow important chapters wero roughly wr.tten out or dictated, then pinned together and replaced iu tho book or stowed iu a pigeon-hole. Again more changes and transpositions. Finally, tho sheets and scraps pinned or gummed to it wore all taken out and gathered into a stock. Then the au thor rapidly shulh'ed them ovor and grusped tho 'story as a wholo for the first timo. Some of those outlines were curious and often meaningless. Here is a sample, repnpduced from mouiory : XXII. Shower ovor. Sunshine. Horso chestnuts. (Here follows a bit of de scription, perhaps thirty lines; thon a rattling bit of dialogue of a pugo or more). Station; train; porter. (More dialogue). "Ho may bo even worso, but iiot a coward," etc. When tho story hnd reached this ntage it was as good as written. Mr. Hondo then settled down to seven or eight hours' manual labor a day, and in three months tho book was advertised. Much moro ctild bo wr.tten about the purity of his private life, his hos pitality, h s uniform kiudnoss to Amer icans, his encouraging words to young men, his generosity toward tho sut'.or ing, and his boundless sympathy for the miserable, (trout as was his literary success ho had ono grief. It wns thut he hail been denied mombcrship to a certain club. "I wus proposed by Collins nnd 'seconded by Dickens, but they wouldn't huvo me," ho often sa'd. When nskod why ho so lamented the fact, the halo old man replied: "He cause there wasn't a gas light in tho housi). 1 do like to read by a good sperm cnndlo." April Pool In Franco, l'nris Piuani. A quiet street of tho suburb of Cour bovoie witnesso.l on All Fool's day a repetition on a smaller scale of Theo dore Hook's famous l!eruors street hoax. Somo UtKJ merchants, jour nalis's, and theatrical managers pre sented themselvei all at tho same time in tho ollxo of a local notary, iu obedience to an urgent summons sent them iu his name, though of course not by him. The l'nlais do Justice wns the scene of a more amusing hoax of tho same sort oh .one 1st of April in Louis I'hillippe's reign. A band of notaries' clerks hud for somo six months previous mnde it their business to follow to his abode nnd note down tho address of every hump-backed person they mot in tho streets, lu tho lust week of March a summons iu legal form was addressed to each of thorn, requiring his attend ance, under sundry pains and penalties enumerated, at tho palnco nt noon on April 1. No one daring to d;sobcy this formidable mandate, all tho hunchbacks of l'aris mustered punctually at the timo up ointed in tho "Salle des Fas lVrdus" of tho pnlnce, to tho amaze ment of tho lawyers, the suitors, and, 110 doubt, of themselves. let 11 nil In Their I'lrsl I.ove. 1 1'tie ( nr.- ii.. Certain distinguished Americans who have lived so long abroad as to en courage tho suspicion1 that they had lost their fondness for the institutions of their native land are very emphatic ally declaring their love for tho star spangled banner, in view of tho Euro pean d spo i'hr.i to disparage American qualities and things. Marion Craw lord wants it distinctly understood that he is an American citizen, thoroughly imbued with a love of his country, while Moncnro D. Conway, after preach ing in Loudon many years, and circum navigating the glolio with his eyes open, is preparing to spend the rest of his days in tho I' 111 ted Stuto-i, having become wholly convinced that Ameri ca). s are "tho salt of the earth." Hebrew Leader: In this country where ev ry man is a sovereign, the tide of reform will rise as high ns the average popular morality and for this all K'K'd cituens are responsible. ' The Changes of Onlnry. It is not 1111 easy matter to obtain accurate information of the condition of the laboring classes in Atnerici a century ago, but enough is known to as sure us that the condition of the labtr ing man of to-day is vastly improved over those who lived in the days when the republic was founded and iho wars of the American revolution were on. Hot has regards wuges and the comforts of the lalsiring man, times are vastly improved for the Is'ttcr. In tho matter of clothes th'o stulfwits meaner, the fisid coarser, and wages were one-half what they aro it present. A man who per formed unskilled lulior sawed wood, mended roads, mixed mortar, carried wood to the carpenter or helped in harvest timo received two shillings a day. If nt the end of tho week ho look homo to his family fifteen shillings a sum now nliout as much as $1 ho was lucky, indeed. It was only by tho strictest economy that the half-starved mechanic could rai.se his family. His dwelling possessed few of the orna ments and relincments which decoruto many a mechanic's homo to-day. Car pets wero unheard of; sand sprinkled on 011 the floor served instead. Glass and chinawaro wero unknown, and pewter furnished the material for all the table ware. Matches wero unheard of and cooking stoves not invented. Tho wife struck a light with a Hint or bor rowed some coals from it neighbor, and cooked a rude coarse meal. He was lucky if he tasted fresh meat once a week. Corn wus 3 shillings a bushel, w heat 8 shillings uud (1 pence, a pound of salt pork 10 pence. Fruits were com paratively unknown. Cantaloupes, to matoes, rhubarb, cauliflower, egg plant, lettuce and many varieties of pears and peaches were unheard of 100 years ago, and such luxuries as -oranges and bananas were unknown even to the rich, while the box grape was the only delicacy iu the grape lino that came to the market. The clothing of the citizen was such ns no trump would wear nowadays. Coarse leather breeches, n checked shirt, red llannel jacket, rusty hat cocked at the corners, shoes of neatskiu setoff with brass buckles, and a leather apron, com pleted the citizen's scant wardrolie. The leather was greased to kiiep it soft and flexible. , Nut at All Literary. (Texas Siftings. Mrs. Spilkinsis a literary lady, but her husband is not. Ho is neither a lady nor literary, and when there is company, nnd he mingles in learned conversation, he bring disgrace upon the entire family by his ignor.aiee. Mrs. Spilkins thought that by reading to him every evening, she might get somo knowledge into his pate, so she began with ancient history. "Now, George, you take a pencil nnd note down the dates of tho most im portant occurrences. "All right, Sarah; propel." Sim started out, and having road steadily for some time, she discovered Spilkins fust asleep. Sho aroused him with some energy. "Have 1 been asleep long?" ho asked, drowsily. "Been nsleep long!" sho exclaimed, examining his note book; "you miserable wretch, you havo been asleep almost 2,000 yours." "Whew, this hot weather docs make n fellow sleepy, don't it(" replied tho miserable ignoramus. Judo Itltu-k and the Vaukocs. Washington Letter. Of contemporary poets he knew little nnd apparently cared less, though I huvo heard a good story of him regarding a poem of Longfellow's, "The Day is Done." A lady once rend it to him, en listing his admiration for it without tell ing him the author's name, till he clam orously demanded it. Then he said: "What a shame that a mere Yankee should be able to produce such a verso as that, while I, an honest I'eunsylva nian, am compelled to express myself in plain prose?" This anathema against New Kngland and its influence on national politics was so tempered with love for individual New Englanders that it made him deliciously inconsistent. Lightning Shoot the lint. Charlotte (X. C.) Observer. Mr. J. V. .McWhiirT'r was leaning against the new telephone polo, on the corner of Trade and Col lego streets, during a storm, when there came u Hash of lightning and ho felt his hut jerk sharply, lie pulled it from his head and found the rim in a blaze, which ho quickly extinguished. The electric fluid burned a small hole in his hut that looked as if it had been made by a pistol shot. Ho says that he felt no shock whatever, and that it seemed as if some one had caught his hat and given it a quick jerk. Next to a telegraph polo, a lightning rod is the safest thing to lean ngainst during a thunder-storm. College il iiHiuslli s. The Current. The strongest man and liest general nthelete in Harvard college has died of heart disease. It may have been, in this particular ease, that death may not have been aggravated by the process of mus cular development, but those who havo charge of the gymnastic department of the colleges should bear in mind that tho training which enables a niuu to en dure, rather thau that which increases the size of the muscles, is the best for men who are shortly to plunge into tho activities, resposibilitios nnd privations of businfss or professional life. Ancient 1'rojcrtlle. The Current A French archirologist has discovered that tho catapult projectiles of tho ancients wero of a cylindro-eonieal shape, similar to modem rilled -cannon balls. The more tho delvers after relics of bygone nges discover, tho more do cided grows the conviction that tho peo ples of those eras did not suffer for the want of inventive genius. A FASTING GIRL. In Cincinnati a sixtocn-vesr-ohl girl re cently died after a fast of flfty-two days. She had been attacked by soniethine like paralysis which rendered it impossible for tier to take nourishment. The human sys tem cannot thrive without pood food and Kood ability to digest it. Weak and im paired digestion is rectified by Brown's Iron Hitters better than any other tonic in the world. Mr. J. K. Frecbersr, I'om eroy, Iowa, says: "I used Urown's Iron Hitters for dyspepnia and poor appetite; completely cured me." It will cure you. Fushlon Items. Orango color is exceedingly fashiona ble abroad. Italian aprons mado of silk or linen, with bands of lace insertion and edging, and Greek aprons of satin or surah, richly decorated with embroidery, are again tho rago. Many of the jerseys worn in London have hoods. U;ep collars and culls em broidered with orange-colored or deep red nasturtiums, with hats decorated to match. Somo of these embroideries are executed on a deep violet ground. Velveteen will bo in high fashion the coming sens. It is almost impossible to distinguish tho new importations from real velvet, so soft and silky and even is its surface. The dark colors of tho fabric are very rich and handsome, und they make both stylish and durable walking skirts. Tho "new brand, it is claimed, is proof against rain spots. It is warranted also never to failo in tho brightest sunshine, or to change color under tho inlluencoof tho salt sea air, as the old makes invariably did. Bridesmaids, over short costumes of tinted suruh.mnde with Josephine bodice and sleeves cut a la Marguerite, woar shoulder capes of delicately pniutcd lace with cap bonnet to match. A very beautiful costume, imported for the wear of a rounr girl in this city on tho occasion of her debut as a ballad singer, is made of white ursuline, em broidered in silver and otherwise trimmed with silver lace. An exiniisito paruro of silver, including necklace, shoulder-clasps, sash bucklo.und banglo bracelets, each set with Irish diamonds, Is to accompany tho dress. In regard to styles, enough has been definitely ascertained touching these to chrouiclo tho fact that skirts aro to be a little longer and a trillo fuller for tho promenade; jerseys and polonaises are to retain their popularity, ovcrskirts and tunics aro to be seen in every possible shape and length, and basques aro al most as varied, bnt the snug little shnpe, short on tho hips, with postilion back, is still a lending model. Cut away jackets and vests nro seen with most of tho la.cst French walking drosses, the fashion amounting to a rago. All jackets and polonaises in corporate tho close, high sleeve and standing collar nnd lappets. A new and useful bit of fancy work lately noted is worthy of mention. It is used to decorate furniture drnpiiigs, cushions nnd tho like, nnd also to eu belish tho costume. Velveteen of the new silky, fadeless brand is chosen, nnd flowers or leaves aro laid on tho velvet and cut out (with a very sharp pair of scissors, or the edges will fray). The pattern is placed on the material and appliqued in tho usual way. A slender stem forms a link whoro a connection is desired. Tho leaves are veined with shaded silks, uud tho effect is admira ble. For a pattern, the llowers cut from a piece of cretonne or chintz make a very good guide A lady made a very rich looking morning-dress of cream colored serge by a trimming of rose and ivy leaves cut out of ruby velveteen. At a very elegant wedding reception in this city Inst week one of the guests wore a dress of whito ottoman silk, with a narrow garland of whito roses encir cling the entire edge of tho court train. A band of tho same flowers edged tho square opening of tho corsage, which was filieil in with Venetian lace A second dress of pale bicge satin, bro caded with delicate blue corn llowers, hnd a train skirt of palo blue satin be neath, trimmed with biego lace. A lovely brunette wore a dress of almond colored satin over a petticoat of Vene tian red velvet, richly embroidered up the front iu various shades of red; and a stately-looking young vocalist wore a dress of crimson nnd gold changeable silk, trimmed with bauds of crimson velvcl. Her Moral garniture of gold nnd ruby nasturtiums made a poetic blending of the two colors. The white toilets were ns beautiful as luce and em broidery could make them, and the dr esses of black tulle, beaded grena dine, nnd black silk, glittering with jet, wero in elegant and striking contrast. X. Y. Vost. GIVEN UP BY PHYSICIANS. A patient residing at Hinghamton, N. Y after using Compound Oxygen for two yenrs, gives the gratifying result: ''Fur tiro vmrs 1 could not stand on my feet but for five minutes at a time, or talk as many minutes; but noif lean tralb Jour or five wilts und do business all day; and I owe my recovery to health te the persistent use of Compound Oxygen, for I used it about two years, gaining a little all the time, yearly all the physicians who attended me gave me , and some said they could number mi Hays. Our "Treatise on Compound Oxygen," containing a history of the discovery aad mode of action of this remarkable cura tive agent, and a large record of surprising CUreS 111 lOIlnUlllUllUll. vnuiiiii.iicu,aiKi, Bronchitis, Asthma, etc., and a wide range of chronic diseases, will be sent free. Ad dress 1)R9. Starkky & Palen', 1109 and 1111 Girard Btreet. Philadelphia. All orders for the Compound Oxygen Home Treatment directed to H. E. Ma thews. 000 Montgomery street, San Fran cisco, will be filled on the same terms as if sent directly to us in rnuaaeipnia. A A good many "amusements" are bores; but fishing is feel fun. We nlwnvs keep Piso's Cure for Con sumption in the house. FOE TEE LADIES. Novelty Hug Machine, with which a rug can be made in a tew hours that would require weeks of labor with a hook. "Will also make mittens, lap-robes, tidies, stair carpets, etc. "Works rags or yarn. A child can operate it. Price, $1.2.", postpaid, to any address. Agents wanted iu every county. Send for circular. Crazy Quilts Satin pieces for crazy quilts, 15c per doz. and upwards. Address: Chas. I'cakc & Co., 20U Kearny street, S. F. Strawberries are nature's sweet blushes materialized. "IT KNOCKS THE SPOTS," And everything In the nature of eruptions, blotches, pimples, ulcers, scrofulous hu mors, and incipient consumption, which is nothing more nor less than scrofula of the Iung, completely out of the system. It stimulates and invigorates the liver, tones up the stomach, regulates the bow els', purifies the blood, and builds up the weak places of the body. It is a purely vegetable compound, and will do more than is claimed for it. We refer to Dr. Pierce's "Golden iledical Discovery." A good bringing up on the elevator in hot weather. Use Wellington's Improved Egg Food for Poultry. A REMARKABLE CURE OF SCROFULA. Wtllidni S. linker, of Lewi, Vcgo County, Ind writes as follow s: " My son was taken w ith Scrofula In the lilp when only two years old. 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