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EUGENE CITY GUARD. 1. 1 CAMPBELL, Proprietor, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. THE LOST BATTLE. To heart It struck iiuoh terror That lie Inugheil it iMUtib of iorn The man In me soldier's doublet. Will) Hit iword M bravely worn. It struck hli lieart like t'i frost-wind To find hi comrades fled, While Hie battle-held wan guarded by the heroes who lay doud. lie drew lili sword In the annllht. And t ailed with a lung halloo, M Dead men, there la one llvlnir Biiall stay It out with you!" He rained a raifgpd standard, This lonely s nil In war. And called the loe to onset l)y shouts they hear afar. They gitlloned swift toward him. The btinuer flouted wide j ' It sank ; he sank beside It l'nfin hla awnnl. and died. -floss Uaictkurn luthrup, in Harper's Vaga tine. SOMETIME. A Practical Sermon Preached by the Collar Stairs. Strangely enough, the collar stairs preached It at leant tliey contributed that very important part, tho apphca tlon. Sinter Scarlett had furnlHhed tho text In the morning, but then tho ser mon might havo gone on from (irmly to forty-scvcnthly without Mrs. Bar ney'g notieo, had it not been for tho cellar stalrn. Mrs. Barney wm hurried that day sho was always hurried and It wai warm and uncomfortable In tho sun thiny, stove-healed kitchen, whero she was hastening to and fro, growing fretted and tired without slackening her speed. Nealio, standing at thu ironing-tablo, was tired also. "1 here's so much to do," sho said. wearily. "I do not seo why wo need do bakmg and Irouing both In ono day. It makes sucn a crowd, and wo could havo left ono for to-morrow." "To-morrow will bring work enougl; of Its own," answered Mrs. Uarnev, quickly, "ltesldiss, if wo should get the Work ull out of thu way tho lint of tho week, a whole day to rest in would bo worth somothlng.' "But then wo shouldn't tako It for resting Just because it would bo a wholo ly and something elsn would uo crowd vd into it," murmured Nealio, to whom one hour now looked very inviting and that possible day In the luturo very un certain. Tho mother did not answer, and the girl's hand moved more slowly over mo (lump muslins as iiorga.ewamiereii away to the hills where great trees were throwing eool shadows, llow pleasant tho shade and greenness were! Tho desire to bring it nearer suggested another thouirlit to Nealio "Some vines would be so nico at this window, mother. 1 could plant them if you would lot Jim dig a little spot out thero." "Yes, but If wo ever get tho house fixed up as wo want it wo shall havo shutters at that window." "Hut wo don't know when wo can do that, and tho vlmw would bo to pretty now, urged iNeailo. "I'letty!' Well, yes, if wo had tho whole yard trimmed and laid out as it should Ik1. 1 hupo wu shall have it somo day; but a stray vine hero and thero seems hardly worth fussing over . when wo can t havo thu wholo done, Nealio sighed but was silent, and presently 'J im came In with un armful of wood! "Nealio," lie said, pausing near her table, "if you just new this sleeve up a little. The old th ng tears aw ful easy, and 1 just hit it against a nail. lie spoke low, but Mrs. Harney's oulek ears eiuiith the words. "That jacket torn again, Tim? 1 never saw such a boy to lear things to Jiieces! No, Nealio can't slop to mend t now, and 1 can't either. I've been intending to get you a new one, but . thero doesn't set in much chance to make anything new while you contrive to make so much patching and dam ng on thu old. Mrs. Harney shut the oven door with a snap. 1 un was the Hired oov, kind hearted but can-less, and ho was ra'her discouraging. Hoard and cloth ing sometimes appeared to her a high pneo lor Ids services. "Hurry, now, and pick some currants for d.nner," she Haul. Tim took tho tin pall pointed out to him, but lie did not hurry as lie passed with clouded face down tho walk. Tho thought of a new jacket would havo lieou very pleasant a few miuutes bo lero, but 't had suddenly lost attract iveness. I ho boy drew his bushy brows into a scow 1. a:,d as soon as ho was out of sight of thu , house, threw himself upon tho grass and began his currant-lucking in a very leisurely manner. Then it was that Sister Stearics drove up in her rattling old buggy with a horse that was, as Tim said, "a regular old revolutionary pen sioner." "if I can't havo lino horses and car riage, I can take a deal of comfort with these," was always Sister Searles's cheery comment upon her equipage. She had an errand at Mrs. Harney's, and had stopped on her way to tho vil lage. A plump, rosy-faced' little wom an sho was, not young, only that the belonged to tho class of people who never grow old; neatly dressed, though it was "but tho old poplin made over." Mrs. Harney noticed while sho was talking, wondering a little that sho should have "taken tho trouble, when she surely needed a new one." "This room is too warm to ask any ono to sit In," sho said, apologetically, placing a chair for her caller just out sido tho door. "When wo are able to havo tho houso altered to suit us 1 shall have a stove here in tho summer." "In tho mean time you have this nice rool porch. What a pleasant place It Is!" said Sister Searles, ail in ringly. "Yes, if one had time to enjoy' it," answered Mr. Harney, with an uneasy laugh. "I'm so hurried trying to get everything about the place in just the right order that 1 don't have time." "Tako time, Sister Barney, tako time," said Mrs. Searles, smiling, but earnestly. "Make tho most of what you have whllo you are working for something better. Don't crowd out any little sweetness you have to make room for somo great pleasure that's further off. You see," she added, blushing a little, as if her words need ed excuse, "it's something I had to learn myself years ago never tram 1 1 on daisies in a wild chase after roses. The roses I haven't found, but the dai sies have been enough to make the path bright." Mrs. Harney looked upon her In somo perplexity as sho took her de parture. Sho had listened with one half her mind on tho loaves of bread in the oven and tho other half did not fully comprehend whut had been said. "Daisies and roses! I don't see what any sort of llowcr has to do with want ing a now kitchen. Hut thero! I sup pose minister's wives hear so much talk that it comes natural to them. Hits of old sermons, like as anyway. Dear me! I don't get much time for poetry in my life, I'm suro of that, llow Tim does loiter!" Tim, meanwhile, hud rauntcrcd out from among the bushes, and was en- faged in untying the old horse that Irs. Searles had fastened as securely as if it could be induced under any cir cumstances to run. Ho was moved to this act of gallantry partly because he really 1 kod the cheery little woman and partly because ho heard Mrs. Bar ney's call and was in no hasto to go to tho house. "That will do, thank you, Tim," said Sister Ssearlos, nervously anxious to ex pedite his steps In tho way of obedi once. "I thiuk Mrs, Barney is calling you." "Ycs'm; sho mostly always is, answered Tim, philosophically, pausing to arrange the harness with painful de liberation. "But, my dear boy," urged Sister Stearics, read ng something in his knitted brows, "you should reany try to pleaso and help her all you know. She is kind to you." "Oh. yes. she's kind. Only when I soo one of her kindnesses a-conrn', I dodge it; It generally hits a fellow hard enough to bo uncomfortable," re sponded Tim. Then, having relieved his feelings by this statement, his con science pricked him slightly, and tie added: "You sco, she's always in such a hurry. She can't come and bring 'cm; sho has to pitch 'em." Mrs. Searles meditated as she drove down tho country road. "Well. I never thought ol that be fore, but I do suppose that's why tho lliblu speaks of tho Lord s loving kind ness and tender morcy because thero is so much kindness in tho world that isn't ono bit loving, and so much mercy that is only duly and not tenderness. I'll tell Joslah that." For it happened that while the rrooil minister pored over h's books and studied theology, his wife, going hero and there, studied hu manity. And tliouirn ho cooked his own sermons sho often seasoned them. The baking was dono at lust, the cur rants picked and Mrs. Barney's dinner ready. tor the bounty bestowed upon us may wo bo duly grateful, murmured Mr. Uarnev, with head bowed low over his plate. I hen he looked up and rc marked that hu was tired of a steady diet of ham and eggs and didn't seo why they couldn t havo a little variety. 1 on would seo it you had to cook in tho hot kitchen as I do," responded Mrs. Barney, more shortly than her wont. "1 m glad to have whatever I get most quickly and easily. When wo h:ive a siimnier-kilchen we can begin to live as oilier people do." it ;vo aln t nil as old as iwclhuso- ler," complained Master Tommy in an undertone which was Perfectly audi ble; "anyway, the chickens will be, if wo can t have any cooked till that time." Hu had smiled the odors of tho baking on his homeward way from school, and, settling his juve nile in! ml upon chicken pie for din ner, had been grievously disappointed. Warm and weary with her morn ing's work tho questions and sugges tions fretted Mrs. Harney. Shu felt wounded and aggrieved, 'too, as she moved iiliont, nilentlv after dinner. No one seemed to sou she cared as much for things nice and comfortable as did the others, she said to herself. She cared far more, Indeed, since she was willing to do much now, and work and plan for the saku of having things all that could bo desired by and by. llow many present comforts ami con veniences had sho foregone for that! Those very collar stairs toward whoso lark and tortuous steps she was tending were an example; they could so.ircciy be more iiadiy emit, or in a nioro inconvenient place. Mr. Harney had wanted to remove them, but sho would not allow him to incur tho ex- in-nso, because a second removal might be necessary when tho houso was thor oughly rearranged. o, she prciurrod to suomit to the discomfort all this time. Too long a time it proved, for, while she meditated, an insecure board slip ped beneath her feet, plunging her down tho dark, narrow stairway, against tho rough stone wall, and then upon tho hard tloor of the cellar. One swift moment of terror, tho crash of tho dishes that fell from her hands, a Hash of exeruciatingpain, ami then she knew nothing more, . Sho did not hear Nealio s wild cry from the room above, nor see her husband's pale face as he ftcd her In his arms. When sho returned to consciousness a strange voioo tho physician's was saving: No bones broken, though it s a won der her neck wasn't, falling iu tho way sho did." Slowly she opened her eves upon a confused mingling of anxious faces, wet cloths and bottles of arnica and camphor, and gradually comprehended what had happened and her own con ditionnot dangerously injured, but bruised and lamed, and with a sprained anklo that would keep her a prisoner for tome days at least. It was a sud den pause in her busy life an enforced rest Sho scarcely knew how to bear it. for a moment, as she remembered all sho had planned to do, until a sec ond shuddering thought suggested that sho might havo left it all forever; then he grew patient and thoughtful, let it seemed strange to be lying quietly on tho lounge in the best Wd-roora tho roon that had. been kept so carefully closed to preserve its furriituro unt'l an addition to (hu house should tran-mtito it into a back parlor ; to watch through (ho open door, only a spectator, while Ncabe flitted to and fro in tho kitchen bevond, spreaking the table tor tea. llow good the children wore that evening, how tenderly thoughtful her husband was, coming to her side again and again to talk or read to her! 'ihey had not found much time for talking or reading together theie late years, she and David; sho had always been so busy when ho was in tho house. She had dreamed of a leisure lime coming, though, when they should have many evenings like this, except thu illness. She had not thought much of illness or accident coming to mar her plans, or of death suddenly ending them. But it Hashed upon her now bow many little lovinjr words and ofllces and daily en joynints had been crowded out of their little home, and in that brief retrospec tive glance she understood tho meaning and the earnestness of Sister Searles s entreaty. "Why, it's all kind of real nice and jolly if you wasn't hurt," declared Tommy, unable to express h's enjoy ment of tho pretty room and the unusual family gathering any more clearly. Tears gathered in tho mother's eves, but she had found her clue and sho meant to follow it. She had ample time for thought in the days that fol lowed, when she was only able to sew a little now and then on garments for Tim, or look over seeds lor israiie s vino-planting; and slowly but surely sho learned her lessQn, and brought it back to health with her to gather life s pleasantness as God sends his sunshine day by day. I'acxjte t-vanget. SKATING. The Distinction lletween Mating On the Ira and In the Itliik. Skating on rollers round and round a rink is ono thing; skating on tho ice, over a long, straight-away courso, un der cliffs, past meadows, among hills, Is quite another. The relation of the former to the latter is tho same that shooting at clay-pigeons bears to quail hunting in tho stubblo. In tho ono case we find pleasure in dexterity; in tho other wo get near to nature and catch tho spirit of adventure. Tho writer never had but ono thor oughly satisfactory skating cxperienco in his life. It occurred on tho Kentucky Klvcr. Ho was ono of a party of ten, all young enough to bo lively, all old enough to appreciate tho rare condi tions. Tho river was struck where a break in the bluffs gave an easy descent to tho ico tho objective point (and it is always well to havo an objective point in lifu, whether ono is bating, soldiering or sermonizing), seven miles away. Tho sky was gray; just a thought of snow in the " air; the wind with us; tho scenery rugged and picturesque. Hero was felio.ty unmixed! Wo seemed to. sink into tho cinbraco of nature. Tho region was as wild to the view as wlion Daniel Hoono first looked upon it We gazed down tho perspective of tho valleys, that oc casionally opened as we swept out of one dcliio into another, half-expecting to seo a village of wigwams In tho dis tance. Thero was a charm in every foot of tho landscape which, like a vast panorama, swept behind us as wo (lew. Hut the charms were thoso that hold us irresistibly when wo cuntemplat) tho "deep sol'.tudes" of nature, profoundly sensitive of tho august majesty of tho Creator's own handiwork. Ave began with a whoop; but, as thu true senti ment of thu scene touched our souls, wo crew subdued by the environing grandeur, tho pace conform ng to the general mood, and it was not until there was a suddon realization that the goal was near that tho wild halloo of I ho foremost, himself abruptly aroused, awoke the spirit of frolic If skating were only attractive under these circumstances there would bo few skaters in tho world; but tho samu up lifting experience mav bo attained in other ways and at all soasons. Tho busy American needs the suggestive diversion that sport in thu open air f; ves whether it be skating, bicycling. Hinting, tishing or tours afoot. ' And ho needs to open his soul to tho senti ment of tho pastime. To play merely to perfuuetor ly acquiesce in a physi cian's prescription is not tho doctor's intention. wo should learn to enjoy hunting quite as much because wo go to the hills and fields as for tho oppor tunity to till a game-bag. Skating in a rink, shooting at a target under cover, or rue ng against t mo around tho tan-bark circle, are well enough in their way, but the bolter thing is to go a-sporting where tho eye can di.-cover a distant horizon. Tho anise-bag has its proper uso iu default of the fox. mm.... .1 : . ... .1 .. iii.H mere is, hi uiu pn'seiu uniu, n popular tendency to play out-ot-ilo.irs is very evident, notwithstanding the fervor with which some in-door pas times are held. It is giving, as has been noted bv intelligent observer a grateful element to American litora- turo, and is awakening in the Ameri can youth an ardor iu tho pursuit of these healthful pleasures which are only to bo found where Nature main talus something of her original condi tions. It was not many years ago when there were but comparatively few resorts f r the summer-tourist in quest of an idling-place. Now they abound everywhere. Tho reason lies in the fact that people no longer, as a rule, desire to go with the crowd, but prefer the small groups In tho places to which tho noisd of commerce does not reach, and where tho beat of Nature's heart can bo heard. (J. C. Matthews, in Chicago Vurrcut. According to Dr. Dolan's work on .lydrophobia, physicians may convey to their patients a reasonable hope of al most perfect Immunity from tho dis ease after three months havo elapsed from tho time the bite was in Hided. The danger is thought to bo lessened with eerv month that passes, "so that after a year the physician may afford a seientille certainty of tho patient's re covery." Absolute quietude, or "se dation." and the uso of tho Turkish bath, are the measures chiefly recom mended as preventive treatment. -V. '. IV-t. "HANDS UP." A Condition Tending tu Make Onelnilooa and I'no iunfiirtalile. I don't know of anything that makes a modest, retiring man fuel more un comfortable than to sit in a railway train, holding up both hands, while la front of him stands a fellow that lool liko a hurriedly arranged Mephisto pheles in a tramp Faust company, lev eling a six-shooter whoso rou.zle seems to open like the mouth of a hungry cat fish. A man may have fought duels am' may havo the reputation of being at linn as the architecture of Thero istoeles; but when an ungainly citizen, wearing a mask, throws up a revolver and savs: What tlmo did jo-i say it was?" he will not repeat aa old joke and reply: "Same time it 'twas this time eter dav." but hands his watch to the dem onstrative stranger. This is not surmise with me. 1 argue from a foundation of truth, plastered with tho cement of ex perience. I was a passenger on the railway train recently robbed near Little 'Hock. Just before leaving Tine Bluff, a friend camo to mo and said: I wish you would tako my watch up to the city and leave it with a jeweler. It stopped tho other day and I think there must bo something the matter with it; indigestion, probably." Of course 1 consented, uesinng 10 au commoilato my friend, as 1 didn't owe him anything. I put the dyspept ic time- killer in my vanse, out mmr u "' started, fearing' that some ono might mistako my luggage for his own, I took the watch out and wore it, not without a slight thrill of pleasure as the gold chain caught the rays of the lamp over head. When within a short distance of Little Rock, the train suddenly stopped. The rapid firing of pistols without seemed to assure the passengers that tax collector were In tho neighborhood, for eveny on began to show signs of uneasiness, but before wo had time to engage in those little speculations and humorous re marks which frequently delight an ap preciative company, a very tall follow, followed by several companions, en tered the car and made a remark which I understood to mean "hands up." Tho passengers readily accepted my interpretation of the remark, and fol lowing mv example, held up their hands. I felt sorry for one poor fellow. He only had one arm with him at the tirao, and his piteous implorations that somebody would lend him another hand for a few moments were quite enough to have moved a gall of flint. The Captain of the gang was very gentle manly, and doubtless toro my vest by mistake while taking off the valuable watch which tho Bine Bluff man had in trusted to my keeping. "Look here.William the Kid, or w hat ever your name may be on tho present occasion." said I, "this watch does not belong to mo. I am only taking it up to town for a friend. It won't run, so wait until it is repaired." I looked around to see If tho audience wero applauding my presence of mind and determination to bo facetious. No one smiled, but an old man who was so fat that ho filled one seat anil bulged over on another, groaned and said: "Wonder why somo fellow don't shoot that fool." "Not your watch, eh?" said the leader, tugging at the chain. "No, sir; belongs to Colonel Met. L. Jones, of Bine Bluff." "That so? Why, I am glad to know it. Colonel Jones is a friend of mine and I am suro ho made a mistake in lotting you taku it. There now, it's all right." Look hear, boss," said an old negro who was being searched, "mebbe yer doan know it am ergin do law tor aek liko ycrso'f is er doin'. l'so dun had nil mv nronertv made ober in do name o' my wife, an yer ain't got no right ter tako er lady s property ins er way. I doan mine seem' er man 'posed on, but when er person 'poses oil er lady, w'y don I yas, sah, yas," as a pistol under his nose: "tako do lady's property, sah. Got no bus'ness wid hit, nohow. U'lmn tho rnliliers allowed the train to proceed, everybody got mad, and after wo wero under way, ono man urew a pistol and swore that no rooster in America could rob him, and then remembering that bo had lost his watch, added "again. It in. i In j nit dilVeronen how eool and frosty a man's temperament may be, it I., nti'l.. fun liim t( L-rtim ft'nnl feeling anxious and uncomfortable when burly fellow levels a Pistol and says: Throw up your hands. Vine 1 Head, in A'. Mercury. PAID THE DEBT. Never So Good a Time as Now to Dis charge Obligations. Tho following truo incident was pub lished by the local papers years ago, but being truo, and having been crushed to earth, rises again: In Van Buren there onco lived an old f ontleman of tho name of John Bostick. lo kept a hotel and was also proprietor of a blacksmith shep. A well-known minister, Kev. Mr. Buchanan, who al ways put up with Bostick, met the hotel man on tho street one day, after having staid all night with him, and said: "Well. Uncle John, how much do I owe you?" "Owe me for what. Brother Buck?" "Why, you know I have staid all night with you." "Yes, Brother Buck, but you know that I never chargo preachers." "I know that. Uncle John, but I had my horse shod." "Brother Buck, I never charge a preacher for shoeing his horso." "I don't want work done for nothing," said the preacher. "Well. Brother Buck, just remember mo in your pravers," "All right. Undo John, but as I have always adhered to the rule of never leaving a place in debt, get down on your knees and wo'll hive prayers right, now." The two men knelt on the sidewalk and the debt was paid. Arkansaio iV iivcr. Cinnamon cake: When the sponge of yeast-take is ready to knead take a portion mi nd roll out three-fourths of an inch iKi'cK put thin slices of butter on tho lop, (-)Vinkle with cinnamon and sngar; let it well, iSin bake. -I- BROUGHAM'S ORATORY. How Slan "poke and Left Vrnme to Pos terity. Thoso who have only heard Lord Brougham speak must understand that they have scarcely an idea of the ora tory of Harry Brougham. From the llrst day he entered the House of Peers as Lord Chancellor he seemed to be trammeled by a sense of his position. He would have compromised its dig nity, as well as the character of a min ister of tho Crown, if he addressed his new audience, cold and aristocratic as it was, with the tierce and powerful declamation in which he had formerly excelled. Thero is a well-known story that when his mother heard that he had accepted tho Chancellorship sho said: "Then Harry Brougham is ruined;" and mined ho most certainly was, as an orator. He had made him self great, but he was dostroyed bv be ing made great by others. Harrv Brougham's speeches produced much the same kind of sensation as would be experienced on witnessing te act- ing of the cider Kean. Brougham un consciously acted his speeches. His action, too, was anything but graceful; but it was natural, and perhaps that which is natural can scarcely be deemed ungraceful. The want of finish, however, was always lost in the sense of the rugged earnestness of tho speaker, and of the terrific power with which he hurled his Invectives at his opponents a power which had once tho effect of causing an old stager like Canning to spring from bis seat, ball frantic, ana cxciaim, while striking the tablo in front of him with extraordinary force, "It is a false hood." While Brougham spoke, the impression would be on tho bearer that any attempt to reply would be a hope less undertaking. And hopeless it would havo been to any one but Can ning. Brougham had a great fund of humor at his command, but Canning, with an amount of humor still more re dundant, had a command of wit and anecdote which carried everything be fore it. The House has more than once been absolutely electrified by some tierce denunciation on the part of Brougham, and in less than five min utes afterward that same House has been indulging in peal after peal of im moderate laughter at the inimitable dexterity with which Canning warded off tho attack and flung ridicule on his opponent. On ono occasion, on tho first night of a session, Brougham at tacked the Government for having, ac cord ng to the announcements in the speech from tho throne, stolen many of the measures advocated by his side of tho House and made them their own. Tho speech was a telling ouo. and tho more telling becauso it. was truo. It was applauded to tho very echo, and doubtless many of those who heard h m wondered how Canningwould rebut tho fierce attack. When ho roso the Houso welcomed him with tremendous cheering, as if anticipating tho success which usually attended his efforts. In this instance, too, it was not doomed to bo disappointed. In a spirit of the utmost good humor ho said that tho honorable and learned gentleman had reminded him of an anecdote which ho would relate totho House. In thereign of Queen Elizabeth an bu bor named Den s h id written a play, which was produced at the Theater Koyal of the day. In this play was introduced a scene in which for "the first t me on any stago there was an im tation of a thun derstorm. Denis attended the perform ance, and had the mort flcation to wit ness his piece, notwithstanding the thunderstorm, unm u vocally damned. Time passed ou, and with it the mem ory of his play and its unlucky fate, when, one night, ho WiMit to see a new play from the pun of anot ler author. 'The piece was in every respect superior to that of poor Denis, who witnessed each successive sceno with feelings of envy. It happened, however, that the author had also introduced a t ium!er storm. As soon as Denlt, who was in tho pit, heard the rolling of thu thun der, followed by tho plaudits of tho audicic), he jumped upon one of the seats and raising himself to his fullest height, shouted out with the voice of a stentor, "That's my thunder! That's my thunder!" The roars of laughter which followed, ami in which Broug ham himself, the Den's of tho moment, was compelled to join, baffles all de scriutiou. His speech was no longer lo bo thought of, except in so far as it I a 1 elicited tho .ready wit of Canning. Tempte liar. m "As soon as wo got on to tho gang we dropped that they wero crooks, and wo Went under cover to pipo. The gang sent out two crows to watch for cops. Tho three others walked down the ave nue, and we felt that their lay was to touch a store. They stopped to crack tho store 1U5 Sixth avenue, but quit it cold and worked their crabs that is, they went up Clinton place to tho Cin cinnati Laundry, 1SJ). Thero was a woman asleep inside, but the biggest crook weut inside and swiped tho till. We did not collar the three men, be cause we knew they would split the stuff. When they did, a little further up tho street, wo got on to them, and alter a tough scrap, ran all three in." Trenton ( .V. J.) Times. ino university oi ronnsyivania nas started a "departniont of physical cul ture." Dr. J. W. White, who will pre sidu over it, states that his duties will be to examine each student, note where in he needs physical development, and recommend the proper mode of exer cise to induco it. If his back is weak, the rowing machine or boat is advised; if the chest is flat, parallel bars are in order. The ordinary trainer generally picks out for the boat a man who does not need it. 1'hHadclvhia Press. In Georgia an Incendiary has been sentenced to death. The laws of that State provide the death penalty for arson. At TO XBA. GBUHDT. This potent persons pe has been allowed to rule too despotically in the feminine world, and the ladies say that it Is time her tyranny received a check. But not even Mrs. Grundy has dared to speak against the value of Urown's Iron Bitten aa a atrengthenlns; tonic for ladies who suffer from debility. It enriches the blood and completely restore faillnjr health. Misa Sailie I.Taulea. WrifrhUTille, Pa.,' was cured by Brown's iron Bitteraaf bark ache, kidney tronble and liver complaint. A North Carolina woman, who dis covered that a hotter which had bcoi stolen from her was in the possession of a neighbor, weut to a magistrate for the purpose of instituting legal pro ceedings for the recovery of her prop, erty, but the magistrate told her that the cost of lawful proceedings would be considerable, and, as the heifer had been taken from her Illegally, she had better raise a sufficient crowd to go and take her back by force, and thus save expense. "la n't no use tryin' to drive a woman. "It's mighty like when ye tryin' to drive a passul o' hens come into the house; and ye chase 'em up and ay 'Shoo!' and gits 'em a'most to .io do'; and they jist run straight j.ast iu Aunty Lush, in "True," by George Parsons Lathrop. - -A Maryland wi ding had to be postponed because at the last moment it was fovnd that somebody had stolen the marriage license. It is curious what chances some fellows do have, even whew It would sem the last op portunity f ejampe had passed. Bin liiifttnn fowtsye. Vermont has a still unrepealed law on her statute books empower.ng her Justices of the 1'eace to order the col lection of wheat at five shillings, rye at four shillings and Indian com at four shillings per bushel to pay tho sulario9 of certain specified preachers. Troy Times. Governor Adams, of Nevada, hap pened to overhaul an old coat the other day and found $3,800 in one of the pockets. Ho had forgotten all about the money, trora the fact that Gov ernor Adams could lose $ 3,800 without missing it, we infer that he is an editor. Trov Times. John W. Mackey has gone to Mexico .to look after his railway interests there. ALL "PLAYED OUT." "Don't know what ails me lately. Can't eat well-can't sleep well. Can't work, and don't enjoy doinjf anything. Ain't really sick, and I really ain't well. Feel all kind o' played out, someway." That is what scores of men say every day. If they would take Dr. Pierce' "Golden Medical Discovery" tbey would soon have noocca sion to say it. It purifies the blood, tones up the system ana fortifies it against dis ease. It is a great anti-bilious remedy as well. The Egyptian Government has ordered the raisiug of an army of 61,000 men. CATAItRH-A New Treatment has been dis covered whereby a permanent cure is effected in from one to three applications. Particulars and treaUse free on receipt of stamp. A. H. Dixon li box, 306 KIiik til. west, 1 oruiito, C'auada. "Browu's Bronchial Troches" are an effectual Cough Remedy. Sold only in boxes. Price 25 tents. TO NEWSPAPER MEN. ' Palmer & Bey, Type Founders and Press Dealers, make ttpecuxl quotations on Type and Printing Material to Purchasers in the Northwest. Son. 112 and 114 Front street, Portland. Oivgou. THE BEST TONIC. ? This medicine, combining Iron with pare VeKOtaMe tonics, quickly and completely quietly ana completely 1 urea Dyspepsia, Indlaeai Impure Bload, AlalarlaCli Ills and Fevers, and Nearalata. It Is an unfailing: remedy for Diseases of the Kldnera and Liver. It Is Invaluable for Dtseaaes peculiar to Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. Itdoes sot injure the teeth, cause headsche.or produce constipation 9(hfr Iron medieinei do. It enriches snd purifies the blood, stimulates the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength ens the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers. Lassitude, Lack of Energy, tc., it has no equal. Mr The genuine bu above trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other, utolrto snows CMSiiriL co ULTiioai. id, SNKLU HEITSHU & WOODAItD. Wholesale Agents, Portland, Or. TUTFS "THE OLD RELIABLE." 25 YEARS IN USE. Iho Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age! Indorsed all over the World. SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. Lossofappetite, Nausea, boyels cos tivetPginin tJiej3ead,yrtth a dull sen Bation jo. the back partTPaln under the6houlder blade, fuT.ness Barter eat ing, with a disinclination to exertion of body or ml tid. Irritability of temp er, Low splrltLos8jofjnemoryjwTt a feeling of "haying neglected some dnty, w wRess. Dizzlnesst Flatter? ing of the Heart, 6ots"before the eyes, YgllowklnlleadacheiRestlessnesa at nlght7hlghjyoolorerOrine. IT THESE WASNIKOS AfiE UNHEEDED, EZSIGC3 IE31AEI3 WILL SOON 81 BSVSLOf SD. TOTTS PILLS are especially adapted to suoh cases, ono dose effects such a change of feeling as to astonish the sufferer. They Increase th. Appetite, and cause the body to Take on Flesh, thus tho sys tem Is nourished, and by their Tonie Action on the Digestive) Organ, Itcsps lar WtooJ e are prodnof d. Price an wnci. TUTTS HAIR DYE, Ghat fUntorWmsKKBs changed to a GlosstBlicc byaainclo application of ' ii. mijKiiik nainmi color, acts uwuinimnoousiT. ooia vy Drag ent by express on rcoelpt of $ 1. 6old by Drninruita. or unice. va Knurr" St.. WATSON. WRIGHT & CO- Wholesale Grocers ill Csmmisslon HsnMts 10 North Front 8t Portland. Hn FtutIko Office II Proet at HixUob eranmiMluo-WtMat, Wool, Hops, 8"l, rn, Hides, OUkkuiK, tgft. Lumhrr. lloop-pok. Ktlmon, Mill Fm1, UU, kuler, Onions, PutatoM Baooa. uud. tie. Aeoount sale, mdmd oo dar of aala. Krod lur mu nanat report. OornapoodsM sad eooatfBaMat aolklud. PS (8 IP I-w-I - - D rT-nri ill ir -llr-urr -ni"-ul PULLS