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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LUCABrBKLL, . . rrrletr. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. "TELL ME TRULY." Imr little daisy, down In the rw, hauling- up Ht me as I ie. If I listen, will vou tell Whether aomebodr love me well? Dear JKtle dalny, lend me yoor art, 1 keep a secret clow In my heart. I tone to know how It'e to be; Whisper It low, only to me. Will he come? Or dne he tarrvf I K to conn? Or la It to mnnyt Will h take my heart lorererf Or will he forsake and come back nererf Hear little dair. If von ho That he'd anlrue, oh. t ll me eo. Ala, !! It can not be; Whatever you y I hmr he lore ma. Toor art la fala. I'll ne'er hire That one I love could o deceive: I'll tone yon awav to the wind that blows, AmA aak airaln of dour . -Ifmmtts Uontklf. WOMEN IX CHINA. Their Education, Industry and Social Position. Paarklm Mora Profitable Thaa n Woman ftnpremaey In All Honaa bld Affair Marrle; Iw and CwMoana. From a f nancial standpo'nt ra'sing daughters in China in far more prolita ble than ra s ng sons. There ia almost sure return for evrey dollar invented and frequently heavy interest in the former, while the latter are ofU-n ac companied with 1oh. Wives are not bought in Ch na. The young husband simply ronkia a ort of genteel redemp tion in present to the good mother-in-law for tho trouble incurred in bring ing op her daughter. These incurable courtesies and frequent redempt ons often cost the unfortunate husband W per cent more than the w.fo would bring .f put up at auction. Kven then there are many who would pay double the amount expended to return their wives without comment on the bargain. Most American writers lauor under the erroneous impress on as to Chinu.se so cial life, suggested In the trite remark "the Chinese are partial to male in fants and that the fema es are not much thought of." These 1 quote from Gutzcatr. There Is, perhaps, no nation except Turkey in which tho fe males are less seen and less known than China. Their absolute seclus on from publie gae, both In the street and at home, make them strangers to their own race. This is so true that 1 can safely say that married men in China do not know the opposite sex. except through their own wive. Womanhood is so sacred that it is shut in and begirt by prejud ces and customs more completely than by a Chinee wall.' A wife, daughter and mother ia tho Middle Kingdom are like the Lares and lVnates of the early Roman household. Women associate with women and men with men upon all occasions and under all circumstances. This is strin gently carried out in all well-regulated Chinese tamil es. Kven brothers and sisters are not allowed to eat at the eatue table, but have their separate servants and meals. In China private dwellngs are I uilt in such a manner as to prevent Htors of the oppos to sex from meeting or even seeing the women of a fam'ly. Under these circumstances it might seem d Ulcnlt to descr.be the condit on of ti e Chinese, women and their treatment, ltut ih s condition and treatment are formulated by the common law of Ch na. They have been , taught, geneiation after generation, at school and tires de. and have become the public and prvato law of the land. Exceptions are treated as misdemean ors and are punished accordingly. The girl of Pe Chi l.i is brought up on the ' aame basis as her sisters In Shanghai. M course, this training Is widely, if not diAWtr cnlly. diflorent from that fol lowed in Christian countries. Yet the enforced seclusion is no greater than that which prevails in France, Spa n and Italy, and the fushliuianlo com pression of a g'lTs feet is not to be mentioned in the same brain w.th the voluntary compress on of the waist and ritals so noticeable in America. With all due rspvt to demagogues and b gits, I am certain that the health of tho average Ch nese trirl and woman it superior to that of their Occidental liter. The fash onable doctors of tho great cit es of Christendom would starve in the populous capitals of the Middle Kingdom. In respect to do mestic comlort and happiness the Chinese patcrfamil as stands head and shoulders over the Anierean. Wh lo in the store and otlire the husband rules supreme, in Ih ' house the wife is lady paramount. From babyhood she has been tra ned in household duties. Tho government of servant, the rear ing of children and the management of the home are to her household words. 1'rom the wedding dav she is, to com bine the slang of tho Orients and Oc cident, both boss and joss of the family. It may, then-fore, please the leaders of the woman's rights organ rat. on to know that to one land woman reigns supreme in all domestic relations. While women are educated, and well educated, they can not gain literary honors like men. The.rcultureis what ia required by and for the family. In cooking, market. ng, medicine, music, art decorat ons and belles letters they are universally well informed. In science, business, polite and state craft they are ignorant to the lat de jjree. Their education is practical as well as theoretical. The educated g.rl paints, embroiders, raises silk worms, makes, spins and weaves silk, canes, enamels, grows tine vegetable or brvetU animals for the markets, and tints fre quently makes a good I vmg for both borsclf and her parents. Manv of the handsomest role and most beautiful tissues in the New York market are from the hand of joung girl of good families in Cnina. Whir inAmcrrs a thousand women have mastered the .Parqnard loom a million have in China. The niot iniKrtiiit part of her edtiea- t on is that wh ch concerns r ersonul conduct. Neatne s. tourteay andclcan I ness, the arts of ludd n; tin tongue st 11 (an unknown irt it would m em in the New World), of preparing an en joyable, meal and of managing a homo these are the first requisite of femi n ne culture. Her knowledge of medi cine Is aptly represented by that ga ned bv the lectures given in this land on the "lirst aid lo Ihe iniured." and is rather the knowledge of a profess onal nurse than that of a physic;an. Her tavoirfaire Is dovel Micd partly by home experience and partly by visit to ber grandmothers, aunts and sisters. Man nors are a broader term in Ch na than In America. They 'nclude aftVcton self-sacrifice, devot on and forcthough . as well as that of address and good language. The recognit on and appre c at on of all of them is a relig ous ss well as a social and personal duty. A Chinese wife and mother fulfills the funct;ons of her oflice both from the fear and awe of Buddha and from the love she bears her husband, ch ldren and family. Naturally, she has but very few op portunities for recreation and social pleasure. Compared with that of a Vassar graduate her life is monotonous and dull; yet know ng naught of the outside wor'd In which American and Kuropean g rls have their be' ng. she has little or no dc;re. to go outride of the limited but active sphere wherein she moves. Runaways, flirtat ons, marital disappointments and elope ment are practically unknown words in the Celestial Kmpire. Nevertheless, there is little ot the subjugation of the daughter so common in Europe. The niarr age de convenanco is thus far un born. While the pa' cnt mav recom mended a suitor on account of wealth, intellect, social or political pos tion. the g.rl has and exerc ne an acso'ute veto power. While having impl c t confidence in their good judgment and afli-ction and yielding' to these in, all other matters, yet in marital n flairs she invariably has an imcrat ve w II of her own. The propo-al of an aspirant forh 'r hand, his looks, manners, social ro -t on. wealth and pedigree are carefully suoin tted to her and by her parsed up on before the would-be swa n receives recognition by the parent. In fact, so peculiar and thorough is tho education of a woman in this respect, that the knowledge of pedigrees and sou al po sitions of a man's trim value In the common ty Is fro lueiitly greater than that of her father. With marriage, as iu the Common Law of Knglaiul, there is a complete merger ot tho wife in husband. This merger, however, is more extensve. The wife of a man who wins a ttle takes the same title. In Chinese eti quette and custom, therefore, there are a Mrs. Alderman, a Mrs. Congressman, a Mrs. Senator and a Mrs. President. In meet'ngs of her own sex she tak"s tho same precedence that her husband does among men. With the b rth of a son her responsi Irlities are greatly increased. It is her duty to make him good and prepare h'm for all emergencies of life. Law oilers an ndd tional incentive. If through her work and endeavortlie son develops literary genius and carries oil the great honor t of the land in the im pend universities, she becomes enti tled to the degree of "Ye-Pm-rio-Yin." or lady of the first rank. In this way a careful and ass duous mother may obtain lor Ucrscii tnroiign a son a rank next to tho Kmnrcss of China. A Ye-l'in-Foo-Yin Is entitled to pre sentation to and r.udienee with the Crown. She can and is allowed to v s t the Empress at her will; also to give and receive council, and in law takes precedence of the son by whom the honor was gained. Bv this odd method there Is created in China a h gh social caste, exclusively among women, whose analogy I have never heard of in other c viliations. If, on the one s.de the possible elevation is great, so on the other almost as great is tne possible degradation. To the Chinese philoso pher. In whom seems to run a strong current ol Uarw n ana neroe.t Spencer, the parents of a criminal share to a large extent in his criminal ity. Among tho causes celubres of China upon this point are cases where in parent have been lined, imprisoned. bastinadoed and even beheaded for the crimes of the'r sons. This law. strange as it may seem to Occidentals, is in tho long run benetieent to soci ety and tho State. It servos to n crease family feeling and affect on, to strengthen parental and til al ties, and to keep alive the so-called ancestor worship of tho K&st Marriage ho ng so solemn a contract and relig on eutering into it so largely, a widow's life in China is not a happy one, A second marriage is not pro hibited by law, but Is tabooed by so ciety. In this regard Mongolian re sembles American souicty in being less liberal to tho woman than to the man. A widower takes a second and third helpmate, and though .Mrs. (irundv may shrug her shoulders. Ih loses no prestige. Hut tho widow who consoles her-el I' with the same pleasure loses east irredeemably. This so.'lal pe culiarity seems to have been born in India, our next door neighbor, and to have had its origin in tho feelings wh eh even to-dav in lliudostan express themselves in the suttee and the l.ving burial. On the other hand, as if to compensate for the injustice to the rex, if a widowed mother declares her in tcntion to raise and educate her chil dren, it then becomes the common duty of the deceased husband's relatives to suport both her and her o'l'spring until tho son. a able to care for h mclt aud his mother. Fail tig to do th a the relatives are branded by the community in which the widow lives as being desti tute of gratitude to their aneo-tors. which Is a grave accusation in China. Such individuals invariably lose their social standng. A w.dew who successfully raise her children under such circumstances is given a higher social standing than if otherwise. When a widow or widower indulges in a second marriage, law and custom step in in quite a comic d manner. The io- ous sign and sym bols of the weddin-; aro reduced to a minimum. Where at the first cere mony tho bridal sedan chair was Ver million, gold and green, tho attendant carried Bngs. banners an I dragoncd lanterns i f joy, and the process on marched i tho clash of cymbals, gong ami torn toms at the seco id only a sedan chair in ui relieved black is al lowed to tho c lebrants. In Ceninl China 't is hlnio-t saer h'gc tousemusic at a second nmrr age. as tho sound is tin versally bvl eu-d to bring back the pha torn of tho departed spouse. Sec ond marriages in thai i a t of the Km p re aro conducted v-rv much I ke the v s t of credulous folk to haunted house. In several well-aulhenicateu cases where the brass band was called in st Ihe second nuptials the indig ant ghost has been known to strangle both oil'end ng parties. It is hardly fair to stop here, wh le law and custom are as stated. They an' ba-ed merely upon tlie deaof love. The duty and affect on a w fa owe her hus band e.en if dead are the cardinal ele ments in the social and legal plexu wh ch tie her hand and foot Th s re cogn t on of love goes even further. A young girl who has lost her betrothed or died immed ately after their uiar r age declares her ntention to rema n celibate the rest of her life. This vow may be made before her parents. th m g strata or the village elders. Hence forth she is regarded with the same veneration as a s stcr of charity in ul tra Catholic land. When she has kep' her vow faithfully at the age of sixty, the Emperor decrees the er ction of s tr umphant arch near the place of hci birth aud on its face a memor al m script on in her honor. I fancy womai is the same in China as in the Un d States as the number of arches con atructed to date is exceedingly small Wong VhitHi too. in Urooklya (S. Y.) Eagle. TEHERAN. Boons Interesting Information Concerning the Persian Capital. Teheran, the capital of Persia, Is a place of antiquity. It was Aga Ma hommed Khan, the founder of thepres cnt dynasty, who first adopted it aboul a century ago. A mud wall surround the city, but it would be a m;stuke tc say that the pla-e is fortilled. in the modern sense of that word. The wall is distinctly pre-Vauban in its tracing. As a police boundary, or .something oi that sort, it may servo sonio purpose, but as a defense to tho city, if it were attacked by a modern army, it would be useless. The supply of water is brought into the town by what the Persians call kaiinnts. This is the same as the kareez of Afghanistan. These are tunnels simply cut through the soil, in parts at some depth, and by this means water is found whore all is dry above, and Drought for large distance!' to irrigate fields. Holes have to be made at regular distances to bring up the earth in excavating these kanauU. and thoir direction can bo traced across tho country from the mound round the hole. Thit mode of irrigation exists all the way from this place to the Khyber. The making of these tunnels is a regu lar trade, and there are wise men who have a reputation for be;ng able to find underground source from which the supply of water is obtained. Some large extents of ground In Persia would be a desert were it not for these kan auts. The supply of water brought into Teheran by them is larec, and the quality is sa d to be good. The bazaars are arched over with sun-dried bricks, wtveh is the usual building material hereabouts. The object of this is to keep out the sun. This makes them dark, but it is highly picturesque. In some places they are painted with fig ures and ornaments, and at one place, where two lino of bazaars cross, the seat of tho Kadi was pointed out. with a cell below for prisoners. Here cases are tried before the publ.c. i nd piin'shinent is inflicted- a Very Eastern and primitive mode of admin stering justice. At one part of the bazaar we noticed noth ng but shoe makers. Passing them we found noth ing but hats being made; a little dis tance further .t was tailors, then brass workers. Th's group ng of each trade has many advantages, and it is not so many years since it was common in some towns at homo. Kabob shops or eating-houses, and tea-houses are to he found scattered about tho ba.aar. In some of the tea-houses men were sitting smokmg kalians, while story-tellers were amusing them. Tho Constant nople bazaar has long ceased to. be Oriental. Any one wishing to see a place of this k nd in a still purely east ern condit on might come t Teheran. We visited the old residency in the cen ter of tho town, win re Sir Henry Haw l'uison and other early liritish repre sentatives lived. It is at present un dergoing a complete repair. The n -w legation is on the outskirts, near the f ate of Ihe road leading to (julahck. t is perhaps the best building in Te herau. K clteran or. Lomlon Xtws. WOMEN'S HEALTH. Out-Door l.lfe and Aotlvlttr Imporlnnl fartnrs In IU ('nnscrv.it on. The redeiiipt'oit of women's heiihh, I am more and more convinced, depends on their taking to outdoor life and ac tivities. Heading h gh ciass memoirs which aro in every one's hands nowa days, of tho Curlyles, the Sterl ngs and F. D. Maurice, ono is disgusted to hear the cont nual story of weak health, and women who. brought face to face with the realities of life, immed ately droop, languish and are a long t.me dying. If thoy have a house to keep and a share of the actual work, like Mr. Carlvle, at Craigenputtock and Chel sea, tbov sicken mysteriously, and the r life is a time of wresti ng with house hold affairs, alternating with rcfugo on the sofa, or months in the doctor's hands, iu that wi etched, unimprovable taU which just tied the sigh of a much tired husband who "wished h s wife would get better, or something!" Have I not, through the ignorance of our dav and generation, wasted life enough in attacks of the familar household demon, iiervou prostration, which only van shes on turn ng tho patient out of doors. Twice and again, friend have looked pityingly on me as good as gone but taken out of doors ten hours a day, as good for nothing ele. sun and wind wrought tho r spell of healing, and health came again. Henceforth no mora indoor life than must be for me. and I would urge other women to fashion their lives so as to spend them more in the open air I ick't Magazine. FOLLOWERS OF SAM PATCH. The Krplolt of Men Who Hare Itealred to Attain t'eledrlty by Jnmplog From HlKh finer. The event of Monday recalls the ex ploits of some other daring men who sought to obtain celebrity by jumping or d ving from high places. The most widely know feat ot this description is probably that of Sam Patch. The famous and fatal leap of that reckless man occurred in Rochester, on Friday. November 13. 1829, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Patch had previously attracted much public attention in West ern New York by jumping into the (ienesee -river frcm a height of one hundred JeeL ' His desire to create a still greater sensation and also to ob tain such pecuniary contributions as a large and enthusiastic crowd would be likely to make, induced him to announce in the Rochester paper that he would jump over the Genesee falls into the abyss below, a distance of 125 feet He caused a scaffold twenty-five feet high to be built on the brink of the falls near the railroad station in Rochester. His invitation to the publio to witness this attempt to perform the feat was headed 'Sara Patch's Last Jump," coupled with the assertion, "Some things can be done as well as other." The Anti-Masonic Inquirer, of Roch ester, gave a brief notice of Sam Patch's fatal plunge, in which it said: "The ominous expression contained in the reckless Patch's advertisement has been fearfully vindicated. It was. in deed, his lust jump. He jumped from a staging twenty-live feet above the brink of the falls into the abyss be. low, from whence the body has not yet been recovered. A .variety of reasons are given for the fatal termi nation of this presumptuous feat, All however, concur in saying that Patch, from some cause or other, did not re tain the position while descending or strike the water as he did on the former occasion. It was a daring and useless exposure of human life, which, having resulted disastrously, creates a train of painful recollections." During the centennial year a young French rope-walker entertained thou sands of persons who visited Niagara Falls by leaping into the river two or three times a week, from a rope stretched from bank to bank 1,V feet above the surface of the water. A piece of stout and very elast'o rubber was fastened to the center of his heavy rope, and after walking out on the rope from the river's bank the young French man would take a firm hold of the free end of the rubber . band and spring downward. He retained his hold of the band until it had reached perhaps twenty-five feet, and then letting go he would shoot, feet foremost like an ar row into the river. The feat was re peated more than a dozen time, and the performer was in nowise injured. The attempts of "Prof." Robert Don aldson, a voting Scotchman, to jump from the East Iliver bridge in 1KX2. at tracted much attention. Mr. Donald son first appeared on the unfinished bridge on May 11 of that year, attired in tights, and prepared to leap into the river below, lie gave up the idea on that day in consequence of a strong gale which was blowing up the river. He publicly announced that he would try a second time to make the leap, but the custodians of the bridge kept careful watch of the New York and Brooklyn approaches and allowed no ono to go upon the structure. Donaldson at tempted to acend the spiral staircase at the side of the great stone pier on the Brooklyn side in the guise of a work man, on Wednesday, May 81, IW2, but he was recognized and stopped. A third attempt to get on the bridge was made by Donaldson on July 10, but had to be abandoned because a poition of the plankiug of the footpath had been tem porarily removed. John D. Bruinlev, a painter, of No. 402 East Forty-eighth Street this city, whilo intoxicated, on Sunday morning. June 4, 1882. made a wager "for the drinks" with some of his companions that he would jump ofT High bridge, lie walked to the central arch of the bridge, and, after divesting himself ol his coat and shoes, he sprang from the structure. In his descent ne turned two somersaults, and struck tho water feet foremost He was taken out'of the river unconscious, but subsequently re covered. The distance from the top of the bridge to tho water where Bruinlev jumped is 14.5 feet A young Englishman named T. P. Donaldson dived from the roof of ashed on the pier of tho National Steamship line, at the foot of West Houston Street, on September 1, 1883. The distance from the top of the shed to the river was thirty-five feet Tho feat was wit nessed by a large number of persons. The diver was not injured. AT. Y. Timet. The Italian Belle. In loitering through Italian town nothing strikes tho youthful stranger more than the extraordinary grace and beauty of the women, and he naturally desires to express his gratitude to those who have lent a new loveliness to life. In the North this is easy enough. "How beautiful she is!" echoes wherever small feet fall lightly on the pavement of any city from Venice to Florence, and now even to Rome. Dainty little ears hear the words not unkindly, and sott, sweet voices will sometimes argue not quite kindly as to whom they were intended for. "But in Naples we must be silent and discreet The noblemen have revolvers and the lazzaroni long knives hidden away somewhere oat of sight of the police," but yet within easy reach. Let the young man be careful, and, if he must give vent to an admi ration too passionate to be silenced, let him draw his right hand down his face from the cheekbones to the chin. That means "O, how lovely she is!" and the slower the movement is, so lon as it is clearly perceptible, the more deep and lasting is the impression supposed to be indicated. Every woman, be she peeress or peasant understands the sign, and will go home the happier for having seen it- Whether it was of yore a symbol of worship for the old Etrus can's, we can not tell. It is certainly one of the most sincere forms of adoration that modern Naples knows. Saturday Review, ABOUT A BEOSXH-DOWK IB VALID, AID ;H0W ES KECOVERID BIS HEALTH. One of the busiest editors in Philadel phia, aud one most thoroughly devoted to bis work, is Rev. Victor L. Conrad, of that widely circulated religious paper, the Lutheran Observer, lit is the office editor, with all of the moat exacting work on hi hands. He became, in consequence, a broken-down invalid; but is now in as good health, and as able to go through with his arduous duties, as at any time in bis life. A press reporter who called upon Mr. Conrad gives, in substance, ihe fol lowing account of bis interview with that gentleman, in which he spoke of bis loss of health through overwork, and of bis subsequent complete restoration; and con sented, in the interest ot overworked edi tors, broken-down literary men. and ex hausted men .of business, to nave his narrative made public. He said: "By long and unremitting overwork I was brouKht into a condition of grtut ner vous weakness. My digestion was bad. I had a general feeling of good-for-nothing-ness, and was unable to perform my edi torial duties with satisfaction. I realised that something must be done promptly, or I xroutd become a confirmed invalid. This was sevsn or eight vears ago. From the experience of others I knew something of Compound Oxygen; especially in the case of a Mrs. Kelley, daughter of Col. Hornbrook, of Wheeling, Vs., who was brought to this city on a bed, a complete wreck from varalvtis and a fearful suf ferer from neuralaia. I knew how apparently Hopeless her case was; ana J knew of her complete restoration to health through the use of Compound Oxygen. "To make a long story abort 1 began the treatment Improvement was slow, but very apparent Before long that mis erable feeling of good-for-nothingness was gone. My nerves were toned up. My stomach improved and eating was no longer a cause of torment Recovery was a simple and pleasant process. I could experience the pleasure of restoration and still attend to my literary duties. I con tinued the treatment until my health was fully restored, and I could perform my editorial duties as well as ever. This res toration to health took place several years ago. and has been permanent "A case even more wonderful than my own is that of my brother, Rev. F. M. Conrad. His nervous system was com pletely shattered, by overwork and the use of too powerful drugs. For several months be was entirely laid aside. The first effect of Compound Oxygen in his case was the ability to obtain healthy sleep to which he had long been a stranger. Then his whole system was toned up. His digestion, which bad been greatly disor dered became healthy. A marked im provement in his eyesight was one ef the most notable indications. He is now busy among the churche", as well as attending to his euties as Editor-in-Chief of the Observer. "The overworked thousands who can- ot take a week's or a day's rest from their wearying labors, ought to know more about this Compound Oxygen." A "Treatise on Compound Oxygen,'' containing a history of the discovery aad mode of action ot this remarkable cura tive agent and a large record of surprising cures in Consumption. Catarrh. Neuralgia, Bronchitis. Asthma, etc., and a wide range of chronic diseases, sent free. Address Lirs. 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Among other valuable lessons linaarted by this teacher is the fact that for a very long time Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" baa been the prince of liver correctives and blood purifiers, being the household physician of the poor man, and the able consulting physician to the rich pauent, anu vraiseu uy an ior its magnifi cent service end efficacy in all diseases of a chronic nature, as malarial poisoning ailments of the respiratory and digestive systems, liver disease and in all cases where the use of an alterative remedy u Indicated. The new railroad bridge across the DM River at Henderson, Ky., coat 11,000,000. Ceaxhe aad Hearseaese-Ths Irrita tion which induces coughing, immediately relieved by use ot "Brown's Bronchial irochts. bold only in boxes. Wbes Baby was sick, we (are ber CASTOEIA, Wham aha was a Child, abe eried for C ASTORIA, Whea ah beaame Wat, aha dang te CA8T0HIA, When ah bad Children, she fare then CASTOBJA Major Win. P. Gould, of the U.S. Army, has been placed on the retired list. . SSXICATK DISEASES Of either sex, however Induced, promptly thoroughly and permanently cured. Send three letter stamp for large iUuitrated treatise. World s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. James W. Marshall, discoverer ofgold in California, is dead. Everyone's duty to use Oregon Blood Partner Tbt Germxa for breakfast. MAKING BOOKS. An Kxpert'a Opinions or the Preralllng English Method. A great mistake with English authors is the use of the commonplace book, in which extracts from the works of others are alphabetically arranged to be used again. In ray opinion we read too many books. What we want is to come in contact with life. There are those who make books from books and those who make books from what they see. There are books which are only the successors of other books, and these are simply old works done up as new. According to my ideas a book should only be written when one hassorao fhing to say. Don't go to your com monplace sheets and collect together a number of extracts and dish them up in book form. Go to the window and look upon nature. Then let us hear j-our own ideas about it. Many people imagine they have ideas when they are merely impregnated with those of others which thev have read. It is a great mistake, f he greater part of the novelists of to-day never portray real life. They have certain sterotypes for heroes, certain models for heroines, certain pictures for scenery. Pshaw! it is sickening. Shakespeare was great not because he wrote "Romeo and Ju liet" and "Othello," but because he came in contact with existence. All his characters are living. Their fidelity to life is simply astonishing. The same can be said of Balzac. Shakespeare and Balzac- are great manufacturers of beings. Daudct, in Sew York Times. Vagaries of the Insane. A lunatic at the Morris Plains Asylum was mute for five years. Even the phy sicians thought he had lost the power of speech. One day he caught two of his fingers in a washing machine and they were horribly mangled. To the astonishment of everybody who heard him, he exclaimed: "By the great and jumping Moses, a devil is better than an inventor." That was three years ago, and he has not spoken since. An other patient a boy in the same insti tut on, is a lightning calculator. The most intricate problems are solved by him in the fractions of a minute. The boy believes that his head is tilled with little blocks with figures upon them, and that they instantly fall into difl'erent positions and work out the problems, lie thinks his brain, in fact, is a multi plication table. li s insanity seems pardonable, for only a few sane impd can compete with him as a mathemati cian. Slorrisiown Jersciman. A gift of $107,000 worth of property has been made to the Case School' of Applied Science at Cleveland by Airs. Laura Axtell, sister of the late Levi Kerr, in compliance with a wish ex pressed by him before his death. 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