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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LL.CAiirnrj.ii, Proprietor, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. NIGHT. fr. virro wnno. at tritle child, beside me. freiih end fair. la slumber to profound and nslin oii slept iTow did not bear thedovee tbnt, murmuring litem lllf UVrf HI.'.,-, ...HI. .-i,..., V.Q.I ... Peeeive I breathed the somber sweat of ngbt- The lolema night, t fceard the awrele flutter round yourheart, Awl witched your elose-lbut lids: pale prlmrOM flowers, With noiseless touch, upon your theelf 1 spread. And prayed, with wit eyes, through the silent bourn, Thinking on all (hat In the darkness wslts Llos bid and wail. On day will he my turn to mund to sleep That I, lke you, (hall bear no murmuring I dove: Tito night will be no dark, the rent in deep. Then you will come, then you will come, my loco, And pay me back my rift of fair white flowers Prayers, loan and flower. Argoiy. ' CURIOUS MARRIAGES. Copld'a Disdain for the "Consist , nt" Actions of His Victims. According to some of tha novel, of the present day, it is only the lovely nymph of seventeen or eighteen, nmi the fascinating twain of three or four nd twenty, who have any business to think of matrimony. The poor plnin ones or thoso who have passed the me ridian of life, nro looked upon as com pletely shelved; the hymeneal torch is not to be lit for tbem, and the little god of Love passes them over wilb contempt. But in this really the factP On the contrary, there were never more extraordinary contradictions than ws find intho history of marriages; we eo women marrying men young enough to be their grandsons; crabbed Age and Youth often live together in perfect harmony; and May and Decern fcer are constantly united with the hap piost results. Almost every marriage Is m nine-days' wonder, and creates much astonishment, speculation and lining up of hands. Quite recently, a DomUliire clergyman of eighty years of age electrifieti his congregation by publishing his own banns in the parish church. It is always neccssury to be prepared' for these surprises. The blind, deaf, halt and maimed are not exempt from tho contagion of matri mony; and so far from youth and love liness being tho only victims of Hymen, We find aoillli of tlm Involinat tviniinn , consigned to ainglo-blessedness; whilo their loss favored sisters are happy wives and mothers. The particulars of ananv filir'mii. m.rria. ...... ... J .in iii-B nin nub iu- vcaled to tho public; hut during the last century loss reticence was observed in tho matter; the ages of the respective parties woro frequently put down with out reserve, and the fortunes of the ladles were mentioned with much unc tion and gusto. Among these announcements a few of the more remarkable are worth se lecting. Hero is one from an old mag azine for Juno, 1778: "A few dava go, was married at St. Hridgct'a Church, In Chester, Mr. George Hard ing, aged one hundred and seven, to Mrs. Catherine Wuodwurd, aged eighty-three. So singular a union could not fail of exciting the admira tion and surprise of a numerous con gregation, before whom the ceremony waa performed. The bridegroom nerved in tho army thirty-nine years, during tho reigns of Queen Anne, Oeorgo I., and part of (leorge II. Ho is now particularly hearty, in great pints, and retains all his faculties to n extraordinary perfection. This is his fifth wife; the last one ho married in his one hundred and fifth year; ami he IsMrs. Woodward's fourth'husband. It ia also worthy of observation that tho above old man's diet ha been fur the last thirty years past chiefly butter milk boiled with a little Hour, and bread and cheese." As a pendant to this, we come across anothur an nouncement a few years later: "Mr. Thomas Dawson, of Northallerton, aged ninety, to Miss (lolightlv, a bouncing damsel of sixty-four. 'Tho anxious bridegroom had been a wid ower almost six weeks." As Instances of youth and ago going together, wo may give the case of "Mrs. Horn, an agreeable widow with a genteel fortune, aged seventy-nine, who married Mr. William Steptoe, god about thirty." Wo are again startled by tho following announce ment in tho month of January, lw)a "Ai lyneinonin iniucti, a young man bout twenty-three to a woman aged rigniy-six, wno mui ueen the mother of seventeen children. Notwithstand ing tho banns had been but twice pub lished, the experienced lady repaired to the church, where she was soon Joined by her lover, and declared he would not leave it without her errand. She waited till the forenoon ervleo was over, during which time he was frequently requested to leave the vestry, but all to no effect. Sho complained bitterly at her negligence in having forgotten to bring her pocket doiiio ana tooncco-pipo with tier. The groom apologised for not being ac quainted with tho forms of tho church, m he had never been in one since ho was christened; and if appearances could be believed, water did not seem to have been upon his face since that period." We find another curious marringe, which is announced in the following .terms: "Lately, at Newcastle, Mr. Silvcrtop to Mrs. Pearson. This is the third time that the lady has been be fore the altar in tho character of a bride, and there has been something remarkable in each of her three connu bial engagements. Her first husband was a Quaker; her second, a Roman Catholic; and her third is a Protestant of the rtitablifhcd church. Kaeh husband w.a twice her age. At sixteen, she married a gentleman of thirty-two; at thirty, sho took one of aixty; and now, at forty-two, she is united to a gentle man of eighty-four." ; A great sensation was created in the year 1778 by the marriage of the then celebrated female historian, Mrs. Oath erino Mucaiilitv, who was far advanced in years, with a surgeon's mate, under aire, of the name of oramim. Airs. Macaulay was quite a literary lioness; and Dr. Wilson, an elderly and learned admirer of her talents, had actually built a house for her, called Albert House; this ho presented to her with furniture and a valuable library. He went so far as to have medals struck in her honor. Great, therefore, was the amazement amongst the literary and fashionable world of Bath when Mrs. Macaulay, who had always been con sidered a rock of sense by her friends, made this extraordinary match. In Mr. Cudworth's interesting book, "Kound about Bradford," he mentions the low status of tho colliers of Wibsey in the year 1851, and says that the humilitating spectacle of the wedding of "Johnny and Betty" is not yet for gotten, nor the collection of oddities and absurdities that passed through the streets of Bradford in that year, on the way to the Parish Church. Un a couple of yards of pninted calico, the secret of all this rejoicing was told in the following words: "At John's and Hetty's wedding we win merry De, For Johnny's sixty-five, And Hetty's seventy-three I" Mr. Cudworth also relates that the Incumbent of Wilsden, Mr. Barber, was once calico upon to perform a "mar riage in trust." There was a person living at Hnworth Parish known bv the name of "Moses o' Lukis." Moses having persuaded a woman to take him "for better, for worse, they appeared at Wilsden Church to be married; but when the knot was tied, the happy counio nau no money to pay the fee. Moses promised to pay tho reverend gentleman in besoms; and honestly Kept nis wont, this reminds us of couple who, not having tho where withal to buy a wedding-ring, tho large Key of the church door had to be torn poranly used for the purpose. Ireland was not behindhand in the oddity of its marriages; we come across whole clusters of them in Walker' Hibernian Manarinp.. Amnnfflkmntira - j . ........ t. . V. tho following: "Mr. John Hogarty, of uanymanduii, County UuuJin, aged twenty, to Mrs. Flood of said place, aged eighty-six." "The Rev. Athana- sius Huring, aged eighty-two, to Miss Carr, aged twenty-two, an agreeable young lady, with a fortune of fifteen thousand pounds." Mr. Richards, gardener, to Miss Mary Roper. The bridegroom is in the sixty-second year oi ins age. and live feet four incite nigh; the bruin ajred twenty-one. and only two feet eleven inches in height. a maicn in nizn iuo between a cer tain Dowager Duchess and a handsome irishman, Mr. Hussey, created a great deal of heart-burning and envy, llan bury Williams, one of the rejected suitors, composed some very spiteful verses on me occasion. Tho problem how to unmarrv counio was attempted by a clergyman in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1805. He found out on inquiry that ho had married a young man and woman who were brother and sister by marriago ipronauiy a deceased wife sister). Tho clergyman, afraid that he might bo punished for unitine this couple, attempted to unnmrry them by i. i .. i. tuning mi? iNmim iiiiiiiiei. iroiu ner head and placing the church Bible thereon; but the charm was not sue- ccssful; and the loving pair lirmly re sisted this innovation of undoing the hymeneal knot. Some very curious changes of names nave taken place in marriage. In Derbyshire, there now lives a woman who has been married threo times, Her maiden name was Wildgoose quite a common one in that locality alio changed it lirst for that of Fox then for that of Goodlad, and finally settled down as Mrs. Derbyshire. A Mr. Bacon was once married to a Miss Heans; and a Miss Pane married a Mr. Glass. Abundant instances of the same sort might be multiplied; but enough nave ueen given to snow now strangely things sometimes work out in the im portant matter of matrimony. LYmm- ocrs journal. KING LEOPOLD. How the Monarch of the lielglan Appears on the I'roiiienade. i i i i . . ... . Lrt'iipoiu is one ot me most demo- cratic of Kings. Ho saunters about Brussels in the most leisurely way, and is as familiar a figure on the Rue Roy- ale or du Midi as President Grant used to be, on Pennsylvania avenue. He is fully six feet tall, has an angular form and an awkward manner, and one day when I saw him on tho Rue du Midi he had the gout so bad that he hobbled along in anything but a kinirlv fashion. He has a dark complexion, wears a full sandy beard that is long and linked wmi gray, ami ii is small eves are so close together that there is scarcely space for his big Roman nose between them. Here is tho dress which ICo ptdd thinks the proper one for a Kind's street wear: A coat of dark blue broadcloth, cut in the style of a Nor folk jacket, and trousers of the same material, but a shade or two lighter in color. Iu all the seams of both coat and trousers was set a small gold cord; boots of heavy calfskin, with soles fully a half inch thick, cap similar to that worn by an American army private, with a miniaturo gold lion of Brabant over tho forenioce, and gold bowed eye-glasses with a pendant cnain. A heavy cane was held in hand whose thud linger was encircled by a gold ring that bore the sonar compass and letter (J of tho Masonic order, set in itiminutivo diamonds. ltis only attendants were two portly Mimui-n;cu gentlemen, elegantly urcsseu in oiaeK broadcloth and fine linen, who walked a few feet behind tho King, and who occasionally an swered a question put to them by their royal master. Cor. Boston 1sL W P . An eminent scientist attributes the remarkable longevity of a woman who recently died at the age of one hundred and nine to tho fact that she never wore a high bonnet in a theater. We also understand that the vigorous health of a Philadelphia man now in his ninety-ninth year is duo to tho fact that ho never went out between thu sets to make astronomical nh,rv-f. lions through a glass. "-Korritiown Herald. SAID PASHA. A Sketch of the Career nf the Sultan's Klxlit-llauil Man, It way interest many of your readers to know the career of Said Pasha, the present Grand Vizier of h! Imperial Majesty the Sultan. His father woj Turkish Ambassador at the court of Persia, and a native of Krzeroiim. When a hid Sa-d spent-some year with his ftttherat Teheran, and returned with him to Constantinople durng tho reign of Sultan Abdul Azi.. On tho death of his father, which occurred shortly after his return to Constanti nople, Said obtained a clerkship in a government olllco. Ho was an assid uous worker and a remarkably good correspondent. At the time important inspections were ordered to be made in various parts of the Kmpire. One of these In spectors was Subni Pasha, son of Sand Pasha, and now Minister of Commerce. Ho chose Said as his Secretary. Suhni Pasha was greatly pleased with the manner in which Said executed his work, and when the nrssion of inspec tion was accomplished he got him named to an appointment 1n the Coun cil of State, to which Subhi Pha became Vice President Said was thus made chef de requrtr of one of the sections of the Council of Stale. He distinguished himself in his new post, but excited the jealousy of a very able and ambitious colleague, who intrigued against him and succeeded iu golfing free of his riviil by having Said named "Mektonbgi, or correspondent to tho vilavet of Salonica. Although without fortune, taid refused the post to which he had been named, and remained for a short timo without employment. Miblu 1 asha. displeased at the intr gue against ins protege, continued to in icrest nunseir in aid. and pro cured lor Him tlie post of Mektonbgi to the Ministry of Commerce, whence ho afterwards became Director of tho Imperial printing otlice. Iu those posts he attracted the attention of Mahmoud Golaladean Pasha. When Hussein Avni Pasha became Grand Vizier he applied to his friend, Mahmoud Pasha. to find him a capable First Secretary of tneiiranil l.ieriat. He selected and recommended Said, whose exceptional talents Mahmoud Pnsha had come to npprecinte very highly. Thus Said was Secretary to the Grand Mxicriat during Sultan Murat's reign. A shrewd oh- server of men and things, without doubt Said foresaw the future probabil ities, and got introduced to Abdul Hamid, then a simule Prime. As oiners nau been Deiore, the I'rmce was struck with the qualities of Said, and when he became Sultan on the deposi tion of Murat. Abdul Hamid madu him his Chief Secretary attached to the palace. The new Secretary grew in the esteem of his master, and the con stant contact which his functions per mitted gave Said a knowledge of the Imperial mind which is not possessed bv any other functionary. He was rapidly promoted, and at length made Grand Vizier in 1879. This highest position in the State he has since tilled continuously, with the except on of a period of twenty-four hours, when Ahmed Vetik Pasha supplanted him. I he shrewdness of the Sultan led him piicKiv to anprociatc the itj Ahmed Vetik. and no fal terred mm from nt once reinstating Said Pasha. London Standard. MODERN ALCHEMY. How t nilfhtly Dirt and Bock Ar Con verted Into Gold and Silver. The ore, fresh from the mines of Mon tana, Colorado, Idaho or Utah, reaches the works in its native condition. The great-r part of the mineral earth Is as foreign to the appearance of the treas ures it contains as can well be imagined. i tun ii 1 1 ii itffeill itv it pride' de- LIFE AT WEST POINT. ria Standing No Criterion by Whleh to .Indue of Mllltnry Ability. "It is impossible to judge of a per son's military ability by his standing at Wot Point," said an old cadet re cently. "If a young fellow is a trille careless and forgets to invert his wash bowl a few dozen times a year, and goes to parade with a spot on Ins trous ers, or with his boots unblacked. ho may pile up demerits that will givo him a poor pi aco in his class, though ho may have a good standing in his studies, The boys who avo'd any kind of fun that might lead to black marks are far from favorites at West Point. "One cadet, who spent tho last two months of his cadet life in light prison, was found at graduation to have more than one hundred demerits for the preceding six months. He passed his examination in stmres, but his de ficiencies in discipline caused his dis charge. Had it not been for them ho would have stood second in a class of sixty. lie managed to irot an ammint. ment in the army from civil life, and is now a Lieutenant of infantry. me opportunities ior bemir re. Ported for breaches of discipline at West i oiui are very numerous. There .-u-. dozen chances during the il-iv lor nim to get a bad mark for being late. At the inspection or iiuartcrs the cadet cots i .'mrin if lie is found in his room coatless. if the Moor is dirty, if his overcoat hancs on the second nail iu the alcove, or if the shell jacket has changed places with the night shirt The wash bowl must be bottom tut. the soan itUh can, the water pail full and towels immaculate. "My room-mate and I once mno-(r1iit into the barracks a basket of fruit wiiich a friend had sent to us. We placed the basket upon a board wedged far the chimney, where it was to remain until wo had a chance to invite a few friends to the feast. My chum was at the section-room and I working at my mathe matics, w hen a little tlaxen-ha red Lieutenant of cavalry came in and I stood at attention during hL inspec tion. He found nothing out of the way and started to cave, wlmn n,l. denly ho slopped, snilled a little, and said: "There is fruit in this room, is there not?" "I decline to answer, sir' ;, T My refusal to criminate myself, a right that I was at perfect liberty to exer cise, made him angrv. Ho turned everything in the room unsido down. until his attention was directed m th chimney where the fmit was found. He ordered it turned intn th house, aid the next dav. being called to the Commandant's otlice on busi ness. I saw tho last of the fruit pearing down the throat of the officer La charge. "-A". Y. Bun. like dirt as you may, and the unpractic ed eve can not detect a mineral trace, Yet it is a notorious fact that this ugly substance is richer than the clear quartz which exposes its freo gold or virgin silver. The bonanzacarbonato of Lead ville, for instance, is a dried clay, which will crumble between the fingers, and was long overlooked by the pioneer mi ners of California Gulch, until some en terprising "fool" assayed the "worthless stuff." The first step toward delivering the metals from their" native disguises is taken in the smelt ing-house proper. A furnace cupola is tilled with ore inter mixed with broken rock, and operated upon by tires fanned to an almost in credible pitch of heat. When this mass becomes molten the metals, obeying the laws of gravity, fall to the bottom and are dravn off and molded into white leaden bars culled crude bullion, and containing usually lead, copper, anti mony, suver and gold, i ho molten re fuse, the slag, is then removed, and when cooled, broken up and dumped along the river bank, as above stilted. The bullion Is lirst passed through the cleaniiig or softening furnaces, and the copper and antimony taken out. The remaining lead, silver and gold, go then into large kettles and melted, ino is thrown in, and with itsatlinity for those metals it takes up the silver and gold and tloats to the top. The lead is drawn out, and after pas sing through a refining furnace is cast into bars for commercial use. The zinc amalgam of silver and gold is skimmed oil', and the little remaining lend sweated out. In the retorts the zinc is thrown oil' and the silver and gold taken to the cupel shops for the removal of impuri ties. The gold and silver is separated by reducing the silver to a solution in sulphuric acid, through which the gold falls free in granular form to the bot tom, and is then remeltcd and cast into ingots. Tho silver is freed from its so lution by precipitation and cast into bricks, and the process of producing tin precious metals is completed. Meanwhile the copper and antimony have been operated upon. The moss fs melted, and the two metals separated b' tho forces of their relative specific grav ity. The antimony is a white mineral, commonly known" as Babbitt metal. After tho copper is thoroughly worked for all the gold and silver it may have retained it is converted into the chemical form of a sulphate or blue vitriol, in which condition alono it is shipped from these markets. This lengthy and intricate process re quires the largo number of buildings which constitute tho smelter. All the refuse except the riugh slag from tho first furnaces is submitted to repeated tests to tliouroughly extract the metals; and so much care is taken to save every precious particle that the flue dust and soot are collected periodically and smelted. Omaha Jke. ( FRANCE AND CANADA. Am i.trjilna Nlatrineut Wlilt'h Find Credence 'Among- Some Krenoli-t'aiia' diaii. Le Monde, of this oily, prints a letter from its Paris correspondent saying that 'thero exists in the archives of the Marine in Puris an elaborate plan for :he itivasion aid occupation of the Gulf of SL Lawrence and the province of between Look through the rough rock or asaVbeo in the event of a war betwe ... .. j,, ,. trnnceand Kngland. He says, n hbn i sm mar anil tho iiniir'atf iru ? . i THE HIRED MAN. A Number of 1'olntK to ll t'oimlcli-rrd by Employer. Curiously enough, the term "hired man" is only applied to a man . that works on a farm, as though other men were not hired. There arc many grades of hired men. A good one is cheap at high wages, and a bad orindillercut one is dear if ho works for nothing and boards himself. Usually, farmers do not seem to real ize the important position that such a man holds, nor is sufficient caution ex ercised iu tilling it. In the first place. the hired man is brought continually into contact with the boys on the farm". He has seen considerable of the world, at least more than they have, and his daily walk and conversation exert a ma terial influence over them. Many a farmer's lad has received bis first lesson iu iniquity from such a teacher, yet tho fathers of these same have wondered at their deviations from the paths of recti tude. When the farmer has but one assistant it is obvious that much must be left to his discretion, and that the employer's success depends largely upon the information and zeal of the man that is employed. He should cer tainly be interested to an extent beyond the question of wages. Notice vour man. Does he allow a barn door to be slammed off its hinges by the wind? Does he care for the stock as though it is his own? Is he economical in the use of your implements, seeds and tirtie? Is he a careless driver? Does he leave slock exposed to the cold and storms? Does he drink or gamble, and is the language he uses mich as you want your children to hear? Such questions are deserving of consideration; indeed, they are ot vital importance to one who has tho welfare of his family and the success of his business at heart. But I am not wnting in disparagement of these men; on the contrary, I believe the good qual ities of some are never fully appreciated, and that not enough difference exists be- twecn the wages paid tho worthy, and the worthless hired man. Forttt, Foige and Farm. that "the visit of the Wench ironclad Ka Gafissoniero to Quebec four years ago was for the purpose of exploring and finding out the points of .vantage along the coast. That visit," the Paris cor respondent says, "was made be cause the E glish Government at that time threatened to seize the Sues! Canal." In conversation with one of the most prominent French-Canadian journalists in Montreal about this inci dent, your correspondent was told that tho existence of such a plan was no news to him. "Tito English Govern ment," he said, "is well aware that France has an eye on Queboc, and it knows, too, that if war ever takes place between the two countries, the French Canadians will side with their mother country. War between France and Kngland would mean war in Canada. This is no secret, and not only has the trench Minister of Marine an elaborate plan for the invasion and occupation of Quebec, but the French Minister of War knows exactly the state of public, feel ing here, the number of men the French-Canadians could put in the field, what arms they possess, the strategical features of the country, and tho assist ance France might expect in the event of attempting an invasion of Canada. The crumbling condition of the citadel at Quebec, the neglected state of the forts at Point Levis, tho temper of the French-Canadian people on the national question, the relative strength of French-Canadian and English militia battalions, the strength and weakness of Halifax, and everything that goes to make up what the runs correspondent of Le Monde callsj'an elaborate plan for the invasion and occupation' of this country have, to my knowledge, been on record in the i rench archives for some years past" "But do you believe that the French- Canadian people would support such a venture on the part of France P" I asked. VY hy, yes, of course, vou know they would," he answered. "They would,! grant, rather be left alone. They have been until lately fairly well satisfied, but a war between France and England would at once precipitate a war of races here. I happened to be in Paris at the very time that Lnglan" was, as Le Monde $ correspondent says, threatening to seize the Miez Canal, and if 1 had ono 1 had one hundred conversations on tho sub ject of the invasion of Canada by a trench expeditionary force. Military men, naval men and journalists all spoke to me about it. A few swift cruisers with ten thousand troops and one hun dred thousand stand of arms on board would do the work. And to tell vou the truth we here do not pooh-pooh "the aea, because we know that the hnglish people will respect our rights all the more when they understand that we have an outside nation to whom we can look for help, just as vou Irish people are better able to hold up your heads here because of the neighborhood of your Irish relatives in the United States." No French-Canadian in the Dominion understands his peo le or the situation better than my informant. Montreal Cor. M Y. Sun. EFFORT AND RESULT. A TIiIiik Not Alway Valunble In Propor tion to the f.nbor It Coats. Effort and result are not always com- mensurnte. It takes years of patient toil to erect a building, which, when erected, will be the wonder of centu ries; the same amount of toil might be expended in attempting to empty the Atlantic Ocean, but the labor in this case would be followed by no fruitful re sult. It is a mistake to imagine that n thing is always valuable in proportion to the labor that is spent upon it Tho value of a diamond is increased by the labor of the lapidary; but all the filing and polishing would be valueless if it were expended upon a brick. It is the part of wisdom; therefore, to o-sk whether the result will justify the labor before the long toil is begun, rather than to rush blindly into it. only to learn, after years of patient effort, 'that life has been spent "laboriously doing nothing." S. S. Times. PLKSNA'u ' Ai0 y.p llonanzH Mackay's vr.v in. hi one hundred arJ lion dollars. ;S' -Lucy Hooper says Mme p , be templed to America u.r ; ,! tcr with Yankee dollars ' " nenaior Jones, of x;,,, UicK again, as lie law . i Vlkli an A physician who has studied tho causes of insanity offers the suggestion that the brain of modern men may adapt itself in the course of time to the greater demands made upon it He argues that overpressure in schools chiedy affects children whose parents did not enjoy school training, and who therefore did not inherit a capacity for brain work. In a few generations this factor will disappear. CAicoo lima. The students of science In Indiana propose to form a rtate Academy of Science, similar in iu scope to the Amer ican Association for the Advancement of Science. Indianapolis Manual The fool who kills himself nerer mistakes the wrong person. .Y. T in. dpendeni Dumas the Elder and Wagner. Tho following amusing anecdote of Richard Wagner and Alexander Dumas pcre is told by M. Ch. Monsclet: Rlcii ard Wagner generally received his vis itors in mediatval cosiumes, such as ho always wore when composing. Alex ander Dumas, calling on him "one day, was highly amused at tho masquerade. "You are all dressed up to play (h i tler," said Dumas, with his good-natured laugh, which rather hurt the iceiing of the author of "Tannh.nKPi-' who, nevertheless, returned M. Dumas' visit wnen net be was at Paris. After some considerable delay, M. Dumas appeared at laat dressed mao-nifi- ,1 1 ... . iciinj iu uressing-gown with a large nower. pattern, a helmet with flyin-r plumes, a life-belt round his waist nnS ouuiiiious ruling ooots. "Pardon me," said he, majestically, "for appearing in m y ui Mug costume, i can do nothing without being dressed in this manner"; half of my ideas live in this helmet nnd the other half are lodged in my boots, which are indispensable to me when 1 write my love scenes." AT. Y. Post. A leading publishing house states that when a manuscript is received it is turned over to a "reader," who, after examining it carefully, returns it, with his opinion as to its merit, or lack of merit If a reader returns a manu senpt with a strong endorsement the ments of tho work are considered from a conmemal point of view-whether it is likely to sell, how much it will cost for production, etc Frequently the manuscript is turned over 'to a second reader, sometimes to a third. If all say, This is a strong work; think it wil pay Jon to publisl it," or words to tha effect, of course their recommendation En!3.77eqUe8Uo,,0fPub- in (roll! minna Ii Aiasica. winch aro yielding l I hundred and fifty thousand rtH year. "i -Jay Gould says that the d bis charity from t ran ."' an average of one million dolu week. No one asks for le thousand dollars, and the want seventy-five thousand doll , After a service of fortv-W in the navy. Bear Admiral tZ Hoe has retired from active j year. Ho has. nm. b J us Governor of the United Sta' as) nun. -Dr. II. 8. Lucas, of ((,,,, discoverer of the emery mine, iiiiu inu i:ui (iiKKiiu mines m Kidge Mountains of North and Georgia, has been search', more man ioriy years, beginil;. fact when he was a student ili th, shire Medical College at pirni Boston Budget. ? -Mrs. E. G. White, the n'mi on whoso publ shed visions , trance, the Seventh Dav Advent! i.i , , 1 1 . is lounitcd, in ucr oki a"e h&x., L'..u.,i wi... :.. ,...:.i " i ' J.illllliu. nun is niliu l( DO 1 1 of stern Christ an principles m,i ublity; nnd none of her obed e- ciples believe in her revelation. firmly than she does herself i lost. The Czar of Russia has on upon Alvan Clark, of ('anjl,rI Mass., tho golden honorary mi.,; me r.mpire, "in ncknowlcdgn.j the excellent performance of thn object glass" made by MrClarkM chief telescope in the Pulkows (IU atory. The medal is given very r-l and only for extraordinary ml Only one other has been granted k present hmperor. In the early days of the war, ments used to command their (.'oi l to make speeches, rho Twenti I,,- . , . .. Illinois, naving ueen tired bv i .J from General Logan, who was tin their camp, called for "a few rem: from Colonel Grant Colonel (;r, equal to the occasion, rose and tu a tono of command. "(Jo to your ; ters nt once." The rcg ment They realized even then that t Colonol was a mau of few word., every inch a Colonel. A'. Y. 1ml, dent. The averago man fa ls to OdJ wherein lie the fascinations ol female school teacher for his set. Colorado a new supply of school tn ers is needed every year for the trt that they all get marr ed. and in U necticut they are refusing to en; them unless they promise to ren all love-making during tlieir termi the ferrule. It ought to renuire courage to propose matrimnnr t schoolma'om, and yet it would that the number of" brave and lu men is continually on the itu-rea N. Y. Merruni; ' "A LITTLE NONSENSE." Tho first thing in a boot is the! Chicago Sun. When the livery man was ii why he painted Excelsior'' over door of his stable, he explained "Hire" was his motto. A minister having some of hit sermons, was asked what ho had ii package. "Dred tongue." wsu reply. ( 'liristian t 'nion. Carl: '.Mother, in the milk bin a dead mouse was." Mother: "Ii hast thou it thereout taken?" I "No: I have the cat therein throi The Omnibus. --Sidney Smith said in his vetn reference to a block pavement pro to bo built around St Paul's: "All have to do, gentlenu-n, is to put; hands together and the thing is doi First female "What ns nei you eugaged in now?" Second feiui "I am a book agent. k r. "H have vou to do?" S. F. "Noll but talk." F. F.-'-HowduPghtfiil! Boston Courier. "Yes." said Fcndcrson. sneakin an acoident wlrchhad befallen a fri "when I arrived be did not knowi thino-.' Koeir "Ami nf i'inirn n nr. v annealed directly to vour svinpatb Take- Simmons LIVER REGULATO! For all Diseases of the Liver, Sidneys, Stoaach and Spies- Thi purely vea-etable pre paration, now to celebrated as a Family Medicine, originated in the South in 1SH. ft acts gently on the Bowela and Kidney and correct the action of (he Liver, and is, there fore, the beat preparatory medicine, whatever the lick nesi may prove to be. In all common diseases it will, n aaaiUd by any other medi cine, effect a apeedy cure. The Regulator is safe to administer h condition of the system, and under no cirri" stance can It do harm. It will inrif like a class of wine, but is no intoxicating aee to lead to intemperance : will promote geatlnn, diaaipate headache, and geae ally tono up the system. The dose a ss not unpleasant, and its virtues undoubted. No loss of time, no Inter ruption or atoppage of buaineaa while taking the Regulator. Children complaining ot folio, Headache, or Kick Stomach, a teaspoeanil or more will give relief. If taken occasionally by pa tients eaposed to MALARIA, will expel the poison and protect them from attack. A PHYSICIAN-" OPrNIO. I have been practicing medicine for twenty V and have never been able to put up a veir"1 compound that would, like Simmons Liver K4 lator, promptly and effectively move the Livoj action, and at the same tunc aid (instead of ? ening) the digestive and assimilative powers ot " ysteso. L. M.Hiirro,M.D.,W'aoinitoa,A' EI THAT TOD SET THE raaraaao snr J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, PRICE, SLOO.