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I AMtRICAN CONSULSHIPS. OnM to Which ItUUuo Very Frequent! Lands Enohnntmont, But a Consulship sounds very big till vou cot there. There are innumer able inland in tho South Pncilio, and there tribes who doclaro war, fight. publish proclamations of defiance, and seem altogether extraordinarily heroic The UnibMl States sent a ('oniiiil to ono croup lately, wherein tho idial was grand immense. Kneeling subjects in the shape of American citizens; sup pliant chiefs ami trembling Kings, with all tho attendant gorgoousno.t and dig nity, filled his mind's rye. He "busted' himself in an outfit, laid in an elegant dress suit, a pair of patent leather shoes, white ties, white gloves and an enormous diamond pin for his sh'rt front Thus equipped, he sailed away with all the conscious prfde or a r -pre sontative of a grand Republic. From the port he landed at he was conveyed to a small sailing vessel to the point of officialdom. As the ship entered tho oiling, the flag of the United States gay It flying at tho mast-head, tho white residents of the island came off in a small boat to welcome him. The new oflicial received them affably, whs quite amiable, and did not put on too many airs. "Come on shore with ns and we'll present you to the King," said the wel coniers. 'The King! I can't go up to the palace in this dress. My trunks are in the hold. I can't present myself to the King like tlrs." "Oh, come with us. That's all right. You ran put on all your finery and call on him again. He's waiting for you." "Wa'ting for me?" "Yes. We told him the now Consul was c. miing." "And lie's waiting for me?. I don't know what to do. I can't keep his Majesty wa ting, but I can hardly go up in this dress." ; "Oh, that will do Ho won't mind." And they tumbled him Into the boat and took him on shore. If you've ever tried to step out of a boat on a shelving beach, you know how it is vou r so If. He did it. Ho stepped clear Into the water and wmt rolling. Here was a quandary. The residents gathered tho wet Consul up, took him to a store, and fitted him into a twelvo-dol-lir-hand-me-down suit, which didn't fit liim. It took a long t mo to argue him into go ng then. Hut thoy would have it, and oil' they went "lx)ok hero! 1 don't feel comfortable at all going up to the palace to make my first appearance as Consul in this mineral)!) condition. Where is the palace? Are wo near it?" Quito. There it is." Ho looked and Haw a oonical mud hut with two S'Uaro holes on opposite sid -s, and a gentle Hiiiokn flouted up through the point of tho roof, wh'ch was appar ently a vent-holo. VVhat?" "That's the palaco. Tho King and Queen aro in there wait'ng for you." They entered. In the center, in what looked I ke a kind of nvre, sat a fat, black, dgnifiod fellow, whose protec tion from tho inclemency of the weather was a wh'sp of cotton tied around his waist By his side sat a mii a 1 1, dark lady of acquiescent, contented inein, whose toilet had all fallen around her waist, too; at least, she hadn't any any where oho. "Hullo!" said tho new-coiner In the language of tho country. "Hullo, old chap, how are you?" Then inoro po litely: "This is tho now Consul from America." The new Consul, who had Wen prac ticing his bow ever since h s application had been filed, ina.le an oliei-anee, when a pig suddenly ran n hy one entrance, skfpNid between Irs wnullcf lions, land ed him head lirst in the mire and skipped out by tho opposite hole in the hut All d gn tv wss outraged, but tho Kins didn't mind it, nor d d the numerous royal family who lay around promiscu ously without any toilet ut all. "That's all right, old boy,"-Hu'd tho residents to the embarrassed Consul. "Wo ve got up a iaii lor you to-nigiit, ami you II we the King and Queen in style there." So the Consul got his trunk out, got his dress .suit, his whito tie, his wlrto gloves unit his patent- cathers ready and presented himself at the "hotel" whore thohal was to bo. The hotel was a wooden frame with a mud roof. The King and Queen cnleied In grand style, with a little nvuo toilet of a loose kind, mid tho new Consul cuiui in with the King's sister, a noble lrinccss. mid they ull had a royal night of it. Before the new Consul had gone to bed in tin morning the IYineess Koyal returned from the palace, paid h'm a special call mid solicited his washing. Me docs not look for any lign:ty in his position now. He is look ng for profit. A man ought to gain something from being a Consul. Halt Francisco Chronicle. DECAY OF MONARCHY. Amorlran l'mgreM His .Mont I'nwrrrul Ar. Riinirnt A(lnat linyut Kluuro-lleiiiln. Thero aro many signs which Indicate that tho nadir of monarchy is near, and tho republic Is to bo tho typo of civilized government In the future. Kidieulo is tho most powerful of all agencies for the destruction of institutions or men. Dur ing tho last decade, event have con spired to weaken tho monarchical prin ciples, yet a weak monarchy is a con tradiction in terms, and Is, assuredly, ono of the most ridiculous things in the world. Spain is, by nature, ono of tho most monarchical countries of Kuropo, yet Spain Is now treading the path of con stitutional monarchy which Inevitably leads to tho republic. In a recent ora tion delivered in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, Kinilio Castolar wont Into masterly review of the history of Spain, and proved beyond the shadow of ft doubt that every regency had tended to weaken the monarchical prin ciple in tho esteem of the nation As Spain seems destined to live under a regency until the baby King atuins his majority, there Is evory rcann to b -licve that tiio Spaniards will steadily gravitate toward tho perfectly free gov ernment of which their greatest states men dietm. In Franco tho rcpubln appears capable of surviving even lh unintentional nt'acks of its fr 'ends, nnd, despite all omens of disaster, lias sum cessfully weathered tho political storms of fifteen troub'esomo years. Italy rests secure b-weath th.i protection of government which is, in all essential ro-siK-cts, almost as free as any rcpubl'c. In i.ernianv tho vinor of tho monarchy it not f kely t i outlast tho Irs of the remarkable men who ranc;l an un shakahle hold on tho popular affection through their Inestimable services in behalf of German freedom. In Austria the IIapsburrs have vainly set their facjs aga nst the movement in behalf ot free government In Russia and Turkey tho position of autocracy seems impregnable; yet it must bj remembered that in those conn tries there exist no means of measuring the forces that are mak ng for freedom and progress. In point of fact En glaau has passed beyond tho confines of republicanism, and has become an an limited democracy. From time to time there occur events which show the utter usclesiness of the figureheads without whom constitu tional monarchy can not be worked. In Spain the King is a baby, in Bavaria he is an idiot In hngland the nominal chief executive is a very estimable lady who invariably betakes herself to Os borne or lialmoral whenever a minis terial crisis approaches, and there is then presented the absurd spectacle of great statesmen niakng long journeys to consult the Queen, whose opinions bave not a feather's we'ght as again-t the men who represent tho majesty of the fcngdsh people. With cver-in creasing persistency the masses are ask- tne question: Why should not those who rule in fact rule in name as well? Why should the tax-paver be fleeced to support nonentities who brinjj neither strength nor real dignity to the prac tical administration of government? Yet the most potent of all contempo raneous inllnenees in antagonism to monarchy must be sought in tho mag nificent pro.spcritv and boundless rength of our own Republic. A century of storm has left our Govern ment with increased strength and ft glorious future. We have passed through the most gigantio of civil wars, and are a?eompiish:ng what no monarchy has accomplished the- pay ment of a fsntional debt. Anvricans repress crimes against social order with a firmness of resolution that is unknown in tho monarchies of Europe. In the administration of our Government many abuses exist, but a freo press and an intelligent public opinion will cor rect them all. Europa stands trembling on tho threshold of a tremendous war, and we may be sure that when that great conllict com -s, many an existing institution will fall as Napoleon and the Empire fell. Tho nvmarehy has come to be an expedent; something to fill up an interregnum whilo the nation is preparing for tho republic. -V. 0. limes-Democrat. LOVE OF HOMES. ( harming I'rom. I'o-m br Hill Arp, the (-eorglrt I'lillnmiplirr. The lovo of homo is not an art nor an accomplishment It does not come from early training or education. It is the instinct of humanity. It is tho gift of God. It is a pure emotion nnd brings joy and comfort to. the huniblo and tho great. "He it ever so hnmblc, there is no place like home." So wonder that th i s'mplo s ing of John Howard Payne endeared him to the world. Tho world felt its touching, tender truth and wept a ny m athoiic tear. It is th i want of a home that makes tramiis and vagabonds nnd d operate men. Sometimes, 1 think the nation could well a 11 on I to give to i very father and mother a house. Re sides tho love of thosi who aro dear to us there is smn 'thing in tin locality thatafl'eelsus hoiueth ngin the familiar scenes, tho trees, the fields, tho branches, the running spring or the generous well. Wo love tho trees and vinos that have borne us fruit or given us shade; tho open tiro-place that gives us wel como on a winter night; tho bed that gives ns rest and sim p, and the ever pleasing prospect of tho distant hills and mountains that seem as if reaching up to (rod. Even the boasts and b'rds are con-cioiis of this lovo of home, "The lowing lu rd winds slowly o'er tin lea." ns they seek their accustomed phieo. The faithful, loving dog will I ravel miles and leagues to reach it, nnd the cat can not lie cas'ly weaned from tlin chimney corner. Alan has made UNO of this nevo '-fa lin, never-censing lovo of the carr cr-pigeon, and it com mands our resp et and admiration when we so. I it released from the unwilling pr'son of a dista.it land nnd watch it ascend and circle nnd take its liearings, and then with sw ft and tireless wing make for its home by tho nearest lina. Atlanta Cwinlitiition. ONLY A SPOT. How un Indignant Ymike not Krn with ;rman 'imloii Ortlrer. Before Bismarck reconstructed tho map of Europe, und made a united Ger many, a diwon little principalities used to annoy travelers by stopping them at their frontiers, until they had satisfied tho custom-house domauds. A Yankee once showed his character istic cleverness by outflanking ono of those little "countries." Ho had gone to Europ to conlirm his opinion that in tho United States tho lakos were larger, tho'inountains higher, tho rivers deeper, tho thiimtor louder and tho lightning sharHr than could bo found In all Eu rope. His carriage was stopped on the fron tier of a etty Prince's country. Tho Hcrr Olier, Controlcur at the custom house, canio forward, and, much to his indignation, was received in a nonchv lafit way. Tho Yankee was ungcntlo manly enough not to get out of tho car riage, or even tor take off his hat Tho Hcrr Obr sharply demanded tho keyof the tour. st' s trunks, which his subordi nates began handling roughly. "Here, hands oir. shouted the Yan kce, "I didn't como from tho United States of America to be controled by you. rut those trunks back. I'll not F through you at all. I ll turn back, ra in no hurry, and don't care for los ing a day. You're no countrv: vou're ouly a Mot I'll go round you!" And ho did. louth'$ Companion. ON A LOCOMOTIVE. Thrilling Kxprlenr of Traveling M Willi Killing Wllh lb KnglnMir. "I suppose," said a reporter to a Chambers struct hardware salesman, a mo lest man of about th rty-eight sum mers, "that in the course of your career as a traveling man you have narrowly e-caped instant death several hundred times." "No, a'r," he continued, emphatic ally, "although I have been twentv iglit With proper adv'scrs KalakaiiV"1"'1 huso ri.m:niul a imwl.-l ninnnreu but 110 suflbrcd from tho inflnencoof iVl coun selors adventurer who tooM"'ee un der him merely to further thr private ends and who suggested ni1 ways In which he could lega'ly divt the public funds into his own pocki of his sari ntlnnii.tj uj tO SciO tllO fees which reverted i the crown for cci ta;n duties perfrmed by ofllcsrs of the Interior Department He was greatlv incensed ffion thi honest head of this department refused to deliver up years on the road, of serious accident's "' anddeclared that they wore i. 7' ., w i I . public moncs. Hie King has been I have known very few. I had one. (., ,, '. . , .. " n - ,,, KING KALAKAUA. Aatonlihlnc l'rofliKrjr of the Sovertlga of the Sandwich lalnnria. David Kalukaua has now been on the throne of tho Hawaiian kingdom for twelve years. Previous to his clovation to the throne ho was a bontman in the harbor of Honolulu, and used to pxk up sonic money at night by playing the banjo in on of tho water -front dives. Ho is a superbly-built native, but like most of the Kanakas, lie has no regard for principle, is profoundly seliish and hopcle-slv given up to gross vices. He had a strain of the old Kaniehnmeha blood in his veins, however, and when. n ion, an ciejuon was held under th? face of what is called a constitutional monarchy, Kalakaua was nicked un out of the gutter and was run by the strong American party in opposition to Queen Emma, wjio showed great parlialitv for England. Kalakaua's friends were tha otter polit cians and thev w.'ro micccss. fill. For t.VOor three vears the e!i.nr did him cood and he b'haved w,.ll. liv. ing economically aud taking a warm in terest in the welfare of his people. rath r thrilling experience coming out of Chicago once in a long train of four teen cars filled with sufferers after the second fire. W'e were sweeping acres tne prairie at the rate ot t.'nrty-tive miles an hour, when a coupling broke between the second baggage car an the smoker. The engineer felt tin shock, and looking back, saw th trouble. Ho gave a wilk shriek on hit whistle for down brakes, threw w di open the throttle, and sped away dowr the track as if the furies w.re aftc h'm. The conductor happened to U sitting just in front of nic at the time He opened the window at tho locomo tive's screech, looked out, but instantV drew in his head, and, dropping hs lighted lantern (it was at . night, FtooJ up in the aisle, tra ing himself between two op posite seats. I tell you the chalky whie ness of his face was reflected in every countenance in the car. There was no outcry, but everybody clutched sone thing and waited for the shock. It never como. We ran along for two or three m nutcs, wh'ch seemed intermina ble, and then the train legaii to answer the steady pull on the brakes and finally came to a halt Every man was outoi the car whilo the wheels were still spinning at a I vely gait It was brisht moonlight, and we could see tho track ctretehing ahead in a straight line for a long distance, but of the engine and forward cars there was not a trace. Thev were milesnhead, and the engineer was in no hurry to slacken speed. You S' e, it was down grade, and you can t blamo a man for want ng to ke 'pwell out of the way of a do.en loaded cars thundering after him. We had time to sco abou t all there was of that particular moon-lit prairie landscape before our engine took us in tow again, but no body compla'ned, vou can guess. That engineer's quick judgment and prompt action averted a big wreck. "Another time when niv hair refused to retain its normal position and rose at right angles with my senln was an occurrence on the Erie road. I had menaced to get on the engine as a novel experience. 1 first in-covered that the mot on was really appalling. J he en gine throbi cd and trembled rs it ran rocking and plunging on the rail.- as if every moment it would leave them. The din. too, was fr ghtful. Tho liro inan and cng neer yelled at each other whenever they nttempted to speak, wh eh was not often, and I simply could not gather my voice in sutlicieiit vol ume to overcome that pandemonium of sound. "It was dark, about six o'clock of a late November . evening. We were climbing tho mountain, nnd the grado was heavy and the curves many. As we thundered along comparatively slow I could sco huge rocks towering closo to the track on one sid s while from tho other dark chasms, their depths hidden in gloom, yawned awav. It wasn t cheerful, and the outlook forward wasn't much better. The first time I strained my eyes ahead I drew back w th a sudden Mart and clutched tho window frame with both hands, expect ing my hour had conv). lo my unini tiated eyes thoro lay apparently between tho rails a huge bowlder of whitish rock against wh ch wo must instantly crash, but we didn't, nnd after wating to d'scovcr that wo were only thrashing around in tho usual way I took courage to look aga'n. Tho fireman was stolidly feeding the insatiate furnnco with tons of coal! I looked at the engineer; ho was out on tho engine with his oil-can stepping along as composedly nnd easily as if ho were waisiiig a country mrnpiKo; men I looked ahead. We had just rounded a curve, and at tho end ot tho stretch of track beforo us I saw a lot of lights, some on the track and some moving alongside. Tho sight startled me. and I touched the fireman, po'nting through the w ndow. He l wked quickly, then seixo l tho rope, nnd blew a short sharp must on tno wiustio. the engineer beard, glanced down tho track, then sprang inside lo the lever, which he reversed with all his might "Meant mo tho fireman on one s'do and I on tho other wero on tho lower step ready to swing oil" at tho last mo ment l he engineer seized mv shoulder and tried to pull mo back, but I jumped just as the engine crushed into tho caboose of a freight train, which, too long for the siding, had taile I over on the main track. Mv extra second or two of warning had been of immense value: our train had slowed up enough to make tha shock a slight one. The passengers got nothing mora than a good shaking up, and only the caboose was smashed on tho freight train." N. lima. of his familr. vet-he is always in straits for cash. He is given $60,000 every two years for the private purse, f 20,000 a year for palace expanses, $16,000 for the Queen, and a like sum for Mr. John Dorninis. the King's sister and tho wife of the Governor of Oalni Maul; the Governor h'melf receding $7,200. Another sister of tho King, Mrs. Archie Clcghorn. receives $12,000; and nor daughter fS.OOO. In addition to theso generous allowances - for it must bo re membered that tho annual expenses of a native are not more than $50, as ho lives mainly on pol and raw fish the King was allowed $1!VKX) by the Legis lature for the palace stables. This sum he used to build a private stablo, wh'ch he stocked with horses and ten hacks, which he hired out to bo run in opposi tion to the regular carriage companies, in Honoulu. Besides all these sources of revenue the King receives a yearly rental of not less than $100,030 from the crown lands, which comprise some of the best sup-ar estates on the islands. The opposition party in the LeisUturo have tried for several years to compel the King to disclose the" exact sum wh'ch he receives from these crown lands, but without succcess. With all this monev Kalakaua Is per ennially in debt. When he took the famous trip around the world he brought in a bill for $22,500, which was paid with some grumbling by the Legisla ture. When the coronation was pro jected an allowance of $10,000 was made, with the provision that, if this sum was exceeded, it should come out of the King's privy purse. Tho lavish coronation ceremonies cot $40,000, and the sum had to be paid, as tho iirivy purso was empty and tho King himself so deeply in debt that for the credit of the Kingdom the Legislature voted him $2d,KM) to sat sly the most pressing of his creditors. What becomes of tin large sums received by Kalakaua is a mystery wh'cb no ono has yet solved. Ho has no more idea of the value of money than had Ludwig of Bavaria. Ho has few expensive tastes, but ho has one strong as'on which, freely indulged, drains iini of all his coin. Th!s is gambling. The Hawaiians arc ns fond of all games of chance as the North American In dian, and tho King is sa d to bo no moan hand at our great National game of poker. Honolulu Letter. HIS STRAWBERRY. A Detroit Husband'a l-ond Ifnpa Crudird hy a Dlaoljllglnit Wife. An officer who was patroling Mullett street the othor day saw a crowd of peo ple at a corner, and ho hastened his steps to discover a man sitting on the ground with his back to a tree, while a score of women nnd boys surrounded him. When the ofliccr made inquiries as to what had happened a short, stout woman with her sleeves rolled up con fronted him and replied: "llo s my husband. Ho s a good-for-nothing la'y-boncs of a man, and we've had a row. What about?" "Well, I've had to support him by wash'ng for the last year, and he's been humblo enough up to a week ngo. Then lie took fifty cents of my money and wont to a fortune-teller. She told him that I would dio very soon, and that ho would marry a strawberry blonda with fifty thousand dollars in cash." "Seventy-five thousand dollnrs, my dear." sighed tho man on tho grass. "You shut up! Ho camo homo stop ping high and feeing smart, and half an hour ngo he had the cheek to tell me that I stood in h's road. In fact, ho wnntod to know when I was go n" to die!" h "I merely inquired," groaned the hus band. "And I merely left my suds nnd jumped into him," sho continued. "It wns a pretty even thing in the house, hut when I got out whore I could swing my right I gave him a couple below the belt and tied him up. Strawberry blonde seventy-five thousand dollars second marr'ngn humph! I'm his strawberry! When I get through with him I'll make that fortuiits-tcller see strawberries for the rest of her bom days!" "Well, be gentle," cautioned tho offi cer, as he passed on. "Oh! 1 won't hurt nobody nor noth ing," sho replied: nnd as the oilicer passed on she lifted the man to his feet and bangoJ him up tho steps and nto tho house in a dotiblo-ontry style of book-keeping that rattled tho 'shingles. Ddroit Free Press. An Experienced Journalist. "Ah," said the summer tourist, lean ing over the fence and addressing the farmer, "may I make bold to inquire what that great quantity of green vege tation growing over there is?" "Cert'nly, mister; that's corn." "Ah, thanks. And those large ani malsover beyond tho fence, they are, "Cows, my friend, every ono of 'em cows. Sny you don't seem to be very well posted on these 'ere things." "Perhaps not Tho fact is my busi ness has kept me so closclv confined that this is tho first chance I've had to get out in the country?" "Running a bank or aomoth'ng liko that?" "No. sir; I am editor of an agricult ural paper. I held that position for thirty years." L'ste'.Une (. T.) Ldl. A thief In Mississippi got at a pile of carpet-bags in a depot and, picking out one on account of its weight, h7 carried it in a scorching sun ci"-llt m'les before he discovered that it belonged to a Method st colporteur, and contained Bottling but Bibles. DIMPLES TO ORDER. A Shop Wber Ugly Women are Mad Charming nna aiihicuto. , "Every ono who desires beauty may possess it to ft certain extent In these days of Invention, said ft curions little man who has a small workshop in one of the side streota up-town, where he carries on ft rather peculiar and novel trade, "Noses are remodeled, linger! made to taper, insteps to arch, and my work, that of making dimples and long eyelashes, has added the finishing , touches. A handsome face without a dim ple is as lost to real beauty as a potato without salt i lost to taste. I have but recently set up my establishment here, but in the few months of my sojourn have transformed many a plain girl into ft dimpled beauty and added eye lashes as long as nn inch to the bare eye-lids of a few 'hers." "Is the operation of having an artifi cial dimple made very painful?" quer ied a rcportor. ' 'Yes, I should think so, because a piece of the flesh is taken right out of the chin or cheek, and that operation is not painless; but I have known girls to stand the operation without a murmur, when they would scream at the s'ght of a mouse, and faint if a spider touched them. Women will suffer a great deal of agony for the sake of beauty, and a girl knows that a charming dimple will add ten times to her attractiveness, and will also be a last ng beauty if it is only rightly made," Just then a timid knock was heard on the door, and in walked ft damsel of twenty, beautiful as Venus, with four or five ot tho loveliest dimples showing in her round cheeks and ch n as she em led prettily at the maker of these charms. Surely she had not come for artificial dimples. ' "I wanted to show you how well the dimples were getting on," sho said, in a low tone. " You see, at first 1 thought that they could not possibly amount to any thing They were so sore and look ed so disagreeable; but now I think they are lovely." and sho smilod at her own reflection in a largo mirror oppo site, and then smiled again with del ght as tho d tuples came. The dimple-maker made a careful ex am'nation of the little dimples, and after paving a bill of one hundred dol lars ca-h tho voung lady departed. "How niueli do yoiichargo to make a dimple?" was asked. "Well, that depends greatly on the person, whether the skin is tough and hard, and other accidents. My lowest chin go for a s ngle dimple is fifteen dol lars, but when I make several on ono faco the b il is of course somewhat re duced. It takes about two weeks to make a proper d'mplo. First, I must get tho cuticlo in proper condition: then the operation, removing a part of the flesh and putting back the skin, is accomplished, and that is, of course, tho most dillicult part of the process. About ten days are required to completely heal the diluplc, and during that time the patient must bo very careful not to smile ut all or tho dimple may bo en tirely ruined." "What kind of people come to mo to have dimples made? "Kvciy kind.- almost, although you would not think so. I had u lady of forty-five hero yesterday and she gave me an order for two dimples, one in tho chin and ono in her left clienk. Sho expects, I rather think, that thoy will aid her matrimonial prospects. Then I had a nurse-niuid last week who pa d me fifteen dollars for a handsome dim ple in her left click. T.io majority of my patients are, however, young girls who consider themselves handsome, but not bewitching enough. I have liar) five men come to mo for dimples, four want ing them in the chin and ono in tho cheek. Do I ever make scars? Well, not very often. I have refused to niako d mples for two or threo people in Paris becauso they had such tough skins, but Amoricans are moro fortunate in that respecl. As tho reporter rose to go a young lady of handsome appearance ihtered tho room. Sho had auburn hair, a snowy complexion, and would have been beautiful but that her blue eyes wero shaded by lashes almost white. " "1 want to know," sho said, "if I could have da k lashes put Into my eye lids in plao of th.'so?" "Yes, madiini, I can do that," said tho little dimpleniaker. "but it will lx a painful operation. Tho cot? Well, one dollar for each eye lash. I wo ild not attempt to touch the under ones, hut you can easily keep tiicm darkened with a little charcoal. Tho bargain was made, the young lady agreed to como next day for the opcrat on, and left happy. A", "j'. Morn ing Journal. Remarkably Dry Seasons. Tho following record will bo read with hit -rest: In tho sunimor of 1G21, in Succession, without rain, 24 days; in 16:10, 41 days; in IGoG. 75davs; in 1GC-. 30 days; in 1G74, 43 days; in 1680. isl dajsi in 1G!)4, G2 davs; in 1705, 40 days, in 1715, 45 davs; in 1728, 61 days; in 1730. 92 days; in 1741, 72 days; in 17411, 108 days: in 1755, 42 davs; in 1762, 123 days; in 1773, 80 days; in 1791, 82 davs; in 1802. 23 days; in 1812, 28 davsj'in 1856. 21 days; in 1871. 42 days; in' 1875, 27 days; in 1885, 20 days. It will bo seen that the longost drought that ever occurred in America was in the summer ofl7G2. No rain fell from tho 1st of May to the 1st of September, making 123 days without rain. Many of tho in habitants sent to England for hay and grain. Ant. -Adulteration Gazette Calvin Stowe's Courtesy. The Into Prof. Calvin E. Stowe had a sort of old-school courtesy, though al ways tho habit of a student and not that of a man of tho world. The Hartford Courant relates this incident: "One day a couplo of years ago, when Modjeska was in Hartford at the house of a friend, she called upon the doctor, llo had never seen her on the stage, but he ad mired her character and genius from report and he was evidently exceeding ly pleased to see her. When sho rose to go, the old gentleman, making an cflort to risa from his chair, said: 'Mad ame. I am very glad yon called. I should not have liked to have go-e to Heaven without seeing you.' " SS5?53SfSpw.j The State of Cl: . 1 thenew State wm cost fifty per cT books now in use! M The entire expen, 1 hundred, students w"'? the PMtJearave ' hundred dollars, TwiLM eluded. catl0 e? ) chapel for the Umtan'j a. arwortn in... t prayed one Sunday xaZ) i "Lord bless our serv! ! . detained from joinini? in ,V '! Theebytheslieping8 nd mistresses." i -The Wftldensiant, fc conforance at Florence. I .N creed tht iiOM.. . J.tl WLh?.htVe reached theaolM shall bo allowed to M sneak, ut. nhnml, l -i . ""'-" uieeunoi -Tho Woman's Chnjtv ance Union of Montreal"? tablished a handsomely,, spend tho noon hour, lunch and rest therein f!l" ways in attendance to ri.' " welcome. ) ciation recently held at Sit-' t' v port was read showing wH age of defect in sight m' which would seem very i arise from the disorder of sj rvy timet, It is becoming a custom , gan to present "sweet girl E' just after they finish readin " uating exercises, with prV great variety as those given,.. Chicago Advance thinks tbj, custom may seem very prcmt ant in the" beginning, theft" danger of its degeneratin casion for ostentation and"di- The New Hamncliiro v during the past year tmt hundred and one towns, vat, families, and found 214 Proi ilies without the Bible, fc,, copies have been placed in t 1,280 being given sway a; copies sold. The receipts for have been $7,211.89, and tlt'j lures less than this by $1,24 In speaking of the prop church in India, Church Beit striking though some faiicvh: token of religions improveW: establishment at Bombay of It tiabai as a bookseller nnd c This is tho lirst timo that arc? Hindu widow has ventured tor. business in her own nam i- laws of Mann wero written, tir- sand years ago. m m WIT AND WISDOM. Wisdom is oftimes nesrerr 6toop than when we soar. women iiKe to t look: That's why they wear such lifjj As'the soil, boweverrich ita can not be productive without $ so tho mind without cuini never produce good tcuit &A The brave deserve tiow aro something al ke. M'ipo in war, the other powtatatv peace. Macon Telegraph. "Shaving Done Here w' sign tho barber put up, and ti was succeeded by a broker ther. not changed. Dansville Erta A man may read law andbrj lawyer; he may study raed oh? called a doctor; but if he wans I blacksmith, he must work attt' xV. 0. Picayune. At a revival meeting im" town, not long ago, a vwhijk who was by business a niilkrasii to speak. Just at the mome:" the brethren started in with thv: "Shall Wc Gather at tin Puck. "Mamma, what does it m it savs: 'The shades of night r Insr fast? " "Vou should int ure out those things for yours, nr " ! know now. It BCSb sister Jane pulls down tk blinds, then Gus Smith cem spend tho evenings, eh?"-i'iS "Suits pressed with neatne dispatch," is what the adrt-i-chA Hild a distracted youn;lo' and then determined to gi l1 iolk. for. ho said. "I have p- suit night and day for three k? and Susau is no nearer vxcfr now than when I began. - fer' l Two things are neeeswrr action inniantbeseemiiiglv' tory elements of pars on and p passion the stream which coo elements of power; patience ' which checks the descend:! it to its fullest head, and force to the proper point. i6 bylerian. .. The joking at the expes,, travn'lnrr is nmv a Stock Sit! soon belong to the order of "chestnuts' Here is one 1 "Whv, I paid you when If I trami" "Where did you t tram?" "At Fair BaTtf- A won't do." said the conduct 1 1 left Fair Haven there waijM boy in the torncr." ,ie! , the old man, "I know it 1 little boy." jv. T. H, At The Right SHOE "I-IthinkI have stumble wrong office." explained s j opened the door of aCincinntf- "Well, that depends- H r business and desire to r certs on the dollar, tW "O, but I'm one of tbe Just such ft man, and I " "Certainly, come in. i : i nr nave J i idictedfor fraud. "-11