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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I.U.CAJIPHKLL, Proprietor. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. OF GENERAL INTEREST. Scales are now made ho delicate that n signature on ti piece of paper with a soft load pencil cun bo weighed. A rcsidoiitof Savannah cxliibitsone hundred ami twenty-four largo sweet potatoeH, which wero grown on a sin gle vine. They completely lill a bar rel. Crown distribute many tree 'seeds, uch a acorn a and nuts, by plucking them and carrying them away, drop ing them again nt some distunco from the place of starting. It is related that a Chicago woman who lias had three husband, all of whom she has "disembarrassed" her tielf of, is writing a book on "How to SJuko Home Happy." Chicago Times. At the beginning of every dramatic Reason, the newspapers Ray that the minstrel show is dead. Ye.s, tlio nun strtd show is dead, but the people never grow tired of bitting up with the corjwe. In Chesterfield County, Va., re eantly a colored candidate for office wan defeated because he wore a white thirt It was the only immaculate rag of Unit kind in the district, but it was too much for his fellow citizens, and they " scratched" him. Cleveland Leader. Dr. Junker, the ltussian explorer, in an interview at llrusscls said hi; had received letters from Kinin Iiey dated last November. In those, Kinin Key ttuid the routes between Uganda and Wadcli were open. Dr. Junker thinks that the success of Stanley's relief ex pedition is, barring accidents, assured. A woman in Cuthbert, Ga., Is tho mother of eight living children, the eldest fourteen years and the youngest six months of age. All her children are blessed with perfect eyesight, and Jet neither the oldest nor the youngest ever saw its father, while all tho others have seen their father. San Francisco Chronicle. A (icrman man of science has taken four heads of hair of equal weight, and then proceeded to count the in dividual hairs. One was of the red variety, and it was found to contain 90,000 hairs. Next comes the black, with 10:1,000 hairs to its credit. Tho brown had 109,000 and tho blonde 110,. 00. Boston Budget. Alexander K. Tucker, writing to Engineering, says that he has success fully edged grooving tools for chill rolls by dipping tho actual cutting por tion in mercury. No nioro of the steel than Is actually necessary should bo dipped, us, whilo imparting extreme hardness, it naturally makes the body f the tool extremely biiltlo. Boston Budget. A peculiar will has been filed In tho registrar's olllco at Pittsburgh by Mrs. Martha Matthews, daughter of the decedent, which reads as follows: riTTHiiiiiKiii, M;iy0. 1KS7. Manlm Matthews, my mother, unltiurlxoit 1110 to MilliH't her inoiioy for funeral expense; bul lae fur me. Her will. her Ki.i.en X G1I.1.KSP1B. murk. Wltneiwet JM"THA Oiura. Ttnnenwi j Ks.1HK, Ki,Kmino. Iron says that if it continuous tele pram wire were strung from New York to Kan Francisco, and it rainstorm hould be in progress along the entire route, tho shrinkage caused in the wire by the rain would amount to one hun dred and twenty miles, and for smaller distances tho proportion would bo the ame. "Tho above shows," says Iron, that underground telegraphs have bo come a necessity, Tho revived discussions as to the combinations of nnd paper least trying to tho eyes of renders has, in litis country, brought into public no tice newspapers printed with black ink on red and green paper. A German printer, of Arnheim, on tho other hand, enthusiastically advocates tho use of blue ink on green paper us tho least hurtful tints for tho eyes to dwell upon. lSiblie Opinion. Tho variable star Algol Is so Infin itely distant from .the earth that it take thirty years for its light to reach us. Bo we see it as was thirty years ngo, not us it Is to-day. When one of its obscurations occurs, therefore, tho one that is visible to us occurred it genera tion ngo, and about four thousand such obscurations have taken place, and mailed on their way hither sinco tho one we see happened. A'. 1'. Examiner. Admiral Farrugut's flag-ship, the Hartford, is tho only one of the old naval hulks at Mare Island Navy Yard which has not been condemned. The tloop Lackawanna, Shenandoah, Wachusctt ami t'ynno have been or dered sold. The Lackawanna was la the bombardment of Mobile, and whilo lamming tho rebel ship Tennessee tore ifl about twenty-livo feet of the side of Karragut's llag-ship. The old admiral looked over tho side and shouted: Go ahead, boys; there are some tiro boards left. I'uNio Opinion. There are live hundred thousand Wore women than men In Great Brit ain. There is a like disparity in Ger many and in some of the United States. Whether this bo accounted as a de ficiency of the male or aa a surplus of the female population, it Is a matter luore dillicult to deal with than the surpluses and deficiencies which pll.zlo the head of financier and economists! The stateninan or philosopher who hall restore a proper balance of the rxe will add immensely to the sum f human happiness. I'hUadtlphia licevrd. J THE NEW AMERICAN. Tl. K,,.lM of Humanity IctHo! on tlietlrmt 1'Ulm of th Went. The American man, tho Drawer im agines, only dovelopes himself and jpreads himself and grow"for all hols worth" In the Great West. He Is nioro free and limber there, and unfolds those generous peculiarities nnd large nesses of humanity which never blos somed before. 'Tho "environment" has much to do with it Tho great spaces over which ho roams contribute to tho enlargement of his mental hori zon. There have been races before who roamed tho illimitable desert, but they traveled on foot or on camel-back, nnd were limited in their range. There was nothing continental about them, as there is about our railway desert travelers, who, swing along through thousand of miles of sand and sage bush with a growing contempt for time and space, lint expansive and great a these people have become under the new conditions, tho Drawer has a fancy that the development of the race has only just begun, tnd that the future will show us in perfection a kind of man new to tho world. Out some where on tho Santa Fo route, where tlio desert of 0110 day was liku tho des ert of tho day before, and the Pullman ear rolls and swings over tho wide wasto beneath the blue sky day after dav, under its black flag of smoke, in tlio early gray of 'morning, when tho men wero waiting their turn at tlio ablution bowls, a slip of a boy, per haps aged seven, stood balancing him self 011 his little legs, clad in knlcker- bocker. biding his time, with all tho nonchalance of an old campaigner. "How did you sleep, Cap?" asked a well-nieaning elileny gentleman. Well, thank you," was the dignified response; "as 1 always on on a sleeping-car." Always does? Great horrors! Hardly out of his swaddling- lotlics, and yet ho always sleeps well m a sleeper! tva ne norn 011 mih wheels? was he cradled in a Pullman? He has always been in motion, proba bly; ho was started at thirty miles an hour, no doubt, this marvelous boy of our new era. lie was not nor n in a house nt rest, but the locomotive snatched him along with a shriek and a roar before his eyes were fairly open, and ho was rocked in a "section,"' nnd Ins first sensation of life was that of moving rapidly over vast arid spaces, through cattle ranges, and along enn .... ... . . 1 1 yons. 1110 ciioit 01 qmcK nmi easy lo comotion on character may bavo been noted before, but it seems th t hero is tho production of it new sort of man, tlio direct product of our railway era. It is not simply that this boy is mature, hut ho must bo a di lie re tit nnd it no bler sort of boy than 0110 born, say, at homo on a canal-boat; for whether ho was born on the rail or not, he bo longs to tho railway system of civiliza tion. Iteforo ho gets into trousers ho is old in experience, mid ho has dis counted many of tho novelties that usu ally break gradually on tho pilgrim in this world. Ho belongs to the new, ex pansive race that must live in motion, whose proper home is tho Pullman (which will probably bo improved in time int'i a duslless, sweet-smelling, well-aired bedroom), and whoso do mestic life will bo on the wing, so to peak. Tlio inter-Slalo coninierco bill will pass him along without, friction from end to cud of tho Union, and per haps a uniform divorce law will liable him to change, his mar ital relations at any place where ho happens to (lino. This promising lad is only a faint intimation of what we aro all coming to when wo fully ac quire the freedom of tho continent, and come into that cxpansivenoss of feel ing nnd of language which character izes tho Great West. It is a burst of joyous exuberance that comes from the sense of an illimitable horizon. It shows itself in the tender words of 11 local newspaper at Howie, Ariz., on tho death of a beloved citizen: " 'Death loves a shining mark,' nnd sho hit a dandy when she turned looso on Jim." And also in the closing words of a New Mexico obituary, which tho Kunsas Magazine, quotes: "Her tired spirit was released trout tlio paln raeklng body nnd soared aloft to eternal glory nt 4:30 Denver time." We die, as it wero, in motion, awl wo sleep, and there is nowhere any boundary to our expansion. Perhaps wo shall never again know any rest as we now understand the term rest I'oing only change of motion and wo shall not bo able to sleep except on the cars, nnd whether wo die by Denver time or by tho ninetieth meridian, we sliall only change our time, Messed be this slip of a boy who is a man be fore he is an infant, and teaches us what rapid transit can do for our race! Tlie only thing that can possibly hin der us in our progress w ill be second childhood; we have abolished lirt. Charlt Dudley U'arWr, in Harper's ilagatine. m America's Gretna Green. Nearly every State In the Union has it Gretna Given, but few has one thai so thoroughly deserves, tho name as Camden, N. J. Tho clergymen of that town who do so much marrying aro J. Y.'Dobbins, Methodist; Rev. J. J. Sleeper, Episcopal; Rev. J. J. Heisler, Methodist, and Rev. Isaao W. Ilugley, Baptist. Mr. Dobbin averages" 140 couples a month, and, as his average fee is $1 a couple, he makes about (.720 a year. Mr. Sleeper unites alaiut 60 couples a month, receiving about tlie samo average fee; but ns ho has had a diagram lithographed show ing the most direct route from the fer ries to his house he will probably soon bo doing a land-office business. Alto gether, the clergy of Camden must nuke fully 2.vik U VtVlP iillt. tif fit marriage busiuess.-- Chicago Timet. EXCITING BEAR HUNT. ! A Man, a Uriiily anil llattlMnak at th ; Hottom of a Hig Hole. ,' One-eyed Zcke, who hunts for aliV' Ing around Owen lake and along Owen river over in Inyo, camo in the other day to be doctored for a sprained ankle, Spraining that anklo saved his life on this last trip. Zeko has a schemo of his own for killing grizzlies that is verv effective if a man has nerve enough to work it and his gun doesn't miss tire. Ho carries a hcavyjdotiblo burivled shot-gun nnd a 44-caliher re volver, but never lugs a rifle even when ho goes nftor bears. When ho sights a grizzly ho popsnt him with the revolver and gets him mad, standing in tlio open where' the benr can seo him, nnd shooting often enough to dis pel any possible doubts in the bear's noddle about the annoyance. A grizzly will go his own way usual ly if not interfered with, but if insulted uith pistol-shots he Is pretty certain to make a disturbance of the peace. Tho exasperated bear snaps viciously at tho place where the pistol-ball strikes him, concludes that Zeko is responsible for tho trouble and goes tor him. Zeke waits calmly with a double load of heavy shot In each barrel nnd the hammers at full cock. Caleb comes right up to hint, and when almost within hugging distance rises on his hind leg to throw himself upon Zeke. Then Zeke turns looso both barrels at tho bear's chest, and blows a hole ns big ns two fists nearly through him. The heavy chargo at such close range smashes the griz zly's interior works in a deplorable manner, nnd he dies right away. It is far nioro effective than an express riflo-bullct. But it requires nerve to face a big, ugly bear nnd reserve lire until he is within half a dozen feet of the gun. Zeke met a bear in the mountains near Owen lake and played his cus tomary game, but not wiih complete success. I5y some extraordinary had luck, both cartridges in his gun had defective primers, and when he pulled the triggers he was very much puzzled nnd disappoiund by the absence of tho usual loud report. It was a critical moment for Zcke. It took him tho thousandth part of a second to grasp tho situation and spring desperately to the right- Another .small traction of a second was consumed in his unexpect- l descent to the bottom of nn old prospect holo that was overgrown with brush and escaped his notice. Probably that is tho only prospect holo in that part of the Sierra Nevada, and it must havo been dug by some half cracked Forty-niner liko Marshall, who prospected all tho way from Yuma to the Columbia. Zeke vows it was dug by Provideneo. Tho sudden and unaccountable dis appearance of the old man with a gun surprised tho bear, and ho had thrown himself forward and plunged into the liitppnral several yards before ho be gan to catch on to tlio fact that Zcke wa not before him. As soon as Zeko struck bottom ho looked up to geo if tho bear was coming down, too, nnd Mien he removed tho bad cartridges and quickly inserted two more in his gun. lie knew tho bear would smell li 1 111 out very soon. In half a niiiiuto Caleb's wicked snout appeared at tho top of tho hole. It disappeared, and was at onco re placed by the bear's hind legs. Caleb was coining down stern foremost after tho noxious person who had tired bid lets, nt him. As the bear scrambled lown Zeke aimed just under his shoul der and sent two handful. of buckshot careering through his vitals in a diag onal line. Tlio wound was almost in stantly fatal, and tho bear camo down In a heap at tho bottom of the hole, which was about ten or twelve feet deep. Tho excitement being over. Zeke realized that ho had been injured in tho fall, nnd that standing up was painful. Ho siit down on tho bear to rest and reflect, and to induce reflection he took mt his pipe and lighted it. Tho flitro of tho match lighted up the prospect holo, and Zcke was interested in seeing a good-sized rattlesnake lying dead un der his feet, its head crushed by his uoot-neel. Ho hud landed on the snako when ho fell into tho hole, and tho slipping of his foot had sprained his ankle. Zeko had a hard tlmo climbing out nf tho prospect holo and getting back to camp, but ho got there, and sent some men up to hoist the bear to tho surface. The grizzly's weight was es timated to be nine hundred pounds. Zeko says he doesn't care about tho sprain, because if his foot had not lauded just in that spot he would have had more company than ho would havo cared to entertain at tho bottom of a prospect hole. Calienle (Cal.) Cor. A. President Hopkins' ideal of a col lege was "an institution where a young man, during the critical period of transition from boyhood to manhood, and even later, may have an oppor tunity to do for himself the best ho can do; ami also one that shall do for every such young man tho best that can be done for him." Mrs. Livcrmoro has delivered more than eight hundred temperanca addresses. For many years she has lectured five nighta a week for five month in the year. She travels yearly twenty-five thousand miles, besides working late Into the night to main tain her immense correspondence. -During the last year there has been a net gain of 3.19 m..mlw.r in ti churches of the Irish Wesleyan Con- lerence. miring the year 412 members died, 4S3 emigrated, and 844 "ceased to lie members" by not attending tho weekly clais-nieetingj. PHYSICAL SELF-CONTROL. IU rooeMlon th. Kult of Eduction and (iood Itrocdluf. It is not possible to sit In nn assem blage of people and not be impressed with tho lack of physical self-control manifested. No matter how eloquent the speaker, how entrancing tho music, for but few minutes at a time are they able to control perfect silence on tho part of tho audience; constantly are there useless and unncssary move ment., revealing the aimless, untrained mind. For, wero the mind held, tho body would bo unrecognized and held by tho grip of Its power. It is tho dual t;tn ilint eauses theconstant movement, change of position, arrangement of clothing, movement of hands and feet all showing that tho mind has not sovereignty of tho body becauso it ha not been trained to that sovereignty, or tho body to yielding to tho higher power. Perhaps one if not tho one annoy- unco to speakers nnd hearers is tho 1 1 1 1.! 1 :.. endless couguiiig, iiaciviiii;. cii-iuing the throat, that is one of the evidences of lack of control physically. The least self-restraint on the part of each in dividual would reduce tho volunio of sound enormously. The constant gratifying of an impulse acquired, not innate, tho result of nervousness inat grows bv what it is fed on, is an evi dence of untrained intellect. The ef fect of gratifying this needless impulso by fifty or sixty persons at tho sumo time, in tho samo place, fs out of all proportion to the individual effort. If a fraction of the effort made in gratify ing tlio impulse were nmdo in restrain ing it, great good would result to health and comfort. We have associated tho idea of self- control with tho moral, and mental nature, ignoring its immense influ ence in the development ol tho physical, and its reflex action on tho higher powers through tho physical. Tlie woman who can not occupy a rocking-cliair without keeping it in constant motion is tho woman who can not meet tho every-day annoy- mice with a self-poised calmness. Trifles distress her; nnd sho excuses herself for displays of irritation be cause of nervousness, when it was nothing but lack of self-control. Tho mantle of charity is much enlarged by this modern fringe we cull nervous ness. " I must do something; I can not sit with idlo hands," is not tlio ex pression of normal industry, but the expression of abnormal activity. It's the physical Martha instead of mental Mary that has gained control. Martha would serve herself nnd tho world bet ter if she recognized tho moments when to sit still meant the learning of a lesson that would reveal true serving. Ono night a boy of sixteen sat in an nudieiico apparently listening to the addresses being delivered. Ho hung his hat on his umbrella, nnd, put ting his linger in tho loosely-hanging silk, swayed the hat back and forth for nearly 0110 half hour. To do this he was forced to mako a motion of tlio right nrni from tho shoulder. Think of the wasted strength! A pale, thin youth, who needed every bit of strength nnd vitality in his body to make legitimate effort to accomplish any purpose. Tho movement simply revealed tho empty, unused mind. Restless, aimless wandering about, or purposeless movements should be edu cated out of a child. All arc the result of 11 purposeless mind. Physical restlessness can bo over come in an adult who will onco ac knowledge tho tremendous waste of energy, vitality nnd force in useless, purposeless movements. Compel your self to sit still in a comfortable posi tion that pays all attention to conven tionalities. Do not givo to restlessness which is the result of mental activity, and to abnormal physical activity, which results from the mental bar renness nnd irritability, the name of nervousness, and hug the delusion to tho soul that nervousness is an evidence Df it "highly-strung nature" to uso a much-abused term. Physical self-control is tho result of education and good breeding, nnd its possession isnsneccs inry to sound health as mental sclf :ontrol to sound morals. Christian Union. m Type Made from Paper. Type made from paper is tho latent novelty. A process has been patented by which large typo for printing pla rards can bo made from pulp. Such letters are nt present cut on wood. The pulp is desiccated and reduced to a powdered or coin ninuted state, after which it is thoroughly mixed with a water-proofing liquid or material such as pnralline oil, or a drying linseed oil, for instance. The mixture is then dried, and subsequently pulverized. In its pulverized state it is introduced into a mold of the requisite construction to produce the desired article, typo or block, and then subjected to pressure to consolidate it, and heat to render tad or adhesive tho water-proofing material. Finally, tho type is cooled whilo in the mold, so as to cause it to retain its shape and solidity. Boston Transcript. m m He Was Truly Grateful. "So you've been drunk again," said the judge, severely. "Yes your Honor." "Have you any thing to sny for your self." "No, your Honor." "I don't see what I can do but give you ninety days and fifty dollars." "Thank ye judge, thank ye!" "Thank me for -what?"' "For the fifty dollars yon said you'd gimme. It'll be mighty welcome, eoa i"in hard up." Merchant Traveler. ENGLISH SPARROWS. of niM'loiu I HIlo HlrU Wliloh Aro Driving Out tlv Hong-iitor. Just nfter thi war, before the benches in the parks w. io reserved for tho ex clusive mu of nurso girls nnd park policemen, a naturalist, who lived in the park when he had nothing else to do, discovered that the shade trees wero being slowly killed by tho caterpillars and other insects. Ho wrote a big let ter to one of tho newspapers, nnd somebody ndvised thn Park Commis sioners ti) import English sparrows to check tho evil. Acting upon the sug gestion, a b.tsketfiil of tho birds was brought over from England in tho fall of ISliO and set free in FairniountPark, Philadelphia. They did so well that in the following year another batch was let looso in Central Park. It was not long beforo it was dis covered that tho sparrow didn't eat insects at all, and instead of a boon they became a nuisance. Like many foreigners, they acted as if tlio country was made for them, nnd they set to work driving out tho other bird whoso ancestors lived hero before the Pilgrim landed 011 Plymouth Rock.' They bossed tho wrens, teased tho bltie javs and took possession of all tho nice houses which the Park Commissioners hud built in the shade trees. They bred fast, and in n few years tho army was strong enough to light nil tho other tribes of bird together. One by ono they drove out the orioles nnd made it so uncomfortable for tho robins that they moved into tho country, and soon they had the field nil to themselves. In the infantum) the caterpillars held high carnival. Then tho cry went up that the spar row was a nuisance and ought to go. Dr. Morrinin, who is 11 1 tho head of the scientific branch of tho Department of Agriculture, sent out printed circulars to the fanner. all over the country ask ing tliein to pas judgment 011 tho spar row. Ho received over two thousand replies, and not 11 singlo ono of them hud a good word for tlio sparrow; Ornithologist Assemblyman Erwin was much interested in tho matter, nnd through his efforts tho list Legislature passed it bill making it a misdemeanor punishable by arrest and fine to feed sparrow or harbor them. "Something ought to be dono to check tho ravages of the sparrows," said Mr. C. C. Amery, Secretary of the Audubon Society, "for there's no doubt that they are objectionable. In my opinion it would bo best to treat them just liko the other gatno birds that is, protect them at certain seasons and al low sportsmen to slaughter them at will during tlio rest of the year. I think it would bo well tc set a bounty on tlio sparrow's head, say a cent for each. This would encourag ) the gamins to kill them and give them a chance to earn a few honest pennies. Restaurant would cheerfully pay two cents more for the birds, which, by the way, aro excellent eating and often palmed off for the mora gamy reed bird. Tho domestic sparro wis not a mi gratory bird and never leave the towns or villages, and only a few journey to tho country. They aro very pugnacious and can light any bird of their size. They cat grain and tho scraps ot food to be found 111 the ash-bnrtcls and gut ters, and a full-fledged sparrow would not condescend to eat the fattest grub worin, even if ho were almost starved. It is a singular fact that tlio young can only bo raised by feeding them with insects until they are big enough to take care of themselves, but after that they live like their parents. They breed from three to four times a year and cun stand any sort nf climate, hot or cold. Although they have only been in this country a little over twenty years, they have migrated West rapidly, and can be found almost anywhere east of the Mississippi. I remember when they wore first introduced into-India, where they followed the English nrmy during the wnr, and in less than five years they wero Fettled in large numbers in tho Punjab and Afghanistan. "They have practically driven out all the song birds, and even tho swallows that used to build their nests under tho eaves of our houses here have been forced to seek nnother home." The writer saw a desperate battle be tween a big sparrow and a swallow the other day. Tho swallow had built its nest under the canopy of a tall chim ney. One lino morning a sparrow np proiiehed, and, perching himself on tho nest, peered saucily into it, and began to peck nt the poor swallow, who was seated on her eggs. A desperate buttlo ensued. Unnblo to defend herself in her cramped-up position, tho swallow left her nest and llew to tho roof to get away from hor tormentor, who followed and renewed the battle. Tho sparrow, being more skilled in the art of war fare, had tho best of it, and nfter cruelly pounding the swallow drove her oft and then returned to the nest and wan tonly destroyed the eggs. Even the most ardent champions of tho English sparrow concede that he is an enemy to tho small American song birds, and unless something is dono to check him he will ultimately extermin ate them. Tho farmers also complain that tho sparrow destroys tho buds of fruit trees and bushes. X. Y. World. m m It was over twenty years ago when little Caspar paid a visit to the West country with his mother. The chief modu of locomotion, nfter pedals, was in that section by lumber wagons. This was a new and strange thing to the boy. and one stormy night, after he was in bed, whilo his mother was pre paring to follow him, hearing a long, rolling peal of thunder, ho exclaimed: "Why, mamma, does God ride iu lum ber wagons, too?" BabyhohL . Variety is tho best culinary ypicj:. PPRCnMAi w NOMpERSr -Women pro t,e Sla ,. "S Indiana, Iowa, Kent'V Micldgun, Mii,,,. a-'k. King Humbert, 0f , " dunces. Queen Marga,. H!fM nnrt n twi. .1 " u,liu I bulls. "WrilV Meissonieriscngn,i canvas in which hV, dragoons galloping ,,.,J? with their heads umS - -A Now York bookU,, ceeded in writing postal-card 7 poemn words h took himOhou ? t) ish the taslt. Ti. 1. . k the size of "diamond" type negro to nlow. n.i 1.. ... , "". 110 ti.no is fooled nwi he J? ile so ns to face the plow ing an umbrella ovit his o"?'' usinga bigfanin m..i..... . A .,:.i 1. " K'""u who huh i.,,i,.i.. . . bridal couples through tht Wuslrington declares that th" bfi-r customers, because 'if, ever going to throw way B his wife, it's when he's firjt In the list of letters advJ remaining unclaimed' in thepj boy post-olliee on April 29 i, ' dressed to a gentleman i. through life under tho mi,,. Malyasgd Dojchornk." Prof. Richard A. Proctor, nent scientist nnd nstroiiom.', i. nfter to bo a citizen of Florid purchased a tract of bmd w(k. i.iiKe. no says tne loweratm,, Florida is so clear that coui, stand out in wonderful brilli,. Lady Seton has ami tiktj. price 111 snowing to all hervuiy iJurnani llouso probably the h autograph letter of Queen Victor existence, it is in childish prim acters anil runs thus: -11 110, my dear Mr Henry? Yon friend, Victoria." It was addiw, Sir Henry Seton. Mayor Hewitt, of New ceived his first money by reiulim. rich man three or four hours ifc a year. He was then but sixteen!, of age. For hi year's reading k ceived tho munificent compensate fifteen dollars. Ten dollars oftkk wasused to buy his studcnt'ipm, the other five was kept bjrhiiib. for Incidental expenses. Mr. Webster tells n pleasant : concerning his Italian jouroej. called on a prominent publishers in, and that worthy upon receipts card rushed forth with an effusmi come. Mr. Webster, rather sfc at so much cordiality in a toulsh er, suggested that his namecouUi. ly be known to his Italian bmtfe business. "What!" exclaimed Italian, "the publisher of the 'P Life!' And then," with pn! bow "Your beautiful dietiotnL Argonnut. " "A LITTLE NONSENSE." The rockers on a cliair never out half so far behind at any oth ns when a man is prowling sr the dark barefooted. Transformation. 'Twus a noble old ush, and most W. Krow, Willi nothlnir Its oroirrcss to hinder; But a forest lire struck It, 'tww bumtih and through. And thut ash now Is nuught but aeiile A young lady having readr long paper at a missionary n showing the triumphs of the Gs the minister gave out the hymn ning "Hallelujah, 'tis dono." He' dcrcd why everybody smiled. Little Lucy, running into the? lnr w-hr Imp mother WHS elltertt." her daughter Mary's beau until J! Marv could comnlcto her toilet : come down, cried out: "Oh! - Johnny is dot Mary's teef aud give 'cm to her." "Laura," said Mrs. Partem to her daiifi "Laura, go and nsk the lender of orchestras to play that 'synipi".' Meddlejohn over again; 11 awful favorite of mine; n . father's, too!" Chicago BerM mniTiMlfi lnuLiLLUJinuiiu m"" I Fill! Jr J ClmmnTlR LlTtf - nave iisto nnii" Retrulator for many 'eari;t lag made it my only Medicine. My mother c' me was very partial to 11 a safe, good and reliable m cine for any disorder 01 eystem, aud If used in a grrnt ywwriw of I often recommend it " friends, and shall continiM d08"Rev. James M.ET1 "Pastor M. KChurch, So. raim TIME AND DOCTORS' BILLS V altrav keeping itegulafr in "I have found Simmons Regulator the best fomirr lnin I pwr used for t-nsrw- that may happen. j, In indigrstUm, Cie"?Zr BUioneu. and found K " (J,. lieve immediately. .fLfet ln(f a hearty supper. If. to bed, I take about a teasi rf fal, I never feel the eB" the supper eaten. "OVID 6. SPARKS. . 'Ex-Mnyor Macon," -ONLY GENUINE , , rWriiV' Has our it sump on""- . rnce,i.uu. "