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EUGENE CITY GUARD. Lf-CAJUritKLU FroyrleUr, EUGENE CITY, OREGON. THE DRUMMEi. The drummrr nf n EZ way When lie 8A 10 aril; ! Be ijwrail before you aa RA Of MinplM that XL Tbea talks and talk wlUi HBO Until you VZ frow, And, feellug be your KHZ, Aa 10 maniwr ibov. Too hat 70a dont waul KX lalaft Ko FT be display, Tban, getting mad, lay TJL Blag Kim 01a In KC atari. HjH BQ then to take a toO" And tell IIS nut tola And Una LA four anger whllo to 1X3 ha maka a sale. If you should CK plaoa to hid WlUig'aolM'UtUtoo, And when al EV barm rour atia Uo'aaoldblacoda-AD. A drummer cannot CA aauk And wUUQ iftiltA liko V Z dnma't fear a club And to UK will t Wi. O, what IIKK drummer show Aad what an IN Jaw. Be aaves U -. for be ksaw Tbat UT van the law. -IL U Itodgs In Detroit rraa Fret AN ANNUAL CHESTNUT. Dm taan stood 00 toe tlpay box. WUb all hla nauta Cod, And clan up at the atoroplpa jolat Ala hold abova hla head, EI band am black with peUdi paste, Hla faeo tut-Xxd wltn coot; Aad down hi anas and down hit back flharn ralua iirinr,mhrred aUoot, thousand way, ten thonannd time, - Ilea tried to maka a Ct; Tba mora of way and time ne'e triad, Tb mora ho I from tt. Bl wife and chlMranlir ontslda, AH pr trilled with tear. AwalUog the eataatrophe That ooinea thla time of yvar. Tbea eomra a bun of adjective, And then a madman' roar. ' Aad a man and box with eurthquuk ihtxA.I, Aad stovepipe, flood tho floor. The doctir come with arnica And UtUo bill- eup; Tba Uamr cornea, a usual, Aad put tho atoroplpa tip. Omaha flundsy Be. . ' ' THE MAN FROM CHICAGO. Tto maa from Chlrap. went forth with a brag; 'Aad backed up bla club wtlh the last of hla waj; Then gathered mora pulf to put up on tlie team Trecu the place whore thru . braatia ball erei gleam; . Where he soaked hi timepiece and hi new over eoat la keeping hla unoartatn credit afloat like tlie wind od the lake when the winter I keen, The Chicago went forward all verdant and green; IJke a cannon firecracker on the Fourth of July, That dub In the morning waa cklpimr and "fir; " But Hk Uie aaina cracker on the fifth of Julr, , That club In the evening wa knocked high and '. 'f ' dry; aTor the Ht Louis hoy spread their bat on tor Aaa hammered tba life out of the ball that the) east, Tin they carried the day with their skill and then apunk, Aad walloped their foe with a staggering skunk; WhU the pride and the bone of the great wind) Iowa Wa picked like a chicken and truly done Drown Mew the man from Chicago who staked hi whoh fiOe Tarades the city with never a smile; While down a back alley his fantasies float Where banc Hand guard o' tr his now overcoat -tit Louis 1'oHt Dispatch. A QUESTION OF ETHICS. rah- Mary waa my boyhood's flame. When 1 was nine and she nineteen; To all the swains who courting came tier ready answer was the same: I guess I'll wait for Jobnuy Clreenl" Just what the maid was pleased to mean 1 will not now pretend to claim s' only know she was my queen, Pot did snot her stop between Till I myself nineteen became. Vow, 1 relate the fact with shame; I cannot think my conscience clean Hut llary's love appearing tame In ten years' playing at the game, 1 craved her stater Joavpuino. A fairer maid was never seen; A hurt nf lovers cried her fame; But had I any right to blame , er wish to wait for Tommy Green, When that's my little brollier's name. Walter Clarke In The Ceutury. OER NORT SEIT TRAGEDY. The shade of nli;ht were dim afar When Bmit Iters took an open cor; The air was cold and drear and grey And every scphrr ercined to say Hay fuvur. The hard hacked ta were chin and bare, Aad Smlthera sat and shivered there; While whistling winds did shrilly blow And ever seemed to wblser low "Neuralgy." Tba mule flew wildly down the track. The night air orept down Smlther's bock. The canvas curtains round did shake, Aad ev'rr drought brought In It wake rueumouta. John Bmtthers blew his weeping nose Aad shuttled round bis frosted toea; But ere he reached his humbl door Alaal poor Smilhera waa no more . Consumption. Chicago New. THE WHEELMAN'S WOE. Tb melancholy days have come. The nulili't of the cycle; When earth's so hard it breaks eae'i neck Te tall from a bicycle. -Life. Aphorisms from the Onarter. at coolus' spring hides de clowMt 'mon ngst erock. I "ear's hot spell cool off nitchtv fa' light nigger too much for d so' back ora. Da moUer apple giva fa"r warnin' fo' fall. D noise o" de wneels dont tnedjer de load no wagon. 'Wild (nose in da wheat ficP dont go aWen, to Twont he'p de crop to plant a new f angled mm o corn win niuvn eers to do .talc on ptf broouvitraw flol'; dot aort o' land got it kin do raisiu' one eer to de bill Da dog dal try to ai-ratch a mole out groan ain't got nough eUicattoo to hurt Blind horn know when de trough empty, isrpnoe, a log u ea' af a d red !v;2isuKri& peatery. BILL NYE ON ECONOMY. A Few rhllosoplileal lUmarka en the Various Grades of Barber Shops. I rem I an eamy recently on tho Insiila of a L valued czclinnge on the subject of economy, which greatly inlcmtcd me. It related to the great exponse which really aggregated from little one, and dealt witli the matter of daily pnpert, bootblacks, sl;aviiig expenses, batbi, etc, and showed botr mUlioii of the peoplu's money were annually squandered In this way that ought to go toward buying hook. Tlie article set me to thinking, l.nd 1 resolved to iiivestignU t. I wa nioro cspo chilly token with the lileo of extravagance in tho matter of barber and barber shops. You can go to gorgeous shop and pay fifteen cents and a tip for a slinve, or you can go where you rati avoid the tip, or you ran go to ten cent shop, or you can got shaved ou the Bowery for five cent, or you can Ignore the whole buiiness and let the wind blow through your whisker. Lost weok I was thunderstruck when found how much could be saved by changing from a flftoen oent barber to a five cent bar ber and keeping it up for a year. Counting 800 day as a fair estimate of the number on which I would be apt to ihave, I found tluxt by this rhango I could linvo at the end of tho yoar I'V), with which to buy book or crow barred trousers or any other mean of Intel loctual Improvement which I might choose. I could buy one of those expensive book that Mr. De Lux occasionally gets out, or I could bear I'atti or buy a small yet fragrant dog for $30. I could also buy myself some more hair or get my teeth Oiled. I could tako a cuvfcal course on the banjo or buy an inter eat In bird dog with $30. But I wnnted, more than anything else, to get more books, I wanted a new photograph album most of all. An allium with lllustra tfcxi in it, to lay on the parlor tnblo and ex plain to strangers In low, passiouate tones, is never ending source 01 pleasure to the thinking mind. When a frontispiece showing tho proprietor as ho looked with hide whiskers, and Inter, a view where he was photographed with chin whiskers and holding n war time plug hat in bis swollen hands; with a picture of grandmother holding a bible as though it might bo a glass bomb, and a front view of a sightless child tbut makes up for it total absence of eyes by Introducing a soul stirring mouth that would make a goldeu haired ball of North Carolina butter tuni white in a single night With all these little s-iociinet t of phut 10 art, I often think that a photograph album win do more toward enteitalniiig a mixed compnny thau any other literary work with which 1 am familiar. Bo I went into a low priced barber shop a week ago and began to save $30 for the pur pose of adding to my library. I soon dis covered that in a Ave cent barber shop you get kss consideration and a lower grade of lutber up your nose than elsewhere. I lliov tbat the man who shaves yon for five cent makes hi own soap. Possibly he work op some of hi fattest patron tbat way. Anyhow, the soap he uses smell badly and tastes worse tbsn any soap 1 have evor participated In. At this price of shave one ives financially, but he loses cutnnenusly. The chair I snt in was not a good easy chair, and the spiral springs in it occasionally nod to route to the surface for more air. 1 bocanie very much attached to one of these 6yru ig, and the ten cent I saved on the ttave I hail to pay a tailor down town who trophhied my troiiMr for ine. 7 be chair -fas also montally a wreck, and Its trwnory was failing, I thought Just as I would relax my muscle and closo my eyes litis tottering old chair would forget itself, and the worn out trigger that held tho head rest would slip about nine cogs. Then with a low death rattle it would fall about a foot aud disturb my intellectual faculties. You cob got shaved quicker for Ave cents than you cuu for UCtecn, but tho towels are more dniimy and the bay rum is rather more of a chestnut, I judge. Bufllos it that I am not going to continue the course of economy that I hnd inaugurated for tho year, for I am opposed to the hoard ing and accumulation of a surplu. Money tending too much toward centralization any way, and I do not want to encourage it While I may not be able to secure the books which I eon torn plated buying with my sav ings, I con visit the chamber of honors at the Uuseo and improve my mind in such ways by actual observation. We do not got all our education from books. Wo may cosily obtain many refining and en nobling ideas from other sources that, the musty tomes which decorate the shelve of ur libraries. One of the bralnirat men I over knew, if I may l allowed the tomiwnry use of that term, a luau too who hod succeeded in amass ing quite a fortune as a result of native shrewdness and knowledge of human nature, onro admitted to me in a suddon burst of con fidence, inspired porbape by too much wino, that he had never read either of my liooks. And yet he had concealed this gross Ignor ance for five years nd amassed n fortune. Whllo this is a snd commentary on American galvanized illiteracy, it still shows tbut a man may be almost criminally Ignorant in this eountryand yet acquire cad. New York World. All In a Day' Work. Fashionable Iowa Dame (in Iown) Door mo I It did not occur to me until this mo ment that you always bavo wine at dinner at home. Distinguished Englishman Do not bother about that, madam. "Oh, it won't take but a moment Marie. bas the footman come backf Mario Yes, madam. Tell him to go right to his room and cet sick, then send for the doctor and tell William to take the prescription and a demijohn to the nearest drug store." Omaha World. A Ilopelos Case. Omaha Tarson It you had taken correct views of this earthly existence you would not now be ill. Looi at the Q iakers. They are the lonpt lived people in the world. Omaha MnI uevor thought of that They undoubtedly are. Statistics prove it Now, my friend, let your own reason explain why it is six" "Well, they don't have to sit iit di-auclitv churches threo times a week with their liats off." Omaha World. What Mrs. Drown Thought, "W hero have you been P' asks Mrs. Brown at tb theatre of Mr. B., just out between the acta. "Oh, Just out to see a man," replied Brown. hen did he diel" "When did who dier "Tho inau you went out to see." "What are you talking about P "Well, judging from your breath, it must have beeu a spirit you saw." New York Bun, Nature's Leave la the Majority. The Bible contain S,56oiS0 letters. 773. 740 words, 81.178 verses, l.lt chapter and 66 book, Exchanga. In acme families we know of it also contains seventeen recipes for doroestlo purposes, all in letter tbe old woman wants to keep, at least eleven pieces of "fugitive noetrv" cut from tb country paper, tb family fin tooth ciuo and meUiiu t 3 ..'.fiVw tatr.nin Uouuer (Mat. SWINDLERS ABROAD. HOW AMERICAN3 ARE FLEECED BY THE WOMEN 'fN LONDON. A Good riaea for Stranger to Keep Away From Sketch.- of Dark Ufe (n th British MetropollA lilt of Ex- perlence. ( Although the male windler is dangerous and much to be feared, it is the fonuilo of the specie that reaps the harvest Protected by her sex, the disinclination of a man to pro ceed against a woman, the ease with which she can blust tbe character .of a man by the reason of the readiness we accept a story which attribute unholy lust to our fellow creature, are all kuown factors to her In the problem of making a livelihood. Beginning at the lowest class tho London street walker you find them In London in larger nuin bers, bolder and more persistent than in any place in the world, Tbe larger number cruise about the Criterion, where there is a favorite American bar. After 11 o'clock till 1 or 1 :30 o'clock iu tbo morning this congregation is one of the sight of the city, and the traveler generally sees it His danger there is not greater thon iu any other similar company, unless he should be beguiled by some of thete midnight sirons. They are there by thou sands, the sidewalks and evou tbe street itself filled with them and those who como to be preyed upon, gilded youth and hoary age, chafBng, laughing, swearing and singing in oue vast saturnalia in the midst of the, most boasted civilization. Tho "bobbies" move among tbem to keep everybody else moving and watching for lawless outbreaks, of which tbey have few to repress, but other ofllcial functions be does not assume. Turning from these the visitor, with much new mat er for reflection, walks to bis hotel. It matters not iu what direction it may be, strange fljurcs of women will flit across his pathway, curious inquiring faces will be un expectedly thrust into bis own. and vague forms standing in obscure corners will ob serve him as he stray through tho otherwise deserted streets. Beware of the one who nd dresses yon. Do not reply if you can avoid it, but under no circumstances stop and par ley with her, for vou invite one of the most common dangers that London offeii the stranger within its gate. Let me take an illustration furnished from the private experiences of a gentleman from Pittsburg who lodged in Russell rquare, and who strolled home from the Oayety theater by way of Drnry lane and Bedford place, ilo had just turned into Bedford square when he encountered a woman standing hesitat ingly on tho corner, peering in each direction as one who bad lost tho way. "I leg your pardon, sir; can you tell me the way to the Midland station? I fear I am lost " she raid. Tbe polite Americas stopped. Yes, although a stranger, ho could and would tell her the way follow ibis street around Russell square iuto Woturn place to St Pnncras' church thq first church on the right turn to the right there and the Midland station would be iu sight' lie was walking part of the way and would explain further. As they crossed Bedford square they chatted easily until they cume to bis lodgings, where be stopped and said: "You can't miss your way now." No," she replied. "Thank vou, much obliged ; but you can't go in unless you give me 0." And she got between him and the door. 'Fiva pounds, my good madam I What forP 'Fivo pound. You have beguiled me to walk with you, assaulted me ami trind to in duce me to come to your rooms. Five pounds, or I scream for help." An invulid wife with in, an uibs incognita without, a hasty thought of tbo enndilidns, ft hearty cum, a ' smile from tho ludy, who pushed the crisp note into her bosom, and our friend was standing aluno, perspiration lulling like rain from his forehead. A FRIEND'S advick. The next day ho told bis friend, a London friend, about it Bless your transatlantic heart," said lie, 'you do not suppose tbat such dangers menace usl Why, we live hero. It is the stranger who is preyed upon. Should a woman address you again and threaten to scream you seize hor by tho wrist and tell 1ier to scream and you'll wnit till the officers como. Hhe'll break away and run and you must lot her do it" Sure enoujh lie was soon tvavlald again. Tbo question was for a chemist shop, spoken in tones so pregnant with grief and distress that tho American stopped, fit-spite bis resolu tion never to exebango a word nilb. the un protected London fenialu. "I want a liound," said tho woman. "Give it to me or I will cull for the police." ioucall them," said tho American, seiz ing bur arm. "I'll bold you till they como." And she did call, and the police came and es corted them both to the station bouse, Tho inspector on duty entertained a cross charge mid locked thorn both up. Tho inagistrnto in tho morning fined the womnn two and six. and told tho American his position mb open to a very reprehensible construction and lie bad better look cut Tho American was so mad that ha paid tho woman's fine, deter mined that justice such as that fhouM not have tho gratification of locking tho woman up. As n reward for all this tho nowspnpers all published a report of tho "eewntrie Amer ican, Ins wifo got well enough to voyage homo on tho Saturday Cunardcr, nud I10 fol lowed nlono in tho Whito Ktur ship 011 the next Tuesday. It was months lieforo they mado up, nnd now when on bis visits to Lon don, whoro bis business frequently calls him. ho traverses its strooU 111 a close cab, and sets well back iu it, too. As a matter of fact tho American is cot favorably regarded in any capacity, whether defendant or complainant, in tho English l)'.ico courts. Loudon Cor. Philadelphia Time. The Georgia I'lcnlo Klsa. And nftor all them is no chance for im provement over tho simple Georgia picnic Uiss, at the mere mention of which there rise bciorothe vision of nil tio old boys dainty muslins, pink ribbons, rosy chocks and P.eni bramlt suailow. Tho very air seems redolent of heliotrope; lnu-',itcr liko the ripple of a hidden brook trviuUK-s i:i tho distance, end the good right arm I eels again tho faint strugglo of modesty uioii it How tawdry, bow coarss and revolting seems tbe stage spasm compared with tbis. No, the best kiss ing after all is what the circumstance make it The circumstances that surround the old f.tshioned Georgia picuio make it simply de lightful The young man who is led oil by the stage kis drops the substance for the shadow and is to be pitied. Macon Telegraph. Explained at Last. Dr. Norman Kerr, of London, explains what is the matter with drunkards as fol lows: "There is an abnormal cerebral condi tion, a dynamical and psychical disturbance of tlie brain and ncrv function, a real de parture from ound health, which is iteelf a pathological state with, in all probability, it postmortem equivalent in hyperplasia of tlio neuroglia." Tast this In your hnta and j to oo b will uitt-Sm York Tribune. DANIEL BOONE'S PLOCKHOUSS. Bow the Noted I'loneer of Kentucky Pre tected Ills Fmlly-An Indlun 1'lau. Boone began building bl blockhouse her on the 1st day of April, 1775. Tb. old pioneer chose wisely bis location, and, with ui ey. only to it utility, cbo also one of the love lwstsi.oU.in tbe state. I don't suppos b bad much time to go, like Dr. byntax, u search of the picturesque, but it happened n this instance that ho found it without seek, ing. You can plainly see to this day the marks of the old blockhouse on tho ground, and a little digging in the soft earth with o cine will bring up ashes and bit of old pot tery from the spot wher the old fireplace were. Bo there i no obscurity about tb matter. You may stand, if you wish, on the veritable Nebo from which old Boono viewed his promised land, and you may be sure yoni foot is placed on the very soil trodden by tb brave men and braver women who founded this famous commonwealth more than a hun dred years ago. Of course the chief things considered by tlione who built blockhouses were the conven ience of water, fuel and provisions, nnd also an unobstructed view on nil sides. Standing here on tbe site of the fort, you can see at a glance bow all these ndvnntnges ore combined in 11, i Incniion. You stand perhaps a liuu- died yards from the wave of the Kentucky liver, and perhaps forty feet oUivo the water's edge, for the bank slopes up from the swift flowing stream to the very wuils of the fort To the cast and south the kind is lovel, with not a gully or a bank iu it largo enough in nnnrnnl a mail for half a milo in loth directions. In this fertile river lottom Boone bnd bis cornfield and raised his bread at the very door of bis castle. On the west the ground slopes slowly down to the unfailing whence tbe carrixon usually cot their supply of wotor. A well sunk inside the fort to the level or this spring, say twenty lees in depth, would, und I believe did, fur nish a lionntiful Quantity of wuter when besiegers rendered access to tbe spring impossible. All around are iiign mils like the rim of a deep plate, but nnne of them near enoiizb to tier- mil the guns used in former days to scud a bullet into tbe fort No foe can approach except to come over the rising ground where he can lie easily seen from the upper windows of the blockhouse. Just twrtm the river rise the nearest "knob," aliout 400 feet above the wutcr. nnd nerlmiis as innnv Yards from the fort in a straight line. A man 911 top of it would be outlined against the sky liko a sil houette, for the sun rises over it in tho morn ing and sets against it in the evening. : Altogether this location U just such ns yon would ex nect of a man nf Boone's irrent frood seuse to select It gives him every advantage nud tiutN hi nssnilnnts fit the mei-rv nf the garrison. It is related that once tho Indians attempted to undermine the fort by digging a tunnel from the steep offset of the river bank ; but the dirt which they were compelled to throw into tho river discolored the water and so betrayed their designs. No trick nor do vice moid tie siicrMtsfnllir niml uipiiIiicI-. tlm people in the fort, fur tho sharp eyed pioneers . .1 , . . uau 1 no viimuo grouuu. uoonesuoro Cor. Chicago Time. The Newport Girl A. Driving. Bellevue avenue in the morning isqulto another place from Bellevue avenuo iu the nfternoon. In the early hours of the day it ubouuds with pretty girls; they aro pretty iu their fresh morning costumes, flitting here and there, buying the little odds and ends of which woman is iu perpetual need. What do these "buds" wuut? 1 asked the other day. They drive up aud down iu their ornato carts, looking like peripatetic butterflies; they pause for an instant here, tbey fluHcr out there, they light in Bbop door and reap pear iu a s cond, get in their vehicles, tho tiger jmujis 011 behind and off they go, heaven knows where." "It is a part of the day's parade," was the reply to my question. A few horn's Inter these same divine Young sters will bo driving again through the avenue like circus riders, attired iu even more bewildering toilets thau those of the morn ing. The Nowport girl wears a brilliant oar mine gown of some soft silken fabric nnd a lit tle cap of the same matcriul on her bead, aud she sits bolt upright like a rnuu-cxl, with the reins held within six inches of her sweet little chin, and away she goes, with a tiny, white breeched tiger holding on for dear life behind tho high T cart There must be some thing in Newport air that lends courage to the most timid social flower. I Imvo yet to see a girl who is afraid to drive a stylish turnout Even the 5-year-old infuut cries for a donkey cart, and what is luuro gets it I saw ono of these infantile turnouts tho other day, and it is no exaggeration to say the wluto aproned uuive probably put tho whoa- affair iu her pocket v.'lieu Aius.er Tbreestors grow tt-weury of this pastimo of driving over the big avenue. Boston Herald. Musical Instrument! of Central Asia. The Uzbeg women ore jealously kept out of sight of a male stranger, even though ho may bo a distinguished guest, und he is expected to bo amused by dancing boys culled bntcbns nud musician. Tbo musical instruments of central Asia nro soiuewhut limited iuuuiu'oer. Ono I saw at Bokhara resembled a guitar, forty-six inches long, with n sounding board nino inches by four. It might Ik-played w ith u 1kw or with tho thumb. Another instru ment resembled the flageolet, and bad some thing of lh. haut'oov sound, or between that nud the bagpipe. Singing is frequently uc- coinpanusl liy men beating tauilwuriues be fore 11 charcoal llro iu n brazier, over which from limo to tinio they hold llioir instruments to tighten tho parchment Tim latchas allow their hair to grow long liko that of girls, and dress iu long flowing robes and wide trousers. Tlieir ijcrforninuco interested mo to see once, but when repeated ngaiu and again it became exceedingly tedious, Th musicians 011 occa sions of dancing sit upon a piece of felt or carvet, dressed in their tall sheep skiti hats, wh j givo tho L'zliecs a somewhat ferocious appearance. Dr. Henry Luusdell in Harper' Magazine. Mamma Could Tteat Them AIL It is rented that oue of the little nrch-duchessi-s of Austria was taken to a circus where nothing nmazed her and very little pleased her. On her return homo tbo em peror asked bow she bad enjoved t',10 wr formaiioe. "Oh, very well," tke'young lady replied, "only mamma does everything the circus women did a gi-eat deal lttr. Why, I have seen her jump through six hoops." It appears that this is really true, and that tlie empress ha 011 more than one occasion given a strictly private entertainment to berinti mat, iu which she bas surprised them with feat rivaling those of the most skilled circu riders. Bo .tou Journal. Looking at Their Teeth. Deceptions of all kinds are said to be prac ticed by Fiencb-Canadiun families and.mill bands in Salem. Mass., in order to conceal tbe age of children too young to work from the inp.ctor. Lately, however, a member of the :x-nl echo,)! lard, a deutKt, bit upon a mean of overcoming tbe obstacle, and now, in doubtful instances, tbe cbdd is or dered to on iu moutlu If no molar, due at .V1 nS. -,,"v,'n ea" H joorered. it mnt ev to m-imi in spite of all protestaliou. Kw York Tribuui TESTING A GREAT LENS. VISIT TO THE WORKSHOP OF -THE LATE ALVAN CLARK. Finishing Ihe' Object Olasa af a Great TeleseoprI'ollslilua; with tb l'alra ol the Hand-A TeP at Star A Stury. In 1883 I " 10 Alvan Clark, tb distinguished utnictor of telescopes, who has just diet). I found him at bl home 111 CainbrilgeHi t, lias. Hi sou wero busy putting tba fliiisblng touche to the great felecoe object glass then being made for the Russian Astronomical observatory at Pulkovo. The Pulkova objective was to be placed In a temporary mounting that very evening to be tested for th llrst tiro on celestial object It Is in the aftor correction and perfecting of the objective which calls for the special kill which hat made Alvan Clark' nam to famous. The large objectives, such a the Pulkova and Lick glume, are ground and polibed by machinery. Two levers work In oppoiite directions, nud are so arranged that any part of the glass surface may be reached, doing the work. The final iolisli, which is of the most delicate nature imaginable, i done with tlie rurfnc of tbe baud. Mr. Clark went so fur oa to cay that one involution of th baud iu excess would change the correction. On a table was the finished Pulkova Ions, which weighed 4o0 Kmuds, and consist 1 of two lenses each thirty Inches in diameter. Generally these lenses are made to accurately (It, und are joined together with Canada bal sum, but in such large glasses as the Pulkova and the Lick, they are fitted iu a metal frame with an adjustment so that they rati b made to approach each other, or otherwise. When the evening was sufficient!) advanced the great Pulkovn gloss was placed iu its tern Kirnry fitting iu the garden. There was no moon and the darkness was Intense. The glass nas brought out 011 a four wheel hand truck und lifted into the tube by five men and fixed by revolving it in the screw fitting. The tube was forty-flvo feet long nnd neighed with the utteuding fittings nbout seven tons. Two piles of brickwork supported tbe whole. There was 110 clockwork movement and the rough est npjKirntus was emph ed, the telescope nas raised and moved by a guide rope, the mo tion nf 11 n eqiialoriul movement being imi tated by using n common windlass. As th motion of tho earth caused tbe object to pass across the field of the telescope, the observer gave the order "follow," when a slight turn of til a windlass kept the object iu view. Buch were the rough upplinnce used to test thil $00,1 00 leus. VIEW OF A FIXED STAR. . The planets had nil set, and I had to be sat isfied with a view of n fixed star, which is an excellent object for testing the optical proper ties of a leus, but very uninteresting other wise, ns the lurgi st telescope can make littlo impression 011 0, fixed star; no disk can be seen, merely a i peck of light The star se lected was a small one, and barely visible a a pale, minute object On looking nt It with this magnificent instrument It wonderful light gathering power were nt once evident, for tho star shono with the luster and brill iancy of an electric light It was an object which brought out nil tbe imperfection of the gluss, and to the eyes of Mr. Clark and his sons many were evident, aud, it was said, two months' work was necessary to correct them. During tbe trial the lens were lowered mid five men revolved tbe glass ia its fitting. On iu being placed iu position ngnin oue of the sous was about to muke unother test w hen the old man shouted: "Wait, boys, k-t her cool." I was curious to know wlint this could mean, aud Alva Clark explained that the cor rection was so delicate that the 1 eat from the hands of the five men holding the metul case of tho objective would change the correction, so it had to "cool." In a conversation with Mr. Clark on the advantages of immense telescopes such as this one, lie admitted that the telescopes of mod erate nurture, say from ten to fifteen inches, were preferablo for general ne even for the highest purposes. lie spoke with pride of such an instrument he hud made, wiih which be bnd seen all tbat could be seen even with colossal telescopes. Only one dis covery bus beeu made with the Washington telescope of twenty-six inches diameter during its many veal's of use. Tho Russian Pulkova instrument, delivered by tbe Clarks In lti$2, has never been beard l'roiu, nud those who exiect inmiedinl und extraordinary results from tho Lick thirty-six inch obj 'dive will probably Ui disappointed. The bu;;o tele scopes arc great light gatherer and useful for photographic und spectroscopic work, but their definitions of the surface, of tbo moon anil the planets are disnptminling. A story is told of a French astronomer who traveled hundreds of miles to look through the grent Ross telescope. When asked what he would like to seo be called for the planet Saturn, which was then iu good position. On looking through the telescope and finding the wretched definition of the object he said: kYou tell mo I have looked ut the planet Saturn, so I must believe I have done so; but I was not awitie of the fact" John Michel in New York Sun. rm-elinsurs of 1'uliitlngs. Amateurs of paintings, that is purchasers, may lie divided iuto three classes', namely; those who pay more for pictures than they are worth; those who get them nt their proper value and those who have a knack of making good bargains. To belong to .the third clnsj ono must almost inevitably pur through the first two, nud theie are many who spend their last dollar before reaching It Real connoisseurs are very rare; there at very, very few experts who can be implicitly relied on. Some amateur speculator are very sly and at time make bold strokes. Here is a noted example: Mr. W. happened to buy an unknown Rembrandt at l'ilotel Drouot for a mere song. Tbe painting was genuine, but, not being known, it was not quoted. To launch it iuto renown, the owner conceived the idea of putting it up again for sals at l'ilotel Drouot and of lm vine one of his friends, who was in the secret, to push it up to fu.uno. This was a sham sale, for Mr. V. ref&ided the money to his friend and kept the picture. But after that day the Rembrandt was consecrated and classed, fol ia the artistic circles the newly found picture became the topic of conversation. Then when Mr. W. was certain tbut desire was ripe in tbe heart of rich amateurs he acain put up the picture at auction and this time it brought the round sum of f30,(W0. Paris uor. iirooklyn tngle. Must Find a Itetter Way. A Kentuckiau with a largo jug made a bar gain with a countryman to take him four mile over the hill. "IIow miicb'U you cuaiger -un. a couple of swigs of the stuff iu that jug'll make it about tquore, I reckon." After .he journey bad leu made and tlie countryman had taken a swig, he said: ".Stranger, I'm a peaceable man, but if you dont want to be chuck full of lead to-night you'd liettor find another way to carry yer molasses." Madison Democrat Gill not tbat innu u retobed wbo, whatever Ql be sutlers, bas a child k love boulbey. Burrzm- l fcV 0peRn...... " u.erwgraoe, , " iea California roiV;: 5 00 Pickled f;il Waa " Eiern, full cream ' '' Oregon, do S California I w"i-Freu Illlllrn lu. ' . ----- huts--. Applet qro. sk. . CaliforniV; Aprlcota, new crop reara.marhi.j,?... 1. Pitted cheVr.. nM Hlttivf rlt iv. r rTbV.:.,nidbxs . .uiiCT,rrnch ' ii Oregon prune. 1, Floor- ., White Lily rbbl " Country brand fi,in..fl-.. I. vifivri linn -- f ( GKAIlf- tt Wheat, Valley,) inn a. do W.1 .Vail, ' Barley, whole, retl... " Feud Hrari m .am I Short, v ton .. " Hay, j ton, baled'.'.'.'" Chop, f ton . 1 Oil cake meal)' ton..'! ) Frew l-Rcmi- , Apple, Oregon, box , Cherries, Oregon, fan. ' 1 LrmoRH, California, bi" u Limes, if 100 .?.., Riverside oranKealv'tni'' Peaches, f box - . J Hit, Da 19, Dry, over 18 It s, f ft , Wet salted, overt Jit Murrain hides,... (j.l... fiH- rcim - - -.-t-h.m.no. Cabbage, V lb Cairo u, sack ....'.!'.!'.," THE LUCK OF SOME MOW THEY ACCEPT In tlie grand monllljdnil Louisiana Htale Lottery fa tenths of the capiulpriieo. j dred and fifty lhou.udl. sold in this city, thernmJ A T -WW 1 uons in new x ork and Cb-ei; Mr. Laurent Paget, 1 ti broker doing bu.hrutlil( street, was the first kko. tery office Wednetdsj mic. on behalf of a friend, prtxt, demption One-tenth ol Ui' .Milled to fiileen ibounwi Having received sbt-k&J that amount, Mr. F.neH knowledgmeut, eigneilictr. departed. Scarcely had he wilhdnr,' etepped two gentltmeii, I TujHgue and friend. It; drawn a priie and liedesix it in Tien-on. His ticket, i. retenttd twatenths of the tal prixe of twenty thous-- and was entitled to four Ikil lurx. Mr. Tujsgue is baste fellow, native of JiewOw: ently 21 years of ge, i: father keeps a saloon ill" Street. lie bought bit tk; peddler in his neighbor., thoroughly convinced tk kind in the distribution oll He received a .heck to sand dollars on the New k tional Bank Ike a Hills w and wanted everybw !j to a him, and cigned foribe.r money he ever received t vultial account, lor siinoii has ueuullv joined in to lures, on this particulur eld gentleman "Rueiwn" co in." for wliicb unrij the o. g. in donbtleri in"; horoKcone with a view da from the firmament b; Victor expect, to w 1 the sign which swinoow;' 1 he house of spiritual "' 213 Decatur street, m . uch choice propertits sider bargains. U money at usurious or even tere.t .,, The other one-tenth tf1 a.i or,d fiftv thousand whs drawn yeslenlsj ! ; National Bank for ; tor. AV Orltant i HE GR.il 6K PURELY VBjJj 77. J.'"'''" "7T ill viiioin iu ri KANSAS VITI. " . MrA, -ll'S'f''i(,l I rrrr toe V" --. e. RicH-oriu,- fs Do Yon Suffer ir-; Ci. : 'M h-u "TV' UCT.ng.ment f tte u four year., .nd-JT;. Have x.l liar to n'"r"lZyr?, Cor. Stt l ""' ..,,5: Safer and EetttfJJf ofUKLIrrr,.ndM" irmnijtv--' i-iT O" t iicf. wya ",r (:rJIIM ... ... IStJI I
