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s" EUGENE CITY GUARD. Lbi'AJirBKLL, . rrrletr, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. PITH AND POINT. Iliblt is tho dress of character. Whitehall limes. In this world J jr Is moasured by the cup; troublo by tho puck. Truth In bcRiitiruI, but sooloty ns yet has not offered a promlum for lis steady uso. Pomeroift Advance Thougld. An Omaha editor hns discovorctl tliat thoro Is no hiicIi thing as a bald lioadod UUot.jtchison Globe. Tnilii up a child In tho way ho hould go," and keep a littlo ahead of him In tho samo way during tho train ing, to lio Hiiro ho goo. Picayune. A Western oditor asks. "How shall we get our girl to road articles on nclonliflo subj-eis?" Why, mix them up with tho fashion nolo, of course. Young women ought never to get Into s way of thinking that It Ib better to marry imprudently than remain singlo ami exposed to absurd comment thereby. Pittsburgh Ch ronicle. Laziness grows on people; it bo fins In cobwebs and ends In iron chains. Tlio moro business a mnn las to do tho moro he Is ablo to ac complish, for lio learns to eeonoinizo till timo. Texas Siftings. A printer up In Canada Is snid to lieono liuudrod and throti yoars old. Ho lias m ado so ninny typographical errors during his career that he Is afraid to die. Sornervitle Journal. Small boy (at church picnic) "I say. Johnny, where's I lio in nico ham sandwlehos your ma put up for youP Theo ain't no good." Johnny (bit torly) "Tho superintendent an' tho teachers Is a-catiu of 'ein." Af. Y. Bun. Whllo a mnn was nailing up a pate in Joiiosboro, Go., lightning struck the hammer and killed him. Huw many shiftless men will make this an excuso for never nailing up the gate. Texts Silings. Tho lover who writes tho swootcst Valentino pooiry beforo marriage doesn't always mako tho sort of a hus band who will bring up the cnnl and ooUie walling twins livo yoars aftor the wedding day. If a man and wifo are ono flesh, no wonder it Is such a painful operation for them to get dlvorcod. And, by tho way. that reminds us that divorces should only bo granted on Twos-day. Charlestown Enterprise. If thiTo Is nothing lovelier In tho world thnu a well-behaved and good tempered child, there are fow creat ures more odious than ono who is law leu and quarrelsome. Half a dozen such would render a largo hotel un comfortable. A'. Y. Ledger. Tho diflorenco Oht the glrl'i beautiful, ' Loving and dutiful, When we a e bopnful to win her. Let hurour lultdony. Then the li but a guy, Shunned u the veriost sinner. Boston Budget. I Old Chocolate's Philosophy. j Par's ninny a lio on a tomb-stun. Ef do cat's asleep do bacon nm safe. Tears dat flow belli n' do do' am do fnlW ob Horror. Dar's no uso look in' at do sun of hit plies yo' eye. Do wicked offon wondoh howoddahs kin be goo. I. Do dog dat donn' baak gits do big ges' mouf ul ob brooches. Doan' weep fo' faded blossoms. Dar r seed on do snmo bush. Do bird on do wnvln' branch a' n't hit rs easy 02 do Mid on do stump. Ef do doctah kin cu' yo' lumbago, w'y can't ho cu Ms own rnnmiytiz? Do light nin'-rod mnn does a quick job wid do faamah w'oso buuu was struck. Ef a straight faeo war cv'denco ob honesty, nobody ud cvah cotch do man dat stole dat coonskln. Judge. The Case Was Dismissed. "Did you strike this man?" liiqulrod the judge. "Yes, sir. I did. " ; What did you do it for?" "Well, ver Honor, it was this way. X was out In my yard ilxin' up an up pie troo that had beon brokon by tho wind. I had a littlo method of my wn, that I thought would mako tho tree grow together. This man came slung and says to niei 'What, ver doin'P" Then I went through tho whole thing, and when I'd finished I says: " 'D.m't you think it's a big under taking? "Tree-mcnd-ous."snys ho. and as for the rest of the fuels, tho police oflloer knows 'em." Merchant Trawler. A Square Man. No sort of olaborato eulogy can so completely tlonno character to tho ap preciation of tho many as tho derlara tiou of a man that ho is, 'Square." This is an abbreviation of "square tofsi, wiiieh, in its time, was a con. traction of "Ho squarely toes the line." An upright, honest man conies "square-toed" to tho line of duty, and Is accordingly ampiare man. Tho term b slmule, and it is sufficient. A voter sks to know no more who learns that s candidate - - ..... W Mil AIIO word Vqunre," to denote honesty and Integrity of eharacter, Is common in business and political phraseology, and the man who has the reputation of being "square" in all things, U pretty spt to be trusted implici t by his fol- low-Umis, St. Louit Globt-DemocraL DUNDcrl An Incident tVlilcli 11ml" elm Ohl liriil1" iiihii H rart hikI "ifk. "Sergeant, may pi; yn know con." pody who likes to buy nie omit?" can Mr. DirndiM as he entered the Ccnir.i Station yesterday witli a down-trodden appearance. "Oil! It's you, is itl"' q -led Ser ceant Konilnll as ho looked up. "Got into some fresh trouble, I suppose?" "Sergeant, I vhus broke, all oop, If I can sell oudt I donn shtay here two weeks." "What's tho occasion?" "Vhell, it makes me feci better If I tell you. You know I keep a telephone in my Mace; I keep him to shpeak niit my bruwer und to some Alilcriunns. Yesterday a man who vhas asshlick ash grease comes in und says vhas I Carl Dumler? I vhas. All right. Mr, Diiuder, der wires vhas crossed und your telephone doan' work. Sorry if you vhas troubled, but I feex him right oft". Vhell, ho goes mit dot phono und taps on der box, und takes down der trumpet und savs: "Hello! Central! Hello! hello! hello! y-e-s! I vhas at CarlT)under's. Can you hear mo now? Why, ol course if he likes to treat mo dot vliaf all right Nice oldt mans, und doan' you forget hhul Vhell all right, goot-pyo!' "Now, Sergennt, I haf to ask him to take a glass of beer, doan' I? If I doan' I vhas no shentleman, vh?" "(Jo on." "Vhell, nboudt two hours later a second man came in. Ho vhas shlick, too. Vhas I Carl I) under? I vhas. All right. Mr. Dunder, dot induction vhas so strong wo vhas in a pecked troubles. Let mo seo how your tele phone vims. Und ho goes oop und knocks on der box und softly says : "Hello ! Hill, vhas dot you ? No. Yes. Perhaps. Vhy, I vhas down to CaH Diimlcr's place. I second der motion. I can get two hoonered votes for him for Alderman. Hasn't treated mo yet, but ho probably w ill. Vhell, bo long.' "Now, Sergeant, I haf to set oop der beer, doan' I ? I feels tickled, you know, und I liko to be a shentlemaus." "I understand. What else ?" "Vhell, somo moro fellers como, und I doan suspect nopody until Shake comes home. Den he says it vhas an old chestnut, und dot I vhas soft In der headt. Dot makes mo mailt nil oafcr. Pooty queek somepody conies in. Vhas I Carl Dunder? I vhas. All right Say, Mr. Dunder, vhen you ring on der telephone your number doan' drop in der oflico. Pleaso allow me. Und he goes oop und rings und calls oudt: "Vhas dot you, Nellie. Ah! dere, Nell? Does dot number drop down when I ring? bay, vhas you going oop to der Flats next Soonday ? Guess vhere I vas ? Not much! You vhas vhav oil". I vhas down to Carl .' "Vhell, Sergeant, dot vhas all I could slitaud. I chump on dot feller und gif him six weeks sickness," "(rood 1 I honor your pluck I" "Sergeant, keep quiet Ho doan' go nvhay oafer half an hour vhen my tele phone rings. Vhas I Carl Dunder ? I vhas. Dis vhas Supl, Sliuckson, of der telephone. Mr. Dunder, you haf almost killed ono of our regular re pairers, und I liko to say to you dot it cost you moro ash four hoonorod dollars!" "No !" "Dot vhas so. I doan' shleep two winkslast night, und my wifo says it vltill all como oudt dot I vhas Mu-Garijrle." "It was a bad mistake." "Vhell, vhat can I do ? Shust like I tells you, nopody 'vhas two times alike. I vhas all der time shakiiiL' mit my boots, und Shako vhas going into oiisumptiou. Sergeant, if somepody arrests me let him bo very soft find quiet I vhas so broke oop dot I can't stand some more inicf. If you see Mister Sliackson tell him how it vhas. Tell him dot I vhas all turned around In dis country, und cafery time I kick at some dead-beat he proves to bo a shentlemaus. Good-pve. Serjeant I Maype I take some Hough on somo Hats und put an end to all dis grief. " Detroit free Press. Nautical Conversation. "Have you seen my beautiful yacht?" "Have I seen your beautif ul whaelit?" "Heautiful yacht" "beautiful whacht?" "Yacht! yacht! yacht!" "Oh! No, I have nacht." "If it's nacht too hacht let's tracht down to tho spacht where I keep my yacht" 1 J "I wacht that you have nacht gacht a yacht Great Scacht! I know your placht You ought to be slmcht. I'll nacht stir ono jaeht Your yacht Is nothing but an old tuchb." .V. J'. Sun. Tho following indorsement was made by n colored preacher on the hack of a marriage license returned to the of fice of the county register: "1, , did united those parties that was licens, on 27 day of June, 1887, together In matrimony, in tho name of the Father, and of the Son and of tho Holy Gost 1887, at the house of , In Wilmington, N. C, according to laws ol ..New Hanover Co. Toather In the inline of the Son ami of tho Holy Gost" Wilmington (.V. (.'.) Slur. Great Traveler "Yes, they have some curious customs in Cuba. For in stance. Cuban girls won't let their lov ers kiss them until after marriage." Omaha Girl-"Very short engage- meius, i suppose.'' "Xo; sometimes the engagements last several years." "And during all that time they won't be kissed?" "Not once." "I don't be lieve it Vmaha World. The I'UIn Truth Abuut the Much Talked of Koran I'lunt. There Is considerable interest just now existing in regard to tho forage plant commonly known at alfalfa. This Is tho Spanish name of lucem, a plant of the leguminous tribe closely resembling clover, ami commonly cul tivated in Europe for green fodder. It diners from clover, however, in having more woody stalks, slenderer leaves, a purplish flower, and a legiimo or pod, which is coiled spirally and contains several seeds. It is a nativo of Spain, and thrives best in hot, somewhat dry climates, and produces enormously when irrigated. In the northern Ital ian provinces it is commonly crown In this way, and is cut several times in a season, producing in tho aggregato sixty to eighty inches of herbage in the growing season. It is perennial, and when kept free from weeds and ma nured occasionally It continues to yield abundantly for twenty years, never being permitted to seed, however. It is not a good hay plant unless It fs cut quite young and cured with lit tle exposure to the sun, but as a green fodder plant it is unexcelled. As com pared with clover it is sixteen percent, richer in albuminoids, thii ty-threo per cent richer in fat, and eight or nine per cent, poorer in carbo-hydrates, and has twenty percent moro woody fibre, to which it owes its inferiority as a hay plant It is an excellent food when cut green for all farm animals, for which uso it is extensively cultivated in California, and might bit made very valuable in the Southern States. As it has been made a subject for much discussion recently in the leading agricultural journals, and has been fre quently written of witli more favor, wo think, than it deserves, it is perhaps desirable lo mention its disadvantages as compared with tho only crop with which it comes into competition, as well as to notice nil its valuable char acteristics. This we do from personal experience with it having grown it more than twenty years ago as a forago crop and abandoned its culture ns less prolitabln and convenient than that of red clover for ordinary farm purposes. It has never been extensively grown where clover flourishes, and in such lo calities has boon sown moro as an ex periment than for use, nnd when so sown has always fallen into neglect and disuse. It is of no use as a tem porary crop grown in rotation, because of its cost and the slowness with which it comes to maturity. It requires a special culture, must bo sown nlono nnd upon rich soil in the cleanest con dition, for it is quite unable to resist weeds, nnd whon in its first weak, slow growth is quickly smothered and stunted, consequently it is necessary to manure the soil well nnd to sow tho seed in drills twelve or sixteen inches apart nnd to cultivate crop frequently until it covers the ground. Tho seed is costly, twenty pounds per acre is re quired, and the price is twenty-five cents per pound. It can not be grazed as clover may bo nor is it more prolilic than clover, These are its disadvantages, and it is easily perceived that as a competitor with clover it can not bo profitably substituted for it in ordinary farm cult ure where clover does its best And when clover is plowed tinder after it lias served its purpose so well for two or threo years it furnishes to the soil a much larger quantity of valuable plant food than is contributed by alfalfa. Alfalfa nourishes most luxuriantly upon tho rich river bottoms of tho California valleys, known as tule lands, nnd upon tho rich dry lands of Colorado and other localities of the far West, where tho climate is dry and ir rigation is practiced. Tliero it is at its best, but the conditions under which if luxuriates being so different from those prevailing elsewhere show plainly that it is not a suitable plan for ordi nary farming where clover is at its best. Nevertheless, there are some localities in tho eastern part of the continent whero it may bo found very useful. In Florida and most of 'the Southern States, for instance, it will find a con genial home and may be used most ad vantageously for slimmer feeding ns green fodder; but its exacting charac ter in regard to culture should not be lost sight of, for it will refuse to grow under tho same conditions in which clover would yield a fair crop and would utterly fail under the common system of culture which prevails in the South. The manner of preparing the soil for ilfalfa 'snnicli the same as that f or ant tithe spring crop. The land should be deeply plowed, and if not rich enough to bring seventy-live bushels of corn or threo tons of timothy and clover per acre it must be made so by liberal manuring. The land must also lie cleared of weeds by previous sum mer fallowing, and this dean culture is indispensable.' The soil is Im.ni'ht to a tine tilth by repeated harrowing, and the seed is then drilled in rows twelve to sixteen inches apart sonic time in May.. The ground is repeatedly cultivated during the summer, and if tho growth is good a crop of fodder may he mowed in 'the fall, but it is best t'o leave it uncut as a protection to the young roots tho first winter. Pastur ing by pigs is destructive of the crop. -V. Y. Times. 1 Take care hdw you let any machine oil or lubricator come in contact w ith a cut or scratch on your hand or arm. or serious blood poison may result In the manufacture of somo of these machine oils fat from diseased and de composed animals is used. All physi cians know how poisonous such matter is. The only safeguard is not to let any spot where the skin is broken bo touched by any machine oil or lubri. cator. TU Farmer and Manufacturer. Soma of th Chlnn" Huminrr D-llocll Covrtfid by the tirlhmn iiramvn. One of the attractions of Mott street on a summer Sunday are tho several Chineso watermelon stands. If one wishes to enjoy a gcniilno Oriental market sight with stands and booths of nearly every description, crowded with Chineso patrons, ho should pass through Mott street on a Sunday after noon, say about livo o'clock. The way tho heathens get away with Christian watermelon is significant Without exaggeration on a singlo Sunday after noon between the hours of four nnd eight p. in., at least two tons, or four thousand pounds, of watermelons are devoured by tho throat-parched opium smokers. Thero are seven Chinamen who keep watermelon stands and each takes in from twenty to fifty dollars per Sunday. They retail their melons at five cents a slice to their fellow coun trymen. As many as forty Chinamen bio often seen surrounding ono stand munching at huge chunks of well ripened "Western pumpkins," ns tho Chinese call them. Then there are tho Chineso peanut stands, that also do a big business at any timo of the year. This is because tho Chineso cook their peanuts in salt water. They are boiled until they bc como mellow. Even tho Chinese roasted peanuts are much superior to those produced by tho son of sunny Italy, bocauso the nuts nro soaked in salt for thirty-six hours before they are put through tho roaster. Tho watermelon seeds are similarly treated, and they servo among tho Mongolians of Gotham' as a very dainty dish at their great dinners, as, instead of smoking cigars, the Chinese guests sit down and crack watermelon seeds. The sugar-cane stands also do a rush ing business, as do tho Chinese "Leon fun" or ice-cream stands. The Chinese ice-cream is somewhat ditt'erent from any other kind of , ice-cream. In tho first place it has no ice in it, and in tho second place there Is no cream; but it is called Leon fun or "cold" cream or jelly, and it is really the only thing that answers to ice-cream among tho four hundred million of heathens in China. The Chinese are so fond of it that even tho real article here has failed to super sede it This "Leon fun" is mado of a species of light stuff, very much liko American blano mange. It is boiled very thin with brown sugar and set in cold water until it congeals and then cut up in dice-shaped small squares. A few spoonfuls of this is put into a bowl, a kind of thin, cool sweetened sauce is poured over it and tho whole of this peculiar mixture is sold for a Christian nickel. The Mott street fan- tan players call it boiled ice-cream. Wong Chin Foo, in N. Y. World. SMUGGLING AT NIAGARA. IIow American GocuU Are Carried Acroet the Canadian Line. Quite a thriving smuggling business sdono by boatmen on tho river, and at least three Fort Erie boatmen make their living this way. while there are dozens of pthers who carry contraband goods occasionally. Two Fort Erie fish ermen, who were drowned last winter, had their boat loaded with five hun dred pounds of coal, which caused the craft to capsize on tho ice-lloo when a crean-up occurred ou tho lake. The penalty for smuir'rlin'r into Canada is heavy, and there are somo queer wrinkles in the law. lor in stance, the informant gets a large per centage of the proceeds of a seizure. Then,' if a person should smuggle a small amount of goods whilo entering tho lariror part, the whole is aubieet to seizure. When Root & Keatimr's confi dential clerk, Erp, embezzled several thousand Hollars, !io built a lino houso over tho river in Fort Erie and furnished it in excellent style. Ho entered his nouseiioid goods on tho free list as having been used several months, but nfterwant smuggled over several lace window curtains. A Fort Erio woman, who got into Mrs. Erp's confidence, in formed the officers, and every thing in tho houso was seized. The. informant got a largo part of the furniture, and has somo of it now in her houso in the village. The seizure so broke up Erp that ho returned to Buflalo and gave up all ho had left on condition that he would noti-e criminally prosecuted. A veteran boatman said to-day: "Smuggling is going on all tho time along tho Niagara river front It is mostly from this side into Canada. Small boats are used, and every even ing dozens of parcels are carried over. Fort Erie people get seven-eighths of their supplies from Hufl'alo, nnd seven eighths of this pays no duty. They bring the goods down to tho water front and leave them with some boat house keeper or friend and give somo boatman over tho river a tip to ferry them across. They'll do it for twenty, five cents and deliver tho goods after dark. The Canadian officer are hon est enough, but they have got too much to watch and can not cover every point "I ferried over four young fellows one night who each had a new suit of clothes. People save fifty per cent, on somo things and then they can't get what they want over in Canada. Poor coffee costs forty cents a pound, when just ns good can be got in Buffalo for twenty-five cents. Tea is the same way. You can not get a decent pair of shoes in Fort Erie. Housekeepers go to tho city, order ten or twelve dollars worth of goods to be delivered at a cer tain place along the river, and during the night the goods are transferred across. Buffalo Cor. Chicago yews. . Fremont County, Wyo., sheared sixty-five thousand sheep'this season, yielding five hundred and twenty-five thousand pouuds of wooL The Direction In Which to I.oolc for Prao. tlcal liinUneee of It. Curtiiis rodo into thn dreadful and dark abyss for tho salvation of Rome.. It was a deed for all time to applaud and for all men to exult over a Bplon did cxliiliil i'ii of personal daring and of patriotic sacrifice, A good deal nearer to us in point of fact and time was tho heroic front of Nathan Halo, tho gallant young martyr of tho Amer ican revolution, whose last regret was that he had only only ono life to give to his country. Very properly wo admire ami celebrate these ami irll heroic deeds; but thero are other kinds of heroism of which littlo noto is made, but which ought to movo us to admira tion as fervid as that which tho world has agreed to 'lay upon tho altars whereon patriotism has immolated it self in tho splendid moments of tho world's history. Where, for example, shall we find loftier courago than that of the woman who goes into her own kitchen day after day and week nfter week during tho long continued and wearing heat of the summer, that those who are dependent on hermiiiistrations may cat and drink and be satisfied? And that sho does it with sweet cheer fulness, and that sho comes from her kitchen to her dinner table flushed and overheated, thinking only how sho enn enhauco tho family comfort, with never a complaint for self, and you may have a truly hcroio figure. Sublime patience is tho only weapon with which wo can do hopeful battle against extreme heat How many of us are possessed of sulliciciit moral music to handle that weapon valiantly? Tho lament able fact is, most of us nro too ready to lay down the good sword point of patience nnd light only with dull com plaint and querulous objurgation. The general impulse is to run away at tho first onslaught of Hummer, in cowardly and selfish heedlessness of the mother martyr in her kitchen. She is not an inspiration for the poets (who nre not as a rule, helpful or reassuring persons to live with), but, ns this world goes, she is the motor nnd tho fly wheel of the family machine. Without her what could we do? And where should wo find alubstitute? It is only the favored few who can say to the hired servant: "Go thou, and do and suffer in our service that we may eat of the pala table whortleberry pio and tho juicy roast beef, and drink of the iced tea that rattles merrily in the capacious goblet" Appreciation of the humble woman's patience and courage and fortitude in tho face of her kitchen sufferings would seem to be the small est compensation that we can give her. No doubt we would gladly pay her much more than appreciation if only somo thoughtful friend would remind us of our debt The trouble with us is that wo accept her uncomplaining service ns part of our inherent right Why may not wo make an occasional littlo speech or perform an occasional littlo act of thanks? Detroit Free Press. BENEFITS OF SUNLIGHT. Fact for lloiiapkreper Who Have the Welfare of Their Fauilllei at Heart. Instead of excluding tho sunlight from our houses lest it fade carpets and curtains, draw flies nnd bring freckles, wo should open every door and window and bid it enter. It brings life and health and joy; tliero is healing in its beams; It drives away disease, damp ness, mold, megrims. Instead of do ing this, however, many careful house; wives close tho bi nds, draw down tho shades, lock tho doors, shut out the glorifying rays, and rejoice in the dim and musty coolness and twilight of their apartments. It is pleasant nnd not unwholesome during the glare of the noontide to subdue the heat, but in the evening we may freely indulge in the sun-bath, nnd let it flood all our rooms and if nt its very fiercest and brightest, it has full entrance to our sleeping rooms so much the better for us. Wire netting in doors and windows excludes not flies and mosquitoes only, but all other insects, and those who have once used it will eontinuo to do so. With this ns a pro tection from intrusive winged creat ures. one may almost dispense with shades and shutters; nnd enjoy all the benefits of an open house without nny of tho annoyances so frequent in warm weather. But better the annoyances with sunshine than freedom from them without it Statistics of epidemics have shown that if they rage in any part of a city, they will prevail in houses which nro exposed the least to sunshine, while thoso most exposed to it, will not bo at all, or very slightly, affected. Even in tho same house. persons occupying rooms exposed to sunlight will bo healthier and repulse epidemic influences better than those occupying rooms where no sunlight en ters. Baptist Weekly. General John Bidwelf, who recent ly gave eight acres of his great ranch at Chieo, Cal., ns a site for the new Normal School of Northern California, went to that State long before the dis covery of gold. Ho bought his ranch of 30.000 acres for $3,000, and now it is worth 2,000.000, and yields an income of 1 100,000. General Bid well used to be a great wine producer, but his second wife has induced him to root out all his wine "grapes and replace them with raisin grapes. A turtle was found in 1854 south of York, Pa., by several parties, who marked it "L. K." In 1877 it was found again, and few days ago the same old turtle was found on the farm of Mr. J. F. Rohrbach, south of York. When found and marked in 1851 the turtle was as large as it is now. BOLD RaiTTrf? """nay t,.t- nnd then haiUcci Sj tl''i'l.gg..gewa8,(,7V lotions which couhl C,ri'4-1 pluiiitshavoalL'M; r a short pori H. Bince, when a lm' oJ ' . Hull, ,d y. ... . . Ill li, ,, officials, when f. . H. tiou were less common. Tl "J1" t Investigation whid, " L however, have ui1othlTlrjm.M;:j7' "HIS t passed awav. "ko collisions, ,,! ! 1 ! . " ' UIIH h ' l'us l "losecm-i, tUe atu-uti atithoritiiM. 08lll"tiuo In the last ten years I W. i . liir:rnro rill..l n... ... learned the way to treki'Tt 5 "ret, to put nothin2 in , 'l! which can bo of uiUV and, secondly, to see thllt the , J . v i im 1 , 0nie cautiUs ' carry leaden seals and pin N cipher, and seal all theli,., ,' were going f,-m Rome n This is effective. u,n The thieves have ncoesj to ti.' gage vans, and work while the tn' in motion. They gciiei-ally driu" the pin of the hasp of the lock n -" of the hinges, go carefully throng contents, put them bark a o4 after having taken whut tl, and put the pins of lock or hinrwl in their place. The thefts ally limited to luggage enmZ Italy or tVit which evidently tel.. to foreigners. If a box has lii-i tickets on it showing that it go ami lortn continually in Ihjt.. thieves let it alone. The ownetol-J luggage tnus does not discwri meit till too Mr trom the thief to. plain. Complaint is, however i use. In one personal experience. . which my wife's trunk had beett cutely overlooked and 20 eiiw. from nn envelope in a writini the bottom, where it was putatTnr every thing else having been crtti replaced, I made complaint It & station-master at Venice, Ksm found that the money was missin v. tho magnanimous official lmijM; mo, saying: "If you fear for Tour fects take them into the carrianir you," at which the whole iuIW hawed uproariously; it was so p joke to propose to take a ladjW into the passenger carriage, lti other case I found a purtniu. forced open, so that I was nwirenl. robbery before I took my luggage!: the station, and nt once called & tcntion of the officials to it, whet: replied that as the luggage had pi- over several roads it was impossiblt say where it was done. Bmu t London Times. CHARACTER IN SHOES. The Slgnllloant HtoriM Told by 0M Partly-Worn Kot-Ofr. "Do you know how much chaw there is to be read m a partly pair of boots or shoes?" said the bier to the reporter, as hi hammnN last nail in among a double rv" them on the outer bottler of the bee! a boot. "There might be a collrf formed 6f shoes taken frond the fed a dozen wearers and the dullert tct prehension would see some trait t! hibitcd in looking them over. Ik is the cow-hide variety, cuarsf.n for work and not for ornament; it! will bo found evenly worn, dttf ing a phlegmatic, steady than whoso shoes bear him !tt ilv and without nervousness to from labor, which, not being him- needs no rush or hurry. Then ym takotho better grade of men's' them's ono w ith each heel vmf at the back, which denotes the energetic business man, i1""1) near bv. similar, but with the left worn at the back while' the right has kent its oridnal shape. ' you work for that man lllulso,V ho liw.l-a nn tn the skvailllsilVS: "I4, ,wii o u'liiln -ru'." VOU SaV it ij M'ltltn nl v.ill ll'itl look for anew I' h w.. lw ia n ion ii of emphatic Ml which he emphasis at every steps pegs down that left heel. ,.r ....i. .,t ,. time, iviirof snerS JJOIIIV lltll. It'l .t.t.v run down at the side, and havel i-nne irnod-imtlll-ed. ioll.V, tun''1 ' l i.... ..... 1....L- ,nl for TO"1' menu, inn not io - ),o never did It''" own, and consequently will not'" other. Then there is one pair ' toes stubbed out' These re (" by a visionary man, who t!- :...,.. in the el mm v r til u t "r - . ,r far above earthly things as him an impractical man i illl,D ' , nvittnra There are W011K too, but about the only differr" in tli.. ..!;, .,.1 i.hanres that inc years have brought about. f'Tj once ine woinnu , , the narrow-toed. French-h' & .1.. i i.... k., ...wilile shoe.6' UIB iuci i-iuss mo 1 . he t.h limit ton now wears only1 ... mon sense style, and to the r ..r. i... oft.,-...,..n mit. and toll' class, the once favorite rr,"t' ri..,r,.fn.l What on earth n"i"' . , .1 .1 mo'lll.-ll "' cause ior naiuos n -r , ... ...... l,a t ill V. f'1" maic ioiiii man llV . . h.lll,v shoes of the littlo one tn were so lew uiuu im-j - . their journey to the angen little while ago? :,".T " jY . i ... .i.. ... .:n ,v.rt with ". . nearicu nioinci i uead child s wattiroo" l.n lilllM sllOl'S i. c...c, u..v - - .hp-UK1 derlywrap up , sm k-T jf years mat pass uri" , ,,rt mu uictuii".