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BETWEEN THE LINES. Between lbs lines the smoke bung low And shells flew screaming to and fro, Wbll blue or grey in sharp distress Bode fast, their shattered lines to press Again upon the lingering foe. Tls past and now the roses blow Where war was raging years ago. And naught exists sav friendliness Between the lines. To you who made the traveler know fn southern homes bow warm hearts glow, Let even this baiting Terse express Borne measure of true thankfulness, And grateful, lorlng memory show Between the lines, Walter Learned In The Century. MOUNT MYSTERY. We were lost In the heart of. Costa Rica. There were tlx of us In the party, all young fellow with little or no experience, and when we realized our altuatlon we were In despair. . . When we started out from the coast It teemed to us that It would he a regular frolic to spend a couple of weeks among the mountains In the Interior. At the end of that time the brig Pacific would be ready to depart, and we could then reaunie our journey to San Francisco. The captain of the Teasel endeavored to dissuade us. "The natives are not likely to bother yon," he said, "but very little is known of the country beyoud the mountains. 6trango tales have reached my ears, and although I ara as fond of adventure as anybody, the trip would not suit me." We laughed at the old sailor. We were well armed and afraid of nothing. "It is all right," I told 'the captain, "with proper caution there wfll be no danger. We may make valuable discov eries and become famous explorers. It is time to unveil the secrets of this wonder ful land, and It Is nonseuse to be frightened off by a few sailors' yarns.". The captain shook his head and said no core. We completed our preparations for the trip, and early one morning started elf In the highest spirits. When the tUscivcry was made, after we bad been cam jlng out for about a week, that we bad 1 t our way it appeared to muddle pur rU. Various attempts were made to head towards the eoast, but In eTery Instance we were compelled to return disheartened and uncertain as to our course. The few natives encountered in our wanderings were unlike those along the seaboard. They were light colored, hand some and active, and fled at our approach, refusing to hold any communication with us. One evening we camped on the ipr ders of a lovely lake under the shadow of a frowning mountain. "There is something queer about that mountuln," remarked Walpole, the only tailor in our party. "Queer!" I replied cautiously. "Every thing is queer in this peculiar land. What is it about the mountain that strikes jou" "While I have been resting here," said Walpole, who was lazily reclining on the ?rss, "I have been using my eyes. The mountain is as steep on this side as the face of a stone wall. It It is that way all around the top must be Inaccessible." "Well," I answered, 'who wants to climb to the top f" "I do, for one," responded Walpole. 'The luminous cloud or vapor around the summit and reaching down the sides is a strange thing. Just watch it for a mo ment." I looked upward at the precipitous mass at rock. The cloud was stationary, and looked more like steam than anything else. Occasionally," said my companion, "I Ilm birds fly out of the cloud, and after circling nlwut for awhile they always re turn. Then, it my ears do not deceive me, and they are keen ones, I can dis tinguish various voices all coming from Klie direction OX the cloud." "Why, man, you are losing your senses," I interrupted. "If the summit fit inaccessible what can there be up there fto mako a noise p "Birds at least," said the sailor, with a smllo, "I can swear to seeing the birds. I lem'tknow what else may be up there, nut several times in the lost halt hour I have heard the clang of metal and the sound of human voices." "He is right," said HInton, another member of our party. "I have heard the i;imo sounds, but I didn't like to men tion it." "Why not explore a little f" I suggested, indifferently. To my surprise everybody agreed. The men were tired roaming about aimlessly with disappointment at every turn. They were ready for anything for a change. In the morning two men started in one direction around the base of the mountain, while two went in the other. Their plan was to proceed until they met, and then return together. I remained with one man at the camp. KHhers might investigate Mount Mystery, 3as we called it, but I felt too fatigued for jsuch an effort. During the day we lounged about and watched the cloud wrapped phenomenon jbefore us. More than once I heard a fclatter apparently in the upper air, and .once or twice I was sure- that I heard voices. Evidently Mount Mystery was a good name for this freak of nature. I Late in the afternoon our comrades re turned. They had walked all day, cov ering many miles, and they had learned Nothing except that the mountain pre sented the same perpendicular wall-like Appearance all the way around. I "At one place," said Hinton, "we saw tolerably large stream of water trickling flown the sides of the rock. So there is 'ater up there, and it may be that the .whole surface is productive and lnhab ted." "You forget," I objected, "that It is mnossible for any living thing except a Wrd to get up there." "Of course I don't attempt to explain V said Walpole, "but it is possible that ge ago the mountain sloped down, at fast on one side. An earthquake or landslip may have left it In its present Condition, with a whole tribe of people (trended there among the clouds. I don't iy it is so, but that may be the way f it" I Xight came upon us again, and we were glad to rest. i "What is that?" ' I Hinton was standing over roe pointing to the mountain. I was wide awake in a tnoment and listened intently. i High above the earth I heard voices singing what seemed to bo a barbaric Chant. Mingled with the voices I could tear the clash and sonorous peal of tnusical instrument. "What do you say now?" asked Wal pole, coming up. J Every man in the camp waa awakened, and we spent the greater part of the night listening to the marvelous concert in the llouds. The dawn of day found us looking at each other with pale facet and anxious eyes. "Shall we break camp and move?" I asked. "Yes, to-morrow," replied Walpole. "Give me one more day. I have found out something this morning that may lead to a great discovery. Down there by the lake there is what appears to bo a streak of moss running In a rig tag fashion up the mountain. Well, that moss fringes and partially conceals some thing like a rough hewn' or perhaps a natural flight of narrow steps winding around up the mountain. I am confident that a sailor like myself could manage to ascend a considerable distance, and I am going to try it." We raised a unanimous protest, but Wulpole was obstinate. "I will take off my shoes," he said, "and by crawling on my hands and knees and by hugging the face of the rock it will be safe." There was no way of talking him out at the notlou, and as he could climb like a cat we finally agreed to let him try it. It was slow work after the brave fellow had got fairly started and we watched him in breathless suspense. He crawled at a snail like pace, never looking down, but keeping hit eyes fixed on some point above. Two or throe of the men made a terri ble effort to follow him, but soon had to retrace their steps. The pathway was bo earrow that ody the most expert and rorefooted climber could make his way. It was midday before Walpole reached the edge of the white cloud or mist. After that we lost sight of him. How far was he from the summit after he entered the sloud? Would he be able to proceed? Wi anld he retaru alive? We asked ei:a other these questions as we waited for the result. It was perhaps an hour after we had lost sight of Walpole t.iat we heard a cracking, grinding nolsp. We looked at the mountain, and to our unutterable horror saw great fragments of granite falling over the mountain side, carrying with them the last vestige of the steps by which our poor friend had as cended 1 The debris rattled down into the lake, leaving the wall perfectly upright and even, without the slightest projection to which any one could cling. As the sound of the falling rocks died away we shouted the name of Walpole. It he heard us in the luminous mist above he made no reply. We spent one moro night of anxiety and suspense at the foot of Mount Mys tery. There was absolutely no hope of ever seeing our lost companion again, but we could not tear ourselves from the place. For the last time that night we heard the ringing songs and the triumphant music in the cloud. - It seemed wilder, louder, more oxultant than before. "They are rejoicing," said Hinton, "over the capture or death of Walpole." I did not ioubt it It was not likely that these strange dwellers in the air would spare sot from the earth below who found his way into their midst The tumult on the mountain lasted un til daybreak. There waa nothing to be gained by delaying our departure, and it was with assnseof relief that we marched off, hoping !Mj time to reach the coast It would be tiresome to relate the story of our trials. We made our way to the little port where the brig awaited us, and told the captain all about the tragic ad venture ot Mount Mystery. "I dreaded something of the kind," said the old man. "Do you know that the mountain has figured in our sea stories tor more than a century? I do not believe in anything supernatural, but I believe that if any explorers ever reach the top ot Mount Mystery they will find a tribe of people who, with their ancestors, have been cut off from the rest of the world for hundreds of years. As for poor Walpole, it does) not matter whether he is living or dead. He is dead to the world, lie will nev,'T get out of that big white cloud and find his way to the plains be low." So we sailed away In the Pacific, and from that day to this I have never heard anything further from the mysterious land In tho luminous cloud. Wallace P. Reed in Atlanta Constitution. The Sepulchral "Whistling Buoy." Perhaps other people are familiar with "whlstllno huiivs " hut the one anchored off Monhegan was a novel sight to me. It lies about two miles away to tne nonn weet, and U made apparently of sheet lnn In shnne like a lnrae old fashioned locomotive smoke stack, inverted. . We sailed out to examine it one any, ana witn much interest watched this great black mass bobbing up and down with each wave, and uttering a grim "moo" (the sounding Is by no means unlike the low ing of a mournful cow) as the waves dashed up inside the drum. It was an serie sight, and I soon had enough of it Perhaps the fact that the waves were high and the breeze nearly gone, may Imve contributed to my sensations of queerness. At any rate, we did not get away as soon as l wisnea. i nave since li.nrnprl that the bnov has broken loose and drifted away. What consternation must It cause the unwary nsherman wno shall be out alone nt dusk in a small boat and shall see this large black body ap proach and groan in its sepulchral way. Let us hope that it has ere this been cap tured and again put In bondage. Cor. Boston Transcript The Ladles' Fishing Season. The ladles' fishing season is now at hand. It requires large inducements to iimnt women tn an flshlntr. and hence the early days of Scptomber are assigned to them in these waters. The reason is that then the festive snapping mackerel, as it la rniipil in T vn ir Island sound, or the young bluefish, as it Is termed along the Jersey coast ana at tie uong isiana sea shore, becomes ravenous. It is only necessary for the men to row the women among a school of young bluefish tos the inttnr tn hniinvA themselves creat anglers. Of course "no gentleman" will tell his fair companions inai 10 eaten ien simp nn marVorel it rennirea onlv the letting downot aline having hooks enough for one half of them. i 'e nsn oeing nooaea, five other hungry on3 will hang onto their tails. New York Times. Car of an Umbrella. Don't continue the practice of dripping the umbrella by the ferule. Turn it the other way, that to, handle down, when vou come in out of the rain. The general way is bad for the umbrella, for it rota the material at the coverging point 0f the frame wires. Any umbrella man will say that the proper way is to let the water run from the frame tips. A good many will object to this good advice because they don't want the pret handle moistened. But the handle will air, or if not quick enongn it would be better to wipe it Um brellas should not be permitted to dry folded. Open them to dry them. Xew Orleans Time Democrat . . ... THE TURKISH HAREMS. MRS. LEW WALLACE OPENS THE POORS OF FORBIDDEN ROOMS. Shady Gardens Where Nightingales Sing and Rushing Waters Cool the Air -Turk-lh Women and Coame'tles Ilath Booms of Alabaster Passing the Time. The word harem means the holy or sancti fied, and in a general sense is given to any spot peculiarly hallowed. I was a long while learning that the uanie applies to the spacious inclosed court about mosques; not a barred prison but consecrated ground, revered m a sanctuary. However blank and bare the re- uuunuer ot sne nouse may De and usually is the forbidden rooms are well furnished ac cording to Moslem fancy, in which is copied, as far as possible, their ideal paradise an adorable palace with a thousand windows, and before every window a sparkling foun tain. Free light, abundant space, shady gardens where the nightingale sings among the roses, aud rushing waters cool the air. These are the luxuries which foreshadow the golden pleasure fields kept for the faithful by the houris. The women, old and young, assemble iq the sacred rooms, with the children and at tendants, and thoy are tho center of the world to the home-keeping Turk, who carve nothing for travel and never emigrates. His pare time and money are speut there, and the wife is, in the tender Arabian phrase, the keejier of her husband s soul. Turkish houses are much alike. The en trance is through a double door, large enough for horses and carriage. Beyoud it is a swing screen, suspended like a gate, which hides the vestibule, or court, when the street door opens. Two outside staircases appear, one leading to the men's ajiartuient, the other to the women's. At tho first land lug the visitor finds the black aga or guard before the door of the apartment to which only one man is admitted, and which is for bidden to the sight and thought or all men save that one. There is no special place to eat or sleep in. A low divan, running rouud the wall of each room, is made a bed by night, the clothes being kept in presses by day. In imperial palaces the coverots are of Lahore stuffs, em broidered with colored silks interwoven with poarls and turquoises, the sheets are of fine cotton barred with stripes of silk liko satin ribbon. The pillows have silk and gold, and miring summer naoequito nets of Tripoli gauzo, spotted with gold, are suspended bv gilt hoops over the sleojier. Nothing gayer or daintier can bo imagined. Formerly cashmere shawls served as "spreads" for tho beds ot tne rich. The small round mirror, framed in velvet, is always at nana lor toilet use; and the lav ing on of cosmetics is so deep that it is .lamed "face writing." Turkish women understand tho arts of repairing the ravages of time, and their toilet service is varied and affective. Evory Turkish harem has its bath rooms, three in number, if the owner is well to do. The first is square, chiefly of marble (in the sultan's paluce, of Egyptian alabaster). .ighted from a glass dome. A large reservoir built against the outer wall, with an opening into tho bath, contains the water, half of which is heated by a furnace below it Hot air pipes throw intense heat into the room, fountains lead the water from the reservoir, and here the rubling process is conducted. The second room is less heated and furnished only with a marble platform holding mat tresses and cushions, where the bathers re pose after the fati.-ue of ablutions too many for description. Hero thoy smoke cigarettes, eat fruits and sweets and finally wrap them selves in soft burnouses and pass to the outer chamber, where they drowze and dote on downy couches till they recover from the steaming heat and the languor that follows a long, warm bath. Besides these, there are public baths where women spend many hours in gossip and the passive enjoyment of being thoroughly rubbed, brushed, combed and perfumed. I once met a famous lady bought with a great price by a high official of StanibouL She was a Georgian, I think, with hair of reddish gold the sunbright tresses ot Medea ivory white skin, eyes black as death, the antelope eyes of the poets. The faintest line of antimony drawn on the lids at the root ot the long lashes added to their luster and the witchery of her glance. She wore the yashmak and, as only ladles were present, I begged ber to remove it so I might seo her unveiled loveliness. She com plied without affectation of timidity or blushing and returned my gaze with smiling serenity, too well used to ojien admiration for embarrassment I cannot recall her name. It was something which being Interpreted might mean Tulip Cheek. A rivierer of pearls lay on her neck snow on bhow and the exquisite mouth was a very Cupid's bow. My princess must have been a peerless maiden ten years before, now, unhappily, growing stout as eastern women usually do; the result of the luxurious living and much eatiug of sweets. Her manner was soft and gracious, her aspect the repose of supreme content The seclusion of the harem gives much time for discussion, and many a question of grave import is there delated. The women are well informed in politics, fond of in trigue, and so artful that our missionary, Dr. D wight, of Constantinople, writes: "Any one who has a private scheme to advance, a policy to develop, an office to gain or to keep, a boy to provide for, or an enemy to crush, sends bis, wife to the harem of a grandee." Women here bring about tbe'most astound ing results. Their manner is ceremonious during for mal calls, and they still kiss the hem of the garment in deference to age or suiieriority. In familiar places they have a sweet frank ness like untrained young girls, and listen with interest to accounts of our ways of liv ing, bow we keep house, do great charities, manage the churches. "How hard," they say in tender pity, "that life may be good for you, but would not be at all good for us. You are made for work; we are made for love: this suits us best" So they loan back on the silky cushions, taste the conserve of rose and of quince, light their cigarettes and are happy. Susan E. Wallace in New York World. When Potatoes Are Done. Jesmp Whitehead, the gastronomic writer, says the Infallible rule to know when fried potatoes are done is this: When first thrown into the fat they sink; when done they rise and float After that it is only a question of color when they should be taken out Boston Budget Aa Old Complaint, The papers of Guadalajara are complain ing that many ladies that go the performance of the Pastor tarzuela troupe wear very large hats, which prevent those sitting behind them from seeing what is going on on the stage. Chicago Tunes. There is grumbling in Gotham because the tipping nuisance has extended to the maids who at receptions look after the wrapt of the lady guests, TRAINING FIGHTING DOGS. Improrlng Their Grip, Reducing Flesh , and Cultivating Wind and Limb. . A man who onus several fighting dogs and who also owns a barroom not many blocks away from Washingum square, explained the method of training t dog to a reporter, at follows: "Well, take my dog Grip, for ex ample. Bay I make a match for him to fight at twenty-four pounds. He has been hang ing about the bar doing nothing but eat and sleep for six or eight months and is conse quently fat, short winded and lazy, as well as ten or twelve xumls over weight "I must put him to work at once so at to be ready, but I must begin slowly, Every morn ing lieforo breakfast I take Grip out and walk him around Washington square half a dozen time at a Ivriffk walk aud then back to the house. With a rough towel I give him a good rub down and ionge out his mouth with a clean sponge. He is now ready for break fast, generally a piece of raw beef. In the afternoon I give him another two or three mile walk, a rub down and sponge his mouth. Giving him three timet aday a good substan tial meoL "A few days of this and Grip is feeling as bright and chipper A you please. Then the walks bocomo longer, with an occasional run, and I add some exercise in the house. This consists principally of chasing the ball. I'll show you. "Here, Oripl and a fat, lazy looking bull dog came lazily from behind the bar. A rub ber ball, about half the size of a baseball, was taken out of a box and sent spinning across the floor and Grip went after it Ho picked it up and brought it to his master, giving it up with a wag of the tail as natur ally as a well trained setter. "When he is in training I keep him at that work for two or three hours a day," con tinued Grip's owner, "besides the walking it gets the flesh off of him and gives him good wind. After the training hat gone on for a couple of weeks I give him long runt and slack up on the walking. Sometimes I'll hitch him under a light wagon and drive at a smart jog up to Central (ork and back. He'll make it after two or three trials without turning a hair. "Another essential thing has to bo looked after, his grip. The way this is cultivated is by taking a heavy crash towel and making the dog bite it The way that a bull dog will hang on is something marvelous. I can mako that one take a towol and can drag him all over tho place, or even lift him off the floor aud carry him the length of tho room, pro vided his jaw is in good condition anil tho towel holds. Ho gets anywhere from half an hour to two hours of this work every day, and after he has been at it for two or three weeks he'll hold on until you kill him or his trainer tells him to let go. "It generally takes about a month to got a dog like Grip into first class shape, and when he is there ho is fit to fight for a man's life," New York Press. A Dining Room Mystery. A gentleman who was invited out to d!ue at a Delaware avenue residence lately, ob served that tho chandelier over the dining room table was ot peculiar construction, so that there wus a light over the head of each guest. The globes were of various colors, some amlier, somo red and some blue. "What is the object ot having the globes of different colors T the guest asked of his hostess. "Why, you see," said sho, "when one gives a dinner or tea, one may invite some peoplo whom one perfectly hates. Now last Tuesday I gave a supper and I bud to Invite two women whom I despise. But I had to Invite thorn or tome of tho young men I wanted wouldn't coins. I had my revenge on my fair enemies, how ever. I placed each of these two women under one of those pale blue lights at the table. They're usually considered beautiful women. but under that light they bad the most ghastly look you ever saw. They wore per fect scarecrows. They seemed to have aged twenty years the minute that they tat down. The men noticed It, of course, but they did not divine what caused it They wore quite taken aback and awfully glum at first But finally ono of thorn turned with a sigh aud began talking to a real homely little thing that was sitting under a ruby colored light Why, she was perfectly charming under it So you see that when I want people to look perfectly hideous I put them under the blue lights. It kills ovorything." The gentleman looked up. Ho was under a blue light But falo Courier. The Right Hand and the Left. As I stood on the curb talking with an ac complished anatomist the other day he offered to bet me that I could not toll which was my right hand. I immediately held out my right hand for the wager. But ho ob jected. Ho said he did not offer to bet me that I could not show him my right hand, or extend him my right hand, but that I could not tell him which was my right hand that is, thut I could not. describe it in words so that one who never heurd of the distinction we make bttween the right band and the left would be ablo to find it I thought that that would be easy enough, also, until I thought it over, and then 1 Had to give It up. Said the anatomist: "There are plenty of criteria within the body which define ' it place such as the heart, the liver and the duodenum. But on the outside of a perfectly formed human being there is nothing to dis tinguish the right hand from the left, and no one can describe it in words so that au ignor ant person can find it If people were am bidextrous, and were not taught from child hood, to use one ot their hands more than tho other, it would be almost impossible for them to know which is which. I often think, of this when I hear any one say to some ono whom he wishes to stigmatize as a fool that he 'can't tell his right hand from his loft,' I do also when I read that God said to Jonah about Nineveh, in which as said were 'more than six-score thousand persons that can not discern between their right hand and their left hand.' "Chicago Journal A Stat Deer Park. The state of New York it about to embark In the enterprise of raising and keeping deer. Last year the legislature voted $5,000 for the establishment of a state deer park in the Catskill mountains, and recently the forest commission designated Frank C. Parker to take the matter in hand. Mr. Farker will try to find two men who know the habits of deer, and with them tramp the Catskills to find a suitable state paddock. When located and purchased tho ground will be fenced in and efforts will then be made to catch doer and keep thom in the park. Chicago Herald. Drawing itoom Meetings. An Englishman with a missionary spirit has issued an appeal to evangelicals to pro. vide "drawing room meetings," at which those who attend should be required to wear evening dres. "We dress to go out to dinner, why should we not dress to read the Bible to gether I" it bit original theory. Chicago Timet. Native near Asheville, N. C, get 11.73 a pound for ginseng root, , which they dig In the woods, for exportation to China. The city of Madison it a phenomenon, from a western point of view. It hat never bad a "boom." Cea. Robert K. Lee's Bible, . Very few things are lost in this world. They may dituppxar for a time, like the tail tribes of Israel or the pencil that is put over the ear for safekeeping, but will apear gain, like the bvro in a modern novel, "later on." Twenty-five years ago a regiment ot Maine soMiers were encamped at Arlington Heights, and the boys, understanding that anything belonging to the rebels was com mon property and therefor subject to confis cation, ransacked the old Lee mansion pretty thoroughly. They captured old pipe aud cigars and wines and picture and everything that was portable. Of course they did not need many of these tilings Such article uU'h bad belonged to Gen. Lee bad a pecu liar interest and were very desirable. One soldier who arrived late after the desired article had been taken found the old family Bible and sent it down east to bis home in Maine. There were Bibles in Maine, but none like this. After the war was over this soldier re turned home and found to bis surprise that the Bible contained all the usual liigredieuts, Including the ten commandments and Apoc rypha, but lu addition to these, between the Old and New Testaments, was a complete family record, giving the history of the Lee family for the past 200 year. The soldier was sorry that be bad taken the book, but too proud to acknowledge the fault, and to he held bis peace. In the meanwhile biographers were at work on the life ot Gen. Lee, and certain dates regarding the birth and mar riage of his ancestors were wanting. If an old family Bible could be found 1t would af ford the noressary information. Advertise ments were inserted in all the papers, and by and by came a letter from Maine saying the Bible was In the posnewion of a soldier s widow, who would gladly restore it to the owner. Before the property could be recov ered, however, the widow. died, and then came another long wait until the estate was settled. But at last the book was fully identi fied and turned over to a messenger, who passed through Boston on the 25th ult car rying it back to it old place at Arlington Height. 1 be foolish act of a boy soldier has hindered the completion of important histori cal work for years, but the Bible is at last re stored to its owner, and the biographer can now complete bis task. Boston Glob. The Baraga Stag or Childhood. Like the savage of today, those fierce pro genitors of ours must have delighted in the torture of captured enemies. Thus, during long ages, compassion was unknown, and it appears to have been lately acquired by the now dominant race. Indued, even among so highly cultivated a people at the Romans, it remained almost unknown until compara tively recent timet tay 1,5U0 years ago in proof of which may be noted their heartiest fondness for the bloody sport of the arena. The emotion of pity, then, appeared late in the history of th race; and, in view of the law of our development, which carries us along the path our ancestors have trod, bow can we expect cur boys to be anything else but cruel I How tar is it Judicious to go, in trying to alter the natural course be will not share until later! This last question it inviting, but we will not go into it solution at present, contenting ourselves with observing that because a boy shows no compunction at giving pain to a captive bird, or calmly lacerates die feelings of a family of squirrels, merely to give himself a few soon neglected pets, it no roasou for expecting blra to grow up a monster ot cruelty. And we will further venture to suggest that much of the immor ality of boys is a necessary consequence of their descent, at a corollary of which follows the aphorism of my witty friend, "A good boy it diseased. "John Johnson, Jr., In Popular Science Monthly. When Mrs. Cleveland Bald the Reins. There was a bit ot anecdote connected with this delightful episode of the visit of the mistress of the White House to Philadelphia, which It related at the expense of the gallant commander of the United State army, Gen, 8heridan. When all of the seats In the tally bo bad been taken except one, and Mi. Cleveland had mouuted the driver's box tud was ready to give the horses their heads, Gen. Sheridan was invited to occupy the vacant seat "Who is to drive usr asked the general, as be glanced up at the fair occu pant of the driver's seat He was Informed that Mrs. Cleveland would bold the ribbons. "Then I'll go into the next carriage," said the hero of Winchester, who had faced many a belching battery without a tremor, but who hesitated at th prospect of a tumble in a ditch, to President Roberta, of the Pennsyl van la railroad, climbed into the vacant seat and wot whirled safely to the depot, While the man who had made the most dashing and reckless ride of the war to save bit army was drawn sedately in the rear. Philadelphia Record. Cut Bowers may be preserved frefih. It is said, for a long time in the following manner: Get a glass shade and place it on a non-porous vessel to fprm a stand; put water round the bottom to keep the shade air tight, then procure fresh cut blossoms, put them in water lmrneul ately, drop Into the water in which the flowers are placed a small quantity of spirit of chloroform and place the shade over them at once. The flowers tfius treated, some writer nays, will keep fresh for months, but one should hardly expect they would be in a very fresh condition after their four weeks' confinement, but the new preserving process is worth try ing. Care should be taken to have all in readiness. At toon as the chloroform it put In place the shade over them, and water alwayt kept round the bottom. A large soup plate would do for this. Sci entific American. Central Market Fisliere&WtxtUina PROPRIETORS. Will keep eoutantly on hand a fall supply of BEEF, MUTTON. PORK AND VEAL, Which .'they will tell at the lowest market price A fair share of the publio patronage tolloited TO THE FABHERSt We will pay the highest market priee foe fat oatue, negt ana sneep. Chop on Willamette Street, uccki cmr, Oregon. Maata sVeBTtrei fe ear Prt of U arty frl oi ehaEga, Jtoiltl 2 aaotTrm. NJC LODua NO. IL A. r. ASD A. first and thirt Wednesday la SPBWCIR BUTTE UiUUK NO. t, I. O. O. Meeta every Tuesday ereulng. rlMAWHALA ENCAMPMENT Ns, Meet on the second and fourth W4a a. aaft la avo niou in. IJUOINK LODOK NO. IS. A. O. V. W. J Meet at Maaonlo Hall tha unnnrf 4 fourth Fridays in each month. M. W. T M.OFARY POST NO. 41. 0. A. It MKKTS f I at Maaonlo Hall thaflmt nil thlnt Iri4- day ot each mouth. Br order. Command. T"tlTTic Iinnv vn n I o n t xirwa JU every Saturday night in Odd Fellows' W.U.T. I RAPING 8TAHBANDOFHOPR. MKRTS J at the C. P. Church everv fiundav altar. noon at 1:30. Vlsltoit mad welcome. . c. a. . Tim TABU. MaU Train eorth. S:4i a. m. Mall train south. M p. m. Kugeu loal-Leave north 9:00 A. It. Knna Local Arrive :I0 p. M. OmCX HOVBS, IUOKKI CITY POSTOmCJV General Delivery, from 7 A. M. to 7 P. M. Moaev Order, from 7 A. M, to A p. at, ftevuiUir, from 7 a. M. to A p. m. , Stalls tor north close at 800 p. M. Malls for south close at 8:00 p. m. JUMi by Ixwal oloee at 8 JO a. m. Malls for frauklln close il 1 i. s. Manila and Thursday. Mall for Mabel close at 7 A. M. Moaday Thursday. Eugene City Business Directory. BRTTMAK. O.-liry goods, clothing, gteossisa and geaeral merchandise, southwest corner. " illauiette and Klghth street CRAIN BROS.-Dealer In jewelry, watebe. onruaua musical insiruineiita, willuisU street, between Seventh and Klghth. FRIENDLY, a H.-Dealer la dry goods, ektta- iuk aiiu aeaerai tnercnanmse, YtUlauelta street, between Klghth and Ninth. 0 ILL, J. P.-Phytlolan and surgeon. WiUaaa eiia sireei, neiween Mvenui sua, Clgnin. HODK3, C. Keep on hnd Ikie wine, liquor, cigars and a pool and billiard tahle, Willaav ecte street, between Klghth and Ninth. HORN, CHA9. M.-Ounsmlth. rifles and shot gun, ereecn and niuule loader, for aalaw Repairing done in the neatest style and war ranted. Bhop od Ninth street. LUCKKY, J. 8.-Watchraaker and lewelen keea a line stork of goods in bis Una, Wulanv- ito street, in AMisworia a rug itore. McCLARKV. JAMK8 Choice "inet. Uaaorw BuuciKsr, n luameti street, neiween tugnut and Ninth. POHT OrriCE-A new stock of itaadarA school book J est received at the post ottos. RHINEHART, J. B.-!Tose. sign and oarrlasro iwuicr. era guarameea nrst-ciass start sold at lower ratwi than by anvonein Euros. g DR. L. F. JONES, Physician and Surgeon. WILL ATTEND TO PROFESSIONAL I f calls day or niirht. Ormc Un statra In Titus' hrlr ivmli. found at K. R Luckey ft Cot drug stare, Offlo noure: io il m I w t P. M e to B P. M. DR. J. G. GRAY, DENTIST. OFFICE OVER ORANOE STORK. ALL work warranted. Laughing ga administered for palaleat aav traction of teeth. GEO. W. KINSEY, Justice of the Peace. REAL ESTATE FOR BALE-TOWN LOTS and farm. Colleotlout DrrainUv aw tended to. p. m. warns. - DRUGS, MEDICIITCS, ' Brathee, Palate, tilata, Olla, tsUU, TOILET ARTICLES, Eta Physicians Prescriptions Ooupoundtd SPORTSMAN'S EMPORIUM HORN & PAINE, Practical Gunsmitl 3 V . DtAua in CUNS, RIFLES. Fishing Taekle and Matettak Sctlu KitosUMsof All Hill Far SiLt Repairing dene lk tha noateet etyle and warranted. Guru Loaned and Ammunition Forniitiatt Shop 0B WUlametU I Boot and Shoe Store A. HUNT, Proprietor. Will ken-after keep t omplat stoek of Ladies', Misses' an! Children'. Stin! BUTTON BOOTH. SUppen, Whit and Ekck, Sandala, rurz HD IHOES, MEN'S AND BOY'S BOOTS AND SHOES! And In fact everything la th Boots Shoe iline, Us which I u oe iline, Us which 1 intend So dvta mj especial attention. MY GOODS AM FIRST-CLASftt And guaranteed a represented, and wttt be sold tor the lowest price that a goad artiol caa he afforded, A.. Hunt. Practical OrMgist i OIieMst