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DROPP'lXG 10,000 FEET. A BALLOONIST'S DARINQ LEAP WITH A BIG PARACHUTE. . i Michigan Man Ileal . Ihe Iteooril "111 tha Interests' of' Kt-lenre" full, log I.Ike a Meteor nle ' on Tria Firm a. "disclaimed by the balloonist, Iluldwin, that Le ha druiKil .'i.lKKI feet from a Imlloou with a iiaraoliute. I shall drop nt least 1(),(XKJ feet, and Hh'ill attempt what no otlic r l.iillooiilht ever did. I hiiuii drop wuu mi- finite closed, leaving It piitir.'ly to tlict air to u'ii tha chute." Ho wild Kdwurd l. Hognn to a group of IJ(W KMlT llll'll, WllO OKnClllllll'd 11110 II l 'I1 11 Hot long ago on a large vacant lot northwest of town to m 111 in niiil.o bin (iHliiii'ily venture. Hognn In a local aeronaut, lie wan for fourteen yearn employed in a plitn lug mill hero, aiid only during the hint four yearn ban ilcvouil himself to IlllllSllllllg iih a nrofcmiou. Hu has smiled the subject llior oughly, liowevtr, lor many yearn, iiavinj from childiiissl taken the kis uest interest and delight in the scicni'e of tailing airshipH. lie ris'isl up n workshop at Ids home, and there he Hsut every spare moment cxei i inenting In tin instructing of balloons, and I on every Hissililn occasion had made an asceiisjoii, frequently going up Ui culuiidcr able height. TIIR PAIlAi'llfTE. "There is no u," he Mini, "of my nttyitipt llig to do anything unless I can beat all pre vious records mid fall fnrt her than nay living Iiihii. A few liundrid fis't less or a leu huu d lis I fnt more mil count nothing for me. I must at least double the dislance." lie rM'iitcd this talk when getting hip ear reaily, and at '.':! the IuiIIihui usceuded. A.i th balloon left llieeai-lli one of the guy ro holding the chute broke. To deocrilie this particulur "chute" it is only necessary to imagine a white glolic twenty fwt in diameter, cut through the center; in thin uy you have two irnchuics, the professor only having one. It contained llWynr ls of ntotit cloth. It In not unlike a liiaiiiinoth umbrella without a stick, the bruciw iM'ihg flexibio cords running down twenty live fis t, and fastening to an iron ring two feel in diameter. The other corih il run clear up to the tea mi of the "chute," to they cannot give way. ThU parachute won fastened to the outside of the hot air ha I loon lii a s'iH'iidieular form by a cord When the bulhsm was at the proier height the professor Intended to take hold of the iron ring, nwlng clear from tho balloon, de snd on the uir to lullate the "chute," and take his chance of reaching terru 111 ina in lafety. The balloon was InflaUsl by OU.tKXl fisit of hot air, balloon, parachute and up pnratua for inflating the balloon all being of Mr. Ilogun'a own manufacture. An he tepie(l In the car and gave ordein for the ron holding the balloon to the ground to be cast olf, the professor said to the corn pendent, who took what the latter Is'lievi-d to be dual leave of a during unci recklci man: "My ImiIIooii ought to take me up two mile at least. The parachute won't lullate inside of MH feet from the tune I leave the balloon. Thin distune-' will occupy three leculids, after that I exs'ct to come down all right inside of one inluuleand thirty seconds. Let her go." At the word the roHit were cut and tin monster went nulling upward. "The chute's guy bun broken," cried llogan instantly. "I'll have to come down and Hurt over." An unman swsible llogan de K i'iidml. "I'll go up again in uu hour," he luld. TtlK HKCOMI TKIAL The aecond trial was a success. The tml lisin shot up almost ntruighl to a distance ol fllllV HUtWfecl. It then nettled ttlsiut W fis't and hung like a bull in the heavens. The i mix Ions and excited crowd of people on the i gniuud wati'lusl the btllixin with butisl breath. The rcH)rtciM were provnlisl with siwrful glasses, and natv llog.iu uiuke ready I tO J II llllk. I "Hu'll weaken," wild soiiib one. "No," cried another, "lie in getting out" Thechute was closed llogan drew It up till he reached Hie ros-s to which he lashed himself. Undid not ex ucl tho chute to uien for the llrst Jod or 'Ml brt, ami he wan afraid .ope. of the hu might le shaken olf the Uir by therupii of the fall unless lie t'sik the precuut fasten himself. When In' stcps on the of the car to spring olf into nit some ins'latorn grow jsile and sick. Kuivly tlil during man wan going to i-ei tuiu death. A about of terror gmw up. lloguil hiu juiiiMl. Iiown bke a cannon ball ho fell fur fsHJ fis'U The chute has not yet os'iiihI Iowu It came like a gigantic olougutcd bird. He wan falling like a meteor, ami the npertn torn shut thuir eye while still keeping their gluMc elevated. Suddenly a shout goe up The chute ho caught the air. It os-m like th wings of a mounter eagle, llogan' fligbt downward wa alinosl loppel w ith a jerk. Then the chute eltlst down to a ntcady Journey etuthwurd with lu swnger, and lu three luhiutv from the tune th reckliw iiuiii left th bullism be landui nafuly in an usn Held noiiie littlu dlsuuic from where th aMTiit wa inudo, CorreHHi:idont wa aliuuat th Hint to grasp the baud of the aeronaut. "1 lost my breath," said he, "when 1 (hot down no fast, but 1 caught it again after a time. It no a grout Jump, wasu't ..f 1'rofoanur Hogau wa uioared with nmuL He had never aeon a man Jump with a chute. 11 wa much tUnupiKilnted at th ilow time made, exjiectmij; 10 come dow u in ninety sec onds. The chute was twenty foot lu diameter. OM.'iUation was guarded agaiiut by uieau of four Inch hole iu the a;wx. U wa over whelmed with cougratuiutior., cud waaquiti th hero of the hour. JavUou (Mioh.) Cor Globe Democrat Advlc lu tha liy Fellows. j A man, then, bed U'tler make up hi mind In very e.:rly s)i lod of hi cniwr, that h ! will uot vat too much, asid, according to my i strict notion, he shoulJ never bso intoxl c&tiug liquoii or tolaivo, particularly the former. A man should keep good hour. Th gay fellow who it up till 'i nnd 3 o'clock , in tha morning, "driukiug wine aud lager , beer," probably think they are having lot ! of fun. The ta.t is, they are not having real enjoyment Iu is-livving that they are getting a full measure of enjoyment, they an the victim of an illusiou; they see lif, through juuudicmd eye. ' lly aud by th scale will lie taken off, life . will ls ten a it really I. tb truth of th coniuiou aense, "old fogy" Idea about mod-, eratiou will be domoustrated possibly too bit to do them any gooil As It l written ! In the HcriptuiY, "I hav eeu tb wicked In '. greet power, and spreading himself like r Ki-eeu bay tree: Yet h passed away, and, j lo.be wa uot: yea. I (ought hi in, but b could not be louud." It U a fact that "th way of th tnuis remV of Nature's law Is always "liard." Aud on of the old plulow ber h.-is said, "Ueusuol pleasure is aiu eor vred with tb mask of bappiiies. Slit stri it frocu her fav and reveal tit feat ure of dieae, diuietde aud reuiorsa." 1'. T. Uoi uuiu iu the Lpocb. I ON LIFE'S THRESHOLD . ten Little Arthor tint Even with Hii Mother. Arthur, who U forbidden to speak at the tnhie, bad bit revenue the other day A dinner began he wu uneasy, and dually said, "Mil, can't I speak Just one woriL" luu auow me ruio, Armur. "Nut nne word I" "No, Arthur; uot until your father flnlshc the paper " Arthur sutwldid until the mier wan fin I'. In d, when he was aikud wliut hu wished to uy "Oh, nothing; only ora put tho custard outside the window to cool mid tbe cat tin , uut.u;; them ui. " llurpt-r Young Peoplo. t A Ilea for Hit Iloll. ThogiHid women who are mi tinny reform in:; the world have taken up the doll enor niily now, uud are to make public wiiliiii'-nt bm warm for it, "ll-imlct" with the I'iiimt left out would lie Hunted mid entertaining I compared with a littln girl's universe tliut was doll-loss. Tlien; I-a oiKs r little element if sacrcilneK In tliu rvluliou between tho in- I mum ito pet and the live one that we tm .lmu-iii' ly and toue!iiii;;l,v illustrated the , other day. A small i;irl was holding her largest and flnist lieloved doll well oiitsidn ' tho window, n id her m!icr protested, say ing: "Von will drop your lug dollie. why do you hold It mil thorn ii lo;igf "1 was show tii'X it to Hod," said tli baby, nnd the mother i did nut llnd. lor the time, anything more to i nay. It illicit he us well to do u'.iuy with a ; few oilier utilises, 1,'ikiiI women, before doom- . iu;?tliu (lull. MirsKin Co.iiinoiinealth. A llcasonatiln lIviNitbesln. One never I:c.um of mi event no nail but , that so'ue clci'icnt of humor lurki about it ; A little girl who lives o;i State stns't near , ll:o dentist s ollice where lliu i.uooling afTruy ! 0"curi':-l lli! week litips:i(sl to hear the piKtol shots ami Khouts for the liee. He . volviie: it a moment iu her baby mind u plausible explanation noemoil to dawn hikui her, arid turning to her father she remarked 1 "He must have pulled a wrong toolh for I somebody." Albany Joiiruul. A Neat I'liriue. i I ClilMren no'iietiinim hit upon a phrase which convey more tliun pa'in in whicu I their cldein liaves'.riven to art forth things clearly, and an liistunce wa afforded re i cently by a girl of (I. hlio hud Is-en present while her mother received a call from a neighbor, ono of those luimennunibly voluble women who nro the terror of their friends, and after the caller had departed she said to her mother with the utmost seriousness: "Mamma, 1 don't thiuk 1 liko Mrs. Clank. Shu leak word all the liuio." Ikaton Cou rier. Aonuon by a Utile Colored Roy. A littlo colored boy in South Carolina Mimic an attempt to write an excuse to bin teacher tor In almcuce as follow: "Dear AtToetiouiitely Teaclicr: Ine norry I couldn't j .timo to schisil on Friday, but 1 coiUdn'l ."lyise it ruin and dut'p de way it go iu dis i world. If do Lord shut do door, no man can ,sn de ihsir. If do ird s.-,y 'it ruin,' uo I nan stop it ram lint do Lord, bo do all ' things well And you otighnt to growi about it" Lowell (Mass. i New Moon, Sympathy. Three little Imva in nd itrii river town at tend the name nchisiL They am but 4 year ' old mid are in the sumo cl,:s. Tliu other day Ihev ncro callisl out by the tea. l'.er nnd uskis) to njndl a rerta'ai word. They all lulled, and one of the litlie fellow .)ed up to the teacher and said. "Now, Mr. M , you are In a terrible tlx. nut your Ban jor Coiniuoiciul. The Whirled of Io t,y rNrV5 ,VT, Mr. Olinhant Is Raggle on tha box, Michael! I thought I heard hitn burk. Michael He uot, ma 'urn. Ho got unainy a shjs-ll buck, nu' Ul put turn aff for a bit av a shpiiu He'll aoou catch up. Judge. Not Going Hungry. Young Mr. V abash May 1 havothe pleas ure of acting a your escort to supper, Mis llreeiyl Mis flreeiy (scanning her card) Oh. thanks, awfully; 1 oe Mr. I'orclue' name is down for the llrst valse In that direction, lint you may have the second, Mr. Wabasli. New York ciun. Enxlish a She Is Nun;. Polite Caller 1 did not know you were iuch an accomplished linguist, Mis High note. Amateur Soprani Ungulstf "Yea. What language were you singing iu Just now, Italian, Ueriuuu, French or Suiiu-lif" "1 wa singing In Eiurlish. sir." Omaha ) World Tllrjf Uot Something;. Wife I that a fact that burglars broke Into your bank last night! Husband Yea, my dear. "Did they get anythingf" "Not until this morning. Then the Jud gave them three year." Youkers States-! Uiuu. I A Timely argeslloo. I "nobby," laid bis mother sternly, 't pun-, Mied you only last week for running away, ! and yet you hav don it rgain Unlay. 1 1 don't kuow what I shall do." "Why not giv up punishing me, nuv," suggested llobby, "it doesn't eeui to do any , goHir New York Sun. j Gotham' Paternal Government. New York Dame Oh, dear, there my hair coming down again. I dont r why hairpin can't ba mad so they'll stay where they're put Hustsind-Well, I'll write to Mayor Hewitt about it Otuuha World. Aa Opportunity Opened, Th person wbo tell Hie editor "howl to run hi paer," slnsild apply for peti tion In Cornell university. A school of Journalism is to U established in (but i:isti tutiou. and instructors may b needed. -N or ris town UeraJd. FXVMIMXG TEA. rVHAT A CUSTOM SAYS ABOUT HOUSE OFFICIAL THE WORK. I ! Jfc Usual Method I'tirttied In Malting Ilia "Commercial Test" Adulteration of Tea III Hie I'ri'iliicliif t'oiuitrir. Tea Testing Mot Injurious "In examining ton," said Mr. A. Judson j Pier-son, the examiner of ten for the port of Now York, "wo seldom resort to llieclieml 1 al nnulysin. The unuul uiotlii) in what Is known an the 'commercial test,' which con ' lists of pouring a given quantity of boiling I water uin a given quantity of the leave of , the tea; the character iiud (iri)ity of the tea ; la then determined by the odor and (luvor of ' the infusion, ups'iirunce of the leaves, etc. : Question of the ireence of spurious sub ! Ituuce, exhausted leaven, etc., nrc determined ! by chemical analysis, a valualile uid to the i ixaminer. Is tea tasting or testing liijurfousf" "Not nis-essiirily so. The 'exis-rt,' if po wd of a critical taste ami healthy olfac tories, will determine ipialitics without pro longed tasting or smelling; an excessive in dulgence iu thin resss't doubtless would and sometimes din's amrt the uervoiu system, it may lie seriously." "lines not constant tasting of tea cause a general dislike for the U'Veragef" "It naturally creutcs a disgust for poor , itulf culled tea, but not entitled to the name, ' of which we get, under the present 'tea law.' entirely tsi much; and ut the name time it ! cultivated a taste for the Mter qualities, of ' which the average lea consumer know Us) ' little." "Dim-s It not result in a fondues for strong ! tmf "Very likely, us lsth quality and strength are essential element computing a good cup of tea. Many a good housewife fads in se curing a gl cup of tea by not putting enough in the pot." Atll'LTKRATIOM Of TEA. "How do they adulterate tea in the pro ducing countrieer "We have no accurate knowledge upon which to base an Intelligent reply. The al leged iiietlusl are various, but uflicieutJy well authenticated to rejieat" "Do they not pack a mixture of good and bud ten in the same chest f" "Wide variation ill the quality of leave found In the name 'chest' or 'chop' are often ubserveiL Tbii may be the result either of iccident or denigu. It may aud doubtles joes occur by plucking the earlier leave with those that are matured, neglecting to assort proierly the different qualities per haM intending to Increase the bulk at the eis'tise of the quality." "How much tea is confiscated "During my service only one instance of confiscation baa occurred, which consisted of a few (lackage damaged by lalt water and unlit for use." "Why do you uot draw samples yourself f "In exceptional cases 1 da This duty, however, i assigned to the 'sampler' specill cully selected for the purjsjse." "How much tea is it-ji-cted each yearf" "During my term of service alsmt three year the Uital rejection ore alsmt 2t,tJU (ockagra, or say alsmt l.i'iO.OHJ pounds. About half of these were subsequently ad uiiittsl Usiu re-examiiiution by arbitration committees, a provided by 'the act'" "IKi you swallow the tea in the process of examination t "Very rarely, and then in very small quan tities." "Uow do you know that imorters do not adulterate after their consignment ban been released by you or the customs olllcialsfn "UhV-ially we have uo knowledge. Pre nimably, however, the importer sell bi itn (vrtatiou lu the original packages; and adulteration or admixtures w bleb do or may occur would be traceable, if at all, to the re tailer, or oue wbo break up the original package." "What do you do with the saniplesf" "After the examination of the sample is completed they are held nubject to tha order of the importer, aud if not called for within a reasonable period are turned over to the custody of the collector, and are sold at pub lic auction for the heucllt of the government The average weight of each sample does not exceed three ounce, a portion of which is consumed in the exumiuulioii." New York Mail and Express, llreakfast of tha Cowbojr. In the morning, the cook is preparing breakfast long before the first glimmer of duwn. A ioou an it is ready, proba bly about 3 o'clock, he utter long drawn shout, aud all the sleepers feel it u time to be up on the instant, for they know there can be uo such thing us delay ou th round up. under penalty of being set afoot Accordingly, they bu utile out, rubbing their eye aud yawning, draw on their boot and trousers if they have taken the latter off Mil up and cord their bedding, aud usually without'any attempt at washing crowd over to the little smoldering lire, which is placed iu a hole dug ill tho ground, so that thert may be no risk of it spreading. The men ore rarely very hungry at breakfast, and it ii a meal that has to be eateu in shortest order, so It I perhupa the least Important. Each man, as he come up, grasp a tin cup and plate from the mesa box, pour out hh tea or coffee, with sugar, but of course nc milk, help himself to one or two of th bis cuit that have been baked in a Dutch oven, and ierbap also to a (lice of tha fat pork swimming lu the grease of tha frying pan. ladle himself out some beau, if there art any, and squats down on the ground to eal hi breakfast The meal i not an elaboraU one, nevertheless the man will have to burr; if he wishes to eat it before hearing th fore man ing out, "Come, boy, catch youi bone," whou he must drop everything and run out to the wagon with his larut Theo dora Ilooovelt lu th Century. solitary loaflnamaut. This solitary confinement i a rello of t barbarous aga. Tb history of the middll age is full of casta wborw men have passed years, lu some Instance almost a lifetime, walking back and forth in a lonely cell which, perhaps, may hav been for a portion of the time a dungeon. All are familial with tb story of the prisouer con lined in th Castl of Chillon, lu Mwiuerlaud, wbc chained to a pillar walked to and fro a fat aa hi chain would penult, aud wore a deep furrow lu th stone uuder hi feet Th prisoner is gone, but tlie tourist may today visit th old prison by tbe side or lu placid Lake Letnau aud see this furrow, and pondei on the story of human suffering that It tella In America much of the rigor of Uuprisou nieut baa Uvn alleviated by tha iutroductioc of contract labor. "Imprisoned at hard labor" may seem to imply a melancholy lot but eomred with solitary coutlnemetit with nothing to otvupy the prisoner's atteu tiou. or hi muscles, baixl Ulr uiean as exutooc for preferable. America is doubt Ion in tlie advance in this reform. Tha most thinking Kuropean uatiuus com next wbila Russia still linger lu th tail,, LI of bar barisiu. Lxchanga. VTanted Anothsr Pair. Tbe senior senator from Delaware, Mr. ianlsbury, Is a gay bachelor of 74. for whom ttenUons half tba widows in Washington .me. He I very tall and very thiu. He is ilso very cbaritabla Ho sent the other day i box of biscastoff clothing to a committee, formed for the relief of the sufferer by the western flood. Yeterduy-o. at least, the tory a told by one of bin wicked colleagues genu he received the following communica tion in his mail: "The cominltty man giv nie, amongst other thing, wnt he called a pare of pant, and 'twould make me pant some to wear 'em. I found your name and where you live iu one of the M'ket. My wife lulled so when I showed nu to her that I tho t she would nave a cniiiiwhuu lit She want to know if there lives and breathes a man who has leg no in -j-er than that She sod if there was he orier tie taken up forvngrnwy.for having uo visible means ol support I coiliiin l get em o:i my eldest tsiy.no I used 'em for gun cuses. If vou liev number pare to spare my wife troilld blie to get em to hang up by the side of tho lire placa to keep tho tongs iu." New Yon; Tribune. Next," lie- maivhcd Into un insurance ofllco on Gristvold street, pointed to bi empty sleeve ami K.ml. .o-t it at Antietnm." "Your ui'jir" tpieru-d the clerk. "Certainly. I wan nl what is now known a liurnsele brnlgo. McCloll.ni rodo up to inen:id asked mo to bold that brulg.t at ail hi.iriU I told him I'd Its it orpen-U. Lee K-iit ilinvn a w hole brigade against 1110." "IStlt you helil itf "N 1 sir 1 was wounded nnd fnrcetl back." "You cere! You didn't H;ruU after pi o:u isi:ig McClellau you would:" ".N 1. sir." "Then 1 ran do nothinj for yon. Very -orry for the loss of your arm, but when a man ui.iktM a square promise he should keep ,t You might cull next door. They always ;ive thu ty days' credit tUiro." Detroit Free I'lWiS. rhenllnand's Thervent I'lianry riilonred. "Plniirest Phloro," wrote an amorous youth who is smitten with the phonetic craze, "phorever dismiss your phcurs, nnd phly with one whose phervent phancy is phixed 0:1 you alone. I'brtends phauuly phather phorget tbeni, and think only of tbe phelicity of the phuture. Pbew pbellows are s.i pbostidiousa? your 1'herdin.iud; sopheign not phoudness if you pheel it not Pborego u'lwlic and answer pbinally, Phlora." "Oh, Puerdinand, you pbool!" was phair 1'lilura's curt reply. Galveston News. An Afflicted Family. V- tAI ' "l wonder what's wrong at the Fahleriea' iiaasion! The U'lls are all mulHed, tho side v illi's covered with matting uud the doctor ust drove away." "Why, haven't you heard! Their pug has iiieumoma." Life. Had Not Helped II Im. Two men sat beside each other on a rail r;iv train. One of them, putting down a :i I'-nzine, remarked: "That seriei of articles, 'Books That nave Ii-I xil Mo,' has engaged the attention of 01110 of the leading literary men of the -:i:itry." "So I've heard," the other man replied. "Have you road any of the articles" "No." ' I tut you have often thought of books that :avo bellied you, I daro sayf" "No, I dont read books, and am therefore : helnl by them. I rend the titles of oo!;s. but never turn the loaves." "You must boa busy man." "I am," said the man who only glanced at lie titles. "1 am the book reviewer for The lostou Literary World." Arkansaw Trav !er. Chinese Logic. A gentleman who is visiting town for a ew tiny carried to a "heathen Chinee" of ' iiintlry proclivities a bundle of linen which 10 wished to have washed within a short time The washerman took the package and 'iromised that it should Ut ready for Tuesday veiling. The stranger was unable to call on Tuesday, but on Wednesday bs presented limsclf and asked for his linen, only to be old tliat it wiu not ready. "Not ready," he returned, Impatiently. "Why, you promised to bava It ready last ni-ht" "'o," the Chinaman answered, with a smile ns child like aud bland as bis language won uurvproducable in print, "but you didn't come after it lost night"--Boston Courier Very Kvmpatliellf. Jiggers 1 am informed that poor Faker Is dy't'3- Juggers-Shouldnt wonder. Ho wa sink ing rapidly when I saw him. Jiggers What was the trouble with him! Jaggors Trying to learn to swim iu jx feet of water. Idea. Good Kxense. "Jones used to be one of the quietest men going," aaitl Smith the other day. "mild ami inoffensive, but now I hear that b la con stantly iu bot water with bis neighbors." "Well, you know," said Uruwn, "Jones bought a dog short tun aga" Iloaton Courier. Sha Missed All That. Eva wa sm iineallliction that cast a gltsun over the lives of many of her daugh ters: Adam never bored her wit b attsrie of the jolly time he used to bava when ue wa a boy. Itoaton Courier A lioual fculijert. Young Mr Fresh icompiacriitlyi-DM yoq ee that little artu la In but Huiwlay paper about me, Miaa Hnlinel Mis Haliiie-vUv. no, Mr Freah, a hat was It a humorous artx-lei-Tb Kp n. Aa 1'B.lomisMleate.l Tongue la Huston. First IvsvKoan-lsjjisi ,j flei language! SertMid rVntonian-Yea. rta. First Mi.Hiiaii-What u ul Herood DiUuau-Luili.h.-TM Dtta, 1 m turn C 1 r ipsiKtn A 1 LvfN vnB.it.rr-.il V.yPtllO, MISSIONARY WORK. THOMAS STEVENS GIVES THE' RF. 8ULTS OF HIS OBSERVATIONS. Quit a Dlfferenea Between th Idea and the Keal Mnllshnesa of th Aver ax Moliamuattaii Sla:llc Whet. Prove Very Cold Kaet. - As a boy at the Sabbath school tbe averng man ban beeu taught to drop bi nickels lnt the contribution box for the conversion 01 tho bcuthen. The poor missionaries were 011. in thiwe wild, benighted countries, risiiw. their live and nu.Tering untold hardshii) foi the pursTse of gathering benthens ami idola torn into the fold. For these be has goui without chewing gum weeks ut a time In or tier to coiilributo money and hosdon It with scarK'ly a w-hininr lie lion grown up with an idt-iil missionary and an ideal missionary life vividly pictured 011 his fancy In the course of time hi ship come over and ho dccid. to take a tr;p around tht worliL Ho visits Ana Minor. India. Climu and Japan. Tho Hist missionary settlement he comes to he II. els it as different from bif long cherished ideal conception ns cheese is different from chalk. The' traveler is ns tolllnl'sL "Why, bless my soul!" bt gasps, "those missionaries are living in decent houses, tut d.s'ent fim.1 nnd are an safe hero us if they aero in New York " A HASH CONCI.I'SIOX Ho llnds that he bus been nursing a de lusion ull these years. Asa general thing he doesn't stop to think that Ibo delusion bus been all his own, tliut he has permitted his childish conceptions to remain unchanged lustoiitl of this, ho Jump to tho rush con clusion that foreign missions uro un iiupot-i-lion oil the credulous public ut homo, and when be guts back ho bu uo hesitation in laving so. the llrst Impressions of n mnn who bos not taken tho trouble to correct infantile impres sions before starting out are very apt to be something like this, but, as a mutter of fact tho missionaries do tho very best tbey can. Tho trouble lies, not with tho men aud women who go forth in obedience to un honest yeanling to save everyliody, but with tho in uatcrussedues of tbe people whom they wish to save. The mullshness of the average Mohamme dan, for instance, when it mmos to being saved, is something appalling to a person who bos his eternal welfura in view The Mohammedan Is as stubborn, or stubborner, than tho Christian even about forsaking bis own religion for another Few Mohaiumo dans can understand the perversoiuta of Christians iu refusing to come over bodily to Isluiuisiu and be saved. BARD TO CONVERT. On the other hand, it seemed to mo that to beard the Mussulman in nis owu country aud try to convince him that any other religion Is bettor than his own must lie a good deal liko trying to pull a -SOU pound pig through a knot hole. The Mohammedan regards the Christiun missionary much n we should re gard a Persian tnolluh who should como over here and proselyte. for tbe religion of the Prophet A n matter of (act i think th" tnolluh would bavo tho advantage. A Per siuh mntlub In his flowing robes nnd big white turban, prostrating toward Mecca nnd sighing away down into bis heels, is a pict ure not devoid of a certain amount of fasci nation. 1 have seen molluhs in Persia who, if they would only make themselves up and como over to, say, Boston, and start up a ro vival, would convert lots of ieople by the more mugnctism of their apieurauce and the strango fervor of their devotions. It is a cold fact that among the teeming millions of Asia I discovered twice as many Christians who had embraced Mohammedan ism as I did Mussulmans who bad entered Into the Christian fold twice as many! To come down to actual statistics, compiled at odd times as 1 wont from country to country, 1 figured up one Mohammedan wbo bad ex perienced a change, of religion and two Christians. There may be more than this in the whole world, H'rliaps, but these are all 1 obtained xwitive evidence of. All three were very interesting cast's from the standioiiit of an ouuido party. Their experiences were also interesting to themselves, Thomas Ste ms in Now York Sua Mountnln Itailroad In Venesnela. Shortly before wo left 1a Ounyra, on tha duy of which I am writing, the sky became overcast and threatened raiu, so that we were in some doubt of being able to reach Curacas until late at night Long before we hud climbed one-quarter of tho way from the sugar plantations on tho margin of the lea to tho elevation, all covered with coffee and cocoa groves, the train ran into a dense mist w hich rolled iu from over the Carib bean. At times we ciuld not behold tho length of the train of only four cars, aud, therefore, gained but a faint and tantalizing idea of the wonderful beauty of the scenery along the line of our travel. Up uud still upward the engine puffed and spouted liko a panting monster, drawing alter it the train, which wound in and out, twisting aud turning, now describing tho letter V, now doubling itself into au S, slowly, cnutioiisly on and up, painfully glid ing like a wounded snuke, now running into tunnels, thou out along the verge of giddy precipices, at 0110 turn beading back toward the sea, then around the face of a magiiiQ cent promontory, again plunging Imck into the narrower recesses of great gorges and canyons, iwsnlng over trestle, through deep cuttings along tho narrow top of stoop em bankments, onward aud upward up from tho sea thecoma pulina, banana plantations -alsive the cocoa grove nnd coffee planta tions, shaded by ts-autiful flowering trees up to liarrcn mountain steeps overgrown with stunted bushes above the timber line, through a desolate land of the cactus, mi mtstiB, and bitter aloes, t lint stand stork and leafless und storm stripiotL Look as we might straining our eye iu vain endeavor lug to see through the fog, wo could gain lit tle notiou of fie scenery or the country through which w were passing. Caracas Cor. New York Tuiioa, It Wa III Crest. A New York gentleman recently gave a il.'iiner, and Informed hi guest that lie had a new el of porcelain Just received from Pant, and of which bo promised them a glaui fu-r tha colfon At atnui a the table wjarli-nnsl the butler banded a collection of up plains, dinner and disnert plutee to tbe wailing guest Ho hail Jul completed the round when, a If by preconcerted action, tbe etiiira utile bunt Into a rr of unisiutrolled liughter Tha host wa astonished, and j-l.tie-i-d from una to another In amauMiiciit until, whert villi turn of th numlmr sniiteil tn in t-.wt aiiililaoilHsl lu rti.h culur In neath lh.i fla, and under the Isstiitiful diawmg of tlM-r4 Mnif, ihr iin forth upon an artistic f -roll Urn w.sf.l -Tint it my crest" An 1 pUiiatlon. of ci,urna, naa lha only way Hit of It and II f ins that when tbotkett b f if lb Uttrluj mm rnt U Pan he wrote Hut .biu U-iKsitli to liulleal It use, and Hi mutt leiitiisit Frs-iH'limaii, Ignorant of th Kn.lnli inmioiiK tresm rilml lb letter ka b-.uud.-Ni.) yi Truth. A 80NQ. Blurt Btnxt THia shall I atnft Stag of th ro Bug of th snows lad Kin of th wild wind that through tb air Mows. Ring of th roe that withers and dies Hiuk of th (site beacon tight u bar eye; Kins of tha praseot trjf of tb pan. 81 111 of our childhood, 100 lovely tc out; Ming of th snows that fell when the year Wa dead, and th wind sang a dirge o ar u on u. Sing' Blngl What shall I sing' Bing of tha brav Blng of a grav 1 wep down In a heart over which tempest m Sum of llie brav that fall In th right Waged against oonscleoos and fata asy ut night: Theu slug of the rlgbt-slng of tb wrons;; . Lei the bud lu your soul blossom In toug; bin of the lowly sing of the great And so go up singing to God's golden gat--Joho truest McCann Id Nw Vori Urapoie. A Very Useful Sabitauoe. Tbe material known as woodite, devised ny Mrs Wood, devar Englisbwomau. pi-onuses to hecome a very useful subsiuiiee.' Its chief ingredient iscaoutchoua During lie past few months it has given good result lor a variety of purposes, and is uowrie lared to lie especially adapted to many other isos According to Sir Edward Heed, M H t lias Isssn produced in diver forms, such as Hut' siieout and ribbons for waterproof am les, dense blocks for resisting tbe blows of hoi 01 shell, and very satisfactory rings fur -ugine imcking One process con verts it into .111 elastic, sponge like substance, and an --tiler, in w hicb it Is mixed with wbalebono uttings, gives It a rough or fnctional quality for mats. Some curious naval applications nave beeu worked out It is made into armor ulalea. which on being penetrated by a shot .-lose so tightly that no water is admitted, and it is also formed into light and con venient cylinders for carrying compressed iir to drive life boats, torpedo boats and scout bouts, while it is suitable for makin -lonting or partly floating cables for pn" ection against torpedo attacks, etc. Frank I site's ratines of Nervous Irritability. A prominent physician is quoted assaying: 'Were I to give the true reasons at the root of the growing inferiority, nervous im to tality aud insanity, which nro sapping the vigor of the time, they would be two things -the wont of proper food by all classes aud the sedentary training, or want of training, .inning young people." There is a good do-.l to lie said in favor of the military training of Prussia, for our own boys nowhore get a Hotter physique than at West Point; but the old style, which is yet the very common -tyle, of education involves our young eoplo II sedentary habits. We are a nation of sit lers, and not of walkers, and are taking tho -onsequencea in the way of stagnation and (ingestion. Heart disease and brain disease ind lung disease and kidney disease anil it her congestive diseases follow too luxurious atiiig and inanition. Globe-Democrat A (iood "Recommend. " A stranger from the interior entered a De rmt w holesale clothing house the other dnv ( n. t stuled that he was looking around for a etuil stock. After being welcomed he im sl:ed concerning his financial standing and -e promptly replied: "Maybe 1 donu' haf some rating In dor ooks, but 1 can recommend myself. I vha .siiivd for f-,000, uud 1 burns out und got 01 money in my pocket" "Then you didn't looser queried tbe whole ller. "Itvhasa cold day, eh T absently replied he man as he looked out iiKn tbe winter oulei pedestrians. Detroit Free Press. Martha Washington's Complaint. P,eiison J. Lossing, LL, D., tbe dint in nulled historian, writes in a Washington ewspuier of a conversation he had In IM ith Alexander Hamilton's widow One in 'resting remark made by" Mrs. Hamilton .us one iu reference to Martha Washington's isliko for society. "Mrs. Washington, who. .Ue myself, had a passionate love of borne uid iloniestio life, often complained of tbe vnste of time' she was compelled to endure I'hey call tue the First Lady of tbe Land, aid think 1 must be extremely happy,' she vould say, almost bitterly, at times, and tilil: 'They might more properly call me the 'hief State Prisoner.'" New York World Headers of Had Hooks. My own conviction is that the ohjertioo .lle hooks published in France are far mora a iron lied by foreigners than by tbe French nettiselves, for 1 can never come acrom. imniig my French friends, a man who ba -cad them. M. Zola's books are read. I ad nit, not, however, because they are object mo ilile, but because they are writteu by atrana endout artist We read his too often epulsive details for the sake of tbe masterly cuius displayed in tbe handling. Max I'Kell in Cosmopolitan. Th Klgbta of Inventors. It Is an easy matter to prove that there is nulling new in tbe world, and it has come to -0 the fashion to belittle about every iuven ion made, by showing that something in some I'especls like the thing invented has lm ;nowu or dreamed of belore. As a general lung these rusty resemblances are matters if very little co 11 sequence. They go to show that some one has tried to accomplish a cer 'uin purpose and bas failed, his failure result ing iu uo benefit to tbe public. To Keep Away Drummer. A business man or South Florida adopt this novel plan to keep drummers out of hi place, and he says it works admirably Kvery morning be places a dIuc bat and ichel on bis counter. As soon as a drummer 'nines to the door and looks in ha sew the plug bat and sacbel, and be goes off, believ ing that another one of the craft ha that ground already covered. Brooklyn Eagle. On the Installment Plan. "You say be committed suicide on tbe In stallment plan how's tiatf" "He moved from Chicago to New York, then to Cincinnati, then to St Louis, where he took to dnnking beer, then whisky, went to a rive cent eating bouse for his meal, am! llually became cigarette smoker Whut else could you call UP Chicago Tribune. Work for Women. A iximlnn Jeweler recommends diamond cutting and polishing as an excellent em I'loyment for women, saying that be beheves that any woman or girl with quick inteii l-eiieo could learn to polish a diamond "very fairly lu six mouths." Nw York Sua A young Madras Brahmin, married, in a niiiiiiiinn-ation to The Indian Magazine. speak of his niat-tiag as "the eternal tuot of sorrow tied." A 'la I had ten offeas of marriage last ris-k. Fla How monotonous and pta-asC e :it ol Jack. Tid Bite A bad marriage la kka an electric roalne U nukes you dance, box too ctai'l k-l go.