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"I!!, Hln. Mid, )' 'it. i''-pi-, br. L'rt. I' f tall, h dec, diss Li. Uilil mil TV irm qui. 4 wet. Liru a Sr. la! ilk TV iita ; fc ii line 1;k Jeor It mlr t u si jit .IB. XHlJ ! 1!: ANECDOTE 0? WEBSTER. th If1 M" u4 Ars- ' 1 wrry oat anecdotes of Danlal lllustrati o( tbai eialtad and Ik"' tilset wuico u miuu prw-am- J WSS IOMJ DJ UM lalSk j CkmposU. of Philadelphia, Pl(ii,'olr" asrfa " P- t- mIiI thai harln bMn r Mr rur " 1 m t " 9" j,f m sttr. "bo was detained by PLlIiwruu dutl" rtlllnfitoa- theon- upon win. 11 tm Kixd lht Mr flLf iDould deilr tn closing sjvuuient. .l" ul Tucker, "day after rtar went i "t60ut nruiRing in great eipouuaec, f' 11 im rT ta d t"fop Uu,t 00 "hlch r" rT.. .n .lMimir I wa slttlns in mr r0" ' .h. Hotel. hotel, delating witr mysell ktfffl 1 ai ,,w u do. Mo Mr Webster was au After tIM Ultl Cirililies bad ged nie lo tell bun about Um esed 0 P 11. XVttr ' said L Ml it mwrilil ttDy.s" 7 ' . . .jnuia of lb caser J00 . ... wnateeer.' said b TeU me p(u fl0U' ' - -.,lw ilnmfdanriMl. siuf rmfnt. l was u 1 1 ' j - ' . ..u rtf bvtimntiT a font dm on thr f ",. 1 -id Ho aui 1 (O convey au uiai Una 10 im lltll ,,,,w ttuit u teft u,r f'jjjBid "Oh. never mind deuula. Give ! Luuawe p-neraJly and the talient points, j .U, at joarn at Ibe table oppoaiu me, and l at "P"1 i.T0OPu of tne " r 10 houn and mora, Oue pouit j7miall called to hi attention. The op Luujj eouiuel were bent on eecunng a ooih Lmnceol tbecaae. wmleour mterert d Lnd1 an tniniwliaW decision. At a reason WiMt KnwUng to oontuiuanoe I cited tbe JJamat Uieotber side bad protracted tb ioumniation eicwawveiy. ooL-upying m u a to of oue ltwa. -Mr Meixlertao me good ulgbt after 1 jaJ wuciU'lwl. aud ent to bed. The next 'rooming be tun into court as serene and L.itic u Jove binweit. wbile I was ner jUHltppreUiwive 10 the Uvrt degree. He ! iao ai a.Un to the court itb tbat slow. rfnim in tbe ouLl of bis forensic efforta. Uo railually wanned and quickened. I liawwl iillluiit for in essence it was 'uournt but wnat I bad pumped into bim in sis t boon and a bair taiE or tu aay t j (ora nut bow trananiuuxi ana traniiormeu: IX) (' TM n MlM ' Ui uutt'onuiuus t vili tstt tbe point to wbicb 1 bave alluded. BsraoJeretl it Urns. Tbey a fora contionaocel Why, may knlMue court, tnev bave taken at this f hetfmt as mncb tin in tbe croaa-exaniina- M. s it took tb Almighty to create to lOiTerar' "Toal represents tb differenc between b ipM-rj and my talk, my simple ux dayi ptw to tbe colossaJ Bgur 1 bave deeenbed giioir tot magic loucb of bis genius, and this ImtAiK was character urtio of tb wbol. Ktnlsdelpuis Call A fUre for Dear Ufa. Some weexa after returning to tb feet Sea Kniery wbo was in command of tb iMtnet. ordered m to make a scout as tar tnr f rVeochmanl Fork, eighty miles a way laarted alone, leading Joe for my war borse ui tot run borne if Jumped by tb wild boyi I struck tbe Fork in tbe night, and. lading s quiet utile place in tbe bead of tb mar. I camped. At the break of day I dimbed s tall ire near by to tae a look ap mi) down tbe river I bad climbed about Uirt) tert. when I saw several streaks of Um tiuoie ruing op through tbe trw not s balf mile away 1 slid out of tbat tree migbty quickly, and. running if 10 Joe. sooo sad bun aaJdied. 1 bad to lad out tbe site of that village, bowevei . and nuts oif report to tbe general I tied Joe to 1 tree and crept up a bigt bill (rum tbe top of arjirb I bad a good view of it Then, with all of the information I wanU-d, I started tot I k, hen I espie! a band of Indians coming up tbe ravine in bicb Joe was tied Tbey ere out a mile a ay. but bad not discover! ma Tbe eras, didnt grow under my feet atiile I was getting down tbe bill to Joe, and we aero oun mating lively tracks out of taat ravine Tbe Indians came on quietly until tbry came to tbe tree to wbicb Joe had beeo tied. Then tbey saw the fresh trail running up tbe ravin In a second they were after me. There were about forty of them out on a buffalo sunt and mounted on their best borse 1 tad 00 time to go after the horse wbicb 1 bad tied further off. 1 would soon nave tc leave tbe ravine and get out on tbe level prairie, which stretched away for mites, and where 1 could be easily seen. When I got out on toe level ground 1 put Joe to bis best 1 kept looking back and when 1 was about a nile and a balf out on tbe prairie tbe In dians came in sight. Tbey saw me at one fid on tbey cams. 1 knew it was to be a kxig race, for I was fifty mile from any white man. Tb Indians never got any closer 5 me than tbey were when tbey started, but tbey would not give up, thinking that my borse would surely give out But they were mistaken. Joe held bis own. Tbey cbased me witbiD about tea miles of tbe fort before tbey up 1 bad run Jos at least forty miles with bardly a stop. 1 thought tb run would kill bim but two dart afterward when tb troops were ready to go after tb Indians Joe "as ready to go also. When ws got back to tbe Frenchman tb Indian village was gone. I went where 1 bad left tb bora tied to lb tree some day before. I expected tb In dians had found bim. but tbey bad not. Tb poor brut was there and nearly dead for water He had eaten everything in his reach, W oouid not break tbe strong rope to get to water He got well, however, and I rods bim tuDili ais of miles aJlerwaraa, Buffalo Bill s Letter. A Seen on the riaJn. Gen. W T Sherman's liking for circuses tad spectacles is well known. Wben Buffalo bill u at Eratuna and Madison Square prden before be went to Europe, tbe general s frequently present He was talking ouut Buffalo Bill s day or 10 ago in this v-"Buftalc Bill's sbowts tbe most wonder till thing in tbe way of disclosing to tbe people sow ti e great western country bas been fettled that it would be possible to present It b marvelous bow be bos been able to reprs--nt tbe primeval forest, with tb wild ani mals, tb wagon trains and tbe camps, tb Htlementt and tb flgbta witb the Indiana, prairie tire and all tbat sort of thing, 1 watcbed bim as be rode up in advance of tb aso tram aii.) found tbe spring, and where settoo down and took tbe water up with his hat anil handed op a hatful to bis boras. "It rennmkd me of many a similar seen wqicIj I have witnessed. 1 remember just ncb a sicing away op on tb .North Piatt ri'er, ano I have seen many a man water bis bone or bis mule at Just such a spruig. Tb water is generally deep down In Lb surface of tbe ground In a assure, where It would b bninwible for tb an una! to reach it Wben burtaJo bill jumps on bis bora and swings ba tat for tb wag 00 train to com on. It is tbe most natural M-mg Ltt tb world." 2iw lark TnbuD. CREAMERY BUTTER HOW DAIRY CO-OPERATION SPARES THE FARMER'S WIFE. Tb Old raahtooMl Was of Hasina Rnt mr by -Role of Tnaw'-Th ImtIS ' Krolutloo - Tbe Ooasnery Ida Taking Hoot Kwrrwhfr. It Is only a fsw Tears since tb most soul harrowing and back breaking duties of tb fanwrt wife werr tb rbunuug. working and wiling of tb products of the farmer lairy ThrougO inferior facilities tbey were subject to kmg churning tbe butler would not conte. owing to waut of control over tb temperature it was worked la tbe cellar where the salty oose mail the bnck Boor damp and dumus) ureniing It was salted by pie work, and the results were often dis couraging. es;eieily wneo it was found by tmtun; that unwelcome davors had crept in by exposure to the kitchen or other foul smells The butter was sent to market all tbe tame and was bought by the urban Douse Kner to her own disgust and lb disrepute of tbe maker and seller Tbe tcberae of co operative butter making. ITkesll innovations, was received with keen opposition and die like, but It has steadily made Its way in popularity not only witb butk-r eaters, but -)wcially witb tbe overworked farmer wive and daugbtert It Unit obtained popularity In tb New England states It was pure co-opera 000 st that stag Half a dosen or more farmers dubbed their capital, built s small butter factory and appomu-o s competent penon tc superintend, ami aunouncvO Uieru.elves ready to nuiiif tbe butter and cbee for tbe entire cunumimtv It was wouo found tbat tbe farmer could mate as much or mors monev by ending bis crvoro tu the creamery than a (it t.y oorsuig it into butler ov the aid of us wife's lair Uale in quantities it could Oupml and sold in tbe city markets at iiu.-n l-Kcr rig-.irwi than could be got "in 'rade" at tbe wuntry grocery All bands rre better satisfied, especially tb farmers wife. THE IXtVITiBLk CTOLmO. Capital was not long id finding promising employment in erecting and operating cream ertea This brought tne inevitable evoJuti of better businvm maiiavmeut and better mutual results. A few cardinal ruk bad to be observed It was desirable to erect tbe building for butter and cbetse making near a stream of clear, cold running water A man of exprneoo In tbe management of milk was made superintendent and given a tu9) cient staff of aausianta Wagons started from tbe factory morning and mgbt col lected tbe cnm in cans holding from three to tire gallons each. These cans, on arrival at tb creamery, are in summer plunged ap to their necks into tb clear coo watei in vata In winter this room is kept st a per fectly uniform temperature by Br beat foe churning, working, saiting and shaping of tbe butter are all done under a pertecti) aniform system, tb same day aftar day aud year after year 1 "be packing and shipping o the butter are processes requiring car and skill Tb ship ping boxes, even wben new ar carefull) eniided out and dned before tbe bultei s packed in them, and this bat tc be doo moo carefully after tney bave been used. Tbe boxes are shipped in express cars and arrive at destination with contents as clean and sweet smelling as when tbey started Tbe butter jobber knows just what be is getting and can buy as well by brand as on ulg ment Tbe consumer purchases witb equai ivufldence All Is uniformity and busine management from tirst to last l b tarmei gel a sliiHilaUsI price per inch for bis crearr wd gfiieraiiv has monthly settlements. All tre trrau-d alike and have no cause of com plaint THE PRODUCER'S A.DV AXTAGEA After tb manufacture of butter went largely into the bands of tbe creamery men xeveral advantages to tne cream producer were rerogniteil All tb bard and dirtv work was taken out of the bands of the females of the family The kim milk was found to be useful either to sell as sucb or in the rearing of calves. He was able to gauge tbe value of his cows as milk producer aiwi tbus to improve bis stock. He could keep s larger stock and so improve tb quality of 111s land. New FJngl.ind was th birthplace of tbe creamery idea, but it was not long in taking root in all other communities of progressive farmers. The cost of sucb establishment bas run from ll.UU) for the cheapest op to flu. JUU It requires the milk of about 400covs to run a small creamery, while tbe milk of wveral thousand cows can be used to ad vantage In some of tb largest About tbe largest In tbe country is at Klgin. Ills This paid its patrons over CJUu.OuU last year, and its product stands at tbe bead of the creamery list There are bunrtreds of tbera through New York, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and more western state. In tbe markets creamery hotter ranks sec ond only to tbe "gilt edged." Tb latter is tb product of s few of the notable herds of Channel cattle, whose milk is noted for lt richness, Tbe Darlington butter, made from a herd of Jerseys in Chester county. Fa., brings f 1 s pound snd upwards tb year round. Tbe most of it Is contracted for by tb year There ar few others of lit prominence and repute, but tbey ar simply large establishments whose product Is sum cient to maintain a creamery of their own. where all tbe system and devices of tbe regu lar creameries ar employed witb lik uni form result. New Y or Graphic. Cbeetnate of Kegrw Minstrelsy. A gTeat deal has been said and written about tbe chestnotiness of negro minstrelsy Did jokes have been mercilessly lampooned, and tbe men wbo deal In tbem nave com in for a large aba re of tb sbuss, It is not gen erally known by tbe public tbat there ar not a balf doxe'n men in th United States capable of furnishing gairt or otber end ma terial to minstrels, and of these balf dosen probably not on makes a really successful gag in six months Tbey can all write songs or faks up afterpieces or sketches, but tbey cannot givs tbat delightful ring of spon taneity to a gag which makes it a "go. Minstrels often try tbe work of these profes sional Joks makers, bot It falls so hat tbat invariably a return to tb old material 1 ecensary Most of tb ga you bear ar mad by th end men themselves. Some time newspaper friend furnishes tbem a local suggestion, but it require In end man's experience witb iiublic taste to put it in proper shape, rune I have been in min strelsy, which is many years, I cannot recall many new jnke that bavs survived their birth. U lob- Democrat Scarlet fever is at Its minimum from Jan nary to May. and at tu maximum in Octo ber and November Diphtheria is mors evenly distributed through tb year, snd is most dsngerous a little later than scarlet fever Measles and whooping cougb seem to bs somewhat agjrravated by cold weather, Uitar most fatal in May aud June. Hot weather is averse to smallpox and favorabl to disorders of th Uweia, particularly la Ctildrea. THE CuMATE OF SIBERIA Ms All a tVsrrot. Arrtie Wasss B ot aid IWtsiws o4 aihenaa ttowor. It narUiy uwwi 10 say that acouotn bK-b b& au are of Brs and s naif millKw uer uiim. aisJ wbcr extends in latitud as far as from tb souUmtb exlremilt 01 Ureeuland to the isUDd of Cuba, must prw ol great diversities of liniate. liifxvrapO) snd vrvvtatiuu. and cannot tat everywhere s barren arctic wasta A mere glance at s nva sulUcteot to show that a eoossderalaW' mr of western Siberia lies farther souU than Nica, eoice or Milan, and tbat tb soutben boundary of th Siberian province of !rn ireclunsk is nearer tb equator than Naples In a country wnica thus strvtcbes from th latitude of lla.y to th latitude of central tireeuland ou would naturally expect U ttnd, and. as a matter of fact, on dors find many varieties of climate and scenery U soum parts of tb provioosof sxutakthr mean feinperatur of th month of January is mors than SO dc below aero f ahr wbil in tbe province of Semipaiatiosa tt mean temperature of lb mouth of July a tegs, above, and such maximum tetnpmaturs as )A and HJ da in lb shade are ojoipara uvely oommoa. On the Tsimyr peninsula, east of tb Gull ol Ob. tbe permanently froaeu ground thaw, out in summer to a deotn of only s few incbts, anl supports tvt a scanty vegetat.. uf berry bushes and m-sts, while in thesoutn -rn part of wertern Su-r watermeJuo aad -autaloiijM are a pmrita o crop, uxascco t .towu upon taouaiida of piantauoos, aud the peasants barrel aunually mors than Su, jlu.uUi rxisoels of gram The fact which I testre especially to mipresi upon tbe mind ot tne tvu'lcr is that SiUma is not verywten luifomi and bomvtvua Tb northern rt of tb country differs from the southern art quite as mixb as t:.r Hudson Bay tem ry Ji.-fcrs from Kentucky, snd it n a rrt s nu.tase to sttnbut the culd ami mrrent of the lna dvits to tbe wboie ot iiris a-it w.,ui t? toattnbet the-,"i uul tirretin nf kling V. j lum Land lu tti utile of North A:ner.ca. ro the trave.er suocivms th CraJ foi be first time iu June i!na; is m.re ur nsin-; tlian the fervent tn-al of Sitwna; uushine anl tbe extraordinary imuty aisl .rolusi-Hi of SibenaJi Dowers. Althousb ua1 two wrtly pretwu-ed. by our voyage up the Kama, for the experience which awaited u 00 tii otb-r side ot tbe mountains, were fairiy astomsard upon tb threshold ot western Siberia ty tbe scenery, the weather aDd the flora. In th fertile, bloaommg country presented to us as w rod swifti eastward into tbe proviDC of Tobofek, therv was absolutely nvtbicg even remotely tosug est an arctic region. If w bad boen t lino folded and transpcrted to it suddenly in tbr mkloie of a sunny afternoon, ws could nevei have gueweo to wnat part f tb world bad own t&krn. Tbe uy was ss dear and biue and tbe air as soft ss tb sky sod air ot California, the trees were all m full Ira' birds were singing over tb Bowery meadow, and in tb clump of birches by the roadside there were a drowsy bum of bees and a faun fragrance of flowers and verdure in tb sir and the sunshine was as warm and bright as that of a June afternoon in the most favored part of tbe temperate son. tworg Kennau in Tbe Century Ingalls' Command 6f Langwae The speaker was a general on the Union nde in tbe late war, a native of New York state and a graduate of Union college Ht emigrated to Kansas after bis graduation from college. "Tbere was s little crowd of as In Kana. City Just tfore tne war." said be, "from th eastern state ami graduate of tbe eastern -ollegva We formed a set by ourwlres Some of us were Lawyers, some bothering ibout real estat.' and town lota, some praitic ing medicine all doing something actively ill 1 believe, bave since attained notoriety in m way or other lupills was a graduate f Williams coil-ire. He loosed as be does now turn and spare lie was eccentric in nis dress, and always wore sumething strik ng He ud to love b. wear, 1 remeinter, a ui,; rei necktie, lie was a shy. reserve! fel iow, and had the reputatioo of being very -yiucal. It was said dial be lay awake night :olishing his bitter episTama He wasut ery popular, and a a lawyer, though be i considered smart, be bad only s fair unities. "I think I came to be as intimate witb ln injlii as auy of tl boys were, and I well re iienitr bis telling me one night, as we sat in ny room smoking together, the manner la rhirD be was working to secure com uand of language. He said tbat it was us practice for an hour or so each day co opeo Webster's Dictionary at random and -un down a column or so of words, carefully -t ud ring tbe meaning of each word and bunt ng up in the lexicons its derivation and so 'orth. You know tbat in explaining th neaning ot a great many words the diction iry gives a line or a couplet from r'on or lobnsoo. or from some one or mors of tbs lassie authors, snd tbem quotations Ingalls eould often commit to memory, eKjcisiiy if :hey happened to appeal to bis Imagination. I'ben, too, be would look up in Crabbew syn nyms, th word wbicb meant tbe same, or 'early the tame as tbe word be bad 111 mind, tiid be would study carefully the nice shades 4 difference between tbem all He told me bat so far from finding this work lirewom r duagreeabl be took tbe greatest pleasure 0 it, and that be knew it did bim inesti aable benefit tie considered this practice far upenor, for tbe purpose of giving on com uand of bis own language, to tbe old tradi nonal one of translating tbe Greek and Ko man classics Into English and of then trans lating them back again. "I met Ingalls years afterward, and b told me ba was still keeping up tb practice. 1 suppose be is keeping It up now. and that's where bis facility of expression oomes from." -New York Sun. adobe Mansion of Santa Fa, The adobe house, or "doby ' as it is called, 11 familiar to all western bnta, but it 1 seen st its very bent bera. Tb wealthiest people live in structures wbicb from the out side seem scarcely habitable, but within ar oozy and. in many instance, luxurious. Judge Thornton, a wealthy mine owner, ha a "doby" bous nesw tb plaza, or (aibiic square. In th center of tb building is a juar courtyard filled with manillo-nt rkiwers, witb s fountain in tb center The loors of each apartment in tb bouse open on tb wide veranda wbicb runs around the iwurtyard. and tb effect is very charming Tbe wails of tb bunding are nearly thre feet in thlckueas, giving opportunity fordwp, .-usbiooed window seal, Tbeee thick walls Keep out cold in the winter and beat In tb viminer. and liier are, therefore, but two Ire piece in tbe wbol bouse for u-w in tb rfvent of extraordinary severe weather The decorations of the dwelling are sorb as we finds m Atlanta s feachtree street homes -trautiful picture and statuary. Imported -arpt-u and rugs, rare bno brao and pot jrrta, everything that money can buy Of .vurw. all this mast the change from the wibud atmuspber of squaJor tb mors marked. Ju-1,; Thorntons bom is bot tb n of hurnlreds of others owned by wealthy Spaniards. Mexicans or Americans, wbo bave etual here imsim of this lncouiiaralla finu is.- Atlanta ConsUtutioQ, WITH A TURTLE lir.VTER.1 CATCHISQ KENTUCKY SNAPPERS TO aj.fc FREE LUNCH OF. last th Uws la Walt saw rll ks Ibe livirf Mllajw ImHH l Ikv fl.n ami 14M, Rla saw n A wild rna.'lard drska. wfU curWd tail and four snvsa. was quietly lasiruj: ba brews fast la tbe Urnm of an family th otbn morn 1 tut anog in emu and willows ou tne west taws of th Licking river, at the moots of Kink Lict erws. tueotoo county a ? Co ous her st neb la worms. s4u ail tstvtar snoot of aquaoc ve(vuuon. and fu a time the drake swunf timoelf on his aits and waKxed bas tail in trie air. wai bis Ut was iwinenng and suctmg In the iud soder tt rivers surface with coasid erable soncentrsUon. It was plain tbat br bad struct a soft scan and knew it Onrw, wnea o brought bts bead above wiiev lo swsixiw a aiug and cart a liU-e largess of genti quaca inv t barem. xtaibg smned to lax bold of bis W-o frau twkiw Hs quacked frautKaily an. I Ml lb water with ha sms Then Ci wiu4rs snd S4 lck and his bead went usstei wnitt Bts four wives exnlediy lifted tnwn Hv. into tne sj- sod wued their way inU' aootoer county "holy !.' Thit ccaa b a big fellow. rwenarted Kreoctt Henry, a be rowed toward ttw x w tier the ducks bad bees feedin; Heorv is a wooiistiian ot wicn fvtKite la tci .alitude. wnoas a:VbtMo just now is turd tc turtse barvnt tVita a iil'.reo f.sx ssi3. s oouple of No i frvt trs(. s rVtfvrt nrUi carrying a ii t.i. a lor.; hand ml abk tart. t-fi Jaisi a "o.vp, aud baif a d-.xaen three inch D-tJ a:ctml to as many strong sea graj Unas, be w as out 00 a turtle bOLt To river at this point is from twenty to forty yards wide, snd l.r its way over tb bar of clean sand aud "srel which tliu and spring (reoeo nave WMuibl dvwn tbe crert and anctsjewd bera A;t:st unnwdiateiy teatbers bnran lo rt Irom a aunit three yard out from m ve. and the Hear water bream tin;el in tb.it p.scw witb a biuuly streak As the sxilT anew near to tb troubled point we must nearly make out tbe form of turti anchored u;.a the sand kbout three leK Iw.ow tbe surface, and she! tered from the furcw of the current by a ledg of limestone His shell kted about two feet long by a fot and a balf lo breadth. H tMd the Usly of th mallard under bim woite be tor it neck and breast with bis booked laws, working with the eagemees of s vulture aud mure th same general action, la bis fifut upon the warsi body of the drake, as tnal bird lit4a.vs when greedily tearing a piece of (amon of which b expects Shortly to t 1iStWMd. "Tbey will pant themselves lo th mud on tbe honora of lb river bear snore, those big (allows will." said Henry, "with their beads ust peeping out of their shells, and to tbe jourse of balf sn hour tb current bas dusted tbem with mud and leaves and bit of drift, aolil s sunfiso cant tell them from a rock to save bis soul, snd so be floats down tbat way. with one er looking out for danger and tb other for grub, snd all at ooce something dan out from that muddy rock and catches tbe sun fish by the side or tbe back or tbe bead or th tail It dont make any difference wber it catches bim. wo Ion; as it takes In a good mouthful, b-cause that thing tbat has darted out is a snai'ing turtles Bead, and whatever it catches 11 k-vp Tbea tbe turtle tucks the' dsb under him. just as be bas th mallard there, aud tears and swallows liks a hungry Uon. "He will eat catfish and snakes, and almost anything that Uvea in water, and one 1 saw o.M out in meadow catching grasslioppers Sirsigbt goods, sura To sera big turtle 00 .aid is enough to make a borse lau'h. This one lifted bis head and his tail as high In the air ss he could get tuem, snd then, raising tnmielf on the tiw of bis toes, be struggkd iloog for s few yarls. wbeo all at once his strength gave out and down be came ker plunk Wbeuever a grasshopper would alight within reach of his bend out would go his 'vik. and Is'fore tbe hopper knew what bit nun it would be bis meat But this aint catching turtles. ss it He placed one of tbe pea like bullets In tbe little rifles breach, and laying tbe gim to his .Ik .older (ignted along its octagonal barrel instead of pointing toward th snapfier the guns muzzle lure on a floating object about me slat ot a man's thumb which was rapidly spproaching us from ateva VYitbtb report f the gun the object disapprareu. and then, grasping the scoop. Henry leaned eagerly iver the skiffs side snd looked down into the ater lo less than s minute th current :rougbt witb it tbe body of a second turtle -mailer than the first wbicb Uenry dexter usly scooped in as it was being balf borne by ne current and half propel led by IU own dy ::g exertious down the stream. Tbe bullet ad crushed tu skull while it was swimming, is is tbe fashion of many inland tunica, witb ijCi'iig but tbetipof iu bead above water "N w. then, for tbe duck eater I want to take bim alive, if I can. as there is not much -artel for dead tiirtlea, the dealers not car r.g to take the risk of baring stx-k spoil on ceir bands, wben it can he kept id a tank for ii months, at almost no expense. If aliva I be only way to get barn is to catch bim u a trap, or a line, or to scoop bim out As ie bas enough to eat there for a week, the first two plans will hardly work, and while in sucb deep water as this lb scoop is danger us I will try It Then with an oar Henry turned up tb 'lack earth along tbe rivers bank, sending it id a cloud down tbe current and com pletely biding lb turti under lu dark inantla, "Dont be afraid, b Is not lost, a I bavs sis bearings You see when tbe water ws Near be could see every motion I mail, and uad iVried to scoop mm out then be would be off bef.ire you oould say lior but now" Henry leaped out of the skiff snd into tbe cold wster. whicb washed bi thigh VYnb tne long handle held firmly In tutb bawls be raxed lb bar with tbe toetb of the cuop mtil they touched somrthing whicb bis practiced touch told him was tbe fxme. With a sudden shout forward be lifted the .ibstni'tion. and then putting all bis strengtb into bis arm be cast it fruiu the scoops teeth, sending It in s clean flight of s dozen feet out if tn wstet hlgb snd dry on th sandy bora It was th snapper, with IU sn lightly closed on th wing of the dead duck W ben taken ahuard, and thrown on in bottom of tne buat witb several of its con geoer. it made no effort to escape or to finish it breakfast, but remained quiet, with th wing in IU mouth and IU sharp littiecyws staring The jaws of the steel trap were now sprung and fixed in that lusilion, and after Is-uig fasmird to on end of a ten foot length of quarter inch bemp rope, the otner end of wuM-b was fixed to a peg driven deeply Into tbe river bank, th traps wer buibsj with minnows and sunk in likely looking boles snsHig tbe submerged willow. The fish hooks wer halted in the anine manner, and their lines lied to stout willow branches, alter which the boat waa secured, and with nothing but th coop Henry art oil 011 a tramp up tb creek. Newuort iKrj Cor. New Yoi k bun. THt WANDERER. ltm Bums ears hs aw vsxsiwl sallsaa Tn ost. su au4 ws o swr v ss asm suuwl ov lawetwa aoer. VXa aw (vwai eras swO. saw aw susess swsOkss He wwsss t taousa B eat am reowum. Re raat wousi wwkssi Bfo -Uxw smiww ess so as saoaai Jstunc Tw ai. etd w uial we saw of ror o Wtta ws w rrowi Tbai - aas Lovw 01 rorsse as v as one rtsm as so out W CWH K KS VSxl 1 tfwMnas -awua (Mwosv Faall l Aswevseaa ttwrkssea. This is 00 wl tsuil of Amecican week- men. and lo rwasuo 0T there ar so many avsrajr um ' vt bew to dav wort M dotta. itwtead of tatiua a tnerttanioal pap I snd si tiling down al ttwir own Bom, to prov their oiitst and keep piwted C what I is going 00 in U great world around tbem. tbey rwt avnetbuig after this fashion "M s poor lanoniut mea bavs no tim 10 our- j selves, no time for pleasure or rvcrwatwo no j Urn to ivi ourvsivo ws can I adjrd to Uk th trad laiwrs. snd era bavs BO Um ' to nessl Uiem if w da M bea our days wort I is doo ws waul to bav a little Um to our eivwa What dM this mean It mean simply this, that in ruao woo mates sw-B so argu mentis oo woo a asiishwd with being s Siavs 10 bis own fixtlisnneas, blind 10 bis ows interests, snd who will spend from on to tnrs or four hours every evening opoo U street, in th axxn or out witn tb boy. He bas plenty ot tims for lists, but no tins read. B bas plenty of money for sucB eul turs. but is very po when It oomes lo tn sabject of menial and moral culture. A. B. Oruues in tVwtoo bndgs. rweelws roflalM at Mawarbaslta. rYofewaor VI u area Smith tells a in foiiti csl Sneoc yuarwiy som most astootshing tacts. Of ail tn popuM-tloo ot ataawscea o only iMl wr ooro of native pa rxits. wnil VlV.Mb bay foreign parents sod I1V.7SI ware born of nuxad pareou that v Maacbusvtb is in fact a loreujs suta. 'or iA M per cent of bee Mood Is roreigs. There ar sixty eight ciuea snd towns in ih euro OJonweajtB 10 wdicB there is an xcea jf person of foreign peuseulag. Tbes towns nave per cent of th popnlaUOQ. won lb remaining S towns, wturn cuntein s majority of native born parsotagw. reyewseiit only 41 per rent of th wbo. That sv out foretgn mflut grsntsua futo lowus and cities, and Is largely rweaaed Of tb herd instinct Altboucb bj Massstcbosrtts tbers ts IU additunai artractlco of (Treat faclorssw, which opeo 10 vast numbers of foreign orwra lives, wnst Is tru of klaeawi-cuftn m equally tru of oo or two of tb north wssv en. states They ar mmtlally (orsign in popuistioa iloti Democrat T Rridg tb F.ncllsh CbanC Bestd th long roootni project of sub manii tunnel between Franc and England, whicb ba Iwen postponrcl to an tndettniu future, there ba been for several tsars s srbecD sgiuted for bridging tb cbanoal be tween Franc and England by a structure of fsbulous extent This proposed railway bndg will twgln at Cape Uravo, oaar Calais, and end at Folkestone. It will bs nearly twenty five miles too , and rest 00 seventy piers with ligbtbous towers. Four railway tracks wu b laid 00 this orKig si 1 a height ol l.Vv feet abort th sea level. whicb will thus givedirect railway conununl cation between England and lb cotitioeut and tb dreaded channel paJMS. which M tb bugbear of arnaiuv trsvsiera. will b B thing of tb past Tbe cost of lh gigantic piece of engineering which, wbeo completed, will tw without precedent or parallel, will exceed t mUlard of franca -DeoiCJrsstt aloutbJy. Cared by tb Thermometer The Imuvrtamx atucbed to a cluneal tber mometer b) tb.ee in ignorance ot IU otltce approaches a siiprtitiou They close then lips tightly Uwn it Tbeir eyes roll wildly sruund tbe roim. Tbey believ that tu tube contains som migbty gas ora metal of mysterious power "Tbers slot muoB tast to it, doctber," said one of tliese cmlu lous felk)x "but I spue ltt turnls throng " Dr. , wbo is aometblng of a wag. encouraged th man's faith in tbe oc cult virtues ol th thing, snd with remark able rwultx After the first "do" the fever abated. Th treatment was continued and th patieut actually recovered, cured by thermometer, administered ter in di. with out further drugging. A. BL Ward in Scnb oar's, A rifni to to UeatB. A big spider was placed 00 a rock In tn ceuter of sn aquanum In a recent sxpen ment and a larva of a water beetl pat near Tb beetle promptly seised tb spider and pulled It Into tb waur. bat after a sharp struggl th spider brok away and mnt Tb beetl sooo afterward rsuswsd in st tack, and fastened lUelf 00 tbs spider by IU pincers. Tb spider also got a good bold, and tb duel resulted In lb death of both It is said that if two of to iarvs ar ptaord In tb cam aquanum tbey will fight uutil on or th otber t dead, and th victor wUl decapitate tb dead oue. Nw York Bun. Island of Asewoaloa. Tb British government tt shoot to ahaa don th island of Ascension. TSI miles sou LB of8t Heleua, whicb It seised 10 la 11. solely for tb purpoa of prsvsoung tb posalU escap of Napoleon. It Wu Itweosnlng. Husband of conomicj viws) That's becoming bonnet, my dear Wtftwf sarcastio turn--Oh, yea, bationv Ing vary old and decrepit Washington fnUc When molasse U used In cooking Itki great improvement to uotland skim It befar using. Th rsw. rslber uuptaassuil tast of ttw poor qualities of Duals at much im proved by this process. It bat Just been discovered tbat to nabl on to penetrate thick, einoky places tb mouth snd Up should be oovsrsd with oo too wool If you want to hs well Informed, taxa paper Eveu a par of pins will i yo suoj good puuiu.- Youkars Staumiuan. F. M. WILKINS, is! DRUGS. MZDICIBE3. Braahea. Ialata. 4.1a, 011. ! TOILET ARTICLES, Etc. hraiolanaf PrwOtiptioo CosapoundsA, wr-avwsitaa. kocirrm . V '- - -JS T FrOEVK LOlHiK NO. II. A. f. AND A. M J MeeW first and third Wdaesdars US sawst Bsouta. erf NfaK BCTTK uukjic va f. i a a r. O Meet every Tuesday eveaiiur "IM awhala km-ampvevt xa. . ' ' M.-rU on Ike sewod sad foarU Wsubs dars la each Dioflih. rnr.KNK loihik noTiv a. a u. w. I J Vrels si its. mi k- 1111 the serowsl aswl fourth r'ndais la each niotilh M. W. T M.OKAltY IMST NiVHO. A. K. alKsTTS rl al MsKMiir Hall the Aral ad third rri. dajsof each moalh. Hi order. Commssimus, HCTTKUMHiKNO. 3KT.I. ao. T. MKET9 everj Saiunlax nucht ia Odd r'cllewa W.U.T. I KADINO STAK BANHOKHOI'K. HKKTB I i al the l'. p. I'nurvh ererv Sunds sna. nooa al IX V isilo. s Bia.1 w rUtmie. 0. A C. K k. T1HK T1B1S. Mail Train 'orth. ru a M. Mail trsio soulh. .o p. u. Kuirrue Uo-al Ln e mrth l a. M. iMfe Isx-al-Arnte x W v. M. 0riC HuHBl rrfipww ctt Mlir. General lVllren. frii T a. M. to T f . M. Monet ilrvler. from 7 s. M. lo J r. m. I'-Vi-ter. from T a. u. toi r. u. Maus mr north cl al mi r. . Mails fur south close al Ml r. m. JUf.s hf Uval c'use al .t) 4. M. Ms: 1. fur 1 ranklia close at I a. . VimWsj and Thurtav. Msil. for Alabel rkw al J . . MosJay aa4 ; Eugene City Business Directory. ' BKTTM AX. O.-lirv mssia rl.Mlin and irrsenil nerrhandise, somhwtwl 1 lusroriie and Kik-lith slrrrU ICI'-AIX Bljlkt.-Dealers ia jewrlrv. wa4ev , ."miiiu muMcau IlisiruinrliM, till rev Kiweea -errnlti and Kuthtb. FKIKMiLY . 8. II. - Drir la dry (.. , I ..ss u srirnu niprcnaniise, l ilia j "". oeiweeo and Ninth. . I1II.U J. I'.-I'Msician and surveon. tt'l j rue sireei. mi ween Setcnth and Ki;hUi. IIODM. C- Kerw on hsn.l floe wine, lluworw, 1 Clear and a pnol and hi llsrd UMe. WUlasa , Ur street between Kucliui aixl Ninth. I HOKX. CHAM. M. Ounsnmh. nflesand o , run, brrevh and inuuie losslers. fur aaasw Kriairiii( dune in the ncairsi sijle and war t ranted. Mwn on Ninth street ; LITKKY. J. S,-W,Hhmkr and lewaier. I keriwa fine sl.vk of ipkhIs in his llne.NvuiaaB- ile street in Kllsworth s druj slur. j Mct'URKX. J A MKS-Choice wine. Uqaara ndc'iysrs. ilUraclle slrevt btwewa kiaaUs and Ninth. ITT OfflCK-A new stwk of stai school books jusl received si th post 1 j R"'"A5f -"'7 '" "?,,crta? painter. Mora iriarsnisd rt-i-i. ii.s. ... . w'-my-r rmi-m min fit antAnein ixa DR. L. F. JONES, Physician and Surgeon. IV'LL ATTKXD TO H10FKSS10NAJ. ' calls day or night Orrrci-1'p stairs la Tims' brick: oreaa bs found ai h. It. t.uckej 4: fos ilrug stera. OdUss hours: to 11 I lo I p. M., ( lo I r. at DR. J. C. GRAY, l13a1,,ISrX OrriCK OVKIl RKANUK 8T0RS. work wsmuilad. ltihin gas sJmlolstersd for palaleas asv ktactiun of teeth. ... GEO. W. KINSEY, Justiceof the Peace. KAL ESTATK tUt S A LK - TOWN LOTS It and faruia, Collections prumpUy a. tended to. SPORTSMAN'S EMPORIUM HORN & PAINE, Practical Gunsmith s s HSiLsas ia GUNS, RIFLES, rTshlng Tackle and Materia V.xxi N:!;s j ill lids Far Si!i lie pal ring done Ih tli neatest styls an4 warrauted. Gam Loaned and Ammunition Faniiah4 Shop on WUlamell 8trL Boot and Shoe Storo. A. HUNT, Proprietor. Will karrwriat Sot a siwplst ska at Ladies' Misses' an. Ctildrca's Sirs! BfTTOW HOOTH, Slippers, Whit and Black, Saadaia, mi KID IH0E8, MEN'S AND BOY'S BOOTS AND SHOES! And In fact ererrthln. In the Boot aad flioe line, lo which I intend so dsves my especial alteutiou, MY COODS ARE FIRST-CLASSU And riiaranteed ss revreeented. and srils be sold for the low ret imo lliat gosa an Icl can b afforded. A. 11 11 lit. Central Market, liMluM-AcWfit Ulna PBOPRiBTORs. WUl keep eonatantly on hand a full suppljr at ilUTTON. PORK AND VEAL. Which Uiey will sell al the lowest market prices A fslr sliars of ths public pstroaasra soUolkssl TO TIIR FAH Jl EltsJi W will pay the hlirhet market prlos fas fa cattle, liiwrs and sheep. Shop on Willamette Street. tUCCKE CITY. ORECON. Meats CUTr4 k any part of th city i ehanr. Jat )