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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1889)
A PLUCKY MAIDEN. u.ri " "" S" of h Calif.,, ,,, Near Forest ltnnch, in tho mountains shove OhiOO, reside a young lailv who for grit and pillule we'll take (ff ou, hattoovory tinn. Thu lady In question, Miss Kate Lucas, resides on a mount t0 ranch with hor mother and brothers, the latter being engaged In furnishing Hi" moat ued by tlio large lumber crews high up in the Sierras. Lucas l a tall, lithe and well belli fill wi'h red. rosy nhsokl, jet black hair, bright. Hashing ey.s, and j, the acknowledged belle of that violn i;v. She In an intrepid boiWWOBMi and rides fearlessly and alone over the mountain slojios and through the ra vines. She scorns a saddle and at times rides a fiery mustang without eilher hridlo or blanket, simply using a lariat, the end tied around her horse's head and neck. She Is a cap ital shot with the rille and has worsted many of the crack shots there by bar unerring aim. She has been out with her brothers hunting, and very rarely fail., to bag a deer or other wild ani mals which so abound In that section Simctimos the young miss assists in capturing tho wild cattle when they arc required for the market, and then the lariat is twirled with a precision that often puts the vaqueros to shame A few weeks ago. after a daring ride after a particularly wild and lleet fooled steer, which showed tight from the slart, the young lady laughed at the vanuero who seemed to be afraid of tho animal, and smilingly challenged nun so in row a rope ovor the animal's head and ride him. Th vaquero declined witli thank. Mis Lucas then displayed a piece or oour- M and daring worthy of the ancient Koman arena. Springing from her horse, she went up to the bound and bellowing beast, quickly and deftly tied a rope around his head and nock, then told the vaquero to let him loose This he did reluctantly, and tho on raged steer was quickly on its feet, but equally as quick tho fearless lass was on its back. Then commenced a ride that is rarely witnessed For half an hour the wild ehaso and ride was continued overhlll and dale, through brush and canyon -when tho steer gave completely out and the triumph ant girl led her captive to the house. It was a bold feat, and tho daring rider has mu'lo herself famous in that sec tion of the country. Chieo Enter prise. COINING NEW WORDS. A DMgoroni I'm! x , t . . t. a by ruets. Re. porter ami Trencher. Dr. Austin Phelps says that asn very saintly man can bear to be seen carry ing a Bask of brandy in tlio strool, so tin' reputation of a very scholarly man will bear occasional departures from ?ood Knglish. For instance, James Kussell Lowell may coin such words as "cloudborgs," "olherworldliness" and "Dr. Wutsi ness," and Coleridge may coin 'matter-of-fact ncss." An exceptional in iulgence is allowed to these scholarly Oritloe, though even they would searce ly expect to sen such unlicensed coin ing acknowledged by a standard dic tionary. The most fertile but certainly not the belt qualified coiners of new words are found among reporters, who are forced to write rapidly. They coin many words by often adding the termination "izo" to substantives, for example: "jeopardize," "municipalize," "char tize," "deputise" and "burglarize." Atsait one word in a hundred of re porters' coinage remains in circula tion; the rest, are stamped as "coun terfeit," even by newspaper readers, and hardly pass a dozen mouths. Preachers aro also addicted to coin ing new words. Thoir method is to join two good words by means of a hy phen. Every Sunday their hearers, who love monosyllabic words which are both forcible and correct, are irri tated at hearing such hybrids as "heaven-descended," "soul-destroying," "God-fearing" and "God-defying." Professor Phelps aptly calls such words "long-winded, long-waistod, long-tongued, long-tailed and long tur,tl compounds," and says that very lew of thorn aro authorized Knglish. All of them aro a drawl in expression, and tend to form a mannerism which runs to such extremes as those two specimens of tape-worm English, quo ted from novels by female authors: "Not-nttempted-to-bo-conccalod caro" nd"the-8'idden-at-the-moment-though from lingering - UlnOIOOO often - previ ously expected death.'' Youth's Com panion. COMFORT IN GARDENS. Heal 111 ami stroncth HukhIiioiI Amid PuUltl anil I Iiiiibm. I have at least three personal ac quaintances who owe much to old HUM Nature for renewed youth and new beauty of face and form gained b.v work in the garden. One Is a woman of ample fortune, who lovei her lawn, with its t-ees and vines and lowers as things of beauty. I doubt I' the thought of health occurs to her, hut the effect is patent to all her friends. Another is a lovely little Woinu who has been in ill health for Jears. This season, moving to a new home whero friends and acquaint ances were senrco. sheer loneliness drove her to her garden. There the needs of tho growing things appeared U) her. and day by day her visits were repeated, until at last all her morn "1? hours were spent among them. Planting, training, weeding, thinning and digging. The result isa remewal "' health and strength unknown be fore for years, and new happiness and fcTeater contentment. The third is a good woman whose orrowa seemed piled mountains high through the loss by death within a e months of her husband and child d of property as well. Trained to jo work as a girl, she seemed help- But her little garden demanded Mtcntion, and her very losses com piled her to work with her hands. Her. too, the soothing balm of pure ji exercise and occupation worked marvela-Vick's Magazine, GERMAN FAMilyLIFE. m. MMtaM ef mSm, .,,.1 Mam toNk t'hllilrvn, 1 he life of German 1. nt 1(11113 19 vprv hard their wages aro small, their food "'"''' 'Mr masters aro verv HMttOff. With all this, however, they dmrelu the happiness of their eui plovers fur more than do tho-e here indthu alone doe, more to k.icp the,,, tthome than the prosit of high wages does to call them away. The real children come in for a treat (iient almost as mwa as that of a sol- i.er. oui nere. or course, the love 'it.. ......... 1. of raicui ' H vasuy more powerful man the bonuvolcneo of niperior. tho military I he parent most keenly realizes that -liool.training is the foundation of nearly all future progress, and watches, therefore, carefully over the child's work. He hears the child recite his lesson before going oil in the morning, "d takes the grente,; Interest u, the reports from school. The schools of liermany being nearly all day schools, the children and their parents are very much together, and there are therefore many opportunities for the child to ibsorb lessons of a moral and intel lectual kind in the most natural way. The school work !eir.g to the child ol s'reat interest, and the parent knowing from day to day the progress made, nothing is easier than for them to (Ls BOM the work of the day in their walks. In this way the parent can sm 10th away many of his boy's ditllcultics, and make his studies even more attractive. T he family circle of an evening is in Germany a picture of happiness, one where each is ab'.e to contribute some tfatag to the entertainment of all. Music takes, of course, first rank, and hard, Indeed, would it be to find a family of even very narrow means where this accomplishment was not i'ultivated. Some of the children play on an instrument piano, zither, violin or guitar; all will sing. The tamily room is the largest room of the house, where the sewing is dono in the day time, where meals aro serve I, and where the family congregate for an hour or two's diversion before bed time. On anniversaries a family celobra bration is always arranged. Tho youngest tot recites a few lines; an other of six performs on the piano; a third reads an essay relating to tho festive occasion: the next, perhaps, has a violin obligate; this will be fol lowed by a song; a more ambition? piano piece will succeed, and the even ing close with some Latin verses, or an oration by the learned one of the family. Each one brings his share to the family entertainment, and no one is allowed to admit that he or she can do absolutely nothing to entertain others In this manner Germans of small means, but witli good education, make their lives happy, give pleasure to their children and pave the way for a suc cessful career when they come into in dividual or intellectual Competition with men of other countries. -Poult ucy lligclow, in Chicago America. SUBSTITUTE FOR WAX. KltciMive 11. 11. .sit of Ozocrlte n. cciitly I ...ma In Utah, A carload of a peculiar mineral ar rived in this city a few days ago. It was ozocerite, or mineral wax, and it came from Utah, Until recently this substance has not been known to exist in any quantity except in Moldaviaan 1 in Galicia. Austria. Three years ago, however, a deposit of the queer sub stance was discovered on the lino of tho Denver & Bio Grande railroad, about 114 miles east of Salt Lake City. The Btoo ' known to cover at least ISO acres, and over l.UUJ tons per year can now be produced, Osooerlte reeemblai crude beeswax in appsaranoe, and can be used for nearly all purp ises for which wax is em ployed. It is now largely used in the manufacture of waxed paper, It en enters into the composition of several brands of shoo polish. Mixed with paratflne, it produces an excellent grade of candlei. One of the largest lields for the new material is the in sulation of eleolric wiies. it is claimed that ozocerite is preferable to any sub stance previously employed for this purpose. As the mineral wax comes out of the ground in condition to bo used without refining unless it lire quired for somce special purpose, it is much cheaper than the product of the honey bee. and is evidently destined to be extensively used in tho future. X. V. Mail and Express, A Crow That Kept Bar. Out in Monroe County, Miss., the Monroe County, Miss.. crows have lately made themselves obnoxious by their persistent invasion of the corn lields. A man who had been hired to watch a particularly promising field and inform those birds ihnt it was against the rule to plod up any thing therein, bethought himsell how ho could make a "soft thing" of it for himself and at the same time meet the requirements of his contract. Finally, by a beautiful instinct, be hit upon the plan of soaking some corn in wlii.-ky nod placing it in the field, so bat the crows would eat it and get drunk, and thus enable him to have a sure and easy thing of killing them. He bad tried the shotgun, but crows imell powder a long way. After soak ng -ouie com over night he put a good Upplj in the field next morning. MM In two or three hours went out to set how things went on. One of the crows 1 little larger than the rest had ta 1 now notion ' Beilljf all the curn. and milt himself a bar out of some clod Bl earth, and was retailing the whisky ,oaked , orn to the other crows, oharg n" them three grains of sprouted for IM soaked grain. The man thought he whole proceeding so human thai he killed n t a crow, but cam- back U theho-iso and -took a "nip" himseir a inrmer. who recently chopped down a hollow beech tree at Anna station. 0 . which was apparently IM vears o'd had his attention drawn to aneWllmrllT king earthen jar, which was well sunken in the center of the hollow butt A few blows of the axe liberated it from its confined position ,nd after securing it. It was opened and found filled to the brim with silrer coin. They were all of Spanish mint--iee. with a few exceptions. S me the coins were over ) year, old b all the Spanish silver piece. ""- ..c" waeahwtlPM FESTIVAL OF THE BATH. Ilnw Ihr (In,., 11 ,.r Madtfati 1 .., n. o a l'i ullar I rrriiionr. The Progress de l'lmna, a French lonrnal published at Tanauarive. give an interesting description of the an nual ceremony known as the Festival tf the Beth, which is held at Madagiu- far on the tN of November. The foreign Ministers and foreign residents ire always invited to this ceremony, ehleh takes plaoo In the royal palace. The Progress de 1' Imna describes the Queen of Madagaeeer as belag draped In a (lowing robe of nil. seated ujkmi the throne, with a young Prince of thc, royal family at her feet. The Prime Minister was seated at her right, and to the left, upon a red velvet cushion, was tho royal crown, with several of the p rln ocn ee and principal dignitaries of the court seated, as usual, on the ground. The European spectators all stood facing the throne, the only one allowed a seat being M. Le Myre do Vilers, the French Minister. Behind the Kuropcans stood the ladies of the court, a number of otlicers and the choir of singers. The Ijueen'a bath was placed In a corner of tho room, railed otf with curtains. After the Queeo had taken her seat on tho throne, a number ol persons came in with the water and other objects to bo used for the bath while underneath the bath itself a tire was lighted. As soon as the water was BuhVicutly heated the Queen came down from her throne and took a seat to the left, while a prayer was being recited and a hymn sung. She then went into the curtained enclosuro and 1 proceeded to take her bath, a salvo ol artillery announcing to the people that the sovereign was going through the ntost important part of tho ceremony. At the end of about a quarter of an hour the Queen came out from the bath dressed in a scarlet robe trimmed with lace, wearing her crown and a magnifi cent diamond necklace, and holding in her left band the horn of an ox tipped with silver, inside which was water from the bath. Accompanied by her Prime Minister, she walked to the principal door of the throne room, iprinklittg the spectators as she passed along. Salvos of artillery were fired nil the time mid until she had tnken her scat on the tin one again. The Princes ol the royal family, tho representatives of the different castes, of tho no bility and the Ministers then came to pay their respects to tho Queen and call down upon her head all the bleeetngl of heaven. Speaking in the name of the people and the army, as well as his own. the Prime Minister said in substance that they were all very pleated that the Fandrona had come round, that they all hoped her Majesty would live long enough to see a thousand such ceremonies, and that the Queen could count upon the devo tion of all ber subjects. He concluded his speech by saying that the relation! of Madagascar With foreign nations were most satisfactory, to which the Queen replied very brieliy: "Those being your words, I am very pleased and hopeful for the future. May you live long, gentlemen, and may God bless you!" Ill 00, milk, with pteOMOl beef preserved since tho previous year's festival, were then served, nnd after another hymn the ceremony ended. For three days before the festival it is unlawful to kill oxen or sheep for food; but the day a.'ter the festival there Is n wholesale slaughter of oxen, it bolus, estimated that from four thousand to five thousand beasts are killed in the twenty-four hours at Tananarive alone, It is tin; custom fur each family to send a quarter of beet to its relatives and most Intimate friends, tho meal at which this meat is eaten being followed by sports an. I national dances. wiio ii i- Nut lothted Uks Tiits? "Is this whero Mr MUstST livesf" In quired tho onllcr, referring to a memorandum be carried in ins hand. "No, sir," replied tho man of the house, who had answurcd tho door bell himself. "Why, I was told tins WSS his street and number." "He doesn't reside hero, sir." "H'm! This is No. 1114, isn't Iff "Yes." Tho enller looked at l is momorudum aRiiln. "That. Strings," he said, eyeing tlio man of the DOOM wWt KMWtttlng like suspicion. "No. (in Webstar place That's the direction I nave hero. Didn't Mr Mhster livo in thai house until rii'cntlyl" "1 don't know." "Do you know whero ho lives nowp "I do not." "Is there any such man ou this strcctP "I don't know, sir." "Well, that Is'als mo. Your aamo Isn't Psillstsr, of oonner "No." "Do yon know" "1 toil you I don't know of any such man." "Do you suppose" "I don't siipso anything. Is that ull you war t of me, tirf" "Where do you think I v.ould be likely to find" By Shimming tho door In tho face of the man who wunt.-l to find Mr. I'uliistor the ex as'raU'd victim sim-d himself from thoooin mtSSloa of a iIiskI that o jury of Ignorant Sad untrinj nu n would have mistakenly pro nounced BMTOSr. ChlenjH Tribune. Bsests lbs iiit. "Ilikoto shwak aboot some law," said s ealler at ,licv hculqimrtorp, yeu;rday. "Yes," rspusd tbessrgsaDt, "If a man haf a dog, und dot dog bite uio. can I moke dosu man pay mo WBS lings r "Well, that depend. You could tell bet ter after trying." "But I deaai try him." "Have you been" bitten by adogf" "No, sir. I know dot d ig likes to bito me und so I poison him of beforo be get, shrill' e." "Then there' no question of law to bo de rided." "Maypcuot I como hero to ioo oboudt her." "If yon have poi-.nei! anylwly's dog you'd better keep your motu h shut about it. Tli.l i my advice." "1 diau't U II noprlv but ten pooplesaboudt him m far. uud I shan't nhpeak U uolssly ehe. Dot was good ndwice. I hopo you good day." Detroit Free Press. Prof. II ucley remarks of those who fulp down raw oysters with a smack if the lips, evi lemahnj geatatory satis faction, that "few people imagine that uVy are swallowing a piece of ma :hinery (and going machinery, too) rreatly more complicated than a satch." The oyster though a lowly )rganism is highly organized or differ entiated in its vital parts, and is about the only form of animal life which we iwallow raw, while yet alive but who sould eat a raw dead ovtr. KINDNESS TO ANIMALS. A I'lilUil.-lplila PsMSI tin. Hi Samari tan ilh QassttSMbl lirxm A good friend of mine, a kind heart, il man. loving and gentle a-,d quiet, although a Philadelphia!!, held me the other day until 1 missel a "'"''i while hodld a plain, unvarnished tale, perfeetlf rigid with cold tad mi- fold. It seems that Dr. Armluther. for it was he, went home the other even ing I forgot which other one and found mv ailing his home coming, cow ering in the vestibule of the palace, a plain, plebeian "yella" dog, the sands of whose life were liable to run out through his ribs unless they were soon caulked with bread and meat and some sort of food. Dr. Armluther stooped upon the pebbly strand, lis it were, to examine the Inscription on the dog's collar and there read: Dr. Maytield. Lansdowno." Not alone pro feSSlonal courtesy, but the promptings of a kind heart and the Iullucucc of early education urged my friend to give tho dog "rest and a guide and food and lire." When it boy many and many a time had he read stories of boys who had befriended lost and homeless dogs, giving them shelter for the night and crusts of bread despised of all boys and most dogs -to eat and has then, leading the dog home to his master, gouo straight away and married the banker's daughter, or else paid o(T the mortgage on the farm for the poor old father, or had boon elected Gover nor, or something of that sort. Never failed. Well the doctor decided to keep the dog over night. But the eat objected. Such arc tho narrow results of a lack of early education. Nobody ever read the "lost dog and good Isiy" series to the cat when sho was young. She had always viewed tho stray dog question from the safe vantage ground of the shed roof, and when this lost dog came into tho dining-room for a simple repast, the cat of tho household cried out with an exceeding loud voice, and snuggling up to tho dog like a bouse afire, made it interesting for him. It Was only 11 few miles out to Lans downo, so the doctor decided to take the dog home at once; ho could send it out by the messenger. He tied a string to the collar and went his way to the station, dragging the reluctant dog, who seemed to be a stranger in town, shy and bashful when he mot a big dog or a grown man, but insolent and ag gressive when he met a pup or a little child. Arrived at the station, tho train and the messenger were gone. Never mind; another train in twenty minutes. All aboard; brakemnn orders itog to Ixiggage car. Doctor kicks; agrees to go into smoker, but draws the line at baggage ear. Conductor comes along, tears coupon out of com mutation book for passenger; "twenty live cents for tho dog. doctor." "Mon strous; why the faro for a grown man ls only ten cents." "('an't help it; dogs aro not humans; twenty-live cents." "Well, take it out of the book." "Can't do that; the ticket book is not good for other members of tho family." Doctor groaned and paid tho fare. All out for Lansdowne, Dog gets into a light in the station. Man is found at last who knows where Dr. Maylield lives. "Yes, I know him; used to livo here; moved into town last week. Lives on Walnut street." Train back in an hour; dog whiles away tho time by lighting other dogs, snnppiug at wait ing passengers, making himself fresh with every body when he is loose and bowling like sin when he is tied. On ' the car, makes a rush for two peacea ble setter dogs belonging to a hunter; licks tho dogs but gets the stuffing kicked out him by tho hunter. Crawls under the seat and mutters all the rest , of the way to city. Drunkun man, at tracted by dog, insists on crowding in to seat with doctor, who is a Prohi bitionist, and entertaining him with dog lore and stories of his own dogs; large ly apochryphai, Another twenty-five cents for dog faro. Some trouble find ing Dr. kteyfleld'a reaidenoe, Doctor ap pears; benevolent man says: "Doctor, 1 have brought your dog home after a great deal of trouble, many annoy ances, some cost in money and a great loss of precious time. I wish, in return for all this, you would either take off this collar or put on it your correct address. "Dr. Maylield looks down at tho dog with undis guised contempt: "Why, bless you, sir, 1 hope you don't think I ever owned such a cur as that? Come now, that's too bad; I wouldn't have the brute about me for any money." "Hut it's your collar?" "O yes; the collar which you soe is a fine one, belongs to me. It was on the neck of a handsome spaniel, which belonged to my daugh ter; some fellow stole the spaniel and evidently sold him, but kept tho collar. I will take the collar, If you please, but you aro quite welcome to the dog.' There was nothing more to be said. A moment later Dr. Armluther stood on the marble doorstep, under the still shining stars, cold and clear in tho blue skies of the winter night, atone. All. all alone. Thu dog had not come down yet. I don't think he is expected down before about the middle of I nt. A cold, UttW smile played over my friend's genial face as he walked down the deserted street wrapped in his own gloomy thoughts and limping a little with his right foot, likea man who had just kicked a goal from middle field ar.d wasn't used to it That dog, if ever it dis's come down, will never rush into the tire, or dig Into a snow bank to save Dr. Annluther's life. Nor will the doctor be Governor of Penn sylvania this year. Nor will hi; marry tbe banker's daughter. However, as he married a million dollar wife some years ago, he won't mind that failure of precedent and tradition. " ' It is alleged lyphoiu fever in tliat an epidemic of a town in England a- traced to the milk supplied to the rictims by a milkman. On examina tion it was found that the milkman's rows were grazing at the time on a piece of waste land which contained a pool of stagnant water In the old bed if a river which was also the recepta :le for all kinds of rubbish. This pool a an the only source of water supply to the cows while grazing, and its filthy rater was impregnated with organic natter; hence the infection of the milk sbich generated typhoid fever In its wnsumer 4B0UT CIRCULAR SAWS. How MM Pletes nm Which Tlirr Are Made Are Treated anil Tempered. Ordinary cireular saws are of all sizes (nun six Inches to six feet in diameter. The plates from which they are shaped come from steel mills In cireular form, almost round, If not perfectly so. The first thing to be done is to see that each plate is made a perfect circle. A hole Is then cut In the center, and the teeth are marked around the rim. The plate is then taken to a machine on which tho teeth I are to lie cut. It placed upon a pin at such a distance from the machine that the edge comes beneath the die, anil the operation of teeth-cutting be gins. The steel is cut cold, each tooth being made by one blow. All sizes ami descriptions of dies aro necessary, as tho style of saw and saw-teeth are many. After the teeth have boon cut tho next operation is that of temper ing, which is the most dUBoUlt and im portant process in tho making of a saw. Several saws are placed In the furnace at a time and allowed to remain until they havo reached the proper temperature, a light cherry red, when tho plates must be taken from the oven ami plunged into a vat of whale oil, boated by pieces of red-hot iron or steel, which are placed In the vat one after another until its contents are properly heated. As each piece is dropped in, a brilliant llumo leaps from the surface of the oil, and continues to burn until extinguished by stirring tho liquid with a long Iron rod. The large glowing plates are then cautiously slid into tlio vat. Leav ing the tempering department, tho saw goes back to tho main shop to lie ham mered and straightened ready for grinding. This work is done by hand. After the plate, which has been more or less warped during tho tempering process, has been made perfectly straight again, it is placed In the grind ing machine, which is a carriage be tween two wheels which turn it, and at the same time press Its sides against a rapidly revolving grindstone. The car riage is fixed in automatic bearings, and is moved back and forth at tho will of the operator. It usually takes about two hours to grind a large live foot cir cular saw, though tin time varies ac cording to the kind of saw that 1 being made. The next operation is that ol polishing, which is done with emery wheels. To polish a largo circular saw the plate is secured to a large wheel or fiange, which turns, carrying tho saw witli it, the workmen meanwhile press ing an emery bull (attached to a handle) against the side. The saw must thou bo "rounded;" that is, care must bo taken to prevent 0110 tooth projecting farther than tho Others. For this purpose the saw is placed in a bearing, and made to turn slowly. It is then gradually brought In contact with an emery wheel, tho bitter turning very swiftly, until tho edge of every tooth touches the wheel. Tho saw is next sharpened and sub mitted to further hammeriiiL' for tho purpose of "truing'' anil straighten lug, and is then cased ready for ship ment. One important part of the saw maker's business is tbe renovation of old saws Injured in Urea, It Is straight ened up, tempered ovcrugain, and pro vided witli a new set of tooth. This article has dealt only with com mon circular saws, the teeth of which are not separate from the plate. Other saws, however, supplied with Inserted teeth of various kinds, aro made In large numbers. These aro all patent saws, and can bo supplied with new sets of false tooth as often as necessary. - Mechanical News. QUAINT WORSHIPERS, How Clergymen I'seil lit Krail from the single II, ink nil Hand. This was in thu gool old days of Methodism when the solemn congrega tion was not supplied with hymn books, and in ull probability could not read them If they bad boon. At Wellersburg, a ijuaint old country town in the heart of thu lilue Moun tains, along the Maryland State line, the minister, as had boon his wont for full forty years, arose to read a few lines of the hymn from his solitary book, when it was tho duty of tbe wor shipers to sing the linos and await their cue from the next. The good and holy man appeared somewhat nervous on this especial Sab bath morn, but oven bis nervousness could not cause him to deviate one single Inlli'i'tion in his hod saw-cracked intonation as lie leaned forward, as ho hail done many a time and oft in giving the opening hymn, and said with thu old-time drawl that seems forever lost: My eve. lire dim t can not tee. I left my Mp.Tt ul home. Tbe (piaiut. simple, faithful congre gation dutifully sangr Muw aw uw doom aw caw naw saw. ele. This slightly rattled tho dear old relic, and his voice trembled somewhat ou the rising inflection, but not enough to create a suspicion in thu minds ol the slow-thinking congregation, lis he said : I iltil n ' mean that 7011 atio'ilil sins, I only SMSal my OfCI were 1H111. Away went the' congregation again to the sweet tune of "Old Hundred:" Aw it' e 1 n iw meen thaw yaw thaw uw. etc. It has been many years since the little three-cornered plot of ground back of tbe old church has held the revered form of the faithful pastor, but even to this day there is a legend in those mountain wilds that the quiet, holy man had once laughed outright In the pulpit, and for no apparent cause'. -Pittsburgh Dispatch. This reminiscence of the holidays s related by tho Athen. (Ga. ) Manner: "During the holidays a bcautilul young lady visited Marietta, and a couple of young men fell victims to her charms. While there they were all attention, ind every thing was done to make her itay pleasant. Tho time came when ibe must depart. Shi: told her friend, the would spend one day In Atlanta, vul tbe next day following sho would journey homeward. On that day the Marietta young men were In Atlanta to bid her gisd-hye. She was on the cars, and as the last sad adieus were about to be said she begged permission to In troduce .Micro to her husband, whom the bad married in Atlanta the day before." EATING -HOUSC REVENC.t. Sad Kala uf a I rf iii-linuin fflssss Trickery Canted Him OssssMssaatB TwhlSi " Parlez vous Krancais, monsieur?" "Not by a la ge majority," I replied, tomowhal harshly, for 1 did not relish having my meditations disturbed by u beggar. u Pardonnes moli monsieur f The manner of the man was charm ing. Desplt his seedy clothing and tho battered tile which he held In his bund he looked like a gentleman, or one who had once Ih'cii a gentleman. "If you can spin your yarn in Kn glish I'll listen to it." I said, still somewhat brusiue'y, for I was skepti cal ou the subject of beggars, and be lieved that Indiscriminate almsgiving was a mighty bud thing for society in general. In broken Knglish he unfolded n piteous tale of woe. lie was a dentist. He had come over from BoUOH a month before. Ho hud spent ull his little store of money trying to get work, and now he Mas reduced to the painful necessity ol appealing for charity. "Ah! monsieur, you have ze courage und ze confidence of ze young; but. mouiteur, IC snows of ze winters are beginning lo come on me, and when one suffers ze hungare ze heart gets cold, and It is verybittare. monsieur. " Skepticism couldn't withstand luOfl talk and such a manner, I took him to a restaurant, gave him a good din ner and a dollar bill and shook bands with him at parting and wished him good luck; and when I went home anil smoked mjeclger I felt on mighty good terms with inysolf. And I congratu lated myself that I was not I ke 10IM people who stick to onsl-iron princi ples and never discriminate in their application. A week later I saw my French gen tleman again. He didn't see me. He was doing tho btlnd-peddler not on the Bowery. The spectacle was dis astrous to my self-esteem. All this happened several months ago. Tho other day a familiar voice sounded in my oar: "Parlez-vous Krancais, monsieur?" In a moment I conceived a fiendish plot to secure revenge. He had ob viously forgotten me I listened to his pathetic story. 1 took him to a cheap restaurant, w here price and quantity are supposed to atone for all defects in re-poet to tho Quality ol tbe fare served "Monsieur is too good," said Ibe Frenchman w hen we reached the en trance and could suilT the odors t liut came Irom within. "I (ear zat I trouble him too much." "Not at all, not at all. 1 litoud to give you a treat that will make you re member me," He shrugged his shoulders slightly, but stopped in. I Informed the pro prletor privately of tnv little scheme, und gave him the order for the French- man's dinner. I wasn't hungry my self; I would smoko a eigne. First there was set beforo him a llve-ivnt bowl of steaming soup, into whose in gredients it would not be judicious to Inquire too closely. The Frenchman made slow work with it, and hadn't half finished it when ho protested that "ze hungare" was satisfied, "Von will oblige me by eating it all." "Pardonnez moi, monsieur." "Vou infernal swindler, if you don't cat every thing that 1 have set before you, I'll have you arrested." "Sucre!" biased the Frenchman, rising with tho intention of bolting through the duo "Sit down, you chump!' exclaimed the proprietor, pulling a heavy band on bis shoulder and forcing him into bis seat Before he got out that Frenchman eat a moss mimed "Irish stow." an al legist beefsteak p1o, a plate loaded w ith something thai bore an outward resemblance to sausages, assorted vegetables and a couple of so-called mince plot, '1 ho sufferings of the French man were piteous to behold; but "revenge ls sweet." Itesldet, It was cheap, for It cost only tWenty-fiva cents. Should wo ever moot again, that Frenchman will remember me. Sheffield (Kng. ) Felegraph Felling Trees by Electricity. Hitherto machines for fulling li I have boon driven by steam power, but this Is sometimes inconvenient, e.pec lally In thick woodi, and electric pow er has recently he m adopted In the Gnllclan forests. L'tually In such ma chines the trunk ls sawn, but in Ibis caso It is drilled When tlio wood is of a soft nature tho drill has a sweeping motion and cuts Into the trunk by mean 1 of cutting edges 00 Its sides. Tho drill is actuated by an electric motor mounted on a carriage, which is brought up close to the Ire 1 and shackhsi to it. Thu motor Is ca pable of turning round lis vertical axis; and tho drill is geared to It In such a manner that it can turn through an SMOl a .-ire o and make a sweeping mil into the trunk. The II stent made, the drill Is advanced a few Inches nnd another section of the wood removed in tho same way until the trunk is half severed It Is thou clamped Ui keep the out from closing, and the operation con tinued until it would be unsafe to go on. Che remalnde is finished by a hand saw ir an axe. The current is OOttVOJOd to Ihu motor by insulated leads brought through the forest from a generator placed In home convenient site. Lou don Times. After fcratehing his head anil thinking for some moments, a (iiand Kapids boy said to his mother: "11 tied makes a stock of little boy and girl babies and gives them to mar ried folks, it seems funny to me that they look so much like their pupa and mammas every time. " Detroit Tribune, The sa'ary of the King of Samoa is twenty dollars a month: and an Amer'ean wouldn't wear the clothm the King appears In on state occasions for twenty dollart a week. Twenty dollars a month Is a small salary (or a King, but It may be that he is fre quently presented with n few shares ol Pan-Klectrlc stock in exchange for his Influence, Norristown He aid. AN UNrORTUNATE HADIT. I I ,. tliiril.iii Men SVhs spi-uk l4arair llitfly of lliu oilier tlei. " It Is as much us you can expect of t woman, any way." All Irrepressible young man friend l twenty w as tho speaker, and I was 1 he audience. The audience had a linn,' inclination to box the speaker's isra I mado no answer to this re mark nliout a lad Who was at least tn only years older than the speaker, for I OOUld not think just what course it would lie wisest for mo to pursuo. Ned desorved a scolding; that was very evident; but If I gave him one I was sure that I would h i doing tho very thing he was trying to get mo to lo, and It is discouraging to scold a v.eiug man only to hoar him break nit into a III of hearty laughter just When you begin to think that you aro really making an impression. I do not enjoy bearing young men speak disparagingly of uny woman: but it is especially disagreeable when tho woman happens to bo thoir senior by several years. It sbowt a pitiful lack of the fooling that true gentle men always havo for tho opposite lex. It Is a very common style of wit, I know, and not at all hard to acquire, especially among a certain class. Hut I havo seen men who could not Indulge In it with any sort of success, let them try as hard as thoy would. '-Sometimes 1 try to gel otf some such a joke," a young man said to mo not long ago, "but 1 know that It falls fiat; and I feel almost as mean as I would wore I joking about sacred things. 1 fear that they who hear my joko may got a wrong impression of my mother and sister, for it is so natural to infer that such remarks are but the rosultof per sonal experience." That man had the instincts of a truo oent Ionian. Bvoo in fun ho could not speak slightingly of a woman because of tbe love and respect ho bore 'or his mother and sisters. That there aro not more such men is chiefly the fault of the homo training that thoy receive. Little boys who aro allowed to speak in that way of their sisters or their lit tle girl friends never realize that they aro forming a habit which, in after years, will stamp them as ill-bred and ungentlcmanly. I havo ovon heard little fellows of nine and ten speak of their mother In a way that w as actual ly insulting, and in tho presence of tho father. Instead of being rep ovod, tin y received a flattering appreciation of their wit. In thu form of nn llly- oonoealed laughter. "It is so en iii! 1 11.:." tho parents would say, " to hear so young a boy adopting the manner and speech of a man I" A man, perhaps, but not a gentlentan, Tho time will come when the mother will dislike in her young man son what sho now thinks so cutu In her little boy; but when It docs come, sho will then he powerless to break him of tho habit sho carelessly allowed him to acquire. Minneapolis Spectator. CHINESE ASTROLOGERS. Rstnarinels essjaslt. of th riuwnry King- eSSa'B Imperial Family. Tho household of tho Kmporor of China Includes thirty limb ellu-bearers and seventy-livo astrologers The as trologers, who correspond to the signal service bureau of this country, pro diet every day the weather for tho morrow. If thoy predict rain the umbrella-bearers take a day off. If they announce fair weather, on thu other hand, tho umbrella-bearors, mandarins of the overshoe and mackintosh men report at tho palace at 0:110 a. in. 'Tho Kmporor of China may be a heathen Chinee, but ho knows enough to copper his astrologers and uieleor ologers. As an Instance of tho sagaci ty of the Chinese Imperial family in this regard wo may mention the sig nal refutation of judicial astrology made by Hung-Hoof-Tung, a grand uncle of tho present Kmporor. Chow Chow, president of the Imperial Col lego of Astrologers, came to Prince Hung', palace one morning nnd said: "Scion of seventy thousand genera tions of Hongs, your poor servant has d. earned a dream. Moscomod that thou and I were transformed Into great black dragons. Our wings wero of equal length, and with equal flight we soared through tho upper air." "Well," asked tho Prince, gracefully polishing his middle llnger-iiai! with the fiat of a dagger of the first dynas ty, "what of It, young follcrP" "This, my puissant and graceful lord, that thy life and mine shall be long and of equal length. Astrology, Colonel Hung, Is Infallible." "You are a liar!" cried the Prince, and slit the astrologer's weanand. And It seems that Chow was a liar. For Old Hung survived him twenty-eight years and would bo alive now If ho bad let opium ulono. Since Chow's death thu Chinese astrologers have, by Imperial order, confined their pre dictions to tho weathor. If they make a correct prediction thoy aro executed, but thus far none havo Incurred the penalty. Tho American slgnul-sorv-lce bureau bus still something to learn from Chinoso methods. N. Y. Sun. How He Lost Time. Pedestrian l!-b-boy, can you t-t-tell mo bow f-f-far it Is to the po-po-post- ofleef NoHsboy -What d'ye say, mlsterP Pedestrian I-1 reckon you-you heard me. How f-(-(ar Is It to the po-post- omco? Newsboy- Only half a block, mister. If you hadn't a-stopped to ask mc you'd a been there a' ready. Life. OF GENERAL INTEREST. "A Kansas apple has tho flavor of 1 banana, the tart of a lemon and the fragrance of an orange," says a Kan tas paper. "Clio Man," thoChlnese dwarf, the imallost liliputian on earth, aged fifty (ears. Is so small that you can cover lira with an ordinary plug hat. A church at Almont, Mich., raises money In a novel way. A box ls placed n tbe chureh, and tho members on their birthday dropped as many cents into the box as they are years old. An Ohio farmer mortgaged his farm to get bis wifo some diamond ar rings and sho lost one of them In the suds the first wash day and at tempted to hang loo self in the barn.