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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1889)
AN IRISH DUELIST ,t. ramou I't fow.r r, Pat Power. of Daragle, wiu a fat, fobiwt man. much dlstinguUhed for hit Intemperance, and gem-rally een with a jflowititf red 'B4!B- He on one occa sion (ought with flre-entlng rum pan ion named BUI Brio. Winn taking aim. ho said he still hud a friendship (0r him. and would show it; ao he only hot off his whisker and top of In- ear. When traveling in Kngland, I'owur hud mi. nv encounters with persons who w,.re BtVaCtoJ by hia brogue and clumsy appearance. On one ia-faslon, a group of gentlemen were Bitting in a box at one end of the room when he entered ut the other. The ropresetita tive of Irish manner at thU time on the BlfUsh stage was a tissue of ig noninee. blunder! and absurdities; and when a real Irishman appeared off tin stage, ho was always supposed to have the characteristics of his class, and so a fair butt for ridicule. When Power to -k his seat In the box. the waiter came to him with a gold watch, with a gentleman's compli t and a request to know what o'clock it was by it. Power took the watch, and then directed the waiter to let him know the person who sent It. lie pointed out one of a group. Power rung the bell for his servant, and directed him to bring his pistols and follow him. He put them under his arm, and. with the watch in his hand, walked up to the box, and, presenting the watch, begged to know to whom it belonged. When no one was willing to own it. ho drew his own silver one from his fob, and presenting it to his servant, desired him to keep it; and putting up tho gold one, he gave his Dame and address, and assured the company ho would keep It safe till called for. It was never claimed. On another occasion P.iwer ordered supper, and while waiting for it he read the newspaper. After some time, the waiter laid two covered dishes on the table and when Power examined their contents he found they were two dishes of smoking potatoes. He asked the waiter to whom he was Indebted for such good fare, and ho pointed to two gentlemen in tho opposite box. Power desired his st-rvant to attend him. and. directing him in Irish wh.it to do. quietly made his supper of the potatoes, to the great amusement of tho Knglishmen. Presently his servant appeared with two more covered dishes, one of which he laid down before his muster, mid tho Other boforo the per sons in the opposite box. When the covers were removed there wns found in oaeh a loaded pist 1. Power took up his and cocked It, telling one of the others to take up the second, assuring him "they wore at a very proper dis tance for a eloso shot, and if one foil, he was ready to give satisfaction to the other." The parties immediately rushed out without waiting for a second invitation, and with them sev eral persuus in the adjoining box. Ai they were all in too great a hurry to pay their reckoning, Power paid it for them along with his own. N. Y. Led ger. ; COLOR OF TROUT. The 1 Mr, 'i of l.lgtit 411 1 Frot-.l uin on tli l l Uli'l ut I l-ll. Every trout Usher has observed the difference in the color of the speckled beauties ho lov es so well, but tc the query whv ara somo brighter than others the correct reasou is rarely given. Sir Humphry Davy is credited with a story tint is stibitantiallv as follows; "A great French manufacturer sought tho secret of making tho brilliant our mine that was manufactured in Kng land. He went to London nnd paid 1,000 to an Knglish manufacturer foi his secret. The Frenchman visited the factory and carefully observed Hk details of the manufacture of tho car mine. Finding it t; be the same pro cess that he himself carried, on in hit own factory ho claimed that he had been cheated out of his own money. The Englishman called his attention to the day, which was bright and sunny. Inquiry as to whether such days were taken ml vantage of by the Frenchman for making his color elicited the fact that ho had made his carmine on dark days." In that tho whole secret lay. So it is with salmototitinalls, the brook trout, and with every other tlsh that swims. Inhabitants of limpid streams with gravelly bottoms are bright and beau tiful, those in the dark, land-lockod waters, shaded from the sun, are de void of the brilliant colors which are so much admired. It has puzzled many amateur angler also to account for the difference in the color of the substance or llesh of the brook trout. This can not be accounted for in the same manner. The wild trout is noted for its beautiful pink llesh. while that of the cultivated tish is of a pale yellowish tint. The food of the trout makes all the difference, or, if not, the annual or semi-annual visit of the wild trout to the salt water raukos it up. Preserved trout are fed princi pally on liver, and not only are they of lesg beautiful t xterior. but they are de void of tho pink tlesh and delicate flavor of the wild trout. N. Y. Timet Mrs. Marv Arndt, a lady about thirty years old, living at Calhoun. Ind.. a small station on the Uko Shore road, was taken sick recently and was confined to her bod. The second night of her illness her hair, which was jet black, began to whiten, and by morn ing it had turned completely white. The woman recovered and became an object of considerable interest -Colonel J. W. Porter, of Bangor. Me., lately dug up something of inter est to astronomers, it being the fact that the first observation of an eclipse of the sun ever taken by scientific men in America was taken on Long Island (Penobscot Bay) on October 11. 1" (a that occasion a party from Harvard College, headed by Rev. Samuel Wil liams Hollit. having obtained perrais tion from the British (leneral com manding at Caatine. landed at Bounty Cove, and made the house o( Shubael Williams their headquarters The to tality of the eclipae was visible only In Penobscot Bay. and great interest was felt in the result of the Harvard people's observance thereof, which was very iuecefuL THE CHARTREUSE MONKS. I REVISE0 FIRST READER. LO" aTi"'' , Hn.U.. . N, Tata. rrom A native of Crenoblewho ha. known I LuSST two U, u U? " totob of the same age and l.ved next WMM all his life, and ha, vl.iunl It en door to each other, and they looked h ' U"'r, anden U,urUu' o much alike that people often look a " 'sons of the year, give, an ao-' them for twins. But while they re count in om- of the French newspapers .embled each other in look, thov'were I some of the lore and legends eon-! unlike, alas! in spirit and conduct If moled with its history. -It Is always Ann's mother -poke to her -h , nlwav. wun a sense of fresh pleasure," aays answered in Hie politest manner, ami .... . , , I I 1 1 II If ' t ' ! Mi I I 1. . I. a the hospitable gale of the monks, - i ...ii i n i, in k oenind which a brother unite an ex amination of the a-rival In order to weed out lady visitors, who are not ad mitted. And - with what a formidable nppetlto. sharpened bv a walk of six or sev.-n hours, I sit down to table in one of the three large halls bearing the names of ancient French provinces, and int.. o ie of which thj pere procurctir (I u.ieve tint Is what they call him) shows travelers ae.-ording to their posit on, as far as the latter can lx judged of by their dross and their man ners. "In all the three halls, at all the dif ferent tables, the food is exaetlv alike. Il la ll,.. .,!.... iJl ., .. . .... i n men unt-s hum' wlio appear tho wealthier among the visitors paying slightly more than the rest. As to the fare. It isalways simple but abundant, ami deliriously prep ire 1 that Is to say, fish o dels, vog.-- tables and b itter are an advantageous change f om the meat of the ordinary table d'hote. Tho butior especially good heaven, what butter it Is! a veritable cream. innocent of the exist ence of such a thing as margarine Then there is the inevitable little glass of yellow liquor, wh'c'i is first off trod as an appetiser, and thou again hand -d around as adosiort. HODOdv com ilain of the fare, for at this place the liquor is genuine and not like it is on the tor races of certain large boulevard cafes. "I have heard an eye-witness toll tho story of a lady who entered the monastery, dressed in meu's clothes at the side of her lord artd master The fraud had been successfully ao eouipUshed. and the fair intruder visited calmly the curiosities of the cloisters which were shown nnd ox- j plained by a lay brother. But habit becomes second nature, and nature is a terrible habit. All nt once the lady ! in the dress c at called o it, 'Pardon me. brother, but where has my bus band gone?' The poor monk was Bnl quite s upetied at hearing a sweet voice come from behind the stiff, white col-1 lar, and looked terror-stricken upon, th. hwiMMaiffml MMHMd un.l f.t.' lacious trousurs. Then some servants oamo up, carrying an old arm-chair, into which they put tho intruder and carried her out of the monastery gate. "Here Is a story whicfi docs credit to the old "Gjiieral du C.iartrouse.' who is said to be most independent and stiff-necked among th folio vers of the Holy Father. It was in the terrible year 0t 170. After the first defeats which filled with surprise and with woe French hearts all over the ountry some young people a'. Grenoble founded a Republican society of young men whose object it was to assist by every possiblo means in the defense of tbe country. This society had the happj idea of organizing a stage play for the benefit of tho wounded, which was a prodigious success and realized 4,0(1' ranos, an amount which the diroctor if the Grenoble Theater had never lie fore realized. "We had, before the plav was per formed, sent a numbur of tickets to tie various authorities and notabilities of tbe district, among others to the Gen Btal of the Chartreuse, to the Superloi of tho Jesuits, and to the Bishop. Th llishoii returned the tickets, but added DO money. The Jesuits kept them and f u-got to pay for them. But from th 'leneral of the Chartreuse we got a let ter to this effect: -Gentlemen, we re fret not to lie able to tie present nt th Dotertalnment you are about to give foi tho benefit of our wounded soldiers, but as wo should like to participate n much as possible in your charitable and patriotic object we are happy to semi you a chock for three hundred (MMOs, The graceful and gracious note wa oncluded with a few words of th link er having remembered the inmates ol Hie monastery. "London Times. Preferred to Be a Slave. An old negr . Madison Pitts, has just lied at Griffin, Ga., whose history fur lishod a curious contradiction to the almost universally deep seated longing for freedom implanted in the human breast. He belonged in ante-war times to a Captain Hill, who took him on a journey to Baltimore on one occasion as his body servant. The laws of Maryland strictly prohibited the offer ing of a slave for sale, the penally being the manumission of tho chattel. Captain Hill valued Madison very highly, and had no desire to dispose ol him, and when some one asked him what he would take for Madison, he carelessly replied: "0, I suppose $o,hm." never thinking of the law. The incident was reported to the a itbori tles, and the owner cited before the courts. He told his servant the cir cumstances and informed him of his opportu.r' tor Ireeuom. ine inai came off. and when Madison was placed on the stand ho declared he would rather return homo with his master than to go fr-e. He remained a slave io Captain Hill's house till lXbV.. and was subsequently, till his death, a re spec' ed and prosperous member of the community. -Chicago Journal. -The now rren- o , l iUJ nt Vil'linA. nr Ihi. cure of uersonsauuieusa io i ciusiveiy prmeu iimi im tism for IM cure o. per ....... ... smi,h .,ir ,.! f a m n ie .triors, i- -u'i be wonderfully su.-cessful. The cure has excited so much attention that French specialist now have a hospital devoted to the treatmenL and publish " . . ,. a review. thrwi! master s t o If your sis- . m,.,r,, with her children children, days, w ter comes iu u n . 7 as frv aaaoakaa, and we ball l"0 ' I ii t Its' a . ne.n,- with u a ie IIU I - - havt? fiv-lthtT tiK1 M"r .. . ,u..,.ia.tpr-"An(l we are : h i f money besidet. But patience; t h an dea.'" (At school) "Chll- A to-morrow I will tell you tbe "tif il tory of Columbu. wbo dls-1 America; so each of you will h to bring an egg with you tc JI If vou don't hsppeo to havi BCnOOL It J KilU. t..ti. ,ii m;.iiiik-i' any eggs in the nOUae 1 , ... w ill da"-Fliegende Wsttcr. was ready to do anv work aked of her. But If Klixa's mother asked her to go over to Mrs. Henry's and tun-row her llatirons. or go over to Mrs. Jack son's and get her rnilltlntr framat. the girl would tos her pretty head anil lOOrtlfu y reply: "But I don't h-a-v-e to!" When Ann was eighteen yea's of age she could knlL sew, make bread, spilt wood, hoe corn or put a diamond shaped puteh on the south side of her fathor'strousers w ith a deftness that Mtcltad universal admiration. But Kliza was far. far different. Ska spent much of her time at the museum and theater, read all tin- latest novels, used seven kindt of camphor-gum on her face and hands, and bragged of mashing over twenty bovs. hi Ann's father and mot her patted her on the back and said that her good nest would surely Ik? rewarded, the parent- of Kliza went out into the wood-she. 1 and wept scalding tears and declared that life was not worth the living. Hut. all! how little do we know what a year may bring forth! One day, a year later, Ann was murricl to a blacksmith who w as too lazy to sweat, and who had to borrow two i dlars to pay the preacher. Three days later it was known that Kliza had eloped. She didn't stay eloped, however, but at Ho end of a week returned to her father's bouse to say: "O.d chap. I have married a Chicago banker worth half a million, and if you want -'o.imh.i to start a grist mill hero is the drossl" Therefore, the good are always re warded ten times over, while the wicked can not hope to escape punish ment. Lesson II. "Shall we j;o to the zoo to-day. papa?" "Not to-day, my son!" "But they have just received a kangaroo from Australia.'' "That's no draw, my child. Lot u ttand here on this corner and observe those females who have crowded No ,ri f,.et intn o. :t sillies, anil we sbnll t ,. ktOnrOO business froo gratis." Lesson HI. "Who Is that man, father, and why do the people lake oil their hats to him?" "Ho is a steamboat captain, my boy. and navigation has opened for the season." "But Is a steamboat captain a great and good man?" "He is a great man. at lca-t in the spring. When he stands on the bridge of hi vessel and rings his little bell to slow up, to stop he:-, to back, to ge ahead, to work her to port, to wind her bows to starboaid, to come into dock, President Harrison's nightshirt wouldn't make him a pockel-luuidkcr-chlef." Lesson IV. "Does tho tramp inille?" "Yes a sad, weary smilo." '-Did he make a mistake in going around to the rear of that house?'' "Very likely he did. He found u bull-dog under the step und tho woman of the house decorating a bed ftead with a Feather dipped in a solu tion. Il was a OOmbination he could not beat." "And the dog-" Oh, the dog wouldn't hnvo tackled him bttt for the woman. and the woman wouldn't have said any thing if the tramp hadn't remarked that spring weather always thawed 'cm out," Detroit Free 1'ioss. GOT THERE AT LAST. HowMltra-OlyM laeTtamsUrt ivi About Baadll it the Man. Speaking of the men who handle nitro-glyoerlne In tho oil country, a i gentleman from there recently com mented on their utter fearlessness. "Although it is the unexceptional history of every man who goes into the business of transporting tlie ex plosive 'cross country that sooner or lnt.-r he becomes a disintegrated par ticle, yet there is not a jollier, more careful set than these same nitro glycerine teamsters One whom I know well was a big. rcd-chcek- d, blue-eyed follow, with a pretty wife and a cozy home. 1 askisd him one day if h--never got nervous handling the stuff. "Not when I am handling it, ho replied; "it never occurs to mo that j there is any danger to me in it I lien; but sometimes when I'm home In the j house at night, and there ain't un ounce within five miles, I get s i blamed nervous I fair.y shako with fear und decide that I 11 never touch the stuff again. But the feeling always passes off, or at least it always has, and I m stijlat.lt "' "1 suppose lie finally sbared tho common fate?' remarked the listener. "Well," replied the oil country man. -I have every reason to believe that U.. .1.1 f urf.y i ii.. i.f tbp I'liriilier's lie Uiu. . i v, . il... r..,,,:.i,,. ,ml Jill, win. o, ,.- ' .r. - . . . altnougll we oniy nau ino mi.u ui one foot and the lower articulate joint of thn left thieh Vi Identify, it was eon Tu.VVk" . ..a nun i- i L 1 .. ,. nne norses uuu it inic kwu. Mail and Kxprus. -X. Y. Tbe I'nited htatci la the larg-st rnnuiinin? country of raisin in the world, and reliable authorities estimate the consumption at aixiui .w. boxes of twenty-two pounds each, which at an average of i per box. shows an i ii Maitssi nf llllf'r - oneurticle in dri.fO fruit. N,.w York ha been Innuenreu y the people of many nations, but b a-t j 0f all by the firman, it U said. Their customs do not adapt themselves to this country, a the American women have (Dt the stolidity of thefierman. n-r the . men the sturdy capacity to work hard -II A mJ I-.....i.. ehllilren ill their . - i i hi us mu mwmBBW - play In the evening. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. - Mali ran University pays fit,. OOOytmrlj to it nenfisnori and em p ove . The Soudan ha been almost totally neglsctad by Protettnata a a 11-il for missionary effort, it has population of about tt',0 ki.ihM) people. Less than Ave and a half years ago the Nebraska Lutheran Synod had not a Scandinavian church. Muci this svuoil has erected twelve neat church -s, whose value is estimated at ,'W.lHHJ. The reports presented at the re cur annual meeting of Mr. Spnrgoon' church showed a Utal membership o. 0 .7.1. Tho addition for the year wereoii;, and loss ,141, nmjung a net loss of thirty-four. There is a church In Jersey City which bears tho multitudinous title ol "TheTabe aacia ol the Testament of the Church of the First Bom." 1'nder this far stretching and redundant name a Faith Cure eongrogutioi: worship . Mrs. Mary F- Ettotiniond has , iv tented to Dnlon Free School District No. of Batavla, N. Y.. a handsome public library building, to be a led the Richmond Memorial Library, in mem ory of her son. Dean Richmond, Jr. Among the foreign count lei which have sent student to the Harvard law school are- Japan, 7; Hawaiian Isl ands, 3: Kngland, 'J; France, Prussia, lj New Brunswick, U, No a Scotia, 21; ( ape Breton Island, ti, and Prince 1 dward Island, X Tho Catholic Bo view estimates that the actual Koman Catholic popu lation of this country Is far 10,OOQk (KM), although official statistics just published make it to lie only 8, 167,878. The total number of parochial school la 8,070, and the atteodanoa M&iMo. - Ir. Denman W. Boss, of Cam bridge, has very recently presented the Harvard library with an exceed ingly Valuable collection of works on the early history of institutions The gift c insists of over- three hundred voluntas, and Is supplemental to a much larger collection ou the same subject prc-ented by Dr. Boss i. year ago. The entire collection will undoubtedly proven great aid to students of histo ry, political economy and kindred solan ana LOSING HER SKIRT. aoelel Blunders Wads hi retinas ignorant r Die sule." Mant arc tho social blunder mado by those who are in eomo minute de tail ignorant of "the stylo." It is dltt cult for the masculine mind to realize that it is really by Intention that a lady's smaller belongings, her pencil, vinaigrette ant Watch, should swing from her belt: tho element of reckless ness In such a proceeding scarcely ap peal - tn the prudent, who uro likely innocently to romotHtrnto. "Madam.' said a gentleman, cour teously, to a lady who wa rapidly passing htm, -'your watch is swinging from your belt." "Well, sir," rejoined tho. with a smile which relieved tho words of rudeness, "let it swing." It is said that a lady prominent in Washington society made a call, with bonnet string Hying, on iho wife of a Senator, w ho said to her as aha left: "Excuse mo, but your bonnet is un tied." "Oh, that' tho style," said the caller, and the hostess blushed at her own ignorance. Another lady, wearing a dress ol camel's hair, was saluted by an ac quaintance with the words: "My doar Mrs. Smith, you must have been play ing with the cat. Please let me brush your drees." "You might brush as long as Mrs. Partington need trundle her mop to sop up the Atlantic," said the other, merrily, "and It would do no good. These untidy hairs art woven In." In tlie days when tralni were worn even in inappropriate places, a little country girl, whoso mother only be lieved in dressing conveniently for walking, visited a fashionable hotel. "(( mamma," whispered she, as she saw a lady sweeping down a garden path trai ing some superfluous feet of cloth behind her, mayn't I go and tell that poor lady her M-tticoat's coming off?" Youth's Companion. fcxient oi uur Arid Lands. Tho vast region in the I jiit- d Stntos whero tho rainfall is Insufficient for suc cessful agriculture comprises about two-llftbs of our entire area (exclusive of Alaska!) It aggregates about 1, 2is),oiK) square miles and I about equal o tin- combined araai of Croat Britain and Ireland, Belgium. Denmark, France, I Qermany, Italy, SweJon, Norway, Hol land and Aii-tria-Ilungary. Ibis arid region embraces nearly all fhe public domain and is capable of supporting n population of at least 100,000,080. Il It a third larger than British India, o country having many similar physical characteristics, and supporting over 2(J.i"K,lXH) inhabitant largely by Irri-i-atlon. In solving tho problem how to utilize this vast arid region so a to makelioin.s for the people we havethc experience of thousands of years to guide us. The most pulous nation of ancient times occupied tho arid re gions of A- la, Africa und Kurope and subsisted by agriculture prosecuted by I . . . ... irrlgatli.n. H is ..imaiuu UM inarm i . , ,., C -.1,1 .if MM, h.klV IMI I. Uli; .i.'i'ni, .- .. . . w...w. vnted bv Irrigation In tho CniU-d States, varying In value from 810 In ' tl.lXSl ,r acre and yielding a net a . ,,,,, I come equal to tno intonst c como equal to tnc inwnai on a union larger sum than thi va uation. Sona- Sergeant Kobert Oldham, of the Char .-. a V . ;. ird. is an interest ing soldier. H i- nearly sixty years old. and forty year ago, when a raw Irish lad. enlis ed in the English army, where he served for thirteen years. was in the artillery service, snd went ,hroutll , ;. , -rll:l,,1M wtr ttnJ lhe yM In(,;,n m,;nv. II,. was in the baltl ! he Ka-t I.- of Hiilak'ava and !i k:tman, and w of Ru'nk'nva and Inketman, and was . .... before S.-bastopol until the evacuation t()jk pl;l,.0 jr .. rvedtwo year In thn Wttr 0f reliellkm, and then enlisted in the Marine Corps, to which he ha been atu.. le d ever since. He bas never Wn wounded, and like idjering ,0 well that he says he .k.ll ll.t - l...n hi. nu.anl ..rm i man iitxuiw, " " isvbvh, mi exoir THE BOSNIAN POLICE. Th a hats! ruiiui.t i i m'I.i I'l.d bj ii BstwesMtaMvaii Than is probably no country In the1 World whore the public power occupies : a wider field, plays a more iuisrtant j pari, or louche the private personal life of the cltUcn at more points than it doc in BiishIh. In a country like Finland or the I'nlted States, where the pontile are the governing power, the functions of the police an- simple and clearly defined, and are limited, for the most part, to the prevention or the detect ioa of crime, and the main tenance of order in public places In Russia, however, w here the people are not the governing power, but hold to that power the relation of an infant ward to a guardian, the police occupy a very different mid much more 'imor tut position. The theory upon which the (lovern ment of Russia proceeds is that tho oltbmB not only is incapable of taking part in the management of the affairs of his country, his province or his dis trict, hut is incompetent to manage even the nlTairs of his own household; und thai, from the time when he leaves his cradle and begins tho struggle of life down to the time when his weary gray head II finally laid under the soil, he must lx- guided, directed, instruct ed, restrained, repressed, regulated, fenced in. fenced out. braced up, kept dow n, and mads to do generally w hat somebody else thliks Is best for him. Tha natural outcome of this paternal theory of government is the concentra tion of nil idmtntitrativn authority in tbe hands of a few high officials, and an enormous extension of the po lice power. Matters that In other countries are left to the discretion of the individual citi.en, or to the judg ment of u sniiill group of oiUsona, are regulated III Russia by the Minister of the Interior through the imperial po lice. If you are a Russian, and wish to establish a .new spaper, you must ask the permission of the Minister of the Interior. If you wish to open a Sunday-school, or any oilier sort of school, whether in a neglected slum of St. Petersburg or in a native village in Kamchatka, you must ask the permis sion of the Minister of Public Instruc tion. If you wish to give a concert or to get up tableaux for the benefit of an Orphan asylum, you must ask permis sion of thef nearest represent ative of the Minister of the Interior, then submit your pro gramme of exorcises to a censor for approval or revision, and finally hand over the proceeds of the entertainment to the police, to be einbez.led or given to the ofphaU asylum, a It may hap pen. If you wish to sell newspapers on the street, you must get permission, DO registered in the books of the police, and wear a numbered brass plate as big as a saucer around your neck. II you wish to open a drug-store, a printing-office, a photograph-gallery or a book-store, you must get permission. If you are a photographer ami de sire to change the location of your place of business, you must got per mission. If you are a student and go to a public library to consult l.yell's "Principles of (ieology" or Spencer's "Social Statics," you will find that you can not even look at such danger ous and Incendiary volumes without special permission, if you are a phy sician, you must get permission before you can practice, and then, if you do not wish to respond to calls In the night, you mast have permission to re fuse to go; furthermore If you wish tO prescribe what aro known In Rus sia as "powerfully-acting" mediclnus, you must have special permission, or the druggist will not dare to till your prescriptions. If you are a peasant and wifh to build a bath housnon your premises, you must get permis- lon. If you wish to thresh out your gniin In tho evening by candle-light, ytai must get permission or bribe the police. If you wish to go more than fifteen inllei away from your home, you mini get permission. If you are a foreign traveler you must ;m1 permission lo OMM Into the Um pire, permission to go out of It, per mission to stay in It longer than six months, anil must notify the police every time you change your boardiug place, Iti short, you' can not live, move or have your being In the Russian F.mpire without permission, (ieorgo Koanan, in Century. The lat -st slory of Bismarck de. scribes how he called on the Kmp -ror the other day. and while waiting in the ante room heard voices in the Im perial nursery, and went in. He found lhe little Crown Prince grinding away at 0 barrel organ, while the two young er Princes were trying to dance. "Please, Prince Bismarck, come and dance with mo." said one of the young sters. "No. I atnjoo old; I really can not dance." said the old gentleman, 'but if the Crown Prince will dance I will grind tho organ for you all." When the Kmperor opened the door tin-( haneelor of tho Herman Kinpirn was found grinding away In a high statu of Btaainre and perspiration. The mural of tbe anecdote was drawn by His Majesty, who said that, not eonteu' with making three geiieriitloa of UohensOllernt dance to his pipe, Bismarck has already begun with the fourth. According lo recent statistic, publisle-d in the Honolulu Almanac ami I) .rectory, the population of the Hawaiian kingdom is mado up, in round number, of 1H.0IMJ Chinese, J.oOU while natives, 2,(100 American, 1,100 British. 1.6 JO flerman. 'J.600 Pnr'iigui-se. 2,000 of other foreign na tionalities, and 4-t.iXIO Hawaiian and half-caste. Kecreation 1 to the mind wbai dhOttlag i to the scythe. H". there fore, who spends hit whole time In recreation 1 ever whetting, never awwtagj his gra may grow and Ml seed starve; a, on the contrary, he who alwny work and never recreate is ever moving, never whetting labor ng much to little ournosa. Some negroes of Carrollton. (la. aatrrad Into a compact to rob the to a They succeeded finely until they toiiulli-d a Tallapoosa fortune teller, who said they were thieves. Tb.ii U-rr f' -d them snd led to their arrest. HABITS OP ROOKS. How to K-.i Hi. Breed? IllnU Awa? frnui . Oertala i.m-.uiy. In the autumn when the nuts are ripe the rook Is busy. Walnuts are his ppecial favorite. You will not sec a bird near the place until they are ready for Hiriishing down: but when that time has com - a solitary pioneer will appear first, high up, inspecting the tree or trees. Tho next day he will ho joined by one or two more. After wheeling about and over the place they will settle and examine the state of the crop. If the outer rind Is loosened from the shell of the nut, a problem soon solved by the oirtls biting a piece off. they will fly away and give infor mation lo the i-t-st that luxuries are to he had. Then a number come, nip ping the nuts otT in the most wholesale manner and living oil with them In the first field or meadow they dine: with a dig or two of lhe owcrful bill they split off the outer covering, and then with one more dig open the nut and eat the contents. They are quick ly back for more, "Hi! (lip! Book!" cries a man's voice, and a Hue old dog dashes over the lawn a do.eu times a day, barking bis loudest to scare them otT, for if left lo themselves lliev will clear the heaviest crop from the trees in a very short time. It is no mo thinking of shooting then: yon may point a stick at them and flourish il about as much as you like, and it will not disturb them in tho least. A gun is a di'Terent matter; only let them catch sight of one. and instead of com mitting their robberies hi an op n and deliberate manner, as is their usual way, they will cla tter into th - Ire--like hawks when they get a chance, nip otT the nuts and fly away. The only effectual phm is to trap one. I once saw th experiment tried. One of them hopped into a common trap, set openly, only so secured that the bird could not fly off with It. Finding himself iii traubU the rook yelled .nil his note of alarm. I'p the others cluttered, cawing their loudest and lU'opplng some of their plunder. All their friends round about came to see what was the mailer and lo join in the uproar. Flying round ami dashing down to him as though to at him out, MM) finding this no use, they were frightened mil of their wits by their comrade's frantic shouts, and they mounted high up in the air, oawlnfl their loudd I- When the captive had his neck twist,. 1. ami ho was spread agleil out ou a slick for Ills compan ion' Inspection, the business was set led; not a single rook has been near the place from that time. I have often proved lhe fcet that sli'Mitlng some does not afTitet the rost in the least: but trapping one upsets the whole rookery for a long time. When that calamity has once taken place It is put down in their notebook, and no mutter what mm be the attractions of 'he locality, it is shunned with the greatest caution. The Corahill Magazine. FASHIONABLE WOMEN. Oat Willi OlatMl lo Knew TslltD Alinill tin LI Strata a flee ltd iiyTii.in. "What do fashionable women read? I might answer "everything" cover a large field in a general way, and i prefer to deal with parlleularlties jus now, I have been told more thai ence that lhe readers employed In publishing houses to read the MSS. o novel are almost Invariably women and young women between the ages o1 twenty and twenty-live. The reaso given for this is that, us the majorlh id novel readers are young women a young woman is considered the host judge in this matter. This may be trm or not. but II is true that a groat many elderly women devote a largo portion of their time to reading novel. Thej ar too old for much social lilo, am, therefore have plenty of time to devoti to reading, and they seem to have n fancy for the lightest kind of novels Ono elderly, crippled lady whom I once had tbe pleasure of knowing, took a great delight in books that told of murders and the pursuit of tho crimi nals by detective. Silo declared thai she knew the BUde and prayer-book h heart, for she hail road them dally through a long life, and she road nov els because she enjoytMl them. Coming down to the younger Wom en, there are many fashionable mar ried women whose special pleasure is leading history and biography. I know several women who appear to pass the greater part of their fives in society, and yol they find time to road the best uovels of the day, the biographies, memoir and book of corre spondence that are Isdng con slanlly brought out, and the many vol umes of BOOsM l-'roiich novels are much read by the women who habitu ally study the language during the winter season anil take an annual trip abroad in tin- summer; hut I find that the French novel Is often laid aside for tho study of some of the French classic writers. A few ambitious debutantes make an attempt to keep up with one or two studies and do a little solid reading, but before the season is well under way their engagement are so numerous that the attempt full through, nnd If any time at all Is de voted to books it I to the lutest nooioty novel. The older girl, however, the girt of a few Hoasons, find time lo lake up a language, and if she is Id earnest she accomplishes a good deal of heavy reading. N. Y. Star. Including policemen, post-office official, market men and women, care takers, hospital nurses and newspaper writer and printer, it is estimated that fully 101.00.) of the inhabitants o' London are night Workers -Atmosranyimng WasSaVirj, av s New Yotkdoctor. If you laugh heart ily gel mad forget anything drop a letter into the not-offlce without s tamp, you can bo called, iniane. . A man aitonlibed the circuit court it Marshall, M ch., the other day by Heatedly exclaiming that he'd be hanged if he'd have any case of his tried be fore tuch a tough-looking jury at that. But when he was Informed that the men he kicked on were a lot of prison or awaiting sentence lhe kicker cooled off and the court smiled. SOLITARY A3 A QOO. Th Hani LtSSt NatlWadlai (I"1 Voiine I III,.. I llf 11.11. As yet the did igs of the Chinese have no particular Interest outside their own country. The ninrrlago of the Kmperor is a strong proof that this Is the case. An imperial alliance nf Hie sane- Uin. I in the V -! wiiuhl have sent u flutter through every court in Kurope. No ( haneelor or Premier will disturb hlms-lf about the rank or the relations of the lady who becomes the Kmpress of China. In the Flowery Ijind Itself the choos ing of an Imperial bride ha no political interest; ho comes from no royal house; princely or oven blue blood is not a necessary qualification. She has to be selected from the "Klght Banners." a phras w hich expresses the MaOOhU army of Pekin. We should call them the "guards," for they nre the personal defenders of the Kmperor. I'p till lately the Kmperor of China only knew of the Western nations as "foreign devils." and the small states such as t'ucCorcu, which are in con tact with China -go und Hfthd name of the "tribute-hearing nations." Ambas sadors from these states present tribute as feudatories, and in doing so nop, ar before the Kmperor on their stomachs, knocking their heads on the ground a ceremony known as the "kow tow." The Son of Heaven could not condescend to a..l for a companion to the "DmfM Throne" from any of the rulers of these insinil'n ant countries, it is tin- Dowaffor RmproM who chooses the lady wbo heroin. her successor. The llowager Kmpress In the present case I not the mother of the Kmperor: she Is the mother of the late Kmperor Tung-chill. During his minority sin- and the Kmpress of Hlon-fung acleil as Regents; ou Tung ehih's death in loo, when 111.- present Kmperor. then a mere child, was ap pointed to the throne, the two ladles again took charge of tin-government as Regents. In 1KS1 the other Kmpress died. She was known a the "Kastern Kmpress," and tho Western Kmpress'' continued tin- re gency. On his marriage the Kmperor assumes full powers and lhe Regent n-lires into private life. The present hmperor wa horn in 1871) he I tho son of Prima- Chun. OBI of the brothers of the Kmperor tilOn-Fung, lie la thus a full cousin to tho late Kmperor Tuug-Chih, who died In I87& The latter died child less, thus causing a break in the direct succession of the Ta-Chltig, or "Croat Pure Dynasty." Ttmff-Chlh left a will appointing tin- prosanl Kmperor to succeed him on lhe throne. His name before becoming Kmperor was Tsai tien; but on becoming Kmperor of China a new name is always as summed, und tbe new ruler will be known as Kwang-su, which mean "An Inheritance of dory. " Vast a may bo the Bmplrd of China, many a niny bo tho millions ho rules over, this young mini of eighteen must, ut least for some years to come, count for litlle In Iho national policy. Document, will bo placed before him, and ho with the "Dragon Pencil" will sign them. A Kmperor In- bee. me - a priest, and will have now to ollh la'e in tin- Imperial temples, the great celebration being that at the temple of Heaven. At the Confucial temple helms to address the literati; nnd an important duly in Chinese eyes Is that of visi'lng the tombs of tin-dynasty, where he offers sacrifice and worships his ancestors. These tomb aro some distance to tho northwest of Pel; in and havo to bo visited once a year by the reigning Kmperor. If an Kmperor of China should chance to have natural abilities, he labors under the greatest disadvantages In their development. Kvery action of his life is iilTooted by the etiquette of nn elaborate ceremonial; the two hun dred volumes and the "oflleluls who in quire into Heaven" w ho Interpret their meaning must swaddle up his whole existence as if he were a mummy. Ho has none of the ordinary Intercourse which other mortals have with their fellow-creatures. All who approach him have to do so knocking their heads on the ground; on his exalted throne he is cut off from all those In lluencos which would and do Improve the heart and mind. His podtion can not lie better expressed than by re peating what the Chinese themselves ay: "aw I a solitary as a gou. l.on-lon New. A venerable, white-haired clergy man of Philadelphia has recently been much gratified at receiving several re quests from ladle for a lock of hi hair. But tho other day hi wife re ceived a note that put a different light on the subiceL It ran a follow: My Dear Mrs. X -Won't you please ask your good husband to send me just a little lock of his hair. We have all boon taking lesions In making hair flowers. So many of tho other girl asked him and he sent il lo tie in, but I thought 1 would rather ask you to get it for me. Now, won t you pleuso do this for me, it 1 ho hard to get white hair for lilllos of the valley. " A lady who llvos near l.agrango. (ia.. ordered her servant girl to liro up tbe stove preparatory to baking some potatoe. She did a she was directed, hut when the stove door wa opened the house cat wa found baked to a turn. Tho regulation professional garb of the Knglish physicians and surgeons is tho high hat blacK in winter, drab or white In summer and always a dark frock or morning coat. ' How Itfhtta to Tako a Bath" t tho big headline on a long article In a Western paper. Western editors never hesitate to sacrifice their per sonal fooling! in order to get a pleos of sense! io ml news. bomervilie Jour nal A lady living In Toeoa, Jta., claims to havo discovered a sure cure for hy drophobia. It has been tried in sovoral instant and always cure. It Is a tea made from a well-known herb, which possesses tbe remarkable power of ontering tho blood, permeat ing the entire system ami neutralizing the effect id the dreadful ixdsnu.