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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1889)
i . . " - ' - " - MR.' AND MRS. BOWSCa "Mr Zjotil," mil ru, IN THE DARK. . I IO.ua l,mr thai nlirht in llUF Tu to dark ilial oiuiii a pa. 4ad nt MD tin but I'd oiaaMU Mr, Vhf. 'toa rlbt I nbwild klm ber Mb fliere n itarknea oo eTerythlna round u I i i Id nit for the door, tad tb while I eklag an axil It i happened I kin! bw mm mom tad I un't quit mire M I left bar, Aa Ui wholber ah hand It or BOt; But I know that I ilbod to ha back tliera Tba farther awar UuU I fot 4sd tic- ut tint I called It to happewd Tbal B t.s,d hi tbat hallway one luort; And the aaidlitlil Ml over and round ua Aa I a.uletly owned lo tbe doar But bar rxl cheolu no nifulalilr dimpled, And her ejrei alion au wlokedljr bii(ht, Tiat 1 guessed wber ber tbougbta weraaslrajlaf . Aud I n o. bad up aud turned out Ilia Hunt -Arthur btercua GISKLES CAPRICE. The salon waj lighted by a single lamp which shod a soft radiance throughout thnrooin. It was simply furnished, but km adurncd with u profusion of flowera and plants. Throe Mrsons wero in the salon Mine. de. Ilalny, Gisele, her daughter, und the laltcr's betrothed, Robert de Chilis, who waa noon lo l her husband. (iiselo, who was In her eighteenth roar, was very beautiful. She was a natural blonde. Her smile had the double advantage of showing pretty teeth and two charming littlo dimples In her rimy checks. Her eyes w ere very handsome, bul their glance waa touiewhiit inipu rioua. She was dressed In a robo of n oft. while, clinging materiul that set off to advantage her girlish beauty tliselo was an only daughter. She had been reared by an indulgent mother, her father having died during her infancy. Although Mine, de Ilalny' income was barely sufficient to support lid 'If and her daughter she managed to gratify Uisclc's every whim, and her whims were many, for she wag a child of caprice. Many admirers paid suit to (iinelo, but ho smiled on none until Roliert de (Jillis threw himself and his fortune at her fi d. In Robert Uieele found Iter supreme triumph, for by his unselfish devotion he gave her the greatest aulisfarlinn a woman can have to bo loved for her beaiilv, which was (linele's only dower. Robert had every (pialillcalioii lo lie de sired in a lover. He was 2." ye-irs old. handsome, manly aud very wealthy. WhHe Mine, de Ualny was working ui her embroidery and Kols-rl ami Qlsel were holding a tender conversation, the door of I be salon was opened undlieorgo langle was announced. "Ogod evening, my dear mndumc." aid the new comer, as he entered, bow Ing lo the mistress of the lions, "Ah, good evening, my dear Lingle," aid Mine, do Ilalny, welcoming the guest. "This is, indeed, an agreeable surprise." When the others had welcomed him, turning to Roliert, Lingle said "1 knew (hut I would llml ymi here, ami that is why I called so bile, wishing to have you present to second a propoel' tiou which 1 desire to make to these la dies. " "Ah! lell us. What Is It?" exclaimed Gisele. "My mother's eottago at Saint Cloud ha just Ikvii put in order for the sum mer," replied I .angle "We are going lo drive (ben- tomorrow morning, and she desires that you will accompany us. We hall leave Paris in good bcuhou mi us to avoid the heat of iho day. HreukfiiHl will aw .nt us on our arrival. We will upend the wurm purl of the day swing ing in our Imtniuock and gossiping un der iho elms. Wo will dine ai fresco, and then, if Mile, (Iiselo approves of the plan, we will attend the fetu of Saint Cloud, ut which, among other ultrac lions, will lie the great lion lamer, the Illustrious Hidel, with his menagerie That is the proposition I have to oiler. "Hravol" cried (ii,clo. " Your plan Is rluiriiihig! charming! Is it not, Robert'.'' alio udilcd, turning lo her locr. ItoU-il agreed with Glaele thnt theli friend's plan was faultless, and it was udopteil with enthusiasm. Accordingly, the following day found Mine, de Ilalny, ber daughter and Rob nt.it Saint Cloud, as the guest of M I .an J. and In, mother. The day WM spent in those delightful ways which people escaping Iimiu the city In the early summer llml for passing die lime in the country. Uisolo, however, was all anticipation in regard to the approach itig fele. and csHciully in regard to the lion tamer, I tit It I . of whoso exploit! she hud heard a great deal. Immediately after dinner, therefore, Uisole, Robert aud LaUgN went to the fete, the elder ladies preferring to remain ut (ho cot lage They llrst attended Uidd H'rform anco with his lion, whlchGiselo watched with the liveliest interest As the ior l. . i in in. e drew to a close Ciscfc Isvumo so entbusiiwtio in regurd to Hidel hruv iry that Uiugle (aid, jokingly, that ah ought to marry a lion tamer. "Such Is my Intention," replied Gisele, "for I am sure that Robert will not deny the In i i. i. t I have ever inadeol him. Will you. Robert;'" alio added, turn ing lo him What!" exclaimed Robert. "Do you wish me to enter the lions' cage:" "Ye lKicn tbut surprise your" "A little, 1 i oufess " "You ought lo liavo aa much courage aa a vulgar lamer of annual," aald Gisele. w ho sis-med lo be put oU by her lover' backwarducu In bearding the lions to please her whim, "hut to do what you Bad me to do would by no mean be a proof of ccair age," answered Robert "It would be a ridiculous act on my put. foi I would be exponing myself for no purse." "You -nk lightly of the puwpcvt of being devoured," aald Langlo laughing Lungle with-d to laugh Glaele out of her caprice. Gisele, on (he other hand, did not ivally wiali her lover loeiKerthe bom' cage, but she wanted him lo teem reaiiy lo do even dial for her. 'Then you refuser" (he asked Robert, wuli an air of diadain. 1 angle, without giving Roliert to op lauliiioK io reulv aalit- "Certainly lie refuses fur lite condl Uons are not the ismi for loin aa (or Bide. who i,.,. i.vii long at-usUmed to bring among wild auimaki and ha made ckrelu! .lut of ,1,,,, clmnute." "You seem lo lake great inlereet In a matter which due BM concern vou." aid Gkvala. wlw was vraeU B Ungle'i gfMMaa "But." replied t .angle gravely, 'whal you aa Roliert to do i very daageniu beaida. you forget that ui in. a adore Idm and dial (lie will never for advtrotlif vou wake him eiuuee hits telf III Ibis MrJOUt1 iiiauuer. But tllsele insiated "Vi-i v well." said Robert coldly, "I will eiilei 'lie cage. If Hidel will allow nielo.lo so, in BOOH aa the iiNX'tnlor have in-parted I do not wish to give a public exhibition of my courage," he added, with a llngB of aarrasm in his tone, "Ah! I knew you would consent!" ei . I. iimed Gisele " itb BpfMIMt delight "I will BTttUfl the mailer at once," aid Roliert. Ho went lo Hidel. with whom bo held a short conversation, then returned, say ing: 'The lions will Is-fed in a few minute. I will enter the cage then with Hidel." Hy Ibis time the siectutors bud de parted Roliert, Langlo and Gisele ap proached the cage. I'resently tbe lion tamer joined I hem. U told Roliert thai he wns readvto feed the Hons nnd invited him Inlo the cage. "No, Robert, do not go," said Glaele. "1 do not wish you to enter tho cage. I asked vou todo soonlv because I wanted you to seem ready lo exiosc yourself U any danger for my sake." "Pardon me. Gisele, for not ucceding to this new MPliOB of yours as to I he llrst." replied Robttt "I have reaolved to enter the cage and I ahull do so." Rolivri turned awuy from Gisele, and a moment ufterward he and the lion tamer entered the cage. The lions, clghl In numlH-r, moved hither and thither, obedient to tho command of their iiiua ter, but their large golden eyes showed their ir loniidiinent ut tbe presence ol Ibis intruder who accompanied him. (ilsele und Ungle looked on III silence und in agony. (Ilsele, who wnj very p-ile. wns only prevented from giving mien to her BQgttlsh by the fear ol aggravating her lover's peril. Her eye, which were big with fright, were llxed on Role-it He, on the other baud, was iplite culm, nt least in nppt-arnnce. Like Hidel, ho w as m ined with a Our or iron und a raw hide. He was thus doubly pre pared lo repel tho lions if they OBUM tOC near him. Rols-i t waa in (be cage almut five niln lite. Then be left It and rejoined (iiw-le. who, radiant with joy, her hand ex tended, ell laimed: "Oh, Rols-rt! bow I udiniro vou! how r RolK-rt took one of Glselo's hands in his, and, interrupting her, euid, in u calm voice: I io not praise my exploit so much, for tbe act which you applaud woa De formed for my own aake rather (nun yoiiis. If 1 urn bravo, as BOW roil cm denlly think me, I confess (hat I am Bol w ithout fear that I shall in I always In able lo accede to your desires, and us il would pain IMtOOKM WObaVtOjOl w oman, I ranounca (be honor of being your htuvband." As MMiiias t li-y returned lo the cottagt thopuiiy itltrtBd for PkWat, When iln-y rencbiil (ii-cle homo Rols-rt Isido hei good by w Itll a profound DOW. On enter ing tint Iioiimi Gisele found Iho super! boBQiMM which iha was Bomiiiiannn t receive each day fioin RolM-ii: i( wasdu last. Gisele lias never niurrii-d. -Truns luleil for The Bpnh from the French. it. ' rm Waaa'l riiimb. I have I hi ii inukilig a study of nosei lately, and really it's MtOOlahittg to llml bow large a proportion of (ho noses ai. twisted to one side or the other, 't ry ti llml the median lino of a h-isoh' fact by tun ing it from die lip of his nose mm hie how JfOH coiiio ou(! Many soph who imagine that I heir noses ale pel fcclly straight would lind by u close in iHs'tion lhat lllose iipH'ndages gee ol haw a lilt K- ierhai lo their uniiisenient and luay Is' lo I heir chagrin. A Portland dentist tells u story lo tin point, hivs he: "After 1 hud tilled a selof false Icel li Ion lady , she exclaimed 'Why! you haven't got (lie middle of t la gel ill the middle of my facel' "I looked again, and thought ! had. " 'Rut lust look nt my nose! said she. 'The middle of tho set certainly is noi in line with (ho middle of my nose. " 'That may be, suid 1, 'bul yom nose" "'Isi you mean lo till medial BaJ nose uni t etraighl'r" " '1 think you w ill llml that sm-histlit caw.' " 'How much is your bill' I'll pay il und you can keep your old teeth!' "She pil (ho bill, threw dow n tin set, and Mourn ed out . us angry us in angry QUI All could Is'. She w cut home ber friends lold her how foolish she was she lay awake till night, und die next duy OBMM buck, aMluwgfOj, und bud bci work liuisiied." LawTatoa Jouroai, Til I'levrill 1 nni tllilolun. Mix your petroleum carefully, and y ou need not fear an explosion. You buv only lo ls cautious us lo (he amount ol atiiiimpheriu uir y ou blend w ith (he ex plosive fapot BipafinMQtB made sine the expliwion of a pBtrOetaJB) (rMBal in n I i . in li Inn Is ir bow lhat a mixture ol one pBli of petroleum fBDO toHvBOl leas ot uir dis s not expltHto. Willi lii Mtr(s of uir (he mixture is feebly ex plosive, With seven to twelve, violently no. willi six locn parts, f.vhly explosive and uilb twenty .,u i , of air I not likely lo explode. New York Telegram. (Ill) MiUn Are slim lulg bled. Yel another cause for shortsighicduete baa bOBB dihcoveicd A Geiuian pro fMBOt d,-clares that it is often due lo do wearing of light collar, which preveni a normal and regular Mow of hlood u the heud Now w e know w hv (he com binalioii of eyeglasaand "masher" col lar l( o OOkUlBM among our gildetl youth -I ond, ,n fllnba - . PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Miss Fannie Maoaulay, who died a few du) m'o nt Ki ightoii. Knglund. at the age of eighty, wis the last snr riving sistor of Tliomus Habinglon Macaulay. One of Mural's daughter. I.uisa Man hem Riispoiu. Is suid to ho still living, at the air of niuety-lwo. iu Ravenna. Italy She was, Iheiviorv, nineteen tn 1"1.'. when NaBMlaon I. was dethroned und her father ahol. Asllant Uooi keepar It isselt has hes-n in the employ of the I niUtl Slates Heaate for lift) -eight y ears He ru'culiy Colubratot! In golden wed dlnr;. and waa then made li e n-cipienl of n handsome pres,-r,t fron the Sen ator H H Hall, the nearest living relative ot George Washington, oo eaple a atall in the outh etirrldor ol the Pension Building at Washington. here he BtUi cigar and fruit (o the clerka He i nearly eighty year old. and bear a ttrtklng reaarablanee to Uie Father of hi Country. in in m,i 1-iKUuioiiia. Netler bus wi-illen fBlta an exh.Ti Urt-uiliclo on iho suojett of pueuino uiu, in which be review lite upiiltim ica of lhat diaaB which hava been rwetNttad Ha drawa the following conclusiooa Pneumonia is a conUi gious diseaae. aud the eaaeutial germs can be communicated, nol only direct ly from an infected peraon lo others brought in contact with him but they can tie transmitted through a third peraon. They can, also, aa in the caae of scarlet fever und meuslcs, lie con veyed in clothing aud in many other articles such as are found in the sick room. They are diffusible in the uir, bul one must come within ten feet of a pa i ii ui in order to be within range of infection. Tho pneumonin germs aruqtiito long lived, How they remuiii cupuble of doing llieir work bus never been de leriniiied. but three years is set as the extreme limit Pneumonia if "catch ing" at any time during its BllUfl coin-so, und even after recovery Where a jrson i.iexped to the dis eiiso and 00000 Ml infected by the gerina of il. the llrst symptoms, ua a rule, appeal between tho lifth und seventh duy; bul exceptional fuses ure iiiuny. and an infected pjreoCJ may be taken down with the disease the sec oud or third day ufler exposure, or he may carry il about with blm for near ly three weeks before it breuksout. A iei-soii who bus once hud the dis ease i-oluins for yeai-s u liubility tohave otiier attacks, for the genus of il re main with him and may be found in his saliva. Hence, such a txirson is not only dangerous to himself, but to others with whom ho is brought in Immediate oooMet It is held ilmi this in part explains recurring epidemics in certain families, and, also, while tho same person freauently suffers from severe ullucks (luring his life time, Considering the fuel, now clearly evident, thai pneumonia ia a coiilugioiisdisea.se, tho proper pi-ecuu (ions against infection, should of course, be taken, Il is true that this disease is not nearly so contagious as the most of the oilier diseases of tho sumo character, but it ) enOUgh SO to warrant a cer lain amount of care. A patient ill with pneumonia need not be held so dangerous that a rigid quarantine iiitisl needs bo established, but llui.se who are brought in contact with him should uso a rciisoiiublu amount ol Caution not "take his breath," etc Perfect rentllttlou is alike important to llietn and to the patient, Ilanilkcr chiefs ami tho like should be thorough ly disinfected, aud if a "spit cup' is Used, it should always contain some disinfectant to destroy tho germs iu thu sputa. Boston Herald. I i,, n-nve Kun. A physician of 81. Paul related the following littlo incident in the career of a fellow student The appearance of the latter was not such as to im press the casual observer with Lheidof that Im was an .Kscu lupins iu thu sci elite of medicine, and when he sw ung his title "It D." out in tho chilly line,., it attracted littlo attention from the sick und suffering. The man also be. nine an uiicouscioiis bull of some of thu more light henrled young ladies. Several of tho bolder ones linally ooiioocted a scheme designed lo In tug him to irretrievable humiiia tioll. A messenger was dispatched in liiisle to summon the young Galon tc set ii fractured limb. Lhuckly gather ing tint bandage and instrument! nee essary, the doctor followed. Arriving at the house designated, bo was mot with duo gravity and informed dial his patient was in the rear vaiil, Inile r ho waa ut ouco led. There up. m the ground was a rooster which had been uiifiirtiiiiutocnough to break its leg or shall I sav limhf Amid hardly suppressed gigles, he was in fun i nil that here was the patient Comprehending Iho situation iu an in slant, tho doctor gravely and exie dilioUlly set thu broken liienils-r of Chanticleer, putting ii in a plaster bandage with all (ho care usually vouchsafed lo humanity, and for once n fowl with a broken leg wns in luck instead of in the soup. Tho young ladies were greatly pleased over their adventure, and proclaimed it among their friends with great gusto, hut when some days later a bill lor$0 for for reducing a fracture was received, tho laugh died away. In vain they asserted that it was a joke, and lli.il Ihcy wars onlj in fun. The pre. scrip lion writer said ho wasn't iu fun and (here was no ioko in il for him noth ing but tho fee, and he proposed in have that if he had to suo for it He got it, and pocketed it with u little observation on laughing tbout sun duwi instead of iu tho forenoon. - St I 'an I Pioneer Press. Nil Thought Tltey Were Snakes. One of our townsmen relates that a friend of his, while stopping at the seashore, caught a number of very line eels, and thought il would be nice if they could tie brought home It was dilllcull to find just the best means of (ransoi-lution, but an old oil cloth covered hand bag was procured, and tho eels placed iu it The man d sd the limn, and placed the Ogrpet bug under the seat, aud thought nothing more of it until some time after the train hud atartcd, when suddenly a woman who sat about four seats in front of him jiiiiiKtl up on tho seat, drawing uji her skirts, aud railed 'Snakes!" I'ho man looked thai way and saw ouo of the largest of the ecU slowly wriggling across die car, and. as there was hy this lime a general commotion throughout I ho car, he picked up tho gripsack, and, remark lllg that lie did not care to star in a car where the conductor allowed snakes to run about the floor," made bis way lo the wuoLer. und bus never heard yet whether tho "miuko" was caught or nol. - Walerbury American UUIUkN -.Now tins Is outrageous. Here's Caket ha-i h o-ged (he w idow loin s f.'ion (or ber buslmnd's funeral." Rrighlly - "Well, you must alway s ex hvI a stiff bill fiom un undertuker." Lowell CitUen. Knmily meatman -"I understand. Mr .smith, lhat your eldest daughter was married yesterday Permit me lo lender my congratulation." Smith "Thank: if you would do (he same by your meal, however, it would he more gratll)lng."- Hurlington Free I'ts-s -The eoal man h ahuiltd n r st, faj. A he Stel up tbe MBJas I faat-ltul aj, An. I be ,!isl ti , I smile.! ahile he ear'l,) Ibis lar: At e iurne) lhnub lif, let ut lire ht Hi weigh " Merchant Traveler. -Mr. Tempertoo "Henry, father role me y. l, rtlay thai he w ant. to get a typewriter. What ! the beat kind, do you thinkr Temperton (im merited in toek viueation) -I like 'em alanit twenty-four with dark blue eu." Muna Weekly. A NEW MHS. PARTINGTON. MHMBrrS fajMW Bawwttr IS Kt l.iff In a Mn '""" Tiiwii. Mrs. Thriftv. an excellent and proa wrous "widow woinaii," who keeps a itore in a famous and favorite Massa ibttSStta town, has a genius in lun ?uaire which would set a new Mrs Partington up in business. She used locoine U. Boston with great regular itv to make her purchases. .Now. alio said not long ugo to a city visitor, "there ain't much need of my goin to Boston with so iiuuiv of these drum mors coniin around. Aud yel I m goin' there soon to refurnish my slock of dittoes." "Your slock of what, Mrs. Thrifty? "Dittoea. All aorta of things, you know." "0h' 'M-" , u . .Ui. The visitor could imagine what un toes" were. But it was the llrst time sho had heard them called by that name. "Yes," Mrs. Thrifty went on ' like to go to Boston llrst rate. W ben I git there the first thing I do is to take one of them 'ere hoodlums and then drive all round town." Ti... -lull..- ii-,,. uliiinl to faint. The peclacle of the excellent Mrs. Thrifty driving around isosioti wuu a nuuu lum was too much for her comosure. And she looked so much at a loss to know what was meant that Mrs Thrifty explained: "Why, I mean one of those new fangled one horse cab carriages. 1 want tp know if you don't know what a h II M in is!" "Oh, Mrs. Thriftv. yu mean a her did" A-a whott Well, when I was there they called 'em hoodlums." Useless to try to convince her; and no doubt the next time she comes to Boston to buy dittoes, sho will stand in front of the Old Colony sta tion and call for a hoodlum. When Iter conversation with Mrs. Thriftv had reached this isiint the city visitor thought best tocnailge the subject, and related her own e.pe rienco during her last summer's vaca tion, when she went up the Hudson river und mado a tour through tho Adirondacks. "And did vou climb tho cascades!" asked lira, Thrifty. "i 1 oh, the cascades were very beautiful, Mrs. Thrifty very heauti ful." Tin. nIHf vis-ilor felt that she bad L'ot out of a scrape with this evasive un swer. Hut siio uoesn I know to tins day just what tho excellent woman meant by "climbing the cascades." This lady was not related lo tho one who, after looking over tho books on tho counter at one of the book stores tho other day, stepped up to a clerk and asked: "Have you 'cometh?'" " 'Cometh.' ma'am? I dou't know of any biMik by that name " "On, don't you? Well, I saw a hook hero called 'Goethe,' and I thought likely there was a companion IwuiL- hi- the name of 'Cometh!'" Boston Transcript TreMCheroua Memories. Wlwn n man can say, "I was thee, and I saw it," ho ought to lie believed, one would think, provided ho has a reputation for speaking tho truth. What shall wo ho suroof, if not of the tinners wo have seou with our own eyes? Yet experience proves that it is pos sible to remember what never hap pened, and remember it, too, with the utmost distinctness und eculiarity. This fact bus been abundantly brought out by tho war reminiscences so numerously published during the lust ten years. As one writer remarks, every I I. and magazine urticlo is lollowed by notes ol correction, or uy extended article of refutation, so cou stun tly does ouo veteran's recollection of an event contradict another's, while both of them, it is likely enough, ure proved to bo WTODg by the ollicial nsj onls. The Into Col. Scott, who had charge of tho war recoi-ds of the government, relates that ono day an ollicer catuo into tho room in a statu of greul ex citement "Have you said tltut I was not in the second battle of Bull Ruu?" be de manded, "No, not exactly thut," said Scott "Well, Bob Beott, 1 was told you said so, and 1 came in to put daylight through you if you stuck to it." "Oil no," replied Scott, "1 never said you were not in the battle. What 1 said was that you yourself, in an ollicial rewH dated on tho day of the battle, bad said that you were in the Cumberland valley, a hundred miles from Bull Run!" OoL Scott culled a clerk, and order ed tho report brought The ollicer read il twice through iu silence, put on his hut, und went away without a word. Youth's Companion. The Muge Carpenter. Lloyd Breeze, who is Russell's busi Beta uianamr, ohipped in and told a story on their Stage manager. J. 11. Fitzpatrivk, who is an old timer and very conscientious. He would send the scene plot for tho piece to no one but the Stage carpenter oil the theatre at which they were to lilay, always drawing il ofT and addressing it to that worthy. Ono day Breeze reache a littlo California town to herald tba show, and on his drive up to the hotel ho pasned die ollico of the alage coach line which ran from lhat point to Yuba Pain or some other equally pro fane Kiint of thecotupass. In front of the ollico ho saw au old native holding a paper at arms' length and regarding it wondermgly. At a glance lie recognised it as one of his star's agent plots and he at once nmde in quiricv ll appear! that the ii .uncut INBt directed to the "stage carpenter," and that it had been delivered to the man who did the carpeulcr work for the stage company. The lat ter thought for a time that he had discovered a plot tc rob the coapM y, as ho did not uuder atiiid the Kvuliar drawings, bul Breeze set things right by turning the document over to the "janitor of the "opera house," no such ollicial as "stage earK iiter" being known there -Ch'-"o Herald The At,is,aehln Slrucgl. We re a-arl. we are neann. The Ja i , hawfn jKwy Time . rt.ssj; Ami we re rearlnc j are f-arlna-He ill tell the wile ld slort of defeat -Bcrtm Budctt. The si ., , , Berton Kuntbvr Del.... I Wher-WJo who a the strong man W.Mo ,he.,uigly,-V,li, I did know, OKI I ve foyi. Teacher Think for a moment, Wallo th name been,, ,Ih H. ' aJdo-Oh, y; Sullivan. - Xew York ' RAVAGES 0F INSECTS. Be tu tppir laseatlsWas " to , hi- allfe(ory Biin- Considerable interest has developed latelv on the nubjeet of applying insec ticides, and it l very opportune. The presllng 1 1 of better undersland- ing of met bod for BUeOSBSfolly resist ing the ravages of our insect enemiea crowd. iiMin us with increased vigor aa the recurring season increase the number and rapacity of tho foe. It ha neen very evident (to clone ob server at least) that a great purt of the work done, especially jn the use of DOiSOnOUS compounds, ha proved of ac tual damage; that is. the insects tbeiii wlres would not have done more harm if loft alone than the misuse of poison did. A treatment for Insects that may do very well in a growing, productive season is liable todo great harm to the crops in an unfavorable one. To apply poisons effectively (without doing In jury) and cheaply, is equally of Impor tance. After quite an extended experience in using insecticides in nearly all ways. I have decided that there U only ono way iu which satisfactory results can be reasonably expected every time, and lhat is by spraying. Poitfmi should be used in liquid form always, and In applying to the foliage, to insure suc cess, it must lie broken up into fine, misty spray, likn fog or' steam. To ue complish this desired result, there is nothing yet made to excel the spraying machine. It ia built on simple, me chanical principles, and the amount of the application can be guaged per fectly. By the aid of one horse (or team) and man. this machine operates on four rows of potatoes at a time, de livering a tine, misty spruy with force, penetrating every purt of the plant and thoroughly impregnating the foliage with poison (but not drenching), so thttt If the larva feed on any portion they must get thu poison. The danger of burning the leaves is greatly les sened. In fact, the plant can hardly be harmed if ordinary cure is taken. I have sprayed eighty acres of potatoes in three days, using OflljT $8fiO worth of London purple, mid in thirty six to forty-eight hours after tbe poison was put on hardly a slug could he found alive. The expedition nud economy with which poisons can be applied in this way enables the grower to use weaker solutions often, and thus obviates all danger from doing harm tc the growing crops. The Colorado bugs bade fnir to give is the most trouble we ever exper- lei d during the dry season of 1MH7, vet hy two timely applications of Lon don purple hy spraying, we succeeded in alr.io-t totally destroying them, without apparent damage to any part of t'.u-crop, at a cost of less than ,rit) cents per acre, including labor and poisons for the two jobs. I saw a great many lidds of potatoes that were al most ruined that season by apply ing poisons iu a careless manner, hotb in liquid and powder form. When pota toes bring 76 cents to $1 per bushel at harvest tune, it is poor policy to ruin a crop by being short-sighted in any way. Wetting or drenching ihe vines with water alone during dry. hot weather is u dangerous experiment, and when (lie Water is incorporated with aclivo poisons and applied iu a huplmaird manner, it is most sure to do harm. The whole business of mixing and ap plying ins, eticides should be done in a systematic and methodical manner, liuess work will not pay. As Prof. W. H. A I wood hns well suid. iu bis station report on Insects and Insecticides: "l.iu-k of exactness iu the details often defeat, the purpose of wor'c with insecticide-.'' Defeat is the price of earo'ensiiess or ignorance. Cor. Ohio r'&i'Ukur. THE COMING FARMER. He WUI lie il linn Compatenl to llrlug Kurt Ii New Idea. The coming farmer is on the way. He is the new -school fa'iner, the one who is cutting loose from the ancestral ways and st, -piling far in advance of bis fcl- OWa; he is adopting and bringing forth new ideas, putting into practice n'eth.xi ; which will eventually double ami treble the productive powers of the soil. Tho coining farmer will be a man of thought as well as of brawn. Specimens of him may lie occasionally seen in the retired merchant who takes up farming as a happy means of put ting in bis closing years. That force ill thought which gave him success in mercantile life he now applies to till ing the soil and to the various depart ments of agriculture, and thereby proves that thought is as profitable in farming as in any other business. One of the leading chat aeteristies of the coming farmer is that he will bo n specialist. He will devote his efforts, his thoughts, his whole energies to ono line of Bgrioultura us much us the mer eban( who twenty years ago kepi a general purpose store. The most suc cessful farmers of the present time are theae who are pursuing special lines, Whether in the prndlWlaOII of dairy products, of draft horses, rond horses, special breeds uf shoep, cattle or hogs. Hie coining fnriner will send foi-ever.to tbe block the scrub sire in all classes m'stock. nTui-fTI now it greater curse to Wisconsin than all the m polios Which prey iiion ihe people, Tho inning farmer will provide his wife all those modern appliances for doing her WOrit, which will make her life one of comfort and happiness, and lighten her labor a much a tbe most modern appliances lighlen the labors 1 the farmer. The coming farmer wil, ma'te the whole country smile under the tillage of wisely-directed effort guided uy the intelligent thought of a well ultivaU'd mind, a thoroughly trained miii. II. li, Qofirxt, at Wisconsin rarraanV iusiiluUs. i A gentleman meeting a friend on the street stopped hire to condole with hiro on his emaciated appearance, and inquired anxiously aa to the cause "Ala!" said the friend. "I have suf fered for years with walking in my alwp. I hat e walked out of the door at night, have been saved when about lo -'en from an upper window, and am now ao in dread of fatal results lhat I fear to deep at a&" "An easy matter to cure," replied tbe first genlieroan "Take car fare to bed with vou ami vou won i walk."-PbildelphuiI,rVr. ivIR AND MRS. BOWSEH tin. n. felt I Mi Hiulasnw'i Pro- ajNSBltw ' BBfcre I'artj. Ut Boer suddenly looked up from hi ptuer the other evening "' a-ked; Wuyi it that . ha' en l given a pro peatfe euchre party tin wtaurr Tbev have bSSa rolsd 100 much trouble,'' I rsplisd "Well. Mr. Boei . I -Un II give a prugre- tivo soehrs party ut wssk, Wettossdaj evening. If you'll see BS the rsfl idllllWW I'll hj to the ieople." "I'll be glad to, of emirs, but" "But whatf' "You must prepare yourself fordlsaplnt meats." Oh must: How kind of you to give mo warning! Mrs Bowser, 1 don't want to ucm vain or egotl-iical, but I II invite thirty tlx iwople here on that night, and for every one lio fails to come I II give you u CM Ml "You are kind-very kind. 1 hope the party will he a great HBOSSB Vou can liegtn 111 ..ll'V " When he came home neit night he had a list of eighteen couple who had been invited and solemnly promised ( "VoUsI too much trOObaS OBnt get leoplr enough I" itieered Mr BoWKT. SS ho luoktsl over the liet "It' lo die management, Mr. Bowser-all in the management." Kor three days he walked around on tip too and Uwk every occasiou to brag over uie. Then came the Hret set back. WS were at diiuier when the telephone rung und Mr. Bowwr was asked for. "Hello! Bowserl" "Ye" "This is Filbert." "Yea." "1 wanted to tell you that we can't come down to the irty." "Y'ou can't I" "No. My wife has just ramsmbsnd that ihe agreed to go over to Johnson's on that night. Berry, old fellow. jut 1 hope" Mr. Bowser shut liiui off with u loud bang and turned to uie and said: "Mrs. Bowser, don't you never darkeu Fil bert's doors again never I They lire liar and daugerous psopia I can till their plaOSS iu five minutes." Before ho got out of tho house there wiis another ring. "Hello! Bowserl" "Yes." "This is Watkins.n "Yes." "When I told you the other day wo'd be down Wednesday evening 1 forgot that our Eva was to have a child's party ou the HUM evening. That knocks us out." "And you can't conu-l" "Of course not. Sorry to disappoint you, old fellow, but of course" "Watkins is a liur, Mrs. Bowser a first class, bold faced liar! 'exciuimed Mr. BoWMT, "and you want to cut the whole faintly as dead us a dm if nail!" He went oh suying he could get two million couples to take their places, and ho returned at evening just us the following uoto Same by the hands of a messenger boy : "Mr. and Mrs. Jackson present their nun pliments, and regret that Ihe death of au uncle iu China will prevent them from being present on Wednesday evening." Mr. Bowser had begun to turn white when the telephone rang. "Hello! Bowser!" "Yes." "Say, old man, this is a world of change, you know. When I told you w e d conic down to that party I never thought about my sis ter. She's to bo married thut same evening. Tra-la, old boy, hope you'll have a good timo." "I told you it would be hard work to get so many people out," 1 remarked. "Dill you, Mrs. Bowserl Hon kind of you! But I'll show you and these burs and de ceivers a thiug or two before 1 get through." There were no more decliuutt,uis until Wednesday morniug. Then Mr. Bowser was called up by telephone. "That you, Bowserl" "Yes." "Is it to-night you have that party?' "Yes." "I'shaw ! I thought it was a week from to night! Well, that knocks us out. We've got logo to the Y. M C A. Sorry, you know, but this is a previous eiigugeuieut. " Mr. Bowser wus jumping up aud down wheu there came another ring; "Hello! Bowserl" "Yes." "Nice weather." "Yes." "All well down there!" "Yea." "Say, Bowser, my wife made a previous engagement for to-uighL We've gut to go to" Mr. Bowser shut him off with a bang and started for the office. During the forenoon 1 took in two more declinations, aud Wttils he was ut dinner there was a hug uud the old familiar hail: "Hello! Boa,ser!" "Yes." "Say, Bowser!" "Yes." "We exjieet to be down early to-night." "Glad of it." "But it may be that my mother-in-law will come in on the U:IIO train. If she does we can't come." Mr. Bowser seemed dazed as he hung up the trumpet and left the house. The lust blow came at 7 in the evening. The telephone rang and he crawled over to answer, "Is this Bowser 'si" "Yea." "Where's the old maul" "I am Mr. Bowser." "Oh ! so you are. Your voice seems mighty weak to-night Say, old man, the three couples of us iu this terrueo were coming down to-night, but we must disappoint you at this late moment. We have had free tickets sent up for the opera, and of courso" Mr. Bowser walked t tko front door, l,vkcd it, muffled the bell and turned out the gas. Then he sat dow D and w as very quiet for a couple of hours. At last he looked up and said: "Mrs. Bowser, some husbands would iiiur der a w ife for this:'' "But what have I done.''' "Wuat have you done! Coaxed, bribed and bulldosed me into giving a progrewive euchre purty, aud where' the party ' I toil yon how it would come out, aud" here are! Mrs. Bowser, 11" But he was too full for further utterance and went to bed. Detroit Pra Prea. --Philip Arutuiu, uie tvUioago meat king, ascrilies much of hJl success to good memory. He is said to curry tbe details of his enormous business in his ' head, can remember dates as well as transaction, and never forgets a man's face or name. The gift is nat ural but baa been gedulously culti vated. John VVnnnmnker's country place at Jenkin town is .aid to absorb his at tenthm as completely when out uf town as business does at the store in Phil adelphia. He is a liberal entertainer, and his hail-fellow freedom and jollity are contagious. He has a splendid collection of roses and orchid, and his rhododendrons are famous in tbe neighborhood. Mrs Stanley Brown, formerly Miss Molliearfleld. daughter of the dead President, is described as a singularly ' beautiiul woman, with a slender but , almost faultless form. The impreesive . effect of her beauty 1 said to be height I ened by "undisguisnble suggestions of sadneea," which hare lingered about her eyes and mouth ever inee the dark dayof'81. when he lost the father she id ..- ,:. rlaarmg hi tbi-.t. "I .Vl, TTVVk, imskion lo nv m i,u. . "SBjIat. t -r JUUf ,1. j " Which one, Juliu.r inquirej u. , Mi. Maria. ir " Ktb Tbe father looked fixedly tt ,b, "H bal ara your prixpect, . 713 hound. " Ok "To tell you the tnitb. .Ir," ,..,.. , ynuiigSpringhvIe, "I hav.nopr,,,,,! men tioiiing I am in "''"lerateciretml"'1'1 ami have no reource except a n.?? my Iliad BBSS, K'l health, aniWteBalv lo "Jul so. Julni," BjeaBd the flUWr V ' income, I ilaie say, i" ' '"u "About Sl.'JIllla rear." "And on this, my young rMl(i exieet to upKirt Mrsslf aud a yuu. man who hu lived in a home ller' never been used to anything like priruiL. oven judicious econoinvi" "It doea aeem prwiumptuoin tor ina atavi of It." faltered the youth, "utlasl mSH, not meet with your approval I Wu more about it and aak y our pardon for-' "Stay, Julius," exclaimed Mr K,i, mmewhat hastily "I oidy asked flC questions as a matter of form. If yr,, Maria, my ly, you can have her!" AnlHl shook the young man warmly by tU9 C Mr. Kajoniw, it may lie p-op T. eight uninurried daughters bi-idea Maria Chicago Tribune. They Never Would See It There, Author Jane, 1 promised Profenoi- si cum I would spsak favorably of hU"Tr tise ou Philosophy" in this book of mi,,, 2 I've got to do it, I suppose, but I bate KJ! tho public think I indorse lus work. Iflcimij only smuggle In a favorable uioutio,, 0f it I some way that would escape the attootiou ,. tho reader Author' Wife That's easily dune. Pnt it hi the preface. Chicago Tribune. An Kgg Story. THE EG08 AHBIVI HOME SAKELT. -Chicago Herald Didn't like Their Cuiuiaii). Little Johnny was paving his first vmi I a Friends' church. He noon became II ! gusted with tho quaint old huts aud bouo?t. and tho "thees" and "thys" of the prwu brr I und wus just about to leave when the prescia exclaimed: "I want all those who wish to enjoy th eternal life of tho beautiful home above V rise to their feet." Tho congregation rose in a Isxly, 1ml Johnny remained seatod. Tho preacher un ticed tho little sinner and exclaimed: "Watt, my son, doesn't thee wish to go to heau-nf "No, siroo," Mid Johnny, with irnptaaS "not if this crowd aies." Philadelphia lV A Candid Criticism. "Miss Doddleton," said a youug man, ' JU you road tho poem that I sent your" "Yes," replied tho youug lady, rather km guidly. "How did you like it " "1 hod only ono fault to find with it." "What wustbatf" "It was a little bit too long there wen just about two verses too many." Aud the youth sat down in the corner sod sadly remembered that there were only t rente to tho composition. Merchant Tinv eler. Supply and Demand. MLss Highup-Mario, has The Higbtona) Monthly come yet I Marie Yes, mum. "What's in itf "War artioleian' travels in foreign awn tries, an' aatronomy er arithmetic, ersome thuiK 1 can't make out." "Oh, dear! Put it on the library ttbk where folks can see it, and then 1 wish yoJ go around to tho newstand and get uie acopv of The Iaivo Story Weekly. Be sure ani; it's for yourself." Philadelphia Record. '"Notes aid Queries" tells thai cards, which were invented at the clone of the fourteenth century, were orig inally very different from those in u at present. In shape they were square, and instead of suits of spades, duo, heart! and diamonds, their BBW were rabbits, pinks, roses and floweri of columbine. The figured cards wef very prettily devised, a queen riding on horseback with a rabbit beside kit marked the queen of rabbits or clubs. A rustic-looking man. gro tesquely dressed and standing in Strange attitude, with a pink I' hira, s guided the knave of pinks r diamonds. At u bearing before the Committee of Kd iicitt ion of the Michigan leaf tureon the subject of the effect oft bnceo on youths, it was stated that reply to circulars two hundred dia'tor had each cited one or more cases I boys being dwarfed, made last killed or rendered incapable of spas The professors of Michigan University testified that otherwise bright student were made dull and stupid by the " of the cigarette, and that la n,"-t case the power of hearing had bert seriou-ly affeed-d They also lhat in nine cases out of ten the reg ular use of cigarettes by bo) ouW reaiilt iu the loss of will power. The examwvou an jut over at the Un Tailoring academy. Last year m W dents from ail over the world attended m institution. Two came from Braid, from Cape Town and one from Japan. Otto Hegner, aged 11. is now tbe musical prodigy. Ha plays List' "25 dous paraphnue of Wagner s 8puMtTw with the power and the technical prttc thown by only the greatest of adult ru and be "displays a thinking power sr1 cad feeling of which it might be unagu1 umpalure brauj wtincBlxhaB HH. MAN Or-LAKK V1KW BUVSA CASK ortogf
