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...u STATIONERY. " -p trc Vffa" d'llcat" ' Z ,M the surfaee of Ss have nctattafnH Vvln this country inn..r, ' .J.. consumers. i iiy U " . - I 1 I I I , . I I ' ' l,,illir.-lll W' v" -- TT.tV devotee !h"thlnffH as may I." proper IfnuthelndUttwt inf ra; deelgni imi we s 01 , .i tho most dell s' '!' '.i,4 fading away al ls'!, ...in" used an though Bi the water-marking of daring ,. .., ,, w ii ww"" - - with the rennon . t time T . . ,i.,.v aro now with P ... i lrrnoe ami many 1 touri . . - .V..! lirillll- ' .I'M- ' Ptf4r-.,tm the circles of mnA nonslderable quan- RJliy the matoslal oould be fthU The color, of f&0P pure white at,'. ta "'' Pen,lTe: bo,h . .,;nanl the materials used r ! ',tur(li jt is undoubtedly OO PS "wng a place in "8 wof the people to lose tho I in-vl upon them. L"1 MiMrith Its Indefinite geo KEbllltles, which no one jj.ppnriatcl. Is losing caste m ZL, in noliti' oorreipon- Vm no longer PP0"1 in 1 r... u.,ms. H is entirely Kin the upper 1('ft corner or , . ,( now sueew "' " al etwts. but the best of tMte iZetofonlln" itself to the ir.i Lj,ia tidUputed right to the Ckieitac can be shown. I. ., .;., ,,,,,, iri 11(T ' Tl iati, . ItUl mi" '" "I'l" " Wl, itttlonery, which an.. , 0 jajp, Mve.iient upon mow l i... titles of whieh are tlffS, lint irma inif toremomnt t. n vn fcoi tints, each bearing an indi- d,l,, ire practically tnexnausti- glitch 0U"S as ceiowai mm; aupiy. nectarine, prnnroso una BUtre still used. mrnl tentlcncy Is undoubtedly lludwnio but plain styles, very lioi&M bein.' entirely a matter of i Thw dealers who OktOT to priced trade deal almost "X ilticpliiia. nnornamonted paper. Luinniii'itv heiie' th" slamtanl to by thoso fashionable people bttrpuMxl the s Jthly jienoil ana blthe loud and ornato stylos cf Kiiadname canls are not permis- aJatuntl-patnteii orownea ana ij hind, while those rarislun l with French seenes are very tl manner of designing the ipul at table Is by ribbons, Mtrading from a eenter-pioee of i ltd of a length sufflotent to lMit't plate, bearing pretty taod-eaintcd designs. Thi.. style te.n an idea to stationers for a tejni. Menus, at present, do not lierarietv and beauty of those appeared last season, excepting. a those just from Paris, where ud elegance, with an absence dors, appear in exquisite do unique subjects on hand-ma ie atritohed or etched and tint d in an Inimitable manner. THE LIMEKILN CLUB. An Unknown ,,in Aitrinnli In Bin i'i Pafadttt iiaii. Thii unhung m-oundrel who attmpte, the destruction of Paradise Hull during tho last three days of last week will hear of something greatly to bis ad vantage by addressing th keeper of the museum. This is the thirty-fourth attempt made In the last ten year to destroy that im posing edifice, and from the fact that each and every one has tteen a failure it would seem that some colored guardian angel made It her special business to waudi over tho hall and its wealth of memories and ndies. Tho unknown villain who made this last attempt bored out a panel of the alley-door and proceeded to crawl through Into the hall, from which a stairway leads to the station of the outer guard. He found one of the llear-Trups yawning to re ceive him. It was the trap known as "The Colossus of Koads," having a spread of four and a half feet, with a spring power estimated at four-horse power. He must have scented danger just i'j time, as his dead body was not found In the trap. Both his boot-heels, his hat and a piece of his right ear were left be hind, however, to show how close the call must have been. The janitor even I aiscovcreii three eve-winkers on one of the jaws, and that the villain escaped' Justice Is one of those mysteries ovei which the detectives love to Bit and marvel. In going back through the hole ho was in such a hurry that he strippi d the buckles olT his suspenders, and most of the buttons off his clotVs, and that he was a white man. and red-haired at that, is proved by tho hairs left on tho jagged edges. "(iem'len,"said Hrothertrardner.wheo, the meeting had been duly opened, "dia am anodder proof of what I hev often told you, dat be in' bad doun' pay. You kin sot down wid a piece of chalk an' tlgger It right out to any man's Complete satlsfuekshun dat it doan'. Do bad man may git ahead now an' den. but de fust thing he knows along DOmeS a set-back to take off ail de profits. I doan' want you to bo too good goody-good bekase iu dat case your (ellowmen would alius be expectin' to see you break out somewhar', but lei badness alone. It gins you de night mar' in de night an' no shibbers in de daytime. You ar' alius expectin' sun thin', no matter how Haiti you try to be happy, an' dat sunthin' nebber fails to cum. When it does arrove you Is either Mowed sky-high wid a. spring gun. killed dead wid a policeman's club or smashed to meat in de jaws of a b'ar trap. He 9eekretary will offer a reward of fifty dollars, half in cash an' half store pay, fur de arrest, convlckshun an execu shun of dis unknown assassin." Detroit Free Press. ITEMIZED ODDITIES. W EXCELENT PAPER. MtiiUnhal Better Than Any MM llv liver Took, n I lave come across some very ifKn imnnir luv career in ietir- S' marked a well-known editor. Sow the editor of a small sheet. la a Tennessee villain'. I iftssoTored that in conducting my i ifahilitr amounted to everv tod that i sociable fellow witi,- I onpnal idea could gain more Maono month than a I'enins IsSfC As it didn't make anv 1 SSSt I nut in mv naner. I I most of my time in walking ' public square, tellinir old sd shikinjr hands with the coun- Bf:but, in suite nf mv iOTmpw t, Usomoiinies offended anovor- iMlllstaiuw. ; tho town marshal came into 'ir.i. in a bruannn mnnn r ,!- M ho did not want my paper mm ld I, 'you have not been a MOM than tl iron t ni.L-j 1 to that, hut I don't want it Poir what the law is on this m Uwcan't mni. i Ik. '"a,- m rrau your that much.' Lf .' I rejoined, 'but tho -"wmpei tne to return your r$- Bsyjll tell you whet you I W I'lank every week.' " d at the end of the year mm an. i . , J , aiuuna ana renewed "Ption. 'k'eer, ...!! 1. mW be. 'h mi. , i JjPff I ever took.'" Arkun- rtUltj ,,f c.m.nt. v?om shown that brick tun- .... --uiiuHio mane water s'! CTtv,... I . -u to ci n .:iteral)le Bah, i . la u.r " wrcea tb rough not l " tut the cements and It "'Jpcriments last vear b s 'ncit ik.ii.. i . ,. , - touneen gallons r "quare foot of surface la-k ' , """i 01 nearly C 01 cement in twentv-fou'r lf nivai, - . ' '" 01 seventv-seven Ffeinoh. , . IStipSt v. 7', 1 Pra ucame iV' wlKuead of cement-laid . f Pfessure exceeds sixty Ir square inch.-Arkansaw 1,1 bar of o-. . rUt the tT-1.1 i noni.. me otnor MO pounds, and Is , ioon was lb be opened CJ?tU" PPUed to a well- Would be appropriate jei nave some alle-The IJWsented Columbus dls- T"01 mixed drinks. BJ- IWrCnT water whtD hc I w. "ac. tmj ponnp ja i fcif,""n we founuln of iw. "r,a oove his bead. 'miking a gin flit Kor rpa.t, . a . . ... u une oi me Dig T? V 1 besring Notes fur the Ciirlnns nn Vurlety of In. tersstlng blatters. Each sfjuare inch of tho skin contains 3,000 sweating tubos, or perspiration pores, each of which may be likened to a little drain ti.o one-fo- rtb of an Inch In length, malting an aggregate li ngtb of the entire surface of the body of 01, IM feet, or a tile ditch for draining :lio body almost 10 miles long. Tho human skin is composed of throe layers, averaging in all between ono twelfth and one-eighth of an inch in thickness, and, in extreme cases, as much as one-fourth of an inch in thick ness. The skin area of tho average adult Is. therefore, estimated at 2,000 square in dies. The atmospheric press- . ure being about U pounds to the square inch, a person of medium sizo is daily and hourly subjected to a pressure of Js.ilOO pounds. An ancient and remarkable clock has been set up in tho reading-room of the ' municipal library at Kouen, France. A single winding keeps it running for fourteen years and somo odd months. It was constructed In 10S2: underwent alterations in 1S10; was bought by tho City of Kouen in lscts, and has been ro- contly repelled and sot going. Tho phoenix, tho fabulous bird of antiquity, in form is described as some what resembling tho eaglo. It was said to live fire hundred years in the wilder- ness, and then to roturn into Kgypt, where, having built itself a nest, or funeral pyre of wood and aromatic gums, and lighting it by the fanning of its i wings, was consumed to ashes, out of j which roso a new phcenix. The first living skeloton was Claude 1 Sewrat, born in Franco in 1799. He was I tall and would have been well-shaped ! had there been any flesh on his body; as 1 ' It was every bono could be distinctly seen. His arms were compared to two ! Ivory flutes, and his abdomen seemed to i cling to the vertebra. He made a fort I uno by exhibiting himself and returned to his native towntoenioy it, out suu- denly expired soon after his retirement St. Louis Republic lilu of Abraham Lincoln. Among the papers of tho late John W. Forney was found the other day a letter from R H. Fiencb, under the date Washington, May 28, 1S05, which gavo fac-similes of somo notes written by IVesident Lincoln relative to his domes tic affairs. One. sent to Mrs. Lincoln on the official paper of tho Executive Mansion, was: "Mother Please put lOtnebody at work now on Tad's room. A. L." To this Mrs. Lincoln added a note to Mr. French, then Commissioner of Public Buildings, saying: "Please give Tad a board and some plank. Mr. Lincoln." A card written by tho Presi dent to Mr. French, on November 9, 1804, said: "If Commissioner of Public Buildings chooses to give laborers at the White House a holiday, I have nc objection. A. Lincoln." The proposed "holiduy" was to lie given after the re election of President Lincoln.-Phila-delphia Press. A ClSSf ons- e Obtained. Broker's Wiie How happy you look, my dear. What is the cause? Broker A clear conscience. I havt not taken any innocent and confiding man's money for twenty-four hours. "I am glad to hear it." "Yes; you see. my partner died last night, and our office was closed to-day. X. Y. Weekly. The Flint In Enctanil. The first chrysanthemum, so fara is known, was ifilriKjuccd into England about :7;M. and was flotW f"r lirst time in November of the foliow ing year in the famous nurseries ol Mr. UMIL Kings road. Chelsea, from which place i.iuny plant wer Brut SMIt ouL whitb have HUM he come familiar varieties, among them being the cuneitt. The first bloasum were of a deep crimson color and had lower of hut two inches iu ussineter and the petals were twisted like a por cupwe quiiL - Waabuigum Fust PITH AND POINT. SV.uro has made ome men tall, and isaaf m bai mae them short. -Hurling-too f ree I "tub. Self-reliance comes from reiving on self. In the hope that se lf will presently become worth relying on. Hard work la the best cure for the blues: at least, that is what vou always toll other people.-Souiervillo Journal. Every man Is hi own anc stor. and every man bis own heir. He devises his own future, and he Inherit hi own past. Wounds and hardship provoke out courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are com monly at the best Charron. Never hold any ono by the button, or hand, in order to be hoard out; for If People are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your toncuo than them. As you must inevitably keep com pany with yourself as long as you live, it Is of consequence to you to make of yourself a pleasant, agreeable compan ion. Despair makes a despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tls the offspring of fear, of laziness, and im patience; it argues a defect of spirit and resolution, and oftentimes of honesty too. Collier. When benignity and gentleness reign within we are in least danger from without: every person and every occur rence is beheld in the most favorable light. Washington Post. To be practical not only means to be energetic for often the most indus trious accomplish little or nothing and make failures of their lives but It means to have appreciation of given cir cumstances and the ability to bring OOm mon. not uncommon, sense and good judgment to bear upon them. If only parent and teachers wero half as earnest in asking tho question concerning a child of their charge: "Is it well with tho young man'.1" while there is still an opportunity of influenc ing him for good, as they are when ho is already beyond their reach, it would be better than it now is with many a young man. S. S. Times. Some disagreeable habit in ono to whom we may owe respect and duty, and which Is a constant irritation ui tho lenae Of OUT fitness of things, may de mand of us a greater moral force to keep tho spirit serene than an absolute wrong committed against us. In the one case endurance is all that is possible; in the other we may sometimes rightfully fight and there is a world of comfort in tho powers of action. Once a Week. There is much good in the world, and it will not keep itself concealed from us; if we do not seo it and meet with it, the fault is with ourselves. There must be some kind of repulsion in us that drives it away from us. or drive u In the opposite direction, and what we need to do is to discover and get clear of it. There are some souls that are never without their swarms of an gels. I'nited Presbyterian. THE FAT MAN'S STORY. lis Tells How He Siirrranfulty Kooleil a Kansas rrulrle Fire. Tho boys had been looking at tho fat man for some time as he strolled up and down thodepot platform, smoking agood cigar and his face wearing a look of con tentment, and ono of them finally ob served that it was a good time for him to tell a story. "Eh? A story to pass away tho timo certainly," he replied, as he sat down on a baggage truck, recently painted a sky blue color. "You must know, gentlemen." he bo pan, after getting his legs crossed, "that I was not always at the head of the lead ing banking-house of Chicago. No. All my life, up to ten years ago, was passed in the far West, on tho plains and prai ries and among tho bills and mountains. 1 had, as you may suppose, numerous adventures. I was just thinking of my escape from a prairie lire, but the do tails might not Interest you." "Ob. ye, they will!" wo all cried in chorus. "Well, ono day In the fifties I was journeying across a Kansas prairie on foot. One morning I got up to Hud fifty f miles of tall, dry grass between me and! tho hills. A strong breeze sprang up with the sun, and I had scarcely started on my way before I discovered a great emoke tc windward. Tho Indians had set tire to the prairio to kill off tho rat tlesnakes, you know." "By (ieorge! but you wero in for it! exclaimed tho hardware drummer from St. Louis. "Yes; I realized that In a moment. In five minutes 1 could seo a billow of ftamo to windward. It was at least twenty miles long, and spreading as it came. It was coming faster than a horso could run. 1 figured that it would bo upon me in five minutes." "And you dug a hole in the earth?" queried the glu man from New York. "1 bad nothing to dig with. If I had bad the proper tools the timo was too short." "Then the wind changed?" put in the Y'ankee notion man from Cincinnati. "Never a point. As 1 stood there that great wean of flame came roaring down toward me like the besom of destruction. I lost fully two minutes before 1 got to work. I could even feel the heat of the flois-o flames soorehin'T mv flesh." "But. hang it, man, you oscapoa; "I did." "You don't show any scars or burns." "No." "Well, got to the point." "I will. 1 waited until were not over a mile away took my balloon off my back l.nttnn which nermitted the to flow in from the reservoir, and, tak ing mv seat in tho chair, 1 shot up into the air about five hundred feet and let the flames sweep under me. Ono of my hoot heels was a little scorched, but that as all the damage done." Do you tell that for truth?" angrily lemanded the starch man from Oswego. "The solemn truth, gentlemen. Our oompanv is now doing a general banking ind balioon business same style of hal- ions. We can and do undersell all thers. Send in your orders early and void the winter rush. That's all." N. Sun. the flames i and then I , pressed the natural gas FIRESIDE j-RAGMENTS. Brown sugar in doughnuts instead Of white will keep them moist and nice much longer. The Housekeeper. A cheap and good mince-meat can lie made by bo.Lug a beef heart til) tender, then chopping It fine and -caponing it and uddiiig twice a much upple by ight .is meat. Fruit, spices, etc., can be added as one desires. -Paper or pasteboard may lie ren dered waterproof as follow: Mix foui parts of slaked lime with three parts of ! tklwmed milk and add a little alum, then give the material two successive i coatings of the mixture with a brush 1 and then let it dry. Bouey Cakes: Take a quart of strained honey, half a pound of fresh butter, ami a small teasp lonful of pearl ash, dis solved in l ti' I milk. Add as much sifted flour a, inaku stilt paste Work well together, Boll out half an inch thick. Cut Into cakes. Lay on buttered tins, und bake iu a hot i. Cream Dates: Itivnove the stouet from the dates, without entirely so pa rat ing them. Take a tiny pleoe of vanilla fondant, the same as preceding recipe, form it into a little roll, place it In tb space from which the seed was taon press the halves together so that only small quantity of the candy can i seen roll the dates in granulatiil sugar, ami plaoe them on dishes to harden. Chris tian Union. One great secret of nice cake mak ing is the thorough beating of tho battel ifter all Ingredient! are together, Some h:.vn trouble with gravulated sugar Don't use so much. One-half Inch lest lor a cupful is enough. The cake batter takes longer beating than usual, as the sugar Is longer iu dissolving. We think it the cheapest "iigar on the market, Farm and Fireside. To use up sllsoe of stale bread break and cut them tn piis'es, first cut- j ting off the bard crust, and pour boiling water on it too soften the bread. Then tor a pint of bread crumbs best up thror ' eggs and add these with a pint of milk, some bits of butter, a little sugar and raisins in quantity to suit, and bake It is a good plain, wholesome pudding U eat with milk nnd sugar or puddlm: sauce. - X. Y. World. To take iron rust out of white goods Pour a teaeupful of ladling water stretch the goods tig'itly across the tor of it; then pour on a little of the solution of oxalic acid dissolved in water, anil rub it with the edge of a teaspoon or any thing. If it does not com" out at once, dip it down into the hot water and nil it again. This is a quick easy and sure way to remove iron rust, and should bi remembered by every good housekeeper Oyster Croquettes: Put two dofBI oysters on to boil In their own UqUOf Lei come to a boll. Take from the tire, drain and chop. Put half a pint of the liquor in a saucepan, with a teacup ol cream, thicken with a tablnspoonful ol Hour and butter each, rubbed together Stir Until the milk boils, add the oysters (he yelks of three eggs, and stir on minute; take from tho lire, nnd season with a tablespoonf ul of choppi d parsley, a half of a grated nutmeg, a little salt and cayenne pepper. Mix well ani tern out to cool. When oold, form In croquettes, roll in beaten eggs then in bread crumbs and fry iu boiling lard. LadioV Home Journal. DANGEROUS WORK. I'lm' Folks wlin ;,i Gloaatag on the Nf York ITh&rvef for Pnel, Among the many odd devices resorted to by the very poor In their efforts tc gain a livelihood is that of tlie peo ple who frequent the various wharves mil otlrir places where coal is trans forred from har-gos to wagons or from wagons to "oal sheds, and who cngerh seize upon any stray pieces that may fall unheeded to the ground. Of course the loss in this way on eacl ton of coal i Scarcely noticeable, but in the aggregate it amounts to no incon liderable quantity und tho aged men and worn-out women who so carefullj watch the huge coal buckets as thej swing in mid-air in their transit fron. the coal b.irgo to tho wagons on tht wharf are often able thus to secure suf detent of the mineral to warm theii bumble homes throughout tho wintor Only those too decrepit to execute mort laborious work care to glean coal In thb way, as they are seldom able to gatbei a large enough quantity to soil. BUI the activity displayed by these poor olu creatures in their eagerness to seoure I few nugge s is something remarkable. The pursuit is not without its perils ! There la always more or lesscompetltior ! for the scanty prizes that reward a limp vigil, and in order to outdo their com potitiirs the old gleaner ofum rust recklessly between wagon wlrtiels and almost iimler horses' hoofs. Then, too as the big buokets swing overhead piece I of coal are sometimes dislodged and fall ! heavily to the ground, endangoriiiK tin I head of those b. n ath. Not long since an old man was pusheo off a pier into the river and nearlj drowned through the rush for a slngb lump that had attracted the attention ol half a doaen gleaners. It had fallen on the edge of tho string piece, and the oi fellow was crowded off. Fortunately ht grabbed and held on to a rope that wa hanging from the stern of a coal barge and some idlers on tho wharf hauled him ashoro. Tho greatest dsnger to thn gleanert lies, however, In tbelr reckless dlvei under the wagons. The men and boyt who are engaged In loading frequently chase the old folks away, but they re tun with a persistence that defies all effort to save the coal and provont accidents N. Y. Herald. THE ARIZONA KICKER. ,i ii-nfully Home liy . rn I ill i ii TTfii OeesfsMSli The Chinese have a political saying .vhich is worthy the rending even of niericun statesmen. It is os follows: When is the empire well fover : -l. md affairs go as they should gof When swords are rusty and spad-s ire bright; when prisons are empty ,nd grun binslilled; when the law ourisare lonely, and o'ergrown with -rass when doctors waU and bakers ide It is then thmgsgoas thev ought tad toe state is well ruled. -Youths Jomj'ion. Sonii of tlir Bart w - We ex'i let too following Items from ! the last issue of The Arizona Kleker: 1 ' i i.i Wii.i. Kmiw Mohk. A combin ation calling Itself the Acme Opei a Com pany, ol I licago, gave a show of ouio sort at l,, Hold's Hall last Friday night. 1 So free tickets were sent to this office, and tt hen e sen', our half-breed roller boy over to tho manager with a note asking him why In Texas he had neg lected such an important duty, he re turned word that tho Kicker could kick and be hanged to it. Wo therefore kick, d, We hinsl Cooper's Hall for tho same night, gave a free daneo and tho Acme Opera Compauy opened to an audi ence Cuiiiposi'd of the landlord's cross eyed tny and two old half-breeds who thought somebody was going to lie Helped, There's nothing mean ibout us. We simply want what is due to tho profession, and what has been granted it from timo immemorial. When an amuse mcr.t rombinatlou sets out to ignore us und make us sing small, some body will certainly hear Something drop before getting to the top of the hill." "Not Batumi a Wobd. Many of our subscribers are asking why tho Kicker has nothing to say in favor of either of the local tickets now in the field. There are two reasons. First, because we wen, not nominated on either ticket, and Secondly because a bigger gang of ras- oalawere never up for office, vTe wanted to run for mayor. It is no use being OVOr-modest about such things. We are bi tter fitted for the position than any other man in town. 'The office should have been glad to seek us. It didn't do so, and so wo sought it. We Iboyld have tilled the position with credit to all. but the gangs Wanted a tool, and so they nominated 1W Burrows and Hank Jones to head the two tickets. Neither of theee men will ever serve. Within one month we will have both of them bank at Joliet to serve out their unex pired sentences. We have been warned that we must come out and rapport one ticket or the other or goto tin-wall. Begin your wall huilnnos. gentlemen, as 1000 as you please. When you down us you have got to beat a grand aggrega tion of newspaper, grocery, food store, harness shop, buU'her shop and knitting factory, all under one roof i presided over liy .me head, and each doing a line husl-oe-.-, "Nor .Ii'st Yet. -The Tom Cat Silver Mining Company sent us a certificate ol I took of the face value of $,'i(hi last week and asked us to editorially Sanation the fact that tho mine would prow one of the greatest tionanzas of the age for in vestors. W e can't conscientiously do it yet. We want to wait awhile an I seo whether we are to ls assessed on the stock or not. and we'd like to hear ol some one w ho has received a dividend. We used to take every thing In silver slock that came along, and puff up their old swindles without stint, but wo have made a ohange of base in this respeot We found that a oompeny w hich would heal the public woald also lioat us." "Vhkv Took EkcK Prion, -Tall Bill, of the Gom Saloon, Ohio (ieorge. of the Aaoade Poker RoonMi and Lovely Jim, of the Bed Front Sink of Iniquity, took exception to our kindly remark In last week's Issue that whisky and pokoi were trying to rua tho town, and thev laid for us accordingly. On Friday after noon we wero examining the carcass ol a big jackass rabbit killisl over in the guloh by Sam Andrews, and on exhibi tion In front of Davlses' butohei shop, when the threo worthies above named approached and signified the ir Intention of cooking our goose. We had tie m covered by ourgun In five sno onds, and we held them in linn with hands up for full five minutes as an ex- ..ibillon. When they had been disarmed we allowed them to sneak away. We don't claim to own this town, and we never set out torun It, but we propose t. talk in plain English on all suhjoctaand guard the public interests to the bent of our ability. If the tbroo parties named do not subside at once we shall encourage a crowd to turn out with n rope some frosty evening and pull their heads chock up against a limb." "Hi Sni.l. Lives. A Nebraska sub scriber w rites to inquirolf there Isanoth or weekly published in this burg. There Is. We have a chattel mortgage on ev ery thing hul the red-headed, won eyed, lop-shouldered coyote who edits It, and can close him up at any minute; but wn let him run on in order to keep him oil he town. We rather like his audacity as v eil. He prints 180 Copies, none ol ivhich can be rend on account of tho poor proaS WOrfci and yet he claims the largest circulation in the known world. He knows wo own the very ehnlr he Bits In, but yet he devotes four columns each week to abusing us personally. t0B, ho li.l lives, poor old unfortuaate. But we am going to give him fOM for the win tor. If he was bounced out be might have to run for the Legislature." De troit Free Press. PARIS SNAIL EATERS. ,v Hsuidfad Thoesaad rmni of th siimr Tiling fjnmamiS .luimalij. The Stories about Frenchmen eating snails are believed by many people to .avo no foundation In fant, but to be only a phase of the exaggeration In which Yankees are apt to indulge In describing the queer things that are to be found on Parisian dinlng-tablos. Nevertheless. It is a fact that nearly 100,000 pounds of snails are sold dally in the Paris mark ets lo be eaten by dwellers In Paris. They are carefully reared for the pur pose in extensive snail-gardens In the provinces and fed on aromatic herbs to make their flavor finer. One nailery in Dijon issjid to bring In to Its proprietor seven thousand francs a year. Many Swiss antons also contain largo snail-gardens wh"re thev are grown with much pains. 'They are not only regarded an a great ielicacy. but are reckoned as very nu tritious. Hygienletl say they contain seventeen pi r cent, of nitrogenous mat ter, and that they are equal to oysters n nutritive properties. Snails are also xtensivel y used as an article of IsH In Vustrla. Spain, Italy and Kgypt and .he lountries on the Afrtean side nf the Mediterranean. Indeed the habit of ating snail us fo-xi hs existed In vari )us parts of K iropo for many centuries. -Oood Housekeeping. A tog oouse tbst bad been standing 154 years was torn down in Berks County. Pa., recently, and most of tbe timbers found sound. A Litchfield, Mlcb.. couple who bad been married thirty years bsd s misun derstanding about two years ago, and slnee then they have never spoken to "ach other, though living In tbe same house. A wild hog was shot recently at Oak liil. Cel.. which weighed SflO pounds. It was snow white and bsd tusks six inches Ions'. A pound of lead was found in bis INDIA'S WILD BEES. On of thr Ores tSSl l)nr In Wlilnk Traii-lrrs In lln r ttiictl. Of all the many danger to which the wandering sportsman and traveler In the wilds of India Is exposed the most singular Is that of being attacked anj stung to death by a legion of the large brown hOSey bee, called In the vernac ular fanguage "Surung." This fero cious Insect needs no greater provoca tion than the report of a gun. the smoke of a camp-lire, or even tho fracturu of bis huge H'ndiiloiis home by a trust of wind! He prefers the vicinity of w ater, and hangs his honey receptacle to tho sides of steep cliffs, though ln 'csslble structures of masonry, such as the arehos of olty gates, bridges and palaces, Iu In habited places, aro ofton selected for his stronghold. remember at one gateway of Luck now the heavy combs long existed with out any hurt to the passengers; they grew in size and weight till they wero dislodged by a high wind; then the winged army assaulted every living thing it met A proclamation was Issued by Is-at of drum that no man or beast could pass that way. und this state of siege lasted three days, the shops being closed. Recently a horde of this much dreaded insect has established llwlf on a railway viaduct in Central India. Printed notices are circulated that, tho passengers must close their windows before arrival at tho spot, tbe noise and vibration rendering these boos very war like. I have had manv narrow escapes from the Hying furies, ami once bad tho sat isfaction of seeing tliem turn their rago from me, who had just tired a heavy gun at close quarters into a big buffalo, to the animal himself as he rushed bead long into the swarming masses crawling up the trunk of an ancient tree. Such a night as I shall never see again was the dusky cloud of swift avengers descend ing on that bull's body, olad In sting proof hide. With tail In air and bead lowered, the ponderoui quadruped was galloping over the bowlder-spread arm of a river, dashing heavy stones around his hoofs In a hasty retreat to the &enM forest. I. tin), had beiaken myself Into leafv concealment, through which I speedily ran away. Many and Unex pected accidents (sometimes ending fa tally! have I known, for these bees give no quarter. When their victim jumps Into a river, they hover over tho sur face till hc reappears, anil then simul taneously swarm on bis head; hence men are often drowned. Here Is a sample of the disasters tho angry tenants of an old colony can In flict: A troop of horse artillery had ar rived in n pleasant grove to encamp In course of march. The men were busily occupied In preparing for their rest, and had begun to picket their horses, when the smoke from a cook's fire an noyed an unseen bee haunt: as usual, the irascible inmates swooped down on every Intruder, biped and quadruped. There was b general skedaddle. Man and horse bolted across the plains, some of the horses I browing themselves down, and in their agonies smashing the sad dles on their backs, many of them not being caught for twenty-four hours. Yet the aboriginal BteD, Oalled UhOOdl, In the Nerhuddah districts, possess the art of taking those great honeycombs hanging In such tomntlng profusion along the precipices along the rivers, slinging themselves by rude ropes ol twisted bark, which, to my eye, looked very hazardous. I did not venture to at tend as an eye-witness, but was In formed that these men rub their naked bodies with the pounded leaves of Ooymuin sanctum (Seond Basil), and at the same time HOdUOS 8 smoke from "A LITTLE NONSENSE." Bae-hall enthusiast "What's the icorc to-day?" Plnin citisen "I wen ty, I suppose, just as It has always ; been. I haven t heard ol any change. - Rochester rost-r.xpross. "Were you carefully brought up, pung man?'' said the merchant to an lpplicant for a position In his estab lishment "Yes, sir!" he replied. "I aroe upon '""," " ,Um Vot An'rew i. Ueiget, who died lately in Philadelphia, leaving an estate of (iW.OOO, directisl that an obelisk should be erected over his grave which, besides the usual mortuary Inscription, should bear several others. The north panel will bear this Inscription: "Traveled 60.1)00 miles in America. Europe, Asia and Africa." The south panel is to read: "Young man. stop and think. Seo !.at has been the reward for honesty. industry and -onomy. In IM') I worked on Robert Martin s farm near Jersejl ihnn, fi.r twentv-flve cent a day Nc, fortune left to me." Tbe west panel will say: "Lived and died In the faith nf the imm'. table and uncbangesuie ana nature's Ood. Ilclievea in uiegospsu MtUm the of ,flom of 1orm right are, isuc. buntsjrt to SlU km HUNTING BUFFALOES. A Wnti-in Banter's Efforts lu llomestt- rate lh Animals. "1 began bunting the buffalo In Itfl I have killed from forty to sixty buffa loes In one hunt, "said a veteran buffalo hunter. "I figured out a plan of my iw n to corral them upon the praMtV I made an effort to got In front of tho herd when they were traveling, so that, they would come within about twenty yards ol me In passing. I then shot lh leader through the heart and dropped her in her tracks. 'The leader win gen--ally a cow, tbe old bulls being lazy and usually lagging behind. The herd would fall back in tho direction from which they came about one hundnsl yards, stopping to turn around und look for danger. In a few minutes ono of the cows led out to go around on one side or tho other, and I would drop her as I did the first. They would again fall bank a short distance and huddle "o together. After a short pause, an othercow might undertake to go aroi nd on tho other side, und Invariably mot the same fate as the other two. Tb herd after this was sure to form a close group upon tho ground, where they halted after the first shot, as buffaloes never reirace their steps hut a short distance. "Now, they had trouble on three sides, and on t lie other was their back truck, and I was free to shoot down as many as I wanted, provided I did not fire too rapidly and alarm them, Whenever one would attempt to lead away, I made sure I to kill It, and this taught the others that It was sure death to the ll idem, "To be sure, It was very cruel, but I could hear the crack of guns on every side, and I thought I would have my share. I s,sin realized that these animals would soon be extinct, and in ssi I be gan to gat tier up the calves to atone for my slaughter. It was a very difficult matter to raise them, nnd at first I lost fifty per cent of them: hut. after a little experience, 1 could save ninety p t cent. The calves when caught over three months old can not be raised Cue cagu breaks their hearts, and thev give up In disgust. 1 continued my efforts, how ever, and soon had a line stock of calves on my ranch, near Harden City. At the ; close of ss I had only succeeded In raising four, tho next year seven and the next twenty-two full-blooded calves, and my herd to-day nutulicrs nearly ono hundred, "l bought the famous Manitoba herd, i sixty full hloodsund twenty six crosses In INST. "1 have sold a great many bulls to shows nnd menageries at prices ranging from J'ttMl to $700. "The buffalo has a very fine, long coat of hair, which it sheds every year, and I am saving this, which averages about 10 pounds per year, intending to have it made Int. i cloth by way of experiment. The buffalo grow much larger In North ern climates, the bulls reaching a weight Of 4,(00 pounds, with magnificent heads, which are eagerly sought for by tho museums, and for which they have to pay from "."10 to SMIO apiece when mounted. " The meat of the domesticated buffalo Is as tender as the finest beef and has a delicious tlavor. It Is not like the old tougli 'run down' hull meat, which wo used to got and which was nothing but muscle and sinew. "'The cows are more valuable than the bulls, a number of tho former having just been sold in '.'tali at prices ranging from .VK) to MM Tho half-broods are not so good as the threo-quarter or seven eighths. 'The latter are splendid ani aals, carrying a tine coal of hair. "With a view of perpetuating the race of American buffalo, and also of estab lishing an attraction for the city, a syn- aome pungent herbs, under the fumes of dioaU has been organized at Ogden. A which they carry on their operations loologlcnl farm will he started an I oom with Impunity. The early dawn is tho pleted as rapidly as possible. Ncgotia poriod chosen for the exploit. The honey i tlons for the purchase of a half-Interest Is of excelent quality, and tills, with the ' In my herd have been going on for some wax. constitutes a large article of trade time. 'They are now concluded, the price for those wild men. N. Y. Lodger. being 175,000, "1 anticipate no difficulty In moving tbe animals, as I had none In bringing the Manitoba herd Into Kansas." N. Y. Herald. SOME LARGE THINGS. A Tntnto ITeiflhlag KHIv-KIt Ounce. unci Oilier purlosltias. J. C. Jones, of Albany. N. Y hss raisod a potato of tho liiirbank seedling varletv weighing M ounces nearly three pounds and a half. 'The tuber measures 11 inches ona way and 11H the other. It might not bo Inappropriate to men tion the sweet potato rslsed by James tmlth, of Oquawka, I1L, In issu. This luscious product of the vine weighed MX pounds and was IH Inches In diame ter the small way. The Bodwell Qranltt Company, of Vlnalhaveii, Me., have quarried what Is believed to be the largest single piece of stone ever detached through human agency. 'This monster obelisk Is 11.1 feet long. 10 feet square at the baso, tapering to :t ,-t square at what one would naturally call the apex, and weighs H.'it) tons. Tho largest k'rupp guns weigh lit tons. They are 40 feet long, have t oallber of Inches, and tire a shot weighing MM pounds, with a muzzle velocity of 1,100 feet. At a distance ol one mile tho ball would penetrate t piece of solid wrought-lron to s dopth of 28 Inches. At s distance of three miles Its striking averago la still 28,000 loot tons. An American engineer, who has mad the subject a special study on the spot, haa calculated that the Chinese wall contains s,uoo,000 cubic meters (about O.SoO.OOO.OOO cubic, feet) of stone. The msterlal used in the construction of this stupendous work would be sufficient K build a wall around thn globe 0 feet high, 3 feet thick at the bottom and i foet at the top. The most powertil engine In the world Is used at the zinc mines at Kreldens ville. Pa. It Is fed by t liollers, which (five It a S.ooo-horse-powor. If It be comes nei es,ary, the monitor of boiler may bo doubled, which would give tbs iron monster a power equal to lO.OOf, horses. This gigantic engine Is used for pumping water from the mines. Each revolution of the wheel raises 17, IJOO gallona of water. Th- fly-wheel are 37 feet in diameter and weigh 4t tons each. Kvery day the engine work it consumes 28 tons of coal. St. Louli ReLublic The end of aeon versstion. "But, my dear fellow, If whst you say-of this man Is true he's a despicable cur." "You may rely on It being the naked truth. Ashes a friend of mine you'll under stand that I would not tie guilty of slan dering him behind hi hack." Judge. A native of Mississippi, had a flfrbt with an alligator in a swamp. He killed him after a long struggle, but In trying to get t borne he was caught in a quag mire. He sank to his wslst and would bave gone further but he clasped bis arms around tbe alligator's tall. Ten days later he was found dead, bsving made desperate efforts to bite through tbe gator bide and get flesh unough to SUtlA oi All Viler I eli it 1 1. Mrs. Sophia Astor attends one of the public evening schools of this city for the purpose of learning Kngllsh. Hhe Is about fifty-two years old and the wife of Ludwig Astor. The couple have been In this country a few months, lie I fifty-seven years of age, a bloisl rela tive of the wealthy Astor family of this city, and keeps a small restaurant and beer saloon at I OHO Second avenue. Ho bears a strong resemblance to William Waldorf Astor, and 60001 from Wnll dorf, Germany, not Waldorl (ono 1) as the ei-Mlnlster to Italy spells his mid dle name. Mr. nnd Mrs. Ludwig Astor are very respectable and Intelligent peo ple, not by any means very poor, having accumulated a few thousand dollars In Germany, snd they aro now trying to build up a fortune as their wealthy rela tives have done here, but they find It up-hill work oven to make expenses, and Intend to sell out snd movo to quarters near the proposed Exposition grounds, resuming there the same business that they carried on in Europe, vit., keeping s hotel. Their rich relatives will learn now for the first time that Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Astor are here, the latter not having announced their arrival to tht former N. Y. Epoch. The following Is an extract from real composition written by a small school boy In Now Jersey. 'The subject given by the teacher was the extensiv ono of "Man." Here's what the smaT. hoy wrote: "Man Is a wonderful animal, lie has eyes, ears, mouth. Ills ears an mostly for catching cold In and having the earache. The nose Is to get snlfflou with. A man's body Is split half way up. and he walks on the Bpllt ends." Llpplncott's Magarine. A crawlmg-rug should bo from ono snd one-half to two and : fourth yards square, made of soft white, red, or brown blankets. Some are made of rod twill, lined with stiffening, with the word "llnby" in the conter In large let ters, snrroundod by snimals of various kinds si,d sues, which ran be bought read: cut out, In kid, astrakan, or any thing like tho texture of their skin. Cbrisuin L'nioa. TTear Wanffeenah. Fla.. stands sn A. M. E. Church, known as tbe "old Springfield Churob." It was built by a former generation when Indians were numerous In Florida. The savages were very hostile, but gave no trouble till the bouse was up and the celling placed overhead, when they furiously csme from a swamp and massacred three or four of tbe mechanics engaged In the work, and while the remaining two escaped and fled for assistance, the In dians dipped tbeir bands in the blood of tbelr vlclms And entirely covered thn ceiling Although this occurred many years ago the prints of the red muo'a hands lat still nlainJjr to be asjae.