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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LUCAirBELk rraarletar. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. ' w York laat year pent 817,000,000 on her publlo schools, hiring 8I.V87 teacher to Instruct 1,603,607 pupil. The Gorman rolcbstag ha resolved to exompt students of theology from military service, and to extend to 11 the German colonic eomplote reHglou toleration. In the majority of law school In the Enlted Slate, the eourso of tudle covers a period of two year, and out of a list of fifty such achool In our posse aion, tho graduate of twonty-throo of them are admitted to practice In the Btate without further examination. There are over 800 ordained minis ter In Madagascar, and nearly 4,400 native preacher! 81,723 church mem ber; 2:t0,418 adherents, and 1,043 schools, with almost 100,000 scholar. The loral contribution amount to i'V 000, or nearly 115,000. There are throe Koman Cathollo and tight ProtesUnt mission In the Congo territory. They lupoort twenty-eight atatlon and ninety-five missionaries. The I'roUtant missions are supported by Americana, English and Swedes. Baptist progres In Sweden I one of the remarkable rollgi'ou movement of the present time. Revival are con tant In twenty year tho numbor of cburch-nirmborbadvancod from 7,000 to JJ,801 The baptism IndBSgwOTO 1,800. The Christian peoploof thU country bave the Christian religion with all the blessing and prosperity whlchltbrlio. Heathen natians do nSt have theso. Our responsibility la therefore yery grci-. The obligation 1 laid upon u to uso the groat advantage of our 1iowovpj eulture and weahh tt avfftl btHflfst- donation. I Mr, BorsMo-, the wife of oiif tt bet-known African nilsslinarhm, ft teaching tolegsaphy to some black bw on the Conga The la4 time lim i - Euroie slie leavrd t'gtdiy far Msj tmrDose of training ninive o. She hone to base them dy fcr cao . by the yme tho Conuri rtirud hi nidi The twenty-sixth annual riaioat the Hawaiian lvigi:i4 AssocsiMv, five an encoiraglng awoisitsf ( tian work at the IktveMtm Mmsii. Tim fifty aix natlyi rlmriss rlit a tis bershlp of 8,747, esldt otlT for Engllsh-s)eakrig resMivis and Cli neae, havings memlKrslpf BW. Tlr'se native chundy cntrTlne(fr support 9l,r: . and for Iioiim avid fwn missionnrv work aomnNhliitf Mnr fJUMKMR Klght pastor bave bei'n knlud,ij lug the ycir, seven ol wlta v'o dalned. -Rellgioust worlT l EiRl (J more fliventlwe unit irt'tlw hi uWnb.) nipsn for w'scKng nam tkim ve )j(re In AmerRa. ThetifflM vt t the Mcmonlat thapd, Lhmoki, ) adopU'd the pliAstif speilklnto tlss n'n employed in the founderliM, tA breakfast. In this way he has bT.n able to reatu an average of 1,400 nB very week for tho last ninn Mioifln. The ddresHs havo pro fun qulto xuu lar with the men, but, of course, the fm portant quostioials a to hv much good Is accomplished, for tho fWvieOsi tendency in England at present lwto make the (Jospl decRfilV thki. W vanoe. WIT ANtt'wSl!? Mother natifl-o causti a grea (H less truiAilee than stopmotlior UiAilL ' Puf k. lly taking rovongoa man Is but Cil n. with his enemy; but n pifisftig oytr It be js superior. - Hscon. al'hero Is a coarsff streak in ever man that KwtH 1 (Kiimd tefcrop oi If you Wiow blin tooswolL Perfect valor cTnslit IndohifwMi out witness)', all we should be capiMo of doing before tho world. : . Whenever rfvo vary from tho blliost rule of right, Just so far we do an Injury to the world. Hawthorne. ducate tho wholo man tho bead, tho heart, the body; the head to think, tho heart to' feel, the body to act. It depends not upon tiow much wo bave, but bow to keep together that which wo possesa.--Anierloan Agricul turist. -No man waa ever' so completely j killed In tho conduct of life, as not to receive new Information from ago and , experience. Terence. Some geologists bave cotradloted i Moses; but as all geologist have contra dlotvd each other, Mose itand about ' as well as anybody. Texas Sitting. I Elflil men outen ten Is sorter 'cllned tr be hlpperorlis, not o much 'case da ' want tor be, but 'case da think dat eb- rybody else la, an'dal da mu' keep up wid do time. Arkansaw Traveler, I An Indiscreet man I more hurtful I than an Ill-natured one; for tho latter , will only attack bl enemlea, and those bo wishes 111 to; the other Injures indlf- (rently both frlttnd and foe. Add! son. A flatterer la aald to be a bsast who bltotb smiling. Hut It la hard to know them from friends, they are ao obse quious and full of protestation; for as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer frleud.- Sir Walter Kalolgh. To arrive at perfection, man should bavo very sincere friends, or inveterate netulo; because bo would be msde sen sible of bis good or ill conduct, either by tho censure of the one or tbo ad monitions of tho other. Diogenes, A woman "shops" for the same rea son that a man bets on a horse rsoo not so much for tho aaka of winning, maybe, a to get sum excitement out of It Tbo seat of tho bunt I in shop ping; the quest 1 tho thing; the thing itself is quostionsblo. liuffalo Ex press. Havo something for the mind to feed upon, something to look forward to tnd live for beside the round of dally labor or the counting of profit and loss. If you bave not any talent for writing splendid works on political economy or octal scfenca, or the genius for cresting good story or n flno poem, tho next best thing and, in fact, aliuoat as good a thing 4 to possess an appreciation of these things. Ko bsvo good books and good newspapers, and read them, If only In enatcbea, and talk about them at din- n-r-tluis or by tho evening Bra. S. Y. Lad our. At Woolaard's sale in Lexink.'ton, Kr.. Barney Wilkes an sold to V. A 1 lord ui Lrxirgton for H,0uO. M:i!!il Mirell and District A ttornev 'iiilirg ol Fioriila hav arrived in V Linton to confer mtti the Albfoey (j.LS'alm lbs sduiiiilstration of tit sVtiuo lswi In tiut e'Ult. . WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE. Tba lilffiraltla Maa Ha In Folliwl, MlirrlUnrout A !!. On going Into a drug tore, or lookin? it.mnrh fhn udvenUlnir column of it I newspaper, one wonder why any body, i except out of pure willfulness. hould ever die. Hut when, on the other hand one notice the different thing that are regarded as fatal by tho doctors, he be gin to wonder that any body should be to Illogical a to continue to live. For example, as the winter ap proaches, a man begins to consider the practical problem of underflannel. Hut If ho lays to heart the different varie ties of medical advice he will find him- self in the condition of the celebrated onj.arwt animal between the two bundle of hay. lie niay nv starve, but he will be in serious dan ger of freezing. 1 have been looking up the matter, Germany has famous profsor-uf flannel. Dr. Jaeger tell all tho world that It must dress In wool, the pure, natural, uncolored article It la good for sheep, and since the tra ditional view Is that the human race Is only flock of sheep to be shepherded and fleeced, why tho logic is plain. Hut a famous Boston doctor tell us, on equal authority, that cotton Is "the only wear." I do not recall his reason. JVrhap It i part of a universal ytem of vegetarianism. On tho other hand, Dr. Felix Oswald, of New York, loudly proclaim that the ouly thing that ought to touch tho out aide of a civilized being is linen. McanBme what Is a distracted man to do a tho cold weather conies on? Pro" Jllot used to say that the best cup ofcoffeowas tho one that contained a mixture of the largest number of k I ns. How would it do to get up a composite suit of underclothing and get thojtui'fll of all the different varieties? But thl is only an Illustration of larger problem. I am not yet !, tt within my memory nearly all kmc) f food have in tirn aiii c)urcd iban girous, If not futul. Tho sanSt Is trro of all the drink. Fk-elng - the threiatmliU: ,iilltlc t ( ihlt". I am rannd wli iio.vlJ "" of dewi Unit lurk In tW iS)SM - tlo ApoHli'' ""n ' '" started hy an Aray at ntllc by w IwiglMi ndi c!1,- aion, whwln it W ea:uvdy iWw tiiA aU waUr Wt tfissMereiM. it ay rate, tlt'se wsare Sims' U )., ko Ik) hiVt's Sw'Vity,t Wi "ttdri uj a'frsnce" niM HJands Wt. It svglw t kV if HMn"a us jO'sl of tHsnaitsri)"!! m Am utiai cif4 lasi ls, v v testts tl- ivil' tsr hW Milwt iet iM'ial.s ti se-V ist 'Pt mlt," t y MMtkiiwis sthwi Sci'S (! wm? TIts Ix s a svtWl) t-is y hi H imftmt Msr IsM-sast was jiTiv ( ln iJvcse. Useuns I kiwi StsroVS)' SsnHO' k a griMi rf Wmi in Mai aid fMveits "Wli hi aaoi's ut is iasr Man's x ." Tassi hsjOj WjweJTy, ii t !'. as im af m nm neWnt M 1 11 Is:, mi kaose wha H Ave ) Ue. Su shis a little say'vsas uimy riiMiUS cii i jere, iw k saaau o)sr t ,. Ifa-iai W -t (s(fc 1 liaid wWt Wmi t4 id i V and c-Jii; ia ' wll4 Wik ua4 Uignvewi hlsiisiM f', Mi peistps it In 4 as M'M br tlif fur him lftit t stay lre. k hhu tm on, id save tIKi fmS.1fliS oiihlti, 14 If he has iy mi.c, flni enperk'too wlX kecsmo IA teualfes, YImi sivly "siafo" persn in MiIm -arll is tkn ydm has leia ned last vn pcr'ial li-sson as to bAv ts h J. Niif,l', si Uos ton (ilobe. C(4UTI wF thHSt V.;,T n !lei fur Iritrlr NiniAb4'et Slfla M renirii her t:Juro and mold, ttfc Amlsliislnn gH almost AivssrAJrty a wfHa briaieWe, wid allhouh nt mil iw lTumi! and iiSMiy are too Mtaist, ttai ust Jorfcy have ewiuWitely sjuwni"trisl taperliv llJis. i'M'V'Vclwiil IiVhIs (flaUieed women waliiiA inikntsMn in r'iMn), snd Clio ni-. (ki"ksty iwid Hied h Mills snd feet. rXevmUn-g tlnty feii tluutier makes Ww mesi wntismdUig Hixlxi nwt wltlruiat war pwh' ewig geratton it wnirtd be JA' here in Sc-lU to Dud wimien whoso feet an liwfiwt might ho4d in its hanibt. A FsefuHi gkl of seven or eight couVd netweac Wre shm'sof an Andaluslan of twenty." I am glad to attest that. If tk fet at Sevlillun woineu really were so mon strously mU fifty yeans ago, they a so so no lonircr. It is so dlwouriitring to see man like tiuutlcr fall Into the vul gar error of fancying that, because I tnall foot Is a thing of beauty, there fore the Smaller the foot the more beau tiful It must be. lleauty of feet, hamU and waists is a matter of proportion, not of absolute slxc, and too small feet, hand and waist are not hcairf!rul, but uirlv. We might as well argue U,at since a iti.n' oot ought to be larger than a woman's, therefore the larger his foot the more he has of manly ticauty. If Anduluslan women rcslly had feet so small that a buby might hold them in its hands, they would not lie able to walk at all, or, at least, not gracefully. Hut j u u ,)rw.ly thr graceful gait and csrrtage for which they are most fumed and admired. All .Spanish women are graceful a compared with the women of other nations, but among them all lb Andaluniau are pre-eminent In the pow try of motion, and this Is prolsbly tho reason that, alUioii);h regular facial beauty Is, pcrhut. commoner In Madrid than in Seville, I found that you can not pay a greater compliment to a girl in Northern Spain than by asking her It she Is sn Andaluslan. It would be use less to seek amoiiit Und anim tls for s gsit comparable to that of the womvnol Seville, l adit. Mala.' and tirannda; and when you compare it t ) the motion of wan on the water, a fKh In the water, n bird la the air, It is the hints and Ue fishes that must feel complimented. Kcrlbncr't NUgaiiln. June'Srlf-Kelralnt. fihe Mr. Jonea, look at that Impudent man on the other side of the street. He has teen following us for the last ten block. Jone Why didn't you tell me so bo fore? I'll teach the Impudent puppy n lessen. W alking boldly acwsa the street Jonea says to the man: "Look here. Snip, I am very sorry I re not got ths money to pay you for that last suit, but you ought not to follow ma up snd dun bis w hen I'm trying to capture thst girt 8b has got lota of money, and If I eucceed yon will not only get your money, but also n order for n wading auit." Snip go off satisfied. Keturnln to the your lady Jon, saya: "I am glad you called my atten tion to that cowardly scoundrel. I don't thing be will ever (taro at you again. I bad grest difficulty in restraining my- j lelf Texas Sifting. PRECOCIOUS CHILDREN. A Taoar odorn Kdaeatloa Which Hhoold H t'hackad. There It at present a tendency to un- natural mental development in cbli In n. The whole obeme o( the public school srstern Is adapted to the extra ordinary Instead of tho ordinary intelli gence. Every alble moan is resorUtd to by which the (low mind may be un naturally quickened, while the abnor mally bright are pushed forward like horse purred along mo course. The pupil of the public hool are In taU of continual nervous apprehen sion, fearful let their per centmay fall tielow the required standard, or thst they may fall W paa the dreaded exam .nation. Tbey havo becime burdened A'lth rare that hould not be Imposed ipon them, and the llghtheartednes tnd nsturalnes of untrammeled child hood are likely to become mere tradi tion, rroternaturally aged boy and Iris in spectacle are now so common that they cease to attract notice, and reputable physMans testify that nerv hi disorders among the young are iminously tin the Increase. Ui due to the pernicious cramming A which they are the helpless victim. tnd the unnatural hurry and worry that are part of the tnodorn school regimen. The parents of bright children sre generally vain of their precocity. Tbey tell with what avidity Emma take to hlstorr: how muoh 6t Shakespeare Oeorge had read at ten, and how John would rather remain curled up, on the lofa, devouring books Indiscriminately, than take part In the most fascinating fame thai wa ever 1, vented. The pro goolty of Colerldtr and De Qulncy Is re called and tbo children In question It I thaiwtt, will ve parallel cases. It I wholly rgtui tint in one Instance where tbo'mlnksoiatimio to uVvclop In nlhety-nitajlt weiristni aad kills under Ltlm fco-cWV passefcs. I'or Tir. Tost 1 mi UlnHtriftlao af wbj tie jNi-r sy-U-M'aHlvoUf dans. mi If the ewtm- os aauanlyoooMuiarftAnV parent w.J'S tsfix-nwfc Uwiis'stWMA'sVoMmcklll IVest de1rern a M'trsl Mm, ms WstuoV'iMkao lattle prsw Fl7 la) nst the rcwmia. mm hi nvxwce of cMMhoed. nor tW wkidsM Cit csiso iy i'Ss and r- f,n. IHUad of sMV :' - ort'itflMetiel mi tivAfri tsr wis-uriaitwal ackk'Mt- taitSM, paausts wJd neank ktK U4 .-e larl Udtt Wat ttt ksM wiv tas- w A (tJlavsn ard tars tWas sat, 4raVf nxnatain. Wu Jostf m& ts rim snaa Mil tiwso pum iVm mJt la en 9ssr. t at .y, waw km hrdt eaaiesw, mi aYHSwd tara mri Atyaa will IsMkNuw tao hsm la ki yuan. Vm' srcsMa, shus, aak)ii w hitas, iA-e nil mMurn. 4uaM ha aa ta ria, id , ckaab iiika1ajr In ta sen m. ' Htaiukrrssv tiasies ti sm jt , Wim-as ef (kseiatisv r a.vAn or paniU'rhlfc weljif queHtsmM Wut wlrflsi a)i ti-n mi M t- si4 ts canK). 1'Wj iMsal t sia-n is m a1 !); mid lM elw'ieiaM hU Msinstlly. siklsiwaiso la a Masli nil) iVtbre ( nw) ki it uM ahim pliy, w4ast xy hi nss saw sN wsrls In bftWckar ta us IseiWik asd tmi siarial. 'lkisua Inie fcc fii a3IVO"FfVlt3. . ,SXs iSna tMMhle, rn will the I'via,!. !: ANa ! WIM IMlK. a .T waa) vam ist PiMimm Sue 47 mi iariaie h' a a'lld kVrso, witse 6iiil iiSs wid perfect true Km Wii tim BCHtrahrUaf An so 111' to (M EiVy wtd telaoJA Miut In e'A tVi f rh'U af m&kfctf hj jaaswn M kin tmmmf. 1 sWho )iwlvi'imi tko twu si or tSMCtJ, biJW5 Wid set tfibveJed nfssMa M-co r fei ailb's whim -a nj.k ! vjtw tank) a nsdi iid ciat tl Ah aT h m his eoiaajiailsm cisihI out hi 'M-ror tar iif4Mtt biA Mm IV ue suid 1J xoUped awia: "1 lis fsastten to rjn tke Faot Aid this sartoUMe tu drimlijtfs) m wil ii is li( mid i In one is rteSiV" ii.: iftsls) fit 9 4 waste s Uisonn TISK rS( AS -WSK ISKASANT. Oife iy kl'yniaVl Mffrsaiud a fci in whs wiM vairWng In li Field td wid: "Fr some Ueis sn or OMier theno Ap pears to tie a want of Confidence be twoen the Feasant raid tho Fos." "Yes," replied the Feasant as hcreat td for a moment. "This make It I'nplesssnt for both f us, and I have been Delegated to see if wo could not come to aouie Mutual Understanding." "I am willing." "Very well," continued the Fox as be looked at the sky to hide the Twinkle of Satisfaction In hi eye. "To prove your full Confidence In us leave the door of four Hen House open to-night That sill bo n Proof that you no longer Ko rard us as Thieve and Marauder." The Feasant Agreed to this, but while he left the door open he sot a Trap Just inside, and when he arose next morn-, mg, lo! tho Delegate was fast In tho jaw. "I thl Keeping your Agreement lth me!" blustered Keynard n the Feasant approached?" "Wa not the door open?" "Yea, but you aet thl Trap inside! Release me at onoe, and In future my Dealing shall be with mom Honest men!" "tit nl'iy, Sir Reynard," said the Feas tnt, as he tapped him on tho head with t Club, "had you kept to tho outside rou would nver bavo known of my Trap. The fact that you were Inside proves that you wanted my Foul try at ihe Expense of my Confidence," Mokai.: (live Thief opportunity to Reform, but carry your wallet In your lloot-lcg when In hi Company. Detroit iew F'- --"Why, you don't take the Hlhlo ut a It read, do you?" said a man to a clergyman, who waa talking with htm en Cte subject of religion. "Certainly," replied the clergyman, "How would you take It, It not a it reads? Would you take It as It doesn't read?" That blu lb point exactly. Read the Hilda In thl respect aa you do any other book ind take tho meaning of Its word and accept It A strange coincidence noted by tho Kansa City (Mo.) Star la that "on tho ay Clement Morgan, a colored youth from St Lou I a, won tho Roylston prise and wa chosen class orator ot Harvard College, and the first colored boy waa ad mitted to tho manual training arbool of Washington I'nlversity, the Missouri act making It crime tor t colored child lo attend any whit public school wont law effect" PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. -It 1 not well to believe all you bear; but It l well to appear to believe it when your wife 1 doing the talklng. Hotnervllle Journal. -Huband (during quarrol-,'We shall never meet In heaven." Wlfe "O, yes, we msy. There is plenty of time for you to reform yet."-Ysnkee Klade. Many man eonfesse in tho prayer meeting that he Is full of sin, who woul l be very sorry to hsve hi customer ad mit that be I right. -Texal Sifting. I auppose you still dabble In art?" "Dabble! Why. my dear boy. picture from my brush are on exhibition all over the city." "You don't say! For what firm of billpouers do you work?"-Iw-ton Herald. -Iter. Dr. Frimrose-"! bad s most pleasant time In Pari thl summer, but It didn't rost me as much a I thought" Merrlt-Yct it hould be ome consola tion to you to know that your congrega tion got the rest" Life. -Colonel lla-"Sb, I am a Ken tuckian! There Is my cahd, sah! "Hlllu -"I don't want It I'm no fighter." Colonel Illaio-"Sah, you are a coward!" Hilliis-"! know It, and so do you, or you wouldn't have challenged mo." Time. For remembrance. Mrs. Uayboy "Tom, you really must have some pho tograph taken." Mr. (iayboy-"What for?" Mr, (iayboy "Forme. You are home so seldom that I am afraid I will forget how you look." Terre Haute Ex press. , "You see i have some repuution as .hii, t'.irnn thn hank director. Krlpfer, has ordered hi portrait from mo." Sly old fellow "When he run ml the nd out his likeness. xrom your picture, he know he will lie perfivtly safe." Ffiegende H'aUter. Gifted young man "Don't talk to me of religion or philosophy! What llgkt do they throw on the problem of existence? Why do I live? What 1 j ttu object of my being?" Venerable (contemplating bin mildly) "My yng friend, I am sorry to say I can not see ssy g4 reaSon for it." Chicago Trlbuae. I -Mr. Higiup-"! don't see why aVatker William doewi't prosper. He hiss as pso1 business ss mine sod an axcelbait locathm, but he Is constantly buvlaff reverses. vj matter what be atsvtoptH, Ireseisasto blunder." Mrs. Nau "Bt you siut rceember, my ir. yosr uroaiic rtiuiam u tWvi klm."-N. Y. Weekly. "Wky," sa'sl a travollst, mat to t'lllsi VlshliejLiti, "will m'tn put an cy lito tlsi-lr Moutfes ty steal away tk-lrluis?" "I don't know, you Jnow," Hi Willr. "I'm Miiah 1 lovuk did. "No,"tit tho traveler pntronlxity, "iat I dia't believe yoil ever will. If ym do it will he ahorse on the enemy." en;k;nt Traveler. A worssy ac It a Vermuttooua trv town was discoveret by lis pastor fciay iomlrar iSHwlns; m srsiful 4 wasd fir t W kln-lan stove. The sur pisso ui Mae ihtct very caused the deacon to ) kw itw lo cissrnatloa. "I ftisi't Mi sfOse you'd see ie, parson!" ae falmred. "Ah." replied .the good aiun, severely, "yo(l must reiinber, th-ncon, t;t tha, n One kltir than la who sses';y evil act you commit." "Yes, y.trso!," iSHsentei the deacon; "but then He (kacwi't make such a awful fuss about lt"-llurlliigton Free Fre. a aAyofc. il .n)Wce fi rernoim Win tttr Oa" Y-lirn r'errr. We tare asked maoy tlie In a year: Viaild youVlvlse ito to go West? We ;i not isvo'r the o;usHtlot. We can notf!ve iKlvlce upon such a mutter. There Is the West ninny fitrts of It a iOmkid liant as the sun ever shone upon, snd (h'sHocf aomctlmn to bo as thickly setth-d as Illinois. Much of it is wild notv. There Is no clvilUalion, llttk governiOi'nt exai'I't of the crudest kinds plenty of rum-shots, aad the usual Msgh crowd that first finds the frontier. A man's life and property are safe, how ewvr. if he bebaves himself, and In time li will have all the civilization he needs aod wants. Now if thi man .s the pluck and Industry to tuke the rough diamond that Is offered him asa free gift and cut it and polish It ho will likely become the epossersor of some thing worth having. That Is all we ran ay. People are going to Dakota, Montana and Washington. and aomeohthem seem to lie surprised when they get there to And that all is rough and wild. What else can lie expected? Tho prairies are untouched and the town are tfrliiiltive. If this was not the caso the land could not bo had for nothing. Nobody can go lVest and find developed farms lying around loose or cities sua towns with tflugntflccm architecture, building then; selvto. Everybody must turn In, In new country, and help make It and out vide of the natural fertility and other advantages, the community will be Just what tho people choose to make it The West 1 rough diamond. Western Rural. Th Toon mi ruila oa Karth. In both India and Egypt It Is women who collect the fuel for the fumlly. They do -4hl by going along the road and gathering up the droppings, which they take home and dry for tire-wood Their wages are very small, where they work by the day, and neither men nor women get more than enough to keep an American laborer In cigars. Farm laborers In India get from six to eight rents a day, and masons receive about ten cent n day. In my tour around the world I found no placo where the people were so poor a In India, and nowhere else In the world will you find food so scarce that tho people look like living skeletons, and regulate the amount they eat according to the amount necessary to sustain life. In Japan and Rurmah and In Korea the people are poor, but their poverty Is nothing like thi. In Egypt they are ground to death with taxation, but their stomachs are not tinted to such n degree thst they ran barely keep alive. There are no signs of suffering In tho face and limbs st the people of FaleaUno and Turkey, and tho only place where atnrvation la con tinually (taring tho man in the face is la certain district of India.-F. U. Car penter, In National Tribune. -Crlmwd Codfish: Soak alleeo of freak white fish in strong salted warer about on hour, boll slow It In called water twelve minutes; add a tabletpoon ful of vinegar to tho water before plac ing tho fish In; drain well and arrange aa platter with UrUr anuce. Boston Herald. Willing to give it n trial: Cam "I bavo here work that goes off like hot cakes " LnJy of the house Plea let ce oao it go off." Muntey's Week I. fAM0US SNUF-TAKER3. Aaaedota of Oraat Man Wha Were Fond ol a fi-a or When nuff-taklng wa faablonablo an English nobleman calculated that a per-, son addicted to the habit wasted upon bis nose thirty-six and a half days in the year. .A nuff-taker took one pinch! every ten minute, and each pinch, with , Its accompaniment occupied minute ( snd a half. Allowing sixteen hour to, the day.be would be busy two hours, . , - m ..., itnv. nr ana tweniy-iour win- -.v, thirty-six and s half day in the year Talleyrand Insisted that diplomatist, at least, did not waste time by snuff taking. It afforded them, ho said, an opportunity of delaying and thu of gaining time for framing a reply which .... at hand. It also allowed the removal of one eye from those of . a 1J .1 the questioner, ana occupieu vm? whose fidgeting might betray a nervous nes that had better be concealed. Archbishop Whately acted upon Tal leyrsnd's hint while nn Oxford profes sor. When ho had put pithy question to n student who delayed answering until be bad unraveled it the professor found It convenient to take n pinch of uniiff. as it helped him to allay his Im patience. A sketch drawn ol mm represent mo logic class assembled, and Whately, while yet in the doorway, calling out: "Mr. Johnson, explain tbo nature of, the third operation of the mind." Then he flings himself in the chair, crosses the calf of one leg over the knee of the other, and, balancing himself on the two hind leg of the chair, he show sign of Impatience before Mr. Johnson has gathered his wits together. Out rome his huge snuff box, from which a handful of nuff Is administered to hi nose and sprinkled upon hi waistcoat It soothe him so that, when Johnson answers In the words of the text-book, he isralin enough to give luminous exposition of the subject Darwin, tho naturalist used snuff to stimulate his mind during working hours. That he might not take too many pinches, he kept a jar of snuff on the hall table. The distance between the hall and his study acted as a check upon overindulgence. Hut the chink of tho lid of tho nuff jur was s funilllar sound In the family. Sometimes, when in tho drawing-room, Durwin would suggest that the study fire must bo burning low. The family smiled as he went out ostensibly to re plenish It hut really to get a pinch of snuff. An eloqutnt preacher of Glasgow, tho Kev. William Anderson, was so addicted to snuff that he would take a pinch In the piAtylt. Once, while tittering the words. ".Hysoul clitveth to the dust," ho took a pinch of snuff. Ho lamented the mastery which the habit had gained over him, and oncj, while preaching from tho text, "All Is vanity," treated bis noso to snuff and then said, "And thisalsois vanity. "Youth'BCompanli.i. POI ENGAGED GIRLS. Thrjr Should Art In the I'revne of Their Sweethearts. When your swoetheart comes to see you, don't lie foolish enough to confine your sweetness to him alone. Have him in where all of the rest of the household are. Let the talk and the chatter and the music and the playing of games be In the home circle. Then the few minutes that ho gets with you by yourself will seem all tho more de lightful, and he will think you the most loving little creature In the world. Men are much more observant than they are credited with being, and the man worth having as a husband ts the one who will appreciate your love for those of yotir own people, a.l will see that as you make a small part In one homo, you are becoming adapted for the central figure In another. Never suy that you dqfi't expect a man to marry your whole family. It' vul gar. You da That la, if you are a good daughter and a loving sister. ou want him to be one with you in sym pathy and in affection, and as you tuko his name so you assume the responsi bilities as far as his people are con cerned. You two are the most of each other your love for each should be the greatest but you can not Isolate your selves and Insist that you have noduttes outside vour own home. If vou do this ! youocome narrow and selfish, and you I are quite too nice a girl for that So remember when he comes, this bride groom of yours, that his heart la bound the tighter to you if the ribbon used to hold it has written upon it in golden letters, "Love and consideration for those at home." Ladies' Home Journal. BRIGHT AS EMERALDS. A Strain He'll Found on th Caribbean Ilwnln. When we rejoice In the sight ot our own summer meadows flashing with fiery sparks In a rhythmic dance, we can afford to be glad that In tropical coun tries the firefly makes a still moro bril liant display. The firefly ot the West Indies the cucujo, an Inch long beetle Is occasionally brought to this country as a curiosity, and if fed on sugar-cane snd kept in a moist atmosphere it can bo preserved in health for several weeks. The people of the Carribean Islands use these beetles for ornament confined in folds of gauze, where the beautful green light which they emit -their red light flashes only in flying Is more i varied and splendid than any emerald that ever shone in a king's coronet A number of (best together under glass j make a sufficient Illumination for dress ! Ing or for reading without producing any neau a cousin oi mis nreny is louna In the equatorial regions ot South Amer lea, where llumbolt said It repeated In itreaio. and forest tho spectacle of the tarry heavens above. Harper's Baxar. Kewurea of Hadaoa'i Bay. A Canadian surveyor who was engaged in an official expedition to Hudson' Bay In 1S&5 and say few people havo any Ides of he resource of this great sea. Its shores are the haunts of the musk ox, the moose, the reindeer, the red deer, the white bear and bis black brother, the otter, thi beaver, the mink; tho black fox, also the silver, gray and white varieties, and other valuable fur bearing anluials. Its waters are teeming with tho most valuable varietle ot water mammal and fish. Ho has seen the bay as far as the eye could reach appear one undulating mass of white porpoises, lloth the bidet and the oil ot these are valuable. In some parts of tXTa'bay and In th strait the shores of the Islands are swarming with walrus. It baa been rv ported by Prof. Hell that one island on the east roast wa found to ba thickly strewn with the Ivory tusks of the walrus. The tusks are val uable, though tho chief value of th walrua lie In the bide, which weigh on tho average 300 po ndt. and la wortl from 10 to xO cent per pound. Bo tor Osr!i SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. t. a.M that ten ner cent ot alum, added to plaster of pari while being burned, render It as bard a marble on setting, and capable of taking fine polish. . . , -London Truth says that tho art of the working goldsmith U disappearing, owing to tho cheapness of diamond. Every one who buys an ornament Insists now upon precious stones, and estimates it rather by the value of the stones than by the beauty of the workmanship. -Experiments with new explosive called ecrasite, which Is to dynamite as 100 to 70, havo recently been made In Austria, and are said to have succeeded so well that the Invention has been pur chased for military purpososexclusively. Considered as s food the strawberry would hardly lie rated as very nutritious. The small amounts of food constituent present are so diluted by the ninety per cent of water, that to sustain life a very large quantity would have to be con sumed. Photography hail attained a recog nized position in medicine. There are amateur photographers on the staff of nearly every hospital, and the exten sions now being carried on at the En glish Royal College of Surgeons compre hend a "photograph-room." Before long the surgeon will think no more about carrying his camera than he does now of carrying his stethoscope. Edison has invented a new battery cell for the use of telegraph companies. It is described as a simple cylinder of tine in which is placed n thick stick of caust ic soda, and the cell is then filled with water. It is said to possess mar velous potential energy, with a mini mum of internal resistance, and a bat tery will work as well in wet weather ns In dry. There Is no polarization and tho xlncs never require cleaning. Corn husks are utilized In Austria in the manufacture of paper. Tho husks are boiled with an alkali In tubu- lur boilers. The glutinous matter III j pressed out from the fibers. The short fillers are used, making paper stronger than the same weight made from cotton or llnon rags, being specially adapted for pencil drawing, stenographic writ ing, and water colors. In point of dura bility it is said to exceed poper mude from any other material. When tho gluten Is left in tho pulp tho paper Is exceedingly transparent . The quantity of timber used yearly in tho mining industry is enormous. In the Anaconda mine alone, near Butte City, Mont, 80,000 feet of timber are put under the ground daily, or at the rate of 80,000,000 feet a year. At the smelting works at Anaconda, belonging to tho same company, there are 180 cords of wood used daily, or 05,700 cords a Tr. Nearly 1,000,000 cords of wood are kept on hand. All the timber used for mining purposes can be legally cut from govern ment land, and the mining companies never fail to avail themselves of the privilege when poasible. Slate Is usually quarried olther by blasting It out In large slabs or by split ting it off with wedges. The slubs are split into sheets by driving wide thin chisels between the layers, and these sheets are in turn cut up into the sizes required. In this country machinery especially adapted to tho purpose is used In cutting and trimming slate. Large slabs for mnntles, table-top9 and other ornamental purposes are cut out with circular saws and then planed with machines which greatly resemble those used for planing metals. Roofing slates are split out rough and squared and have a1 wo small holes made in one end for the nails with which ' they are fastened to tho roof. Bromine as a disinfectant Is said to be coming to the front It is an Inex pensive by-product of the manufacture of salt, selling at about seventy cents n pound, and in solutions containing one part in weight to abouteight hundred of water It may be used freely sithout af fecting any thing which it may touch. A few gallons used dally will remow all ammoniucal odors from stables, or a few oaiarts will thoroughly deodorize the en tire plumbing system of an ordinary house. The undiluted bromine is strongly corrosive, and If it touches the skin causes a painful burn. The best way to make a pot-pourri, or flower mixture for a rose-jar, is to put nothing Into it but leaves and salt Al ternate the layers of rose-leaves and salt pressing the latter down upon the former. When the scent becomes evi dent the leaves of any other fragrant flowers may be added, such as heliotrope, lemon, verbena, violet or even those of the geranium. A jar filled in this way will prove a source of delicious fragrance for many months, Golden Days. " It is said that paper pillows are very cool, and in some respects superior to feather ones, especially for hospitals. Newspapers will not do so well on ac count of the disagreeable odor of the printer's Ink; but brown and white ( paper, letter and envelopes, etc., are the best Cut or tear the paper Into very small pieces, the smaller the bet ter, and put them Into a pillow sack of drilling or light ticking. Advance. Fruit Pudding: Chop six apples fine, grate six ounces of stale bread, add six ounces of brown sugar, six ounces of currents washed carefully and floured; mix all well together with six ounces ; of butter, a cupful of milk and two cup- luis ol Hour in which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been thoroughly mixed. If too thick, add more milk in mixing. Spice to your Uste. Put in pudding bag, Ue loosely and boll for ; three hours. To be eaten with cold ; sauce made of butter and sugar stirred together, a cuprul of sugar to one-half cupful buttter. Indiana Farmer. WHAT SHE SAID. It Wm a rrartlral Krmark. Bat Rather I ariperted. He was a San Franciscan In the played out city of London. He came from the West where be bad developed that in dependence and self-reliance which, combined with good look and twenty dollar gold pieces, made a man uperior to all Europe. He strolled with graceful dignity into a gilded bar, over which presided a divinity of superb physical form, but still a woman, with that air which only an English barmaid can pos sibly put on-an air of mingled conceit prtde, coquetry and humility. She awaited his order. He was dressed In tho latest fashion. He threw the lapel of his coat back witb a proud gesture, and fixing his fascinat ing eye on the bar beauty he said- 'Tell me. my pretty maid, what can you sujrgest for a man who ate a Welh i rabbit la-it ntbt and doe not feel well ' thl sjoming?" to beaffecied by th ,ppMrn, J welling rhest or hi wicked eye; ahe Simply said: ' m,'1 bf 1 you h1 1" 'Tlsh rab Btu snd let em cbase heach botherr : San I rancisco Chronicle. BASE-BALL CRANKS. A Ntw York llona Which iAe to l'la; th National Uain. One of tho handsomest ot the borsci which drag Uncle Sam' mall wagoa bout 1 1 big fellow named Tom. Tom would be n ornament in any walk or trot of horse life. While bis actions give token that he appreciates the honor of working in a Government position for the good of the people, they also Indicate that be feels that there It n good deal of drudgery attached to the honor. Tom would probably much prefer to be a carriage horse for some elderly lady who would not wish her coachman to drive him overhaul, and In whose employ he would not have to eat his oats In a publlo square In full view of staring peoplo. Yet he has an honest open-hearted nature, Is a sensi. bio horse, and recognizing the fact that all occupations in life have their draw backs, tries to get as much enjoyment as possible out of bis daily routine. Tom is the . appiest when waiting at the post-ofilc.0 for the load to be put Into his wagon. His great superiority over bis follows is then more noticeable than at other times. The moment he has fin ished his lunch of oats he begins to ask. In a way not easily to be mistaken, fcr some one to come and play with him. If noono responds be taps the tires of the front wheels with nervous raps of his hind feet This usually brings some of tho drivers to the front They ill know that Tom wants to play ball Catching Is his favorite pastime when off duty. There Is not s. base-ball crank In the country who likes to w atch a game more than Tom likes to play as catcher. A horse catching ball plays at a dis advantage. A dog's mouth, was evident ly mado to enable him to catch any thing thrown to him. A horse's wasn't. I is apparently a painful effort fur s borso to open his mouth more tha two or three Inches, lorn has practiced until he can get his jaws twice as far apart as the ordinary horso usually does. The pitcher stands ten or twelve feet away, not in front but on ono side of Catcher Tom. Tom lays his head over sideways, opens his mouth to its widest extent an j wrn ready as some of thaidrivers say wink one eyo for the pitcher to proceed. If the bull is thrown with any degree of accuracy he will gt it every time. When he "muffs" it he is very angry with the pitcher. It took Tom some months to acquire this trick. He is not particular what he Atches. If it Is an apple, or even a banana peel, bo stop the game long enough to eat It If it is a bad ball, a wad of paper, or an rtn?o peel, he holds It until tbo pitcher comes up, being unable, with all 'his genius, to gain proficiency in throwing. The larger tho audience the more Tom seems to enjoy playing ball. He does not, however, like to have other attractions about to detract from the in terest with which he is regarded. The other day when he was catching in tho presence of quite a crowd one of a pair of mules standing near picked up a piece of newspaper and began to devour it. Tho boys at once deserted Tom and began to hunt around for paper to feed the mule. Tom refused to catch the ball when the pitcher threw it to him, and It Is said, wouldn't play again for two days. N. Y. Times. THE MISTLETOE. Enough of It Growing In This Count 17 for All Fratal Purposes. There is mistletoe growing In out own country quite good enough to an Bwer all the festal purposes of ths mistletoe descended from that which tho old Druids in their white robes cut with a golden sickle just after the new of the moon, and distributed for charms against all evil to their believing tribM. It is not indeed, the true and ancient mistletoe but it takes a botanist mid a good one to tell you whynot; and It is quite as interesting in ita appearance, with the long, olive-like leaves and the singular translucent berry with a gleaia of green in its whiteness, something be tween a moonstone and a pale cat's-cya quartz In tint It grows any where in tho Virginia latitudes, abounds upon the mesquite in Toxas, and Is usually to be found In the Washington flowef market through the Christmas holidays. The plant is certainly beautiful and curious; but except for its parasitical origin and growth, which gave it a sort of a mysterj to the unlearned and prim itive mind, it is difficult to see why it ever'attained such eminence as it had, although it Is true that tho Druids gave it veneration only when found growing on the oak, which was sacred to tho sua tho Druidical worship and that of th old Persians having much in common; but it held with them, for whatever reason, an important part in the great rites of the winter solstice, correspond ing to our Christmas festivities. One of the old northern myths makes the dart which killed tho beautiful Baldor out of the mistletoe, which alone Of all natur had not been bound to do him no harm, possibly as showing that there is noth ing in the universe without significance, and "with Him there is no great nof small." Nowadays the strange plant is found less often on the oak than on th apple tree, where it kills out whol orchards, being all but Indestructible it self, and living just as long as there il any sap in the tree it has chosen; is some regions it has, indeed, becom more profitable to raise and sell than the apple would be. In England, nd In the wild state, it is most often sows by the missel thrush; but it is raised artificially by crushing the berries on uoiiu, 10 w uica xueir giuiiuuus hi-'--adheres and where they generate; others make a slit witb a penknife on M underside of a branch, so that it niaf not be observed by the birds, and ther Insert the seed, and something 0' ' weird and mysterious character is s'( In a species of intelligence manifested by It since. In whatever direction th seed is pointed, the radical will turs toward tho surface, and fasten itself 1 such manner as to draw the most nutrr ment It can. and It has even been cessfully graffed utsin another ir.ie!"r- That It should still bave a part in our Christmas keeping is owing to the f'' that we always havo a tenderness to ward the customs of our ancestors. -Harper's Baxar. How Ho Mada HI Hoary. "Mr. Faher," said the old millionaire. "Yes, air," answered hi private te retary. "Here are fifty begging letters. At wer them aU with a refusal." "Tea, sir." "And you will observe that every on ha a two-cent itamn inclosed for a re ply." "Yes. air." "Well, anwer them a cn eord.- Tld-Biu.