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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LL.CAHPBKLU . . freprteter, EUQENE CITY. bREOON. THE ARIZONA KICKER. A Fair Splma hrlibi of WMUra Edi torial Knlarprll. We in tract the following from tbe lsst Issue of tbe Arizona Klckor: "A Stiuw. We have Just closed a bargain with Henry Shane, the well known contractor and builder, for a ono tory addition to tbo rear end of our oHIch, to be 11x14 in alio. This room will be uard a a gunsmith shop under our own personal management Thi will five ua, undur one and the aaine roof, a great weekly pape r, a job and book ollloe. a grocery, a feed store, a bardware atore, butcher shop, a boot and sho atom, a signal atatlon and a gun ahiip. Throe year ago, upon our arrival In thin town, wo slept under a wagon for the first three nights, and tbe Unit money we bad waa a borrowed dol lar. "I it any wonder tbat our moon' eyed, lantern-Jawed, mule-eared con temporary down tbo street gnaws a die all Jar and ba tbe colic all night?" " Alwavs Ahead. Next Monday morning an srtlst and engraver from Chicago will arrive In town to accept of a poaitlon tendered by the Kicker. We are the first to introduce a real artist Into Arlsona, a we aro the flritt to lead the way in all otber good thing. Hero after all matter of local Importance, but more oapecially atreet rows attended with loss of life, will 1)0 Illustrated In the highest atyln of tho art, tlierehjr In creasing the value of tbo Klckor to subscribers by at leant 100 per cent, whllo tin! price of subscription will re main at tbo old figure." "Tmi O.u.I.Kn Jair. It haa ao hap pened, every time we have been ob liged to kill a man in thin town In self defense, thut tho coroner and every body elan was In a great hurry, and tbat tbn body was burled In tho most con venient place. Last week wo were struck wltb the Idea of getting them aU together In ono common apot, and we bought an acre of land lot of Colonel Hawkins for a ground-work. Our green eyed contemporary got a hint of what waa up, and ho went blowing around town and did hi best to head us off; he failed, however, and during tbe thaw we had the live bodies taken up, removed to what I already known aa 'The Kicker corral,' and each grave desig nated with a white) headboard wltb the name painted neatly thereon. In the apring. wo ahall aee that t-ocb grave li oovered with trailing arbutus that Is, If arbutua will trail In this country. The names aa they appearou tho headboards, are; 'Mo .e, Polo, Jim, Sam and .lack.' We ahull prohuhly add a couple more to tbe list before the Idea of May, what ever that is." "Tiiky Don't E,mirsn. Kvery now and then aome una who la dissatisfied wltb the cotirso of tho Klckor holm up wltb a proHKiltion to run ua out of tbn county by establishing a new weekly, in opposition, lie goes blowing around, get out a pruspeutua on a broken backed type-writer, puts his own name down for K-'i, and tbat'a tbn last of It We're aeon twenty such cases In tbo last three year, and they no longer muko our hair stand on end and chills canter up and down our spinal column, "Two weeka ago we felt It our duty to caution the mayor of this town that ha was riding a high horse, and that be must come down to a mule or we'd tithe measure to muko him. Ho curried an old shot-gun around for two or three days, telling everybody ho hud camped on our trail, but it finally got too heavy for him and ha eold it for M and got out tho usual prospectus, We hear thut ho ha thus far succeeded In raising el and a dog towards establish ing a I'rcut newspaper here, lly way of encouragement we'll add a second dog, and wo hope tbo mayor will push bl project for all it's' worth." "Norirr.. l'artles addressing letters to tbti Kicker will please add: Tnltod States of America, Western Hemisphere,' to the ui .al directions. Tho posttuustor in this town is never certain what coun try ArUonu Is located in, and this will greatly fucllttatu his luborsof distribu tion. The only qualification ho has got for tbo ollloe is his Ignorance of orthog raphy and chlrogupby, and hla theory a to why Jackass rabbits wore created bol tailed." "Not (Ini.TY. As predicted In our last Issue, Colonel Mcdugg was not bold for tho shooting of Dan Tompkins. Aa we were an eye witness to tho whole affair, wo felt It our duty to go before the ooroner'a jury with our testimony. Our blink-eyed contemporary down the atreet suys we did this hoping to in crease tbe circulation of tbo Kicker, and he la partly correct We never let slip an opHjrtiinlty to Increase our subscrip Hon 'list and are happy toannouueo thai three mcmlicra of tho coroner's Jury subscribed and paid for a year in ad vance, while the undertaker who furn ished the box haa given us a six Inch ad to rune. o.d. t f. "The Colonel was taking a drink al the bar of the dray Wolf Saloon w hen Tompkins hit him on the chin with an onion. It was a brutal and um-alled-for thing, and Tompklua pulled bis gun to back it up. Tho Colonel Jumped bo hind a barrel, pulled bis gun and both Bred together. While he only lost a lock of hair, Tompkins got It plumb center and foil dead. This should be a solemn warning to all bla class not to monkey wltb a gentleman when putting away an afternoon suntalncr." Detroit Free Press. The Icfi-hundcd man was undoubt edly born to be a curse to the good morale ui n office. In all otber voca tions he la aa good and useful aa any other man. I'srtloularly la this true In base ball, where the left-handed "twlrler"can, as a ruin, command more aalary than an every day right-hander. Hut In an olllce he la a failure, especially If te handles correspondence. He 1 everlastingly sticking pins into tbe papers from bis left-handed standpoint which reverses tbotr position and plows Into the Angers of the next right-handed man who undertake to remove them. He makes the discovery (after It ia too late to prevent an oath) that the docu ments came direct from a left-handod fiend. Chicago Tribune. 8ena'or Kdiunnds haa introduced a bill to pay to the heirs of the ow ners of II Cadmus, which veaeel brought over 1 4 fayette to this country In a sum due for what the I' rem a General ate and drank during the voyage. Tbe bill call lor $".371. b7, and was referred to U Committee on Claim. UP THE MA LI NO A, Cite Plucky Explorers) Penetrate tho Cannibal Country. -h Csssmnal rartv's Thrilling EipsH net with the l alnlsil Navst ot tits rpMrMlln(s-Out Into lha Water WlliUruM Aal. oorvniunT, io.j VJ knt.M aa we rounded a W2 shurpbendlnth narrow river at a ,V.Vpolntoniyelghty I?? yards serosa trora 'Lbunk to bank, we 1 came in aigin oi UN pmiiuiiwa stronghold of the hunted llalolo, exU'iidlng for several hundred yards along the top of a steep bunk some ten or fifteen feet above the river. From tbo vast concourse of savages lining tbe Ihore, and from the numbers of canoe we observed darting about abend of us, we concluded tbo size of tbo village must be much greater than it river front would have led us to suppose. A great cry went up from the multi tude as we shot Into view, and tho emo tion they experienced at tbe strange light of Urn big vessel pulling and pant. Ing up against tho current of their river wa soon Intensified when tbe deep boom of her "harmony" whistle rang out over the waters, and the ludicrous alacrity of tho chief who bad been Handing on the bank surrounded by the notabilities of bla vlllugo to accord ua a lignifled wolcome, to quit tho soeno on tbe breaking out of that sound, was only little less premature than that of the nclrcllng crowd of men, women and hlldren. Howover, we soon restored quiet end Elenge Mlnto, Ilukunu and other of the most Intelligent of the F.ouator na tives jumped on shore and went up la learch of the chief to tell lilrn who we were and why we bud come to his coun try. They returned bearing an Invita tion to us three w bite men to a '"nd to the chiefs abode and become hi blood-brother. 1'aUle, my bull-dog, Bnooks and Hpot wero already on there, having been the first to lund, and were driving great crowds of people be fore them, who bad never seen beast inch as these, and who, although they lust longing and gluttonous eye on Patsle's noblo proportions, and the rounded limb of hoot who looked particularly sneering and pulfed up wild bloated aristocrallo prldo among the wretched canine Inhubltantsof Mullnga, were warned by tbo strange look in the bleary red eye of the former, and tbe Independent strut of tbe latter that they were animals better left untouched. Tbo three dogs following In our Iteps, we soon reached tho enclosure of the chief passing through tbo most rowded collection of tho 'smallest nuts I evor witnessed in an African village. On every aide stretched lines of thoie low pas or palm-thatched structures, In Barrow stroel, and being rather a tall man I wa ablo to almost see over tba tof them alL Hounding this laby rinth of streets, or mane, of beehive I might call it for they buznod and hummed wltb wondering human voloet a we passed along, rose tho high bar rier all along the land aide of tbo forti fication a structure built up of tree trunks, plantain stem and old canoe Stuck on end Into tbo ground, their flat fiarta facing the enemy, all securely ashed together by liana rope. On arriving at F.soklyaka's, the chiefs house, we found him waiting for us in tbe midst of a rsowd of similarly attired and marked aavagea to thuse we hud met at tho little fishing vlllago lower down, all armed with spears and shields, whllo In their girdles glistened the cop per handle of long, brlgbt-bludod knives which rested on tbo tblgb. Tbeso knives, when they talked among themselves aa tbe aavagea often did during our Interview with tbe chief, they would grasp In their bands and einphasUa every point of their speech by the wave ot a bright blado through the alr.and the flash of Its copper handle aa thoy pointed It at their neighbor. Tbe effect of this glittering metal, added to the repulsive and hideously marked features of all who gaied upon us, show ing dirty, discolored rows of filed teeth ss they smiled (I) back on us and above all, the odor of unwashed bodies, not to mention cannibal orgies, which the leering, cruel look we met at every turn too plainly revealed what tbeso people often Indulged in, waste make ua wish ourselves a little further off Mallng and out in the pure brectes of mid stream. However, tbe rltea of blood brother hood were eoon performed, our pale sklnned arms contrasting with the rich brown of the muscular old F.seklyaka's ss we bared them to the shoulder, while the little knifo used on these occasions punctured the akin just below the el bow, oauslng blood to flow. We were on the point of returning to the Florida, when a tremendous clamor rose from the direction of the barricade, and shouting out that the Lufcmbl were tpon them. Kvery man rushed oft to the stockade, brandishing spears and knife. Only F.seklyaka and one or two et his aged counsellor remained be hind, and I had my bands full endeavor ing to pacify Paddy and keep him from following after the rushing crowd of ex cited Mllngawarrlor(Suoka and Spot being in full cry at their heels), who, I feared, would leave In Paddy's Iron jaws. If hs once got on their track, more real causo for canine satisfaction than their floating tails of monkey skin or fur. The alarm, however, proved to be a false one. In a few minutes tbe crowd resurrounded us, grinning and leering, so we thought it advisable to retire from the chief's presence and take up our quarter on the foredeck of the Florida, where we were speedily be sieged by s clamoring, howling crowd, endeavoring to get near enough to ex change their apeart, knives, ahleldi and any brass rods they might posses for small blue, white and pink beads, or cowrie tbells. So dense became the crowd, ao pertinacious the small boyi and outsiders In climbing np on deck, and so odorous tbe atmosphere tbat w were more than once compelled to re tort to the extreme measure of pulling the connecting atrtnf of the whistle; but tbe relief so gained was only tem porary, for tbe retreating wave ol human beings soon reformed on the j high bank, and, sweeping back with renewed force, threatened to submerge us under s perfect deluge of ungrati fied demands tor wore beads and cow rie. la the midst of this confusion eld Eseklysk arrived a board with a (rest twitch to keen eff fi n4 Jftfllot Corporal puulaniK entile small toy who ventured too near bis sugust per son. He bad already presented us with a fine tusk of Ivory on our having sealed our friendship by an admixture of Mood, and he now came to see what we were worth, while discharging tht obligations of African etiquette by re turning our morning's visit We gave orders to clear the decks of all would-be bead and cowrie buyers, and to bolst the anchor attached to tin little windlass in tbe bows preparatory to moving out into mid-stream, where kshkitaka's scaur. we might discus mutter at our leisure with the old chief. Ksckiyuka, how-over, teeing the preparations for departure, made a rush for tho side and was over board Into the first canoe beforo wo had time to stop blm, whllo his suite fol lowed suit many jumping Into the river In tholr haste to escape. It required our repeated assurances that wo hud no intention of departing suddenly with him on board, and tho present of an empty tin ot Huntley & Palmer's "cuddy" biscuits, to Induce Ksoklyaks to venture on tho Florida agnin. lie Informed u that formerly Malln ga had been very rich in ivory, great atore of it having accumulated from different raids mude up to tbo head waters of the river, but thut only two year previously the men ot I.tilungu had como up with a hundred war canoe and muny guns; that hi people being only urmoil with spears aud bows snd srrows, hud been beaten, and numerous captives taken by tbe victorious Lulun gus, who, after their victory, retired with their prisoners to the island oppo site the vlllugo. From this point thoy bad opened up negotiations with tho rem nunt of Mullnga in their retreat In tho woods for tho ptirchuso buck of their relatives by giving up all their con cealed stores of Ivory to tho ruidms. Su It cumo nliout that Mullnga was now without any thing to oiler us. "Hut" added tho old chief, "I can give you slaves. I buvo no goat or fowls to present you with, for wo dare bardly leave our walls on account of the Lutembo in tbo forest back there; a ml the river, too. Is often barred to us by tbo onsluugbU from below but If you'll bavo a few men and women to tuko buck with you down river, nil right" We endeavored to explain to the poor old savage thut It was not the custom of while men to keep other people In bond age, but thut wo should continue our Journey higher up river, where we beard plenty of Ivory wits to bo obtained. "Obi you'll get plenty of It up there," ho said, "hut not with those things," pointing to the beads uud cowries lying on tbo deck. "Those aro all very well up there; but they want spear and knives, too, nod they won't sell you a single tusk, unless you buvo a speur or two to give In with tho other things. They have no iron in those countries to muko weupous, so you hud bettor buy spears from us." This wus an eyo-opennr to us. Learn ing thut Kseklyaka's statement was per fectly true from Klengo Mlnto, who got his Information from other sources on shore, wo sent out moro beuds and cowries for tho purchaso of cvory speur and knife wo could luduco the savages to part with. We got rid ot the old chief towards sun-down, and, night comlngon, settled ourselves down for a quiet cool rest out In the center ot the river, little dreaming of tbo borrlblo deed to bo en acted on shore while wb slept Many ot our men slept on shore, pre ferring the, warmth mid shelter ot s friendly native's but to tho Iron dock of the Florida. A I got up next morning I olmcrvcd them crowding down to the beach and Into tho cunocs to como off to tho steamer. On arriving on board tllonelo cumo up to mo and suld that the bead snd limbs of a woman bud just been offered to him for sate, Tho man offering tue head had asked for white beads lu exchange for it Horrified at this story, we asked F.lcnge Mlnto If be knew any thing aliout It and he an swered that tbo sumo request bud l"'cn put to blm and thut the HopUi told him the murdered woman hud been one wltb "too much to say," ao they thought tho best thing to do with her was to kill and eat her. Our white chalk beads, however, hud proved stronger even than the desire tor hu man tlcsh; beuoe the oiler of tho heud and arms to our men for some ot their beads. Utterly disgusted with Mullnga, Its dirt its people aud their hideous, re pulsive countenances and still more hldeousways, we hove up anchor as soon as all the crew bad rcn.sscmhlcd and started up river once more. We were now left entirely to guess work, l Jndge of what lay before as, for Klengo Minto knew nothing of the river beyond Malinga to w hich ho bad mad one or tw o canoe Journeys ou trad ing expeditions ot the I.ulungu and lower river people. Next day we con tinued our journey up broader stretches of river still between the Interminable lines of forest trees ou each side, seeing a few strange-looking wild dm-ks.wbose exquisite green and blue plumage, with a shsde of gold running through It like the sheen of a pescock'a breast lit up the somlM-r waters of the river a they ever and anon rose at the ateumer's ap proach only to drop dow n again to the water a few hundred yards higher up. There wero silver-tatled monkeys, too, with black costs and a plentiful crop ot white hair falling over the cheeks and front the back of the brad behind and quite covering tbe ear beautiful tbtuias, lesping away deeper Into the recevu-e ot the forest from some swaying bough overhanging tbe river on which they bad perched, watching us until me came too close for their tasu. The long reaches of tae river opened out bend after bend and turn after tura without any sign of a village, and we jre beginning tothlnk of camping for tlie afieTiKM.ii 1o gel plenty 6f woo3 for next duy when the wife of one of the men supplied us with food for talk and a few minutes' excitement (She had bad several little family af fair with her husband during the voyage and bud Invariably come off second best in them, for ho stood no nonsense in these matters, and bad one final and effective argument for all too prolonged conjugal di-cusslon-a good, thick stick, which bo generally took care to provide himself with during wood -cutting operations. However, to-day she was rather em boldened by tho fact that her husband had negli clod to bring the usual sapling from the last camping place, or else she bad inado up her mind to atrike one last desperate blow for woman's right on board tho Florida. Tho amicable wrangle between husband and wife had continued for soufe lime In tho stern of the ship, aud Insult lifter Insult sucb bitter phrases as "that she didn't know how to boil a plantain oven," or "to make pepper soup," having been heaped upon tho devoted bead of tbo wife, she abandoned tbe wordy war, and divest ing herself of her heavy brass anklets, her copper bangle nnd steel bracelets, evidences of a now brutal husband's once fond regard, sbo looked round tbo ship, and with a,bi.l-curdling yell de liberately climbed tho tailing and threw herself Into the river. Tho engineer rushed to stop tbe en gines. Ono or two of tho black men jumped overboard and swam "back to wards the head we could perceive bob bing up and down far behind us. Other quickly manned tbn cunoo alongside and paddled olf to tho rescuo. Tho in jured wife, w lio an as vigorous a swim mer as a debater, struck off full speed, hand over hand down stream. For s few moments fiero was quite an excit ing littlo chase, until she was over taken, d".igged up Into the canoe and Us pri.w turned np-stream again. Sho stepped proudly and with an air of conscious triumph on her features upon deck once more. Hut, alas! for tho van ity of human wishes, her reception wa far other than sho anticipated. Not even the white men looked pitifully on her. The engineer shook bis list and her husband -but there, lot us draw a vail over what follownd. loiter In the day, when harmony was restoroil between husband and wife, I srentured to remonstrate with blm on striking a woman saying that a white man who did so was looked on as a coward. Ho smiled and replied: "Oh! that may bo all very well In your country, but If I didn't bit her sometimes tliero would bo no standing C ' .Vtl-"-." V-Vii.'-. - 1' l i ' x v if Till- llt'N AWAT WIKIL her at nil. Why look at her now, she's inite happy." And so she was, and although not satis lied that the man wus right 1 felt he knew- All business better than I did. The delay caused by this incident m.eii' a very late, when wo rounded a point of trees and came. In sight of ttii til it villnge. It presented a beauti ful sight, lit up by the red light of the setting sun, a long line of brown build ings under bright green folingo ex tending for nearly a mile 'along tbe bunk of (ho river, a background ot dark, seemingly impenetrable forest while the blue sinoko from tho evening llres floated out over the stream, and enveloped the upper end ot tho here broad reueh of river In a dim hunts The sun tuink as wo drew near the bank, where we found tho chief attired In a cloth of dark red, walling to re ceive us. surrounded by a crowd of men, aimed with tho most perfectly mude spears and copper-handled kulvos wo bud yet seen. Iuidtn Caskmknt. STORY OF A DIAMOND. It Co.t lha Lira of tin I'oor Wretch Wh t llUc.ivert'tl It. "There's tho most beautiful diamond I have ever seen during anexperlcme of thirty years with the sparkling I gems," said a veteran diamond merchant yesterday, as he held up a stone that seemed to live In lire. From every facet radiated brilliant colors, and the I hue of tho stone was that steely blus I which delights every oonnolsseur ol i the precious gem. Tho diamond did ! not weigh over six carats, but It waa i easily worth S-VOOiX "That stono has a traglo history," : continued tho man of jewels as he laid toe diamonds to rest amid a nest ol snowy cotton. "It conies from the D Heers mines. In S uth Africa, and waa discovered by a coolie employed by the company. His practised eye aaw that the geiu was a marvelous ono for beauty ot color, and a desire to ateal It over came htm. Well, he did steal it and to conceal tiie diamond abou t hla person tor the coolies work almost naked in the diamond miim-cuta hole in his (lean under the arm. Hut the wound did not boal, and the oliscrvant eye ot the fore man saw what wus tbe matter. A few daya after bo charged the coolie with having stolen a diamond, but the negro denied It "When Jack, the foreman, reached for bis sore arm the thief made a dash and ran toward the outskirts of the Csmp like a deer. The foreman fol lowed bi n. but the fleet-footed negro outstripped blm. He knrw tbat a severe punishment awaited blm it captured, and centered all bis effort on getting away with the stone, whose value would Lave made him rich for life. Hut Jack i was equal to the emergency, and draw ; lug his pistol shot the coolie through ' the bark just as he was taking to the bill. His dead body was dragged back Into camp, bis arm cut open and th ; beautiful fni in the rough wis taken from the Insertion. It's a tragic tory, l it true as gupt-l, and only a aampl ' if what has happened more than a bun 1 dred timet in the diamond mine ol ' i utt Afru'V l'tjiladelghlj Inquirer. "Tkh PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Father"! don't believe you've an nnce of brains in your bead." Hon "Tbey are entirely unnecessary, fathah. I go only in fashionable society. "-Mfe. Jimmy "Wbst Is msgnanlinity. papar Hlnks "Magnsnimlty, my son, Is giving a dead vllllan a glowing obitu ary notice and picking the life of a do eeased bero to piece." Lawrence American. "I have thi evening been preach ing to a congregation of idiots," said a conceited young parson. "Then what was the reason you always called them 'beloved brethren?"" replied a strong minded lady.-.V. Y. Ledger. "Have you examined the volume of verse I aont you, called 'Fugitive Poumsr " "y," replied the publisher. "What do you think of them?'' "I don 't wonder that they're fugitives. "-Washington Post An honest old farmer onco, address ing a school bouse audience on teniM-r-ance, confessed tbat he bud been a drinker. "Hut, my friends," said be. In conclusion, "I never drank to success." -N. Y. Ledger. llllnks (aftora long absonce) "And how Is Jenks getting along? Is hu as madly In love with Miss Do Pretty as ever?" Old Frlend-"0, he's all over that" "You don't say ao." "Yes. in deed. Heon married to her a year." N. Y. Weekly. Tompklns-"Pshswl Brown's no w it. There must be sn element of surprise in wbst a man says to make it wit. Don't you agree with mo?" Wilson -"Perfectly. That wa a clever witticism you got olf the otherday." Tompkins -"I forgot. What did I say?" Wilson -"You said, 'Here's that five I borrowed from you.' "Harper's Haiar - Collector "Dr. Puller, tho dentist, want to know when you are going to pay his bill." 8klnner "You go buck and toll that young sprig of a dentist that I'vogotacontra-nccount agin him." Collector "What for?" Skinner -"For letting him practice on me to learn his trade." America. Our brave citizen soldiers. "Ilus your regiment a good fighting record'.'" "Splendid! One of our company cap tains has got out sn Injunction restrain ing tho Colonol from recognizing the Lieutenant Colonel-elect, and two of our Jrst Sorgeants nearly killed each other at drill lait night."-Puck. "A battle must be a terrible thing," suld Miss Maybell to a traveling man. "Yes." "Just think of tho awful carnage-tbe revolting recklessness of hu man life. Did you ever witness any such sights?" "No not exactly. Hut I be longed to a football club for some time." Merchant Traveler. Mr. Oldbuck "Womnn, you have disgraced mol Doyouheur? Disgraced me!" His young wifo "Why, dear. I am sure that It wus only an Innocent chat we had. I was not flirting, Indeed I w as not." Mr. Oldbuok "O, I don't mind , your flirting. ou oan't help It. ion a.-e built that way. Hut you told that I young sprig I was your father." Terre ; Haute Kx press. i THE WOMEN MEN WANT. I guffMtlons for (ilrli tVlio Are In III Matrimonial Mark!. j Mon often admire women for their intellectual culture, their skill in music ' or their tusto in matters of dress; but they do not love women because they ! possess these distinguishing qualities. I Itralny women, so culled, have a great many admirers, but they are 'not In do ; n and In the matrimonial market; al I b ust they are not fought over to any great extent Huslness men want wives who are competent to manage tho domestic end of their business, and not such as have to be managed, or who wunt to manage all or nothing. The latter usually wreck tbe business of the firm, or kei p the man In such a state of worry thut he only gets along tolerably well. A sensitive, sensible business mun doesn't want a wife who poses as the bead of the domestic concern: who Carries tho purse and tbe night key. and practically wear tbo trousers. There are some men who like such wives, but they are exceptions to tbo rule. The best husbands In the land want wives who are Intelligent practical and atTectlenute; who tuko pride In their homes, feel an interest lu the success of their busbunds, and are ready to share either fortune or misfortune. Such a woman Is brave, generous aud Inde pendent, and will command tbe respect of any honest courteous man In the lund. It will not bo asked "of her whether she speaks French or plays high-class music on the piano. A man wunt a wife of whom he Is proud, either at home or abroad. He wants her to bo neat, tidy nnd well mannered. It Is not really necessary that she be pretty, but sho must be agreeable, of kindly disposition, loving and affectionate. The woman who Is fitting herself for tho poaitlon of wife should be careful not to baak very heavily on cither her pretty face or good shape, nor even on her boarding-school accomplishments. These are good enough to secure pass ing admiration, but thoy are not just the points a sensible man looks for w hen he starts out to select a wife. He pro fers good, every-daycommon-sense, gen tleness of dispoHltion and soulful atToo tlon. Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. A Fast Klrrtriral Veurl. Leon Mo Apostoloff, a Cossack engi neer, Is et work on a new boat, w hich be says will make eighty knots an hour on tbe surface of the ea, and l'.'O knots at full speed under water. His idea is to use the motive power of tbe screw to , the fullest extent The boat Is shaped like a spindle, and consists of aa inner and outer shell, the inner one revolving I on journals fltuni at each-end of a horl j xontal shaft that runs through the axis I of a spindle. Heglnnlng at a point near the bow and winding twice around the outer shell is a blade perpendicular to i the axis of the spindle, very much like I the thread of a screw. As tho outer i shell revolve thi screw thread will worm the craft through the water. Th I screw will be turned by sn electric I motor with a storage system. -Hoston I Budget Aa An ot Charily. Johnny Can't I have another penny? Mother You extravagant boy! What lid you do with the one 1 gave you? Johnny-1 gave it to a poor old woman wltb only one rye. Mother-That was a good boy. Here, yoo ran have another penny. Johnny (next dy)-Cn I have a penny to give to that poor old woman lo-day? Mother Ye, yon can have one. What do yon want to give it to her fur? Johnny For a atick of cskdy, Mun y Weekly. ABOUT SELF-GOVERNMENT. Proar. ' tht Hum, Then la '"" ',rl"' It Is the fuucliori of analysts n ap plied to forms of matter to ascertain th lenient of which they are composed, snd the proportion to which they are eombincd; and in all the courser organ ism this can bo doue with absolute or ...KAvlmnlA Ufi'lll'ni'T. Hut that which is simple become complex and ut when the principle or vi-geium -introduced, and mysteries still bafflo the scutes' penetration. Anlmul life Is full of mystery. "The Infinitely little" I ss Incomprehensible ss "tbe Inllniu-ly ?rt at." Mun Is the highest form of ani mal life, and possessos an intellectual power of ssslmllatlon snd rejection which act not only automatically, as in ;he physical organism, but by the prin :!p!oof voluntary selection, which has ;ts center in that mystery of mysteries, personality. So potential is thi prerogutlve o man, tbat against a host jf ad verso circumstances, snd much per sonal opposition, he may rise to a jublime height cf mental and moral ichlevement which distinguish"'' him from all his kindred and lontemporaries. Or be may trans form bimsolf Into a monster ot iniquity, and scourge of hi race, def y ing tbe influences of heredity, and re listing successfully persuasion and force. Tho appetites are unreasoning: more so In man than In the lower anl a.als, which seem to bo directed by In .tinctln the choice snd quantity of .heir food, and by season In the giatl flcatloii of tholr passions. Yet, us they Uro without Intellectual or moral re Uraint except as they are brought Into jontact with man and mado subservient 'jo him, thoy are by no means as well protected by nature as sumo hnvo rep resented. In man the natural appetite ro stimulated by Ideas. Tho elaborate menu of a royal entertainment produces in artificial hunger; and tho history, names, colors and social relations ol wines an artificial and Insatiable thirst. Nature rebels, and the youth Is taught by tho consequences the folly of eating for gluttony and not for health. lie re trains himself by an effort of tbe w ill, idoptsa plan; and though not entirely jonformlng to It Is held In chock by it If ho does not do this, mental and physic il decay speedily follow. It Is In tho ap petites of tho body thut tbo demand foi lelf-restraint first make itself felt; ind with tho first resolution to eat less, ot to reject wbut If found to be unwhole jome, self-molding begins. The passions of childhood are transient though violent Tho cries and blows ire comparatively harmless, and often receive undiio indulgence, but in such instances there comes a time when the youth perceives that the results o' ebul litions of passion aro more dangerous to him than to others, und he resolves that be will maintain his self control. The attitude and motions of tbo body, and tbn usu of tbo huuii.il voice, ure the products in a large degreo of self-molding. .Some, attitudes, movements, words, tones, would bo learned by spontaneous Iniititien; but the power to speak, sing, drill, perform tbo countless acts which anko a trade or profession, is attained only by intentional confoimity to rule 3r model. Li society man naturally imitates bis fellows; but independent f these general customs which give a unanimity to tho aspect of so sioty each person sees some thing which fulls In with bis tastes, and Is adapted to promote his Interests, lie determines to possess himself of the accomplishment which he does by vol untary attention und deliberato imita tion. Taught by bis failures hu elimi nates tlieii-cuuses.nndstimiilated by his success he redoubles bis energy and equals bis master; then a new principle called emulation coinrs into play, uud ho determine) to surpass him. It is thus that progress Is made, first In the soul of the (nan, and then in tbo outet world. Uesti-uint and imitation are the first and tho second step in this up ward, or in some instances downward, progress. For there are those who imi tate vices, not virtues; defects, not ex jelencies; who seek to muko themsolve strong tor evil and harm, and not for good and holtifulness.- . n l:vp' eioii Driven Drip Down Into Hie II inn in Heart lv lultli. It Is asked repeatedly by persons who huve a weakness for looking facts right In the face: "What Is the special charm or mystery about this picture of the Angel us?' " It is not enough to Ray that the picture of two lovers in a corn field at sunset has become tho vogue, or fashion. It Is not enough to recall the oibtle inlluemv of church bells which ojiumon wearied souls to evening prayer. There Is n reason moro profound than this purely technical ossoeiation with religious science for tho peculiar Influ Miec exerted by a single picture. The figures of the two French peas tnts, Iniwed in the attitude of devotion, iro expressions of a solemn protest igalnst the materialism of the ago. Just is love of money, social position, polltl al power and lu t-ish displuy bavo pro luced a condition of modern society which bids fair to rival tho full abandon f the most debauched period of the lloman Kmpire, there suddenly fulls up n the ear of tbo world a tone from tome higher sphere. Tbe picture of the French artist is an expression to the eye if thestill small voice which tbe ancient prophet beard calling from tho mount in top. It is an ludicalion that tliero ure forces at work in this world which our eyes can not sec, our .'ars can n.t bear, our hands can not touch but they are there. They are learer than all that external nature teaches, because, they appeal to our In ner life nnd conscience. They arc proof -not controled by laws of space and time that we have come Into this wprld Sol lu entire furm i fulm-sg, And not in utter nakedness. Hut Iriuhnu rli.u.U ut jjury From llcavtn, which i our home. The "Angelas" is tho expression of a truth driven deep down into the human heart by two thousand years of the religious sentiment of Christianity. "I hav been," says the poet "where bells have called to church; have sat at food men's feasts," "I have been." says the painter, "where tho setting sun and evening chimes have looked notes of spiritual life just as the early dawn is tabled to have called forth mu sic from the statue of Memnon." The "Angelus" is the essence of all the sermons that have been preached since voices were beard that taught peace on earth, pood will towards man. It Is the story of the moral law as given Ui human life under condition which enabled a Jewish peasant to change the entire course of human affairs. It Is, finally, the Christian statement of a conviction which finds another, but not less sincere utteranee.whrn the Moham medan or Hindoo turns hi face west ward and bow in prayer before tbe sit-linasun.-Cblcaio Journal ANCIENT HUMAN EYRIES. The Queer llomrs of the Clin Dwell, r, h th far Wast. Ileresnd there on that portion of ih9 Denver Jt Kio (Irando railroad, near E. panola, or along the romantic hrancr to the mining region Of Kllverton, bor. derlng tbe Sun Juun Valley, gllnipscj may Ih caught of ancient human eyrie perched high up on tho faco of what ap pear to be inaccessible cliff. It look, salt no anlmul except tho sure-footed gout or the chamois could reach them. Leaving the line at Durango, a drive of twenty mile through magnificent scenery oens up a nenr view of one 0( tho most celebrated group of cliff, dwellings. The perpendicular buttress, like wulls of the deep valley contraci and furnish an Impregnable castlu. Access from uliove Is Impossible. From below tberels a narrow xigzag path that conducts to some ledges hli;li up the side. On these ledges, partly clinging to the surface, partly built within shallow fissures of the rock, sometimes seven hundred feet or more aWo tho ground, aro the remains of tbe dwellings of the early denizens of the valley. They aro usiiully of two stories. They ure built of the contiguous sandstone. F.uch block Is aliout fourteen Inches by six, care fully cut and accurately fitted. The cement Is now hinder than tho rock Itself. On the ground floor if that bo not a misnomer when tho building 1 half poised In the air aro usuully two or three rooms, from six to nine feet square, with partition walls of fuced stone. The upper story was originally divided from tho lower by a wooden floor, portions of w hich are sometimes found, and also re mains of tbo cedar bourns over tbo doors and windows. The rooms are about six foot In height They aro roughly plastered, tho color being a dull red. No traces of stairways bavo been found, nnd tho upper cham bers must have been entered from with out Tho windows aro square openings, with no nppcarunco of shutters. They are so placed as to command a view of tbo valley. Outside, on tho rocky lodge, suitable, littlo niches aro built into slopes re sembling modern cupboards. Water reservoirs holding two or threo hogs bends, are formed in convenient angles and recesses. Sometimes tho natural ledge is widened or strengthened by ar tificial means. In other cases an abut ment of masonry Is constructed on a smooth piece of rock at an acute angle. Muny of these cliff-dwellings have never been entered within living mem ory, nor uru they likely to be reunited. In the slow trituration of limn the lodges havo crumbled away, or tbn narrow tracks leading to thorn havo been cov ered. It Is not easy, even with a power ful glass, to dell no some ot those, old habitations. The glare ot tho sunshine, tho rarefaction of tho atmosphere and the identity of color with tho rocks In creaso tho dilllculty caused by tho alti tude. Such dwellings aro Invariably found with a full eastern aspect so as to catch the first beams ot the morning sun. N. Y. Journal. SEWING ON BUTTONS. If You DuD't Knew How to Do It 'llvail This Article. To the mother of a family tho subject of buttons is an important ono. The buttons that aro "gono forever gone," and havo to bo replaced, occupy not a small portion of her timo and thoughts. Sho wonders, often nnd despairingly, il there is no way in tho world that they could be sewed on to stay. There limy lie soiuo mild-mannered, quiet people in this world whoso buttons never como oh; who never find shoe buttons missing and glove-buttons van ished just ns shoes and gloves aro need ed. Hut tbo majority of healthy, active men, women and children break off and loosen buttons as surely as they went out clothes and shoes. This means sew ing on again for somebody, and the woman who Is responsible for tho but tons of two or three or more people can afford to put a thought Into her work that will make the buttons stay on longer than they would without it She can make her head save hor hands. In the case of shoos, glovos or any article bought in a shop where the sew ing is not done under your orders, sew tho buttons on yourself boforo tho gar ment Is used. This will insure tholr staying on for a few wearing. There Is no thread or time wasted sowing but tons on shop-made clothes. Do not uso too coarse a thread foi shoo buttons; a smooth, tight-twisted ono is better. Always wax your thread, and put knot on the right side; it is moro comfortable, and the knots are less likely to rub off. When shoe but tons bavo been on, and you are replac ing them, pick out all threads left un derneath. Leave a loose thread be tween buttons, and do not pull the thread too tight or jerk it In sewing. A loosely sewed button fastens more easily, and so bus less strain on it No button should bo sewed on tightly. Ilegln by putting your knot through on the right side. Place the button ovei it Hold tbo edge of the button up (not down), with your left thumb, and draw your thread evenly, slowly, never too firmly. Make a good neck with your thread and finish off on tbe right side with a twisted knot with out too many stitches. Th under clothes always have an extra piece ol cloth under tbe button, and let no gar ments be buttoned too tightly.. Foi skirts it is well to have two buttons and button-boles a couple of Inches apart in case of one giving way. Whenevei your material allows uso silk for sewing on buttons; It pays. Lastly, sewr not with sorrow, but pa tience, tor in spite of all your palm sometimes the buttons como off again. IIome-Maker. John Chinaman' Comfortable Attlra. "A Chinaman is not pretty to look at, and Ins clothes do not lit'bini like the traditional paper on the wall, but 1 think Ins attire lire most comfortable in the world." sars a dress reformer. To begin with,'' he resumed, "the (.Tiinniiiau wears a soft, low crowned felt hat, with a wide brim lo protect Ins eyes. U0 wears but a single band round the ueck, or two at the mosL Have you ever counted up what we wear f No Well, figure it now. Tho undershirt band one, a possible chest protw-tor is two, a shirt land is three, a collar is four, a necktie is five, a vest a com cwiiar is soveti, an overcoat collar is eight and neck scarf sometimes makes the total nine nine bands around the ncclc What a rhance f..r perspiration I Yes, the Uiuiaman's rig is more comfortable." -London Tit Bit.