EUGENE CITY GUARD.
I. L. CAMFBE1X. Preprleter.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
THE EMPHATIC GIRL
A Woiihi That Only a Determined Man
Could aalely Marry.
She wa an auburn-Unfed girl with
large glittering eyes, massive shoulders
and determined lip. Had ii not born
tor an eiprettalon of florccnesssbe would
have been beautiful. Aftor she bad
taken her teat she glared at the little
machine attached to the scat in front of
ber, In which U held a pair of opera
glasses, that may be secured for uto by
the agency of a twenty-Are cent piece
dropped Into the alot Aftor consider
able trouble with bor pocket the fierce
girl tnataged to fish out her purse, and
by pawing around in it for a moment
found a quarter, which the extended
toward the machine. The thing failed
to work, the girl waiting in vain for the
front of it to fall open. For a few sec
onds the stared at It, and then exclaimed
In a tolce audible for many feet around:
"The thing sticks. "
Then she began to pull at It, talking
aloud, and Anally losing ber patience
completely. "Well, I'll have that
glass," she said, angrily, "or I'll bare
the money back. Come tore, usher,"
this latter to a mild-looking youth who
was showing some ladles to their seats.
The usher approached and quailed vis
ibly before the firs of the angry girl's
yes. "1 dropped a quarter in that ma
chine and it doesn't open," said the
glrL ''Sow, you'll open it or give me
back twenty-five cents."
The UHher pulled at the box and shook
bis bead whon it failed to respond.
Then followed a remarkable scene. The
usher was in dospalr when the girl, after
a terrible tirade, sprang from her chair
with the declaration that she would
speak to the manager and bave her
rights. As she stepped Into the aisle a
bright silver piece rolled from bor dress
to the floor. Tb usher stopped and
picked it up.
"Isn't this your quarter, lady?" be
asked, holding it out to her.
The stormy expression faded some
what from the girl's face as she took
the money.
"It's probably mine," she said, "but
It Is not the one that I put in tho box."
"Suppose you try and see," suggested
the ushor. "If It goes in you can be sure
there Is no other money in thorn."
The girl scoffed at the idea that sbt
bad not put any money into the box bo
fore, but to prove it conclusively she
tried the machine again. The coin foil
In and Instantly the opera glass was at
ber disposal. Tbore was a pronounood
Utter in tho immediate vicinity as the
girl resumed bor seat and snatched th
glass from its plane.
"Stupid boxes these are, any way,"
snapped she. "The money probably
went right through it the other time."
Here was a Now York girl that only a
patlont and determined man could safe
ly marry. N. Y. Sun.
NANTUCKET'S SWEET BELL
How II Was Broach! from Portugal to
larul Maw England.
The subject of church bolls Is a re
minder of the beautifully swoot-tonod
bell in ono of the church towers of Nan
tucket. It has somothtng of a history.
It was cast In Portugal and was intended
for uso upon a convent, being dedicated
"To the good Jesus," in somewhat
lengthy Inscription In the Portuguese
langusgo, oust in raised letters upon its
sldo. There are various romnntto stories
concerning the moans by which it came
to be buug in the belfry of a New En
gland church. Ono says that it was
taken from a Aoatlng wreck by a Nan
tucket crew; another 1 to the effect that
It was captured by a prlvatoor, as the
anguls in the old North Church, Salem
street, are said to have been taken. Tho
teal truth is said to be that a Nantucket
sea captuln at a Portuguese port heard
tho bell as it was being tested, fresh
from the foundry, and, being oaptlratod
by its exquisite tone, induced the makers
to part with it and east another for the
coavent Ho brought It to Nantucket in
his ship, and It has ever since hung in
the church steeple.
There is a tale about tbts wondorful
boll that has a local application. It la
said that some years ago some people of
the congregation of the old South Church
beard the bell and thought that It would
sound well in lloston. This was whlls
the church was still worshiping in the
old edifice. They made overtures to the
Nantucket church, writing from lloston
that they bad heard that it was pos
sessed of a very Ana belli that the Old
South was in need of a boll For what
price would the Nantucket brethren sell
their bell. The Nantucket church Ig
nored the main question, and returned
reply that they bad heard that the Old
South had a very flns clock. For what
price would the lloston brethren sell
their clock? lloston Advertiser.
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
Tlmt speculator "What shall I buy
to-day?" Second ditto "Huy a bar
omefer they're way down just now!"
"Fldo ate the canary yesterday."
"Ate the canary! What did you do to
him?" "We gave him some pepaln, poor
thlngt You know be Isn't used to such
Strong diet." Puck.
"What wages does your husband
get?" asked Mrs. White of Mrs. Week.
WogesP snapped Mrs. lllaek, angrily,
"my husband does not get wages at all,
1 would have you understand. He ac
cepts a salary."
Mrs, McOorkle "What Is your son
doi ng now, Mrs. McCrackle?" Mrs. Mo
Crackle ''lie la a pharmacist" Mrs.
McCorkls "A farm assist, is be? Why,
I beard some one say be was clerking in
drug store." Judge,
Henevolent old lady "Pear, dear!
Little boy, bj do yon alt cn the curb
stone eating those crusts?" Small boy
"I'm doln' it for ma health, ma'am.
You didn't suppose I was hungry, did
ywf" Lipplncott'e Magazine.
Lawyer "Did yon ever notice any
signs of insanity in the defendant?"
Witness "Only on one occasion. A
passenger picked up a dollar la a horse
car one day and be was the only man on
board who said be didn't lose it"
Epoch.
Mrs, Yesst "Johnny, are yon full
ovnr to your bouse?" Johnny (whose
mother takes boarders) "Yes; you see
Uncle Remus sent a barrel of fall apples
down day before yesterday, and now
we're very touch cramped." Yoskert
Statesman.
There is wisdom ta proverbs; but
Tory boJy knows that the statement,
"Speech Is silvern, siienoa U golden,"
lit aot made by a dumb man. Pack.
ALL RIGHT TO-MORROW.
t's floomf aow tit world looks dark and
your benrt Is full of sorrow
But lesv ibe subject 'to God, ny dear-lt'll all
come rltfht to morrow I '
Jt'U all come rlirbl In tb mornlof brtgbt-ne
nerd jour woe to burrow
Night lenua so luky east to eare-lfU b all
rl((ht to-morrow I
I learned this mailm when a eblld of a sappy
eld mecbsnlo
Who used to whUtl tb wbol day loos, nor
ever field to panto)
Tbo' troulile came sod It oftea did for b lot
bulb bom and money
Bis fas wo bright with e cbMteB'd Ufbt sod
bis "mile was always sunnjrl
And ere be rtM be wot tor ma ftwss tb pale,
fray light o' dawntiif).
"Mjr lad," be said, "my trouble's o'r; It as all
com nxht Ibis morning I
I bsv no gold to lesv you, friend, I is; It to
my sorrow;
But here's s salve for every 111 "Twill all torn
right tomorrow I'
This maxim Is of purest (old 'Twill stand tb
wear of sues
Til founded deeper tbsa tb lor of polymstbl
SKl-S.
If trouble should come home to you and BO
man's free from sorrow
Just leave the tended skein to Ood-yon'U And
It straight to morrow 1
You'll find thst life's s tangled skein; just full
o' knots snd ravel.
And prone to lap In hopeless eolls ss thro1 this
world you trsvel.
But sing easy tbe livelong day oof borrow
any trouble,
For there's a way of viewing tare tbey call It
Wing double.'
God kerns a balm for every bruise ea hsnd, so
leave your sorrow
To Him alio tpsres the broken reed' and trust
II im lor to-morrow."
e
And many s dny has pass'd away stuee my wine
mentor perished;
But, with bis memory ever green, hi mailm
buve I rhcrlnbed.
-Letltl Virginia Douglas, la Detroit Free
I'm.
PEMLOUS BUSINESS.
How a Plucky Offloer Counted In
diana In Arizona,
A psrallelogram formed by a line
from Camp Verde eastward to tho White
Mountains, south to tbe San Carlos, con
tinued westward to Camp McDowolL
and thence north to the point first
named, would contain fifteen thousand
square miles of rocky tnountaln-poaks,
doep canyons, beavlly-wooded mountain
streams and dark pine forests. Here
and there beautiful little valloys snd
parks are found, each an Isolated oasis,
and It Is in this isolation and the inter
vening barriers that the peculiar diffi
culties of the region for campaigning
purposes are discovered.
Aftor Incredible upward toll along the
slgzag trail the scouting party reaches
tbe sharp rocky ridge, whence the al
most procl pi tons descent begins to the
pleasant ramp ground far below, and it
is plainly seen from the commanding
height that tho beautiful grassy plain
1 of vory limited extent, and
shut in on all sides by almost
lmpraotlcablo mountains. Thus are an
lolpatlons of rest and refreshment
somewhat dashed by the prospect of the
Interminable, heart-breaking, rock
climbing struggle to begin again at
daybreak. In most wild mountain
regions the narrow berme on the edge
of streams, or the bed of tbe stream It
self, la the only passable route, but here
the mountain torrents that pour out In
very direction from tbe great ranges
pass for tho most part through dark
precipitous box canyons whluh cut off
communications between tbe parks,
Strung together like beads by tbe pure,
clear, deep streams, and all who would
penntrato tho mountain ranges must do
so by painfully climbing their rugged
sides.
In this Apache paradise many varlo ties
of climate are found. From the cool
shade of tho pine forests on the "lllaek
Mesa" to tho burning sandy wastes that
form the vitllcys of the Salt and Gila
rivers, one pusses from one extreme to
tho other, but would prefer rather to re
main in tho worst than encounter tho
torture of a journey over the mile on
tulles of confused and jumbled masses
of rocky mountain-peaks to reach tbe
better.
Tho theater of operations thus faintly
outlined, as well as adjacent portion! of
tbo immense Territory of Arliona, has
been for many years the scene of innu
merable conflicts betwoen tbe troops
and the many Apache tribes. A record
carefully compiled by tbe hUtorlan of
one of tbe cavalry regiments which took
its share of the sufferings and hardships
of tbo mountain scouting betwoon tbe
years 1871-75 shows that In that period
tho regiment bad nlnoty-seven combats
with tho maraualng savages.
Early In the year W'l It became evi
dent that a portion of tho Arivlpa
Apaches were using Camp Grant as a
baNe of supplies and pushing their ma
rauding parties out In every direction
into tho settled parts of the Territory.
The dread entertained by the settlers
tor these marauders la best appreciated
when the character and mode of war
fare of the mountain tribes are under
stood. As an old wagon-master re
marked to a cavalry oOlcer: "We have a
horror of them that you feel for a ghost
We never see them, but when on the
road are always looking over our shoul
ders in anticipation. When they strike,
all we seo Is the flash of the rifle resting
with secure aim over a pile of stones," be
hind w hich, like a snake, the red mur
derer lies at full length.
All the Apaches are footmen, mountain
climber. They will steal horses and
use them, but when driven Into the
mountains tbe horses becoma a part of
their ration. Graceful, well-formed,
with leg of steel wire, light and active
as a eat, the Apache en the rocky hill
side is unapproachable, and to fight
bim, with any chance of success, be has
to I attacked with skill and great
caution at gray dawn in hia blvouao far
up among the rocks. Many a surprise
has been effected by night marches
agaloat natural fortresses absolutely
unassailable in the day-time by any
numurr oi men, ana Wbere, II the In
dlans bad discovered the ascending col
umns, even In the night they could have
repulsed them with great slaughter.
As a first step In the campaign, tbe
commanding (ieneral directed that all
warrior receiving rations should be
counted every day at a place to be se-
j lected, within five miles of the post
I In order that the uflVer detailed for this
'delicate and dangerous duty might bs
bis to Identify and keep a record of tb
young men, a metal tag stamped with a
umber was issued to each Indian ot
fighting age. Many of the Indian re
ceived the order with sullen dissatis
faction, brrsuse, it carried out It check-mati-d
their roving. Seated oa theit
heel In Increasing eoncentrio circles la
front of the (ieneral. the crouching atti
tude and the suady glare ot their bril
liant bead-like eyes) made them resem
ble make colled ready to strike, sad it
was plain that when opportunity offered
they would resist by the moat deadly
mcsns tbls effort to eootoh them.
Th next day tbs cavalry officer do
tailed rode out four mllos from tbe post
led bvone orderly, to meet tbs
young ssvsges and make tbe first count
, , i. i. i
The 'fleer seicrw-a was ono uw
seen consldersble service and fighting, j
but be subsequently confessed that bs
would bave been glad to exchange tb
duty assigned him for a detail to lead s
forlorn hope over a breastwork.
However, be bod been told by tbe
General that it was undesirable to send
rma nn the dutr. as some of the war
riors might become alarmed, and in
their ignorance mske trouble, ana mat
tbe object was to give tbe Indians a fall
chance. So out be rode, with bis heart
in bis throst feeling pretty confident
thst unless be kept bis bead soms
young "buck" would stab bim in ins
back, and tmis aisunguisuing mm u,
take his dcDarture for the war-path.
The place selected was at tbe foot of s
bill on which was situated tne largest
Indian vyiage ot the reservation. Ar
riving at the mint the officer was mcl
by tbe whole band rushing down ths
bill-side with yells and shouts, ana ai
tia annroached nearer be bad tbe borrot
of perceiving that they were nearly all
drunk. They bad boen ceieoraung in
disagreeable order of the day before by
a "tlswln" spree.
Tha Lieutenant received the charirt
by dismounting and standing, with s
nonchalance which was far from natu
ral, at the foot of a large Cottonwood
tree, tbe orderly, mounted, holding ins
bones a few yards In rear. It was soon
apparent that several or. tue cmeis uaq
remained sober, and were) doing tbeli
ntmost to prevent trouble, and by tbeli
xertlons tbe rabble was baited about
twenty yards from thettree and seated
with soma alterlot at 'tha usual half-
circle formation. The counting officer
then approached, with book and penoU
In hand, and thnuffh ODDreclatlnff tbs
dsnger ot assassination, he resolutely
passed along the ironioi eacncircieano
checked off tho numbers on ths tags.
Many of tbe rascals, with Impudenl
drunken leers, shook tha tags in bis
face, and one follow refused to show bis.
Passing the mutineer for tha time be
ing tbe lieutenant concluded the chock
ing process. He was now confronted by a
formldablo problem: either be must
capture the drunken young savage or
submit to the Indignity of seeing ths
orders Intrusted to bim tor execution
treated with contempt, of which ths
Indians were sure to take advantage,
taking it for a oonfosslon ot weakness.
In this porpluxity be called up ths
ordorly with the horses, and then
turned to one of tbe most reliable oi
the chief standing near, and made
signs to him to bring up the young man
and force bim to show bis tag. Ths
young follow lounged up when
bidden by tbe chief, but stood
Immovable staring at tha represent
ative of the Government with dri nken
Insolence, Giving the orderly, who was
still mounted, a fow words ot direction,
the Lieutenant mounted his own horse
as It to ride off, and at a signal the
orderly, a fine old soldier, suddenly
drew his revolver and covered the votinil
savage, at the same time making an Im
perious sign to bim to jump up beuinu
tha officer. The old chief took in the
Situation instantly, and seising the fel
low under the arms, almost threw mm
up on the croup of the horse behind the
Lieutenant and so, coverod by ths
steady pistol of the orderly, they rode
off. The Indians were quick to appreci
ate the defeat of the braggart, and the
little procession of prisoner a.id captors
was followod by yells, so reams and joer
Ing laughter. The prisoner was safoly
landed in the post guard-house, a sub
stantial witness ot tha norva and cour
age of a resolute officer over tho savage
fury of tho Apache, Such oaptures
wore not always made so successfully.
A. few months later two soldiers ap
proached to arrest a young follow who
was seaU'd on tho ground wrappod in a
blanket Quick as thought the Indian
throw off tbe blanket, and by a loft snd
right stroke with a knife killed ono lol
dlor and severely wounded the other.
No further trouble occurred at tha
dally verification ot tha Indians. The
young men who preferred war to steady
rations quietly slipped away and were
seen no more, and a correct estimate of
the number ot tha bostllos was the re
sult ot the counting process. General
Wesley Merrltt U. 8. A., In 'arpr's
Magailne.
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ABOUT THE SUN-DEW.
How a Queer riant Catches and De
vour Small Insects,
The sun-dew Is on Insect catcher.
Borne have long, narrow leaves; others
round ones. These sparkle In the sun
Shlno os though covorod with raindrops
or dew. It is a sweet sticky substance,
by which insects ore caught Through
a magnify glass the leaf will bo seen to
be fringed around tbe edgo, and covered
on tbiyipper surface with what has been
called tentacles, because they seem like
the arms ot certain seo animals, with
which they rapture their prey. The
leaf sags a little in tha middle, and
when an insect Is glued fast by the sticky
drop, every tentacle begins to curve over
and fasten him more strongly. Tha
movement 1 very slow, so slow that It
takes frequently several hours for It to
be complete. What is very remarkable
about It it a fly alights on tha
aide ot the leaf, or anywhere away
from tbe center, the tentacle it
touches bends over, carrying its prey
with It to tha center of the leaf, and
then all of the tentacles move toward
the middle and clasp It The leaf then
pours over it a liquid acid, which dis
solves what is good for food, thus acting
as does the gastric juloe in our stom
achs. One full meal will last the plant
nearly a week. It must hove the right
kind of food, however. Vr. Dorwin fed
a sun-dew on cheese, which mode it
turn yellow and sickly, and it finally
died with dspepslo. When a few
drops of milk were poured en a leaf. It
curved up around the edges, making the
form more cup-like, while tho tentacles
bent over to absorb It Another re
markable thing has been noted; it a
bit of meat Is divided, half ot it placed
on the leaf and the other on some mo
beclde it the piece on the leaf will re
main fresh until digested, while that
on the moss becomes polled. Portland
Transcript
A young couple of Brodysvllle, O.,
were married twice In two days, Tbey
ran away from borne oa account ot tha
objections of their parents, and were
married by a 'squire at Aberdeen, U,
but tearing the marriage was Illegal,
they returned borne, tnd tbe next morn
ing tbe ceremony wo again performed
by a local 'squire .
Tha most skillful amateur bull
fighter la lieiteo Is tha son-la-law of
Ua President ot tb Ee public
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Tha application of hydraulic powe
to the manufacture of iteel seamless
boats is one of tha latest things In fcn
gland. These boats are thought to be In
very particular superior to those made
of wood, and can be made at about tbs
same cost
-Engineers use kerosene to remove
the scales which form n the Inside of
boilers. The oil is poured into an
empty boiler and the water then turned
on. The oil, floatlngon tbe water, then
comes in contact with tbe scales befora
tbo water does.
-The system of sinking shaft
through quicksand and other water
bearing atrata hy freezing tha soil with
brine cooled by refrigerating machines
is a practical success. The freezing ex
tends thirteen feet each side of tbe ver
tical pipes which are driven down to
carry the fluid, and the froson material
works like soft sandstone.
Physicians In Italy, etc., believe
malaria to consist of a fungus floating In
the air and soaking In the water, and
likely to enter the system In much
larger quantities through tha water
drank, than through the air breathed.
Hence. In malarious dlstrlots all drink
ing water should be boiled and then Al
tered. Compound locomotives are to be the
railway engine of tbe future, in the
opinion of Mr. T. L'rquhart, of the Lon
don Institution of Mechanical Engi
neers. In competitive trials a com
pound locomotive consumed 29 per cent
less fuel than an ordinary locomotive
running ander exactly the same condi
tions, ' '
In a French village of about 400 In
habitants, eleven of the aeventy-four
deaths in eight years were from cancer.
Dr. Arnaudet finds that six of tbe case
of cancer were in a single neighborhood,
among persons who nsed as a beverage
cider diluted with . dark-colored water
from the swampy ground, and that in
five of the victims tha disease attacked
tho stomach. These foots are given In
suoDortof the vlow that canoer is con
taglous, the swampy water seeming to
have served as carrier of the contagion.
A chemist of Bockemhelm, Onr-
manv. has discovered a new alloy,
which is said to resist the attack ot most
acid and alkaline solutions. Itcontalni
IS parts of copper, 9.34 parts of tin, 1.83
parts of lead and one part of antimony
being, in fact a bronze with tha addi
tion of a little lead and antimony. It
is claimed that the alloy Is much better
than ebonite vulcanite or porcolaln for
vessels or fittings liable to be acted
upon by chemicals.
Considering all tha achievements oi
sclenoo on this globe and among the
colostlal spheres. It sootne strange thai
there Is a part of tbls oartb not yet ex
plored. In other words, we bave
weighed tbe planets snd marked tbelr
orbits, but we are unable to make a map
of the world. It is Idle to Imagine that
Arctic exploration will be abandoned.
The quest for the North Pole will go on
to the end of time, if not crowned with
success.
A very simple apparatus for obtain
ing an eloetrlo spark la made by a Gor
man pbyslulst Round the center of s
common lamp chimney Is posted a atrip
of tin foil, and another atrip from one
end of the chimney to within a quartet
Inch of this ring. Then a piece of silk
is wrapped around a brush, and the In
terlor ot the chimney Is rubbed briskly.
In the dark a bright eleutrlo spark may
bo seen to pass from one piece of tin foil
to the other each time the brush is with
drawn from the chimney. Many othei
experiments con be tried with this op
parotus. .
'CORN AS HUMAN FOOD.
Efforts to be Mad to Introduce Mtli la
European Markets,
It will be difficult for tbe people of
this country, whore corn Is such a popu
lar article of diet to understand how
limited Its consumption Is in the old
world. Indoed, It is stated that during
tho famine in Ireland, whon America
sent to tho distressed Island ship-loads
of supplies, nothing but tbe pangs of
extreme hunger overcame the prejudice
which existed In Ireland against corn as
a source ot nutrition for tbe human
stomach. It Is still held by tbe bettor
class In Europe that corn Is unfit for
food, and its wholosomoness is gravely
dlsput hI. It would seem that by
proper offort this mlsupprohonslon could
be removed. The lectures and writings
of scientific experts have failed to ac
complish this result and a more con
vlnclng method must be employed. It
the people of tbe Old World knew how
palatable and wholesome Indian oorn
Is In all of tbe shapes In which It
Is prepared for human consumption,
tho foreign demand for that cereal
would Increase to a degree that would
quite remove all danger ot over-production
in this country. Corn has tbe merit
ot cheapness, it contains a very large
percentage ot nutriment and being
proof against the process of decay which
renders other food commodities perish'
able, It can be transported to tb utter
most parts ot the earth and preserved
tor any length of time. A comparison
ot tbe stalwart corn-fed American with
tbe underslxed Mongolian, who feed on
rice, and with the degenerate Romans,
who subsist upon macaroni, furnishes
proof ot Its health-giving properties. All
that Is required to popularise it Is to
en fore It claims In a manner which
will compel recognition. The moment
Is ripe tor such an undertaking, and tbe
Edinburgh fair furnishes tho oppor
tunity. Hut there must be a departure from
tb usual plan of display. The stomach
as well os the eye must be enlisted. The
proof of the pudding is In tb taste. In
connection with the corn exhibit at
Edinburgh there should be facilities tor
cooking it In Its various popular forms,
and thus it would be presented In a new
light to the European public. The mere
preparation of it in such ohspe would
constitute a strong attraction, and cause
it to be talked about far and wide. W.th
tbe seductive flap-jap, the toothsome
pone not to speak of mush and molae
pudding to pleod for it Indian eora
would soon be able to make it way ta
the markots of Europe.
The time 1 coming when America
will find in lands beyond tbe sea an out
let for Its surplus ot corn, and that day
may be hastened by a well-directed
stroke ot the enterprise and Ingenuity
tor which the people ot this country are
noted. It tha tolling millions ot tha
old world can be Impressed by practical
demonstration with tba merit ot In
dian corn as food, and can b taught to
aat it It will soon ceas to b aa artt
el ot fuel la this country, and will pay
a handsome profit to tba producer. Tba
experiment oa tb plaa suggested is
worthy ot a trial, aad It 1 believed that
It would lasur satisfactory aad success
ful results. Kioto City gtar.
notes on osJuLATIQN'
rarloa M Kfc IWrlbed Bf
aad Navel Wrltan.
Tber Is distinct literature of kiss
ing, and a bright snd thoroughly sensi
ble young womsn of tbls city bos a largo
collection of notes snd clippings on this
subject Allot tbe poets bsve written
of kisses In a more or less amorous stylo.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, among scores oi
others, bas tbe following:
And I swasr by lb stars sna my soui .uu
TbaUwIII bsv you snd bold you snd kiss
Tboogb tb wbol world tnds Is the wsv."
. . . I ,v,a HnV liia'inllll
Tennyson bihk "if
fruit In these words:
"O, lov I O. Are I oae h drew
With on long kiss my wbol soul through
My Hps, at suullgl't urlnketb dew."
Amlle Rives, now Mr Cbanlor. made
some valuable additions to tbe kiss lit
erature of tbe century, bbe bandied
the sub'ect with freedom ana onginau-
Kh showed that kissing was quite
enjoyable In the brood bollwoy of the
old mouse, through which tho sunlight
streamed oskint os It was under any
other circumstances; and to ber mind
nothing could be more dellghtrut man
a salutation of tbe Hps asweop tbe foot
while the klssoe and kisser were sliding
adown a haystack. Uerrick's poetic
definition of the kiss Is masterly. It Is
as follows:
-It Is s erenlur born snd bred
It, taeen tbe llns sll cherry red."
"I will never kiss a man who Is not
my relative," sold on East Side young
tsdvtosterdav. "until neismy pronnsi-u
husband. And even with engaged people
I think there should be little of it 1 oo
much kissing will surely result disas
trously. It may be pleasant but my
swoethesrt If I ever get one, wll not
got a single kiss from .me until we ore
engaged, ond then be win gotoniy single
onus, sure enough. Ho shall hove no
more than one k ss ot each meeting.
Now, oftcr you think over this, I am
sura you will agree with me."
Drifting back to stage mssing, a goou
anecdote may be related. Tho leaden
in a olav were about to kiss eacn otner.
The heroine rushed Into the arms ot the
brave and true lover and, to all appear
anccs, their lips met in one long, soul
ful kiss. Then there- was o momentary
lull. In which the occupants of theboxet
caught this distinct whisper from thf
loading lady: "Onions ana ocer again,
as I live! This thing bad better stop,
or IM kick."
. Despite these sometimes unpleasant
features, It will ever be the cherish ol
every vigorous youngster of his race
ond even tbe older youngster to vole
the wish of some one, now dead and
past kissing, who wished
"That wonmnliiMM hsd but one rosy moutr
To kiss them sll at one from north to south
What an Intensity of bliss such oscu
lotion wou'd lie! Hut oftcr oil, most ol
us are sat sfled to take them ono at a
time. Tbey last longer. Komas City
Times.
"THE EMERALD ISLE."
Who Was tho Originator of This Synonym
lor Inlaid.
How many orators ond poets have
been oredited with the authorship ot tb
expression "The Emerald Isle' one of
the most pootlo pet names for s beauti
ful land It would bo difficult toonumer-
ate. Writers of "Answers to Corre
spondents" In journals ot high and low
degree even In the oountry of Its blrtb
have attributed it to Daniel O'Connoll,
John Phllpot Curran, Tom Moore and
Davis; the honor has boen accorded to
Dr. Madden, to Thomas Francis Meagher
snd to D'Arcy McGee; but to none of
those does It rightfully bolong. It was.
the Inspiration of an Irish poet and pa
triot who, but little known among read
ers on this side of the Atlantic was in
many respects the equal of tbo best of
these, ond os o lover ot his country in
no sense tbe Inferior ot any.
In 1815, ond on St Patrick's day, Dr.
William Drennan wrote the preface to o
little brochuro ot bis poems, In whlob
be explained thst he bad furnished
them to o young friend "just entering
the printing business, to give him an
occasion of showing the public bis pro
gress in tbe typographic art" One of
the poems, entitled "Erin," opens with
this stoma:
When Krln first rot from the dark swell
Ing flood,
God bli-tsed tticgrten Island; lie saw I was
rod:
The K ii eratd of Kumpe, It spsrkled, It shone.
In the ring of tb wor d tb must precltm
lone."
Hut it is in the tenth stanza that occurs
tbe expression with which this article
Is headed:
"Arm of Krlnt prove strong; but be gentle
as brave,
And.upll ted to s rlke. still be ready to ssve;
Nor one felng tf vengeanoo pr. sum to ue
file
The esuse, or the men of the Kmersld Iile."
To many who hove met with the ex
pression for the first time in this poem,
it bos seemed that it was here first used
in print; but In a note the author, touch
ing upon the poet's jealousy in regard
to the priority of claim to an epithet
likely to become popular, says: "'Iho
Emerald Isle' was first used in o party
song, written without the rancor of
party, in tbe year 1795." To this be
adds: "From the frequent use made of
the term since that time he the author
fondly hopes that It will gradually be
come associated with the name ot his
oountry, as descriptive of its prime
natural beauty and it Inestimable
value."
And tb patriot-poet's fond wish was
gratified years before he died. Once
Week.
THE BLACK SWAN.
Tb Ora ee ful Water Hlrd I N Longer
Kara A via.
At one time the black swan was un
known or regarded as a freak of nature.
In the "Antiquary" Sir Walter Scott
makes oneot his characters aa-: "What1
Is It my rare avis, my black swan?" Hut
since tbe discovery and opening up ol
the Australian continent it has beoomt
mora common, for it is found in large
flocks In the south ond westof Australia.
On writer says tbat they bave become
so abundant tbat he bas seen flocks o'
them being driven In the street ol
Sydney as it they were a flock of geese.
Tbey are found to be very prolific and
ar tamed with great ease, and It hat
aot been found diffloult to keep and
breed them In captivity, bat the experi
ence) baa been tbat the Urn of theit
breeding I uncertain, because the sea
sons ar entirely reversed oa tb north
era bait of the glob to what tbey are in
tb southern hemisphere,
Tb black swan Is mora slender la
build thoa tbe common awaa and aot
quite so larg la body. Tb plumage,
aa
a
being white- Tb eye are bright red,
a Is tb. beak, but th. latter baa a white
Ua. Th feet ar black. Tha Toun
of a Mi!
rOMUsaa.
whea hatched ar
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SELLINQ HUMAN HAIR.
ter Mmkpt the Crop Is Grown aad Bow
It la Bought -
In remote Swiss, German and Frencb
Tillages traffic In human hair Is as rec
ognised a portion of tha commerce as
tb sale of butter and eggs, and is, U
the young peasant girls, a very impor.
tant matter. Tboy grow tbelr balr with
a view to selling it Jut as their fathers
and brothers grow tbelr corcols and
raise their cattle for the same purpose.
In many cases, whore tbey ore fortunate
enough, to hove it of a good, marketable
eolor and fine texture, they get for tbeli
war more than tbelr mole rolotivei
cauld hope to cleor ofter many yeors ol
bard toll
Tbe great drawback to tbo lucratlve-
ness of halr-formlng la tne siownes oi
growth and tbe fact that the some hood
is rarely known to produce a remarkably
fine crop twioe. An objection to It Is
dislike, nstural In a woman, to pari
with what is a nature-given ornament
We may foel positive that in the dis
tricts where hair is sold it is a proud
distinction to be In constant possession
of a good crop which 1 definitely under
stood to be "not for sale," and which ar
gues well for the amount of worldly
goods enjoyed by its possessor.
Here, where there is no recognised
commercial value placed on luxuriant
looks, it was a year or two ago quite
fashionable to hav balr short and wavy,
like a man's. There, howevor, the con
solation bas to be administered in the
shape of bard cash, and evon with that
croat soler in their bands the peas
ant hair-growers can seldom see their
shorn tresses gathered up by the Indif
ferent purchaser with equanimity.
One village raarkot is hold every sec
ond Friday and is attended by buyers
from Paris only.
Those wane aooui toe
streot the village boasts but one long,
t,lla fla o-lrla stand about
In couples so thot they moy give eocn
mv,- moral aunnort The business is
transacted in a large room. The sellers,
having bod their balr combed out and
examined, wait for an oflor.
If tb!s be satisfactory the buyer takes
np a bright pair of shears fastened to
bis waist and cuts the treasured tresses,
papering and pocketing them quickly,,
so tbat the denuded girl may see ss lit;
tie of them as possible once they have
passed out of ber possession. She then
goes off and uses all the means she
knows of to cultivate a new crop, which
occasionally Is successful up to tbe
third and even fourth transactions,
though rarely Is the first bargain bet
tered. The crop, however, Is capricious;
occasionally a second growth and a third
have been known to exceed the first in
longth and fineness to a surprising de
gree, though, If tbe color be fair and
particularly of golden sheen, tbe second
crop even is almost Invariably not satis
factory in this one particular.
Puroly whit hair, U long and nne.
may be converted into a llttlo fortune
by its possessor, supposing she be so
minded. Albino women bave been
known to obtain for a crop ot hair white
as snow ond fine os spun silk the nice
little sum of $750, which certainly would
make hair-farming a remunerative occu
pation, supposing that only two such
crops could be raisod and disposed of in
a Ufo-tlmo.
It is said tbat the Frenob ex-Empress
paid (200 an ounce tor balr to match her
own, which was, In her you tb, that much-
prized hue which is the same as virgin
gold. The difficulty of exactly match
ing hair Is muoh greater than might be
supposed by the casual observer, who
sees only the four colors known by hair
experts as type-colors white, black,
brown and blonde, bach of these pro
duce numerous shades not less than
sixteen of every type and the subtle
difference in these shades of hair Is
wonderfully perceptible, as those who
have a little and want to match it spoed-
lly find out Hair which is artificially
colored to match Is most unsatisfactory,
as the hue Is not stationary;
Hair died on the head is a far from en
viable possession, as It requires frequent
redlpplngs, and its owner (the ways of
hair dye being inscrutable) bas usually
to disappear from social ken during the
process. Not alone that fact but also
that medical men declare softening of
the brain to be brought on by the use of
hair die, os well as diseases ot the eye,
makes this a most undesirable practice.
A fine head ot virgin-gold colored balr
will bring from $200 to 8500, according to
Its length and luxuriance, and to those
who have It and are anxious to convert
It Into bard cash it maybe pleasing to
bear that there are orders in advance
for all tbat can be produced ot this de
scription for thr next 11 v years.
Chatter.
THE SALMO TRUTTA.
A Enropeaa Game FUh to B Introduced
Into American Water.
The fly fishermen of the United States
bave a now pleasure before them.
fish not hitherto knojvn in America Is to
oe introduced this year, and there
every reason to believe that it will
thrive and multiply wonderfully. The
fish is the European sea t.-out sal mo
trutta. a fish well known and abundant
in England. hile the sea trout is a
salt-water fish, It inhabit land-locked
iresn waters and thrives there. Of its
enaracteristicsas a game fish one writer,
Mr. henneu, says:
"There is no fish that swims whiob
will rise so boldly at the fly, or which,
wnen noouea, shows lor its size such In
domitable pluck, such gallant and de
termined courage. It Is the most game
ami meniesoma usd. Known to Europe,
or probably to the world."
David Foster say also that the sea
trout "exceeds for gameness and per-
uuotiij every otner liriUSO Dsn.
in the summer of 1889 an American
angler who fished In Scoth waters for a
time wrote a letter to Shootlmr ai
Fishing telling what great larks be bad
with the sea trout The editor of tha
paper became so much interested In the
fish through this letter that he deter
mined to import the fish to this country.
Accordingly he arranged with United
etates r isb Commissioner McDonald to
nave a supply or egg cared for at tha
Craig Hrook station. Me. Mr. Mcdon
ald choo-e this station because they
war ( 1 1 .a a . .
-.. u fur wawr, lavorabl condl-
uua oi temperature at all seasons of
the year, and natural conditions of food.
Beeide-s, there are several streams la
tb vicinity of the towns of Ellsworth,
Bucksport etc., which empty directly
Into salt water, whera the fish can b
turned loose and find tho natural condl
tlons needed for them.
i b eggs will soon arrive. It wilL of
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7. V' . brought
E$l n4 how th.,
;rrowiBP.1".te flsb.rm.a
o be lmpau.-nt-N. Y. Si
BIO STEAM ENGINE.
It Has n W Month Coder Ca
tion and la a Sight
Tb larg engine which bas bees t
der construction at ths Fiahkill j:!"
Ing machine works for the p,t
months Is a great piece of work la iv
Una of machinery, and to those h!
y.slt tho establishment dally It Us w!
der to behold. It stands just ini'doi
the doors ot the main shop and it ,
tends in height through an openlnjoJ
tbe second floor of tba building. Thee.
glne Is of the Corliss type, snd Is for u,,
Xew York Central & Hudson BiT(f
Ballrosd Company, to be used in s gnu
elevator in New York City. In Boa--
and weight it is tbe largest and flnett
engine ever built at these work, it ,
similar to the monster Corliss enytM
wblcb hundreds ot our citizens saw ru
nlng In Machinery Hall at the Plilladel
phla Centennial In 1870, though not
large, and that was a beam engine, tni
this Is known as a vertical condensing
engine.
To give our readers an Idea of whit
this massive and beautiful engine Is, wt
will give a description of it without
going into minor details.
Tbe cylinder Is set In the top ot two
oast Iron frames, which are fastened la
tbe bed plate, making the total height
of engine 2t feet The base of tb
engine occupies a floor space of
only 13 feet by 8 feet The cylinder
is 63 Inches in diameter and 4
inches in stroke; the casting of tb
cylinder weighs alone over S tons. Tin
steam pipe Is over U Inches In dlametei
connecting the cylinder with the con
denser, and the -plunger receives iu
motion from a double beam, which U
connected with the cross-head by meant
of links. Tbe crank shaft Is a solid
piece of wrought Iron 18 Inches In diam
eter, 20 feet long, and weighs nearly I
tons. Tne cranic pin is iu inches la
diameter and 13 Inches long. The t,
wheel Is made In four pieces in the fora
of four bolt wheels; which when joined
together, form sn immense wheel, 16
feet in diameter, 65 inches acrosi face
and weighing altogether 85,000 pounds,
For convenience of Inspecting the differ
ent working ports ot tbe engine, It ii
divided Into two ports or stories by cut
Iron platforms, which are reached froo
the floor of the engine room by cast trot
stairways; the plotforms are supported
by braces from the frames, and a roiling
made of brass pipe, supported by
wrought iron stanchions, forms o safe
guard around the platforms, the hand
rail or the stairway being made in ths
tamo marnor. The motive power of tb
engine is estimated at 1,000 bono power,
and when completed It will weigh IN
tons. When it is shipped to New York
It will require five or six cars to carry
It Fiahkill (N. Y.) Journal.
EXPECTING TOO MUCH.'
That What Many Irson Do When Tbey
Engage a Fhytlelan.
When you buy a ticket from any ol
tbe leading railroad companies they eta
not promise you, if they are truthful,
that they will take you to New York Is
time to catch the steamer to Europe.
Many things might happen to delay thi
train wreckage, Are, flood, tornado
you might die yourself. A berth In on
of the finest ocean steamers does not as
sure you that you will land safo in Liv
erpool, Queenstown or Havre, l ou con
tract to bave your house built according
to certain plans and specifications, tin
house to be finished aad ready tor occu
pancy on a certain date. Do you alwaji
find it ready at ths promised time?
When you occupy the bouse do not th
windows often move with difficulty, th
doors close badly, cracks appear in th
plastering, tbe plumbing unsatlsfactorjT
You find that the plans and specifica
tions were not followed. You get on
the cable car and pay your nickel, te
ride a few blocks, or a few miles. Th
cable breaks or the grip gives out and
you are compelled to walk. In none ol
these coses mentioned, and bundredi
more could be cited, can you be assured
that what you desire will be granted.
There is nothing certain but death and
taxes.
Whon you call upon a physician, yos
very often demand from him more than
you would from the railroad company,
the steamship company, the contractor,
or anybody else. You often say, "Don
tor, what will you take to cure me?"
You may have been sick for many yean
Your parents may have been delicate
people and started you in life with In
herited tendonclos to disease. You nut
have Injured yourself by bad hablts
yeu may refuse to correct these bad
habits when pointed out Notwithstand
ing these facts, you want to be "cured.
No honest physician will promise yoa s
"cure." He would not guarantee a con
for a scratch of a pin, for men bave died
from as trifling a matter as s
acratch of a pin. Cure, formerly
meant, "to cars for." He will do that
Quads promise cures; the true physi
cian never uses the word, except in iti
sense "to car for." Remembering th
Instances olted above the uncertainty
of earthly things no intelligent pe"08
should ask a physician to guarantees
cure; and it a so-called physician under
takes to make such guarantee, every in
telligent person should know that tb
guarantor is a quack. Health Monitor,
MYSTERIOUS MUSIC.
Hearing "the Spirits 8ln(ln( Coder
tb
W ater" at Pas goala.
It was late one evening in September,
1875, tbat I first heard tbe muslo of Pa
cagoula. An old fisherman called m
from tha house where I then was, te
come down on tha river-bank and "hear
tha spirits singing under the wjter.
Full of eager curiosity, I readily obeyed
tha summons, and, if what I heard can
not be properly called muslo, it was cer
tainly mysterious. From out of tha
waters of tba river, apparently so4
forty feet from its shelving bsnk, rose a
roaring, murmuring sound, which gradu
ally increased in strength and voluxe
unti; It bad reached its height when it
as slowly descended.
It "ver advanced or receded, but
seemed always in tha aame spot; and.
though I remained there soma time, it
never ceased, but continued to rise snd
fall in the manner that I bave indicated
above. The reader may obtain a better
idea ot tbe musio If he will place bis ear
against a telegraph-pola, the timber of
which, acting aa a sounding-board for
the wires that ora ployed upon by the
wind, give forth a strange, tremuloos
sound, that Is an exact counterpart '
the "music of Pascagonla" with thU
difference, however, that whereas tb
music of tbe wires is very wsvering
tremulous, that of the water rises sod
A soldier, writln to bis affianced,
ioa-Pnbtpltl. a. follows: "H.v
T 'm Jw offectlonst