EUGENE CITY GUARD.
i, 1 CAMPBELL. ProurteUr,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
PENNIES AT THE FERRY HOUSE.
Cm Would Tlilna There Would Be
Plenty, but Tlial la Not So.
"Gimme (2 worth of pennies.
The grocery mun upon ilia next cor
nor tout mc" shouted a boy as lie put
up a crumbled bill at tho box in the
forry house at the fool of ltoosevell
Streot yesterday. .
"Can't do iU"tald the forry muster
"haven't cot 'em to Suro."
"Wbctre you givin' usJ" returned
(he boy as ho again closed his dirty
fingers around the bilL "You'vo pot
dead loads of 'em over there, only
you're too mean to give 'em to a fel
low." With this the boy made a gri
mace and darted iuto the street.
"Nearly every ono imagines that we
have pennies by the thousand," said
the forry master to a Bun reporter,
"but the fuel is we're nearly always
short of pennies."
"And doing a penny business, toot
It doesn't scorn possible."
"I know it doesn't, but I can mnko
you undorstand it very easily. Just
stand here for ten minutes and keep
track of the money I take in, and you
can figure it out" i
The reporter kept tally as directed.
In ten minutes forty-six norsons passed
the box. The lurgtU bill that was of
fend was a f '.' bill. Two fares were
taken out. and four ponnics had to go
with the fl.Ds chnnjro. Onefurewo
taken out of a $1 bill, and two pen
nice went with the 07 cents chango.
Four fifty-cent pieces for four fares en
tailed a outgo of two pennies in the
forty-seven cents change to each pas
senger. Three single fares were taken
from three quarters, and the change
in each insUinco contained two pen
nies. Two other quarters w ere offered
and two fares were takon from each,
making necessary the return in the
change of eight pennies. Four dimes
were offered for four single fures, and
eight pennies went in the chuugo, ami
two dunes for two fures each required
the return of eight pennies mora.
Single fures were taken from eleven
five cent pieces, and twenty-two pen
nics went in chango. Thirtco . passen
ger laid down three pennies each us
they passed.
Tins business occupied just ten
minutes, and a single examination
shows how italfected tho stock of pen
nies. Sixty-ono pennies wore paid out
to make proper chango, and only
thirty-pine were received, showing a
decrease of Iwonty-aeven ciinic8.
When the furry master hud a min
ute of leisure ho looked at tho figures.
"That is a little above our average,"
he said. "Wo usuully pay out from
100 to ISO more oiiiiies an hour thun
are received. Our biggest outgo is on
Sundnysand holidays. Tlion wo start
olf with 30 in pennies, and before the
dav is done we frequently run short"
New York Bun.
On Uuuilrrd and een Tears Old.
In a small cottngo way out in tho
tuburbs of New Orleans, whero the air
is pure and the residences aro scarce,
there departed this lifo recently at tho
wonderful old ago of 107 years Clem
entine Landry, for over 100 yean a
resident of New Orleans. This aged
colored woman was born in Ht James
parish during the year 1782, and
strange to say hus never left her native
State since that timo. Her many chil
dren and grandchildren remember
hearing tho old ludy speak of Gen. An
drew Jackson's great victory at Chul
motto and tho enthusiastic manner in
which he was received by tho Hpu
lace, and the many other inciduuU of
the long ago thut arc only remembered
by a few. During tho days of slavery
Clementine l-amlry was owned by Mr.
Valloriu (Juudet at that timo a prenii
nent citizen of Now Orleans. At the
time of death the members of her fam
ily amounted to about fifty persons,
among whom thero aro at present liv
ing four of her children, the oldest of
whom is 70, eleven grandchildren
ranging between tho years of K0 and
85, and twenty four greatgrandehil
dren between the ages of 1'4 uud 17.
Herald of Health.
Inspiration fratn Dreamt,
Einco Robert Louis Stevenson wrote
"A Chapter on Dreams," and gave the
little Brownies of his sleeping brain
the credit of many of the fanciful cre
ations of his wukiug hours, several
well known novelists havo aoknou l
edged to the dreaming of plots. The
Duchess, in a recent newspaper ar
ticle, wrote that at least two-thirds of
the innumcrablochuractort who figure
in her innumerable novels havo been
pun from thestulf which dreams are
made of, and if she meets an interest
tag man or woman, who is in tho least
suggestive of material, and goes !3
sleep Willi tins new personality IresUly
photographed in her menial camera.
aha is pretty sure to dream il up into
shape beloro inouawuoi uuy. cur
rent Literature.
The Norwegian Peasant.
The Norwegian peasant has a do
eided aptitude for trading and for
travel, aim is consequently naturally
Inclined to knowledge, hdueation is
making steady progress in the coun
try; every one can read and write, and
on every farmstead one or more news
paper are regularly taken. The hus
ma-nd (tenants or cotters) even aro be
ginning to subscribe to newspaper.
Books they can get from the parish li
brary, or very often they buy them for
themselves. Tho modern literature of
tho country I his penetrated into every
ralley, anil is uow generally bought
by the well to do among tho peasantry.
Harper' Maguiiue. i
The Natural Result.
Peddler I am liitrwiueluj a hi kind of
air brush which
B'uIihm llan (Impatiently) I've no net
for a balr brush. Cau't you -a I'm baldf
Poddler Yes, sir. Your lady, perhaps
Business Mao Sue's bald, too, except when
Sb goes out.
Peddler Yea, sir. Child at boms, proba
bly Buiioe llan Only a month old. Bald
too.
Peddler Yea, sir. You keep pet dug,
BJayba
BiuiooB Man We do; but It's a hairless
oof.
i'eddler (.lesiiei-nti-ly) Cant I Sell yon. a
fly trap, sirt Chicago Tribune.
' Sentimentalists like Dvron and Shel
ley might have a horror of a woman
who confessed to a hearty appetite;
but the women h till homes with
sunshine are thoso who can both cook
good dinner and help to eat it.
Christian World. '
THE WOMEN OF FRANCE.
Itenlnl of III Claim Thai There o Man
Sla.l'HM Among Them.
Do not trust our nowspapers. Above
all shun those journuls which pretend
to describe society. Tlie society thut
they know, tho only society thut they
cun descrilst. is not society ul all; it is
ISohemiu. They Uilk, it is truo, of a live
duchess, but they have only seen their
duchess from a distance. She was in
her box, they were all away below in
the stulls. Tho woman whom they
really know is Marguerite Oautier, and
and it is Marguerite to whom they as
sign the ducal namo.
Most frequently they do not even
take the troublo to find a fictitious
trademark for their wares; they fur
nish you without disguise, with the
scandal of the world of pleasure, a per
fect scries of orgies, a Bacchanalia of
courtesans. Thereupon you say to your
self. This is a great Babylon I Indeed
it is not; it is only a tiny corner of
Babylon, no bigger than a nuOtholl
a tiny corner, such as may be found
in London, in Home or in Vienna.
This corner is a trifle lurger in proor
tion as the town is more famous and
attracts more foreigners.
But this is not the immorality of
Paris, it is the immorality of the
world; nay, it is not Paris nor is it tho
Parisian woman. There is no more
amusing madcap than tho Purisian
courtesan, and no more sensible and
charming person than the Parisian
woman. The two exist in two dis
tinct worlds, and huve nothing in com
mon except their ImU.
We have, at the outsido, 2,000 or
8.000 of the madcaps, reckoning in
that number those who are on the
border lino and who huve one foot
in each of the two worlds. It is
a large number, uui omy unna
what a host of foreigners como
to us. And yet tho madcaps
attract more attention than our C00,
000 virtuous Purisiun women and our
20,000,000 virtuous French women.
Foreigners aro not tlie only crsoiis
who make a mistake about this mutter.
In Franco itself tho novel mukes such
a fuss thut muny Frenchmen fancy
that the one class of womcu is tno
othor.
Our excellent littlo middle cluss
women are judged by tho standard of
"Indiuna." Fifty years ago they were
all reading "Indiana" with fervor,
forcing themselves to find their own
imago in it just as at tho present day
we forco ourselves for an hour or so
to bolievo thul Francois le C'hampi's
peasants uro men of tlcsh and blood.
Nay, my di-ur ladies, you aro not such
Inuianus nor such l'runcillons asull
thut When you go to seo Fiuncillon
on tho stugo you aro so charmed with
tho happy ending of the third act that
you forgivo the improbabilities of the
other two, Meilhuo maintains that
your French virtuo is a steadily di
minishing quantity ; but at all events
you cling to w hat remains of it Btill,
I am only now uxmkingof fashionable
Parisian ladies, for tlie others keep
simply to tho old standard. Vico re
quires littlo time to blossom, but it
takes long to sprcud its roots. Fort
nightly Kuview.
rtulldliig ship.
Tho business of building ships has
proscred in Great Britain during tho
past year. Il is a noblo trade, and em
ploys a largo numicror me mosi skin
ful mechanics. On tho little river
Clydo. in Scotland, 302 vessels were
launched in 16ls8, of which 173 were
steamers and 127 were sailing ships.
Most of tho steamers were built of
steel, which has now becomo the fuvor
ite metal among ship owners.
On tho Tyno, li'i vessels were built
during the year, and on the Wear 75,
making a total of f09. ,
These vessels alono would form a
very imiHising fleet mid nearly all of
tliom were designed for commercial
purposes. Grout as tho number of
now vessels was, it docs little more
than muko good the losses in the Brit
ish shipping list by wreck and decay.
Moreover, a considerable number of
theso vessels were built for foreign
firms and governments.
In any art of tho world, if any one
wants a good steamer built ho thinks
first of tho great ship building firms
in tho north of Britain, and one of
tlieiu is pretty sure to get tho contract
Thero wus a time when the United
States took tho lend in this magnificent
kind of manufacture, and coplu in
England went down to tho docks in
Liverpool and Ixmdon just to see the
beautiful rlipiiers built on the Merri
moo, tho Hudson and tho Kennebec
It should bo so, and will bo so again,
wo trust, before many year have
passed. Youth's Compuniou.
Seals Not Signatures.
When Ihilnh Rod bought his father's
freedom of William le Butler, William
gave him an acknowledgment for the
money and a written cerlillcate of the
transaction, but he did not sign his
namo. in thoso days nobody signed
their names, not because they could
not write, for 1 susect that just us
largo a pnortion of peoplo in Kng
land could write well COO years ugo us
could havo douo so forty yeare ago,
but because il wus not the fashion to
sign one's name, instead of doing
that everybody who wus a freeniwi
and a luau of substance, in executing
any legal document affixed to il his
seal, and that stood for his signature.
Peoplo alwuys curried their souls about
with them in a purse or small bug,
and it was 110 uncommon thing for a
pickpocket to cut otf this bug uud run
away with the seal, and thus put the
owner to very serious inconvenience.
Tli is was what actually did linpMn
once to William lo Butler's father-in
law. Ho wus a certain Sir Kichard
Bollhouse, and he lived at North Tud
denham, near Dereham. Sir Hichnrd
was high sherilf for the counties of
Norfolk and Suffolk in 12U1, and his
duties brought him into court on Jan.
S3 of thai venr before one of the
judge at Westminster. I suppose
the court was crowded, and in the
crowd some rogue cutolT Sir Richard's
purse and made olf with his seal. I
never heard that he got il back again.
Ilistorio Essays, Rev. Augustus Jes
opp.
IxmRVTllj l laaorta.
It Is well known that Sir John Lub
bock has shown how long insects may
lire when kept out of harm' way.
The greatest age attained by any in
sect so fur as is known, is that reached
by the queen of an ant (Formica
fusca), which lived in his care until
Aug. 8, 1863, when she must have
been nearly IS years old. Another
queen of the unit specie died at the
advanced age of over 13 year. lie has
now a queen of another kind of ant
(Losiu niger), which is more than 9
years old, "and still lays fertile egg
which produce fouiaJssuts." New Or-:
lean Picayune. !
John T. Rayaaond'e Hotel Joke.
I heard a funny story the other daj
about Jimmy Pigolt, that clever actor,
who first came to this country I think
with Mrs. Langtry and afterward act '
ed with young Hothern. Jimmy Pi
gott was at one lime very well known
In the gay set about I-oudon. and like
many another good fellow lost his
money and had to turn round and
make his bread and butter. Just be
fore became to this country lie met
John T. itnymond, whoso advico h
asked about the hotels and other mat
tors. This is the result! When Mr.
Pigott got here he stepped into a cab
and requested to be taken to the
"Hotel Tombs!" The cubby assert!!
that he did not know of any such
place. "Then," said Piuotl "to thr
Hotel Ludlow." Again cabby insisted
on his ignorance. "Well, of all stupid
cabman 1 ever came across, this is thr
stupidest! What hotel would you
recommend?" "Hotel Dam, sir.'
"Dam yourself," said Pigott, getting
out of the cab and posing himself foi
a fight The cubby was quickly oil
the box, only too ready tubulin, and
it wo only after tho surrounding cab
men had explained Hint Pigott realized
that he had been sold by his friend
Mr. Raymond, and that tlie cabby'i
intention wore quite honorable Thai
same afternoon the genial English
man went to tho ticket office to in'
quire the price of a ticket to Salt Lako,
as he had a brother there, and he
thought he would like to spend the
afternoon with him I 11 is astonish
merit when he discovered that the
ticket would bo in the neighborhood
of $300, and thut he could scarcely Lk
there in time for dinner, cau be bcttei
imagined than described. New Voii
Cor. Chicago Herald.
Crime and Its Treatment.
Time was when folks afflicted will
disease were put out of the way, nol
as Bergh'a men kindly kill a dis
ablcd animal lo mercifully end its dis
tress, but because deemed unlit U
live. Now tho crowning glory of 011 1
century is it mngnificeut hospitals
Time will bo when our prisons, tnodis
grace of this grand age, will U
changed to humunituriau institution.
for the control and euro of crime, in
stead of pest pluces for its punishment
and propagation.
Statesmen and reformers are begin
ning to consider that our system of so
ciety is really accountable for mon
crime than it prevents. Judges and
juries are frequently called upon t(
condemn uufortuuate creatures of cir
cumsuincc less guilty of otfcnsi
against their fellows than thoso befon
whom they are arraigned. Did all
wrong doers escape detection, af
doubtless tho majority do, there would
be no criminals Icnown; whiloif tin
consciences of men were incased in
flass all would bo criminals alike
here would bo no honest men to brine
tlie guilty to justice. Let all who read
reflect unou this.
He who robs you wrongs himself
worso than you. You may recover
your proicrty or purehuso more, but lit
do corrupted Ins conscience, ruined
hi 'reputation, assassinated his mini
hood. Ho bus indicted upon himsell
a misfortuno, whilo you havo but sus
tained a ocuniury and perchance a
trifling loss. S. IL Preston in Jour
nal of Health. - .
That Talkatlre Berber.
Clothes may not mako tho man, but
they have everything to do with his
general amieumnce. Enter a barber
shop any day when tho chairs aro full,
scan tho heads of tho customers as thov
lay back in tho chairs, with the towel
aiiddustercloseup to their chins, form
your idea of thoappearancoof tho man
when ho shall have stepped outou the
floor, and iu nineteen cases out of
twonty you will bo surprised. In the
ursi place uu iucu ui urn sizu is iiiuuuu
under tho duster. In recognizing n
friend you do so as much by his size
1 . 1
anu manner as you uo ins leaiures
You rcudilv recocrnizean acquaintance
from a reur view us ho walks on ahead
of you. In the barber shon you will
see a man with a massive No, 8 head
and when ho steps down you aro n
much shocked to find that it is placed
on a B foot 0 inch body as to learn thai
the boyish (!) head in the next chair i
on ton of a 0 foot body. You will set
noble, high browed head thut you
are sure musl belong to some distin
guished lawyer, and you are knocked
oui wnon a policeman or me enifiiieei
from next door in hi blue flannel
shirt emerges from under the covers
Another thing that amuses mo is tin
fail uro of friends lo rocognizo euch
othor while in the barber chairs, anil
that hunnona twenty times a day. the
recognition only following when our
or the other comes oil me chair. bi
Louis Globe Democrat
Marriage for Quarter.
A story is told about a minister'
marriage fee thut causes amusemeni
among tlie clorgy. He was paid ft foi
marrying a couple. After they de
norted he wusubout to hand the monct
to hi wife when the door bell wa
rung. The nowlr married wife said
tlie wanted a certificate. No marri.igt
was rood without one. It cost tv.en
ty-five cents for a blunk that won lo
lull her. 1110 revcrenu geuiiemui
filled the blank out in the usual form
and" she wont away seemingly salis
fled. .
A few days later she again apncartx1
at the door. "Mister," said the wo
man, in an aggrieved tone, "I looked
through the papers and can't finds
notice of our wedding. You oughi
not to treat us different from otliei
folia," go the dominio went to a news
paper oUice and paid fifty couts to
Lave a notico inserted. Wbon ht
reached home he bunded tho remain
ing twenty-five rent to hi wife with
the remark 1 "Hero, my dear, hurry
np and tako this before that woman
majccs anouier can.'-
Ko Wcvaaloa lor Thaaaa.
One occasion when Tom Ochiltree
returned home from congress there
was very little travel upon the rail
road, and ho was the only person of
consequence on tho train. When il
topped at hi town there was an uir
usual crowd around the depot, and
naturally enough he thought it hul
assembled lo welcome him. So he
stepped out on the platform and be
gan: "Gentlemen, I thank you for this
hearty demonstration"
"Demonstration t thunder 1" said one
of tlie crowd. "John Dill ha just
commiuea suicme la ui acpok
Waahin gton (Vitio.
A French ballet girl ha recent h
been proven the daughter of adr-ccam
marquis and the heir to a fortune of
several millions. America says that
aha i now enriched by her fat hoi
after having long been supported by
her grand pa.
Baa Mario
There are In Europe several state,
not larger than ordinary townships in
Englundor America, yet permitted to
enjoy perfect indeendence of the
powenul governments which !"'"
them. Thut which has least escaped
notico is the ancient republic of ban
Murino, so culled, as somo say, after
an old monk who was it founder,
though another account i
honor is due to a pious Mason of Dal
mutia in tho Fourth century. It is a
craggy tract of country in tho hills
near Rimini, on tho Adriatic, and in
eludes about 33 squuro miles, with a
population of ubout 8,000, and an
army of 40 men. commanded by scv
era! "rronerals." for it is said that of
floes and titles and decorations are to
be had for a suitable consideration, in
dependent of meritorious service.
Though inclosed on all sides by what
were the dominions of the pope, and
though it wus severely menaced by
Napoleon I in his conquering career,
yot he wu induced lo respeel its ven
erable autocracy, and so have all the
powers iuto whoso hands the sur
rounding purts of Italy have fullen,
both before and since; so thut this lit
tle republic has continued independent
for at least fourteen centuries, a longer
period thun any other government jn
Europe can boast of.
Austria, Prussia and France have
each had 1,100 years of united indo
pondonce, Englund 800, and Russia
830 years only. It has an unwritten
constitution, according to which the
' ''islati ve power is vested in a council
. 60, elected by the people. Of these
20 are nobles. 20 aro townspeople and
20 are from the rural populution. The
executive lies with two of the council
ors. who are chosen every six months
and act jointly as regent.
The judicial power is exercised by a
doctor of laws, who must be a stranger
and cannot hold ollice longer thun
three years. The village of 1,500 peo
plo, which forms Iho capital of tho re
public, is situated high up on Mount
Titan. It bus a castlo, which was for
tided by King Bercnger, of Lombardy,
and as its principal object of intereal
a splendid collection of mcduls num
boring ubout 40,000. Tho principal
inhabitants resido in a more sheltered
locality. The people generally aro in
a very backward condition. They
have no printing press, but rejoice in
four convents, live churches and a
theatre. Journal of Health.
Killing Cattle Merclfullj.
Any one acquainted with the man
agemcntof slaughter houses, and who
has previously witnessed the manner
in which tho animal are stunned,
must have been shocked by tho hor
rors attendant on the proceedings fre
quently involved iu the admission of
novices to tho trade, by using the liv
ing animal us a block on which to
Dractico. The amount of torture
caused in this way by unskilled hands 1
bullies description. 1 oung men come
forward each in turn to strike a bloW
at the same ox. Tho ax may some
times fall ten times upon the same uu
fortunuto animal, whoso eyes areoften
put out and his whole skull battered
in a pitiahlo way before the practiced
blow of tho master butcher puts un
end to his sufferings and luyshnn low.
In onler lo end theso cruelties the
directors of the Berlin slaughter house
havo provided a practicing apparatus,
upon which apprentices are bound lo
learn their trudo. They are obliged
to practice upon it till they hnvo ac
quired sufficient strength and dexter
ity lo hit a button 111 the machine
with tho same forco as is required to
mako a strong ox insensiblo; and they
are only iiermittcd to touch the liv
ing animul when they havo proved
their competence with tho machine
Tho apparatus consists of two cast
iron cylinders lilting into 0110 another
and pressed bv mcuiis of two power
ful springs. When tho button upon
the apparatus is struck the springs ure
pressed, and tho cylinders slip to-
S other, while tho exact strength of
io blow given is indicated upon the
dial. Tho apparatus hangs in a strong
wooden frame, and is movable, so thul
the button can bo raised or lowered
according us the practice is intended
for largo or small rattle. A mallet of
forged iron about 7 inches long is used
with this apparatus. Il has on both
sides a rounded surface of about 2
inches in diameter.. The handlo,
which measures 2? i inches long, nuiht
not be used too short 1 avoid risk of
breaking. Frciburgcr Tagblatt
Tlie llare luipruTlng
An English nowspapcr has been
making a collective investigation re
garding tho questions given below: "1.
Does vour ex H-rience suggest to you
that tlio race of Kuglishmcu is degene
rating physically! 2. Do you think
that tho great advance in tho healing,
art is resiKinsioio lor Keeping alive
much weak lifo that will in time a tree t
the whole race injuriously t 3. Do you
think that tho increased indulgence in
physical siorts has. on the whnlo, a
good influence on health! 4. Hus il
ever struck you that probably the great
attention paid to health in these days
may bo producing an anxiety about
bodily ailments which is a disease in
itself " Answers have been received
from a long array of practitioners,
among whom are the names of emi
nent London physicians. The general
view taken, according to The Medical
Record, is that Englishmen are nol de
generating, but thut on the m holo, the
race is improving iu vigor. New Or
leans Picayune,
Rapid Rulldlng.
The Dayton Democrat relates the
following, which illustrates pretty
well tho ranidity a well as extent lo
which building is carried on these
days:
Citizen (to builder)-What are you
going to put up there?
Builder We're just beginning the
finest row of flat ever built iu New
York city.
Citizen -I'd like a nice flat in this
Qoighborhootl
Builder-Well, you stop on your
way home from down towu this even
ing and I'll show you through; but
get here as early a possible or they
may be gone.
FoUowlDg the Line of Doty.
Fottmaster (pointing triumphantly at ral
boW) Do jrou we that nolo! That where to
much of Uie miasing mail matter has gone.
The cat caught toe rat a little while ago and
dragged out a per of letters, all torn and'
Chewed into little bits. That vindicates me
completely. It was th rat, sir it was
the rat
Citisra (dubiously) But dldnt you know
mail matter was mialng all the timet
PoetnuuW Of coup
Citiaeo Then why cUdnt yoa catch the rat
rooneu!
f oeunacter (with dlnltD-Pra not paid to
catch rata, air. sly buainea la to attend to
the peatoflka. Chicago Tribune.
At targ !epol.
Did you ever Hunk what a place a
depot in a city like Minneapoli is for
the study of human nature, and what a
world of interesting sight and scenes
are to be had there? If onecould become
ubiquitous for an hour or two and
stand a disinterested observcrat all Ihe
railroad stations and becomo oblivious
to everything else for the timo being,
what would bo the impression? hy,
if you look at the incoming trains as
they slop, you would bo tempted lo
think thut everybody had run away
from everywhere else ami come to
Minneapolis and brought his wife and
daughter, or somebody else's wifo or
daughter, ami all were hurrying with
all their mighUand mains to gt tuway
from the deol before they got arrest
ed. And tliis impression would not be
lessened by tho rush and soufllo bo
twecn them and the hackmen and cab
men and draymen and hotel and
boarding house drummer, as tho hit
ter grab and nub, and rush and push
and yell and scramble to get baggage
and passengers into their various cou
vcyances, and the former dodging and
hoving and rushing and tugging and
pulling at goods and grips and other
luggage; dogs, cunury birds and ba
bies. , . ,
But then your attention 1 drawn
from all theso before they are out of
sight by another such a crowd rushing
and hurrying the other way, just as if
everybody wus running away from
Minneapolis und going to other part
unknown, taking with them all the
money, all the portable property, ul
the wives, duughlers, dogs und and
babies of themselves and their neigh
bors, and were all doing their very
best to get out of the city before they
were arrested. At tho gate tho kocpci
seems to think so too, us he gives each
of them a punch as they pass out
This hurry und scufllo, bustloaud rus
tie and hustle, is being repeated every
hour in the day and many hours in the
night This is too wearying, almost
bewildering to tho brain. No doubt 0
good many of these crowds, both ways,
contain somo runuway thieves, bur
glare, bank defaulters, elopers, etc.,
lor the next thing that attracts the at
tcntion is tho crowds of ever dreaded,
ever welcome, uover appreciated,
never feared and never half rosiectcd
ubiquitous newsboys, crying, iu every
imaginablo key and tono of voice:
"Here's your Jour 'imway I All ubout
tho lutes' scundull" St Paul Pioneer
Press.
Continental Striken.
Early in 17S3 tho Continental cou
gross was discussing financial ques
tions. Alexander Hamilton proposed
to iund tho public debt and issue ccr
tiflcates for olllccrs' pay which were
to bear interest, and in this position he
was supported by Mudison. The op
ponents of a strongly centralized gov
eminent insisted that tho whole, mat
ter should bo left to the states, even
the mutter of olliccrs' pay. On March
10, 1783, an anonymous call appeared
in Washington's camp at Newhurg.
on tho Hudson, for a meeting of the
general and held olliccrs of tno army,
including ono officer for each com
pnny, to discuss tho aspect of uffairs.
The call wus uccompunicd by an np
peal, written in violent language by
Ctipt Armstrong, son of Gen. Arm
strong. In u general order, issued 011
March 11, Washington denounced
this call as irregular und subversive of
discipline, and named a day subso-
?Uont to that mentioned in tho call
or a meeting in which to hear tho re
nort of tho committee sent to congress.
By personal appeals to each ollicer he
sought to calm their passions and pro
vent hasty action. On tho 15th tho
meeting was held according to the
coll. and Gen. Horatio Gutes, who
was susccted of being iu symputhy
with tho authors or tho appeal, was
made chairman to prevent his taking
any part 111 tho discussion. A com
mitteo was appointed to draw un reso
lutions, of which Gen. Knox, a close
friend of Washington, was made
chairman. Theso resolutions were
Bossed in spilo of the opposition of
le authors of tho mcctiug. Goti.
Washington in un address urged the
m . 1 ; 1 : n I
OUicors 10 piuco implicit couuuenco in
the wisdom and justice of cougress.
Philadelphiu Times.
Not TTorth Taking.
The August sun had gone down In a blase
of golden glory, luerestlosa katydid war
bled Its pensive lay from Its retreat among
the honeysuckle, the Lake Michigan tephyr
stirred the leave of the consumptive shade
treos, and the giddy cockroach meandered
merrily about the premises. A young mail
and a young woman tat iu the arbor and
fought musquitoe.
"Angle," be tnid, and hit voice had the
paviouate intonation of a Si. Louis drum
mer trying to sell a bill of goods to a Texas
merchant, "am 1 too later'
"You am, Mr. Uankinson. I have prom
ised to marry Sir. thugg."
"Then why, Miss Millsap," he demanded,
"did rou not answer the letter 1 wrote to you
last month I It would have saved meatrip
over me florin MUe cable r be added bit
terly. "1 did not get your letter, Mr. nanklnson."
"Did not get it f Hal Tben it was taken
by that letter thief, Uberkamol I see it alL
If you had gut that letter you might never
nave accepted the chucklehead whom you
nave promised to marry."
"Mr. Hankiusou," said the younz ladv.
freeilngly, "in that letter did you make me
an oiler of your band and heartf
"I did, ilise Millsap."
"1 hen the letter thief never took It There
was nothing in it worth taking, Mr. Ilankin
eon." The lake breese sobbed mournfully and
then stopped, the katydid let go for a mo
ment to take a fresh hold, and nothing was
neani except me savage crunching of gravel
under the young man's heels as he walked
away with his bat pulled down over his eye
Chicago Tribuue. ,
The Minister Thanked Hrano.
n old sea captain sat In the lobby of the
o- -om nou yesieruiy anornoon. lie was
In a talkative mood, and related a number
of funny experiences he had had with minis
ters. There was one In particular which
amused him very much as he recalled it,
"Once, wben we left London," he began,
"to make a trip to Baltimore, among the pas
sengers on board was a preacher. We had
hardly got out of the river before the good
man became awfully sick, and he felt sure
something was wrong with the ship. He re
lated his fears to me, and to allay them I
took him to the fore part of the vessel, where
a number of tailors were at work.
" 'Do you hear those men twearr I asked
"'Yes, he replied. 'Isn't it shocking
What will become of them T
" 'Well, I dout know,' I answered, but it
most be plain they are not worried about the
condition of the ship.' The reverend gentle
man saw the point and felt much easier.
"The next day a terrible storm arose. The
vessel plunged in the trough of the waves,
and the passengers were greatly frightened.
-I noticed the preacher going to the same
lr in uj snip, aua i tallowed him. Sud
denly be stopped and listened attentirelr
Then he exclaimed: 'Thank heaven, they are
till swearing.' I need not add that tha boat
souas iv qow.-w aiaiumors Sews,
the barrino of the DOOR."
The Eawr Incident Which rurnlahea
the Thease of a tooltU Sooc
It U not generally known that the in
cident which forms the suhicct of the
droll Scottish song, "The Burring of
the Door," which also occurs in the
Night" of Btraparola, of eastern
origin. In an Arabian tale a block
head having married his prcttycousin,
gave the customary feast to their re
lations and friend. When the festivi
ties were over he conducted his guest
to the door, and, from absence or
mind, neglected to shut it before re
turning to his wife. .
'!,.. rnnsin ." Sttld 1) IS Wife to film
when they were alone, "go and hut
the street door." "It would be strange,
indeed," he replied, "ir I uia sucn a
thinir. Am I just made a bridegroom.
wan ii ntr a snawl and
C1UII1UU IU Dili, . ."o - .
a duircor set with diumouds, and ani 1
tOgO ttlia SUUl 1110 uoori "V
dour, you are crazy. Go and shut it
yourself." "Oh, indeed!" exclaimed
the wife. "Am I, young, robed in a
dress of lace aud precious stones, am 1
. ...i ,!,,, i ii.o stro.pt dnorl No. in
deed I It is .you who have become
crazy, and not L "jome, iei ua ium
a bargain." she continued, "and lot
i il-. . .,L .,unin tmuiui fasten the
door." "Agreed," ad the husband.
and immediately no oecame ,
the wife, too, was sueni, wnno mey
both sut down, dressed as they were 111
their nuptial attire, looking at each
other and seated on opposite sofas.
TV.mo tliav mmnincd for tWO tlOUrS.
Some thieves happened to puss by.
and, seeing tiiouooropeu, enu.-n.-u mm
laid hold of whatever came to theii
i i . Tl.n oiloni viiinln heard foot
uuuus. iiw wivii. - r -
steps in the bouse, but opened not
vueir niouina. mo uim...
room and saw them seated motionless,
and apparently indifferent to all thai
light take "'place. They continued
tlicir pillage, therefore, collecting to
gotlier every valuable, and even drag
ging away the .carpet from beneath
them; they laid their hands on the
noodle and his wife, taking front theii
person every article of jewelry, while
they, in feur of losing the wager, said
not a word.
Having thus cleared the houso the
thieves departed quietly, but the paii
continued to sit, uttering not a svllu
bio. Toward morning a police ollicei
came past on his tour of inspection,
and seeing the door open walked in
After searching all the roomsand find
ing no persons, he entered their apart
ment aud inquired the meaning oi
what he saw. Neither of them would
condescend to reply. The ollicer bo
came angry and ordered their heads U
be cut off. The executioner's sword
was about lo perform its ollice whei
the wife cried out, "Sir, he is my hus
band. Do not kill him!" "Oh I oh I'
exclaimed tho husband, overjoyed, am
clapping his hands, "you have lost tin
wager; go and shut the door." lb
then explained the whole affair to tlx
police ollicer, who shrugged hisshoul
ders and went away. St. Louis lie
public.
Tlie Fair Sri In France.
Place aux dames. The fair sex o
all classes of society are just now dis
inguishing themselves iu the Freud
capital. What with ludy doctoi
lady artists, ludy politicians, and lad;
agitators of, all colors, they are mult
ing remarkable progress. Should the;
continue to advance ul the prescn
rate, their mule rivals will have b
look to their luurels. Hie l'arisienn
is evidently determined to6how thu
she is ill and uble to become a puhli
character. Too long has she been kep
in the background lo tend tho t in
dren and mend the stockings. Tli
time basarrived to prove to the world
and particularly to their masc-ulni
tyrants, that women are really stipun
or beings, and capable of taking car
of themselves in the struggle for lifi
They have not jet obtained the rigl
of political voting, and consequent!
cannot bo deputies, but they look fm
ward to that victory at an earjy m
riod. and suy they will not be satislie.
until they get it. They hold that, U
ing forced to pay taxes, they are ci.
titled to have a voice in the affairs o
tlie nation. In any case, they cut
tend, with some reason, that thing
could not possibly be worse than the,
are, and in all probability would h
infinitely better. Loudon Globe.
' Be Clung to Bis Tormentor.
A friend relates the following ratlu
jocose incident: Proceeding dowu Jo
street not long since, his attention w:
called to a little i.egro boy who w;
crying pitcously, aud alternating In
outbursts by munching a glow in
hued red pepper. The tears wei
streaming down his ebony cheeks un
he was bellowing loudly about ll,
burning sensutiou in his mouth an
tliroul, totally oblivious of tho fat
that the pepier was the cause of h
trouble, and that he was continuull
aggravating the pain by endeavoriuj
to masticate the pungent article.
The narrator, noticing his t rou LI
and its cause, stepped forward an
snatched the pepper from his hand
and threw it into the street, when
upon the black urchin set up a ma
vociferous howl aud dashed after hi
treasure, while a burly negressrushe
out of a doorway, evidently thinkin
her child had been abused. The we.
meaning pedestrian did not linger i
explain. As he departed he caught j
glimpse of the ebonized gamin cgui
in possession of the pepper aud yelliu"
and munching as before. Adapting '.
fragment of a common quotation, i
was a case where iguorauce is bliss. -Boston
Budget
A Godsend to English Farmers.
Wire barbed fencing has proved to
be a godsend to English farmers. They
are using it around their fields quietly
to annoy and prevent fox hunters
from trampling their crops. Thcysay
nothing of the sort, of course, only
keep on putting up the barbs as a con
vcnient and cheap fence. The horses
and bounds are often injured by these
fences. There is no law to prevent
the use of the wire, and not likely to
be. So a revolution is wrought in the
manners of English barristers and par
sons and gentlemen by the bits of
twisted wire invented for us on our
western prairies, where timber is
scarce. San Francisco Chronicle.
Mrs. Potter's Got
! Mrs. PottPr'a
and ono on which she spends not a
I 'na11 portion of the tfOO a week that
jshe receives, is new gowns. She
doesn t seem to care much how or
where she lives or what she eats or
i whftl she drinks or about furniture
bric-a-brac or jewelry, but a Bne dress
or a new shade so captures her fancy
that if she had to pledge all her other
j dresses to get it she would do so. Her
yn.uio gowns, a well as her stage
iwrns, nearly all come from Europe,
NW York Journal 1
A CHINESE MILLIONAIRE.
The Residence and Manner of Ufe af ih
Celeatlal Vaud.rbllt
I visited this afternoon the Vander
bilt of China. He is a relative of the
Chinese minister at Washington, and
his grandfather died less thun u gen.
oration ago leaving an estate worth
60 000,000 hard gold dollars, I lis num.
is Uow (jua ; and he has acres of houses
in the busiest part of Canton, his own
residence occupies the site of a good
sized farm, and ho hus diamonds and
pearls by the cupful. One of hit diu
mouds, a ring which cost $00,000, was
sent to England lo be sold not Umg
ago, and il is probably uow in the
jewel casket of one of the monarchsof
Europe. lie haa plantations of rice
Holds and many acres of the choicest
ta gardens, tin money is well in.
Tested aud he would approach the
wealth of Jay Gould were it not that
the oQlcials every now and then come
down upon him for a gift of from fit).
000 to $100,000 and be dure not refuse.
This rich man is now 49 years old,
though he doe not look over 35. Hw
is a typical Chinaman of the literary
dass, has a broad, high forehead, ihio
yollow cheeks and eyes thut shine as
brightly as his choicest diumond.
His hair is like let and his cue reaches
to his ankles, lie was dressed in silks
and furs when he received me. aud he
bad a tight, round block silk skull cup
on the ton of his head. He shook his
own hands before his breast in Chinese
salutation when our American consul,
Mr. Seymour, introduced me to him,
and then he reached out his long
nailed fingers and grasped my hand a
la Americaine.
It was in his grand residence on the
banks ot the Pearl river in the heart
of Canton. We walked through a
wilderness of buildings devoted to the
servants and relatives of the family be
fore we came to the reception room.
How Qua supports about 400 of hit
poorer relatives, and when a man
makes a fortune in China his whole
clan settles down upon him. In the
various courts all kinds of work
seemed to be going on. Hcreservants
were cleaning the fish for the family.
There rice was being ground into flour
and dried in great baskets, and just
uext the reception room we heard the
buzzing of Babel. It was How (jua's
children being taught by their tutor,
and like all Chinese children, they
studied out loud, singing their lessons
out at the tops of their voices. Now
and then the sharp clutter of the
ruler could be heard when one of the
boys made a mistake, and the father
told me that he intended to have hit
boys educated at the Hong Kong for
eign college and to finish them off io
America and England. He talked
English himself and he is among the
progressive of the Chinese.
As we sat and chatted the choicest
of Formosa tea was brought in, ths
leaves of which were, I judge, worth
about $20 a pound, and we seated our
selves in black ebony chafrs, which iu
couples were ranged on the sides of
small tables, and sipped the tea from
covered China cups without saucers.
There are no easy chairs in the Chi
eso gentleman's house, and this pal
ace in China had uncarpeted Boors of
stone, and its walls between the rooms
were of colored glass framed in ebony.
Some of the curious shaped panels had
pictures painted on them by Chinese
artists, and the effect of the whole was
tlie finish of a fancy store room yet
unoccupied, rather than that of a com
fortable homo.
Some of the finest rooms looked out
upon a little lake of lotus plants of
perhaps an acre in extent, and there
were glass covered corridors which
ran around this. Tlie chairs sut
against the wall, and their unbending
backs were straight up and down.
There were no cozy nooks such as
you find in our American homes and
the soft tints of our family life were
not found in the picture. Nearly every
room contained an American clock,
and some were hung with glass chan
deliers. I went into his mother's bed
room, the best in the house, 1 doubt
not, and where Uow Qua pointed ss
he said, "Thero my mamma sleeps,"
was a platform between four posts,
which was covered with straw mat
ting and upon which was a piece of
porcelain of about the shape and size
of a five-cent loaf of bread, and tliis
was the pillow of this rich Chinese
lady, Frank Q. Carpenter.
The London Thirteen Club.
The London Thirteen club, which
has just inaugurated itself after the
example- of a similar institution io
New York," is, I believe, exclusively
for the male sex, and I am sure they
are wise, for I fancy very few ladies
would join, even if invited. Women
are naturally much more superstitious
than men, and I would not systematic
ally do all the unlucky things they do
for worlds, and 1 expect I should not
even be eligible, for I am a firm be
liever in charms and crooked six
pences. These luckless people under
take whenever practicable to sit down
thirteen to dinner, to walk under lad
ders, to spill salt at dinner (untidy
creatures 1), initiate any new enterprise
on Fridays, and generally to do all the
things which other folks don't like U
do, I suppose to give them a wisa
after their own heart I had better say,
"May bad luck go with thein."-ho-don
Figaro.
A Decoration Occurrence.
Honceforth we must no longer tali
of "arranging" our furniture, for IM
great apostle of art Mr. Oscar W iW
has provided us with a new expression
for the negligent way in which U
the fashion to scatter tbenumeroui
little chairs, cabinets and screen
which o gladden the heart of the mod
ern housewife, A lady, well ki
in society, having bought a number
of Japanese screens, waa found on
afternoon by the great aesthete mus"
on suitable positions for her purcbss
"Oh, Mr. Wilde "exclaimed she. 1
sorry you hould have been brougnj
into such a confusion. But a J"
are here, do be kind and help m.
arrange them," A pained express0"
passed over the poet' fat. -VkPl'
cried he, "don't arrange them.
themoccue PhilalelDhiaTelegrapa-
Speaking la aha Singular.
That worthy chip of an old bloA
Dumas the younger, inherited nosn
share of the paternal gift of P""
claimed Duma the son, "to forgV
pistols!" "You might as well F
in the singular number," V"?u"i.
gested Dumas the father, ""y
plied the son, with a smile, ;i
corrected. 1 ought to have sai
an idiot you were to forget to01'
Saa Francisco Argonaut
Elnnsi Mxsiosa ma ssrSnkM inn I1UJJ
traveling in Spain, they came to JTZ
of the countrv said io b infest; w