EUGENE CITY GUARD.
1. 1 CAHFBKLU Proprietor,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
Imi Mortality o? Dl
"in oonnectlon nib the subject of regi
mental kme there u the Imiwrtant one
of lessee by disease. In our army there
were twice as many death from disease
m from bullets. In the Confederate
army the lou from diseaoe was, for ob
vious reasons, much Una, being smol'ir
than their Ions In battle. This om by
disease was, In our northern regimcnta,
Tery unevenly distributed, running ae low
as thirty in some and exceeding 600 in
others, while in some of the colored regi
ments it was still greater. There seems
to be an Impression that the regiments
which suffered most in battle Jurt altto
the most from disease. This is aii error,
the direct opimeite being the truth. The
report of the war deimrtment for 1806
ays, regarding this subject, that "it is
to be noted that those states width show
large mortality on the battlefield likewise
show large mortality by disease." Tliis
may be true of the state totals, but is
wholly incorrect as to the regiments
themselves; for, with but few exceptions,
the regiments which sustained the
heaviest loss In battle show the smalleet
number of deatlis from disease.
The inference Is a fair one that the
fighting regiments owed their exemp
tion from dineaso to the same pluck
which made them famous, and which
enabled them to withstand its encroach
ments without tamely giving up and
lying down under its attack. It was a
question of mental as well as bodily
stamina, and hence there Is found In
certain black regiments a mortality from
disease exceeding by far that of any
white troops, a fact which cannot be ac
counted for by climatio reasons, because
the particular regiments referred to were
recruited from blacks who were born
and raised along the MimisHippl, where
these troops were stationed, and where
the loss occurred. CoL William F. Fox
in The Century.
Tteataurant Life In London.
Americans engaged In making the
grand Eurojican tour can never under
stand one feature of restaurant life in
London. If you happen to be a bachelor,
and therefore dependent on chop houses
for meals, as the hotels rarely provide
for the Inner man, you will probably
look around for a comfortable place
where you can got acquainted and take
all your meals. That is the great error
Into which all travelers falL
In London you want to select three
different chop houses, one for breakfast,
dinner and supper, or is you wish to be
English sans rcproche, you must have
another for the evening lunch about 11
o'clock. These houses all make a ejiecr
alty of one meal, and while you may be
supplied with enough to dull your appe
tite at other houses, you will only get
perfect service at the one table for which
the bouse has mode a reputation. Then,
for example., take a dinner chop house:
You take a seat, order a piece of roast
beef and have the whole roast wheeled
out In front of your table while the waiter
slices off a juicy morsel that would tempt
an anchorite in Lent When you come
to nnderstand those things you can live
with greater satisfaction on t3 a day
than an American could on double that
amount at home, Tis are nothing, as a
penny apiece is enough to satisfy ordinary
waiters.- Globe Democrat
Th Women of Momwo.
In the cities throughout Morocco I
found it Impossible to get more than a
pausing view of a woman's face, so jeal
ously ere they veiled and guarded, and
especially among the higher classes,
where the women, possessing no mora
Intelligence than a child, are taught that
all men but their lords and owners are
fiends. Occasionally, however, by acci
dent or design, the face covering would
be dropped for an instant just as a wo
man passed me, nud at the same timo an
arm and sliouider would bo presented to
mr gam, The women of Morocco are of
all shade and colors, and I must say
that some of the handsomest women I
ever saw, both In feature and form, were
full blooded negresses.
Another surprise was to notice that
many of the Moorish beauties would
how a snowy rounded arm and a clear
pink and white skin that the most beau
tiful woman in Boston would have been
glad to possess but where they got this
akin and complexion 1 could never 0ml
out, for the men, perhaps, from their
constant exposure to the sun, are tanned
and blackened almost to the color of the
negroes. In the country all is different,
and little attempt is mado by the women
to be stingy with their charms, unless
from some religiouB motive., and to this
freedom of the country many a poor
simple girl owes her Hilion as prime,
fuvorito in the harem of some Moorish
dignitary, who saw her perfections while
traveling by her father's tent or hut.
Cor. Boston Transcript.
Ceylon's Talon and Cocoanut Tree.
This low land up at the northern neck
of the island Is largely planted In Pal
myra palms. For 120 miles along the
western and southwestern shore it is a
fringe from one to seven miles deep of
cocoanut trees. Thene two kinds of trees
support the bulk of the native population.
They furnish tho manorial from which
they build and roof their huts. The sap
gives them their sugar and their Intoxi
cants. The green nut is their milk and
the ripe nut much of their solid food.
From the bark and leaves they make
aheds, fans and matting; from llio Qbcr,
sails, cordage, fishing nets,' etc. The
young leaves are their salads. Tho ripe
fruit gives them oil for their Limps, for
their hair and for cooking purposes. They
wear for clothing the net woven by
nature about the foot stalks of the leaves;
plait hats, and sunshudin, and baskets
from the fronds, and drink from tltecup;
ad in boats constructed of the hard, old
wood, and wlieu sick make medicine
from the (lowers. The uses of the palm
are said to run into several hundreds, and
are the themes of innumerable native
poems. Carter Harrison in Chicago
Times.
Tho Mediterranean Sponge Fluhery.
Science has claimed the sponge fisliery
f the Mediterranean. Tho native divers
who could stay under water not more
than .two minutes are being driven out
by men in regular diving armor, who
can work by the hour. A Geruian pro
fessor has originated a method of plant
log cuttings from sponges, and it is being
nosocuted with success. Kew York
Bun.
In the matter o( 91 .000 miles editorial
transportation over the Atchison rosd
bought np in scalpers' emVes by the Hock
Island Chairman r in ley ha decided that
the Atchison must redeem it. All tick
ets found on the market disturbing rates
must le redeemed whether they have
lioen bulletined (or dishonoring by con
ductors or not.
ME PACIFIC COAST.
A Very Large Wheat Blockade in
Eastern Washington.
Swlnomlsh Indians Preparing to Take Up
the Remaining Marsh Land on
Their Reservation.
The Maho Legislature will be asked to
pass a Sunday law.
Tho Tucoiiia Coal Company have just
made a rich strike in their mine at il
keson. The work of the Northern Pacific in
I, in, -inn will not lie interrupted by
any result of tho recent financial Hurry
in ew lorn
Freight trains are now so heavy on the
CL.ni l, ..m I'neille that an extra enifine is
necessary to get over the Cow Creek and
Cftlapooia mountains.
Grading on the branch railroads from
the Southern Pacific to Jacksonville is
nearly finished, awl tho rails will be laid
as soon as they arrive.
General Carr, Commander at Fort
Winimto. N. M.. lias received orders to
get the Sixth Cavalry ready for trans
imruitifln to Dakota in anticipation of a
war wiin uie nun iimiMiin.
Tho Montana State Supremo Court
has allirmed the decision of the lower
court in making John A. Davis adminis
trator of his deceased brother's 1,000,
(XX) estate. The will contest is not yet
decided.
Brndstreet's mercantile agency reports
fourteen failures in Pucllic Coast States
and Territories for the past week, as
compared with thirteen for the previous
week snd eleven for tho corresjoiidiug
week of IHH',1.
Two nicinliers of the Spokane Falls
City Council have sent in their resigna
tions as ineiuliers of that body. They
aro Judge llettis and Colonel John I.
Boogo. Pressure of private business is
given as the cause for resignation.
The hnndsomo building for the Reform
School, a few miles south of Salem, is
fast assuming shape, and will soon lie in
readiness for theerrinir vouth of Oregon.
The roof is now just aliout completed
and the inside work well under way.
Daniel Kelleher, attorney lor Dominic
Coella.tho PortTownsend murderer, has
received an order lor a stay ol nil lar
ther iiroceedinus in the case, pending an
appeal. Coclla was sentenced to death
and time fixed for his hanging December
1.
Captain Andrew Haggard, brother of
Killer Haggard, who is now at Victoria,
B. C, Hiiys that the commander of Stan
lev's rear guard. Major Barttelot, who
served under him in the Egyptian war.
was remarkable then for cruelty and
want of consideration for all beneath
him.
Airent Andrew Andover of the Navajoi.
who is at AlbiKmerque, N. M., says there
is if ild eunuch in the Carrizo mountains
on the Navajo reservation to make every
body rich. An effort is being nuulo to
give' the Indians other lands in lieu of
the mountain country una open tne gold
fields to the public.
There 1b a very largo wheat blockade
in Kiistern Washington, where tho crop
was enormous t his yenr. Kverv depot and
warehouse is full, in id much is piled in
sacks aliout the stations but slightly pro
tected from tho weather. The farmers
are Is'gging the Northern and Union l'a
cilic roads to give tliem relief.
The Great Northern bus selected the
Cady pass, it is reoited, as its route to
tho sen. The road from Seattle to Jnr
miin prairie is 70 per cent, completed.
In the meantime the Seattle, Lake Shore
and r.iiMtern roan win lie utilized no-
tween Whatcom and Seattle. The West
minster connection will bo made in De
cember.
A courier has reached Albuquerque,
N, M., from Anton, a small Mexican set
l enient twenty miles south o( l.ns Ve
gas, bringing news of a terriblo running
light between fifteen or twenty cowlxiys
and a large number of Mexicans. Hun
dreds of shots were exchanged, and sev
eral dead and wounded ure reported on
both sides.
Hev. P. B. Champngne, tho old French
Cnuiidiun Catholic missionary, who has
established a good many congregations
and built several Catholic churches in
Montana snd Dakota, has lately been
apHiinted by the Most Hev, Archbishop
(iross of Portland to the pastorate of the
Catholic missions of Linkville, l.skeview
and others in the surrounding counties.
William Zeckendorf, Commissioner of
the World's Fair for Arizona, has brought
suit against United States Marshal Paul
at Tucson for $:'5,0O0 for refusing to per
mit him to go to tho imiIIs on election
day after he hud voted. The Marshal
says he simply curried out the election
requirements.
The cases sgsinst the Chinese at Ssn
Uiifnel. ( 'nl.. for catching small fish with
hag nets have been post mined until next
March, owing to the exhaustion of the
venire in obtaining a jury. The defend
ants are conducting tin enormous shrimp-
fishing business at Point Sun Pedro in
Marin county, and should the case lie
divided against them it will throw alxmt
3iH) Chinese out of employment at that
place.
There is considerable talk of the gold
mines on tho head of Sprugtie river in
Lake countv. The Gavlord Bros., erigi-
nal discoverers, have worked down the
sides of tho ledge, and have also made
a tunnel into the hill. They expect to
commence active work on the lodge in
in the spring, at which time numerous
inspectors will prolmlily oc found In the
i i 1 1m. Assays of the quarts vary from
f:K) to fi5 to the ton, according to the
location in which the rock wits found.
Over $10,000 of the amount needed to
purchase Union Pacific terminals at Ta-
coma has been subscribed. Chairman
W. J. Thompson of the committee has
been notified bv Engineer Bogue that
only thirty-three Instead of thirty-eight
seres will lie needed, the lacoma limt
Company having agreed to give the rail
road the right of WHV trom the passenger
station to and along the water trom the
channel of the Puyallup river. This
change w ill result in a saving ot nun
$12,000 to $l,000 to the eituent of Tu
eoHia. The Umatilla Indians held a now-wow
at the agency one dav last week. There
seems to lie general dissatisfaction on
the part of the Indians regarding the
lands. Since the signing of the treaty
under which the allotment is made In
dians have moved on the reservation,
aud are claiming rights which inanv ol
the Indiana claim are fraudulent. The
rights of those entitled to lands under
the treaty are being Infringed upon by
those coining in and claiming triiial re
lations, hut who are not of any of the
trilieaon the reservation. There aeenis
to be a determination on the part of the
Indians to see these persons, whom they
believe to be Interlopers, put off th ree-sTTation.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Robert Ray Hamilton's Wife is
Pardoned.
A Kentucky Judge Decides That a Man Is
Justified In Killing Another In
Defense of Ills Brother.
South Dakota towns are short on fuel.
An air brake is being tried on a Chi
cago grip car.
Sanitation against typhoid fever ia the
problem in 1,000 Eastern towns.
Tim Muvor of Kindlav. ().. has ordered
all gamblers to leave town. Fifty have
lelt.
Dr. Agnus of Chicago claims to have
hypnotized men at the distance of eight
miles.
Kansas City Counoilmen are to lie in
vestigated on a charge of receiving
bribes.
A Kentucky Judge has decided that a
man is justified in killing another inde
fense of his brother. .
When a criminal Is convicted by a jury
in Canada there is no appeal except to
the executive power.
The Rights of Labor Assembly has re
duced Master Workman Powderly's
salary from $5,oou to $;i,ooo.
It is said that Governor Beaver ol
Pennsylvania will succeed General Kauui
as Commissioner of Pensions.
Eva Hamilton, the wife of IloWt Ray
Hamilton, who' was imprisoned in the
New Jersey penitentiary, has been pur
doned.
The father of the lost Charley Koss
failed to discover in Charley MoChristy,
the bnj imprisoned at Boston, the son
lie had so long sought.
Topeka, Kan., is now at work on a
scheme to utilize the swift current of the
Kaw as a water power for electric light
ing and other power purposes.
The City Council of Atlantic City has
passed the high-license liquor ordinance,
which fixes the price for license at $500
and (or concert gardens at $00.
The report of State Dairy Commis
sioner Tupper shows that 7L',000,000
pounds ol butter were shipped outol
Iowa lor the year ending October 1.
Every Methodist church in Kansas, so
lar as heard trom, cast an attimalive vote
on the proH)sition of admitting women
as delegates to the General Conference.
One hundred and fifty carloads of
wheat are leaving Manitoba daily, und
soon the figures will run up to 200 car
loads. This is the largest wheat move
ment known there.
A committee from the W. C. T. U. has
called ilon the President and Secretary
of War and urged the issuance of an or
der forbidding the sale of beer and light
wines at military garrisons.
Great excitement has been caused at
Ann Arlwr, Mich., bv the arrest of five
youths concerned in the recent row which
resulted in tho death of Student Denni-
son on a chargo of manslaughter.
G. II. Papazinn, an Armenian student
of divinity at Cambridge, is meeting
with 8itptort from Boston citizens in the
establishment ol a religious Ami euuca
tional journal at Constantinople.
It Is reported that Oscar Ncebe, tho
Anarchist, is likely to be liberated from
Joliet, as it is asserted that tho man who
identified him as the distributor of the
Revenge circular thinks he wus mis
taken.
The Lehigh Valley Kailroad Company
will adopt a chain coupling, in addition
to the patent couplers in use, in order to
provide further safeguards against pas
senger cars breaking apurt in rounding
short curves.
Tho Market Committee of the New
York Board of Aldermen has reKrted
favorably iiion an ordinance providing
lor the sale ot trim ana vegetuiues uy
weight instead of bv measure. The mat
ter has been before the Board for three
years.
Lexington, Ky., wants to become the
capital of tho State, and a special elec
tion will be held on tho question of in
demnifying tho State to an amount not
to exceed $L'.'i0,000 for loss in moving the
capital from rrnnkfort.
The contest for the Speakership of the
next House will be between Crisp, Mills
and Springor. Crisp will represent tho
Southeastern section, Mills the South
west and Springer the Northern Central
group of States.
The Secretary of State has lieen in
formed that Mo'ussa Bey, whose reported
outrages on American missionaries in
Turkey are a matter of note, has at
length been summarily banished to the
interior of Arabia.
Referring to a statement in the New
York Herald that there would lie a do
ficionev at the end of the current fiscal
year o'f $31,000,000, Secretary Windom
said there will certainly be a surplus;
but, of course, he cannot say how much.
The Florida State Board of Health in
view of the alleged prevalence to an
alarming degreo of glanders in Texas
lias forbidden the importation into Flor
ida of horses and cattle from Texas and
from points west of the Mississippi river
and south of tho Arkansas river.
The Jersey City Board of Aldermen
has refused to require the social clubs
which have bullets to take out a license
in compliance with the Supreme Court's
decision that the rlulw are amenable to
the license laws of the State. The Board
of Aldermen says that the decision is not
binding till it lias been atlirmed by the
Court of Errors.
John A. Bush, Grand Patriarch of the
Odd Fellows of Illinois, commends in
w arm terms the work of the employment
bureau of the Chicago Odd Fellows' As
sociation, and declares that "no more
practical means of placing members of
the order beyond the reach of the cold
charity of the world ever was adopted
than this assoeiat ion presents.''
The experimental station of the Iowa
Agricultural College at Ames oilers to
donate the necessary time and money to
annlyte sugar beets grown in Iowa for
whoever will prepay express charge and
send samples, with a full statement as
to the nature of soil, previous treatment
of soil, mode of culture, manuring,
where seed w as obtained, name of vari
ety, etc.
The Board of Lady Managers of the
World's Fair has selected the following
Vice Presidents : First, Mrs. Trail t man
of New York; Second, Mrs. Burleigh of
Maine; Third, Mrs. Price of North Car
olina; Fourth, Miss Miliar of Umisiana;
Fifth, Mrs. Wilkins of the District of
Columbia; Sixth, Mrs. Ashler of Colo
rado; Seventh, Mrs.Ulntyof Wisconsin;
Eighth. Mrs. Salisbury ot Utah; Ninth
or Vise President at larga, Mr. Russell
Harrison M Montana.
FOREIGN NEWS.
German Newspapers Digging at
Brewer Bismarck.
Count Von Multke Is the First German
Landed Proprietor to Adopt the
Eight-Hour Rule.
Odessa has been made a free port by
the Cur.
At Tsc'haneh, Austria, a mine is flood
ed, and twenty men perished.
Electric motors are being introduced
on the underground railway in London.
The Rothschilds have opened another
free hospital in Frankfort on the Main.
A number of Puncher, followers in
Honduras are being tried by court
martial. At Carlsbad, Bohemia, the Topel river
has overflowed, and great damage is be
ing done.
The floods In Bohemia are generally
subsiding, but the Danube and Elbe are
still rising.
Heligoland through its incorporation
with the German Empire has been made
part of Prussia.
The great Russian steppes are to be
irrigated bv a company formed by au
thority of tho government.
Orders have been given in Russia that
no government work be given Jews out
side the territorial limits assigned them.
Bv the new arrangement American
mails are being distributed in England
twenty-four hours earlier than hereto
fore. Salisbury believes the time to dissolve
Parliment opjiortune, owing to the 1'ar
nell scandal, and has decided to do so in
the spring.
A great Nationalist meeting at Dublin
has voted confidence in Parnell, who was
characterized less a man than an insti
tution for Ireland.
The inhabitants of Lochgelly, Scot
land, are suffering from want of water.
The underground coal workings have
drained the supply.
The great chemical trust in England
has I ee a registered as tho United Mates
Alkuli Company, with a capital of $:i0,
000,000 in $o0 shares.
An indignant crowd at Vienna severe
ly thrashed a member of the Bourse who
had been suspended for spreading false
reports designed to make money dear.
Cocoanut butter is receiving consider
able attention in Europe. The new sub
stitute is declared infinitely preferable
to tho too-ofteu bad butter sold in mar
ket. The Queen Regent of Holland has is
sued a proclamation declaring Princess
Wilhelmina Queen of the Netherlands
and accepting the regency during her
minority.
The German Minister of Railroads has
ordered tin empty carriage, labeled
"safety carriage," to be placed between
the locomotive und the other coaches in
all trains.
The Turkish government bus made
valuable concessions to a French syndi
cate, granting it tho right to construct
quays on the shores of the Golden Horn
and to levy landing dues on merchan
dise. Count von Moltke is tho first landed
proprietor in Germany to adopt the
eight-hour rule for the peasants working
for him upon his estate at Crisan,and is
well satisfied with the result of his ex
periment. It is affirmed by those who are in
a position to be well informed that the
circulation of the lxmdon Times contin
ues to decrease, and that as a " prov
erty it has not the value by 25 per cent,
it had a few years ago.
Dispatches from the Congo Free State
say the Baptist Mission's steamboat
Peuce on the Upper Congo river has been
confiscated by the ollicers of the Congo
State for State purposes. The British
Hag was hauled down.
The Brazilian government has re
scinded the devices of banishment
against ex-Premier Preto, Senhor Al
fonso, ex-President of the province of
Rio Janeiro and Senhor Martins, ex
l'rosident of Rio Grande do Sul.
A ukase has been issued by the mili
tary authorities (says a St. Petersburg
telegram by Palziel) for the capture of
Jews trving to escape army duty. Any
one guilty of biding or sheltering such
persons will be heavily punished.
Reports from Vienna state that Dr.
Ciesar de Pape, the founder of Socialism
in Belgium, is dying with consumption
at Cannes, his health having lieen broken
down under his arduous labors.
There is a rumor that it is in contem
plation to make the Governorship of Si
erra Leone, like that of Malta and Gi
braltar, a military post in the future on
account of tho growing importance of
the place as a coaling station.
According to the Ixndon correspond
ent of the Freeman's Journal, a not too
friendly authority, the Irish light-railways
scheme will give work to a large
number ot laborers in excess of those
resident in the districts to be traversed.
The thirteenth centenary of Gregory
the Great is to be celebrated in Rome in
an international liturgical congress, to
which all those who are concerned with
musical arclneology and ecclesiastical art
will be invited. An exhibition of literary
and musical works in connection with
the origin and growth of "Catholic and
historical church music" will also bo
organized.
Now that Bismarck is a brewer, the
papers are digging at him right ami left.
The Froissinige Zeitnng quotes from a
speech of the ex-Chancellor delivered
in the Reichstag March 28, 1SSI, in
which he said: "Beer stupefies the
drinker instead of exciting his nerves,
and it ought therefore to be considered
from an economical and national poiut
ot view as a bad drink." But Bismarck
has learned a thing or two sine then.
An increase of about 1,000,000 people
in thirteen years in Spain is attributed
in a great measure to the success that
Ima aitn.lwi thf rhnnLn1 in thu hvinamii
condition of the cities and large 'towns.
The royal family of Austria is well
represented in the collections taken up
recently for the relief of the sufferers
from the late floods in that country. The
Emperor's subscriptions to the different
funds amounted to $-00,000, and his
brothers, the Archdukes, have given
over $4K),000. 1
A DOMESTIC AUTOCRAT.
AbaoluU Tow.r of a Trained Nurae and
How It I aometlmea Aluid.
'Of all the nuisances I know of on
this earth the professional nurso ia the
worst," said a confirmed bachelor at the
Illinois club the other evening.
"The professionid nurse? Why, she u
one of the blessing of advanced civili
ration," responded another gentleman.
"Without the professional nurse what
would become of people without friends
In town who fall ill? Man, the profes
sional nurse is a God given gift."
"That's all right," replied the first
speaker. "She may be a God given gift
tn people sick in hotels and hospitals,
but she's a nuisance around a private
house."
"But you don't live in a private house.
Why are you soro?"
"I know I don't. I ain't sick, either,
am I? Do I look like a subject for a pro
fessional nurse? Ain't I all right?"
"Yes, but what about it? Why are
yon down on professional nuines?"
"Well, because one of 'em has just
succeeded In utterly disgusting uie.
That's why. They're worse than the lo
custs of Egypt. They come into a house
meekly and then own the place. That's
why I'm sore.
"You see I've got a sister and she'i
married. They've got a beautiful house
and I've always been as free there until
two weeks ago as I am at my own apart
mento. (See? Well, I am not now; and
May was my favorite sister, too, a chum
of mine in everything, and she didn't
quit it when she got married either.
"Well, about two weeks ago my brother-in-law's
family was increased by one,
and a professional nurse was employed
to look after the newcomer and his
mother. She was a meek, pleasant look
ing woman, thoroughly up in her busi
ness and a good salary per week. '
"Of course us soon as I heard the news
I went out to the house. Frank, my
brother-in-law, met me at the door. He
looked downcast. 'How's everything,
old man? snyi L 'AH right; but you
can't see him,' replied Frank. 'The
nurse won't allow it. I haven't seen him
yet But say, Jack, we're going to name
him aftor you thut is, if May consents.
I haven't seen her yet either.'
"It was true. That nurse, who came
into tho house so weekly and pleasantly,
Bad developed into a regular czar. She
bad taken absolute possession, and was
running things with a high hand.
"She luid the upstairs part of the
house in absolute state of siege. The
sorvants were afraid to go up, and Frank
wus loafing around in a state of unsatis
fied anxiety.
" 'It's ull right, I suppose, said he, aud
I supposed it was and said so.
"I went home of course, deciding to
go out and see my namesake and my
sister a couple of days later. The day 1
intonded to go I called around at Frank's
oflice to go out with him. But he
wasn't in. 'Hasn't been down for three
days,' his partner said. 'Important af
fairs at home, I guess!'
"I went out to the house. Frank met
nie as before. 'It's all right,' he said,
joyfully. 'I wish you could see May.
She wants to see you; but the nurse
won't have it. Says she's getting better,
but too ill yet.'
" 'How does she look?
'I don't know; haven't seen her yet.
The nurse won't let me see hor, either.
I suppose it's all right, but on the square,
old man, I'm getting anxious and hun
gry. The nurso orders ull the meals,
and I haven't had anything but a diet
for three days. Nobody but the doctor
and the nurso and the chambermaid
have seen my son yet. The chamber
maid says he's a beauty, though, and
thut May is dying to see both of us, but
the nurse won't let her. The nurse or
dered a case of champagne last uight;
eaid tho doctor prescribed it for May.
Four empty bottles came down this
morning. I don't like to mistrust any
thing, but'
"That settled me. I went np to see
my sister. The nurse wasn't going to
let me in tho room, but I went in. She
was glad to see me and she showed me
my namesake. Then the nnrse came in
and fired uie out. She said May mustn't
be excited and that babies shouldn't be
bewildered by strange faces and voices
for the first two weeks of their lives.
"That settled it. I went out and saw
May regularly every day. Sometimes I
got a glass of champagne. She could
only take one a day, and I arrived twice
just as she was taking it and got some.
Of course you know champagne spoils
after it is uncorked, if allowed to stand.
But I dou't think thut nurse allowed it
to spoil. The bottles all came down
empty anyway. Frank didn't get any;
neither did I, unless we, were right there
when it was ojiened.
"But say, that woman's out there yet.
Sho has prohibited Frank smoking in the
house and he's a confirmed smoker. He
daren't touch the piauo, aud he's a great
musician, und neither of ns can see May
for over two minutes at a time, though
he's dying to see us both. The profes
sional nurse may be all right in your
hotel or in a hospital, bnt in a private
house she's a nuisance. She's liable to
make a man forget what his family
looks like and to drive all the servants
out of the house. I'd rathel have the
yellow fever than a nurse like the one I
speak of in my house. Of course that's
hypothetical. I ain't thinking of getting
married." New York Telegram.
The Final Trt.
Customer You are quite sure that this
is a genuine diamond?
Sulesmun Absolutely positive. It will
cratch glass or the hardest steel, and,
finally, it left a mark on the cheek of my
friend Neverwynce.
Customer Well, what of that?
Salesman He is the aociety reporter
of The Daily Scarifier. Pittsburg Bul
letin. Victoria' Crown A sal Tied.
The English crown is made np of dia
monds, rubies, sapphires, pearls and
emeralds set in silver and gold bands.
It weighs 39 ounces and S pennyweights,
troy. In it there are 8,452 diamonds, ST3
pearl. 9 rubies. 17 sapphire and 11
merald. St. Louis Republic
A Long Rids.
In N'ovemW, Capt. Pyevtzoff, a
rossack officer, started from the town of
Bielovetchensk, on the river A moor, to
ride across Sitieria and Russia to St
Petersburg, a journey of 5,300 miles,
nearly a quarter of the distance around
the globe. He travels quite alone on an
ordinary cavalry horse; carries bis own
provisions, make about fifty rnOea a
day, and is armed from head to foot for
protection against robbers. II has met
with intense cold, the thermometer
bowing 53 degs. below tarry but h Is In
grod aealth and ijjtrita.-iilanrrW Star.
Ont uwwrw- ww THFin w TP. mm..
Too looked an cold and proud s and rat,
Tb wodur ipraf ot Uie mignoneuo
Close to four beart. tnW elioKUia lace,
Bnemed wolipenng from It reaung plao
Tbat I of nop and lore mlKbt Know,
If I could apeak to rou. alinoagn
you looked so cold I
Tou looked eo oold. so proud; ret (tin,
The star-eblD oo to window 1U
Bnowed meyour eyaa wlto tear ao wet
Your eyea, like fpraya ot mignonette,
Showed me the limn upon four cheek,
And yet and ret-l could not pea
Tou looked o oold I
Bb ftwo boura later orer th regtfterV
t (eel ao cold, mamma, and chill,
I aat Detune ibe window du,
I eat and troie for two loon hour.
Among thoee chilly palm and Sowars,
Thinking be Jonea would surely peak'"
He looked ao penalve and to meek.
He clanped my band In bla-and yel
lie only asked-my mlfroonette.
With Icy tear my eyea r wet-
I felt no coldl -Tid Bit.
Ninety-nine Yeara for Nothing.
The famous case of Dell P. Wild, who
aunt tn nrison for a vear for refusing
to do menial duty for Lieut. Steele and
was summarily released by order of
Harrison, is eclipsed by the
case of Lewis Carter, a private in the
Twenty-firth imuntry, who nus uin-aoy
nearly five vears of a ninety-nine
year sentence in the Minnesota state
prison. The case is prouauiy wunoui u
parallel in either civil or military His
tory, and is outlined as follows:
fin Him 24th of November. 1884. Carter.
who, by the wav, is a colored man, was
. . . . .. . ..-- -.. (1 II
stationed with his regiment air on alien
ing Minn. Two or three days afterward
Carter was in St. Paul, and ran things
with a high hand. His actions, however,
were not called to the attention of the
.; noli mill lie went back to Fort
Snelling unmolested. Arriving there he
was arrested on the cliurge ot assault,
robbery and desertion. Brig. Gen. Terry,
then in charge of tho department of Da
kota, summoned a court martial, to as
semble at Fort Snelling, Jan. 27, 1880.
This court was composed of Copts. Ben
Roche nnd Stivers. First
Lieuts. Tully and Glenn, and Second
Lieuts. Phillips, Ahem and Tear, all of
the Twenty-fifth iniantry, winie first
Lieut. Luden, of the Fourth artillery,
acted as judge advocate. The court, after
a verv brief session and nnnarently with
out attempting to probe the truth of the
charges, found Curter guilty or an tne
four offenses and, with the usual army
severity of punishing criminals, sen
tenced him to Stillwater prison for ninety
nine years.
Attorney Fred L McGliee, of St. Puul,
has been giving this case searching at
tention since Wild's release, and what he
has found out is astonishing. He dis
covered in West St. Paul the person on
mhnm tlm nssault was alleged to have
been made, and obtained an ailidavitthat
Carter had not assaulted her. I hen Mc
Gliee secured evidence that no robbery
had been committed, and sent the two
affidavits to Washington.
The action of the president was prompt
and decisive. He found that Curter was
guilty only of desertion, and has issued
a full and free pardon, which is to go
into effect May xo, just live years iroui
the date of imprisonment. The president
also reprimanded the court martial.
Washini'to;' st
To Ilmnove Dandruff.
An occasional shampoo with soap and
water or borax and water or some sim
pie mixture of thut kind once in two or
three weeks will often be found a ne
cessity. A very good shampoo liquid
for general use may be made as fol
lows: Carbonate of ammonia, on
drachm; carbonate of potassium, one
drachm; water, four ounces; tincture of
cantharides, one drachm; alcohol, four
ounces; rum, one and one-half pints.
Dissolve the carbonates in the water;
shake well before using, moistening the
sculp until a lather forms. Wash in
cool water and rub dry.
For a permanent removal of dandruff
it is better to take borax, half , a tea
spoonful; common sulphur, one heap
ing teuspoonful; pour over them one
pint of boiling water. When cool pour
into a bottle; ngituto frequently for
three or fonr days; then strain. Moisten
the scalp with this thoroughly three or
four times a week. It is one of the most
reliable preparations known for per
manently removing dandnuT. Good
Housekeeping.
Stnut'd a Hear to Death.
J. Sweetlund tells us a funny story of
how five Si washes got away with a bear
at his camp just across the bay from
here. Mr. Bruin intruded himself in
among the pots and kettles, picking out
a dainty meal. While so engaged he at
tracted the attention of a Siwash, who
at once culled his mates to his help.
The ground is pretty rocky around the
camp, and there are plenty of loose
6tones ready to hand. They at once fell
on the bear, like the Jews of old did on
Stephen, and stoned him. He would at
first endeavor to follow his assailant,
but, being surrounded, a stone in the
rear would turn him. Union City Tri
bune. Mra. Durnert and the Game.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, talking
about "Little Lord Fauntleroy," sa":
"Most of the scenes in the book are real;
that, for instance, in which Cedric under
takes to teach his grandfather baseball.
One day the original thought it necessary
to Instruct me in the great national game.
After a great deal of explaining, I was
obhged to admit that I was rather stupid.
On, no, you're not, dearest,' protested
thehttleboy, -you're not at all stupid;
but I m afraid I'm not a good 'splainer,
k if?" J'ou're of course
baseball is not very easy to you. ' "New
York Tribune.
The of lima Drop.
Variations in the size of rain drops are
dependent upon tho differences in the
height from which they have fallen nnd
to the amount of atmospheric disturbance
present at the time. If fallen from a
great height, the drops suffer gradual
division into smaller and smaller parts,
until they are converted into a mist. In
calm weather, with the clouds near tho
earth surface, the drops are large and
heavy. ( , In-JVnvvrri t.
One Way of Protecting.
Lightning rods do protect Their decrease
to number u not alone due to better electrical
knowledge. It i due to a decrease of the
oaneer which rods remove. The owner of
building put rod thereon. Hi building
may be atruek by lishtning, the rod melted,
toe buildingi burned, but the man himself
" afe- He waa f uUy protected trom light
Bmgrod ayait. Button Manufacturers'
It ia said to be a common sight in New
York to f wvll 1nauo1 :
------ - u.vu . uuiung or
tapping the rope in Central Park. Ei-
luree simple
versions, which are practiced mostly I
1 In rhii.r mm t) . ,
J jeranu club men who
J becoming atouU
THEIft WIT3 ABOUT
"uul THF.U
oiue laiuuua Iteparieea Whl.fc .
It (..H.d, N 4
A fow day ago Tim Comtitmio,. u
the following lr.4-nryto.,llm,,
Inent gentlemen throughout the ,1,,
"What I the bet piece of wH
ber to have hoard or nud uf in li ,T ln1'
Icalclrclear ""Mor
The Hon. John T. Glenn wrlto,,
"Is there anything better than whx
dolnh laid when he innt u.. .,
enemy on the nicicwalk. The f'. "i?1
Ing up and occupying uiwt of th, w,r"T
" 'I never iriva wav for n n.ui ,
.i. ,.Z."" U1nr
way ror a rnmni
I always do,' suul lUiid..l..h .
topping anide." r"
The Hon. A. 0. Bacon writ
"An excellent piece of repartee it
to a Mr. Harris of Altaiitawboa, H
do not uow recall, but wh u iiam,-i ,
irreverent a "Fatty" Harrii lie '
witness stand in Fulton uTii)r coUrr ?!
was being examined by the tliea Mti!?
general of Georgia. The witn,, ai(, J"7"
ply to n question u directly as tin, attorn
general wished. The latter rx-rMnttxl k
question, and added with emphiuir "v
Mr. Harris, you certuinly uiuluntond'ej
question., for you are a very biMliOTtBr:
"Thank you, Mr. AtUjrni.y-(llt.ral .r
Mr. Harru with a bow, "I wuiu M '
compliment with great pleasure if IwertM
at present under oath." M
Judge Nistiet writes:
"It is not necessary to go ouUidu of Oro
for a good piece of reimrtw. Jmlg, jJTJ
wood, the elder, wm a greater wit a,.
Sheridan, hut unfortunately had no gr!
to writo his biography or a Coiutitutioa n
porter to publish what he wiiil. He wu
gaged in a cai once and the Juilge,
charging very decidedly nKinst him, locW
the jury up for the nifc-lit and adjounrf
court After tea the Judge and Underwood
were walking on the piazza of the hutel
the court house, and heard quite a moveown
Of chair and of feet in the jury room, or,
the judge remarked: 'I Mievutliejurj bin
gone to prayers,' when Underwood aaid: 1
exjiect so. Failing to get any liKbt fro,
your honor's churgo, they urenuekiujitlroa
above.' "
Gen. Henry It. Jackson writes:
"The best piece of reurtoe I remomurr ti
have ever read or heard, fell from the li 4
John Van lturen, at one time geiwnJlT
known a Prince John, under tli following
Circumstances: Ho hud undrtnken tbertp.
resentution of a certain cauw betort th
courts, very much to the disgust of one of h
friends, who, having vainly eipotfuky
with him and losing tenir, eicUimal:
'Van Buren, is there a case so low, to rile,i
filthy, that you would decline to repnw
itf 'I do not know,' replied tlielawyw.hoi.
tatiugly, anil quickly approackiii; hiittr
close to the liisof the inquirer he whiiral:
What have you been doing!"1
Judge 8. B. Hoyt writes:
"The Hon. Samuel Macon, of XorthCu
linn, was one of the very few intimate frienh
ot John Randolph, of Boaimke. They wmd
together in both houses. Mr. Muimb retire!
from tho house in 1H1". llinsucvr maM
every effort to succeed him in tlu goodgrm
of Mr. Itauilolph. Mr. Randolph inuUnl
him. Angry at this, he took the first opj
tunity to assault lbindolih in debate, Ei
dolph mnde uo sort of reply, but a fewdiji
aftor, in discussing some subject, nidi 'Mr.
Speaker,! urn reminded of a remark of mj
friend, the Hon. Nathaniel Maeun, of Nnrtl
Carolina, the wisest man I ever knewiai
then, pointing his long, lean finger it V
seat formerly occupied by Mr. Mueon, but it
that time by his nuccessor, continued, 'td
whoso neat in thin house, I am sorry to uy, t
now vacant! vucunt! vacant 1'" Allien
Constitution.
Controllable Uriel.
m4
"Fanny and I were the only two it tt
funeral, mamma, who did not cry."
"Didn't you feel like cryingl"
"Oh, yes, but couldn't; we had M to
kerchiefs." Life.
Glaue for the Near gtsbtei
The near sighted child should w
spectacles, becuuso they are the best in
ventive agninbt increase of near lighw
ness, and also because he loses a pal
part of his education in not 8"
aee more than a few feet away.
a person grows old the power of kc
modation is lost, and even if he be
near sighted, the hardening of thecr?
talline lens prevents sight at short a
tances. Hence ho is ol)lieea,'
glasses. The vast majority of rf
who wear glasses can see an well'
out them. They use them to iw
focalization is a muscular one, and
up nervous energy. The """j
eye, in which the focus com h
the retina, has to perform this
act continually. The results are eJ
ache, irritability nnd nausea. Wfj
remedy in such cases is to wear g"
Dr. David Webster.
The rat plague in Lincolnshire
tinues in spite of the enormous de
tion of the animals by the farmers dur
ing the past few months. Cm bia&
r , , .hunt t
wiiu scatters poisoneu uwrc. -yards
every night, gathered in onedi;
crop of 1,800 rats. Three hundred n
were killed from one stack of g0
another place.
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