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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I.UCAHPHKU rrnprleler. "EUGENE CITY. OREGON. THE PILE WORM'S HABIT8. IU IbmiHrknlile ItuTiigm In nidiMIng Tlm br An Importutlou Just at high wnter murk and extend lng a foot below it, I saw the stanchest timbers wnstcd awuy uiilil I coulil have (panned their circumference with my band. The constant friction of tiie waves alone could not have done this. It wan the work of tliut dread enemy of wharf owners iind ship masters, tho teredo na Talis. Now, I could account for the sinking in of the floor of the dock in many places. The worm would attack a pile and, with his nuniWIcss comrade, eat and cat away tho wood until it was absolutely lioncycoinlicd. Tlie waves would tln complete the work. The point of attack chosen by these Uvul vulur peats, In a pile, is from about fifteen Inches below up U high water mark. This generally breaks the timber at about midway betwoen tho wharf and tho sur face of the earth. Iningino a stout pine trunk, of n diam eter of a foot mid a half, completely filled with Ion;,', tortuous channels vary ing from one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch, mid running from out'T edge to outer edge, li'ow, as thin as is this sheet upon which I write these lines, us thin as tho transparent division against which tho golden honey rests in tho waxen comb, so thin are the walls lie tween each of tho fatal channels which mark the pnssngo and progress of the worm through tho doomed tinilicr. As singular as it may seem, they never break through, they never disturb each other or trespass upon each other's terri tory. There may bo a thousand of them in a single pile, but no instance has yet been found in which ono of these pas sageways intersected another or trenched upon another's right of way. They may all bo boring at once some up, fiomo down, some laterally, some obliquely and they may make their division walls as thin as it pleases them, but there is ' never an Infraction of this law, of abso lute inviolability of each individual's right of way. It will easily bo appre hended, therefore, bow quickly a timlier thus riddled will bo worn away by tho constant attrition of tho tides, until it Anally breaks, and brings with it in its fall tho beam above, of which it was tho support. A study of tho history and habits of this singular worm will lie found neither uninteresting nor unprofitable. Its hab itat was originally in tho tropic seas, but being carried hi tho thmVrsi.f Teasels Into North American and Eiirors'an waters, it has becomo tho terror und dread of whurfnieii and captains of un sheathed sailing craft along the Atlantic and 1'iicillo coasts and in tho harbors of numbers of Mediterranean cities. Ac cording to tho cLissilication of Linnn'tis, this bivalve belongs to tho family of pho ladidio, and genus teredo, so called from their habit of dcstmvin.'r, ship or other timber. Tho shell is ripm! valval, und in form it is short, thick nnd round and widely 0en in front und rear. This shell is situated lit the inner end of a tube, somewhat cylindrical in shape, and either straight or crooked, as -tho case may lie; this tul.o being ojien nt each end in tho full grown siociniotm, nnd lined or coated with a whito, chalky pasto or imbstr.ncc, which seems to be Its digestive np;ar;ittii. Tho weai.i iiof tho teredo is not teeth, as might be Fii;;'oscd. This singular animal bos still i.aother peculiarity, de pendent, however, UKn the one last men tioned, for since its instrument is its foot, so it feeds itself not from tho mouth, but from tho foot itself. Tho valves aliove noted are simply appendages of tho foot. In fact, if a teredo should have hia foot amputated he would in a most vital sense 'loeo his grip." In tho center of tho circular opening of tho valves tho foot is protruded, like tho blade concealed in a spring cane, and tho entire arrangement constitutes a lioring machine of power Inconceivable in so small an object, liut the strength of this machine becomes ap parent when u)kii a closer examination one notes the strong niljjcr liko ridges of the valves, which can contract with great force, and tho comparatively immenso size of the great abductor muscle which enables the teredo to usu its sharp foot with the case of an auger passing through the softest pine. This worm attains often a great length, but it iB usually from ono foot to a yard long, its size depending on tho length of time it has been in tho wood and fre quently on tho size of tho wood itself. It is provided with two respiratory tubes, each of which has a siphon utt ached to A calcareous, flattened, triangular plalo on the outside of the body. It has two heads if such they can iw called each attached to the extremity of a tulie much mailer than tho main trunk, and which are each (the small tulx's) aliout six inches long; or, in other words; the main body splits into two small tulics at aliout foot or six inches from where tho head is in a teredo, and w here tho tail would be hi a snake. This wunu is ovi parious, and when the young are born (with a smooth shell) they swim around by means of a vibra tile cilia; sometimes creeping with tho foot until old enough to begin work on a piece of wood. A good, nice, new pile having boon selected, they fasten them selves to the wood by means of tho suction upanmis in their heads, strike in with tlieir foot and bore inwardly un til only the head remains outside. Then they fasten themselves to tho opening, flush with us very edge, just us a clerk wiU fasU-n slieets of luinr together by . ..i ;.i., ..f-i.,.. ,.i, ,. AiiminiT ivir tlm Kiili' nf i lirstf damn. - o - - - ; " i i Ami ti.nr-i.ft,ruiril tlii-ir Hiilo iiilil. oniiH't and ambition in life is to grow, bore and make sawdust. Small when they enter, they could no in. no creep backward out rf tlwir iirii'in.'il lknl.4 nl(ir feiislin? & month or two ou a rich pine log than a camel could go im-oiic.ii mo eve 01 ft Medio. St. Louis Ulobe-bcuiocrut. AitrruUU m CosurU. Tmf.ftw rfcinii'l TTh-Lu-n-! nnlnH out that seven of the twenty known comets of short period have disappeared, either by breaking into fragments, like L'lla'n comet, or by the ti'.sfuuiulion of tho orbit by the influence of Jupiter, us in the case of LexeU's comet. He had already given reasons for thiuking that two of the short lvriod comets were steroids drawn fiotn their orbits by Jupiter's attraction, and he now ad vauoes evidence tending to show that the entire twenty were originally small planets. Arkanaaw Traveler. Peter Mueller bss just been sent to the Bridewell at Chicago for sixtvdavs for begging on the streetii. Mueller'is the owner of 500 acres of land in the town of Cicero, and bss stocks and bonds nesides, wnicn nnng in I irtiuie uj an eiti mated value of 750,0oO. t0 TIIE PACIFIC COAST. An Alleged "Destroying Angel" on Trial at Ogden. The Congressional Committee on Immlgra tlon at Work Taking Testimony on Labor Questions. Seattle and Tacotna are now clearance ports. Silver City, N. M., is has been having a baby show and incidentally a riot in consequence of it. An old miner worked out 5 worth of fine (.'old from the sund of the Los An geles river recently. Tho United States Consular Agency ot Vancouver, It. C, is to be changed into a commercial agency. Tho merchants of Portland aro to in vestigate the discriminations against that city by tho railroads. The people of Seattle talk of raising fitHi.OiM) toward establishing a sugar re finery. Parties in Hawaii promise to raise' the other f WO.OOO necessary. The teachers of Swkane Falls are on a strike. Tlu-v have resolved that no m sition shall be accepted for lusB than 150 per month. The present average is 30. Mrs. Klizals-th lloilenbeck, widow of J. K. lloilenbeck, at I-os Angeles has deeded in trust almut 75(,tXMJ worth of ..... t. .(,..,,,, I n In, mi. fur indigent II(IJHIIJ i-. ,... ......... r- women and homeless children. Kditor Gill of the I'ho nix (A. T.) Ke- ..l,ll..iiii Ihiu tn liriuui r an indictment for libeling ex-Cbief-Ju tice Wright, lie sides fair indictments on charges pre ferred by ex-Uovernor.uliekol the same character. Judeg KiblK'y of the District Court has decided the three suits of Hryan against I'msius, I'inney and Kales for t In. nnssessioii of tracts of land in and aliout the city of I'liienix, A. T., against the plaiutill. The l'resbvterv has erased tho name of Kev. 1. L. iMiinni, the Stockton min i.ii.r. u liii iimilo n sensational confession ji few Sundays ago, from roll of the min istry and ill-solved his relations wun me Stockton church. James (i. Kollvis Wing tred at Ogden on the charge of murdering James Dorr in 1SIK1. The prosecution eliarges inai Kellv was a "destroying angel" and murdered Dorr at the bidding ol tlie Mormon authorities. In thw ciihii of S. Muttinirlv a if ai list the estate of the luU Thomas ii. lilytho to recover tlLTi.lHKI for commission on an arranged sale of Btock of the Blue Jacket Mining Company the jury found a ver- i? . .i .. . i..:...:na r..- l.f.. ..I..;... , full llci lor me piiiiuuu no ioo i uiiiii m mi.. i i; ir.r.Mnu nf am Aiiceles. a na tive of ()hio. ,i7 years of age, has been appointed secretary to (iovemor-elect Marklmiii, aiul it is stated lie win con tinue in that position sfter l-oionel Markham assiunes the duties of his of fice. c,,vi.ni,!r WiitiTMiiiii 1ms nardoned II (ialhrglier, sentenced fromi'hieer county in Kebruary, lsstl, to the State prison for life for tlio crime of murder, and also li.ni, n'u l'V..il unnti'iieeil from San Fran- cisco in NovemlsT, ls:i, for twenty years for the crime of murder. Tin. s!ull t ulie Trillium has tieen sued for S15.4HH) damages ou account of an al leged iiliel on Father (iatien, who went to Salt Luke ami sold town-lot certificates in MiUiIiiiiii Kullu. lie was fluid bv some Catholics to be a fraud, and the Tribune mentioned this. Dr. C. C. O'Donnell hns filed an appli- nti.,n i.riivimr fur n Klteeiill session ol the "".'"'f - Superior Court to count the vote cast for Mavorof San t ranciseo ill lato election. O'Donnell, who ran as an Independent ...iii.li.lni.i ,'liitniu tlml. Int. nnd not tho Uepiihlica'n candidate, is entitled to the certlllcate ol election, ino case win ik heard on the 15th instant. 1T.im.1iI Imiuiin nnil fiuirnthor neiinien have tiled lilxd suits in the United States District Court at San Francisco against tlm i iiu.rii-iiti uiluutni.r Kilu'nrd K. Welh ster. Thev shipped from that port for Alaska, but were put asiiore at voiu inir lior Ih'ciiuso they refustnl to go on a seal itiiiii'liini. ex neilitioii to Bebrimi sea. They now demand tlieir wages. The Congressional Committee on In;- llltlffllt lull t.uttr i In- tiHtininnv on till1 ('hi- tlilUll II til I Inlu.r niii.Ht imiH Inst, week of the leading citizens of Taconia. All of tho testimony was against the Chinese. A mi nniv itt those ouesl loned ov me committee expressed the belief that more than 1 per cent, of the population j j i . .... ot Taconia are now out oi wors It In rmu irteil nt Portland. Or., that lliintingtoii imught the Oregoniiin rail way lines lor tlio Niuinern i neiiic, uui Unit some of tho Directors would not ii.t.i it,., iinuu.i'lv u'li.troiitmn ho heirim extending the road with the intention ot making it a transcontinental line, wnen tb Southern l'acmc concluded to time the property oil' Huntington's hands. Dnrimr tho month of Novemlier the Wirtln.rn 1'iu'iilc (reiebt deliarillieilt lit I'msiiiiii rxeoived l:lr.7ll7.IHi!) lHillluls of freight and forwarded 17,t!4,0"S, increase over last year lor same nioiitii oi ui.tii-', 275. The cash receipts on shipments were for Novemlier, IStsi, 5i,SlH.a.,and on Ireitfht received, f.'Oi-.tui.i.-n, an in crease of lfSll,-7;l.O" over last year's busl ues. Tlu.n ii ro hi x miles nf the rondlH'd of the TiuMimi mid F.astern railway graded lioin the lieail oi v omineniviiieni. oay southward to the heavv timU'r. The Incompleted within sixty days, as a large inn-lion of t he rails are now on Imiinl tho llenrv i lard at Seattle. Imr.l the Henry Villard at Seattle. F.arlv next veur a lonjimr business will lie niniinunced on a law scale. Later a pissenger train will Ihi added to aceom inodiite the small settlements growing up along tho line, lint little information has been re wived at San Francisco bv agents of the several companies atl'eeted by the trans continental pKl concerning that meas ure. All are reticent, and most of them confess that their reticence is occasioned In- lurk if information. Hall road busi ness, so far as the Coast is concerned, is ins decidedly unsettled, condition, and will not settle down to a regular and ati.mlv tiHsin until after the meeting of the Transcontinental Association in Jan usry next. M l.i if tin shot and killed his fa iiir II Ixiftun. six miles east of Tvnu.. in a iHTSOUSl dim cultv, accidentally killinj his brother with him at the ssme time. Ihesonis ...i.i (.. i..rA oi-tml in iwlf-ilcfenw.entrHir- iiiK first in defending his mother from an sttac ot nis lamer, i. ,i,ii sti.vpni. ho was srrestivl at v.. V,.rk nnvntlv aa he was aViut en tTing a disreputable house with Ade lina Klund.asol 13 years, pleaded guilty to a charge of aUluction in court, and tinni Il ino. Stephens is an as- i .... t.tA ixl st TiMtininAnt VmainrM i msn, who has four places of business in i ew lorn. EASTERN ITEMS. Vermont's Legislature Passes the Australian Ballot Bill. The Farmers' Movement In Nebraska is Said to Have Swept Like a Wave of Fire. TheVermon Legislature h s passed an Austraiian-ballot bill. Jay (io Id's stock purchases during a few weeks are over 1 ',000,01 K). Uncertain State legislation is afTecting business enterprises in Nebraska. Seats upon the New York Stock Ex change can be bought cheaper than ever liefore. The penitentiaries of Texas have con tributed f71,000 to the State treasury the past year. Schaofor defeated Slosson in the bill iurd match at New York, the score stand ing HOO to 009. August Belmont's stud of racing horses is to lie sold to comply with the banker's will. Shares of stock in the Louisiana lot-1 tery have fallen from 1,400 to a little less than f-100. The report of the Commissioner of Pensions bIiows that 21,000 pensioners died lust year. llenrv (ieorib's newspaper, the New York Standard, is likely to go under for want of patronage. Tho police census of Baltimore makes the population 4.")5,427, or 21,270 more than the Federal census. . . At Texarkana. Tex., a lanre number of colored voters, it is said, were auctioned olT at a county-seat election. Internai-revenno receipts for the fiscal year 1H00 amounted to over f 142,000,000, against f i:!2,000,000 for 18SII. The addition to our currency Bince August 13 bv the issue of silver certifi cates is something over $10,000,000. An Entrlish syndicate offers to estab lish a big cannon foundry in Alabama if the government will guarantee business. The Board of Managers o' the Swurth- more (Pa.) College has elected William Dudley Field to the Presidency of the college. The United State" has paid off $!f'0,- 000,000 of its debt since 18S0, or more than one-half. Ilie nation now owes $iC.l,tK0,000. A monument to the Confederate dead is to he erected at rensacoia, in. ii will cost upward of $5,000, and will be about forty-six feet high. In Eastern Montana, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota heavy snows are re ported, with the temperature ranging from 6 to 2S degrees abovo zero. It is proposed to consult the Toronto rateoiivers as to tho disiwisal ot tlio street-railway franchise, plant and proj- erty at tno next municipal elections. An order cutting down expenses will throw 100 more men at Omiilui in the Union Pacific olhce out of employment The reduction in the past few days lias ken 200 men. A son of the late General E. O. C. Ord has recently lieen promoted from the ranks in the United States army to l a Second Lieutenant, and some UissutiS' faction is expressed. Representative Vandever has Intro duced a bill making an appropriation of $700,000 for the purchase of hin t and the erection ot suitaoie buildings lor a mili tary ixist at San Diego, Oil. Not only have the Kansas Farmers' Alliance people elected a Judge who never studio i law. but thev have also elected four Prosecuting Attorneys who a e not meiiilicrs of the bar. A number of St. Louis who'esalo liq- uor-dealimr and conipoundiii'' firms have combined against the trust and formed the Central Distilling Compnny, and will go into the distilling business. Representatives of the principol smelt ers ol the country met in Chicago re cently to form a combination to prevent such wide and rapid fluctuations in prices as the business is subject to. , The President has directed the removal of Joseph 11. Wilson, United States Dis trict Attorney lor tlie f.astern instrict oi Texas on the ground of bis neglect of d ty and inattention to public interests. C. P. Huntington expresses himself as well satisfied with the changes made in the Pacitic Mail Itoard of Directors, Ho also looks upon Gould's control of the Union Pacific as favorable to his inter ests. In the will of the late millionaire leather merchant, D. II. Fnverweather, who died at Ithaca, N. Y., $100,000 out right and $100,000 provisionally are lie lieved to have lieeu left to the Cornell University. The records show that from July 4, 1770, to June ,10, lSSii, the Indians cost the government $!):1l,2:,00t), or alstut $1,000 for every one of that race in the country at the time of the first whit settlement. There is a project to construct a ship canal across New Jersey from the Dela ware river to the Atlantic. The scheme was first suggested by merchants of Philadelphia, who desire a shorter water route to New York. The introduction of complicated weap ons on sailless men-of-war demands n change in the training of crews, ami the subject promises to show great diversity of opini 'n lietween naval ollicers. many of whom think there is no further need of crews of sailors. Perrin II. Sumner, a Broadway (New York city) real-estate speculator, who gained considerable notoriety in connec tion with the mysterious suicide of a man who registered at the Getty Hous in Yonkers as George Smith, bus Uvn arrested and charged with forgery. The National Society of Advent ist has retained ex-Postmaster-General Dickinson as counsel to test the right of Adventists to work or amuse themselves on the Christian Sabbath as they choose. This is a case in Tennessee where an Ad vent ist was convicted of plowing on Sunday. When the pension appropriation tall is considered in the House a statement will ppthably be made from the Repub lican side that no more general pension bills will l presented for passage this session, the sentiment of the Pension Commitee being against such legislation. The experimental station of the Iowa Agricultural College at Ames offers to donate the necessary time and money to aualyie sugar beets' grown in Iowa for whoever will preiay express charges and end samples, with' a full statement as to the nature of soil, previous treatment of soil, mode ot culture, manuring, where seed was obtained, name of vari ety, etc. FOREIGN NEWS. Americans Buying Grazing Lanik in Mexico. A Paris Newspaper Says That the Pope Is in Favor of a Union of Church and State. Americans have Isnight 500,000 seres of grazing hind on the Itio Grande, State of Coahuila, Mexico. The small-pox epidemic is raging all rwi.r Mulv.nilur V. w cemeteries lire lie ing provided in which to bury the dead. Le Soir of Paris states thut the Pope will shortly make adefinite statement in favor of Cardinal Lavigerie's olicy of the union of church and state, the Papal Nuncio has request d l'.ishop Fretipel to cease bis extreme opposition to tlie Republic. England's military garrison in Ireland is numerically larger than the regular army of the United States. On and after January 1 next Callno trill IkO flu nil Iv oort throiiLdi which opium will lie allowed to be imported into Peru. The great money lottery of the city of Hamburg, Germany, is bidding to ie the successor in this country ot tlie great Louisiana lottery. Ailviefifl from the Coniro Free State report the natives are still rebellious ami fighting is going on between them and the forces of the State. Yearlim? prices have risen in England to the point that a Mr. Marshall coolly adver'isesa yearling filly by Ormonde, from Serene by Hermit, for4,0i)0 guineas. Th Duke of VeraL'iitt. the only real livinif descendant of Christopher Colum bus and late Minister of the Int' rior in a former Spanish Cabinet, is very ill, and will probably only live a short time Tho people of Tientsin, China, are desperate in conuen,ucnce. of a luck of food and shelter, and threaten to mas- HiiiTH and n under Ilie r.uro ie.oi n-ai dents and march to Peking to demand relief. English phveicians returning from P. -rliii speak in verv favorable t mis of Koch's discovery no far as thev have wit - ness d its ell'ects, but they regret that tlieir opportunities of observation were limited. A dispatch says that nn Lnglish war that nn English war ves-el mis gone to .New i icor oc. io imu.-u unlives tor nil act ot canniiiaiisni.iwo . . ' men, an English trader and Ins son, having been killed and eaten on ono of the islands. The police of Amsterdam have made another rniil on the Socialists ami seiz.-d hundreds of revolutionary manifestoes and posters. It is Udieved a widespread conspiracy against the government has been checked. j To hundred and sixtv-"cven barrels of gold, worth altogether 7,14d,(Mi, re cently passed through lvcnigburg from St. Petersburg for London. The mom y was packed in three ars, and was at tended by a military escort. The Russian Minister of the Interior bus issued an edict milking compulse ry for every householder in villages to have two rows of trees planted around bis house. This is to prevent the numerous destructive fires in small towns and vtl - luges. President Carnot has signed the bill . t.Cr a tlm lu. no (its of the " . . i .... .i ...:i most lavorea nation ciause oinu rem - arv 180.1. on condition that Greece re- einrocates bv admitting French w ines . I . , ' ,, . I "T-. free lllld redilClllg t lie (limes oil uices io mey can mai.e ruies oi ircigm omeieiii per cent, and on velvets iiO per cent. j from one Hint to another without refer ence to the mileage; they can depress the The Spanish government has ordered tra,e f om. am lnilk0 trad0 ln-i-,U the erection of a new and first-class j iultiier if they choose; and some light house at Cape Villain) in order to times thev mav be 'tempted to do so to prevent frequent wrecks that oec tr oil gh(m. IK.pi,, ,ow ,m., s;lf(.r jt ja lu vote t lilt coast, loe iireseiu iiK"i is inferior class, and the loss of II. M. Serpent is ascribed to the dimness of a beacon. The E rl of Lathom is building in the Isle of Man a tower ten stor es high, each story of which will 'e consecrated to a special usage. Gne will be a thea ter, another a rest uiriint, still another a concert room, and the tops ory an obser vatory. capped by a lighthouse. The whole ediliee wid cost f 100,000. , Two persons in the disguise of pens ants, who were arrested for loitering in the vicinity of AnnitchkotT palace, in St. Petersburg, proved to lie secret lv armed, and, one of them is suspected of being the Nihilist conspirator Knlchkolf, who recently escaped from prison. Josef do Nav.irro, the ex-millionaire builder of the Navarro Flats and the father-in-law of Mary Anderson, was taxed recently upon $10,000 personal property. This was remitted by the court at New York on his statement tha' lie is not worth a dollar iind had $,10,000 in judgments against him. An official census bus establish d the fact that there existed in Russia, in E -rope, in P, hind and in Caucn-tis 1SO.S72 blind persons of Kith sexes tM.fiOii males and 5,8lt females whereas there are onlv 1SS.8I2 blind persons in the whole of Western Europe and 2-M01 in tlie New World. Sir Mackenzie Wallace, chief of the British statr accompanying the Czaro w itz on his Indian tour, has arr yed in Egypt on bis way to Itombay. Sir Mac kenzie will act as the Queen's represent ative in introducing theCzarowitz to the native Princes, and will accompany him on an occasions. The North Metropolit m Tramway of j London has completed the org iiiization ; of a society for the benefit of its thoii'amls of employes. The company Ivors all the office exMnses. Each meniU'r of the society sulseribcs I. pence weekly. It one is sick or disabled, 2 shillings and pence a day for thirteen week-, and half that amount for thirteen win ks follow ing, wit n free medical attcndur.c . is j given. The company hns given the so-: ciety a start with a contribution of 1,-1 K'n)." Membership is not compulsory. , Much interest is felt in Engl md in the i fate of Sophie Ouenzlierg, tlie female Nihilist, condemned to death for being an emissarv of the revolutionists, who had plotted the death of the Czar, tlfi her guilt there seems to lie no doubt, and. therefore, also no doubt that the sentence will be curried out, if it has not alreey been doue. It is not likely that ibe public will ever learn hat becomes of her, except, jierhaps, in some brief otKciHl rert of her execution. As she had honilw in her possession when ar rested, and also aproclamat bin snnoune- ing the death of the Cisr, Alexander; may concratulste himself in having her! out of the way. IVath will probably be inflicted by hanging. LOVERS' QUARRF.L thars offended y. I", t i-nlfflit, Now U'd.re Imre you met n;o w. Coldly uitiilioUlins your glwicw brt'lit. . Lktou. ud hear me, my (Mini's d' ll?M; Ah I You si;ll turn from urn. TUeu I Irao I have offended you, love, to nis'lit Let me my "lory lov" c11' Then you could never Increase my wos Coldly willitioMiiiK yo'ic Kli" brll'l't Hue I, my treiisured one, rend arlgbtTJ Sonielhlw; v. lllilu me tells me m. I httve olleuded you, love. to-uli;ht. Tell me herein I have ulnned In your (duht, Why do you chill me like v. Inter's snow f Coldly withholding your ghiucen liriyht. Surely my love In too deep for dlik'ht. Take It and kls me or hid me no, CoUly ilhhi!din your Kloucca brlfht, I have offended you, love, to-nicht. -Juini.'M I'lareuce Harvey lu Home Journal. THE GEr.MAN RAILROADS. Owned or Controlled by the C.i.Teniment. Mllllurv hiilril of the MuiiubmumiU The railwavs of Germany are, for the most part, owned by the state. Such as are not owned out and out are controlled by the government in such a maimer as to practically attain the main ohjict of ownership. The government looks uikiij tlie railways primarily as a means of bringing money into tlio treasury; lastly, as a convenience to the people. As vou travel in Germany you notice that all tho ollicials alxmt railway stations not only dress liko soldiers, but have .much of the gruirness and precision characteristic of that clx-; and the very porters, who carry your luggage, remind you of the barrack room, and you uro not surprised to find tho station master strutting about with much of the swagger und conse quence of the parade ground. Follow the railway management higher up uud you Iind that the military spirit jiervades every department. W hen a railway is projected tlie tirst question re lates to its value in the time of war. tho i Bccond to its usefulness to the jieopie. The war ollice must lirst approve before ' the civU brunch of government can take j a step. Thud you will see on the map of Germany many railways leading no j where, so far as commerce is concerned, ' and somewhere, onlv in the event of a war. Lilies are radiated from important centers to every point of the trontier, without reference to whether the traflio is biillicieiit to make each a road a paying Investment. So also you Iind a railw ay runnimr parallel with a trontier line, , purely us a military precaution. A cir- J culai' railway has jut been completed around lierlin , so far from tho center as to run mot of the way through a dcseit ! of sand. There is scarcely any travel on the road, but the government maintains ; it so us to have it handy in case of a siege. Tho Dolitic.il power which the govern- , m(,ul 1;XI..U!1.!1 .u ow ning the rail- i n In it I i Lil I'iIL. lu the first place it . , ,,.., ,,,. of almost every variety of machinery goods, for it has nearly 2.1.000 miles m opera tion; it ha-. Ihoii-ai.ds of locomotives, freight cars ami passenger cars to build; it has stations nnd bridges to construct; cliitiiing. lamps and instruments of vari ous kind to furnish. The government railway ollicials favor inaniitaciiires fa vorable to the government, and corre spondingly injure tlio trade of those in opposition. Then at thousands of rail way stations are restaurants, the food for which is supplied from tlie neighbor hood and here is another chance lor the government to inlluence votes in its favor. Then then is an immense uuiount of money sK iit yearly in advertising the new time tables in the local newspapers ulong the lines of road. This money, of cm-,., c;m onlv go to such papers us the rujiwiiv (,iHi i;i!s deem suitable and do ; T0U SUp1KW. ,i;lt (Jerniau olliciid will 1 look w itli favor upon a newspaier that ! ventures to criticise any government measures? I Tl.n (Im riilu-nv nfflpinla Mn tvltli. 1 .- ........... hold the building of a railway m this neighborhood if they prefer some other; .1 1 T t .KIT . for government representatives ill par liament than for Liiiernls. Of course the government does not intend to do this, but it is done by government ollicials and the government does not care to look too closely into the matter. Finally comes the great army of rail way employes, laborers! porters, signal men, conductors, engineers, mechanics, masons, carpenters, ollicials of all kinds, particularly the largo number who are expecting situations. London Cor. Kew York Commercial Advertiser. Tho Indian Not Iteveii;rfuL Feople make false estimates of the In dian's character. The Indian is not re vengeful, but in war he will take all the I advantages he can over his enemy. So I will a white man. There is no such ; thing as treachery in the Indian's chur 1 ncter. He will, us 1 say, take advantage j of the w hite man, but so will tho white I man take advantage of any num. 1 have 123 Indians in my camp; how 'do I civilize tliemf I have the n under i control, and they tiro disciplined ns j strictly as any 1hh.1v of soldiers. There 1 is no trouble in managing Indians, if you i know how to do it. I never have any trouble with them ticcause I obey the , first principle of business; I treat them . squarely. I never make a promise to them that I do not keep, and I am i treated well in return. I would rather loan money to an Indian than to a white man 1 think the chances of tho Indian returning it are much better. W. F. Cody in The Epoch. lUurUIng ItooU by Wholesale. Two colored bos who live on the west side and have long bad a boot blackum gmnj on Sixth avenue, have a new gvs- teni of soliciting business, by which thev ho; eventually to monopolize the entire trade of the neighborhood.'. They have had a circular printed in which they an nouiicetli.it thev will call at all private dwellings for business. This circular lias been sent to every house for a mile around Thev call at the houses for cu tomers every morning and take awav the boots and return them with a "patent leather shine." Already they have ev eral hundred customers, and as the busi ness is improving daily they have hired four assistants to facihtate the work. New York Mod and Express. TMting Aoo'hrr r.iplolTe. British authorities have been testine a ! K'"l.'ier, uio cotuposi- tion of which is a secret. Among the claims of its mventot are greater velocity, flatter trajectory, less touting and less recou man witti ordinary government po uer; -one u wnj KOrp better, is i Uereh.mt (buying B bil' of goods of CM ater to manufacture and to liandle, and eao drumroen-Wbat is ,our usual tiaw is lighter Uud the common po viler. It . thirty days! ia known as the Johnson-Barleml mw. Chicacu brnminir ln miniiri - der. and the experiments made are said to have fullv iu.-Uiied several ol i1m. I ciaum Arkausaw Travelef. I ON LIFE'S THRESHOLD.' Mother, Bobby's mother hud Invited a few friends to ton, nnd Uobhy wui eon -eqii any In- Stnieled to lio on his ln-st lx Imvinr. Tlie conversation having U'cnme Bill (..l nt. i hi. tulile our young friend nu for ,,,. X few moments uftorward bis , mother assed tho servant for a clean pinto. "You can have mine, mamma; theror.int nothin' on It," aid poor little llobby. Jutlse, W.nie . ,o . An old cram fut her had become quite, and b and .book so that be eouU S uoU adil Frequently tUey slip,H,l Wsnteil to I-arn How. feehl hunlly hold i -.,,, I.ia teenihlin'' flngcrs uml were liroUen. io imrwiiiv mvililisl It i ill for what ho . , i.:... i,a called such can lessiiess. Oueduy the latter's little boy came into the room, to find his fatlier at work on a block of wood, uud al.e.l him if ho was making another pit's trough, Ho replied: "I'm inuking a trough for uu d.l hog to eat out of. Tlio fact is it is for your grandfather. He's broken so many dishes I.... i nnitnr we'll all CO to the iHir- li,.ii Nnw.mvboV. run away and pla. Lilt tbo boy hesitated o:id slowly said: "Fa ther, hadn't I better stay end learn how to j make it, so wheu you get old und break up tbo dishes I cull make one for you to eat out of r Hartford Kclii'iuus Herald. An f.'v.A fur I'una. Harold is getting old enough to astonish bis parents occasionally with an original r- Inark. Tbo other evening his motlur said something to his father, who was reading, Ho didn't hear it. Sbo repeated it, but tho bead of the fumily was too intent on his read- ing to notice that bo was lieing nddres--ed. Harold had watched oierations, and ui'u-r his mother had spoken tbo second tune, ob- served: "ilannus, I think you'll have to 'sciiso papa. I guess his ears has gone out to walk around tho block for a few minutes.". Chicago Tribune. He Dreaded nepetitloiu The minister sought to improve the time by giving bobby a lesson in morality, "ily boy," bo said. "I have lived 41 years, and hnvo tiever used tobacco in any form, nor told a lie nor swore, nor played hookey, nor " "Have you got any littlo boysf" interrupted Bobby. "No, I have never bad any littlo boys." "Well, they aro mighty lucky," said Bobby. San Francisco Wasp. A Good Description. Mr. Pillsbury is something of a taxider mist, and one ufternoon made iircpar.it ions to skill un owl, preparatory to mounting it. Phil, his ardent littlo admirer, heard of the proceedings and rushed frantically lmnie, exclaiming, "Mamma, mamma, mayn't I go'n see Mr. Cranberry peel nn owlf" A littlo girl was given ono day for the first timosonio gooseberries. After anhilo sbo came buck and asked for some more turkey berries. Youth's Companion. The Statement Its Own Comment. Tho littlo miss who wrote tbo following will develop into a brilliaut satirist ono of these days: "Dti.ui Papa Mamma wroto mo. to got niy washing d me, to get my shoes mended Slid to buy some buttons for my dress and a now ribbon for my hat and sbo sent mo 10 cents." Philadelphia Times. Time's nongli riund. Grandma is pretty well on in yean, and Tiuio has left bis mai l; in many wrinkles on h r dear old face. Littlo Lucy was sitting in gradina's lap tbo other day, and ufter a long, inquiring gaze asked: "Grandma, what makes your faeo all so mussed upl ' Har per's Young People. Thorough Tciitllutiou of Mucpiue Knnms. All persons spend more or less time in their sleeping rooms. As a rule, about one-third of our lives is thus spent. The sleeping room, therefore, should be the best aired, tho most comfortable and in all other respects the most healthful room. Ample ventilation is much needed at all hours, bm especial attention should be paid to ventilation during sleep. There is no danger in having a sleeping apartment well ventilated, provided one 6leeps warm, being well protected by an abundance of cover. The desire of a well regulated housekeeper to have her work doue early in the morning causes her to leave one of the most important items of neatness undone. The most of tectnai pumying oi me oed and oeu- clothes cannot take place if the proper time is not allowed for a thorough air ing, which removes ull the human im purities which have collected during slumber. Two or three honrs at tho least should be allowed every day for a thorough ven tilation of bed and bedroom, and occa sionally bedding constantly used should bo carried into the open air and exposed to the sun and wind for half a day There is an old exploded notion that it is better to sleep in a cold room. Given a good ventilation, a fire in a sleeping room in cold Weather is healthy. Cold bed chambers imperil health and invite diseases. Tho old, the infantile and the frail should sleep in moderately warm rooms in cold weather, provided with ample ventilation Cor. Home Maga zine. An Eye Cla, but No String. Mas O'Rell writes iu The Washington Star: "The young French dandy takes kindly, too, to the single eye glass, which, to be really effective, must now be worn without a string. I do not mean that the string takes away from the virtue of the glass, but it has been decided that it detracts from the stylish ness of the elegant aid to vision "An eye glass must not now be nn ap pendage, but a part of one's self. The aim is clearly to show that one is so con fident of his ability to maintain the glass in position that n string is needless The great desideratum is to be able to eat with it, ride with it, dance with it. laugh with it, sneeze with it (if you can see with it so much the better), in fact, to look as if you slept with it and found it in its place in the morning. "Of course accidents will hapjien to the best regulated eve clusscs. and neces sarily part of tho training for wearing a 1 stringless one properly is to learn to pica it np nonchalantly when it does stray away from home, unless you adopt Mr. Whistler's plan. He carries a sup ply in his waistcoat pockit. und if 'one deserts him replaces the rambler from : rM5r--. .. ' Od the Drummer. "It was disgusting. The fire didn't reach my rootu until an hour after 1 had left it," said the drummer. "Well, what of it?" ' "1 might have had forty minutes more ' sleep. "-Ilarper's Dazar ! A rue of Abmi , iin.lrdntu. orlu- I always ray the flse oh er I be Pardon; Tb. thirty davs. or a urnmtJ i iat cash. Tus Epoch, I tiqtietto. and watch tiny every uttention and iiu.ttecu,. . them. A failure to seat a memi .7 ,to corps or ins who in tlie precU r" his wife in the urtcul. T longing to bis or her rank at iL. bii would, probably, destroy the nUT the occasion. Not ono inch fnMhJV tho host or hostess than beloncaj to e? cujtitry they n-present wonlj K, ?f t ruted. Tho placing of the diplornnJt lino to bo presented on oci-asiousofrl? monv must lie dono in strif.. ; f k j lllip(,M f ri m . i locu, H(1lc. V r entertaining flJ ' i"!.! . UUl6t'lTl' 2 . , ... i , "wcrvaor. f''y " duuub oi every kingdom i mviiirn mill nn ! iifi ow if .1... - to give their guo.sti pleabtu-e and to avud a tcene such as has characterize u shun where "second clats Soutli AtoT ioi" has occupied positions a few jZ! Blx)ve "first class Europe," or whcrVS European provinces have been civ . cl,UlilJi,.U011s tj 8 Li,,.i,.,lla Ai,n.i.n i . krU to give their guo-sti pleasure and n .1?. , - II. nest l ittle t'ah RegUten Cash registers, so callinl, are by m meaiss a new thing, but tlie laU-ststvlerf register is a iierfect marvel. Ii J; . the uuiount of the purchase, indicates tk umount to tho clerk or cashier as vnZ b tho customer; opens the drawer for making the change, rings a bdU give tho alarm and adds the amount registered to the amount of all form registrations. All thiti la accomplUjJ by a single depression of ono key. TUi little machine is perfectly honest ume9 no mistakes. It detects cartW n(iss w,t.tlK,r jt is on the part ot the em. iover8 or tmploves. When u-. ,i!T. plovers or employes. When the dat'i w ork is done tho machine has all tl l added up, so that it can be n .,. glance what amount of money should b found in the drawer. Or if at noon, or ut any other time in the day, tin pro. prietor wishes to find out how mud business has been done, it ia not a minute's work to find out with the m chine, which is provided with t kcts lock, to prevent the possibility of any cw altering the figures or tampering wululu mechanism. Tlie machine can be ready for i day'i work and set for another day'i work ia less than two minutes. The clerk mat lock his machino so that no person can tamper with it and so that the clerk himself cannot interfere with the regit, tering mechanism. Tlie proprietor, if hi chooses, may, in a moment, set the metis anisu) so that no registration can hi made without owning the draw act time. New York Mail und Express, Colors In Garueti. Garnets are not always shaded in red. They appear in brown, black, green" and yellow. Colorless and thitt specimens have also been found. Then is a coarse variety known as common garnet found in siifllcient quantities to bo used as a. (lux hi the smelting of iron. It is the noble garnets or the precious garnets, sometimes called il mainline, that are of great value. They aro generally of a crimson red color, sometimes of so dwp a tint that jewel- I ers hollow it out beneath or placet pluto of silver at the back of it Tlie cinnamon stono is said to be a garnet There is a vuriety found in Siberia which is called the Grossularia, from its resemblance to a green gooseberry in form, size and color. Powdered gar nets are often used for polisliing and cutting tther stones. The powders known among lupidaries as redemay. Keystone. Ghastly CleTenwM. Pinetti, tho fiunous conjurer, wsi commanded by the Empress Catherine II of liussiii to give her a specimen of his cleverness. On presenting herself at his lodgings, in response to his in vitation, her majesty was conducted into a room that was entirely draped in bkiek and lighted up with tapers. A sort of wooden gallows was erected in ono comer of the room, on which, to uer ilomir, the empress saw hanginj ' e jjy 0j pinetti. After a while tin j conjurt,,. nilI1g 0(T o0 of his legs, tho the other, in like manner his arms, then his head, and last of nil tlie trunk dropped to the ground, and uniWI with the limbs presented the DgM" tho performer restored to lifeand vigor. Catherino miulo him a handsome p ent, but sent liimnn mtimationtolea tlie country. Exchange. A Ural J'uk An exchange says there are no jokeMj real j .kes, iu the columns of tbeparapipw ll.h, io n,,.' "Then you reject mel" "I do." "Will you give me a reason!" "Yes. Taint says you are rich. "I urn not rich. I am poor. If f J ried me ws would have toitrufgUM live." . "Are you telling me the trutnr "I am. Can you doubt mel" "Come to my arms, Henry. I tboojJ" were rich and 1 havesworonev-so-' a rich man I" Boston Courier. CauB!it On After lie U ' , "I'm delighted you called. Mr said Miss Spider. "This is niy birtbW.i know." raicta1 "Allow me to congratulate yon. turned, and then added. chuckle, "the nineteenth, I lf ,'Te'il nk "Ah, you trv to flatter mo." "1 a smirk. "All you men ore t mav not look it, but I'm just . "'Why," he asked, "what year w born iuT "Can't you conntr -lilnt- "Yes, but I was afraid JM "" New York Evening Sua. 1- ""i-;iJ' v -vo; 'J? i , v ) art MS a ti i tr t i i VEGETABLE FANA FCRTHE CUHC. , ,i .ji i1 rvm 'n -I-tM i I Till AND ALL OTHER DISEASE ARISING FROM A yjfj, DISORDERED STATE 0fTit5 OB AM - INACTIVE- LIVEP 5GISTS aCENERALC DRU;