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EUGENE CITY GUARD,
U L. CAMMKM Freprleter.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
A CIEVER TRICK EXPOSED.
plgb Pileed iulta That An Mad. to
Show and Kot to Be Sold.
I have noticed in the window of ft
certain ready made clothing establish
mo nt that advertises liberally and well,
nnd work the bargain wile racket uion
a scale of fairness well out of the beaten
rot, npon several occasions one or more
overcoat or uiU of clothed mado up in
distinctly custom made material, nd
finished with all the biboriou care that
is bestowed npon the high class made to
order garment I have out of curiosity
frequently gone into this store on rwn
days to sote the quality of the goods
offered for the money, and It must be
said that the prices quoted were genor
lly way down below the rock bottom
cost of manufacture.
Inside the store I encounter several
more of these handsomely made suits. 1
even went so fur upon one occasion as to
try on one of the coats thereof, but it
did not fit, and the obliging clerk in
formed me that they were all sold out of
my size. The price quoted was $12, and
as matter of fact such a suit could not
have been manufactured for doublo that
sum. The size was small one 34
chest, and while I lingered for further
information small and slender man
came along looking over the couutcr.
He picked np the fine suit nd I waited
developments. He asked the price, felt
the cloth and tried it on.
The man was of ft peculiar shape, and
to the horror of the clerk it fitted hitn
exactly. "Let me show yon something
else." "No," was the decisive answer;
"I will tuke this," and tho twelve dollnrs
was counted ont When he left the store
withh is prize there was "wailing ftnd
gnashing of teeth."
"Could you not see he was bad shape
nd it might fit blmi" queried the man
ager. "Well, I thought they wore mado,"
answered the clerk, "so that they
wouldn't fit anybody."
The secret was out. And clover
catch trade device it is. I reinomlier
distinctly thescraphio smile of the little
lop sided man as be strode out of the
door in that, on hhn, perfect fitting gray
cassimere ten strike. The decoy suit
that will not fit anybody Is the latest
trick of the trade, and its projector is
certainly a genius in his way. Clothier
nd Furnisher.
Tit Ingoaloua Paupers Caught.
Bympathotlo sjioctators gathered one
afternoon around a young man who full
down in front of the Louvre in what ap
peared to be an epileptic seizure. One
of the bystanders stepped forward and
projHJsed to carry the invalid to ft
chemist s shop not far off, and another
offered to assist. The one who spuko
first took up the epileptic' lint, and
throwing sixpence into it said to the
crowd, "1 am a poor man myself, but if
each one of you did a 1 do this un
fortunate creature would have some
thing to help to relieve his sufferings."
Impelled by this generous example the
crowd showered coppers and small silver
Into the hat until over ten shillings was
collected.
Ureat was their astonishment when
two constable wulked up and seized
both the benevolent originutor of the
alms collection and the epileptic suffer
er. The hitter, as soon as he opened hii
eyes and saw the policeman, forgot Unit
he was an invalid and attomptod to es
cape. They were both takeu to the lock
np, and were identified aa two well
known lazy mendicants, nuiucd Oirnet
' ftnd Dosiimrota They had enacted the
some dodge successfully in tho lino Snlnt
Ilonore during the forenoon, the epilep
tio and his colleague on that occasion
fleecing the charitable to the extent of
8s. The chemist's assistant who re
lioved the pretended sufferer in the Rue
Saint Honors hapjicned to pass the
Louvre while his second performance
was going on. Suspecting a fraud, he
told the police. Hence their arrest
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
llunraL
No man can pursue an honest policy
for a long courxo of years without Ruin
ing a reputation more to be valued than
great riches. It does one good, heart
nd soul, to rememlier that there are
men who are like pillars of fire by night
to more wavering consciences, men who
can reject a bribe with the haughtiness
due an Insult. The Into W. II. V. Hack
ett, of Portsmouth, was an exception,
lly honest man, one of those lawyers
who, like Abraham Lincoln, would net
undertake ft case which did not seem to
him ft just one, and wherever he was
known his Influence over jury was
naturally great.
One day, after the termination of a
certain case, Mr. liockett met au old
farmer who bad been one of the jury,
nd who felt that too much time had
been consumed in reaching a verdict.
"The fact la, squire." he said, "w
shouldn't ha' been so long a-giviu' you
that case, but somehow or other there
happened U be couple o' men on there
who didn't know you at alL Waal, the
rest of us, we just told 'em what kind of
ft man we kuowed Squire Hackott to he.
An' we kind of insisted ntoii It that we
could depend exactly on what you said.
An' so, after tliat, we all cauie round
together." Youth's Companion.
Why They Hit rrieada.
Gratitude is ft short rut to sincere
ftnd lasting friendship. Some people
complain that they have no friends.
Have they never had ft favor done
tbemf Why, every man has had a
core of favors done lilm every day of
bis life. Those who Ix-ar It in wind,
who say word of hearty thanks, who
watch ft chance to do a, favor hi return,
sever lack friends. New York Ledger.
ItllftVr' Kerspe.
Whiflers Narrow escape DliiTcra had
yesterday , wasn't Itt
Millers I didn't hear of It
Whiffers-Why, that hire De Gab
Lie buttonholed him on the street and
began telling Lim all bout that first
baby of Lis, but fortunately just oa he
got utartod a runaway horse dashed
Into them, and Dliffor was killed.
Good News.
Not a fair Ouelnn.
"Yon are heartle, Ethel," said he.
"How can I be if, as you claim, I
have your heart T said she. Harper'.
Bazar.
Tho African I'yg-iiiles.
The name of dwarfs, applied by some
to these people, ha been objected to as
Implying deformity or arrested growth.
nd therefore conveying a wrong im
pression. Nothing of the kind can be
laid of the African pygmies, who,
though of short stature, are well shaped
people of perfectly normal lonnuwm.
U true that the Hottentots and Bush
men show i-rtain strange anatomicul
peculiarities, but these may be said to
be more or less accidental, being, In part
t least, tho result of Ktxt-ial and un
favorable conditions of life.
The pygmies are nomadic In their
habits, and neither keep cattle nor till
tho ground, but live by ImnHng and
snaring wild animals and birds, or.
nnder tho most unfavorable circum
stances, on wild fruits, roots and berries.
Their weapons are always bows and ar
rows, the latter usually poisoned the
resource of tho weuk.
They have no fixed abode, and If they
build shelters at all only construct rude
huts of branches. They have no gov
ernment, nor do they form regular com
umnities; they nsually wander about,
like our gypsies, In hordes composed of
few fumilies each. This, however, de
pends on the nature of the country in
the parched deserts of the south they are
not even united to this extent Some
times they are to ft certain extent de
pendent on more owerfuI tribes, who
afford them protection In return for cer
tain service. Their notions of the Un
seen, when they huve ny, would appar
to.be of the very crudest Their lan
guages seem to be distinct from others,
related anion? themselves and very pe
culiar. A. Werner in Popular Science
Monthly. -
New rinds at I'ompell.
At romjH.'il some mural paintings of
more than ordinary interest have recent
ly been dinclosed. In tho Eighth Region,
between Nos. 18 and 21 of the Second
Insula, via 111 and IV, the remarkable
discovery has been made of house five
stories high. The upper floor, which Is
entered from the higher level formed by
mound of prehistoric lava, Is profusely
,l,-iriitiHl. mill the nrinelnal hall displays
on one wnll the myth of llellerophon, a
nudo figure, who, holding with one hand
the bridle of his horso, Is in the act of
receiving the letters and orders or King
Prretus. who Is seated on throne before
him.
The lower part of the bouse, looking
inward KtubiiB and the sea. was used as
bathing establishment Three steps
led into the rrigmanum, wnicn is per-f.x-t
lim lnwxr niirt of the surroundinit
walls being painted blue and the upper
red. The middle of the right wall is oc
cupied by picture representing
nymph, semi-nude, borne over the waves
on sea horse, Tho horizontal band di
viding the blue from tho red surface is a
kind of frieze of comic or caricature
scenes, representing dwarfs or pigmies,
iu scenery evidently of the Nilecountry,
fighting with various animals. One
rWrf in the act of throwinir luriro
tone at tin ibis, while another is trying
to save by drawing to the land figure
(probably a woman) fallen into the river,
when, seized himself by a crocodile, he
has tied himself with a roe to another
dwarf standing behind, who is striving
with might and main to prevent his com-
i , 1 .....
raile rroin ueltig uruwn uowu mio urn
water. London Athenumm.
The Hottest Krglitn.
Careful observations and comparisons
made by scientific Americans prove that
the hottest rcirion on the earth is on the
southwestern coast of Persia, where Per
sia borders tho gulf of the same mime.
For fortv consociitivo days in the
mouth of July and August the ther
mometer has been known not to rail
lower than 1U0 cleg, night or day, and
to often run up as high as 128 dogs, in
the afternoon.
At Bulirin. in the center of the torrid
part of the torrid belt, as though It were
nature's intention to make the region as
unbearable as possible, no water can
be obtained from digging wells 100, 1MJ
or even OIK) fuet deep, yet a comparative
ly numerous population contrive to live
there, thanks to copious springs which
break forth from tho bottom of the gulf.
mora than mile from shore. St Louis
Ulobo-Democrat
Aa Interesting Reunion,
A family reunion was held at Lancas
ter, Mass., Aug. 10 which was somewhat
remarkable. Mr. and Mrs. John W
Barnes were married there in May, 18IW,
nd have been blessed with eight chil
dren, four girls and four boy. The en
tire family were gathered under the
parental i-oof on the alove date for the
Urnt time in eighteen years. Instances
of fifty-five years of married life, with
out ft break in so large number of chil
dren, are certainly very rare, and the
Barnes family of Lancaster ought to he
desiruble rika for life insurance com
panies. The average ago of the whole
family was found to ho 50.8 years, rang
ing from M to !0, and the averago
weight was 107.3 pounds, ranging from
J.'Itj pounds (tho weight of the baby) to
U'O pounds, tho weight of the oldest
child. Dost on Journal.
Lived on Tluee Cents Uay.
George Uilbort, miser, gd 70, was
found dead at his residence in Heard
man. During the past fifty years he
had lived alone, devoting his time to
saving money, which he deposited iu
the bonks. It was his boat that his
living the year round did not cost lilm
over three cents per day. Iu ISM he
old ucighhor a load of hay or (07.
Uilbort punctually collected the interest
each year, and butt year accepted the
principal, it having earned him over
100. UilU-rt leaves au estate valued
at f r.'.VlXX) to 1150.000, and has no rela
tives residing iu this section. Cor. Iitts
burg Diftpatcli.
IMda't Accord.
It is remarkable to what extent refine
ment may be carried. There is In this
city a young man who eats erased violet
and wears a seartueck tie every time he
feels an attack of the blues approaching.
The other evening he awoke iu the mid
dle of the uight. and. rousing bis room
mate, said:
"This is simply agonizing. "
"What Is the matterr
"Those two mosquitoes that are sing
Ing in the room."
"Well, what do you care so long ai
ther don't bite your
M They are ut singing in harmony." !
W asiiington rust
The poet Swinburne is little man
with big bd, which isfriniml with
auburn bur. Ho is quick and nervous i
in Lis uinvt-meiit and very brilliant ,
UlUr. Ue is bachelor.
OLD SHOWMAN'S TALK.
He
EXPOSE9 THE METHODS
MANUFACTURING FREAKS.
OP
The Public's Fondness fur lli-lli Hum-bugged-W
the Miowmait ! a hliow-maa-la
the Mermaid fchop Ths Male
log of MomtnuUle-.
It was our old friend the showman the
only survivor of A warn, r-sq., iruiuiui
nuullu in the mile He is s queer
duck, is this friend of ours, flie old show
..... .ill, . r,rm,n for seeing the curl
ous and unique, with strong fancy, with
a cosmopolitan Instinct and with a sense
Of the ChuriD OI SUl-cl-sniw huiuiiiBK.:v
He U-lleves with the Idol of the show
world the vsnersble suge of Bridgeport
fl,t tl, nulJic likes to be humbugged
A ir.L entiiim. snap sido show attraets
i.i, . ,ir,,n at muar attrants flics
Is never so hsppy when, with hlsshlnv
tall hat on thWk of bis head, and wlili
his ke;n eyes duncnig Iu tire excitement
,.r hn.ir U is aloft on th box
of tho side show In front of the circle
of pictures of tlio Llrcassian woman, aim
the fat woman snd the lineof freaks, oral
Inir crowd of believers on the wonders
of his show linlds the canvas.
Til if KAK'S RXTKIIIKNCB.
If he has leisure he visits the resorts of
tho shady suli of life, not from a sense of
depravity bill for study of the curious
He has walked miles of railroad ties in the
current of hard lurk, when, with his va
ried talents, lis might have been enjoying
il,. HnllMiU nl a U-autiful home. Be has
done, avervthlnir from "Hlehard III " In
r,,nn nf thn lam storniliiff "nrofesh' to
turning the linnl organ st the feet of
morniuid tuflal wltn sawuusi. mien
the reporter sa lilm he was off duty, eye
big with critical keeuncss the people on
the circus grounls.
"Tho showmot." quoth ho, "rises early
nd retires late. 1 know him. 1 know
11 about him. Ho puts all bis nerve,
strength, vigor ftid brains Into tho busl
The shownan Is usually show
man because ha fjuldn't be anything else
if ho had every ofiwrtuuity ' 'he world
He'd rather be howmnn and have to go
to bed while his only slilrt was being
washed than be almnk rashler rolling in
somebody else's nillious.
'll've been to lie city," continued our
friend, as he sat on property box and
looked at the sky. "I've taken in most
of the things iu uldch I'm Interested, nd
you know what ihey are. Lots of them
are the old clies'iilits, hut lots of them
were not. I vlsiul au old friend of mine
on tho llowery, md some old acquaint
anros In Philadelphia There Is a certain
Free Masonry hi tin profession that helps
fellow out In foelgu lands, such as the
Bowery When Iwus Iu the latter place
I called on a frieiil, one morning, and he
says let's go up to the mermaid shop.
Vou roinemlier lint mermaid of mine,
don't you? Hal tla! Weill that was
good one the rhmpest and liest mermuid
ever shown In thil state, but It wouldn't
do to have rorriel it outside. A lino of
stoveplie and iinvas skin won't work
everywliere outuiiu of the cross roads
Well, we went u to the mermuid shop
I called It tho fs-o factory. It's good
one. '
Oo on. was th' reporters suggestion.
MANir.UTlHR OF FIIKAKS.
"Well, sir, siuo I'm talking on tho
fakn, did you knot that tho finest artist
In tho world In theinauufacture of freaks
and curiosities Is fti Alaskan? It's fact
I was surprised m"elf, for 1 always sun
posed that ho woild bo a Yankee. He
was away when wo ulled, but his assistant
was them. They trre making Egyptian
mummies that day, a full line of them for
museum In I'aiii. They are mado of
Jdastur of parts aid boiltd In tobacco
nice, and they art stunners when they
are done. It Is curious yarn how the
reporter got on ti his place. Ho occu
pies a place under 'he roof and dries his
curiosities on the lit roof In the sun. Tho
elevated railroad mslics along over tho
city hero, and sonistravelers ly the morn
ing train saw cutous sigui out on one
or tho roofs. It loUed like a collection
of dead bodies, dt ing In the sun, and a
conglomeration of hideous monstrosities
ami blood curdllntf'reaks of nature. Of
course somelsidy iu estigatod it, and as a
result the birlliplce of the freak was
found.
"I wish I could fvo you that Alaskan's
name, but I can't, t'sa stunner In length,
and ho Is an art it of si distinguished
talents as his ntuinls long. He made tho
man ox that st ruclt he professors of anat
omy everywhere. Ilo drew the sklu over
the ribs so adroit I that there seemed to
be absolutely no suit In It, and it put
tied the scientists is well as the common
people. There an two or three other
freak makers In the llowery that we
called on. but the are no others that ap
proach tills fcllouf A mermaid Is noth
ing at all for him. tie ciui draw a chicken's
skiu over tho skejton as handily as you
draw on vour glov) and uo man ran swear
that It Is artilicialj
"Are none of thee freaks genuine?"
"Mighty fow tint I know any tiling about
re very genuine, t Most of this mau ox.
or nooi lioi-so, leruiakl, sea seiwiu,
Egyptian mumi.t, royal anatomical
marine museum Suff is manufactured.
Of course there nrtonie freaks of nature
in tho way of inouoslties that are gen
u I no. Tho India rber man U freak of
nature, and I was it to soo the centaur of
a man horse at t ho fine museum. ' That's
genuine If you like t. It's coon with
Lis legs tw isted oil of shape. The poor
cuss was marked ll birth and can't walk
upright a dead gi away of a fake that
don't excite any palicular Interest 'Aim
truliaii children' ao idiots. Circassian,
women can be mado ith ease and celerity.
Bearded women cucU found anywhere.
Tho country Is fullof Albinos, and if it
were not they rautie manufactured to
order at any Ume,"fNew York Oraphlo.
Churl jr of to I'hyaleliuu,
Tlie active luoiulies of the medical pro.
fession havo to do ure work of charita
ble character than buy other profession
In tlio country. I looking over my
account ledger dv or two ago to see
what 1 could do wia certain bills. A
large number 1 foitd useless, and con
signed tliem to tlriwaste basket The
bills that I destroy) aggregated at the
lowest value fair to put on them about
'.1H) Tho time In tlilcli the visits were
made was about teiiMH'kt. sotlmt Iu two
mouths slid half (did absolutely '-.'IK)
worth of work for clrlty. The bad bills
made during tlio sain time I have uot yet
figured out. There mother decidedly
aggravating feature Mill th profession,
and that Is that aftenttendiug a (vnt iotit
for a tune and tho later tiuds himself un
able or It unwilling t ray for services,
he dismisses you and alls 'in im other
physlehin, to be liko lso tl-cd out of
Lis Just dues. To tut phj slcian he will
give you a kick by suing that you were
uot etllrleut. l'hysiuu in (ilobe-Deuiu-cral
i
IHnularliig Iheol.l Mater.
Instructor (lookitt o-er his pupil'
work, copying an cldmaster in the Mu
seum of Art-- Now iiat's uncoiniuotily
clever. I wonder Wat they'll do with
the old one wluu his is finished.
Chatter. '
Two of Kind.
Puyer How tuucli , ttaa trousers, Mr.
Boloiuoiul
Mr. S. Veil, meia 'round, v are jruit
CIvin'diHU ivuits avar.i
t)uyr elluivy) lauk thaukst
take Uiu wir.
Hut rajudly with uxn J-Uxa,
ril ,
I
I
FATE COULD NOT HARM.
Th Feeling of Beearitr of s Maa Whoso
f.lfe Was loeured for S40.
They are tearing down old house all
over the city to make room for the more
modern house. While those house are
beinir demolished there is usually class
of people who crowd around, eager to
pick np the stray pieces of wood which
come in their direction. Colored people
generally predominate in thi class, and
many a family is thus npplied with
fueL Whilo tearing down a house in
the northwest section of the city re
cently the workmen were very much
bothered by these "wood hustlers," a
they term them.
The "wood hustlers" In this case were
composed, with but ono exception, of
mall negroes. This exception was an
old negro who had one leg shorter than
the other, and was nearly bent double,
but whether with age or not no one
knew. He looked aa if he had worked
bard all bis life, but appearances are de
ceitful. The workmen became so incensed at
the "wood hustlers" thut they drove
them ull away excepting the old man.
After ft while the old man became more
bold, ond endangered himself in trying
to get pieces of wood. One of the work
men sjMike to him about it, telling him
he would be hurt if bo persisted in get-
tinc in the way. The old man mumbled
out something, but paid no attention to
the wanting. '
Finally he got close to the wall and
toojitd to pick np a pieceof beam. Just
as he wua stooping a brick fell in front
of him, nnd he uurrowly escaped being
hit Seeing this a workmun yelled:
"Look ont. ole man, or youTl be
killed" 1 '
"1 doan't kare," replied the old man,
and he continued to conflscute all the
wood that ciime within his reach. Again
he barely escaied being hit with another
brick, and again the workman shouted:
"I done tole yer oust to git away from
dere. The fust thing you know you
won't know nothing."
"I doan't kare," reiterated the old
man, looking uround for more wood, nnd.
cuing some iu the interior of the build
ing, he went for it. Ilo had hardly
passed the door when a heavy beam fell
in the place ho had just vacated, envel
oping him in a cloud of dust. Several
workmen, thinking that tlio heavy beam
bad pinioned the old man to the ground,
jumped down to render all the assist
ance possible. Imagine their surprise
when, on reaching the place, tlmy found
the old man gathering the wood as un
concernedly as though nothing had hap
pened The workmen were speechless
tor a while and then one suid:
"Look a' hnr. olo man, you'll have to
git out o' tbia We don't care bout
losin' time erenrryin' yer korpns through
the street."
The old man looked contemptuously
at the speaker, and then said in a don't-give-a-continentttl
tone:
"u way. niggers; I don t care. I jist
had my life 'sured fo' forty dollars."
Washington Past.
I)lrolorutioo of the Skin.
Between the cuticle the epidermis,
that is, or scarfskin and the true skin
is a layer of cells which secrete from the
blood a dark coloring matter. The
black races have this feature most fully
developed, but even the lightest are not
wholly destitute of it
Its complete absence characterizes the
si I duo, giving us occasionally a chalk
white negro, tho hair, of course, partici
pating in the defect. As this pigment
is also wanting in the album's choroid
coat of tho eye normally a dark back
ground for the retina, and essential to
clear vision ho is nearly blind except at
night
There Is often a local absence of pig
ment, causing white patches on the
limbs nnd different parts of the body.
Such a patch on tho bend may give rise
to a solitary white lock amid a full head
of dark hair.
Some parts of the skin are naturally
darker than the rest, and the darker
color may extend far beyond the usual
limit nnd still bo purely physiological,
but dark colored spots often appear on
the body as a result of some diseased
condition or of excitiug causes.
Tlio simplest mid commonest of such
sjHits are known as freckles. Their re
mote cause is a peculiarly sensitive skin:
their direct cause is the light and heut
of tho sun. Persons with fair skin and
hair are most subject to them. The pig
ment, which in others is uniformly dis
tributed, seems to gather into small
rounded spots. Youth' Companion,
llnilljr Crippled.
A party of Americans, including three
or four boys and girls, were not long
ago visiting nn ancient church in a
French provincial city. An aged beadle
showed them the objects of interest.
"Whose portrait is tliis?" naked one of
the girls, indicating nn ancient canvas
upon which the face and form of a man
lu armor could barely bo made out.
"That," said the bendle, after stopping
to take a pinch of siuitf, "is the celebrat
ed Grand Duke Anatolo, the founder of
the church."
"Was he a gTeat soldier?"
"Yes; but he hud the misfortune to
toee leg or an arm in every battle in
which he took part"
"How many battles did he take part
taT' asked one of the boys.
The beadh', who was expectiug
vneeze, looked skyward a minute, then
sneezed violently, used his handker
chief, und answered:
"Twenty-four!" Youth's Companion
A Tra-Year-Old Heroine.
Miss Joanne Vietoiro $nook, ngod 10,
lias boon presented by the ninyor of
Portsmouth with the honorary certifi
cate of the Koyal Humane society for
saving her little brother's life in April.
The lad fell from a landing stago into
twelve foot of water nnd must have
perilled had uot his sister, who was
unable to swim, jumped in and man
aged to keep him ailout until a water
man car.ie nnd rescued Imth. Theciise
Is sold to b without a arallel in the
annuls of the Royal Humane society.
Jiew York Teleirram.
A Sagavluua i'tillle.
On Saturday forenoon, while a gentle
man was lieing driven in his private car
riage past the Cross, Paisley, a little girl
run in front of tlio horse and would in
evitably have Urn seriously injured but
for the sagacity of a large collie dog
which was running behind the carriage
and saw the danger. The animal seized
the child dress and actually swung the
little one round about in his efforts to
extricate her from her perilous position.
She was knocked down, but was nul
tnucb hurt-Pall Mml Cictli
PALMER'S DEALINGS WITH STEWART.
A Blufle Tranuietlon Won tho Admlra
tloa of tho Dry Uooda King.
A. T. Packard tells of a deal that
oncn occurred between A. T. Stewart
and Potter Palmer. "It was during
the early days of Palmer's career In the
dry goods business 1802, I think, lie
enjoyed a good credit In Chicago, but
in New York he was not inucu unowii,
n,l f,,r flint miiMin he went there him-
elf to buy his goods and pay cash for
thcra. Every duy ana someumes
twice a day the receipts of the business
In Chicago would bo sent to Lim, and
be would place the funds In a safe in
bis quarters at the Fifth Avenue hotel
until he went out to buy, and then lie
would carry the money with him. His
banking business he did in New York.
"One day a friend ad vised liiiu to buy
prints, as a boom in the price wus
about to occur. Palmer posted off to
A. T. Stcwurt's wholesale establish
ment, and was shown through the
print department, hi which were 420
case of the goods. After looking
them over and getting tho lowest price
bo remarked as calmly as If he were
purchasing ono yard, 'I'll take the 420
cases,' and then went to his hotel. The
ale caused u flutter In the hbuso.
'Who Is this Potter Palmer r was the
query. And aa the bill amounted to
200,000 the clerk, unwilling to tuke
the responsibility of so largo a credit
upon himself, reported it to Stewart.
"The next morning Puliner received
wnnl thnt Stewart wonted to see lilm,
and thither he posted. In the moan
time, I should say, tho price of prints
had already advanced a couple of
cents, and Stewart made up his mind
to cancel the sale if by any possible,
honorable meuns he could do so. You
know that In the dry goods business
'cash goods' sometimes means 'payable
hi ten days,' and sometimes In thirty
duys, a fact upon which Stewart relied
to help li" 0lt-
" 'Mr. Palmer,' ho said, when the
hitter appeured, 'you bought a pretty
lurgo bill of goods yesterday. I sup
pose you know on whut terms you pur
chased T -
" 'Certainly; thirty days,' Palmer
replied .
" 'Not at all,' responded Stewart in
bis sweet, oily way. 'They are ton
days' goods, and on no other terms can
I sell them.'
"At this Palmer was silent a moment,
while Stewart chuckled inwustllyatthe
thought of the ease with which lie had
lived the prollt of the rise to himself.
But wishing to nppoar liberal ho said:
" 'Yes, that is the best I can do; but
if you can pay spot cash I can give you
a good discount.'
" 'How much of a discount?' queried
Palmer after the manner of a man
thinking of something else.
" 'Oh, can give you 10 per cent, for
spot cash; otherwise I must have the
money in ten days or no sale.' Stewart's
manner was that of a fisherman playing
with a well hooked trout. Paluier re
mained lost in thought for about two
minutes and then, while his faco grow
longer than ever, though Inwardly ho
was laughing at the glee iu Stewart's
eyes, said, slowly drawing a big wallet
from his insido pocket: . .
" 'Well, I guess I'll pay spot cosh,'
and to tho astonishment of Stewart
Palmer counted out the amount, less
the discount, and asked for A. T.'s re
ceipt. The hitter's admiration for his
Chicago customer went up like a rocket,
where to the day of his death it re
mained. Ever afterward Potter Pal
mer's credit was Al, and ho paid for his
goods when ho got ready." Chicago
Post '
At tbo SavtiiKS llauk.
In the long procession that passes be
fore the cashier of a savings bank are
many odd characters. The man behind
the counter does not receive the do
posits, little and great, without retain
ing also a good many nmusing recollec
tions. The other day a pleasant faced
woman handed her book to the cashier
in a Boston savings bank, and said, with
a good deal of what tho French call em
pressement "Next week I wish to draw
the full amount of my deposit"
"Very well, madam," answered the
cashier, looking at the book.
"I thought 1 would mention it today,
nd then it would not cause any incon
venience." she continued, with ft bright
mile. '
"Thank you very tntich," replied the
cashier. "Come In any time next week
ud you shall have it Or you can draw
it today if you like. We have the
amount on hand," and he smiled upon
his customer as if he took personal
Interest in her plans.
"No, I will come in next Wednesday,
thank you," and she tripjied happily
way with her precious book.
The "full amount of her deposit" was
$10.00.
Not long ago an Irishman explained to
the cashier that he wished to draw a
certain amount from the deposit or a
friend, whose book he presented.
"Very well," said the cashier, hand
ing him a printed blank. "You must
have your friend sign this order. Let
him put his name here, and write 'Pay
to Bearer' here, and Ve will give you the
money."
Not many honr later Mr. Riley ap
peared again. Ue pointed to his friend's
name properly signed to the order, and
lso an inscription after the printed
words, "pay to ."
"1 don't know what ye wanted that
name there for." he said, "bnt I wrote it
in as ye told me."
The "name" he hud written In was
"Pater Barrer."
There being no rule of ' the bank
gainst phonetic spelling, Mr. Riley re
ceived his -money forthwith. Youth's
Companion.
Improved Dreea of EnglUhmea.
The universal verdict of strangers
who have been regular visitors to
IOiidon for a number of years is that
the English dross 20 per cent, bettor
than they used to. Time honored tra
ditions of patronizing one's grind
father' tailor, or leaving one's measure
with the standing on lor to send home
so many it anil so m.-iny pairs of
trousers each quarter have given place
to common sense. Young dandies who
would once have felt like lackeys in
waistcimt not from Poole or Smallpoge,
now find coit tat ion in the lower prices
nd not at all bad fit given by a Kino
of the Strand or a Young of iiolbom.
Clothier and PumUher.
PALESTINE'S DESOLATION.
rue Country ftoondaboiit Ileold
About Kvery Xoreaelty.
It the traveler forgets for ft little
while his archwologlcul interest In the
i....,t .:). t l,i,.li ha is silently couimuil-
lift-1- nitu - r
lug and asks himself, "What Is the
chief characteristic of Palestine, as com
pared with the European hinds which
I have hitherto known, I will not ny
witli France or Germany, but even
with the more backward district of
Italy r I think the answer will be,
"Chiefly its great withoutness." 'Here
Is a country without road- The one
or two good roads practicable for car
riages, made by tho forced labor of the
peasantry, between Jafla and Jerusa
lom or Jerusalem and Hebron, atid the
fine road made by French engineers be
tween Damascus and Beyrout, are en
tirely exceptional.
The "Sultaniyeh," the royal road be
tween the two capitals of Jerusalem
nn,i TiiuiinKciis. Istfonerallvamere track
across a moor, sometime only tho bed
of a torrent, always . Hopelessly untra
versiiblo by wheeled carriages and ren
dering needful the possession of a sure
footed horse If the rider is to reach his
Journey's end in safety. Distinction
between biirhwav and byway I can see
none, except that sometimes the byway,
as being more grassy, is plesanter for
tho traveler nnd enables him to get
over the Journey more quiewy. in
short, let ft person who has not visited
Palestine think of the worst bridle
nnth Im niMpmlMrs in Cumberland or
Switzerland, and he will form a pretty
Just conception of the Sultaniyeh, the
royal high road or raiestine, ai its oesi.
It is a country without shops. If the
commonest requisite of daily life in
civilized countries breaks or is lost one
must wait till one gets to Beyrout or
Damascus before one can replace it.
It is a country without regular posts.
The receiving of a letter at Nazareth,
or its dispatch from Tiberias, Is a mat
ter with which the government does
not concern itself, und which the indi
vidual must accomplish by private as
sistance us best ho can.
It is a country without newspapers
a most tolerable deficiency to a Euro
pean traveler gorged with too much
newspaper reading at home, but one
which must be felt as nn inconvenience
at least by a permanent dweller in the
land. It would be easy to lengthen the
list of "without, " ns, for instance-, to
say that the country is without schools,
except such us foreign nJssionnrios pro
vide; without doctors and hospitals
(again with tho saino exception); with
out justice, for universal testimony Is
borne to the venality of the Turkish
cadi. Contemporary Review.
Choice In Pictures.
A woman who lives In the heart of
the city said to mo once as I was ad
miring a small e:i view which hung
near her dressing table: "Isn't that a
rest? You soo I gather here only quiet
landscapes. Let tlio peoplo in the
country have tho figure pieces, the
grand situations and 'the activities' on
canvas. I need the breath of quiet."
She had followed her thought; all
about her walls were hung suggestive
sketches; bits of groon fields, country
lanes, far away hills, flying birds and
evening lights across stretches of snow.
The choice of pictures therefore re
solves itself into a question of circum
stance and relation. Edmund Bus
sell, in his art lectures given with much
success in London, and also with favor
In New York, speaking of the decora
tion of our rooms, says: "The color of
our wall we dwell hi; it surrounds us,
as sunlight and atmosphere; it em
braces us mid is as subtlo hi Its effect
as tho spiritual. Pictures wo study
and feel; thoy are teachers; tell a
story ; we go to them to be Interested,
and are led away toother thoughts and
new a-ssociations," Housewife
Tho Audio Telephone.
A new telephone has been brought out
in England, the characteristic point of
which is the mouthpiece. The particular
advantage claimed by the inventors of
this mouthpiece is thut it intensifies the
sound waves, and thus renders itpoasibli
to carry on conversation in nn ordinurj
tone of voice. The mouthpiece is simply
a truncated cone, which iscliuned on tc
the telephone. By nsing an India ruhbet
ring between the mouthpiece and the
telephone any escape of sound is entirely
prevented. The cone is double, the outer
coue being perforated with holes, th
idea being that the vibrations caused by
the sound waves on the interior cone
have full freedom and are entirely pro
tected from contact with external sub
stances. New York Telegram.
low to Eat reaches.
"The art of eating a peach" is, it ap
pears, one of the questions of the day.
According to one u hority on the eti
quette of the dinner table a peach should
be picked with the fork, quartered,
peeled and eaten piecemeal. But as so
much manipulation would evidently
leave nil the juice of the fruit on the
plate this method, to be palatable, re
quires the courage of the young lady in
the story who, at her first appearance at
dinner party, raised her dessert plats
with her two hands and calmly drank
the sweet juice of the nectarines. The
French rule of eating peaches will, there
fore, be accepted with much favor, and
that rule is, "D'y mordre pleines
dents."-Pall Mall Budget
Ruby light for photographic purposes,
hi spite of all that has boon said in favor
of orange green, continues to hold it
own in the dark room, although many
who use it complain of its effect on their
eyes. A remedy for this has been found
in the introduction of a pane of ground
glass between the eyes and the ruby.
The Saxoa Heptarchy.
Ileptaivhy, or government of seven
rulers, was gradually formed In Eng
land from 4j5, when Hengist became
king 6f Kent It terminated in S2S,
when Egbert became sole monarch of
England. There were at first nine or
ten Saxon kingdoms, but Middlesex
, A . A X T, . - ,
wu i-viufu to oiil, anu iicmicia aim i
Doira were generally governed by one
ruleras Northunibria. Boston Budget
Of the enure human race 500,000,000
re well clothed, that is. they wear gar
ment of some kind: 250.000.000 habitu
ally go naked, and 700.000,000 only cover
part of the bodv; 500,000,000 live in 1
houses, 700.000,000 in huts and caves, and
200.000.0o0 virtually have no shelter.
COMING ACROSS.
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lain to aliU ai-n
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Of you all. and ho bivaibless aud (lad
1 am coming serosa
-IK-leo Bunl
Man's I'erreralty.
The perrt-.nityof mun is amusingly
Illustrated by an anecdote told by Mai
Muller in the course of a recent lecture
at Oxford:
1 was lecturing at the Royal Insti
tute in London. The audience there i
the most enlightened and critical one
has to face in the world, bnt it is mixed.
It being necessary to prove that Hebrew
was not the primitive language of man
kind I bad devoted ft lecture to this sub
ject 1 explained how it arose, and
placed before my audience genealog
ical tree of the Aryan and Semitic luu
gnages, where everybody could see the
place which Hebrew holds in the pedi
gree of human speech. After the lecture
was over one of mynndience came to
thank me for having shown so clearly
how ull languages, including Sanskrit
and English, were derived from Hebrew,
the language spoken in Pumdise by Adam
and Eve I
The learned philologist wa over
whelmed with dismay, and thinking the
fault luy in his inability to elucidate hi
point told Professor Faraday he miut
really give up lecturing. But the dis
tinguished physicist consoled his friend
with an anecdote from bis own experi
ence. He said:
"I have been lecturing in the Institu
tion many years, and over and over
again, after I have explained and shown
how water consists of hydrogen and
oxygen, some stately dowager has
marched up to me after the lecture to
say In a confidential whisper, 'Now. Mr.
Faraday, you dou't reully mean to say
thut this water heroin your tumbler is
nothing but hydrogen?" "Boston Tran
script Work of the Associated Presa.
"No," said William nenry Smith to a
reporter, "you ure mistaken when you
say there is less news in summer than in
winter. The quantity of news, as demon
strated by our association, is about the
same the year around. But there is this
distinction, that in the summer there is
more sporting news, naturally enough,
while in the winter yon have your con
gress, your parliament and your reich
stag. All in all, however, we handle
about the same amount of news the year
around.
"The daily average amount of tele
graphic matter received in our New
York office is fully 100,000 words. This
ie transcribed and edited by our corps of
150 men, who prepare it in circuits, to
be distributed to our subscribers all over
the United States. We strive to select
news with reference to its adaptability
to the district in which our subscriber
lives.
"All this fund of news Is collected by
our local correspondents. Our aim is to
have a man in every place of importance
throughout the Union, with special men
constantly on the call for emergency
work. Thus at the time of the Louis
ville cyclone we at once sent out a corps
of men from Indianapolis. They had
their special car hurried to the scene of
disaster, and in a few hours compara
tively had prepared many columns of in
tensely interesting matter. Such is an
illustration Of the workings of our sys
tem. "Detroit Free Press.
Locusts Kasily Digested.
The people of Zanzibar should stand
high for the comprehensive character of
their cuisine. Among other delicacies
are small monkey and fruit eating bats.
Locusts are relished by the Bedouin of
Mesopotamia and some other eastern
tribes. They are placed on strings and
eaten on journeys with bitter aud un
leavened bread. . The Hebrews, who
were prohibited eating many kinds of
food which our larger experience teaches
us are palatable and wholesome, as well
as some that we do not venture to touch,
were permitted to have their fill of lo
custs. The locust is an article of diet to this
day, but ouly of the very poor; it is
thrown into boiling water and eaten
with suit To live on locusts and wild
honey conveys a more accurate picture
of extreme poverty and frugality to a
traveler in the east than to any one else.
Locusts, however, are not always cooked,
sometimes they are eaten fresh. They
are said to have a strong vegetable taste,
the flavor largely depending, as might
be expected, on the plants on which
they have been feeding. Dr. Living
stone, who showed his common sense by
not being fastidious, considered them
palatablo when roasted. Scottish Re
view. Reason lor Protesting;.
There is a story told of a young phy
sician of this city who was connected
at one time wit' the Emergency hos
pital, which has caused many a smile
at bis expense. He had not long been
stationed at the hospital when a woman
was brought in suifering from a severe
sculp wound. The blood was welling
out In great jets and was fast dyeing
her golden curls a rusty red, and the
doctor was engaged in hastily clipping
her hair, when his patient exclaimed,
"Oh, doctor, don't!" Thinking he
might have hurt her, he said, "Oil,
never mind; that's all right" "No,
it's not," responded the lady with some
warmth, "for you are cutting my w ig."
And so he ws. Washington Post
Clad to See tho Censas Man.
One happy census enumerator baa
been heard of. Ue hod three town in
Baker comity for his field of operations.
He says he expected to be well treated,
but such unbounded hospitality as met
him everywhere was a complete surprise.
He bought a poor horse to commence
with, and at the close of his work the
horse was fat. and it cost him only ten
cents for himself and animal for the
month he was at work. When he went
into a aettlement the neighbors were all
called in. Thus his labor was very
much lightened, and not a man even
hesitated in answering a single question
Florida Letter.
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