EUGENE CITY GUARD.
frarltr,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
Beautiful end Eipeaalva I'M
Tlie lata Mr. John Jacob Astor Lad
probably tho finest collection of fans
in the country. There were among the
number many charming pecluieii of
that famous Vcnils Martin, wljleh time
Lai not robbed of IU soft luster. The
inounts are of paper, (ilk and relluiu,
exquisitely painted, one representing
the 'Toilet of Venus." Tlie sticks, In
Ivory, are overspread with tlie Venils
Martin, showing surface of great brill
iancy. Another dainty one In Mr
Astors collection represent a chain
petre group of youths and maidens
upon a crag overhanging a bit of sum
mer sea. J'erhai one of the choicest
fans is one belonging to Mrs. Newbold
Morris. It Is of crepo lisse, delicately
painted, edged with point d'Alcncon
and mounted on sticks of mothcr-of-pearL
Of other fans belonging to New York
ladies one is a regency fan, with a
scriptural subject painted upon the
mount, the sticks being decorated with
Chinese enamel faces in cartouches.
Mrs. Jesse Beliguian has ninny costly
funs. One of the Ixul Qulnze period
Las depicted upon It a scene from Larcia
life, and is decorated with gilt and sil
ver niedallions upon kid. A regal fun
made over a hundred years ago for
some almond eyed empress of the Flow-
err Kingdom Is now at the Metrnpoll
tan Museum of Art, where this "thing
of beauty and Joy forever" has a large
case dovoted exclusively to its own royal
use. This fan is an airy, miry combl
nation of gauze, Ivory, Jade and many
other precious metals of exquisite work
manship. New York World.
A Meilran Hello.
Among the many articles of Interest
In the now Natural History museum at
Vicuna perhaps nothing has been more
discussed than an old Mexican rello
which Is preserved with great care un
dcr glass.
This relic, which Is now known as
the Held budgo of King Montezuma,
hud lain for 300 years la tho Ambrase
collection, where it win at first cat
logued as a Moorish hat of long, heavy,
glistening green and gold feathers.
One Investigator held that It was an
Indian hut, another an Indian apron;
but In 1820 It was at last known to ba
a Mexican badge of high rank, and
through Ferdinand Iloehstetter it was
proved to be the genuine field decora
tion of King Montezuma, captured by
Cortcz In 1520 after the battle of
dumbo.
This battle was followed by tho wild
flight of tho Mexicans and tho robbing
of the land by Cortcz, who sent the
standard and wardrobe of the king,
with much gold, to the Kuiieror Charles
V, of Bpain. The latter gave the
standard to Poie Clement VII, who
sent it to Grand Duke Ferdinand, of
Tyrol, for tho Ambrose collection,
It is shaxd like a fan, and Is made
from tall feutlicrs of the bird of Para
dlso, which havo a glitter like gold ovor
their red, green and blue colors. The
moths had partly destroyed It, but of
the five hundred original feathers only
forty -oia were much injured, and those
hava been replaced by now ones, and
the former beauty Is fully restored.
Youth's Companion.
Tha Patient fur Conductor.
"There was a thuo not long ago
when I used to kick off every boy who
'caught on behind' my car," said a
Third aveuuo conductor. "I was more
green then than I am now," he con
tinued, "and I considered that It was
uiy duty to do so. Hut I don't do it
any more. I havo been cured of such
cruelty. Tho lesson was so Impressive
that I shall never forget It It occurred
late one night. A little chap ran after
my car and hung on the platform. I
rushed back and stepped on his lingers.
, He let go and fell upon the track. He
was seriously hurt. I picked him up
and found blood upon his heaL I left
the car in the cure of the driver and
carried him home.
"Two days later my car was stopped
by a funeral procession, and I learned
that it was tho funeral of the boy who
Lad sat on my ear two evenings before.
Yes, sir, every boy In Park row cwi
rido on my ear now. 1 wouldn't put
one of them off If I lt my job the
next day. There Is such a thing, you
know, sir, as being too strict." Krnest
Jarrold hi New York Journal.
Itarotlierutotelenieler.
The invention of an Instrument to
which the name barothermotclouieto
Las lieeu given is announced. Its pur
pose Is to enable observers to take read
ings a often as desired, and by a sin
gle wire, from barometers and ther
luoiueUir placed at great heights or
distances without the necessity of the
observer being resident where the In
struments are placed, thereby saving
much expense and enabling observa
tions to be taken nt (mints where resi
dence might be Impossible. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
A Kind Hearted Official.
Guard (New York elevated railroad)
The doctor says I 'm gitting dyspepsia.
Superintendent (kindlyl-l'm sorry
to hear that What coum- it f
"Why, sir, under the rules I've got
ter take uiy meals while on duty ou
tlie train, and the doctor says eatlu' to
fast will kill ine,"
"I sea. You have to swallow your
mauls at the rat of tweuty miles ao
bour. Well, I U order the eugiuwi to
reduo the siieed to nineteen miles ao
bour at meal time." iood News.
Dr. Bwllee says; "1 never studied
the art of composition. I read a multi
tude of tlie bmt books, and from that
I learned to compose."
Tlie itih.ii 4 the Krt-u C
iininiKsii m
to the New York Legislature n thr pn
tuned Adirondack Mate Park provide
tr tract of 2,.107,7'J a. rv. ol whic h
the Mate st present ons alut one
quarter. This lull errtamlv I one o(
the most nisgnitiifut psrlti in riii-tince.
raoM TH DIABT OF A UWTT.B AKD TBI
ROTS SOOI Of A UP0KTEI.
By BABOLAY EOBTH.
(OopyriKhtfd, IM, bj 0. H Dunham. PubllabaS
b TspeuUI amuiftiMoi Uiroub Tb America
praea UaocUUloa.)
xes, i ll go witn you. and would Da
glad to."
"But haven't we already ground
enough to begin a judicial inquiry?"
"No: wait until I have established tb
Identification of Fountain with the man
who purchased tlie clothes. "I'll go
about it now and then meet you."
"But I say, Tom, if Fountain don't
own the gold button, who does.'
'I'll be hanged If I can tell tlial is
one of the puzzles in this most puzzling
of oil cases."
Tom hurried oil to his friend, the
leader writer, who had undertaken to
ohtJiin a surreptitious portrait of Fouri
Win.
' Well, how did you make out' asked
Tom.
"('irst rate I (Ml two vlew of hlni
prollle and full face." lie look them
from bis desk.
Tom Inajiected them closely "Capl
lal," he said, "porfect pictures."
"What are you going to do with
them?" asked the leader writer
"Pardon me." said Tom, "I am In a
desperate hurry, and if I do not wail Ui
explain and thank you for them you will
excuse me, I know.''
Then he went to tlie clothing store and
found the clerk.
"What kind of time did you have on
your clninhako?"
"Hang up." said Tom "See here, you
recollect my asking you If you could
Identify the mail who bought that suit
ijiht outside of U 8 T. V
' i e. '
"Well, here's the man I suspect l)o
you recognize him?"
The clerk took the photographs and
examined them carefully
Tom waited In an agony of Impa
tience, his heart beating with such
throb that lie thought the clerk must
surely hear It
Finally th clerk said:
"I am certain positive, that Is thr
man."
"Good," said Tom "He'll llnd lilt
little Joketurned upon him Thank you
I'll tell you all about It shortly I'll come
here to tell you for your kindness "
He hurried out of the store
"The coil Is dually wound about him
Fountain, my boy, there is a surprise In
store for you. In two days' tinm, my
gentle lad, your name will he the best
known in New York town."
He hurried off to meet llolbrook
Oil A ITER XXI.
TOM MKKTS WITH CHUHIIRR
HE satisfaction
with which Tom
reviewed hit
work was mixed
with w o n d e l
that Koiiiituin
should have been
so easily anil rap
idly tniiMil
II e marveled
that the hiIIc
auihoritleg had
not seen that thr
obvious thing tc
do was to discover at once where thr
clothes worn by the murderer were pur
chased
It was trim, he admitted, that he had
had an advantugo in determining who
the purchaser was, through llnlhrnok's
acquaintance with Flora Ashgrove, tail
why had not the detectives of the regu
lar force found out, us he had done
where the clothes had been bought)1
He was in high gleeover his discovery
and much pleased with himself Thr
facts were indisputable., and were to bt
recognized in a glance.
riiere ;w the conversation between
Flora and Fountain on the veramlu al
Newport, ami there was the identillcu
tion of Fountain with the man who had
purchased the one suit which had not
been bought by the U. S. I s While
these were not conclusive, still they were
sojllcicul to justify the Immediate arrest
of Fountain, when the facts necessary
for proofs Is'fore tho jury could be easily
brought out liy Judicious inquiry
ro construct the chain of evidence
which would convict hountuin In court
was work for Ihe authorities, not foi
him He had detected tliecrimiiml, and
that was all that could lie demumled ol
him, and all that ho hud set out to do
It was thus tilled with triumph that
he sought llulhrook to consult w ith him
us to the next step tho placing of all
the fads la-fore thedistrict attorney To
hi surprise no less limn lo Ills indigna
lion, ue ioiiiiu tue lawyer Ion in to go
further in the matter
Ho long as there was a question ol
doubt Involved in the investigation. Ilol
brook hud U-en earnest and energetic,
hut now, when ull question of doubt had
vanished-when tho Identilieatlon was
complete, he hesitated, "baulked." as
Tom said, "right at the finish."
The fact that Flora Ashgrove would be
inevitably drawn Into the matter dis
turned llolbrook greatly While all the
tenderness with which lie had formerly
regarded her was wholly dissipated, still
it seemed horrible lliinij to him, that
lm should Is drained lo the witness
stand and compelled lo give the evidence
which would send to the callow the man
she h.iil shown she so deeply, and even
wituiy. loved lie shrank from the idea
that In-should Ik- Instrumental in pulling
her in such a Hkit ion
N ith these sentiments Tom could not
or at least would not, svmimthite. It
oiighl Is- hard for her. but it was hard
also fur Annie Templetun that her brother
should lie struck down and killed, and it
was one of the inevitable conseuuence
of crime that the innocent siilfertsl no
less than ihe guilty, and while it was un
fortunule that Mis Ashgrove was iu the
position in which she was. yet justice
must In dona
To all of this argument llolbrook hud
no reply, hiiJ he realize J he could make
none In the end lioneter. he gav
reluet.uu consent ihai everything should
be laid Iwtorr the dintricl attorney hut
he poMtivrly refused to go Willi Tom to
that official If he apH-ared al all In ihe
matter, tt should only b a an unwilling
witnrna to u ll how hi suspicion of
Fountain had been aroused, and be sin
cerely hop! that even that much would
not b r-nuirrd of him Ho Turn was
compellrd hi ko aloiw tm hi way he
dismi Hollrook'impla fannful
to the last drgrt. and busied hlmsell
with in order of th narralir hk-h he
was to tulHiiit to tj pruaw-utmg otti.r
On ejurip the otlic l,s Mw the doot
tJ tha nrtvata room wo closed, and he
was about to send In his card, when
voioe called out from an ail joining room
"Hullo. Toidf Com In Where hare
von le-en this month of Mundays?-'
Turn passed into tha room and saw an
assistant of th district attorney. In the
oenter of group of his fellow deputies
I tha chief eimaiied." asked 'loin
after salutation
"Yes." was the reply, "but only for
ihort tim. Com In. I was just telling
th boy somsof my ad ventures while
racbtuia W wer out in leuuy ura-
bud's yacht only a small party. Jock
Hanshaw, Fred Cos. Harry Founuln
tnd myself."
Who? Fountain?"
'Yes, Harry Fountain Do you know
him? A line fellow."
"What Fountain?" asked Tom. some-
-t,al Interested; "Fountain of the Union
and the Lamb athletef"
"The same, WhyT
rih nmhlni Dartlcular hen was
ihlr
fih let me see. W were out the
i .Ml, IRth. 17th and 18th of last month
We went on board th 14th at night. and
mlled earlv the next morning.
"Of August," soid Tom. with sudden
alarm. "Hold on; where were you on
tha 17th?"
"We ran Into Oreenport bay. about II
o'clock at night, under the brightest
moon"
"Vnti nra sure of that date? .neried
inin earnest IT
"Whv. tps. Certalnlv. What' the
matter with rou?"
-Thla la linnortant You't made no
mistake?"
"Mistake, no. Here' my diary with
the entry. See," and h held It up for
Torn to read.
"For hea Ten' akr cried Tom, "let
us got this straight When did that
murder In Union square occur?"
"Ask Jim there; it's his case."
'You mean Temploton's?" asked the
one referred to. "On the morning of the
eighteenth, an hour after midnight"
"Great heavens!" cried Tom.
They all stared at him.
He took tlie photograph out or ins
pocket and handed thera to the llrst
speaker,
"Was this the maa-tlie Fountain who
was with your
"Tlie very same. These are good ph t
lire of him?"
"Was ho noTer away from you during
the trip?"
"Never, from the time he Joined us on
the fourteenth."
Tom stood like one rooted to the sxt.
In the meantime the others looked
upon him amazed. Finally Tom said:
"1 do not think I want to see the dis
trict attorney after all."
He turned on his heel without a word
and walked out, leaving them wonder
ing al his strange manner and questions.
"He's been drinking," he heard one
say.
"Ono would suppose he thought Foun
tain had committed that murder." from
another.
He paid no heed, but passed on nr.d
descended the stairs like one who hud
met with a distressful blow of misfor
tune He walked ulong the street dazed, un
heedful of all about him. Without
knowing just how he hod gotten there
ho found himself in Broadway, opposite
tho poslofllce.
His emotions were difficult to analyze.
Heartfelt gratitude and thunkfulm-ss
that the story had been told him before
he hud gone in to the district attornc
possessed him, but dominating eve.
other sentiment was his fueling of keen
and bitter disnpKiintment His quest
had ended in failure, his triumph had
turned to ashes.
Ho made his way hurriedly to llol
brook. The lawyer was engaged with a
client and Tom paced tlie outer ollice in
a fever of disapiiointment, thankfulness.
humiliation and even auger. How could
he have been such an idiot a to have
sups)sed Fountain could huve been
guilty of such a crime? he asked himself,
and then in tlie most Illogical war he
found himself growing angry with Foun
tain for going off on that yachting trip,
and thus making it Impossible for him
to have committed tlie deed.
Unable to contain himself longer, he
sent his card, on which was scribbled
"Important All the fat's in the tire." to
Holhrook.
llolbrook came out Immediately.
He looked wonderinirly at Tom, who
bore the visible traces of his crushing de
feat "What's the matter, man?" asked llol
brook. "Harry Fountain didn't commit the
murder."
flollirook could not have suppressed
his surprise if he had desired, nor his
evident relief at the Information.
That increased Tom's bitterness.
"Why?" asked llolbrook. "Do they
know who did IU'
"No."
"How do you know, then, that he
didn't?"
"He was not within a'huudred mile
of Union square wheu the deed was
done."
llolbrook told him to wait a moment
and he would dismiss his client at once.
This ho did speedily, and calling Tom in
made him tell all that had occurred.
Then) was silence at the conclusion.
After a moment Tom said:
"Wo aro just where we were ten days
ago. We've In-en on a false scent"
"No," said llolbrook, "not quite.
There is the motive we reasoned out this
morning. We must now follow up the
Picrson inquiry."
"Until we get near the finish, when I
suppose, you'll baulk agutu," replied Tom
bitterly.
llolbrook laughed.
"He reasonable, Tom. You know It
waa hard thing to bring Flora Ash
grove into the matter, and 1 am sincerely
glad she is out of It"
"Unless," said Tom, "Fountain hired
some one to do it"
"Uh, dismiss that idea," replied llol
brook. "Our suspicion of Fountain
were caused wholly from our belief that
Flora thought Fountain had himself
done th deed. If her manner and word
did not mean this, they meant nothing.
No, th 'handsome Flora' herself ha
been ou'a wrong cent"
"But sh didut think o without there
was a reason for it"
"You're right there, Tom. Now what
was that reason?"
"To And that out would put u on the
right track again. By Jove, llolbrook.
rv an idea."
"Let u hav It, then."
"See. The Ashgrov girl think Foun
tain did the murder. Sh haant told him
nt ber belief, nor won't rou remembet
I tbeooorvrsation Now, h (till labor
undo that belief. You can go to uer
and earn ber undying gratitude by dis
abusing ber mind of that error."
"Well, what then?"
"lo her Joy at finding that the object
of her love is not a guilty man. sbe will
tell you her reason for supposing he was.
" You Lava an Idea. Two."
-Yea, and beside, h'll tell you whs
was th owner of th diamond button.
"Surely, But h I (till in Newport.
"No." said Tom, "I saw In tin morn
Ing" paper that the Witherspoon have
returned to tha city."
"Then I'll go to ber thi very day.
"Do. And while you are on that Una
I'll aeek out Fountain, tell him my
former us'plclona, and ask bi assistance
in our effort"
"He won't talk to you."
"Well, I can try all the ame."
Having agreed to thi plan, and ap
pointed a plac of meeting, they parted.
APTEIt, XaIJ rn a mnr.nnr
in which Flora
bad received him
on tlie night he
had met her at
the Casino, llol
brook had no rea
on to suppose
his visit would be
met with much
cordiality.
Therefore.when
the servant re
turned after he
had niwnfpd his
card, with the Information that the lady
was not at home, he was not surprised
or disconcerted.
"If that means," he told to the ser
vant, "that Mis Ashgrove la denying
herself to visitors this afternoon, please
ay to the lady that Mr. Uolbrook calls
upon business of the utmost importance
and of unusual interest to her."
The servant went away a second time,
leaving him seated in the reception room,
and returned to say that the lady would
see him In a few moments.
He did not wait long, for Flora, still
In morning toilet followed the servant
closely. She was cold and haughty in
the extreme, but none the less wearied
and anxious.
She saluted Mr. llolbrook, and with
out waiting for a return, she said to the
aervant:
"I am not at home to any other callers,
no matter who they may be."
.She closed the door after ber, and sat
down In such a position that tlie light
wo upon Uolhrooka face, while her
own was in the shadow. She waited for
llolbrook to speak, turning upon him
with a polite look of inquiry.
Her manner conveyed that the call was
to be regarded, as one purely of business.
llolbrook felt it, and was stung by her
manner. Upon her part sue felt that tlie
blow she dreaded so much was about to
fall
llolbrook accepted the situation, feel
ing that in the end be must win.
"I beg you will excuse my urgency.
he began, "but necessity knows no law
of etiquette or custom. The lost tune 1
bad the honor of calling upon you, the
conversation was wholly, if my memory
serves mo, upon the then recent mur
der of Mr. Templeton. I desire to renew
It"
Flora visibly paled under this exor
dium. She replied:
"The subject Is not an agreeable one,
but I suppose you have a purpose in re
newing it"
1 have, and also a confession to
make."
"A confession!" she repeated in sur
prise,"
"Yes, a confession. From your man
ner and from your words at that time,
and subsequently from your manner at
the Casino, where I met you some days
afterwards, I arrived at the conclusion
that you suspected Mr. Fountain of hav
ing committed the murder."
"The dreaded blow ha fallen, she
thouirht as she gasped out, her face
ghostly white, "but you did not know
him; he told me so."
"I learned who he was that night at
the Casino," he replied calmly.
"I feared ao," she said, with a low
moan. "And yet he went to you the
next morning. Fool, fool, fool, that be
waal"
"That conclusion," continued Hoi
brook, conscious he was torturing ber as
a cat does a mouse, "was strengthened
by the report of an interview between
yourself and Mr. Fountain on the veran
da of your uncle's house at Newport"
She sprang to her feet, nerved by the
trong tide of anger and contempt that
wept over her.
"And were you low enough, base
enough, to spy upon us, or to place a
py upon us?"
Uolbrook; wu struck with her great
beauty as she stood before hira, burning
with tcorn, and he admixed her.
"No, Miss Ashgrove," he replied, quiet
ly, "you wrong me. You are mistaken
In both conjectures, 1 neither spied on
you nor placed one on you. The report
came to me in my professional capacity,
after it was all over, and without my
knowledge that Mr. Fountain was being
followed and watched. This, 1 say, con
firmed the suspicions and strengthened
my conclusions, but 1 desire to say to
you now that both of u Lave beeu
wrong. I hasten to inform you that Mr.
Fountain did not commit the deed."
"Did notr The revulsion of feeling
was too great She sank back in ber
choir, and for a moment llolbrook
thought (he would swoon.
He started up hastily to go to her as
sistance, but site waved hun back, and
after a supreme effort regained control
of herself.
"How h I tunocent?"
"Yea, Innocent Ue was not within a
hundred ruilea of Union square when
th deed was done."
"And why do you come to me with all
thlsT
Having repossessed herself, alia took
refuge In haughtiness, while her manner
was an assumption of extreme inditler
ao. Nil made Uolbrook; angry, and it wu
with difficulty h could control himself.
"You will pardon me. Mis .Ashgrove,
I hope. If I remark that your tone and
manner ar particularly offensive to me,
and neither wise nor just. It U far from
my purpose to descend ao low aa to
threaten a lady, but p rudenca should
suggest to you that it is I ot wise to show
such contempt whatever you may feel,
toward a man who I i 1 possession of
such knowledge a you know I am."
"And trav. what may. that be?"
TO BE COXTrSVED.I
C7I
mi
A Ball ot the War.
The Listener witnessed recently an in
teresting little ceremony-the removal ot
three charges from an old revolver, which
bad been borne, and evidently used, by
anofliceron the field of Cedar Creek, on
Oct. 19, im. On that day, Copt O. r.
W of the Thirtieth Massachusetts,
bad. as be chanted with his company the
tone wall behind which the Confederates
were entrenched, drawn thi old Ave
.hooter, of the most approved an J
tyiie, which looks about as much like the
ordinary Colt or Smith & Wesson of this
day as a revolutionary firelock does like
the latest pattern of magazine rifle, a lie
revolver was loaded, but the captain bad
dlscborgeil two shots from It lueu lit
was himself shot through the heart, and
fell The men pushed on; the Confeder
ates were driven from their position, and
defeat turned Into victory; but when Oen.
Sheridan rode before the reformed line,
and complimented the troo upon their
bravery, the gallant captain lay back
upon the field, amoug the dead and
wounded. ,.'.,
His revolver, with the remaining three
charges in it, was sent home to his family,
and from that day to this the charge re
mained in It like a sheathed weapon ready
for service. Occasion had arisen, how
ever, to pass the old pistol on to a stiil
younger band, and it was deemed best to
draw the old chorees at last. So the three
percussion caps, that looked as old fash
ioned a a flint lock itself to this genera
tion, 'were removed. The bullets, with
their paper cartridges, were carefully
drawn; and the powder fell out of them,
some of it as bright and doubtless as
energetic, If one were to test It, as when
the captain loaded his revolver before the
battle of Cedar Creek. To one who was
there, the sight of those old cartridges
must have brought back a grim and mov
ing spectacle of as gallant a charge as the
war had known. Boston Transcript
"Listener."
Light Depth of Arotlo Snows.
The comparatively light depth of snow
In the north frigid tone is tolerably easy
of explanation, but the difference in con
sistency between it and the same material
further south is not so easy to understand.
In the former case we really have but two
seasons when the snow falls the spring
and autumn the Intensely cold weather
of winter being as unfavorable for a snow
storm seemingly as the summer itself; iu
fact, I have seen a snow storm every July
and August I was In the Arctic, while
there were a number ot months in each
winter of which I could not say the same.
The Eskimo plainly recognize these two
seasons of snow storms, and have two
different names for the spring and fall
mows.
During the winter there maybe high
winds, which carry the loose snow in
drifting packs, so that a person caught
out in such a gale would think at first
sight that he was in a first class snow
storm; but, nevertheless, none bos fallen,
and although drifts have formed deeper
here and there, this has been picked np
from the ridges and hilltops and the
average depth is the same as before. For
this, too, the nstives have a name, and
will Inform you that at that temper
ature and that time of the year
no snow f ills. In Greenland ob
servations have lieen carried on for
ninny years by Danish meteorologists, and
Dr. Kink, the best authority on that
region, says that "in north Greenland the
amount of snow annually falling is in
ferior to that of south Greenland," and
this law seems to be general. In short,
the heaviest full of snow is not iu the
frigid no more than iu the torrid zone,
but somewhere between the two. Lieut
Frederick Schwatka.
. Crossing tha Muddy Street.
I stood at a corner on Main street the
other day and watched the people making
their way across the muddy street Did
you ever notice how differently this Is
done by different people.
There is the lady who pauses moment
arily in dismay, then gathers her skirts
with one hand aud daintily picks her way,
striving to step where some man's big
broean has left Its Imprint, but failing be
cause the brogau took such long steps.
Then comes the well dressed man who
never deforms his shapely feet with over
shoes. He glnnces down at his well pol
ished boots, mutters an imprecation about
the street commissioner, aud walks across
on his heels, maintaining his balance with
difficulty and losing his temper altogether.
The old resident who Is used to this sort
of thing, and who would not feel at home
with a clean pavement in the spring time,
does not permit the muddy crossing to
delay him, but with a skill, born of long
experience, takes advantage of every pro
jecting dry spot that the pavement affords,
and doesn't get very muddy after all.
But the mau who produced the strong
est impression upon me, the man whom
you will at once recognize, was the man
whose unpolished boots and insensibility
to dirt enub.ed him to disregard the mml.
This man Bets his foot down like a pile
driver, or yanks it through the liquid mud
like a snow plow and liberally bespatters
everybody and everything within a radius
of five yards. You have met him; every
body has met him. He has splashed yon
with mud; he has splashed everybody.
He should be abated as a public nui
sance. Kansas City Journal.
Conserve Tour Force.
ITamerton says; "It often happens that
mere activity is a waste of time, that peo
ple who have a morbid habit of being busy
are often terrible time wasters; while, ou
the contrary, those who are judiciously
deliberate, and allow themselves Intervals
of leisure, see the way before them In
those intervals, and save time by the ac
curacy of their calculations."
Another writer, unknown, says; "Some
men are In incessant action, early and
late, and all through the day. They have
no time for family or friends. As for
holidays, the less for them the better.
They have inherited a nervous tempera
ment, and are doing just the wrong thing
with it allowing it to hurry them to an
untimely end. They wear themselves
out. Their brain is ever in a state of
morbid activity almost like that of an in
sane man. A little careful planning, and
a proper layinKout of work, and especially
doing everything in the proper time,
would avoia all such hnrry aud worry,
make work much easier, seenre an abun
dance ot lelsnre and greatly increase
length of life." Scientific American.
Tha Deaf Called by Dram.
Who would think of calling deaf men
by beating a drum? Yft this is exactly
what is done in the Institute for the deaf
ml dumb at Flint Mich. With the drum
resting on the floor and beaten in the usual
way, everylKxly in the building is
awakened in the morning. It is also used
to call the boys from the playgrounds.
The teachers state that those who can
not hear at all feel the vibrations and
answer th ummous. Pituburg Dis
patch. flora Sea v. Faahioa.
McAllister I noticed you kept your
front blinds open all the summer.
Going out of society?
Smith No; but we concluded that all
the people we really cared to have think
tu out of town were oat of uwu houi
elves. Peck.
There are now over eighty mile of
electric railway in the I'nited States.
Eighteen towns have plants in operation,
varying from one to eleven mile in
lengta. Contracts have been let tor roads
In seventeen other to nt, ara ajrvv mo
awr ar projected. Chicago Ttsnaa,
SEEIXG HUMAN NATURE.
ITS DEVELOPMENT A3 SEEN BY A,
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POOR.
Th F.al. Sh,l.H-U-A Molhar-a to.
, Her Afflleled "
.I-Shlppl"- Pauper " B""H
A Discharged 8allr.
Mr. William Blake, jnperlntendent of
autdoor poor, works from 8 a. m. until 5
v Z T every week day, and while he talks
he Is llsteulng W complaints, appeals,
arguments and inquiries, and his lunula
are busy signing papers, making mem
oranda, handing out bottles of cough mix
ture, putting his name to vouchers, open
Inir letters and various other occupations.
Bv dint of doing three or four things at
once when he Is most rushed, he mannas
to Ket the average down to about nine
things per minute that he gets through
with all day long. " .
While the reporter sat watching him
and waiting to hear about .Lift observa
tlons upon human nature, the dull brow n
tatter festooned chain of misery that
moved its human links along the front ot
his desk was suddenly broken by a very
Charming variation upon Its monotony.
An exceedingly pretty young woman,
with pouting red lips, Bpnrkllng eyes and
rose leaf complexion; a young woman
prettllv gloved, wearing rich furs and
costly 'jewelry, and a marveloiisly hand
some hat-altogether quite a patrician
esqne young woman stopped before Mr.
lilake and said:
"We have a tenant; a widow with a
child, who cannot pay her rent. We have
dispossessed her. or at least served her
with a notice, of dispossession, but we
can't put her out because her child Is
very sick. So I want you to send nu am
bulance ond take the child away to some
hospital." . , , , .
"You want u to take the sick nnd per
haps dying child away from Us mother,
o that you can throw the mother Into
the street and let your room to a better
paying tenantl"
"Yes, sir," replied the young woman,
stiffly, but with a little flush on her
checks, as If she wns just beginning to real
ize tlmt her attitude might not be admired
by people weak enough to be humane.
Mr. lilake's eyes projected themselves,
and he seemed making an effort to swal
low some words that would not have
sounded prettily. After a brief but im
pressive silence he answered sternly:
"No, I shall do nothing of the sort. If
the poor mother brings her slek child nnd
asks us to care for It, we will do the liesl
we can, but we have no right to do what
you ask. Wc never Interfere .between
landlord and tenant."
The handsome young woman reddened
angrily, and exclaimed nivumentatively:
"But. she cau't pay her rent !"
"I have told you that I can do nothing
for you," replied Mr. Blake, iu a tone of
disgust; "we do not interfere between
landlord and tenant."
The pretty female Shy lock gave her
heud an indignant toss, flushed u look of
scoru upon the poor wretches surround
ing her who were listening and view ing
her with expressions of loathing und sur
prise and quickly went out.
A pale, thiu, weary looking youns wo
man, still bearing traces of beauty, came
up to the desk, aud said, with evident
effort:
"My little boy Is deaf and dumb, and
paralyzed. I can no longer keep him. I
have come to see If you will put him Iu
some Institution where he will be warm
and taken cure of."
"Are you a widow?"
"No, sir. I have a hnsbnnd, but he can
get little work to do. We are very poor,
aud have another child, which is all we
can take care of." 1
'I will send yonr child to Randall's Is
land, where he will he very well cared for,
If yon desire it. When -will you be ready
to have the ambulance take him away?"
. She seemed to hesitate, but uerving her
self, replied:
"Any time, sir."
"Very well, the amhulnnce will call for
him to morrow morning."
She turned very pale, her lips quivered,
and her eyes filled with tears as she ex
claimed impulsively:
"Oh I sir, make it Friday. Let me have
him one more day."
Mr. Blake kindly told her how well her
little afflicted boy would be cared for,
which was the best consolation she could
have had, and when she went awuy re
marked to the reporter: "There's more
human nature for you. I wonder if that
youug Shylock who was in here a while
ago will ever have in her breast a mother's
heart as tender as that of the woman who
Just went out."
The clanking of the human chain that
drags Itself before Superintendent Blake's
desk is almost wholly in a minor key.
Now and then, however, there is a little
relief to its monotony. . 1
A young German tood confidently up,
and iu response to the question, asked in
German, "How long have you beeu In this
country?" replied placidly: "I arrived
yesterday."
"My God!" ejaculated Blnke. "And
you've found this place already! Well, I've
known of their being pretty soon before,
but he Is the freshest thing I've seen yet"
The recent arrival was sent back to
Castle Garden. The state board of chari
ties and our municipal commissioners of
charities and correction have plenty of
business In shipping off paupers, the
burden of whose support properly belongs
upon othercommuuities and even iu other
countries.
"The Swiss cantons," said Dr. Hoyt,
"openly and boldly ship us their paupers,
even claiming a right to do so, and com
placently invite us to reciprocate by send
ing our paupers to them, if we can. But
we cannot Catch our paupers going to
Switzerland! Not much. They know
when they are well off.. We also get
great nuiulters of the most undesirable
class of Immigrants from tb Austro
Polish, Italian and German lowest classes;
the greater numbers and the worst the
Austro PuuNh. They come here to live
by begging aud crime, and If we do not
succeed in catching them and turning
them back they are a burden practically
from the day they land."
A tall, thin man, erect, bronzed by ex
posure to the elements, and wearing a
sailor's hat, wanted to be sent to Boston.
"I have been discharged from the
Trenton," he said, "and it seems pretty
hard, for I've been in the service since
IcHJl; but it was my own fault I want
now to go back to where I have friends
and'take a fresh start"
Whatever his fault had been, the poor
fellow looked as if he had repented of It,
and hi manly way of accepting the situ
ation disarmed criticism and moralizing,
lie got his transportation.
"There," said Mr. Blie, "I think
you've got some sample of human Da
tura as I see it every day, and if they ar
not enough for you com again." New
York Sua.
Electric Oil Well Drills.
A patent has been granted for an elec
trical drill for oil wells. The device con
ista of a series of motors in tandem,
connected in inch a way as to make one
motor. The design baa been to get t&e
power within a six inch diameter, so
that the entire mechanism, which much
resembles a common boiler, can be low.
ered in the well, and the power can be
applied at tha bottom. Tha drill bits
are firmly fastened on the rod, which is
worked rapidly in and out of a cylinder,
after the manner of a piston rod. New
York Tdegraa.
Th Croat Hnulan resnoflnn.
The Russians determining a thing h,
advance let nothing stop Ihein. Tak
the case of a young law yer I met In east
e rn Siberia. He had la-en arrested as on
of the 200 propagandists, the men who
weut about preaching lilierallty in gov
ernment and literature. Tried, he was
one of the 11)3 ocqtiitted. Some months
afterward he was asked to come to dinner
with the governor of hi province. Th
two had taken coffee, when the offlciol
aid:
"I am very sorry, but I have a telegrsni
telling me to order yon toeasteru Siberia."
"But on what grounds?"
"I don't know; these are my only lu.
traction. " ' "
Getting a three weeks' respite In which
to settle up his business, he was put UU)
M(cow prison, and Anally, traveling by
stages, reached the place of hlsexile.
peatedly on Ida route he pressed his cup.
tor for the reason of his errest Finally
lie was Informed. Tlie charge was not
having abandoned his former criminal ac
tivity. And he had Just been acquitted of
having any previous activity.
"One day after the young man's arr.
val, as he told me," said Mr. Kennan,
"he was discussing with some of his com
panions the cause of their presence Iu
eastern Siberia. One had been circulat
ing a forbidden book, and so on. It
came to the lawyer. He confessed he had
been unable to find out any real canso for
his punishment 'Yonr father bad t
block aud white cow, didu't he?' laughed
one.
" 'Yes, I suppose so.
" 'Oh, well, yon needn't look any fur
ther for the reason of your exile. Th
possession of a cow is sufficient."'
George Kennun.
. Dangerona Coaroetie In Franca.
In a report submitted to the HygieDlo
council of Paris by Drs. Dubrisay and
Chnfln, the authors stute that the per
fumery and toilet products now sold con
tain so muny noxious substances that it is
desirable the factories should be placid
under special surveillance. They give
number of Instances in support of their
statement. Tlie so-called "harmless and
purely vegetable" hair dyes, they say, are
all poisouous. "Progressive dyes" are
ammoniocid solutions of nitrate of silver.
The "Instantaneous dyes" are a solution
of litharge in lime w ater.
"Kau des Fees" is a solution of sul
phate of lead in hyposulphite of soda .
"Eau Figaro" consists of three solutions
(1) ot nitrate of slrYcr and sulphate ot
copper; (2) sulphide of sodium; (!)) cyanide
of potassium (to remove the silver stains).
"Kau des Fleurs" is composed of rose
water, 05.6; flowers of sulphur, 2.7;
acetate of lead, 2.8. Passing to cosmetics,
they say "Lait antlpelllque" Is composed
of corrosive sublimate, 1.7; oxide of lead,
422; sulphuric acid aud camphor. "Lait
de manille" Is a mixture of borax, copper,
tincture of benzoin, and essence of bitter
almonds; "111 do Ninon," of bismuth
and zinc; "Eau Mnglque," oxide of lead
aud hyposulphite of elnc; "Eau de fienr
do lys." protochloride of mercury; "Eau
royul do Windsor," glyceriue and oxide
of lead; "Eau de CastlUe," hyposulphite
of soda and acetate of lead. The "Poudre
Pilivore de Laforet" contains mercury If),
60 grains; sulphide of arsenic, !!0 grains;
litharge, 30 grains, and starch, "0 grains.
"Epetiene" is simply sulphite of calcium,
and "Autiboldos" hyposulpuite of soda.
Pomades against baldness all contain
rniitharides and croton oiL- American
Druggist ' -
CHIr in the Wrong Place.
Nevertheless, we must all regret that in
the original foundation ot cities the pion
eers are frequently so short sighted as tu
choose spots which will give posterity no
end of expense. I never could see much
reason for putting tho city of Rome where
it stood, and then having to bring water
to it on high arched aqueducts from dis
tant mouiitnins nnd to tlnd a port down iu
the unhealthy marshes miles away from
the city. Paris and Edinburgh and Cou-
stantinople are well placed cities. New
York could have been placed elsewhere
tbnn on this island of gneiss, which is
probably a series of rovk Islets with sand
hills and quick sands between. Brooklyn
has been growing prodigiously of lute, lie
cause it was so much easier to form a city
there than upon the site of New York.
Newark has also grown with great rapid
ity, because it has advantages on tlie con
tinental mainland not enjoyed by New
York.
Westchester county, north of New York
island, would have beeu the easiest of all
places to put a great city, which would
then have been fronted upon Long Isluud
Sound and on the Hudson river, and also
on the main continent, while the Harlem
river In front of it would long ago have
been made into a sort ot Thames. Still,
the impediments put in man's way lead to
his art aud civilization, and, as New York
Is, enterprise will continue to figure aud
scheme upon it so that the last complaint
which can be made against its comfort
and intercourse shall subside to peace.
George Alfred Townsend in Boston Globe.
Bona for Cavalry Service.
The horses that were raised In the coun
try districts of Kentucky and Missouri
were splendid animals for all around use,
but now there seems to be nothing be
tween the weedy, delicate racer good for
a mile dash, but who would break down
In a three days' forced march, and the
heavy animal that does excellently for
wagon or light artillery use, but Is too
slow and clumsy for the cavalry. Even
when we get a horse that has at once bone
and stamina It is nearly always the case
that he has a long back, that curse of the
cavalry horse, for weak kidneys are in
evitably the result after one season's cam
paign: Horse boards now have to go over
the country with a line toothed comb to
find the active, short coupled horses that
are the best for service aud which used to
be found on every large farm. Unless
something is done by the breeders the
splendid saddle horses for whlc'.i the Mis
sissippi valley once was famous will en
tirely disappear. St Louis Post-Dispatch.
.
The Pickle Indnttry.
The pickle industry is a large one la
some localities. At Fredericksburg, Vs.,
tlie supply reached 80,000,000 cucumbers.
They are picked an inch and a half long,
and bring eighty cents per 1,000. A boy
can pick 3,000 per day. Picking them off
when they are small increases the pro
ductiveness of tlie vines, as others quickly
grow as the first ones are picked off."
Boston Budget
A Luxury la Parte.
Fires are considered a great luxury
here. We have immense andirons, and
the fire are built on the stone or tile
floors. They generally burn a sort of
Drick made of pressed coal, called a
briquette, warranted to last five hours.
A I tell sister, a common brick would
last longer and give as much heat. The
Frenoh people are so economical !they
Jump up and pour water on the fire W
keep it from burning up too quickly.
Elisabeth Nourse in Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
A New Kind ot Oan.
Oars are coming into use in which the
blade is made from the best (beet steel,
highly tempered, and is alleged to be
much stronger than the ordinary wooden
one, and cannot be broken without undue
violence; the handle flu into the socket
running nearly the whole length of th
blade, and forming a backbon of great
strength; and the oar, being much tbln
ner In the blada than the wooden one,
enters and leave th water cleaner. Th
handle are made separately, of sprue
r aaa. New York Sun.