EUGENE CITY GUARD.
t. U CAMPBELL.
Proprietor,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
INDIAN BOYS A3 FARMERS.
tineas County ArlollarlU iJ Ttisy
Mak 8lcnlll Klold Hands,
The fanner of Duck county fay
the Indian problem i solved. Two or
throe year ago one of tlirm applied to
the training school at Carlisle for an
Indian boy to work In hi fields during
the milliner. The school authorities
Investigated the man's character, and
tlicn sent Urn a young bravo who bad
given Dp Lb toy tomahawk for spelling
books and caronfor'i tools.
At the end of the summer the farmer
was so pleased that the next year be
and several friends who owned farms
near Wheat Sheaf, secured the services
of other Indians, and tho number lias
been Increased until about fifty of the
copper lined youngsters bustled hoes
and dug 'taters within a radius of ten
miles from Tullytown and Whent
Bheal
One of those who has employed the
Carlisle pnpils for several years Is John
Carter, who lives ut the summit of Tur
key bill, a couple of miles from Tully
town. "The Indian boys I bad," be said,
'behaved themselves well."
, J. W. Wright, of Wheat Sheaf, has
also experimented with redskin help,
and he Is very cntliufiastio about tne
plan.
'Why, those boys from Carlisle are
nlendid ." said Sir. Wright "Wo take
thera foratonn of months or forayear,
limt as we care to ami nee. only u we
get them by the year they must be sent
to school during tho whiter. The Car
lisle people make no definite nrrango
menU about pay ; we givo the boys from
l to $13 a month and their board.
They work hard and seem to take thu
greatest delight In doing a job neatly.
"Then they don't waste time; thero's
no white boy 'slouch' to 'em. Give an
Indian work and he'll bend down over
It and stick thero until It's finished.
They almost Invariably tell the truth,
and the boys I have had never misbe
haved. Then they are doubly valuublo
as farm bands, beeaiiao nearly all the
lads are masters of one or more trades,
moll as carpentering, blucksuiithlng or
harness niuking. We farmers up here
would rutlicr have to work for us ono
Carlisle boy than two white boys, such
as grow upright hero In tho county."
In Mr. Wright's iiilnd tho only de
plorable hereditary trait that Is possess
ed by tho young braves Is their love
for finery. They cannot get wampum,
beads, eagles, feather and red ochre,
and they do not want Uicro Adjuncts to
happiness. Hut their spore cash goes
for nice clothing, now huts and becom
ing ueckwear. Philudelpldd, Tress.
Why rollllclmn Are Illg Mm.
There Is no more trying business than
politics. Men of long experience In the
elections In New York watch the lead
er of the different parties with an in
terest that Is more or less growsotno.
The steady, Interminable and violent
wear and tear on tlio men who head
tho big political movements tell on
their looks, weiglit and manner so
rapidly that the most sturdy constitu
tions would break down under It If it
were not for the short period during
which the excitement lasts.
The men who are so fond of tracing
the subtle connection between the
physical nppcartuice of man and bis
mental oceiiatloiis should consider
thai ono rcasou why the successful
New York politician Is always repre
sented as a broad shouldered, power
fully built man, with a thick neck, a
round head and a plentiful supply of
strength is because about the only suo
ecssful wnrd workers In town who are
ablo to hold their own as the yean roll
by must havo a strong physique. -New
York Bun.
Carn of Ilia Teeth.
Nothing Is more conducive to sweet
ness of breath, and consequently of
general health of the mouth, than to
brush the teeth regularly shortly before
retiring, that all particles of food, as
well as the natural secretions, may be
removed. Castile soap Is the best
which can be used for cleansing the
mouth, with which a little magnesia
may be employed; a solution of oil of
peppermint In water makes au agree
able and useful mouth wash; while a
silken thread may be employed to
cleanse the spaces between tho teeth
which can be effectively reached In no
other way. A flno tooth powder can
be madeof six ounces of prepared chalk,
cassia powder half an ounce, and an
ounce of orris root. Theso are to be
well mixed, and may bo colored with
red lake or any other Innocent sub
stance, according to the fancy. Good
Housekeeping.
Mot What It EipMlcd.
Artist (showing sketches) Oh, that
sketch you've got thero Is notlilng; It's
a thing I did ten years ago. I often
laugh when I come across the tilings I
did ten years ago.
She And perhaps you'll laugh ten
years bene over tho things you do
now. It s wonderful what a difference
time makes, Uu't it t Judy.
A number of horseflesh restaurants
have been Parted at llerlin, and they
are doing a brisk trade. It Is strange
that they have not been opened soon-r
In Berlin, for those which havo f xUted
for several years past hi Presden, Ham
burg, Magdeburg and Frankfort have
done an Immense business from the
Brut.
The etar has three set of police to
watch over blip. The ordinary, or
third section polli the palaeo police,
under the controller of tho household;
and tbs private body police, whoso
chief takes Lis ardors from tho cult la
person,
DU Crswrosltj.
"flow wr,s It such a mean fellow as
IM Jmts handed yori Lis char case
at- Merrill.
"He just pulled It out to show mo ho
badn t a ctir left.-New York Evening
bun.
THE DIAMOND M
raox tub purr or uwteb and iui
non book or a rktortib.
By BAECLAT NORTH.
(OuprrlKlifcid, ISNt, by A at- Dunham. Publlnhea
br special arrangement through Tbs amerlcaa
Press association.)
Holbrook bad been restrained with
difficulty, and Tom desired to get him
into a cab. where lie could reason with
him.
Ills companion submitted, a cab was
called, and the driver directed to go
straight to Iolbrouk's odlce.
When they were onco on their way
Tom said.
"I'm not sure that the best way is not
to tell the police. 1 want to discuss It.
I fear it Is not. The result of giving the
matter to the police would be that a gen
oral alarm would be given and tho bird
take flight. I am positive wo are fol
lowed. If wo were to go to the police,
In ton minutes the party would know of
II If. on the contrary, we go quietly
to vour odlce. they will be thrown oil
and suppose that we have not yet waked
up to tho affair. To lull tneir suspicions
Is to make a greut gain. Believe mo,
this Is the surer way. lie guided by me.
thus far at all events."
"Well, suppose I submit, what then;
What is cained? Timo will have wen
lost precious time."
"I have earned something wncn I navs
got you to a point that you win arguo
wilhuie.- f
"Wliat do you uieunr
"That your reason Is restored we
want cool thought on this subject."
Thus Tom, who was fighting for time,
succeeded in gaining it The truth was.
tho reporter was not altogether disin
genuous or disinterested In the policy In
was pursuing. Ho quickly realized thai
any application to the police for assist
ance must result in telling to the author
ities everything they knew. Convinced
as be was that the saoio hand thai
struck down the brother had seized the
sister, he felt that the discovery of tho
girl would lead straightway to the di
covery of the murderer.
To give this matter into the hands of
tho police would be to give them th
means to unravel the crime of Us ion
square, and they, not he, would have the
credit of th detection and arrest.
He was in momentary fear that Hoi
brook would detect his purpose, and he
was at his wit's end to furnish argument
In favor of the position he had taken.
His great trouble was that be could not
suggest to himself, let alone Ilollirnok, a
feasible plan of procedure if the matter
were not given to the police, nor Indeed
even invent a plausible ono.
Time was the great desideratum, and
tills, by all the ingenuity he could exer
cise, he endeavored to gain. His task
was made not an easy one by the impa
tience of Holbrook.
While thus arguing, talking, declaim
lng and lecturing with Holbrook, Tom
caught a glimpse of the bhadow stand
lng upon the curhstono. and perceived
mat tne enuiiow nud seen nun.
He gave him a hasty signal to follow,
and wo pleased to oliservo that it was
recognized.
Tliis incident afforded Tom another
pretext, and thus, by dint of one device
and another, ho succeeded in getting
Holbrook to Ins ofllce.
They both entered together. As they
did so a clerk said:
"There is Mr. Holbrook.
Upon this a very dirty, a very ragged
and a very small boy came up to Hol
brook and asked:
"lie you Mr. Holebookr
"Yes," replied the lawyer,
Holbrook."
"Den dis here's for you,'
"I'm Mr.
handing a
dirty slip of papor nearly rolled into a
ball.
Before cither Tom or Holbrook could
realize what had taken place the boy
hud thot through the half open door and
scampered oil.
It was with difficulty that Holbrook
could decipher it, for it was written
with a lead pencil upon tho margin of a
newspaiH'r.
When he did he uttered a cry of joy.
CHAPTER XXIX.
TUI ABDUCTION Or ANNIE.
fear
on
'euiplo-
pre par
ed, and at once,
to obey the sup
posed summons
of Mr. Hol
brook. If the
truth be told,
she was not displeased with the oppor
tunity of siendiug an hour or two in the
society of hor lawyer. His companion
ship had become agreeablo to her, and
though sho was fa from admitting to
herself the Idea of any especial fondness
for hliu, still the more sho saw of him
tho more welcome his visits became. He
was so strong, so comforting, and he
knew just what was the riirht thing to
do, and he had the faculty of lifting her
mother rrora the contemplation of her
griefs.
When Annie arrived at the door of the
surrogate's otllce a young man of gentle
nun like apieitruiico stcpcd forward,
and, lifting his hat, said:
"I havo been waiting some time for
you, Miss Templeton, and quite impa
tiently." M 1
Annie drew back astonished.
"1 am afraid I havo been awkward In
my speech," ho continued. "I meant to
say that for any delay Mr. Ilolbrook will
Dianie mo. lie is very exacting in busi
neis matters. That is why I say I am
iuipMii-ut."
"Why, it is not yet 10 o'clock." ex
claimed Annie,
"Pardon me, 1 am afraid your time
piece U out of order. It is considerably
after 10. But hero is a note I am charged
by Mr. Holbrook to deliver to you."
He handed it to her with a bow.
Annie took it and read:
"Si RKooATK'a OrncK. I
NKW YoltC. Sept It, It!.
"Mr Deai MtssTESii-Lrroii-1 regret
so much to causa you the annoyance 1
undoubtedly do this morning, but busi
ness know no other law than its own.
Th surrogate sits at home thu morning
a fact I only learned on arriving hero.
fA7ftli.ftft WITHOUT
A' VaiM f or besitati
11 . 'i. vi r i aw
Ul 1 L' 7 1 1 1 ton had
I have other business as well as your
own before the surrogate, and as he will
.it but for a short time. I must hurry oil
I leare a clerk to escort you. Your sin-
r-pro friend. IlENBT HOLBBOO,
When Annie had finished reading the
note she looked up with a confiding
mile, savins:
"You are then a clerk of Mr. Hoi
brook?"
"Yes, Miss Templeton, and entirely at
rour service. The surrogate Is coullnea
to his house with a cold, and sent word
down that he would not dare to venture
out, but that ho would listen to all ho
had nressing business at his House, isow,
if vou nlease. we will go there. Hero is
a carriage I have had in waiting for
you.
The concocters or the design agauiai
Annie's freedom had evidently counted
upon her ignorance of the methods of
conducting business, for while to almost
ifiv one experienced n the world this
h oull have proved but a clumsy device.
yet, directed against an unsophisticated
creature like Annie, its very simplicity
nd transparency made it the moro skill
fuL
It Is true that after eutering the car-
. .. - i i i i . :
riage, and ttiier sne iibu iiu uuiu w
make a furtive examination of the young
man who had taken the seat opposite
her, she had mentally concluded that she
did not like him, and that he seemed to
be everything else than a gentleman,
though he dressed like one and assumed
the speech of one. Thero were certain
dens which influenced her judgment,
they do that of most womta. His hands
were unmistakably dirty, ana ins nnger
nails were in mourning.
A malo observer, esiieciallv If slangy
a-ouhl have said that the young man had
teen on a "bat" the night before; his
auir was harsh and tangled, though well
ailed; the inflamed rims of his eyes, his
parched lips, and the heavy puffs like
cushions under his eyes, would have
thown this, if a plain odor of gin cock
'jills. above the breath heavy with the
flavor of cloves and roast coffee beans.
had not told the tale.
But Annie was not experienced In such
things, and she gave little heed to one
who. after ail. was nothing to her
merely an Instrument of Mr. Holbrook.
She did wonder, however, why It was
that ho had gotten a coach so close, and
ono in which there were such small win
dows. It was so stuffy. The young man
did not obtrude himself. He was appar
ently busy with memoranda and papers.
Once he lifted his head to say that It
was necessary for them, in order to make
quick trip, to pass through a disagree
able portion of the town.
To this the made no renlv.
Finally they turned into the street, the
dirt of which passed all comprehension
uixn her part.
Children seemed to swarm on the side
walks; women, often drunk even at that
early hour, and clothed in rags, talked
and quarreled on the sidewalks and on
the stoops of the squalid dwellings.
8he became interested in the scene,
novel to her, and leaned forward to look
from the window. She did not notice
iTiut the young man had drawn the cur
tain over the window on the opposite
side of the coach.
lie broke the silence that had con
tinued for some timo:
"I Is'g you will excuse me, Miss
Templeton. 1 know it is not the proer
tiling to do, but 1 am suffering greatly
with my eyes this morning. Have 1
your permission to apply a lotion to
themr
Wondering at the strangeness of the
request, Bhe nevertheless murmured her
fiermission, and turned again to the
street.
He drew his handkerchief from his
pocket and then a bottle, with the con
tents of which he plentifully saturated
the handkerchief.
Before she could realizo what was be
ing done the young man snapped a spring,
the curtain shot up over the window in
front of her, she was forced back on the
cushions with a vigorous push on her
shoulder, tho handkerchief was closely
pressed on her nose and mouth, and,
though she struggled ineffectually for a
timo, uuablo to make a noise, she soon
lost all consciousness.
CHAPTER XXX.
ANNIE MAKES AM ACQUAINTANCE,
L
HEN Annie
nest was
conscious of
external
things, she
wai lying
upon a
rough bed.
Sharp pains were shooting through her
head and an intolerable thirst consumed
her.
"Water," she murmured.
"Slip's coming to," said a voice, seem
ingly from a great distance, which nev
ertheless fell upon her ear with a
strangely familiar sound.
A cup was pressed to her lips, and she
drank eagerly.
"bhe 11 do now, and I'll go," said tho
same voice, A moment later she beard
a, few steps, and a door open and close,
Sho opened her eyes. A man of rough
exterior stood over her. She closed
them again in fright, and nearly
swooned,
Wheu next sho opened them she was
alone.
Unable to collect her thouchts. she
lay still a few moments. By and by the
exeriences of the morning rushed over
ner.
"For heaven'i sake, where am 17" she
cried. Then she sprang from her couch,
forgetful of her sufferings.
She was dazed. The room she found
herself in was evidently an attio room.
The roof sloped down low and close to
the floor on one side. There wu neither
ceiling nor walls; the rafters and stud
ding were bare of plaster. The floor
was uncarpvted. A dormer window
broke through the roof and gave light
to the room. She flew to it, but could
not reach it; a strong iron grating set In
the timbers and floor barred her way.
Sho shook it in the desperation of de
spair. As well might she have tried to
move one of the Brooklyn bridge tower.
Sha Aw tn tlia Hilfir aft th fan n IK.
bed; it wat locked and bolted from the
milMl.tii
Tk -a a strong board partition
I nr. M tlio ruof. Slid Ul it WS4 a
door; she flew to that. It opened, and
.1.. anl.riwl a .illlilur rOOIU. AnOUier
Hornier window, and another Iron grat
IniF n.l another door leading to i lie
stairs; that also was lockeo anu uoi.-u
on the outside.
- , . , , .
She was like a frightened bird, wun
throbbing breast, U-ating tne oars or a
cage.
Then for the first tune sue reanzeu
that her dress apeared strange.
She examined it It was a coarse cal
ico garment of vulgar figure.
She was bewildered. Then she found
it hod been sliped over the other dress
How? She could not comprehend.
Her head began to whirl, and before
ilie could reach the other room darkness
overcame her.
When she awoke to consciousness
igain she was lying upon the hcs.r. She
staggered to her feet.
How long she bad lain there sue couw
uot tell. Jt was still origin uuj, um
whether it had been five minutes or live
lours, she was unable to determine.
Her eyesfell again upon thecalico dress
vhich covered her. She stripped ii on
ltli hurried action.
She stood a moment, hor senses numbed
utterlv confused.
Hv and by tho events of the day began
a imiss before her vividly. She traced
.hem one by one, to the final scene in the
ionch.
"It was chloroform." sho said aloud,
Then she thoucht of her mother, of her
llann because Annie had not returned
ind of the mother's distress over the new
calamity, falling so closely on the mur
ler of her brother.
This thought touched a tender chord.
ind she wept violently.
The storm of tear acted like a storm
m a sultry uay; it cieareu um uuum-
nhere.
When she recovered uerseii sue oegsio
. . . , . i
to think.
She made a close examination of the
room: It was similar in size aim npieui
ance to the one she had first found her
telf in.
A mattress lay In the corner with a
nillow and a horse blanket tumbled on
it. as if some one had slept there. Two
chairs stood near the dormer window
On one was a newspaper. She picked it
up. It was of the date of the 14tli or
September. That was the day she was
last ut home. It must still be that uuy
The newspaper was new and fresh: It
had not been opened.
A small, round table stood in the cen
ter of the room, a plum, wooden lop
table, not particularly clean. A plate, a
cup. both dirtv, anu some crumos.
showed that uot long before some one
hnd eaten there.
A stump of a lead pencil lay on the
table.
Site went Into the other room.
It was bare of everything save a chair
and the bed on which she had lain.
Apwrently there wus no hope of es
cape. She listened. &ne could neur no
sounds in the house. Only the noises
from the street the cries of haw kers.
(lie shouts of children at play, the roll ol
vehicles all these came to her deadened
tiy the distance.
W hat was the meaning of her seizure
and confinement, she ashed herself.
Who was the enemy of her family who
first killed her brother and then abducted
her? Whv were these calamities so sud
denly precipitated upon them, who had
alwavs lived such quiet and uneventful
lives?
It was a problem too deep for her to
solve; she was not even aware of an
enemy.
Her thoughts instinctively turned to
Holbrook. He would assist her if he
knew of herdistress, and he would know
because of her failure to meet him as re
quested. Ah. a thought) She had been trapped
by forged notes from him. She grew the
more frightened by the thought.
Oh, if she could but communicate
with Holbrook I She prayed heaven to
ojH-n a way.
"Hi, missy, hi!"
A voice startled her. She looked in
every direction but the right one.
Hi, missy, look up.
She did. In the roof there was a sky
light Through a broken pane tho very
dirty face of a boy looked down upon
her.
If it had been the face of an angel it
could not have appeared more beautiful
to her.
"I seed them when they brung you
up here. Was you sick?"
"Y es. Can t you come down here?
"No, de winder Is nailed tight. 'Sides,
he'd trash mo. Ho kicked me down
stairs onct."
Who's her
De feller 'wM's got yer locked up
Oh, he's a tuff!"
"He's a bad man?" .
"He's an orful bad man, I'm tellin'
yer, missy.
Do you waut to help rue
You'd tell on me."
No, Indeed 1 won't. If you would
only help me, I could get a bad man pun
ished."
"What, trashed? What, walloped right
up and down, his eyes blackened and his
teeth knocked out say, missy, would
yer if I'd help yer?"
His eyes danced with glee at the pros
pect
Indeed, I would, said Annie; and
she wus quite sincere.
"I golly 1 dat would be good. Yer
wouldn't tell on me, surer
No. Indeed."
Den 1 will if I kin."
'1 want you to go to Mr. Holbrook"
and she gave him tho address "and tell
him where I am, that 1 am locked up
here."
"Write it down, missy."
"I have no paper. Wait," she said, as
she ran hastily into the other room. 8he
snatched up the paper and tore a strip
from the margin, and catching up the
pencil on the table she wrote hurriedly
"Help, ana locked up on the top floor
of a house"
Hut where?
She looked up at the boy.
"Where am ir
The boy mickered. "Why, right down
dere, missy."
"No, no, but in what street?"
"Oh, in Mott street, tree doors from
Bayard."
She wrote.
"In Mott street three doors from Bay
ard street Come quickly and help me
-Asxit HtururroN."
to bb coNTtxvan.f
The people in Cuba are anxious to se
cure reciprocity under the McKinlev bill
art that lkv Ml, m fthlr mM? int. tli
Vnited States free. J
A RAILWAY BLACK LIST.
.t Mr C.pl Ar. rrlnlrd .ed Out
,l,er. m Tl","
A decidedly queer little pamphlet is
-TheConfldi-ntial Memorandum, which
, Intended "for the exclusive nse of
those persons to whom it is sent. Hie
-ttle book does not lur the name of its
printer, proprietor or compiler, and be
side having an exceedingly small circu
lation it makes its appearance only about
twice a year. The persons to whom it
I, nivsteriously sent keep It under lock
and key and refer to it in a surreptitious
manner. It passes uirougu iuo iuuim
a plain sealed envelope, and letter post
age is aid thereon. Nothing improper
uTprint il in the 'Memorandum," and
yet its pages are guarded with jealous
care. ......
The Confidential Memorandum is
neither more nor less than a railroad
hluek list, and it contains some startling
information about various people whose
names are not unknown to the Americun
public. Only the higher officers of rail
ways can obtain it Some persons whose
nninea are contained therein might con
sider the charges brought against them
liliehms. and so to avoid responsibility
and evade law suit the names of the
publishers nnd the place of publication
are not printed upon tho title page.
Nearly every railroad in the United
States is a part proprietor in the "Mem
orandum." and those who compile it
draw their pay and inspiration from the
records of hundreds of railroads in
Uncle Sam's domain. Little short of a
special dispensation of Providence en
ables any one except a railroad official
to see the book.
The book contains nineteen pages of
names of delinquents and seven pages of
the names of. periodicals and their edit
ors who abused the courtesies extended
to them by ruilroadn. Notwithstanding
the edicts of the interstate commerce
law an uncommonly large number of
persons other than railroad men secure
passes and reduced rates from railroads,
audit frequently happens that the re
cipients dispose of these favors to friends,
scalers and even to 6trangers "for a
consideration."
When a person Is detected in loaning,
selling, exchanging or altering a p.-.ss.
his name nppeurs in the next issue of the
"Memorandum," and when he next ap
plies to any road for favors he is met
with u fixed smile and a polite excuse,
but never tho true one.
Unhappily there are found on the
black list the names and residences of
several clergymen, as well as statesmen.
who have abused the privilege. lhe
charges are in some cases stated in an
almost brutally specific manner, and
would prove rather shocking reading to
the wives, children or friends of the cul
Prit8' ...
Among tho "As are twenty-tnree
names, including that of a clergyman,
who is charged with altering and loan
ing half-fare permits. The list of sixty
eight uames commencing with "B" de
scribes one as a theatrical ngent and a
d. b.. first water."
There are sixty-five names under the
head of "U;" among them is that of a
man in Houston, Tex., who represents
himself aR a sjieciul correspondent of n
New York newspaper, and is summed
np as "a fraud." A Santa Fo preacher
is accused of ultering a half-fare permit
to include his wife, and un ex-represent-otive
in Congress is charged with loan
iug his pass.
A member of Chicago's Citizens
league is known to have sold his pass to
scalper, nnd so will get no more such
favors.
Hangers-on of theatrical companies, a
member of the lower legislature and
editors of small journals are mentioned
on the list. New York World.
MlM Duiilirur'a Costume Mukm Trouble.
A young Frenchwoman who is now
married tells a story of how her engage
ment was nearly broken off through her
acquaintance with Mile. Bonheur, who
at the time was busy on a picture in
Paris, working in the house of the young
Frenchwoman's cousin.
One afternoon the painting did not go
well, and Mile. Bonheur went to the Jar-
din des Platites for information, taking
the happy girl as a companion. Sitting on
bench in the shaded walk they saw tn
the distance the girl's betrothed, who
instead of joining them looked a mo
ment, then flung away in a passion, and
for the space of a week was not heard
from. Then finally he paid a sulky
visit, demanding an explanation of her
apparently intimate relations with an
other man.
"A man?" said the laughing girl, now
comprehending the desertion, "shall I
call the gentleman?"
'What, In your house"' said the mys
tified caller.
A minute later Mile. Bonheur stood in
the doorway listening smilingly to the
ceremony of presentation.
'Ah, said the only half pacified
lover, "theu monsieur"
"Monsieur," interrupted the triumph
ant girl, "is mademoiselle, und if you
like you uiny come into the stndio and
see her latest picture." Cor. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Soudan Karen.
In the Soudan the respect for the "Bird
of the Shade" isunbounded; he is endear
ingly known to the Arabs as their
"Uncle," and they are more exorbitant
In exacting blood money for his chance
slaughter by tho hand of the stranger
than if it wore really the relative in ques
tion. Shoot their dove, their ostrich,
their varied scavengers of the vulture
kind, their once sacred ibis even, nnd
they grin and bear it; but once aim a
bolt nt the 'ouli bird and a hundred
lean but muscular brown arms will lie
raised, and the berenved, white teethed
relatives will gesticulate and shout round
you. while they explain how black hued
was your accidental crime. Anart from
this, tho raven, with his jetty plumage,
will always be a point of Interest in the
Soudan, from the strong contrast he pre
sents to the ordinary "desert colored"
birds winch preserve a neutral tint of
gmy or fawn, winch renders them al
most Invisible. All the Year Round.
He Follows nil Manter.
I can tell a short story of a drx thnt
has come under my observation. Tlu
dog wbs owned by a physician. A lady
was sick and the doctor attended her un
til out of dancer. He ulwava l.-t th
dog, Bronio, go with him to the sick
room, liromo would watch everr mo
tion of his master. At last the doctor's
visits were dropped, but tho doir ron-
tinned them daily, and would go to her
door and if he found it closed would
whine to be let in. Them
looked for by the patient Her nurse
would refuse sometimes to lit him enter,
but he would not go without seeing her.
The nurse would set a chair beside the
bed. and he would sit there just as his
master had. and look at her and whine
as if trying to speak. Bromo was called
the doctor s student Animal World.
'.. IT . . InnHlf
inn
.. ii ,..,, intad nlcturst nsrs
Sskedalaiik wotwui, iu -'- r-
r"1Y,in,'.m.w.do.- said th. obngng
plctur. dealer, rolling bis hands a la Udy
lUolietb. "any particular styler
Vou betl Particulsr stylo I Jurt what
Tin sfuir Boms folks out our way bought a
picture here ibat bung two ways for Bun
day. That's the kind I want." .
'Two ways for Hundayl I dent think I
nndnritand you, me'am."
"You don't look m if you did. Wall, wbn
they fust got It tbey hung it up and it wos
the nicest picture of all out doors. You ever
re real baud painted land escaper
"Yes." ,, .
. i tUam iip,umI It tin side down.
and It was one of them foreign cathedral
churches, with rotim-en sieepiea aim -fMoin
atmoxpuere. Now, I want ona Just
liko It for if thera stuck up Poppers can have
one. 1 can. Trot It out"
ri A..t,.r r nirk a eomoromlM on
llwnuii" .
..... ...,tl Are teens In winter,
ouc ma ,-(' ..v. -
and an Ice palace in summer, but he sola is
I.' lwaa
wall close cull.-ueiroii rieo
It Does Not Always Work.
Here are two stories of Maine iherlffa Tbs
first was a little Aroostook man, aod one day
be went itb a warrant to arrest a certain
farmer He found blm In the field and mails
known his errand. "All right" said tb
farmer, a big burly fellow, "l m reauy.- ana
with that be lay down at full length on tho
ground. "Hut you don't exect me to carry
you. do you r asked ine snerm. --ieruuw j ,
l- m lin,lv. von know." "Will
TUU III 11". bUBV " ' J
you wait till I g'' touIr "Can "J'
and the upbot wan that the sheriff went
back without his prisoner. The other sheriff
was a Franklin county man. likewise small,
but plucky He was sent to arrest a notorl
n(T..,i,.r n '2no mmihlur. and found blm
ou the billsiila Grinning at the officer, be
lay bock on the grass, saying, "u you Bi-t
me you'll have to take me." Quick as a
wink the sheriff grabbed the fellow by bis
r.t iml atjiried itown bill with blm as fast
as be could go. and the bumping the big man
got toou stiooli all thu fun out of blm and be
begged to be allowed to walk quietly by the
side of the sheriff. .New York Sun.
I'liibrella T. Cane.
Tho gold headed cane which loving
children present to dear para, to remind
him that lie is growing old and that his
tottering footsteps ure fetching him to
the grave; or which poorly puid em
ployes present to the sii)erintendent as a
bit of talfv: or which tho retiring minis
ter receives from his doting congrega
tion to help him on Iih journey, is goiug
out of favor U9 a gift, in holidays or
ether times. The gold headed umbrella
has taken its place. The umbrella an
swers ull the purposes of a walking stick,
without the disadvantage of the hitter.
It is not a hint of old oge, and is more
convenient in a rain storm. As eloquent
donation speeches may be mada over a
(ine silk umbrella with a gold headed
handle as over an ebony wood club that
but few men will curry about with thera.
Possibly the umbrella is more likely to
turn up ns lost, strayed or stolen, with
less chance of finding its true owner
again than the cane, but that is a disad
vantage that coinc9 entirely from the
superior value of the umbrella. There
is the name distinction between gold und
brass, Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Foollnc a Jehu.
"Some bright newspaixr man," re
marked my marine engineer friend,
"ought to ship as a deck hand or coal
fsser on a big lake boat and write up
lis experiences. He'd get on idea of life
unfamiliar to him, and lie able to inter
est his renders with glimpses of a strange,
rough, reckless existence, and perhnos if
lie had a good constitution he'd be all the
tietter for roughing it for a few weeks,
lie would see some amusing things, too.
1 remember one night in Chicago, as we
were lying near the Clark street bridge,
a cab was driven rapidly on to the bridge
jutt us it was in the act of swinging.
The cabby was half tipsy, but he had a
fare and was rushing nw'uy with him for
one of the depots. 'Oh, Til get there,'
he says; '1 always do, nnd you can't stop
me.' He went on sassing tho bridge
tenders ns he and his cab swung around
with the bridge. The vessel went through,
the bridge swung to place, but the bridge
tenders had put up a job on the jchu.
Away rattled the cab, the driver crack
ing his whip nnd yelling, 'I'll get there.'
but he didn't, for the bridgu tenders
turned him the wrong way. They Bwung
the bridge clear around. Buffalo New.
Wanted It Doue Fashionably.
"Inasmuch as the animal you stole
was only a colt," remarked the leader of
the regulators, "we have decided to give
you forty-nine lushes with a horsewhip
instead of hanging you. But we ahull
lay them on well."
"I have only one favor to ask, gentle
men," said the prisoner, pale but un
tlincliing. "What is itr
"Gentlemen," he replied, "I bave not
always been n criminal and an outcast.
I have moved in good society tuid I know
the customs thnt prevail among our best
people. I will take it as a favor, gentle
men, if you will lay the lashes on, as fur
as possible, in regular checks or diag
onals. Perpendicular stripes are not
worn this in " Chicago Tribune.
1 Told Vi.o So.
J'
IV, , iTJ
Brcwo Yoo doot look very happy, Rob
inson. Kot.lnsnn-.Nc. I left off my flannels this
oxirtiliiii sn.1 caught culd.
Kroo - I l.ai v Iji.l
Kumnann-tm. I lont care anything about
U 3li mil irv "de told om I was leuviuj
UaUB od Uw suuo. Lit a.
Punishing a Dor.
"Bobby." said bis mother sternly, "yon go
into the back yard ami stay tbera I'll nwrb
yoo to open the front gata without ueruua
ion."
Bobhv went Into the liark rsrH ..4
quiet and (rood that at tbs end of tn hour bis
mother relented and told blm Uiat be could
play oo the sidewalk a littio whils If be
wuuimi go imu we street,
"Ma. be said, "rant I nl. I. ,k.
yard a Utile bus longerr-N.w fork 8ua
Id Oraat l.nk
friend-Wat your ancle's will satisfactory
to yon. Brown!
Brown Perfectlr an rm J tt.
j - - j uui ua
left hit entire fortune to an insane asylum.
Friend Yoo mean that m,
, , j au un
lucky dog.
Brown Xa. I aVmt. th.h
- - - ruauons are
roina to oontat th will n . . .
- - - - , - tu to bo wo
attorney. Lifa
i I - 1 "l .tti.V.V-K J
L IY1
m ill
if .
WHEN JIM WAS OEAa
Tilt salted blm rljrhU" Cie nilur,,
u' biuwd blm for lhe lire b J li
ati'blra t-l)lnflharam,
Willi pot a n tm bis limut.
ah! DH-nny criKil wont llii-j
When Jim wui iltv.d
-jnt' killed bialf." 'Too mean Ut (.
TUoy didn't bn" oue wurd ut Kr,
Of comfort as they bm prtl near
An' Kiurd on Jim t-lybg tlit-m!
"I'bar ain't no use m talk," Ui tl
"He's better dead."
But suddenly the room cms still.
While (Ind's wultu suunhloe su'uied to n
The dark lwe with a ulenin of Ufa.
Au' o'er lhe di-sil she bcuu-Jlm t W(j..
Ao' with fanr III clmtt. vliwe Ui hi,
As Uioucb he fcur anil fi-li Hi, i,
Sliesotihed-a tmichlu' kl;lil I.Tre
"Ah ' Jim a-aa uiwayM gout tur tar
I U'U ynu when Ihut cum ler llut,
It kinder ml ibe dead nmn right!
An' round the witepin' aomuo they
Throwed klmlly anus of hive that d
And mingled ti lth their own Ihrystnd
Ths tunderml team-when Jim tuiA
F. L Wanton Id Atlanta lxisuaj
Ituliblt Cunrkinc-
CoursiiiK. while comparatively ,
leld sport in this locality, j no, ' ,
fiehl Hiiort in this locality, in not Ln?7
a pn
kmd.
muent thy imiortatirm from t-'
I. For mnnv vinm it I,-., l "a"
. ... Ilua
recognize. i iori in uuiinrnia ondr
of the Mississippi. On thelViliccoM
there ure Ja nuiiilier of coursing thiv
UhitiK greyhound n;;ainst the Iw-d i?
raLI.it. The counting by tl,0 UemiS
j.liili lu n-tt fi fsiY tur-i iiii'u m,.,:.. .i i 1
, : . " loitontar
species, mi uiiutial very destructive to
the growing crops, and for the otter
munition of which the authorities, d
Australia nnd New Zealand have otfered
largo rewards.
In the United States, however, tin
rabbit is protected by the game Lm-.
nnd can only lie killed In the states of
New York und New Jersey lietwet-n W
. 1 I-..I. t TI I I !. ' ""
i uiiu i i. iiioiaooua ureprocurtsl
p r -rr i-v rr - .... i tii nr iviit, i...-
....... . .. ... . m
that Insure tlit-ir non-injury. Thevsn,
r.l 1 .. l i... :l ,
ll'il iuiii -.turn mii tiiiiu "mll'-u.tind then
conveyed totlie ciiiii-sin:.' irioimil In i.,.
boxes. The iv.M.its used ut ilenipsuij
art- uniMiiT r. i-.iii ii in un- icigiiutirliooii
oi iiis'iyiou. v. i,;i Kcvcrni mikiii lots from
X..... l..u X'..... ..l. II' ..1 i
iil-w uuiki-ji . .m- i in a unu,
A I'olllUiil Trlik.
Mr. Labotichere once made pood U4i
oi tne iriwii ir.eiiiocrs uaireu or Capt.
O'Shcn. Mr. Price liadantH'alc.!d(H,n-ii..
ir.gly to Mr. Ut I tout hero to secure the
cttcmhtnre of nicuiliers hostile tosome
bill which was to cut iipcotmuonlundoD
Ilr.vling l.'.lnnd. "Nothing can lieeasLt,"
said Mr. Liibouchcre, und ho at onn
sought out Mr. Uiggnr. 'By-thc-bye.
said lie, with hi: usual uir of engaging
confidence, "do you know that Capt.
O'SIh is pt'ivoiitilly iutc rented in securin-;
the p:i.ssi;e of the llayling Island bilff
"Indeed-" s:id Mr. I'-ijr.r. "Yes," said
Mr. Uilxinclierc, "ami perhaps tlieboji"
".Say no more," baid Mr. Kiggar,
"the bhoya will be there." He was not
mistaken. Tlie "l.lioys" came down in
force, end it wus not until al ter the bill
was thrown out they discovered tluit tin
cnptiiiii had no more to do with it Hun
the mini in the moon. Chicago Journal
Ills Oerii-Ni! Ion.
Many n loving vottn;; briderrroom mn
deserve the epithet which illumines tli'e
tollou-iug anecdote, but, ns a general
thing, no one discover the fact iu to
short u time lifter mm rinse.
Tho niece of n deaf old gentleman,
"way down in Maine." married one of
the ImhI littisicnl critics of the west. On
their bridal tour tiio husband was fur
the lirst time presented to this relative,
who asked utiother niece iu a loud whis
per.
"What does he do?"
"Ilc'a a musical critic," was the loud
retilv.
"Waal." said the uncle, gazing at the
yoiin;; man. "no nccouiiun ler tastes;
but whv did i Ik- marry him, if he's a
uiis'ral-lc fritter?" Musical lieview.
i:ic-'trle I'Tosiratluii,
Several cr.ss cf this new innladyare
reported ircn trettsot, I ranee. It af
fects workeri mn'.cr elect ric light. The
liglit exceeds lt;0.t;U0 candle .ower, auJ
it appears that it is this excess of IL-lit,
and not the lieut. which produces the
nervous r.vmitoniH. A iiuiulul seiisatiun
in lb - tlirout. face ami temples is lira
noticed, then the bkin Ihcoiiics coiiixtt
red, ti:id irriiation is felt qImiuI the eves,
much ladit'vmntion ensues, und these
symptoms then disnniicur, while the skin
iKt'lsoll' In live duvs. The effects are
comnarahle to those produced by walk
ing over fresh snow in the eiinliulit, unit
may bo regarded as a sort of "sun burn
ing. Ijincet.
Sliced In Telesmphlni:.
Wlion the fu-st electric telegraph was
established (he siccdof transmission was
from four to live words a minute wilh
tho live needle instruments: in 119 the
average rate for nowsimiier messages was
seventeen words a minute; tho present
pace oi I tie electric telegraph betwei-a
London and Dublin, where the Whet
stone instrument w employed, is 4ii!i
words; and thus what was regarded as
miraculous sixtv ve.irs ii"o has multi
plied a hundriHl fold in half a century.
Jounialof lelegrapli.
The Siilui les of Choir Hoys.
The latest t!iing-.-i in trusts is the Epis
copal Choir (jiiild of the Diocese of Long
Island. According to its regulations no
choir tKiy can leave Hie church writ
which he is connected without receiving
a written discharge from the gpntleniaa
in charge of the music. There is ecu
sideralile jenlotisv iK'tween the ditferwit
surplice choirs tf lliut dioeese. and thi
rule is intended to prevent boys who
nave developed gotm voices rrotn nein
coaxed nway from their churches. New
l ork Mar.
Rlic Was Ontr'MlKtukeaw
A pretty p,h-l nnd a young g.-mtlem.m
met on est Seventh btxvt t, t'iiiciiuiati,
and tho following conversation took
place;
bhe Why. Will! Wbnt are you do
ing down hero? 1 thought you were ia
Akron.
He Oh, I'm down here attending the
College of Pharmacy, over here on Court
street.
farmer? How nice that will lie (glee-
A. .11 I a . . .
iuuv napping ner nanus). txenange.
Wonderful forbearance.
One of the editors of this paper wc
assaulted by a dmnken Mexican tl
other day while crossing the turbid cur
rent of events whii-h divides the to
republics, but refrained fmm lulnntinC a
policy of retaliatitsi from a bnsitf ul hesi
tancy oi ucconung the subject of lnter-
uuiiouui controversy and un unwiiiiusr
nesi to deprive this K-M-tiim of his hril-
bant contrilmtions to the columns of The-
liitiile. Now is the time to subscribe. -
fcagle Tass (Tex.) (Juide.
Worth m. .Illmi u inont.
"Say, undcrtAbor, I wont lo boj tb 1ltitt
wuiii ivu UD0,
"Who's dea.tr
"Old Aunt Eliza, the colored woman who
lived south of town, sb was over 115 years
aga,
"llow did she come to dieP
c:l. . .
uilkikh aiiu iuvenj.
"Bow is It that so One a eoffln la wanted"
"Vb, the gratefol oeighbors contributed w
It Too set she oarer claimed to bare beta
a ssrraiit toOeorgo Wasuingtoo." Kobrwta