EUGENE CITY GUARD.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
BICYCLES FOR BUSINESS.
A riuh of Newark Mi-n Who Cse
the
Vbrrl Nut Cur I'lrasure Alone.
There is probably no city of iU size In
the United States where the bicycle is
nsed as much around town for practical
bnsintas purposes an in Newark. The
city U not so big and crowded as Brook
lyn or New York, and it is quite con
venient for merchant drummers, law
clerks, brokers and other folks who have
to cover a deal of pavement in the
course of a day's business to stride their
steel and rublior horses and roll swiniy
from office to office or from end to end
of town at no expense of cab or car fare,
and with much saving of time and effort.
On any of the businchs streets there doz
ens of business men can be seen any day
speeding by on low safety wheels. The
highways leading to Roscville and the
Oranges are much frequented by bi
cyclers, many of whom do not wear the
flannel shirts and knickerbockers of the
rider for pleasure, and carry small sam
ple canes strapped to their machines or
lung from their shoulders.
Newark's city ordinances governing
the use of bicycles in the streets were
until lately quite as liberal as those of
Other large New Jersey towns. The met
ropolitan character of Newark naturally
made the use of the bicycle proportion
ately greater than elsewhere under the
tame laws, and the samo reasons made
the bicycle more of a nuisance in the
streets. 1 hat is why the police or ;vew-
ark have been very active recently in
keeninK bicycles strictly within the let
tcr of tho law, and from this has arisen
a novel association of bicyclers in that
town, the first of tho kind in tho coun
try. It isn't a club, it has no club house
and its memlcrs wear no badge or uni
form. It is purely a business organiza
tion, chiefly of limbless men, and its
chief object is to look out for the interest
of all bicyclers in Newark, to keep the
city authorities stirred up in the matter
of maintaining the streets and roads in
good repair and to influence city legisla
tion in the interest of bicyclers.
The association calls itself tho Busi
ness Muti's Cycle club and accepts any
reputable, bicycler or tricycler as a mem
ber, but is particularly anxious to enroll
business men. Tho idea is to collect a
great lot of names of men of business,
prominence and influence, so that when
the club asks tho city lawmakers to
grant some now privilege to wheelers, or
abolish some ordinance restricting bicy
clers, or to mend some bad piece of
pavement, or to open a now street, or to
grado a road, tho requcHt will have tlx
backing of a lot of meu whose names
will carry weight with the city govern
ment Business men who use bicycle
there are joining the movement in con
liderable numbers, and tho members
have already begun a campaign Umii
all the business men of their acquaint
ance, dilating urnm the health and
pleasure to bo had in bicycling, ami urg
ing them to buy wheels and learn to
ride, and then to join tho association.
The club proposes to wage a heavy war
upon bad roads for a radius of ten mile
around Newark. New ork Bun.
The llnlililt's irmnarknlile Kenre,
Perhaps you never heard how Col. W
W. Foote overcame a contumacious rab
bit on the slopes of Mount; Khasta, when
winter snows grow quito tall. His boy
ran in one day, full of excitement, call
ing out:
"Papa, them's a big rabbit sitting out
tide the fence! (Jet your gun, quick I"
The colonel fetched out his trusty
weaiKin, and they started out to stalk
their unsuspecting prey. Once within
gunshot he jtoured in a hot shot, but the
thing never moved. Another barrel,
but the thing didn't wink an ear.
"Jvhosaphatt" said tho sportsman.
"I'm not going to lie insulted liy a mis
erable wbbit," and he started to elul
the living daylights outof thelieast with
bis gun.
It bad been frozen solid. Oakland
(Col.) Newt.
What la In "Tlililly Wink?"
What is to "tiddly wink?" We do not
know; but whatever it is, at any rati
the supremo court of Victoria has de
cidod tliat it is not libelous, A colonial
liowsapcr charged a shiru councilloi
with having "tiddly winked the shin
fuuds." Litigation ensued, and the mat
ter was carried on appeal to the highes:
tribunal in the colony, with the afore
aid results. Some fifty Kiiglit-h dic
tionaries were brought into court to en
able the judges to ascertain what wa
the real meaning of the word, but "tid
dly winking" was not discoverable in
any of them. So they accepted the deti
ultioli of the witness that the phravc
conveyed to his mind tho idea of "using
little dodge to obtain one's own en. Is."
An imputation of that sort the court de
cided was not necessarily lilielous,
Pall Mall Gazette.
I'm-kel llnmuirlrra.
Pedestrians with an inquisitive turn
of mind have carried pedometer for
some time past. The individual who
owns an umbnlla comes forward with a
pocket barometer. Tho tourist run
acrons the Hint mail in his round who
carried a pocket barometer. The gent Io
nian was a "commercial tourist." He
took the barometer which, f the way,
was attached to a Dickons chain from
hi pocket, consulted it and said: "Well,
I guess I'll tike my umbrella today."
Pocket barometers are carried in Ire
land. Albany Journal.
Tho steward of nlllrn,.
Office Boy (to busy merchant) A
friend of your father wishes to we you,
air.
Busy Merchant Tell him my fathet
livt at Kalamazoo, and I'm sorry.
Friend of His Father (after ini-w.Hi.'e i
delivered) Very well; I'll place my ten
thousand dollar order for goods else
where. Puck.
In Greece Solon was the first who pro
oouuoed a funeral oration, according tc
Herodotus, 5H) B. C. The Roman pro
nounced bauiigues over their illustriom
dead. Theopumpus obtained a prize f"r
the bust funeral oration in praise of
Hamulus, !JiJ B. C
Advices from New Orleans snnounce
the settlement of the rrlvbrated suit of
Mrs. Myra Clark lisines, and the suc
cessful heirs in lbs mill-prolmte struggle
now f iing on in Brooklyn will I some
fpiOO.OUU riclitr thereby.
No Orejron newspapers sre allowed in
tht Baleiu penitentiary.
nOll TUB DIARY Of IHSPECTO BTHHtS.
Bj JULIAS HAWTHORNE, Author of
Tbs Great Bank Bobbery,' "An
American Penman," Eta
(Ooprlchl brO H Dunham, and published,
throtifb special airsji(rmeot ti tit aroencao
fM AjukiiOos vim Oasell Oa, N York
Her husband had given her warning,
and ho hoped against hoped that it would
be sufficient He would not take mo
next step unless sho compiled him to it;
but lie was resolved (and sho partly felt
It) that the next step would be final.
How much lie actually knew of her flir
tation with Percy she could of course
only conjecture. She had taken siipf
with him in a privuto room of a fash
lonablo restaurant tho night before. They
had not been alone; there had also been
present another young married woman,
and a young man not married. But tho
two couples hail not been in each other's
way; they hail rather helped each other
out It was certainly not an affair which
Sylvia would havo wished to have gen
erally known least of all to lie suspected
by her husband. Did ho know alsnit it?
or had his questions been only tho result
of chance? She wished to believe the
lutter, but sho could not
After all, sho did not seriously caro for
Percy Nolen. It had been a mere flirta
tion for pastimo. Sho had not suppoed
that her husband would caro much, even
If ho knew. Ho had not of late Is trayed
any very passionate affection for her. If
he loved her, why did ho not accompany
hor on her social rounds? It was ridicu
lous to say that ho was obliged to attend
to his business. They had plenty of
money without any business. There was
nothing except his own obstinacy to pro
vent liim from retiring to-morrow and
never going near his office again. But
If ho preferred his business to his wife,
why could ho not allow his wife her
preferences? It was unjust and tyran
nical. Nevertheless, If ho was determined to
bo ugly about it, of courso tbero must he
no scandal, fclio would tell Percy, tho
next tiino sho saw him, that tho ac
quaintance must cease. It was not worth
while to run any risks on his account.
Having made up her mind to this, she
was more at ease.
After tho second act at tho theatro,
Percv Nolen camo Into her box. She
greeted him coldly, but he sat down Iw- i
eido her, and began to mako various pro-
positions. She repulsed him, but not
very vigorously. At last she whisiicrcd: !
"You must really bo moro curclull I eo- I
ftBffW
eive youl" '
"1 will tnko everv precaution. but-I i
love you!" lie replied In her ear. Ho had I
nover said so mucn neiore, nnu sue
turned pulo and gavo him a look.
The curtain went up on tho next net,
showing how the hero, by a combination
of circumstances, was arrested and taken
to police headquarters.
CHAPTER IV.
NKEDS MUST.
I'DGE KETEL
LK'S proph ccy
was delayed; but
it came truo lit
last; and Mrs.
Nolen did not
keep her promise
to him.
One morning
Percy camoto tho
house, and camo
up to his mother's
boudoir, where
sho was sitting
reading Mr.
Shorihousu's ro
mniico of "John
Inclesant." Mrs.
Nolen was not given to reading fiction as
a rule; but Air. Sliortliouso was under
stood to bo a religious writer, and she
enjoyed his book very much without en
tirely understanding It. Percy kissed
her, and sat down in a chair opiswito.
After a littlo desultory conversation ho
said, "Mother, I'm in a scraiie!"
Her heart sank; she closed her book,
and folded her hands upon it "Oh, my
son!" she said, falteringly.
"Well, it's nothing so very dreadful,"
be returned, forcing a smile. "1 was up
at Monmouth Purk the other day, and
lost a littlo money well, it was a pretty
good sum, for ma I'm not a Cio-sus,
you know, and a few thousand dollars
makes a difference."
"Monmouth Park? What Is that?"
"It's a track; they nwo horses there.
you know."
"Percy, have you been betting on
horse races?"
"Mercy, mother, It's no crlmo! All
the fellows do It I should look queer if
1 didn't chip in with tho rest! Only this
time I hapiHned to get in pretty deep;
and as all the favorites were beaten I
got badly left"
Do vou mean that you lost all the
money you wagered?"
Lvory cent of It; you never saw such a
run of bad luck in your lifo. The trouble
was, 1 made up my mind to win anyhow;
so each time 1 lost I put It all on the next
race, so as to get tmck what was gone,
and moro into the bargain. It was as
good aa certain that I wouldn't lose every
race, you see. So when it came to tho
last 1 had a big pile on; and It was voted
a sure tiling. I believe It was the jockey's
fault, after all Anyhow, ho lost the
rocs by a short head, and if I hadn't
had a return ticket I'd havo been obliged
to walk home."
"All your money gone! Why, my
son, If you had invested it you might
have lived comfortably on the interest of
itl And your futher gave it to you to
start you in your profession. What can
you do?"
"Well, mother, I must do tho best I
can. I know it s all wrong, and I'm
very sorry and all that. Hut it's no use
crying for spilt milk, fiu In a hole and
I've got to be bellied out of it somehow!" I
I will speak to Judge Ketelle and see
what"
"Whatever you do, don't speak to
Judge Ketelle! He can do no good, and
would bw certain to do a lot of mischief.
What business is It of Judge Ketclle's
anywayr
"He was appointed executor under the
will and" .
! "Tliat Is no concern of mine, mother!
My Interest tn ths will ceased when I
got my patrimony. I hava no further
relations with the judge nor he with mo. !
Us hs no right to help me, even if be
wanted to, hich he dtx-sn't"
"My son, b is the best friend I hate, ;
an4.whatever isfor qur good" !
j
"My dear mother, I tell you It won't
del I know what the Judge wouiu say,
and after he bad said it I would be no
better off than 1 am now. 1 have some
pride, and 1 don't want all the world to
know that I'm a beggar. 1 shouldn't
think you would, either."
"Percy, you know I wish nothing but
ennr OTMjd. but"
"Tho long und short of the matter is
that unless I am to be disgraced 1 must
have some money, and without any de
lay, too. I owe a few bills-thoy don't
amount to much and I must have a lit
tle to go on with. A thousand dollars
would cover tho whole thing. You can
let mo have it. can't you?"
"A thousand dollars! But after that,
Percy? You will be wanting money ad
the time, and this cannot goon forever."
"It isn't going on forever. This is tho
first time I have ever asked you for a
cent, mother, and it shall be tho last.
Heaven knows it was hard enough to
have to come to you at any rate; but I
didn't expect you would mako it harder
by arguing about it:
My dearest boy, you might have all I
possess, so far as 1 am concerned"
! "Who else is concerned except you? a
thousand dollars isn't going to ruin you,
mother, but It is ruin to mo if 1 don't get
iL And don't fear I shall bo coming to
you again. I am going to stop the kind
of a lifo I have been living the last year
and turn over a new leaf. I have several
opiortunities to get positions in tlio city,
and I am going to set to work at once
and find out what will bo tho liest thing
! As soon us 1 am in a placo where 1 can
turn around I shall put in my sparo time
studying up my mining, and before an
other year is out I shall be ready to uc
cept an engagement. I can suport my
self as well as tho next man and make
a fortuno. tool f tut I don't suposo you
! want to sco me miss all that for the sake
' of a paltry thousand dollars?"
I Thecnd of it was that Mrs. Nolen gave
' him a thousand dollars. She tried to
mako him promise that he would come
and livo under her own roof, but ho put
her off with a temporizing reply, alleg
ing. In no very logical vein, that he did
not wish to make himself a burden to
her, but when ho got "fixed" so that lie
could pay her for his board and lodging
ho would come with pleasure.
I The request indicated that getting fixed
i was an ocration that required time.
Tho fact was that Percy paid sums on
account to his most pressing creditors,
including the proprietor of his lodgings,
and went on living much as iiefi.iv; to
salve his conscience he did make somo
inquiries about work, but not in such a
manner as to secure practicable answers,
Ono subject possessed his mind, und that
wa Mrs. Tunstall. It was impossible fur
ilim ,0 jv0 w i 1 1 a his mother while that
ffllr wiwgojlison rii infatuation was
by Sy.via's timidity and re-
luctanco. A man a brains count for
nothing in such a matter. Percy lived
in the desire of tho moment; he gave no
thought to the incviluhlo consequences
If ho might see her today, or to-morrow,
no matter about tba day after, ami mi
matter that the meeting was fraught
with danger both to her and to him. The
difference between a good desire and mi
evil ono generally is that the former is
sane and tho latter has moro or less of
insanity.
Sylvia's heart was not engaged if she
could bo said to havo a heart and it was
clear in her mind that sho must run no
ik of compromising herself. At tho
same time, had it been in her xwcr to
banish Percy forever by the utterance of
a single word, it isdoiibtful if she would
havo dono it. Sho knew that, were her
husliand to discover any further corns
SK)iidenco between them, he would not
hesitate to act decisively and finally, and
the first result of that action would bo
that sho would find herself cast upon tho
world with a damaged reputation. Such
a thing was not to bo thought of. Hut
the very eril of her position was an al
lurement to linger in it; mid then there
was tho excitement of knowing that a
man was In love with her who had no
business to (h so, und who was willing to
go oil lengths for her. Mori-over, sho
was angry as well as dismayed because
her husliand had ssiken to her as ho did
(like all women, bIio interpreted what
was said by what was meant), and round
a pleasure in defying him in thought if
not in deed. So, although she did not
openly and explicitly eneourago Percy,
she allowed him to believe that he was
not indifferent to her.
Neither ho nor bIio had committed eny
actual sin, but they were on the road to
do so. People always believe that they
can pull up at the last moment, and aro
therefore willing to go on until the last
moment is reached. Hut by that time
events conibino In an unforeseen manner
and push them over the edgo. Then
they are astonished to find themselves
linked with tho brotherhood of crime.
And once that link is forged it defies all
attempts to break it
It happened before long that Percy
needed more money He had less than
two hundred dollars left, utio he owed
more than that He did not wish to go
to his mother again, partly from shamo.
partly because he knew that, in order to
raise the sum ho needed, she would be
obliged to sell some stock, and that
would Involveapplyiug to Judge Ketelle.
Ono night at a club he was asked to take
a hand at a game of poker with three
others. He sat down and played with
varying success for an hour or two.
Then two of tho quartet withdrew and
ho and tho other kept oik
Percy had faith in his luck, and had
fortified himself with several whisky
cocktails. His opponent was a quiet
man, and seemed to be in a dejected and
timid frame of mind. The chis on the
table represented a good deal of money
how much exactly Percy did not know,
he meant to win it all. Some good cards
were dealt to him, he drew, und found
j himself in possession of a sopei li hand.
He was quite certain that his adversary
i held no such cards, and he begun to bet
J His ad vena ry was drawn Mo raising
hlin; ther continued to raise each other
1
""f, 'owci another cocktail, and
en mm no cuuiu not lost 'iioaciiM
upon this couviction and lost l':i in
vestigation, it apcarvd that the quiet
man had won not only Percy's original
stakes, but some nine hundred dollars
Into the bargain.
Percy preserved a calm exterior, and
wrote his L O. V. for the amount, to be
redeemed within twenty-four hours
Meanwhile, he was in a cold sweat of
consternation, for ho did not know how
he was to get ths money. It was too
la's sum to borrow from any of his
acquaintances; those whom he knew
wel1 pnough to approach on such a niat-
u'r wen of his flnancial standing.
nJ not lend anything. Thcrs
was nothing for it but to go to his mo-
ther. The 'money m ust be forthcoming
If ho failed to pay, he would be disbon
ered. Sylvia would hear of It.
No! ho must have the money at any cost.
ne went to lx-d, passed a very bad
night, and after attempting to eat tome
breakfast he betook himself to his moth
er's house. The nature of his errand
was so apparent In his manner and ap
pearance that she divined it at once.
The interview tluit ensued was a very
painful one to both purtiea
i- i ..I not Lu,t the money, and
not e-t it for a week at least She
convinced her son by documentary evi
dence that such was the caso. It migru
be possible to borrow from Judge Ketelle;
there was no other way. These were
facta which no arguments or entreaties
could alter. .Mrs Nolen was terribly
agitated by the revelation of her son's
. . ., ...II.... I
incorrigible rrver .y.anu ..-r ..
onguibli put him in almost a suicidal
frame of mind. It seemed to mm mat u
ho could only escape from ibis predica
ment be would never allow himself to get
caught ogaia But there was no eseue,
except through the judge, and that was
almost as bad as no escae at all. The
judge, even If ho agreed to the loan, was
not tho man to spare Percy a plain and
severe statement of the reprehcnsihility
of his behavior. The young man writhed
in anticipation of this rehuko. He knew
ho deserved it, but it would not be easier
to endure on that account Under ordi
nary circumstances he might rebel and
answer back; but it would not do to fight
with a man whom be w as lagging money
of. Ho had always been proud of bis
pride; now that pride was going to suffer
a fatal humiliation. Only one thing
could be worse, and that was to inform
his opponent of the night before that he
could not pay him. Percy wished that
he had never been born, and then he
wished thnt ho were dead.
The first wi.-h being im practicable, and
the second one that he did not care to
put into practice, he left his mother's
house in an unenviable frame of mind,
and turned his steps in the direction of
Judge Ketclle's office. IIo felt gloomy
and desperate, ne could understand how
men, heretofore respectablo, were in
duced to become thieves or robbers. Had
ho been a bank cashier, he felt that he
was In a mood to rob tho safeand depart
for Canada; or if ho had been alone on a
dark road with a wealthy old gentle
man, he could have taken him by tho
throat and gone through his pockets.
But he was on Fifth avenue, in broad
daylight, anil thesp short methods of re
imbursing himself were not available.
IIo struck into Broadway, and pres
ently, about a block in advance, he
caught sight of a graceful female figure
thnt he knew, walking in the same di
rection with himself. It was Sylvia
Tunstall. Ho hastened his steps; but
just before he camo up with her she
turned Into a largo jewelry shop on tho
right.
It was us good a place as another for
an interview, and ho felt a feverish do
sire to sH-ak to her. He followed her
into the shop, and, us sho camo to a
pause at one of tho counters, he stood be
side her and uttered her name.
CHAPTER V.
A FATAL MKETINO.
lib shop was a
very largo one,
and was full of
customers, for
the holiday sea
son was at hand,
and the wealthier
portion of the
community was
irH''S x presenting Itself
S' fi with precious
i'Li ' 'j t o m e rs w ero
c h i o fl v ladies.
lliiMn.h tlinrn u'na
also a fair sprinkling of tho other sex.
There were also the salesmen and the
walkers, and ierliups a few other per
sons whoso ollico was not to promote
sales but to prevent appropriations of
stock by individuals who had not gone
through the formality of paying for it
Yet it seemed imioasible that, among
tuch a multitude, the eyes of a detective
should be able to fix upon the malefac
tors, and nevertheless a successful theft
was a very uncommon occurrence in the
great jewelry shop.
When Mrs. Tunstall heard her name,
she turned with a start, and her vivid
but pretty face paled. "Don't stay,"
she said in a low voice; "do go! what is
tho use of running any risks?"
"I have as good a right as anybody to
be here," Percy replied. "If we both
happen to be hero at tho samo time, what
of that?"
"What Is tho mutter? You look quite
111!" sho said.
At this niomcn t a salesman, having dis
patched an adjoining customer, pre
sented himself before her with a "What
can I do for you, madam?" She handed
him a card and said, "1 have called about
that necklace; it was to have been ready
this morning." The man took the cord,
bowed and hurried off. Sho turned again
to Percy. Her muff was in her left band,
and as she turned she laid it upon the
glass counter, on tho side furthest away
from him. His suddcu appearance had
evidently disconcerted her.
Ho met her look and thought bow
charming she was. Sho was dressed in
fine black velvet trimmed with soft furs,
and wore a wonderful bonnet, adorned
with birds' feathers and sparkling points;
a delicate silken veil was bound around
it Her oval face, with its bright eyes,
small straight nosoond rather full lips,
was perfectly pretty; nnd now the blood,
which had been driven from her cheeks
for a moment, came ebbing luck beneath
the transparent skin. She was lovely,
luxurious and rich; those diamonds in
her ears would have paid all his debts.
and ho believed that she would relieve
his necessities in a moment had she i
known of thcux But how impossible it
was to tell hor! How inaccessible she j
was, though he could have thrown his!
arms around her as she stood there! He j
felt a helpless rage an impulse to seize
upon her and make off with her bodily.
If he only had had money money, and
plenty of it there was nothing so wild !
that ho would not have ventured to pro-1
ose it to Iver. What a power money was !
in this world.' I
All this tune be stood razing at her
and saving not a word.
"What is the matter ith you, Percv?" j
she repeated "What makes vou
so? You are making everybody notice ,
us. Are you" She hesitated. i
t.i - (
I am soIht. if that s hat you mean.
. .. ,. ' . ' , ,' , I
he said. "If ws were alone 1 would
show you what is the- matter with me!
Good God! Is there no place in the world i
where we can be aloue together for half I
an hour?" I
TO BE I'ONTIM'KO.I
HOW VANILLA GROWS.
M-ll.ml. of rrernrlng "ods fot
f..r ft nrliKt - Tli Piaut
Two
Vanilla belong to the orchid family
and is a sarmentose plant furnished with
thick, oblong, glaucous green leaves.
The vine sometimes atluins a height or
forty-live feet. It logins to bear the
third year ufier planting and continues
bearing thirty years. Kadi vino annu-
ally pris
duces from forty to iiuy-uve
capsules
or wed isxls. which are gutu.
tred before rcucinng co..,,.,
1 . I . ., a mcihintv
between April aim -u,
For one method ol preparation im-j
are gathered after they have lost their
green lint, and are then exjioscd to the
sun in woolen sheets which have pre
viously been thoroughly heated. They
are then put into boxes covered with a
cloth, und are again heated in the sun.
;.! VO
or fifteen hours, alter wiucu uiey
. , ...... .w rolor. If this is
twit idit.'lilll'll thev must lie covered ana
again exjiosed. the whole process lasting
about two months, after which they are
packed securely, fifty each, in tin boxes.
r,.. ,i. ........ nii.thfxl about a tllOU-
aand )ods ore tied together and plunged
into Uiiling water to bleach them, after
which they are exposed to the sun, and
then coated with oil or wrapjied in oiled
cotton to prevent them from bursting.
During the drying process the pods ex -
udeastickv liquid, which is expedited
by gentle pressure two or three times a
dav. liv this process the pod loses about
a quarter of its original size. The best
mmlitv ixmIs are seven to nine Inches
-i i
in length, nnd large in proportion, and
possess In greater abundance mo char
acteristic and agreeable perfume which
gives vanilla its value.
The vine is sometimes covered with a
silvery efilorescenco producing an essen
tial salt similar to that found in the pod,
and this is diffused on the outside of the
capsule. It is called vanilla rime, and is
in great demand in the Bordeaux market
Vanilla is used in perfumery and In
flavoring confectionery und cordials. It
is supK)sed to possess Kjwers similar to
valerian, while it is much more grateful.
Its production iu Reunion has increased
in the past forty years from a few
pounds to nearly half a million, and that
colony is now tho principal rival and
competitor of Mexico. Tho total import
into France rose from aliout 2UO.O00
pounds in 1880 to about 200.000 in 1SS0,
but the animal import fluctuates con
siderably. London Times.
Imultlng Proprieties.
Sinco I was 10 years old there are a
few things that have always made me
mad, and one was to ask me, the minute
1 mentioned approvingly a man's name,
whether he was married or not. What
eartldy difference did it make? And an
other was to have a man eliungo his tone
and manner to mo when he got married.
Mr. Hrowucll talks about the man find
ing tho woman treating him differently
when he marries. 1 nssurc him that is
not half as usinino as when tho man who
has known mo since I was as high as tho
table and called me Mollie all my life be
gins to address me as "Miss Dawn" the
minute he gets a wife. What did he
mean by calling mo Mollio at all ever, if
it was something that controversos the
rights of his wife? 1 was not engaged to
him; ho was not my lover. I thought we
were the simplest, matter-of-courso old
friends. But, lo! it seems there was
something else in it according to his
view, and now I havo a right to be in
sulted over the past, it seems to mo. I'd
get a divorce from a man I married that
acted like that. New York Graphic.
Sho Made It Hlndlug-.
"Darling Bessie," said Mr. Hoover to
his lady typewriter, "will you marry me?
Since you have come, like a gleam of
sunshine, to gladden my existence I have
lived in the radiant light of your ethereal
presenco, and passionutoly"
"Please sjieuk a little slower, Mr.
Hoover," said tho fair typewriter, inter
rupting him. while her fingers continued
to fly over the keys of her machine.
" 'Ethereal presenco passionately.'
Now I urn ready to proceed."
"Great Scott, Miss Caramel!" exclaimed
her employer, "you are not taking down
my offer of marriage on that infernal
typewriter, are you?"
"A proposal!" shrieked Miss Caramel.
"Why, so it is. I didn't notice I thought
you were dictating. Forgive mo, dear
William; I am yours, And now, sinco 1
have made this foolish blunder, please
sign this paper, und I will keep it as a
memento."
Tho marriage took place according to
contract. Chicago Isews, '
Abolishing a Nuisance.
The railroads of Germany are under
tho control of tho government, and it
seems that the practice of giving and
accepting gratuities has led to so many
abuses that it has been determined to
put a stop to it. The royal railway ad
ministration has accordingly notified nil
employes that they will not be allowed
to uccept the bumllest gratuity or favor
of uny description ujKin jiciiulty of sum
mary dismissal. Prosecution is also
threatened against those who may offer
gratuities to railway employes. A long
suffering traveling public will rise up
and call the government blessed for this
putting an end to one of thn most un
pleasant features of continental travel.
The example would seem a good ono to
follow elsewhere. San Francisco Chron
icle, Woe of a Country Editor.
When a man is trying to run a country
paper with an army press and a hatful
of tyje and seventeen paid-up subscrip
tions; when he is compelled to skirmish
around on the outside of his business to
make a living by begging, borrowing or
stealing; when he is out of heart, hope,
friends and moncv, in debt, in love and
in the middle of a railroad rumpus that
will not come to a focus; when he has
nothing iu the past but remembrance of
failure, and nothing in the future but
visions of tho poorhouse well, under'
such circumstances, he is in confounded !
poor shape to assume a virtue that he
hasn't got. or a joy that he doesn't feeL !
Benton (Ky . ) Tribune.
Two rrrsrrlptlnna. ,
A correspondent asks for a reliable;
remedy for blind staggers. In the case
i of a horse bleed the animal in the roof i
of the mouth; in the care of a man con-'
j fine the patient to a simple diet and ths
.--..on on,fm
Consoling.
t n . , . ,
Mrs. Avnno Pnil-t, the parlor windows
an so dirtv I cant v through them,
Rrid-t-Wall, mum, lonlrjist cam from
lb front Jiir, and U-yant the f&m of Miss
Fashion and bw young man in the bay wu
d.r o'pit thur'a not bin' across ths way
ort lukiu' at-New York Weekly.
"THE SWELLING SEA.'
Tho birds of t!'0 north (tew onward,
Tlio licbaa lu odr thM ;
Tbf crescent n.ooo wo ll
A..ffiu.-rl!ly-d'-ul- .
Torn from its l-ureul "'m n'1 flau,ln
Kor wwks od lis iry bed
Tli nortlwru IIrIiI buinl lirkhtly.
The ein l was broad and low;
Th rays wero hU wblrlntf "ars of Urn
With irrovD snd uiiiuMiii kluw.
Tho dying man Uiy Id his but
"Obi where shall we bury Ib'ist
BhaJI w bury thee on the uiouulsla
Or under tho swelluut sm
"6hall we bury then oo the mountain.
Id the fU-rual snow.
Where the spirits of the nilsu slmU dsnot
While thou liwt still bolowt
"Or wilt thou be sunk In the
The blue snd swelling se?
The birds or the i-niiraa shall whirl soots,
And the seals play merrily "
Be mournfully smiled and whispered low
"la the see, the swelling sea."
-From the Danish.
Kever Saw a Railroad Train.
MDo you ee that long, lank girl with
the pink culico dress and blue knit jack
st. etnnHin(7 over there?" said a station
Kent in a country town not far from
Pittsburg the other day.
I "pretty tall? Yes, she's about 23. and
this is the flint time she ever saw a train
! 0f cars. Talk about enlightenment;
1 bow's that?
"1 know the whole family. They live
' 0Ter here in the country, about seven
, miles. I went over there to get some
I butter the other day
other day. and I swear I
thought I had been transferred bnck to
, colonial times. Bare floors, rafters all
bare, home made linen on tho tatile,
borne made towels, home made dresses
on the girls, home made cheese and ham
and eggs for dinner; everything home
made; even the old gentleman wore a
vest of homespun.
"One of the girls, nearly 23, has never
seen the cars nearer than a mile, and
never was in a city. And yet they are
Intelligent and contented to live within
their gates, utterly oblivious to tho great
world outside, and eat, work and sleep
In the same way that their father and
father's father had before them. Great
world, isn't it?"-Pitteburg Dispatch.
now King tsed to Go to lied.
First, a pago took a torch and went to
the wardrobe where the bedding was
kept The articles were brought out by
tho keeper to four yeomen, who made
tho bed, while tho page held the torch at
the foot One of the yeomen searched
tho straw with his dagger, and when he
found there was no evil thing hidden
there he laid a bed of down on the straw
and threw himself upon it Then the
bed of down was well beaten and
bolster laid in its proper place. Then the
iheets were spread in due order, and
over these was laid a fustian. Then
came a "pano sheet," which we now call
a counterpane. Finally the sheets were
turned down and somo pillows laid on
the bolster, after which the yeomen
mado a cross and kissed tho bed where
their hands were. And then an angel
carved in wood was placed beside the
bed, and the curtains let down. After
this a gentleman usher brought the
king's sword and placed it at the bed's
bead, and the wholo was then delivered
Into tho custody of a groom or page, who
watched it with a light burning until the
king retired to rest. Cleveland Ameri
can Union.
IIo Was Not Even the Devil.
The small boy is a terror when he has
an inquiring mind. Such a boy strolled
Into an editor's room the other day, and
at once proceeded to down the patient
man at the desk.
"Aro you on the paper?' asked the boy.
' "Yes."
"What do you dor
"Write for it."
"Writo all the timer
"Yes."
"Don't do anything else?"
"No."
"Just wait for somebody else to do
something, and then writo about it?"
"Yes."
"Urn!" ejaculated the small boy, with
ft look of deep disgust, as he walked off.
The toiler at tho desk did not laugh.
Never before had he felt so small and
mean. He had been made to see himself
from a new and original point of view.
Atlanta Constitution.
Offending an Ancel Cnawares.
Mabel Mother, I have broken my en
gagement with Arthur. No woman
could be happy with such a brute.
Mother Horrors! What have you
learned?
"Last night I, asked him to tack the
cover on my work box and he hit his fin
ger with the hammer, and, mother, ho
laid lamn."
"I see. Ho danced around tho room
and swore a blue streak a yard long, and
threw the hammer out tho window, and
kicked the workbox to pieces, and called
you a gibbering idiot, nnd"
"Why, no, he didn't; he only said
'damn,' and went on tacking,"
"What? Is that all? Oh, you foolish
child! You have lost an angeL" Phila
delphia Record.
From an Fnhappy Mother.
Among the letters of condolence which
Emperor Francis Joseph received on the
death of his son was one signed by the
"Mother of Olierdank." In 1882 Ober
dank was arrested for having a shell in
his Kwsession when the emperor visited
Trieste. He was tried and condemned to
death. His mother sent an appeal to
the emperor for his pardon. So did Victor
Hugo. His majesty refused the pardon
and Oberdank was executed. "Unhappy
father!" says the mother in her letter to
the emperor. "I regret that on account
or the tragic death of your only son you
are compelled to feel the same pangs that
1, a poor abandoned mother, felt on th
morning of Dec. 20. 1882." Detroit Free
Press. . .
"Here. John, Hand Me My Class Coat."
A process has been discovered and
machinery perfected by which waste
glass can be manufactured into cloth.
Among the many advantages which
this textile will have over other fabrics
it is churned that it is Incombustible,
can be made in all colors and of any
desired strength or thickness. New
York Journal
The Cheapest Way.
"Wliers did joo get your new umbrella.
Smith T
"Raised it"
"Oh, I tee; brought It op by band, as It
were." Detroit Prs Press.
Or Comna.
Commercial Traveler, jfo I Why art Bt
Louts girls so sweet
Ditto, Ka -GiTe It up.
No. 1-Booaus thsyT "Vl'llii snl
Teoowtae'i Jiewt.
NO ELECTRIC BELLS THtRf,
The Primitive Method uf Cu
ant at a Sulphur Spring, Hd"''
Think of a trnind boi.a ..i
room numbers run as high as Tmjj4
without an elevator! It U ij
climb Prosimct mountain bar?
Colonnade row of cottage tliau it t,
mount the various stairway, totue J
floor. Perluis some time in iie
lufiini tluin. 11 ill Iu. furl I
" - r eoiioBjj
In tin. Htiirlt of tnmlem I,,,..-
parlor hull as large iipdn as the '
room of the White House. t
long dining room, with two row. t
u If ,..! ... ...
shout you can't le heard at the oti
Twelve uiiiiureii people cun sit dot t
the 150 tables without any mZ,
crowding. This hotel covers UioreUjM
an acre of ground. It doesn't contain
a bathroom. It lias no annunciat
Boine day the guest may be able to
press u button and make his existent
known to the office h quarter of
away At present the method Ufo
opeu your door, stick out your head
and "holler." To tlio credit of Whits
Buipiiur it can o aiua that two
three "hollers" will usually da
The servant system is peculiar to
Willie ouipuur. woras as satisfac
torily as sucli a system caa Southern,
ers like It. for It reminds thuiu of oH
times, northerners do not object)
long as tne cuunu oi novelty wean
To every hallway In the big hotel u,
assigned a floor man und a couple ol
chaiubenuiuus. iney are not port
They are coiorem men ana women wl
i .i. t . .
leameu me witj-n oi laiiniuinesianil
politeness when there was ;00 differ-
Annu luit truiin u llfillwii novo.. ..a i
Held hand In "Virginny." Most of
these servants had "ben a-couiiii' to
ole White, sail, sence befo the vcah."
They have their little rooms partitioned
ou at tue enus oi tne nans or scro
the stairway landing, and there the;
live and sleep so as to respond prompt-
ly to the calls oi guests.
If luy young lady, coming up from
the ballroom ut fifteen minutes before
midnight thinks of some message the
wants to give the chambermaid, ibe
tops with ber hand on the door knob
and culls:
"Lu-cyl"
A pause. "Ln-cy I" This time t lit
tle louder, and another pause. Thai
again. "Oh. Lu-cyl"
From down the hall comes by ths
time the sleepy reply:
"Ya-as'ui. 1'se coinln'."
There Is a shtiflling of feet along the
hallway matting, and then a conversa
tion in a low tone. The voice of the
belle says n, little louder at the clow
"Remember, Lucy I"
The voice of the chambermaid re
plies.
"Ya-as'm."
Tlio door closes. The shuffling toned
passes back down the hall and diet
away. Fifteen or twenty people In ad
jacent rooms turn over in bed and try
to go to sleep again. Nobody thinks
of kicking. It is only one of the White
Sulphur ways. Sulphur Springs Cot.
St IxmIs Globe-Domocrat
A Lightning Episode.
A colored man, about 40 yean of
ige, entered police headquarters ye
terday with his head tied up and m
to the sergeant:
"Boss, I want your opinyun. Look
at dis head an' tell me what you think
of It"
"I think somebody gave youaprettj
good whack with a club," replied tin
officer.
"Was it a club?"
"It was a weapon of some sort"
"Wasn't I hit by lightnuigf
"Li-rhtning? No."
"Wasn't hit by lightning lat' niter
"How could you be, when there
no thunder storm lost nightf
'"Zactly-'zactly. Dat's all"
"How did you tret Itr
"Woke up dis mawnln' wid de ok I
woman stnndin ober de bed. Sue W
It on to de lightnin', but de mo' I think
de mo" I didn't believe it I'lesusl
now."
"And you" '-
"Well, I'ze gwlne home to make 4
blecest thunder sto'm you eber 1
tell oL An' if de lightnin' doan' strike
mighty clus to my house at least
dozen times den I won't say a word
when de Datrol waein comes I" Detwl
Free Press,
John Fluke.
It Is a curious fact and one not wioV
ly known of John FLske, the wriw
that his real name is not John Fiske
all. but Edmund Fiske' Green, w
was born in Hartford. Conn.. fonT
eight years ago. the only child of W
mund and Mary Fiske Green. "
yet a mere boy his father died, m
three years later Mrs. Green marr"
the Hon. Edwin W. Stoiightoa, Coiw
States minister to Russia. Up to tltf
time the lad had been knowu a if
mund Fiske Green, but after this, H
... . 1 h.
some reason of Ins own, ne uropii -
father's family name, retaining that u
his mother, Fiske. and adopted in
of the baptismal "Edmund tueiw"
of his maternal great-gnrndfathe'
"John." and thus he became J,
Fiske. a name which he has retaw
New
IUIU 1J WIIUI 7VJ V VI DiUUVl
Evening Sua
Wherw He Was Shot
Cnmnpr if n f h nhvsiclan who efl
.i ij Urlisre
meu me wouiiueu uiuu; -
the man shot, doctor?
Doctor-In the lumbar region.
Onmnni- In the, lumber
Wll tlia nnlim.innn hna fust t0'1
I - tfgf
Unit be was shot in a coal yard.1"
SLftings.
Fashion In beds is returning
four poster with a rich canopy and.
modern innovation, a shelf lietwee
upper posts for bottles, gkisM-s-
the simple days of our grandjiareiit3
eye opener was kept under the pillu
green bottle.
The Oertunn emperor is- a vers;
npwsiiflwr rpxiW Fifty of the l".
Journals of Europe are laid on hi
: 1 !,,ili.ik'!y "
B.CIJ UJUlUlllg, W1U ..- - j - 1
breakfast he Dlunires through
shears La band, nipping air
strikes his fans;.