EUGENE CITY GUARD.
L L. airlet4r,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
A TUIt to AneUul rarthaga,
Bnt the chief Intercut In Tunis It In Its
nearness to th sit of one of the most fa
mous cities of the ancient wurliL It l
but a drive of six mile to the t where
once stood Carthage, lu our vinlt we had
again the liivnluuble companionship of
our archicoloKiHt. As e nle across the
pluln It was very ewy to we that the an-
clout city had ample room to spread out
on everv Hide excent townrd the tea,
where It luul the iiiohI splendid pnalUon on
the very shore, presenting a long front to
the Mediterranean, wnue a ncouiu-u
which projected Into the sea served as a
mighty breakwater, nnd formed a borhor
In which all the lloinun nna uunnagemao
fleets could rldo together, un that ncau
land Sclpio Afrlcantis landed the army
which, marching round 10 tne maimanu,
took Carthago lu the rear aud filially cap
tured theeltv.
No city of nnt Iqnlty has left so few rulna
aa Carthugo. When It wua taken by the
Komnnt the decree of Implacable hate,
Carthago est dclcntla Carthage must be
deitrored woa Inexorably cnrriea out.
Its merciless connucrors left but few mon-
nnienu of its former greatness. Indeed,
the only structures of Imposing alze which
remain nre the clxtenis great reservoirs
covered by arches which supplied water
to the city, and these are stdd to be of Ilo
man origin. All that la distinctly Cartliv
geulan Is tho mound on which stood the
ancient citadel, around which gathered all
the martial life of a city which had the
climax of IV power and glory hundreds of
vears before Christ. Jlenenm mat luinu
Jus lie buried the foundations of temples
and Dalnces. all mingled In ona undlstln
iralshabla ruin. Cor. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
A lUtcatclitr's Methods.
"A rat that Is caught by the tall will
Dot squeal," said a professional rat
catcher. "In those cam where they
saUPAlcd I hud caught them by the body,
not having time to get uiy fuvorita grip
on them. Tho rat, you sue, u puraiyzeu
for a mluutu by tho light; he rises up and
tries to reach over It, and as be Is doing
that I reach the tongs in under him and
catch him by the tall If I can, and If I
mlHa the tall I cutch anywhere. When
he's thrown Into the sack ho lies quiet;
they don't smu-allf you let thera alone,
not even If there s a dozen of them to
gether. They are content to Ho still and
await evenU rather than rulse a row;
they're thlnklug all tho time maybe I'll
forget all alxiut them. That's where
they're olf. Another thing. A rat cannot
gnaw through a hanging bag the bag
'gives' aud the rat cannot gut hold. If
the bag U laid down they can grip on tho
crcusca and gnaw their way out In short
order, but a hanging hag Is on good as an
Iron safe. A rat has only four teeth-
two above, which are alxiuta half an inch
long, and two below, which ure about an
Inch and a half and run clear through
the ntider Juw." Chicago Tribune.
Why Ainrrlrnni Crow Until.
"People become bald from washing the
head," said an Kngllxh barber. "The use
of water on the scalp may make a nian
feel buoyant for a time, but you will no
tice that the hnlr become dry ami brittle
afterward. Tho water and subsequent
rubbing with a towel dry up tho oil in tho
roots, and In time the hair Incomes dead
and drois out. In Kngland people never
think of waxhlng the hair. A good comb
and stiff brush ate all that are needed to
keep the head clean. Tho women often
spend hour lu combing out their hair,
and that Is tho most laborious part of a
maid's Work. Instead of shampooing,
KngUsh barbers in a machine shaped
like n little barrel ami covered with stiff
bristles. ThU is run by a small gas en
gine, and will winnow every speck of dirt
out of a man's head In a few mlutttes. I
have heard there nrosomoln use In this
city, but I have never secu ouo." Now
York Sun.
llurnt Cork Note.
Tie popular idea is that we pat tome
tort of greasy preparation on our faces to
make the burnt cork come oil easily, said
famous negro minstrel to a reporter; but
It a man wants to become permanently
black, all he needs to do is to grease his
face before he blacks up. It would keep
Mm scrubbing all night, and ,he would
have to take the skin oft before he would
get It out. The preimrallou of the cork la
simple. The property man puta his corks
lu a pan, pours a little alcohol over them,
IlghU the alcohol, and tho heat does the
rest. A little rubbing between the hands
smoothes out the lumps and the grit.
There's another way to take out the grit,
width Is to drop the burnt cork Into a tub
of water, and the grit goes to the bottom.
AU he has to do then is to skim off the
floating substance and he has the flue
particles. A little water makes this Into
paste ready for use. Philadelphia
News.
A Tenderfoot lu Doom City.
Eastern Man Yes, I like this climate
and have about concluded to tend for my
family and settle here.
Boom City Man Well, sir, I can thow
yon tome of the II nest lots In
"I can't afford to build. I must live In
rented bouse at the start. liy the way,
where Is this lloom City you have been
talking about!"
'You are iu Boom City now. This rnll
road depot is at the foot of Metropolitan
avenue, facing Monument square."
"But where are the houses? There Isn't
one In sight "
"Pee here, young fellow; It you are so
danged univsthctlc that you can't enjoy
the beauties of nature without having It
spotted all over with houses )5u'd butter
go back Last" Omaha World.
Sharing a Count rymaa.
Barbers have a trick for the country
men who visit the city and go Into the
ehop to get shaved. They want to get oft
aa cheap as possible, but generally they
have the entire bill to pay In-fore leaving.
For Instance, the barber will take a piece
of black pomntntu and smearing It on his
band, nm It through the countryman't
hair and remark, "You need a shampoo.
Look how dirty your hair Is; yon must
have been about a smoke stack." That
catches hint, and he has to pay for a
shampoo. Ho gets what la called In the
profession a "ruxzlo azle" shave. That
Is, the rator is run ovr his face, and
what Is left belong to him. That Is the
way tho couutrymuu Is served. Q lobe
Democrat A Mbliilglit Dlih.
Speckled trout served cold with lettuce
and Mayonnaise dressing Is said by a Bos
ton man to be worthy the attention of
those who know a good thing wlien they
taste It The db,h is particularly palata
ble along about inidulgut
Detroit manufacturers are now wing
l-etndeom to a considerable extent In the
ftf! Sn 7 ,or ""Uwt steam.
Obey find it cheaper and uore convenient
The estate left by Governor Waterman
of Ctlifornie it valued at tano.oou, and
the heirs named are: Mrs J me ()
Waterman, his wile; Mary P. Kara oi
New York; Helen J. Waterman, Waldo
Waterman and Annie C. Waterman, his
children. The witnesses to the sienstnre
re Helen J. Waterman, Elmer E. Row.
!! and C. V. C. Bowell,
ANOTHER'S CRIME
ROM TRI PIABT Of tMPECTOB BTKNKf.
Bj JULIAS HAWTH0E5E, Author of
Tbs Great Bank Bobbery," "Aa
American Penman," Eta
ICoprriflil byO M. Dunham, sad pubUshsd,
thraugU special arrugunant by the Amanoaa
Ftru AmeclaUot) wlU CsaseU A Co., Ktw Tort
sad Losdoa.)
She was standing with her eyes cast
down und her bands bunging folded be
fore lier. leaning against the table. She
waa in a delicate position, and she knew
it. If she sided with Percy, it would be
tantamount to a dellance of her husband
dellance which he would never for
give and would light out to the bitter
end. It would mean for her Ions of social
position and consequent exile and obscur
ity, or, If not obscurity, kind of prom
inence that no one would envy her. If.
on the other hand, she took sides with
her huslsind, It would afford the strong
est poaiiihle Indication, in his eyes, of her
virtuous and wifely conduct and rebuke
of the suspicions he had entertained
Against her - Moreover, the evidence
against Percy wua very etrong and
pluusible. It might be misleading and
in the bottom of her heart the did not
believe lilm guilty-but, in case it should
turn out that he had yielded to some
tudden temptation. It would be awkward,
to say the leust. to have compromised
herself for a felon. Uud the loved him,
Indeed, there might have been a tragic
pleasure in sacrillclng herself; but It was
now revealed to her tbut the only love in
the mutter waa a love, not of Percy,' but
of excitement The excitement hud run
Itself out and was succeeded by a desire
to get out of the scrape by the shortest
route, tut did she feel no remorse at
abandoning her lover at the moment of
his greatest need? No; the feminine con
science is not so easily caught It was
with a glow of conscious virtue and con
nubial rectitude that she lifted her pretty
face, und addressing her husband, said:
Well, I auppooo he in tint have done it.
I don't see who else could have. Yes, 1
will make the complaint, though It will
be very disagreeable to appear in court
among a lot of criminals!"
Hhe juHt glunced at Percy ns sho turned
way, crha)s to see how he would tuke
It His eyes were lixed upon her witliuu
expression of half Incredulous curiosity;
but tho next moment ho threw bock his
head and burst into a loud laugh. She
shrunk a little at that sound, and edged
toward the door; and this was the lovers'
parting scene.
Such was the train of events that
brought a young gentleman who might
have made a good and respectable figure
in the world to the ofllce of Inspector
Byrnes at Klice headquarters. The in
spector listened to (ho story, contemplat
ing tho prisoner and his accusers dream
ily In the meanwhile, und nfter it was
told he sat for a while absently making
lines on the blotting pad In front of him
itli the point of a paer knlfo.
Finally he looked up and briefly re
quested that every onu should withdraw
except Mrs. Tunsuill and Percy Nolea
When the three were uloue together he
regarded Mm Tunstull pensively and
said.
'How long have you known the pris
oner'
"Oh, a year or more."
'Has your husband approved of the
acquaintance
How do you mean, slrr Inquired the
lady, with a bluslt
"You know what I mean, I think."
"I don't think my husliand has ever
liked Mr. Nolen," she replied, uneasily
"Considered him rather detrimental, 1
suppose?"
Well, I suppose so.
Were the prisoner and your husband
t any time Intimately known to each
other?"
"They knew each other scarcely at
all"
"And yet your husliand considered
him detrimental? There ought to havo
been tome reason for thutl Are you
prepared to state to mo, Mrs. Tunstull, in
ercy Nolen't presence, that your hus-
band's IU opinion of lilm was In no way
connected with what he knew or sus
pected of Percy Nolen't relations with
you?"
I he question was put to sternly aud
gravely that Mrs. Tunstall was unable to
maintain tho composure of her counte
nance, hhe stammered and hcsituled.
and looked first one way and then an
other. Was It iHMblble that tho tnsnector.
in some incomprehensible manner, hud
become acquainted with tho truth?
"Ho 1-never asked him the reason
of his opinion," tho fultered at length.
I here are muny wuyt ot getting rid
of a man when he ceases J to be conven
ient and becomes objectionable, con
tinued the linqiector. "Are you ready
to stand before me and tuke your oath
that you honestly and truly believe this
man guilty of stealing your ocket book?
Remember, Mrs. Tunstall, your answer
may ho the means of condemning an iu-
noeent man to irrevocable ruin!"
But sho hud gone too far to withdraw:
selfishness and cowardice alike forbade
it. Yet it wot not without an inward
struggle (hut left her pule and trembling
inut sue sum dosiierutelv. "Yes. I bo-
licve he stole itl" and then, "Tho evi
dence allows it it is uot It"
'Tli at is for neither vou nor me to do-
termine, Mrs. Tunstall." returned the
Inspector, rising "1 will not detuin you
any longer now; you will be Informed
wiien your tworn testimony will be re
quired hereafter." And Mrs. Tunstall
went out
The inspector resumed his teat and
addressed himself to the prisoner.
"I was willing,- ,e tuid. "for the sake
of your family and friends, to give you
every chance to which you wereentitled
lou bad every advantage of traininc
and education; but you have lived fool-
lU arid useless life, and this Is the result
of it You were in need of money in Im-
miMiaie and pressing need of It; you had
tried every way you kuew to get it; you
Tound tlue bunk note In your hand this
morning, and you were unuble to resist
tho temptation to take them. From
gentleman you became what you are
nowt"
"Ins porter Byrnes," auid Percy, firmly
but apathetically, "I did not commit that
crime. I have lived A bad and useless
life, and no doubt I deserve, to suffer for
It; but t hooOJy believe that no tempta
tion would have induced me to do such a
thing as that 1 am obliged to you for
suggesting to Mri, Tunstall that the would
reconsider ber accusation; but it will be
do satisfaction to me to escape in any
uch way. If 1 cannc prove mj Inno
cence, T may as well ho In jail as any-
wberoelno.
"Innocent men are very seldom con
victed," said the Inspector impassively.
"The facts are against you. No one but
you is known to have been near the muff
after Mrs. Tunstall laid it down. You
admit having hud it in your hands; the
pocket book wus found in your pocket
Jt is true that the bunk notes were not
found, but the presence of a confederate
would account for thut It is for you to
judge whether or not your plea should
be guilty."
"1 am innocent, and that's the end of
It," said Percy "I don't expect to prove
it The evidence Is all the other way.
Bomcliody must have taken the purse
out of the iniilf and put It in my pocket,
as for the notes, 1 know nothing You
auy I may have had a confederate. If
he was near enough to lane tne notes
from me, he was near enough to rob the
inuir, and if ho could do that, it would
remain to be proved that he wot my con
federate, or thai I knew anything about
him. Hut ull thut would be in my fuvor
is guess work, und all that's against me
is fact; so it s a bud look outl
"Undoubtedly it is," assented the In
nector uutetly. "There waa only one
minute when a thief could have taken
the money and left the purse in your
pocket; and thut was when you were
talking to Mrs. lunstall ana tier puck
wus turned towurds the mulZ. If any
one had been near enough to put the
nurse in your pocket, you could hurdly
expect a jury to believe thut you would
not huve noticed him.
Percy maintained a gloomy alienee for
a moment; then his expression suddenly
lightened and ho exclaimed, "Now thut
I think of it, some one did touch me on
the arm. and when 1 turned round he
asked mo if hit cane wua standing
against the counter. Perhaps he was
the man!"
Cun you describe him?" asked tho in
spector indifferently.
Percy shook hit head, "lie had a dark
mustache, 1 believe; ho might have been
under 30, but 1 hurdly looked at him. 1
doubt if 1 should know him again."
The iiiHiMxtor stroked his mustache.
"That will hardly do," said he, "You
have no defense at all. The best advice
Icangivuyou is to make a clean breast
of it Such a defense as that is worse
than nothing."
Probably you are right; but I am in
nocent and 1 will never say the con
trary," replied the prisoner with a sigh.
So far as I am concerned, 1 don't care
much whtit become of mo. 1 owe
money i can't pay, and there are other
things, i am sorry for my mother and
sister; but I never was much good to
them; and Judge Kelelle will look ufter
them, 1 hoM(."
"Is Judge Ketelle a friend of yoursT
"He was my father's partner, and it
the executor of his will "
"Do you wish to send for him? There
will be the question of bail to consider
as well as other matters "
"1 suppose that will be the best thing
I can do; 1 thank you for suggesting it.
luseclor."
"Don't trouble yourself to thank me
until you lind out whether there is oc
casion for It." returned tho chief detec
tive coldly He touched a bell, made a
sign to the olllcer who entered, and
Percy wus led out
"That boy never took that money," he
aid to himself, when he was alone.
"Such fellows us ho don't steal, least of
all from the woman they're in love with.
As for herP the inspector's face grew
very stern, and he brought his hand down
heavily on the table. "She is sacrificing
him to pull wool over her husband's
eyes. Either Nolen't suggestion is the
true one, or else she invented the story
to get rid of him. It's a bad lookout; but
lot a tee if we can't straighten it outl"
CHAPTER VIL
VAL MARTIN.
olllce, an uiTair
of a different na
ture was being
transacted at the
house of Mrs
Nolen.
A couple of
weeks had passed
since Valentine
Martin hud called
on Mrs. Nolen
and her daugh
ter, so thut his appearance there that
day had something of the charm of nov
elty. Mrs. Nolen, however, was too
much uset by her Interview with Percy
to be able to extend the visitor a welcome,
and thut duty therefore devolved upon
lAulino. The latter, it may be observed,
had not been Informed of her brother's
pecuniary troubles, and only knew that
her mother wus for some reason greatly
distressed. She came down stairs and
found Valentine in the library.
Judgo Ketelle had pronounced Pauline
A beautiful girl; and beuuty was her most
noticeable external quality; but it wus
not her chief claim to distinction among
those who knew her. She was finely or
gnnized and trained in mind as well as
body, and possessed a cliurtn separate
from any physical attraction It was not
that she was a learned young woman,
she never emtutrrusscd any one by re
vealing the presence of more information
than might reasonably be supposed to
belong to her, but there w as i;. ' her ex
pression a spirit and understanding that
promised whatever was delightful in
mental scenery and tone. Her tcniieru
inent was calm and equable because it
was deep and healthy; it could not be
aroused save for adequate cause, but
when aroused it would clothe itself in
power This wide and vigorous nature
would go on ripening and enriching
itself long after ordinary people dry up
and dwindle away Pauline could not
be measured or assigned her definite and
fixed place in human uature. Her sym
pathies were broad, and what she might
do or be dccndcd rather upon the de
mands made upon her than upon any
limitations in herself
The young Englishman, after the first
conventional things were said, did not
appear to be m a loquacious mood. Ho
replied in monosyllables to Pauline'a ob
crvations. but his eyes kept returning
to fix themselves umn her w Ith an ex
pression of somber thoughlfulnesa
"Are you getting tired of America?'
he asked him at length.
"I have enjoyed tome of It, very
Much." h. replifd. 1 wish I had
known, years ago, what I should find
when I came here,"
"Would you have come sooner?"
"It Isn't that; but 1 should have left
undone some things that I have done in
the tst A fellow la generally a foot in
m
Ml
the beginning. Ho gets tense After a
while, but tin things tho fool did re
main worse luck P
"If they did not. you would never
grow wise." .
"What Is the use of wisdom, if It only
make, a man curse hluvwlf for having
been not wiser'
"What do you expect wisdom to bring
you?"
"It ought to bring fortune and happi
ness, but it doesn't"
"No wise people don't seem to be
happy or loiiunato. But they arewlse;
they should expect to puy for that
"Very true. Miss Nolen; we can't eat
our cuke und have it. too But I might
i,..uo inurnment to huve eaten my cuke
if only it hiidn t turned out to be made
of bran und shavings. How vouiu you
like to heur my strange, eventful his
tory? It bus never lieen published.
"1 would like to hear the reul life of A
man-what he thought and felt But
that Is the part the stories leave out.
"Well, the whole truth is a vulgar and
sordid ufmir. a good deal of it is. And
there's a reason for It, too. For it it
chiefly the analysis of a lie."
"That Is not the truth't fault"
"Oh, of course not; the children of
light always have the best of the argu
ment! There has been plenty of muck
in my career, but plenty of variety and
adventure, too Younger sons have thut
advantage, at least, over the elders."
"According to our American way of
thinking, it is no advantage to Inherit a
great estate. It can only tempt a mnn
to 1k like ancestors. I would choose
to be a younger son myself."
"If it were a mutter of choice, perhaps
those most concerned might more often
agree with you. But. if you are born a
younger ton. your preferences we not
consulted; and it is not in humun nature
to enjoy having even a good thing
crammed down your throat However.
I will say for my governor he wus sir
Henniker Murtin.of Derwcnl Hull, neur
Kiswick, Cumberlund-lhul he did very
fuirly by mo, as a whole. To begin with
he laid the foundation of my future dis
content by giving wl"t i called a
libcrul education the Eton und Oxford
business, you know. I distinguished
myself in both places." ,
"Not for scholarship?"
"Since you will have It, no; but for
running up debts. The trouble with me
was, I was loo good a fellow 1 was the
most M)pulur fellow In Eton, at the time
1 left it; I had documentary evidence of
that."
Documentary?"
Yes. When a boy leaves Eton, the
fellows who liked him each give mm a
book something swell, you know, bound
in calf, and ull thut, such as he will be
sure not to stoil by reading it too much.
Well, 1 got a hundred and eighty of
thow 'leaving books,' as they call 'em.''
"A popular hbruryl
"Yes. and ull gone now, like the popu
larity. It was the same way at Oxford,
only bigger bills and less innocence. But
the governor aid up like a man, and
then got me a clerkship in the foreign of
fico. If he had made me chief secretary
of foreign affairs, i might have buckled
down to business; but the clerkship only
made bad worse. Easy hours, light
work. Of course 1 went out into society.
heud over ears. No end of friends lots
of popularity! You never saw such a
clever, good looking, good humored chap
as I was. I hud no time to waste in my
office; m v chiefs began to growl, at last
father called me up. told me I was no
good and that he was tired paying for it.
gave me two thousand ounds und on
outfit and lacked niecj to New Zealand
It was to be sink or ewim, as luck might
have it. but no more life preservers from
the old gentleman!"
"Were you popular thero, too?"
"It's every man for himself there. I
went to Napier Hawke's Bay the best
sheep farming country in the colony
There 1 run across a chap I had known
at Eton. Cartwright Brown his name
wus. he had u station (that's what they
cull a ranch out there). Matnpiro, on the
banks of the Ngararoro river. Well,
Cartwright initiated me into the myster
ies of sheep farming, docking, tailing,
and ull the rest of it Very different
from Mayfalr and Piccadilly, I can tell
you!"
"Was there no society out there?"
"Very entertuining society in Napier,
and plenty of it. Oh, yes, there are
women everywhere," said Valentine; and
he waa silent for a time, and teemed to
lose himself in revery. "There waa a
neighbor of Brown's, Hector Pope, be
tween us and Napier; 1 Invested my
money In his ranch, and got to spending
a good deul of my time there and at the
club in town. I didn't scrimp myself
much; I kept a couple of race horses
and played unlimited loo at the club,
my sheep and my other Investments had
to tuke cure of themselves. You cun
Imugine what the end would be, with
out my telling you."
"Mr. Martin," said Pauline, "you have
left out something! You would not
have gone on in thut way if you had not
hud some experience that influenced
you," He raised his head and looked at
her; after a moment she added, "I don't
mean that you should tell it You lost
your money, you were saying?"
"All but fifty Kunds, and a heap of
clothes 1 packed the clothes in my
trunks, forty of the fifty pounds I handed
to Brown to employ as events might re
quire; and 1 was. just on the point of
shipping for Australia when a Maori
outbreak iu the Taupo district was re
ported. 1 came to the conclusion that I
wus probably born to be shot; so I en
tered the service m full private in the
Armed Constabulary. You have heard
of the Irish Constabulary. This was
something of the same sort
to as CONTtNVID.i
niilldius; AHorlstlons.
The Bedford association, of Brooklyn,
has just linished its first year. Mort
gages amounting to $?3,&0 have been
effected among thirty -two members, rep
resenting 117 sluura.
The Brooklyn Home Seekers' associa
tion, of H ussncr't hall, Third avetiucand
Twenty-fourth street, on Monday even
ing received $?73 in dues and enrolled
ten new memlers, making a total mem
bership of 123. The board of directors
baa decided to hold the first loan tale on
Sept 7.
The New York Co-operative is a new
association formed recittly at ib New
York hotel. It will probably have to
change its name though, as there is al
ready one association in Harlem bearing
that name.
Ohio is to have a state league of build
ing associations. The Local league, of
Dayton, has taken the initiative and hat
A call for a meeting of delegates of all
building associations in thestiteat Co-'
lumbuton Aug. 13. New York New. I
.... i .-. 1 .niUlla's Una.
There is a small df lng th. city
front ll,utfe,l.justlx,utasd.nh,t
as small do-s ure supposed to feel when
Ihev have done anything out of the way.
This little d.. however, is ruther a hero.
,uvi,:g survived the wr.k of the V an
Julia ut Samoa, and returned with hit
shipmates on the ICx kton to Murelslund,
W,,,rt. he was adopted by the crew of
the Adams. "
Having been boss of the oniUilla, this
littlodog. who goes by the euphonious
nuuie of Nig. thought that he thould
hold the same jiositlon on the Adams,
and when it was discovered by Ueut
Winslow's setter. Nig became Indignant
,nd whipped the lieutenant's dog so
badly that for some time his life was de-
.i' .i Tiii ivu a horrible indig
nity for the quarterdeck to sustain at the
hands of a forccustle dog. And Lieut
Winslow ordered the tailors to throw
Nig overboard as a dishonorably dis
charged dog. ThUt was something the
Juck tart could not think of doing, and
as they could not keep their pel aboard,
and had no way of getting him back to
Mare Island, as the Adams was about to
go to sea, they brought Nig ashore and
turned him over to the Vandalia tailors,
who are waiting aiong the water front
for their back pay and bag money.
Oetting a dishonorable discharge after
four years' service In the navy was pretty
tough on Nig, and Thursday night he
managed to get fulL Yesterday he was
tick and felt pretty badly, and at he hud
nover been ashore before he did not
know how to act. The number of peo
ple and the numlier of dogs nearly drove
him crazv, and he lay down on the tide
walk and moaned. The dog feels to
badly ashore that the Vandulia tailort
are going to try to get him back Into the
service in some way, and they think that
after his gallant service in Samoa they
;ii i nl.lo in Imva Lieut Winslow's
dishonorable discharge set aside And Nig
restored to his former prouu position on
one of Uncle Sams war ships. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Ths Grand Old Man's Hut
During the last few days Mr. Glad
stone has been occupied in one of the
committee rooms upon a private bill
In this, for him, unwonted character,
says a London gossip, tho right honor
able gentleman has astonished his friends
and embarrassed his opponents by the
extraordinary vivacity of his manner.
Under examination he answered ques
tions by making little speeches, nnd
when not himself in the witness box
gnyly prepared others to withstand the
terrors of thut ordeal, while, by way
of a little variety, he discussed law with
tho counsel, and roods and perches with
the engineers. Armed with a bundlo of
paers in which were several maps, the
veteran leader was here,' there and
everywhere utmost at the same time,
presenting throughout a truly remark
able picture of invinciblo animation,
fertility of resource and inexhaustible
energy.
His white hat had a curious fashion of
turning up in odd places. I saw a knot
of the promoters examining this interest
ing chupeuu as it lay in one of the win
dows, ono of the gentlemen making so
bold in its owner's absence aa to try it
oil Later it got upon the desk in front
of tho chairman of the committee, then
it fell in the way of the counsel, and
finally two police officers might have
been seen speculating upon its owner
ship, Mr. Gladstone having sudenly run
off to the house, leaving it upon a bench,
where it was found After the adjourn
ment of the inquiry. Truly a wonder
ful old gentleman is Mr. Gladstone.
Pall Mall Budget
An I'nderground Railway fur Paris.
It appears that we may at last look
forward to a metropolitan railway, but
it will only serve one point of Paris
south of tho Seine. The projected line
is to be seven miles long, with a short
branch line. A central terminus will
stand nt the back of the Madeleine, The
main line will run from that point to the
Bastilo by the Opera house and near the
Boulevard. It will counnct the termini
of the Bastile-Vincennes, the Paris
Lyons nnd the Paris-Orleans railway
From the latter it will be brought round
again by the Rue de Rivoliand the Pli.ce
de la Concorde to the Madeleine. The
underground part of the line will be four
miles long; the rc&t will go through cut
tings and by viaducts. M. Yveo-Uilyot
is granting the concession of the metro
politan to a syndicate of capitalists, who
are to make it without a, state subven
tion or guarantee of interest They will
issue shares or the value of 25,000,000
francs and bonds for 86,000,000 francs.-
Paris Cor. London News.
A Monster Petrlfled Turtle.
A Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette let
ter from Brazil, Ind., says: "From time
out of mind a curious rock, half hidden,
has attracted attention at a point several
miles north, in Parke county. An in
vestigation recently made revealed a
monster petrified turtle, the weight of
which aggregates 53,000 pounds. A
house mover is now at work transporting
his'turtleship to the railroad, whence it
will be taken to purchasers in Cincin
nati" Not Encouraging.
The report of Dr. Nanson, the Norwe
gian who crossed Greenland lost year
near tho latitude of the arctic circle, will
hardly encourage further exploration
there. He found the country there sim
ply one immense sheet of rugged ice,
without animal or vegetable jife. The
land is elevated, his route once taking
him to an altitude of 12,000 feet The
thermometer on one occasion recorded
90 degs. below aero. Boston Budget
Cheap Postage.
Thecheapest postage in the world will
soon be enjoyed by the people of Hydera
bad. Quarter-anna post cards (a little
over d.) are to be Introduced. Speaking
of postage, Bavaria was the first German
state to use postage stamps, and the in
tends to celebrate the fortieth anniver
sary of their introduction on Nov. 1.
The Philatelist society will hold a grand
stamp exhibition at Munich in honor of
he event iterlin Letter.
Bald Wntcrn Brnerbote.
"Did it rainP exclaimed the western man,
ffl the courts ot a thrilling recital ot border
Ufa. "Say, It rained so bard that afternoon
that the water stood three feet oa A '"it
roof. Buffalo Courier.
Aa loevwkxu Deaf Mas.
A Samerrille man who is afflicted with
deafans) in ooe ear found bis affliction a posi
tive advantage darinj a recent visit to New
York. Having a room in a bote! oa Broad
way be could not sleep because of the noise
at night On night It occurred to him to be
with the deaf mr up. Toe ntornini attar be
was bite to braakfast. tiamarvilla Journal.
AN EPIC IN FIVE FITS.
ruff.
Tbs editor In gonial mood, sat In his offlot
rhair; to nl bta Jewetad H6
umm ct tawuy bair; be took his golden fB
and wrote some grand and .t
wsrs abroad, of politics, and of bis country
needs; be sUo wrote a touching posra aboul a
lover bold, who weut acrcas tbs raging sea to
search for gleaming gold; sud how a maiden
waited long down on the ocean short, towel,
eoaiehimwbenberetunied-who would re
turn no more.
ClOCDA.
Tho office hireling cametoblra; an ugly
youtb was he. with freckles scattered on bis
face most wonderful tones; be Jerked tb
pres. this hireling did. to swept the dirty
floors, be stuffed tho coal Into the stove and
did the other chores. But now bis freckled
cheeks were blanched, bis voice was boars
with feur: he said: "Old Kinith. who weighs
a ten, is waiting for you here; bis face It
item, his h are set. I fcur he's come for
gore-Ob, uunter. shall I let him pass inside
your sanctum doorP
COt-BAGS.
Then siwke the editor with pride, to that
lone youth sk ho: "Oh, Absalom, tto
coward's fear a stranger Is to me; why should
I tremble, though he Jines wallow in my
goref I'll take him byi like neck and
with him sweep the flow. Macbeth said,
what man may da e, abal also will I dare,
and should old Smith but make a orack, 1 11
smash him with a chair; go, then, to where
be panting waits, and show him la to me,
and though he's once or doubly armed, no
terror will be tee."
DANGER.
Then trembling went the freckled youth,
at he'd Instructed been; be led the Bad Man
to the door, and, quaking, showed him in;
the door was cUwxi Iwbind blm then, and
Absalom stood neur, that all the sounds of
raging war securely he might bear; there
nas a silence, long, profound, and then bis
master's voice, rang out iu loud, defiant
toues that made bis heart rejoice; it sounded
l..l. , t,u rv. bun dm,? and ehnMi down ths
ball; it ceased, the silence came again, and
lueu a aeuvy tail.
DISASTER,
Wilb winged feet young Absalom flew to
h!,m..kr'i,l: all utill aud tiale that mas
ter lay, as though he just had died; but soon
be opeued wide lus eyes mat ion tne ooy
n..s... . (Kav tfU arit t lln ffHWiril In flA Did KniiLh.
W)nl,, IHVJ - - - ' ' " ,
but Smith, the wretch, wus gone. "What
did lie nor cried Ausaiom, "mm you nave
twooned away I ' You show no marks to show
that you have hud a bloody fray; oh, master,
ka.lmw liifl nun fmip fnrm M'ith lpnd to
filir "No, uo, my boy, ho drew uo gun; fur
, l :llt .1 I. , L .
worse no urew a uiim -.icunuu ouiia
Journal.
StrlctlT on Bmlnwa.
Citixen (poking bis bead out of a back win-'
low) See bore, Uncle Kastua, wbat are you
doing around my hencjop at this hour of the
nightl
Uncle P-istus (promptly) I was gwine to
ast yo', Mistab Smif, ef yo' don' wan' ter git
dat aencoop whitewashed. It needs it bad,
'deed it da Scribner'i Magazine,
In "ludlceut Clreumatancaa.H
The announcement that the family of
the Rev. J. U. Wood, tho popular En
glish naturalist, whose books and lec
tures huve been so much enjoyed, is left
almost penniless has led to the publica
tion of surprising facts in regard toother
pitmlar persons. The English pension
list, to which special attention has been
called by the Society of Authors, among
those receiving grants recently on ac
count of "indigent circumstances," in
cludes the names of Sir John Steell, the
artist, of Miss Gordon dimming, of Mr.
John Bell, the sculptor, of three daugh
ters of Principal Tulloch. of tr.rre sisters
of John Leech, the famous caricaturut,
and of the widow of Professor Balfour
Stewart It is almost incredible that the
talent indicated by such names has not
earned a moderate competence. Clergy
man in St. Louis Republic,
CIiIucm Are Stilt Coming.
It is said that tho Chinese Six Com
panies are evading the exclusion act by
bringing coolies over the Mexican line
utTiaJunna, a few miles south of San
Diego. Tho boundary line is 200 miles
long and there is only one United States
ollicer to watch it, with his ofllce at Tia
Juana. The Chinese colony in San Diego
is mysteriously increasing with great
rapidity nnd the attention of the govern
ment has been called to this singular in
vasion. Chicago Tribune,
Lightning Took Bit Shoes OK
A miraculous escape from death was
reported this morning. A young man
named George Beutz, living in the ex
treme southern portion of this city, was
struck by lightning last night, but al
though the bolt tore the shoes from his
feet, the burning and breaking of the
skin, and tho shock he sustained, were
the worst result. Only the toe of one
shoe with the torn upper was left on one
foot. Richmond (Ind.) Cor. Indianapolis
Journal.
An Immigrant's Fortune.
Thomas Monahan. an Irish million
aire, who lived iu Melbourne for half a
century, died recently. He was one of
the 800 poor Irish immigrants who sailed
for Australia in 1839. and the shi n vraa
in such a terrible sanitary condition that j
ninety oi tiieiu died on the voyage.
Monahan shrewdlv invested his littla
earnings in land aliout Melbourne, with 1
the result that blocks for which he paid
500 in those early dayt are now worth
230.000 each. His aggregate wealth la
estimated at 2,000,000. -Exchange.
A Twin Watermelon.
Alck West, colored, we believe. Is en
titled to the cinirer cake for tho mpit
curiosity this season in the way of a
watermelon. He exhibits two perfect
melons joined together. Both melons
were fully developed and the meat was ,
juicy and sweet just like An ordinary
melon. Aleck states that he first noticed I
Uial the runners from the vine grew 1
double They moved side by tide aod
the result was the double melon It wus
certainly a curiosity. Ureensboro (Ua.1
Journal. j
Ta:l Tim.
A recent discussion about the height of !
trees in the forests of Victoria brings '
from the government hntnaist thm .,..
ment that he has seen ona SIS foot hoh I
mecnwi inspector or roresta measured
A fallen one that was 483 feet high. Eg '
change.
JtTPr
Aloft so the bnaub the fair tr..i. .
Carasssd by ths wind and klwd k,
And steading below as li wungom
Un longed for a lasts of M u j," H
One Jnt as perfart was lying b.io
rt uora iuo m io wiuu mum It boar
Iu tinU as dalnt y. Its frm as tutu,P
But nobody cared- for It lay on tlwp,
It I ever the fruit that It Ju bc.n
He It faaM or honor, or lui . ... . tfel
That man longs for the mot-i,.
will know, w"'ib
Tot ho scoria lo pick wlirra t)ie(rilU
-Ada E. Field lo New York 11,
An Englishman Couldn't Ho. i,
i.,i. w I ... it n i. . - U,
an Englishman's appreciation of Z1
I have been in England, knd iT
studied English humor. Its fumUm
.l .rim.lnlui o,. I.. ."""
American urticle that raises a cyclop
laughter. An Englishman was dim.
At a swell hotel out west, and after k!
finished bis regular dinner he ankej f
sweets. A waiter from the Bowery y
gone west for employment,
waiting on the particular table st wkid!
the Englishman wit. 1
"Aud ph wnt M sweets, surt" ai, .i
waiter.
The Englishman finally explained ft,.
uc liienui. uro.Tii, yuuuiflK, eiC,
"We 'ave apple and mince pie,"
the Bowery mail, 1
'Give me mince pie."
"What's der mutter wid der ,!,
pier' asked the waiter in a hard, I-d
care-a-continentul tone of voice, MM
heard the remurk and laughed. An hu
later I happened to meet the EuglLsb
muu, und he asked me if I heard tU
wuiter ask him what was the rmnttr
with the apple pie. I said 'Yes,' Then
the Englishman naively asked tne:
"Well, what was the matter with tin
apple pie'" New York World.
That Lovely Nareluut.
Narcissus was a mythological young
person who hud so much beuuty that it
waa in the way. He was interrupted
during office hours by people who want
ed to admire liiui, and a case went on
record of a woman's thinking so mock
of him that she would always keep still
nntil he got clear through talking. At
last he got a good look ut himself in
mirror, and he tuid he couldn't bUm
them. He felt thut he was a menace to
society, and history says that he drowned
himself. But he didu t.
He went und got a pair of voluminoui
trousers, decorated his eye with alanjt
piece of glu, to ik the fit out of the
back of his coat, shoved his chin out of
place witli his collar, ami went about
his business satisfied that he had restored
their peuc.es of mind to the feminiat
members of his acquaintance. But it
was in vain. And he is obliged to de
vote large portions of his time in fact,
nearly ull of it to the search for im
provements that will make his garment
effective for their true purpose. In the
meantime he is obligod to go on bother
souiely belove.l. Washington Pout
Clothing of the Kiulniaux.
Clothing for men consists of knee
breeches, belted at the loins, a loose
fitting cloak trimmed around the bot
tom, and the hood with wolf or wolverine,
or a blending of both, a pair of stocking
and a short legged pair of boots with
sealskin soles. In winter two suits are
worn, the inner suit with tho hair neit
the body und the outer with the hair
turned out.
The difference between the dress of
men and women is thut the latter have
their boots, Htockings and pantaloons all
in one garment. The cloaks of all fe
males have at the back of the neck I
fullness for carrying iufauts.
These cloaks come down below the
knees and are gored out at the sides tip
to the hips, making the front look lite
an apron. Exchange.
Many Roman and Greek epicures were
eryfondof dog's flesh. Before Car
tianity was established among the Danes,
on every ninth year ninety-nine dogs
were sacrificed. In Sweden each ninth
day uincty-nino dogs were destroyed,
But later on dogs were not thought good
enough, and every ninth year ninety
nine hnman beings were immolated, the
sons of the reigning tyrant among the
rest, in order that the life of the monarch
might be prolonged.
It has been concluded that whatever
preservative is to lie applied, the timber
for piles subjected to the action of se
worms should first be charred, so as to
kill any genus near the surface open the
pores of the wood for the antiseptic, and
destroy the nutritive matter upon which
the worm lives while beginuing its ac
tion. .
Ills tiruy llalr Turning lllack.
Mrs, Kols'i l Stephens, who has just n
turned from Eddy villo, lells us that the
the hair ukii the b ud of Mr. W. P
Emerson, which has for years been gray,
is now turning bluet. It is claimed that
no dye has Iteen 'isod to produce tin
elTect. but thut it a freak of nature.
Mr. Emerson removed to Eddyville from
this city uUiut a year ago, and when h
left here his head was nearly white,
is the only instance of the kind we haf
ever heard of. and is. indeed, very re
markable, Mr. Emerson is a man about
60 years of atc.-FrankfoitlKy.Kounl-About
VEGETABLE PANACEA
PREPARED FRCM
ROOTS & HERDS
rortTHc cunc or
AND ALL OTHER DISEASES
ARISINA mOM A
DISORDERED STATE ariHESTDMACH
OR AN
.INACTIVE LIVER.
-hrs as w anr m
DRUGGISTS ft GENERAL DEALERS!
Little Marsliull P. Wilder, the f
merrymaker, is perennial, und hmT?
moroua skit for every hour of tin
Thin is one of his latest, illn.tw., "V-
lyjviAuayy
J w-w- ,-..! j.3E.v-r , . -.ti . m easX