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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1891)
- L A EUGENE CITY GUARD. LkCAimilLU rrwprlewr. EUGENE CITY.-OREGON. THE WALLS COMING DOWN. A Crowing Disposition la Sliere the Fla unt of lleaull'iil Grounds, A man of wealth, residing in a beauti ful suburban town, pointed out to ine with delight tlmt there win not a waller Ten a fence remaining t divide the nix successive estates, some dating bock to colonial davs. some unite recent, of which hit wu one. He had recently purchased ft, and I had noticed that hi first act after piircliiihintE wai to lower the wall separating it from the street. Ever since I have known that particular street the walla and fences have been growing lower. All the prevent ten dency in our northern states is in thut direction; in some attractive suburbs there are absolutely no fences whatever, and one sees roues and even strawberries growing unmolested up to the edge of the sidewalk. An American visiting Europe is extremely struck with the contrast; in many suburbs of London the walls are so high that you fuel as If living in a kind of fortress; and on the continent you often walk through miles of tunes which are shut In on botn sides, so that only an occasion ul elevation gives vou a glance at tho surrounding country A villa in the United States usually im plies something open, attractive, access! bio to the. eye. A villa on the European continent, and often in England, implies an Inaccessible wall with iron gates. It is ImiKmHililo to deny that there is something very attractive in the privacy creuted by the wall. The world is left outside, and the fandly in as free within its own domain an if it lived on a planet of its own. A suburban villa at Ken- sliietou or Hammersmith, for instance, safe within its encircling wall, possess- ing its own fountain, its own nlghtin gale, and uluiost its own moonlight what can be more delightful ? Or the patio, or inclosed court, of a Spanish bouse, where the bonne itself makes the garden, and thu world is absolutely ex cluded 1 On the other hand, these very charms increase tho regret felt by every generous nature for the exclusion thus implied, They press home the question, was the earth really moant for tho few, or for tho human rare? Many an Amer ican traveler bus felt this drawback on the delicious rural life of England. Charles Sunnier, who was more petted in English society than any American since lils day, and was suspected of An glomania on his return by even his ever kindly friend Longfellow, yet wrote soon after, " I have always enjoyed the refinement of the tiest society, but I have never sat in tlio palaces of England with out being pained by the inequality of which the inordinate luxury was a token." Of course it may be justly said that proierty is property, and that the most lm perceptible hue drawn around real es tate or no line at all leaves it just as clearly within private, ownership as if the wall were there. This is true, but It is also true that the ownership becomes less exclusive from the moment when it ceases to be visible and, as it were, ag gressive. If the foot of a stranger Is ex eluded, it Is something that the eye is not I once heard a poor Portuguese woman say that she and her husband were so destitute they hud "nothing but the duy and the night; but the day and the night are less valuable say, rather, that there is too little day and too much night for those who are shut out from even the sight of the Inudscnpe by high walls. Tho mere denial of all possibility of ownership is bad enough. I remeiu ber how depressing it was, on a first visit to Euroe, when it suddenly dawned upon me thut thu whole bcuutiful region of hillurncy, with lakes, hills, villages, factories und squnre miles of verdure., was all the literal property of two men the Earl of Kenmuro and "Herbert of Muckross," so that not a square foot of tho territory could be bought by any one, and a wholo village might at any time be evicted lit the will of a single proprie tor. It certainly set one thinking as to whether tho huinuii race, as such, had anyrightsluthc planet. Harper's Buxar. I.EAVEXLY BODIES, PROGRESS WHICH HAS BEEN MADE IN ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE. The Great Inane; Wtaleh Has Taken I'laoe Nine 1SOO Tim Wonders of Our Own hsUm Problems Infinite In Num ber sul Fitent, JoIid Ilrowa at a PoeU In the lloneor cemetery, in Richfield. Summit county, 0., side by tido upon a modest lot rises four small mounds of turf which mark tho resting place of four children of John Drown and of his wifo, Mary. The children died in 18411, and within four days of each other, of a disease which was epidemio at the time. Their names are given on the stone above the grave Charles, Austin, Peter, Surah, Under these mimes aro rudely carved a few lines which the old abolitionist war rior himself composed for the purpose: Through sll the droory ulgtit of death la peaceful sIiiiiiIkts insy you ml, And when steroid day shall davit, lad shads and drain have Mmd and cods, Oh. may ymi tlieo, with (ltd urprl, la God's own luiaira wake and rise. Uagulnaut Wmtrro ItUlorj. A Coffin Peddler. A new occupation is followed by a man named Roxcm Brown, who travels around New Mexico, peddling coffins. In a wagon drawn by mules he carries about twenty cheap coftlns of assorted sixes, lie goes through the country ufter the fashion of other peddlers, calling at each house, and asking in a mutter of fact way if anything in his line is wanted. It is not often that he sells a coflln for immediate use, but when a family con tains an elderly person, or an Invalid, of a large number of children, he generally suggests the providing against all con tlugencies, and the persons addressed an usually quick to see the point. Bos tot Te Indue deep. Among the many recipes that have been given for overcoming wakefulness is one devised by a Mr. Gardner, and formerly celebrated in England, but now almost forgotten. It is to lie on the right aide, with the head so placed on the pil low that the neck shall be straight; keep ing the Hps closed tightly, a rather full inspiration is to be taken through the nostrils, and the lungs then left to their own action. The person now Imagines that he sees the breath streaming in and out of his nostrils, and confines his atten tion to this idea. If properly carried out this method is said to be Infallible. Counting and repeating poetry are other meats that have been reeommendaj. Combing the hair, brushing the forehead with a soft shaving brush, or fanning, are all good sleep Inducers, and might well be tried sa slcaplqi children. Out nui, Looking back to the year 1400 we are as tonished at the cliun.'s. The comjinratively simple scleni of the heavenly bodies known to our predecessors, almost perfect as far as It went. Incurious of what lay behind lis grasp, has dvelod into a body of manifold powers and jsuls, each with its searute mode snd iivuas of growth, full of strung vi tality, but animated by a restless sud uu entitled spirit, hauiitod by tho sense of prols iems uiur,lvd, and tormented by ronseious iiiiutnoe to sound the iuiuiuiuiuui It per petually coufroiita Knowledge niilit then be said to be bounded by tho solar system; but even the solar system presented itself under an aspect strangely dilferent from that It now wears. It cowufcted of tin suu, seveu planets and twice at many satellites, all circling har moniously in obediuuee to a universal law, by the conifienaating action of which the in definite stability of their mutual relations was secured. The occasional Incursion of a comet, or the periodical presence of a single such wanderer chained by planetary or solar attraction to prevent escape to ouUir since, availed nothing to impair the lyuiincti of tho majestic siiectncle. Now, not alone have the ascertained limits of tho system been widened to 1,000,000,000 of miles, with the sdditiouof one more giant planet and six satellites to the ancient classes of Its niemiwrs, but a complexity has been given to its constitution batliing description or thought. 1 wo hundred and seventy cir culating planetary bodies bridge the gap be tween Jupiter and Mars, Ui complete inves tigation of the movements of any one of which would ovortask the energies of a life time. Meteorites, strangers apparently to the fundamental ordering of the solar h"Use hold, swarm, nevertheless, by millions in every cranny of it sjiace, returning at regu lar intervals like the comets, so singularly associated with tuein, or sweeping across It with byperbolio velocity, brought perhaps from tome distaut star. Ami each of these cosmical grains of dust has a theory far more complex thau that of Jupiter; it bears within it tho secret of its origin and t ulUlls a func tion iu the universe. TUB Sl'lf ANO PLANETS. The sun itself is no longer u semi-fabulous, flic girt globe, but thu vast sceno of the play of forces as yet iui)urfectly known to us, offering a boundless field for tho most ardu ous sud Inspiring researches. Among the planets, tho widest variety iu physical habl tudm is seen to prevail, and each is rccog aired as a world aisu-t, inviting inquiries which, to be effective, must necessarily be siwclnland detailed, Lven our own moon threatens to break loose from the tramiue of calculation, snd commit "errors" whli snp the very foundations of tho lunar theory and suggest thu formidable necessity for its revisiou. fiuy, the steadfast earth has for feited tho implicit coulldeuce placed in it at tiuickeciicr, and questions relating lo the stability of the earth taxis and the constancy of the earth's rate of rotation are among those, which it behooves the future to answer. Everywhere tlioro is multiformity and cbango, stimulating a curiosity which the rapid development of methods of research oilers the possibility of at least partially gratifying. Outside the solar system tho problems which demand a practical solution are all but iliiinite in number and extent. An these have all risen and crowded upon our thoughts within less than 100 years. For sidereal science became a recognized branch of astronomy only t'irougli iiurschcl's dis covery of tho revolutions of double stars in 18W. Yet already it may be, aud bus been called "the astronomy of the futuro," so raj idly bos tho development of a keen and lint Versa) Interest utteuded and Stimulated ttio growth of power to investigate this sublimo subject. hut has been doue is httlo is scarcely a beginning; yet it is much iu com parison with the totul blank of a century past, Aud our kuowledge will, we Hi's easily jsTsuailed, ap?ar iu turn tho merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet It is uot to bo despised, since by it we roach up groping lingers to touch tho hem of the .... ... ..7 in.. i. w..i , gOlUlCiit V, llWiUW 41IU. KllUVlVUi JltMtU' gur. FRENCH AUTHORS ON 8M0KINQ. Practical Value of Hclrnoe. Au illu.::-..:loaof the practicul usefulness of bacteriology was furnished rocently. An Italian steamer arrived loaded wltbimml grauts. Thera had been no cholera ou board, but, as tho vessel reached port, a suspicious caso of diurrluva occumnl in a child. The symptoms were not iierfectly typical of cholera. Homo of tho dejections wero taken, and sterilized tubes were inoculated aud taken to tho Carueglo laboratory. It would take four days to develop the cultures, and tho question arose whether tho steamer should bo delayed for thut (wriod of time. It was filially decided to do sit, The cultures devel- 0ied Iu the way characteristic of Asiatic cholera, and the diagnosis was made. Subse quently other caws of cholera apiwarcd, and tho culture diagnosis wus abuudiuitly coa Ormed. Dut uo more striking examplo of tlie utility of sclentiliu studies could be fur- nisliwl than tho oue ruiurrod to. Medical Ueeoiu t'otsaekt Koutml by Women. A tciuiulnm of Cossucks were quartered at Tatio, near ittlisavetpol (Oeudjo) in Ar menia, ltussls. They said they were coins to draft the whole male population of the village and units them soldiers. That was too much for the imtienco of the females to staniL They took up sticks, brooms, Inn's, hatchets, pokers, anything they could lay liaiiili on, and nmivliod against these, w hole sale manufacturers of grass wiilotvbooil. The Cossucks, declining to light the women, were put to flight, Tho women, encouraged by their iucocm, proceeded to lay siege to tliii government building, and the mayor was not able to apHose their wrath. Ho'Slegraphed to ths governor, who disimtclied a few more squadrons of horse to restore peace. During the night, however, the excitement of tho women had cooled down and there was ne mors light iu tlieiu, Foreigu Letter. Keeping at It. It la a great mistake to suppose that the best work of the world is done by peopieor great strength aud great oppor tunities. It is unquestionably an advan tage to have both these things, but neither of them is a necessity to the man who has the spirit and the pluck to achieve great results. Some of the greatest work of our time has been done by men of physical feebleness. No man has left a more distinct impression of himself on this generation than Charles Durwiu, and there have been few men who have had to struggle against such prostrating ill health. Darwin was rarely able to work long at a time. He accomplished his great work by having a single uim, and putting every ounce of bis force and every hour of his time into the task which ho had aet before him. Ho never scattered his energy, he never wasted an hour, and by steadily keeping at It, In spite of con tinual ill health and of long intervals of senii-invulidiMu, he did a great work, and has left the impression upon the worm oi a man of extraordinary energy and wi Various Opinions Coneeruiug the Effect of Tolmrro on Mlnil nud Ikidy. The secretary of the French Anti-Tobacco league, which is trying very hard just now to induce the smokers of France to cease smoklnir. recently asked the most famous French authors to send him by letter their opinions concerning the elTccts of smoking upon the mind and the body. Most of the replies to the secretary's letters harmonized with the views of tho leugue. Emile Zola, how ever, wrote: "Ten years ago 1 gave up tobacco at the instance of my doctor. 1 uo not oe lieve, however, that the Intelligence aud the creative strength of man are injured by smoking Perfection Is so stupid that I am often sorry 1 ceased smoking.'' Francois Coppee replied: "You have the wrong man this time. I have been a heavy smoker since my eighteenth year. I am now 47. I smoke cigarettes all day. but throw each one away nfter a few puffs. Till proof to the contrary Is adduced, I shall regard tobacco as an incentive to working and dreaming, which, for a poet, are one and the sume thing." Alexander Dumas, the younger, sent a reply nfter the secretary's own heart lie said: "Tobacco, which I gave up years ago, is, next to alcohol, the moxt dangerous enemy of intelligence. Nothing can abolish its use, however, for the fools are in tho great majority, and they have nothing to lose by using IU blnce your society is not after the fools, may it strive to convert the wise. II. Tuine confesses thus: "The fact is. 1 smoke cigarettes. It is a pastime in moments of thoughtlessness and intellectul waiting. Nevertheless, tho habit Is a slavery and a danger, as many examples show. Since you know all about the evils of smoking, you ought to prepare a valuable monograph on the abuses of tobacco, esciully if you can collect dut a from Germany, America, England, Austria and Holland, where the ieople smoke much more than in France. Andre Theniret wrote: "I was never a member of the league, fur the simple reason that I am passion atcly fond of smoking. Two years ago your president asked me to write a story about the acute sufferings of the young smoker. 1 did it. After publishing tli story I received a silver medal from your league. That is oil I ever had to do with the enemies of tobacco." Euiilu Augier replied curtlyi "I am no doctor. All I can say Is, that after smoking forty years I gave up the soft opiate because it was hurrying me to the brink of the grave before my time." Octave Feuillet indicates the general drift of opinion among many other au thors, who answered the secretary's let ters, in these strong words, concerning his own experience: "I was once a great smoker and cured myself of the use of tobacco with diffi culty. I was driven to the sacrifice, how ever, by vertigo and dyspepsia, which afllicted me ns long as I smoked. I was long unwilling to believe that nicotine caused my Illness, but I was compelled finally toncknowlcdgo it. According to my cxMricnce, tobacco is very injurious to nervous persons. It causes at first an agreeable excitement, but eventually pro duces a general relaxation. It weakens the capabilities of the mind. The effort necessary to rally from it wearies aud consumes the will power. "New York Suu. "TO WOO SWEET SLEEP. MANY SCHEMES EMPLOYED CONQUERING INSOMNIA. FOR The Klseipllned Bmlnt of Crest soldiers. The Bop Pillow of Our Forofnthers A Plan Tlmt Would Can Architect Troublerot ths Head. If any unusually acute inventor could tell ua of an Infallible contrivance for going to sleep Just when we wish to do to there can be no doubt whatever of the substantial ts-nefit which would thereby be secured for munklnd. Some fortunate individuals, like Naiioleon I, can com mand sleep the moment they lay their heads on the pillows, others find them' selves all through life sleeping the sleep of the just every night, without difficulty beinir experienced as to occasional wane- fulness, except when illness happens to supervene. The Uukeof Wellington, who always slept on a ramp bedstead, had a maxim that when a man turned In bed it was time to turn out: and here it may be re marked that great soldiers appear to be peculiarly constituted In their power to summon sleep at will, rossiniy tins may be due to the habits or discipline wnicii they hnvo learned. They say to their brains. "Oo to sleep, and at once the word of command is obeyed. WITH HEADS TO THE NORTH. We are all familiar with the stereo typed advice in coses of this kind to 'turn the pillow," to "think of some thing else," or to imagine and count a number of mountain sheep going through a gate. Many a timo and oft has the too wakeful brain worker attempted to carry these and similar prescriptions into prac tice, usually with results disproportionate to the efforts involved. it may be said without much exaggera tion that the man who can first imagine a flock of sheep, then a half open gate, and then can force his hypothetical sheep to go through one by one without crowd ing or dodging or turning tail, is fit for treason, stratagems or writing the sub limest (Kietry. He is no ordinary man, and it is for ordinary individuals that the saving prescription is required. Among prescriptions of a more or less sensible kind which have been at various Hear trMglers. As Hank Cuaker, the fatuous brouoo breaker, and James McNaney. cowboyi In the employ of the S-N outfit, were driving a bunch of horses from the head of Dig Dry to the round up they encoun tered four grizly bear. They deter mined to muke It as Interesting for the quartet as ssil.le and instantly gave chose, armed with their lariuls only. After chasing them a couple of miles and getting them separated they closed in on two of the ferocious beast and proceeded , i, ybill us rone throwers In a very novel manner. They did their re siective acts simultaneously and with precision, one cutcliing his bear around the neck ami tho other surprised his by roping a hind leg. Then the fun com menced, iu one going In one direction and the other in the opposite, with the horses pluiigiiiu and snorting and trying to get away, but they were hitched to too heavy loads und soon Iwcatue tractable again. Cusker having cuught his bear by the neck, soon hud his benrship in a strangling condition, and with his usual courage proceeded to tie him us ho would have done with a steer or bronco, and ho eventually succeeded in his intended Duruose. In tho meantime McNaney was ,,,iny his best to interest his charge, and no doubt did so. After making sure of his victim Cuskei had a greut curiosity to know how Mo Nuney was getting along with his pro tege, and immediately started to hunt him up. He succeeded in finding him shortly and thut his services were wel come, as the bear being caught by the hind leg, had full control of his lung (over and was making duy hideous by his enraged cries, tusker then under took to do the tying act with this ono, and becoming very bold after the experi ence with tho other one lie procecuea ui his victim without fear and got a couple of good rounders from the bear to pay for hw impatience. However, tncy were not very severe strokes, and nfter dodg ing nround awhile they succeeded iu getting a rope around lus neck nnu men made thort work of him. The only knife they had was a very small peU' knifo. but they were bound to have the pelts, und after working hard for couplo of hours succeeded in securing their skins. When they hud dispatched the two beasts they became quite blood thirsty and wanted to do some more kill ing, but the other two bears had made a hasty retreat into tho Uud Lands and coul i not bo found, so they proceeded on PROFESSIOXAL M0K. HIS DOMAIN, HIS HABITS AND LEADING CHARACTERISTICS. tba Jury times propounded and actually put into sua fi Imliii-slnrv clnAn ninv Ka mon f rrtaA the hop pillow, in which our forefathers I to "'0 ranch.-Gleudive (M. T.) Inde- had considerable faith, the narcotic es-, r"ul"u A Dilile Good for Something;. The other night five or six young men of the listless, self sufficient variety so familiar just now dined together in i private room ut a fashionable, restaurant, After cigars had been lighted one of them drawled: "I'll bet, fellows, that I ran throw this knifo and it will stick in the crack of that door every time." He rose from the table and pointed out tho narrow crack, between the door and the jamb, and showed how ho pro posed to place the knife. The five others approached the place uud cried out: "We take that Ua. For how much'" 'I mil to have ten throws. Each time that I fail 1 pay a f 10 bill; if I succeed in putting tho knife in thu crack ten times, each of you will pay me the same sum." The young man took his position, and, with a rapidity and nccuracy that words cannot describe, executed ten times iu succession this remarkable feat. When he had finished every oue hur rahed with delight. Each one of his wagers being paid, he pocketed a roll of bills with a just pride. But how did you ever learn to do tills?" usked one of the company. Then he revealed the secret. For two or three years, having nothing pressing to do and anxious to be talked about, he had given himself up to patient practice at this work. Each morninir he locked himself in his room, and, far from pry ing ryes, he attempted for hours to put a knife into hole; he had to make in- nutnrrabln experiments to measure the distance required, the force necessary, and the curve, but his perseverance was invincible. At first he threw the knife into the wide mouth of a Chinese jar; then into the neck of a bottle; finally he succeeded in lodging his projectile In the narrowest opening. And yet some people say that our dudes are good for nothing, and encumber the earth! New York Time Evldrnro Against lllmaelt Among the many things the saw mill man has to contend with in this part of Georgia is the lack of perfect title to the lands on which he purchases timber. Numerous troubles result therefrom and. as a rule, we are waited on every day by some native who claims that we are cut ting timber from land that has been in his possession for years, althrmcn we sentiul oil which produces the hop scent being supposed to be exceedingly soporific. The hop pillow was used by George III habitually when that monnrch suffered from insomnia. Then S. A. Ellis long ago announced as a grand discovery to the Scottish Curativo Mesmeric associa tion that sleep was ull a matter of which way one s head points. In a certain direction the electricity of the earth, which is supposed to flow be tween the poles, passes along the body, and so tends to the enjoyment of repose. Persons wishing to avoid sleepless nights must therefore, Mr. Ellisadvised, ulwars , sleep south by north, with their heads pointing in their latter direction, and 1 they must most religiously avoid attempt ing to slumber if their bed lies east and west. The idea boasts some supporters nowa- davs, but the consequences of its univer sal prevalence would lead to extraordi nary results. For example, architects would have greater difficulties in build ing suitable private residences than they encounter even now, if they were obliged to put their doors and fireplaces so that every apartment would allow of a bed being situated in exactly the same posi tion all over the house. Let us imagine also a country house, where tho gentlemen all retired to bet about 13 o'clock, the ladies having de parted to rest long before. What a rude awakening would ensue for the latter when they were suddenly roused by hear ing horrible rumblings as of thunder in the rooms on every side, and above them! They would think it was an earthquake without doubt; whereas, as a mure mat ter of fact, It would be only that each guest was simultaneously attempting to shift his four poster into consonance with tho teachings of electrical science. A PROFOUND 6ECRET. There was, moreover, a London gentle man who years ago really believed he had found an absolutely certain prescrii- tion for banishing wakefulness, and he was willing to impart his knowledge to others for a handsome fee on tho express condition that the information should go no further." When the sleep practitioner died one of his patients informed an expectant world that tno grand secret was simply this: A person lying in bed and attemp ting to sleep usually breathes through his nostrils, and tho breath so emitted is, in cold weather, quite visible. All that lias to be done is for the sub ject to tliiuk of bis own breathing, to imagino that he sees every breath that issues from his nostrils, and in a moment or two he will fall into a refreshing slumber. There may be some virtue in this prescription, though common sense would bo inclined to suppose that the mere bother of imagining anything what ever would bo so tiresomo as to excite the braiu and banish sleep much farther off than ever. Some persons, however, testified to the complete efllcacy of tho breathing plan. Alfred Since, the author of "Elements of Electro-Biology," also nttempted to solve the puzzle why sleep, when much needed, la often altogether denied. He referred the whole matter to the region of "tho . blo-dynainio circuit," but the practical i prescription was to wet the top of the head with cold water, and lie asserts that he lias thus often obtained for a sufferer rest when every other meaus have failed. A Hoarding House Secret. A certain lady who keeps a ratliei fashionable boarding house in this city is troubled with ten boarders no less than ten who possess enormous appe tites. Everybody that knows a board ing house ran realize that ten boarden with large nppetites are very hard upon the profit of tho concern. She tried, like a thorough business woman, oil sorts of methods tocheck these ungodly appetites, but to no avail. One dav she happened to tell her family doctor of these ten hungry men and how they worried her, aud he said immedi ately: "Why, I can give you an easy remedy for that. She told him that she would be very much obliged to him for any help that he could give her on the subject, und moreover said thut it would be worth great deal of money to her. "Well," said he, "next week bake lot of lemon pies and see that those ten boarders get their share of pie. "Is that all your prescription, doctor? said the lady. "Yes ma am, he replied, "uml you will find it is quite enough. So the next week she baked a number of lemon pics, and site saw to it thut the ten boarders were helped twice to pie on the In st day. A Iter that she noticed grad ually that their appetites fell away, and at tho end of that week there was an unmistakable diminution in the bill for provisions required for that liourding bouse. The lemon pic diet was continued uo til the boarding house became as profita ble ns it had previously been unprofitable. It is not within my power to say exactly how the lemon pie acts on the average boarder, but it is certainly a fact that in this case tho lemon pics produced what no otiier system of dieting could occom plish. This rccix may be. of use to some of the down trodden boarding house mis tresses. Pittsburg Dispatch. A Puttied I'orUer. Out on a Yolo county ranch a few years ago a small band of hogs were confined in a lot fenced in with logs. In one part of the fence there was a hollow log. shaped something like a joint ol stovepipe, one opening being inside the lot and the other outside. One day an intelligent porker discovered this fact and thereafter went out and returned at his own pleasure. The owner of the ranch happened to witness the mode of egress of the hog one day and decided to put up a job on him. Dy slewing the log around a little ho so contrived as to place both ojienings of the log inside the lot. In a few moments the hou ran un to his usual exit and passed through the log. Imagine his surprise when he walked out the other end of the log and found himself still inside the lot. II looked about in a puzzled way, scratched his ear and tried again. Same result "Well, I'll b dunged," grunted the hog. Again ho run into the log and ran out again with the same result. He became wild with rage and dashed through the log so often and so fast that the smoke began to issue from the cracks. Then he gave it up ns a bad job, and, so the owner of the hog says, never went near the fence until the day of his death. Woodland (Col.) Mail. Ollvea. The olive Is one of the oldest trees men- have leases on It from other parties. A I AU these spti ited endeavors are worthy j tloneu 1,1 "'story. The ancients had al few davs since our eeueral manager was mucn praise; but perhaps the best ! mo religious regard for it, and its called on by one of these persons, who ' prescription for avoiding sleepless nights branches early became the emblems of told him that ho must stop cutting on a ! ParU of nights is not to take heavy P084'0 auJ Kod wilL In this age it is certain lot that we had just begun. i TPer. to go in for exercise and not to wtlued chiefly for its oil In Southern Have vou the titles to itf" was the up te, exciting the brain. London curope, wnere ills extensively crown. first question put to him. 1 Standard . the fruit, hioh is a small green oval, is I have," was the reply, and he forth- OIJ ". unasij. u.aL garnered wnen ran- ripe and spread for with pulled from his pocket a dirty, axed 1 larger grizzly bear ever killed on ! ,CTera' days to dry and ferment It is looking roll. this coast was shot by old Trapper lieu tueD crushed m a mill, the stones being onx near me source or Battle creek, in The ceneral manaerr took It and ear. fully read them through, then, turnina ' Tehama county. The bear was famous to the would be owner, said: .throughout Northern California as old I can't notice such documents as "Uubfuot." and was the terror of the those i Sierra For twenty years he has seemed "Why?" asked the astonished "Iiecaiise. replied the ceneral man- to bear a charmed life. Many human beings and hundreds of cattle, sheep and orklmr canaritv. Kmwu i. r.r.1. ag. holding the paper ud between him h"K" "rt fll'D "ictima to hit appetite. ter of accident, alwavs a matter of anJ U' l'8''t. vu written Ma"' "tarted out to bag him, but a matter character. The reaton why to many ' urt wf,1.T nve year before the men fail is that so few are wiliiag U pf WM bmlt 1 maJ f da paper." the price of tall denial and hard work which asJ)astxacti-ChrUUaa Union. so adjusted as to avoid breaking the stone of the fruit. It is then put Into coarse bags and the oil is expressed by a screw press. The crushed mass is ground a second and sometimes a third time, to obtain lower grades of oil Besides its very extensive use as food, the oil is val uable for its medicinal qualities and for cutaneous application. Trl.k. by Wbleh rroceedlngs a I llalliliuiT Out" an Eilrn rroionKvu - - liar or Two-llpl " llos tin.lllrln. Chief among the Institutions almost time honored, but now In rapid decadence, Is the professional Juryman, lor u ' ...i .. t loinr until bo is numlsjred sinougtheui.tiqiiita- Unit liiul-o of the long uo known as "ineKoouu.u ....... Jinny cirruniaisneea have brought aloiit hit dec-line, among tUeso legislation on the gubjert and active measures wnen or u r courts U prevent bis deprlutUiw, and lil extinction it now only a question m i... n- .... v .rill Isi invosioiially seen, however, ,.iLi.r solitary iu the nellils)rhood of the i ,.r Km corridors, lor he is Hot irn-'arious animal The circuit court is the fi.... i, iiods his best nickiiiz and i.u r-u,.iii hiiiniL lie is also frequently sru in the common pleas court or iu the biw aud equitv court, when coinmou uiw ... . tri.,1. but never iu the other trl bunals, as heretofore it bus never been the custom for Jurymen to uraw pu u lu" ulura it,, tlm flint nr third Monday morning I each month, at the regular time to draw the two punch) for th half term of the circuit courts, he, or several of him, muy be seen loitering about, hoping to fill up the weded number, as a "bvstander," aud an interesting study is afforded If there is a long unu tedious trial promised in tho conrnou law courts, a uunilr of him is sure to bo present, for, unlike the ordinary juryman, ho like tlia trial to lust us ioUK as potsible W ewv the total of his ixr diem. Iu fact, he hat even been known to resort to tricks to pro- louir the l rocerdiiiES. It is a very tlui mutter for him not to ogivo on a big contest aud "bold out'' the Jury for a day or two To be taken on tho grand Jury by book oi crook ou a chaneo occasion u almost a sine-cui-e. If summoned as a "bystander'1 for tbf petit j.u'y ho will always, if pos-uble, "hold out" till the second day, for, so suinmouul he can draw pay for only ono day's services, while, if ho remains over till the socouu any he can draw pay for both (lays, U1B NCMEROl'8 THICKS. Ills tricln are almost iuuumerabie, and. althou-.li ther-'aro several sjiccics of b.m, u aiM characteristic of the genus "professional juryman.'1 Three-fourths of t'jo buugju ies, it is sai l by a court ofilciiU who Isufitati tical fiend, aro duo to "professionals." de!l"h'.s ia a trial for murder or any other serious oiiense, ci thero is a e.innce for "lock up,'1 in which ease, if ho show sufllcicnt obstiuury, under tho namo of a "consclen tious determination," ho ran spend several days at a first class hotel, under tho assidu ous care of inkio host, who takes care thut he shall havo the best of attention. Another favorite trick ho Ur.s is to slip into the jury box and fill up tho vacancy caused by the abwrnej of ono of tao regularly draw; jurymeu. Tho clerk has frequently to con suit bis list aud call tho roll to dl cover the intcrloiKjr, aud when as!:cd to civj tho reason of his presence ho ircuirally explains by ctat- iuK that he "thought tlio clerk called hU name." Of courso thero is no penalty, end hesliulcsanav, sud at his detection.' Hut ho Is a nir.n of insistence,. Ono defeat does uot discourage him, und it is but a few days ua til he is ready to repeat the trick. The genus "proicssionul juror," for con venience of rlasi.ilicutiou, may bo subdivided into a number of sjiecies, embracing persons of nearly ull a.-res aud ull classes of society, There aro politicians designated by various terms, such as "ward workers;" "strikers," "wire pulbrs," or, as they call themselves, "men of icfMeaeo," Thero nro tbrntkss hu: bandit, unnecessary apis!ncbges to thrifty wives, who aro generally found to be proprie tresses of small boarding liousef, or worse still, shiftless fellows who aro not so fortu. nato as to bo upix'ndngcs. Thcso are dis charged policemen, gamblers, speculators, disabled men, men out of work, and, saddest of all, shabby genteel men of decayed for tunes and gentility. Every specimen of the different s'leviui is as distinctly recognizable as if he wore a iabcL These are the men who often decide a knotty point in common law, or decide whether a prisoner shall spend oue or ten years iu tho penitentiary, shall get a "lifer," or bo bunged. Louisville Courier- Journal. A Man of Mlied Drinks. "Did you notice that man who Just came In and drank a hugo tumblerful of lemonade, and then followed itwitb a cup of cold bouil lont" Tho speaker was the white juckctei head barkeor of a well known saloon, and be continued: "Well, ho is a regular cus comer hero, and comes the nearest to being a two legged tank of any one I ever saw. Lvory night be comes Iu about midnight, and sits down at one of those small tables aud orders some kind of a drink. Ho generally begins with a whisky sour, followed up with three or four more of the same. Then, as if in fear that his stomach will get chilled he will call, peruai, for a couple of hot Scotches, which ill In turn bo washed down by several brandies with ginger ale. At a certain point he appears to be struck with an Idea thut it is uot safe to drink any more bard stuff, for fear it might go to his head, so ho switches off on a new track and orders lager beer. After half a dozeu glusset of this beverage he generally begins prepara- tions for going home, and I never saw him so be couldn't walk as usual, and he always has perfect control of himself. I always Imagine that be drinks bard at night so as to be able to sleep. Terhnps he bos soma secret disappointment, such as an unhappy love af fair, that would keep him awake were it not for the alcohoL Iu the daytime he nevei drinks liquor, wine or beer, but seems U suffer an intolerable thirst for cold drinks. Some days I make for him dozens of lemon- ades, and be al ways wants the largest glasses. 1 Now York Suu. I'rauk II. and Frank O. There are two men, well known to the public, whoso names aro very nearly alike. One is Frank B. Carpenter, tho painter ol Lincoln and cuthor of "Six Months at the White House," and tho other is Frank U. Carpenter, tho , ashington correspondent ol prominent nowspapers. Both being wel, versed on tins same topics, It is easy to set that confusion often arises in the minds ol uieir incna3 regarding them. The man whose middle initial is "B" lives In New Vork, and- says he is frequently given hearty shake of the band by some friend who congratulates him upon such and such a letter which bos just appeared. Wearying oi me constant explanation, now, when tin question Is put, bo laughingly demands, "i It goodi" and tho reply being in tho affirma tive ho answers, "Certainly it is mine, then.1' row a ork rress "Jivery Day Talk." A Smart Horea. One day the driver of Higelow's milk route was unable to make his trip from sickness. He said to the proprietor: Take Kitty, the old mare, and she will take you to every place." She did so. not missing one customer of the hundred on the route, and called at The Journal office, at the end, for him to get his pa per. Lewiston Journal Thou mayst be sure that he that will la private tell thee of thy faults is thy friend, for ha adventures thy dislike and The rvfii aft- I dolh hazard thy hatred; for there are few mill returned without his hide. The beast . "eoii is extracted, i used to fatten ho",1 mcn lnal can enoure It, eTery man for i weighed, when dressed. 8,300 pounds, i and as a fertilizer. The ereon fi I10 m08 Part delighting In self praise. The claimant took his papers and want th hugest animal of this speciea ever P'ckled in salt water and s Diced, la wh'ch one of the most universal follies sadly away without another word, ' i n 00 tb continent San Francisco esteemed by many aa a relish. Good bewitcheth mankind. Sir Wallet Letter. Uousekeebimi. I Raleigh. V.Ml.n. al..j r W 1 1 U m f I received Instructions to i S Napol"! to Strusburg, so rte to follow hia headquarter, "tf', circumstunces (.Sept..iiilx.r tack which the emperor li!ieri beginning of this cumpui.-n ul" i peculiarly. " The very day of his dcrilu,n Strasburg I luul bee,, di,,jr N on rising from the table hew , the Empress'Josephine's apartm after a few moments came oat e'",''y an abrupt manner. I was iB o ing room: he took me by tlis. brought ino to his room. M ,id his first chamberlain, who k'T"'. Instructions to get, und was f Jf poleon might go without giyiDrT him, entered at the same time ' barely in when the emperor fcn J floor. Ho scarce had time to m close tne uoor. I tore open hi, chief, as he seemed tol,.ff . - u. i """"wstuii uiu uu. vuMuit no groan ... .I... ........I. ir .i n l HID IUU1UI1. .U. UK K.'llilH,,. did not vomit; he k'roanul ...iT M. de Reiim,, some water; I inundated him wjik de-cologne. Ue had eouiethir,. I nature of convulsion, which cL vint n nntirtf-eP nf n I,....- snvuu J a v Ull II U LIT, We seated him in an arm,.!. . began to speak again, dressed urged upon us to say nothing of i currence, and half an hour latere on the road to Carlsruhe. On rJ Htnttirart he let ii Ir.,...- u T11; His letter ended with the wnt.. well. The duke (of Wurtembeni) " - "lilSMM) tQe j. gate of his palace. He is a clever J,' Auother letter of his, from Stut llPAril tit MjlV ilnimra IT., i (Mi ha if I lwl him ivki,... . , -; uurju mjid. lie will be trapped iu Uim hu . V1 hopper. "-TallejTuud'a Mi.-inuiiiuC Jolly. There are many people, old ami ,... -as many who are old, perU.; young who never stop to think of t words they are using; who, for hu never examine their speech to see he er they are not employing one word Tie and over again in such a wayaj their friends weary of it, even if & woru iiseu mis no sense or being worked. The other day an actual converatia! which was much like the following a, heard on the htreet near a public House: ..o rv i, -ouy, cuiui, my latner gave ue joinesi sied you ever saw for tTirkinir "Oh, 6o did my uncle givs ni( Mine's awfully jolly, I tell youl coasting on it." nT.. l. 1.... 11 ., iioi jet, out iuey say merei vf. coasting down by tho Falls." "Oh, yes. Marian ami Henry uJii, Willia inses and all of us went down terday afternoon, and it's just the jolis place, uud here come Eleanor and Did aud lot's all go now! We'll have jnsttls jolhest "Uli, well, but if my mother dot; know I'm going she'll be jolly it,- abont ii. "Well, 1 guess we'll go; but if jn come too it would be lots jollier." The young people disappeared, talking, and how many times they as the word "jolly" before they aerontr. it would be Useless to try to conjetti- Youth s Companion. Wlulihli; Over a Jurymas. It is related of M. Laehaud, the m famous of French criminal lawrenif the present century, that in pleading certain case he perceived that otieofuV jurors seemed to be hostile to him u. his argument. In the faces of all ti- other men in the bt.x he saw with ti practiced eyes signs that his uratoiT tr his shrewdness was having its effect, k this man, in spite of ull he could do.i- Diaiued frowning, suspicion, obduK- M. Laehaud kept on with his work, w presently saw that his opportunity k come. It was a hot day, uud a ray of ruuus hid penetrated a crevice of the corto and was shining upon the top of the ft of this juryman, who was quite IsL The lawyer paused In his argument c addressed himself directly to the w. "If your honor would please, hew. "to order that the curtain inyonlerm dow be lowered a trifle I am snre t the sixth iiirvman would appreciates' This sign of watehful attention won obstinate jurymun s heart and a. 1 aud 's case. San Francisco Argonaut Inconvenience or Muring a PouUi. In the north of London resides It Lovett King, a humi rous sit; er and writer, who, a short tune ago, a enriout. adventure. He was out wis ing one day wheu a lady a total su ger to him barred his further progw greeted him aud forthwith couinwn to dilate upon the ailment of her din?! ter. who appeared to be a great m' In vain did Mr. King eudeavorto the tide of her eloquence and tow'1 thut he had not the honor or s auaintance: still she went on. .... ..r... At last he managed, as tne nUka tf nur in n tvs ill n nwi wp- - -. blandly inquired as to whom the W took him for. Whv. Dr. So-and-so." naniunji " known 'local practitioner, was the rep-. Mr. King speedily enlighteneu u.- interlocutor and went on his vsy wr ing. It wafact that the medical m in question has very often been mis1' for Lovett King. London Tit-Bits. Got the Worst of It. Even the preachers are not averse1 okethi lies in the Uneoi iui". mrtnl fnnnv man One of tneiu the following in an east side f ' lately when ne was inviteu y r- . ,n..nU. 1 a man IvinZ OB MU I 1.1! 1 uirvu.ciu ,rf 1 Av n-ithin wts two of the shade of a tree. "WW you lie In the shade?" he inquireu- ' did," replied the man, "but it has"0 away from me and I can't afford iti" "Well, if vou are not w specimen of a lazy man I have seK.,. Make me another remark on a P 1, that and ITI give yon a qnart ;, nan laid, '-Put the quarter law -pocket." negotit-BafTalaW Didn't Want the Earth. Subscriber at the Telephone-H-" central! Central-Hello! Subscriber Give me the Firsts" bank. , ,, . Central-Anything el-Fl'"'- Press. John Knew ths Score. Clerk-Mr. Davbook, I w,"".j leave of absence this afternoon w the funeral of a cousin. . rrt Mr. nnvhnr.k- fnext mommS"" was the score, Johu?-Sew Yrft