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u NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY. Ob. bird that linger In Ibt bub Of twilight u II fallfih. Return ) t dow u to your neat; LUt bow roar sweet mate eallethl Ob. lowing cow, bast to four fold. Or jroo will be helated E'en dow Hie milkmaid loudly rail. Too long for yon sue bu waited! From yonder ckurcb the chiming bells King for the Amp-hie tweet, And pious mult, with bended head, The evening prayer repeat, The locusts w ith discordant note A merry concert buhl, A though the mining on of night Made their mall hearts more bold, Tbe Jasmine vino that (hade the porch break out in iwwtut scent. And waftinipi from the lily tied Are with Its odor blrnll Tbe low of klnc and notn of bird Grow fainter and more faint, Even the tirelme kutydlda Have husbnl their loud coniiiiliit The glimmering IIkIii begin to shin Kruiu many a window pane. And mothers ruck their bake and ting A tweet gid night refrain. To all there conic a country peace. The u,uiol of a nltriit Tkut i removed from out the world. Far from Ikecily' Iflitl -Kate A. Carringloii Id New Orleans Pica yuue. A Very Clou Call. A tall, squarely built and athletic man of thirty-five or thereabout walked into the California hotel and reentered "John Kelly. Jr., Bodie." He is superintendent of the Bulwer, Bodie and M.'iio mines, located at Bodie, and he became involved in a diHpute with a miner named J. C. Grant. The result was that the two men met on the street in Bodie, and when within a few feet of each other Grant drew a 45-caliber revolver, and without warning fired point blank at Kelly. The latter threw tip his left arm, and as he did so the bullet passed down the inside of his coat sleeve without scratching the skin aud made its exit at the elbow. They then clinched, but Grant kept firing, and the second shot struck the collar button in the back of Kelly's shirt, carried it away and plowed np the lining of his coat without doing other damage. The third and fourth shots went through Kelly's coat, which was unbuttoned, but the fifth struck him in the chin. When it struck the bone, however, it was de flected, and. after tearing its way along the jaw, came out junt in front of the ear. t Kelly then vt-:r!i ! the pistol from the other's bund an I with it beat him into insensibility. The former keeps the coat and shirt that he wore at the time as a memento of his marvelous es cape. San Francisco CulL Monkey That Fight with Stone. The Uelada baboons sometimes have battles with the Hamadryads, especially when the two species have a mind to rob the same field, and if fighting in the hills, will roll stones on to their enemies. Not long ago a colony of Gelada baboons, which had been fired at by some black soldiers attending a duke of Coburg Gotha on a hunting expedition on the borders of Abyssinia, blocked a puss for some days by rolling rocks on allcomers. This seems to give some support to a cu rious objection raised by a Chinese local governor in a report to his snjierior on the difficulties in the way of opening to steamers the waters of the upper Yang-tse. The report, after noting that the inhabitantson the upper waters were ignorent men who might quarrel with strangers, went on to allege that mon keys, which inhabited the banks, would roll down stones on the steamers. "The . two last facts," the report added, "would lead to complaint from the En glish aud embroil the Celestials with them, especially if the men or the tnou keys kill any English." Spectator. Foreign Interference In Our Affairs. Fortunately and wisely, we have thus far steered clear of "entangling alli ances," with the single and limited ex ception of our treaty of 1840 with New Granada respecting the transit of tbe Isthmus of Panama; and hy thus follow ing the policy of cureful abstention from all interference in the domestic ques tions and local issues of other nations, we are enabled more consistently to check and repel any impertinent or prag matical attempt by foreigners to inter meddle with our domestic policies or to dictate alterations in our carefully ar ranged distribution of powers. It may as well be understood that, desirous as we are of pursuing policies of peace, comity and reciprocal advantage with all nations, we will never so lower the standard of our independence as to change the form and principles of our government to accommodate strangers who come among us voluntarily and in pursrtit of their individual tastes and fortunes. Ex-Secretary Bayard in Fo rum, A Chinese Girl' Life. The Chinese girl's education begins at six years of age. Then she must submit to the bandaging of her feet, which cruel custom cripples the poor child and causes her untold suffering. But as small feet are considered a mark of great beauty this arbarous custom, which has obtained in China for ages, is still practiced. The bandages are changed as often as they become soiled, but the practice continues until the girl reaches the age of nineteen. Sometimes, when about ten. the bones of the toe are broken to prevent further growth. At nineteen tbe girl is married. But courtship, as it is known among the Americans, if not understood or tolerated by the Chinese. Mutual affection is not the foundation of the marriage, but the children are betrothed in infancy by their parents, and when grown are obliged to fulfill the cngigement Phil adelphia Times. Where Gold Come From. The gold token from tbe river bars was mostly in tbe form of scales resem bling cucumber seeds, and of varying ire. It was most plentiful on tbe bed rock and in a few inches of soil above it, though sometimes three or fonr feet of earth would pay to wash. Where tie bed rock was hard the miner cleaned it, for a shovelful of dirt might contain a few dollars in small particles. Where the bed rock was soft shale or slate on edge the miner picked away an inch or so and washed it, aa frequently the scales were found to be driven quite thickly into tbe crevices. When the ground was Tery rich the rocker was cleaned of gold every hour or so. E. J. Wait in Cent-fry- HI Heckle Eitrn vsgane. Harassed Father-My boy, your tastes will be your ruin. Nothing seem too expensive for you. This thing ha got to strip. Wayward Son (languidlyh-Can t do it, jroTernon must keep nirht on. Going to marry the dearest girl in the world. -Pittsburg Bulletin. CHEAP TURKISH BATHS. A CLEVER GIRL'S SCHEME FOR STEAM BATHING AT HOME. An Old Chair. I'leee of Cast Off Water proof. Alcohol and Feminine Ingenuity form aa Interesting Cniublnstloa The Detail nf Her Method. 'During the winter I do not have the enthusiasm about bathing that I do the very first warm spring day," said a girl to a friend of hers one pleasant day; ami then the baths cost so much." 'Yes, I have leurned that to my sor row The bath itself is always one dol lar, a bit of cracker and a taste of wine is half as much more, and then my bangs are straight when I am through, but I have solved the problem now." 'How? So it won't cost so much? Oh. do tell us all." Oh, I have rigged up a Turkish bath which only costs a ceut an hour." "For goodness sake where? I thought you lived in a flat" "I have it in my room where 1 can sit and steam away all day, if I choose, with out disturbance." "But doesn't it take up lots of room?" 'Oh, no, not at all." 'Then just sit down and tell us all about it." "I took a low seated, high backed grandfather's chair, which mother had banished from the parlor, because yon know every one has one now, and nailed narrow strips of wood in such a manner as to form a canopy-like top to it Then, you know, like every one else, 1 had sev eral old mackintoshes or gossamers in tbe old clothes closet, which from hav ing sprung a leak about the shoulder or like cause had been thrown aside. HOW SUE MANAGES. Cutting out the best parts of these, I bound the edges of several pieces I had fitted to the frame with tape, and in the corners and at intervals along the edges made strong button holes and fastened the whole by means of these to nail beads I had left projecting about one half inch from the framework: These pieces can be buttoned on and taken off in a few moments. When on the back and sides of the chair and top, being covered squarely and neatly, look like a high box. In front another piece falls down to the seat, with a small piece like a little window cut out of the middle to breathe through. "This being tinhhed, you want a small foot tub placed in front of tbe chair and tilled, when you are ready to use it, with hot water. "I think every one should have in her room a one burner oil stove or a small gas stove, by means of which oue may huve water that is not only hot, but boil ing, at will. "Place such a one on a chair at hand, with a pan of hot water with which to keep that in the foot tub replenished. If you have not a shower bath, have ready ccld wuter for a lightning sponge bath. Place a linen rag in a saucer and pour on it a teaspoonful of alcohol and set be neath the chair." "Oh, yes; I tried that once when I had a bad cold coming on and I nearly roasted myself." "Oh, but if you just tack a piece of cardboard on the front of the chair, just wide enough to protect the limbs from the blaze and have the seat of wood, or else well padded, you will have no trouble. It is a bother to get all these things together, but once having done so it is best to put them away in such a manner as to be easily accessible. "Notice how all evidence of it may be disposed of afterward. The pieces but toned on to the nail heads may be taken off in a moment, the steam wiped off the waterproof surface, and they may be aired at the window while you are picking up the other things. IT TAKES UP LITTLE ROOM. When emptied the tub must be thor oughly dried over the register, the bath towels and wraps put away. A neat drapery of muslin or heavier stuff may be arranged like a canopy about tbe chair, and a dainty cushion and valance will conceal the tub in which the folded pieces of mackintosh are laid, and tbe whole may le stowed away beneath the chair. ' It is obvious that if the chair Is not available a simple framework could be made up by a carpenter at low cost, or a bright girl with a large bedroom or bathroom at command could utilize two packing loxes for the same purpose with better effect, if any. than the chair bath, although the almost hopeless ugliness of two packing boxes is a drawback. "And now for the bath. 'You disrobe as usual, and lifting up the curtain with the little window in it, step into the warm footbath and sit down in the chair. Tuck tbe quilted lap robe about your knees, let down the cur tain and put one hand out and drop a lighted match into the teaspoonful of alcohol in the saucer. Draw your hand in and close every crevice to keep the hot air in. If you can stand it put more of the alcohol in the saucer at intervals, but don't try more than one teaspoonful at once. The hot. dry air at first makes you feel faint, nut when the perspiration breaks out yon imii just sit and sizzle in comfort Aftei tifteen minutes I generally take the hat n mitteo and plenty of soap and watet and scrub off the perspiration. Tn-n I burn another teaspoonful of ali-oli.. i and when I get well warmed up in the hot air I take a quick bath in cold water, into whicb I have put a prepara tion oi gum tnxoin. then with a quick rubbing with a coarse towel I jump into tuy bath i.iHiiketand into bed for a nap." -New V.irK World, rrala I Right Mr. Bum Goorge Francis Train says that p.ple will wake up aome morning aud hud that Jay Gould baa lost every dollar Mr Binks-Thats so. every word of it My goodness! When will it be. do yon think?" -When be die. "-New York Weekly. A new system of bouse wiring for elec tric lighting consists of fitting the build ing with continuous tubes of insulating material, through which the wire are drawn. The tubes are made of paper soaked in a hot bath of bituminous aua terial. and are said to be bard, strong and tough. Judge E. R. Iloar, the senator's broth er, is tbe leader of the Boston bar. Be is past seventy, but still carries himself with erectneas, and hi step la elastic. Be i the father of young Cocgreasman Boar. REVERIE OF A BACHELOR. Be Smoke and Ureani and Then Make l Hi Mlud to Lights fresh Cigar. Puff! This cigar cost a pretty penny too is execrable. I feel like throwing it away, only blowing the smoke into rings is an amusement that 1 hate to forego. Puff ! Now, that ring is a posi tive work of art. Pity it has to go up in smoke. Kings of smoke they are very like marriage rings. The delusion lasts about as long. They are infinitely more amusing and less wearisome. Fancy being married! B-r-r! No more UibemiHiiism, no cukes aud ale nor champagne, either no pipes and punch. Instead a drowsy fire a clatter of dishes from the kitchen a wife knitting socks for the inevitable family. Later a full fledged paterfamilias buying groceries and paying money to the school book trusts growing posy over "when 1 was a young fellow, sir." I shudder to think of it Besides, it Is so much pleasanter to play at playing tho name than really to play it It is very pleasant to make love and that is why marriage is so un pleasant; one can't make love then. Making love is a game that should al ways be played on the progressive plan. With the same partner always it be comes dreadfully monotonous. It is for that reason that I pity the married man. To flutter from flower to flower, never bestowing affection on any, but affecting to adore all that is the bachelor's priv ilege. But, you say, one cannot make love with gray hairs. An old lieau is the most ridiculous of men. Yes, you are right But it is not necessary to be al ways making love. As one grows old there are so many other hobbies. Puff! How blue that smoke is! A kind of fading, ethereal blue, not tang ible in words or from the tmletto. A blue like the blue of a puir of eyes all, what glorious eyes they are set in a marble white frame like the blue and white loves of Dresden china. I wonder, by the way, if she meant all she said with those eyes at the Bran son's that night! She said a good deal She is really not half bad. Rose Alwin a pretty name rather. Rose urn, Bhe will etill be Rose if. Well the fact is between me aud the blue smoke her face has been haunting me like a ghost I might marry the ghost From what her eyes said that night she wouldn't say no. If I were to throw away this cigar put on my hat and gloves, and go to her what an exquisite joke it would be considering what 1 said about marriage just now. Puff! By jove. I will do it! Pah, goodbv, ci gareven bad things have an end. This glove comes on too easily deuced bad form Um how dust will settle on a man's hat Now I think I'll do. What's that? The city post H'm. Dun's bills. Ah a woman's hand. Wha at? "Mr. and .Mrs. Alwin an nounce the wedding of their daughter, Rose" Ugh. IIow chill the room seems. I must light a fresh cigar. J. Percy Pol lard in Epoch. A Qu.eer Distinction In California. There were some queer distinctions in those days. One Sunday, goiug to the butcher's booth, 1 found a customer ahead of me, who inquired if he could not have a piece of a liver which was hanging on a tree in plain sight. "Don't know if you can or not," said the butcher. "I'd like to know why? I've been trading with you all along, and never asked for liver before; but 1 want some variety now." "Stand around and let me look at you. No, vou can't have any liver." "Well, why?" "There ain't enough to go round. I have to have some rule about givin' it out, and I have decided that uo miner can have a scrap of liver from me unles he wears a canvas patch on the seat of bis pants." The canvas patch was a badge of prece dence as well recognized in our camp on the Trinity as the star of the Order of the Garter is in Great Brituin. E. G. Wuite in Century. ulnney Not a MWforlune. One very frequently hears a sensible man deliver himself of the opinion tliut it is a mistake for a parent to stop breathing or words to that effect and leave a fortune equitably divided among his children, estieclully If they happen to be boys. "Give 'em a good education and that's enough," I the average "tag" to speeches of such character. I have in mind several fifteen or twenty acquaintances young men in this city who, left a fortune by their fathers, huve gone on soberly and decently living like reputable, Intellect ual young men mid surely adding to the large portions they have inherited I agree it may be dangerous to leave wealth to some young men, but I can not refrain from expressing my faith that the average son of the average rich futher is "a chip of the old block" so far as money getting and keeping goes. You see we notice and grieve over the foolish vagaries of the few spendthrift, while we stand blinded to the industry, energy and thrift of the many provident ones. New York Re corder. A Book Neither Written Nor Printed. The Prince de Llgne is the possessor of a curiosity of literature. It is a book that is neither written nor printed. "'How can that bef" you ask. Well, the letters are all cut out of the finest vellum and pasted on blue paper. The book is as easy to read a if printed from the clearest type. The precision with which these small character are cut excites infinite admiration for the patience of the author. The book, by the way, bears the title, "Liber Pas sionis Nostri Jesu Christ!, cum Charao teribus Nulla Materia Composite," ("Tbe Book of the Passions of Our Jesus Christ, with Character Not Composed of Any Material"). Tbe German em peror Rudolph II is said to have offered, in 1640, the enormous sum of 11,000 ducats for this curiou work of art 8trangoly enough, the book bear tbe English arm, though it la supposed never to have been in England. Illus trated American. Tbe Ionian isle produce a loose lace, unique rather than handsome. It was tued at first mainly in the churches and tomb. As antiquity more than double the price tbe shrewd native blacken and mildew their work before offering it to tbe tourists, who tak dirt aa a voucher for age. HINTS FliOM A BURGLAR AN INTERVIEW WITH A MAN WHO DOES HOUSEBREAKING. II Calmly Tell III Man Who filial al II I in Why II Hid Not fir In net urn. "Don't Try to Catrh a llurglar" How They Work In Clangs In liobhlng a House. Some time ago the house of Henry Kahn. on Home avenue, was entered by burglars. Mr. Kahn. lying in lied, with a bullseyc flashing in his face, fired two shots at tbe visitors, who left tho prem ises without carrying any tiling with them. "1 read in the pa ten of the cap ture of a gang of burglars," remarked Mr. Kahn, "and concluded to payavisit to the jail and see if my burglars were there. Jailer Emniett received me graciously, and a hoy behind the bars took ine among the prisoners. In one of the cells a little game of cards Was go ing on, in which the participants seemed dot-ply interested. A line looking man was near by, watching it. The boy whispered me that he was Horton, the burglar, the man I was looking for. "Do you think you ever saw me be fore?" I asked him. "1 don't remember," was tbe answer. "I live on Home avenue," I suggested. "Oh," said he, with some ttpcuranc.i of interest "Your name is Kahn. Yes. I paid you a visit the other evening." "Yon left rather suddenly." "Oh, no; we left quite leisurely. There was no hurry. You see we were some what mistaken alwut your place. We had beou told that we might pick up fi.OOO or ftl.000 in good stuff jewelry, and perhaps some money. It was worth going after and taking some unusual chances to get." Mr. Kahn explained to the reporter that thecommonplace, businesslike man ner of the burglar was incomparable and altogether fascinating. He asked him how they went about the job. now lit: ritOCKKDI'.D. "In the first place," said Horton, "1 stationed a man at the door of your sleeping rooms, and that man never loft the door from the time we entered tho house until we went away. One man was stationed below and another across the street four of us, you see. 1 first went into the room where a lady and a little girl were sleeping, but didn't arouse them. Then 1 took a look at the servant girl, but didn't wake her. When 1 came in the hall again the man at your door said he had heard a whispering in side and that there had been a signal from the outside that somebody in the house was up. "When I was told this I went to your door and lay down and listened. I lay there fifteen minutes, but didn't hear anything. I finally decided to go into your room. 1 had looked over tho house and thought the valuables must be in your room, as they were not elsewhere. I turned the knob, put in the light aud then yon fired." Mr. Kahn asked why he didn't leavo then, and not wait for a second shot "Oh," said the burglar coolly, "I had no occasion for leaving. We felt per fectly secure. I sat down in the hall thinking you might come out 1 had two guns heavier than yours, and 1 hesi tttod for some time whether or not to give you a slug any way." Mr. Kahn remarked to him that if bo had come into the room be might uot have had everything his own way. "I beg your pardon," said the burglar, "neither myself nor any expert burglar with a dark lantern need have any fears from pistol shots. The lantern properly flashed in one's face disturbs one so he doesn't know where he is shooting. 1 was in no danger, and you were. 1 only left because 1 thought it best to avoid serious trouble, and so when you fired your second shot we went away." POINTS FltOM A BU KULAK. Mr. Kahn remarked that a man of his courage and apiearntice a fine looking man, with good address, who could make a success at almost anything ought to be in some other business. "Oh," said the burglar, "I hovealways been a successful business man. I was a lawyer for some time, with a good practice, but 1 became involved in a lit tle affair that withdrew me from prac tice. Then I took up burglary. It is a fascinating profession, and in it I have had my full share of success." He said this with his face turned squarely toward the questioner. Ho has a high forehead, a sincere and honest expression of coun tenance, blue eyes, wavy, iron gray hair and line physique. He is about forty-five years old. Horton then went on to give advice as to the way In which people should act when called upon by burglars. "Make a noise," he said; "as much noise as possible when you can. Don't try to catch a burglur. A burglar who know his business is never taken while at work always after tbe job is done, and he is trying to conceal or dispose of hi swag." During the conversation be said that he alone had gone through the safe of E. Rauh, of South Pennsylvania street He was told that be had overlooked "a sleeper," something of value he might easily have taken in this case diamond earrings worth $100 that were In an en velope that he had thrown wide with other pajiera. "I beg your pardon," said the burglar, "1 was at the job three hours. 1 didn't overlook anything. 1 went through everything with great care, and there was no such 'sleeper' as you mention. I didn't want to destroy the paper that would have done me no good, aud would have given Mr. Rauh unnecessary trou ble. I take pride in my profession and do my work thoroughly. 1 am pretty sure I didn't overlook anything in that job." Indianapolis Journal. On Man' Luck. A gentleman attended a party where the hostes was very deat After pay ing hi respect to her, and talking to her for a while In a high key, be wa introduced to a clianuing girl with whom be walked through the conser vatory. "What a relief!" be exclaimed, "I have been screaming at the top of my voice and am tired out" There waa no answering remark and he looked at hi companion, who said: "You must speak loud, a 1 am bard nf bearine. "-Detroit Free Press. American are the greatest Newspaper readers in tbe world. There are 17,000 newspaper published in the United State. It U said that a new pubbca tion i horn everv four hour and forty- eight minute day and night; but fort unately or unfortunately tb death rat la venr bh "2A2EL" ON THE FIRE NET. , f he I't'irrlhe t hat I Nreeuary to lo In Order to Junto wllh Safely. t'iiic-e tho publicity which has been given my jump Into the net used by tho I'.ro department I have received so many li tters that I llnd It Impossible to answer e.ich Individual. The following covers, to s great extent, questions t hut are asked; lit the sumo time the replies may be found n-icful. Before Jumping the first essential thing Is to draw Into tiie lungs ns much air as possible. Then hold the breath. As the time occupied ill making the descent into the net is but a few seconds, it docs uot require practice to comply ith this re quest. "Why should the breath bt heldf This is asked ill many forms and as many times. The expansion of the lungs aids to sup port and retain in place most of tho Inter nal organs. The air sets as a cushion. It enables the body to olTer resistance to tho atniosphciv, making tho body fall with less force, aud serves to lessen the shock which comes the moment the body strikes the net. The miiiio effect is produced III Jumping into tho water. Hold the elbow close to tho side. Fore ami almost at right angles, slightly In front of body, with hands closed. Bond knees just a little, with feet extended for ward. Keep head liu-llncd forward; set the chin firmly on chest, and under no citTuuistiinces throw the head back. The position in falling should bo about the same as a person assumes when seated In a chair. Keep all tho muscles as rigid as possible, The act of holding the breath will aid in this. Use but little exertion In making tho leap. Spring lightly for ward and outward, not downward. The latter motion will take rare of itself. Jump as if alsiut to cross a small ditch with land on each side of equal height. When the net Is struck the muscles will at once Max, and, rebounding hi the air, the body will full again without pain or injury. Avoid swinging the anus or spreading thn limbs while In the air. To do either Is to Invito liability of breaking limbs. Any sudden motion will have a tendency to revolve the body or cause it to deviate from It course Your readers will find it to their interest to practice Inhaling aud retaining the air as long ns possible within the lungs, it will expand and develop tho chest. Ill this country wo have tho fault of eating quick and breathing too fast. If height causes hesitation do not look dowu. Keep the eyes fixed straight for ward. Then go. Remember our bravo firemen are as anxious to save your life as you are to retain It. In my endeavor to show how safe It was to Jump Into the net now !u uso I wore ordinary street costume la my leap. My watch did not stop. This fact ought to Inspire confidence to those who may need It in case of fire. "Zuwd" (Mrs. U. O. Starr) in New York Evening u' Children In the Hotel., "Yes, Indeed, wo outertain a decided antipathy to children, and have good ma sons for it, too," said the day clerk of a high priced hotel ou uper Broadway. "IIow is that?" Inquired a reporter. "I thought every good nutured peraou was fond of children." "Oh, yes; no doubt they are nice, but a hotel is no place for them unless it bo do voted exclusively to tho use of families. Tim am not more than a half down first class hotels In this city where children are welcome, hi the first place, they are more trouble thau they are worth, aud In the second place they Merve to keep away profitably patrons. Now lu every hotel from one end of the town to the other no tices are posted iu all the rooms to the effect that children must not uiako a play ground of tho corridors, or ride lu the elevators for tho suke of enjoying pleasure excursions. It Is Impossible to enforce either rt:!o. With one or two exceptions ...... Now York hotels are largely painimaeu hv bm incss men from other cities. Those are t ho transient guests, and they are the most profitable. '1 liey Uo not, as a rule, lake their families, aud. although they may bo fond of their own offspring, they decidedly object to put up at a hotel where other people' youngsters ar whooping things up In the corridor, or upsetting uUhos in the uining room. Then, again, Just think of bu old bachelor sleeping, or trying to sleep, iu a room ad joining that occupied by a teething In funt. Why, ho would pay Lis bill and leave the following morning. Oh, no; there U uo money in children for any ho tel." New York Mull and Express. Oyster on the Maine Coast. Though epicureans will say warm wnt.r I luminst a (rood lluvor. I found oysters ut the mouth of the Ht. John river, Florida, very line. Iliey were extremely fresh, the only trouble, and one easily rectified. Formerly oyster urn eolliinoll from Maine to Florida, but iiow Long Island la the most north ern point. This Is somewhat singular Some years ago while doing the Maine coast I pushed np a small river about ten mile to the town oi uainnri cotta, where there wa an Indian timiiiul The hitler I found made un entirely of oyster shell of remarkable ize, piled one upon another lor uiteen or twenty feet tip, a big pine tree grow ing in the miuw. This showed that several hundred years ago tho coast abound! In Hue nvninrn which had been carried un the river year after year until the pile of shell had reached the proportion of a bill. In it I found charred de-r bone and fragment of simple Indian hiiplo tnonta. That the Indian hud exter minated the oyster Is Improbable, and I assume that the beas were uestroyeu by an exceptionally cold winter. Mir. Ban Francisco Chronicle. Ilnrmah's Il.iby Mine. Kin TWbaw'i revenue from th famous ruby mines of Bunnah, It I ald, did not average 1M.U0O rupee annually, All precautious which, were practicable were taken to prevent smuggling, and tones of the value of 2.000 rupee were royal perquisites, but they were generally M-reted or broken up by the finder. The English have stopped all work at tb mine since they conquered Bunnah. Boston Budget. Itlshe el th Spaniard. Among peculiar dishe which form tb food of Spaniards are odd combination, In which bhu k beans, dried codfish and dried red peppers are tb chief hi gra dient a. To almost every dish SpaulVd add red. black and white pepper, and onion, garlic and oliv oil. Good Housekeeping. HATS OF MONEY KINGS. THE DAILY PROCESSION OF TILE3 WORN IN WALL STREET. Ilk Hats InOreatrit Numbers few Straw Hal Worn I'rrullar Headgear of Well Known r'lnanrlrre Jay Gould Wear Derby Hat Altogether. The procession of hats in Wall itrwt is worth viewing Everybody must needs visit Wall street at one time or another, so more kinds of hats are seen there per haps than anywhere else. It is, how ever, to the hats worn by men famed in finance that the most interest attache The hat never makes the man. but it often betray the characteristic of a man. Asa rule the money kings are lees particular nliout the hats they wear than are their clerks. They have more im portant things to think about Hats good enough for them in one season are good enough for them in another. Tbe con sequence is some millionaire wear de cidedly antiquated and rusty tile. Jay Uotild used to lie very precise in his dress His clothes, while of modest pat tern, were made by a fashionable tailor, and were always correct in lit and finish. In tho cold months Mr. Gould wore a high silk hut, and in the hot months a high white hut. Of late years Mr. Uould bas hceu less particular about hi drees. He has worn dark clothes entirely, and he has worn them out too. lie ha ceased wearing high hat altogether. In the summer his head covering is a light derby and in other seasons of the year a black derby There was a time when in the hottest spell Mr. Uould affected a Panama hat. Although this kind of hat waa probably the most comfortable one ho could Bud for tbe dog days he gave it up for mtiw reason for the derby. Mr. Uould doe not change hi hats with the styles, but make them do service as long as they will. It is said that when Mr. Uould was a young man he was almost a fop. He is still neat iu his attire. His shirt front is always Immaculate and he Is always carefully brushed, but he ha re lapsed into staid and conventional ways of dressing. MOSTLY SILK TIIJS8. George J. Uould, the eldest eon of Jay Gould, is plain but particular in hi at tire. He is a young man of athletic build, and is a refutation of the saying that clothes make the man. Most of the time he wears a derby like hi father, tiecasiomilly ho isseeu with a silk bat In tho hot spulle he puts on a straw bat Russell Sage wears a high silk hat or a high white hat according to the season. In rainy weather or when he is going for a drive he dons a derby. Uo gonorally carries a silk handkerchief In bis pocket, with which he brushes his silk bat when ever he put it on Mr. Sage I very ex act in his dress. Both on leaving his house and hi office he carefully brushes himself. He ho a shoe brush in one of the desks at hi office, and he gives hi shoes a smnrt rubbing at tbe conclusion of business each day. Cyrus W. Field tall form la made to look taller by a high silk hat, which, however, is discarded for a straw bat In the heated term. Mr. Field Is particular to see that the nap of his silk hat is brushed the right way, but he la rather near sighted, and rarely goes to a meet ing without picking up omebody else's hat in place of hi own. Once In a while he gets the best of the bargain, but a a rule, he says, he is the loser. Collis P. Huntington is one of the few nieu who wear head covering both In doors and out At home aa well aa in his office he wears a silk cap. The prac tice is more from force of habit than anything else. Mr. Uuntiugton ha lit tle to fear from draughts, because he ha a splendid bend of hair, and furthermore is a powerfully built man and baa scarcely kuown a day of sickness In hi life. In the street Mr. Huntington wear a silk hut, except on rainy day, when h put on a derby. D. U. Mills is a clerical looking man, and he accentuates hi ministerial mien by wearing a silk hat of severe shape. In the summer he wears a tall white hat Sidney Dillon, the president of the Union Pocillo railroad, wear a derby with a broad block band, which he oc casionally, in the evening or on Sunday, exchange for a high ilk bat Mr. Dil lon Is a very tall man, and a silk hat make him look a giant in comparison with the average man. J. Pierpont Morgan wear both a ilk bat and a derby, and one about as much a the other. He buy hi bat in Lon don, and they always attract attention by their contrast to American shapes Mr. Morgan doe not let hi bat get rusty. Addison Cammack, tbe bear leader In Wall street, generally wear a high silk hat In winter and a high white hat In rammer. DKACON WHITE' BAT. Deacon a V. White wear a straw hat in summer, but the rest of tbe year a oft black hat cover hi head. Tbe memory of Wall street runneth not back to the time when Deacon White wa ever seen In any other kind of bat than those named. If he were to posses a ilk bat he would probably from habit try to double it np and put it In hit pocket He lit on his straw hate the same a on bi soft hat. -Mew York Recorder. What Woman luirrag Would Do. One of Diy weightiest reasons for be lieving in woman suffrage is that 1 think it would be the incest means of securing for women the simple justice of equal pay for equal work. Fact show that voters alone have their Interest properly guarded. Mary L. Booth. H I Against Cremation. "Don't you favor thi Idea of crema tion?" asked the old gentleman in the borse car of the man who aat next to him. "No, air, I don't," aid the other man emphatically. "Cremation and crime are synonymous term with me. 1 have been in the gravestone business long enough to know that the old faabioned method of burial I in every way tbe best" Somerville Journal. Most bird are itolc compared to owls, and those who cultivate their acquaint ance know that they have no time wherein to make their poetical com' plaint to tbe moon. Poet should not meddle with owl Shakespeare and Wordsworth alone have understood .1 U.. . ... . . 1. 1. WoAH llieiu uj must uiuni tucy imii votu candalously libeled. I bar re-l.tr "ill feme er time w'en er urav man wont be "leU. Kulk allu will think dut de meat o1 da gam chicken t sweeter den d meat o d shanghai. Arltan bi TravalvT, Wood Slew. We hav all had our sympathies aroused by the statement that tbe native of northern Siberia are often, daring famines, compelled to retort to wood for food. The fact I that careless observ ers have simply been Imposed upon, or they have jumped at conclusion with out caring, or perhap being able to make inquiries, and because tbey thought that a statement about being compelled to use wood for food would make a heart rending page for thoir books, and by in ference ihow what a distressing time they themselves must have had among such surroundings. Wood in a certain form I a moat com mon and constant article of diet on the Lena river, all along the north coast and in the immediate neighborhood of Yak utsk, in fact wherever the Yakut reside. North of Verchoyansk, except in a few sheltered valleys, it may be said there il no other wood than the larch, and foi mile south of the tree limit absolutely no other. The natives eat It because they like it Even when fish are plentiful it usually forms part of the evening meal, as the many cleanly stripped lurch log near every hut testify. These ieople know by experience that the fact of their eating wood arouse the sympathies of strangers, and shrewdly use it to excite pity aud to obtain a gift of tea and tobacco. They scrape off the thick layers immediately under the bark of a log, and chopping it fine mix it with snow. It Is then boiled In a kettle. Some time a little fish roe Is mixed with it, and further south cow's milk or butter. "I have often," says William H. Schuete, "seen it eaten without any thing additional, although, as in the present instance, there was apparently enough other food ou hand." Youth' Companion. Th Way of Old Tim lloetoa. Visiting in Boston seems in old time to have been attended with tome diffi culties, and if the inferences which one would naturally draw from certain en tries in the old record are correct, the authorities of the town were not accus tomed to be overgiven to the encourage ment of hospitality, whatever may have been the rase with individuals. For a meeting of the selectmen of the town held on Nor. 10, 1740, for instance, th record begins as follows: "Mrs. Iictiekuh Young, Appearing In forms that She with One Child I lately come into this Town, from Harwich to Vi'it her Sister, that She intends to re turn in tho Spring, & that She hath brought with her to the Value of Two Hundred Pouuds in Money and House hold Goods. "Liberty is Granted her to tarry un til the Spring, and then to return to Har wich with her Child or give security to Indemnify the Town." The good folk of Boston were in a per petual panio in those days lest they should get upon their hands to take car of paupers that really belonged to some othor community, and it is very likely that they had good reason for their fear and their precautions. One would sup pose, however, that a woman who could bring with her a couple of hundred pounds in gold and gear might be of suf ficient importance to be spared the for mality of appearing before the select men of the town. It would be interest ing to know bow small an amount of be longings would have admitted her to th privilege of passing the winter with her sister. Boston Courier. Waeo'a Wonderful Bat. Waco, Tex Is Infested with rata in countless legions. They run through the street, invade the (tore and resi dence, devour grain, flour and grocer lea, and make themselves unmitigated nuisances, which the application of ordi nary and extraordinary remedies has fulled to remove. While they accept al most anything that comes in their way aa edible, they have a petichant for eggs, and tbe way they convey them from the nest to their holes is thn related by Sam Whaley, the jailer, who ha mad their habit a study: '.'I tot an old black hen right up there,11 he said, pointing to the coruer of the jail yard where Sheriff Dun Ford's horses art stabled, "and they carried off every egg and broke the hen up. She wont to lay ing again in two weeks, and made hut nest iu another stall. Two eggs were In tbe nest, and these remained undis turbed, but when the third wa laid it disappeared, two still remaining. I watched and saw the rat come four ot them. "Tbe smallest of the quartet straddled bis four legs over the egg, hugged it tight, then rolled over on his back, hold ing the egg tightly pressed against bi belly. One rat took the prostrate one by the ears just like a boy holding the han dles of a wheelbarrow and kept him steady, while the other two took him by the tail, and away they went, pushing and pulling until they got tbe egg to their hole under the brick walL" Cor. St Louis Globe-Democrat No Good Substitute for Tea, There has never been discovered a good substitute for tea. During the war oi the revolution our forefathers adopted I "liberty tea," which wa made from a four leaved plaut called "loose strife." This plant waa pulled up like flax; it (talk, stripped of their leave, were boiled; tbe leave were then pnt into an Iron kettle, and the liquor of the stalks poured over them. After thi process tbe leave were laid upon platters and carefully dried in a brick oven heated for the purpose. Tea, flavored with vanilla and rum, ia popular drink in Germany. The rum prevents the tea drinker from lying awake at night Detroit Free Pre. In Greece there are 80,000 hives, pro ducing 8,000,000 pound of honey; in Denmark 90,000, producing 2,000,000 pounds; in Russia 110,000, producing the tame; in Belgium 00,000, producing 8,000,000 pounds; In Holland 210,000, producing 0,000,000 pounds; in Franca 850,000, producing 23,000,000 pounds; in Germany 1,450,000, aud in Austria 1,530, 000, each producing 40,000,000 pounds of honey. The show windows often contains better goods than the upper Honrs. The bigger the diamond In the shirt front, the poorer the braiu matter under the ridge pole, An Interrupted prayeri "Now I lay me down to sleep, and oh, Lord, but your feet are cold!" tit Paul New. The International Geographical Con gross in session at London baa decided that Captain Glaxier's pretension that he discovered the true source of the Mis sissippi la unlounded, and that the dis covery belong to Schoolcraft, Allen and NichoUtt.