EUGENE CIT. GUARD. I.L.IAHPBKLL, . . IToprletor, eugene crry, oreoon. Mexican null Fighter Aitonlihmf. Tlie somewhat tame performances of ine mill ugnts at Faso del Norte were en livened during the proceedings by the during exploit of Tmm cowboy, who m cheered to the echo by the densely packed audience who filled every nook Jn the vast amphitheatre. 'J'lie performance lagged it little and the bulla would not at first fight iu spite of all that the plcadores might do. One or two of the bulla, after having been unsuccessfully worried and goaded without working them up to the proper ngnting point, had been Ignomlni ously driven out of the arena, and a new one, iiiii 01 ngiu and fairly bellowing wiui rHe, and just been turned Into the amphitheatre, when a Tcxun cowboy who was present announced that for the honor ami glory of Texan he would ride the bull with hi legs tied around the anlmal'a necic and but face to the lull, if they would nrsi mrow mo nun so that he could get Lis leg properly around and underneath the aiilinnl'a neck. lie wa at once taken nt hi word, and the iniiiiiili'd Mexican bull fighters sooa had (he animal lassoed mid thrown. The cowboy then had himself fixed Jn the proper poHitlon, mid the now jicrfcctjy furious bull was turned Ioom-. To the wonder mid astonishment and the Intense delight of the audience, the niiimal waa I unable to shako (he daring cowbowoff, who not only held on unci kept his peril ous scat, but after somo wild plungea ucceciieii ny some menus 111 manipulating mo ueum a noma ana neiw in aucii a man ner that he w as thrown. The Mexican performers rushed at once to the strug gling muss, and in a twinkling had the Texan untied and released. Jt was a wonderful piece of daring and dare devil try, and exceeded anything dime bytb. jucaiumu. ior. uiooe-jjcmocrut. OLD MAN GILBERT. By ELIZABETH F. BELLAMY, ("KAMOA TllOllPJt,") Author of "Four Oakt," "Littlt Joan na," Lta, Januii't Murteluui I'roirreM. The lighthouse system is truly a mag nificent uionuiiiciit of splritand libernlity, maintained, it should never be forgotten, for the benefit of humanity at large, and not with a narrow view to Japan's selfish Interests, since the home keeping navi gators have little need of the safeguards Jiiuiiiiicenuy provided upon thecoastaof uifir country. The mint, which was es tablished nearly twenty years ago, partly to obtain relief from the inconveniences of a foreign metallic currency, und purtly to secure the prestigo which belongs to an independent national coinage, gives char acteristic evidence of artistic taste as well ai mechanical dexterity, the gold and silver tokens being pronounced by connois seurs superior iu beauty of design, und ut least eiiiul iu workmanship, to those of any other country. Teleirrnnhs nnlta every part of the Islands, mid it is worth while to mention that wherever foreigners dwell, or are likely to penetrate, the ojierntors aro required to sjieiik foreign, languages a mark of consideration not found nor looked for ill ll'SS relllnlA Inn. la The postofllce enjoys a distinction utmost unparaiieu, even In the most advanced western nations. With one exception it is the only institution of Its kind the re ceipts of which often so far excoed the expenses r.s to cotil rihiilo materially to the revenues of the stain. Atlantic. Hypocrisy of a Lova Token. "I have become a hopeless cynlo from my thirteen years' experience as a Jeweler," said the foreman of a leading linn. "I bavo learned that so much Is tinsel that shines as gold that I con only (Hk on the world's splendor as clinquant, hollow sham. Kveii wheu the genuine glittering wild, nlticktil from ih t.. of rich l'oiohl mid set with gems of purest i, nuiiins iair iiirnar, or roiiiiilcd ...mi, ur lajsTiug imger, It only produces a sentiment of scorn for the hypocrisy of human nature. ' "Ix't me illiistrnte: It has been forsome nu t. a invnnte la.l with young meu In "'J "''u one oeoonies engaged to pre ent his ilancee with a Jeweled bracelet, ..... ,,, jeweier rivets on the wrist so thut It cannot bo slipped off. This is sun- w w i. umniiu i ne eternal bondage of tho wearer to the donoraud a perpetual reminder of fidelity. Hut in a day or two . juu.ns mny receives a note from the Jeweler requesting her to call. When she nun is siiown Hwret spring, whereby she can put aside the bond at V 'An? . lmve ol'''l." added the Jeweler, "that although tl.o fair lady V , ","s' ,u"kl" "80 0f be spring she is delighted to Hud t,0 g0(;ret of t .,J rhllndelphla I'ress. said I n. (liniit'i Hiin-ln-Uw. "Sartorls told me how ho asked Gen flrant for the young lady's (XrllioV) hand Mill, ul the aue of an Kngllshnmn for the head of a state he was Invited to din ner at the White House, knowing what .TiTO"? Vf I,lm- A,k'r the president led the wav to th i,!in....i i.n.1 ir I I.,. ' - 'Willi ...... u.ii'.cu nun a ,.K,ir -Then. L , i ' ,l,w,y '""0 had come. n..u nu,K'(i president would help me, but not a word did ho say. II. . ....... .unking V ,. J ,.K,nUHJ J fidgeted d coughed and thought I would . ... ....UUK vno n,Miri rnmly ! M iT ... . uvlm"" "Mr. President, 7 'v , , , """r our uauKhter."' It -.....,... , ,., IIIH miuiness recom. en.hsJli ni f((r s lorU clirrk.(,oa;9 r... i.iuniu .uemolrs. lOaprrlgbtML All rlKbUrawirVNl. Published by im-uu mmafKiaaui wnu tns Oc'irord Uomnur. ' Vork.I "No such thing!" cried Nicholas, hot "You shall know the truth. Flora. Until three days before I came ud from Sunrise, I had no thought ut marrying Dosia without euking to my futher; but my father wrote tome and laid down the law you know w hut he has always wished, lie insisted But Nicholas, angry tliouirh. he was. had ft not in him to tell his cousin that he had been commanded to ask her in marriage, and thut ho had married sud denly the girl he loved, to escape obey ing that command; nevertheless, Flora understood. "It would have been useless." she said stiffly. "Jler mother was dying." Nicholas con- tlnued, sadly, "and I did not know when I could go buck to I-losia; so we were murried beside her mother's death bed. Of course it was intended to be kept a secret for the present. Nobody knows except her futher and tho preacher who murried us; her mother died, as vou know." "t is a miserable business," said Flora, with fresh tears. Nicholas sighed; Ins I anger wus exhausted. "And I do not kuow w nut Is to Ihi done, Nicholas. Oh, ft will make everything so unhannv for all of us. Is there no possible wuy to undo it?" Just heaven. Floral" exclaimed Nicholus, recoiling. "What manner of woman are you? Undo it? Never, whilo I live! My futher must beur it, all of you must bear it, as such things may be borne. I am neither sorry nor ushuincd thut Dosia is my wife; understand that. once for ull. And I shull tell my futher now, as soon ns I cun." un, Meliolas, you might wait until ma und I uro at homo aguin," Flora en treated. "We could do no irood und it would be so so uncomfortublo for us. Vou might show some consideration for us." Nicholus did not reply for somo mo ments; when at lust liu spoke, it was to say coldly: "I will wait; you bIiuII not bo called upon to tuko my part." rioru felt tho reproach, but she felt it as a wrong. "You cannot expect uutand mo 10 oe willing to bo subjected to un pleasant scenes," she said; "und what could I do? Married to Dosiu Furnival! Oh, Nicholas! it is as if you were dead!" "I dure suy it will result in my being as good us dead to ull my kindred," re- lurneu iNicliolus, gloomily; "but that cuiinot muke mo regret thut Dosia is my wife; nothing cua muke me snrrtr f,.r uiui. anu no rose; lie hud suid his lust word. Flora rose, too; she felt that there w nothing more to be suid. ith one consent thocousins tlie Uoiine, each conscious of rarrviiKT n .11 . . . ... j a - uiu iiue luca, unci each shrinking in stinclively from tho scrutiny thut they knew awuiti-d them upon their But just as they came in a scene was enacting upon, tho buck gallery that di verted uttcntion from Flora und Niclr olus. CIIAPTEK VIIL WINIFRED DEMANDS A I'KOMIS. 'II tlin (liumatlc ad vonlure, wlilcli, long T. 'lartled flight frofb fli thicket "behaid I fore the duy of Undo Konius'a introduo. I ,e ummer house. BDIilKD ALIVE f , & tion to the generul public had done duty in southern nurseries. llut Missy soon interrupted. "Via sick of the rabbit and the everlastin' brier path!' she declared ungratefully. "i wish it would be day. "Hit gwan be duy b'oui bve." said Mom Bee, with a mighty yawn. lieu Uuy came, Missy was asleep.and er aunt, upon Hearing Ulory-Ann's re port, would not have her called for breakfast. It was the day for her music lesson, but Missy slept so lute thut the trip to town iiud to be abandoned. Floras night had been no happier than juissy s. one was very fond of her cousin iNiciioius, in a way, and through the darkness and silcnco her sentiments un derwent a reuction in his favor; but it wus a reaction in which Dosia had no share whatever. Nicholas's marriage was, in riora s opinion, an injury not to oe lorgiven oy any of his fumily; but she iouiiu nerseir wishing thut, somehow, the consequences of that rush step might oo visneu upon ixmia alone, who was so flora believed uloiie to blame. Do sia, as a clever and useful dependent of Mrs. Ilerry (that cousin of the Thornes on whom Miss Elvira leaned for guid ance in an perplexities), was well enough, flora uiougnt. sue Had grace, she hud beuuty, she had a fair education und pleasing manners, and Flora was quite willing to concede that if Cousin Mvr. tilla Herry chose to advance her protege, Dosia might lay cluiin to some notice from the sociul world of Tnllahassee but murried to Nicholus! The thought t was mtoieraoia. And the day would surely come Miss Flora wus convinced when Nicholus himself would bitterly repent it. ourely some way might be ueviseu oy which trie secret niarriuge uugui oo secretly dissolved, and Nicho- hill fr..ol frilrl .Im I... I f t . uoijus iiiio wnicu lie hud ullowed himself to be entrapped Afiuiuu I. f .1 I.. .1.. n . 1 uu ii, tou rurnivais were poor; they might be bribed to tuke them selves olf to purts unknown. And F'lora uwiueu it snouiu ue ner task to make rwcliolas listen to reason. In spite of a sleepless inVht. she wna euny at tireakfust the next morning, but niciioius nuu uueauy breukfusted and gonei "Gone where?" Flora fullered, consci ous tnut sue wus pulo and trembling. -uone to nurry r urnival," the colonel expluined. "The workmen are losing 11 lilt. "Oh?" suid Flora, and the color rushed oacK to lier race. "For all thut, we are in no hurrv to nave you leuve us, Floru," the colonel sum, putting ner hand. Nicholas remained away until long af- r uu, uuu us Aleck Uage cume not, Miss Flora walked alone in th l.r..i bery. Never yet had she been so eager w "i"o Aieca uugo, ror her cousin HtW'r.'f Utm F.iu. V. ! . ... . .. u.-vuuiiii( 8 lerriiynig puruen; it seemed thut she could not Jive another day and bear it alone, und there was uo one to whom she dure Ml it, except Aleck Ouge; but the duvs weni oy, and Aleck kept aloof, und Nicholas, resenting her luck of svni puthy, wus cureful not to give her an" op portunity to speuk with him alone. The strain in these three or four days wus beginning to tell upon Flora to extent thut could hardly have esc.inr.,1 notice, but thut Missy hud now attracted the anxious attention of her f.i...ii.. Night after night the child w nL-e,! m....". Bee with the piteous complaint that d, couio. not "stay to sleep." Uo laws-u-niassv!" exclaimed fil.i-.. Ann. "Whut ail do chil..? ii.ii.o ...i" hu'tre?" "V.ey ai.ittuiu. ooiiieuim in gonr to haniwu' '!) niii1 iwtltiti . i " sivmiii ftcnilll iiiiniutii lli oee assured lier. " What vou u-mrt v fllissy did not know. By dav she f,.l. lowed after Nicholas with iiiai urew upon her rebuke. a persistency Glory-Ann's severe Vuliu (lfa nbby. If we ever U-camo vindictive toward a i - "m'V n,d ,,l,slri-1 ,0 P"tai him. W10U'' ,U'l,riv '!" f his liohhy; with out that he would W lonesome In a crowd andcrowdllu a wildorm, ml would k wht he hud lost lZlu not The busiuoss man with a hobby ,1,, rdeJ.!'1tt, '',';l'y,m,,nilmt'f or later 1 lt, Imm wll Kmt , , b, ... be found in the dub room, the blllla d bugs or U,m lea, takes n.on, substamnti happiness than the uu-mW o tne Ueslde that home and Dmae Nature is all the world to him ,! ii ,he he ha ver aspires to -Wade s Fibre 'tt . r ut ou M tUentr thmdtnd thteolon,! "It is a lit!" Glory-Ann came struirirliim h... !, nnir dragging, half carrying Missy a funtustio figure, clad in a long white gown, on her head a littlo cap fashioned i.iourouu, sun magnolia leaves, pinned together with thorns; in her hand a long wand of spirea. with three green leaves a-top. "Missle-virey , you see dis chile?" Glory Ann panted. "Hits time do wuz a stop put tor ull dia nroieekin' en' ...l....-.. .. de moonshine, mekin' lliein i ....... All U'll.ili.ia ...I... 1 ' HI1MI I f.i.... Ml .i . . . J J -,-"..... miir uut liner tie vim. pi'mong arlx.r, Hat on de groun", wid ,or faeekivered ii it. en' W a.ii..u.ii.. -n i .. lienMilf. en plum' steer...! u i.i i.... foohshniss. Whey dat fool ,,m.r Amity, Is, I don't know." 1 am t soared of nothiii'." riu tested, though her white face Mied her -uius. immud Thatii ulmil 1...1 . . s . rtiiu .or Aini.y, I urove her off; she ai ..omo g,xxi than if she didu' belong to ItlA Ul... .1 1 A. 1 . n Kmm. notiuir'bout plav actlu : she uim'i I....).... i. : goin to have no mo' piny aotin' of char Muwse Nick is growed; he doan want chilleiis taggin' at his heels cawtinual. hyntyorest sutibfled;"' commanded the old nurse. But that was what Missy could not do. ..u nl uiory-Aim became alarmed "Missle-virey." said she, "you gotter look atter uishyr chile. She don't eat, en' she uon t sieep, en sue is cawnstunt frett wufcBuiiifuuu gwan happen. tiiura, who never in her life had arrived at an unaided decision, appealed iu iurs. iveonuid. Mrs. Leonnrd insisted uiui it miiHt begwn fruit, and recom mended rhubarb; but Missy stoutly de Hied the green fruit, and ns stoutly rejected the rhubarb. When the case . u.scusseu in the kitchen it was de cided that Missr Im, I .... n .i ii , . " 's"i ami all he old family servants shook their heads with greut solemnity. At last Col. Thome himself became uncus jr. auu spoke of sending for the doctor. It waa a dismal, ruiuy evening after tea, and the ladies were gathered' rounu the table in the parlor, Mrs. Leonard with a novel Mi, pi.,: ... . uiugaiig Bishop Ken. Uora with her embroidery. Ihe colonel sat apart, feeling Missy's pulse and wondering why Nicholas who had gone to Tallahassee in the mor g. waa so lata reroi-ni., i men lliai 110 Ult'lnre. l.i- i... . .1.U.-IU1UU OI Mrs. Thome and Miss Elvira looked up; thev doubted whether they IittU heard aright; the colonel doubted like wise, and yet a greet dread seized Him, in spite of his pride, in spite of -his wilL "What?" he suid, at last, with angrv emphasis, and punhed the child roughly. hut infernul nonsense Is thisr lie de- munded, as if of the room at large; and (hen his gaze fixed itself upon F'lora. It wus the first black look he hud ever given her; but her face wus hidden, and she did not see it. "Whut absurdity huve you been putting into the chilli's heud, F'lora?" he said, severely. "A jest of this sort is simply scandalous." ' Tain't her!" cried Misy, with shrill impetuositv. "Brer Nicholus is done married a ready to Donia 1 heard him tell in jr cousin I loru. Nicholas ut this instant entered the room. I loru looked at linn and saw thut he hud heurd. His face wus pule, but he did not flinch. "It is a lie!" said the colonel, fiercely. "Oh, yes, Missy," quavered Miss El vira, with an agonizing thought of Iiox- unna White's missive which she had not the courage to show to her brother. "You shouldn't be too ready to repeat whut you hear. Children cannot understand every" "Will you be silent?" thundered the colonel; then ho strode up to his son and repeuted, with an outh, "It is a lie!" "It is the truth, father," suid Nicholus "Dosia is my wife." Miss Elvira utterod a moan and wrung her hands. Mrs. Thome stured; she did not yet fully comprehend the situation Flora turned her face awuy; there wus tnut in the eyes of her uncle and her cousin she could not endure to look upon. "Now you see!" cried Missy, with shrill, Infantile triumph. The colonel staggered as if he would have fallen; for an instant ho could not speuk. but when he did speak it wus with a calmness more dreudful thun uny out burst of lury. Get you gone," he said, contemptu ously. "Never more be son of minn " Missy threw herself face downward Umjii the floor and wuiled: "1 asked you to promisel to promise!" No one heeded her. "Futher," said Nicholus. "hear ut least what I have to say" "Out of my sight." his father inter- rupted, with cold, inexoruble sternness. "Beg, steal, starve. Never durken these doors again." Nicholas turned without another won! and slrodo from the room; whereujxin Missy whirled over and sut bolt upright. gluring defiance. "Then I'm goin' too!" she declared, und scrambled to her feet and rushed a way. No one heeded her: she was but a child. The colonel turned to Flora and held oui his arms, "iiy daughter!" was all he said. He did not know whether he was giving or uskinir comfort. An.i Flora cared not what construction her uncle might put unon her ter Miss Elvira sat and moaned anil vnmo her hands; there was no one to give her comfort. "Well, I never, never knew anvthing equal to this!" said Mrs. Thorno, having lounu ner tongue ut last. "I shall never get over it, never!" Having made this announcement, sue uttered a series of little shrieks, and Miss Elvira "ceased wringing of her helpless hands" and rose and shut the door. STORIES TOLD OF BEING PUT IN LIVING PEOPU THE GRAVE. A WOMAN WHO LOVES FRUIT. THE The Number of Hall Aiithanlleatvd Cam Is Kniall H'by Superfloll Obntn An Likely la II Mistaken Homt Natural Ksplanatlouh To be burled while only apparently dead and to mine back to life In a colllii four fed under earth Is, of course, a dreadful thing. and the fear of (wople to meet this terrible tale has at all times been proportionately strong. It bus reunited in all kinds of de signs and plans to enable persons in case of premature burial to Inform the living world vf tlio horrible mlstaka If we inquire Into the matter a little more closely, however, we win nuu mat sucd a rear Is unreasonable. In fact, our readers will be surprised to boar us ask: Have people ever been buried allvef True, we cannot absolutely deny such oc currences, lor several cases have been re ported under rompeteut medical supervision, but tlie uuniher of well authenticated cases is reully so small that we must look upon them as e thing extremely rare. In fact, it would be wifer to tuke the risk of meeting this accident for every person living upon the globe this minute than to get on a train for only one hour In the face of these facts we would naturally put the question: Why is it that such cases are renorted or believed to have taken place to often! The a inn er to this is easy People who do noi know tne wonderrul working of tbeiys tern are liable to misinterpret certain rare and abnormal manifestations. They do not remember that every rule has Its exceptions. even as applied to the human organism. In short, they do not fully understand the nat ure of death and hence wdj sometimes con found It wit life. U'e will be a little less altract to illustrate. We often bear tite remark. "I don't believe such and such a person is dead. Just remember bow red bis cheeks were, even up to the day of bis bunul" True, the characteristic aiiDearonc of the dead u thut waxy and pale asfiect known to everybody However, the mere manner or dying tuny determine an excep tion to this rule, 8o the face Dresenta a bluish coloration, where death has been the result of a disturbance in the functions of the lungs tor, to be more exact, of the lesser cirruiatiom Here we can enumerate all rases of hanging, drowning, suffocation, coal gas, wisouiiig. eta OTIIKR THE ARTIST RUBS Its OrlHUl Mnu Our 1 . "- Hard J0 11 .. . A Hill B If Ii... i. M' In answer , 7 ,n ."Hit. performance Is or Himna I rihif... . "C1B iu .1 r '"iv''iiiprrt CHAPTER IX. OLD GILBERT TO THE RKSCUK. IXCEPTIONS. A still more striking, but also rare nn. tion, occurs in people with habitually ml faces. In their case a bright arterial hue may remain up to the time of burial, although death may be absolute in every sense. People also believe thut a baud held up against a light denotes life as loug as the margiu shows a reddish, semi transparent a.-.iU nune wus test Is a reliable one, it does not bold true in people dead with droiwy Here the transimrency will be pre- . in oi acain. Another sign formerly employed by ruodical men as In fallible has spreud among the public It is known thut the application of mustard to me kin causes redness and blisters in the living body, tt'ecau therefore always con clude as to the persistence of life whenever such an application reacts. Unfortunately however, the plaster might not show any re-' suits when life is uot yet extinct and recovery is still possible. This has been observe! In cases of extreme Intoxication by means of narcotics, such as inorpuiiie. The fact that lMi-KMiKor mesKin is Tollowed by the ap pearance of a drop of blood is often cited as a proof for the existence of life. Now everybody knows thut such is possible also some limited time after death, although the manner of appearing and the shape and . uie m-op unror rrom that drawn from a living body The Deculisr .in.... ., Honed at the beginning of this article, and usuully considered so conclusive, also And more natural explanations than the absurd theory of apiureut death. A body may change its original position while being lowered into the grave. Bitinir 111 Mia flrurura a... I ...... . ... ... b . ..... u K,uu um , tne race may be due to ruts infestiim thn cr j. noises referred to s collln are usually the re-' suit of an over excited imagination. In fact, there is no sense more liable to deception than audition. es,ecially when we want to bear Everybody remembers, perhaps, how often he thought he heard the train arrive when anxiously waiting for it lbs Wants a Store Where Ihe Caa Raj II Chsaplv aid Kl II urn lbs Spot. "New York has a big standing arm, fruit standing army, I mean," said a woman the other day, "and I know of no other city where such fine fruit can be procured at one comor, anyway, of almost every block of buildings In the town, sud at all seasons of the year. These open air fruit stands do nn im mense trade in the aggregate, I am aura, and paying low rents as their owners do, they are able to sell fruit more cheaply than people who keep regular fruit tores and pay proportionate rents. "Such a merchant, when he thinks of his landlord's bill, must often envy the poor man who sells just as good fruit across the way under the cover of an awning or an umbrella, and is able to set a cheaper price on his commodities, because his expenses are so small. "I have often thought, however, that merchants who keep fruit stores might add largely to their revenues if they would provide tables and seats where their customers could sit and devour the fresh fruit when they bny it. Many people are attracted by the sight of pur ple grajsi8, rosy cheeked jieaclies or mel low pears as they pass by the windows where the fruits are displayed, who long to sink their teeth in the luscious things, and yet do not like to do so in the street and cannot be bothered carrying the fruit home. Moreover, like buying enougli while sending it home, so the-y pass on I of dough, and that uuu lorgei u. "Now, if tbey knew that inside the store there were a table and a chair or two that they were welcome to use, with perhaps a trifling extra charge for table, napkin and finger bowl, I am sure wom en especially, who are out shopping and wuo like sweet things and fruits, would often and often drop into such stores and buy a peach or two, or bananus or oranges, etc., and eat them on the spot. "If one goes into a restaurant and or ders fruit, one pays a big price for it, too nig; out : 1, for one, could buy luscious npe fruit at all seasons of the year in this way at the ordinary rates, I would be only too glud to eat it ou the spot, stunding up at a plain, unvarnished luncheon couuter if need be," New York Tribune. ML. t! 4 t his i ) r wy win ? oiiel,... nkA tncy Hold in & which JLX?yJ l'.eiice. ''Ull, The amiiiu is not .i 1 American sense of ih. Isl coiitlii ... 1 ttrm ii. is ami oringliiK them Into 41 gnrded us n useful f,1Hr''k o' I'h.vslclal dlWntoT. Heed not only by me., 'J', n'l Bt almost eve ., fplMMl among the an .uuiereu currying me thejr w.rvleeH lii... i " WU eover. they do not feel OIleo fe1 ;h to make it worth allow mUsly L , helrK . n.... ...... I .i ? trcatinl ti fMted tor n Tired IiVacldng"1 tion of climbing th" ' Kestionof Hr.KDjJfS'1 well to allow an1: was acceih.,1 ...:. "" to ilfa. the possible l...heem,yoft.:!SM i no particular annus k. room nn.l shampooed whow blackened teeth TulS K'Kem,kearowof watu H Iu her face. During l7ZH opiK.rt.initytonuJiite'i. business, and learned hm Z' mimlier of Interesting f?f.f US that More .P1 her art she has been ni,n. f nr- UPPrent eeshli. f .l. " "" , ;, " "ires A Pickle That Was Not Eaten. "My most embarrassing experience," related the young ludy thoughtfully. "Well, as nearly as 1 canremember.it was connected with a pickle. I wag a guest at a dinner in Washington. It was not a very formal affair merely forma enough for the gentlemen present to wear evening dress. There was a dish of dainty pickles near me, and 1 took one a baby cucumber. It was about big enough for two bites, and I tried to cut it with my fork, when sud denly it launched itself like a skyrocket across uie table and struck the immacu late shirt bosom of a very particular swell opposite, fairly in the middle. "I don't quite know how it could have happened so fortunately, but conversa tion hud been going on so briskly that no one save the man who had taken me into dinner saw who waa the anrhnrnf the accident. 1 never blush, a fac t. I trust, not to be set down seriously to my discredit and I managed to so skill fully dissemble otherwise that nobody, with the exception I have mentioned,' suspected me at all. "None of the other guests were so ill- oreu as to take visible notice of the oc currence, and the talk went on almost uninterrupted, while my victim ad ministered surreptitious wipes to his manly chest in a honeleRs attempt to remove the stains of pickle. To this duy I am unsuspected as the author of the mischief,"-Washington Star. l.ich time she read Japanese books teachini of IMS IV. alii i.si,ol.,ll.. .i " ' :.i become earned n at,,tDZ ology. She had oraeil ,Jn ten yenrs already, nmi k.j...1 irniiieil W Hv..im... . ... '" she was able in one ereni.. iT? to treat four person,, ' of fifteen sen hiIw. ii-IT were, however, uot more tow tk- ... ,t.SD, oraoouttreiitj.k. of Americau currenev ' In the operation of ahamw practiced by the smtnis the Zi "i-ou nuon or rug, while tk J kneel? beside him. The Hwm-I .n un aiieais with the iMomiml, l'lacing oue hund on C(th .j.: abdomen, oliove the hips, the su. ui.ii-b, men urawing uptutlowy urnn, ue Kiieuus ii 111 1 pinches thm, .iiiw nine making puna sihiikI in their direction trllk tk colon. This portion of the tot euoeii, eacn leg is at tucked and r- f rubbed and kneaded, the fmctaH ouiiK uy a smart hastiwuli ife. to the soles of the feet. in rubbing and kneading fori USe Is muile of rnnn.l l,.ll .j l.1 .uu., unl, w m: though the atnma towhueetmi; submitted employed oulv her ky knuckles. Thearmsaiiilchew4 as l lie legs, and then the patienls over lace downward, ami the and back are punched and konk the breath almost forsakes thebadi entire performance ends withic rubbing of the neck, which, In r seemed to threaten the dislocaui cervical vertebral. The strength In As AntHUIIroa CollliloMr. , An'"n B','"lu? ,,a" n 'Vfntlon that he calls au anti-railroad tommm. This invention consists of trnin uC cars with a railroad track fttaehed, pusshnj over it and down at either id.iluXto connect with the main track, so .1 0 nieetln,, , trttlll I, passe, directly 0 " r (2 Per e, sa ,,,,orlf ,,e come, up liu. - - -: i rcr in me Mine way Iew iork l'res. '' Mr. The Ileal Thrr lluoka. i ft fiawna a question coiioeruiiig the best three book. vuixole aid Ihe 1'ilgrlm's rr.rea." l'rofussor L m in,,.L . . At this th.-re was a general laugh, and Missy wus borne wailinir to bed. In spite of ull protestations to the con wary, uiory-Aiin as confirmed iu the ! .. mat jussv Had frightened her 'If with her own H-rfor.nanc when " "" "'"-iea ujkhi saying her I- in, oer anu over again. ini tigioii, hit Hin't," uuisc commented to herself, gwau have bud dreayns." lilory-Aun had an awrtment of her own in the house f her daughter, Ton, t7 in all childish ailments, .), ai,aTi l';ptuponalull,ainMissv'.ro..u, in tne night M roiled: "Mom Heel p!" the old " En' she iissr awoke ami Menu H,. Wake choice- Itetuola." All the reports receive,! at the Internal revenue bnreau indicate that tin i-ro-duction olsi.iwr from sorKhum nrnple syrup and rsne will u'np 'l aer which the Imunty was estimated at bout 110,000,000 per y,.r, 8Tm'"UU " j Mom R-e. .le,.piuR ,im HlVp of , just w as hard u. arouse, and Kant of Vl v-V- " ",iUU,r- ,"''vr "I can tr tasiHl Mi. ..c tag-in'tehapm-a." ' " No.de aiu' nothln' Kwan ,m . said Mom ft,, wi, , J "You jee' dreamiii'.- rUy "I ain't dreomin'r r,.,orteJ Mi Mignamly. "And I can t stay to .p - r?usd herself to rit sending for Dr. Lane, whereupon Mi, began to cry piteouslv ami .i. - W Jutt-Bl LI sue was not ill. "What then is the matter?" her father " ",uru u tne sharpness of i... 1.1- - . . . J. " v You "I'm iiiwi ..;......!. i- 1 1 . -..v .i-u au nun and worn and I... ciiildish voice sounded so shrill and weak ...... u.u coionei was moved to an un mm- . "'"Tr'M,on of tenderness. 1..7 '7 "UB aal,K". he, hold - " "come to me and tell tne what will make von i.,...r- shall have anythiinr vo'u ask Missy threw herself upon his hrwwt in a paroxysm of tears. "OI. ... r...i....i .i. :i . . ... . . - "V ... -mini, -may i nave anything?" "les, Wiiiifre.1; anvthinir." ss TI . t ..... nen, said ilissy, eairerlv. nmmU. promise now, that you won t never send Urer Nicholas awav no more." The colonel smilml un.l u... u.r. urn understood it all now; Missy was jealous, jealous child, we won't send him awav-not I at teast. And he glanced with 'a smile at Uora, whose hands shook ti i.. could hardly hold her needle. "Not even ff he was to be-marriedr pleaded Missy. lou must understand that when your brother marrie you will have gained a sister," the colonel said, in hi. accustomed tone of authority. Missv's jealousy of nor, waa ,0,1, io bt smiled at and aubdued. "And if he was to be married to Dosia Funiival-.he would be my pur sued Missy. ' F fl"0r.utu'r low cry and hid her race. She remembered now, ,nd under d th mockinii bird'i sudden anj " lou hot1 on ter mt wid one Aan" Heedless of the rain. Missv rmjl,B into the durk night, follow! of her brother's footsteps as he strode through the grounds. His horse u--. still at tho hitchinc nost. and uriau, i,,i divined that he meant to ride awav at once. "Brer Nicholas! Brer Nicholas!" she crieu, uisiractcdly. "Take me-me, too! 1 ain't afraid! I can stick closer than a cockle burr!" But there came no answer through the rainy darkness, and she heard the horse'. Hoofs beat the ground. and fainter as Nicholas rode away into mo ...gut. llen 8,, j ,lpar tjem u n o, blle umwa wildly and ran down the dark and muddy lano to old Gilbert's cabin. She beat upon the door with her small fists, she burst it open in her im petuous passion, and stood, dripping and 'ggurd, in the light of the pine knot blazing in the hearth. Old Gilbert, seated on the sweet cum block, was patching an ancient jacket. Bending low to catch th li,rh fr,.... pine knot, and neerini? tlirrm.ri, . clumsy RpecUicles, he was pushing at his needloby weans of a leathern circle in the palm of his hnml it; ...ji . . r . ".j .m-uitj w as big. his Hirea.1 w as coarse, and monstrous "v .113 Di.ii:iifs. Missy, with a wild rrv. na If 1.A ... u,,i4t" incarnate, swept the jacket from his hands into the hearth, where it v mi scorcne.1 ami was forgotten. "i uenumeo do Ijiu-.ic n.n . .. .. nl..f -"'ejac- v.. it? tllllO IH i n IV rvwauai. lirer Nicholas is gone! gone! gone! -v -never 10 come no mo'! ..o is uiarneu to Uosia Fnm r.l , , . . aim lllj father Ii ia . 1. :. ... ..... - .......o.i.iuBwayi Ana Missy, m sheer exhaustion, thiww h.,.,i ' tl.fl.... uiM,n "Dat squeech owel!" muttere.1 tl.o i.i "''". un a suneratitli.il. ot'irtlmg as was Missy's statemem w received with absolute conviction. Ue Lawd s will be done!" he sk-lin.! iou mean old nigwr!" cH.mI tl.. ... rageous Missy, liftinir her f.i .. p:.. tlie Lord's will! If. my father', will Ana I want Brer Niehnhi. h.n t I . .... v WUIU tukjlli.no stories. There Is, however, good reason to think that many of these stories are manufactured without thepreseueeor observation even of any of the above signs. It is only natural to " "u",uu u,,"u ""t. with then- profound exciting power, they should be in equal de muud with the over and again repeated ghost and snake stories. It would be a pitv to leave them out from the list, when the narrator can eujoy the pleasure of mvln, . eager audieuee follow every motion of his u., usuunj, oer) ,lpSi and then) hQw w lime to be looked upon as the witness, or as even a more interested party, of such a thrUlingexiierteiicel It is worth thesacriflc of a little veracity! In fact, every careful observer caunot fall to discover in th . jnerous accouuts the variations of one orig ual, true or fancied case to suit the partici. lar taste of the author. But there is one post-mortem occurrence which, at least to the laity, might at first soem incompatible with deuth. Tt U some times observed th,T dead people will change the positiou of cei tain parts. 80 it iseeu that alter life has escnne.1 n. m..k 1 beiause the lower jaw. following tho lJT; giavity, hangs down drooping. In some , tZuiv' bun the moutb niay be found closed. This is due to the peculiar phenom enon known by the name rigor mortis, which, being esseutially a coagulation of the muscle - .ouiuj m contraction and the latter In movements. Of course, part would alwaj-s be moved in the direction of the stronger muscles or the flexor While these T ""1' Ru graaualiy and are hardly visible we witness ocjiiii.m.ii. ....u. ' spasmodic movements. Thus a knee mar suddenly rise up in bending itself. An arm may sweep through the air with a Quick motion or the muscles of the face may be twiwuing. The purposeless and Incoordi nate character makes these manifMtj.Hnn. appear so much more as expressions of dis tress and helplessness as would be the case in ... . .K m wo considered dead. After death el lire's Itible. The first complete translation of the Bible into the English tongue was ef fected by Johu Wycliffe about 1380. This was the Lollurds' Bible, and a large number of manuscript copies must have been written und !inml.to.i it copies are still iu existence. There were .so many transcripts of certain books as well as of the whole Bible. Wycliffe could not go to the original texts, so he translated from the Vulgate, or ac cepted Latin vereion. It was not a per feet performance; but the reformer was prevented by death from revising it as 1.0 uuuuuess intended to do. in.. . -.ue revision, therefore, was under- iZy ,Jhn Pnrvey- and completed m 'T8- " I" curious that the whole of Wycliffe's Bible was uot printed as one book until 1850, when it was published under the editorial care of the Rev. Jo siah Forshall and Sir Frederic Maddea -Chambers' Journal. Protection! for Gunners. Experiments are beinor imu1 h 'fh. navy depaitment with a new system of protection for gunners in exposed places on men-of-war during action. From a Pennsylvania factory has been procured a peculiar description of wire webbing mode of interlocking steel spirals which is remarkably flexibln And utrntin 1 K . . -"6 . some resemblancs to old fashioned chain armor, and it is proposed to use curtains of this material to protect gun ners behind shields from rragments of exploding shells. The resisting quality of the netting is believed to be equal to a solid plate of steel an inch thick.-Ex-change. UXjt tinkers and vrifti d.-. uy tne amma is quite remarti! umnm shampooed four penausi sion the evening we engaged hff.tij ing four hours in the tmk. duiiiti she was working with all tori most constantly, only sloppingtor the ierspli'ation which Unwed t-' fuce. 1 Tho result of the experiments:! I personally was ooncerned, such us to wurrmit the repetitix J treatment under like cirrninsunf awoke on the morrow feeling farla and sore than I had reason to hi mountain climbing would bartlt': The arc of the annus appears tt' live for a long time In Japan,s:-; some respects founded nponrta; ciples. This is not, however, with the medical practitioner!':' Chinese school, whose practice if1 and surely dwindling awayai tin of western medical theory and prr-V becoming more and more recopi; old style of practitioner, will j trains and enchantments, hisnun', villainous herbs and minerals,! ilers made of dried snake skinse dung, h still in tHe nuraeriol sJ when a census of tlx practitioners of Japan Is takeij: young men, graduates of the ntijf prnclico among the wealthier intelligent classes. The medial -f nient ut the Inqierial university ) is under the care of German jr;J men of thorough ability and ej and the results achieved dnwir years have been most marked ( beneficial to the country a i'j is the feeling of not a few Emu'. dent in Japan that, wliile l.n ring the services of a liuropeu lean practitioner, thegradualey versity at Toklo may genenuy t to treat a patk'iit cnrefullv J Cor. Cincinnati Commercial G j To Prevent nallrowl A most wonderful Inventka" from Vienna. An Austrian enf The Idols of India. Idols m ' luuHruHnin 1 j wvuij n iiiiin Hnnri ita iiiiiii v iimii);. r 11 rtusuiu"- irom cholera these occurrence.. rLHi. structure at the entranrn tn th .ih.." )i i. .i,i ii . trnel to " often observed. -Cincinnati v.m"",VT' Every little nin.ViT. '""KCS- 0 Lrn. S , r,th of A8ra 8"s laudablv de- ways at a fixed (hut adjustabW f niued to own a g(Kl of some sort: those 'n ont by the force of anelecW' whose finances fail to justify thlm tmnamirtnl lonr Ihe mettH W; . . - . J 1 - BO. sette. ' rixle behind him; but for all my callin' he would-. come back, nor he wouldn't Crdi In Wulllnirtnn. One of the modest cards amonir those - cumireu gent emen in ashingtou. The family cunls inlSJ? latner. mother and daughter call with tZ?o7ura,ioni ? Wt'xU "n-w ta mt of Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Wilson S of v K,?n MfIea"' the VPt"n euitororihe Cmeinimt v;.... ... t " old man, still W ouHa wUty Sd his card is as f..l,i...,.i.i ZT.V1?' Va Mrs. Stanley" MaUhhS t neatly, engraved piece' of ttenUn,' Mrs. Senator si. .L i.w.i'. .i . ' i 1....U. .... ... iigmiT lettered ru i,K,Ks very simple beside the heavv black letters nn fh,.t xi ... neav' Carpenter's Washiu Jto iX, DUe- aiu, "T1 console tnemsel Ti - j . " ue " been rudelv chipped into shnne bv .n, .'J S"";" Golnmkinisa.HM; answer. T B( COMTIJf CED. The word catarrh, as nnnni..i- means either nasal rt. . u'.rr' Nasal caurrh is of tea helped by snuff ing np. so as to carrv it im !.' " .? weak solution of salt and water re! peating the onemtinn . JLi T'' ent, it ti well, when possible, to trv cige of climate, case should be attended by . phyddal r?8r)ectablenm1 Iiinmti,.- .7 " . .t o, thloSK expect the luxury of a ni i..j . varnished deity right To" thelrTand every uay. ur cours nn..,.ia . . ' first class deit v lIi: though the best n;V 1 1"1,1"' understood t h-" " W" U me LiirHJHHt 111 thff Plifl tiikes inoiipv tn h.. ' ' 6 e,.MI! .ndgo.dleaf.-ThomStevSnr O' r.rnoM. "OakoD Backet." hi?oitoe Torrejr- ot '""te, Mass.. Belted rirS-Sn-TS ?Z Bucket- Man, is th. time .h.Tas ZT1: 'r? io th. weu. and r uihudu OI (De I1IIM an.rJM Kb. h.. . i,i ..... r-- fikuis Btb,...Zn!Quemeo!. bn Unltrf lished.tJohnsHopkiBi ns ton.- . ... t.... !. The con ducted through mercury t, glass tulies on the pilot in fore, the truck conies into tubes aro broken and the cot quently destroyed. T lBtti the current Instan.'ly applies the breaks on the It is claimed by the inventoru presses, fitted with this ff51: nuu iiupuniiy no of." w mm each other. The collision on. trucks would arrest the Pfp trains before they could Bf ment of humnn fallibility fjj .. entirely eliminatetl, Vi through a whole series of dy without risk, being automsw ed the moment they reach tw. really dungerous. St. AColdPbr 4 DaUeck is the coldest the Central Pacific. men. At tharpouit . corr down from the north tbfW''L)j(' leys a sort of trough that C arctic regions. Virginia UwJ , ihart mt Tl.n. MnntiBl TI1UT I I t a t fi d b w it g' tl w w fa Bi ne ha on bu ges fro vei fist abc in I rep ere T rett ail I day The Cap praj waa thai mon chnr At bis othei (Juai "Ii tnita the h toget .how than upset on fii watet dom. i and i learnt Ut safer of peti bnrnii Not. Whj new ki depart all' the G allow er that peculia and ee ilichig trunks tioned ' was rei entirelj purpose caused qnantat Lb it to be an and ia chill, ax