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u . . EN BY A VENOMOUS ' COBRA, lily with Which the Poison Counri 1 nrougn a victim' Veins. . :,a African cobra Is known as tlie Illng snake" on account of Its er to throw Its venom quite a dis- .i'o Into the eyes of It enemy. Jt i . Ury reptile, save when stirred to er, when It cannot le equaled for i ;rtnes8 and accunicy In spitting or uiig Its victim. The spitting Is accomplished by ex :;ng the breath sharply throuc-h the m tli, no that tho Hoapy venom flies :iaight as a pea thrown from a pipe i,t, toe vietuu s eyes. ; ins coon, unions uie Ionian of six , , t, and is large and powerful. It Is ; ul ly formidable from the fact that r f;in swim in the rivers very swiftly I has no fear. In swimming the : ra moves along very rapidly, with nout and beadyeyes Just above the r's surface. "When I was stationed with my 'incut in Ceylon 1 had experiences j the Indian breed of cobra that o very exciting." says Lieutenant 'i.son. I'.j servants rushed into the bungn- i one morning, begging me to save life of a mnn who had been bitten a cobra. I hastened out on to the mida, to Olid a crowd of men and men bringing in a man In a state f iui-unconsciousness. They showed (wo deep red spots in his instep, '..i re the Herjient's fangs had been. I felt of Ills Ieg9, and found that ;,ey were already 'stone' cold, at-hui!-u. the man bad been bitten but en minutes before. "Drawing my knifo from my pocket ; pjM'iied the sharpest blade and pro et 'Jed at once to cut deeply into the nun's instep around tho bitten part nid cut tho flesh away. Meanwhile 1 iad sent in for a redhot poker. "When the Iron camo I pressed its iowingend forcibly against the wound, earing the flesh about the instep. Then poured a quart of whisky down the Kir wretch's throat as rapidly as pos ible. "He was so paralyzed from the effect , the swift poison that he suffered no .ain from the searing of his flesh, but uurinured only: '"Burn, Dory, burn!' "I watched him anxiously for half on iour, when he was able to open his yes. Then I gave him more whisky, nd found that his pulse was much bet er. Another hour found him uble to i'.so, after which I had the servants ex reiso him as much as possible in order 0 counteract the deadly coma which onstantly came on. "The next morning the man was ulte well save for the deepwound in lis instep, I am sorry to say that he us always lame afterward, for it seems hat I Lad severed a cord in his instep 1 my surgical attempt. Hut he be anie a sort of a pensioner in my bun Mow, following me around as a grate ul dog would do. "I used to point to him with pride '.ioa my guests were present and say, I cured that luim of a cobra's bite.' "Thoro is a vine which grows in idia called the aristolochia indica hioh has cured many persons bitten y cobras, I am informed. They say at they crush a young leaf and opply , to the wound as soon as possiblo fterthebitels inflicted." San Fron i.sco Examiner. To Tell When a Car I Loaded. A device that will enable a railroad mploye to determine when a car is )mled consistent with safety or with ronomical wear has been a "long felt ant" in railroad circles. An apparatus as been Invented to supply this de lond, and owing to its simplicity it is kely to come into general fuvor. The eviee consists of two distinct parts, tho pper part being attached to tho truck, bove the spring on tho side of the car, bile the other part is fixed be-low the Ming. .An adjustable pin is carried by the tp part, and tho bottom end of this niches the index finger that works over le dial of the bottom piece. When le apparatus is once adjusted the in x, as the car i loaded, will indicate I the dial "full load" or "overloaded," ithe case may be. Exchange. y Blanc In 1833. jtn 1832 Coleridge, in his "Table tlk," spoke of the word talented as jlows: "I regret to see that vile and fbarous vocable 'talented' stealing it of the newspapers into the leading 'Views and most respectable publica ns of today. Why not 'shillinged,' fthinged,' 'tenpenced,' etc. f The biation of a participle passive from a pn is a license which nothing but a fcy peculiar felicity can excuse. If ke convenience is to justify such at ''bpts upon the idiom, you cannot , f till the language becomes, in the I (per sense of the word, corrupt. Most uiese pieces 01 siiuiL' come iruiu rica." California's Model Constitution. f Muuonua s ursi constitution wan pted in 1849, and the state has had lew constitution since then. It was i4ted in 1876, and furnishes an ad f able illustration of the manner in 'kh people who do not enjoy the i I'sEflt of the town meeting provide for V most minute and intimate subject I lie fundamental law of the state. try Loom is Kelson in Harper's. 1 I Nocturnal Musings. ""irst Thespian (500 miles from home, cheerful) It'll be lovely in a little jle; the stars'll be out! iuulet (. failure) What care I for i stars; they can never be as much 'as I am. Life. 1S21 was taken the first complete d of the population of the United ... I . ... ItlL 1 . ' .a'iuih. 1US poiMllUliUU woo Miru US7. In 1831 it was 24.392,485; ;,841, 27,057,923; 1S51. 27.745 J, 23.321.2b8; 1S71, 31,S45,379; : 745,949; 1881. ,48.502. tperiment has proved that if a jate piece of lace be placed between ton plate and a disk of gunpowder 1 t4 the latter be detonated, the lace y be annihilated, but its unpreahioo 1 be clearly stamped on the iron. HOW TO STUDY BOTANY. Th rirsl Thin, to Iu 1, ta L,m B, Names or Common Wild flower. Most young people find botany a dul, tudy. 8o It Is. as taught from the texl books In the schools, but study it your elf In the fields and woods and yoi will find It a source of perennial de light Find your (lower and theu nami It by the aid of the botany. There b ao much in a name. To And out what a thing I called la a great help. It b the beginning of knowledge; it is th first step. When we see a new person who in terests us we wish to know his or hoi name. A binl, a flower, a place the first thing we wish to know about It it Its name. Its name helps us to classify It; It gives us a handlw to grasp it by; It sheils a my of light where all before was dark. As soon as we know Hit name of a thing we seem to have es tablished some sort of relation with It The other day. while the train wot delayed by an accident I wandered a few yards away from it along the rivei margin seeking wild flowers. Should I find any whose name I did not knowl While thus loitering a young Euglish girl also left the train and came in my direction, plucking the flowers right and left as she came. Hut they were all unknown to her. She did not know the name of one of them, and she wished to send them home to her fa ther too. With what satisfaction she heard the names I The words seemed to be full of meaning to her, though she had never heard them before in her life. It was what she wanted. It wat an introduction to the (lowers, and her interest iu them increased at once. "That orange colored flower which you just plucked from the edge of the water, that is our Jewel weed," I said. "It looks like a jewel," she replied. "You have nothing like it in Eng land, or did not huve till lately j but I hear it is now appearing ulong certain English streams, having been brought from this country." "And what Is this?" she inquired, holding up a blue llower with a very bristly leaf and stalk. "That is vlHr's bugloss or blue weed, a plant from your side of the water, one that is making itself thoroughly at home along the Hudson and in the val leys of some of its tributaries among the Catskills. It is a rougli, hardy weed, but its flower, with its long, con spicuous purple stamens and blue corolla, as you see, is very pretty. "Here Is another emigrant from across the Atlantic," I said, holding up a clus ter of small white (lowers each mounted uku a little inflated brown bag or bal loonthe bladder campion. "It also runs riot in some of our fields as I am sure you willyiot see it ut home." She went on filling her hands with (lowers, and I gave her tho names of each sweet clover or melilotus, probably a native plant vervain (Voreign), purple loosestrife (foreign), toad (lax (foreign), chelone, or turtle liead, a native, and the purple mimulus or monkey flower, also a native. It was a likely place for the cardinal flower, but I could not And any. I wanted this hearty English girl to see one of our native wild (low ers, so intense in color that it would fairly make her eyes water to gaze upon it. Just then the whistle of the engine summoned us all aboard, and in a mo ment we were off. John Burroughs in St Nicholas. A Question That Startled Mr. Clews. Coming out of the court room one day two lawyers were conversing. "That was a very bright reply, in deed," said one; "and did it ever oc cur to you that often such things lead to success in business, as much so as some subtle maneuver in trade? Apro pos, quick repartee is a wonderful weapon. Many a man who imagined he was soaring to the very heights of eloquence has been cut down by a word. I remember of hearing that on one oc casion at a dinner Henry Clews was making a speech, in tho course of which he referred to himself us a self mode in. " 'Gentlemen,' said he, 'I am a self made man.' Shaking bis head vigor ously, which is as innocent of hair as the outside of an egg. Iio repeated, 'a self made man.' "He paused a moment, when Will- lam B. Travers, who was present, said to him with that well known stutter that gave point to his utterances: "Ww well, Clews, w-w-when you i I !,.. Ui-m made yourseu w-wwuy uiuu i you make some hair." New York Press. Some Odd Comparisons. X rr.ilwnv trnin. ut a continuous speed of forty miles an hour, would pass from the earth to the moon iu a little more than eight months; to the planet Venus, in seventy-one and a half years, and would reach the sun in two hundred and sixty odd years. A ray . . ... . I A l. . Of light will pass irom me uioou to me earth iu a trifle over a single second; from Venin to the earth in a little more than two minutes, and from the sun to this little sphere of ours in about eight minutes. If this sauie comparison werenpplied to the fixed stars it would be stiil more startling. St Louis Re public. AmUting the Parson. A preacher, raising his eyes from his desk in the midst of his sermon, was paralyzed with amazement to see his rude boy in the gallery pelting the hearers in the iews below with horse chestnut. But while the good man was preparing a (rown of reproof, the young hopeful cried out: "You 'teud to your preaching, daddy; MI keep 'em awake." London Tit Uit. Mope lor II ioa. "I dun't know that yon will be able to do much with him." said a father to a principal of a school, to whom he bsd brought his sou as a pupil, "be is so full of mischief." "Does he tell the trnthT asked the principal "Can I always depend upon bis word?" "Oh, yes," said the father, "he is hon est; be will tell the truth, even when it is against himself; you may depeud npoa that" "Then we can manage him," said the principal "He will make a reliable, tnanly man." Christian Leader. rOINTS FOU CAMPERS. CLOTHING FOR HEALTH AND COM FORT WHILE IN THE WOODS. What Tools add fuadrlos to Take Along. How the Camp Should Ha Selected A List of Articles for the Kit Soma oi the Neeesaarj Food Supplies. Too few of the boyi who spend theii racaiion in the wilderness study care fully enough the methods adopted by persons of extensive camping experience. There is no pleasure in a holiday spent in the wilderness unless the campers understand bow to make themselves com fortable and to avoid the confusion and discomforts which fall to the lot of tht ordinary greenhorn. Yet the whole thing is very easy to learn For those who do not want to think ont the subject for themselves let me give a few suggestions as the result of my own experience for a number of years of camp life, as well as the experi ence of a large number of friends of mine. I always nse a Norfolk jacket called in this country Oxford jacket, or belted coat made loose, of strong homespun, and capable of being worn open when it is warm, or belted tight when the weather is cold This coat looks quite sportsmanlike. The cap is a matter of choice, but 1 like best the deer stalker, which receives in this country the rather obvious name of fore-and-after. It should be of the same color and material as the coat To be thoroughly do riguenr for wild life the camier should wear homespun or corduroy knickerbockers, with black or gray stockings, uuless the region where he places his camp is badly plagued by mosquitoes, when he had better wear trousers, as the fly pests will put their bills clean through the stock ings The stockings should be of wool and ribhed. For lying about the camp, canoeing, boating or light tramping, thin yellow leather and sometimes canvas shoes might be used, but for all heavy work there is nothing like a solid boot, roomy, with wide sole and wide heel, laced tightly about the ankle and resembling the old fashioned English shooting boot. For underwear woolen is far tho best, because, while not over warm, this ma terial rapidly throws off all moisture. 1 should advise wool for outer as well as timer shirts, and the fonner should be of a color which will not too easily show stains The drawers should be of the same material as the inner shirt. Two inner and two outer shirts, two P'liru of drawers and, if possible, two pairs of trousers or knickerbockers or better still, a pair of each with one jacket, will be sufficient Don't forget handkerchiefs, light socks, and any kind of belt that you prefer. ' TUB KIT. Be careful in making np your kit If you have long aud rough travel and any portaging never take a box, no matter bow many patents are attached to it or how convenient it may look on the tradesman's counter. It is inconvenient to carry in a boat and impossible to carry through the woods. 1 know noth ing better than a good substantial bag, made of oiled canvas, thoroughly water tight, and arranged so it can be laced snugly together. I have seen leather bags also which served the purpose ad mirably. Each camper requires a pair of blan kets, gray or dark red; the clothing 1 have meutioned, say, two large crash towels, soap, small hand glass, comb aud brush, tooth brush aud paste, needles, thread, thimbles and buttons, a couple of pairs ot old kid gloves, a pair of scissors, pocket knife, belt sheath and sheath knife, a small bottle of arnica, bottle of Jamaica ginger, a "book" of court plas ter, a bottle of citrate of magnesia in powder, and two or three bottles of lax ative pills, as advised by physician. 1 would not advise spirits, except a bottle of excellent brandy, to be nsed only after a severe wetting and when there are indications that a cold has set in. If you propose to camp at some place far away from a grocery store you must of course, take your provisions along, and here comes the most troublesome part of your camping outfit. You must have tea, coffee and sugar, sirup, bag of salt, biscuits, pepper, mustard, vinegar and curry. I am a strong advocate of cauned food for the camp, and in this form should have beef, lobster, salmon, tongue and perhaps tomatoes and corn. Butter is also necessary, but, if possible, get it from tlie nearest farm house. Better take along also a bag of "pre pared" flour, buckwheat and rice, if yon wish, and, above all, some tins of good condensed milk. Condensed coffee is also an excellent article. You can have also prepared soups, chocolate, etc., which add to the luxury of camp life. But be careful about overweighing your bag gage. Each camper should have a tin plate and cup, a spoon, a knife and a fork. TUB CAMP The camp should have a frying pan, three graduated tin kettles, the larger with the capacity of a gallon or more, and one 6ttiug closely into the other; an ax for heavy chopping is necessary, and it would be well to have a small hatchet for light work. A pocket compass is in dispensable, as are also parlor matches. There is no comfort in camping unless yon take a tent, and the "A" structure, strong cotton, in my judgment, is best One eight by ten feet and six feet high will accommodate six persona Better take along your ridge pole and tent pins, and always have an ample supply of cord. It is well to take tent pins, be cause sometimes you are suddenly over taken by a rain storm, or yon reach the camping ground after dark, and it is in convenient or impossible to obtain tent pins. Never take crockeryware, for it is sure to break and heavy to carry. Suflkient attention Is not always given to a camp site. In choosing the spot neveral considerations sbonld weigh. It should be near wood and water, and, while secluded, should command a view of the most picturesque parts of its sur roundings. New York Herald. The Bargain Was Not Closed. "He that will not when he may," is likely to repent his indecision for many a long day afterward. A lady who had spent a weary hour in "beating down" the salesman at a Turkish shop in Paris, returned the next day prepared to purchase. "I believe jou said twen ty francs," she began, taking out her purse. "Ninety, luadame:" answered tlie smiling Turk. "But you came down to twenty!" "Ah, tlat was yes terday, madaniel Everything goes up again in the night!" Youth's Companion. TWO CITIES COMPAKID. New T.nglaad Cities Make the neat Show, lug llerausa uf I'nhlle Spirit. The cities of Worcester, Mass., and RvrtuMisjv V.. illustrate pviiernllv tlin differences Ix'twren New England and) If! I II.. .... !.. 1.. lt:kj.i iumuii' Biiii.i. i-u y flvn i-riiiiit-iito. in i rvnj the two cities were nearly equal in pop ulation. They are both manufacturing cities, situated in (lie Interior, aud sur rounded by agricultural communities. In 1SS0 Syracuse had 92 miles of streets, 17 3-4 miles of which were paved. The annual cost of maintaining these high ways was about &5,0(X). For the same ot Worcester maintained 197 miles of streets, all of which were paved. Tho water works of Syracuse were owned by a private corHiration, those of Worcester by the city. Syracuse had no jwirks, unless a small square or two may bo thus dignilled; Worcester had about thirty-live acres of parks. The drainage system of Worcester was much more elaborate and perfect than that ot Syracuse. Whilo it cost Syracuse from fio,0(X)to$12,(KH)a year to clean its! ninety-two miles of streets, It cost! v., . A. nne . . ... t... lit. oretwuT ouiy t,oov to cienii its Ui miles of streets. Tho police force of Worcester was larger and moro expensive than that ol Syracuse. On an expenditure of f 104, M0 the New York city maintained eighteen schools, in which were taught about 7,000 pupils; the Massachusetts city maintained thirty-six schools and Instructed 9.000 children for (139,722. The flro department of the one consist ed of four steam engines, one (Ire extin guisher, one hook and ladder truck and live hose carriages; that of tho othei had five steam engines, twelve hose car riages, one extinguisher and three hook and ladder trucks. The annual cost of the tlrst was $31,589, of tho second $38,810. A similar story might be told of al most any two cities taken indiscrimi nately from New England and from any other section of the country. Tho ttbodo of the vigilant ritizeu in tho United States is in thai part of tho country where tho town meeting breed a flue public spirit Boston, with all its drawbacks and lim itations, is governed with a higher re gard and a more jealous care for the rights of private citizens than is any other city of Its size in tho Union. Henry L. Nelson In Harper's. The Secret of Keeping One's Temper. A merchant in Alexandria had a dis pute with a fellah, ns a peasant Is called, about tho settlement of an account. The merchant was determined to bring the question to the court, to which the fellah objected. Desiring to make a last effort, the fellah culled ut the mer chant's office one morning and asked tho servant if his master was in. The merchant, hearing tho inquiry and knowing who it was, called aloud from tho olllce: "Tell that rascal that I am not in." The fellah, looking up toward him, calmly said: "Well, suhib, God put thee in a bet ter mind." The merchant was struck with the meekness of this reply, and having looked more carefully into the matter he became convinced that tho fellah was right and he in the wrong. He sent for the fellah, and after acknowl edging his error he said: "I want to ask you one question. How were you able to bear my abuse with such patience!" "Sahib," replied tlie fellah, "I will tell thee. I was naturally as hot and violent as thou art I knew that to in dulge this temper was sinful, and I found that It was Imprudent. I ob served that men in a passion often speak loud, and I thought that if I could control my voice I should repress my passion. I have therefore made it a rule never to suffer my voice to rise above a certain key, and by carefully observing this rule 1 have entirely mas tered my natural temper." Philadel phia Times. Hectic. It was a cheap little clock, warranted to run three years, but it actually did keep on for six, and then, one morn ing, suddenly refused to do its duty longer. It was wound, shaken and then given up in despair. Another series of efforts disclosed the fact that It would start for a moment and then stop. "There!" said grandma, in one of its active intervals, "I think It's all right now." "Oh, no, Indued," said Charlie. "It will stop in another minute." "I don't know about that. It's tick ing." "Yes, but you can tell by the sound that something is the matter. This isn't a good, healthy tick. It's only a sort of a hectic." Youth's Companion. Numerals That Inform. Perhaps the most ingenious use of numbers to convey information Is due to Mr. Melvil Dewey, state librarian of New York. He has divided literature into ten great departments and given each of them one of the ten numeral. History, for instance, is represented by nine, and every historical work has nine for the first figure in its nnniber. The second figure denotes the subdi vision of history to which a work be longs; seven as a second figure is marked tinon volumes treating of North Amer ica. Another and similar step gives three as a third figure for histories of the United States. The works of Mr. George Bancroft, aa ' Mr. Dewey would classify them, would bear the numerals ST3. After that num-1 ber would come the figures pointing out t the shelf on which the volumes were to be found. To avoid disarrangement, it is usual in large libraries to leave ample room for new additions in each depart-1 ment; the shelves are not permitted to become quite full. Youth's Companion. 1 Rallwaj Clerks with long Dajrs. The hours on duty of a booking clerk .rre usually ten a day; hut they are at very irregular times. This is on account of trains starting to run as early as 5 a. m. and continuing till midnight There must be always some one to book the passengers; and as there are ninetcn hoars to cover, and in many case only two clerks, tbey have to work aa btr.t they can that both may Lave time for their meal. Chambers' Journal PINNLO A WOMAN TO THE GROUND. The Matter Made Less Serious bjr ths 'act That She Wore Army Shoes. Richard M. Simmers, the foreman of the roller department in the mint, was recently chatting with some of the men who had tcii service in the late war, and, after relating an interesting advent ure that had occurred in 1803, said: But I never wits so frightened in my life ns I was the day I pinned a fair young rebel to the ground with my bay onet. I thought 1 had killed her. The circumstances were these; In August, IS03, when the Philadelphia brigade was moving toward Miue Una, Ya., I was detailed from my commaud, the Seventy-first Pennsylvania volun tivrs, known as Baker's California regi ment, to watch a fanner who was be lieved to be a spy. In order to throw him off his guard and also to enable me to learn the better whether he was a spy or not, I was iu structisl to report at his house, on the Mountain View farm, in Fauquier comi ty, aud slate that I had come there by command of Colonel W. Penn Smith, in iu order to protect his home from any straggling soldiers that might treepasn with a view to foraging on the premises. 1 was well received by the family, who, living iu that ont of the way coun try, were quite timid and in constant fear uf the assing troops. I was housed there, aud fed at their expense, and soon I realized that the hospitality of Vir ginia's first families was all that it was reported to be. The two pretty girls, sisters, one a blonde ami the other a brunette, were at lirst a little shy of the "wild Yankee," hs they called mo, but we soon became friends, however, al though they would persist iu telling me the Confederate cause was just, and that the I'ion troops were invaders, and all that sort of thing. The .Mountain View farm covered a good many acres of ground, but the owner was poor at that time, and "sweet sixteen," as I called tho pretty blonde, had no shoes with which to cover her well shaped little feet Now 1 had a brand new jmir of army shoes in my knajtsiu-k and a fairly good pair on my feet. I usked her if she would wear my new pair if I would make her a present of them. She seemed a little loath to accept them at first, not because of pride, but because she thought it unfair to take them from a soldier who might soon stiiud in need of them himself. But at last she did accept them, aud was real well pleased to do so. Of course, they were a mile too big for her, but that didn't matter She soon got nsed to them It used to be her custom to watch for foraging soldiers aud then to send mo after them to drivo them away. One morning she said: "Oh, Yank! there is a forager out there. Don't you see him? There lie gees under the trees over there." I started out .after the intruder, but 1 rau all over the part of the farm indi cated without seeing any one. It was very warm, and I was very warm and tired when 1 returned. On seeiug her 1 told her that 1 could tlnd no one, when she laughed right in my face and said: "I just fooled tho wild Yank for fun." It was fun for her, but not for me. How ever, I laughed with her. Just then 1 put my gun down on the ground, as was my habit, bayonet downward, inteuding to stick it into the ground and thus let the piece stand reversed, but instead of that 1 stuck it through her shoe and pinned the beautiful girl fasti 1 was never so frightened in my life as I was then. I would not have harmed the young woman for the world; she had become to mo like a sister. Maybe 1 wasn't glad when 1 saw a twinkle in her bright, blue eyes, and heard her sweet voice ringing in laugh ter as she said: "Well, Yank, you did not hurt me a bit; you know these shoes are a trifle large for hip. and your bayonet just went through the upper and sole without grac ing my toes." 1 was rejoiced to hear her talk that way, 1 uKsnro you. I was taken away from there in a few days after that, it having been found that her father was not what he was suspected to be. l)ut I often thought about that family, espe cially of one member, in my marches and in later years, but I never met again with any member of it Not even with my pretty "sweet sixteen" friend, for 1 was engaged in a great deal of active service in the army, and when 1 was mustered out of it I returned to Phila delphia and never went back to Virginia. -Philadelphia Press. Intelligence In Mice. The organs of hearing and smelling la mice are very efficient; but their eye sight is, we believe, poor. Their intel ligence is, we should think, low, as might be expected from the paucity of convolutions iu their brains. We sus pended a tin of flour at such a height from the ground that our little friends could not quite jump into It, though the smell of the food made them very per severing in their endeavors to do so. We then arranged a string so that by a detour they could get at the good stuff that way. One mouse by following that course attained to the desired goal, but evident ly by chance, for being startled ont of tho tin, it continued for a long while to make futile efforts to recover its lost po sition by jumping up, never again seek ing the road which had led it before to the object of Its desire. For hours we have lain in bed watching mice trying in vain to spring into the tin of flour, none of them ever perceiving that there was a feasible road leading thereto. Chambers' Journal. To Clrcumrent Mollis. This is the season when our Innocent looking little enemies, the moths, do their destructive work at- least this Is the beginning. Tlie small, cream col ored moths flying around should be de stroyed. They do the mischief, deposit ing numbers of eggs in woolen and fur garments, carpets, curtains, upholstered furniture nothing escapes them, and before we know the danger frequently our most cherished garment is riddled by these little pests. The great trouble comes from not put ting things away clean and free from the moth eggs. Articles slightly soiled are certain to attract moths. It is therefore well to wanb everything that can be washed, like flannels and stockings. Coats, cloaks, furs and similar things should be cleaned and beaten and aired several times before finally putting away for the summer. When carpets are kept down during the summer, tar paper should be laid under the edges and the room swept carefully with a stiff broom once in a while, particularly the edgea of the carpet, corners and seams. Chl caicoNewi. , , , mmmm TALKIXU WITH MOLTKK. EX-PRESIDENT ANDREW D. WHITE'S DESCRIPTION OF HIM. He Met II Ira at Kerepllnn in llerlln on I he Occasion of the (lolden Wedding of the Old Kmpemr William Itaron No thomb's Felicitous Introduction. By many people ex-President Andrew D. White, of Cornell university, ex-minister to Germany, is regarded as one of tlie liest authorities on Uerman affairs in the United States. Years of patient study and observation give great weight to his views on tlie new Germany of today. Regarding the great German soldier and strategist the ex-president says: I first saw Von Moltke just after my arrival at Berlin at the festivals attend ant upon the golden wedding of the old Eiiqieror William. The first of these was a great theatrical representation at the .loyal Opera house, at which the emperor and empress and very nearly all the crowned heads of Germany, with representatives of tho various royalties of Europe, were present, and besides these, attracting even more attention, Bismarck, Von Moltke and the leading generals of the Franco-Prussian war. The appearance of these eople comes back before me very vividly, but no one is more distinctly present to me than Von Moltke. He seemed absolutely different from every other personage in that great hall. He was a tall, spare man, his face a mixture of determination and kindli ness, his whole appearance, as more than one person has said at various times, being that of an intelligent, kindly col lege professor or schoolmaster. There was something singularly gen tle about his whole bearing, yet it was impressive. He sat very quietly, exchang ing some little conversation with his next neighbor, MantenlTel, the dreaded vice roy of Alsace-Lorraine. The contrast between the two was very marked Man teuffel, apparently, all keenness and se verity. Von Moltke lirm, but gentle. INTItomkT.D BY IUHON NOTIIOMH. When 1 next saw him it was at an evening gathering where there was not a large nuiulicr present, and where 1 had the opportunity to converse with him. 1 was introduced to him by the dean of the diplomatic corps. Baron Not bomb, some times called "the father of constitution al liberty in continental Europe," a man of very wide political knowledge and who moro than once, as I sat at the table, gave mo accounts of his conversations with Talleyrand and other men of the first Napoleonic eriod. Baron Nothomb in presenting me to Vou Moltke took advantage of a little sketch published in one of the German nowspapera, and said: "Sir Field Marshal, 1 wish to make you acquainted with a gentleman who was born in Homer, who lives in Syracuse aud who has aided in founding a university at Ithaca." At this Von Moltke laughed pleas antly, and evidently did not understand the allusion, whereupon I told him that in the earlier days of this country we had a way of naming our townships and villages after noted heroes of antiquity, but at present we did better, naming them after the great men of these times, and telling him that no doubt in the newer states he would find his own name and that of Bismarck attached to some of our younger towns. He seemed interested in this and talked on very pWsantly. 1 look back to that evening as one of the most interesting during my stay in Germany. UOI.TKK IN PAItUAMKNT. At various other times I met Von Moltke, but do not recall anything of es K!cial interest No man was more free from the slightest tincture of vanity. As he walked through tho streets and in the parks, going to and from the ofllce of the general staff, he was uudistinguishable save by his tall, scholarly form from the crowd of military men about him. He evidently wore just as little in the shape I of orders and decorations ns was permis sible.. At court he was exjiected, of course,, to appear in more splendid attire, but even then there was always the same quiet modesty and simplicity. He seemed to me in some respects "the noblest Ro man of them all." But erhaps his most impressive ap pearance was as a member of the im perial parliament From time to time as I happened In to hear the discussions I saw him in his seat, quiet, imperturba ble; but on two occasions 1 heard him speak, and on each of these his subject was the necessity of larger votes of money and men to maintain tlie mili tary supremacy of Germany. Nothing could be better in their way than these speeches of his. He looked and spoke as 1 could imagine Julius Cu?sar looked and spoke in the Roman senate. Nothing could be more simple aud yet nothing more effective. He was listened to by men of all parties with the utmost respect He seemed to stand in a sense aloof from all parties, and to be guided simply and solely by what he considered the best interests of the German empire. On hearing him speak one could not resist this conclusion, aud as his mauner waa simple, voice good and statements very clear, direct and stroug, but without the slightest tendency to exaggeration, his words carried great weight I remember hearing him say in sub stance in one of these speeches that Germany must be prepared for any emergency, aud must maintain the very higneHt condition of military efficiency possible for at least fifty years. And 1 remember, too, with what a sort ot sol emnizing effect these words, quietly ut tered, but evidently the result of con viction based on knowledge, had opoa the audience. They seemed to carry a sense of responsibility to the heart of every person present New York Her ald. Pronouncing Modern Creek. As many may know the pronunciation of the modern Greek language is by ac cent, and not by quantity, as in England and America has been the custom with ancient Greek ever since the time of Erasmus, tho Dutch precursor of Martin Lntber. Of late years the American schools have been pronouncing more and more by accent, and the custom has even invaded England and Germany. Now it seems that the German scholars in Athens, noticing the interest taken by the young emperor in matters of educa tion, have petitioned him to make the pronunciation in German schools con form to the usage of the modern Greeks, Were this done it would be much easier for a German in Greece to nnderstaod the spoken language, which he can read easily in the newspapers, but cannot comprehend when he hear it at his bo te!. Boston Advertiser, TIRED. What though we're tlrrd, my heart and ft It mailers mil -the re's inure to come; We must live on, we canunt die. Must rise and gird our armor on. We must he slnmi., my heart and I, For liriivy burden weluh ns down, Tliy tiruw so hard, yet tliey must try Tu lift the rriMS who'd wear the crown. We muni be brave, my heart and I, We have no lime lo give lo tears For broken hope. Ihut ruined He Along the pathway of the yuan. We nmt look up. my heart and I, btrulKlit uu. whore Faith and Hops an seen. Witli ritiri r step and earnest eye. With steady trust aud steadfust mien. bonk up, not down; look on, not hark. And graup the hand of Faith seen re. For "not a K'xi Ibliig shall be lack" Who thus "through all thing! shall so- dure." Tlrrd out," you say; nay, nay, not sol For "tut I lie day, thy strength shall be," And bo alio bids you "itlneand go," llua also said, "I'umo, follow met" He docs not sk that we should tread A (ml li he has nut none before; Then follow, without fear or dread. For he will guide you, doubt no mora. I.ticjr 1.1'ggelt Iu Uuod Housekeeping. The Duty or Not Getting Tired. Are you one of the women who say, "1 am perfectly well, only I get tired easily f" If you do you are one of thou sands. And yet, little woman, don't you know that getting tired easily Is just of itself a disease? It shows a let ting down of the vital forces that re quires attention and toning up. You need first of all more rest not neces sarily more hours of sleep at night, but little half hours of rest snatched here and there iu your hours of work. Ami by rest isn't meant simply tlie physical rest that comes from lying down. Don't lie down to think over your plans for economy, or for enter taining, or for anything else. When you lie down to rest shut your eyes and stop thinking. Ten minutes of this Is lietler than nil hour of the other. Then you need more food probably. Not more food at meals necessarily, but food taken ofteuer. Instead of waiting until luncheon take a cup of beef tea during tho forenoon. In tho afternoon take a glass of milk and a biscuit If that agrees with you, or an egg lemonade If that suits you better, . Ami then get a littlo fresh air every day. (let it any way, If you have to cut short manicuring your nails or say ing your prayers to do it And get It In the exercise of walking if you can, New York Evening Sun. A Soared Hired Man. A native of the verdant Isle, who had newly arrived in America, was hired by a gentleman as a gardener. The conn try place on which be was to work waa on the shore of Long Island sound, the waters coming to within a few rods of tho house. Besides his care of the gar den, Put was supiMised to be the custo dian of nn ancient donkey, who had many eccentricities, and who Put de clared to bo the "cleverest baste that Iver wore a tail." One evening, aa tlie family were at dinner, the Irishman came tearing up tho veranda and into tho hall. "Come quick, sort" he cried, . through the en door. "Come quick. The nss Is In tho say, and a-lepping to get out." And hurrying his master to the shore ho pointed wildly to tlie creek, where, in the placid summer waters, a school of porpoises were roll ing In uncouth gambols, looking really not unlike, an enormous beast strug gling in tho waves. New York Tri bune. Remembering Ills Knetuies. Mr. Edward Wortley Montagu, son of the famous Lady Mary, endeavored to bo very sarcastic in his last will and tes tament After some insignificant be quest "To my nublo and worthy relation the earl of ," he adds: "I do not give his lordship any further part of my property, because the best part of tliat he has contrived to take already. Item To Sir Francis I give one word of mine, because he never had the good for tune to keep his own. Item To Lord M. I give nothing, because 1 know he will bestow that on the poor. Item To Sir Robert W. I leave my political opin ions, never doubting he can well turn them into cash who has always found such an excellent mnrket for his own." All the Year Round. Ear. If your ears burn, people say some one is talking about you. This is very old, for Pliny says, "When our ears do glow and riugle, some do talk of us in our ab sence." Shakespeare, In "Much Ado About Nothing," makes Beatrice say to Ursula and Hero, who had been talking of her, "What lire is in mine eara?" Sir Thomas Browne ascribes this con ceit to the superstition of guardian an gels, who touch the right ear if the talk is favorable, and the left if otherwise. This is done to cheer or warn. On ear tingles, some thert be That are snarling now at me. Detroit Free Press. Shrewd Deliver Boys, The boys who deliver packages for the dry goods stores have a shrewd trick by which they make a few extra pennies. As every one knows, dry goods aro never sold for even money, but foot up bills that always end with either fifty seven, forty-nine or twonty seven cents. The boys are always giv en a generous supply of small coin to make change with when they deliver goods sent C. O. D. They pretend, however, never to have it and, as there is seldom the right change In the house, they get the odd pennies. And the little fellows deserve them, Now York Herald. Don bj a Mean Han. Tlie meanest man on record lives In Union county. He sold his son-in-law one-half of a cow, and then he refused to divide the milk, maintaining that he sold only the front half. The son-in-law waa also required to provide tlie feed the cow consumed, and compelled to carry water to her three times a day. Recently the cow hooked the old man, and now he Is suing bis son-in-law for damages. Vandnlia Oiitette. tnfortunat. "The effect of Rev. Mr. Uarkin'a sor mou on the terrors of hades waa lost" "HowsoT "The church was as cold as a barn, and the prcepect he held out waa rather sgreeable." Epoch. ta.