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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1892)
ONLY TEN YEARS -j, ua yean of Joy enl tears ' yrniof hop aud fears Thatw"' 'nurr "!: . ii you m hu.IIuk airum M my (Me, ii. break from my heart liim tuuf : Oulr ten years H bJ esars. Of merry and cloudy wsather, n1T uli-u.led our Mm together, mjr leva, lluva wrtiled our brnru together. K I) dn-iii once airalo of Hie happy days llmUIr ,u'' nioralnic WMB ,Mrt full of love, with tin blue skies ixl ru" our Knrden adornlar. ml nciw yuu are tamling- again at my side, to blr ix' ' ) 0U"K- "'J' """"J' brU H lib ro our pathway adoruluj. Only Iro yen of M anJ t,', AnJ ll' u'n lnt" 1'arll, tu,n! Only l" year of ''"I""' "'' r,nl' AJ ik " cet incense ' biirnlux 0 the a!'1' of wll0M u'ailel" Kow shimmer and glhtein with uuuy a rm Of unctlnrd sorrow anil yearning. Of nierry and cloudy weather, ne blended our Uvea toother, my lore. Hare welded our heart together. Ooly ten y0 of ho,,,,, flan1 Their px-mm win fleet. But th-ir living waa sweet merry and cloudy weather, my love, Ai " Journeyed aluiij together. -Uostuu Globe- THE CLEM'S STOKY. In the full f l"c"" I WU8 employed m a elerk in a general store at a cross roads Insouthern Indiana. Tim store, a church and a blacksmith shop, with two resi dents, made tip the building, and the fr lies of tho merchant and the black iu...b 'vT0 "le on'y r('lidonts. The country about was thickly settled, how ever, and trade was always good. Be fore the merchant engaged me h0 an nounced that I would have to Bleep in tho store o' nights, and that unless I had plnck enough to defend tho place against marauders ho did not want 1110 at any price. He "howed me a shotgun, a revolver nd a spring gun, which were used, or on hand to be used, to defend the place, nd tho windows were protected with itout blinds and the doors by double locks. Tho close of the war had drifted a bad population into Indiana. The highways were f -11 rf tramps, and there were lmndrciLi of iik-:i who had deter mined to uiako a living by some other means than labor. Several attempts had been mado to rob the store, ami it had couie to that pass that no clerk wanted to sleep there alone. The merchant seemed satisfied with answers I gave him, nnd on a certain Monday morning I went to work. The tame night a store about four miles away was broken into and robbed and the clerk seriously wounded. Two nights later three horses were stolen in our neighborhood. At the end of a week a farmer who was on his way home from our store was robbed on the highway. If I had not been a light sleeper from habit these occurrences would have tended to prevent too lengthy dreams as I lay in my little bedroom at tho front of the second story. The revolver was always placed under my pillow, and the ihotgnn stood within reach. The spring (fun was set about midway of the lower floor. It was n double barreled shotgun, each barrel containing a big charge of bnckshot, and the man who kicked the itring and discharged the weapon would never know what hurt Lint. It did not seem possible that any one could brealt,into the store without arous ing me. There was no door to my room, and after the people in tho neighborhood had gone to bed I could hear the slight est noise in the store. I had looked the place over for a weak spot and had failed to (ind it, but my own confidence came near proving my destruction. I ihonld have told you in describing the itore that just over the spot where we set the spring gun was nn opening through which we hoisted nnd lowered luch goods as were stored for a timo on the second floor. When not in use this opening was covered by a trap door. Toward evening on tho tenth day of my clerkship I hoisted up a lot of pails nd tubs, itnd had just finished when trade became so brisk that I was called to wait upon customers. Later on I saw that I had left the trap door open, and I said to myself that I would let it go un til I went to bed. The store had the only burglar proof safe for miles around, and it was customary for the fanner who had a hundred dollars or so to leave it with us. He received nn en velope in which to enclose it, and he could take out or put in as he liked. On this evening four or five farmers came in to deposit, and as I afterward figured op we had about $1,500 in the safe. There were two strange faces in the crowd that evening. One belonged to a roughly dressed, evil eyed man, who an nounced himself as a drover, and the other as a professional tramp. I gave the hitter a piece of tobacco and some crackers ami cheese, and he soon went way, and we were so busy up to 0 o'clock that I did not give the drover much attention. When we came to shut op the store he had gone from my mind altogether. We counted up the cash, made some charges in the day book, and it was about 10 o'clock when the mer chant left. I was tired, and I took a candle and made the circuit of the store, et the spring gun and went to bed. 1 had to pass within six feet of the tr;ip door as I went to my room, but I did tint see it It was a rather chilly night in October, and We had no fires yet, and as I got under the blankets the warmth was so grateful that 1 soon fell asleep. It was the first night I had gone to bed without thinking of robbers and won dering how I should act in case they "me in. I did not know when I fell sleep. I suddenly found myself half "Plight in bed, nnd thero was an echo in the store, as if the fall of something had roused me. It was 1 o'clock, and 1 had heen asleep almost three hours. Leaning n iny elbow I strained my ears to catch the slightest sound, and after a minuta I heard a movement down sLiirs. While I could not say what it was, a sort of in stinct told me that it was made by some human being. Everything on the street was as silent as the grave. My window curtain was P. and I coald see that the sky had thickened and was very black. I did not it for the noise to be repeated- I wa Just as -sure that some one was in the store as if 1 ha(j airpady geen him, and 1 ept softly out of bed, drew on my trousers and moved out into the big JJJJom, having the revolver in my hand. urre was no door at the head of the I intended to go there and listen wwn the stairway. -A I was moving across the room, V. I1H1 wat ,r.r.y dear or prfnla as fur a:, the tr. p !wr, I suddenly r,.0i. lectcd this (,,,-niug nnd tha11g.1l my course to n in ii it. t v.ua t. rrilily dark hi the i,o-:i. and one iinfumiliur- with the pl.ic" wi.iii.l 11. -t hate dared to move a foot, i; ,:r v.-.iy 1,1 ih-u-ap I g,,t down oil h;:n,!., i. ml ., . ,n 1 r. ju bed the W'i'ii'g I s.'til'd down ...1 my Hom.-uh. There was a dim li-ht ,1 -wn stair. That settled the fad that some one was in the store. Af;er it minute I heard whispers, then movem.-nt of feet, th.-n acerlaiu sound which located the Intruders ton foot. They were at the safe in the front of the More. I drew myself forward and looked down the nieiiiiig. 1 could kh a lighted candle and two or three dark figures at the safe, and I could hear the combina tion lieing worked. My first thought was to drop my hand down andopin tir in their direction, but I rememliered that we bad ho many articles hanging up that no bullet hud a chance of hilling the men. I was wondering what to do, wlu'n I beard one of the nu n whimper: 'It's all d d nonsense. We might work here a week und not hit it." "Hut I told you to bring tho tools and you wouldn't," protested another. Oh. dry up!" put in a third voire. "What we want to do is to go up mid bring that counter hopcr dowu, and make him ohmi the box." "I'll give the cussed thing a few more trials," said the first man, und I beard him working away again. My eyes could not li'ive told 1110 the number of robbc.'s, but my ears had. There were three of them, and they were no doubt desperate and determined num. They spoke of bringing mo down to open the Nifo, as if no resistance was anticipated or taken into account. Indeed, they might well reason that they had me at their mercy. Tho rain was now falling, the night was very dark, and a piatol shot in the store could not havo been heard in either of the dwellings. If they had relb-cted that I might be armed they would havo offset it with the fact that I was a boy of H. with a girl's face und probably a gill's nerve. I don't deny that I was a bit rattled, and that my lip would quiver in spite of me, but I was at the same time fully de termined to protect the storo if it cost mo my life, llow to get at tho fellows was what bothered me, but that trouble was soon solved. "There," whispered the man at the combination m ho let go of it, "I won't fool hero another minute. That kid knows tho combination, und we can make him work it. Come on." They were coming up stairs. Tho best place for mo would beat tho head of the stairway. Tliu stairs had it half turn in them, and 1 would lire upon the first man who came within range. I heard the men coming back to the stairway and my nerve gave way. It wasn't from cowardice, but the knowledge that I was to kill a human being upset me. 1 de cided to retreat to my room, and if they persisted in coming that far 1 would shoot. The tiio had rubbers on their feet, but they came up stairs without trying very hard to previ nt malting a noise. The one who came first had the candle, and us he (Tot to the head of tho stairs 1 saw a knil'o in his other hand. They made no delay in approaching my room, and with 11 great effort I braced myself for what 1 saw must happen. They could not sec me until within three or four ft. ct of the door, and their first inti mation that I was out of bed was when they heard me call out: "Slop, or I'll sin Kit!" I had them covtred with tho weapon, and for fifteen seconds there. was a dead silence. Then they got a plan. Tho man with the candle dashed it on the floor, and I suppose they meant to rush in on 1110 in the dark, but I checkmated it bv oneninu lire. They then either meant to retreat down stairs or toward the rear of tho floor, for I saw the three together moving off, and fired at their dim furores. Three seconds later tnere was a great shout of horror, followed by the tremendous report of tho doublo bar reled spring gun, and then there was ab solute silence. I think I stood in tho door shaking like a leaf for fully three minutes before the silence was broken by a groan. Then it came to me that the robbers bad fallen through the open door upon tho cord leading to the gun. I struck a match, lighted my own candle, and jroing to tho opening saw three bodies lung be low. Untitling back to the bedroom to recharge my revolver. I then went down stairs to investigate. It was us 1 suspected. Tho three had pitched down together. The top of one's head had been blown off by the shot, n second had a hole in his chest as big as your list, while tho third, who was re sponsible for tho groans, was severely wounded in both legs. It was three months before he could bo put on trial and he then got four years in prison. The whole thing was a put up job. The "drover" was a Chicago burglar called "Clawhammer Dick," and he had hidden himself in the store that night, and then let his p:ils in by the back door. They had a horse and wagon in the rear of the building, und the plan was to rob the store of goods as well as to get at the money ill the safe. A bit of carelessness on my part not only saved the store and probably my life, but wiped out a very desperate gang. - Boston Commercial Uuilcti'.i. Spldera' Ti'rwverance Not Appreciated. Ever since the story of Robert Bruce and the spiler that insect has been pro verbially held up to view as un example wrtinacious skill. An attempt to establish instinct as a guide to reason is, however, a fallacy. The setting hen is an example of instinct, not maternal coastancy. This perseverance of spiders may have been uu encouragement to Robert Druee, but it is often a disconr agemeat in engineering work. In sink ing plninb lines down shafts for middle headings in tunneling iu order to obti.:n an a!i relent forthe tunnel, the accuracy of tae work is often seriously impaired by spiders attaching their webs to the lines and drawing them toward the walls. of n with sufficient tension to in troduce material errors in the position of the plumb bobs. Cor. Engineering. Sutl.Ded. Toung Udy Customer- Why. tbi box of writing taper perfumed with a violet odor How queer tV bat do you do tbat fori Clerk -So that J our correspondence can t kept Inviolate, nn.- Uow on l"U lake four boiea. -Pitt burg Cbronicle. Gubernatorial Beiulqiiartera. "Cea I tay here tontgbf inquired tha treteT at the botel in Charleston, W Va "Sorry to disappoint von. air." replied tha clerk, brtskJy "but our house la full and running orer All tbe goeroor of tbe Ule are ftr-pping bere." CbJcafiO News, OF IHITKXTATK AaM) POKT ONE ISSUES A UKASE; THE OTHER CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY. Iiitrrratlng ftkrlrlira ill 1 hi Ciar of All Ilia HiimIim ih i,f I nglaml'i -i,,t lt. reate, Ai't'iiiiipaiileil by tlia l.atr.t I'nr trull of Kuril. Two prominent men la the Old World have lulelj iM-eiiiiir a Imle inure protniiirnt tluiii iiMi-o:ir liv birthday and lli eiher by n ukase They repreneiit the very ralrenira uf lnt until activity, ami tbe atiurp r AI.KXtStU'lt 111. IHeprixliieed from hU IbIi-,1 pliotiiKraph.l contrast between lliein. taken with the comments of their admirers, bus in it i something of the unusual They are lord Teniiyon, ho has J t t paused bis einhtv I aeniiiil hil t Inlay, mill I'jsar AlexsinliTj III, w ho lias disturbed tho grain market i of the world by forbidding the export of, rye. I The stranue feature of the rzur's case is Unit insi'tnel trieniis out stile of Ins own do minion are found in republican France. His royal reception of the French fleet, tho fetes at Crotisiailt. I'eterhof and St. Peter burg in honor of the French naval (ones, anil t lie czar's evident willingness to Join In humbling lierinany, have iinle won the hearts of the French. Parisian jniirnulsj dcclaretlial he is the only monarch in the world whose name is chei-ed there, all of which Is it striking illustration of the old saw that polities makes st range liedfellnws. j Alexander was burn .March III, lst.", the son of Alexander II, who was killed hy a nihilist ImhiiI) and was the sun of Nicholas, who died of chagrin and was the son of Alexander 1, who died a natural death and was the son of Crazy Paul, who was innr-1 tiered by his noliles and was tho son of the Infamous Catharine and there the point of uncertainty in iiedigree is reached. ! Alexander II was blown up March hi, ISM, and the present czar at unco succeeded to the throne at t lie age of thirty six. In lie married Marie I'Vodoroiina, daughter of Christian IX of IVnninrk, and tliey have five children. The oldest ami prospective I successor is Nicholas, born in IStW, the j czarowiteh who recently had a narrow n- cape from assassination in Japan. j Alfred, now Lord, Tennyson, wan born 1 Aug. tl, Iso.i, at tjonierhy, iu Lincolnshire, j his fal her king a minister of theestab-i lished church und his mother the daughter of a minister, lie coinnieinvd writing, verse iu bnvhooil and continued It with . . 1.1. 1 r.,.1... l..,i it. I umiil'ilV irin.n 11 j in, iipiij jn,,!,, ,f,,w i. was not till ISA w hen his "In Metnoriam" appeared, that the world recognized him us a pod. 1 Iu was made poet laureate, Nov. IS'iO, and Iu 1 S.V) published "Maud," which was followed iiihu by j "Idyls of the King." This seems to have 1 been the culmination of bis genius, but on j that point there is naturally great diversity j of opinion among critics. I Lord Tennwui lives most of the year at i bis very secluded residence in the Isle of -f Wight, and that love or privacy whicb was always his most marked trait has now reached such tin extreme that It Is almost Impossible for strangers to get a glimpse of him, or even of his house and gruuuds. Formerly visitors were admitted to some of the walks and drives, but they cut branches from the trees or uprooted and carried away ferns or other plants, and now they find locked and spiked gates and notices that all trespassers will be severely prosecuted. AI.FItKn, LOItt) TKXSYSON. IRcpnidiiceil from bla hilest photograph. Tennyson is unusually vigorous for a man of eighty two and walks several miles a day, but Lady Tennyson is a complete in valid. Besides them the futnily consists of their son and his wife. Professor John Tyn dull, the agnostic philosopher, Is a neigh bor, and he and his family are the only In timates of theT'enuysoiis. It is thought in the vicinity that the poet Is ulso an agnos tic. At any rate, he has not entered a church for many years, and though he Is quite friendly with the local clergy, the least attempt on their part to draw out his views terminates the interview at once, His prime favorite in that class, however, Is the Rev. P. HaythornthwuHe, a Roman Catholic priest, kuowti to the Islanders as Father I'eter. The very orthodox Duke of Argyll is also a favorite visitor nt Lord Tennyson's, nnd there ends the list. He sees very few people, never writes a letter if it can lw helped and will not listen to re quests for autographs. Bi-riiliiirilt't IJoga Rarred Out. Even the best known and most Influen tial people sometimes fail in their endeav ors to have regulations set aside in their favor. Sarah Bernhardt found that out when she tir-t set foot on Australian soil. The famous French actress bad with her several pet dogs, which the authorities at Sydney promptly put In quarantine and kept there until her departure. Neither threats nor entreaties moved tbe officials, and when Sarah cried they were respectr fully sympathetic, but remained obdurate. Foreign dogs are not allowed to enter the Australian colonies, lest they should Im port hydrophobia. Two Sletullie K4ireentBtlea. The following was receutly told ns by a Galveston high school teacher: At one 1 time there was veiling 111 mat my iue 1 famous Torn Ochiltree and Mr. Mackay. ; the California millionaire, and the ' teacher gave out one day "Our Vis ' itors" as tiie subject for a composition. ' Among those which were submitted was one by a bright girl which commenced as follow -We have in our midst two distinguished visitors. Mr. Mackay and Tom Ochi:tr-e. representing respectively gold from California and brass from Texas. "-Boston Traveler. or v v. fell! CERTHUDE MOftlW i ROMANCE. Abandoned tVhru a lluNy, I'likmiwii I'rr ! Viw s, nil Her .lll. Mls o Ttrinle Morgan it a lovely rlglil e,Mi yeai old. nl 11,1 Twenty -.I'l-ond hlrn t, Cliir.ipi, nlioiil mImiiii i liilhereU a t r.'i 11 nn !itv ef uluiiiihiiiiiii iit, adopt lull and iiMiui'jIy i f utti'inpicd tYMimiiloii by lier father. Tin' niyidery Is'lTiiii nt the (ijM'iiinu of tie I'lnuus IIoiim', May N, h;:, when I here w a general rejoicing nt the ri'liiiililiiu of Hie hotel utter the urcat lire. Among I lie llrst gniKts regiMen-d were a mill mid wife tHtmt'il MeiN, nnd that U 1 -1 1 1 a Kil l bah)' was Ik. i n In thrill. It win. a piuil iniii 11, thought (lie prnpile torn. M in ti to do was made nlMint it and the child was christened May llriggs. Ten days later I lie nurse r.1 turned from a wills to litnl the parents and their bagga.'i' gone and the babe as'.eep with this note pinned t ci it h ei 't li :t ing: "Little baby lint W lllited: lilellsil take care nf her." ' Alnl Hi) trace of the fugitives was OEItTltl'DK MoltOAN. ,.vt.r found. That night, May It, 11 j:irl was born to a Mrs. .Morgan, on Cottage (irove iivenne, and lived but 1111 hour. The wnif w.issnlisti luted, and not till she had entirely recov ered, two months luter, did Mrs. Morgan learn Hint this was not her on 11 child. Atthengeof eighteen months the child took first priie at a baby show, and Mix. Morgan was ntna.ed by an oiler f rum a strange gentleman of 10,IV1 forthe baby. A few mouths l .'er Mime clothing was left for little liertrin'e, as she was named, and still later some money and a silk dress. Mr. Morgan lost his property and died, and the w idow had to support herself ami fos ter child by sewing but the gifts from I he unknown did not increase in amount. A few days ago a stranger rang the bell, handed Miss Certrude a package withlhe remark, "ThU is from your father," and tlisapiie ired. In it was a diamond ruignl great value. The young lady is not only bright and handsome, but has 11 clear, sweet voice and great talent for music. Her wish is to cul tivate her gifts and to do something for Mrs. Morgan, but so far the unknown father (if such he is) has not made himself known. And ns to reasons for abandoning n child under such circumstances, every reader is left lo his owu conjectures. CONVICTED OF WIFE MURDER. A Onee I'npiihir I'tivsli liin t inier the bliuilmv of the liiilluus. Afier a long and most Interesting trial, a J.try of Washington county, Va., lias de creet! death by the roetothn accomplished, scholarly and once very popular Dr. John A. 1'. Baker. Not only Abingdon, but all the adjacent region was Intensely Inter ested in the trial, for Dr. Baker was but a few years ago universally popular, note I far his general Intelligence and inexhaust ible fund of humor and anecdotes. "The woman in the c.iset" Well, her maiden name was Marguerite Cecil, of Pu laski county, and in 1STS she married Wyudliani (iiliuer, a wealthy fanner of Washington county. She was young, uu usually beautiful and well educated. ir. Baker was their family physician. The rest is left to inference, lie is a m in of Huh and prepossessing appearance, forty five years old. six feet high and weighing lW) pounds, llow long their intimacy con tinned is uncertain, but their progress in Infamy was rapid, for they agreed to mur der their respective partners and give their mad passion 11 lawful color. Sept. 'Si, VW, Dr. Baker's wife died sud denly and lie soon removed to Abingdon with his two growu daughters and three young sons. Last April Mr. St. John, who had plllchased the house, found in a crev ice of the rock foundation a batch of let ters from .Mrs. Gilmer. The woman had written recklessly, using many expres sions which pointed to the contemplated crime, ami theeipiully Infatuuled uriu had nn. nAKi:. wits. cilmi:r. failed to destroy tho letters. She had put the rope u round his neck. His trial lasted eighteen days, one st range feature of it Isdng that ex Congressman Trigg appeared for the prosecution, nnd his brother, Hon. Connelly N. Trigg, as sisted Congressman Buchanan in the de fense. Dr. Baker received the verdict without a visible, change of cotintcnuiice, and his counsel at once applied for n Hew trial, alleging fourteen rcasuus. A Wlltl Cut Coiiquvn-d by f'liliirnfurni. Dr. S. A. Collins, a Connecticut physician, probably recognize the appropriateness of the name, "Devil's Bop yard," given to a stretch of forest lying In the northeastern part of the state. While driving through this wood one night not long ago, two wild cats sprang from the boughs of a hemlock tree. According to a veracious chronicler, "one landed on the haunches of the horse and the other dropped Into the bottom of tho carriage and fastened Its teeth in the flesh of the doctor's legs. A desperate struggle ensued, In which the doctor, from loss of blood and strength, became unconscious. In an Inside pocket of bis coat the doctor carried a Biuall med icine case. During tho struggle this fell out and attracted the attention of the cat, which began to claw It and tear it with Its .tli In dolus fo it broke a bottle of chloroform and the contents seem to have stupefied It. A farmer passing over the road some time later found the doctor un conscious und the wild cat among a lot of broken bottles iu the bottom of tbe car riaga In a deep stupor." l ata uf ait Ambltloua I'Ubernian. ITovv many men have been brought for ward in the last ien years to "do" John L. Sullivan? Probibly a hundred, and of that numls-r half perhaps have stood up against the champion. What has become of them all? It Is hard to say, but the story of one has just floated Into print. Hisuame is Sylvester I (ioiirlff, a giant Italian fisherman, of Astoria, Or. He was the kingpin and bully of the roustabouts and sailors. When the Boston boy visited the Pacific coast some years ago on a spar ring tour Ie lioui iff attempted to win tlit standing prize of l,000 for any one who could stay in the ring for four rounds. The fisherman was knocked out iu ten seconds. He ha leen grailuully losing lus mum ever since and is now hopelessly Insane. II Won tba lieu Here Is (lory of Han Von Oulo An old acquaintance bom Von Billow wanted to drop met him aftora longaliseiice. "aying. "How do you dot I bet, though, that you don't remember my name." "Vou've wou that bet," replied Von Uulow, aod turned on bis heel Ban Francisco Argonaut, A l!rae Man. "Who is that luaoe looking dude over there r " Inane I How can yon tay Why, be tbe bravest man In New Yort ne actually bad tbe courage Hie other day to leave tbe restaurant without lipping the waiter. " aluosey'f Weekly V aA u.H ilhVNS OF AMERICA. ':iou:r;Tcn, v-s to ccuebrate nn cjuueh millennial. 11:1. cr lllr nt Ali. ,nt l ijiial Agti Scat ter, I 1 liriMUtiiitil Itin lilted Mate. S.iiiik Near!) I'm pollen. IMbera (,reat and I'riisiit-i-itns, iCnpyrlglil, lftl, hj American I're.-s AKda-tiou.l I M r. tiie great celebration of the centennial of imle pendeiiee Alneri cans have la-en much given to make festivals of occasions whicb indicated that this town or city or that church orcol lege had rendo! lis hundredth or pii'liaiis two bun ln-.lt!) birthday. This is very well in It Influence for several reasons. It In clines to st inly colonial mid local his tory, and learn soniewliit more than he otherwise would know of the sturdy men and women w ho settled I he count ry, and of the (in-seeing and self wicrilicing build ers of states and coiumonwe.ill lis. whose w isc unions und brave deeds made possible the civilization ctijow-d today. It flirt tier preserves one's pride in and contentment with that which is nearest to him, mid this, I contend, is 11 good thing, notwithstanding the remark of Faiierson, that the 1'nM indication of culture nnd en ligliteiimcnl in a man wn.sii loss of pride in his village. I do not think that be could have referred ill any wav to pride in tbe past, but merely to the silly mid false pride which incurable provincial have in local, physical or material iierformanccs. In looking at the vast houses of Boston, Oil cago or .ew torn, It wouiti ccnaiiiiy 111 dicate III any one a contracted and lienight ed mind if habit compelled hi'u to contrast these palatial piles (and that to llieir dis advantage) with the shabby buildings which seemed great to him when he was it Isiy and la-fore he had wen the world. From ha ul history and local biography we can get more intimate aiiiiaihtauce with a people than in any other way, i.nd o shrewd ail observer and authority uh .-XT . . .. TIIK MATKI.OWKR. Professor I'ryee ill his (treat work, "The American Commonwealth," said that this wa particularly so of the I'nited Slates. So, then-fore, I think it w ill lw wise to con tinue these anniversary celebration Iu all parts of the country. In tiloiieester, Mass., one ol 1 he oldest towns In New 1-highind, preparation are already in progress for a celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of that town. This place, which originally in cluded tliu whole of Cape Ami, was really set I led in UW4, but it was sixteen years later that It was Incorporated, and took Its name from the old Kngllsh cathedral city, whence many of the first set tiers had come. The old (ilolleester of Massachusetts may seem young to the mot her town which is of British origin, having Is-en built pre vious to the Itomiin occupation. But not withstanding this, high civilities will be exchanged la-twccn the new town and tho old, and messages of cohgrat illation will be Hashed under the sea, while formal ad dresses will be carried across the watet-n. There are several older towns than tills, however, III New Kngland, and tho most 1. olahle are Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed in Hl'.'l); Salem, which John Kmll cott settled In IW and Boston, where John Winthrop's party willed in HVM. Of Boston I need not speak. F.very school boy knows her history by heart, and If he floe not, he should waste no timo In learn ing much more of it than could ever be hinted at in a newspaper article, l'lym out li, with the rock w hich is the shrine of every true New F.nglander, needs nothing that I could say which is not more fittingly said at the New l-'.ngland gatherings which take place every year in every considerable settlement III America. Salem went In for religion at the beginning, a the first church organisation in New Kngland was tlli-cted there in IH.U The y.eal of the n-o-ple of this old town In this particular direc tion culminated some sixty years Inter, when they hanged the Cjuakersaiul burned the witches. TMX NKWI-OItT TOWKR. In Connecticut ami in Ithodo Island there are also old town which are in a general sense of contemporary origin with those of Massachusetts. New Haven, for Instance, was settled In HsiS, and for twenty four year continued to be a dis tinct colony; then it was united to Con necticut. And New lnulon wa settled in 'M by the same John Wintlirop who, nineteen year la-fore, had planted a col ony upon the peninsula which now Is Bos ton. In tbe same year In which New Haven wa settled, Itoger Williams and the other gentlemen of t lie "Company of Providence Plantations" settled I'rovl deuce and Newport, in Ithixle Island. If we arc to 11 ieve w hat some antiquarians would have u. we must think that New port wits much older than thl, for the re mains of the prehistoric "Old Stone Mill" In that lovely city of palatial cottage In dicate to those who go deep Into forgotten lore that thi mill was built by tbe Northmen, who effected a settlement there live hundred years before Christopher Columbus crossed the ocean from Spain. However this may be, they did not stay, J and, so far as we are concerned, we had as 'well let It rest that the Roger Williams' colonists were the first to make a town of that place. j F.very schoolboy In America knows that Jamestown, in Virginia, was tbe first permanent town settled In auy of the orig inal thirteen colonies, mid he will not hesi tate for a moment in telling you that the :dat of thi settlement was Pi"7. There ' also tbe lirst colonial assembly ever held In America was convened in Plltf. And alout Jamestown duster the remarkable r.manceji Hint that galluut adventurer, Captain John Smith, concocted when he m no longer governor of Virginia and admiral of New Knglntid. Hut Jamestown is now only a. town of the .past. Manjia -Urn' y- , s-t. - -'.'i?-'V!s.rV--v4r.'stV-5 almost deserted her, ami the James "river k:i gone far toward washing her away. Next after Jamestown iu seniority comes Albany, a very dilTerent kind of place. An early 11 I1M1 llendrick Hudson, la his fa moii yncht Half M-h.ii, went tonnchor at the head of tide water of the beautiful river which Is-nr hi name, The exact point where this yacht rode nt anchor is now iu what is known a Broadway. Dur ing the next few yearn Dutch naviigatont visited the point several tlmea, and in Hill, U11S and i'..':l fort were built, and from the const met Ion of the first of these there was settlement in what I now the capital city of the Kuiplre State. It was first called New Orange, and this name continued un til the Knglisli occupation, In ItiOt, when the name was changed to Albany, in honor ofthedukeof Vork and Albany, afterward James II. The city wn incorporated In liWtl, I'eter Schuyler being the first mayor. In 17.M there assembled In Albany, at tho instigation of Benjamin Franklin, the first convention for the union of the colonies. New York city is also among theoldc. t town in America. The first settlement w is made iu lb.'-'!, and the next yearn gov ernor was installed. Fort Amsterdam, no the peaceful Battery which faces tJle bay, w is built, and 111 the same year that mas ter hand at trading, I'eter Miiiuit, director general, paid the munificent sum of twen ty lour dollars in cash for the w hole of Manhattan island. I have heard It said that if this Hum, small though It seems, hud Is-en drawing Interest at 11 R-r cent, nnd compounded semiannually that it would have grown loan amount equal to the u-eseiit value of the land comprised in old I'eter Minult's pun-base. Wheu Charles II usurped the Dutch possessions in Amer ica he gave them away to hi brother, the ilukuof Vork am! Allxiny, and the nauio wa changed, as was that of Albany. Tin-prosperous city of Newark, In New Jersey, is also old as we reckon time In America. It was settled by parties from tiuilfoni and Branford in Connecticut, iu VM. These are among the oldest Knglisli and Dutch settlements, though Philadel phia is not fur la-hind, a William l'enti, with his grants from Charles II, arrived In liW, and he brought colonists in such 11 11 in la-rs mid so rapidly that he soon had a city outstripping all other in America. Balti more' first settler, a (junker, arrived In liK'.'), and in ItiS'J he had a neighbor, one David Jones, but it was not till 'M t hat a town was laid out. The spot w here Detroit now I was visited by the French as early ns llilll, but It was H hundred years later that Aiitoine tie hi Mot he, Cadillac built Fort l'oiitchartraln and effected a permanent settlement. The sett lenient of New Orleans was even more recent. Compared with towns of Spanish origin the settlements I have spoken of seem very new. When the Spaniards first visited Santa Fe In New Mexico In IM3, they found there a large and thriving vil luge of half civilised Indians, llow old It was is not known, hut evidently of great antiquity. Kxactly when the Spaniards also settled there Is not known, but since HMO it ha been lh capital city of New Mexico. In the old records it has the Im posing title uf "Smite Fe de San Francisco tie Asia." SCENE IN OLD ST. AUOUBTINR. St. Augustine, lu Florida, I the oldest town In the United Slates of purely Eu ropean origin, as It wa settled by the Spaniards tinder Menendex In l.'sB. How they who built the old fort would open their eyes If they could see what has Is-en done therein the last few years, during which there has Is-en waved over the place the maglo wand which financial kings possess, bidding palaces to arise which are almost marvels of the world. From tills hurried sketch it will be seen that there are many places In the land nut exactly young that Is, places which have, so to speak, cut their first teeth. But while pondering on such things It is well to re- niemlH-r that youth, after all, Is the is-st possession of either man or state. After youth comes maturity; after maturity old age and then inevitable decay. J.SO. (ilLUKH Sl'KEl). Workmen and Their Tool. "Bad workmen," we are told, "al ways find fault with their tools." We might extend tho significance of the axiom by stating thut bad workmen make bad tools. We mny satisfy our selves as to its truth by a cursory In 8IKction of the kit carried by a poor mechanic! In the iimclilno shop we shall (hid our saying conspicuously ex ettiplilled. A glance nt the cotidition of tho tools, to say nothing of the stir rounding, will toll us whether good artisans or second rate workmen nj-e employed whether the shop turns out good or Indifferent work. The make of the tools has little to do with the settlement of the question. Tho finest machine tools ever designed may be ruined by ill usage, and in fact, as a general rule, tho more erfK;t the machine the moro susceptible it will prove to gross-Ill treatment. Moreover, a shon full of eood tools ruined by ill usage or neglect Is a much sorrier spec tacle, to the experienced inecliuiiio par ticularly, than an nggn-gntlon of second quality Implements in a similar condi tion, anil, ns a general rulo, a poor tool stsiiled will do us giKMl a Job as the most exs-nsive mitchine thut has undergone maltreatment The npiearatice of a tool will betray the bund of the workman, no mutter how badly worn. Fuir hard wear is altogether different ill its tJTocts from will! ill misuse or the neglect that is Isirn of Ignorance. A man limy wear a tool out. and it will still have an ol- j together dilTerent look to one that has been deliberately and carelessly ruined. Safety Valve. The farmer and the live. A Furnier who picked up a Coe for Inspec tlon was ttun; In return, and In his lUe lw exclaimed "Bue Ingratol but haven't I provided you with a warm Hive and Plenty to Kail U tbii the way you return my KinducHif" "Sorry to bave hurt your Fueling," re plied the linwet, "but just remember that a Leo without a Hunger make no Hooey." MORAL; A Friend wbo would not Resent an Insult orau Injustice would not 11 worthy of the ua.ua I K trott Fis I'n-m It looks a though tbe projected com moDWeallh of Australasia is not to beccme an accomplished fact. Already New South Wales aud New Zealand have declared against federation. THE SIEGE OF NEW ULM. A Monument Appropriately Marks the HUtnrlo Spot. Kver aluce the Sioux outbreak of IMS, In Minnesota, the people uf New L'lm and vicinity have had a pleasant ctutntu of as sembling on the anniversary of the ilege of thai place to commemorate the dead and honor the living defender. And as heal ing time changes grief to pensive pleasure, tlie.e gatherings la-come more delightful, nil the survivor who took part in the de fense taking the place of honor as doth Veteran of the civil war. The last gathering wit of unusual Inter at, because a monument to the dead was dedicated. Clov er ti 0 r Merrlam, ex Governor Ham say and others made speeches, and the occasion was rendered doubly Interesting by a historical sketch of the 1111m kaere and Unlit by Judge Klandraii, who wa a par ticipant Iu the buttle. The ded ication address wa by Major K C. Saunders, of TMK vo-.'t'MFNT. Minneapolis. The causes an. I course of the out break, as set forth by li 1 111, are of thrilling Interest. The Sioux knew of the civil war and saw that the young white men left the coun try. Ambition leader convinced them that tiiiswns I lie time to recover their old heritage, and the delayed arrival of an nuity goods servis) to bring the mass of the ti lls- up to t lie desired pitch of anger. Without a moment's warning came the outbreak of August S, lsii-j. Nearly 1,000 tinsnspi 1 ting settlers were murdered. The survivor lied eastward, but companies from adjacent counties rushed to the de fense of New L'lm, then the extreme fron tier town. On the S3d of August COO or 700 well armed Indian la-gau the attack, while tha defenders had but o-U gun. They fought with the courage of despair, and on the evening of the tilth re-en forceinenUi ar rived and the Indian retreated. The peo ple then abandoned tho place l.'iO wagon load of women, children and wounded men, guarded by alaiul WW citizen soldier. Nearly all the town was burned and most nf the inhabitant utterly ruined, but their energy has rebuilt the place, und there are few lovelier regions iu the land than that part of the Minnesota valley today. The monument I of white bronze and stands on a base 7 feet square and 9 feet high. The plinth i It) feet 8 inches high, and the total height I '.'." feet. The north slid south plinths show battle scenes In lias relief and the others give a life size medallion of Judge Charles E. Flamlrau and an appropriate inscription, Including a roster of those killed lu the battle. IiIsiuhI Weather In Europe. There can he but small pleasure In Eu ropean travel at the present time If the re ports regarding the weather ill all sections nf the Continent nreto be believed. Vis itors to Switzerland complain of persistent storms, and say that the sight of magnifi cent rainbows was the only reward of their tour through the little republic. Land slips und snow slhli-s are of frequent oc currence. In Austria Hungary heavy hail anil thunderstorm and the continuous rains work terrible mischief to the crops and cause alarming floods. In Vienna tha weather has been bo wet that the inhab itant lost one of their great popular cele brations the fetes in honor of St. Anne wheu the most lienutlful Anne of the town Is proclaimed the queen of the day. The same doleful tale conies from French Slid Belgian watering places, and tourists who want warmth and sun have to go as far south us Greece, where the summer is phenomenally hot, much to the benefit of the currant crop. Central Europe 1 steadi ly growing colder. During the lost six years tho temperature tins decreased little by little iu the teuiperato counties, while rising iu more northern climes. A l uinnm Old Miunlon. A recent. extension of West One Hun dred and Twenty seventh street, New York city, compelled the destruction of a build ing about bid years old. The occupant who had to leave It, greatly to his regret, looks very much older than the building, though lie Is but eighty-seven, and both man and house have curious histories. Mr. Daniel F. Tit-man wns twice mayor of New Vork, and mcmlx-r at various times of tlui common council and state seuato, Hn bought and moved into the house in 1H.'!U, and It looked nearly as old then as when he left It, but he had kept It ? i ,-ii TUB OLD TIKMAN DWKLLINO. In good condition. The hewn timbers were massive and sound. He bought It of Thomas Buckly, who got it In 1807 of parlies who obtained it from the repre sentatives of nn Englishman named La selles, who was living in itiu 1T5J. Laselles was a great hunter, and Used to gallop over the Island with a pack of hounds, but was finally killed In tbe parlor by another Knglishman with whom he had an im promptu duel. While it was nntennnted after his death, a baud of thieves made it their rendezvous. A mob attaeked them and many of them were killed one tradition says as many as twenty and their corpses lay iu the hall (or several days. Then the American Rev olution came on and the British officers used the house. One night two of them, Williams and Ureatoreux, were stabbed to death lu their sleep by unknown parties, supposed to have lieen "patriots" of the class that roblM.-d between the lines. Thus some twenty people have been killed there. Of course the house was haunted, accord ing to old tradition, hutrx-MayurTienian declares that the ghosts never troubled him. A Preparation for the Itath. Those who are troubled with offensive perspiration would do well when talkinir a bath to use a preparation made as fol lows: Take of soap powder and powdered borax each one-half ounce; essence of bergitmot, six drains; oil of lemon and, oil of neroli, of each two drains; oil of rosemary, thirty drops; attar of rose,1 five drops. I Or, if this is too expensive, the drngJ gist can use the soap and borax and sob-, stitute cheaper perfumes. Tho oils should! be well rubbed with these bases in a mortar and put into a bottle, which, should be kept corked and in a cool place. One-half to one tablespoonful may bei added to an ordinary bathtub full of water. This will be sufficient for clean-) liness; at the same time it will prove aa admirable deodorizer. Boston Herald. I Tli truth A boat It. 'Dont be tn sucn aa awful hurry,' said old L'ncJe Tobian to hie nephews and niece "You lost a great deal by being in suck aa awful hurry Ugntnin' might do a great deal more If It wasn't alwiyiia such an awful Barry "-London Tid Hint 1