EUGENE CITY GUARD.
LbVAMmiLU Proprietor.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
Tlia MMrrelmeiil f 11 or.
Doubtless it wus tlie daily bjhk-UicIc
of the abuse of horses wliicb stimulated
Henry Bergh to the (rent service which
bM justly made hi name renowned.
But the guilt of the abnse is not confined
to draymen and teumstera. The igno
rance and indifference of wealth and
fashion to the treatment of borne! are
quite M conspicuous, and for obvious
reasons much more unpardonable.
The bone, which Is one of the most
ensitive and dulicute of animals, is
greatly to be commiserated as be ap
pears in the fashionable drive of Central
park. lie is treated as a part of the
bow of the parade, and be is at the
mercy of the owner, who buys horses
not because he likes them or ktiows
anything about them, but because be
must have an equipau'fl, and he aban
dons them to the care of grooms and
coachmen, whose sole aim is to produce
a more "swell" effect than their rivals.
For a "stylish" effect the horse is robbed
of bis natural ornament and defense,
and is checked ami trussed and tortured
by a harness which encumbers his na
tnral action and forces him into an arti
ficial "gait."
Human knowledge and skill directed
to an auxiliary utiimal like the horse
hould aim to develop his natural apti
tudes. He should be treated as a bu-
mane and skillful gardener treats a tree
in our modern laiidsuaiw gardening, not
M a tree was maltreated by the false
and morbid taste of two centuries ago.
Such remarks do not apply to the lov
ers of horses who care for them with
sympathy and intelligence, who compre
hend their practical helplessness and
acknowledge their faithful service. Such
lovers permit In their stables no "fash
ions" iuventud by ignorant and inhuman
grooms to produce "stylish action" to
impress similar ignorance and folly.
Harper's Wtekly.
The Little Olio.t.
"The Poplars" is the name of the old
Revolutionary homestead. It is a great,
square, white, stone house built in the
center of a thousand acres. The master
of it was childless. His little boy had
died a week before, and he bad gone
away. Every night a little figure in
White with a light was seen flitting
from window , to window in the old
library. When the servants, led by the
gardener, assembled at the library door
the light and the figure would disap
pear noiselessly and simultaneously. The
light and figure were never seen in any
other room of the old mansion, and now
it was remembered that the dead heir
had spent more time in the library than
in any other room in tho house.
When the master returned, toward
the end of autumn, he was informed of
it all He hid behind the taestry night
after night, and one night he was re
warded by seeing a little white figure
glide in, light a candle, climb up to oue
of the highest shelves, take dowu a rare
old book ami begiu to pore over it. Il
waa the gardener's son, and he is now
the lord of "Tliu Poplars," and tho no
blest landlord in the west of England.
New York Herald.
lleet-lier'a Klrtt Horn,
One room served for entrance into the
house, for parlor, study and bedroom; the
other to the dining and workroom, writes
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher in describing
the first home which she and Mr. Beecher
had years ago in the west. Tho bed
room was so small that 1 was obliged to
make the bed on one side first, then go
out on the veranda, raise a window,
reach in and make the bed on the other
aide. Not such very troublesome work
after all, wheu one gets accustomed to
it. The little kitchen, partitioned off
from the veranda, was just large enough
to allow a passage between the cooking
table and the stove into the dining room
without burning my dress, and my
table was only divided from Mr. Beech
er's study table by tho partition.
For nearly seven years this was our
home a home full of cares and uo lux
uries, but a very happy home for many
reasons the happiest we ever knew, for
we were less separated there. In Brook
lyn, in later years, Mr. Beecher's public
dutiea naturally drew him more away
from the family circle, but in those days
in the west I bad him almost entirely to
myself. Ladies' Home Journal.
Thrilling Adventure of a Miner.
John Clarkson tells an interesting
story of how he came near being de-
Toured by a large army of rata in the
Baker coal bank. It was his custom to
cook his meal in the coal bank at din
ner time. One day as he waa sitting be
fore a fire boiling his meat he was star
tled to hear the noise mode by running
rata. The odor of the cooking meat ier
Bleated the bank, attracted the attention
of the rodents and they came tripping
along to the fire at a lively rate.
John says he thought the "old bob
was after him. In a little while there
mast have been fully 500 rats gathered
about him and Ins heart was in his
month. , He threw thorn a piece of the
meat, and while they fought for it he
Stole away. New Lisbon Patriot
Bet I'pon hjr the (Jang.
One of the Italian exhibitors of per
forming birds lost a green pai rakeet out
of his cape th other afternoon on Park
Street The bird flow up into an elm
and chattered at the distracted Italian.
"Seenyore, aeenyore, climbs ae tree," he
cried. But no one in the big crowd vol
unteered to "climba se tree." It was
the English sparrow that finally settled
the business both for the parrakeet and
the Italian. A solitary English sparrow
pied the green bird, aud set up a loud
"cheep." In three minutes' time fifty
sparrows were mobbing the parrakeet
lie took wing with the noisy pack in hot
pursuit Boston News.
A Happy Family.
A happy family dwells in an engine
boose in Madison, Ind., and the antic
of the members afford amusement to the
fire company. The family Is composed
of a coon, a cat, a pair of rabbits, two
white mice and a shepherd dog. They
occupy the same apartment, sport to
gether and eat frota the same vessel
Yankee Blade,
Thieve Treat In Fortune Tellers.
The thief baa implicit reliance in the
foreknowledge claimed by gypsies aud
other people, and he has been known to
pay blackmail to professed eiponeuta of
the "black art' who threatened him with
ai manner of peril. - exchange.
Browning's Striking Personality.
The society of London offers no
more striking or interesting- figure
than that of Kola-ri Browning. It may
safely bo alleged ilml no one meeting
him for the Mint time, ana uniurnisn
ed with a clew, would guess bis voca
tion, lie might bo a diplomatist, a
statesman, a discoverer or a man of
science. But whatever were his call
ings, we must feel that it must be ea
aentially practical. -Of tho disordered
appearance, the unconventional do
meanor. tlio mil aud mystic air,
which we assume, to be characteristic
of tho noct he bus absolutely none.
And his conversation corresponds to
Ins appearance, uaooutius in vigor,
in fire, in vivacity It is always gen
uincly interesting, and often striking
ly eloquent Yet all the time il ia en
tirely free from mystery, vagueness or
technical jargon. 11 ia tlie crisp, em
phatic and xvtcrful discourse of a man
01 the world, wno ia coinparuuiy oev-
ter informed thuu the muss of bis con'
sroners.
Mr. Browning is tho readiest, the
blithest and the most forcible of talk
era. Like the uioiisignore in "Lo
thair." bocun "sparkle with anecdote,
and blazo with repartee," and when he
deals in criticism the edge of his
sword is mercilessly whetted oguinst
urctcnsion and vuuity. Iho inUection
of the voice, the Hush of tho eye, the
!ose of tho head, the action of the
land, all lend their special emphasis
to tho condemnation. "1 like religion
to bo treated seriously," bo excluimed
with referenco to a recent uovel of
irreut renown, "and 1 don't want to
know what tins curate or that curuto
thought about it No. I don't" Hiiro-
ly tho secret thought of inuuy hearts
lotimi utterance in unit ompmuie cry.
When an unduly fervent iidmircr
had buttonholed him throughout
long evening, plying him with qu
tions about what ho meant by tl
lino, or whom ho intended by that
character, there was exquisite grace as
well as just rebuke in tho stress on tho
words, ' But 1 am monopolizing you,
with which the master ut lust extricate
ed himself from tho grasp of the disci
ple. Now Ifcview.
Driving UeiiilnlMienoea.
A talkative driver is almost invari
ably a had oue. Uo may Ijo all there
over a difllcult bit of a road, or deter
mined enough with a restive horse,
but in a long drivo ia almost certain to
become cureless, and tho result is fre
quently broken knees. Accidents
seem generally to hupjion in unlikely
sH)ts. I huve been in a good many
and never saw a borso full on a sleep
hill, and only onco a collision, and
that a slight one, occur ut a dangerous
corner. A gentio slope down wlncli a
horso trots with almost a slack rein, is
generally tho pluco where ho fulls.
Horses are very clover at avoiding
collisions on dark nights, and their
sight is, I fancy, much keener tliun
men's. More than onco have 1, when
unexiH'ctcdly benighted, been indebt
ed to my pony's quickness for my safe
arrival. Ono day tho Irain I had been
to meet waa very lute; tho evening
was dull and heavy clouds wero gath
ering in tho westward, and we were
still two miles from home when twilight
hud disappeared completely. There
wua ono very bud piece of road before
us, a narrow pluco overhung by
trees, with a steep bunk on onoside
and a narrow but rather deep stream
on tho other. Tho darkness waa in
tense under tho trees. Suddenly my
cob, which wus going very freely,
swervod to one Bide, drew the curl
close to tho bunk on tho left and stood
still. 1 tbeu beard 11 10 riitllo of a
wagon and shouted. A voice answer
ed and an empty wagon with two
horses cuiiio past at full trot, so close
that 1 thought wo must have been
imushod. Chambers' Journal
He Tuok It llitrk.
An extremely stout, cholorio old
gentleman sat in hisolllcoon Friday
tumiiigoveralotof pucrsuiid swear
ing to luniscir. Ilo was in a beastly
temper, for things had gone wrong
over since morning, and now and then
he cast his eyes about as if in search
of something to kick ns an outlet for
his tciM'stunus statu of mind,
"Thai book agent is out hero, sir,
said a clerk, thrusting his head
throuirh tho door.
"Show him in," yelled tho old gen
tleman, greedily, "uud I'll kick Iho
everlasting stulllng out of him."
A minute later a pretty little girl
came dcmurelv in. anil, rulmlv draw
ing a chair up to tho old gentleman's
desk, smiled sweetly.
"Just excuse mo u niiuiito," said the
old fellow: "there s a misty book
agent coming."
"1 um tho book agent, sir," said the
Sii'I, and hIio thrust a hand away
own through a hole in her drcsa anil
brought up a volume
"Uun't 1 sell you a copy, sir " she
said cheerfully, running through the
loaves. "It is only $3, and is profuse
ly illustrated, and so needful that no
homo is complete without ono. Buy
a copy, please, and 1 shall forget that
you called mo nasty.
"1 didn't," pulled the old gentio
man, excitedly. "1 swear 1 never said
anything of the kind. U'uve tho hook."
then the old man yelled; "John,
give this voting lady $5,"
When the old gentleman picked up
us uook to curry it Home no discover
ed that il waa a collection of love
tongs. Now York Sun.
He Woe Accommodated,
"Does this car go up Trumbull ave
nue!" he asked or the conductor as he
got on at Woodward avenue.
"Yea, sir."
"How far is it to tho end of the
lino?"
"About two miles."
"Will you be an hour and a half
going upt '
"About that; whyl"
"I'm going up there to sec a widder.
We've been courting for a year We
are engaged. 1 want to Hunk out of
it 1 want time to collect my
thoughts, and get my excuses rendv".
An hour and a half will do puny wel,
I guess, but make it two hours 'if you
rail, im a patron, you know, aud
the line orter run for the bench I of
patrons.'' iMroit Free Press.
A Subordinate.
"Why do you iM-rmit such hnpu
deneef" auij the I'ulliimn traveler to
his couipauion after a quarrel with tlie
porter.
"Can't help it He's the porter;
I'm only director In the company."
New York F.poru,
Ilia Error.
Husband Thauk heaven I am not as
other men
Wife Yon are mistaken there. It is
they who should be thankful. Detroit
free Press.
THE NAIAD.
It hut S phantom Indeed
liiKiruied ii". tlieeinperori knight,
Win- In tli way y of1
Tin- eve 'twist a h'Ut auil a OkIiI
A triii-i' of delight;
Buhl I Kin-tut lief Dn-arh on my chart,
Ami Kiillnw hi liiml uo my wruaV
tier r-yelxlH were holy and meek,
ller eye like tlir perilling nilat
That moonlight ha klMKii
Month after, at dawu as we rode.
All Ireiniillng ami tender aiiaka aha)
"(V-ttan- iif lli brook In On" wood.
Whim willow drip aye from Uie knaat
I never must ee'"
But lralghl In the forest path cold
Ere Kolf of DU torldla got grace.
With a cry and t thrill from my bold
Bllpped tuU an alar Into loa
Hot rule and her fee'
What waa It rao under my font.
Kith golden and ashen and bin
As awlft a my lof a and aa aweetr
Ah. that waa the brook UuU I knew "
My aoul hod to run'
For Mud drew my aenva from thrall
Ai niooin lift Uie tide I could
Did tuallowt that prayed la their fall
The weird upling. gloaty and litres,
Drip aya from tlie kuea
Hot now In the banner bright rank.
The ahleld to my breast like bride,
Puts weak lily, washed on a bank
To plue for the known and denied,
Here will I hate died.
Well rid of Uie yean and their guile,
And blessed forevei In this
To end near her atep and bur mile.
Her muglo. her beauty, ber blue.
The Water alia la'
Louise Imogen Uulney In The Independent
TRAGEDY OF A SCHOOL
It may be easily understood that when
a ladies' seminary waa opened In the
village a revolution was brought aliout
in the little community. The students
were of a higher grade in apparel and
appearance, in beauty and display than
the residents. The young men for tlie
first time in their lives saw women of
cultivation and physical attractiveness.
Tlie delicate figures of the newcomers,
their small and shapely feet and hands,
their un tan ned complexions, their wil
lowy grace, their jewels, their rich
colors in dress, eyes and complexion
were so much in contrast with what all
the young men had hitherto known that
they became at once Infatuated.
Old attachments wero ruptured, en
gagements broken, and over the face of
many a country girl lines of sorrow sup
planted tho plump smoothness of other
days. In the once pacific village there
was now incessant fog, cloudiness and
storm. Tho seminary became a s-iccies
of shrine; one that commingled the na
ture of a saint and a sinner semi-sen
sual and semi-sacred. Each Sabbath
young pilgrims from the neighboring
farms thronged into the town, sun
burned, with long hair, cowhide boots
and hats and coats of all patterns, and
arranged themselves along the street
over which the line of seminary girls
passed on their way to and from the
churches.
Very naturally there grew up jealous
ies, particularly among theso young men.
Somo of them thought that others were
more favored than themselves. For a
long tlmo the principal of tho seminary
conducted his school with all the seclu
sion of a convent. There were no social
evenings at tho hall; nonoof tho fair
students wero permitted to appear out
side without a duenna, and it waa per
meated with all tho mystery, security
and charm of a seraglio.
Two or throo persons were allowed
tho entreo, and against theso there waa
very naturally created disliko on Hie
part of those debarred from tho charmed
precincts. Oue of them becamo partic
ularly obnoxious. He was a lawyer
named Smith, who lived on a patrimony
and Biich accessions aa ho gained from
the small returns from tho practice of
his profession, He was a man alxiut 40
years of age, slender almost to emacia
tion, with a small, bald head, a sharp
pointed nose, and one eye the other
had been lost which waa small, aud
which glittered with an expression ns
of contempt on his unlucky rivals.
"Rivals" is tho proiier word. Mean
looking, uncultivated and ropcllaiit as he
waa, ho had an open sesamo to the sem
inary building. Ho entered when he
pleased, and never failed, when opiwr-
tunity offered, to relate his visits and to
exaggerate his intimacy. Many of the
young fellows who, while not Apollos in
their faces and llgures, wero neverthe
less Viilcans in their muscular strength,
virile as tigers and strong as giants, be
camo frantic in their rage and humilia
tion as they heard this man detail bis
visits. He wus ono of tho deformed
genii who passed at will Into the para
dise of houris, while they, manly, robust.
were excluded.
Amoug this class he became an object
of furious hatred and execration.
It was at this point in the situation
that 1 camo to tho villago to siieud my
vacation, and I soon bccaiuo an active
partisan of tho boys who hated tho man
that monopolized the entrance to the
seminary. Many a meeting was held at
which tho object of dislike was anathe
matized and schemes of vengeance were
devised.
I was just from a neighboring college
in which it was tho custom to burn on
tlie campus certain text books whose
study had been finished, and it occurred
to me that sotuethiug of the samo kind
might be applied to the obnoxious law
yer. 1 outlined a achemo to the effect
that on a certain evening at a specified
hour we should assemble in the principal
street, bring an clllgy of our enemy,
which we should tirst hang and then
consume It iu a bonllre. Iho plan was
adopted by the boys with enthusiasm,
and we at once proceeded to carry it into
eJfect.
The arrangement, as dually decided on.
was at exactly 0 o'clock the participants
were to assemble at tho barn of a family
named I try no, in which we wero to stuff
an old suit of clothing with hay, and
then, iu procession, bearing the figure at
our head, we were to march through the
principal street to tho square, where
there would bo an addrtws, and then the
bunging anJ the burning of the efligy.
ow, boys, said tho leader, who waa
myself, "be prompt aud be at the Hrvne
entrance al exactly 8 o'clock, and we'll
huve more fuu in ten minutes Uian you
Can shake a stick ak
The "fuu" which resulted was not of
Uie kind anticiated.
We separated soon after, filled with
agreeable renV'tioiuk We were about to
make infamous the bete noir that af
flicted us and to visit on him the just ven
geance that be invoked by his heinous
trausgreasions.
At this period there was a vacation In
the seminary. The girls had mostly gone
home. A few lived at great distances, or
for other reasons remained during the va
cation. One of these, a girl named Anna
1 omit her other nauie had permission
,to visit, at intervals, one of the faiuilie
in the village, where I made ber ac
ouuiiitunce.
Khe was a bright, prepossessing girl of
aloiil 17, fairly intelligent, vivacious and
fund of social excitement. We soon be
came tolerably familiar, and I visited her
at the house of In r friends as often as op
portunity icrmitted.
When the evening of the disposition
of the clllgy came along I happened, at
aliout 7 o'clock, to pass the house which
she was in tho habit of visiting and saw
her seated on the front steps. Noticing
that I had an hour to spare, I stopped to
make her a parting call, as I waa to re
turn to school tho next day. Tho fact
of my going away seemed to depress her
a little, and the subsequent chat was
tinctured with a flavor of sadness. We
talked In a tone which became a trifle
sentimental in its nature, and the min
utes flew away without attracting atten
tion. I happened Dually to glance at my
watch and saw that it was Ave minutes
to a
"I must go at once," I said.
"So soon?" she said In a voice of re
monstrance.
"Yes, I am sorry to say, but I have an
imiK-ratlve encasement.
"And I shall not see you again before
you go
"I'm afraid not The stage leaves at
8 o'clock In the morninit. hours before
you will have left dreamland."
Her long lashes full over her eyes.
"You will give me a good-by kiss,
won t you"
She drew herself back as if frightened
or offended.
"No, no; not so far as that."
"You are unkind and unreasonable.
only ask ono. We may never see each
other attain.
Kbo still kept herself away from me. I
persisted In mv liniiortunlty. At last
she bent toward mo.
"Onco, theu,"sho murmured in a faint
voice. I touched her lips with mine, and
at the precise moment of contact the
heavy, sullen report of a gunshot rang
through the air. It was from the direc
tion of the Bryne house, and I felt
deadly thrill in my heart as if I had been
pierced by a bullet. I sprang down tho
steps and run in the direction of the re
port.
It waa just at dusk, permitting objects
to ho dimly seen. At the distance of a
block I saw two or three figures scatter
ing from tho front of the Uryne house,
One of them camo toward mo with
wabbling, stuirircruiK cult, liko a man
far in tho stuges of intoxication, and
who at every step gave utterance to
cry liko tho inarticulate howl of a wild
beast. Just as ho reached me he tum
bled at my feet in a lump, the froth cover
ing his upturned mouth. He was an ep
ileptic named llandford. and I saw that
ho had a (it. I was about to raise him
up, when he suddenly, after writhing
convulsively in the dust, staggered to his
feet and ran on, howling like a tortured
demon.
There was a commotion in the nnrrow
alley that led across the Bryne place to
tho barn. A voice shrieked: "You've
killed him! You've killed him!"
I rushed Into tho alley, and saw just
beyond tho entrance a form lying on the
ground, over which was bent another,
trying to raiso it up by the shoulders,
while a little father on was a man who
menaced the two with a revolver.
"Go wav from here," said the man in
a hoarse, harsh voice.
"I shall not," said the one bending
over tho fallen figure. "It is my brother.
Tho man with tho revolver backed
away, pointing it at them as ho left.
I recognized all throo of the party
Tho prostrate form was that of the eldest
of tho Bryne brothers, tho second who
bent over him was another brother, and
the third man, with tho weapon, wus a
cabinetmaker numcd (Jlusser.
Attracted by tho shot, some neighbors
had gathered, and by them was borne
into the house the wounded boy. 11
hud been shot through tho lung by n ball
from a navy revolver. Medical aid and
a priest for tho Brynes wero Roman
Catholics wero summoned. Neither
availed to euro him; within a few hours
ho was dead.
Tho horror with which I contemplated
the awful result cannot be told. Uud
Anna not coqucttishly refused me tlie
kiss; hud ebo conceded it when first
asked, 1 should have been on time ut the
gate, and would have received the bullet
shot through tho body of poor Uryne,
Her little hesitation saved one life ami
lost another.
Glasser lived in a house a half a block
away, and thither tho town constable
with a posse proceeded soon after the
shooting. He waa found in bed and
fast asleep,
(jlasser waa a Frenchman by birth
who hud wandered about tho world a
good deal, who hud been to California,
aud who hud at lust reached the town in
which the homicide was committed.
At his trial it was shown for the de
fense that he was unused to the wavs of
the country; that ho had secured the re
volver iu his California experience: that
he waa a dependent ukui the lawyer, and,
hearing that tlie boys ol the villace were
muking preparations to hang him, be hud
determined to defend him, and knowing
the programme had placed himself iu the
alley. He waa shown to be pacific and
harmless in hisaverago life, and a church
member in good standing. He was given
short term of imprisonment, and on his
discharge moved to Iowa, to which state
tlie lawyer had preceded him.
Ulasserand the lawyer are still in tin
Haw key o state; Anna died in Quiiicy
two or three years ago, leaving a family
of sous and daughters. A sister of
Ula.sbcr's wife, Margaret Thompson, is a
resident of Chicago, The Bryucs moved
away within a year or so alter the kill
ing. The seminary school was broken up
and the building baa never since been
occupied. I'ohuto iu Chicago Herald.
The Way She Filed H Im.
Young Wife You are not going out
to-night, are vouf
Husband-Yes, my dear, I must go
back to the otlice and xst my books.
I'm afraid I'll be kept Into.
Y. W. Not coinir anywhere except
to tliooflieef
IL No-o.
Y. W.-WcIL then, step intoStronir
Smell & Cu's around the corner from
your otlice on your way down. They'll
be open until 8 o'clock. Oct a coudIo
of mackerel and brimr them borne
wheu vou come.
IL Ye-es, my dear. Good night
Y. W. (to herself as her husband de
parts) He won't do much theatre go
ing with those mackerel in hit pocket
New York Newt.
Value the friendship of her who
stands by you in the storm; swarms of
tneetj will surround you in the sun-shin.
THE FLAG 13 STILL THERE.
fublle Honor Showered t'pon aa Indiana
School Teacher.
A remarkable scene was witnessed at
Crawfordsville, Ind., the other evening,
when an immense crowd packed the
Yonng Men's Christian association and!
torium to do hon
or to Mist Emma
Connors, tb
daughter of
veteran who fell
in battle. Miss
EMMA CONNORS AND THE SCHOOL HOUSIt,
Connors is a teacher, and has for some
months lieen in charm of a school in
Clark township, Montgomery county.
Recently she secured the erection of
flagstaff at the school house from which
the stars and stripes were displayed,
The ensuing Saturday the pole was cut
down and the flag stolen. Miss Connors
stated the case to the Crawfordsville
O. A. R. lost, and the members of that
order, in conjunction with the Sons of
Veterans and Patriotic Sons of America
soon saw that the damage wus repaired,
The teacher also received a gift of
miall reputing rifle, with which she kept
watch over "old glory" while attending
to her school duties.
But the climax came at the Craw
fordsville meeting already rererred
to when Miss Connors was presented
with a magnificent silk banner. Sieeches
were made by General Mauson, Hon. M
D. White and others wiiich were full of
patriotism, denunciation of the flag
stealers and praise of the maiden they
had met to honor. At theschoolhnuse in
Clark township the "star spangled ban
Ucr still waves.
THE ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
It Ileculls nil Hlatorlcnl Event ut Con
alileruhlo Intercut.
The recent eclipse of Jlio moon was
one of unusual mterest, ;iot only bi
cause it afforded astronomers extraor
dinary opportunities, but because o!
its historical importance. Like other
eclipses, its recurrence can now lie cal
culated both for the future and the past
with ubsolute certainty, and in the past
it has often been important, the mot
notable cuse being that of which Coliim
bus made use.
In the year loO-t he was driven npon
the island of Jamaica, where he and his
crew were in great distress for provi
sions, the natives being unfriendly
Knowing what wus at band, Columbus
told the Indians that the gods were
sngrv with them, and that in token of it
the moon would on a certain night hide
her face and show the color of blood,
The Indians laughed nt him, but on the
night of March 1 the eclipse came, and
thereafter all that the Indians had was
his to command. It ia interesting to
know that this is the same moon and
was a recurrence of the same eclipse,
Also that it will come again in 1909.
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COLUMHUS AND TUB SAVAGES.
The explanation of an eclipse is one of
tho simplest problems in astronomy,
As the sun is much larger than the
earth it follows that the shadow of the
earth runs out in a long point. Now, if
the moon moved around the earth in an
orbit on the same plane as that in which
the earth moves around the sun, there
would be an ecliise of the moon every
time it passed through the earth's
shadow, but as the two orbits form a
slight angle it is only at intervals that
the shadow strikes the moon. This
give9 astronomers their opportunity to
get exact measurements and other im
portant facts.
No Plot.
A Chester county physician has
"read the dictionary through from
cover to cover, word for word, and
was seventeen years and six months
accomplishing the tn.sk. The plot of
Uie dictionary is not sullicientlv ex
citing and complicating to enchain
the reader's attention, and induce him
to finish the work at one sitting. The
absence of thrilling situations, start
ling climaxes and love makinsr eni
aodes prevents the book from being in
great demand at our circulating libra
ries. Sentimental young Indies sel
dom call for it Norristown Herald.
Art-htpolnglral Sharpa Swindled.
The Greek of Egypt is as sharp today
as in the times of the Ptolemies. Wit
ness the fact that seventeen mummies in
the Imperial museum of Berlin were
found by a committee of archaeologists to
be recent fabrications of Alexandrian
alers in antiquities. The museum had
paid 800.000 marks for these forgeries.
The directors who made the purchases
are trying to suppress the report.
A Chance for an Eiplorer.
An aged Frenchwoman who died re
cently at Toulon was kuown as "Madame
Miss" because of her love for every
thing English. In her will she be
queathed tf.000,000 francs to the explorer
who woulJ penetrate the wilds of Africa
further thau any explorer has hitherto
doue. He may take with him a com
pany of 300 men, but must bring half of
this number back to civilization.
According to the Geographisch-Statia-che
Tabellt-n jnst published by Professor
Tttrasehek, of Leipsic, and liased npon
the census of liH) and 1S91, the popula
tion of the world numbers l,.V14,5o0,000
persona,
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null rigiitinf.
It would, in the opinion of tome
not persons of the most austere virtue,
but still people of average morality
be a pity if the bull lighU were to dis
appear from Spain, llumunitv mus
disapprove of it, but. none the less, it
it a piece of picturesque barburism
a thing the tourist lovct. Besides in
Spain it htiniu own house. It has
always been there, and. whatever the
preacher may say. it no more brutal
lies the Spaiiiards-a naturally civil
and affectionate nation-thun the
practice of catching lish with a hook
and leaving them to die on tho bottom
of a boat or on a river bank brutalizes
the many estimable, nay. even lov
able, gentlemen who adhere to it
Let us clear our minds of cant The
bull fight at home and the bull fight
abroad are two very different things.
The mere fact that it is not natural to
any country condemns its introduo
tion to that country. Those who
would bring it in act in defiance of
the accepted traditions of their own
society, which is bud in itself, and.
seeing what tho miture of the show is.
they must be indifferent lo the inflict
ing or watching the inflicting of pain.
Those surroundings and that past,
which, if they do not redeem, do al
least, to some extent veil the real
character of the show in Spain, cannot
be reproduced elsewhere. What can
be imported is the torture or slaughter
of horses and bulls, and the risk to the
lives of men, which, as the well in
formed know, is always great De
liberately lo imiwrt these is. and must
be, brutalizing' in tho last degree, -Saturday
Review.
Eecaped Ula Thanks.
Tlie "Listener" in The Boston Tran
tcript reminds us again that there it
no misfortune without its compensa
tions. He tells of a venerable and di
languished old gentleman, who, being
very hard of hearing, enjoys the deaf
man's immunity, and always carries
his "silence compelling veto" with
him.
Not Ipng ago ho did a young man a
favor, which was of immense value.
The youth, overwhelmed with grati
tude, visited his benefactor, and seized
the ear trumpet with emotion.
"OMr. ," he exclaimed, "1 can
never"
The old man removed the other end
f tho tube from his ear. The youth
found himself talkine to thin air. He
went off into a ridiculous pantomime
of entreaty, all the while brandishing
the unconnected ear trumpet The old
man smiled.
"Thoro are times," he said, "when il
is verv covenient to be deaf.'
The young man was obliged to go
away without huving communicated
to his benefactor a single word of
thanks.
Heard melodies are tweet, but tboae unneard
Are tweeter
says Keats. Tlie smiling "veto" of the
deaf old gentleman iu this instance
put a certain humor into the lines
which Keats never meant
"A J iit Beaut."
The London correspondent of The
Manchester Courier savs he heard rath
er an amusing story the other day ubout
the bishop of London which has not,
lie believes, appeared In print. When
Dr. Temple held the head mastership
of Rugby a boy in the school came up
before luui for some breach of disci
plirie. Facts seemed rather against the
boy, who was in imminent danger of
being expelled. He had a defense, but
being neither clear headed nor fluent in
the presence of the head muster he could
not make it clear.
He therefore wrote home to his father
detailing at length his position and his
explanation. His father very wisely
thought the best thing he could do was
to send the boy's letter us it stood to
Dr. Temple, merely asking him to over
look any familiarity of expression. Ap
parently the father had not turned
over the page nnd seen his son's post
script, for there Dr. Temple found the
following words: "If 1 could explain it
would be ull right, for though Temple
Is a beast he is a Just beast." The
bishop in telling the story is accus
tomed to say it was the greatest com
phmetit he has ever received in his
life.
Pipes Comine; Into Cue.
The return to the pipe is a compara
tively new fad. Until six months ago
never had a pqie In my store. My
trade called for nothing but cigars,
cigarettes and chewing tobaccos. The
French started it Of course your En
glish tourist always has his pipe, and
he thinks no more of starting it up on
the street or in the smokers' room of
the sleeper than you would of taking
out tlie most fragrant cigar. But the
French have started this fad of several
pipes with various stems, and the cus
tom Is taking it up.
The meerschaum pipe craze died out
several years ago. It is a wonder it
ever came in. You can buy a meer
seliaum pipe cheaper than you can a
r rencli sweet briar. I don't mean to
say that the American smoker will ever
go so far as to smoke a pipe on the
street, but for home and office comfort
he has already taken up the pipe. In
terview in Chicago Tribuna
Abraham Lincoln'! Father.
Within seven miles of Mattoon is the
farm which Abraham Lincoln's father
used to own, and where be lived. Abe
was of age then, and he didn't live on
the farm, but he visited his father once
a year and always brought him pres
ents. Thomas Lincoln died on
farm and is buried in Gordon's srave-
yard, near by. Beside his grave is that
of his second wife. For many years
tlie craves were unmarked. Ijiter nn
Mr. Dunlap, of this city, brought tlie
matter to the attention of several lead
ing citizens of Mattoon and Coles
county. The result was that a plain
monument marks the nlaee. Rn!rt
Lincoln, hearing of the subscription.
sent Mr. Dunlap a check for $100.
Chicago Tribuna
Quart of Dlamondtor DlamondiorQua.ru
I tell you. knowlea. tlie dressinir at
Saratoga surpassed the wildest dreams
of Monte Cri-to. I never saw anything
use me ostentatious display of diav
nionds. Every one had them, and col
lected they could have been measured
by quarts."
Knowlea Crystalline quartz T Jew
elers' Circular.
Tut Enjluh earalry have never been armed
with revoivera althnti-l. I 1. . ...
I t,..MivinMlWl
aber noi u0 ctuun-e aaiitat, revolver.
PRIMROSES.
Thl, eon, be your story rreai
Primroaea; yon do nut wait.
At the other flower do,
tlie tiirlaa to tmile on you,
Hut wltb comlnif are couteot,
Aitkin no encouraceinent
Ere the hardy croc-ut cleave
Runny border 'Death the earea,
Era the tlirunh hit Hong rehearse,
8weeter than all poctt' verea;
Kre the early hleatlne Uunba
C'llnif lite ahailuwa to their dama,
Ere the blai-kihoru on-alca to white,
gnowy hooded anchorite;
Out from every hedire you look.
You are bright by every brook,
Weortiiif for your note defenae
Fiarlemiicns of Innocence.
While the dnlTudila til 111 waver,
Ere the jonquil get iu taror,
While the liuneu yet but pair,
You are tledk-eJ aud everywhere.
NmiKlit can daunt you, naught diatreai
Neither cold nor aiiiilenmoui.
You, when Lsnt tleet Itlea aiiaoa,
Look the teiupcat In the fuoe;
At descend the flake more tlow
From your eyelid thake the mow,
And when all the clouils have flown
Meet the sun 'a miiile with your own.
Nothing ever make you leas
Gracious to uneraclouineiia.
March may bluster upend down,
Jvttlhh April sulk and frown;
Closer to their tklrU you cling,
Coaxing winter to be tpring.
-Alfred Austin
A Womuu'a Statement.
They got into an argument about the
money made by people who earn their
living on the stage Of course they dif
fered; people can't arguo satisfactorily
unless they do differ But here is the
opinion of a woman who was once on
the stage, who was considered popular,
who waa clever enough in her work to
get applause and praise, who presum
ably earned more than the average ac
tress, and yet who is content with her
present life:
"When 1 take ont the money paid for
gowns which were useless except on the
stage, when I make allowance for trav
eling excuses, hotel bills, weeks in
which few performers earn anything;
when I take into account engagements
which could not for many reasons be
satisfactory to me; wheu I foot np the
salaries which sometimes in my early
work I never received, aud when 1 esti
mate the thousand and one little ex
penses which were then necessary. 1 con
sider that for several years of my life I
earned practically nothing but a living,
and I worked very bard, you must un
derstand. Wheu 1 got married I left
the stage. Now it isn't necessary to tell
yon whut my salary was or what my
husband's salary now is, but his earn
ings are less thuu mine . were. But we
two live much better on his smaller
salary than I alone con Id live on my
bigger salary. We have a pretty borne
and all that we need to be happy. We
save a little money too. So I suppose
this is a fair answer aa to what one
makes on the stage. There are a great
many circumstances to be considered."
New York Tribune.
Ten Anilou Minutes.
Captain Anderson rescned the crew of
a Dutch schooner from a wild part of the
island of Formosa, after finug upon some
of the natives. His return is thus de
scribed in "A Cruise in an Opium Clip
per:" "Our way took us in single tile
through a nurrow pass, and aa I entered
it at the bead of my men, for a second
my heart almost ceased to beat at the
startling sight that met my gaze.
"The pass was lined on both sides with
ferocious looking natives armed with
pole axes, spears, huge knives and many
other death dealing instruments.
"Although I was taken Hut aback by
the sight, some instinct carried me for
ward sword in hand, looking to the right
aud left with a cool, staring eye. which
seemed to curb the revengeful spirit of
the natives.
"Ou arriving ut the other end of the
defile I stopped, turned round, saw all the
men safely through, and then told them
in unmistakable English to make a clean
pair of heels for the ship, while I brought
np the rear at a sharp puce aa soon as 1
had got a little way from the entrance of
the puss, so that the natives might not
see us in too great a hurry.
"How they lot ns through without
touching a hair of onr heads or once
making a motion toward us passes my
comprehension."
Letter That Never Came.
They tell a funny story of a man who
rented a box in the postoffice awhile ago.
Ilo appears to have been new to the
business and failed to get the hung of
the thing Aftera month orso hecalled
on one of the postoffice officials and l-
gan to kick ubout the Ikix. "The blamed
thing never hud any mad in it." was his
complaint.
"I have looked in that box every day
since 1 rented it and it hasn't had a thing
in it the whole time. I even addressed a
letter to myself and never heard from it."
The two took a look at the box aud
the postoffice man inquired if the box
renter bad ever opened his box Why,
no; of course not Couldn't be see that
there wasn't anything in it
Of course it turned out thnt he had
forgotten the number of his box though
it was on his receipt, and had been
watching and swearing over an unrented
one. He found a stock of mail in his
box at last and went away feeling small
enough to crowd inside of it Buffalo
Express.
The Wooden Indian.
I used to live in Spain, and after
ward in the West Indies, before I came
to the States. 1 met tho wooden Indian
long before 1 came to this country. I
have been asked before where the wooden
Indian got his start I only know what
have heard about him in the Old
World. There was an adventurer
named Rntz who left his old city, Bar
celona, and came to Virginia 300 years
ago. When he returned he executed
the wooden Indian in a rude way, as a
type of the sort of animal be had met in
tlie New World, and the figure was set
np in front of a shop where wine was
sold. Finally it became a sort of trade
mark. There were smokers in those
days and they assembled around the In
dian. And the wooden Indian is now
seen in front of nearly every cigar store.
Interview in Chicago Tribune.
Waited lutll the Child Won Safe.
An interesting little war story has
Governor Jones, of Alabama, for its
hero. At the time Gordon wus resisting
Sherman's advance. Jones, then a staff
captain, was delivering a message from
his chief when he saw a little child, clad
only in night clothes, hiding in terror
behind a frame house in the direct range
of the bullets from each army Jones
rode forward, took the child on his horse
and galloied back with ber to the Con
federate lina When the L'uiou forces
saw the act they ceased firing, and there
was an impromptu cessation of hostili
ties until the child had beeu carried to
ooint of aafetj.-