EUGENE CITY GUARD.
L 1 CAMmKLL, . . fraprUMr.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
A Terrlbl Insert.
A sailor on a misting vemi which
plies between Ualvvston and ports on
the gulf bus some very Interesting spec
imen which he secured while on the
count of Yucutun. Among them is
large jar filled with enormous tpiders,
which be suys are looked upon with
greatest fear by the Indiuns of the cen
tral portion of thut cnuntry, and which
are undoubtedly tho largest ever scon.
The body of the spider is fully five
Inches In diameter and the legs are
short and thick, being capeciully adapted
to running and climbing. They are
about two inches long and are as big
round as an ordinary load pencil. The
. animal is of a graying brown color, but
is most pectiliurly marked by deep red
bands, which cross its body, extending
clear around diagonally from shoulder
to hip, crossing each other at the middle
of the bark and tho center of tho belly.
The fierceness of the insect and the
marking on the bock have inducod the
Indians to name it tho "Devil's Soldier,"
and they say thut it is nndoubtedly the
wont foe to man in thut whole country,
making it ulmost iniosMblo for any one
to go into the interior, for it abounds In
such numbers that no place is free from
It, and its bite is certain death.
Only one iuHtunce is known to Indians
where a in. in hue been bitten and did
not die, and this man was wildly insane
ever afterward. The spider makes Its
home among the rocks, and when any
thing approaches it rushes boldly out
and makes an attack so fiercely that It
is almost Impossible to escape it It
runs with grout rapidity and climbs
sticks and trees as cattily as if it wore on
the grounJ. Atlanta Constitution.
Many Pretty IImI Covering.
There are. and probubly always will
bo, many who prefer tho all white bed.
and for these many pretty bed coverings
are provided. Linen shams, with bor
ders of elaborate drawn work, are nsod
with plain white Marseilles spreads. An
tique luce of linn, lino texture is always
suitable and makes a dressy bed, nsed
either over white or some delicute color.
Tbe figured China ami India silks used
during the 1'iat year or two are also still
in favor for bod and bolster coverings,
but a newer material for this purpose is
the Hollywood sheeting, a fancy double
width material of soft, cream-white cot
ton, whime rough surface is exceedingly
effective when wrought with the simple,
showy patterns employed for this work.
A very handsome olio designed for
white and gold giiostchumbcr has a con
ventional pattoru scattered ovor it.
Worked in shades of yellow and brown.
The pattern is first outlined with a long
chain stitch, the leaves and shadings
marked, then the intervening spaces
filled with a simple filling stitch, which
is very rapidly iloue utid Is yet exceed
ingly showy. The spread extends over
the pillows, and a ImiiuI of colored rib
bon, matching one of the lightest shades
of s'lk. is passed across the bed just be
low the billows mid tied ill a handsome
Imiw. Cnieugo Herald.
linirti rUII of lliiURurlan Wouiea.
Tue Hungarian woman likes to eat
well, takes naturally to swimming, dano
lug. gymnastics, and has not tho least
objection to being admired. Although
not stat-iully inclined to sentimental ef
fusiveness, in one sense of tho term, she
may, in moment of love and passion,
give a profoundly stirring expression to
her emot ions; she may clothe her senti
ment in words of enrapturing naivete,
drawu from the depths of the national
temperament, if it tloes not find utter
ance In the all expressive "Jul," whis
pered In the acme of ecstasy, accom
panied by an incffuhly blissful glance,
This is true of the so culled girls of
the people no less than of women of the
higher classes, for grace and beauty
know no dilfereuce between high and
tow. and often bestow npon a poor,
barefooted, short skirted peasant girl
(with her face in a kerchief tied under
the chin) the same enchanting form, the
same magically attractive glanco, as
ukui her more favored sister. Wilhelm
binger ill llarju'r's.
Tli Origin of Puimtu Tree.
In the famous West I'hiladelphia Bur
trum Uotunicul gardens there flourishes
an enormous Florida swamp cedar, the
trunk of which is fully six feet in di
ameter. Tins treo was planted under
very peculiar circumstances, well worthy
of narration. One day, many years ago,
the great Durtrum was riding through
the state of marshes and alligators, and
the beast lie bestrode was a very Hod
nante. 80, to accelerate his journey, be
dismounted at a neighboring swamp and
cut a switch, with which ho belabored
to good etfect the lean and hungry steed.
The switch did such good service upon
this occasion that he preserved it, and
npon I111 return to Philadelphia planted
it In his garden, and the lingo swamp
cedar li fie switch. Philadelphia Re
cord. .
fill Mistaken.
"Maria." said Mr. Jones, looking ten
derly at his wife, "there Is a nums"
"Oh, mercy goodness, where? Oh,
save 1110. Jeptha. save me save your
Maria!" and the frightened woman
jumped on the sofa and screamed hys
terically. "OimmJ heavens, Maria, what is the
matter? I don't soe anything! Where
u ur
"Yon said there was mouse!"
"I didn't say auything of the kind. 1
aid. or tried to say. there was a mousae
liu delaine dress in Browu's window
which was exactly like one you had
when we were married. I wish yon
wouldn't Interrupt me like that" De
troit r rue r'icss.
To Prevent Counterfeiting.
It is curious to olwrve at this day
the complicated geometrical pattern in
which some of the ancient Roman seals
are designed. unmistakably for the pur
pose of defeating tne ingenious counter
feiter, as the engravers at the bureau of
engraving and printing try by similar
means to multiply the forger's difficul
ties. The usefulness of this art is shown
by the fact that the coins of thecivilued
World are cameos multiplied to any ex
tent by dios. Jewelers' Weekly.
II Had l!een a Hoarder.
SporUuiian Why !o you suppose
the Btork is all mvk. hv nud wings! .
Naturalist rmouuiy mat lie may be
utilised for boarding house chicken
fricassee. "Harper's Haz&r.
TOO FOND OF HIMSELF.
Ho Much Interested In tti Tatr Pas
far That H Paid Doubt.
A pretty young woman, dressed In the
lioiglit of fashion, got into one of the
Fifth avenne "busses" the other day to
drive np to Central park. Home of these
busses still run on the old "bobtail sys
tem, that is. they have no conductors to
collect the fare, and passengers must
themselves drop their nickels into a box
at the end of the conveyance. Tbe
driver is supplied with a quantity of
mull coin to make change for passen
gers who have not tbe exact fare. As
this buadsome young woman toon out
her purse, several men bcut forward ex
pectantly for the privilege of passing
her coin up to the box for her. Ignoring
their readiness, she made her way np to
the box herself and dropped dime in
to it
Then she waited for her change. No
change came, however. Hlie looked at
tbe box anxiously, evidently thinking
thnt perhaps she needed to pull out s
haudle or press a button somewnore in
order to see ber change full out, but all
she saw was a little sign, "Put the exact
fare in the box." The men whom she
had overlooked only grinned. She ap
pealed to the driver for chunge. lie told
her he could not open the box, but that
If she would wuit until another passen
ger got aboard she could have his nickel
instead of his dropping it in the box.
Pretty soon a typical "chappie," with
monocle and English covert coat much
too large for him, stepped into the bus
tnd olferod the driver ten cents to be
changed into two nickels. The driver
explained to him the predie.iment the
young ludy was in and asked him to give
ber one of tbe nickels.
"Certainly, with all the pleasure in
the world," said the young fellow, as
with a "ain t-l-just-in-it smile he raised
his hut, bowed profusely to the young
woman and dropped a uickel into ber
little gloved hand. He beamed into Dor
eyes as he did so in a way that evident
ly embarrassed her, but be grinned
wider at her blush and looked around at
the others as if to suy, "Watch me mash
ber the first time." Then with a jaunty
air be dropped the other uickel in tbe
box.
Thon several men snorted and the
young fellow looked np surprised to see
what they were laughing at. lie could
not holp seeing that be was the object of
their mirth. He could not understand it
at first, but pretty soon it struck biin
thnt he had got rid of two nickels for
one rido. Then be blushed np to the
root of bis hair, got very hot fudoed
and went out on the roof to cool off.
New York Tribune.
Funny IneldenU at Marring Servloe.
Borne funny stories are told about the
marriage service in the isle of Mun.
One of them relates bow an old man,
brought ruther unwillingly to the altar,
could not lie induced to repeat the re
sponses. "My good man," at length ex
claimed the clergyman, "I really cannot
marry you unless you do as you are told.
But the mun remained silent At this
unexpected hitch the brido lost all pa
tience with her future spouse and burst
out with. "Uo on. Hay it aftor him just
the same as if you was mockin him."
fhe same dilllculty occurred in another
case. The clergyman, after explaining
what was necessary and going over the
resisinses several times, without the
smallest effect, stopiied in dismay,
whereuiKin the bridegroom encouraged
him with, "Uo uhoud, pass'n, go ahead!
thou'rtdoin bruvoly." Upou another oc
casion it was, strangely enough, the
woman who could not be prevailed upou
to speak. When the clergyman remon
strated with ber, she indignantly replied:
'Your father married me twice befoor,
and ho wasn't axin me any of them im
perent questions at alL" London Satur
day Iteview.
Kind of Jurors Prrferrail.
Criminal court lawyers always like to
have their cases on the first two or three
lays of the term if possible. The reason
is that the jurors in many instances are
fresh and green at the work of llsteuing
to evidence, and invariably show more
sympathy for the persons on trial than
they have after they have sat for a couple
of weeks.
Jurors in the general sessions court
are chosen to try cases for a month.
Every term there are always some who
have never been in the court before,
while of course others have had pleuty
of experience and are adamantine, bo
the young lawyer at the beginning of
the month dwells on the sympathetic
side of bis cuso and resorts to all tricks,
such as bringing the weeping wife into
court, and tells the juries of the terrible
results of a term In state prison. New
York Time.
Aibeatus and India llubber.
The use of as best us in connection with
India rubber is now practiced iu various
directions. Asbestus and India rubber
woven sheeting, for instance, consists of
asbestus woven cloth, coated on both
title with India rubber and then vul
canized. It is used as a substitute for
the asbestus millboard for packing for
steam joints and in other situations
where it is desired to resist both heat
and moisture, while affording a high
degree of elasticity.
Asbestus and India rubber woven
washer are also made, and asbestus
and India rubber woven tape, for mak
ing steam and water joints. India Rub
ber World.
Ready for lb Fray.
"I see yon obey military orders," be
said as he looked admiringly at her deli
cate cheek.
"What do you nieaur she asked, won
dering.
"You keep your powder dry," he an
swer with sublime audacity. Detroit
Free Press.
Apple seeds are used in the manufac
ture of prussic acid. A Vermont farmer
pick them from his cider press and sell
t hem to chemist Out of 140 bushels
of apple lie gets about one bushel of
seeds.
In tho manufacture of agricultural im
plements, it is estimated that new ma
chinery in the lust fifteen or twenty
year baa displaced fully 50 per cent of
muscular tabor formerly employed.
Paper properly treated with chemical
and then subjected to great pressure is
being nsed for flooring material and for
general ns in building as a lire resisting
substance,
A little girl whose attention was called
to the fact that she had forgotten to say
trace before beginning her meal shut ber
ryes meekly and said, "Excuse me.
Amen."
DISCOVERY OF A CITY
PROFESSOR LIGHTON'S REMARKABLE
ADVENTURE IN NEW MEXICO.
By Aeeldent B Chanced I' poo tli Ruins
of What Must One Hav Ha a Pop.
alous Tow) Copper Weapon, and Pol-
tar Unearthed.
(Copyright, 1992, by Amertoaa Press Anocla-
lion. I
ITIK3 not merely
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, WT73LiJS? I riwl - vrrT
-Mr?fTf .,,.1 hurled
so very deep tbst
they do not even
live in the tradi
tions of the few
remaining frag
ments of thetrihes
whose ancestors
v-
hnilded them and made them hornet A
few weeks ago I set my feet upon tbe
grave of one of them. It lies more than
a hundred miles west of tbe odd lit
tle Spanish American town of Socorro,
X. M., anil over seventy live miles from
the nearest railroad, up In the heart
of one of tbe numerous short ranges of
bleak pi non and cedar covered mountains,
which run parallel to each other through
the southwest. J bad heard In Socorro of
an opal and garnet field over on the west
ern slope of this range, which had yielded
some beautiful speclmeus of these gems,
nml with my soul fired with tbe hope of
finding some of them for myself I engaged
a little Mexican for guide and we started
acrosH the plains ami over the mountains
to find tbe beds where lay the precious
stones.
We hud saddle horses, with an extra ani
mal to carry the necessary tools for digging
ami a limited supply of provisions. The
road for sixty miles after leaving Socorro
wo Hlniluht and smooth enough, and we
made thnt distance Is-for sunset of the
first tiny. Hut the next morning when we
got well into the mountains the trail Krew
r inding and devious, and the miles in
creased to an Indefinite numls-r without
any apparent progress westward. Then I
hulled my guide. "l.ook bere," I said.
"Our animals are good; why can't we ride
straight over the ranger What's the use
of our following the wagon roudr"
He was horrifletl. The .Mexican Is nat
urally as conservative us a Chinaman,
and he told over a lot of Spanish oath at
I he litter foolhardlneHS of leaving the trail
which lie and every other man who hud
crossed the range had used since the coun
try was Inhabited. "I'shawl Nonsense,"
1 answered in ululn Knuilsh; "come on,"
ami striking my pony's (lank I started off
on s sharp trot In direction at right un
ifies lo the trail. It was with a very had
arnee that the guide ols-yed, romonstnit
I11K at almost every jump of his borso over
the rough ground; but my pony kept well
u the lead ami he hail to follow.
Hv noon we bod covered about twenty
miles of the sixty which intervened be
tween the camp where we had eaten break-
fust anil the opal fields, ami I determined
to halt nl the first convenient grazing place
for the annuals. We were soon involved
rum olimpsk or tiik nuixs.
In the descent of a particularly steep and
rough sIoih leading Into a short canyon be
low. The canyon was of peculiHr form, run
ning almost due north and south, the east
ern side, which we dexeended, sloping at a
considerable angle. The western wall
could have Is-eu sealed hy nothing short of
wings, for it rose pcriwiidiculurly to a
helujit of KOfeel. A small thread of water
ran at the foot of the cliff and by this we
made a temxirarycamp and ate ourtlinuer
of biscuit and canned meat. I tasted and
found the water sweet ami cool and a heavy
draft was grateful after the dry fai-e.
As I raised myself from my knees beside
the water I saw a fragment of earthen
ware, light brown iu color, with nil artis
tically worked (ireek Uirder In hluek pig
ment. It was a fragment hut half the si.e
of tny hand, hut It sent an odd sensation
through me. "Cliff dwellers?" I uueried,
mentally, raising my eyes up the western
wall of the canyon. No, that couldn't be it,
lor there seemed to he no lodgment ill the
luce of the cliff for any of their structures.
I turned to the other side of the canyon and
uot MH) yards away beheld that which made
my heart stand still.
Tbe eastern sIoh- grew gentler a little to
the northward, anil there, hut a few yards
sliove Its Iwtse, stotsl a low wall of dull
gray masonry, crumbling and broken, hut
showing distinctly, even at that distance,
that the builder was human.
With winged feet I flew over the ground
nntll I stood with my hand reating ou the
wall, and then my wondering eyes saw
above ami beyond another and another,
rising to greater heights and standing In
far ls-tter preservation. I was dazed; 1
didn't know what to do, but stood like one
of those affected with moonshine. I had
really discovered a dead elty. .My knees
were too unsteady to bold me, and I sat
down on one of the fallen blocks of niasou
ry until they should rrgaiu their firmness;
then I Is-gnn a survey of the field.
Tbe houses of modern New .Mexico are of
adobe suiulried blocksof mud and gravel,
ami rarely rise above a single story. The
cliff dwellers and the builders of this city
of mine showed a higher civilization and a
blither knowledge of architecture, for here
were walls of laautlful symmetry, built of
bewed sandstone blocks of an even sixe,
laid In strong mortar beds miuI with the
joints "broken;" thut Is, with the stones
laid so that the joints come alternately, as
they do In the walla of a brick bouse of
nitslern times. This gives fur greater
treiiKth.
Tbe wall which I hail first espied was a
little more than six feet high iu Its high
est place and nearly thirty feet long, los
Inu Itself at the ends In the earth and
debits which had washed down around 11
since the time of Its desertion, centuries
auo. This wall wast lire feet thick and of
stone throughout, and there were others
ch hy of even (Ire feet In thickness.
My city must have been quite a metrop
olis in lis day and generation, for the de
cayed remains covered many acres, and
the knowledge we have of men's hahiLsof
life in those tniulilmimr time tells us that
they lived almutt na close UhM her as rab
bits Iu a burrow. One of the houses farther
up the bill must have included three or
four acrea within Its outer walls and hern
of several siorle. The outer walls still
stnixt. In many places to a height of nearly
thirty feet, mwhiug to the thinl story, ami .
aoiii of the rooms on the lower floor are in- !
tact, even to the roof of cedar timbers srt
in the walla. The whole structure wascvi
dently built amiiud an Intier court or plaza,
as the modem adota-a ami pueblos are
grouped, ami mauy families must bar re
sided within the same walk. There could
m
cm m
,vi-
not have Ihm ii less tlinil a hundred room
111 the luilldtiig, ami all were apparently
HmIsIi. iI in cHn-ful strle. Some uf them
lnllt have liwri completely dark, for there
was 110 evidence of lli'-lr having either
1lo.11-.or windows leading outside through
which daylight con id come, the only
means o coinuitinii iiiinn wiininrm iain
l...,.l. l.u ...lloinlnif room
it'".H" I'Tn-.j--. "
"We will slop here tonight," I said to
the guide ss I fude him lariat the bono-
tn-ar the ruins. When the animals were
cured fur we shouldered picas anil shovels
ami together started to explore this city of
the dead.
All over the ground, around and through
the ruins, were scattered numlierlesa frag
menu of pottery of a highly artistic char
acler of design and decoration, bat 1 ex
perienced little- satisfaction In gathering
these oild scraps and pieces. I hungered
for something more substantial.
In the Inner court of the large building
which I have dcHcrlls-il, this court being a
rectangular area of KW by IV) feet. I ex
pected to find some more perfect specimens
rKctMESs or HArrriiEJiwARr,
of the workmanship of tbe people, and In
this I was not disappointed. In aliout the
center of the court there was a circular de
pression of twenty feet in diameter, prob
ably the site of a former fountain basin or
reservoir. This basin was filled nearly to
tbe top with dust and debtU, and I started
curefullr to explore the depths. Kjtch
shovelful of earth was lifted us cautiously
as though it had lioen eggs, for feur of
striking and breaking some precious sped
men. For a depth of four feet I dug, pa
tleutly and with expectations at the high
est pilch, and then I reached the layer of
fine earth and debris which had accumu
lated while the reservoir still contained
water, snd a few Inches Is'tieuth this was
the well cemented rock lining of the basin.
Mv sonde bad hardly gritted upon these
stones when It turned up a few fragments
of pottery, and mixed with these was one
of the rarest of relics a chisel of copper,
highly tempered, so as to be quite as serv
iceable as our steel Implements of today.
The very uext spadeful of earth yielded
another somewhat similar In design, and
these were the only Implements of copper 1
found. Hut pottery of all sizes, shapes
and conditions came to the surface. Pots,
vases, cutis, plates, jugs, pipes and articles
of doubtful use were uncovered with al
most every thrust of the spade, anil with
these were mixed arrows, spears, scrapers,
hammers nud drills and other Implements
of peace ami war. When my buck grew
tired with the stooping ami tliggiug I
straightened up and east a glance around
the canyon. It sent a thrill of Joy through
me as my eyes rested here on the crum-
bllng walls of tbe great building wbicb we
were exploring, while la-yond, higher on
the hillside, rose unsteady columns of
stone marking the site of other buildings;
doorway of large proportions, an arch,
perfect In outline and construction, and
many additional relics of the work of that
forgotten people, showing their perfect ac
quaintance with many of the higher prin
ciples of architecture. .
I was about to pinch myself, after the
ortluslox fashion, to see if all this was real,
when its entire reality was demonstrated
hy a vigorous volley of oaths from the
guide, standing in the doorway uf one of
the small rooms opening into the court
where I was digging. "Dig for nothing,"
he said with disgust; "might have save
work. Come here." I went hastily to the
room be Indicated, mid found the Moor al
most hidden by the (litest sietiniensof pot
tery I have ever seen. 1 here were exqui
sitely decorated jars, three feet tall and
beautifully proportioned, us perfectly pre
served us the china just turned from the
hands of modern potters. One of the lost
arts rests snugly In the Interior lining uf
these mammoth jars, for they have been
gluzcd end decorated Iu a manner and by
a method which makes the modern pot
ters own themselves worsted. The glazing
of these pieces was hard, faultless and
beautifully tinted, and ns perfect in its
preservation as the day it was put on by
the blind of the patient workman.
CorPKI! CIIISF.U AND ItoNK 11 N.
Koch turn of the hand, each stroke of
the spade brought to light something more
wonderful and curious than had la-en seen
before, and leave was only taken, regret
fully, when the supply of provisions gave
out and hunger drove us homeward. And
I did not reach the opal nud garnet fields
that trip either.
William K. Lkuitox.
How Man Hlitrpa.
Adult man is, I believe, the only ani
mal who ever elects to sleep nKin his
back. Some of tho lower savages seem
to sleep comfortably on occasion in a
crouching position, with the head bent
dowu upon the knees, just ns well as
the common tribes of monkey' do.
Among the qtiudrumunn it is uot until
we come to the platform building an
thropoid types that we find a recumbent
position habitually taken during sleep.
The young oruiigs and chimpanzees that
they have hud at the toological gardens
slept with the body scmiproue and with
the hint, or all except one ami, which
was used as a pillow, curled under them.
This is exactly the position voluntarily
adopted by HO per cotit of children
between ton and twonty months old
which I have hud opportunities of
watching. I was told by the attendants
at the xisdogical gardens thut no ape
will sleep Hut on bis back as adult man
often does. Nineteenth Ceutury.
Sun, Moon and Karth.
When the earth was young, say Dr.
Ball, astronomer royal for Ireland, it
spun around at such a rate that the day
was only three hours long. The earth j
was liquid then, and as it revolved at
that fearful speed the sun caused ever
increasing tides upon its surface until
at hist it burst in two. The smaller
part became tbe moon, which bos been
going around tbe earth ever since at an
increasing distance. The influence of
the incMin uow raises tide on the earth,
and while there was any liquid to
operate on in the moon the earth
heaped np ninch greater lunar tides.
New York Journal.
A Remarkable MedaL
A gentleman of Cauajoharie, N. Y.,
has a remarkably line brass medal from
n Indian grave there. It is about an
inch in length, and has on one side the
head of Christ, with the words "Sol vator
MnndL" On theotherside isthe Virgin
JUry. with the word "Begina CcclL"
The engraving is bold and the medal U
in a Hue state of preecrvstion. Phila
delphia Ledger.
DESERTED PALACES.
GORGEOUS MANSIONS THAT ARE 61
LENT AND TENANTLESS.
Th t'noeeupled Baldne ou a Fran
cisco' ramous Hob lllll-Malmalaoa
la th Market aad Walter Kallfb'
Old How for Sal.
Kolhlngso forcibly Illustrates theepbem
eral nature of th foundation upon which
oinn's wealth, pride and fume rest as a de
rsrted mansion. The more luxurious tbe
. -
TIIK COLTOJI KK6IPENCE.
building the deeper the shallow In the re
sultant mental picture of retrospect. Pride
and wealth together have conspired to
erect ninny a pile which still stands, though
alsindonrd, miito witness to the Instability
of buniun prosperity and to tho truth of
the adage that ".Man proKes and Cod
disposiM." Death, that grim leveler, who
reaps ruthlessly In the fields of the rich
and poof alike, is mainly responsible for
the large numlK-rof empty palaces which
today rea-l rather than attract the visitor;
although poverty and sorrow have also
contributed their full quota of "silent wit
nesses of departed greatness."
Nob bill is the aristocratic residential
portion of San Francisco. Most of the
multimillionaires of the "Golden Cute"
have built palatial homes there, ami nearly
all of these magnificent structures are now
tenant less.
Senator Iceland Stanford s mnnsion is
one of these. It occupies one-half of tbe
block niion which It is located. It is not
as Imposing In external aps-arance as
some of its neighbors, but inside it Is a
veritable palace. Treasures of art have
been gathered together there from every
quarter of the globe. Hut Its owner sel
dom speinls a day under Its rtxif, for it was
from this house thut the body of bis only
child, I .eland Stanford, Jr., who died
abroad from Roman fever in ISSI, at the
age of sixteen, was carried to its final rest
ing place. His room still contains all of
his boyhood' belongings. Senator and
Mrs. Stanford now sH'tid their time in
California at their Menlo Park residence,
within sight of the university which they
have erected to the memory of their son at
a cost of many millions.
The most expensive house on Nob Mill Is
the one built by J. C. Flood, at a cost of
$3,500,000. Flood died and his family bos
since resided in San Mateo.
JOSKIMIINK'I BF.nitOOM.
The Italian villa of the Coltons Is also
closed. After the general's death his
daughter Carrie married n man who died
soon after, leaving her H.ODO.tKKl. Two
years later she remarried, only to lose her
second husband. Her villa hus not seen
her since.
The Crocker resilience, near hy, Is one of
the finest structures on Nob Mill. It is
now in litigation, each of the elder Crock
er's sons claiming to be entitled to It. It
Is nominally occupied by Fred Crocker, but
it Is really tenuntlcss.
To go hack a little further, a more strik
ing contrast Is afforded by the chateau of
Mulniuison, which was once the home of
the great Napoleon llonaparte in the hap
piest days of his life the days when h
husked iu the sunshine of Josephine's love.
Then Muliuuisnn was maintained hy un ex
pciidilureof nliottt 7."0,(H)0 francs a year,
whereas now it Is advertised to lie sold,
along with the park, which is to be platted
up into building lots, mid It Is doubtful if
the proceeds of the entireNule will be more
than the former cost of maintenance for
one year. It would seem that the historia
associations of Malniuison, clustering as
they do about one of the most remarkable
men the world has ever produced, would
Insure a handsome price for this estate,
but the name of Napoleon is no longer
word to conjure with in France, and he
sides these are days of intense practical
ity, when things tire bought more for their
intrlusic than "unsocial ionu!" value. Mul
niuison was a gorgeously decorated resi
dence, nud Josephine's isilroom would
have been descrilssl by the enthusiastic,
correspondents of today ns "a dream."
One of the llreplaces is said to have been
iucriisted with precious stones.
Another place which hus Ix-cn offered
for side through the commonplace medium
of a newspaper advertisement Is Myrtle
Grove, near Vottghul, Ireland, which was
tbe home of Sir Johu Poe llennessy up to
the time of Ids death, which occurred re
cently. This fact may have served to make
sA
TttK niLKIGH MANSIOM,
Myrtle Grove interesting, but It wo fa
mous centuries ago as the home of Sir
Walter Kaleigh. The yew trees which shel
tered him while he smoked the tolucco he
bad just brought from the New World,
anil gave directions tothe'l.ilsirersengaged
In planting the potatoes, which are uow a
staple article of food in Ireland, are still
standing. The library is filled with the
literature of the period, which Is perhaps
the most interesting in Kngland's history.
The collection Includes engravings, seals,
etc., all of which tire said to tie remarkably
well preserved, and yet, when the present
owner offered Myrtle Grove for sale, there
was no rush of prospective purchasers.
lletween Two Fires.
Bobby Why didn't vou nretond von
were sosick that you couldn't goto
school? I
Little Johnnie 'Cause ma would
lave given uie medicine. Epoch.
A Murh Ontrered Arm jr.
A West Point song declares that "pro
motion's very slow." That may be the
ease in the I'nited States regular service,
but things are apparently different In the
Argentine Kepuhlic. There they have a
landing army In which the privates num
ber 6,000. These are commanded by Bfty
generals aod a proportionate number of
colonels, majors, cajWns aud lieutenants.
- - - , ,.-f'
B'JBIED IN SLIDING SAND.
Trilling Neighbor full a Man Out of S
and I'll After lour Hour.' Mora.
While a intuit of men from Sandwich
were at work on Chuniberluiu & Hon'
cranberry bog one of tlietn, Jumcs vul
ton, shoveling in a sund pit, was thrown
and buried to bis shoulders by a lumi-
slide on a face of sand some thirty feet
high. In suite of very exact and env
phutic warnings the man was standing
with his back to tho bank and his bar
row botwecn him and the exit. Hie full
itig santl buried the burrow, and the
man' right leg was bound f;ist over the
left hundio. The other bog hands ran to
the rescue, but aside from uncovering
the barrow nnd delivering tho man's
right leg. could not move him un inch.
The danger was that more sand might
slide and bury its victim alive, for there
were already cracks In the sand visible
und one or two hugo boulders which
might come down any moment The
boblders had just been disclosed by the
sand slide.
It wo soon apparent that without
more and wiser help, tho tnan would
certainly iierish by exhaustion or be
smothered. The neighbors wore raised.
Among the new comers was Daniel Loe,
of the beach who afterward said he had
once seen a man buried iu a well and by
common consent, as the only mun who
diired to huvo a plan whoro nn error
might cost the trupiicd mun his Iifo und
perhaps the lives of others, lie was ul
lowed to direct. First of all he culled
for a long plank. One wns brought
from the bog, and carefully placed some
three or four feet abovo the mun below,
and between iiiin and tho sand face, and
across tho sund bank.
Then he ordered planks to be sawed
some live feet long, and these to be
pluced upright Inside the horizontal
pluuk und fticing in and toward the
bank und n mun to hold eacu plank
steady aud to stand to it if another slide
came. Ileth'-n ordered short oult and
pino limbs to Isj cut nml put iu the sand
above tho upright line of plunks, to
catch and stop tho sand which momen
tarily was sifting down. The whole
structure was then braced at each end
by joist and plank, and served ns a rudo
sort of shield. Then, with the men
holding the plunks, tho others tried to
dig the inuu out. His left foot and
lower trunk seemed bold as in a vise. A
shovelful of sand taken out seemed in
stantly replaced by tho sand sifting down
from the bill. Llands wore then used
instead of shovels and some stones un
der him removed. Cut it was slow,
hideous work for the strongest nerved.
And now camo the crisis.
The rifted earth bank alrovo with the
pine trees on it was moving was slid
ing down. A shout anions tho men to
hold fast a second or two of tho terri
ble drift of earth a second shout and
the (loudly mitss stood still. Tho plunk
barrier so lar had saved. But tho man
in peril hud now been some four hours
in u situation, the peril of which he
knew, not expecting, as he afterward
told "tho boys," but that lie was to be
carnod homo in a box, and though bear
ing tip bravely, was very much ex
hausted. Uo must bo released speedily
or perish. Uf all traps, sand under such
conditions is tho most relentless wo ever
set eyes upon. Every attempt of strong
men to pull the man out failed. A now
way was suggested by Mr. David Ellis.
A strong ropo from ono of the bog
screens was brought A stray woman'
shawl, loft by some cranberry picker on
the bog, was found nnd used to muffle
tho sharpness of the rope against the
I man's Hcsh in hauling, tho ropo was
lusicueii iigui umtor tits tsiioiiiucrs unu
then, us tiod willed, with strong men
assisting and others holding ut the piuuk
barrier, nnd the sand bill settling down
every moment, the man was pulled out
of his sand grave not a bone broken,
not a scratch! The place where the man
tuy four hours in deadly Hril was the
next day found covered with four feet
of sand. Cape Cod Independent
An Ancient Hot Until.
Remains of ancient hot air baths or
sweat houses still exist on the island of
Rathlin, on the northeast coast of County
Antrim, Ireland. Tho Rev. D. B. Mul
cuhy describes ene be visited on tho farm
of Widow McCurdy, in tho towtilaud of
Knockiins. Mrs. McCurdy said she hud
used it fifty yours ago. and that it had
boon used by the islander from time im
memorial. A heap of ashes lay outside
the doorway showing it had formerly
been heated by a hro.
Sirs. McCurdy Raid further that pre
vious to a bath a tire was kindled inside.
and whou it was sufficiently lioutod the
ashes were swept out. The people came
to bo cured of rheumatism. There was a
holo at the top to lot out (ho stnoko nnd
admit light A stool or a scraw on the
floor was used to sit on or stand upon in a
stooping posture. Philadelphia Ledger.
Au Aurlst' Prescription for Earache.
"I am ufraid I have greatly interfered
with my own practice," said a celebrated
aurist, "by giving the following advice
to many of my friends: At the first symp
toms of earache lot the patient lie on the
bod with the painful ear uppermost
Fold a thick towel and tuck it aronnd
the neck; thon with a teaspoon fill the
car with warm water. Continue doing
this for fifteen or twenty minutes; the
water will (ill the ear oriiice and flow
over on the towel. Afterward turn over
the head, lot the water run out nud plug
the ear with warm glycerin and cotton
This may be done every hour until re
li.'f is obtained. It is un almost invaria
ble cure aud has saved many cases of
acute inflammation. Tho water should
be quite warm, but not too hot" Lon
don Tit-Cits,
What On Man Saw.
Blako, a distinguished English painter,
who w;vs liable to disordered sensations,
described a fairy funeral which he
seemed to have witnessed. He was
walking iu his garden one night, when
he apparently hoard a low and pleasant
sound, and at length saw a procession of
creatures of the size and color of grass
hoppers bearing a body laid out on a
rose leaf, which they buried with songs
and thon dnappeared. Youth's Com
panion. Health of the Survivor of 111 War.
While the health of some men have
been improved by their military service
during the war, even to the preservation
of lives that would have been lost had
the owners remained exclusively in civil
life, the health of the average veteran
has been deteriorated by his service, and
tj'.at he suffers more from illness and has
a somewhat loss expectation of life than
other men of his age. This conclusion,
based as it U npon an examination of the
census data for a small part of the coun
try, is a provisional one only. Dr. John
S. Billings in Forum.
RELIGION IN CHILI,
a
COUNTRY IN WHICH RELIGIOUS
rtnvun is BIHONO.
Dellrat Woman Hat Keen Enow t
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ami Knt , I
1 1 sees or n orsiup-roor and Klrh n,
Together Iu levnllwal Kierrls.
No people In the world are more &
rout than those of Chili, and nref v
elf Inflicted punishments, fasting, cL
fessions and donations will take lni i.
heaven, a vast throng (though mnsti,
women) will gr np from that little i.
puunc it m uu uncommon thing f
delicate female to go to the shrine t
worship npon their knees, over the Bins,
stone that tear the flesh, and then beat
inetuseives wiiu icuuior straps tijipj
with nail. The bodies are often thn.
pnnisneu inuu tue uioou runs proftiseh
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mill emu mu iaxji wmuurcs Can tlo )i
more tney iioposit all the money K,
iniiKcts ot vauie npon me nltur and
home happy, though suffering.
A fuuf i-auM aim ni ...... .1
-" j "ijw .... .nun u,ir rif.i
through the streets of any Chilian city
on Hood Friday. Even the cars wen
not allowed to run: all business m
atopiKjtl ana no sound or wheel or hum
mer or human labor disturlM-d the rtli.
giotis silence, in these days of IiIhtjI.
ism, although the people still dress in
tloeNwt mourning und most of the bnj
are shut, the cars and public carnages
go alsmt as usual and some business may
lie transacted.
Tbe strangest Bnd most impressive
part of holy week came on the tight of
Good Friday, when a long line of female
worshipers, led by the dignitaries of the
church and joined by a very few men.
crept to the cross on their knees. They
first knelt in the front yard of tbechnrch
nnd slowly crawled on their knees
through the gravelly courts, np through
the long hall, nnttl they reached the im
age of the crucified, ami each in turn
kissed the wounded foot.
So solemn was the scene that many
lrotestunts anil persons of tiff particular
religious belief, who came merely to
look, joined in the worship. It brought
rich ami sor. aristocratic snd plebeian,
on the same level servants and Indies
of high degree, both wrapped in muntua,
side by side.
CKI.EimATlNO HOLY WEEK.
Luter, there was a weird torchlight
procession, led by the chanting priests
in black robes, followed by a concourse
of people who bore in tbe midst upon
their shoulders a company of life size
images representing ull the saints, each
clothed In flowing velvet robes. Among
them was the blessed Virgin, arrayed in
white tarlatan, attended by four living
maids of honor little girls with long
curls, artificial wings on their shoulders.
and garlands of flowers npon their heads.
The holy sepulcher was represented by
a large box drued in white muslin, half
revealing a recumbent figure. All these
were surrounded by devotees with lan
terns untl candles, and followed by an
nnwbolesome rabble, running, jostling
anil pushing on every title.
Un Suturay morning, tbe last of holy
week, esK-ial services were again held
in all the churches, which were still
gltsimily draped in block. Tbe priests
entered in procession, nnd there was t
great deal of extinguishing and lighting
of candles, tinkling of bolls aud other
ceremonies whose import we did not
comprehend, until 10 o'clock, when sud
denly the black veils which shrouded
the altars were drawn aside, displaying
the shrines ablaze with candlesticks and
abloom with flowers: a peal of trium
phant music burst froiu choir, organ,
bund and bells, and Cie glad cry urose,
"Christ is riseti."
The cannon of the fort thundered the
joyful tidings and the national ships-of-war
re-echoed the sound. Closed doors
Hew open, vehicles once more thronged
the streets and business was resumed
with its accustomed noise, while the ex
cited populace, as if the tragedy of
nearly 1,1100 years ago were just enacted,
vented their pious rage upon clligics of
Judas lscuriot Poor Judas was made
to suffer every punishment thut human
ingenuity could invent he wasdrowued
iu the sea, drugged through the streets,
burned at corners, hunged, impaled and
torn pioccineal on the hillsides.
VOWS Or" ENTHUSIASTS.
Many devout Chilians taku a vow that
if the Virgin will do certain things for
them such, for example, as to restore a
sick friend to health they will perform
this or that ceremony, or dress them
selves or their children in a certain color
for a certain length of time. One day 1
met in the streets of Santiago a hand
sou le, middle aged lady, dressed entire
ly in white woolun, and upon expressing
a surprise at her unsuitable choice of
color was informed, in a tone of pro
foundest resjiect for the matron in ques
tion, that she was the wife of a well
known wealthy citizen, who, having
lost several children, vowed thut if her
last babe was spared she would dress
not only it, but herself, iu nothing but
white for ten years. The child lived
and the vow is being religiously ful
filled. There are many other pious observ- I
Bnces iu Chili that attract the foreign
er's attention. There are hundreds of
good people who have a custom of expi
ating their sins for a whole year by a
nine days' period of penance during
Lent In every town there is a bouse
provided expressly for the purpose and
in charge of priests, where the penitent
sjicnd their nighta alternately praying
and thrashing one another. Those who
are too infirm to use tbe scourge puuisb
themselves by reciprocal pinching.
The lights are extinguished, and at a
signal from the priest the penitents
change places and begin scourging the
nearest sinner with a viin that cannot
leave any doubt of the sincerity of their
contrition. New York Advertiser.
A Moment of Caudor.
Mrs. Sroukprniind (at r chrysanthe
mum show) Why is there such a furor
over suh a commonplace flower as the
chrysanthemum?
Every boc.y Else That's just what we
came to tin 1 out New York Weekly.
RJrnklnt Was ttjoker. Too.
"I never look at the poet's corner In the
local paper," said Bjenklns disdaiDfully.
Yon don't?" was somebody's langum
reply.
No," said Bienkins, "I don't The
Is, yon see, I'm a poet scorner myseit
Somerrille Journal.
It I Mack Too terio.
'Yon are not (firing ns any jokes about
the hot weather," remarked the editor to
the funny man.
'No," replied the Utter, wiping nls per
spiring brow, "it's no joking matter.
YnowuM'icw.