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EUGENE Cm GUARD, L U UHnULi . . ITeprieter, eugeniI crry. Oregon. LARGEST PEARL' IN THE WORLD, It I lteaat end U ow Awaiting llnyer nl l!t'n, In Pari. I was today .ntDaistVwliilom lew eler to the crown, toseowliat things there were to tempt millionaire to buy. When one says "BupstV'oue does not mean JJupsts shop. There in no shoii. but a house in a modern quarter ntfecting tho style of Ilia UULCI VIUMJ. h uuuiiiim by a hall surrounded with paintings and drawings, natural size, or jeweled ornaments made since 1734 for tho crown. In that year n Bupst who had mar ried tho daughter or b trass, the in ventor of puslo, succeeded tho latter to the post of jeweler to tho crown a function that was no sinecure, as the design books which I was allowed to look through show. "The crown was always changing tho forms of its jewelry, said tome JL Ueriiiuin lupst, whoso history, in folio, of tho crown jewel has been just "crowned by the Academy," and is a fctunduid library work us full of mutter us an rtf is full of meat, but incupablo or being brought into mall compass, bccuiiso abounding with documents taken irom ledgers. Tlio rooms in which the UapsLa dur ing tho century discharged their func tion aro all lighted from the top, and I noticed thut tho iron frames in which tho panes are set uro too close to gether lor a burglar to let even an in fa nt down through them. w ncnover a door is opened any where an electric bell rings. Before tho Revolution sentinels of the Swiss guard kept watch and ward at the original house, which was on the Suai des Orfovres. But it was found lat they drew tho attention of during burglars. Ilenco the substitution of the wiiidowlcss warcrooms lighted irotn tlio lop. Ono sees in these chambers no jew elry about, but before counters old customers quietly examine the trens ures drawn from dark recesses to be placed before them. . Ono almost re quires a letter of introduction to be admitted to seo theso treasures as would bo purchaser. There are muny things kept as heir looms, and they would not bo sold on any account. Ono thing is a unique cluck uiumond, set m India tuble dia monds. Tho bluck ono is of as pure crrstalli ration as thoso cncirling it Therein lies its peculiarity. Sometimes it is lent for demonstrations to 1'rofessor Fuyo at tho luwlo des Mine. Louis XVI11 oll'ered 2.000 for it. wanting it for a mourning ring, but was refused. Higher olfers have since liecn rniido bv wealthier fanciers. But it is, like the Luck of Eden Hall, not to bo parted with. Tho dream of most of tho million aires' wives is the largest pcurl in ex istence, wt with liuliuii diamonds and mounted as a brooch. It is generally shown w ith nine smaller peurls, thut beat everything of their sizo and kind in the world in brilliant sheen and freedom fi-om blemish. Jlaroucss Kolhsehild often looks at it with longing eyes, but she bus not yet made up her mind to buy it, though foremost among tho pearl fan cying ladies in the world. Like the Sibyls books, tho longer it is kept in band the dourer it is priced, to make up for tho interest of money which it devours. Paris for. Londoii Truth. ribrr ft. Ilalr In Mortar. Various tests have boon mudo wUha view to ascertaining tho advuutago to bo derived from tho use of nmnilla fibers as compared with other substan ces in plastering work. One of tho most conclusive of these tents was made with four plates of equal sizo, ono containing nmnilla hemp, the sec ond sisal hemp, a third jute and a fourth goat's huirof tho II nest quality, and tho operation consisted in sus pending weights from the middlo of each pluto, the ends of which were properly supported. Tho result showed that tho plaster mixed with goal's hair broke at 1411 pounds weight, tho jute at 143 pounds, tho sisal ut 151), and the nianillaut 193 in the latter caso tho heiiiu not broak ing, but cracking, and though cracked in the center, tho lower half of this plate, when it was susxnided, held on to tho upcr half, the nmnilla secur ing it fast. The three other plates were broken, that is to say, entirely severed Another test whs mado of mortar mixed with munillu hemp and the best goat's respectively. The mixtures were stored in barrels in a dry cellar for nine months, and when examined the uair mortar crumbled and broke apart, very little of the hair beinc visible. showing thut it hud been consumed by the lime; but tho other, containing the hemp, showed grent cohesion, it being quits an ollort to null it court. the hemp Hbers permeating the mass aim uuiiiff iju mill) auueicu oy me lime.T-Delioit News. Will W Low Our TMtbt It will bo a great snap to bo a dentist about the yeur 3,000 A. - The sci entists tell us that ns man becomes mora human be will lose his beastly adorninonts. First, the hair, next the eyesight and souse of smell, and, ac cording to Professor Copo, at last be come entirely toothless. Cooked food is said to bo the cause of the jaw be coming weaker and smaller each gen eration. There is now no room left for tho wisdom teeth, or the up)ier in cisors;' the wisdom teeth are retarded, often cause grcul pain and decay ear ly. The second incisors put out at the sides of the gums, causing "tusks;" especially is this true as regards Amer icans, they being liable to imperfect development to a degree wholly un known among savages. The same suppression has been ob served in the outer pair of superior in cisors. This is owing not only to a re duction in the size of the jaw, but to prolonged dolay in the appcarauce of the teeth. In the same way men and the man , like apes have fewer teeth than tlio lower motikev. When this difference in dentition uns been estab lished, man may claim to be a new species, apart from low savages as well as from high apes, St Louis Republic WHEN LONDON. WA9 NOISY. ' ta th Tim of Caorga II Thar TVm Uproar Everywhere. We who now object to the noise of barrel organ in the street, or a cry of milk, or a distant German band, would be driven mad by a single day of George II's London streets. Hogarth has touched the subject, but only touched it No one could do more in a picture than indicate the mere fringe of this vast subject Evon on the printed page we can do little more than the painter. For ' iastanco, the following wore some of the more common and every day and all duy long noises: Borne of tho shop keepers still limit np tho custom of hav ing a prentice outsido bawling an lnvi tution to buyl buy! buyl To tills duy butchers in Clare market cry out at their stalls all day long: "Bally np, ludiesl Itully upl Buyl buyl bnyl" In the streets of private bouses there passed a never ending pro cession of those who bawled things for sale. Here are a few of tho things they bawled; I am conscious that it is a very Imperfect list There were those who offered to do things mend chairs, grind knives, solder pots and puns, buy rags or kitchen stuff, rubbit skins, huir or rusty swords, exchange old clothes and wigs, mend old china, cut wires this excruciating, rasping operation was ap parently done in the open or cooper casks. There was next tho multitude of those who carried wares to sell as things to eat and drink suloop, hurley broth, rice and milk furmety, Shrewsbury rakes, eggs, butter, lily white vinegar, h't jicus- cods, rabbits, birds, pullets, ginger bread, oysters, honey, cherry ripe, Cho- ney oranges, hot codhns, pippins, fruit of all kinds, fish, tuffety tarts, fresh water, tripe, tansy, greens, mustard, salt, gray pease, water cresses, shrimps, rosemary, lavender, milk, elder buds; or things of domestic use luce, ribbons, almanacs, ink, small coul, scaling wax, wood to cleave, earthenware, spigots, combs, buckles, lanterns, tiewtor pots, brooms in exchange for old shoes, things of horns, Holland socks, woolen socks and wrappers, brimstone matches, Hint and steel, shoe laces, scissors and tools, straps and the thousand and one things which are now sold in shops. The bear-ward came along, with his anlmul and his dogs and his drum, the sweep shonted from the housetop, tho ballad siugr bawled in tho road, the tumbler and the dancing girl set up their pitch with fifo and drum. Nobody minded how much noise was made. In tho smaller streets the good wives sat with open doors, running in and out, gossiping over their work; they liked the noise; they liked this perambulating market It made the street lively, it brought the neighbors out to talk und it pleased the baby. Then tho wagons wont ponderously grinding ovor the round stones of tho road, tho carts ram bled, the brewers' sledges growled, the chariot rattled, the drivers quarreled, cursed and fought The lute Mr. Lowell spoko of tho con tinual murmur of Loudon as of Niagara afar off. A hundred yours ago he would have spoken of the continual roar. Walter Besant in Harper's. Rtork Are Queer Creature, The ownor of a house noar Berlin found a single egg in tho nest of a pair of storks, built on the chimney, und sub stituted for it a goose's egg, which in due time was hatched, and produced a gosling instead of tho exacted storkling. Themulo bird was thrown into the great est excitomont by this evout, and tinally (lew away, rue lomuio, however, re mained on tho noBt and continued to care for tho changeling as though it wore her own offspring. On the morning of the fourth duy the malo reuppeured uccom- pauied by nearly 600 storks, which hold muss meeting in an adjuceut field. Tho assembly, we are informed, wus ad dressed by eeverul sieuker8, each orator posting himself on tho sumo sjiot before beginning bis harangue Theso delibera tions and discussions occupied nearly tho eutire forenoon, when suddenly tho mooting broke np, and all the storks pounced upon the unfortunate female and bur supposititious young ono, killed them both, and, after destroying tho polluted uvst, took wing and departed and were never scon there again. At lanlio Monthly. A Ilrghnental (lout. The royul regiment of Welsh fusiliers bos the privilege of passing in review, preceded by a gout with gilded horns aud adorned with flowers. Every March 1, on St. David's duy, after the banquet. his goutship is led thrice round the table by a boy. lu 1844 tho then regimental goat died, and to compensate tho twenty-third for their loss her majesty presented the regiment with two of the finest gouts from a nook tho gift of the shah of Persia in Windsor purk, and since that date the queen has continued to supply the royal Welsh fusiliers with gouts as occasion has required. Pull Mall Uudgot VERY ABLE W0AIEX, THE WIVE9 OF STATES THE NEW UNITED SENATORS. Though Soma Were Previously Cnfurall lar with Waahlng-ton Lift Tbejr Uav AHumid Their Social IUipunilbllitlee with Grace and Dignity. (Copyright. I&g, by American Prune Aieocla llou.l The wives of, the "newly elected United States senators, who are figuring prom neatly in Washington society this session. sre nearly all from the west and south. Com parlsons have been often made between western and southern women, and they are n a Ja w- N 1 Wm$ MltS. CII Altl.KS D. OIIISO. alike lu .many ways. The women of the southern slate hare all the hospitality aud cordiality of manlier that their west- era sisters liuve, but they lack the hreexi- liess nud Independence that is chanicterl stlo of the women beyond the Mississippi. The western woman has all the vivacity and verve of the southerner, but she In turn lacks the softness of voice and cane of man oer which lire t lie southern woman's great est charms. So that while they are both charming they are not exactly of the same type. A lady who is a favorite everywhere 1 Mrs. Charles Clinton. There Is no brighter or more attractive woman In Washington She has host of friends, and Is very fond of society. I hnrdly have time to say my prayers,1 she says. At her reception recently there were 700 guests. Among them were Uitta and Mine. Kliea. lxtta remarked enthusiastic ally that she bud never bad so Rood time In her life. The picture of Mrs. Gibson accompany ing this sketch looks more like her, that Yj.t .. f J Tha Armless Huntsman, The feet of Thomas Huberts, the arm less huntsman once in tho employ of Sir George Harlow, were made (o serve in place of bunds. Huberts manufactured most of the instruments which he used while oti the chase, and could shoot or throw with as much precision as the average hunter in possession of both arms aud bauds. St. Louis Republic, IJnornaraental Fuullo Functionaries. If you see a pung of a cart drawn by a moribund horse, and coutainiiw three or four gull us young follows aud a home made wooden cage marked "D, U." in wavering lines of chalk, you may know that you are in the presence of a metro politan dog catcher's outfit. The New iork dog catcher is no dude. New York Truth. A Man or Note. Mrs. Qadd Mrs. Blabb tells me her daughter is going to marry a man of note. Mrs. Gabb That's queer. I heard she was engaged to a tronibonist Oood News. WIS. B. W. PKHKIN&, lady declares, than she looks like herself. llecause, said she, "in a moment of mudness 1 allowed my maid to bang my uair. Aow, I've always despised Uanirs. think they make a woman look like a monkey, and I hate them worse on myself than I ever did on anybody else. And lust to think," she added, with a rueful glance at the mirror, "I've got to go on looking like tills until they grow oat again." Mrs. Gibson Is a thorough politician and finds time Is tween her calls to listen to every good speech that is made in the son ate and also to read the papers. She was boru and educated in Virginia. In her beautiful summer home on the eastern shore of Maryland she has all the portraits or tier ancestor, many of whom were dis tinguished. She has some of the old serv ants who were In the home of her child hood. The house Is very picturesque, being over 200 years old. The bricks of which it was built were brought from England. Senator and Mrs. Gibson live at the Shore bam. Mrs. Vilas is very well known In Washr Ington, having been during previous sea sons one of the ladles of the cabinet. She came, as she naively put it, "from the J Ik wlsn to be identified id any way with the Alliance." " Mrs. Perkins Insists tbat Kansas 1 the greatest state In the Union, and she makes it a rule to answer every published state ment which is adverse to her state. She bus bazel eye aud dark brown hair, and is often mistaken for the sister of ber eldest daughter, who is just eighteen. She has considerable musical talent, and a a sing er she la very popular. Her voice is strong and sweet ami is highly cultivated. Mrs. Culvin 8. Urice i also an Ohio woman. She Is a graduate of the col lege at Oxford, O., aud president of Its alumiue. Her Interest centers In educa tional rather than social matters. Any girl who is striving to Improve herself In telleetunlly has all of Mrs. Hrlce's sympa thy and her help if she needs It. "I do not believe in giving outright," says Mrs. lirlce. "That I not true philan thropy. It gives a lensitive woman a fuel ing of dependence and obligation, and tbat la not pleasant, ilut I do believe in help ing women to help themselves." She is especially Interested in women who have musical talent, and more than one who has achieved success owes it to Mrs. lirlce. She is herself both musical and literary. Several of her poem have received favorable editorial mention. .Mrs. firice is a tall, fair, blue eyed woman. The expression of ber face Is an indication of ABOUT SUM'LOUiiKS POINTERS FROM RUSSIA CONCERN INQ A POSSIBLE INDUSTRY, nnflower Seeds Are Raised In Itustla for Oil Tha Stalks Are t'wj for t'oel, and tha Ilooti Make an Eicvlleul Fertiliser. Could Be Raled Here. MRS. R. C. ilAKSUROCGn. the kindness and sympathy that are In her heart Her eldest daughter, who has been edit' cated in I'uris, is one of this season's dcbU' tantes in Washington. Mrs. Jacob II. Uulllnger, wife of the New Hampshire senator, is a New Eng' land woman, and thinks ber mountain home the pleasantest in the world. At least I desire to make it so," says Mrs. Gallingcr. "I want my children to think when they are grown thut their childhood was the happiest time of tbeir lives." She does not care much for society and does no more in the line of calling and en terta.nlng than she thinks ber position re quires of her, I desire to make the most of my stay In Washington," said Mrs, Galllnger, "and there Is so much to read and learn here pertaining to our national history that I am sorely tempted to shirk my social duties." Mrs. Galllnger's eldest son is a graduate of Harvard and his father's private secre tary. All of her children are musically exl ucated, in addition to thorough school edU' cations. Mrs. Gallinger Is n fair, blue eyed woman, rather below medium height and very quiet both ns to dress and manner. Airs. Henry C. Hansbrough, wife of the senator from North Dakota, is a duinty II H3. JACOB B. OALLINGKR. wilits of Wisconsin." Her father was one of the pioneer and she grew up with the state. 'Myllfe,rdd Mrs, Vilas, "began with my marriage, as do the lives of most wom en. The tlrst public entertainment I ever gave was a dinner to General Grant and hi son Fred, at my home iu Madison." If ucu a statement may tie made recant ing an American woman, Mrs. Vilas is to the manner born. She has all the reixwe of an Knglishwomau, I entirely without affectation and is as thoroughly at home at a state reception us though she had done Dotting but entertain all her life. Mrs. Vila is a handsome womau, a brunette, of medium height and fine figure. She is very lovable and very companion able, too, for she ii thoroughly educated I and a woman of extensive reading. She I is a very warm friend of Mrs. Cleveland's WHS. J AMI'S n. KTXE. llttlo woman. She, too, has blue eyes and golden brown hair. She Is very graceful ud entertaining. Mrs. Hansbrouuh was Isirn In Poughkeepsie, N. V. Her mother died when she was very young, and she ent to ban r rancisco, where she was edu cated In a convent. Kleven years ubo she as married nud went to live in North Dakota. Away out on the prairie," she says, but 1 like It. There's such a lot of room to grow," and then she looks nt herself and laughs. Mrs. Kyle, wifeof the senator from South Dakota, is another very entertaining wom an. She is ber husband secretary, and attended to all of his correspondence dur ing his campaign. Indeed, the campaign was hers rather than his, for he was iu ISoston at the time. Mrs. Kyle was edu cated lu Obcrlin. After graduating there he went to the Cincinnati Conservatory Alusic or the cultivation of ber voice. She is a flue siogcr, but since the death of er little daughter two years ago she has not felt like singing, she says. Mrs. Kyle was born in Ohio, and has been quite an extensive traveler. Senator Kyle is a Con gregational minister nnd one of the trus tees of the college at Yankton. At one time he preached In the mountains of Colo rado, and Mrs. Kyle has been the heroine of many thrilling frontier experiences. She is an exceedingly pretty woman. Her eyca are large aud brown, and she has a profusion of wavy brown hair. M.UiGAItET MaNTON. The vround devoted to the cultivation of the sunflower in Russia has reached 7UI, 411 acre. What do the Russian make of this sunflower crop? Oil for one thing. Their mills produce 20,000.000 iwunds of sunflower oil In a year, and the product ell for ti.Ooo.Ooo. Two kinds of sun flowers are cultivated in Russia. One with small seeds is used for the production of oil, and the other with larger seeds is con- sinned by the common ts-ojile In enormous quantities as dainties, very much as tha people eat peanuts In the Lulled states. The suullower seed is um-i! principally for obtaining sunflower oil, which, owing to lis ntltritiousqiialities, purity and agree able flavor, has superseded all vegetable oils In many places of this country. In general the cultivation of the sun flower In Russia is considered to lie very profitable. At the averago yield of 1,&0 pounds per acre anil at the average price of i cents per pound, the farmer 'receives an Income of alxjut twenty dollars per acre. This Income can be, Increased lu those districts where the grower himself is engaged in producing the oil from the seed. However, oil mills are very rare in the villages, the farmers selling their seed to the oil producers. In the sets) growing district of Saratov there arc only thirty-four village oil mills, producing oil worth Wfw annually, where as In the town of Saratov tir0,OUO worth of oil is manufactured annually, The sub- stance remaining from the oil manufac ture, or the sunflower cakes, being used as cattle food, Is also a valuable product. These cakes, however, have a compara tively sinaft demand In Russia, nnd are largely exported to foreign countries, prin cipally to Germany and England. The government of Saratov, for instance, ex ports about 2,OOO,0UO pounds of sunflower cakes to ditlerent countries, where some more oil Is pressed out of them before be ing used for cattle food. The sunflower cakes form one of the principal items in the export of Russia. A HINT Foil THIS COUXTRV. These facts have prompted Consul Gen eral Crawford, at St. Petersburg, to send to the state department a mass of interest ing information, for he believes "the sun flower is capable of introducing a new element into the agriculture of tho United States, nnd one that promises to become an important industry." The stalk very often being three inches in diameter ami about eight feet long, sometimes bearing many heads, some of which are more than a foot in diameter containing about S,000 seeds, It Is evident that iu order to grow this plant profitably it is absolutely necessary to have a very fertile soil, which at tho same time must lie very compact and sufficiently deep to sustain the stalk with its roots. The best soil for this purpose is mold or black land mixed with sand. On meager soil the seeds grow flat nnd small, whereas on stout soil round, heavy und rich seeds are ob tained. Soil where potatoes nnd peas have been profitably cultivated without arti ficial manure may be adapted for the growing of the sunflower. It also thrives well on newly worked fields if the soil is not composed of too much clay and sand. On clay and sandy soil tho sunflower does not thrive, as it cannot retain the moisture absolutely necessary, nor are the roots able to sustain the weight of the fruit. It has been estimated that the stalks and leaves of a single crop are sufficient to manure tho Held for five or six excellent sunflower crops. If thereforo four-fifths of the stalks and leaves were gathered for fodder, leaving one-fifth uncut and evenly distributed, the fields, it is thought, could be made to produce good crops almost in definitely. IT IMPROVES TUB LAXII. The huge heads, the thick stalks and the large loaves of the sunflower would lead ono scientifically to conclude that it would greatly impoverish the soil on which It Is extensively grown, but the practice of muny years proves to the cont rary. An ex perienced Russian farmer, Mr. Taratch kofl, asserts that although It is generally believed that all oil producing plants greatly exhaust the laud the sunflower seems to be an exception. He says that he has, for experiment. sowu winter wheat and other corn many - times alter tue suullower and other plants, , w wjfct iv v v uinnja whit 111 LIT bUo sunflower. Then-fore, he maintains the view held in the village of Alexeievka that the sunflower not only does not exhaust the land, but that it actually enriches it. The same view is entertaiued by other ex perienced farmers in the government of Saratov nnd Voronezh. One, Mr. I'erel eshin, says thut wheat especially grows very much better after n sunflower crop. For instance, on the large steppes in the government of Voronezh the sunflower is sown alternately with wheat aud flax, the crops of which are always very abundant; whereas, if wheat and flax are rotated, or, if either is sown in succession on the same ground, but without being preceded by the sunflower, the crop will soon be satisfac tory. WHEN AND ROW TO SOW. The sunflower should be sown verv earlv In the spring, even before the oats, or as soon as tne snow nas melted. It has been shown that the sooner the sowing is done the better is the seed obtained. In manv districts the sowing is made In the au tumn, but this must be done so late that the seeds will not sprout. The ground must be plowed rather deep, but care must be taken that the seeds are not buried more than about two inches deep, that the seeds may sprout as soon as possible, the sou in tne spring being warmed only on the surface. Many farmers moisten the A HORRIBLE FEAR. WAS A GREAT MUlfc' THE GRIZZLY BEAR HAD NO CHant FOR LIFE IN THE fight The Terrible Thought In Mother' Ml4 Does Not Prevent Her Shopping, Twn womn and a baby were the dramatis persona) of a typical feminine episode the other afternoon. The mother of the buby. Mrs. A., with her precious charge, a lusty boy of thirteen monins, drove over to nay a visit to a friend in Drooklvn who was staying with a rest dent of that city with whom Mrs. A. wu slichtlv acauuinted. The friend &-imm shfl hud come to see had just left but the ludy of the house pleasantly re- Novudas. I christeuod him Pete coivod bor, and she reuiuined for a liUle day after we sturted we-Pete and I .xi.tta rj, a niria n.nuun , ., . - - With Pet a Man Could Tr..i - - .o. where and Need No Weapon U'hati A Sagacious Animal That Could Bi.i with Ilia Korea of a I'll. Drlr I bought a lurge iron gruy paek mn, to carry my goods across th chat. Mention chanced to be made of hem stitched bed linen and Mrs. B. remarked that a certuin llrooklyn shop was offer ing wonderful bargains in that line, whereupon Mrs. A. confessed her need and desire for these articles, and in the end curried off Mrs. B. in her carriuge tOL'uide her to the desired shop. Ar rived there, the dilemma of what to do with the buby wus finully solved by Mrs. B., who wns sure she could amuse him long enough for his mother to accom nlish her pnntose. With some misgivings Airs. a. icii and Mrs. B. found within five minutes of her disappearance thut she hud un dertaken a serious responsibility. The child became frightened at being with a stranger and cried vehemeutly. Mrs. B. kept him in the carnage as long as possiblo, then got out and walked with him, but, as all Fulton street began to get interested, she in despair thought she must hunt np Ins mother. She went into the shop, the baby screaming at tho top of his voice, and mado her way, embarrassed and irri- tuted, through the crowd to the linen counter. Mrs. A. was not there nor ap parently anywhere else in the shop, for Mrs. B. mode search as thoroughly as her routing charge would permit with out success. "Whero can Mrs. A. have goner she exclaimed in her dispuir to the coach man when she camo out again. 'Sure, said that functionary stolidly from the box, "it'll be in the fifth floor she'll be by this time." It was nearly au hour Inter that Mrs, A. apjicarcd, excited and breathless, aud tioor Mrs. B.'s arms ached, head ached and temper ached sadly before that wel come moment arrived 'Oh, did he crv, bless his henrtr ex claimed the mother, seizing the baby "1 was so afraid he might, but 1 just couldn't lose those wonderful bargains." Mrs. B. deemed a reply useless and only gasped in relief as she sank buck in the cushions. The cream of the affair came, howovcr, a moment afterward as they were rolling towurd upper Brook lyn aguin, the baby gradually slacken ing his sobs under the soothing of his mothor. "And do yon know," said Mrs. A, with only a half laugh, "1 was pursued from counter to counter with the dread ful possibility that yon might rnn off with Harold. One reads sncli shocking things of babies being stolen, nnd you know," apologetically, "young mothers are so foolish. At this Mrs. B. could not even gasp. tier Point of V lew in New iork Timea cume w a nice grassy place. I tti, " , Pete to a tree, allowing him abota twenty feet runge, and tukin . " hum and crackers out of my haverJ sat down on a fallen tree to p m.7- While I munched the ham aud mi,. Pete cropped the fresh grass, whirv grew loug and green. Suddenly h, reared up and snorted in a maimer Vt ' V J I" "VU. Villi 1 sprang to my feet, and it wan nnit. well 1 aid so, for It saved uie from embrace of a very large, very htmm and very ferocious grizzly bear, was standing erect and proparini to throw his paws around me. 1 rush for the nearest tree and was un in it i. the winking of an eye. 1 was safe for the time beimz hm alas, poor Petel The bear went things in a Llueolu aud I'liilllDt. It is unfortunate that in an elnmiimt anil . glowing siieech upon Lincoln' lirtl.Hiriti ' Seeds before sowing. orator should have thought it uecessury to ne sunflower is sown either broadcast sneer at Wendell riiilliis in order to point ! or in rows; in tbe ,attcr case the seeds his praise of Abraham Lincoln. Alluding "hould bo placed about six inches apart, to Mr. Phillips' scathing arraignment of Thesowingof the seed broadcast, being the I'resident Liueolu's administration when ' more P."'ckly performed, is generally It seemed to drift, the speaker said, "If I favored on large farms, especially where may paraplini-M! a famous saying, the ; tlle f,lrmer have not sufficient help. Of world will little note nor long remember 1 tne two methods-sowing n the full and in what Wendell Phillips said here; it can i 106 lring-the latter seems to produce the mow suusiaciory results, seed sown early, even on poorly prepared ground, does much better than when sown late under the best conditions of soil Although the sowi in rows requires more time and more work ar first, and consequently is more expensive, it has great advantage over the broadcast method. Washington Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. never forget what Abraham Lincoln did here," The speaker Is aware, of roursn. taut there was at times a deen and neneral dis. content with what was felt to be the de lays of the Lincoln administration. Even as late as August, 1SH, after his second nomination. Mr. Grwlev. Winter nvla and many other eminent and patriotic Re publicans demanded his withdrawal as an unsatisfactory condidate. Mr. Sumner be sought Mr. Lincoln to move more rapidly, and the wis president replied, "Mr. Sum ner, I am only six weeks behind you." The fi-i.liiitf flint l, u-..- .!... , I and accompanied that iudy on her western j lar Mr. PhiliipV He was mkTta I our wuile aiie was mistress of the White a goodly company, as the speaker himself Sir James Paget says that he once heard Mile. Janotha Mendelssohn in which she had to play .Kn!IM u an Ohio woman, but all of he 6,505 notes in four miuutes and three ' l"1tmta centered in the state of her House, Mr. Perkins, wife of the senator from Seconds! A Consolation. Jones What makn you look o disputed I Brown I Just told a good story to De Lunkbede and be didut t the point. I sup pea that it is about dawning on him now. Jones Never mind. Iteiiiembar that he lanirh best who Uuch last. Datroit IVaa free. .. J Nowadays paper is almost entirely made from wood, although, as a manu facturer aptly put it, paper can be made from everything except skme or iron. Rubber was imported into England, but it was little used except by arti-u until IttH), nearly 800 years after iu tk.t introduction to civilization. adoption, where the ha lived siuce ber , marriage, nineteen year ago. I .ike most of th women in Kansas, Mr. Perkins ( take a decided interest in political affair. ; At one of the first reception which she attended thi season ome one introduced her as the wife of the enator who took ' lugall' place, 1 "That is mistake," said Mrs. Perkins promptly. "My husband hasn't taken anybody's place. H wu chosen to rvpre enf th Republican party, ud w docl showed. Wendell Phillips aaid aloud and in star tling tones to arrest nttcution. what others were saying privately. Hut he and they and Liu col n had the same great end at heart. Phillips' duty, like that of Samuel Adams, was to arouse the public mind and to express with force public discontent. He did it with the art of an orator; he did it with what now seems injustice and with too sweeping a ireneralization. Rut ha I stimulated the public feeling which was indispensable to strengthen Lincoln to go forward. Each in his own wav honest) v - She of th Auburn, Lock. Out of any group of girls possessing miscellaneous wigs the red haired one is sure to be the best of the bunch. Lively, affectionate, a trifle hasty, perhaps, but a captivating kisser-Oakland (Cal.) Echoes, The Antiquity of the Organ. The organ is the most magnificent and comprehensive of all musical instrn ments. While the pipes of Pun aside from that mythical personage indicate a very ancient use of pipes as a means of producing musical sounds, the "water organ of the ancients" furnishes to the student of organ history the first tan gible clew regarding the remote evolu tion of tho instrument In tho second century tho m.igripha, an organ of ten pipes with a crude keybonrd, is said to have existed, but accounts of this instru ment are involved in much obscurity. Itisnvorrcd that un orgun the gift of Constantino was in the possession of King I'epin or t ranee in i; but Aid helm, n monk, makes mention of an or gan with "gilt pipes" as fur buck us the year 700. Daniel Spillnne in Popular science Monthly. , What liaeterla Are. Bacteria are simply microscopic plants, tne smallest form of vegetable life. In some instances they are so small it would be necessary to place 115,000 of them end to end in order to make a row an inch in length. They are of widely different forms, some round, some oval, some flat or rod shaped, while still another class are the exact counterparts of small cork screws. In all coses they are so minute that one needs a powerful microscope in or der to study them, and in no case can they be perceived simply with the naked eye. When countless millions are grouped together they may probably be seen, out iu this cose they may be said to resemble an approaching army, of wnicn we are totally unable to distin guish a smglo soldier. St. Louis Re public. served the good cause. Both patrioU-Harper s Weekly. were great Always Pray for ratienta. "Doctor, do you pray for your patients?" aiked an old ludy, of one of our leadiug physicians the other day. ".Madam," an swered the doctor Impressively, "of course Ida One of the earliest things I lenrned was to pray for my daily bread."-Spriug-fleld Homestead. Coal Uut lor Timber. In Java the following is found to be an effective way of preserving the timber on the ground lloors of build ings. A layer of fine coul dust is compactly stamnoU, over this a layer of fine sand a spread aud the 1 timbers are placed in position. Ilats In the Houie of Commons. No honorable member sits in the Ens- usn nouse or commons without his "pot hat on his head. If he rises to address the house, greet a friend or cross the room he must hold his shiny tile in his nand. Should his name be mentioned in the speech of another member he lifte bis hat respectfully. If it is in his hand when his name is uttered etiquette re quires mm to clap it hastily on his head in order that he may lift it with proper uererence. youth's Companion. The Movement of the Sun. Professor Dnner, of Germany, has dis covered that the revolution of the sun as shown by the movement at its equator is once for twenty-five days and twelve hours of onr titno. while at or near its poles the revolution may be only once in forty-six of our days. This wonld only be possible with a movable and easeons suriace UKe that of the sun. ew York limes. Th Potato. Humboldt says that at the time of the discovery of America the potato was cultivated in all tho temperate parts o." swum America from Lhili up the coast i ne bpamards first noticed it in Peru. Tl-variety of potato cultivated in Eu- rnpo nnd North America grows wild in t'hili. Different species of tho plant are found growing wild in most parts of sontn America, and, it is claimed by many ootanists. in Mexico and Arizona. -New York Her Jd. The greatest rest comes from freedom of mind. We can keep our minds free if we will but learn how. Let them take np one thing at a time and be content. went ah. very cool and coniiiliu-M manner. 1 could see by the exnressi of his eyes thut he was taking PetA measure, for he cocked his hbud over m, one side and assumed an appearance of great wisdom, as you have seen critics iook at a picture. Pete's behavior, much as 1 had i ready learned of that remarkable ani mal, surprised me. When 1 was safe his alarm disupeareil altogether. H dropped his head and begun to nibble the grass again. He went on with hit grazing just as if there were no such thing as a grizzly bear in the world. fl would nip off the succulent green stems and chew with great steadiness and regularity, and occasionally 1 could bear his contented snort as he struck an unusually delicate bunch of grass. PETE KEPT ON ORAZI.NQ. The bear was as much astonished as 1 was. Evidently he considered such con duct without a parallel, for he looked harder than ever at Pete, then scratched his head and tried to think out an an swer to the problem. But Pete calmly went on with his grazing and looked neither to the right nor to tho left, while . . i i sat in my tree unu neiu my ureuth. By and by the bear arose, made a grand circuit around the tree in order to watch Pete from every angle and point Getting no satisfaction out of that mode of procedure he came over to my tree and looked np at me for an an swer, tint I bad none to give him. Between the bear and me we began to think that Pete had lost his mind. Per haps fright at the appearance of the bear had so bereft him of reason that he continued to eat grass through the mere force of habit Soon the grizzly's appetite overcame his curiosity and he prepared for work. He seemed to me to make a critical ex amination of his destroying apparatus. tie stretched his front paws and slapped the muscles of each with the other. Evi dently he was satisfied that he was in good trim, for he showed bis great teeth with joy. He appeared satisfied that he was fit to demolish a whole drove of mules. These things done, the bear gave the signal for action. He opened his month and emitted a series of growls which made my flesh creep and my hair rise under my hat PETE STOPPED POIt A MINCTE. Pete went on grazing. His counte nance expressed no proof that he had heard the growling of the grizzly. Th latter dropped on all fours, with his hungry mouth open and his great teeth disclosed. Still Pete made no sign that he either saw or heard, but confined his attention strictly to the business of find ing dinner. The bear, also having the latter in view, rapidly approached until be was in striking distance, and then, rearing np, prepared to disembowel Pete and break his neck with one blow. Down came the outstretched paws, and at that moment Pete seemed to become aware for the first time of the presence of the grizzly. He sprang forward, the paws struck only the air and then I saw a gray form double itself into a bull and bound upward. Out of that ball flew two legs, which shot back aud forth with the rapidity of piston rods, going thump, thump upon the body of the grizzly. Up and down went the body and back and forth went the two pile drivers. The bear was struck all over, on his head, on his shoulder, on his side, on his paws. He fell in one direction and then in another. Ho was kicked into the air aud pounded into the earth. I he breath was driven out of him ana life followed, and at length he lay npon the ground a shapeless muss, every bone in his body broken, while Pete had qui etly returned to his interrupted grazing without a hair injured. Louisville Courier-Journal. . Crushed. Young Artist (to a friend who has re cently furnished bachelor apartments) Charley, dear boy, I admire yonr taste. I see you have a little thing of mine banging there- Friend No; did you paiut that? Young ArtistAYes; I'm proud to say It's from my brush. By the way, Char ley, if it's a fair question, what did the dealer charge you for it? Friend Well-r. to tell yon truth, old man, the dealer threw that picture in. London Tit-Bits. The Flint Manufacture of Rubber. The successful manufacture of sur gical instruments was accomplished in 1820, and the wonderful capacities oi this strange product then began to be known, and tha commercial world realized the fact that a new force had entered the industrial field, which waJ distined to play an important part in the arts and manufactures of the Nineteenth entury. Youth's Companion. Even If a boy U always whistling, "I want to be an angel," it is just a well to keep the raspberry jam and cheea cas.es on tne top shelf of the pantry. . A Scourre of Rabblta. What a paradise for rabbit hunters th western division of the colony of Jcw South Wales must be! In one district it is aid that the rabbits are increasing at the rate of a million a vear. The scrub vege tation is being ruibed by the pests, whoca! the tender bark in the absence of softer food. Traps near water are recommended a the only plan which nromiiea any ma terial relief from the ecc-urge. Buckland said that it was millions of years since the world was created, and the only qnaatioa was how many mil' liana.