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EUGENE CITY GUARD. (.UCAHPBCU freprleter, EUGENE CITT, OREGON. SIMILARITY Of bOME 60NG& Popular Ron of ToJay Thai Resemble ravorllts of Ilfljr I'oare Ago. It it interestiwr to study the evolu tion of popular wtnfl and favorite bymna. ""The meaning of song goes deep." says b noted writer. And so it doe. Often, however, the original meaning of song, or tlie musio to which it ii set is very dillerent from the later interpretation, lake Home. Ewect Home," for instance. How it hat swept tlie world's heartstrings ince John Howard J nyne, "tlio mini without a homo," wrote it in 1832. Yet it was part of an oin-ra wliinli proved dismal fuiluro. The words are not too beautiful and altogether would not !e called irood poetry, and it is doubt- ful if they would huvo carried pcojile by storm Hud it not been lor tlie ex ouisite air to which thev were ndunted, And the air is said to be taken from nn old Persian or Arabian love sou?. This song, however, living on its bor rowed music, won Mr. I'uyno such lasting honors tlnit year lifter in death a rich American dug up bis bones and brought Ilium to this coun try to bo buried nuuui. Other siicciiiienii of metamorphosed meaning equully striking could be Quoted by columns. Our putriotic "America is sung to John Hull's "God Rave the Queen," and "Yunkee Doodle" was borrowed by our embat tled forefathers from un old ditty and turned into a delimit jingle against the JJritish red couts. Here are some more recent oddities as regards the transformation of popular airs: "When the Itobins Nest Again" tarts exactly like "Maid of Athens." "Wait Till the Uoiitls ltoil Uv" be gins as docs the "HI uo Bel Is of Scot land." Emmet's "Love of the Sham rock" is of the same muHinil idea as "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood." Any ono comparing Dixey'i rreat success in "Adonis, It s bug- Lull, You Know." to the old song "Flying Trapeze,' will find that there is but slight modulation. By a change of key and the quurtcringof a few notes uiuersnco is muctu uciweeri mu "8panish Cavalier" and the chorus of "Peeka-Boo." "Twinkle. Twin kle, Little Htur, or Will You Meet Me at the bur," which nu t with so much favor in "Joshua Whitcomb," is so closely allied to Clarilxd's "You and I," that they can hardly bo distinguished one from tlie other. "All on Account of Eliza," from the opera, "Billoo Taylor." is nothing less than "How Lovely Are the Mes sengers," from Mendelssohn's oratorio or "St. 1'aul." Think or ill Unoor of the grandest of sacred chorals "transmogrified" into comic opera I And last, but not least, that stirring re- rival hymn, "Hold the Fort," is, so far as the music is concerned, an ancient Herman drinking song. Pow Or leans Picayune. Tha Flrat Telrgraplilo JHtpatrh. Tlie first telegraphic dispatch wns sent in 1H I L It announced tho result of tlie Whig convention at Baltimore, which nominated Henry Clay for president und Theodore Frellligbuysen, tor vice president of the United States." Tlie only telegraph line in existence extended fioni Washington to An napolis Juuttion. A n umber of ooplo who had ultended tuo convention were on their way back lo Washing ton, and when they stopiicd at Anmuio- lis Juncton they scuta disputcli to the capital saving "L-lay lias been lioinl- nutcd. "Of coursoCJiiy has been noiui' tiutAl "aiilil t liA tuuutlik ill V.' iiuliiii.rt.tii "we knew beforehand that ho would be. Your telegram trick is too thin." Nobody believed that transmission by telegraph was an accomplished fact. Tretty soon another disuttvli was re ceived saying: "I'rulingliuysun was nominated for vice president." "Who is Frelinghuysenl" everybody asked. Nobody seemed to know him. When the train reached Washington the doubters found out that tho toleirruph had announced the ticket correctly. It was that incident which first gave isun in uie loiogmpii. me nrsi dis patch that passed between Baltimore and Washington wussentby Professor Morse from the former city to the president or tho united states, it read Glory be lo God lo Uie hl-host; pnaoe on earth grama to Ml men. . . , Letter in CUicogo Tribune. A Remarkable Btntenient. I know a non-iivsioricul woman who, in ber ; trances, knows facts which altogether transcend her nossi. bit normal consciousness, fuels about tlie lives of peoplo whom she never aaw or heard or berore, 1 am well aware of all the liabilities to which this statement exposes me, and 1 make it . deliberately, having prac tically no doubt whatever of iu truth. My own impression is that to trance condition is an im mensely complex and fluctuating uiing, inio me understanding or winch wo nave uaruiy oegun to penetrate, ana concerning which any very weeping generalization is sure to be premature. A comparative study of trances ana subconscious slates is meanwhile of the most urgent import ance lor tne comprehension or our na ture. Professor William Jumos io ben oners Magazine, Co-epemtle Housekeeping. The most successful experiment in cooperative housekeeping is in France, 100 miles north of Paris, at Cuise, It has been in successful existence twen ty nino yours, and, beginning with COO persons, now numbers 2,000. Not only is it an experiment in co-operative housekeeping, but iu the cure and educalion of children. The association was founded by one largo hearted, large brained ninu of wealth, who planned the scheme and furnished the capital But so great have been the profits of the association that the work- era now own nearly half of the social capital, and at no distant day will own the whole. MiHer's Journal A Cao4 Peacemaker. Mamma (to Tommy) I'm sorry you and your sister quarreled over that orange, and that James had to inter fere. Whose part did he take! Tommy Whose parti He took the wbole orange. Harper's Buzar. Count Oleicben, of London, baa been writing bis impressions of New York. He found only one thing which London could ropy to advantage, and that is the cab driver's fashion of blan keting bis horse when the animal ia standing in the oohi AN ANCIENT MAN OP STRENGTH. The Cneqnnled FmU performed by a Ger- bu Showman In tha Last Century. Th? flrtt theatre manager of Berlin. Johanu Karl von Eckenberg. was tha so called "man of strength," who showed himself nearly 200 years ago, first as juggler, then as athlete. Of his life little Is known except as in his career as theatre manager, as he was the founder of the first Berlin theatre, lie was extensively written of, and an articlo under the title of "An Athlete of the Eighteenth Century," published some years ago and recently un earthed, gives an interesting account of his prowess, as follows: By un athlete of the Eighteenth cen tury we do not mean tho Prince Fred erick August of Saxony, king of Po land, commonly called August the Strong, who could knock olf the head of an ox with one stroke of his sword and besides distinguished himself in all kinds of respectable performances of strength, but another Hercules who would have wrapped the strong August around his little finger, if sued a thing would have been permitted, llusman was tho athlete Johann Karl von Eck enberg, who in tho twenties and thir ties of the Inst century showed his productions of strength in public. lie was tho most stately of all gymnasts and was born in tho town of Ilurzgo rodo, and out of rt'Siect to his native town ho called himself for a time, on his bill putters, Sampson Hercules Unrzmunii. It borders on tho fubulous what his conU;uiMiraries related of his remark ableexhibilionsof strength. He broke an anchor rope us if it were or wary inreau, iron nuns and boils lie turned playfully between Ins fingers into screws, a cannon pipe ho earned around as if it were a buby. His teeth were as strong us iron. He bit into a niece of oak wood; then a strong cart horse was harnessed up to it In spile of the horse being urged on it was un able to pull tho stick outof the juggler's mouin or to nun uio ainieie irom me place where lie stood. A bench made of wood, sixteen feet long, ho grasped Willi his teem by one end and curried it around, while a trumpeter blowing ins instrument sal on the other end. His arm was inoro powerful than bis leetii. lie spread out his hands, on cacti one was placed a botllo ot wino, then a rope was attached to eac wrist and to each rope there were three men from the audience who pulled with all their might, so us to make it impossible for this Hercules to convey the wino to his mouth. All their zeal was without avuil, as the arms of the gymnast bent themselves irresistibly ami brought the jug to his mouiu wimoui spiinug a urop oi wino. Ho generally saved bis grandest per formance of strength until the close of tho exhibition. He ascended a scar fold of beams under which was a plat iorm oi mica planus lasuuicu on strong chains. A trumpeter mounted on a Horse, clad as a herald, rode upon the plutform and played his tune. The Hercules then took a place on the point of the scaffolding, held a glass of wino in one hand and wild the other, by means of the chains, lifted tho heavy platform, tho horse and the trumpeter high up from tho floor, and for a littlo while held the whole weight, tho trumpeter shrill v blowing a tuno, whilo tho athloto drank the gluss of wino, at the snino time giving a toast to tlie magistrate and the citi zens of the city iu which he hnpiencd to lie staying. When Herr von Eckonberg beenme older, his power graduully left him; therefore he gave up tho herculean business ana became clnol thcutro mumigcrof Berlin, where he for some tuno iios.sc.HMcd twoshow booths, which. however, did not bring him as largo an income as did Ins exhibition of strength. But when ho had this large incomo lie uia noi know how to save. Ho had a competitor. Peter Ililferding. who hud a show booth with privileges and ut tho samo timo was a practical Inker and clown under the name of 'anuilon do Bisognosi. Provoking quarrels with this man embittered the life of tho "man of strength." His numerous creditors seized both bis booths with all bolonirinirs. comnletelv impoverishing tho celebra tod Hercules, who died in the your 1751. From tlie uermun. Aa Orator'a Vanity. An orator is ant to be vain. A Van- keo clergy man who knew the oratori cal nature called at the house of lords, and sent in discard to Lord Brougham. His lordship appeared in the lobbv, scanning tho card, and the clcnrvmau apologized by saying that he could not leave kngluud without hearing or Boe ing her greatest orator. Broughum not only cave him a seat in the house, but niiido a speech for the entertainment of tho shrewd min ister. Mr. Philip Ilone records in his "Di ary" that iu 1340 he met at a Wash ington dinner party Senator Preston, of South Carolina t "Ono of the most cultivating men 1 ever saw. His voice Is like music. The next dav Mr. Hone was on tha floor of the senate, and heard Critten den, Southard, Webster and Preston speak. He was delighted with the eloquent South Carolinian, who, after he had finished, came to Mr. Hone and aid: "There, I made that speech on pur pose for you I 1 bad no idea that von should go home without showing you what 1 could da Youths Coiu- paniou. A rhototraulile Hat. Herr Ludera has patented a Dhoto tographio apparatus that can be car ried iu the hut. This uovel bead dress contains, besides tho machine, a num ber or prepared piutea. In the front part of the hat there is a small circului opening about the sizoof a small shirt billion behind winch the lens is fixed. By means of a strinsr on tho outside of the but its wearer, whenever bo finds himself enjoying a pleasant view or in contact with a person whose features be wishes to preserve, can, without at tracting attention, iustantaneouslr take the picture aud finish it up at leis ure. Si Xouis Kepublic. Eieltenaeat Among Sparrow. Ad English sparrow became entangled In a network of electric and telegraph wires in one of the busiest streets of Cin-1 cinnati tbe other day and was killed, but bung to the wires. Immediately spar rows began to arrive from all sections of the city, and they covered the roofs like a huge blanket. There were thousands upon thousand of them. They tilled tbe air over the spot, and their noise com pletely drowned the noise of the street, They remained In the locality for Bearly uree bour. Chicago lunae. - - t - I A nDMANJIYDROSCOPE. He Was the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. ALSO A DESCENDANT OF SEEKS. fla Coald Tall Whenever Da Paaaad Over aa Underground Stream, and Tbna farad Many Live Tb Fascinating Old Doc tar and Story Teller. T WAS on tha veranda of the St. Charles hotel In New Orleans, the other evening, amid a cloud of tobacco smoke, that I beard the following story from tbe lips of a retired phyiiiclan: I bad just taken my decree, snld tbe hale old doctor, and visit ed Claiborne par Ixh, In this state, tn search of a location. It was in the roar ing Tippecanoe campaign and excitement run high. One evening a (1 Inputs srrma abont the personal character of a Whig candidate. Three men attacked the Whig's defender and he was shot through tbe body. He refused to allow me to treat him, saying I would get Into trouble. crawled on bis home and rode Into the for !t; but I mounted and overtook film, When I mentioned the lock of water be Mid: "We croaaed a Pinning stream a few yards bock." I declared there was no such stream, but be led me back a few yards and said: "The spring is just under us, not over two feet down, and aa tlie earth Ik soft, you can dig to It with this knife," banding me a huge bowie. I was aniszed, bnt explanation could wait on surgery. I dug vigorotiHly, and was soon astonished and gratilled to see a clear and lovely stream. I waxlied his wound, extracted the bullet, bandaged him well and saw Mm in bed at the next bouse. Next day I dressed the wound again and asNUred hlin of recovery, for his constitution was perfect. I then insisted on an explanation. The stranger warmly expressed Ills obligation to me, and said: "You will not believe my story, but will nt least admit that I can have no object In telling you other than the truth. I am the seventh son of a seventh son, aud a great grandson of the famous Jennie Leslie, of Kcotlaud, who could locate running water In the earth. My grandfather, a Cornwall miner, bail the same power with regard to metal llyasortof double Inheritance, aud by the long continued family practice of using the divining rod, it has reHulted that I have tbe power of feeling It when I pawt over an underground stream. You do not believe lo tbe divining rod, but unques tionably the power of Indicating with It has been oiweswd by many In the pant. "Within the past WJO years the career of Jacques Ayniar and llleton and Mile. Oli vet and I'ennet and Amoretti, and my an centrea, Jenny leslle, have proved It." "Are there many of these underground streams," 1 asked. "Their number Is almost beyond compu tation," he replied. "There is one very large underground lake in the eastern part of Arkansas, extending from the Junction of the While and Mack rivers to the Mis sissippi, nearly 3U0 miles wide, but I do not know of another such body in the entire country. And now a word more. You are suprlsed at me courting a qtiurrel which could have been avoided. The man I de fended bad done me a favor, and I never forget such. Years from uow 1 will repay you. Good night." Twenty years from that date 1 bad ac cumulated a considerable property and was well situated when tbe war came on. I served through the war as a Confederate surgeon, and when the struggle was over found myself destitute. I at onee Joined a party for California, and soon found my self once mora going across the great "Ixaie Star" ompiro. On the staked plains, not having taken the necuHsury precautions, we began to ex perience t he need of water. Our llrst night without water was had enough, but hope kept us up during the next tlay. When we went into camp the next uight, hnwevar. and still not a drop of water, the sulTerings of both man and beaut were terrible. Next morning it was the same terrible expert enoe, and the weakoat began to drop along Uie roadside. Tbe weary and disheartened column was dragging Itself along late Iu the afternoon, when we passed clone to a strange looking framework, and to our amazement saw a human figure rise from behind It and gaze over at us. We knew there couldn't be water there, for tbe animals would have shown it Hut we also knew that water WaTKRl I . . , . aaiun oe aomewnere near, lor tnere we saw human being standing alive and well a tall, alender stranger, with piercing black eyes and gray hair, which bung in waves upon his shoulders. We asked him, lor haaveu's aake, to direct us to water. Tbe stranger shook his head sadly, and said there was noue within many miles. "Then how did you get here J" asked one oi our party augrilv. "When I start arms the llauo eetacatlo 1 try to go prepared," he answered coolly. "1 have a canteen ben with aofue water In it to take me out of tbta deaert, but it would not be a drop each for your Urge ewiipany." After w had stood in despair for a few tuluutes he said, almost aa if talking to himself: "1 remember a stream that ought to be about five miles south of here." and turn- J lug to us be said, "I may poaaibly lead you io mt water, Within ten minutes tbe entire company Waa fullowinir thla try ! . . .UJE, across tbe plains. When we had fc-one what seemed to ua about the distance be had mentioned, be atopped aud railed the four who were In tha beat physical condition to come forward. Four of ua did ao, and be took bis canteen of water, and dividing it Into four equal portions asked ns each to drink, which we did. Then in that quiet way of his be said, "There la a stream of water twraity feet below a, which ran be reached by digging, and aa It is Tonr only Chance for life. 1 bar. lr.n f.. - canteen of water ao that too may not be-1 eome exhausted in roar work." Tb rest stood gating at him ia amase sent and anirer. whila I at onea lnkt .) .aloaely tad racognljed the aijsterioas stranger of northern Uraisiana a quartet tit a century before. "If you have bronchi as here on this fools' cIiami for nothing" began a burly teamster drawing his knife, wbea be was Intern! rited by tbt straoger. "Why should I have wasted tbe water which would have saved uy lifer" asked hsnuietly. "I need not have told vou had a drop of water with me. There is one man In your company wbo knows tbat what I aay about this stream of water true." ' ' He had not looked at me, bat I knew tbat be recognized me, and telling my companions that I would stake my life on tbe truth of his statement I at once went to the tool wagon, cot me a pick and sborel and went to work. We worked diligently for several hours, and about midnight the cattle began to grow uneasy, and presently broke looee from their stake and came rushing over, and would have gotten down Into the bole we were digging If they bad not been beaten back. Thl raised hope In every brvast, and from this time on tbe work was unceasing, and every man was anxious to relieve bis neighbor. "I must ask you .not to be disappointed, said the stranger quietly, "if you come to a stratum of rock. The absence of moisture above leads me to think that possibly the water is underneath a ledg of rock," and it wan only a few minute after be said this that one of the picks sent back a sound which told us the oJd man was right. The rock, however, was less of an obstacle than be had supposed, for a miner's outfit soon let us through It. and the water rushed up so suddenly and in such force that two of the men narrow ly escaped drowning. "Kather more successful than General Pope's artesian well out there where you first saw me," said the old man to me dryly after I bad slaked my thirst. It was but a short while till every living creature In the company had reveled to bis heart's delight in the delicious cool water, and then preparations were made to go back and save those that bad fallen ex bausted by tbe roadside iu the morning, but be wbo had saved our lives bad gone away forever without waiting for thanks. 4- u .im "TOO ARK IN DA5QER." Around the breakfast table that morn ing I told my experience of a quarter of a century Is-tora .No one questioned it, though some Ix-lieved it partook of the su pernalural, ami 1 aw one rough teamster cross himself piously every time he touched tlie water. hast year, having regained my fortune and retired from practice, I started east ward in the old way, with a company in wagons. One night we sat about our camp fire smoking and talking, when at ouce a strange voice said: "Gentlemen, you are in danger as long as you stay in the Sal ton basin." We all looked up, and there stood before us an old man, who In spite of his age was still erect and commanding In appearance. Ilia eyes were still clear and bright and black as Shan. His hair, which bung In wavy folds on hi shoulders, was as white as driven snow, and his clothing was made of the skin of wild beasts. Pointing nt me with his long, bony fin ger (for, without knowing it, I had risen and was staring ut him), he said: "There Is one among you who knows that what I say Is true, no matter what the danger, nor what my reasou for warning vou. Having passed nearly n century upon this earth, there remains for me little reason to barm my fellow men, from whom I must so soon part forever, and as there are oili er whom I must warn, I cannot stop to explain tlie reason for tlie danger. Suffice it to say, that tomorrow this basin will be a lake, am) those who would escape drown ing have no time to lose, as it is many a mile to the edge of the basin, and your horses are Jaded and time is flying." Turning to me lie continued: "1 have been looking for this overflow to come for years. There Is an immense subterranean river under the bills up there, and its bed Is higher than this basin. It will break through Its thin crust of earth within a few bourn In fact It Is already too thin to bear my weight. There are still others to see, so I must go. Half a century ago you saved my life; a quarter of a century ago I saved yours, and uow I am enabled to do so once more. We shall never meet aguiu, and an old man whose race is run leaves bis blessing with you." When hi voice ceased, the old man was gone. Coming back to the camp lire, 1 found thing iu commotion. My friends thought it best to go, aud at once. Tbe teamster flatly refused. It was finally agreed that we who wished should take the light spring wagon and go, and after getting outside the basin should wait for the others. At daylight we reached the bluff. When we woke at noon and looked back over the road we had come, nothing was to be seen save a hroud expanse of water. '1 be balton baain was a lake. Our companions have never been heard of to this day. W e soon got tbe dally papers and saw the accounts of tbe overflow of the hallou basin and the tuauv wide con- Jecturea as to its cause. In Mh caaea I told my companions the exKrience 1 bail Iu HMO, and they tried to account for it in various ways, but none of tnem iK lieveU my "bydroscope" could be altogether human. A for myself, I love lo ait here on the veranda and picture the stones over a"ain to mvsclf in the tobacco moke, but 1 otfer uo theories; I gimnlj l.ive the facts. ItAItnT W. COCUHOL, An Orphan liatlleenake. About a year ago a friend in Florida sent to Mr. E. L. Kupfer, of the post- ofhYo department, the rattles of a huge rattlesnake. There were ten. He put them away, packed in cotton batting, and the rattles were undisturbed until the other day. Ho was very much sur prised, naturally, when he opened the box. The rattles hadn't come to life, but something else had. A tiny rattler, four inches in length, squirmed out of the box. threw luelf into a coil, and ,r1'1' viciously at bisapproaching hand. u , now uiu it Happen.' t resumsbly an egg had been attached to the rattles and had hatched some time during the summer. What the little varmint fed on Is the greater mystery. He either indulged in a light diet of cotton, picked the dry bone of bis decerjed ancestor or fed on air. Put he Is alive and lively. A Hard Life. "I've trained down as fine as I can get," said the jockey, "and I'm still a uu ul 1 uaU overweight" 1 i "Wel! there's no help for it" returned the boss; "you'll have to go to the den tist and have your teeth pulled. Kew York Evening Sua, IV A REMARKABLE JUMT An INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA, Ber Bona Took tba Bit Between Hit Teeth and Made a Terrible Bon A Almost Mlraenloas Lea Over an Opee Drawbridge A Plucky Wonian. Many years ago 1 was an eyewitnesi fo an accident which befell the empress of Austria, and which was so terrible that ber escape from death seems to me even now a miracle. Elizabeth of Austria, as she liked to call herself, was at that time not only tbe most daring but also the best rider in the world. No manor woman ever knew better how to take an obstacle than this most charming of all crowned women. Though her majesty was then already a grandmother, on horseback she could give odds to the best Hun garian and English riders. The party at the event of which 1 am wnting con' stated of the empress and a large num ber of Austrian and foreign gentlemen riders, who seemed to have gathered to gether from all parts of Europo, Most of them were known as prominent horsemen. This was not surprising con sidering that the empress would never take the field in company of poor nders. On this occasion the empress rode a very spirited young horse, which she bad obtained in Lancashire when on a visit to England, und to the training of which she had personally attended for nearly a yeur. Everything went well after the start nntil we crossed a high way leading to a small Hungarian country town a short distance off. Pass ing a white painted milestone the em press' horse shied, and suddenly be coming uncontrollable it dashed down the road in the direction of the town. From appearance it was evident thut the animul had succeeded in taking the bit between his teeth and that no earth ly power could stop it on its mad run away. Although we all followed the empress, none of us seemed to gain upon her. Flying we passed through the little town, much to the amazement and the terror of the few people in the streets. A short distance beyond the town was a shipping canal, and to our horror we saw thut the drawbridge spanning the canal was open so as to permit the pas sage of some boat. In a moment we realized that the empress was running straight into tbe jaws of certain death. Faster and faster we went on in pur suit, but faster and faster also seemed the empress' horse to Uy. Now it had reached the open bridge. Would it top? Before we had timo to think we saw the animal dash up the incline of the open bridge like a Hash of lightning. For a moment we could not but close our eyes and a shudder convulsed every man in the cavalcade. It was a terrible moment a moment during which fear and horror alternately kept us merci lessly in their pangs. hen we opened our eyes again, still riding as fust as our horses could go, the fair rider and her runaway had disappeared. We hud no doubt that the inevitable had happened and that Elizabeth of Austria was drowned in tho slow and turbid waters of the canal. The idea was a terrible one. My pen is too weak to describo the confusion among us and tho agony of suspense that followed and seemed to make each rider quiver in his saddle. Almost un consciously we had stopped our horses just before reaching tbe incline to the open draiy. As a matter of fact our ex citement was so great that we did not even notice that one of our number, Count Szepany, if I remember well, was also missing. All our faculties nntural ly had followed tho empress only. There we wore, halting before that terrible bridge like a pack of cowards, with nobody among us plucky enough to ride into death with an empress. A few seconds later tho inclines of the bridge were lowered again, bnt nobody of our company seemed to even attempt to puss it. From the pangs of fear and horror wo had passed into those of amazement. Several hundred yards beyond tbe bridge we beheld ruling toward us a lady on a foaming steed. It was the empress, and at her side the only gallant man of the crowd, Count Szepany. Her majesty firmly sat her horse, and appeared as cool and collected as if nothing had hap pened. smilingly did she make fun of ns and our anxiety. Her fine raillery was just aa much justified as it was inoffensive when she saw the pitiable figure we cut in her exalted presence. The empress' horse was very lame. and closer examination showed that it had dislocated its right hind fetlock. In jumping the open draw between the wings of the bridge the hind feet of tho empress' horse had caught one of the iron rails at the edge and torn off one of its hind shoes. The most extraordinary feature of the accident was how the horse ever could have gone down the incline without breaWng its own and the rider's neck. The only explanation for this small miracle, however, might be found in tho fact that the empress never lost her preseiiceof mind for a minute when on horseback, and that, tnougn the animal was uncontrollable, she must have sat it to perfection. With regard to Coimt Szepany, he was unable to give any account of bis escape. More over, he did not even remember whether his horse made the jump before or after the empress'. He simply said that dur ing the jump he closed his eyes for a second, and that he then experienced a sensation as though the water were bub bling over his head. Harper's Young People. She Was Amased. The humor of those who go down to tbe Academy to see pictures is apparent ly inexhaustible. The following waa overheard: A lady went up to a picture by Air. K. w. Macbeth, A. K. A., and after studying it for some time asked her companion, who had a catalogue, tbe name of the paiuter. Upon hearing it, "Macbeth!" she said: "Macbeth! I thought he died hundreds of veara ago." London Tit-Bits. Observations made to determine tbe longtitude of Montreal show that the transmission of the electric current across the ocean and back occupied a trifle over one second, tbe distance be ing 8,000 miles. Tbe mere fact that chance baa direct- ed the finding of a penny in tbe street show that the coin baa luck inherent ia it Therefore, if carried abont in the pocket it will presumably bring good fortune. A GREAT WEEKLY'S STAFF. fa Editor of and Contributor Tba III ultra ted London Mews. The editor of The Illustrated London News, Mr. Latey. Sr., is one of the sev rra! servant of the uewupnper wbo have been there almost from tbe beginning. Mr. Latey was not the first editor, a Mr. Bailey having filled the post for some few years, to be succeeded by Dr. Charles Mackay, author of "There's Oood Times Coming, Boys," and many other popular songs, who was editor from 1848 to ISoB. The office of The News is certainly favorable to longevity. Br. Mackay's death at an advanced age was reported enly a week or two since. Mr. Plum mer, who was cashier back in those early days, was still drawing checks in theofTlce less than twelve months ago. The atib-editor is no longer young. As to Mr. Latey, the editor-in-chief, his beautiful old world manners are the chief indication of bis nge, for there he works away like any young fellow of 30, bearing tho burden of nn exciting post on his shoulders in the otllce familiar to his stops situe he was really young. The reason why the business, of a paior, thut really needs all thut the enterprise of youth can do to keep it properly up with these rushing times, is so largely in the hands of very old servants makes a pretty atory on the whole. Herbert In gram, the rounder or 1 tie news, tnougn in most resects a singularly strong and sturdy minded man, had a morbid hor ror of storms. Dr. Muckay tells how absolutely terrified the calm, astute pro prietor of the paper was while with him iu Switzerland during a thunder storm of great violence. By a horrible coinci dence he had to battle for his life for a long time and lose it at last in the midst of a wild storm of lightning and thunder. It was on Lake Michigan, in September, 1800. The steamer Lady El gin, on board which were Mr. Herbert Ingram and his eldest son, who were making a pleasure trip through the states, was run into in the dark by another vessel and shortly after sank, and of 303 persons on board only 114 were saved. The dead body of Herbert Ingram was washed ashore, fastened to a spar, some three hours afterwards. It was still quite warm showing that the unfortunate man had only just expired. For all those hours be had tossed about fighting vainly for lifo, in the midst of a violent storm of thunder, on the dark waters of the inland sea. The News was by this time (eighteen years after establishment) a good prop erty, and Ingram left a family of sons. Many people advised his widow, whom he left with full discretion, to at once sell the paper. Her boys were not old enough to manage it, and friends thought she could not do so. But she said "No;" if she could keep it going it would be a fine property for ber sons, aud she did not feel justified in throwing it away. So she called together the head men In the various departments of the ofllce, and laid her position before them, and she and ber upright servants together worked the paper on successfully, till such time as her boys grew to be men and could take the management into their own hands. They have it now: two sons, Mr. William Ingram, late M. P. from his father's native town of Bos ton, and Mr. Charles divide the manage ment between them, and they have a resolution not to dismiss any of the old servants who served them and their mother so well in their need. Mr. George Augustus Sala was for years one of the literary props of The Illustrated Loudon News. His "Echoes of the Week," with their quaint lore and droll little stories about everything that bapjiened, were eagerly looked for aud did.ujueli to keep The News popular in the literary department Sula writes no more for it now. What were his columns are at present filled for English consump tion with the mild jokes of Mr. James Payn, the novelist, while tho American edition lias the same space occupied by Mr. uoward i'aul, whose brisk native humor, I suppose, sits "the other side" better than Mr. Payn's placid little puns and tiny jokelets. Other literary contributors, regular or occasional, are Mr. Davenport Adams, who almost equals Mr. Sala in the varie ty and extent of his knowledge and the lightness of his touch; Mr. W. W. Feun, a blind literary man, whose forte is de scribing scenery; Miss Clo Graves, young girl dramatist noted for dressing in a man s evening coat and vest, with a "dickey" fastened with a ruby stud, above which her handsome face and dark cropped hair make her look exactly like a young fellow; Mr. Clement Scott, the playwright, who "does" the criticisms of the theatres, and Mr. John Lates, Jr, one of the most capable all round jour nalists of London, equally good at a ten der little set of verses, a thrilling story, and a aerioua "leader." The art editor is Mr. Mason Jackson; the literary and pictorial departments being kept quite aistinci. London Letter. A Agricultural Phenomenon. All last fall the farmers of Connecticut inveished bitterly because tha net weather was ruining their potato eroo. iney una just begun to follow the ad vice of leaders in agricultural expert ments, and had substituted potatoes for tobacco, which had proved an unsatis factory crop. Jack Frost used to get along so early that the tobacco plants would get nipped before they could be Harvested. But now they have aban doned tobacco Jack Frost does not seem to come at all. On the other band, wet weather ruined the potatoes. In September it was reported that not naif the farmers were digging their tu bers because they found them rottcaj. auu it was propnesiea that tbe nr wouiu go out or signt. ir a man could get enough to keep him through the winter he would do welt But now along with tbe pansy and dandelion phenomena come reports of me larmers llnding that the health of the und us potatoes is creatlv improved. John Elliott of Plainville, dug two bush els oi excellent potatoes from his garden wmcn ne bad abandoned as worthies In the fall. Henry Hellam, of Goshen, put two or three men at work during the holidays, and recovered nearly a third of an excellent crop which had ar- poared to be on the verge of dissolution in September. John Gamn. of dm. wall, is now showing with delight sev eral bushels of as fine potatoes as were ever raised in that old to a. They were given up for rotten a few months ago, but tlie open winter has restored tliera. Edward Manchester, of Winchester, set his hired men to work this week digging over the old patch, with encouraging re sults, until tlie frost came on Thursday and put an end to it He will renew operations on tbe first warm day. Wa terbury (Conn.; Cor. 5ew York Sua. AN ARMY OF DEAnnr. w, i 3, Quaker Cltv Men Who r, . Tlielr Tallore, N There are between 8.000 In thl. city wbo do not pay their ui bills. Thl..tateme.it is maC authority of a member of the n. i . the new tution known as the Merchant Taii Protective Association which is preparing the list for pubp' tion and circulation among the tuta of the organization. When tlihj u.? list is once made publln lr in .... i ruin ik credit of the hundreds who have exil J on the tailors in the past. The Merchant Tailors' Exclian. i, had a list of this cliaracter for M years, but the membership of that oruanL xation is small and limited almost eT tirely to the tailors having larKe ttt?" lishments in the vicinity of Walnut Jli Chestnut streets. The new associate which U'M nrrrnnfyiwt nn r.i ing, will cover a much wider fielj efforts will lie made to Includn o v.. DtUUU A ... tailor in the city. Each member JJ turn in the names of those from who he has been unable to collect his monor and copies of the complete list wjj " furnished every tailor in the city. The list is to includo not only tlie dead beats that never pay, but all those u help to make the life of a tailors bur. den. For example, it is almost impost ble to make clothing to suit some men, No matter how carefully they are made, some objection will be found, and after enough alterations have been made to eat up all the profit the price must be re. duced, on the ground that after so maur changes have lieen made the garment comes under the head of dumaged goudi, Under the new order of things these men must change their tactics or depend on the ready made dealers for their cloth ing. Hiram DeWalt, who was made tern, porary chairman of the new oriranla. tion, says it is surprising to what T tent the business of beating tailors out of their money has been carried. "It , confined to no particular class," he said, "but is done by men in all the walki 0f life. Two classes of people stand out more prominently than the rest, ho. ever those who want to make a greater display than their circumstance will warrant, and the sons of rich men who evidently use their allowances for out side pleasures and want to get their clothes at the expense of the tailors. "In the compilation of the list great care and caution will be exercised. Tin tailors will all be given numbers, and tlie names of those reporting delinquents will not apK'ar on the list; but opposite tbt name and address of each objectionable customer will be given the name of the tailor at whose insistance he bos bees blacklisted, and the cause for the action "It is only after a man has shown con clusively that he does not intend to pa; that his name will be reported. After dunning a man for a year without get ting anything out of liim.it is safe to suppose that he does not intend to par, and down goes his name on the black list I don't believe, however, that tbe losses from this source are so heavy at are claimed by some. The tailors have learned wisdom, and during the lost tew years have been very careful about trust ing people they were not absolutely sure of. But even with all this care they gel stuck every now and then, and the gen eral black list is intended to remedr this." Robert Stewart, the president of tbt old Merchant Tailors' Exchange, is I firm believer in the efficiency of the blacklist "Nothing but the best goods in the house will suit those people who make a habit of not paying," he said, "and whenever we lose by one of them it is always a pretty fair sum, A man who appeared to move iu the best circlet came into the store some time ago and ordered a suit of clothes for After he had gone I looked over our fist tod found his name there, I immediate!' sent lilm a note stating that we could not make the clothing without having a good deposit He stoppod in shortly afterwards and explained that he ex pected to receive some money in about t week or so, and would pay when the clothes were made. He never returned, however, and I have since seen him on the street in a new suit, but tbey wen ready made. "A block list of this character mar seem rather hard to some outsiders, bat it is the only way by which tailors can prevent heavy inroads into their yearlr profits. I think 5,000 a low estimate of the number of men of that cliaracter is this city, and for the tailors to clothe as army like that free of charge is consid erable of a draft upon our purses."' Philadelphia Record. Quelllnj; nn Elephant with a Puppr Little Willie, the elephant who occu pies the middle cage in the elephant house at Central park, has been causing his keeper a good deal of trouble recent ly, and several times has made vicious it tempts to strike him and break out At a last resort a little terrier, smaller than a cat, has been tied in Willie's cag This precaution has proven effective, for Willie, who has killed several keepers, and is almost as high as the roof over him, is thoroughly afraid of the puppj. When the elephant is drinking the puppj frequently drives bim away with a snap. Director Conkhn is preparing LW the centle and intelligent female of th Cole pair of elephants in the park, tot carrying children about the park next summer. He is in a quandry over tbt question of fare for elephant rides, and would like to hear from any one interest ed in the matter. A small fee wat charged for a ride on Jumbo in London. New York Tribune. A Monster Locomotive. The lanrest locomotive Iu the world has just been placed on the Big Fwj road. It is sixty -five feet in length sni weighs 130,0000 pounds. It has two oou- ers, between which the cab is piacw. which ia a lartm a a small house. Vs the pilot twenty people can be seated. It requires two firemen and one eugi nrer, and Its inventor claims it can, der favorable conditions, mske ninety miles per hour. Tradesman. In the year 1&S8 the Kentucky legisla ture waa petitioned to change the nau of a man wbo thotrght that "Mr. bcuir fenhasenrichstichstafer" was an nndi. nified jognomen. A human hair varies in thickne from the 2o0th to the 600th part of s ir.cli. In nthpr word. It is more lu ten times as coarse as tbe web of a silx worm. Th era ia & man in Montezuma. G. who baa had hi arm dislocated at tM lirml.lav tMi---Hnua and bis lef j dislocated at tba hip eight times.