EUGENE CITY GUARD.
L U VAMtBKLL.
rrrlier,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
- Thing Iteat l.mU I'mluua.'
Do not write on ruled paper, or oil (hul
docoraUJ Willi printed sunflower or bio
oiusof any klnd.i,, r; ' -,'
Do not Introduce your girl friend u
the gentleman -visitor. Instead say.
"Miss Brown, will you allow me to pre
sent Mr. Jonesr
Do not talk especially to one pei-sos
when you have three or four visitors.
Instead make the con vernation general.
Do not attempt to tuke care of a nian'i
overcoat he has a vote and ought to U
able to look after his own clothes.
Do not ask people who they are id
mourning for. If you don't know, wail
until you find out, and in the meantime;
don't ask after the members of their
family.
Do not giggle when a smile would
answer, and don't talk in a jesting way
about things that are holy to other peo
ple. Do not laugh at anybody's form of
worship respect a toad praying to a
luushroom.
Do not suy the rules of etiquette ar
nonsense they are made up for youi i
comfort and mine, and urrunged so tliul
the feelings of every human being art
considered. ,' i. .
Do pot get into the habit of laughing
at elderly people. It is not only unlady-
like, but it is vulgar.
Do not think it clever to flud out by
pumping, the private affairs of youi
friend. There is no reaitou why you
should lay bare her heart for an iiiquisl
tive daw to peck at.
Do not get into debt, but if you have
been guilty, deny yourself everything
possible that you may be free once more,
Do not believe that all these don'ts are
not spoken to you in the kindest manner
as from girl to girl, but one ho to suITei
and make mistakes nuo's self to find out
into just what pitfulls one is apt to turn'
ble, Ladles' Home JoumuL
Th Itotort I'll fort mmUi.
A certain Shakespearean club In one ot
the most fashionable suburbs was enter
tained successively by the various mem
ber. It finally became the duty of a
popular young bachelor to assume the
position of host. Wishing to make the
evening a pleasant reminiscence to all
present the gentleman had Itosalio Music
ball, in which lie proponed entertaining,
decorated in a charming manner. lis
also had a delicious luncheon served by
a proficient cuterer, and the appoint
ments were elegant in every particular.
So thoroughly enjoyable was the evening
that every one felt like expressing their
thanks to the young host, and in various
pretty speeches did the ladies signify
their appreciation of his efforts.
Surrounded by a bevy of his fair
guests, the face of the young man was
the picture of delight, when another
young lady joined the circlo and offered
thanks where thanks were due. Her
manner of expressing herself, however,
caused the light to die out of the young
gentleman s face, and a baby stare su
perseded it It might le remarked here
that the young mini had ottered his 1mm!
to a Rosalie Court belle the preceding
month and been refuted. And the lady,
entirely uiicniixrious of tho affair, said
"Oh, Mr. Blunk. I reully must compll
ment you on the charming manner in
which you have entertained us this even
ing. Everything has been perfectly
lovely; we have noticed the absence of
nothing that would have added to the
evening's enjoyment, unless, perhaps, a
hostess, and (in a piquant mntiner) we
are sure that is something you really
couldn t procure, rituburg Dispatch.
Hu Walton Grow Rich.
I am informed that Mrs. Ladenburg
Intends to distinguish herself by siluntly
effecting a relief from an evil that has
gradually grown Into monstrous propor
tions In society. 1
The growing extortion of waiters at
our fashionuble entertainments is a mat
ter that has lately assumed such a guise
that if Mrs. Laden burg has really taken up
the cause of her friends against the In
position of the waiters, she will be huilod
as a crusader of not less courage, than
Coeur de Lion.
At present it Is Impossible to got served
at a ball without paying a week's wages
to the gurcon. At Sherry s, as at Uvl
monico's, you are at the mercy of the
.austere yet perspiring fraternity, who
only seo a hungry guest through the
flbered density of a greenback. Alacrity
in service Is graduated according to the
size of the fee.
At the last Patriarchs' I gave my
waiter a dollar and made shift with cold
victuals, while on one side of me was a
guest who for a five dollar tip fared
sumptuously, while on the other was a
brave but mistaken gentleman, who ig
nored the waiter's avaricious palm, and
was Ignored by that functionary in re
turn. New York Truth.
Costly China tVara.
One of the wealthiest women In At
lanta, Ga., has at least 13,000 worth of
glass and china. There are six small
cups and saucers which cost alone the
sum of $100, and her Bohemian wlue
glasses in rose and blue, scattered over
with tiny arabesque figure and richly
finished with gold, all cost from f5 to $10
apiece.
Among her daintiest treasures are
some finger bowls of white Itohemian
glass, shaped like yellow prlmruw-s, won
derfully thin and ornamented with very
delicate arabesque cold figures. The
water pitchers which harmonise with
these are tall and slender, graduating
from the base to the mouth and orna
mented in the same gold designs. At
lanta Constitution.
Making Fuats.
The secret Is out Indiana poet are
not bora but made, says The Chicago
Inter-Ocean. The teacher in the Indian
apolis high school has Issued an order
that every pupil must write poetry and
hand in poems on certaiu prescribed
days. There Is no evasion of the order.
The muse must be raptured and brought
into the school room. It seems that Mine
Anderson, the teacher who issued the
order, has been in the high school for
over twenty years, and that the majority
of the "Indiana poets" are her graduate.
Rapid Transit,
' "I hare been on this road twenty years,
and know what I am talking about," said
tu conductor to a passenger who com
plained of the slow time.
' "Twenty yart" gasped th passenger.
"Waal station did yea get onatf ' Journal
of Education. j
HE'S NOT IN SOCIETY.
t Astor Wha DMtn'l Tiger
fork Arlttocracy.
That all the tWendaDts of the original
John Jacob Astor are fairly well to do it
taken for granted
by the world, but
there is a much
crcaterdlvcrgenc
between the lines
thr.n Is generally
tupposcd. Even la
New Vork city
there are Astor
unknown to fame,
and up in Colum
bia county lives
n who is In th
Very center line of
descent, grandson
of old John Jacob,
brother of the lata
John Jaeob and HESnr ASTOB.
present William, and son of tho famous
William Ii. Alitor, ills name Is Henry and
bis history is queer, as well as himself.
When any New Yorker, familiar with
the dairlingsocletyeareerof Mrs. William
Astor, the late escapade of her daughter,
Airs. Coleman Drayton, and the promi
nence of William Waldorf Astor, asks
about the collateral branch hogets answers
very much mixed. There is a vague 1m
pression that "the other son of William IS.
Astor is off somewhere being taken ears
of." Sometimes one is told outright that
he is demented and that the Astor car
for bim bountifully, as they do for all the
aflllcted of their kith and kin. But in Co
lumbia county, and especially around As-
torvill and on the Copake fiats, a sug
gestion of that sort would be apt to start a'
light.
Henry Astor I there and very much at
lilierty, and. moreover, he Is the bountiful
patron of all that region and the guardian
angel, as It were, of the biggest family in
it, namely, the Dineharts. And it was his
marriage into that family that severed his
relations with the other Aston, lie lives
In a big and odd looking house In the town
of Astorvllle, the house and all Its annexes
being painted yellow, with Ills-nil splashes
of red and block, the "toot ongsomble," as
tluysayln Paris, being quite startling to
ore who see it for the first time.
"II was always queer," say his old com
panions, but at sixty he Is a very tine and
intelligent looking man. His conversation
Is pleasant, and that and his manner alike
Indicate at least average Intelligence, if
not more. Hut he dm a few queer
things. For Instance, he sells a horse or
cow or anything else he Is tired of for
whatever any neijjhlior offers for it, he it
five dollars or fifty, lie also pnys the taxes
of those neighbors who get behind, loans
them money at whatever interest they
think they can afford to pay, rent farms
out on similar terms and gives to all
churches and charities whatever is asked.
It goes without saying that be is popular
on Copake flats.
When be was a lad hi father sent him
up to live with Mr. John Ashe, who occu
pied one of the Astor farms. He com
menced holding religious services for the
hired help, and when they did not get
religion to suit him he discharged all of
them, but hired them again the next day
at advanced wages. Finally he married
MIssMelvina Dim-hart, sister of Mrs. Ashe,
and all his relatives were furious about it.
Hi grandfather, however, had left him
some real estate, which rapidly increased
In value and he was Independent.
Melvina Diuchart was a rustic beauty,
but her father was a common laborer and
bad probably the largest family of children
In the county. They are nil rich now.
William, oldest of many brothers, managed
Mr. Astor's business for some years, and
now owns lure large rnrms ana much
other property. Dclbert Dlnuluirt was Mr.
Astor s next agent, and he Is now very rich.
The princlMil paid them handsome salaries
and a good per cent, on the collection of his
rents. He also took. Ills wire's parents to
his bouse, where thry lived in great com
fort till a few years ago.
Mrs. Melvina Astor is now a well pre
served matron of fifty years, ami having
had no children ha taken an active part
lu managing her husband's affairs. She
holds In her own name the deeds of several
fin farms. In fact, there is. a saying In
Copake that Mr. Astor "married the whole
Uiuehart family, but be might have done
worse." Although his father left him no
property In fee, he provided a very band
some annuity for him, and present Indica
tions are that ha will live many yearn to
enjoy it. Such Is the real condition and
such are the surroundings of that Astor
who has completely dropped out of the
family life and concerning whom the city
tradltiou is that he is "away off somewhere
and being taken care of."
An Unusual Decree.
The government of Costa Itlca intends to
keep all it aecie within the borders of
the country, If there Is any virtue In law
down there. A decre lias just Is-eii issued
under the provisions of which the exporta
tion of Costa Kieati coins and bullion Is
forbidden In that republic tor the period of
six months. On any attempt to violate
this provision the silver coins will Iw seiied
by th customs authorities. If the expor
tation Is accomplished, In spit of the pro
visions of this decree, the exporter will be
fined to Mi value of the exported silver,
This prohibition will remain In fore until
th 15th of September next; but th execu
tive haa been given authority to extend
th period six months longer, and he may
also suspend th operation of the decree at
any time, if In his Judgment the reasons
which determined its enactment have
erased to exist. Th preamble of the de
cree acknowledges that the step taken Is
extraordinary and liable to numerous ob
jections, but It alleges in Justification the
exceptional situation in which the country
now finds itself, the gold coins having al
most absolutely disappeared and the silver
coins being only found in small quantities,
scarcely sufficient to meet the necessities
of th retail t rallio.
Russia's New Nary.
Csar Alexander does not Intend that
Russia shall b left behlud In the mad rush
of nations for naval supremacy. His naval
estimates for ISlt! amount to K.NKi.'iM
rubles, or S.lsJI.lWI rubles more than last '
year, which sum Is to be spent upon the
building of new ships. Ily order of the 1
caar a large Ironclad cruiser ot the same
type as the Iturick, or lo.lttt tons and I5.0H0
horse power. Is to I put upon the stocks I
at St, Petersburg this spring, in addition
to three Ironclads of 1 1.000 tons and several
Ironclad coast vessels of from 4,000 to 5,000
tons.
am Mussels Ar Toltunuus.
Poisoning by mussels has been frcmicnt
ly alleged and as often denied, but it Is
nevertheless a well known fact. Such poi
soning appears in chronic form inTe.ra
del Kuegti, mussels being sbundant on the
shores and other kinds of food rare, so that
th natives eat large quantities of the
former dally, both of bad and of good qusl-
ity.
A tlorrtf)lng tHsrurary,
Little Girl Oh, mamma, youi!
hare to sond dut now bijrsoofj. She
awful wicked I
Mamma Horrors I What doe) she
dot
Little Girl-She tolls us Bible
torios on week day a. Good News,
A Effaced Personality.
"Was your name ever in printt"
"No, I've ben an editorial writer
on one of the big New York dailies
fur fort years." Kate Field's Wash
Ok
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THE TRUTH.
friend, tbouga thy soul eoould burn that, yet b
ft HI;
Thoughts wtr not lent fur suit, sor Ungual
forewords.
B that seas clear Is gentlest of bis word,
And that's not truth that hatb the heart to kin,
Tb whol worlds (bought shall not on truth
fulfil
Dull la our age, and passionate la youth ;
No mind of man hath found tb perfect truth;
Kor sbalt thou And It; therefor, friend, be sUiL
Watch and be still, nor bearken to the fool,
Tb babbler of consistency and rule;
Wisest Is be who, never quite secure,
Changes bis tbouKhta for better ilajr by day;
To-morrow some new light will thine, bo sure,
Am tbou shall sea tby thought another way.
Archibald lanipnian In Philadelphia Ledger.
LOVE'S QUEER WAYS.
Tb Central park was at Its freshest that
evening, so were we.
She was 17 and I was 21. We were en
gaged to each other, and bad gone to ths
paradise of lovers to "spoon," just a scores
of other lovers had, even In those days
when the park was a new place and the
trees so thin that the lovers were easily
recognized by friends, who enjoyed making
fun of them afterward.
I do not intend to tell you just who we
were. If I cull ber Agnes and myself Ar
thur you will know as much about us as
you need to know.
Our fathers were both men of wealth,
with the Van prefix to thdr names, and
bad business relations with each other;
though as I had been sent away to college,
and Agnes was not "out" yet, we bad not
met since we were babies.
However, one day my father bad called
me into his oflice and said to me:
Arthur, Van 0 had a talk with me
today. He Is anxious that you should see
his only daughter, Agues. She is very
pretty, accomplished, add all that, and
though of course nothing will lie done to
influence either of you I should like It,1
too. All I ask is that you should make her
acquaintance, and if you like her and she
likes you I sh-ill be pleased. If you don't,
why, it cannot be helped."
"Of course I shall not, and of course she
will detest me," I answered. "But Intro
duce me."
He did three days afterward and I fell in
love at first sight.
Agnes was the loveliest creature I ever
saw. I think so still, and my father was
as pleased as man could be to bear m
say so.
My father was an amiable as well as a
sensible man, and we all adored him.
Van G , on the contrary, was a per
fect demon in temper, though a very brill
iant man in his own line, tbe money mak
ing one.
Ilia children trembled when they heard
him coming; folk said that he bad killed
his wife with uuklndness, and everyone
in his employ bated him.
But Agne smiled and spoke like an
angel. She seemed to have the disposition
ot one. and being a golden haired girl who
dressed in white whenever it was admissi
ble, ber whole appearance carried out the
Idea.
As for me, I have a photograph taken at
that date, which represent a very good
looking young man. I had perfect health,
good spirits, nothing to worry about and a
fortune ready made for nie. I was a gen
eral favorite in society, and felt, when 1
thought the matter over, that I was not an
objectionable parti. Shortly I proposed to
Agnes and she replied: "Ask papa."
I asked him; be accepted me.
"Iu fact," ho said, grnsplnir me br she
hand, "I am delighted to think of you as a
future son-in-law. I've always dreaded my
girl's throwing herself away on some no
body of a drummer or something. Now
you ar your father's son, of course, and
all that, you know, and the sooner it comes
olf the better."
I bad expected to be well received, but it
was delightful all the same. The wt-dding
day was set, everybody on both sides whs
delighted, and I the happiest fellow in the
world. My betrothed, it is true, was very
coy, and would scarcely permit a kiss:
still, when sho was my wife I felt that I
should be all the happier.
I cannot tell you how fond I was of her
or how proud I was of her. I thought my
self tho happiest creature alive that even
ing as we turned into tbe paths of the park
and took our way to the ramble. Then, as
today, It was patronized by lovers of the
humbler classes, but Agnes was very fond
of walking there. Indeed it was she who
bad proposed going there that ovening. I
remember just where we sat down on one
of tbe benches near the lake. A little way
from us sat another couple who were affec
tionate enough to excite my envy, though
the girl wore a long shaieless linen ulster
and a hat with a blue veil tied about It.
There was uo one ehe in sight, and the
moonlight was so bright that we could see
a long distance.
A certain chill had come into the air,
..Llt. I 1 .! . . . 1 i .
wuiuu uwi uriveu mosioi me nappy couples
borne, and I had asked Agnes it It was un
pleasant, and she had replied that it was
delicious, and I was not yet old enough to
feel anxious about the changes of the
weather. Csunlly w went home earlier.
but it was so delightful to me to sit there
alone with her that I was careful to make
no remark about the time Suddenly Ag
nee said to me:
"Arthur, I suppose you will think me
very silly, but I can't help fancying that
some one Is hiding lieyond that large oak
tree yonder. I feel nervous about It. Every
now and then a face peeps from behind the
bus lies, '
"A facer" said I.
"Yes," said she, clinging to my arm
"and it frightens me."
"There Is no one there." said L "It is
all imagination."
"I can't help feeling as If It waa some
one who Intended us barm," Agnea said
tremulously.
"I see what you mean," mid I. "It is a
bunch of yellow leaves on a bush beyond
the oak, which the wind now and then
blows into sight."
She gar a curious little laugh.
"You may be right," Agnes said. "It Is,
perhaps, all my own nervousness, but there
it Is again. A man's head, I am sure,"
"Oh, I'll convince you that it is not," I
said. "I'll pick the bunch of leaves."
"1)0," pleaded Agnea. "I shall hare no
peace until I see them."
"Cotne," I said, offering her my arm.
"Oh, no, Arthur," she answered, "let
me stay here. I would no more dare to
walk up to that oak tree than to face a
loaded cannon."
This was so unlike her that I felt sur
prised, but of course her word was law to
me, I kissed her baud and hurried away
toward the old oak. The presence of the
man and woman on the next seat was
protection enough for the very few min
ute necessary for my task, and as I weut
I took my knli from my pocket.
At the oak I turned my head and waved
my hand, and then went on toward the
bush. At this moment I tost sight of Ag
ne. I stood with my back toward th
tieuch tor a tune, sufficient to cut a ay a
bunch of the yellow leaves, aud toclos my
knife and put it in ray pocket.
The bench on which Agnea had been
seated wa not fully In light until I had
passed the old oakt then I saw it plainly.
The moon had just risen. A flood ot sil
ver light swept serous th spot. Th bench
wa empty!
My first idea wu that Agnes had hidden
herself behind some bushes, but when I
looked alut m and (till saw no sign of
ber I fancied that she Intended a practical
joke, and seated myself on the bench.
Ahr" I cried, "that was your plan, was
Itf
1 know exactly where you are. Come
ami u. V, m...1, k..xl
her and sre th man's head."
Jtwr waa no answer. 1 began to search
about, Orst playfully and tben anxiously.
It wa not long before th matter ceased
to be a Joke. The loving couple were still
seated on the neighboring bench absorbed
Id each otber.
"I beg pardon, sir," I said, addressing
tbe man. "The young lady who was with
me have you seen herf I left her alone
for a moment while I examined something
that alarmed ber, and I find ber gone."
"No one has passed us here," said ths
yonng man rising. "Jane, did you notice
any oner"
The girl In tbe uliter and blue veil shook
ber head.
"No," said tbe young man; "permit me
to help you look for the lady."
We searched the spot anxiously for half
an hour, my heart beating like a drum
with terror. Then he said:
"You had better notify the park police,
sir, unless you feel sure that the lady
wasn't Just a little huffy, and bnsn't gons
home by herself to vex yon. That's like
women folk."
ne was very civil, but he was evidently
acommonishsortof a person. For a girl
of Miss G 's position and manners to
show "vexation" by going home alone
after dark in a "huff" was impossible, but
I took the suggestion. As we parted he
promised to remain where he was for
while, and if Agnes should return to see
her safely out of tbe park on ber way
homeward.
Having sent a messenger to Mr. Van
G I remained with those who searched
the park, and shortly we were Joined by
the father of Agnes, who, according to hit
iXTrZTyZXlZ ThU'
daughter, even for a moment, alone. I
could not blame him I was full of self re
nroach. Hut It was many days before 1
accepted tbe terrible truth that 1 should
never see Agnes again
Everything was done that it was possible
' for energy or money to do, but we never
found a trace of ber. Gradually I came to
the conclusion that she bad been
dered, and that her body had been so well
concealed that it could never be found.
Mr. Van G believed as I did.
"The only obedient child I ever had," hi
said; "the others are without a sense ot
filial duty. I meant to leave her every
thing." As for me, I felt the blow terribly and
became a moody and unhappy man.. I
forsook society, lived the life of a hermit,
and being rich had nothing to force me to
a healthy occupation. Occasionally I went
to Mr. Van G 's. He had driven all bit
other daughters from bim by his brutality:
but together we often shed a tear for out
poor lost Agnes.
When I was 40 years of age the old man
died. I attended his funeral and was, per
haps, tbe only one that felt real sorrow, and
that was chiefly because we had shared the
same trial.
The readingof the will came at the nsual
time, and to that I was summoned. I ar
rived early. In tbe library, where the
will was to be read, sat only a middle aged
woman, rather shabbily attired, but bear
ing a certain family likeness to the Van
G s which mode me fancy that she wat
a poor cousin, whose futile hopes ot legacy
bad brought ber thither.
As I sat quietly by tbe window I saw bet
look at me. Suddenly she arose and cam
to me.
"You don't remember me, Arthurf" she
said.
I made no answer. As she spoke the
most startling Ideas entered my mind-
ideas that were madness. She saw It in
my toco what they were, and answered
them.
"I am Agnes," she said "Mrs. Jessup
now. I suppose you think I'm dreadful.
How you did fly about looking for me.
Dear dear! And poor pa. How be swore,
but it was all because be was so ferocious.
Ha beat sister Ann for engaging herself tc
Mr. Smith, and he turned Selina away
from the door in a storm for liking poor
young llrown. I was afraid of bim. So
when he told me Mr. Jessup must not call
I said, les, sir.' And when he said
must lie engaged to you I said yes, too, but
I liked William Jessup, and I never in
tended to marry you. That young man on
the next bench was William Jessup, and
when we sat down bis little brother wore
the ulster and blue veil, but as soon as
you were out of sight be slipped out of
them and I put them on and sat there all
the while. After you went we walked
away.
"I thought I should die, it was so funny.
Of course I knew pa never would forgive
me if he knew he wasn t that kind. But
now I may get something. William said
I'd better come and see.
"We've had hard luck. I shall be aw
fully glad it I can take borne a few dol
lars." I listened quietly. Agnes was yet al
most pretty, but she had lost all her dis
tinction, bad caught vulgar ways of speech
and a common Intonation doubtless from
Mr. Jessup. She wore 111 fitting false teeth
and a false front of curls that did not
match ber hair. My beautiful memory of
my betrothed tuded as I gazed at the real
product of years of common association,
and the first thought that I found myself
able to formulate was what a fool I have
made of myself.
"Can't believe your senses, can youf"
said she,
"Oh, yes," said I; "it was a surprise at
first, but I quite realise the facts ot th
case, I think that the will which leaves
everything to a charity has a codicil,
which leaves it all to you if you should
prove to be living.
" 'I know she is dead,' your father said,
'but that is my way of showing my appre
ciation of my only obedient child.' "
"Poor pa," said Mrs. Jessup. Here the
entrance ot other persons Interrupted our
conversation.
I was right about the will, which ths
other relatives endeavored to dispute in
vain. I received a diamond riug as a
memento of Mr. Van U and our "com
mon grief," and wear It to this day. And
to-morrow I am to be married to a very
charming lady, my only regret being that
I have wasted so many years in mourning
for a young lady who played me such au
exceedingly shalJiy trick. Buffalo News.
A Nlea Distinction.
A St. Ixiuis lawyer in a recent Interview
very interestingly explained the difference
between burglary and housebreaking. Ac
cording to this St, Ixmis limb of the law:
"Burglary cannot be committed in the
daytime. The English rule is that if there
Is light enough to see the face of the in
truder there is no burglary. This, how
ever, does not include moonlight, for a
housebreaker entering after nightfall,
however brightly the moon is shining, Is
legally a burglar, that Is, if it is reasona
bly cerUin that he haa entered with the
latent to commit felony, for while a tramp
breaking into a house to sleep may be a
housebreaker, he is not in the proper sense
of the word a burglar. Burglary, however,
may consist in breaking out aa well as
breaking in, for one who hides in a house
before nightfall to steal and after stealing
breaks out to get away, is just aa much a
burglar as be who to effect his purpose
breaks in."
Th Holy City.
Jerusalem seems to be going ahead in
spite of the opposition of the Turkish gov
ernment to the settlement of Jew In that
city. According to a writer in The Jewish
Intelligence, there has been more pngrf
In Palestine during the oast twentv veai-s
than there had been during the previous
uve centuries.
Tb Warld'a Largest Cnlrmltjr.
No one ever think or speaks of Effrnt in
connection with educational matters, and
y, t It la a fact that the largest uuiveraity
it.. . t . ,, , . A . "...
in the world la
in Cairo. U has about
11,000 students.
A Hottoa Woman's Club.
A eewsnaper women's club has been
formed in Boston under tbe nuui of
"Boston Women's Press Club." to dis
tinguish it from the .New England Wom
an's Press association, with which it in
no wuy conflict iu fact the new club
is made up principally of the members
of the N. E. W. P. A., who find the lat
ter too large an association and with
Ua widely diversified interests to give
attention to the details of newspaper
work or techtiVal journalistic work.
The officers of the new club are appoint
ed from month to month, and instead of
being styled president, secretary, etc.,
after the ordinary approved club style,
they take the names and offices of edito
riul officers.
For the month of March, for instance.
Mrs. Evelyn fJreenleuf Sutherland (Dor
othy Lindt) was city editor; Miss Bolls
Grant Armstrong, religious editor; Mrs.
Elizabeth Merritt (iosse, sporting editor;
Miss Helen M. Winslow, finnncial and
ruilrood editor: Miss KutherineS. Parka,
fashion editor; Miss Alice Stone Black
well, literary editor, etc.
Each person is to bring in to the regu
lar meeting either a story or some help
ful hint or Impelling in her particular
field, and the little infonnul dinner ovef
which the discussion goes on is a very
pleasant episode in the life of these busy
and bright workers. Membership in the
Boston Women's Press club is confined
to workers on the duily and weekly Boa
ton pajicrs. and is effected ouly by invi
tation. Boston Letter.
Th OOle Hoy's Exeat.
There is an office boy who caused a
great deal of trouble for the correspond
ing secretary of a woman's club. The
lady felt sure she should make some
mistakes at first in the performance ot
the duties of her new position, but was
totally unprepared for the avalanche of
criticism, remonstrances and fault find
ing which overwhelmed her after the
first meeting for which she sent out the
call.
Hardly anybody, it seemed, had re
ceived a notification, and tweuty-five oi
thirty of the 150 members had not even
heard there was to be a meeting. The
corresponding secretary interviewed her
husband's office boy, to whom had been
given the list of members, the circulars
and other requisite stationery, with or
ders to address the envelopes and mail
them as promptly as possible.
"Did yon fold the circulurs and put
thein in the envelope?"
"Yes'm."
"And direct the envelopes and stamp
them and mail them?"
"Yes'm. "
"Did you do it promptly?"
"Yes'm."
"Then how do you suppose so many
of the ladies failed to receive their cir
cnlurs?' "Oh, the envelopes didn't hold out to
go around," replied the boy innocently.
Boston Herald.
An Extraordinary Duel.
One of the most renmrkuble duels evet
fought, perhaps, took place in 1803 be
tween two Frenchmen. Of course the
quarrel arose about a lady a certain
Mile. Tirevet who, it appears, was un
able to decide on which of the two she
preferred. She finally found a way oul
of the difficulty by promising to marry
whichever of them worsted tho other.
They thought over the mutter in a calm
and judicial spirit for a month, and at
the end decided to fight a duel in the
air. Accordingly two balloons were
made exactly alike, aud upon the ap
pointed day each soared aloft, accom
punied by his second.
They were each armed with a blun
derbuss, the agrecmeut being that they
were to fire, not at each other, but at
the balloons. They arose to the height
of half a mile, and then the preconcert
ed signal was given. One fired and
missed; the other followed suit with
more disastrous effect. De hit his op
ponent s balloon, which instantly col
lapsed, with the result that theoccu
pants of the car were dashed to tbe
earth with frightful rapidity and in
stantly killed. St. Louis Republic.
Th Elephant Among tb Egyptlana.
The Carthaginians appear to have
tamed the African elephant a feat now
regarded as impossible. On the other
haud, Thothmes HI encountered a herd
of 120 elephants in Mesopotamia, and
shows an elephant as part of his Asiatic
spoils. Possibly the Assyrians may oven
at that early period have obtained ele
phants from India. The Persians used
them at Arbela, and the Greeks brought
them to Palestine, as Pyrrhus (unless in
deed his elephants were African) did to
Italy.
But the range, of the Asiatic elephant
may have been wider in early times than
it now is, for it survived with the rhi
noceros in Honan down to 600 B. C. The
elephant is correctly represented on the
black obelisk of Slmlmanezer II (860-635
B. C.) with the rhinoceros; and other
Bactrian and Indian animals, notably
monkeys, occur on Assyrian bas-reliefs.
Scottish Review.
Two Expressions of Peel's.
Was there ever a more mordant and
sardonic stroke of description than that
O'Conuell gave of Peel's bloodlessness?
"His smile was like the silver plate on a
coffin." Less scathing, but less witty
also, was his description of a lady of a
similar repellant temperament: "She
bad all the characteristics ol a poker,
except its occasional warmth." San
Francisco Argonaut
Orange Growing.
The Oviedo (Fla.) Chronicle says: The
orange business of the present winter has
demonstrated one thing clearly, and that
is that Tangerine and Mandarin orangei
no longer command the price of former
seasons, and that they are not even sell
ing as well as ordinary oranges, consid
ering the expense in gathering and put
ting them up. Growers should note the
fact that it will not be profitable to plant
any more of these varieties. The de
mand for them is limited, and is now
easily supplied.
Th Wedding Finger.
How many women who fondly lovi
the golden symbol of their wedding row
know why they wear it on the third
finger of the left hand? That particnlai
digit was chosen because it was believed
by the Egyptians to be connected by
slender nerve with the heart itself. And
these ancient worshipers of Isis held
this finger sacred to Apollo and the sun,
and therefore gold was the metal chosen
for the ring. Detroit Free Press.
Or Conraa.
She Why do poor men always keep lots
of dogsr
He To keep th wolf from th door.
Jfcusey'l Weekly.
THE CORRECT VERSION.
Tb Story of th "wathaarU" a ToU
by Lalar Day Novelist.
So this wind tb thing up. doe It, Mia
Pan key t"
"It does, Mr. Swackbammer."
"And you haven't any explanation U
giver"
"What explanation do you wantf I bavl
told you I wished to break off the engage
fuent because it baa become lrkomto me
I -.n't that noiigb?"
' The young man uncrossed his legs, gol
lip, and reached for hi bat
I "Seems strange," ha said, as a yearnjnp
look iHine into bis eyes, "that the engage
iueiil didn't become Irksome to you until
tlie-oystcr season was over."
I Miss Pankeydid not deign any reph
suit Algernon Swackbammer, with a lov
kw, turned upon bis beel and walked otr.
When the door bad closed upon bis ri
renting form the young woman sank norv
(usly Into a chair.
"The stupid wretch, sbeexclalmed. "M
night to have had more seuse than to tak.
ue at my word!"
Suddeuly she stooped to the floor, plcKc
bo a small ivory tablet that bad droppe
from Algeruou's pocket, pressed it passion
Ely to her hps, bowed ber bead upon be
inds and sobbed aloud.
Years had passed. The afternoon u'
aa gilding the pretentious spires an
cupolas of an ambitious western town, an
tbe soft weird music of the fish peddler'
horn was beard In the street, when a mhi
die aged man with a valise in his bam
opened the gate in front of a modest bu:
neat and well built cottage, walked brisk
ly up the steps and knocked at tbe door.
A lady answered tb knock a lady well
Draterved but no longer young.
Tbe stranger bared his bead. His hair
waa beginning to turn gray, but time bad
evidently dealt with him leniently, and
care bad left no deep trace on bis orow
He spoke:
i "Is the gentleman of the house am I
dreaming? lsn't tbis Cassimere Pankey
Or rather"-nd he smiled "isn't this the
lady who waa once Miss Cassimere Pan
keyf"
i "I am Mis Pankey," she answered, "and
you are Algernon Swackhammer. Irecog
bized you as soon as I saw you. Won't
you come in?"
i "Well, well." said the middle aged trav-
tier, as he sat in an easy chair in the front
larlorafew moments later and looked with
merest at the face of the lady. "Who
Would have thought of meeting you here?
And you tell me you are still Miss Pankey F
Isn't this your homer"
"It is my brother's. He la a widower. I
keep bouse for him."
"And you have never married?"
"No."
"How have you prospered?"
"I I bave no reason for complaint
And you?"
"I have had a great many hard knocks,
CoKsimcre Miss Pankey since we met
last By the way, we parted rather un
ceremoniously, didn't we?"
The lady sighed.
"And I bave always felt that I owed you
an apology," he continued, "for not scud
Ing your photograph back after you bad
returned mine; but the fact is," he went
on, awkwardly, "I er couldn't find It It
got lost somehow."
Miss Pankey sighed again.
"That remiuds me," pursued Mr. Swack
hammer, "that I lost a little book slate the
last evening 1 was at your bouse, I must
have dropped it out of my pocket in some
way. It wasn't of any particular value,
aud I don't know when I have thought of
it before, but the recollection of it hap
pened to occur to me Just now. It was a
little black book slate, with"
"I think it was an Ivory tablet"
"No. I am quite positive it was a little
black book slate."
"I am sure it was a white tablet"
Going to the mantel she opened a plush
lined jewel casket and took out a little
Ivory tablet
"Here it is," she said.
"And you bave kept it all these years!"
exclaimed Mr. Swackhammer.
"Yes."
"I see I was mistaken. But to change
tbe subject Do you consider yourself aw
fixed in life? Have you no no plans tor
the for the future?"
"Why. I"
She paused, and her visitor proceeded:
"In a sense, 1 suppose, you are a fixture
here? Your brother's children are to some
extent dependent upon you?"
"Of course, hut"
"Then permit me, Miss Pankey, for the
take of old times," said Mr. Swackham
mer, rapidly, aa he opened his valise and
took out a numlier of documents, "to call
your attention to the fact that life is un
certain, disease and death stalk abroad in
tbe land, fatal accidents may happen at
any time, and it is the part of wisdom to
provide against contingencies by securing
those who are or may be depeialent upon
us against want Iu tbe policies of tbe
Limpinlazarua Life lusurauco company,
which I represent, and for which I have
traveled for the last seven years, yon will
find the most perfect system, the surest
guarantee, tbe most absolute security of
fered by any company in the field, and
either on the ten year, the endowment, or
tbe. life plan, as you may prefer, you will
find the premiums smaller m proportion to
the gilt edged character of the insurance
afforded than iu any that has ever come
under your notice, while the non-torfeita-ble
feature of the policies, peculiar to our
company alone, together wHh the dividends
that accrue after the third year, thus
steadily decreasing the annual premiums,
while at the same time"
"Was this your object in calling, Al
Mr. Swackhammer?"
"It was, Miss Pankey. I've just begun
to work this town."
Opening tbe little ivory tablet he began
Jotting figures down in it with great
rapidity.
"Now, here you will see," he said, "that
on tbe ten year plan let me see, what is
your age, please?"
"You will please excuse me, sir. I have
some bread in the oven that I must go and
look at, and 1 don't need auy life insur
ance. Neither does my brother. I wish
yon success, Mr. Swackbammer. Good
afternoon."
Miss Cassimere Pankey sat in pensive
silence a minute or two after ber caller
had departed, then picked up the little
ivory tablet, put it back into the plush
covered jewel case, took them both out to
.he kitchen, tossed them into the stove,
and went about her work with a firm and
decided expression on her face.
Three weeks afterward she married a
bald bended dentist ST years old, who hvl
been making love to her unsuccessfully
for about eight years. Chicago Tribune.
An Incompetent Valet
Miss Highnpp So yon bars
dis-
charged your valet?
Mr. De Chappie Ya-as. Sunday the
dnU fellaw couldn't think np any new
excuse foh my staying away from
church. New York Weekly.
Recognition.
Mand There is so much individuality
in Henderson's pictures you feel that
he puts himself into his work.
Elise Yes, indeed; just look at the
air of consciousness that calf possesses.
Harper's Bazar.
The black licorice stick in th Am
stores comes mostly from Spain, and is
made of pure juice mixed with a little
starch, which prevents it from melting '
in warm weather. The word licorice
means "sweet root," and la of Greek or
igin. - -
AU aorta of faopla Walonmj ,
Mont Carle Raton.
Everybody has beard of the qUw, , ,
principality of Monaco, of Its famou.t
of Monte Carlo and IU casino, tin j
of all tb gamblers of Europe. I!f
out th brief period when It was meruJI11'
th French republic of 1710, Monaonii
of the oldest principalities Iu thw u
but It I now on th. land tidebouS
everywhere by French territory. taT
all restraints are practically wity!.
gambling goes on with more mai-nlHc1
Since 18r
tbe entire revenn. j ..
nrlnMrtfaltt V fit rivuri Kiit-
miles and bas but 0,000 Inhabitant)"!!!?
siats of the rent of the casino. Fromo
early morning when professional cmKi
crowd the hall till late at night whet?
rash is locked in Iroolmitml -I,... '
. ----- vuctlL (r-
tlnuous change goes on among the
tues, but in the last few hours titled lad:
and noblemen, famous actresses and d?
criminals and statesmen, Innocent lookhi
girls and grluled harridans jostle sji
other around the tables. At one tablt Z,
tug the vacation season sits a famountMv,
and at an adjacent one a French duchl
and of her an anecdote is told which Ulot
trates tbe nature ot tbe place.
She complained to one of the offlclii.
that she and her friends received
courtesy, and as he only smiled, she an
ed her foot and said, "Sir, I amiqtf
essl" "Madam!" was the calm reply, .,
the ladies who visit here are duchesaeo
Brawls and "money snatching," as It u
called-that is. taking another's winninn
are frequent, and but a few weeks iin
an English lady in silks and diamoodi
alantuul tannf-linl SaVtin n 'a fi - i
locked up for the ulgbt, but did not gin
btitfir raw uaium.
There is a saying there that "all wom
are gamblers at heart," and really ttw,
seems to be something in It, for the fund
nation of the Casino overcomes thousand,
who would never be suspected at honn,
English visitors often complain that tbey
are Jostled at tbe tables by their own nerr
ants, and by men and women whose char
acter is painfully evident in their hen,
but the bland officials only smile. "All
who have money are tree to risk It bert,"
is their motto. In truth the Casino is tb,
most democratic place in Europe.
TO SUCCEED PROFESSOR FRE&Man.
Bow Oxford Haa Reversed the Verdlrt
or nearly Hair a Century Ago.
Time works wonders. In 1848 Jama
Anthony Fronde's "Nemesis of Faith" ap
peared and created a decided sensation, ai
it marked tbe defection of that gentleman
from the teachings or the Church of Eug.
JAMES AXTIIOKT FKOl'DE.
From bis latest photograph.)
land. The "Nemesis of Faith" was in tin
nature of a protest against t he revtrenca
of the Established church for wbst .Mr.
Froude designated the "Hebrew Mytholo
gy," and it received severe condemnation
from the authorities of the University of
Oxford. In fact, so great was tbe atom
which Fronde's book brought down upon
bim that be deemed it prudent to rtii:n
bis fellowship, and be was also obliiiKlto
forfeit a teacbersbiu in Tasmania. .Now,
after the lapse of more than forty years, In
has been appointed to the chair of modem
history at Oxford, made vacant by the
recent death of the distinguished historian,
Professor Edward A. r reeman.
Many persons will remember the visit ol
Mr. Froude to America iu the autumn of
1872. His lectures on the relations betwetn
England and Ireland delivered during that
trip excited considerable discussion, the
greater part of it of an exceedingly acri
monious nature. His argument was, In
substance, that tbe Irish people were them
selves responsible for their country's pros-
trut on becAuse of local Quarrels, mr.
Froude was once for a very short time th
editor of Eraser's Magazine, and he b
been a nroliflo writer for half a century.
One of his most important literary work
Is "Thomas Carlyle: A History of the
First Pnrtv Years nf His Life."
Mr. Froude was born in Dartington, Dev
onshire, England. April 23. 1818. His fa
ther waa archdeacon of Totnes. In 12 M
carried off the chancellor's prize at 0i
ford. This was the first indication of the
brilliant work of which he has since proved
himself capable.
Courage and Faint Heartnlnett.
1 once saw a woman faint in a car
riage when her coachman was driving
past a steam drill and the horses
wheeled swiftly as if they would over
turn the carriage. That woman on I
yacht, when a squall struck it and when
every man on board thought his !
hour had coine, did not even cry out, be
cause her husband had said in her ear,
"Don't be afraid; there is no danger."
Interview in New York Tribune.
Tha Indian la Waiting.
The East Indian waits patiently: hell
weary of the old theories and old prom
ises; he looks out with sad and quiet
eyes; he could rise to worship andtosct
There is Bre behind the quiet gaze, m
he seems to ask, "Tell me of an object
worthy of admiration." In reply the
government often offers "shows; the
missionaries always offer Christ N1"
teenth Century.
I'nprofltabta Game.
City Sportsman Any game here?
Jerseynian Plenty o' snipe.
"Snipel It doesn't pay to bunt them
Too small."
"Too small ter cookr .
"Too small to hit. "-New Tort
Weekly
"Jemimv's Pnlnit."an immense bowl
der near the village of Noank. Oona.
long known as the -N.sink rocking
stone." has worn away its base and ct
i .
no longer oe tuoveu.
I fKinb rnn find that DeOple WhO
honestly mean to be true really contrv
dict themselves much more rarely tb
those who try to be consistent-Holm
Every baby is the sweetest babyin the
world. Yon were once considered to
sweetest thing in the world, altbouD
yon may not look it now.
It is just as well to make the beet J
everything when you can't belp it
yon can try to give a little assistance
Bnt
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