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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1892)
AT SLA. Nju. fnn it by a AiUti Unk 1 l. Tbmuicti Urn ruuotl wimio? irfa U fait hi WW ir. TT butiL'ry warn thai fala woulj r-J aa4 tiay, Tlw llvfcnf. Mauk. Inirmiiiail war: baml with Um bub, an I b-wQwtth lha inJ cry Of mtUU iW(oiMtiYaltU mutiny, t'liul nia1t cmim. uvn brnbJ Uiaa day. So i.rt rmt am I than wln-I -wwl aa: miI (Tw i.ti Hi-ia la t-.Hr wikl Uaajuir, I. Khoatq Ivtiny'g itnpaiwtil Slav. 1 rto-l rii h! m hofwt, nor raaa In mrr, A aj oaly li-rvn ti nin mi dun t4i.r W Ura an I atoriai aol lifa auail b a mora Kichaiitfrt. A VOLUXTAUV DEATH. I knew I.011I Mi rax very well, In the old in. I. nt da) a when w used to take our Uieala tom-ther. 1-ouis liml tin il nw, the pale com plexion ami tin- long uinl diaheveled linir of nil Hum yaiuii mm bo cam to town fnnii llir country In conquer glory. II.' was a writer. I b.sui fou nil liU nam lu holiday journals anil reviews, and thru lie ts-u-au to m 1 ito 1 hose short ami exquisite sketches which bate made bit reputation. Thus live year iaaaed, when 1 met lilm one day hi I he editor's iillkn of a journal fi.r which I w orked. Ku H uf i was ns iiiui'b plcnaed a the !( lii-rut tliim ima-iiug sunm; "'"I after Ibe hrt "What! I Hint your U Hint your" sal f.icing nu b oilier, shaking liumU anil rxpoaintr. in n liui.li of cordial delight, tiur leeth, w Iih Ii In ii. I time wo used in eve re ia uu the sain.- ..tt of aiverty. He li i.l uol I'bniirtl. IU- i.it. I out even sacri-In-ed Ilia I. mi ,- hair, which tin threw back vwlh tlit graceful movement of a horse Alio Iimii Ilia maiic Only be bail tbe lie A -omplcximi mid calm eye of a inn-t-nVi mini, liml bia slim lliure wan dad lu llio-t fashionable costume. "We won't ili-iil uir l attain, will " uii. I be unVctiouatfly, taking mi- by the iirm: mid In-li-il nit-out In Hit- boulevard, where tin- Ainl ami gilded tli- young haves of llii- plane trees. All, liii) ilii) ! How we exhausted the "liiin t )ou remeiiila-rs" "llo )ou re-tin-Mi InT M friiil -iru- wlilrli t.'iile of ir.iw. nii.f.lif ilrvit.lf.il rii-r milk, lb ini-l- I...K- ..f 1 ....II ..I. ,..! Il, i:..r In. 'in Mini ii-a-j to inwu lna Hiitth rvi O llirra- III. ml li TIi.'-k- ilaya nf li.ir.l-lili for Iniia wt-rc fiiiili-.-l. Id- lul l from al.ir iiilaii.li-d my iuv--aa, n 1 lnt'1 Mali hi-. I bia. Hut uur tiiiiiit I -Jul not know, nmi lliat w.w that In li ill iniirrii-il a woimiii w liom lia adoml, nmi tliat Ik- bail n rlntriiiliii little uirl. "I ' line JM'I aia i Ik-mi : yon kIihII illne m it li mi- O 1 It t in)- u lx- j. ril uli-1, nmi be cnrrinl hie to a prt'lty atiliurb, wbi-re be llveil lu a iiitiu'.-u milling the irm, Tin-re every tiling iiiaile mi wi-l'iiine. N'o airouer bail hi-iiK'iir.l (In-iliair of the unnleu I ban a yoimi; il..k' friki-l nlmnl our ft-t. "Down, Dii k! lie w ill mii I your rlol bin." Hut tit the imiiiiiJ of the la II Mm. Mint uiM-:in-i at the t'i n itii her liltli'il iilKh ter iu li-r anna. An iinNwiitml beauti ful Minnie, bernell umliliil llure v ritpjaral In n blue kom ii. "I'ut on a plate mure. I've nil iiM nun raile trit li me.-' Ami the baipy f ulii r, keeilm( Ilia lint mi bia hwi'l an. I rin-aaiux bia in tie (irl, tiiowial me all oretQia eataliliahiueut llie illiiutil riBiiii, liriKlileneil by llylit bit (if f iirii'-e; tin' atinly, nUuimliiiK In booka, kith ita wiinlotr iia-nini out mi the Kreen turf, mi that a pulTof win. I hail atrewu o ilh roae l.-urea the pri liter's riHifa which Hii-re watti-rial u tin- talile. "Thia iaoiily a ! O"'"- )"" know, i wuau't ai-Qn a.i Dial wo Hi-ni work.Q fur tbna- mOi line." An. I while I iiixuriateil muli-r a bliavioin nU .liiilaa tree whirh I njiw in the Kiinlen, Q i rax, at i-nxi in bia home, lul l klip-atl into bia working real, put on bia lipiera, nmi, lyiiitf on bia Mifa, ranclit little lli-len Oi '"a nrina to tiea her III the air "Hoj) la: iioup ta: 1 il.i nut n iiu iiila-r ever to have luttl a mure iH-rh-i t iiiiin-aaioii of contentment. We iliiual pleiiaiiiit ly two (-immI i-uiintea, that waa all; a dinner without prelenae, where we nerved oiira-lvea with the (a-pja-r mill. O Tiie charniiuK wife preaiih-l with her bright kiuile, baviiiK her child by her aide in a liitib i balr. She apuko but little, but her invert and Intelligent attt-utioii fol lowed our liuht and Nir:idoxli-nl chat, the KimhI buiuonal fiadiUK of men of lettera, and nt the difaert abe tiaik a roae from the lHiuiiiet ubii Q rimim-iilt'd the talile aud pla.v.l it In In i hair near bi-r ear with a ooir-uie lime. Siie waa imb-etl thai love ly uiul aili-Dt frieud whom a ilreniner re- qllirt-a. We took mir rolTt-e iu the nuily they iliteiideil to furiilali the wtloli Very koou with the price of a atory to Ijl publiabed by l-vy; I Inn, aa the erulli,QQ roul, a lire of iticka aud Iwitca waa built, andl while we amokeil, Mima ami I,i'"lliiQ ol. uieiiiiiriea, tin- in latrvaa ot I ue Iioum liuKIihii on lu-r kQ-a little Helen, now rtvuly (or I ail, made hr n-a-nt "Our Kalh r" ami "Hail Mary," which the little one liaa-d, rulQlif her little fi-et together be fore the .u in Haute. We a.-tw each other aitln, often at Ort, thru h-aa fnjiu-iitl, the ilulicult aud com lil lea ted life uf liu-raiy labor titkiuK ua Q.cb hia own way. So the yeura utaaal. We met, ahiaik b.iiida. "KverytQiK tfo iiiK well?" "Splendidly." Aud Jial wna all. Then, litU-r. I found the Qme of Louia Minj but ranly in the joiirnnU and pen. all: ul. "Happy man; beta reat iiitf." I aaid lo myaeif, reuieiMla-riii Hint I he wna aajkeu of ua having iQle a amall fortune. Kiu-illy, l it autuiiin, I learned that be waa aeriooaly ill. Q I hurried lo ace turn, lie atill livid at the pretty auburb; but oil IliU a iuila-r day uf the laat of .oveiula-r the little bulla aeruird cold, and looked unKed biikiiik the leallmat t w-a. It aerlllrd to tlie alirilllkcll and ilim.Vr -l.y, like everylhlujf that we have Uut an-ii fur a lon time. The dot- m prolailily ileinl, fur Ilia bark bo louder Hliawerrdtbe aoiiud of the la-ll when I ia-l the little Kate and enli-rr I lue k.ipIiu, all atrewu with dead leavi-a wbi-re the niht'a froat had wil tiered tue - Ju"l i bryaanthriiiuiiM. Itwita not bia wife iiie waa abaeut it was Helen who received III" Helen, who had gn'u ! la? a great girl of It, with an awkward manner. She os-uei for iiic-iuc dis.rof her father's study, aud lniaVly lif'.mg her grrnt bliu:k eyelaaUes lurried on me r tiimd and diatre-sxal glance. I found Mirax budilleil lo an easy ( hair lu I he corner of tbe II replace, w rnpa- io a sort tif laaii-own, with gray locks strvak lug bis luus! hair, and by Hi cold, clammy band whit Ii be reached Inward me, by Ibe pallid f.ct wilier, be turned usn uie, I knew that h was lust, llornble! I fniiiid in ray uul appyroinrailetbatwnrnaiid ri.O-tl liaik wlni b used to strike ua formerly among Ibe poor i'ole we useil lo are. "Ah, well, old man, thing are not going 711.'" "UriirasJly bad. lur bov," be atiawerrtl. with a bfsirtbreakitig auule. "I am go bit tmt stupidly with consumption, as Hey do ia the t.fth act, you know, when U.e ven eralde d.a tor, with a bead like Ileramcer. fta-ls Ibe first walking gentleman's pulse, and lift hi eye toward beaven, aayinic. The death tru:g!e approarbesr Only tbe d:tTeren is that with me It continue.; II will not conclude the death atruifule. r-moke away; that d.sn't disturb roe." be added, seeing me put my cijts-r one aide, bia rough sounding like a death rattle. I tned to And eorouragibg word. I talked with him. boldinu bun by tbe band aar..l t.-iiin Lira affectionabs' y oo tbe ....raider, but mT voice bad In my own f rttsraMt. .1 ' , w n i mw (hat amntv holloW! , ! Jtlinu, lookjog at bm, U pT ilwia. 1 waa aileut. ' iouk,"aid be. polulluK la bia table; my work la-m a. Kur all uiontha I have but la-en able t- writ." I mada new attempt to revive blin. Die, at bia axel Xollarliar! IU wasn't tak ilia' ran of biiiiai-lf. He tnuM paaa the winter In the ninth; drink a Kood drautthl (if aunliitbt. He con id. Ha waa eaay In lila money mattera. Dot be sioiH-. me, mating bia baud on my arm. "liatcn," be Mid gravely. "Wt bavt aeen eacb other aeldom, but you ara ruy tildeal, erhaN my la-at frieud. You have pmveil me pen iu baud. Well, I am going to u II ,u aometblng In conlldeiK!. for you to keep to youraclf unleaa it Diay aerva on aonie ocoiaiun to iliarourafre tlia youug literary aapirauta who bring their Inauu-' scripts to vim -alwaia pralaewortby ac- ,UI1 ' 1 ' "Vea, I have been auccmaful. Yea, I bavt ' been wid a franc a line. Vea, I have msile money, and there lu that drawer are a cer-1 all. ,. lu. ,.f foil..,, - M.,,1 nM,...Al laiu nuinla-r of yellow, grevo aud orauxa i para from which coupon ia rlipiati every six uioutha, aud which npreseut MJ of iiHiime. tt ia rate iu our profession, aud to gain that poor board I have been obliged to Imitate the unsociable virtues of a miser, know bow lo deny a jewel to my wife, a dress to my daughter. Uut at laat I have that money. Ami I often said to myself, If 1 should die their bread is assure. I, aud bera is a little mnrrliige tairtiou for Heleul And 1 was couleul 1 was proud! -for 1 know llieiu, I be stories ot our wttiuwa auu our orpbulis, the fouranuy help of the guvvru- melit, the tobaivo shos forbtUfraucs lo lha province, and. If tliMlaugbter is intelligent and pretty Ilka mill: the dramatic author, an old friend of the father, w ho Milt iscs her to enter the cutiaervalory of actiug, aud who makes of her mercy of liodl that ahull never Is. Uut for all thai, my boy, it 1 Ueoeaaary Ibut I should aas't linger. Sickuea ia el- peusive, and usf-atly it baa been uncrsaary to sell one or two lunula from that drawer. To seek the siiiiiight, aa you auggeat, lo busk like a lixard iu tb tropica, una mora boud in ut go, and there would not be eiiouub to Inst lo the end if 1 should wait for aeveu or eight years more, now I bat 1 csn uo longer w rite. Happily there Is uot liiug to fear. Hut what I have aulfereil since I have lain iiu-npuhleof writing, and have felt my hoard of gold shrink and diminish iu my hand like the 'Magic hkiu' of Ilulxac, Is frightful. Now )ou uiiderstaml me, do you uotr aud you will no longer bid me lake care of myself. No; if you still pray lo i'.Vak hiuuto semi Uie Ba-edily lo the Utidt Wiker'a." Kifteeti data Inter some thirty of ua fol loweil the hi-urne which carrieil lxiuis Mi rati to the cemetery. It had suoweil the day before, mid Dr. Arnold, the old fre quenter of painters' studios, the friend aud physician of the dead man, wulkiug behind me, called iu his brusue voiue: "Very commonplace, but always terri ble the contrast; a burial iu the snow bliu-k ou while. The funeral ofxJhe poor. Urr.'" w fAl lust we came to tlia edge of theg f e. W- place and t Us time were jad. L'uucr a cloudy sky the Wle yew tnQ, swayed by the wind, threw downQlieir bunleiis of incite-1 biiow. The bystanders bad formed a circle, aud were watching the grave dig gers, who were lowering tbe cotllu by cords. Near a cross beurvr, whose abort surplice permuted the bottom of bis trousers lo be seen, tbe priest waited with a linger iu bis bmik, and, baviug grasped the rim uf bis bnt under bis left arm, the orator already beld iu bis block gloved band the funeral oration, hastily utt lied up by the aid of a comrade over a couple of glasses at the corner of a cafe table, Suddenly, as the prlyV la-gall his I wit in prnyent. Dr. Arnold aeiZt-d ma by the arm and whisereil in my ear: "You know that he killed himself'" 1 looked at him with I'asaUilshuieiit. Uut he pointed to the group IV black. cuniHaed uf tbe pretty widow' and her daugbter.who were sobbing under their long veils and clnspltig each other in a tragic embrace, and he added: "Kor them. Ye,forsl moulha be threw all bis medicines in tbe lire, aud designed ly committed all aorta of imprudencea. He confessed it lo me la-fore hla deal h. 1 bail uot understood M at all I, who boil ex pected to proton? bia life at least three yeura by creosote. At last the other Ulght, when it waa freeziug cold, be left hlasvlu- tlow open, aa if by forgt-tfiiluess, andNt aa taken with bleeding at the lungs. Yes, that be might leave bread for those two women. The cure dues not dream I hat be is blessing a suicide. Hut what of It, my good fellow? Miras la iu the parailiaeof tbe brave. r'rom Talea by r rancoia Coppee. A llemarkabla Kae. ri'uila. In Sumatra there I a veiOiiiguhir race of biimnn la-lmta Oletl the K'ublis, They aielhe moat timid nlMlhnshful jieople in tbe world, being too srQ to mingle with the other races uf the Inland. They dwell lu I he darkest recesses of the mountain forests and have seldom been seen by white linn. One has never been konwu lo willingly face a siiQger. This being the case their trade Willi Ibe MnlQina la car rieil on in a very strange way. The trailer announces bis arrival by heating a goug Qui then retires from the phtceof reiidei tun. Tbe shy Kubii IheiQpproatb. put their forest treasures on tbe ground, beat the trailer' gong and ret rent. The trader then returns and lay hi commodities down in ipiniititlf suflleieiit to pay the purchase price of lb gissls ou sale. He then dianpear for a second time this to give the Kulnis a c ice lo return and consider tbe bargnlu. After many withdrawals, appntnehea, gong healing, etc., an understanding I arrived at and each party carries awatjii bargain. This remarkable nice ki;. nothing of a sti preme la-nig. heavrOhell or evil demon They have uo system- of niarriaic and never bury lbeirden-1. They liveonsnnke. aula, bugs, gruba,eO St. l-ouls Kepubiic rolllug Ale. Sini una ha said that one-half the ml ery of life at least, if not more, romea to IH-ople f mm m being able to make bulb ends meet, and yet bow unnecessary I tb nervous strain and worry uf mind which arise from tbe senseless attempt to keep io O'"" midat nf fashionable people to keep up apM-sninee w hich are bcynod one in comel If it dia-a happen, a It sometimes will, with gratillration to both sides, that bright rople with small mean are thrown in tbe way of wealthy ariiaiiitanres, al sail let it be with frankness and wilb open acceptation of tbe fact, I'littiiiKoo air is detrimental to self re spri t. Much better lo say at once, "V ran not afford It," never apologizing for the smalliiesa of tbe bouse or tbe lack of domes! ica, never pretending to he other than roil are. In this way and this only can houarwire who do much of their own work iu unpretentious homes find inter course with their wealthy neighbor agree able Brooklyn Kagl. MIBVSI HI ftitSBM-B.. "Maria." railed Mr. J 'toes, "what ba he com of the mown lawerr" "What'" M-rramrd Mix Jones. "I mean the Iowa Diawer," correct! June In a blgb key. "Jeptha," said Mr. Jones sternly, "yoq bats been drinking." "I have not," asseQal Mr. Jooea; "can't you answer a civil question' Who baa borrowed our lower niawnr" Mrs. Junes came down talr and looked the excited man over. Then tbe aald gently: "Jeptha if you eaataay It, lng t , I04-" ' In tb-. Jay. tbjsay." badn i mu'tJ volca fur Hut J. or. said b ibgiDg just then. -Oet roll t'rtst Pre. IHAIIDLY A HOMAM'K A STORY WHICH WOULD BE IM PROVED BY A LITTLE FICTION. riie Juilf mm Hoard aa fleeaa Rleamer, Ithea Near Haaae, Telia Alwal aa la tereallan War :rleaea Whir It Was, Aflar All, IHaapiralHllaa;, Fire Ulutnl would laa aiKbteil the next lav if all BVMlit V.11 mii.I tl.A ,r,u i , . ! I m,fT rul"Hl """ llm water aa if were aa amnios io nwn tier pier aa Ui one wlioin alia bora were to las at liuum .j,,. A lit,u mrtv lf ,,.,, Mt ty , . . . , ' , ,, , ' . tiiiokeatuck ti-lliiig stories. Tim Jilay of inoolllilflit on the wave lutj turue.1 Ilia narrativiM into rather sentimental chatmeU. and tlia ju.lk'i uiviug way to tlia inflileiire of the "lovers' lauiji," told tlia followitiif story: . "Yuu know I waa a. Colonel ill the Well, y.'y in fnioti army in the war. tlia atruggU) I was ordered to iQioTville, where I reported to General Ikm Curbs. uicgUi I re p I UHell. llntructlulis wen given Uie to go into camp with luy regiment alaiut Uix javile south of that itv. Tho tiliu-e I rhoiaTu fur the io elliuiiipiiient Waa the lawiiuf a flue country iilace, the home of una of Kentucky's blileldooded old futu iliea. The owiiera were known to laj in ttrotig v input hy with the south, o we had no tiiinpuiictiiiiis alsmt ili-llguiing the grounds by making our tcmisirury lioiue ou tlieiii. "Oil inrrivitig at the farm 1 and mine of iiiyOl'- fxl" l t the house to aiQnge for such food an we could get. We found two young women, pretty aa piitiirea, awHiting us on the broad ve randa. They hud aeen the preianiti. for iiitching the tenia, and were eVr detitly not pleased, I ilisiixuited, made ,v best bow and explain. Whut the exi- L..Q,., ,f WMr e..iiii-II.Nl na to eamn .... their Taw n. 1 assured them Hint the toldieni would iiicoiivenieuce them little aa isswihle. "The two lisleneil to my little speech with looks of linger, and the taller one iiupM-d out: 'You shall not can)ii uur plai-e. The lust time L'uiuii soldier were here we didn't have creuiu for our coffea for two weeks and we don't iro Isswj to atund it again.' "We soldier, accustomed to pretty rough fare, could uot help laughing at thia, and the flush on the faces of the women grew hotter. 1 husteiiJaV to apologize and to any again thuT we would be aa considerate aa the uet-easi-tiea of war permitted. Then we rode to our tenta. Q "The next morning 1 visited the house again to see ulsmt getting soiue provi iona. The young women were atill lijughtv, but 1 did my best to soften tlVir iuQathy. I did suve theiii much annoy unce and they could not help being ytt-f ul. rioiueliow 1 found occasion to visit the house daily, and wiim-tiuie 1 managed to conjure up a m-cond pretext before beiltime. At the ruilQf a wet-k the sister regarded me more a an indi vidual and les ua a Union ofllcer, for I studiously avoided referring to the war. Once or twice the cider one told me with flushing eye what would hapu to our men when they met a Confederate force ou the ouuieiieni. tier brollu-iv-j.' "IW St tnMllllt III iriir 1 1 Ullll( ?J(t Marshall's (Jriny, and she warned me against getting within rillo shot of hi regiment. "We gut on ktviiuiuiugly oWlie Viole, however, and 1 coiifesa 1 grew more thuu a little fond of the spirited girl. In a little while tlie order cuiuu to move on to eastern Kentucky, and 1 felt un con Q only soil when 1 rode upQ the luillfeUt tat laill tllM Viillflll- luilia-a lritiaiDie I iuiagiued there waa a Might sign of eirmtion in the elder pretty face when told the new, but tl disupiMiitred al- arfiost lnstaiitly. Holding out her hand to mo laid frankly: 'Uoodby, colo ncL 1 am really sorry to aee you go. You arc not so bad for n Yankee. I'leuaa avoid my brother. Vmm might get into trouble.' "1 luughed. 'Would you like to are yourf-otherr I asked. " 'oil, ye. Why do you ask she said, puzzled. " 'Well, I'll send hill) to ace you then.' It waa Iter turn to laugh, and aha auid jsktckiligly, 'You'd better hade out when lie iu the sume county with you.' 1 rode away, the tone, but not the word, ringing iu my curs. . Q.'ot long afterward my regiunWwu in eastern Kentucky. One night two of our men brought iu a primmer. He hud carelessly wuiidcredoutide hi line and beeti captured. Whundsome young fellow he certainly was, with the benr lug of a cavalier. 'What iw'otir nuim-r I asked him. O 'Captain , of the Kentucky.' ha replied. Q "1 waa all exciteiitciQbut 1 tried to peak in culm tones. 'Uyoii live about is Utile tout h of Louisville I asked, to muka assurance cUc.bly sure. Ho said with aouie surpWe that he did. The next duy 1 arratigO that the pris oner should be paroled. 1 said tliut 1 knew hi family and would vouch for hi honor. He was allowed to go home after giving the usiiul pledge. 1 merely explained to him that 1 had met hi sis ters, and asked hi in to tell them that Colonel , of the Minnesota, had ent him. He said he would, and started for Louiavillr." There was silence for a time. Finally aome one said, "Well?" The judge had l-en baiking out over the ocean. He turned toward the-aker. "1 auptaate yon married the sister.''' went on the man. "It odd that esy one who hear the story ahould ar.k that," the judge said. "No; I never went back to Kentucky and never saw any of the family again. I married a MiiitiAd K'JL." There wa silence agar for a time, but all thought, "What a disappointing nd for a roiuancel" New Y-irk Trib ute. Ittatl Males. Never wear a nice pair of sh.- when yon must need wear rubber. It poila them more quickly than anything else. Have an old pair to wear under mbls-r. and thua aave your gissl shoes and enjoy the comfort the older one give. When sole ara worn thin use insole they will save both shoe and storking. These are cnt from sole leather. When uffemig from corn cnt out the place over them from an old sh and cover with a neat patch. It la a sure cur. Detroit Krve I'rett. Vast tea H sa Mm Carriage. Venict ia built oo eighty island. ratal and small, which are connected bv ! 4.W br.il.fe. There is not a carrL-tfe In V lis ul. Uvstou Olobe, WHY CHINESE NEVER SAVE LIFE. The Regard II as Inlrrfrrlna with lha laleatlua ml lha t rsalur. Much has l-en written of the at uli- anii'-s and eccentricities of the Chinese, but it ia not gei'i-rully known Hint the people of the C'eli-si iul empire will not rescue one aiiutlier from occidental death. At a fir in Sail Francisco several yearn ago six Cliint-ae were imprisoned in a room by three liulf inch irmt bam, which could eusily have Ut-n broken away. There were two or three I nldcrt iu the iieighlairlussl which t-mild linve been placed at the windows uud the un fortunates rusily rcM-i.cd from a horri ble dQ'b. Therti were hiitulivals of their toiintrrmeii Kaikiug on wt their frantic efforts to eM-iia. Yet tiny of fered no assistance uud gave no evidence of sorrow. A liiuu who has saved many lives, in upeuking with a Chuu-se nin e said they were Very lii'itrtli-aa Ulld cited this Sun Francisco fire as an example, where ttKin the Celestial exclaimed: "I tell yoll. Q. suls-e Joaa! Hl Almighty, alio ruun-e. Chiiiuiiiuu call him Joss; .Melican cull him bsl. Call him anything. Alle sann-e. Nuw yuu say (Jul Allinglity inuki) eblcliinf'' "Yea, everything." "Make alle uieiiir" "Yea." "Know ebletitfgi" "Yes." "Now, do yon think you know Ve than Uol Almiglityi" "No, 1 do not." "He inakee alli-e fSrn. He see one man. He think him no giaal. Hemic, 'Yuu uo use; go die.' You think ymi know Istle (iol Almighty. You go Stt'iltl? full llil let Imiti ill., II. ,1 Al. mighty he say: 'He vclly smart. lbU CHtcbee man I tell go die. Ycllv Well that man lx-inn new. He cully that uiuu' life all him sins, nil him trouble-, all him bud luck. You hub heap gotal things?-" No." 0 "No hub much houses, much iiioncy, much lumir "No; iiiJainucli." "All liO, you iieliW hub much luck. Mow many you save" "About tifty." "Oh. you in-bla-r get out. You rally all tifty life. Kidding ymi do, no tin-i-li ; work alli-e time heap trouble. You lieblsa get snyoii live long time. Suhee fifty life. TWi live hiindh-d yeaijas-liad bad luck a llif time. (Iul AQTily he suls-e la-st." Fire uud Wuter. Calrtilitg Hows. "To catch a lata constrictor is tlifU cfV mid dangerous tusk," sav a tnau who makes it his biiaiuesa to cuptiire wild atiiiuiils and reptiles for im-uagcrie iursses. "It is iiccoinplUlicd by a luliy riulliian tiiugle, eiiibraciiig sixty aimure feet of ground. The labyrinth is inado by joining together, end ou end, piive of iiiuttiug. T1.0veb is eight feet high iisnully.id placol so that the opjatsing walls wiu lie two feet apart. All sorts of crisacnwui and diverging combinations are made with the matting it is siijt tairted hen1 and there by stakes making, when it i set, a geometrical puzzle that might well clmlleiigu the ingenuity of 1IIILU.. Vhe trim Miaited with a live lib. which i pl.1 iu a a-u iu the corner of the labyrinth. By aud by along come the lata constrictor. It is easy enough to tret in. He acetit the prey; heJ veiOiiingry; the pig ia ilev.wreil, M here the Ism comes to grief. VaT or hour he trie to n-li Q hiaiiself, but liiially he grow tired and stretches himself out fur a imp. Then U our time. Weoten i labyrinth and catch hint. (JohlQ lull tJ"J"- Where Vessel spaltQ rsqaeally. The castiziug of a vessel thai npQ a pier I common enough in Qi lluy of Kundy and ita tnhtiturytruum. The usual rise atidalwll of th elide along thai buy i from firTy to fifty feet, and hi .li tides solnet lines exceed sixty feet. With the full of the tide all craft are left high, but by no means dry, iuth fetvtrra of chocolate roloreil miidiillSnsiiit nielli. This mud ia tsj shifting to hold a vea-at-1 ill safety, so each pier i provided with one or more strong wishI frame Cliajsisd shoe, fixed at the bottom of the stWm or bay. Q L'sili thesu shoe all vessel rest at low tide. It frettii-iitly huppi-iis, how ever, that a vessel doe not get her hoe snugly on, o to a-uk, aud if (J ng Winn cornea wiien sno l iiiu in iial Sliced, over she gia- into the mud, to buAiaia Q ns-rutioiia, thus often getnTig buried forty feet tinder the next rising tide. New York Hull. 0 (sis Among Ibe Q pliant. The tutelar deity of cuts tQi Diana, and according to I'liitarch the cut was uot only urrVy the imsui, but waa an em Idem of it. Hence cat were treated with p-uliur consideration in the laud of the I'haraohs, the death of one being regardid aa a great family misfortune. Egyptian cat fum-rul were celebrated w ith the greatest pomp and ceremony, their lute owners showing resii-t by having off their eyebrow and wearing sackcloth for nine day. In the time of M'svt it waa a capital crime to kill a rut, aud we are told by liitalorua how a Unman soldier who killi-d one was tried. Sentenced and finally put to duith. St. Loui Republic. O Wetwaa' t haaras mi Party. "I don't car If I am an old maid," said a charming woiiu.ii. "If I wait till forty I'll be bound to make a brilliant match." This sounded sun ling at first, but a she went on to explain her theory rr-ue,ouit likely. "Men marry wouPiivery darihsQTeut liana vine, nut a jaguar would no faded, old and of dubious la-gin to regret a pln-llollielial deluge till aid, who are figure, wheu they mlKbt marry pretty young girl. Uul tb kirl didn't know bow to manage I hem. lo experieiM- won In place of youthful ignorance." When one think It over, there baa la-en an uncommon lot of aired marriage of late, and Ibe jolly women of Wand 40 ar holding Ibeir own very welL New York Truth. Mstsr Sbaka a Uag. Io dusting do uot forget tlia backs of plctiirea banging on the wall. A skewer used under the rdirra of car pets, and a slightly dampened cloth of abuuice will save much dust aud labor If orrstsiobally used lu plaiw of a broom. snake a uutCi.r rug. lie move tlieuys. to tbe ratal, buior '.hem c-u a lina and taasr' well; a let-ward lay them on the grata or clean walk and brush thoroughly with tbe brotun. -They will last aa long again, and look bV-?.; liter and f ma her after tbi UtwUmeot. UosUio li.oo. Braaght Hla Araaaa. Domrditig House Miatreas I thought yoa ssud your arO-til wa poor whan yuu Ufua beret Oready lissrder-ll was, Uut t4srvaiMa U. got to IU work. - tp - ALOMi TIIK AMAZON. I WHCf.E RAI'J COMCS DOWN CLOUDBURSTS. IN I TERRIFIC 1'nr siiiwilis tlia t'auntry Is auhmergrst b Vialer aed All Kln.la mt Aslmsla Are Hrltra lu His lllclilsuila and Trea Toms A 1tatleal llelMge. Tho vvorat iunmlatioiia of Ixniiaiana ml i-.n-leru Arkaiius ure but sirtug frcslicta compared nit'i tho monster llnaUtli.it M-it the Auiuz.iii valley every enr v ith a regiiljiiity eiiiiile only by astriitiuiuical events and tux culli-ctiuiia. The rutnfall uf imrt hern llruxil is ulsmt three time that of the Webfiadiest cotlll tliat of Oregon, uud iii mtdsumiui-r the thunder show-i-ni that dn-tii-h the wissls every aftertusiii resemldo a daily cloiid butai. l in tlie Northern I'm I tic uo other word would Iw applied to an at mm-plierti- wuteifall, darkeiiiii'4 the air like a London w inter fug fur hours together, and swamping a lion--, if tlie ri.f should leiik. through uu as-rture of a lew -ii :;:re inches. li iiii-Oyhut sort are apt to a-i-ur day after tluvTir a setn-auf week-, and their ' i ltii t uu the low lamia can only Is- iin-js-rfis-tly ii-a.. atiil by the fai t that the Amazon rSr dratua jji ureanf Umre than J.usi.issi npiare Oh-a. Tho Mia-Qsl-lppl. tisi, ill. una half the euatertl sli's of a country larger than tlra.il, . but its largest uMliteiils are dwarfed by ; the third claaa tribulariea of the Smlh j American father of waters. Not siuh flowing lake as the Hio Negro mid tlie Madeira, but the 1'tirus, the Yuviiri, the yiirua, t!i liingo, the I'lipajiM und dozens uf other stn-aius alely Ineiilioiied oil this side of the allitniis enter the main river thr0,'h a delta mill- ill width uud deep enough for the lurgot river st.Qier of the .St. l.uu i.-tice. O Alsmt the middle of summer these streams Is-giu to rise, tliosy from the toiitlitveat hit, those from the northwest and north a few weeks later, and a fort night after the ill rival of t he a rfrVn.l sup plement thevulleyof the MaiTliull, the "wild hog river," u tho early colonist culled the Amazon, ls-c J -s a Jmradiae of swaiiip loving brutea. Tho tapis, the Hccuri, the tish oltciQleluate the pic nic seas. hi of their summer life, and herd of wild deer la-gill their westward exislus. Near .Monto Heira, in the province (now state) of Matto () rosso, the WimhU ill lllidaillutiier get full of game, us a hundred years ago the foot hill of the southern All-ghatm swarm ed with wild pigeons when the forest of the north were buried in snow. A more tlinii iisunlly siiddeii rii-e of the tlissl aatiit o!f many of these fugi tive, whoNne thu reduced to the al teriiutive of tnaking for tho hii'hest ac cessible ground, further ea-.t, till every knoll Im-coiiii-s a hill of refuge, crowded with timid brutea, whose survival b .nl ou their pscnw from the giant cut and bou who inav upiintuch their stronghold by swimming, if the water should have submerged tisi large a por tion of the coiitiuiiou forest. About two month after the begin ning of the ra.Q aenson the deluge of the lowland reache ita maximum. Thousand of square mile are ul ItierguJ o elfectuully that cunoe can la) padilM through foresU appan-ntly free from anderbrush, ssVo only the taller tree, with their ii.Hork of climbiiiQ vines, rise like ishind nLove the surg ing waters. The swolM river have found new current, and broad, gur gling Rtrcum twist and eddy throAh the leafy wilderness, tearing off whole groutM of tree, w ith nil their risits, but making amend by desiiiiig hllha-k of driftwixsl, which mam get sV.veretl witliift of new vegetation. Qhu pressure of the surging flood n-iuinst these mound of alltiviuiti eoon Isacome enormous, but the deep rooted stem of the nilnnsoiiiu n0 the cunoho trisi may resist till new deposit of drift- nl consolidate a liuiula-r of mounds, tWis forming giasl sized i-lumls with a uMvn si ren iu base of wrhnia hnlf a mile, but a narrow head iletl.a tliig the cur rent left mid right, like the Titlge sluiis-d front of a slotit bridge pier. At lihetiiueof their iin-iiiency these new Inlands may la) tenanted only by river lizards, but necessity is the mother of successful exploration a well a of In vention, and a week after it birth the driftwood hill swarms with aiiimnl refugee, hogs, ibi-r and cupyburi, Jiat- l:..... I. ..ll.... I.. tl...la,-l- ,1.. t - aSIIUH eill II tflll.-l III I 111 II III . IKfcm l'MTat liotsy enough lo ntlrnct tho prowling caniivor.v. The cp;liiug tiili lit of the great rat aave tlnHn 1W 1 rmilito of emigrulion. Thejugtlur and the ocelot laa-uniH en tirely arlsmal, traveling like monkey from brunch to brain Qai iv iimking themselves nt home in the t rcV tops so much so indeed that some of them go to housekeeping and raise m litter of cult iu the cavity of a hollow tree. Their larder is r plcnndied b;011 rt of pheas'int and wisslheus, who make their headquarter iu the iinderlirm.li, but who are now obliged to tuko up lislgiugs on the lower brum tie of the un-suliim-rged tree. I'y climbing around the stem ami rising suddenly iu view an ocelot ciin scare a rtsstt of gallinaceous fowl out of their wit and strike duwu two or three of the clumsy youngster la-fore the whole flock contrives to take wing. A swimming th-t-r in these submerged tangle woods has no chance at all against the pursuit of an enemy that call .leap from branch to branch or eUjuti sliii,. IIim t-iuiiiii'tlilfM euldi-a of the the Water had I lose' I over the to st of the tallest minis. Sun Francisco Chron icle. Aa CJm1om aa Srarfpla. Tlie men that have ls-eii alTecting the srarfiins with the In.olenp laiws, and also with the cravat and Windsor that neeil no holding in place and dischwe the shirt bnttou or stud la-neath, are of the genu dude that typify the linsNt of fensive phase of overdoing in their aping of the fashions of the day. Clothier aud t urii.dier. aOlail Hay. Mother Why don't yon play with that little I'eterkin boy any more? Hmall lSon Cause he swore. "Horrors! I)ld her "Yes'iu. He swore I stole hi knife, and teacher mode me give it bock and licked tlie beside." (liasl New. VS bat Wtasss t:mmfm, Dmision, however suicidal, has more charm for a woman than the most or eijtlivix'ul I' a bun slici-es. - Hardy. ONe OF THE SMARTEIT. Tits ( vImmI Tries to aursirlse His rrlattaa, liul llel lan "Oaiw over and get introduced toon ot tlMsmartaat girla In l'ull.lelpbla," ssUI tos o-d"til lha other ii. tmni. after we bad ttu isbeii i sir cigars. "I duii't call her a beauty, tail si ia la highly educated and as tliarp as a rasor." "iMniil, l . ir.iil, " slis mued. as wa iutrod'jtaal. "Oh, ytta, eau pUti-a it now. I waa wondering wiieiher li am In (Jaelaec or Ontario I waa tliere oihh " "ln.lia.ir " Yi-s, and lbs a ,,ltf were et-Wbratliig Uu queen's bit thil.it ' "I am " " I'hey wen clKlitatin; it by a snotr and lee cartiital Yuti a--e a tei y sttriotic s-o ple- "Wt-ll. l.-s.- "I Mii..m-1 ,e J ,in,iwu Ina-na- has ren- deival t lit-III aulliewlial niirehellalt In le Iruil '' "A- lu w hat, inn'auir "W'liV.that Like Mielii-au miblit burst out and swia-p tun nil nwny ' "Oil, tteili.n l f,a-l any fear of that." "IMi'i tun. ui.l.t.K An; ti-a, but bo stupid uf lue! Tin lea-kt muuillnllia are Ibb twtB-ii yuu and I ho l.iUe. uf cmr-a-. Ara Ibers liinuy wild niiluiul. lei I i.i Is-fruitr" " A few griutlt ts-ar nud uiuiiiitaiii li.au ' "And the luillali.r" "They never si.r.w. h within a mile of tin tia kaiie, and lln-y duu't kill over a dun-u people a week." "Ilowilieet I mutt it low II souietillwaild talk lo yuu a wh,.l hair duy." Wbeu thatnil'iuelniid 1 had returueil tootir ud of Ills veranda 1 ksiktal at buu. IU bad bis face turned away. It wna all of two minute la-fore he slowly wheeled around aud la-ought his Hat down ou bi kliea with tbe exclamation; "Well. I ll 1st banged r- Detroit Free Pre.. A Hug Vtorlh Having. A women living in a flat on (lute avenue near Sijvveaaiit is the uQ of 1 a dog that iUorth having. It i a ' mongrel cur a devoid of ailigree a a mvmg stone is of hair. Kxuctly how (the ciime iu HtsM-ssiou of the dog she ' cannot sav. He hnpts-iied around one day iu Yor lorn oml hutOy condition, and la-itig fond of iiuimiil she tisik pity on him, fed him and at once the dog lis'iited on the premise. He it a gotsl ileal in apiM'iiniice like Smiley' frog, that i to say, there am no ainta about this dog to ilidvjite that he i better than any other dog.Ullnt, a the euel will how, he proved to Im an iiiiiinul of sin Hillur judgiuetitpotld gisid aelise. The other day while HnQng in the vicinity he found a Ave dollar bill. Now by what procex laKreusoiiing or by previous olsterWion that dog had leumetl that Uiotieyiiad a value or th.it tlassdollar bill were worth having, i iui!ussibltf to say. The fact remains, bow-ever, that t Qi intelligeiit mongrel dog took the bill in hi mouth atntaii spite of the efforla of a numls-r of Vint-t laiy who saw the H-rforinance uud triiil to get the money away from him, nciaited with it to the (late avenue flat and dc Bited it wifely at the feet of hi mist res with a wag of hi tail, aa if to nay, "You see, I'm able to Iy for Qy board." The woman would not pai t with that dog now for a good uiuiiy live dollar bill. This singu lar atory of an animal's sagacity may look doubtful, but tt ia abtolutcly true. ilrooklyn Eagle. . The Morklaghlrd la allfornla. KoinesJ my tin tat intimate acquaint ance have beeii the una kingbird Q the Califomia grove. It seems almost unmriswary to cage them, they are so bappy among the ever blisnuiug tree, lAt cages hang in Imlconics, at disir and windofy, all alsmt the court and under the eaves, aud passing d.gi the streets one bears at all hours gushes of inch sly from the wonderful luimicker in their prisons. It in a cheerful uwind, yet I like ls-tter to listen tOhem aTtliey Hit at will where the red iKimegraiiales flower, where the wild figs rear their miissive canopies, where they may hide theifQoung as they L'hissa lu the fr- eraut orature tre4fito!s. aft One splemiyi fellow has hi ta-rch on a windmill fan npssite .uy ihair, where all day long he amr tirff trills raptur ous with Rlc- Some morning lie is in such ecstasy that he bubble down hi note in snatches, wasting uo time iu weaving them together, whenever 1 ai (tear ou the disu-step. I know he watches for my coming, for he appureut.y hoard his musical quiver full of guy darts, keeping sih-uce for intervals w hen I am unseen, letting them flv in an arrowy shower, a if lie would transport me wheu I n-uppeur. Ho i the sum y tyrant who M-k at my hut, my hair, my gown, when I venture tai near tiin rose vine on the lattice whi-rrQfii newly hatched babies are. Han Tiiego Cor. Christian Union. o- Carlau laslraassat ut Tarlura, In an old tower in Nuremburg tiicre is a riKiin act Quirt eapeciully for the preservatiQ of the ciirioti iiistnmietita of torture used during the uncertain period historically referred to a the Middle Age. In that rismi you can see thumbscrews of thn most approved pattern closely arranged along shelves tilled with "liar helmets" and "bridles" fi Agawipiniri'omeii. One horrid relic called the "spike wheel," ia m heavy cylinder, on one side of which stand out two or more score of sharp iron spike. In day of old, when an offender hail la-en sentenced to undergo a "rolling he waa trip-d naked and firmly bound on a plank, face UowiJkV in this ias.il Ion the "spike wheel" waa slowly dragged np and down hia back, the number of time depending npon the gravity of the crime aud the wording of the sentence. In several iuatanres the laair victim were prodded so full of holes that they died before they could las removed from the planK When death was intended the number of "rolls'' was not sts-ci-fieil, bnt double length spike, heated rd hot, were put iu the surface of the cylinder. This mode of carrying out capital punishment was hardly aa expe dition as the guillotine, but it waa equally as certain. St. Loui Ilepublic A Mrlgbl taar-jear-altt. The clergyman wa a gm-st at dinner one day. Cream was offered him with bia dessert, but he (let lined, galiautly saying "that would be panning tbe lilv." A few day later Hattie aunt, who had artistic tastes, sent the child to pick for her a brilliant lily which she wished to copy. The little four-year- old started on tbe errand, but aa she reached the foot of the piazza steps she turned, hacked np at her aunt and said, Woul.lyoa Iint tlie lilyr New York TribuutP A t'ssa mt t Htnltm, Lhuthaway Why don't yon wear your diamond yiD In your Ascot tie? It's pru?r, isn't it? T ravers It nisy be proja-r, but it Isn't always convenient. ' - COLONEL GRAHAM, OF POSEY COUNTY Ill Bles KM la Ik tssaksr with mm I'Mgralefnl tlersttyasea. Wheu Colonel Onihain, of Poeey county, Im!., left town for Trenton yee t.-rday he put in hi pocket two of the la-st tiiisirtcd cigar that he conld boy. The colonel i a continued cigarette smoker, but he alway rarriea cigar for self protection wheu he travel, tiinoe he left I'osey county be ho developed a discrtminutuig Hose for tobacco. A nitik cigar make him mora peerUb thuu "km-es" in hi tnniaera. Theresa few smoker nf bad cigar who will not throw away a half burned stump to ac cept one of the colonel' good cigar. J with tho graceful apology that alway V ........ - oi. i. giae i. v. ii ii, "Why, do you know," laid Colonel Oruhaiu the other day, "there are 00 cigar In Indiana so rank a those that aie smoked in New Jersey. They are the brum! that will kill vegetation, and 1 alway carry a cigar cr two to give away on the smoking car. Why, It's enough to make a man fretful." Colonel Uruhain' eat iu the smoker was shureil yesterday by a man with no taste in tolstcco. He sniffed contemptu ously at the colonel's cigarette, and pnlf.il contentedly at a very bad cigar with a durk, shiny wrup,r. Colonel Uratiim wnsgruwiugO"'1'- 'e threw awsf hi cigarette, aud drawing a cigar from hi pocket suid to the man beaida him: Tardon me, sir, but may 1 trouble you for a light 1" "Sure. Mike," replied the nun, and he bunded Colonel (irahum a cigar that had just la-en lighted. Colonel Or- d mill carefully lighted hia own cigar, I . ill. ....... .1 .! I...I . uud with spitareiit sltseutmindedueu tossed the other out of the window. "Well. I ll be" "No, don't." interrupted Colonel Qra Iiiiiii, "I really wasn't thinking what I waa doing, l'lense accept one of my cigars aud -nnit uie to offer an apol ogy. I amveryabseiitmlled at time," The uiuu looked at the cigar the colo nel gave him aud snU: "Looks pretty goSa. Detter'n mine, I guess, I pay three dollars a hundred for mine." "That cigar coat twenty-fivs dollar a hundred, and U pretty fair, I think," replied the Colonel. H in," suid the man as ha bit the end off. Then be leaned over and said: "Will you give uie a light nova Colonel Oruhaiu offered 10 cigar. The man lighted his own from it with chuckles of satisfaction. Then ha leaned luu-k comfortably and basted Colonel Uraham cigar out of the window. WhyQou" "Don't," said the msn. "When I think of the tarilT on cigar I go iuto a trAice, and I'm not resQiisible for what 1 do. laft me offer you one of my cigars," and he pnll.il out one of the three dollar a hundred brand and handed it to Colonel t irahum. "Why, you" "Now, don't, lsay." ii.Orrnpted the man. "This is my station, but you can get a light from the man in front. Much obliged for your smoke. Goodby," and he wa off the car. Colonel (irnhnm returned to New York lust niglQiud announced that his system wus shattered. Hereafter he will rido in the drawing room car and smoko cigarette. New York 8utu Haw la Lni la Slag. Lung power and capacity may ba won derfully increased and strengthened by a constant rea-titloti of tba syllable "ah" on the three or four notes in the middle register of the voice; that is, the thlt-a or four note which una sluara nwt - ,,J II naturally and with the least effort. Lei the pupil get one note clear cut, round, full und musical; then from that notes a starting (siint lhlm go np and duwu, gradually working out tha btukinesa from the adjacent notes and sounding them until they become pure aiQ reso nant stidQin bedclivig d without strain or effort. Let him work systematically and. aln;ve all, avoid the ieroicious trick of learning "piire" by mte or by ear. Hi first effort should lie to increase tha purity and range of hi voice, and to that end he should, a suggested above, turn the broad syllable "ah" only for a time, and on uo account should ha try to sing an air until he can do so uuder standingly, with a full knowledge of musical notation and a perfect command of his vocal rewiurre. Uemorest's Mag azine, Tbarkaray'a ItUe ml t'erU. Thackeray, who dute'..d "wasp waist ed women," once told a young relative, who wa much lu love, to take hi be trothed to a physician before purchas ing the engagement ring. "What forr" his companion Inquired, in considerable astonishment. "To see whether that wasp waist is an Inheritance or a consequence," ha re plied. "Consetiuencer exclaimed tha yoong man; "w hat do you meaiir" "Corsets," said Thackeray laconically. "Mis ha the most beautiful fig- ure in England," suid tbs infatuated lover. "She is deformed," Thackeray re sponded. "If it is a natural deformity she may be a nuslerately healthy wom an. Even humpback are not alway delicate, yon know, Miud, I say moder ately healthy. Uut if that girl's figure is the result of corsets you might better go aud hayr yourself rather than risk tha eviU tliat will inevitably follow." taagraas Uarta la laa. So far as the salubrity of the natural as couimi with tha artificial Ice ia concerned, wa may rent assured that a regards bacter.a one is just as whole some a the other, provided tha water Used is pure. If the water is impure from sewage or other nnwholeaorna thing, then tha natural ica is never fit for domestic use. if water ia impure the prttciw of artificial icemaking, if carefully performed, ar capable of fur nishing even from it a product which Is harmless and wholesome, whether it ba aUoliitely genu free or not, for abso lute freedom from germsif these are Do disease producing forms is neither necessary nor eeciaily desirable. It ia not bacteria, but disease producing bac teria, which make of practical signifi cance the iuvisible flora of either water or ica. T. Mitchell l'rudden in Har--r's. A Cawfaarlssm. Jack (idly swinging) Eugagod yet? Jerry (adly No. Jack Your fair one is like your barn ni.avk. Jerry How? Jack blie keep you in suiprn. lltuburg UulUtiu. o o 03