The Eugene City guard., January 21, 1893, Image 5

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CRUEL ETHELRIDA.
Wkf II Wu Thai Joha n4 Away la la
Klsht.
n. .1 ...! T..i. a., uv
8nwath beautiful and cultivated !
n Etbelrid Martingale.
u Out what mattered that to him; he
loved her.
Love U the great leveler.
Not that it had leveled the aweet, pale
I Ethelrlda eiartly, for it had not! tnt it
1 had knocked John ont flaL
I Happy Etbelrid, for eh had the bulg
on hint.
I It ia ever thoa.
1 la love' sandwiches one piece of bread
i will always have more butter on it than
i the other will.
Yet Ethelrlda was not cm el, and the
did not long to let him drop hard enough
to cripple him for life.
On the contrary, she nought to let him
down on silver strands to beds or. thorn
bee roses.
But John wouldn't have it '
Nor is our hero the only man built
that way.
H. km bet Uttla. or not al ell
Wee hart th dump of ate faU.
That was John Smith all over, and
till John was do slouch, ss tbe word
goes.
Ethslrtda knew what was coming, but
she Was powerless to prevent it, nnlees
she took an as to John, and shs hesitated
to resort to harsh measures.
Woman's nature is ever gentle.
It was a calm and beautiful Sabbath
venlng when John called for the last
time.
"I lore yon, Ethelrlda," he whispered,
low and lisping, at about 1 1 o'clock, "and
I want yon for my wife."
It was then apparent to Ethelrlda that
Mr. Smith meant business.
"It cannot be, I fear." she replied,
standing him off. "Papa is unutterably
opposed to our union, and be has said b
will lock me in my room and keep me
there if I persist in seeing yon."
That was a tip John should have acted
upon that and the palable fact that
Ethelrlda did not rush to his throbbint
bosom like an nndammed torrent vben
be had so nnmtstaksbly biased the way
for her.
"Love loughs at locksmiths," be said
courageously, ignoring tb surface indi
cations. Again was the fair girl balked in her
generous purpone, and there came into
her face the hard, cold lines of resolution
and into her eyes tbe crnel glint of jus
tice, long duferred. '
"Yes, and at John Smiths." shs added,
a naive simplicity scarcely concealing
the edge of the sword.
And John fled away into the misty,
murky darkness of unforgetabl disap
pointment. Detroit Free Press.
A Matter f Daly.
The casual observer would have de
tected nothing strange ia the personality
of the youngish party who sat alone in
the front parlor. Yet a close scrutiny
would bare revealed symptoms of men
tal strain.
Mental strain was something Aloysius
De Gughtnp coftld ill afford.
Presently a beautiful little boy flitted
into the room.
The youngish party started eagerly
from his seat There was a look of ag
onising doubt ill his otp.
"What did she sayf he demanded.
"She satd," lisped the child, "to tell
Mr. Da Onghmp that she'd be right
down."
The youngish party could not repress
aa exclamation of joy.
Hit face shone with satisfaction.
"And is that all she said?" he asksd,
atriving to be calm.
The child shook his head.
"What wa it, Willie? Tell me her
word. Every syllable is a treasure to
to."
The boy approached and looked trust
ingly into his face.
She said"
Aloysius de Onghmp held his breath.
"She'd be polite although it did turn
her stomach."
Tbe youngish party at once resolved to
make hi call strictly formal Detroit
Tribune.
Million la IL
Servant (pounding on door What, hoi
within there! Awake, awake!
Dime Mtiseum Owner What means
this turmoil? Why at the midnight
O hour do you arouse me from my si um
bers? Servant Peace, master, until yon
have heard the joyful news. I have
her a mQsenger boy who ha sever
vbistled
Ta-ra-ra Boom-d ay."
Trots.
We fr Htav
He Will you marry me IX I stop amok
bag cigarettes?
She So. Mr. Sappy. I can't bear th
idea of marrying a man who doe noth
ing. Brooklyn Life.
' Lafh4 Oar Oat.
."I enppiM yon haven't forgotten that
It is leap year." he said a h took a seat
belde her, "and so I must be careful
not to lead tbe conversation in a danger
ous direction." aud be laughed, q
"1 bad quit furvottra it," she said
with a yawn. "Whafs th nseof r
BaetGberuiif wlm yon never meet a
maa v.-L. U worth jtvping to?"
1 This time he didn't laugh. Tit-Bi -a.
L(klx a a XidMw
IV r to Li suffering from rheumatism
sr naturally anxious to try vry pro
posed remedy.' John Raymond, of north
trn Iowa, had triad without relief nearly
every alleged care suggested by friends.
Then bo read tbl in a medical Journal:
"There U more benefit in a food laugh
tban In the hot water remedies, the faith
euros, the electric, and all other new
treatment in tbe world, and it coat
nothing. If you k now of nothing Ue to
" BS' J" "fcMw.
This wa a new idea to lor Mr. Ray
mond. Dot what should be langh at!
Ia lb bouse wa nothing amusing,
Uuwever, tbe mediral journal said,
"Langh at yonr nelg.Cor.n
lie went out on the front porch, and
sitting in a chair, watched the people on
the street. For a time he saw nothing
funny. Then a big Uermsn walked by,
muttering aloud to himself.
"Ma, ha, hat" went Mr. Raymond.
Tbe big German stopped and looked.
"Vot'sdotT
"II. ha, bar
"Vot vor you haw, haw, haw, mit mel"
"Ha. ha, bar
Over the once leaped the big German,
hi flsta uplifted.
Ohl" cried Raymond, "I I meant
no harm. I was laughing for my
health."
"Und den you leetle sick Yankees
laugh mit big Dutchmen! Dot ish all
right. DoLUU. von goot ahok on me.
Ya. ya, yat"
But Mr. Raymond, who really had not
meant to be rude In tbe least, gave op
tbe langh cure, believing that the
"ahoke" was on himself rather thaa on
the good German. Youth's Companion.
Meet as M4llsa.
The one disoo very above all others that
has made Ambrols Par famous for all
time was the plan, which hs was th first
to suirsest. of tying the arteries after the
irgical removal of a limb. In one part
of his writings he give a curious ac
count of a case of uccesaful amputa
tion, la which he appears to hav ant let
paied one of the latest of modern fad
and to bava used niuno as medicine,
Tbe Datient had been wounded in battle
Tbe famous surgeon took him In hand,
successfully amputated the limb, using
his new plan of tying the arteries, and
wnen th sufferer began to mend pre
ttribed what the quaint English of the
translation describe as "a consort of
violin and a jester to make him merry,
In a month the patient was abl to bold
himself up in a chair and was carried
down to tbe gate of his castle to see th
neoole pass by,
A successful Issue to ruch an operation
must bare been of rare occurrence, for
we are told that "the country people of
two cr three league alwtit, knowing
ther could see him, came th first day,
male and frmalo, to sing and I'.ance pell
moll in joy of hi amendment, all being
very glad to see him, which was not done
without good langhlng ana drinking."
"The" camp being broken np." con
clude Pare, "I returned to Pari with
mr gentleman, whose leg I had cnt off.
I dressed him and Ood ccred him. I
sent him to hi house merry with hi
wooden leg, and wa conteut, saying
that be bad escaped good cheap not to
have been miserably burned." Alt th
Year Round.
If alar Cteaka la Chlae,
In the history of tb Tang dynasty it
is stated that in Persia at the same period
there was a clepsydra on a terrace near
tbe palace, formed of a balance contain
ing twelve metul balls, one of which fell
every hour on a bell and thus struck th
hours correctly. It I deemed not un
likely that this instrument was identical
with th celebrated on which the king
of Persia sent in tbe year 807 to Charle
magne. In BUS the astronomer Tsiang prod need
an improvement on all former instru
ments a machine arranged on a sort of
miniatur terrace, ten feet high and di
vided into three stories, th wotk being
in the middle. Twelve Image of men,
one for every hour, appeared In torn be
fore an opening in the terrace. Another
set of automata struck th hours and
eighths of hour. These figure occupied
the lowest story.
The upper story wa devoted to as
tronomy, containing an orrery in mo
tion. V ery complex machinery most
hav been required. A to th nature
of th mechanism nothing Is known ex
cept that it wa kept going by falling
water.
Inasmuch as th Arab had reached
China by sea at th close of th Eighth
century, soms assistance may hav been
derived from them in the const ruction
of A L complicated instrument, but la
an proDaDuuy is wa wuuuj vu,
Boston Globe.
Mm Are Oa4 Mrtra.
"What a splendid listener," say a
woman, "seems tb average young man,
and bow weak apparently are hi con
versational power? Yet be manage to
draw much from his young woman,
friends, saying little, but quickly setting
tbe ball rolling. I it bees a w hav
all tbe volubility, which most pour out
la any event? I think so, for two men
walking or riding together find little to
$say to each other. Bui watch a throng
leaving the theater or cunrca or any
where and you will see every woman
chattering away, With nearly every maa
a pleased listener." New York Time.
Batfcar t'ifWfiH.
LitU Girl I donVaee why teacher
has to b so mean.
Annty What has yours done?
Little Girl In the Vronomy lesson
last term she asked me bow many moon
Jupiter bad, and I said Br, and ah
marked me a mis 'caus tb book said
four. Now she says Jnpiter really ha
fir moons, and I wanted her to mark
that ml off. and sh wouldn't. Good
Q
BntM l Be riwt
o9 wCI
Fond MaUr-My child, yo
sIwbts liav u.elbiiig to be proud of.
You were U-rn co the queen's birthday.:
Sweet Cil.iIar e, mamma,
we twins ?-achnge.
UNITED AT THE LAST.
PITIFUL TALE OF
FAMILY THAT
AN EMIGRANT
PERISHED.
the Trrlbl Blisser f ISSI Hs4 for
mm ml IU YIcUbm a Whale Faadly
Whlrh Ftm I Death la Dm Maa's
!- Harel EBWrlt ml a M .
"That' Dead Man' cove right before
yonr eyes," said the old man as hs point
td to a recess of half an acr la extent
In the southern fac of th Little Rocky
mountains. "That's Dead Man's cove,
and you kin see tbe&ou work of tb
wsgon lyin about when y git closer.
When I first looked in her thar was
five human bodie lying dead in that
wagon. M an my pard we dug a big
grave and buried 'em all together back
atrln that cliff, thar whar the rock U.
W piled the rock that way so th
wolve couldn't git at th dnad."
"But there U no headtnard BO
namea," I protested aa I rod closer to
the spot pointed ont
"Could nt be no name, 'cause we
couldn't And any," he replied, "and them
rock U a gravestnn a will last forever.
Well git off and ait down fnr a amok,
and I'll gin y the full particklera. rv
passed here a hundred timi in th last
three years, and it alius give m th
heartache, Toor hnsbanU poor wire
poor children!
"It wa this way," hs continued alter
his pip wss alighL "M and pard had
our shanty down th valley about m
-lile. Plenty of emigrant in tbe r Ut
ered wagon used to com by thl trail
and turn south into Wyomin, or keep
west into Idaho. They'd com five or
six familie at a time, and they'd com
singly. Some of 'em would take sich
chance of Injun, sickness, landslide.
starvashnn and death a would mako
your ha'r stand on end to think of. No
man kin begin to goes how many grave
thar be of men, women and children be
tween th Dakota lin and th west
branch of the Missouri river, rv
counted a hundred in a day's ride.
"Waal, on December mornin mo and
pard wok up to feel that thar wa m
blixxard maktn ready to bust oa us. u
bad been cool ish but pleasant np to that
time. We could tell by the feel of things
what wa comin, and began to git ready
fur it It wa jest arter noon when
woman walked into our shanty. Sh
was an emigrant. Right her in thl
cove sh had left ber husband and four
children to try and find aom help. He
bad bin sick fur three week andwaa
Uttla Utter than a dead man. and ah
hftl bin drivin th team an takin keer of
thing gener'ly. She orter to hev turned
back long before, but aom fool of a
doctor bad told tb man he'd get well if
thev kept on.
"They had got separated from, th
party they started with, and had mad
th last hundred mile alon. They
war out o' grub, hadn't a match left to
build a fir, and tb woman knowed a
change fur the wusa wss blowin up.
She wss a frail, leetl woman, and aha
had gon through with nnff ti down m
man. but sh badnt lost all her pi nek
yit As soon as sh told n th story w
got ready to go back with her aa brine
In th outfiL We made a start, but wo
never got thar."
"The blixxard prevented, eh?"
"She did. Sh cam awoopin down all
of a sudden, lik aom great bird droppia
from th sky. A fine snow begun to
fall, tb wind started right ia to blow a
livin gale, and 1 bsliev th thermonv
iter went from 43 degs. abov to 10 deg.
below inside of half anbonr. Wehadal
any with us, but th change was sudden
an amasin. You couldn't fac that gal
to save yonr life. It jest stopped us and
turned us around before w bad got fif
teen rod from th bouse. A to tb
cold, it jest paralysed yon. W had to
go back, and arter takin a big drink o'
whisky all around and pnttln on mor
clothe w tried it agin.
"Me and Sam wa a tough a tar
them day and could her laid down la a
pond of water and let it freeze up with
as, but w couldn't buck agio that bill
iard. When w mad th second start
w got abont half way np here, th Uttla
woman leadia th way all th Urn.
Then we had to atop. You couldn't se
three foot from your no, and all of us
was free tin to death by Inches."
"And you went back?"
"W did. Tb woman was deter
mined to push on, and w jest had to
pick her op and carry her back. It wa
only by th Lord' hand plotia th way
that w ever reached onr cabin agin.
W bad our ears, nose and finger frix,
and aa hour arter w got back water
frix aolid in our cabin within fir foot
of a roaria fir. Tb woman praysd to
God and appealed to us, but w knowed
it wa no use. That was th Uixxard of
1881, and I rs beard men aay it waa it
deg. below aero ia this valley that
Bight
The woman got nipped wu than wo
did, but ber mind wa on tb family
back her. Sh wa bound to com back
alon, but w stood her off till aboi
dark. Then she mad a belt fnr it and
got away."
"And want to ber daatbT
"Jestaa aartinaaif s had jumped
off that cliff. Tb blixxard &et us ta
fur thre day. When w got out w
found her within twenty rod of tb
cabin. Sh had frix to death goia that
fur. Of course w knowed bow it would
be up her. Tb bones had been o
Vtchod and tamed oat. They lay over
by tha) tree. Th folk in th wages
bad crowded together and klvered up
with all the blanket, but all war stun
dead and a hard a rocks. They aVr
saw that fust night com down.
"Me and pard overhauled th wagon,
but w couldnt find earth in givfaa tb
nam of tb family, and so, Ilk hun
dreds of other out in this ken try of
mountain and valley, Injua and wolf,
w kirered 'em ht to sleep tUl tbe Lord
gits feady to call 'em fur judgment
beam awful that a hall famlrshould
be vrfped eut thnt way, hot they ar
sleev'o thar tolwr. and I gwea th
LoriU kuow tb p"t even if taar is no
prveun mark lt."-r'ew York Hr-
Si.L v"
alae ea4 Krlr.
A professor of chemistry expQlated al
follows! "Uentlamen, when exposed to
th air, coal lose 10 per cetiQ of IU
weight and beating properties, lau
arises through th lnfloenc of th alka
lies constituent of the"
"But how is It when a dog lie neat
th coals, Hrrr ProfeaaorT broke in on
f tb audience.
"Sir, this is neither the time nor place
to crack little jokes; thl is a serious
natter."
"To be sure, Herr Professor) that is
just what my father thought whan,
after thre nights exposure to tn open
air, hi provision of coal bad diminished
to the extent of 79 per cent lie con
sulted me, as a student of chemistry, as
to what bad best be done, and I advised
him to keep a savag dog chained up
near the coal. Bine then our coal
hav not lost so mnch a 1 per oent in a
whole month." Volksbibliothek.
InMMible.
Chapley Do yon know if Miss Col I
at home?
Maid Bhe wasn't in five minntesago,
when another young man called.
Chsplpy But mightn't she have come
In?
Miild-How could that be? Oi'd take
me oath she didn't go out since. Suii.h
& Gray Monthly.
Aaamlalas ef Itanaa.
One be and Oauibett were dining at
the asm table in one of tlie fashionable
salons of the day. Everybody was ont
of sorts, and the dinner threatened to
become unbearably monotonous, when
Gambetta, alluding to the harmonious
vote of Renan, approached him and
whispered in hi ear, "Allons, M. Renan,
th ladles ar waiting; give ns a bit of
music
On another occasion he wa present
at a banquent given by Mine. Anbernon,
whose mansion was then tb rendezvous
of th celebritie of th epoch. M. J ale
Simon wa among them, and ia th
course of the repast ha began to develop
aa ingenious social theory. Renan,
growing tired of it, wa about to speak
when the hostess stopped him by saying,
"Walt a minute or two, M. Renan,
and than we shall be happy to hear
you." Renan closed his month while
Jules Simon continued to hold forth.
At length he brought hi speech to aa
end, and Urns, Aubernon rose to call on
Renaa. "I think yon had something to
ay," ah remarked. "Yes, madame,
voa ar right I wanted to ask for a
few mor potatoes." London Glob.
A Wealthy CerMratleav
H had been standing on th corner
for thirty -eight minute waiting for a
ear. During that Urn it bad raised
steadily and half a dozen cars had passed
bim going in the wrong direction. For
th last twenty minute be had been
saying things that h never saw in hi
prayer book and (tamping his feet aa if
annoyed. Finally a policeman sauntered
past
"Say, Mr. Officer," observed th im
patient citizen ia a sarcastic ton, "you
moat bar a pregy wealthy car com
pany here,"
"Think oT waa the guarded rejoin
der.
"Tea, I notice they don't us th asm
ear twice."
"How's that?" inquired th officer, be
coming interested.
"Well, rv been waiting her about
an hour, and abont thirty car hav goo
down, but not a blamed one ha com
back."
"Loop llnei com back oh next street P
and th patrolman sauntered on through
to falling rain. Detroit Tribune.
Few people ran claim to bar out
witted Kir James Haanen, th wall
known judge. Hi lordship, however,
wa curiously "don" by a somberly
dressed Juryman In hi own court la
A most melancholy ton th juryman
claimed to be exempt from earring on
th jury which had bam Impaneled to
(fry an important case. Sir Jam very
sympathetically asked on what grounds
hs claimed szsmptioo. My lord," said
th applicant, "I am deeply interested
ia a funeral which tafce place today
and am moat anxious to follow." "Or
taialy, sir; your plea is a just on," ro
marked his lordship. Tb maa dpertd,
and th nut day th judg learned that
h was tb undertaker. Argonaut
W OmmSh see Wrrv.
Impecunious debtor, living upon their
wits, naturally become Ingenious la th
matter of excuae.
Such a man, aay aa exchang, having
been importuned for hi rent till his pa
tieao was sxhauiUd, burst oat upon
bis troublesome landlord:
"Now you needn't preesmeeo. Why,
I owe enough tn thia town to buy all
your old houses." Youth's Companion.
U .. Q
Old Lady (axloQaly Doe thia train
(top at Nw York city?
Brakemaa Wall, if It don't, madam,
yon will ae th dnrndest smaaoup yon
ever see. Troth. q
Axaoog th "znanyCnandsomo aad
valuable gifts" presented to a recently
married coop! at Emporia, Kan
aa orange.
eTAce cunts.
Mrs. Bernard-Bear close her Ataerl
can tonr at once.
George W. Cable and Eugene Field
have started out with a doologu enter
tainment. Button's aldermeu hav established a
committee of censorship to abate the
Indecencies of pictorial blUpmter.
Four steers compelled attention to a
theatrical enterprise in Boston by draw
ing a placarded wagon through th
trevU.
Alielone Harrison advertised th pl
In which sh ia acting by serving as a
rescued woman, In Kansas city, at atrial
of fir apparatus.
rack of playing cards, with th char
acter of a drama in place of th osual
kings, queens and jacks, ar given away
by a traveling manager.
A Philadelphia manager keep a six
horse coach going about, with announce
ment thrown on it windows by an in
terior apparatus, the vehicle being ia all
other respect conventional.
Spike Hennessey, th genuine burglar
who has figured in a melodrama for sev
eral years, may be le eager to exploit
hi r)cord now that he has married a
California clergyman's daughter.
In the way of flamboyant advertising
on the billboard the Camden (N. J.)
aldermen have resolved to charge fifty
dollars a year for each theater thus dis
played in that town, the action being
taken in tbe Interests of tbe Camden
theater against those of Philadelphia,
Murie Jansen, who disagreement
with Francis Wilson causod her retire
ment from his company, baa made
partnership with another comedian
Geoige Wilon, of local Boston repute
asthoaucceMor of the lat William War
ren at tbe Museum and together they
will try their fortune In comic opera.
RAILROAD JOTTINGS.
Twelve sleeping cars ar being built
for the Canadian Pacific by a car build'
ing firm at Cobnrg, Ont
A new fait train has '. been put on by
the New Orleans and Texas Pacific
company between Cincinnati and Nsw
Orleans.
Tbe last census plscee the number of
miles of railroad in th world at 870,.
tHO, of which 44.18 per cent are in tb
United SUtes.
W. P. Tuthill. M. E. Cal and George
W. Bancroft have organized the Ban
croft Vestibnle Car company under th
laws of Illinois.
Th South park branch of th Petm
sylvania, from Dunlo, Pa., to Scalp
Lewd, Cambria county, will be finished
in tim to begin operation in th spring.
Second Vic President and General
Manager Benjamin Norton, of th Long
Island railroad, ha resigned, and E. IL
Reynolds bis been appointed general
manager in his stead.
Th Wilkesbarr and Eastern, which
I now being built from Wtlkeebarr to
Strondsbnrg, Pa., will require a great
many bridge. AU of these will b built
of iron. Contract for 1,000 ton of
bridge hav already been let
Th Eric's old broad gang No. 74 was
regarded aa th most unlucky en gins
that ever ran on th road. It was used
in tb Susquehanna yards, and ia aald to
have killed thlrty-nln persons, includ
ing four women and thre children. In
addition to thia seventy maa wer crip
pled by this engine.
TURF TOPICS.
The day St Valentine reduced his rec
ord to S:lo. h weighed 1,400 pound.
Th pneumatic sulky has reached Ger
many, and next year will b seen on
French trotting tracks.
C. IL Nelson sayi Nelson's stud duties
for 1893 foot np to 52.S00 and his xbi
bition trotting to 110,000 mor.
"Whit Hat" Dan McCarty, of Call
fortiia, owns in tb neighborhood of 500
horse trotter, pacer and runners.
Sixteen thousand pane of glass ar
nsed ia th window which light the
newly completed covered mil track at
th Jewett farm.
Th coming marriage of Mis Maud
Stone, of Cincinnati, to Mr. Carey, of
New York, ia announced. Tb prospee
tiv brid is th yonng lady for whom
Maud S wss named.
Senor Bocan paid M,000 for Or
monde, took him to Buenos Ay res, got
am high priced engagement aad (old
him for 1130.000 to Millionaire MacDon
ougb,of California. It ia now reported
that th Calif ornian owner ha aet $3,000
aa hia service pric for Ormonde.
Phallas held th stallion record two
month and sixteen days. Fearnaaght
held it two month and fourteen diw.
AUerton held it, all told, two month
and eleven days, which waa the shortest
tim that any horse had held it tmtu
Stamboul wa cut off with onlytwslr
day of glory by Kremlin, who was in
tarn dsthronsd by Stamboul, th pros-
ant king.
WHAT SOCIETY ADMIRES.
Half long jacket baring cape for
Princes dinnerowns of Velvet, plain
or glace.
Half military fur caps twenty-four
laches long.
Oirls coats, with velvet sleeve aad
cap collars.
Bilks having single aad Persian col
ored designs.
Eton jacket of fur to wear with fur
trimmed suit.
Silks ebowinf tiny dot forming larg
balls, palms, etc.
Heavy repped silks for fin woolen
dres accessories.
French kid shoe tipped with patent
leather for ml.
Ondine silks for dressy house, evening
aad visiting wear.
Long princes cloak of silk, velvet,
fur aod figured cloth. New York Ad
vertiser. o o
A Parkin Daniel.
Daring a diM-uibU at a local caf at
Viitnnni' between a number of the
"bigwigs" of tb plac a bet wa mad
between M. Mititre, a councilor of tb
district and a veterinary surgeon, and
M. Ango, a wholes! butcher, that th
latti-r would not enter tbe lions cage in
inrnsgerie then showing at Vtncvnne
In company y th tb lion tamer Lorang.
tbe proprietor of tb wild beasts. TU
sum at stake was twenty pound. Tbe
news of tb wager spresid through tbe
little town, where M. Ango is wsll
known, and a a natural conaeqnenc
tbe show wa packed with anxious sight
seers at tb evening pefurmanc. when
the bet was to b lost or won.
Punctually at B o'clock the lion tamer
and M. Ango entered the cage, in which
ther were no lion, and after th cheer
which greeted their appearance had sub
sided tbe former advanced to tbe bars
and in a polite speech informed the pub
lic that M. Ango bad won hia bet, hav
ing accompanied him into th lion
cage. "But what about tbe lioiiaT
yelled the audience. "This is the lions'
csge, and nothing wa said abont ths
lious being in it, explained U. Larange.
The publio quickly saw the joke and
cheered M. Ango to the echo a he with
drew from tbe cage.
Curious to relate. M. iiitre BaUy to-
fused to pay th money and la to be sued
fur the amount as it waa understood
that tb wager wa to be spent on a
bano.net to commemorate tbe fete of
SrpL 23. Pari Cor. London Telegraph.
The BafwfMl Cur.
The barefoot cure I evidently the
coming craze In panaceas. hav
bd tb rest cure, tbe at h lotto cur tn
Delaart curs, th faith cur, et al. and
now the bareiooi onr. neturuina;
traveler from Germany and Austria ar
bringing the idea over with them, and
aa it ia vastly lea harmful than U
cholera bacilli, which they might hav
brought it l well to be lenient with th
aer folly. Tb barefoot treatment is
a phase or mor man on process in
cur. ITuder on authority it ia carried
on on a sunny beach, and th patients
race through the hot sands bar beaded.
bar armed and with leg and feet bar
to th knee.
Thia ia to giv th sun and heat with
their health giving properties, free so
cess to th skin. According to another
eurist, to coin a word, It I a part of tb
hardening course, and though yon begin
walking barefooted over smooth turf,
yon advance by running through wet
meadows, and later meadows heavy with
boar frost, to th climax of being abl
to endure tramping tn cold water. As
most of th cure effected at present
have outlived their novelty, at least wo
may expect to find thl brand new bare
foot onr eagerly seized upon. Pitta
burg Dispatch.
Te Ta fosters.
By all means let the city commission
of sewer raise th tariff of fee for ad
vertisement boarding in onr street
Th naming poster which do so much
to make London unsightly cannot psr
bap be prohibited altogether until a
generation of citizen shall be born with
th rudiment of an wsthetio sense, bnt
tb local authorities ought to do a
much aa they can to keep thia unsightly
patch on th metropolitan landscape
within bound. Th commissioners are,
however, just now considering a protest
against th new fees, supported by aa
Influential deputation, who declared
that monstrously pictured and most
glaringly inscribed boarding ar a bias
ing to the public, and that th fe de
manded by way of licens ought to b
rWuced instead of being enbanoed. Th
fact is, that in thes street advertise
ments there is rich field for taxation
which ought not to b left unharveatod,
St James Bndget
rraetieal Baewl.
An Auburn lady astonished aoma f
her friend at th Thursday club by hat
original discourse on th aubject of
Lak Auburn. Among other thing sh
said thia: "Tb funniest thing Is when
th wind blow real hard, you know, so
that the lake 1 just lovely and rough.
Well, then I when If s elegant great
whit billow and carton, Btraight,
smooth place rlglS along th lak whar
th wind doesn't em to blow so bard.
Well, there's where th road wer a
th Ic hut winter. Isn't it peculiar?"
"Very peculiar," laid a (tronf minded
lady. "Who told yon tbatT
"Why, my brother Henry aald aa
Isn't ft trne, my dear?"
"Ilomphr aald th strong minded
woman.
At present this club is studying "Here!
n th Good, th Beautiful and th
Trne," and this Auburn lady ta consid
red a very apt metaphysician. Lwl
ton Journal
The UUa Chares th aOahe
Mrs. D. M. Madden, of Draisun. Ta
I a lady of nerv. Her little girl Mary,
aged two years, was seated on th
ground nnder a tree playing with a tia
boop, to which wer attached bells. Tb
noise of the bell attracted a larg black
snak. which crawled to th feet of th
child and stretched at full length, with
it head resting on ber left foot. - Tb
jiugle of th bell eemed to charm It
forth soaks closed it eye andwaa
motionless. Mrs. Madden saw th
snak. Sh did not scream for jt
ano, a most woman would bar uon
under the circumstance Sh darted to
tbe chiliL grabbed the snake by tbotad
and hurled it thr&gh the air. Th pe
culiar meal of ths bolt bad vtdantly
placed th snak nnder a spelaa It did
not mors nntil it felt the tooc'fl of Mrs.
Madden' hand. Cor. St Louis Repub
lican. rarlthln
A pastor after many years ; nt with
ona church announced his inuutiun cf
resigning. Th church official begged
him not to do so, saying: " Voo must aot
Uiv u. Yon hav given all your best
yrars to us and w did mean to giv yon
nch a funemir Could mortal maa r
1st thst plea? Louisville Western Re
corder. O
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