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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1893)
o n TUESDAY, MAY 23. V. V. Italne went to southern On gon thia afternoon. The lew Immi l delivering lew to lu di'Hit storage house t.sbiy. Fruit I forming nicely and no ttun gt-r U aiitk'lUtl from froala. Mr. and Mr. John Tait, of Cn-swcll precinct, wore lu the city today. It M. Smith and It. II. Smith Went to Portland tll" inoruliij on the Until. Two Arc light have been pla.vd in Ylllard liall it the university n-cvuily. The atato grange of Oregon units ut The Halle in annual convention to day. A. E. Gallugcr went to Portland tlii morning on the overlain I on legal btisl nc. W. F. ItotM-rt ami Win. Brown re turned to Huli'iii on the ha-al thU morning. T. J. Elliott, of Camp Creek, win. In town today. He haa Jut recovered from several day lllninn. Nlghtwatcli Mutthewe n-porta light shower U-twccii midnight and duv- It la glvcu out that the marriage of two welf known young people of thl city la on tnpl ami w ill occur some tlmo next wivk. Dr. Alonio Cleaver, of La Grande, owing to hla Wife's jioor henllh, will remove hla futiilly tu roitlunil during the coming auniiuer. Several lg of eastern mull nrrlved I the ollloe here ou the overland from Portland thia morning which hud heeii delayed several day. J. T. Witter waa on the street ycslcr dny, the II ml time fur nlsitit two week. Ilia arm, which wo ut one time in a m-riou condition, ha greatly Im proved. Seven hundred acre of laud lu linker county that two month ugo waa a sagebrush plain I now covered with growing grain. All crop in Unit section are lu splendid slia-'. Corvalll Gazette: Hubert Johnson, of thin tity, la diNtrliug amid the bus tle of t lit) world'a fair. llobiuivus tomed to hustle, hut the modern hoo skirt muy entangle him. The armored cruiser New York broke the record on her triul trip yes terday niuking Sl.uu knot. The Craui built her and will receive rt;.'!,-: ll'l ireniium for the Increased ecd. Mr. II. L. Martin and her two children and Mim Belle Halite im-oiii-ianied Mr. und Mr. J. T. Martin to1 their Inline lieur tho, Kltwiu springs, htartliif thi morning, and where tiny W III lUrt Irate for a few week. Ill th ease at the I'uyitllu J Indian reservation, where the United State trooM were ordered to prevent Ko from building a railroad, the circuit court issued un Injunction against the triMiM Interfering with the work. S-tiler on the military reservation, at Gig hurlsir, urc .ircuhuingu H-Ution in Oii in ila for the 01 ning of the res- crvalisu. It comprise nlsiiit I .UK) acre, and la adlaivnl to lamina. It wu reserved by pr.H.-lumuliou June 0, l"i.l. The Kilcm Statesman in it Urnting new ay Tliroo Si-ler the light druit lunt, w jicli ha done gixl service on tin part of the river, wid I put on a run nlll! further up, ami will run hi-ix-nfter between llanishurg ami Kugcnc, a dUtnuv of aiMiul eighteen miles. T. L. II ophv, of Pendleton, hit li- coveied ill op.d depimil Hear that city. Mr. llrnphy, who ima Imvii lu the Ida ho opal mine, atittcM that the forma- tioii i of exactly the name character an iron I wait. A imiiilx-r of m-cI-niciia will be M-ut to 1'ortland for cut. ting. Lcluuion Kxpn-: Mr. I'lara M. l.ivldoti ha received the ili-fn-e of M. ., ut t ie Woman' Medical College at 1'hlladilpliia. There were -17 graduate axvurde I dlplouia at the college thi ye.ir. Mr. Davidson ex-'t to return to LcIniiidii for a ahort time before en guglng In her chosen profciwjou. (.' lt:iy New: It la a-dd that hound are continually running dvr on ('x river. The owner of the dog ahoiild not ullow them to run at large at thi time ( year, when doc and fawn fall an cukv prny to tliem. II the practice la c)iitiuuei the matter will he brought to the attention of the game warden. The latest move in the Iungelical church tight in thi Htuto I the grain ing of an injunction by Circuit Judgc Siearn, of rortluml, enjoining liialiop Kudolph Dudd, of Chicago, from tlcl .' -.-4 churches and uing thenamcol the Evangelical aKiutb)n, or it did pline, fmin collecting any money or using any of the churi'tie In the On gon coufen-ncc. Hon. John W. Crawford, United State Indian agent, ha Just received order from the dciiartmcnt to u.v the Indiun J the I matilla nwrvation the per -tnitav allowanou of i'S n-ceully made, and will commence disbursing the money in a few day. There are about luuu allottee 011 the reservation, making about fil.ouO to be dla tributed. I'emlleton la antlcimting a boom, for it ia afe U say that nearly all thi monev w ill be ut lu IVndle Un, and tliat'wlthin a very short apuce of time. Pendleton K. ).: In talk with Agent Crawf .nl it waa learned that hi would probably l"-giu alsuit June lt the distribution of money among the Imliaii. He received notice that lund had been m-l aiMirt, but they have not yet U-n forwarded to the lainlc. The I ndiau receive ?S each, and there are H4.1 entitlel to a "divvv," making tai.125 that will I plaI in circulation. The Indian Individually do not receive much of the money derived from aule f their land. The total amount isals.ul f IKt.iaii, and onlv -Jl -r cent of it la to lw oistributol. Th r.'inainder goe to th upKrt of the Indian chiN. A Mr. Maloiieyeof rortland. u.nie ppll(tlon to the state Umrd nsvntly to porclmse a strip of land alut it fl in width and one mile long, running throueh Haw thorne tract in Ijist 1'ort land. embracing alut even a-re and worth alnut K,tJ". The claimant al b-gin that thi land lubj.-t to entry for the reason that the government aurvey da 11 9 !. and a thi land J. In snilon .Ti, a school ection, he In sist that the -tale mu-t s.11 it to him at the regular pri-e of f l.i't r acre. Th nmllrr U i. i.,linif Is-fore the IxttM 1 sn.4 .111 1. .:,ii se.tvta.rv I Tueittv.. i - - - " wM 21LZ, nvnv auui iwtn. FAITH AND HLASOS. Oax.ru ll.i.lr. Morara ss.l U 4 p. prrrlslnl ut I s., I.r,v ItUdnullfl l if tV. , .., train who is ,M Uj j t. ,( u,.,,, ,.lrt Cn tnan. II .i..Uc . 1 .01.1, w,i', the Ci'liductt.r wlm li... l,.,r-M t tls, train, tWik the In!.. ,11,11 f,,r u.aiiv l.t tie ronrtei!, U, to ), .,, .',., ter who I.N.ki nft. r it liiu i.-.' 111 trn-it prlia. If it i a tiiius ulnie public, wear ut )iim-tniu it vuliublea with tLe eipn m. ii.raiid taU.l. ng nuJ loud of the -brave nigilleer." but thi flretunn-he w ho bemla to hi work and feeda the tire tliat make the teami. never un ntionoil. Kinrtiuie a purse ia made np fur the engineer. No one v t-r ln-ard f the fireman getting a pnr', but the record allow thut he ho rfunned aa many deeila of vulnraa the eurnvr. Again, If the train have the track or goe into another train, the Uremiw haa fewer chance to escape than any man on the train, except porhap the mail clerk, ahut np like a rat in a rc. When the fireman li at work, aud that la rn-ariy all thutimo when the wheel aro turning, he atamla atsd over, hoveling in the fuel or raking the coals In the firebox. Ilia view ahead la oln tructed, aud he caiuiot te th danger that may be daubing upon him. The rat tle and rr of the machinery mar drow n the engineer' warning rail a crash the tender pin him to tho boiler head, ami he die horrible death. Standing in the narrow- gangway peering ahead, a sudden lurch around enrre may throw liim otT. Instance have liecn known when the coupling between the engine and the tank parted, and the fireman dropped l tween them to be ground to piece. The record show that more firemen than ett ginixirs are killel lu railroaI wre-ks. About the only time the fin-mon ha a little leisure U when the train is running down grade. Then "she U shnt vtt." (team is aTed, and the knight of the hovel climb np to a cushion seat and take a breathing si-1L Hut even th n one eye U ahead, hi tin ml on the bell cord and the other cyo fastened ou the team gauge, whoso little black hand, fluctuating back and forth, gunge his labor a well aa the steam. There is a science in "feeding" an engine that Is hot nudenttood ky ono not in t'.a buxim-s. There 1 way to throw in the coal ami to empty the shovel mid che tlie fur nace door at the same time. It require nice calculation that tell how uiuiiy "cooploatls' are titxli-d to und the hand on the gango to the proper figure deft handling to keep the dei'k of tin cab clean, and a hundred other litth thine tluit so to make a skillful fire man one tlutt save money for the com pany by husbanding tho coal In the old days tho fireman on "wood bnrnera" had hard time of it and cer tainly earned tho small money he re ceived for hi services, but h had sine cure compared with the mail in Hue overall and juniper who "stoke np" one of tho hugo "niogula" or "hog" of tho pretcnt day. These engine haul freight aud eat np coal a if it were greased pujxT. The fireman Is at work continuously, and about the only time he ha to rest i when hi train "take aiding" to let moro aristocratic pasaen ger train pass. Indianapolis News. Tli Tlrbun Fifty Years Ago. The first telephono that wo ever ned was not electricul, nor was It a scientific instrument in any sense of tho term. A little moro than 50 years ago the em ployee of a large manufactory beguiled their K'inure hour by kiteflying. Kite large and small went np daily, and the strifo wo to boo who could get the lar gest. Tho twine which held them was the thread rpun and twixted by tho Iodic of tho village. One day to the tail of the largest kite waa attached a kitten sewed in canvas bag, with a netting over the month to give it air. When tho kito waa ut it greatest height 200 foet more the mewing could be distinctly heard by thoao holding the string. To the clear ness of the atmosphere waa attribubsl the hearing of the kitten' voice. Thi ia the first account we remember of speak ing along a line. Sheffield Telegraph. Hoar la Take a Turklah llalk. It ia not unusual to hear complaint that tho Turkish bath ha Induced con siderable depression, or even exhaustion, lasting lierhap several days, but the cause of thia i that proper precaution havo not been token by the bather. The bath must be adapted to the strength of the jwticnt. The bather shonld not tay too long In the hot chamber, and the bracing proce should bo applied only few second with water not very cold. Twenty minute is long enough for wort person to remain in the hot chamber, and a safu rulo is to leave at the first srmptom of faintnes or fatigue. Ex cliaugo. Gladstone's rvrorallaaa. Perorations are Mr. Gladstone' strong est point. Ho may conruse hi audience with figure, overwhelm them with word, but when the timcomc for him to round off hi speech, and when hi voice, dropping in volume, take on the mairnetic thrill that ha hehed to make it owner a power in England, then the audience mentally ria"- to meet the or ator, to the outgoing thrill come back an echoing answer of emotion, and the great master of word sits down ainid torm of pplaue. St. James Gazette. tVhvre JtailknU Are roaad. The shore of th pictniwiue basin of Minos, made famou by Longfellow a , poem "lAangeline, rurnian many une , per-iniin of th amethyst. After th ; frost of winter have broken and scaled ; the face of the bluffs, then is the most favorable time to hunt not only for th ; amethyst, but f .r other mineral, such a rhoicediMiy. agate, malachite, calotte, auolcine, ajatite. mitrulile, etc., found ( there in the debna at the f.st of th cliila. Mineral. ( bane Ter UervUsa. Adorer ur.x.cn:y-What did your father a ? Swi.it .:. ! tn. t.e ft so anjrj I waa i.'rai It 1 1 '..v n;i 1 b.-li-n. lie a In a per- tcllr t rr;-.l- r. Oo in ana ap;M Rider Haggard thinks Egypt the most inu-reetiiirf aud the leant explored couu try In th world. The wntitiK of Mr. (ilocUtoue fill twe O -two age of the llntuh museum printed catalogue. Dr. Jamea McC-i. late president of Princeton college, is now engagul in compli-ting his literary work. Jjiui-s Whitcoinb Kiley ha found br luring so remunerative that be ! LUrdly any literary work now. I Modisou Cawelu, well known as on,- , Cf th proiuUing younger Americi.u poets, la an accountant iu a biisiues I house at Louisville. J General Lotigtrect I writiiu u ls 01 war lain 111 wnu 11 he Iiiium ir r.iii.i nently tUun. It will U vutitlvd "A tsddiur Under Two Flags." Oue of the sights of the Ii.ii de 1'. ;: ligne in Taria ia the sjx-ctaclc of t!i Liik1o.Ii embassador, Ird Im.Tcrin, on hi bicycle, ui-coi:ipanied by his son und au escort of attache vf the einK-vj-y. General Wade, Hampton, of Soe.iii Carolina, upon whom fortune ha iml. .1 but charily siuco the war. ha revet, iS actpjired an iuten-at iu a Mexican silvei mine that promise rich duvelopuu nu. General Gallifet ia the moat ln'.." military enna:e iu France, lie eo ! manded a battalion of the Ycnmii;,-. army during the Commune, and it 1 said to be owing to hia energy that the insurrection waa put down. Dr. Uuuaaulns, of Chicago, ia the owner of the famous portrait of l:U 1 1 Drowning painted by MoM-hele. It was tho most satisfactory portrait ever made of the sMt, nt only to his family aud friends, but also to Mr. llrowning him self. BEHIND THE SCENES, Mine. Lehmann say that her doctor will not allow her to sing iu opera at all next season. Ann Hathaway' cottage has become tho property of the English nation. Tlie price id waa i'3,000. Ada Melrose declare that she h:;a never missed or delayed a ?rformam-e for any reason during her entire career on the stage. Arthur Walluck, ono of the sou of the late Lester Wallack, contemplate a short tour in three light comedies once lu hi father's repertory. It is said thut there are not 100 actor and actresiui worth (lUo.OHl. Joseph Jef feraon and Jisjeph Murphy are the richest actor. Lotto is the richest actress. Mary Anderson continue to enjoy i-.b-solute ease and quiet at her picturesque borne in Tmibridge Wells, England. There ha Urn a revival of the rumor that she coutemplate returning to the Mage. Sybil Johnstone, who achieved what tome considered unenviable notoriety by appearing ou the stage a the scantily draped model in tho "Clemenceatl Case," say that next year she will star in Shukespeareau drama. William I). Hincks and Benjamin Fish, executors of the estate of I'. T. li'irnnm, have filed in tho proluite court. Bridgeport, an account of the first year of their stewardship. Tho estate show a gain in value of nearly f.'oO.doO. When they assumed charge it total value, according to the inventory, waa TURF TOPICS. The fastest mile run over tho Memphis track wa 1:42,' by Ethel, during the late meeting. Hal Pointer and Direct will meet at Washington park during the North western Urcedera' meeting. Buffalo Girl, 2:121,', and Direct have been mated. Tlie foal will have an average speed Inheritance of 2&9i. A. V. Pantlind. 220, by Hamlet, wa old the other day for (160. He was speedy in hla day, but a little faint hearted. Governor Flower, of New York, ho signed the bill to make it a criminal of fense to tap tho telegraph and telephono wires, Thi is a safeguard to the city poolroom. Charley Patterson, the driver of Twist and other well known Kentucky trotters, haa liecoiue a knight of the pig skin, and will hereafter try hi fortnne with tho galloper. Conqueror, the home that trotted WO mili-a in the year 153 in 8 hours, M minute and &3 second, wa sired by a on of Imp. Bellfounder, and out of mare by the same horse. Senator Stanford, of California, ho three horse that he could prolatbly sell fur t:io0,0O0, and could dispoee of an other 1100,000 worth and scarcely m!s them off the ranch and then have 1,0U0,000 worth left. AROUND THE THRONES. The queen of Portugal Invariably sit by her husband while be doe all hi work. The oldest reigning sovereign is Chris tian IX, king of Denmark. He iev-enty-three year of age and ha reigned twenty-eight years. Queen Victoria i the next oldeat. In many princely German familie every male who is born 1 christen ed by tho horeditary name. The reault of thia peculiar custom may b Uluatrated by the fact that tu the reigning bouse of Rons the Henrys run np to Henry LXII. It may not be generally known that it waa to the Empress Eugenie that Mile. Botihenr owed aluiuat th first recogni tu of her talent, and it wa from th empres' hand that the artist received her highly pruwd decoration of th Le gion of Honor. Pnnc Ferdinand of Bulgaria is litU renowned for anything save bia boa collection of dressing guwn. lis ha a jrrfeet mania for this kind of useful garment, and luia paid aa rvu h a 1W guinea for an lubroide.'ea rob mad fur hia in Pari. Two irsvelen nisi u I Wnh imi 10.1 I lluasai a r ei " '' 1 Aad i a e nl-v i Tli'T litimit 1 ti.-i r l. I'umisoiioit tor s Tli lllU Uislilrn'k 1 1 l-n. . 1'IS.Ol, rt- H, t'sllll. Tu aj-'1'1!' nuU -' '' "" 11 eouulil all knoslni.r in, 1,1 11, m st.rl.l. Ami rkrrr worlil a-t, ,r a. All n. slier and all -I t 1,1 .. Hut brrs s"til it 11. It anjr Usn tm in,.-. I ln-i,i inairn. HU Irlrerotxi i-sil,l I tl It, rut; Hut ablle beuiil IimiiuI tl.r ti Mi fuunil tl, liixl I- b 11, 1 li via. II snuhl for truth aiar. u AU blUtUa Ihlnai nMl,i.k-: nhonlr miuhl It sm:,iiv im-. And fuuml It lu In r In , . Has s- "TM earth's a ivon,- lull." Auil siidittll M-it-IH r,,o it. Us but dlsrotrnil llial II tn.iir. eb fuuiul lb Blruik ili.ti ii,tf It. H reads wllb vtiliti' r Tu m-ord of Ik s I'nfnltlliig strata, h Itsii.Uire Earth'a wundrr ereii-n -x. Ilduraruitit a iu 'tiism Isise And nirssure s ;i N a i-i:.iutm-l; Site lntlt nllb a mule Uiuml And iands upun lh unmiil. II briny to Unlit th i r I force In nature's lali)rtmti liukiiig And bind It to hiseiiwsnl tar To do bis uillil)r aiirkiiiK It trud bis us-ssssT o'i r lh earth And diiw aber sea ir-nis gluten; Bli arbdrtb bars to l.nl hiitist it, M bo beliU his ear In llslru. All Ihliitr lii i-U-in 1. u-aut)r,art. In roniiiuin the Itilii-nt; Bui b liaonl- ilastl t'i fnnn, bll sb baa t la-d I be I'lrlt. It trie from rarlh In foru a k 1 Tu fiJ tb Ifsl uf b,-s 'rlll Tbal kry Is In Hie mahleu'a bean. And Isu-k lla U'ltsan- itrltrn. Ther rt! 11 1. out In r all la il.irk. His knim leilk-e tain ainl bnhiiw. Fur r'aith hsarnirml l.i sltbiitsl. Wbers llrawitl may k, fnllns-. -Ellubrtb Yurk t ss In Home ami I uunlrr. The r'lr.t Ainerlrsn Itliile. In 1G&1 the first llible printed in Amer ica wa publish, d iu Cambridge. It waa unlawful to print au English version of th Scripture, that right U-ing a mo nopoly enjoyed by privilege and patent in England. The one printed in Massa chusetts wa Eliot' famou "Indian lli ble," aud although 1..100 copie were truck off they are quite rare, and "scaled links," a tho tongue iu which they are written is literally a "dead lan guage," tho trilsj and ull who had a knowledgoof tho dialect Ix-iiig long ex tinct. Eliot's work i unique, U-ing at once a monument to hi piety. -recveranc and learning. It literary suc-essor was New man' "Concordance of the hVripttirea.' This wa conipil.il by the light of pi no knots in a log cabin iu one of tho frontier ettlemeiit of Massachusetts. It wo the first of its kind, ami for moro than n century wn admitted to 1st th most perfect, holding it phtco in public es teem until sup rmled by Cruden's. which it suggested. rilllltilclplli.l StCconL Meanlu of the Word "HUher." Tlie legid meaning of tho word "either" baa been gravely argued in an English court of record. A certain testator had left property, the diiqsisitioii of which waa affected by tho "death of either" of two person, (lite lawyer insist.il that "either" meant lith, and in support of hia view he quoted Itichitrdson, Wch ter, Chaucer, Drydcn. Sonthey, th toryof the crucifixion ami a posago from Uevulotiou. The judge auggealcd that there wa a song iu "Tim tteggnr's Opera" which tiik anoilier view, "How happy I could lie with cither, were t'other dear charmer away." In pronouncing judgment the court ruled thut "either" meant one of two. and did not mean both. He said thnt it might have that meaning occasionally in poetry, bnt never in an English court of ro nL Exchange. Aa l aesplorabl Frenrb I'll. The wonderful pit of ( "reus do Kmcl in France ia situated in a sln-et of recent basalt on the south side of the Pity d Moutchal. Tlie opening is HJ feet lu di ameter and 84 foot deep, but at that depth a hole about 10 f.ct ido commu nicate with a hollow 70 f.et deep, at the bottom of which I a stagnant pool overladen with carbonic acid, which for bid acoea to the water surface. The interior i vast hollow, apparently formed in the luualt when semifluid, by an explosion of volcanic go. The tem perature fall from 54 degree Fahren heit in th open air to 31 degree war the water. Pittsburg Dispatch. Odd Kehoea. In a cave in th Pantheon, the guide, by striking the flap of hi coat, make a Dois equal to that prodnci-d by firing a 12-pound cannon, in the cave of Suni lin, near Vlborg, Finland, a stone thrown down a certain abyss make a reverla r ating echo which sounds like th dying Wail of some wild animal. Exchange. Sssu((lln( Huabroonis hjr MalL An odd kind of smuggling is the send ing of mushroom by mail from Italy. They are of peculiar kind, dried and are much relished by native of that 'oountry In tho Unitnl ritt. They J come in small bags and are easily distin ' g-oished by snu-ll. Cor. Bjlon Tran cript j Th soil of the state of Colorado In th irrigable part i largely of disintegrated rock which ia perfect powder, highly uaceptible to any vegetation it come In contact with when heat and moisture are sufficient to insure the a I portion of fertilizer. I Shellfish sometlm) cause an itching kin eruption. Nausea, vomiting and giddineaa are sometime the indications that they disagree with those who par take 4 them. Burton, w le-u out of spirits, would go to the Thaui.-. sit on the ate) leading to the water and find pleasure iu listening to the stories of the bargemen. Kite rise agtinst, not with, the wind. No man ever worked In pissae ny- In re in a dead raim. John Ni-ml. It h raid the city of Pittsburg now tandaon ground once given in xchang for a vlol. Th " taliMsl' llM," "I ajs nt tiie t"nriil;na I. oil l.iva In tlii' Ccveliiics liiontit.Uin." Ml I Artit Grant htewart of leitid hi . 1 1'ie :- mil rti tt-.. t, rl.iv. '! w.u s'.i t. lo.i tlie . .nil,.: and oil New Year's eve I . .11 i.i i,s In a; tetel tho 'illliui ll.' i , i Tn, 1 Inir Jv ! , is a miserably pa,r. l.'.ile li, In u coven-l de, slowly crumbliiii; to -a. The I eld N U in the stu J le U ci, I cl i.id , jiive forth h tmiiatiir.il i'un,. !1 ever, oil New Year eve the iiiotnit ini- . ts-ra, all dressed In llu-lr l.olnl.iy attire, $ it In r at the little cl.nr. It. ninl, ea, li cno holding a lighted t.r,'.;,- in th, ir land', chant an old Ce,uo lijmii to the ctTivt that nls-ht in more hcnuttltil ' than mortiing. Then 11,11m the cele bration of the inns. There ia iioll.it,; Unusual about that, but . lieu lie.' 'lie laisKi ef i pronounced the ptnt uin: t lises the hot and t h.ilit the 'iU ,'u.li cat' and proceed to t!ie il, r. folloul I y the nitirii coiicregatioii. "Meanwhile all the eie:i. 11 -ws. sbii i ' and goat in the prih ha-, s Ks-n driven lefore the ojm n j.rilro cf t'i- chtindi. As the prii-st ap-ar the drivsra and sliepherl fall on their kue and an nlt.ir boy gi In among the cattle, sprinkling them alt with holy water. Liiitnl by j the c-Tvmouy, the auiiuals have all rui 11 I to their fii t. and tho venerable cttn ' t lease them. The luas ia elided ill a 1 I . nd hoaauua. in which every voic including the KJlowingof the auunals U blend.il. and on New Year'a morning ! tho 1 1 1 1 1st aro 11a quiet and i-aci fiil aa though the animals l.axl never lull I leaM-d." St. Loui (tlolsvDi'infK-rat A New derma I'letd bus, The new German field gun might lie lb-scribed aa au enlarged ride, for that ia What it really Is. The ammunition, like riU.i cartridgna, coiisiata of on pi.ee only. Ignition i produced by a ready fuse, and tho four kinds i f projcctll. a nt present in tie L ., shell, explosive shell, shrapnel and grapeshot - give place to a uniform prejcclile, au explosive shell possessing the combined charact. r-lstt-a of ahull and shrapnel. Thus the Ujvssiliillty of a gunner mistaking in the neat of battle one projectile for another will lw avert.il, while the loading, aim ing and firing liesidca Ix-lng quicker for the new arm ia loaded and fired lu one third of the time required in working the old gun, and the etT,vt and ,re. Imoii aro alm.Nit double will I surer aud un atteml.it wit danger. The barrel of the new gun ia made of cost steel, with a talilsT of H cebtiiiu-t'-rs, and the total weight of the guu, limls-r and carriage la slightly leaatlum that of the old artillery weapon. I loin if light-r, the mobility of tho new gun will of course he considerably increased. The llmls rund guu carriage are made of iron aud Iron plate. The ItmW box la prn Isihlnd ner the run when hi action. Hie advantage of this innovation In tint the projertilea can Is? served out from the limls-r and ammiinition wagon with greater rapidity. Another iinHrtant feature is that tUecr.rringe iasnppli.il with a brake, which counteract the re coil, the p ns css of loading and firing be ing thua simplified. London Court Jour i.al. Wh.n C'htMMlii a Ulf. If I wero asked by n young man or a young woman bow to l giild.il in t'10 choice of a life mute, I should, in the ex-i-rciao of a judgment baaed on wldo mid studious olsu-rvation, say: Choiwio that (ersnn who, after a reasonable period of association, proves to he mint compan ionable. This broad law comprehends nearly all others that can b suggiMted. It were infinitely ls-tter to 1st single through life than marry on who would cot answer to thi condition. 8jnkiug s jiuewliat narrowly and solflshly, con tentment I the mot that can be got out of life, and when a oontcnt.il couplo 1 found it will also Isj dlsroveml that they exliibit manifestly opjM-Mito charaoteris tica of b-mpenunent. habit, taut and physique. It 1 ujain this fixed foundation that happy afilnitiii are formniL It 1 au im portant dictrin in medical jurlapru dem that "like cure like" which I only another way for saying that Ilka kill like and it I equally true in the social realm thai companionship I not felt between young men and young women who are climcly similar In gen eral appearance or dispoaitlon. On tho contrary, it arises and b-nds to happy union between Taoua who are often widely iliiediiillar.J. L. Payne in La dicf Home Journal. I'.ln the Hand la snails. Tlie native of Erroob and some of thu Cape Yorkiars of Australia have words for "one," "two" aud "three." Inil for "four" they any "the whole." In west ern Australia they have words for "one," "two," "three" and "four," while the word for "five" mean "the finger being on one hand." and "ten" "being on two hand." fine author give a word for "fifteen" "melir-in-lx-lll-bulll-gndgir-jura Imii t'a," tho exact meaning of which U "the finger on the hand on either aide and half the feet." Tho Lower Murray na tiou have word for "one" and "two" onlyj for "five" they any "on hand; fur "ten" two hands." Very few Aus tralian tribe can count beyond "four," tVir term for "five" merely Implying a large number. Chicago Mail. OeU(saal Shafts. Speaking of broken abaft. corre spondent susrgeat that shaft might Is) made octagonal and bexagousd ins tea I A nnnd, onteid of Isssrtnga, and a 1 uints-r of sleeA-e in half si.tton could lecarri.il to be applied to orvvr any Ip-ak and rUA together, which would make a strong joint. The Id.-a a. -ems f mi m 1-d upon solid sense. Marin Jour .al. Trenbl la lb I'lay. "What's the matter'" asked the itago .lamtgi-r. who 11, .ti, e l that something going wng towar I the end of Hamlet." "It'stlie I. rat era 'e digi r." said Hra-.-. "H.-iiij mil.- y.,u v.iv him tue f a issl .il iitome he' going , ..t tin- ,,f i-f I n .el tLt y 're using fur . re sl.iill." Uxchabge. HTMO... THAT LETTER. Tlie Iles.1 of lb I'amllt Th.eiwM I. Itoll Ju.l the tlilug. Kiine 1"' 1 ! ri iidily forget that they wer ever ,'iing. and never recognize the f.u t tli .t linlory ia apt to rvptut it ulf in t i.bial humanity aa wU ai In i,!- -. Tlie pu.-.i'a rt.l gaing with frown ing bro'.v :.! their dniighter, while she waa treml'ltrig ami wnping. Their fruHii il,i ne.l us tlie mother wiped her gl:iss- pre j ar.it 01 y ! realiv a letter found in the girl' - let. ll Is gau: "Angel of my exiatetii-e" "Wlutl!" criisl the old man, "you dont uieaii to say it ls:iu like that? Oh. that a child f iiiinu slbnild corn ssud with Hut pray pris-nsl, my dear." " 'Uaistctiee' spllcd with an 'u' tiai," ddul the mother. "Why, the lunatic can't spell," sai l the old man. It U in,,....i1.1.. r..e I.. ,l,.nU tho jo wl, w,,,t.u yilUr ,,riw.m.B u.u 1 qijih )iu, " j ..Then' whv d,-a be att. mi.t it. I'm why d'i-s be al tempt donkeT? Hut pray tl, n't let m.t inter- rupt you. Go oil, go 011; let joy lai Ull- coufln.il. "I have spent the whole ulght lu thinking of you" "That's picturesque, unjliow." "und iu bitterly d-Tiding the obsU nate, dlsagnvablo old buffer, who will not consent to our union. " "Great Soottl Si I'm olntiuulo, dis agreeable and au old buli'cr, eh' OU, let me get at himr "But. ThcoJurui, my dear," litter rupt.il thu old Luly. "Yin, yea oue uiomeut. I wa abuut to olaterve that thu hand that could pen such word would lad hmitale to poison the m.st cherished relative." "Tluislorus, I didn't a. e thia uvur th loaf." "Eh? lat 111.1 Hum" "Yours, with ull the love of my heart, "loth May. I win. TiiKoisnu ," "Why, bles my ty.s, it's oue.sf my letter." (Sensation.) "Ys, pa," exid.iiu.il thu olive braucii; "I found It yesttirday tmly you wouldn't let mn ssuk." "You may go into thu garden, dear. Hem! we've Hindu u nice inemof ll," Loudon Tit-lilt. "Nh Murkl So lira ABexsil" One night lu the commercial riMew of hotel in one of our large towns sunt traveler were talking over th slat of trade when one young man begun to boast of the large order he had Issiked. An old Scotchman Interrupted hhn, aaying: "Na, na, mon; yon'redin naethin if tho kind." The young man very angrily ruUsrtest, "I'm a liar thenr Tlie old Scotchman replied. "Vfmtl, that' nan mucklo to brag alssd." The room waa ronvnled with laugh tor. Spare Momenta. What II Waa, A gentleman found himself on even, ing in delightful tete-a-tete with a fair graduate of a well known finishing child for young ladi. Sh showed him tho curriculum 0 the liurtitntion, and ha, ftr simulating a profouud Lu tereet in tin matter atej knowlnlg of the subjects, Is llig iu reality awnl by the evidence of her Urge mental atatar. ask.il her rather hesitatingly, with ref erence to the various course of stndy, in what she had Krndiiat.il. "Oh," aha aaid sweetly, "I graduated in whit Uw-t." Cincinnati Timi-Htar. Call) aa Sailor. "My watch hal dropped to th tart of the sea. We were off th coast of Greenland. I dived, picket! np tny watch, bnt the iro had closed again overhead, and there waa no getting through. To swim around wonld hav been too long. I shunted with the voir of a Stenbir, 'Throw me a sawf They threw me down one; I lgan to saw th Ice, but the sawdust got in my eye." Aureli.-n Scholl. I'arallla BranploM. "Judging from the tinea and general appearance of that couple that haa jnat got aboard. It's a case of bride ami bride grismi. They aro starting on a wedding tonr." "That may 1, bnt tbey'vo both been maxrie.1 before." "How do you knew!" "Can't you see she' carry ing all th bundle!" Chicago Tribunu. Mete l:loqose. "Madam, the young lady to whom you introduced me hasn't a word to aay." "But ah ha a hundred thousand mark in her own right!" "AM certainly that (peak vulumer Bunte Allerlei. bopping W rreajr. Tm goin? r!.,nfn t.. n to 'hop :t bill. Ia there anul.in.: I .a .-. f r ) "Yea. ll in? '' 1 01 1 ,.,vr and VoU'll bud I . I 1 - I . I . .. ' taea Mint im-1i.I it f I .,- "Whet skill I I " "Oil, anj .l ing." ill. ; e, a Vr.Jt. 7$. , : I. McUrideUabletoatUndaUsardmeei-ituin. N?w York Weakly. Ing. 0