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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1893)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. EUOBNE CITY, OREOOK. lUtltral t.aIUb fashion l' Urn. Th recent refusal to n tl u with the customary prompt riithiislaam era! of th most radical chang- la th regime that hv U-eti tudi of late yearn by London well La had decidedly dlscolutiling enVs t upon our English Couaina. 1 heir confidence of leaderhi haa received naturally a trvrre ah, k In consequence. Frin all account th London awrll Uiob ia istMing through rnl of xpeniueiita.liiu, Aa a result IncU fasL.'ons abroad Lave Hut been to Unsettled III fifty year. Th heavy tweil continue groping iiulesly after the elusive innovation. For their independence at tdu time, therefore. Amen, ana hav cause for arlf congratulation the wore particularly o on account of th very divergent character of om of the foreign uJira stssculatioha. Advanced copi.-a of the recent Loudon fad lii coata and b.p coat, had they l--n tried auddenly ou the New York public, would have t reat ed aluxot a riot 10 Him streets. Tim Ehg l.h swell, to It known, 1 an dre him eif Dp aa ln fain y dictate ami tin y.s.manry make no outcry. Now tlint w have thrown off tho iiacklc of rlavi-h emulation and blithe ly accept or reject what we want, or what di Ind to the sens of the utiles of thing, tliv English fashion trainer will com dowu from his oracu lar eminence ami Hi the future pss witli ameliorated despotism In tlia light of if ti philosopher aii'l friend. I am aware that the Mitiinents alssve set forth wotiJil have ln regarded a few year ago as rank heresy, but they Veri fy th aphorism of lln-r lUhhit that "the worM Jo tuove." Clothier ami Furnisher. Aa Ingaalaus I'rlaunar. It is seldom that a convict turn th huiirsof hu cnfoiccd confinement to mich g.ssl purjs.se a au minute of a Maryland prison. Ilia term of imprisonment i thirteen year, on conviction of horse stealing, of which he tiiainta hu waa In- nocvtiL Uy workifiif ovi-rtnuu ha hn MUiinl nu ll turn of money a to cuahla hitu to iuri'haw liooka, of which hia c-ll roiiUina over A nlmrt tune ain, when rhvtrio hxht win with U'1114 plixval 111 the prison, ha Ix-cami) inter rtrl In eltvtricity aid lni(ht anini (tuiulanl worka on the aulija-ct. Tin) re sult waa the ronxtructicni of hitlf a ilui' ii dilTiTi'iit electrical appliance, IiicIiuIiiik a burglar alarm, which he hna junt com ph'tml for the litHlrooiu of the witnlcii 0 the on n. Another rult of his Imlu-try U a lock which la ao airanK'l tlutl liitmiiicriiiK on It ilrivm the lx.lt ilf. r Into tlu-ir f.ot telling. He rihilutcl a iinxli l of tin lix'k to the warden, who waa o tilcaMil with it that it waa at once aUtM fur UN) in the irin. ('aitiliK fur the luck were inu.li) In the prixm fuini.lrv, a httl waa wt up in the priMHirr'a cell ami he waa relieved of nil other tiu-ka ao that hla rutire time couhl lie ilcvutcl to the 1111111- tifacttire of hi h k, with which In hurt time all the tloriuituriea of the Jiriwin will le jiroViihM. K( Ihuik". AgaliiBl lit luaurawr f iMinjr. A merchuiit vtho wna a iiii-mU'r of mutual Mciili'tit liniiriiiice lutMKiutioii wa kilhsl, while huutiii for r.i n iitum. fmin ail ai'ciilciiUil ll"U Tim aKxocia tmn iruvilel for the myiiicnt of mini raiiKinK from f.tl to f .00, uci-onlin to th oc'ii.ttlon of the iiieniU r. .Mer I'lmuta' o-rtiUcatc call for fi.lNNi, hut the iHuimny paid tho lM-nelici,irie the man in iiintion only I-Vki, on the trvnglh of a provinloii thnt any nieinU r riM iviiiK an injury whllo ciih teiu ixirartly In aiiolhcr ta'cutHitioii more haiiinhiiia tliuii th one K'veii in hi or titlcatc, he hall he ciitit1el only to mien ntu aa provile for in the o Miiion in In which ha la riit''d at tho time of Injury. The Illinota iiiprvmu court hclil that the tx'iielh'Urlee were ctiiltlel to the whole $.1,tR), aa th word "iD'cuiiutiou In tho bylaw hit reference to trade, v raliou or profition, and thw imt pn- elude, tueuilM'r from the jcrf.niiniu 0 of acta which are nimply incident con liected with the dully life of men in all puniiita. fit, Ijotit 01oIh Ifc'iuorral. Auwal kir lh llmhf. Mr. Wahlnue anrpriwd hi baby Sun day night, lie didn't intend to mirpnx it; lie intended to aiiniwv Me hail Ikn ii to clmn h, and ou reaching home drew hi revolver f nun Ilia lnicket to put It away, lluby reached for the weaiMiiu If baby wanted it, tuthy miint have It, mt luiim took out the cartridge -every on of them and then Uthow baby Imw to oierte the t' y, he pullixl the trigger. That waa where the baby waa urpriited! It would uriiriwe any lutby to ae it uipa ahoot the ctmk tove on a quiet htiuday night with an unloaded revolver, when the cook tve waa uuietly purmi lug ita vocattuii und digesting hard wo.nl at the rate of au armful an hour. llyrtlo I'oiut Went (rek'ouiau II U Hut. 8oiue wretch, who evidently delight to ee inalikllnl weltering in -riira-U011, playel a r.uh'ally practical joke on about two hundred pa-iiger who were In the waiting room of the Stateu UUud ferry. Vr xnue reiuoti, the arrival of the long rlpected Ui.it waa di lai-l. the rvwd waa therefore large, an I aatiie bight waa HitetiM-ly warm, tlia tui. phere in that cl'Kw rm iu waa not only rliervatllig. but dl.itreMing. The Weather WainiiauiilioUiily Voted to Im the warm eat of the aeaMin hot enough to parloil Hottentot. It Waa tllell dl.oVer-l that the Turki c Iwtli tetuprratura )ial bra-n raui-l by a prai tical J 'krr, w iio hail nrifeelmgly turneil on the team beat. Yankee llale. Th ratal It Ik Inw Mh. J. T. t'huat", , howl u th muminga entabl Minity taken from tit ground by hi father wb.i d.-i.p:ii 1'itat'ie on hi place. It wu a Leel lr from a I.v' !-.(, ti.roo.-n to-ii tT hole of which hl irwn a ;jUUi. The ir on wa nearly In tlie i-i.r. ai t on w h aide wa a growth to-ariy U.'.' enou.h to hide the Inn, which f tul luctallio collar around th c-ou-r of It. Tw isn TUm who belter that or of t). 19 l4 triN of Israel wttled in li'.an 1 Uy txtsM on tli fart that "ahamrakn" la th Arabia word for trefoil, wbn h, uadtr tl bam of aluuuruck, tut ls-n mad th aational bloota of IreUuJ. I'LUar MOW THE ESKIMOS UVE. Th.j Arm I vlllli. Tkr Cm .! fulnU t Mmtf Clvllla. A very pleant and oj nhearte.1 - til ar then t 'ape York )lutu. I1 would eipe. t to find thein gloomy an I nnhappy, like the b y fwUirwi of their natlv tireeiiland. I neir frame of mind on th contrary, I very different. When they first atghted tu Kite from their bllUlde tent they gi.ve her a Joyou icreetina. "Kyino! Kymor or auuie thing n-Memhlina that word, they hoiit-l in heart r tune. They teemed Ui bav no fear that th viait of trangera boded lo.Mii ill. All the time alxwr I the ahipthey were lulling and laughing. Th- ttet.pl have never h.t l any Chriatian Ua huigm, and altiKxt the only w hit men they ever 1 are the whaler. let they ar crnpuloiiiily honest. In trailing with them member (,f the eiie.litiun paod around among them needh-, knive and many artnh- aa preiou to thetn aa diauioiiila to an American. Everything wa returned. All the men aUiard the ahip who had been whaling declared that no Yak hail ever la-en known to take anything that waa not In. The whole forty-eight people (Wanned over the l for two Java and not a aingle article waa iniKw-'L It waa Very different In the Ianl aettleinerit There everything wa tied up or Mowed Udow aa noil aa any - knuo came alioard. There wa only una thing that could have been coutruel into theft at Cap York. A Yak walked into the cook galley ami graldwd a pie. of bacon from the pan and devoured it. In their ftettlement, however, the food ap-ared to be common property rule which may prevail during prpcnty. It waa noticed that they brought aboard bird and blnbiM'r for titetiance while tin remallMil 011 the fthlp, but It did no III to be the hi lilMvn property of any one. lioever waa hungry helped I1I111 elf. Looking at thew Kkiiiio, who are en tirely Ix yond the influence of civilua tlou, who live, aa one might aay, "ou their own hook," one I tempted to ak w hether the Iamh mleta uch beue- Ih-eiit thing for the (ireenlaudeni far ther aouth. There doe not i-eiu to I ao much happthea in the hitter iiuarter, The only advantage n'ol by the Dauixh lUkiino ia that he hit a bell market for hia good. A few hundred year of civilisation have not done much elae for lilin, eteept to give lit tit a lilieral train of Kuroiieaii )! hI. What thee Cat York hkiino ne.-l in material way I wl, and er liai gunaainl rxiwiler. t iviiization can do little elet for them. No aign of a rebellion could be wen, hut thev evi deiitly have tradition, iix'ri.titioiw, and u-ihatMia noil, for all their affair are Well reglllatiil. In the llioh of forty-eight people, all bargaining, there wa uo inntaiice of an kuuo coveting any urticle a-urel by one of hi fellow, nor waa there inglo ilinputea to pioperty. Ou nooo casion, aa far aa wen, did any lknno loee hi or ln-r telnp.-r. The hiiHUiud and wife eeiiied to have wparate proH-rty. Ail wa not owned by the man. Sum-time a wif went aahore to Ket fi-h article of trade be longing to her husband, but 011 Icr ri turn xlio would never part with them however tempting an offer wa made until he coiisiiltetl bun. l. rowii. eiwious, however, lUi ll It Imiiih tlei-'llin, thimbles, necklaces, etc., nhe Kold With out conulMiig him. The bargaining of the children for their toy wa hot inter fered with ill the leivt by the old s-o,le. The couple aru verv fond uf each other ami Hie tremeudoiislv proud of their children Hoc ton Her.tid. Iwiirotenienl la lallivr. A early n In.'II an Knglisli tanner 'ohreived the lde of forcing the tall Inpior into the bide by hdr.-talic n-saiire. !y tin met ho. 1 he greatly emened the tune of taiinuig; and, aa he Umsl a Inline 011 which the hide hint til 1st tacked Is fu,e Is-ing put Into the whisd, and a the hides had to ls cut to (It thi-se f rallies, thus causing consider able waste and damage, the pns'ena wa abaudoiitsl. It I hardly to I si ilouhte.l, however, that with tliMpiritof pu-li ami enter .rise now m inifi-sted by tlumi eiigagel in the miinuf.icture of leather the future will wo wonderful Improvements In tin important Industry, and that ience and elivtnrity will make it KMible to convert Indi inUi leather in aa maiiv hour a it now take dava. If tin In done at all the lns consuming publio IhssI have no fear that it will Is accomplished at the expense of the ex cellency of the material which g.s into It f.s. twe.tr. While tanners thi'iuselve can rejoice In the tact that they, Is ing able to turn their money several time a year, can make Is.th Is-tter and cheap at her than ever bef.we. New Y'ork Advertiser. Carrying IIcmnI iew. During the liege of Yicksburg an tin portant artillery position had Iss n a igin-il to a battery coiumauiletl by M.t- ir Nhwartz, a (iermaii attaclnsl to iem ral t iiant'i command. Ijito in th day while (ir.tnt wa in hi tent revel v lug dispatchea from the front a treriuan orderly made hi uppenrauce earnestly iiiiiiinng for ".luin ral tiraut." Afti r much jiarh')' hi hearers, ls'inrf convinced that hi busllie w ith the general waa iuits'rtant. aduuttl bun to the latter tent, where be made the uiinouiuemcnt. S hwarti' battery I took!" "Well." aid the geiieral calmlv, "did Vou spike the ifuns.-" What:-"hn kwl the little erman, "ipik deiu guns:' !, m new (filUs? V, Itwoiill achpile cm" "Wt.l. w hat did )oii il..;- ' widtirant iuittu iit- y. "Yy. we toik Vm pack aB.iiu. by Umr-l.ife. MrMsej la lbs Hast lt,. I'as. of Inialiliesa atv hot liuinerji; among the emit ..Is. A surprising one i the mil. sent d..ve, w l.l. h -lnetuu hid.- un.b r b r wing f.-l f..r which he lias no lnd simplv to deprive her uijiii..ns. The wt.se 1. f pr j-rty is uuuiifi-si.d 111 tl.ei 1 ijs t.'...ii f r 1 ric-, aa in the tnigi;!e (or the female tar f. r f.ssl, rank. Urr.lory ,r Iks'. The dg lititigiiia. the property of l.isuia.tr aiid evru dls rill.ll.ate Islwet n id J.vt Uloi.g'.ng to ,h:T. rent uuiiiU n of th aaiiMi family.-fiirretit Literature. tnalkfal ssleiBslM. Tli Father i"rrowfui'y Tour ab- fpu. .n in ial gatrty p-ie. me. At vour age u h a hfu lial no faat Uiatk4il f. r in". Tli Sn icondish-enduigly) At tuy age ton prolstt.ly U ked the fawinaUoo whsV'. I m'" nt froinjny m.U-r a U eW family.-IltUt Vri UuUeUn. POLITICAL r.lLSITK5k THE "STRIKER," AND THE THE "WHEELER" "HEELER." trrlll9 imii Tkal Maxttl lslsaa I H( f ill I aslrtaa MsllMll I'tsrallarllle ml tmh Vart If Ahs Taa Is Ik Vstsr. The vis at.ulary of tsilitx-ian u not freijuently enrii he l.y ajflitiotia of any Verv striking aort, f r the reason, very prolutldy, t hat ha al U-a lent are inq h tore likely to ijuote the n pressure, phraseology of other than to originate any of their t.wn. H- when in giving hi testimony at one of the kssslle trials. Alderman M.chvd Iti.?y. known prior to that a "the mayor of II trb-in," oed the term "a combine with the accent on the coin to dewritss rorrtipt alli ance ta-tween public ofllrlal having leg islate powers, he added something to the sliti(-laiia' v.-hulary and the term ha elidurel. In freri'ient Use, tunce. There are, however, aome nonna of de scription which all local politician un derstand, even if no one ele ibwa. Hera are a few: A "itrtker" U a full fledge.) or would ls eb tor who weka aoine s-euniitry re turn a the condition of giving hia mp port to a candidate or arty. The basut of hia demand i that if hi term are refused he will work for the other aide. finally the "strike" Is sugar coated. under guise of ball, picnic or hcuii..ii ticket offered for ale Just l fore t ie tlon, or of the ineiuU-rship of a targ company or a social club, or a subscrip tion for an alleged destitute person, or a chance at a ralHe. The distinctive m cuharity of the striker is that he ia with out tsiwer or infliiem-e. He deceive only the weak kneed or nniintiate.l. .Striker. Iiku wolves, usually go iu tir never alone. A "wheeler la, in lsilitician tiar- laiice, an elector whoso ideiitiflcatiou with a tutrty i dun to iM-tiniary reason and wholly disconnected with any pnn ciple. The "wheeler" I a grade alsive the "striker," beraii'H he haa usnallr some influence, and tlnste who uty him Ket, tln-refore, some return, whereas in the case of th "striker" they are, to Use a Itowery phrase, "flat buiik.-I. The wln-vler it's- not remain on the aaiee ide of the political house two year in lucceesioii, I t through close identitlca tlon with It he might come to be regard ed it a regular nn inls-r, ami thu out of reckoning a a purchasable agent. A "rsiter i a follower of a arty or candidate on lsMialf of whom or w inch In loyalty and enthusiasm i shown whenever reiuire. He give and can give no reason for hi supsrt other than the fact that he I with hi cham pion "through thick and thin." He holds usually some small place and thi n1 ia no discount iim his effiiivedvotion, Itell ling, aa it lbs- lit tllll.-s, to deed of violence and even to those uf a crim inal character. The "risiter" ibs-s what he I told and ib- it with great energy and In a loud tone of voice. Tllic "hi:i:u:hV' rumiii lit MM.sa. A "cnps-r" in the Held of politic I the snlxldizcd eulogist of a lis'iil statesman ho i rich iu mean but spare in fame. The chief duty of the "cap-r" is to re tail ill touching accent and ill forcible and picturiwpie langti ig tiie kindly and hcuclicfht action of hi chief. He gets for tin a regular weekly salary, and his ordinary formula in a crowded barr.s.m or on a street corner i almut this: "Y'uii all think that Die old man is mean, mall, sclli-li ami onlv Itsjkiug out for himsi'lf. Y'oii never made a bigger mis take in your life. Why, in my presence, only this morning, 1 saw hint distribute $.100 among a score of pis.r persons, ask ing only of each of them one thing, that they would never mention it to 11 living olll. I lilpts.se he will be dead sore nt me if he hear that I have told this, but I've got to stand up for what i Ju-t and right, even if it i my rum." ,V 'insider" i the follower and attend ant of some Is is or SIllx-llleft.lHl whom he accoiiiauie on all iiiismoii or eicur- ion of peril or Importance. Ho i not cuthiisina'.lu like the "r. voter" and ha none of the intelliH'tual accomplishments of the "capper," but he i invariably 011 hand when needed for a convention, a primary or an outing, ami 110 instance ia known of a "heeler" enjoying anything but the most robust health mi election day, even though 011 other occasions his luflrmitif should 1 as many and a roiupli'i 11 other of the average of hu manity. In tlia old day of repeating and ballot ti shifting, Is-fore a registry law waa enacted, the prime duty of the Insider" W as to Vote early and often. AIUIVK Tllt.4 ALU T1IK VUTI It A "h.s.ker" I a constitutionally impe- ctinloii iersoii, who Is lirv.s that tiie living which the world owist him, and which the world withhold, can and should le secured ill the troubled Held of sditic. He regard, then-fore, every candidate, leadsr, ward Worker and mu nicipal statesman aa hia debtor, ami l.wc uo opportunity to enforce small loan ranging in amount from a dime to a dol lar. He use no threats like the "striker," and make no promise like the "wheel er," but regard himself aa a privilege J character and the candidate aa hi ap propriate prey. It not Infnspieutly hap pena that one of the result of th "honker's" iTistetu" I hi failure to reg1ter, the coitvpn-nce of which ueg Icvt la that hen unable to vote, aud thu 11 the financial aid and comfort given ulm 1 entirely thrown away. The list of personage indigenous, a II Were, to the held of l.ssl litlc might I still further eitcuded, but wnen tiie "striker," the "w h.s-ler." the rooter," the "capper," the "heeler" and the "his.ker" have Iwn told alstut, tne ubjvt in it plainer ssvt haa Is-, n very uearly nhautisl. For alsive all tht e I the one man w luxe iiirlnencvonl wetgh all the others the Voter who. and who only. d. tenuu..- r!.vt;..n. ap- JTOVi or reject UloVellli nt and !lCle, indorse or rebuke th aa-tion of the public rvanta, and maintains intact and entire the system .f rerirs-n-ntative. txr u.ar vemuieiit. w hu h the other named w..i id t'.reai. n if thev h.l ti ' p wer toa-il it New York WorM. Jolly leaaa I lrihaal' Tusk. How many people hate ever eaten e'Jy made from . I. i.ii.tn!' tusks? r' U very g-ssl, in.bsst. In the English aclorica win re man t n I iv. rvL are , M n ii u. suiiusiii i.i uiasa iisii'ii. t.-i . kuivist ana lots-, great ii'iautnic ii i - I . L . . T. I . . - , . or. imi are ooiauttsi. nin unn is , . , . fiiakfsti th fimit tuirvt an.I m 't tin- tncvoo. animal j. ily known. Year, a, y jelly a very f-hionabl. muedy and mu. h ooiht ater. Wash- 1 liitrton Star I MiU TARV TRAIMNO FOR ATHLETES. Advaalage ml sIbIIm aast lUMctoUM la Mass-alar Itotslu!. American take a pecial inU-rtsat in athletic and all f irm of ouulr ner eis. In tin they jartak of a haUl U tin sit of the norihern raiv. Th En yhshtnan Indulge In rude sport In th Held, and iu hi hiri ng will travel a far a India to have a brush with th tiger or lion in Ina native jungle, la f terms ny .xie!ie prevail everywhere for the purpne of physical training, aud the (ii rman I f ind of dashing into the forest ti hunt the wil l borr. Th fa font) diversion of the Americana in th West lias Ueu the h'llitllig of th buffalo and gruzly ts-ar. Th ricitetnent of mil sjsiit amply compensate for their danger. "It d .t i imre stir th blood to rouse a lion than to start a hare." The case 1 v. ry dirtVretit in lu.t souiln rn coiiiitri. s. In southern Eurojsi the sports consist principally in hunting small game, involving no very great physical ei.-rcise. The favorite amuse ment is billiards or cards, w hich can la) played within d..r without riertlon of eie.ure to thn element. American being among the lii't prominent people in pursuit of athletic and coiispicuou In tlu-ir disposition to indulge in manly sports.it i always an interesting ques tion a to what training It i best to pur sue in that direction. For youngster the his.p, the t..p, marble ami tag an swer every purjs.se. While young men are in college f.sithail an.) baseball fur nish ample mean of physical eiercise. At West I'oiut and Annapolis military and naval drills, swimming and occa sional otitdisir game insure the perfec tion of physical training, and wnd the graduate of thie institutions out into the world with muscle of iron am) con stitution lltted for almost any strain. Hut after the colli ge day thu training cease, a reaction set in, ami a breaking down in health I often the cotissiieuce. Gymnasium, bicycle and long tramp may serve a g'ssl pur;e for a time, but these are mmhi pven up, a there i little Incentive for nerciaing unh-s the Mercise li sy sternal ic, jiart of wine well organized plan and stimulated by asso ciation with one' fellow. Iu casting als.ut we find no Is-tter physical advantage to Ui gaineil than tliosedi-nvel from the military exi-rciw which young men undergo iu themilitia wrvicee. lumping out in summer in well selected camp give them au out- thsir life which is a much needed change from the iud'sir life led throughout the long winter, during which so much vitiated air i breathed in crowded place of business and ill ventilated aleeiuhg apartment. Marching I the hlost rational exercise for the legs; tile manual of arm always insure healthy chest mi l well develoisd arm, and moving at tliedoubleiuick improves the breathing snver of the lungs. I' 111 ike the athletic in College there U uo ovei training, w hich so often injures the subj.i ts by exit-ss, and no breaking down after the training ha ccasi-d. The marching ami drilling under conip.-teiit iiistrui tors iniirove the gait of the re cruit, ami give him a tinner, easier step ml n more graceful carriage. Military wrvice ha many advantage 1 itally. It cultivate iiitelligeiice among young men and d.s-s much to ward improving the memory ami curing lltlllllliledlless. The m-ci-ssitv of Is- ing alert, listening for e.tch word of mimiiml and acting promptly u;ni it. quick. -lis the wit and cultivate the habit of lixing the attention ami coiiceu- tratiuthe thoughts. M arching to the sound of mn-ic give a young man a Is-tter idea of measure and rhythm, and 1 cil.-iii.it. -.1 to make him more method ical iu all things. His etlt'-rillg lllsui the In ties of a soldi r h ad him to study military history, which emlxslie the chief history of nations. The hardeat lesson to lie learned in life is that of amenability to discipline. Iu a laud like this, w here there i verv lit tle restraint iiuioug young or old, where wlf abnegation is but little heard of, and where the race of life i pretty much a "go a you pleas.-," there 1 scarcely any schix.l 111 which xtilxirdiiiation and obe dience are taught except in the military service. (ielieral Horace Porter in C- inopolitiiii. KUisua ami Ills Vlsltur. Alsuit Orange you can hear number less stories of Edison. Everylxsly like him. Due man, w ho had for Ve.irs Is-eti iu hi employ as au exs-rimeutalist, told of a visit a iiuiiiIst of men .lay Oonld, Kidney Ihlloti, Cyril Field and others. paid to Edison at the lalsiratory one day. Kdi.ii came out of hi workr.s.ni. where hn was busy, ami sh.s.k hand with Mr. Field. At that inst.iut soiue thing xipix-d into his head uinpo of the experiment be wa at Work on. Hu liever gives nil idea tune to escape 1 1 i 111. Without a word of excuse to the mag nates, he turned oil his he.1 ami hurried Into In den aMiii. Tin y waited and waited, and by and by, tired out with lay, wendiil their war down stair. Shortly afterward Edison came out and asked: "Where did thou' pauper go?" "Ikiwn stairs." "Did they walk'" "Yes." "Tii it' right. 1 don't want Vm to wear the oil oft mv elevator." Then he shssl ar..iin I and told stories 1) Ins men. Il 1 a great man for tones, an l it Is a tradition among hi employee that they can tell him the same story every .lay for a week and he will never tire of it, n..r in fact show any sign of hating heard it Isfore. Drake's M.i.M.iiie. Msvsl tlftlrers' Clothes. American naval officer are men of many clot h.-s. and the official eti.piette of dress a!xird ship I appalbng to a lati.m.tn. Every olli.-er must have fonr or five t l.-s of ii.it and cif, at least a many ditlerent kind of cst. and ev 11 pis n!.l styh of uix-ktii-s 111 consider able vanity. The captain ordinarily presertlsi t:ie uniform of the day, but when a fl ig-hip is within signaling d:s t.iiier of another mati-of-war. the .vluur.U Is the auth r.tv 1.11 clotn- C as u other tilings. Y It Sis- It'fl. Why lbr ( blr An rrrrrrm4. There are wveml reasons why the old aft!-. ... ......... . 1. , . , ' I I,,,, 1... ' t i.. .i.- i. . ..i. i-i.. .1 1 1 i j i "i . .lie is- , ii. I,. u 1 1- u. t I t-.t..n ...J-. ..rt t,....vv...-i. , . -us-k , an I 1 hav known ras-a where they otvnpie.1 their spar tun dunn th , . I -i,.iwir.i., in-.-.. u. i'rw s,en I v-LAJ-. v n.ri u.rui, in' J js" ..... . ... .. -r. ' .."0 i:" 71 v- VJi ! T - ZIX NAPOLEON OM RECIPROCITY. A rwvltl Mtsr lglJt Wa AW waia I I "" Kapoltsm wa In very good spirit and eeuusl very desirous to show that though b liad ambition England wa not witlumt ln r slutre !. He aid that ever since tlie time of I'romwrll w bad aet on eitraordiharT pMeiision and arrifatisl to onrwlve the dominion of the wa; that after the jsace of Amieu Lord hidmoiith wislieil to renew th for mer tri-atr of commerce, winch had Ixs-n tnail 1'T Vergetim after the Am-rican war. but that he (Napoleon), anxiou to tninnrsire the industry of France, had rx press.-. I hi rcadiiies to enter into a treaty, le t like th fonnet, which It wa char from the jsortfolio .f Veraaille must be injurious to th intereet of Franc, bnt on term of perfect reel' i,r.-itv v!x. that if Frutic txi 0 mai.y tmllioimof English glm Englanl ahoul I take a many million of French nr.sluce ia return. Lord hidmouth said: "Thw ia totally new. I cannot tuak treaty on thine condition Very well. I cannot force yon into treatvof coinmerc any more than you can force nie.and we must remain a w are without commercial intercourse. "Then." said Lord hulmonth. "ther will lie war, for utiles the tsxiple if England buvo the advantjtgi' .f com. tiicren ss iire.l to them which they have ls.11 ai cnstoined to they will force tu to de lure war." "A vou please. It i my duty to tudy the Just interest of France, and I shall imt enter into nny treaty of com merce on other principle than thisjo I have statisl." Unstated that although England made Malta the pn text, all tho world knew that wa not the real cause of the rup t,ir,. that he waa sincere in hi duaire for tsae, as a prsif of which he sent hi expedition toStn Dutiiingo. When it wa remarked by (. olohel t ainplxdl thill Mlg- Ltiiddid not think him sincere, from hi refusing a treatv of commerce and send ing consul to In land with engineer to examine the liar Is. rs, he laughel and aid tlutt wa not ! cinsary, for every harWin England and Ir : ind wa well known to him. IJertr.n.l reinarke.1 thut every embassador wits 1 siy. Ni'tixilisin said that tit - American ad tnitted the justntstaof his p- h.v of commen-e. Foruierlv they 1, : over some million of toUtcco 11 ..(ton, bs.k sjs in in n turn and t. :i went empty to England, where they fn nil -tied theiu Ivisj with Uritisli manutitcture. He rcftiwd to admit their tobiu-co and cotton miles they ts.k fnni Fntncn au txpiivaleiit in French pnsluce. Tlii'V yieldisl to hi system a Wing just. He ruldisl that now England had it all Ikt own way, that there wit no jsiwer win. could successfully oppose her system, nn tlutt she might now im jx sso ou France an v treatv she pleitmsl "The Dotirlxih, ssir devil (hero he checked himself, aregn-at lord, who are couteiitiil with hav ing tutck their estute and castle, but if the French -oplu i come dissatihtlisl with that (the trvnty and find tlutt there is not the encoiintgi mi nt for their manufacture in the in terior of the country that there should bo, they the Iloiirboii. will lw driven out in six months. Marseilles, Nantes, llorde.iux lllld the coast lire not troubled bv that, for thev always have the same commerce, but in the interior it is an other thing. I well know what tho fsd ! ing i for me nt Terrare, I.vou mid tlnm place which have miiiiufactiire, and which I have t iicouraged." Thomas 1's.sher, K. N., in Century. Iluw Crlnulln Is l'sr.1. Talkimr with it celebritv on feminine I .t,,.,,,.,,,!..,- ,,rtwoa 'o I liu'hllv toilchisl n, mooted isiint . nnolinif and iLskisl the masterly opinion ou the suhji-cL "Crinoline," replied the young man, "11 we employ it, i imt likely to detract from feminine grace or loveliin-s. On the contrary, all I dcairo is to give a con sistent ap-nrance to the material em ployed, und for that ptirKiM some con venient and a light as possible material hit had to 1h adopted. Aljiaca woven with horsehair i alsuit the least weighty lining going and accordingly i more in demand than any other. It i also prob able that later on strip of aluminium will 13 used to rigidly maintain the hem of skirt in funnel slia. StuT muslin wwn with narrow limit of straw i forth coining from wrer.il iiianufactun rs, but it i excisslingly heavy and inconvenient, and in coiiwiiciice I have not giveu it house rsiiii." London Telegraph. Women orTlirlr I'erliHl. Ill the great momentum of the women movement, which gains new victim every day, one I iiicliiied to orerhs.k the fact that woman wa a owcr moral ly, . sially and Intellectually in the fif teenth century m well a the tilneteetith, that the di sir of the universities wer open to her hot only to study but to teach within their sacred precinct. Ia the University of Salamanca she had a place, ami w hen Isals 11a of Spain de sired to aciuiru the Latin tongue it wo to a woman that she turned for a tut.-r. In Italy, even in the thirteenth century, a noble Florentine lady won the jwlm f oratory in a public contest in Florence with learned d.s-tor from all over the WorlX New York Sun. trret ilallway C'roasln. Grade crossing on street railways ar a d.mgerou a on trunk lim-s and should l just a carefully protected, if a railroad company should crista the track of another, leaving the chance of collision to bo avoided solely by the watchf ulaesa of the engineer, there would be a great hue and cry. Yet similar can lessiiese is passed 0V1 r in the case of treet railway, though the danger i eTen greater on account of the iricrcawd freiueuey with which the track ar used. Kate Field' Waeh'.nKU n. A Had Habit. Mr. Oatuwhii r John, you l av, very aunoying hab:t of saying ' What' tlun?" whenever you are s;s.ken to. C'atll't yoo break yoarwlf of itf Mr. t1amwiiispr (rea.hi.gi Ell what's that; Tent Sifting, A Detroit school ne the Columbia rswiage siamp a a text tor nwii Thev form uutte a t u ture u;'.. rv ' is seiH-rally known, are dcsi..i;-v of tb dim-ovrry of this country. Ilcrcnuiu, th Sicilian, showed aigu of ilnea and waa o tinned ly hu fnen.Ts. DetermiiKd to thwart them h beat hi brain out sgain.t a pt . '" "1- m ,P9 M. " we-pm man and a smiling Wvsuiaa ar but to b triuted." KOYAL liUUIAL isN LND1A. SOLEMN FUNERAL OBSEQUIES OF A MOHAMMEDAN RAJAH. tarvsaaale Altill th ia f Uillaa I'lilef-Ae lwMMlr.! froesloa I lb bras uf a lluler la lllaitoala. A :ti Ibal lulrl C rsadv From an early hour crowd of Malaya, AraU, Javanese am) other Moham tied. in race had gathered in tbejronnd if the house lately built for the descend ant of the Miig.ts.re royal line at Kain siiig (ilam. It. fore 4 o'clock the large rs.ms of the house were fiih-d with white ttirhahcd sheik and Malay eatsl Iu long line on tiie mats and murmur ing in low toned unison prayer for the dead. Within the house could be heard the splashing of water, where the corjise wa undergoing ceremonial purifications previous to burial. Outside stissl the bier, an enormous strut ture some twenty fert by twelve, made of lashed roller and rxifed in w ith yellow cloth, cut into fantastic fringe at the edge. Itcally It wit a bier within a funeral carnage, for the center wa screened off to contain tho coffin, a space being left all around for relative of the deceased Tungku to stand ami scatter golden he over the crowd. Ill one comer of thu ground the coffin was having its finish-'' ing louche. Thi wa a massive lx.i of 2 inch thick planks, dovetailed at the corner and stayed acne the top. It wa in itself a great weight and bs.k a dozen men to carry it. The tone of the crowd in the ground wa nubi and suie dneil, but by no mean sad or ilessmd- ent. behind the coffin itself, for instance, waa a group of retainer quietly taking a meal. Swarm of Malay Isiys were running alsitit the ground, and the men, some nicely dressed, many in their ordi nary clothing, chatted alxiiit tln-ir dead chief. A little distance from the bier stissl the gravestone of granite, al swat hiil in royal yellow ami lashed to a stage for convenience of carriage. the corns. The coffin, dean wissl though it was, wa carried away and also washed, be ing then placed in the jsmil of the house and half filled with clean white sea sand to await the Issly. A posse of Malay silicemen armed to keep order, and other police official npjs ared. In front of the house a row of sixteen um brella, eight white and eight yellow. wa formed, and from many window peered the Women of the hollseh.ild. A lel.ih or cannon in the in. l.wiire of the tmeupie had Is-en firing at frequent in tervals, Ix-ing tended by a gigantic negro. Meanwhile the ts'ciipaiit of the house remained m-arly silent, interest Ixiug cent red in a group of katip (priests) ami Kalthi. who were seated in front of a curtain of stris d satin, tx hind winch the tsxly wa. Is-ing prepared for the grave. It wa considerably after 5 o'cbx'k when a movement among tlnew seated in the house indicated that the time had Collie when the Issly would Iw put III the coffin. Amid a considerable amount of confiision and a j-rfect balx-1 of exeited cries, all that remained of Tungkii Alluin was carried down stair, wrapped iu yellow cloth and infolded in a red edge 1 mat. I lor lie on tiie shoulders of six priest the coffin was reached and the Issly ilcs.tcd in it, II. II., the Sultan of Johore. reverently ki-sing it when the wrap were removed. The bystander seemed -rfectly frantic to get a lis.k at the corpse ere it was placed 011 it 1h-. of s.iii. I iu tile Coffin. AT TMK (Jli.WK. Then, in n-ihse to cm-, a deathlike silence ensued, iiinl an Imam, iu a dear, musical voice, chanted some verse in Arabic, the bystander ressindiug in a deep toned murmur. Then th- heavy lid wa put ui. and with difficulty (the sand making it exceedingly heavy) the coffin was put iism the bier or kramla. Kolllld alx.llt it placed themselves Voting Malays with salvers, whence they threw among the crowd yellow rice, spices, money ami scent. First marched a hiiiulx-r of Ix.y beat lug tvnser or ciiw, some with spices, many wi incense. Next were als.ut thirty women iu two lines, each with an enormous yellow candle and a slip of yellow doth tiis I round their necks. Then came the kramla, Is.rue by a great muulx-r of men c-c. rt.-d by the iiinbrel las and followed by the gravestone and the immense concourse of s-ople. The distance to the lllos.pie, alsuit :(" yards, was Ian! with yellow doth. The grave wa in a small structure adjoining the lie s. pie and abutting on the road. On reaching there the Collin waa lifted from the bier. Thi wa apparently the signal for the iiestructloli of the latter. In ten seconds it was surrounded by an excib-d crowd who snatched at any trt or it to secure a relic of what they be lieve had Is-en sanctified by contact with the remain- of tiu-ir chief. Not a shred of the precious VelloW doth wa left 011 It and even the w.ssl of the structure was taken. With much difficulty the coffin was then lowered into the grave and cKse upon dusk the ceremony which marked the close of the "reign" of another rajah wa comiii.h-d. Singapore Free Pre. a 11 and Yimtijr. There ii no surer antidote f..r the i f. fert which time ha over 11 all, in mak ing our age evident, than a young heart "1 should like to live to Iw aa old aa you are, grandmamma," Paid little Helen, "but 1 don't want to be a old a Aunt Suau. ever!" Why, whv." Said uraiidmamma. looking over her spectacle, "what do you mean, my dear child? Y'utir Aunt Susan i a great many year younger inau t am: '1 dou't see how that 1 1111 be " sal. 1 Helen, much perpb ie-l. "You alwav rvmenils r tut- play 11 had when you Were a little girl; but when Passed Aunt Sus.ui one day, she said, 'Tor pity' sake, child, y.m don't expe. t in to re-memlx-r any of the g uii.- I had a a little girl. It ' so long ago I've forgotten whether I ever t.lavt-d anrr Vnnlh'a 1 Companion. Raising Muisbrooni All lb Vsr lluaa.l. A company in St. L.un ia raising mu.srrs ma in an immense ct llar, 12 by 1f feet, for the western market. An in q i.-ir who ventured into the subteiri hean gar b n four.. 1 an almost Egyptian darkries an 1 a teinjs-ratiire of 4o to 12 degv Fahrenheit. Tne couijuany begaa operation in August last and 'haa al ready St. id 4i.isj poiind of th anccu lect fungi. The season of field mush Mom a last only six week, an l the St. Louis crviwrr pr..p.To to meet th de mand f .r the reina'a lor ff th year New York Pit His Blabl Wu T.I Th. official of leavimg rm,w pany tell a good .tory about ,JJT engine driver of hi It,,. Tu driver wa growing old. and ff Ms rt were made 1.1 11 a.. . tt n p. rU were made to th. dir-ct,,.,' hi eyesight wa led a g., . ,tu be. Thli the old t u,0T dl,4 but nevtrtheh-s. thei, evervTrT to b-liev that hi eye were vteT' trifle dun. Howev. r. I, at.m,'J' ' tamed thathiseye were i,.,t md ,tr, bnt phenomenally strong, ,u, ,,u, frit:.-ism were mad.. .v (..,!,,. '" engine driver. w The t.-st for creslght on that l.t.s made by a dis tor w mi 1 , s"( " facing a large cm,,.,.,,. vi,.n .w tot-st the liieu'a eji-s he u-e-l ,, "Lik oVi-r tm re and -i,4t 'r' ee." Tin fact had gt kn.m'r, t,. employee of the railway, and wl,s p old engine driver wa. p.,,,,. Ut ainine.1 he nrrang.-d witu l,i tll4 ' should take his bicycle a'u,ui half u,.' aiTivsa the common and st.,,n ,JuWB oil it. M III d lie course t he old eligi n,. ,! n v..f w hsl to the window und in.- d s-tor m T a usual. "What can The old mull ss r.-d out and Mi l: "Well. I see a young t,,.,,, st',,,t down la-side a bicycle." "Do you'?" replied the.., .-tor; not see auythiiig at all." "tlammoii!" said the tngme Onvf "can't oll sie it? Why. . , o,, j( .' On tin thei.a-j.,r t.K.kupa pirof field gla-se oil the table and .. kiti out Ix-liitid unit., plainly saw a y..nh. man stis,ping down oiling Ins l.irv, ' "Magnirt.vnt sight!" h- cud; '... niflceht!" and to thi day the,.., driver is taking hi f,,rty shilling, week with striking n-B'uiarity. -"t,. change. How a Man .tru In a unian's I sua,,, "My office is nearly op;it.. , p,,,,,; down town restaurant, m,. n,..r fj1)r of which is reserved f,,r ladies ,,r g.-mi. men accompanied by ladies. .,., t young aspirant for legal honor theo'tier day at the Lawyers' dub. "The view from my window, however, allows me to s e only one j- r .rt s.-ate-i at any of the thr-e tabl- near tiie wm. dow, and that fact ha cnaU.-d ins ta have lot of fun, ami at thes uiie t:n, give me a first rate chance to study ar fellow man in the present f girl ef whom he think enough to invite her out to luiichoii. "In a fortnight I got so I could tell in a moment whether any man of wh..tul could catch 11 glimpse at a table lul 14 hi vi-a-vi another man or a wuiiun. "How did I do it? Oll.lt Was easily enough divined. If there were tvv.iineti the one I Could nv Would net -rfeet!y tiaturally. Hut if there Were a w..mvii oil the nthi-r side of the table thin,-, were very much hanged. The fe:;w iu my view would conduct himself en tirely differently from the one with lc, chum along. His interest in the curl uf Ili IllUsta.iie Would Is. increased ten fold, and every now and th-n he wnuij suspend operation in the eating line to cast a killing l,,k nt his fair ..,ih.,i!1i i. "In fact, under such endm ,ik, I found that tlie whole maimer and p-e of nine men out of ten U-c mie at . ii.r iilMunlly unnatural and s. If c.,!isciu, und their efforts to please, from my p.iut of view, invariably Ixs-ame huM amus ing." New York Herald. Irorlrln uf Vlallllils ami tlie I ihhI shj.,,. The tlia-trtlie of Mall bus regarding tiie future f ssl supply of the woiid and the ultimate starvation of a j - -rt 1 .11 of tie-riu-e ha le-eu greatly misrepr--i.ti.. but even the 111. sst favorable inter, lion i a Kl'K'hiy one. lirn tly siat.ni. tiie theory is that s.pulatioti inir.a-.-s lot geometrical and f.sxl supply in an .intb-iiu-tical ratio; mi l lu-m-e the tune mi-t come when tin ie will not Is- f.len .ii;(i. I'erhitp the simplest and 1110-t cnv.! reply to thi theory i that the a-siinip-tion that the race increase and will coo tintni to increase 111 geometrical ration not Isirne out by observed facts. Tut theory tiiat the f,xl supply inciea-cs m only arithmetical ratio, and inu-t ui:; mutely reach its limit, isdotibtiesscear the truth. Hut while there i a hunt t" the possible pr.sluctl. .11 of f..d. it tMti atvmUiill the ideas that ever.rnrr.sl ta Malthiis or to the jxsiple of hi tune. It ha always Is-en assumed tli.it ti. capacity of th- soil to pr.lu, e plants measured by what is Jsipiilarly called it fertility that i to Mir, the amount uf production possible under ordinary en tlitloim of culture. The sen lice of I" day, however, shows tin lie asure to le incorrect, ami the praeticeof agr;cu'.tur is already ls-ginning toadd its t. -tnii .tir to the Mine effis t. Ami remarkable i the story told in market garden. 11.'. the retiailllilig of the de l t stel 111 irri gation, it I" only the first chapter of tale the itlre.idv' attested wonder which almost rival tln-ei.f the".Vrahia Night. "-Professor Atvvat. rui Cetitury. TalininK lliites. Of late years there has n niucli t.uk of taiiuing hide by electricity, and sev eral metliisla have Ixs-u trn 1. but ".' indifferent succes. Tin-re i nod uft. however, but that eli-ctncity ibs-sgatlr aid in the tanning pnx-ess. In th' e.J day of tanning, the bi les, after l"-i' -dchairedand m! ready, were In the tan vats, hii.1 there allowed to re main niitoiicheil and utidi-turl t fntn nine to twelve months, and in "' case even loiig.-r. ntiti tne tai.mo iti th liquor, thoroughly uniting "tn hi.Kw, bad converted th m mr 1- atuer. But after a tune it was ilisnv. red tat bv tilittini the hidi- into a r v iv.t-a whe-l or drum, which had first l-n f' tisilv fi:i...i u oii ti,.. t.iii li.iu .rs. 1 11 tllll tieceseary to convert thein u ' ' rs L-raTl shortelied. New 1. lin-f r. Aa- vertis-r. Dressed la Mil'- Stage Robls-r-Ho! I up )'r I' u I I). V..- ,-s. V ocareu 1 svt-iijris - s -, .- . course. , . Roblxr(gallaiitlv)-H-k' par.n. . von neeiJn't hold yours up- ' " down again. r Udy-My hand are r. t up. 1; my ijoumer j..-- Weekly. Ssrruul.iu IT. I'ral""1'- According to Dr. Edward i.v r. the late lr. Andrew 1'' a!"-! looking or, r si.me pjijs ra t. civersl that he was l".'-' r: he had l- n the year I- T:. he rt to the ss..rt tj and directed thuu to li:ir-a- biiL rtIi--'-u:...e tt . r t:-: . a i .: l- . . r Tl, ars.t.. of a L-n at I I'V U. feed i:. d.-pr.ite I- vrr'y. Nv ' ernr osU and our smoke. i-r s- water, our f ss) and our r-. ' t . we want i tnore forrtlKHunt -n comtsarativ tintTitr Ex-'-' o o