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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LkMirilU. rrrietar, EUGENE CITT. OREOON. VtRY FAST TRAVELING. the we ml Ik lleailea mt Iteeeslaf U A (rail umrat Ika mmm. An luirresiiHg lnuiit of tb magic of lb telegraph, an illuatralloo of lb way II am annihilate "Immh, outrun tb iup m4 perform mystifying Jugglery with old hate's hour glu and Willi lh calendar, tmlan object lesson ia evrryday sdmi ire a It on led lu cuiuies-tli Willi theexeru. Hon of lb aeuteiir of Murderer Dramlng IB Australia. Deeming wae hanged at 10.01 a. in., ami Ilia news and dsHaile of tin tirculliia Wire read by Ilia reader of Sjonilng paper at tb early brrakfaal labia, ami even brfiar ilajrliiall that dajr. T th execution had been on any other day Ilia nw would tiara Ima printed la tb ivriimg ui(rrs the day previous to that of lb execution, foe Ilia newof Deeming' death wa received la Nw Vork before 9 o'rhsk on Sunday evening, apparently lhlrtsu bmir Is-for b w banged. Tb Dew waa lu hall Framlaro aooo atar 5 o'clock Sunday eveuing. having been arut by way of Mmiirral. Ilia telegraph bast Iba tun bjr almost a whole day. Tba mcasage bail to travel lite course traversed bjr Ilia aun, liio, ami illil W make the gain bjr culling rros liila or doubling back anil stealing a lap. With ralila umlrr Ilia I'aciflo tba meaaage might bav ilnulilcd on Iba auu'a track and gained a day lu a inluiiUor ao. Tl egrann from Australia must taka tha western or sunward courar. awl maka Iba full circular tour. Tba message li ft Mil bourn, on lb far aids of Australia, vrry aia f'T 10 oVba k Monday monilnK, traveled about l.".,l lullea, wa ret ransmll Ird thirteen timra through aa many dlffrr tut atatlniii and different lengths of cable, and reached New Yik at -Vip. fit. Sunday. Tba difference in I una between Newr Vork ad Melbourne is fourteen hour and fort J minutes, ao that when leemlng "aa on tha gallows It waa J J) Sunday Truing Id Near York, and tha message traveled Iba IVUV mllra lu Iba remarkably quirk lima of Iraa than an botir and a half. Tbla waa tba route, tha mraaag passing from una rabla and ooa art of Instrument to another at each station. From Mel bouma across Iba Australian continent by land Una Ui Port Darwin, tlirncatolUiijua Wangle, Id Java, to Singapore, to Madras, across India In llontbay, umlrr Iba ludlao ocean to Aden, la Arabia, umlrr lb Krd sea to bun, along the Hue canal In Alex dria, undrr tha Mrililrrrnnran to Malta, alalia to .Urrllle, arna Kram and umlrr tba rhantirl to lindin, tbriicw to In land, umlrr Iba Alhiiitic to ('a Cauxi, Knll rbxrtia, and Ihvo down tba rnaat. Via Cuirjr Ul.ind and Iba llnmklra brldicv, to 1 Irani atrrri, Nrw York. Tba lima orcu pl-d y a ralila iiirwaKa Id rrw bini any ditniil xiliil la tnkrn up by Iba utiinU r of traiiMiiliwiima, tba artunl clrrtriiaj Irana nilMino IbmuKh any una ralila bring In ataiilanroua, TnkiuK that Into naitldrra tlnu, tba nrwa trarrlnl rrinarkalily faat. It mliiht arnn Innn tha forrKning tbat by Iravrllnit anmiid and around lharartb on mliiht hava the aainaday and data for an liitlrlluit' iiriiml, prnvldrd ba krpt (lat-a with tha nun. Hill tha day muni rini xhii hrra, and and vrry abruptly, ami tba poiul wbrrathrold day dlra and tha nrw ona la l0 la out lu tha Pmillo uran, alaait niUlway brtwrro Sao Kram uroaiid Yuknhaina, and running ilua north ami auutb. That Una uf ilr mart at loo Id lha calriular ruua through lU hnnij ara, cuta arnaa and anionic lha FIJI Manila, and Jut cr-a lha ami uf Nrw Xralaud, but fur ronvmlrura aakc, ami Rot to bava II (Sunday midilay no una aida of Ilia atrwt ami Miaiilay maia on lha othrr In arnna lalamla of tha I'm lllr, tha Una baa barn maikrd ao thai It ilia mil nil any lalaml. Aa the rarth luma la-(ora tha ami, inklday of hiiuday would ailvaura aniund lha world until It ttruik that Ilua, wtno It Diul irrfiirra rbanga or avrry day would ba hunday. Tba rhaliK la rntlly linulr at niidiiliihu It may miilraa lltilr thotiKhl to atraightrn out tba aubjiil, but It will coma ttrnlghtavrutunlly. Nrw York Hun. A4aalMlna f Kaalarkjr lata lha t'aloa. Kriilmky litiTally foiiuht brr way to atatrhiaal thnitit.'h arvrnlri'n auih J ram aa mark Iba ralrndaruf no othrr Ainrrlian oiiiuiouwralth. Kha boil nrvrr knoviD lha fintarinit rare of tha grnrrnl uuvrrn Biriit, whlrb, rvru aa lata aa lTrJ, bail ac rniiiillhnl uotliliiK In tba way of opening tba Miaaixipid lo her trade, nor bail dona an) tiling lo f rea hrr from thai aerlouaoh alai le lu brr progrraa Iba rrtrntion uf lha northwratrrn r"a by Kuglaml. The rrearncaof llrltuh tronpa rmiiurnKiil lha ndiaiiato vli.lnice, and Ihealala waa ail Dilttiil to the I'uion during lha niunlrrlng and marauding that followed St. I'lair'i drfiat. llnl lha M'lf niailo ronuiumwealtli ra nialned Irua to tba guvernniriit whlrb an tnany of hrr anna bad fought ami atilTrred toealahllsh. Tha vrry motto of thaatnta aral ia a rrmlnilrr of lha pal riot lo arntl luenta w hli h animated Kriilm ky a htm drvd yrara agu. It waa auggralnl by couplet from a popular air tbat waa aung by tha aooaof lilierty during tha Hevolu liuui faua, J-.ln band la hand, Amrrlranaail; by ulllim we eland, by diluting aa (alL -Oaorga W. lUm k In Harper'a. . Aehea aa4 falaa. There are anma men w ho are exceedingly anprratltlmia almut lha coinlnga and go lnra of Ihrlr ai lira and uaina. If thry are frniirnt auffrrrra from rbrumatiam, brail, ai lie or dart harhe, they arrupiiliaialy avoid nirtitliailng their particular allmriil when It la Dot hot brrlng tlirin. Tbry ara afraid that to apeak of a pain In Ita a Wore will bring It bark. Major llayra, lha general nrwaprr writer, ao wrll known lo all baliltm-e or tha city ball, aulTrra from rhruniatlm w-a.lotially. And when ba dra aullrr ba diva not auffrr wholly In ailrnra. Una day ba waa croaaing Hty ball park wltb a entiling (ara and agtla alrp No lliouglit of a. lie or pain llngrml In hia iniud. II met a friend who anx iously liHulrrd, "Major, bow la yimr rhru Uiali.nif" A frown clouded Ihemajor'a brow. Ita lifi.J a wanting flngrr, ami tnutlrring, 'ilubl II will hrar tou." aikl nulrlly away.-Nw ",irk fliiira. It Mraaa Traable fur Ona. Did you ever hrar a batta-r call out "rSiiakrat" llitrad of the old faahionml 'Nrtr" If ao you proUbly Imagined mat n waaaoemiiiiUi.u of gmalnaiuml bllarity on lha prt of lha barber, and nothing mora. Well, you were mtatakrn Ibeo, "huakeat" meana aomethlng to every barla-r who brara IL It la a eignal by wblihtha barurrwbo naea It leia hla fellow wurimra kuow that th man who lanunulloukatbacbatrdira n4 beatow "lipa" or graloitlra. -Chicago .MaiL A Sarraw Maigta. Joha Staart Mill waa our dining with wo brtlluuit rien.li ulkera who wrra given to tnooolKgne. Una had poaarwuoa of tba Arid, and tba othrr waa watching bim ao Intern. y toatrlka la thai Mill ex claimed doad, "If ba atopa to breathe ha t lione. "-En-ban ga. tha t.t.lr.l .,ir a ,1,. tmt Tie r.!it rtr rlwitterlaml. and proUbly the t,l,. lu th world, to tba fcHrlofthaThrraKingaallUala. Among lugtir.1.,, HMtwera lhaKmror t'oa rad ii. M, Ilenryiu. ami Kudolpa. IU Uat klag of Uurguudy.-liunua oioba Trlt DEAD bHARROW. M'wtala, and Imoiorlala, loa, t have .hor king aeae (. yua, rtdlagalhal will hamnr f. er ) moalketlr hreaati (Mia to lu iaraal real la lha bird a girl rarimd laawl b) Uabia'a .rro kaaw laMa quite aa wall Aadid Laabia berarlf Know bar ! uld ram hen lirauful to Ihedialng maid, t riMa tlwH reai b II aalduia alrayeaV, II waa vinl tw tmnnt'f luahia. ami iwa other. Vkllia to I'lalouian a rata. K It U"l along the aalh Ikiwaaanl, dark aud aarrowi s Maledli tloliairtl thy bead, Urriia! he Iwa tearful red Are Ilia beauiruaa e)es tbat ibad Uteana for thai eiairrual -Kugeoa Mid la Chicago Navrr. IN LOVE AM) WAIL Tbe atory of country vllluge U tb rtory of Ita atura. Tbat wiilnliTftil plin e where tha tnaii and tba tuoliiMx-a flow from a cuiiiinoo tuurce, ao to j-uk where your Inner and ouliT man, your iin-nlal ami pbya iral arlf, tuiiat K' all tln-ir atliiinlua ia tba cpitniito of all tba iliff uat-Iy vrnlt'-o hlatury of Hie hvra that fluator bmiiihI il What tha atore mini can nut l-ll you ol very immmt by and evi-ry ciixtnini-r yon are not liki-ly to karn yourai-ir, except by nuuaiiul fortune; and all be dot-a ti-ll yon baa tbe delightful piiitatiry of huv lug Itaaat-il tliruiiK'b tle liinlimn of a randy ilirrwd iniud, gaining inure than ona beauty t in tba tranait. That waa what I waatbiiiking aa I ant In 'Uijub't itore, with the mingled mlnra of calico print and dried apple, coffer nd the at raw that trockory ia packed In fighting for anpretum-y in my notice. Ililah'a broad ba k waa ttinieil to me and be waa aorting tha diiy'a mail with coiumetita that mado me aa wiae aaliiiu elf regarding ita content Mia' Mi randy Ileal. anid ldjuli. "that'll be aliuout her x-tiaiin. I gmna Kuther eflli'ial lookin, tint ia Mr. Any Fowler; hia aim John gone down to I'ocheinotitli-lie write ter hiin titli onter every week en a nice, cleun blind ba writea. dia- John. Here's a letter fcr the echult-ma'aiii. Now thnr'a ban'writtin fer ye! Cutty ri aha ia. an jeat aa alinple like. Tbe Illicit clicked and the door o-iiel 'Dijuh looked over hia ahoulder und ghmiFil. I waa abut out from aight of uior than the viaitor'a leg by a alack line) of dungling towela, apron and ocki; but they were steady, reliable looking leg, atraight and atnmg, cluthcd In heavy buota and blue overalla. 'Ilijalt neither lunieil nor laid down hia letter. He atom! there griiiiimr;. and whether tha iM-mon in th doorway waa grinning aim), or plotting my aaaa ination lu pantomime. I was mine the wiaer. Tha heavy boot aim Med and turned bout, ti iail outaide and the door hut 'llijiih chtickleil to hnnaelf and liaikeil back to hi letter again. "Them mpcr i for young Thom aou. lie a tli' eilitur of our iM-r. Ile a alive alive an kirkin. lie's la-en out weat fur a aN-ll, au he thinks we're all dead an buried. An hi' Inia made a great change in The Uugler, I tell you. Folks aay he'll bo uiudt ter smart fur the way he uiiiMea mound inter nile's affairs; but it's lively, it's lively." The H'r went into a aciurate box. and 'llijuli ri-animil the letter. "Mclmly llopkiua; alie'a got a heap of money. '.Muxm liuow fund yer folk is of ye when yer got a pile and ain't no heirs of yer buddy. She's good fur cm though; she's acute 'mi." "I suNie it is unnaiial for any one to make much more than their living away up here, isn't it. 'Hijuhr "Humph! ye, fer any one. Not fer some on 'em though. Sunn on 'em 1 smarter 'n grcaaed lightum." lie put his head on one side and nnnnteil ut the letter ho waa holding. "Illm. now, Jeremiiili Wilaun. he's a keen Uli. Nolaaly ever got the la-at o' th' ola man but Jim You aawJim came in here jeat muiw; ain't no 'later bugs on Jim. when he gits up he's up fur all day." 'Hijah grinned ami wagged his head. "Jere miah Wil son!" he remarked, nd slapped the letter into ita pigeon bole. Tha latch clicked again, the dour opened ami the same pair of leg np Jieanil in the very aaineajml where I had ven them In-fore.. 'Hijah grinned. t'mimtiiildy the timuvn griuneil alxo. for there was too much of 'llijuh grin not to U offensive. If It were other wiae. "Whut chu wantr "Nothiu" "We ikm't kivp that; or. if wa do. were Jeat aunt of it-" The big Unit a turned about slowly. "Hura ye do' want no Iuiiim, are yer" "Hals go with Vui?" "Not In this shop." "Thet scutes it. as fur aa I'm con cerned." and be went wy and closed the dimr again. 'Hijah looked after him nud chuckled "What's the joke, 'liijahr "IVmo' ci I'd orter say an'thin. aont sida, but you know how it is, Mr. C'arnut jroo never eectn no atranger." "Hand over your story, yon old g ip," I atiawensl. -Why, it would bam your tongue off if you tried to keep il In." 'Hijab laugheil heartily at this polita ally. "Well. I lake fer my tex'. aa F.lder Blocttin says, that U'autiftil a mm. 'All is fair in love an war.'" He came around the end uf tbe counter ml sat on au utmpemil sugar barrel, wltb bis legs croaa.nl and hia rough bands cloicd around hia knee. "Th' ole man. Jeremiah Wilson, that I mentioned hock a lc II. he's a Tartar Us do' know nothln but In own way; an Mis' Wilson, she never know'd uothiu , but ter gin it to him. He's got a trick er turitiu mUsced an .ktn like ha wiu agoln ter bust, an Mia' Wilson, she wni so neat, aha couldn't laar ter her her bousa inuwl, mt ahe (t gin in to hl.D. "Tbrr was one gul - Maine ber mui.s wux-an they ontn llmii-ht a sight of her 8be wa n't tin more like neither nr them ihew nothiu at all. and they 'ooth llirai projecKS Wltn Her "Her filuer wanted hrr to be a, hor i an be allux fell aa ef aha dona htm when she ws o't. He wanted ter Ulak a law yer out U hrr; he's dead in love with lawtn. ola man Won la; bnt yer tulght ta-tter try ter uuk a hoaarake out ol whalrUiwav aa gntle ex to make law yer easier Maine. What th' ola man aald wui (kispel. though, ah Mt sort,, j,, lie better o. utaka htm no mora hard feelin after not brtn that boy ba wanted. 'Hrr mother meant her trr ba good I, n- k.i r nn put up p serve an male iikha an Maine would Stan at th indi-r an sing an fergll all alatout her njeiai till 'twas clean spilt After Mia Wilson died, though M leu- tlnne la-tter round tha baonae. .1. i.ta -f th ol man wm ter die she'd lake ter lawin Ya can't tell; aha kiu do liliatt an'thm Jet alsMHit then, Jim Lane liegun u-r sleeve raouml with Mama W iimhi Smart ex a steel trap, he is: he runs the sawmill nn the Creek; but th ol mau hali li i us like pixen. an ha talked ter Maine till she 'lowed she wouldn't tuke up with Just, 'b-aa be will willlii. "Jim Lime Is the damedeat good lis tureil feller yoU ever aee. He's ttlltil got a giaai word an a pleoMtut aiuilv fer folks, mi he'll go further out o' his trai k fer a fnend 'n uuait auybiiddy I know. "He tix'k it offul bard alaviut Maine, an he reg'ly gt tuopy an down in the mouth alasoiit It An then he got hia second wind, an ba tried every witch way to play it on th' ole man. Uut Maine she got putty stuffy, too, an she declared she'd never her father, an tlinr twas." Dij.ih got off tha barrel to sell a couple of candy balls to a rosy faced little las who was so short aa to Iw visi ble under the slack line, and resumed. aa she cIishmI the door of tha sho The hull village knew all alatout it and they talkeil it up, early an lute. Tha gals they wasn't alow ter aay what they'd do ef they wux in her place, and The Uugler took a hand, so ter sjienk, n nearly drove the ole man wild. Hut Mis Peterson, the minister s sister, aiie lowed that Mama wux right ter mind her futher " 'Look -here,' suys Jim, 'ain t I got no rights at alii' an Miss i'eteraon she laughed an aaid she ssxil so. but ho certainly did n't orter ak Mama ter tuke tba responsibility of brcukin her word. Uiiuh chnckled and changeil his legs nd clustasl the other knee. Twosn I very long after tluit lc Wilson went home one night. Twin gi-ttin early duak an he tide Maine shu'd better get the lump afore she set down ter tea. Maine wux agoln through the entryway with a whoppin great shade lump in her hund. when sometoHlv knocked ter the front door, and she jest stopped an oM'tieil it without thinkin. Jun Lane waa -stundin there. 'Don t ay nothiu, Maine.' says he, an he tukes her bodily, lamp an all. and tucks her inter a curriilge that he bed at the gate. He didn't fool ruouinl with no railroad train, but jest turned them homes' heuda 'er Camilla, an when they got ter the line Maine wux a acttiii there ex still ex mouse, without ary hut er coat, an that big shade lamp u liurnin ji-st a js-art n ef it wux on the ola man iUou luble ter home." Hijah spat at the stove and luughed to himself. ''Fearful thing the ingratitiaslu of children, ain't it? Uut yvu'd orter imi-ii The Hugler ni-x' tnoniin. Every dad blamed coltime in it hed big head line, 'Jim Lane liua got his gal. Jim Lane boa got his gal.' (limit! that jest proved ole Wilson wouldn't never heV busted when ho didn't bunt that momin. He went whisipiu off ler his lawyer tor see what ha cud do to Jim, but Maine she wux of ugo nn she writ him that she went of In-row il free will; so all he could make any fnaa aliuout wux the lamp, mi they've Ut-n lawin an fool in n a arliitrulin ever wnce." Margaret Ingenwill In llunlon Transcript. Hanger In Meal lllel. The evils of a meat diet are being np- prectated by many Iiik'i livers in cities. and these are la'iug connleractuil uirtly by the wealthy in adding more fruit ami vegetables to their table during tho winter. The cheapness of meat and Nculuir craving which the system seems to have for meat have gradually made it common for city H-ople to live almost entirely off meat in the winter months. Meut is eaten three times a day in quantities, and the excessive iim of such a diet is that rheumatic and gout temperaments are acquired. These teiiiMrumetila are on 'the increase, and they are lurgelv due to the) excessive Uv of meat. I'tttsbiirg listch. Hows I'uslultlr Klgurrs. The niiinls-r of l..flli-ea in the L'niteil ritatea thirty years ugo wim a fraction over Su.wst. Now there are lM.T'.ru usst ofllcea in the states und territories west of the MiHsissippi, uinl of that iiiiiuU-r S.'.MNi are west of llin Missouri. Nebraska, thirty years ago, had tAstnltli-es. while tislay she ha l.l.;. The totul revenue of the raadollli-cs west of the Mississippi tor the year I Ml I wo l t.TWi.ttc of which IJ.'.'fiN.mw n.pr,iit the nmtn rvceipts of the region west of the Mis souri. In IHW the totul poatoftlcc receipts for the t'niteil Siati-s wereoiilv a fructioii over ll.rtai.isa.i.-Kdwurd Itoscwuter s Umulia Address Whal I'lalfurais Aea lor. A weather U-uten Auicricnn citizen stissl on the plutforiiuifaruilroad coach while the train was Ms-cding along at tho rate of lifty mil,. ,.r hour. "I an I stand on the flat form." shout ed the conductor. 'What are platforms for. anvhowr asked the man. "Platform are not made to stan 1 on: they are made to get in ou," n-plied the conductor. Thia is the story with which Repre sentative All. u. of Missouri, tllustrutos the frailty of slittcal platform. Waah ington Cor. lH.naha World HeruliL A rretly lllg 'erteea-)ar-M. Tha youngest soldier in the Ilritish nny. Private Defriea, -,! fourtwn years and six months, is tine child for his ge. He is close upon 5 feet S Inches in height, with chest ineuaiire mettt of IUI iuchea, and weiglis l.'d pounds. It Is no wonder, then-fore, that the military authorities should have enlisted hint without a demur when he told them that he was over eighteen. His father now seeks to have him discharged on account of his tender years; but the war office, not unreason ably, holds that the onus lim upon him to prove that his son is the litaiia tiatnrw he would make him out. In other Words, the condition of hia discharge is the production of a certificate of age nd very right. London (ilobe. In tha Vatican library there is a trra- naa on dragon, a mannachpt lu a atngla roll 3uO feet long and ftsit wl.la, the tuaUrval of which ia said to tss tha "tanned gut of great dragon." woman wearing stays a loosely a as xsawi m i.st such article) to ba worn j iert pressure of 40 pound n too or ran which they compress. Such 6-Tir . ; In cold print art startling. AsV K.i:iTIMi J(ACK. A VOUNQ ENGLISHMAN'S FUGH1 FROM A fRSUINQ WILDCAT. hallag for Hear l.lf-A Thrllllag Mary I aa Alaaasl allraealaa feeaae A r.rsl.leal Aalaaal rollawa aa taarsjrd Mm far Mile. Me C'aevl Civile, the young son of slil, lmdon nirnbant. baa returned mm inn irf adrrntur through tba .,rthim srt of Ontario. "In the northwestern part of Muskoka, said he, "I found a usly of water thai ! latulrd thnmub tb forest for many mllea. Tba Ice on II wa vrry siihm.iIi and entirely frea from snow. Una evening I Irft tba raniD for a skate nn this Irosra sirraiu. Tbe moon waa bright ami liiu.ina aay waa clrar. and it waa bitter cold, but a frw strokes over the simartb and bard surfaced lea simjii set my bliss! to liugllug, and then I waa a warm aa though snugly covereu un and aaleru lu niT bed at tbe hotel. As I skated dertirr lino the forest I would slop and listen, and tha stlllnrs waa ao profound thai I coulil alimsii near ma IjIihsI coursing llinmgh my veius, ami wis bralings of my heart anumled to ma Ilka the marching of lufaulry. la my baud 1 carried a small stick, which I used aa a start of balance as uiy Uly awayed wltb each at nile I took. In thirty minutes 1 bail gone over five miles, and I slopped to real, home binla Hutu-red over my head, and I beard tbe rry of a distant ecrrerh owl Then cam another rry, and ou tbat admit made me eras breathing. It waa a harsh, unearthly scream, and so rliaw waa It that II rang in my rare like the Iwviing of a gong. With a sudden Im pulse I i! a-hrd forward. There waa a rushing, ecrnnihllng sound behind and then a wicked snarl. I gave a frightened glanc over my shoulder and aaw an ani mal about tha aize of a Newfoundland dog. and it had ryra that gleamed Ilka glowing coals. From descriptions 1 bad heard and read I rrrognird il at a wild cat, but I did m atop lo make any critical examination. My only thought waa of escape, for more than the little stick I car ried In my hand I hail un wraKiii of de fense. The stream itself wound in a sinu oit fashion through the forest, but before It bml been frown II bad evidently over flowed It luniks, for the Ice extended on all sides as far aa 1 could are through the worn Is. The bail of the stream was clear of trees ami brush, ami dowu this sort of lane through the wiaala I dashed at my brat sM-n. The wildcat gave an angry snarl of disaaiiuted rage as it aaw me gild aw ay. Without aa much aa a porket kuife about me I knew that I would not be able to wnge any sort of successful com bat with the hungry brute behind inc. "Kxcrt. as I did, my best sjierd, the cat gained on me rosily. Thru I tried dodging tactics, and with great success. A I glided away down the stream lha animal stissl glaring at me w ith amazement. Itul this was for nn instant only. Unitizing thut It prey w a fast getting beyond its reach it cam after me like a shot from a guu. At every bound It look it sharp claws cut the lor, ami I could ti ll by this how much greater was its speed than my own. When I lliouglit that in alsjut one mors bound the animal would be Usin me I gave shnrp turn lo the left, and the rat went on, pawing, snarling, biting and scratching over the smooth Ice. I started back at a slower rate of s-eil, so a lo laj able to l guiii control of my breathing. The rat waa sis hi again III close pursuit, but with apiNtn-ntly rcm-wrd effort and snarling and spitting much the same as uu angry kousrrnl would dual a dog. "Again I dislgcd with ease, and hla rat- abip slid up stream, while I went dowu as fast as I could. I could hardly help laugh ing at the discomllliire of the battled wild cat aa it would slide past me when 1 dodged, wholly tillable to help Itself, but the dodging business was pretty hoi work. and I s a in la-gull to find myself getting winded. How long Ibis odd chose wua kept lip I do not know, but It seemed to me a decode. I fancy I must have gone about two mile down tbe stream, but to gain this I must have skated altotit leu. Ily this time I was ready to drop from ex haustion, and bad I done so I would have been an rosy victim for the hungry ani mal, whine liiisuccrssful attempts to over lake me seemed only lo stimulate It to greater effort. Click! w hlx' one of my skates ran over a small twig, and I went sprawling. The cat was close bchltid me and w ent on over my prostrate form. "I was on my feet again in au liistaut. but I hail lost aome valuable time. I began to feel weak. The veins slixsl out ou hit fon hrad and felt as though thry would burst. I made anol hrr dislge siim-ssfully and started down atrratu again. The moon waa directly In front of me and about half way In the lu-aveus, and from it seemed to stream a silvery t lit hat came down from the sky to the Ice aome distance In front of me and then to my fret. The perspira tion oozed Into my eyes, and this silvery ril.lain of light was all I saw. 1 heard a confusrd sound la-hind me, and knew that the pursuing animal waa gaining fast up on mr. hut I didn't care. 'What would It feel Ilka w hen It waa tearing my flesh V Bashed a thought through my heated ImltL Then 1 heard a low murmur Ilka run ning water. The silvery rihlsm from the moon danced in wavelets la-fore mv eves. and 1 gave a tremendous jump. 1 reached the other aide In safety, but thecal waa Iraa fort u lint e. There w as a snloah and a plunge, nml the water waa dashed over th Ice. I fell and my trousers wrra soaked. Tha cat went on dow u the stream, but un der tbe Ice. I siam comprehended the situa tion. Au upriHitcd stump wo in tbe cen ter oi lite stream, ami such assn waa added lo tbe current, by Ita sir! king this obstacle that it did not l-come frozen. There was an osrn siaceof alsiut five feet, I Jumped without knowing why. and land ed safely on the other side, hut tbe animal went under. I thought It waa a narrow escape, I got hack In camp as soon aa I could "-Si. l.ouis (ilobe-lleiuocrat. 'resident Kola's Awaerleaa Wlf. The wife of rreaideiit Dole of Hawaii is I Maine Woman. Mrs. Dole's maiden liatni waa Ann I'mitisa Calr. She Is the daugh trr of the late Cbarlra Adams (.'ale and Jane llu.-l (Adams) Cate and the grand daughter of Thomas Adams.all of Caatiur. Miss ('ale's rarly girlbtsal waa siriit at brr Home, where she became a teacher in tb Kaatrru State Normal schisd. Mr. Kdwanl 1'. Adams, now of Masaachtiartta, au uncle of Mrs Dole, went to Honolulu, where b s nt ti i sn v )rars. He left the IsUuda In 1M In ls.o, while living at Honolulu, Mr. Adams received a visit from bis itiecr, Miaa Anna I (.'ate. It w aa at hrr uncle's that Miss ( ale met Sanford H.tlUrd Dole, now the prov isioiial president of Hawaii. When Miaa l ate returned to ber borne. he was accompanint by Mr. Dolr. and lu (uev were Harried al Castinr. Mr and Mrs. Dol relumed In Honolulu, where thry have aiuv muled. deadly (.ersss. 8om of th nusit deadly dtaraar fron. which bumauity la a constant auITrrer are rauaed by tb entrance luto lb aystrm and lha sul- i,rit growth Iber of certain microorganisms ia-grrtns. These disra .tly called "filth dlseuara." be cause lb germs which cause them flourish moat luxuriantly In all aorta of organic dirt or filth. Soch germ may occur la water draw from a contaminated water aupply or lo takrn from contaminated poods or r"". When filth ha brrons dual, suck germ become part of the dual Boating ia CARLISLE'S PRIVATE SECRETARY. aj,. T.a se.4 s - '- Mawsusawr Mea la Vsaahlagl.a- Th, newspaper man la very much In evl dencallb.nUail'pltal. wher. ha di vide hi Uut. between cchlug atatramrn and keeping lb public potrd cm lb. prng res of affairs. Kv- arybody rrciai nilea blin as a per son of omniscient wisdom and vast Influence, and h bintaa-lf mislr.1 y admit that lha government would go lo the bowwow If It Were not for his careful guidance) and watchful su pervision. You sea him everywhere. . W. VAX SIM'KN. at public and prl vat functions. Ill the halls of legislation ami I he private sanrliiariea of the execu tive depart menta. He laalwaya on deck, can always tell you the true luwanluraa of wbav ia going on, ami always knows a heap more than he will tell. Hy no one Is the newspaper man held In higher respect and esteem than by tb statesman, and Lla loct and worldly wis dom are greatly In demand In tbe execu tive drpurtmcnta. A a private secretary b Is a shining aiirces ami lu Una capacity la Influential in molding the policy of each adminial ratlmi. (Ine of the most la pillar and successful of the newspaper turn connected with the preaeiil regime III ashlugton la Mr. II. . Van S'Udrn, w bo stands ls-tween Secretary Carlisle and the army of place hunters who seek hia oftlce lu the treasury department. A trying position la thia of buffer between the secretary ami the nlllce seekers, but Van Seudrii la-haves Willi surb tact ami discretion that four fifths of the caller go away illaiHilnteil, but not disgruntled. Although a native of Illinois, .Mr. van Srlnlrli has for the ia-t four years publish ed the I'ailiu.ili Sentinel ami la a gissl enough Kentiickiaii lo stand very close lo the distinguished Kentucky statesman. He started bla journalistic career al 1'ratt, Kan., In 11. where, In company with J. Y Ilililay, hi present partner, be started the I 'rati County Itegister, a Detmavratic nrwspaiH-r. Thry sold nut and moveil to I 'ad ucah in Ihsh. llefore emlmrking in the nrwsiMiiM-r busiitrsa Van Semlen taught srhiad in Wichita ami lu bis native atate ol Illinois. He is X! yrara old, till and bnwd shouldered, with a clean cut f.tceand kind ly blue eyi a. Warnings for Writers. The Sa-iety of Authors in Kngtnud hua issiieil the follow ing wuniings, which re timely: Never sign any agreement of which the allegiil cost of production form an Integral part until you have proveil the figure. Never enter into any correspondence with publisher (essH-iully with tins who advertise for manuscripts) who ro not recommended hy exiH-rienced friend. Never, nu any account whatever, bind yourself down for future work to any one. Never accept any proiseutt of rovalty nutil yon have ascertained exactly whut the agreement give to the author and what to I'm publisher. Never accept without mince any - cutnury risk or responsibility whutever. Never, when a miuiiim-ript has la-en refused by ri-sHitalile houses, tuiy others, whatever promises they may put forward, for the production of the work. Never, without advice, sign receipt which give away copyright. Never forget that publishing is a busi ness like any other business, totally un connected with philanthropy, charity or pure love of literature. You have to do with business men. Mr. Malsuu's lllg Kile. Jumutati Mutauo, a native of Nagasa ki, Japan, now residing on Kia-helle avenue, W lasulnckoii, has built un en ormous kite, slmed like an owl, which bo intends flying from the hillside on Munuytitik avenue. The kite is made of split buinlss) frames, covered with rice paper, and retiiiire a tail forty yards oiig to ste'idy the aerial monster, lie ha two miles of string nn eighth of an inch thick to hold the kite. After the kite has reached tho height required he will send up on the string several tncchunicul olijis-t to within a vurd of the kite, which will again return to the ground. If the owl proves a success ha Intends nn the Fourth of July to have one made like ship, without tail or string, using gas IuiII.hiiis attached to each mnst, and when ut a certain height the ship will leave the luillisitis und flout gracefully in space. rhiladelphin ilcronl. "Testa's (ili.w" Iw l iiglanil. Tealu's exM-riinents with high fre quency currents la-fore the Hovul insti tution have laid such hold on the imagi nation of the F.uglish, who, us Teslu says in a recent letter tou friend in Nw York, "ure the most enthusiastic tnnle In the world in seietitillc matters," that crowd flis-k daily to the Crystal Palace to see the high pressure demonstrations given at the electrical exhibition. Many people find it hard to Is ln-ve, without actually seeing it, that a tula- carried in the hand, without any wire connection whatever, will till a nsnii with Is aiitiftil light and high pressure discharges with their dazzling and exquisite effects of color and luht. and the illumination of wireles vacuum ttiU-s promise to be indispensable at any afternoon party. bxchuuge. Kvaogellats In Jail. Tlie Rich brothers, who ure known throughout Maine as the crazy evangel ists of iWatuipii comity, have been lundcd in Uungor jail. On May 29 they broke tip a religion meeting at Sunger ville because the exposition of the ( p'l on thut occasion was not according to their ideas, and a day or two later at funeral, when the ofllciating clergy man remarked that the deceased waa a giasl woman ami wa then in heaven, one of the brothers juuiai up and de clared that she had gone in au entirely different directum. That wa the lost traw. and the evangelist will suffer sixty days of martyrdom in plm-e where more attention ia paid to the making of linsnus than to theology. New York Sun. Ilswata Help I Isheraaea. The recent high wuter at Marion. O.. and vicinity has afforded the fish in tha bigger streams a gissl opportunity to ascend the smaller, and they are found in abundance, aud with little effort can be caught with bis.k ft hand. Catfish of all sizes are found almost a nuuisr on aa the j'.nglish sparrow and r caught with ca.e; also carp weighing fi and six pound are found In the Whetstone nver in that county. Along tha smaller streams and in ditches bas ketful of various kinds ara reported tc i hav been caught aCr""". V'A SEWlXXIK'aVKVI.Nn TEACHING B0Y9 TO PATCH AND GIRLS TO WORK IN WOOD. A l.laaea lb Melhssl. Kaapl4 la Maaaal Trelala C laaaea-Th May frasi laalr rlagers Willi la and lha Olrla llraw IHssss silk t blsels. Johnny sewing tlchwork aud Buaan whittling kimllliigt Thai lath vision of th future w bleb lha rillc of mauiial training la-holds with his prophetic eye. Fir coiillnnallon ba point you to lha New York College forthe Train ing of Trachrr, w hrra young American In trousrraare pricking I heir linger and learning bias from alnnght. and whrreth daughter of Ibis nrw revolution are wad ing through gory seas to the goal of prr fn lion III wissl rutting and carving. The Is.) Is-glll Ihrlr srw lllg Icswrna at an rarly age, one three year old la-lug a nirmla-rof the youngest class. (K-caslon-ally a spirit of rela-llion rnia out at th suggestion of sewing, as In lha case of on little chap who professed a derided objec tiiai loan ar0uiutance with a nenll and thimble on I hr st ore thai he "didn't want to I a tailor." Hr la iml alone In bla op rswillon to the movriiiriit; Ihrrrfore it may be a well lu give Hi point of View of tb trachrr. It 111 explained under the magic phase, "manual training." Il ars-ma that there is not any particular desire to have the boy learn to sew. Thry do not rare to maiiu fm lure lui lore at lb collegeany more than thry want to make a seauistresa of every girl w ho attends. Hut the children lu the first classes are too young to tuke up such forma of manual training aa wtaal rutting. They would simply slice themselves up like green cucumla-rs. Hill, the little hands must he trained, and sewing la the only available meihisl for young scholar who have completed the kindergarten course. When there Is any show of rr'a-tlioii on the part of I he Imivb who are lo la-gin, there Is one unfailing argument which I advanced. The trachrr relates the skill of sailors and trained soldier in the I ol the nits! Ir, and, presto! Johnny seize usin patchwork with au interest which will not be drilled. The olhrr day a jiumls-r of girls and laiys, from six lo nine year of age, were having their sewing lesaou In one of the sunny nanus at the collcue. The girls, it must lac admitted, wi rea little more grace ful than the Isiysiu their use of tbe needle, but their brothers were Iml lo Iw outdone In procticul result. They certainly did "screw" a gissl deal, from their toligilea, which they rolled visibly within their cheeks, lo their lis-, which were painfully held on liptia-, during the entire live mill utc rriiiired by a novice to thread a needle. "(Inch!" suddenly exclaimed a little fel low In tho front scat, who, with his leg doubled under bim, his lingers clutching a piece of muslin, hi forehead knotted and hia mouth puckered In harmony w ith hia 111 read, was a pit lire of uhsorla-d industry. Hi "ouch" meant that he hail pricked his linger which be promptly put lu his moiith-atid as the children were grow ing a little tired the teacher told them to put their work away and gave Idem a little talk ih-i Ihe materials and Inst riluienta used lu sewing, llertalk that day waa on cot ton, aome mbIb of w liich she bud brought aa an llliistrnt ion, and theipiestions ranged over geography, climate, lalair, machinery aud a gn-ut numU-rof related suhjecta. It was a noticeable thing that w hen the order came to put away tbe work it was the hoya who said: "Ob, please let us sew some mure!" As they grow older and take up I he other forms of manual training tha Isiy want the sew ing left out of their curriculum, so that there are few older than twelve who la-long to the thread ami liiiille classes. Hut their work Is, on tbe average, quite a gissl aa the girls w bile thry continue it. Over ill the annex the drops of bliaal which the lsy shed In their sewing are atoned for by the rut linger which gen erally follow a girl's first liitnalm lion to real edged tools. The superintendent, how ever, said the other day that Incuseawhcre the girls enter ut the same age that the boya do he ran see no M-rvptiblediiTerriice III their work, la the llrst course, w hich consist of whittling and cultimr thin Wood into figures. Joining nml sili.hlng them, the girl do as well a the laiys. In the advanced work of wiaal curving they are often much Interested and do quite aa Well aa the laiys, provided they hove had tbe aome training. Otherw ise thry are not so strong and il takes some time to de velop their muscles. At the table in the workroom stissl a numla-r of girls and boys wearing aprons of striped ticking, and rutting, sawing, drawing figures on wood, amlaperiiiK and tiling with energy and zeal enough to have convinced an observer of their Inter est in their work. The whirr of the ma chinery in the room below jarred the floor slightly, but the trained hand of a (rlrl near the disir w as perfectly steady a a outlined a pattern of morning glories on -piece of hard maple. Then she picked out a gleaming chisel from the rack of IimiI in front of her and commenced to dig the Wissl nut in little chiis. "My! but this Is hard!" she sold, a she paused to rest a moment. Her iieighlMir glanced up aympolhrlic ally from her piece of work, her chisel elipprd und "Ouch!" she exclaimed, as she stuck hrr flngrr in hrr mouth. It was the echo of the little "sromstcr'e" Involuntary remark, and It really did seem as If laiys w ho sew and say "ouch" and girls who whittle and say the same thing are pretty much of a piece. At any rate, the teachers declare that boys and girls trained together do work which ha alw ays Is-eii coushlem! individ ual to each seiwrnte class so euuallr well that you cannot tell a hoy's stitches from a girl's or a feminine bit of whittling from that of a Isiy with generation of w hit tiers behind bim. Nrw York World. Long Nursing. It Is exceptional in these days for a wom an to proiH-rly niairiab a child exclusively from the bn-asl for twelve months. It is therefore exceedingly Impmltuhie that a breast w ill lie adequate for sixteen months. Unless food is given In addition. (If course there may Is- a rare except ion, but in our exis-rii'ltce v r Imvs mir M.n m ..l.n.l we eoiisidered. pro-rly nourished on th i , . . , nr so long, i ne diallers of the nil Would, ill our llliluillrlit la, ll t.P .... gia-l artilleial fiaal than on breast milk so oni. r.ven II von change, gissl milk can Iw bad almiKt everywhere with core, and with rare il ran Is? rrndrrrd safe for fissl. Trouble nml anxiety do not count when the safety of a Isshy la lu question. Fur ther. if you really cannot get gissl milk there are gissl substitute In the form of prepared foods, w hlch mny Iw used for longer or shorter perils! , as nrceaaary iissl lieallslry by a I ns. An Oak Hill (Litchfield) man had an ching tooth out in novel manner the other day. He was removing r.ke from a cow, when the animal threw np her head, striking tha bow pin w hich he held In his hand against one of the lower front teeth, knm king it out. It happened to tw Je one that bail l-en clung. Wiuthmp (Conn.) Banner. The mischievous rodenta known a jack rabbit have cansed great damage to the orchard in tha state of Washing ton, and measure for tbe extermination of the feats axe under consideration. 3 A CHEAT POLITICIAN'S VVn Mr. T as f. I'lall khlae as s . lul Nit slaves Msmu, Everyone knows who Thomas C t th famous New York pulliirun sad1, ' Culled Male senator, is, but f,J n : hav ever heard anything hul t As a Usual thing Ilia helpmeet, , mm com lu h a Uir share of tnm,, I al trillion, but .Mr. I'latt seen,, to fe,, maided In Ihe background, a.),. h " worthy of noliie, however, and Is , '8 of rare ability und strength of cuaraJ She la tail and of commanding n1,,rI' and brr at rung f -ice la crown, J wtB , hair, rlhewas.lisa Kllen I. Il,r,t0, V for aba became Mr. IMalt and is lUnJ NIC. T. (. I'LATT. er of Ihree rhildn-n Kdwanl. trraatir) agrtil for the Culled States Kxprra o,? pany In Washington; Frank, a riaiiigviHiuj lawyer In New York, and II irry. uprna trndi nt of tbe money oriler deiart tnriit of lb I'llltasl Stutea Kxpres siuiiMliy, ,4 which his father is pn-nleut. Tbe l'lat I a have lunl at th Fifth Are line hotel III New York for I'i ,'nra ,i have an elegant suit of nanus ou the (.mimb flisir. Mr. I'latt Is thus eiiohled to Is-wiia. ill four Ibairs of the great met r--; .(au meeliiig plaiw for Hiliticians and fn-rly transact business with hi niuni-n.ua hi-u tenants without having an unpli-a-atit amount of nilitical biisiursa iiitruilritilo his home circle. It is said thai be lu-vi-rm Joys hiliiM-lf more (hall when siirnniinl.d by the iiH iiils-rs of his family. Mrs. ' ,ti is a musician of ability und shines partu s, larly as au riitertaiiiluu rouvrrsatiomi. A Mrs. I'l itt has lireii very nnir Ihreilgr of the Mi(itical niaeUl rout for nearly a quarter of a century, she Is naturally very well Mmlnl on Ihe aubject, and if wiunm areuualile to ki-ep a secret she Is nu exn-p tiiMi. Mie could uuiloubtislly give the in side history of schemes I hat have madr or unmade presldeuls, but no woman kuuai Iwltrr Ihail she ibsm that "silence is g.iUl rn." Mrs. I'lalt's business career has brea short, but successful. Several yiars agg she bought au orange grove In Florida, and she has managed il with such shn-wdiiew that il affords ber quite a sulwtanlial in come. When she Is not ill Florida, shrill reels Ihe limine of the grove by lei (er, and she also sells the out put in New York. Mrs. I'lutt's lad is amatrur photography aud she has an excellent colliition of pic lure takeu by herself. Ilollom of a Hea lalllng (tut. Scielitista tells us that, counting from the sea level. Ihe lowest Ixsly of water on the glolw is the Caspian sea. For centuries Ita surface has Iss n gradually settling dow n until now It Is eighty five feel lom-r than that of ita near uelghlair, the Ilhick sea, which also Ilea far la-low the levrl of oceans. The common conclusion all along bus la-en that the Cusplan was simply hrv Ing Ita water by rvaMirat joii, but recent Investigation shows that this is not ha case. Sounding made and compared with records of soundings made over lu year ago reveal the astounding fact that there Is even a greater depth of water now Ihati then. This leave bill one hypothesis Hint would seem at all tenable: That ihr lait lout of tbe M-a Is actually sinking Thrr I much sK-ciilation in sclent ilk- circle as to what will Iw lit llnal outcome. -St Iaiiiis Hepitblic. II lea 1'aprr Not Mads from It Ira. Kice pnier Is not made f nun rice nor from rh e stalks, nor baa it nny connection whatever with rice. Il is of Chinese maim fact ure, and Is made from the pith of t certaiu tree resembling the eldi r The pith is extruded from the tree in larga cylindrical masse, nud with sharp kniics the Chinese are off Ihe cylinder till, m Instead of a cylindrical form, they haxr large Hal sheet. This is prosed and other sheet added until the required thickness Usrcuml. The paM-r is tlieii rudely iiii and Is ready to ue. Ilwas calhsl rue st per under the supMeitiou that when it waa llrst Intnalin.d luto F.urow it was litoile from rice stalks, and the name has never lain changed. St. liuis (ilolw DeiniaT.it. Wnuilers of III lluoian Heart. The workings of the hiimuit heart hat been computed by a celebrated plij-iolo gist, and he has demonstrated that il is equal to Ihe lifting of IJOlonsIn ineuty four hours! ('resuming that the blissl is thrown out of the heart at each pulutioii In the prosirtion of sixty nine stnikes s r ntiuiite, and al tbe assumed force of nine fret, the mileage of Ihe blissl through the Usly might Iw taken at '.' yard s r mm ute, seven miles m r hour. PA mile s-r day,il.:r.n miles per year, or i.l V .l mile lu a lifetime ol eighty four years. Ill th) same periisl of time Ihe heart must la-ul 8,).m0.ijiw time. -Philadelphia I'resa Tha Introduction of lorka. Forka are articles of such common house hold necessity to lis thai we hardly realize that there was a lime, and not so long ago either, w hrn forks were rutirrly unknown A knife was used at the table to cut up food, but tbe fissl so cut was aftrrwurd conveyed by tbe lingers to tbe mouth. Kirb and (sair alike wrre orciistoiued lo this methial and so thought it perfectly correct. It was alsiut the year ll, and inth reign of James I. when fork wrre llrst Introduced into Kiigland. Thi "piece of rrflurmriit," we are told, was derived from the Italians. -rw York World. A Chinese Wardrobe. A costly wardrulw is owned by one of the Chinese mini-ter. w hose magnificent and varied toilette have driven the so ciety Iwllea wild with envy. The Celestial dignitary urvrr apwar at public enter talumetit twice in the same costume, and hla silk and satin garments are valued at a.,lJ0. 1oinIoi) Utter. As far as coo Iw calculated. Ihe average length of life, which ia computed lu the Seventeenth century to have l-s-n only thirteen jears. waa In the Kightrviilh Increased tot, my and in the Nineteenth lo thirty six. Men used lo be coosiilrrad old when they passed fifty. Th yearly consumption of cocoa lu F.ug land ha lurreaard from 4-Kl.iaaj smiim!s ia Isai to Ji.JTs.rja poumls in isoo, u, frotu " 1"""" ar-Him-e per IllbaUUllt 13 ieii to more tur half a pot pound per llihaO- Itant In ltsl. Above tb length of nineteen or twenty feet, make In the Phiinpine Islanda la creaaa greatly In bulk few every fox ia length, so that soak nineteen faat katuf look small braid ooa twenty two fssst long. isl Nrf'' j"'" srVss. - ' I ar" '"