The Eugene City guard., July 21, 1894, Image 2

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EUGENE CITY GUARD.
Lkl'AirilLL, rnprimfw.
EUOENE CITY. OREGON.
THE OLO HARPOONtR.
A till ml Pl ry Thai Ha (..a. Out ml
W haling l.lla.
Tlio gallant seaman wbo 'l
books stiiu.l In the prow of a whaling
boat waving a harpoon over liU bead,
with the line snaking out lulu the air
Uhlnd him. ! mil lo m found now In
Paternoster turn. The lireenland ses
hsvo tu t known lilm for mora limn a
hundred yi'Hin, ince firsl I lie obvious
iMMitiiiii w advanced that one could
i iic t both lirlr nnil mora accurately
timn ono ronlil throw, Tlia swivel gtw.
like a huge Imrse pistol, with Ita greet
oakum wad iiml 34 drama of powder, la
a mora reliable liut a far h-s plctur
can no ol jn t.
Hut to aim with such a Kn la an art
In Itx-lf, aa will I aim when una con
inliTt that the mpe l fastened to the
in k of a linri-x.il, ami that aa the line
al lu fli.-sthn downward drag of thia rope
IiiiikI seriously deflect It. Sodlfllcnlt la
It to make aure of one's aim, that It la
the i tiijiirlto of the trade to null the
bout right onto the creatine, the prow
sh.adlug tip ill aa.lt. gently sloping aide
ami the harpoon, r filing straight down
Into Ita l.roml hack, Into which not only
the four foot harpoon Imt 10 fort of the
roiw U himl It will disappear. Then,
ahotilil the whale cast Ita tall In the air
after the time honored fashion of tbe
plctur., that Ik. at would lie in evil raw,
hut f. it tu mi tidy when frightened or hurt
it iliaa no audi tiling, but rnrl Ita tall
up underneath it, like a mnl dog. ami
ainka liku a atone. Then the bows
splash hark Into the water, the bargain
er hugs hi own aoiil, the crew light
their lxe and keep their legs aart,
while the line run merrily down the
inlddloof the Ui.it ami over the bow.
There are two mi lea of It there, ami a
second tMiiit will lie alongside to splice
on if the first should tun short, the end
being always kept Iixhi for that pur
poae. Ami now occurs the one serious
(lunger of whaling. The line liaa uan
ally been coiled when it wa wet, ami
aa It rmia not II la very liable In coma
In lai, which whia down the boat
between the tnen'a leg. A mall Iiimhmh
In one of these ihmmi la gone ami fifty
fathoms d.-cp hetore the harHMner baa
tiino to aa)-. "Where a Jock'r" Or If It
be thu boat IIm If which la caught then
down it gM 1 1 lot ac irk on a trout hue,
ami the iihiii who ran awiin with
whaler 'a high bootann I a swimmer In
(bill. .Mmiy a whale liai bul a Far
tlilun n vciigo In thia fashion. Some
year ago man was whisked over with
a bight of rope round hi thigh,
"(itorg", iiiiiii, Alec's gone!" shrieked
the l at stccrcr. heaving up hi ai to
rut thu line. lint thu harpooiicr caught
hi wrist. "Nu, mi, inuii, " lie cried,
"thv oil inoin y'll be a gisul thing for
the widdie. " Ami ao it win arranged
while Alec allot oil Umw hi terrible
Jnutiiry. .. Coiiau Doyle in McClure's
Magazine.
Cleanliness la (In lloaaa.
Aleinmler Selkirk r.-sld.-s in Detroit,
ami, itningo to say, Ina wile'a maiden
liHllie I Kol.iiiiM.il. Kim U, take her '
in a', the very pink o' pcrf.rtioii. When
ho coiiiea Iihiihi at e'en, ha la oldigateil
to tiikeolf iu IhkiI III the pnage. She
hands biin 1 ) i- slippers. When h pula
thrill on, ha Jump Iran au lout to an
itlier till lie rcuchea hi chair. When
be iu ib .on to aiiier, aha tin a bib
round hia neck ainllwaor three nap
kina on bia kneca. If a morsel o' beef
or bread should happen to fa' on the
fliair, he direct hi attention to It ami
iiifotm It 1 1 1 1 that a guilty innw lence
need nan accuser. Her stove ahlnea aa
bright as her coal I. hick c), ami her
tinware apiirkhs oil the Wall llku dia
monds in thu darkness.
i. ii he la Kiiiing on ui hair, she
will not eriiitt In back to touch the
bm k of it. lie ait lailt uptight. In a
ptiviitu conversation ho Mid: "Sir, my
wife bang a'; ahe la the trigest wife I
ever aaw. In her pernickety way 1
somctimi-s think that abe I Jut rather
lo the rat lor. Vet wi a' her full Ita
I w ad be aa mail aa a March bare If
onyhody waa Ignorant enough to apply
to In r the a ii hi naylng that a' clean
glum koiin tiiina covcta a dirty baud."
Detroit Newa-Tribuno.
Itlrjrle Mall lllrry.
Ill an Interview IWinaAter (ieuentl
Wan iniaker, in the ludianaK.h Jour
nal, aiiya:
r'ree tul delivery in tlio rural dia
trict I coming aoiue time. The gov
rriiineiit il'' m.t give the farmer bia
liiirn of thu iN'iietli of the mail. In
another year. I think, tbe poatofllce de
part incut will be elf auntiiiniiig, and 1
think the tunc will then lie ri for the
liiaugiirution of the free delivery of
mail in the rural dixtricta. The plan,
however, i feasible only where there
are pl road a, lavailMi it Involve th
n of bicycle. I am glad to know your
ktnte i iM'ginning to alio w an interval in
,' kI roa.U.
It U quite waible. with nad !
Lie at all HMh.in of the year, to operate
the rur.il d. livi ry yteiii, and aUo col
1'I the mail from the hoiea placed
aloti the road. There are aoine part
of rural diktru-ts near riiiludelphta
w hich might have the delivery now if
there were money to equip auch aervice.
W'e are nln bu yclea in Waalitugton
With ginl aucce In dellverle a well
co.l.i tii.n. It la mtirrly feasible
an 1 alo pr..)K-r t otetnl every a Iran
lu;e i f our in;.il n'n ii u to the farmer.
Ilrraklng I'a a fcqaar.
A d u-i..n M-tulo poing on a to
wh. Mi. run inf.intry mpiarv can be broken
by a rhiir- of men on f.n.t or on honuy
b.uk. Ti the titinimhtary mind tin
Would V-eiu iin;il.;o, pn.vi.l.il that
the (ii.tre i pn p.r!r f .run-1. Ilut I
r 1 1 tiie other day that the French iu
1 .i!o niii-r c.i-t melinite uotub into an
inirrtji Inuciit ( f Hie riinny, with the re
mit that the !aijut tin niM'lvra bad
lo fail La. k in or.b r t t to be deatroyed
by the utl . a!in f umi-a.
1 tin a fact or an effort of the Jour
nalitc iuiugiiia'.i..ii? If the former,
what la lo prevent melinite being tir.-l
into any d n uiaa of men on a battle
field, whether in xiture or in any other
formation, and running auch fun.,
that the tiar would rea to eiiat?
Admitlilig the truth of the atateuirnt. it
rrnii to me likely to render war -i ri-C-evUiligly
dangerou a pwatime that few
ana human l- in will I wtlltug to
!.'' In It. Londuu Truth.
MORPHINE'S NEW ANTIDOTL
ft Me Tall Haw He Ma4e turn tit mm.
mrj aaul af Mia Ksavrlaaeala.
Dr. William Moor, wbota dlaoovery
it perroaoganataof potaaalnm aa an an
tidota for tnorpblne polaoiiiug bu uin.le
bira fainoua, baa written a paper upon
tba object which baa been publiahed In
well known medical periodical. In
Uila b treat tba aubject a I moat al
together, aa might be eiprcted, In
technical manner. II trlla, however,
it the Inveatlgation that led to bia dia
fivrry In Ilia following word!
"After oin trial I found tbat the
beat way of adinlnlaterlng it waa lo
bava It made np In pill with cacao
butter and talcum of kaolin, and to di
reel the patient to diink very alowly
laaful of Water J nut one minute after
taking the pill, for the latter Iwglna to
diaiutegrate in on minute at th tem
aeralnre of the laxly. Uy Unlng Ihia
inetlnal I npceaafiilly romhated tba ei
Ireinely diagr-al.le wb.r In a raa of
cancer of the atomach.
"AUmt that time I treated a well
known actor iiiH. rlng from acuta pleu
ny. Tin gentleman wa addicted to
morphine, and a 1 had taken much in
term! In lilm I earnestly aoiigbt the beat
plan to break lit habit. The Idea oc
curred lo me that prrhape permanga
nate of (Kitanh might decoinHne mor
phine, the latter being an organic aub
atance, and that by making n of a
certain method I could eventually break
bia habit without nutrn ting biin from
taking hi morphine. My patient, how
ever, atarted on a profeaaional tour Jnat
when I began to ut my idea to a tct.
Thia clrcnmatanra fil l not prevent me
from continuing my reanlna a lo
Iba efTi t of iN-rmaiiganateof Nitaaaluin
on morphine, and today I am permlltnl
to offer lo the profceainn what I conalder
to be the antidote 'par ricellence' for
tuorphlne. "
Then cntiaidcrlng in detail the pecul
iar elTiH la of the anlldoln when dlfier
eutly adiiiluiatered Dr. Moor continue:
"Having gained Iba knowledge ol
Ibeae facta, it la not aurprlaiiig that I
could awallow with Impunity toxic
doae of aulphate of morphine billowed
In a fuw momenta by a correapi.uding
amount of Ilia chemical body which
I wa Juatifled lo conalder Iba antidote
par ciccllcnoe for morphine. Thua on
one oi canton four hour after a full din
ner, at a time when the toinach inital
bava coiitained a great amount of aoln
bia M-ptotiea and other oigauio matter,
1 look two grain of the aulphate of
morphine In alaiut half of an ounce of
water, followed In one minute by three
gralna of Ita antidote tor aafety'a aake
one grain more than neccaaary du
aolved In four ounce of water. In an
other Inatauca three hour after a light
upper I tix.k In the prew-nce of aeveral
colleague la-longing to the atalT of the
Weal Hide (lerman clinic or thia city
three grniliaof the aulphate of mor
phine, billowed lu about 30 aeconda by
four grain of permanganate of Mitn
riu in, I ioth In aqiicoua aolutloti. I wa
perfectly coiiliileiit that the antidote p-aewM-tl
auch a wonderful lufluify for the
inol phi IK) that It Would (elect it lliatail
tancoiialy from among the cunteiila of
tba atomach.
"Incaaeof oiouiiig by any of tha
aalta f im rpbia 10 to 13 grain of the
antidote diaaolvcd iu all or eight ounce
of water ahoiild lie admlniatereil at once
and repeated at Interval of UU minute
three or four time, or even more often,
reril'augamitu of iKitaaaiuiu aa Well a
the aalta of iijaligam-aa are compara
tively haimleaa, even If gtveu in laige
quniititlc. "
Dr. Moor contlnii: "Iu caw of
poiaoning by the alkaloid itaelf or by
llucture of opium (laudanum), alao by
0(i)iimi, II la advisable lo acidiilnte the
antidotal aolution with diluted aul
phurlo acid, or in tha almeiice of Ihia
with aoiue white vinegnr not red vine
garby which the inmilublu morphia
will lie al once converted Into thu aolil
Ida ulphato of acetatu. I have etrung
rraaoii to ladlcve that the adiiiiniatra
Hon of permanganate will w of la'tiu
hi lal i lb i t even alter alMirptioii of the
inorpliine liaa taken place."
TIIE TKAINED SEALS.
CAPTAIN WESTON TELLS ABOUT HIS
THRE PERFORMERS.
A mt aioMe ami f Hrwra.
The Iranaitiou from tlm atone aga to
IIm bronze age can lt read in the dia
chanircaof the lakedwelleraof hwltb-r-land.
Thia wonderful people lived
through Ihu atone ago and for long agea
continued on until they lapped over
Into the broine age. home of their ect
t lenient d inch we on ly atoiui implement,
while other of a later date allow the
bronie cIiIih-I, the bronie wlugiMl hatch
et, Ihu bronio knife, the hexagonal ham
mer, the tanged knife of ornamental do
aign, the atK'ket knife and tlio bronie
all kle. They allow alao the limine flah
biHik, barU-d and In exact iiiillitude of
our preMiit device. The ornamental
hatpin aa now uvd, together with other
artlcb-a of utility and ornamentation
la plentiful. The atone mold for cat
lug the copper or bronie hatchet i of
exceedingly ancient date, but probably
the m of and waa far mora common,
aud hence we have lee trace of that
met hod . 1 1 ard w are.
Tha lllM IllblliUnuw
Viati rday I met a worthy gentleman
whom year ago I ued to ace In tha
1'aria alni. A few rapid wor.l of
grwting wera rxebanged lelweeu ua.
"Madame ia quite well, I hope?"
"(juit well, thank."
Here my old acquaintance auddenly
bethought bimarlf and added:
" llcg pardon, no nothing of tha
kind. I forgot for tha moment that I
lott her tt month back." Eloila.
la Haalaww.
Hon, keeper You are In buaineaa,
ara you?
Tramp Yea, in tun. I'm a pecula
tor, mum. but I ain't no Wall trt
bark, no iudeed, mom. My bueincae la
legitimate.
" You don't localt."
"If true though, mum. I've put
away a I cent Columbian atainp, auj
now 1 iu wainu feranae. " New Yok
Vieekly.
(War V ll.la'a Maaavry.
(War Wilde liaa enough lnh bbaxl
in Ina veto toix val..iially make a bull.
In London an Aimruan. who had no t
Wilde previously. mhr. up lohiiu ami
gra-ped bia baud. Caar drew tack a
little.
" Why, don't you remember me?" ex
claimed tba American, ratbvr taken
aba. k.
"Well, to tell yon tha troth." ra
maiktd tlacar placidly, "I remeuila-r
your nam perfectly, but for tha life
of mi I rig t recollect your face."
Etrkana-a. Q'
Mew M mu4 a f aM Oaraaaa riaaMtraaaa
Caalar4 Kmrnrnf, Blhhr ea4 Taaaaaf,
aWaa af Tlwlr THake Tawi Ute Ipmm
aJI Wal.r flak.
Of all tba different anlmala that go to
Inak np tba animal kingdom a flab ia
perbaja tba itrangeat tbat ibould La
rnueen for training, yet tba acta dona by
tha three aeal under Captain Wcaton'a
gnlilanc ahow that even a flab can do
wonderful thing. Thoaa now perform
Ing every day ara th ohleat feala In
captivity. Seal ara extretuelr delicata.
aud they rarely live away from their
nativa aea and rock for mora tban a
year, and yet theaa aeal. Bobby, Ilibby
an.) Tommy, bava been performing reg
nlarly for al rear. Their longevity ta
undoubtedly due to tha fact that tbey
receive great care.
Tha exact apot of tha birthplace of
Iheaa aeal la not known, but when they
wera yoiingaterathey were found on one
of tha lalande off Coxahaven in Germany.
Tba German government doe all it can
to protect Ita fiaheriea, and aa aeala ara
a contant menace lo flb Hi govern
ment pay a reward of S mark for tbe
capture of each aeal. There la a famona
aeal fiaherman in Germany named
Worth man, and when Captain Weaton,
wbo bad lawn ou many aealing and
whaling eipc.lltiona in Iba .North aea,
determined that ha would give np the
life of a aailor and become a landlubber
it occurred lo blm thai tha training of
aeala would be novel and profitable. He
went to Northman, and together tbey
captured the three aleek little fellow.
There are many ialandxontaideof Coxa-
haven, and one of tha einallent waa
ctnaen. In d.wcril.lng the capture Cap
tain Weaton aaid:
Weatretched tha m t on oneiideof una
of tbe amaller ialund and then went to
the other and "hot oft piatola and made a
noiae, driving many aeal Into tha wa
ter and againat tha net. Wa bad to
work very quickly, becanae the aeala
dived down and became entangled In the
net, and a seal will drown If kept five
minute under water. When wa finally
pulled them up, wa found that we bad
about 20 aeala, but when they found
themaelve altogether they became en
raged and fought among tbematdvea.
biting, acratching and tearing, even
killing one another, until there wera
ouly three left, aud theaa three are tha
aaine three I have today.
Una hna only a faint idea of tba
amount of patience which it reqtnree to
teach a flah, for aucb a aeal really la.
It look eaay to ae one of my aeala play
the banjo or a harp, but it took me
three month of hard work every day
to teach them to do tliia even iu an im
perfect manner, and the only reaaon
that I can give ia that they have been
at It long enough to learn.
I have never la-lore known a aeal to
live in captivity over one year, and yet
I have bad mine many tliuea thai. I
am of ten itirpriaed at their intelligence.
Especially i till true of llobby, the
clown. I believe that that flab under
stand humor, because he doea thing at
time which actually make me laugb,
lo any nothing about the audience. He
la Ilia lawt teal 1 ever had, tha beat 1
ever will have, and I think that ha ba
an affection for me, and that he knowe
allium) everything that I aay to him.
Ye, tlio caio of aeal Ix a great one.
I keep them in a tank, aud above the
water I a shelf for them lo lie on when
they feel o Inclined. Thia water ia
changed three time a day, and 30
pound of alt are put into the water at
each change, lor a seal cannot live in
frcan water, you know. They are aa
plump and fat today aa they were lying
on their native rock in Hie North
aea, and they know a great deal more
about tlio world than they otherwiae
would have kuowu. It may aurpriae
some people, but It ia nevertheleaa a
fact, that thcae tlitoe aeal eat 5U0 pound
of (bill a week. They will only eat aea
fish, auch n herring or flounder, and 1
attribute their long life to the fact that
I am very careful with their total. The
fish arowaidiel and cleaued and tbo
head cut off J tint a carefully and juat
aa cleanly aa though going on a hotel
table. The al doea tiot chew a !ili.
but swallow It whole, and It would
iirpriao yon lo ace bow a great man of
fish will disappear when three aeal get
al IL All the accompllahmenta of theee
cala aia not shown. They have been
taught water tricks. I can throw a 10
cent piece into a tank of water, and,
mall a tlio piece ta and flat aa it Ilea
on Hie bottom, at a word of command
any one of my aeal will dive for It and
gel it. This I do not ahow in public,
bocatiM the tank la an unwieldy thing
10 keep alaiut.
Have they ever bitten me? Yea, sev
eral time, and the seal' bite ia a nai.tr
one. The lat time waa when 1 placed
the tambourine In front of Ilibby.
Without warning bo grabbed me by tba
arm, and I certainly thought lie would
take a big piece out of It before 1 could
make him lei go, and I wa obliged to
trike hi in very severely In-fore I could
gel bim to let loose. My aeal to me
ate great pet, and I think aa much of
them aa I would of a child, for their
great, big, intelligent eye look np Into
mine with an expression which telle me
if tbey ouly kuew bow tbey would cer
tainly talk to me. New York Tribune.
(lal Ih ri.h la.
On th orraMoo of the oHnl,ig of par I la
aieut, Uuriug one of tbe ) ears when lilt
wa prliu nnnMrr. th lords and com
liuMia aere greatly rplrxfl by a refer
rn. to tli gol.UUh at WindM castle,
which was Introduced into tbe king
tpereh, aa read by IMU It was not until
after l.th I'ltt ami King t.rorg were dead
Dial the rtplauatl.airaiiieout. Tbe prune
ndiilater, II ia related, bad come to tbr king
al tbe palace with Ilia speech from the
throne ,'uMv prepared. II found tbe king
Seated al th edge of the basin of a foun
tain earnestly regard III g his goldfish sport
ing alaiut ia th water. I'ltt read tha
sa-ern. "IKe your niajratr appro' tbe
divour'" ale. the imiiitrr. "I wi.l
p.rrt It, but only oa one c nd. lion." aa d
IL king, "and iImI is that y..u introduce
In It om reference to these fUhea." T.
king was olalurate. and relusrd bis auttu
Uaihaaof t he royal speech unltl Mr. I. t
had promised faithfully to aay sninettit (
la It alaHII lb royal goldflshr. Sau Kraot
cisea ArgooauL
Nat la lass, h aWr.
T Salesman ua th dry gsls store V
'r,tto is a very pretty piece of goods, but
to l b.aneai aul It I must tell you Ibal II
will nut waah.
Ik lair IWbaarr Jb. that doesn't
auaiu. 1 only waot ll for a bathing suit
aaiway .Chicago Racerd.
THE WOOERS Of ATOMS.
Beee lb eall Visible teatalaa
MlllhsM ml rarllala.
There are but few persona ouUld of
tbe rank of tha hluk glcal student tbat
bave any Idea of what I meant by tbe
ipreaalon"an aloiaof matter." When
tbe microscope la applied lo tbe exami
nation of living tissue, whether tbat
tiaso be of animal or vegetable Ufa, It
la soon observed that all living things
are made tip of minute bodtee railed
"organisms. " Experts In the variona
lirancbea of biological research will also
lei I yon tbat no essential difference can
be distinguished between tnose ctns
which go to make np tbe sum total of
animal life and the which give tbe
Vegetable Its exist. Bee. These life cell,
although wombr within themselves,
are made np of minute particles railed
atoms, which art so small Ihst tney
mat over remain Invisible to tbe hu
man eve. Nomecri leal reaner win say,
If Ibis last remark be true, bow ran
it be tirored that sis h Infinitesimal par
ticles aa your so rilled 'stoma exist?"
To Ibis query Hie rply would be that It
is only when an untold numWof these
atoms nnite themselves so aa to form a
single body, like the gralna In a pop
corn ball, that they become at all visi
ble and then only y Hie best appliance
that optical sclcrre baa been able to
fnrnlsh.
Tbla Mug the rase, it Is not an exag
geration lo say tlsvt every little piece of
matter which we are able to see IS mill
np of million rpo" million of the
atom which ara so small that no mind
ran comprehend their minuteness, even
when taken In aggregations of thou-
and. There are, of course, many dif
ferent kind of atoms, stu b aa atoms of
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, etc., each of
which la believed to have Ita own par
ticular aixe and weight Then, too,
tbey probably differ In shape as well aa
alze. According to the siecialita In
this line, they combine together by ma
tusl attraction, which la in some esse
called cohesion and In othera chemical
affinity, according a the atom are of
the different element. This being the
case it ia eaay to understand why myr
iads of these stoma of all size and
sbiea, fitted snugly one against the
other, combine together in varying de
gree of Intensity to bti'ld np structure
possessing all the variona degreea of
lability and solidity. Home of tbe most
wonderfnl theories ever advanced on
the atomic theory are by Sir William
Thomson, the English scientist. In one
of thcae artlclea bo proves by three dif
ferent train of arguments that an atom
cannot lie greater than the one one hun
dred and fifty millionth of an Inch nor
Ice than oue-five blllioutb of an inch.
St. Louie Republic.
A ( limbing Hulloeh.
At tbe great slaughter house In tbe
Parisian suburb of La Villi tto there hi
a granary ftuiu which the beasta await
ing execution are fed. The way to it I
up a substantial ladder staircase. Una
of the bullocks, having escaped from tbe
pens, climbed uptbiastaircusa la-fore be
could be stopped. When his escape waa
first discovered, be waa seen on tbe
stairs, slowly and laboriously making
hia way upward. As soon aa he reached
the gianaty I wo or three attendant fol
lowed him and endeavored to get biin
down, but all their efforts were unavail
ing. There was nothing to be done,
therefore, but to leave the beast there
to eat his fill and then see whether bo
would I clever enough lo return by the
way bo went. 1'isu.ildy some thought
of exhil itlng him in public may bave
crossed the minds of hi guardians, but
if nt they wete .banned to disnpsjint
meiil. The stupid animal, iustead of
trusting to tbo staircase, got out of a
window on the o.ite, side of tbo
building and put on ait on a little
thin ladder stand"' "gainst It. There
was a crash, tb "l.-r broku In half
and Ihu too '-i rou bullock fell,
breaking a l''JY'''' so that he hud to be
killed on tba ; -Pari Letter.
MAIeAXTJIOXYWAYXE
HIS MEMORY STILL REVERED BV PA
TRI0TIC PENNSYLVANIANS.
TO lUaaaljss mt lbs KvulallMsary Hare
U4 la Twa Widely aearaU Ita la
la Kerslam !.!.-Th. ( Irnaaatajess
mt III Ileal k.
The dust and bone of Mad Anthony
Wayne rest In two graves on Pennsylvania
.11 separated by alui.ist theextreme length
f IhosUla from li..rtbwi-t lo utb.-aal.
One .,f them I within tbe ground of the
holdl. r and Huilnr1 home al trie, and
the other lain tlio little cemetery of M.
David Kplscoatl rhiin li at Radnor, In
Delaware county. The grave at Erie Is
..I. ! I.v I.I.M-Llu.iiMena-lial a fcW Year
ago by the aiiite In comm. morel Ion of her
le-rolc son. Tlio grave at Ibwtnor nna over
k a marble monument ens-ted by the
li.Mn.t lv.nl. ..-l,.tv ,,r ttutf 'lnelnnall and
dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on
July 4, I M.
Tbo bl.s k house at Erie, which stands
on a sightly bluff mmuminllng Hie en
trance to l'n-iie lle ly and ov. rl.a. king
K I...U..I M,.a.(iMi.f tjkka k'rtit Is a refine
duct Ion of oiiii built In l?l5 upon exactly
the some situ aud which served for many
a-... f Kn M-Miii'tviiii. anil i.illllMrv lii-ad-
quartcrsof the banly plomsTawhoin th.sw
tniulilous time loiinu II llcresanry u im
a. aallll In lifin.llliitf w.-atsiiia of warfare
a the Lads of the buslstndman. Many e
Mmim
OValury.
"The most eliNtient sin uker are not
the uuait Miwerful," say Hon. John
Klthianof Illinois. "There are men
who could bold an audience sM'llbotiud
with a siMKrch alaiut a cockroach and at
the close of It the is-ople wonld not
know whether the cia-kroacb was an
animal, a bird or a piece of machinery.
I saw an illustration ol this one timuin
a political meeting. One of tbe iiHs-t
eloquent speaker in thu country is Em
erson Etheri.lge, and I heard him deliver
a speech Hint (wayed the bearers like
music at tbo liands of a master. There
waa nothing Hint he could not do with
the crowd while they were ninl.r his
control. His opHineiit bad a voice like
a big basa viol, halted and stammered,
but confined himself to homely lan
guage and rather coarse ridicule. I
watched the vote iu that precinct, and
Iba measure advocated by the eloquent
speaker scarcely received a Vote, while
the other man had carried everything
before hi in as if by storm."
Mastering Hard
For determining the barducaeor fria
bility of certain suUtancea M. R.wiwal
baa descrilard to the Vienna academy a
new iiietb.sj il. vis.-d by bim which is
characterised by entire simplicity. The
measurements consist in comparing the
loaaea of weight sustained by the bodies
nndi-r Investigation by scratching them
with a given weight of polishing ma
terial uiouuted on a metallic or glass
base until tbe suUtunce lose it effi
ciency, the polishing appliance com
prising doU. untie sand, emery and pure
corundum. The diamond i assigned
it place In the scale of baldness by
comparing ita effectiveness a a olih
ing agent with that of corundum, prov
ing tiOtiiiua a bard a tbe latter, and
lo these lucceed topax. 191: quartz. 1T3.
adulana. 51) S; apatite. S.O; fKurapar.
6.4; ralctte. 5,1; rock alt. 3.0, and
Isle. 0 04. New York Sun.
Thai IXuy Agala.
"It makes me tired." said Mr. Figg.
"to see the sty le the llmd. rl ys put or
when every one kuv tbat they are a
poor a - as p.r as"
"Plaster," interrnj ted Tommy.
""e. a Hjor as plaster, jmst as
plaster p-. reus p'jster. II .u don't
send tbsl luipod.in kid to bed in five
minute. I'll l:. k bun tillhct t s.-e. '
Then Mr. t igg put bis bat m well
down over bis eye, and Li t heeding bis
wife's advice to wear his overshoes went
down town. !od:auapolie Journal.
raithral tm TUm.
A woman of I-xiogton, Ky . Uu-ly U4
a pat d. and ba unlemi a 17o tuoou
auaal be b put orr Iu rraea
Ol II ST. ll AVIIl'S, RAIlNOIt.
citing Im Idcnts la-curnl on the site of Its
old bl.B'kb.iuae during and preceding the
Revolution, hurt Pn-sqtie Isle, ruljolnllig
it, established In 1 7.VI, wn oneof the most
Important Kruucb outt in the day of
thu Kn-ncli Indian war and later waa tha
garrison ground and inllltiiry ssit for our
own tnsist.
Even as late a. 1SIJ this hlat.irlo ait
ech.snl with the sound of nmrthil activity,
for right under the l.lufT on which the
bl.arkhouse stands and within a stone's
throw run the old clsiiin.-l that led from
tbe Imy to Ijike Erie, through which
Perry llei-l pncd ou Its way fnmi the
shlpynnls to the fiiuiou naval fight and
victory on I-nke Erie. Thnuigh this chan
nel one cild (lny In the aiitumtl of IT'.Nl
pusa.1 n veasi'l from Detroit Isnring (e n
ernl Wayne, who had cuihurk.'d at tbut
port after eoucltillug peai-c negotiation
with the northwestern Indians, subsequent
to a successful military rauiialgn ngnlnst
them.
The gi'tierul, w ho was on his way to visit
hi eastern home, hud been sa lz.il with a
evero attack of gout siaiil ufter going
alsKird the vewl, and when thu s.rt of
Erie was n-ached be was so ill that It was
not divined safe to move hlin any further.
Ily bis own tlln-ctlon he was taken to the
bliakhoust, and a courier waa sent to
Pittsburg for Dr. J. C. Walhvv.
llcforo the lbs-tor could n-ach lilm the
gvnend ill.il, the .Into of his demise la-lng
lv. 15, ITVsl. Tbmughoiil his Illness be
had nivlvcd all the ruru and attention It
waa possible under the iln iiinatnnco to
give, and two .lay after his il.-nth, Iu
olalleliee to bis own napiest, his Isaly, clod
in uniform and Usits, was burleil In e,
plain colli n al tlio fool of the Ibigstuff cf
the bl.s-khoUM.
Twelve y.-oni later, In tbe full of 1no,
(ienernl Waync'a daughter, Mrs. Alice,
whllu acrioiialy III, expnMil thu w Ish that
her father' n'liiains should he transferred
to the family burying ground. Reall.lng
that shu waa on her Ucathlail mid with a
desire to plcnsu her, I'olon. 1 Imuic Wayne,
thu gi iieriil's s.111, i-oiiaentnl to carry out
her wishes. Ho went to Erin for the pur
pisw In the spring. .f isirti, driving thnuiub
tho wlld.Tiiess In u sulky. Imn arriving
at his U.-at illation he m nl for III. Wullmv,
who bail In the iiicnuliuie bx-at.il In Erie,
and with him cnrliid.-U urriingcuieiii
whereby tbe n-miiius were to la; pn-pan-d
for n-inoval.
Thu Usly hail lain In the prave so long
that ll was thought nothing but tiielsnic
reiiuilii.il; but, to Dr. Wallace' great sur
prise, when dlaiuternil It wo found to lu
lu a cmlpct rilled condition, and, w lib thu
exception of one legnud fis.r. In an aliuoal
perf.vt statu of preservation. Cobuiel
Wayne luul il.vllucl to wltuesa the illaln
Urini iit. and without innsultlng bfen the
d.s'tor illvld.il tho Isaly Into convenient
parts and la.ll.il tbciii In onler to cMimtu
the Utah fn.ni thu Isin.-s.
This course of pnxvduru wa uiude ms?
easary Isi-ause with tho primitive mean
of tnin-K.rtail..ii at C.iloucl Wayne's dim
iniind It wo luiaiaslble to carry in. .re than
tbo hone kti kul Into the smallest com
pass through the wilderness that then ex
isted. They were slr:ipsit to the colonel'
sulky and In that way wifely conveyed u
thu family burying ground In eastern
Pennsylvania. The tlcsh and other parts
of Ihu Isaly wen. n-lnlcrml In their for
mer n-stlng pl.uv.
In JsTi the bite Dr. (icrmcrof Erie, wbo
waa an enthiialostlo a.linlnr of lh-neral
Wayne bendo history, Incited by local
A NOVEL RACIN0 MATCH.
raf gaaleg a Raa asa Kaveblaaj
Herssai ta Ueetd a Wisav
Tberela no knowing wbat at, Eng
lishman will not do to decide a bet.
Men hare Jumped across dining tablra,
mounted upon nnlractable steede yea,
and even kissed tbelr own niotbets-ln-law
In or.sar to settle a wager. Inline.
It ought to I au established maxim
among ns by this time tbat, given a cer
tain number of Impossibilities and an
tqnal number of young Englishmen,
Ih.avt impossibilities will not long re
main sucb, provided tbey be made tbe
lubject of beta.
Oue of th.we Incident which go a
long wsy toward Justifying the reputa
tion which aa a nation of madmen we
have rained among foreigners occurred
t M. Moriti when, "In order to settle
a bet," Lord William Manner and Iba
lion. II. Uilswin egr.ed lo go d.wn tbe
village "tun" mounted on rucking
horses In place of ordinary toboggans.
A feature of the race was tbat both
competitors were "attired In full bunt
ing kit," and aselalairate preparation
bad been made for the contest and ru
mor of Hie affair bad la-en Industrioosly
noised abroad the crowd wbicb bad as
sembled to witness it waa both large
and distinguished.
Tbe start was fixed for 12 o'clock,
and shortly la-fore that bonr tbe shouts
of the s-ctatora announced that tbe
boraea were otf. L'ulike the custom in
toboggan racca. both started at the same
lime. In the first course Lord William
Manners led as far as a certain angle of
lhe"rnn" called Casper's Corners, from
Hie fact that a hotel of that name I
aituated cl.e by, but "taking it rather
high Mr. Gibson passed cleverly on the
inside, which be maintained to tbe fin
ish," Lord William being summarily
dismissed from bia fractions steed's
back some distance to the bad from the
winning post.
In the second roirrce Lord William
Manners again had the advantage as far
as Cassr 's Corners, where Mr. Gilsvin
again tried to pass bim on the Inside,
but being Jockeyed by hi opponent bia
horse swung round aud proceeded down
the run tail foremost, but leading. The
merriment of the sctutort at this
stage of tha pna-ceding may be morn
easily imagim-d than diwrilied, nor did
it abate iu tho least when Mt. Gllssun,
dismounting, seized it niicrreiiioniously
by the maw and turned It into tbe way
it should go.
Meanwhile Lord William Manners
bad suffered disappointment a aecond
time, for ill attempting lo "take" to
use a true bunting term a paticularly
awkward part of tbe "run" called Bel
vedere Corner In horse refused lo re
Hind lo Ita rider'a rxeition to get it
ucceaslully over the obstacle, and horse
and Jockey came down lo the ground lu
one t mil ii It nuns somersault togethet.
Lord William's discomfiture proved
to be Mr. GilsMiu's opportunity. The
time and ground that tho former had
I.wt by hi Involuntary flight through
the air were never recovered. Mr, Gib
son, with the Hitlon of bis horse re
versed and his legs thrust scientifically
in front of him, rodo easily aud triiim
phaiitly forward and eventually reached
the winning pt some seconds iu ad
vance of bia opponent. Alpiue Poet
L J sas I I
V -'IWl '
"r""T. - .-
T
OLD HUK k Hot's R AT EII1C
traditions of the facta given shove, begun
a systematic aiwn h for the grave. The
bl.a-khoiiM- and all the old landmarks had
dUapaaml, but after long and patient
digging the grave was tliiully uncovered.
A part of the top of the Colli u with the In
itials was found. In a goal state of pres
ervation. This, w ith other relic of by
gun days, now f..rm a miniature mu
cim in the main Ms. m uf the blockhouse
dedicated to bis inctiiory. The grave baa
bce: wull.il tip with stone and every
th'Ug done to pr.-s.-nr the self chiss-n rest
tog place of M.uJ Anthony Wayne, one of
the bravest and moat dashing berusa uf tbe
Revolutionary war.
Ilia "lAnm" Teat.
Tho story i related of a bishop who
came lo one of our state prisone and
waa told: "No need of you here, air,
We have eight preacher safely locked
up who aru (nought out each Sabbath
to minister to their fellow prisoners
If this apHsr a doubtful tale, It can be
varied witb the following about a young
lady Sunday school teacher wbo has a
c I asa of tuther bright boys averaging
between 7 and years.
Recently she r.iU.-ted escli pupil to
come on the following Sunday with
some piisaiiguof Scripture bearing npoti
love. The lad ln-edcd Hie request and
lu turn recited their verses bearing uiniu
tbut popiilur subject, such as "Love
your enemies," "Little children, lovo
one another," etc. The teacher said to
the boy win w turn came Inst, 'Well,
Robbie, w hat is your verse?" Raising
himself up ho res4nded: "Song oi Sol
omon, second chapter, fifth verse, 'Stay
me with flagons, comfort mo with ap
ples, fur I am sick of love.'" Ex
change. Color and Warmth.
The color of material has soma In
fluence on the warmth of thu clothing,
lllack and blue alworb heat freely from
without, but white and light shades of
yellow, etc., aru far lesa absorbent.
This difference can be demonstrated by
eijs riineiit. The same material, wben
dyed with different colors, will absorb
different amouiiU of beat. In hot conn
trie white coverings are universally
worn, and sailors and other wear white
clothing in hot weather.
With r.gar.1, however, to brat given
off from the body tbe color of tho ma
terial used at clothing makes little if
any difference. Red flannel is popu
larly supp.sved to be warm, though it is
no better in this respect tban similar
materials of equal substance, but white
cr gray In color. Dai k clothing ia best
fot cold weather, because It more freely
almorbs any beat tbat ia obtainable.
Fort nightly Review.
.lua,i)s laalraaseals.
A physician who gut rid of some of
but steel Inatruin.nts and (ought other
made of aluminium says that be Is sor
ry that be changed. The aluminium
atobea, aouud. toncae denreeser and
tbat sort of thing do net cxidize. to be
sate, but be finds that tbey are deficient
in elasticity and si. bent after pree
nre. H declare, gyreovrr. that he
likes to feel a if be had a bold on some
thing when he use sn Instrument, and
aluminium is so li-bt tbat It makes
bias tee I a if gi could put no Ujbt la
IL Exchang.
The Ideal J spa.
Mb Georgia Cuyvan. tbe leading
lady of the New York Lycenin company,
baa Just returned from a vacation iu
Japan, and is bubbling over with in
formation concerning that country.
She says: In no country ia domestic
service so nearly s-rftvt. No insolence,
no shirking, but alisolutely satisfactory
and timely service. When a biwtesa de
si les to give a dinner she calls her serv
ant and says: -Four (or whatever the
nnmla-r of guests may be! piecee man din.
tier today.' That is all sufficient. The
dinner will le ready on time, and will be
a meal of which Dcltnoiiico would not be
ar mel. And it will be economically
done t.ai. There will be plenty, but noth
ing will be left. Hardly a crumb will
remain when the dinner is ended. There
i no odium attached to domestic labor,
and it i as often s-rf.ruied by men as
by women." She spoke of a IVaiton lady
who, TJvn returning lo this 'honse
keeper's paradise," after a visit to ber
native city, wa so delighted that ah
felt like enihraiing the "samepan man"
who came to row her ashore.
(Weed.
A correspondent write to a medical
tevlew to cjaim tbat meat of man 'a
disease arPdue to tbe clothing be
wears. There msy be srmethiog ta
tbaL The ballet girl never die. Chi
cago Dispatch.
THE KING HAS PETS.
THIS REFERS TO THE LION AND LIT
TLE ANIMALS HE LOVES.
A rr.fl.aal Trala., W( Amtm
Telia a.sa lalereadug lald.ai. Th
rearlsasMitass ml Pigs... A a.ag lb U ,
al Keast.
Tli way lion treat the tiny cretilr,,
f animal life ia a atndy. It may be ti.
there I some animal language, and
the legend of the littlu mouse which s.i.
ed the lioti'a life by gnawing the n,-t , w
lscoiiie known to the d.-nu.-ns of n,
Jungle and haiid.il down as animal fi
lore, or it may la. that the king of
baa a positive contempt fr anything,
tretnely small, but it U tie vcrth.-l,,
fact that lions will not attack tiny am.
mala when they are put together. pr!
feasor Edward Darling, than whom tlf.
la no more profound student of ali..ir,
life and character iu tbe countrv. l,.u
made many t-uriou exs.riiuenta' wp.i,
hi five big beast.
"I never saw a lion kill a rat or
mouse,' said Professor Darling, "and I
bave bad many of them put m th,. ,..
with my five lions. My attention wa,
first drawn to thia when I waa on mv
way from London to Rata via, in Java,
on the ship Rotutido. 1 had my five 1i,,m
with in, nihI in thv quarter of th n.i,
in which tli'-y Were liotia.il were Ulativ
rata. One day I saw Leo, my f.iv..ni
lion, tying down and holding la in
hi paws very loosely a monster shipr.it.
I thought i-rhaM that the cat in.tiia t
in the lion bad made bim catch ;: ,
that he wonld probably play vr.u it
awhile, then eat it, and so I watched. Ini
agine, however, my surprise wh.-n I av
him loosen the rat. and the rut made n,i
attempt to get away, but ran up and
over hia gigantic paws and pluv.il with
bim.
"Wo were a long time making a trip,
and every dny Ibis ship's rat went mi.)
Leo's cage, uml the two played t . .. 1 h.-r
aa gently aa two littlu children. 1 md
several attempt to capture the rat, bo
ing that arlutp 1 might take it aahorn
with me, but I could not succeed, and I
promise you that old Leo did not like nt
all my attempting to interfere with bis
pet. When we got to Java, we bud to
take the lion out, aud Leo had to lose bit
pet He could have killed tbut rat a
thousand times, but lio never did it.
"There was another iustuiice sulw
qtieut to this where Leo had a pet rat,
which makes me U-lk ve Hint the lion has
a real fondness for Hie rodent. It was
in 1H"1 in Calcutta. Wit were playing at
the Maidati, one of tin we gigantic placet
in far India, and w hen I went in to s-e
my H ts one morning I saw Hint Leo bud
found another rat for a pet. My fivu
lions were all together, but this rat would
play only with Leo. There were many
other rat in Hie place, but the other
lions would not bs.W at them. It seems
to me to be a fuct Hint the lion consider
these little animals too small to lie touch
ed. I have known of rat Is-ing found
dead iu a lion's rage, but I believe that
they were simply killed by the lion roll
ing on them or stepping on them through
carelessness, but lion never eat them.
"In Hamburg once I knew a case of a
sick tiger to w hom it was divined neces
sary to give soma fresh, warm bloo.1 to
tone up hi ystem,aiid to further thin
end a live rabbit was put in the c:ig.i
with the tiger, (.loo would naturally
supisjse that tho tiger would have killed
it instant ly, but such, however, was not
the case. The tiger pluy.-d with Hie rab
bit for days la-fore ho would touch it.
Ho finally killed and ato it.
"Now, my theory ia this: A lion, or n
tiger, or in fact any wild animal kept
alone, grow very lom-aome. In their
natnral stute wild beast ulways run in
pairs. They love companionship, at. J
when put ul.me they U-come so loiiesoins
that when another aniinul, even though
it i a rabbit, is put In the same cage
with tlietu, they refrain fr.uu killing it so
as to have ita coiiijiauioiisbip. We have
heard of nuitiy instance of men Uin,
alone shipwrecked, if you like mukiii,'
strange friend. Why not a lion? It al
ways made me feel rather bad to think
of this tiger in Hamburg killing lu little
friend. Still even men at tim s turn ou
their friends.
"Now. there is another js-culiar thing
about lions, " added Professor Darling,
"and that is that they will not eat the
flesh of a fowl. You might tempt them
with a canvasback duck or the luititi-t
siiuab, but they wonld refuse it. Thii is
a scientific fact. I have tried it many
time. I retnemlier once having a swan
which had broken it wing. We kiil-.l
it, dressed it curefully ami threw it into
tbe cage of the lions, but tbey would ti"t
touch it, and it finally had to bo taken
out and thrown away, I have r.-j-nted-ly
put pigeons alive into the cage, ju-t
to see what they would do. I have
thrown grain dowu among the lions, and
the pigeons have actually got down and
bopped around the big brutes, even bop
ping on their bucks, the lions mukitig no
attempt to disturb them, even seeming
to enjoy tlu-ir companionship.
"Now, there is something Strang"
about this which is rather difficult toex
plain. To my mind it argo.es that a lion
ia not brutal in his instiucta. Savage be
undoubtedly is. Fierce at all times, but
erce with justice. I believe every one
of uiy lions ho a conscience. I know
every one of them knows the difference
between right aud wrong. They know
their wondrous power ami are charita
ble. They would never attempt to in
jure something which in no way could
do them harm. The study of a lion hi"
habits, character and ruiwbilitie is.ni"
of the moat interesting I know. It filers
a field aa yet comparatively unknown,
but the uiore one guc into it the more
titue one take to find out Jti-t wbat a
lion ia and the more he is convinced tbal
he has rightly been named the king tf
beasta." New York Tribune.
Hew lo Hu Collars.
Note for bachelors: Wben you tnv
collars, yon will save yourself mucti
unspeakable anguish by asking for a
tape and measuring the collars from
buttonhole to buttonhole. I bey w in :re
mently Is? found to vary half an it b or
o from tbe sue with which th.y are
taruped, but that little half inch i one
of the thing that are making u prema
turely bald. B.a.ton Herald.
rrrd I Casfna.
A curious point in Swedish criminal
law la tbat confession i necessary bo
tore a capital entence can be carried
sat. If.' however, tbe culprit persists
In protesting hi innocence in tbe face
of overpowering evidence, tbe rrl a
discipline is made extremely etrict and
ssrr until tbe desired . :..'-ion is ob
tained. Popular Msj.iiit .-.