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EUGENE CITY GUARD. rrearlaler. EUGENE CITT. OREGON. rM6 tXLOIUM' KlNU. Bo Joha A. Morrl Amassrd Colossal I urtuus. If It I tru. m Utd. that John A. Morrl ha rrc.mlydl.pi-i of ell lottery Intcn-sl It mean lhal ho bin sold over liitlf cf most valuabl gambling franchise In !' world, ' Monte Carlo nt excepted, llo wi n! Into Hie lot tery 1111.1m away back In and since !Hh5 ho ha been (filing rlrh with Incred ible rapidity. A year i.r o airo hi Income wa estimated nt alx.ut ,13,000 day of H.SbO.iwO year. A ipxxl part of thl caiiio from the lottery, alihuunh by no pimna nil of It, for ho had Invested hit lottery Inromo with eueh ruoocm Hint al most ail of ll liicrrexcd over hundred fold For ln llmo his family baa been anxlou fur him to ft out of the lottery bualnca. Mr .Morrl ha frit no rruphw atiout Ilia business on hi own account but bis ton and hi daimliUT hare social am tltlom and fil l that the lottery ha hern a great lr to their progress In tbe faror of tb elite. Mr. MorrU retains bis bora racing In terest, and a ho la reputed to I worth over $J6,ooo,(h)0 howlll prolxihly continue to be ahlo to lire on bl Income, llo lives like a prince and maintain no less than nine expensive anil luxurious establish menu In thl country and Europe. He hat a mnenlflocnt hoina tn Throg'a Neck, N. V., three either In Iloatou, liar flarlmr, and NfwOrh-ana, a ihootln hoi In Ixml slana, a rnnrh In Texas, racing establish mint! and breeding fnnne In Maryland and Ens-land, and a houe In Hanover. Germany. The mt of till time he rpenda In Throg'e Nixik and New Orleans. The atory of how hi Immense fortnne was amassed rrmli like romance. Mor rli cowoa naturally by his Rambling In stinrts. JI la fathc-r. r'ranci Morris, waa n Englishman who wa notorloua among tho racing turn of hi generation, and the on wa literally bred to the turf. He waa one of tboorganlzersof the Louisiana Lot tcry company In 1807 and Invested 1100. 000 In tho rntcrprlae. Aa aoon the charter for the lottery waa obtnlned Morris brjran scheming to get poaacs Hon of tho llon'i tiiara of It, and Hilt he did ipewllly. lhn two week after the 0181110 waa bought through Uio U gla latum tho charter waa alrncd, with all It right and privilege, to John A. Mor rla, Z. K. Hnimens, and C II. Murray. Later Howard. In acconUmu with a pre vlou understanding, waa gltn a Dflb In trpiit In the concern, and tho curs to the city and tate wa launched a the prop erty of Howard, Simmon ft Co. When It begnn to our a trwun of gold Into the pocket of It owner, MorrU In tome way "fnne out" all hi partner except How ard. Morriii I upped to havo obtained po ewlon of moro limn one liulf tho Hock of the concern beforo, In 1H7I, It had become in I no richer thnn Coloondo, a fountain of wealth to which that of Monto Crtmo wa but a inero bngi'Uslle. Kino than h KAOVLI MARRIAGt nL jnnit a. MnniiiH. baa aeon trod all Hint ho could buy at an. price, and It khama were more valuahl at one time than Hum of any other con cern In America. The atock of thn t hem liul tank In New York elty U almin In having tern quotM a high oMllily hlh( r in thn murket. The ruling prliv for year wa I1.4IH) a haro for lluu (hare, and none waa to he hail at that figure, no that the quotation wa merely nomlnnl. A the concern paid a high a 170 per cent In dividend annually and ba averaged hO per cent (luring the VI year of It rxlutence, tho quotation wan even below It actual worth. There wa monthly drawing 10 montha In the year, with a capltid prlre. of $:i0,0ot), and cupltal prlre of iUK),0cK) for the other two month, total of I on, 000 tleki-U Iwued rach mniith at $-' ft tli ket, kave on tlio two month when the capital prlre a doubled, when Ih ticket were madn ll each. Thena ticket were ulxllvded Into twentieth, o that tho ioornal oould In drawn Into the game. If each ticket waewdd In all It portion. the lottery would receive f J.ooo.ooo In rach 10 month In the year and tl.oon,. 000 on each of llie other two month. A unilng a (ulr drawing and a fair dUtrlliu tion of the prlx-e advertlwd to be drawn. tho concern would pay out BU per cent of It receipt. That would look like a fair enough return for an original Investment of lloo.ooo by John A. Morrl. Hut all the ticket were not auld In any one month rarely. If ever. tSo there wa a little Joker drrlacd which wa cure to keep the ratio of profit up to the ttandard of i per rent of profit on the fare for the heme. ruch ticket or por tion of ticket a were not (old were held by Morrl & Howard aa their hare of the poMitiiltty of tiie prlta drawing. Hun dredt and proluhly thotiund of the prlre winning ticket were held Inwholdor In part I'jr Morrl ft Howard a competitor agulnit the pour devil who bad Iwught tti i;vly oolurcd bit of paper at 1 1 or $J Uie bit. It U tat.'J a fact that the manage snen alita) hud a airing tied to Ihe cnpl tal and iiiat of tiie other prltee In Ihe un told fra. lion of lli keta, and that no ticket wa M.lil In It entirety If It could be brlpeil during Uie eii.tem-e of tho lottery. Uf late Morrl ha been aniliitlou togi t Into New York a-lty. llo tenipW Ihe Four Hundred with ball that alint ualn 11. lJ:arar' In magnlflceno and ihUiiiiuintliatw.il might make I.u nillui etivlou. Hut the lour Hundred cane not. The tala of the lottery wa ttpoa their giver. He availed the faahlon ftlile world with bl million and ttonoed It fortrm with golden ahot, but to htm tin puruuLll m nrrer open. Will the ktIU,, or alleged aacriflc. of Lt lottery bulUliig bav the dealred effortf the CrMMy ! C'awtpllealed aad W'laft l a Wllh aa I'.arltlng larlucat. Tito wrddinn n-rpmony mong tha Cab)h' I lutitt-itlliff rn c i t It xniiritlv nm'inblawej to therunluui it tho oi l (irtx k mid Koinuu and eveu to lho- which tlll lirovail iu nquce. Uril purl of Kriuirw, Her) lt 1 th iflrl a father v ho unrti WoUUiUB por tion, ft iuiii of ftbont IH, tut whicli Uie i.ri,i..fir,viin ha cciierallr to roly upon llio ailvaiKM of hi friend. Often, too, tho yoniiit man lia not ft botuw for hi IivI.Im ill which riuui hla frieli'U act to work and build oiin, uo Tcry difUcalt Uilltte. On the wwlillng dujr the brldo I M through tho villugt in tho iioiBhbor. bcxxl, niotiuti'd ou mulo ftiid oHoorti-d by friend mul rulatliiti. who about and Km imii airiiin and amiln. The Tariou bouM'holdcr buatou forth to offer her ft leveful of benna, nuU or dried fig. 01 tlxwa alio take hauilful, which he kiwuand then n-pla in Uio alovn, All tho offering aro ooiiectoii in aacn i h.t ihl women of tha Iiroocmtioil M oontributioti to tho young puoplo'i lur- dir. At the briilegrootn'a houae the Klrl k.n.l. ra wn.liwl with liliuid buttlT. Then they giTe btT aome frtwh rgif. which alio break on the mulo iican and Inaido the unhappy atiimara far, thereby, it it bclietrwl, counteracting any Til dclKn against her and her bnnbaiid't bniiplmna. Ueforo filtering tha honaa ho drink milk, frexh and onr, and aIo wntor, and ecattor over her aliouIdiT a handful of barley, w heat and aalt for the good of tho family. The buHuaud then approach her and Mm. a niaiol ahoTa her head to limiify that thenceforward bo ba the power of life and death over her. Not Infrequent ly be make tho nymbol even more era phatlo by firiii(t Into her headdnwa and artting her aflame. Tbii done, liltlo rr maiu eicept for tho youth to lift the ludy In bli arm aim carry ncr uouuy Into hi houia. All the Year Kound. A Maid of All Work A.eetlv. I Innnlred of tho head mlMreaii of a Birla' ehool why alio o freuently made twoof tho ndjcctlvo "ulco. Wio rcpuvn, "Dw-auae it i aurh atiM'ful muid of all work adject ivo and aavea one tho trou ble of thinking!" "Then ynu teach your glrU to Iw tiimvuratf?" "I don't thluk It il being inaccurate. The word in most ca&ea exprotwea my nienuiiiff better than any other. " A rolalio of miuo n provtvt one of her uliwa fur her liU-ral uito of "awful It iolly." Tlio young lady re plied: "Oh auut, do not deprivo me of that awfully Jolly eiprewdoa If 1 wete di priviil of it, I thouluVt kuow what to aay. " Tho fmiuent iwe of the eipictire "yon know" waa juxtiflcd to me on the ground that it keeps the liattner's at tention awaka Tho fuhhionulile novel mi Into it ervice theoo flower of pm-h. In ilr. Norrla "Cot!ntii Kadna a yonng gi n- th-maa tbu aldnm a young lady, I'm ao awfully atirry that yon are going to dtwert u. " "I'm aw fully ry to have to go," replied the girl com piwwily, "and my iwreut will bo aw fully rry to are tun. " Of thi young huly'a two iotct tne author hlniiw'lf declurtu in tho fame chapter 121) that one wruimuch "nicer" than tho other. Iu chapter 37 tho nicer oun, in declining an iuvitation, aityi. "Thank awfully, but I in arraid I cau't " Not'- ond Queries. Killing Croemllle. "TIiito aro two ways of killing croo- odilen," writes an n-nwidrnt of India, Ono i livuhiMitiug w ithariftis but tho nuwt witihfui'tory way of doaliug with them. Unldiw U-ing fur tho iiuwt rt- ing, i to halt a good liirge hook with a bird or small animal and faaten it by a chain to a good long rope, the end of which i firmly picketed, thoropo beinn ooilwl and tlio luit laid in hallow wa ter. There muNt o lota of aliu'k lino, ru tha erxuHlilo diaw not aw allow anything at uiicti, but aeixes It and takiw it itito diep water to gorge. A number of line niay bo laid and looked np In tho morn ing or cool of the evening. When hook ed, It will tukn a good many men to haul a crocodilo out, and as bo row-tit tlio (i)xTat Ion and can uxo hi luil a well aa hi Jaw ono or two a port mien will find couaideralilo etitertaititnetit in dlaiMitching htm with apear. Home croo- Mliles grow to an eiiortnnn siu and their maw always contain round white tone, and often trinkets, tho relics of inxido pnxxengers. Tho writer axxiftwl at Ihe death of a not extraordinarily largo 'snubuoso' which hndaii women' tine in her. '1 lad m I n ton Library. A Hanger klgnal. "I found a queer xvlmcu today, aid the ixillivmnu to tho reporter. Tho interrogation point poppetl Into tuo reprrter s eye. "Old fellow drunk In the alley, "con tinned tho oPlrer. "I noticed him go in and watched him. Ho found comfort ablo jilax) and laid down on It, then took a placard out from under hi coat and hung it around hi neck. "What was on tho placard?" ftxked the reporter fta tho officer atopped with the evident intention of having him ak the queklion so he could apriug tho an iwer on him. " 'Hiuidle this with care. It Is londcl' " Aud tho officer laugluxl a if a ixiliix iimn' lot were sometimes a happy ono. Ii'troit In Press. A fim rxr laxavta4 Wa ma. An Cngllidi woman physician. Dr. Aa Vrn Ilrowu. ha estalilUbed an Indus trial farm for Inebrlata women, an experi ment that will bewitched wlta tuterM fcy all tude) l uf tuetai rooouka, a 1J aa the WuxiJ uf law and order. SaVAKES IN FLORIDA. A MAN WHO HAS CAUGHT THEM FOR TWENTV EIGHT YEARS. Q SptrtU4 tnr, tie I hear that Takln moved out of his house becauae it was haunted. 8ho Ob, I .. lie left because th (pint moved biia. lotUeoayuUs Jour fed O All ,M U'ONAU SCANDAL. rrlmllir K Tlio conxtenintion w hich some bot nixt have raixl in pnwiug the duty of aluindoiiing many nuiverxally accepted plant name and adopting for p ueral nxe more primitive one I apreading to ether di iartnient of learning. It i foiiud that the whole Kngliih language 1 in the miiic unfortunate condition a the langnagit of botany. It I proposed to slxuidoit "thinks, "walk," "lis ten," "freeics," ''., fr "Ihlnketh," walketh," "lUtencth," "freeath." etc., as having a ninch prior claim to our reganL Mn hau'a Monthly. rill. Many a man li.ts ricn to eminence nndereho powerful reaction of bis mind gaiiut the scorn of the unwortby.daily rvoked by his pencmal d-ftvts, who, with a handsome peraon, would have sunk iuto the luxury of a carrleas life uudiT the rranquiluing suiiK of con tinual admiration. De Qninory. narak. Lorrll Ah, I should U delightrd, tfontchi-rkgk'W, to cT cail upon you, Mia Eibn. but r yow nut say "msy" fir.ll Ethel OU, da Bui It April first I Tratik U ( harm Thm With ft Baaja aa Can Blue With ft W4-ltaliaka Are Kaay la TaaM-Th Klag Saaa la a Blag laOMd-TlM Bl(rl RallUr. After a tiun has spent 28 years of his life catching suuki-s he knows what he talking about 81 Kuinan Is 43 years Idd. He went Iuto tho buaincas of catch ing makes when he was 13. He sliow evidence of what the iiiaurance men would call "an extra hazardous voca tion" In the ahn of 73 or more scars, tlio rextilt of wound inflicted by the fiuig of reptir-. Thee scars are all i.ver his Ixxlr on bis leg, one on his J:iw, andi r llai eye, where arattli-rcllp-l him and bung ono day, while tho back of hi hand look like crows' nests of scar. He 1 a colored man and has tho npix-anuiro of having Indian blood iu hi vein. "All snid-e," said HI, "like mtwlo, and this Iwuijo I the thing I uxo tocatch them with. Knppoxe I'm In tho wood and ae a rnttlexuake crawl down a go pher hole. I go to the mouth of the hole and play, aud pretty soon here comes the old fellow crawling forth. A son ss he gets otitxido I pick him up and put him In tlio bag. If he's in tho open, coiled under a palmwto leaf, I'm more cautious. Alxint 30 fu t off I sit down sod play, and the snako quickly cncolla hlruxelf aud roll around over tho ground as if he enjoyed it Ho rattles all the time, hot not as loud as he does when h means liuainexs nnd is giving yon warning to give him mora room. I grad ually approach, playing softer and soft er, and finally I pick him np about the middle and slip him In tho bag ana go linking for another. "A rattliwuako Is tho most poiaonoui of all tho snakes In Florida. His bite Is sure death nulcsa you havo an anti tloto very handy. I've got au antidote, though, and a bito never troubles me now iu the least It law efficacious thnt tho wound hardly swells, I went down sud spent nearly two years among the Bcminolcs In tho Everglades to get It, and then it was good luck. I was out in tho woods one day with ICnothola Tho old fellow got bitten by a rattlesnake, and ho started at once for bis antidote. 1 followed him, for 1 knew what he waa looking for. Ho tried to conceal tho plant by crushing it down with his foot but I nicked it nn and told him that was tlio thing to euro suako bite Ho re marked Hint I was too much of au In dian and mnxt stay always in tlio In dian camp. Tho plant not only cures auuUo bite, but tho stings of all kinds of Insect, and it I also said to euro rabios. "Well, to get back to snakes. There aro two kinds of rattlers in Florida. Ono is tho swamp rattler aud tho other tho highlander. Tho swamp snuko bos a larger head and a thicker body nnd is altogether a heavier snuko than hix high land brother. His cout, too, is darker and his diamond brighter. Ho is more vicious aud gives mighty little timo for you to iiiovo when he sounds the alarm. "Kattlesiiakni are very easy to tamo. Let me handle them for alxint four days, aud they know me and mako no effort whuteverto bito, I don't tako tho fangs ont, for what's the uo? In two weeks they grow out again big enough to kill you, aud iu si weeks aro a big a they ever were. 1 havo heard jx-oplo say that a rattlesnake gets bis xjImm from a plant, but it's nil nonsense. It's in them, for I find thoMia year In captivity are Just as deadly as when fnoh from the wood. "The biggiwt rattlesnake I ever saw I caught up hero by Tulatka. no was 10 feet 1 1 liii hcs long, weighed 88 pounds ami had 60 rattles, I bail him iu a pit there iu tho yard for a long timo. A heavy rain camo onco and filled Ihe pit np with water, and ho drowmiL 1 motto a vest out of Ids skin. I'm afraid I'll never g't another snake liko that and Hi stghixl to think what he had lout " 8i, how far ih es a rat t lesuake strike? "Some people say ho strikes bis length, and other declare that he can Jump moro than his length, but I've watched them closely, and t kuow tney are wrong. A rattltwuako can't gi t far ther than tho length of two coil That's about half his length." "Where do you And most of tho rat tiers?" "Fort George is a great place for them. Pablo is another good field, while all down the coast iu the sTub there are thousand. Then in the hummock and swamps you will find plenty, and in the pine wikmIh, where there are goplu-r hole A rattlesnake llkiw a gopher hole. It's a nice snug place.aud he live there with the coachwhlp, the gopher and the gopher (tiake in perfivt harmony. "Hut the great anake, tho amort make. the snake you can educate to perform trick, t tho king anake, and he's the king and enemy of them all, and he kill all he can and rats them, too, if they are not too large. Tho king anake Un t afraid to tackle anything that crawls I've seen one kill a rattluxnake almost twice as big as he waa The king anake crawls silently np to where the rattler iadottng and grabs him with bis month by the Jaws, so that the rat tler can't powlbly use his fang. Then, In the twinkling of aneyn, hecoils him self around his enemy and tightens his coils and trctchu them until you can hear the bone crack. When be leaves. the rattler is like a Jelly. "Florida Times- luion. A t u.nr mi r Hub. A msn who wa arretted and Jailed In New Olcana luld a pitiful tale of liijuxlica to a visitor who talked to bim tbmogb Ih cell door. "W bv. this la all awful nieau country," aald the prisoner "Do you know I tin In here for two year for picking up a pier of rx ou the aidrwalkr" The ixitof began to lake au lauiwl In lb rase and lo (xpeeaa xynipalby. "I woo l drcrite yon any further." Interrupted Ih prlner Th truth la there waa a fine txiir of borers oa tbeotbcreod of that rope. New York World. fa Glbert-aaata Maria fa- Celavlsal4 la ft I!. The Glbrrt scandal, which, If cabled re port be true, culminated In ft duel lo IsrU the other day between Audioes 01 bert of New York and Manuel dd Pilar as banta Maria of Houth America, ba furnUbed the ir-'P ,,arl nd N,W v.-k I-!. LI circle of which cttlr all the partli concerns! are w.-ll known, ' ..... . . I. I.M With subject for ll lor mom it h Urn a full of situations end developments s a French novel, ao II ba never grown wearlaoino. Tl. :n...4.i,ni,iM)of the oldeat moat highly ni ted funillle In New York. Audlnrt's father wa rntienca oi"" m.n, ,.ni.i,.,o i,f the New York club and aaorletv l.wli-r. Audim-t iiiarrl"! Anulo .. ' ... a,. ..I. I T. IUi-U, Uaugliter ii r.iiin New York buslni-s man, In l7. Young filbert had an Income uf about 115,000 a year and knew how lo enjoy It He never worked, but, with hi wife, be led ftbuttertlyrxluK ti.cln New York until i.u ti... , i . w, nt to l'ari and there dnined away l ) r thri-e years. Their luanird llf.i up to llhl wa. acconilng to thoalorl-eni h ha told, akyiuphonyof by nieiienl bl. Then l he gni n eyed monaUir, Jlouy, Ix-gnn lo play a part. At tho m troca in r. met riantft Maris, the rM.uth American senor wllh tho long name. Ho called on i,,.. fr,, K- .,,,1 Mr. Gllx-rt silinltted that ho wa riolly very kind and devoted, : . . , . . 1 1 I i n but declnntl, anil lu r nusoanu inm-u i.u nitHn.1 A..rta in finite othurwlae. that th n-hiilon between her and Santa Maria were cf the most proper character. However, In Ibil, whllo Mr. and Mrs. ntt.- r,.rj. n-f nrnhiif to thl rotintrv. the husband accused thn wlfo of Infidelity aud named Nmlu Maria as her comaiilou. t.h .I. u I,. I It mul lin e had a terrible quarn I. r-ho lold hlra ho hail uch beaslly habits ho was making tier mo a nurueu. ii .-i.i tmikt irlvu un all her male ao- qiiulntanoe, Including tho hated Hnnta Morla. Mio agrord alio wouiil uo ao ii no would reform. fl. flnnllv arml that It Would be best to u panite. Ho niftilo ftwrltu-nagree- ... . . . ii... mcnt to allow lier 11,800 n year.ir uie. ln.,.lt..r 1I1I. th,. llvetl toirether at the Hoffman llouae after reaching New York. When they returned to i'urla, i.iuerx took eanito apartment, but visited bla wlfo occoaloiially. Ill calls grew leas fre quent, end then bo began lo hedge on bis money allowance to ins wiia iney iw tin rliililn-ri. and. accord 1 11 u- to the wife's testimony, liibcrt used to thntiten that If ever a child came ho would kill it nyucii Ing plus In It head. The wlfo further put In a evidence agtdnxt her husband In the Inter legal proceeding testimony that while ho wss occupying separate rt tni'iiia In Pari ho drank to execs. smoked opium, ate hailiocsii and gave moat of hla waking Hours to tno sitioy 01 art of a at lo Anthony Comatock will not tolerate. In H'.'l Mr. Gilwrt decided that be mud get a divorce. Her husband, on rep resentation t lint his own Inoumehad been much overdrawn and that he waa gut- CAIRO DERVISHES. THEIR H0WUN0 AND WHIRUN0 ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE. mksm , rrmallee Harglar ts Hmi A pr. Another burglar baa fallen a victim to tb womanly bahit of looking under Ih kjd bafurs rrtiring. Th prearner of Blind eo tbiaorcuioawaadlsilayrl by at'bicago wotnaa. If tbla aort of thing giw much further, th bouse roblssr will bave to Change bla place of aevluaioa or reform and take to aome more profitable btuuxaa. Inuaburg UUpaUb. whs, (.inritT. ting le than half of the $13,000 a yM which ho hod Isen In the habit of receiv ing, cut her down to Jil.ooo a year, then to 13,700, and Iu January, 1UI, alopied emllng money nnd told bliwlfo that be "would starve In rout." Fho U'gati prix-icilliig for nlmolute di vorce In New York, but withdrew her complnllit when aim found tho law only recognizes one ground lor atwolutc divorce. Hie could not act up Hint ground. 80 the matter went along until 1W3, Ihe law yers all the time s king to set tie Ihe mat ter nut of conrt, Imt lulling. 1 hen Mrs. (illx-rt bmught anil for ecparntlon. Thl suit ws trieil but year and widely report ed In the ncwsas'r. Mr, (jlls-rt won It, aud lillx-rt wu ordenxl lo pay $3,183 a year alimony. In thl trial Mr, (ilhrrt baed her com plaint on the' txuxilv habltx," nnnaupiMirt and nlmiiilonment of her IiiisImiihI, and he answered wllh a charge of Infidelity, Ham Inn Santa Maria aa corespondent Thisrhnrge -ultttl In theunuaual apeo tacloof sauta Maria nnd hi friend, Ma son Corn, two typical I'arlsluns, volun tarily coming over here lo offer their test I ninny In protecting tlio wife's gixxl name. Hut they had no opisirtunity to testify, fornihrrt' lawyer auriirlscd the counsel for Mrs. (illx-rt by putting Iu no defense to her allegation, except the testimony of lilbrrt hliiist'lr a to hi reduced Income. Tbe charge of her liillilvllty, harped upon by Innuendo throughout her cross exami nation, were not touched mxin In the de fense. Thla action resulted In gaining Dubllo (ympathy for Mr, (ilhert, Ih pi vailing opinion being that Gllx-rt bad mado a cbaire against hi w If ha had no proof of. Mr, t.ibcrt bod a stack of affi davits from t'arls tn prove that her hue band bribed witnreau to testify against ber. hnnta Maria wa "a mad aa a March bare" when be learned that the case bad taken stub a course Hint he would not get a chance to refute liiht-rt'e accusal ion Hut If he could not testify In court ho could talk through tbe newspaper, and talk he did. llo told all be knew of the (il ens, giving Ihe wlfo unlimited prnlso and calling the husband a coward and a cur. In October, im'3, Santa Maria salh-d for France, to take up his duties as an at tache of I lie Colombian legation In l'ari. F.vcn then ho was bristling for an eppor- tunltv to meet (illx-rt iiltxit did nut start for Ihuie until February of thla year, W hen he lauded, he flatly announced that he would fight duel with r-anta Maria, htnee then there has been a lot of talk. but It looked as though It would "rod In smoke." Mrs. Glhcrt Is In France. The report of the durl wa a urprtao to ber, aa ah never healtalid to aay be did not believe ber husband had tb courage of a mouse. A r-rtrs W W hich Mub lla Beee Vrlfts-a ItesrrlH' by aft :-wltas-Aa I .traJaat W atch Tat the McxOoe Cftaplala U Thinking. Cairo has an enhTtainmeut every Fri day aftermx'U which draws welL It Is the function of tho bowling and whirl ing di-rvishi-s iu tho niis-iuo of Kasr-ol-Am. on tho mud lo old Cairo, neur tho bunk if the Kilo. There wi-re formerly two eiiliTtaiiimcnl, 0110 of tho howlers, the ol lu r of thowhirler. I do not know bow they hapiM iicd to bo uuitiL I snp kwi it camo from tho tendon towanl coiiw.liilation and combiiintloii opn-viy b ut in these time. It i much more Miiveiiii iit now. In the former time tourist were ob!ig-l to Lurry from one to tho other, a they both eume off at tho saino hour. Kow Ihey can go leisure ly after an early lunch. Wo axecmbliil with IfH) or '.'00 of our fellow traveler st tho apixiitited hour, or rather some timo Utore, in order to secure gorxl seats, Tho tx-rformnnce Is given in a circu lar roiui crowned. b7 a lofty doma Chairs are supplied for a niodcrato sti pend. On tho occasion when we assisted there were about 80 rx-rformers. Tho leader of the troop was very rwpert able looking man. Ho sat in the place of honor 011 one slda of tho room. The other formed a semicircle In front of biia Tlio exercise lx gan with a short Invocation and devout obeisances. At first tho dervishes kneeled on mats. The leader opx-ucd with a brief chant, and the other responded vigorously, duck ing their head to tho floor. Then a be nevolent liMikiug senior niemtxr struck up a song which had something of the effect of a pig under a gate. Thi seem ed to to stiumluting, for all tho others Msoand begau a rhythmic howling, keep. lug timo by moving their heads forward and backward, with occasional varia tions to the right aud left Tho howling was varied by a snort ing chorus, which, with practice, be come very effective. This was followed by deep ruid loud breathing, tho heads all the) timo wagging in tho most vigor ous manner. Tho accompanying nioxio at first was only a fluto and a small drum, but as they wanned op lurgcr drums and cymbal were brought iu. and tho morn violent action was ucccnt- ed by a tremendous din. About hulf tho dervishes had long hair, and tho move ment of their heads was sufficient to throw it forward aud backward at every stroka This was a real addition to the effect After they gut well at work ono of them glided iuto tho center of thocir- clo and began to whirl, kit ping timo to tbe musio and tho howling, which kept going faster nud faster. Now and then tho leader would make a signal to stop. Home of the performer seemed unable to do this promptly, but kept on ewu) ftignnd howling nutil they wero ran down. Only 0110 of them fell in a swoon, and ho seemed to be in a fuir way to recover when wo lift This wa a slight disappointment rVuncduys there aro more events of this nature, which always increaso tho pleasure of tho audience, I am almost inclined to fear that the "show" element has been allowed to creep Iuto this performance, though it nppenrs to be carried on In dead earnest There i unfeo for admis sion, but every Vudtor is expected to drop something iuto tho "pluto ns lie goes ont, besides paying for his chair. Tho jx-rforniors at first struck mo as a lob lot" of loafers picked up in tho street for tho purpos but I was axKurod by one) who onght to know that tiny were real dervishes, well practiced in their business. Certainly no comiauy without m good deal of practice could go through what they did without a great er list of casuulities, 1 did not see any indication on a slnglo face that there was anything amusing about it As thi was a religious function, tho chaplain naturally took tho right of tho lino. I saw that ho wo intensely interested aud presumed that he was looking for a deeper meaning underlying tho strange spectacle). It seems that ho was consid ering tho ptwxibility of introducing something of thi nature to give warmth tnd color to the religious services In tho churches of BoHtou,wbicb aro too apt to be coldly decorous, especially under tho chilling influences of the Back Day. Two carefully selected and well or ganized trooM, 0110 of whirlers and tho other of bowler, would add real lifo and interest to any one of our churches where tho member of tho con gregation are now apt to bo sleepy. Any thing in reason, tho chaplain says, to get pcoplo out of their ruts of self com placency. I can scarcely veuturo to ex press an opinion hero as to tho spiritual effect, but I feel sure that a congrega tion, droway with overfeeding 011 buked beans and brown bread, would be mado wido awake by Joiulng moderately in exercises like those exhibited to us by the whirlers and howlers of Cairo. Cor. Boston Herald. KaShat TerrlMa. Tommy Do yon. ever ride on the horse car without paying? Mr. frtrry N Wbyr "Well. 1 beard mamma say she wish ed yoo. bad eacta aoouh to go hums, " .-Udxssg) biter On t ried Ire rrraaa. a A Philadelphia firm makes a rpecialry f frid ice crmm, which is pronounced sVlicioua by all who taste it A small. solid cake of the cream is enveloped in a thin sheet of pie ernxt and then dip ped in boiling lard of butter long enough to cook the outside to acriap. N-rvedim mediately, the ice cream Is found to be aa solidly frow n ss when it was first prepared. The process) of frying is so quickly accomplished and the pastry la so good a protector that tbe heat has no rhance to reach the frcavua crsam Kw YtxkTtiuea, Bprare fluas Quotation. Lump spruce gum aa it coin from th tree la worth all tb way from fifteen cent to one dollar a pound, a very lair article riling at forty cents a pound w holesale. Tea cent a pound I the common retail price for gixxl gum. Isu of "pairiit" spruce ,iim, aa It is called, is made In lino (or ami more Iu Portland. It la a pretty good thing lo chew if you must chew, and bave nothing tatter to do It lx packed lo boxra, lWluniwin a box. and mails at a eaol a lump. bx-wlxtoo Journal. JpaaM la the North. The late Japanese consul. Siglumra, with anmelmtdingcititcti, visited a great Indian potlaeh. or fenxi. In Alaska, ho soon aa he landed from Ihr ship the Indian were heard to remark. "II I one of us." The Imitative faculty among these Indiana la clearly Mongolian, and their skill In carv ing lead to Ihe aaiu conclusion. t Paul Flooeor irvs. A Heartfelt Iteslr. Young Wife (who dote on hrtc- brocV What thi house needs la something really antique. IxxVt you think o Young 1 1 11 "Isold Yea, Indeed, my love. Wby doo't you have Vmf "Have what?" "Old fashioned pumpkin pies, yoo know." New York Weekly. Marie Oh. I waa eo very, very sorry to find yoo. out when I raJlcdyeaterday. Myrtylla L too, regretted it, of emirse. But do tell tue why you were ao very, very sorry. lxie Because I'd Jnst seen ytm ea ter the kouse five minnr Usfore, VsgTaft DANGER IN THE BRIDAL TOURS The Medical Aspects of the Case -reit4 ta Those Ahoal to Marry. The cuitom which obtains so general ly of taking fatiguing Journey as a nart of the uuotiul is regarded by high authority as ono uf tho barbarisms of civilization. U t t Illustrate ine inju rious physical icnilcnclea by a typical case. During extremely cold wenth.-r there occurs a wedding, which, from tho standing of the parties, attract some attention. The happy couple, we are told, aro off for their wedding "P to a still more frigid sn-tloiiof country. Thonuh conscious of dongiT and dis comfort, to some extent, which Is great ly liiiTcaxed by their inexperience iu traveling, they cheerfully assume the risk and responsibility, as to all mar ried couphw a bridal tour seems to be Mtisiderixl aaalolutelycxcntlul togivo tho marital union an imisirtoneo w ith out which It would, In their opinion, lie miromoutio and but a partial uiurriiigo. Tho tour causrn fatigue, cxjxsiuro ami excitement, making regularity of lifo ImpiMHiblis iu fact the act Involves the reverse of all that tho rule of heulth and physiology require. Again, It constantly happens in tho rase of both sexes that a slight iudixx aition, which passed unnoticed in the hurry of preparation, is aggravated to a serious and even fatal exteut by tho ex citement, expisrare and neglect on wedding tour. Ko man, for instance, would think of postponing hi marriage on account of a slight cohl If ho staid at homo afterward and took care of him self, it would pass away liko other slight colds, but often on the bridal tour the malady develops into a chroulo diseaso. A prominent physician receutly said: "Slony case of brides and bridegrooms in my professional experience camo un der my observation dying of typhoid fe ver Just after a wedding trip, which had couaed tho early symptoms to be niisnnderxtiNxl and neglected. In ono inxtonce that camo under my observa tion a healthy nnd vigorous young uuui, Just returned from a bridal tour, died of typhoid fever iu Troy, his sicklies be ing suporiuilnccd presumably by tho fa tigue and exix-wtiro incident to tho Jour ney. It will thus t seen that the med ical aspect of a bridal tour is sufllcient ly Important and the risk inairred sufll eiontlv trreiit to cause tho wedded pair. if they wish to bo actuated by impulses or reason aud prudence rutner tnnn oy tho dictates of custom, to pauso before they undergo tho trials of a wedding Journey. " Troy 'line. Rare Presence of Mind. "I kuew a sea captain whotliod somo year ago w ho displuyed great presence of mind at a tin t critical timo," said Henry a Kolxrts of Boston. "His ship had cniiL-lit fire, nud tho passenTrs and crew wcrccoiiix'l!od to take to tho boats in a hurry. Tho captain remained k.t fivtlv cool throughout all tho confusion and friuht of tho emliarkation. and at last every ono bnt himself was got safe ly into the lx:its, Uy tho time ho was re.nl to follow tho passenger wero w ild with fiar and excitement Instead of burn ing down tho bidder, tlio captain called out to the sailor to hold on a minute, and taking a cigar from his pocket coolly bit the end off und lighted It with a Ideco or tho burning rigging. Then ho descended with great delils-ra-Hon nnd irnvo tho order to sliovo off. 'How could you stop to light a cigar nt aneh ft iiuimcnt?' ho was alterwaril ask ed lv ono of thn naasciiL'ers. 'Iieeause,' ho answered, 'I saw that if I did not do something to divert your minds tin re would likely lie a panic and unset tho boats. Tho lighting of a cigar long nut a moment and attracted tho attention of everybody. You all forgot yourselves in thinking about my curious behnvlor, and we got safely away.' "St Louis Globe-Democrat Issnlsh Peasantry. The Danish peaxantry havo a notable love of order and symmetry iu hoti o- hold arrangement, placing their furni ture wherever possible in pairs and in exactly corresponding position. Otie j old peasant who hud accumulated a lit 1 tlo money and had been prevailed npon I to buy hi daughter a piano seriously I considered buying another to place against tho opposite walL Their bed stcuiU consUt of great boxes, generally painted red or green and heaped with feather beds, between which they in- , sinuate themselves winter aud summer. If nuablo to afford so many feathers, the Innderber". 1 of straw and receive so little attention that mice build their next in it and race back and forth cjucaling shrilly without disturbing the stolid peasant slumbers. The bedding is not washed oftcuer than once or twioe a year. Philadelphia Press. Wire Shafting, From a recently published estimate of the strength of the proposed wire shafts , for stramshij it appears that in this im portant respect the most satisfactory re sult is realized. When msde in five sec- I Hons, wish a total length of 100 feet at;d 13 inches diameter, the ihaft will have M.OOO No. 7 steel wires, each 23 feet long, with SO .000 Utenings, and as rach wire id each fastening will sustain a loul of ' 6'K pound without rupture or Injnry th re is thus exhibited a total Inherent strength of some 37,300.000 jxitinds, or no mount 23 times greater than the con tinuous force of an engine of 3,000 horse p jwer. which is indeed a significant show ing. New York Sun. Landlords aad Traaal. Capitalist I should Jnst liko to know why my new apartment house continue! to stand empty? Agent it is your own fault sir. To refuse to admit children "I said nothing of the sort, sir. I ob jected only to small b iy," "All the same, people who have lyi big enough to shovel snow and dig g;,T dm won't live in a flat" Oood Nat M asralar CierrbMS. Dick (feeling of Tom's Uecps My, what an anal Do yoo frecjnorjt the gym nasium? Tom Cyrunaalura nothing! I read all the paper, dailir and weeklies. Jnt try lt for a week or two yourself. Tto amount cf rcrning over it gives a fellow to follow the different artick-s from me page to another h ats all the grmna limns In CtrlJtrodora (jt xrrcuo. Doston TranTnt. Caasrls Wot rarsawartb A ubstltution of camel aa working animal fur brv and oxer, been going en forafi-w year xwt lusnrral province of Kuasia, and they are now common oa many large estate and on smaller proprt ties. They perform all tb work la farm ing for which bona and oxen are used a w4 a baB tSUs&l U tTnarxrtaMi ts in:(.ioxoFwo.DEm;. S0V.6 OF THE NATURAL MARVELS TO BE SEEN IN OREGON. Illuslrallnua ut llulh Ih ISsed and IS. Lit. Ing 1'a.l -Premonition. In Abundance auinrllilng Klrange to Cotne la the VJ. ley nf llesolatton. Now hero on tlio known gloho 1 the-rn another region of theamo extent r ; re ruling tho weird and grewaomo inw,'',l I tho subllmo and graud in isiiurr , iu a long and wido Urip lying a 0.,..., i erublo distance inland fr. in th,, vv.: ril roast of the I'uittHl rital.-s. Hi ro cm I . found an abundance of itla.-tr;iti.,ri ,f both tho dead nud living .i:tl-t ttrnngo past of physical violc tico prrc, d lug tlio ngo of man, and tlut -n:n past when tho force bad gono to n-t and tho impriiit of chasi luy tveryw hi ni Thero aro premonitions iu ahumhmru(J( 'something strnugo to come In tho coun- ties of Slioliotuish, Okuuogati, D(iui,-!:i and Yakima iu Washington, but thi U not fully emphasized until the On con counties of Morrow, Gilliam, Grant and Lake have I ten considered, nnd the mar velous receive a wonderful ncciou m tho long lino of eastern California coun ties, southern Nevada, a con-.iilrr.il, '9 region iu Utah west of Croat 8alt lai-, aotitheni New Mexico and a region uf 110 siuull diiiieuhioiis In northern 'iVxai Here, t tlio mental and the ocular si-lit, aro unsolved problems iu geology, prj. dnxc iu physical formation and nn-"' -. lex iustouces of what tuny be tcruu 1 ,.i versions of established geographical or der. In Oregon wo are confronted with t!:s still and silent frigi-biu-sh deport, ho:u mcd in by a wildly ilcturcso,no yi t m dreary and iiihohpitablo a n-giou as c-.n be found anywhere. In tho miiL,t r.f tim desert, as if to reflect tho surroniiding nwfulnesx, is Fossil hike, und all thu surrounding region l.i 0110 va.t and wide cemetery of tho faunaof a pnrat;ic!ysi:i.U worhL Hero aro massed togcthir m.iro fossil specimens of a givnter varicy of earlyonim.il lifo than can bcfuuud u'jy where on tho c:irth, excepting tho im mense fos:il i.-laiid northward of Si beria horse of rare form, different spe cies of camels, llamas, mninniothsslotli4 of huge pi'oKjrtionx, wonderful biriLsund tho evidence tliat primitivo man at soma timo was thero is indicated by tho pre;-.-euco of arrowhead chipped from vol canic glass. Out what long ng s hare been entombed siuco tlu-so tropical uni nialx in their untamed strength trod the soil of Oregon and what mighty chan 1 have swept ovir thoe:irth siucolhni! How camo they thero in such muaziiu uumberx, and what wero tho causes of such universal and evidently such si multaneous death? Ko conditio!! on tho earth at wo know tin iu now could bring this about Yet hero nattiro c1k.m to locuto ono of her remarkablo mortua ry establishment nud to enshroud it with the glixjin of unrelieved desola tion. Commencing iu this region n'id extending down into California, thu mountain aro freakish. They aro not constructed ou tho chain or continuous system. Tho earth did not wriuklo her crust, but alio erupted into huge boiU; tho peaks stand isolated, sometimes in terrupting an otbcrwlKO comparatively even plain. And now tho valleys, rivers und con siderable lakes tulo on a habit cf be coming he-t Tho st reams, nf ti r consid erable underground iiie.uiilcriug, find themselves again ou tho surface, ami after a succession of r.-uppeaniticc and disappearances eitln r stay found or are lost entirely. Cha-sms, with almost a milo of depth and faced with perpendicular vn!lj f solid rock, now begin to appal both sight and sense, aud in Moripusa coun ty tho tremendous canyon if tlo Yoseiuite exceeds anything of the kind on the earth. I3efoie this hot spring havo twvomo common, lake of soda water alxjuud, nnd Sau Dernanlino has valleys win ro the soil is hot nud I boiling geyser obtruda Lava fields 'covering immenso tracts, havo exhibited I vitrified scoriio from northern Ongou 'down, nnd Nyo county, Nev., has lava I bod iu profusion, In Inyo county, nni taking in n portion of San Bernardino, Denth valley, grim, hot nud repellent 'present itself, it and tho surroundinr .region constituting, not iu tho wind only, but in reality, a region iK.nb ritu moro on tho human conception of th Infernal than can bo funiUhtd Ly any ' other locality on tho glolat, I In this valley of desolation llio sum mer temperature reaclic UO degree, rivalinir that of tho Sahara, It is somo hnndred of feet below sea level, en tirely destituto of water, although Amagcwa river dischargiii iuto one en 1 of it and in tho interior has an atmos phere a of burning sulphur that neith-r human nor nuiinal lungs can long iu- halo wilhont great risk to life. Eiiibr.i'v ing hundrcbi of scinaro miles, it afford not a sign of either animal or vegetable lifo in it interior, whllo its fnrnarcliko heat renders it ouo of tho hottest ap- 's on the globe. In tho nanio system is J da lake, intowhich tho troubled Mohave river finally enters, discharging it brackish water a into a sieve. Ths country abound with sinks, atrear luddeuly plungo iuto subterram an depths farther south to furnish hot wa ter, hot mud nnd sulphur voleau -S dotted In miniature over an Ininicu area, hissing and spitting and loading tho air with most disagreeable fume Tho Utah section duplicate many r.f tho remarkablo feature common to lh other localities mentioned ami nfT'ir.i Indisputable evidence of having ts-'ii in-volvi-d in tho throe of tbe mighty dis turbance that once prevailed throng!i:t this singular region, nnd which n:u-t have been still potent long aftirth' other surface that is now embraced in the United States was quiesv ut Whatever the nattiro of the violence may have been. Great Salt la-o low- r td iu level 940 feet and a vast regxn partook of great and sudden toojra'u leal chantLS. Pittsburg Di'patch. . IH.h Tarpla'a HlUa. , Foremost among Kngli'h f-ata e f l.orf mauhip w bav one w'.cb for g--n lions baa beet represented in t!.e r- ring. Duk Turpin' fame rule I: ' London lo York has taken il p! it a." nursery legends, nevcrthrh-sa it was s. tually perforin ed. and Mauds as a no ni ! It kind. Th hihrrnin, r.-J.i tb very bnt reaxoo In the son-l-t a safety of hi neck coTeml the dUn-e . over SM) mile In a little uod.-r iii" hour. Tbi perfonnaucotaialx Iore f tb longest and fastest Journey ever c' 00 the am bursa. Most of the lor r..: J of which record exists tar been rcJ 1 ' vLjia iti reaurvU are tiensfur tsai.a n