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EUGENE CITY GUARD. rreprtet'. EUOENE CITT. OREGON. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. THE VCNU3 CE CALIFORNIA, ABOUT WOMEN'S NAM 3. sffsetleM rHftnltf CulM ef ataa Beelety Xew.pseere, A I am a Ion woman, dwelling la corner, mar I pour into your yni pathetic aar a quest loo which prrplexee mef IWiuf poor seamstress I but la, A eamslrrs wlio ia poor, in? on I j enjoyment of aoclrty U that which I cbtilo through tha thrill. Ingly Interesting Column, of th daily pa jura. J always go to church, of course, on bunday morning; lut riunday afternoon do you think It very wrong of ma to aetlla down comfortably wltb tbe big, big paier nil dram that I dwrlt In tuarbla ball with tha Moutmoreney Joneses and tha Clarence KlUbrrbert rimitb wboar giving dinner, and teas and all aorta of delightful frolicsf Ultra week 1 tbua bear lb muale for their dances, I are their lovely, lovely gowns, I .null their sweet violets and roars. It U really aurt of going Into society by proxy. llul within tha but year or two mi lling phrase baa crept Into my dear Sunday Journal. I am constantly confronted with tbs expression "Mr. and Mr. Tbntnas da Montmorency Jone (horn Hmlth)," or "Mr. nd Mrs. Augustus too Tompkins (born rioooks)," nr "Mr. and Mrs. Clarendon White! bora l(ld," did tbuaand so. Now, what does that mean? Waa Mr. C'larandon Whits born Krddf or waa It only Mrs. Clar endon Whits who was born Itrddf And ff Mrs. Clarendon Whits wants everybody to know aba waa bom Itrdd, why dm ahs not announce herself as Mrs, lowld-White F I bars hesitated long be furs confiding my perplexity to you for solution, dear air, but I End my mind dwelling so constantly on ilia subject tlial I nil It would I a f rest relief to receiv Information. Was Mr. Thomas Montmorency Jones bora fcniltbf And, If so, mut hs bars bad bis name changed by art of legislature Or. if all these couples who were born wltb tbs sams auruauis are flrat eouaiua, la not that rather an alarming outlook for society f Or can it be poaaibls that what tbs writer of these paragraph, means to Imply Is that It Is only tha wifs of Thoniaa Montmorency Jones who wss born proud possessor of tbs nams of Smith Are ws to understand that It Is only by this littls weekly remind tr In tbs hoelity Notes that she, who wss ones known to a wlds circle of friends as Sally rimitb. Is resurrected, as It were, from marital rngtilfment by Thomas Mont tnorenry Jonre And, If It be of rich importance to the public that hally hmltb's husband ehould always be mails prominent aa a sort of lat est Improved attachment, would It not be valuable aa Information to go farther and let na know In each case aliuilarly Just wbo ia in a w I ir or I ne I liomaa J oncaea 1 1 recent I y read a deeply affecting story of an artlal Wbo painted a young lady's picture and un consclou.ly won ber young affections be cause bs neither wore a wedding ring nor told bs was married uutll it . alaal too late, lie hail been Introduced to her sim ply aa Mr. Vandyke Drown, and not uutll ber heart had become deeply penetrated wltb lovs for Mr. Vandyke llrown did aht lesrn that be the husband of that for nier brlle of New York, Mia Mary Kong. Now, If his card, bad burns tbs liucrlpttou, Mrs. Mary Itougr-Vandyk llrown, bia vlo Uin would have known at ones that bs waa not a single limn, and bring a well brought op IlritUb iraid, would bars guarded bet hi art ao carefully that 'twould nut have svrn thought of t raying bla way. And if tbia should bs adopted ws would always know without fall uimxi what fam ily tree each woman aa well aa man la enti tled to a pines. Mnry Itougs would be Mary llouge from her christening font to ber bier, even though at Intervals aba af fixed to ber own thelitis of aauccewlon of buslailids (tbe predecessor of each being, oi course, either properly divorced or burled). A Humble brainatrws In lloaton Tran script. Ttasas sf lf UeeMee, Blow a largs bubble on tbs buna cbinv asy and then stop blowing. The air will rush out of tbs open end of tha chimney as tb bubble shrink If you point lbs chim ney ai S candle, tbs blast may bs strong snougn to put It out. W ater Him sets liks thin India rubber In soms respects, tending to nsooms aa small In area aa poaaibls, Next dip ring several Inches ai mad. of wire about as thick as a hairpin la ins snap solution ami plans a thread bj Ihs film filling It. Tbs thread must bo sr Inches long and must have been sipped In tbs solution. Tbs ends mast bs tied together. Then break tbs film on one aids of lbs thread with ths Otigeror with a hot wlrs, and ths part of the thread which waa In tha film will lie Instantly drawn over ao as to lis against tbs ring on one aide. lul ths linger of ons band In ths deoeod ent loop, keeping Ihs thread spread well, and then draw It away from the ring (rig. IX If carefully dons, ths thread will carry a film curtain wltb It, and refill ths ring with film, which will remain as tbs string is drawn away over ths edits of ths wlrs ring. Tit a thread loosely srro tbs ring, dip ths ring in lbs solution and break tha Ulna as before on ons aide of ths thread. At ones tha loose thread la tightly drawn Into the arc of a circle by ths film on tbs other aids of It (Fig. J). Next break tbs other Dim, and tbs thread again la loo, but this tlms In tbs air. lief ors It was floating about la tbs Dim. A pretty variation la this experiment is tolls a littls loop In a piece of thread be fore fastening it to the ring. Tbs loops can be mails by tylug a thread around the An ger. Tbs thread la tied acmes the ring ao as to bring tbs loop Into tbs center. Dip toe whole Inloeoapaolutlon. Tbe loon will awing about loosely In tba Him. llreak tbe Him Inside of tbe loop, and It will soring open Into a circle. Next tbe 01m on tbe farther side of tbe loop can be brokeu, and tha thread across ths ring will bs drawn Into tbs arc of a circle with tbs loon, circle haps, resting In tbs part of tbe Dim that Is left, as la t ig. . The Mesalng ef "Semspkere." Ons of our boys wants to know why they giva in name "semaphore" to ths tall poles with cmaapieces used by railroads as eajeaaaor algnallng traina. Of course you have all seen the "semaphore." Near tbe top of a pole la a movable piece; if It be banging down, tbe train may go ahead; If It be out at right angles over tbs track, tbs train muat stop. The word "semaphore" la from ths Greek and mesne "to bear a algn." Tbs Idea Ibat soms people bare, that It was derived frits "seniifour," ou account of tbs device's fan cied resemblance toons-half of tbe figure four, la altogether erroneous, not to say ab eurd.-l'hiladelplila Times, Ths Aelloaa of Trees, The action of trees In their manner of tak Ing root In Strang soil arama aliimat Ilka tbs human fumily, who are guided In their likes and dislike by Intelligent, wisdom and consciousness which trees and Vegi'ta- Hon cannot posses. Moms trees atrive to take root In bard, luhoepitahls Boll among the rot ka and ravines, aa if biding from the luda and frosteuf northern climates snd reselling forth with mors than natural in- atiucta fur inoUturs, solar ray, warmth of suushine and ruin. It areiiia like a human cry for Ufa and vitality. 1 here sre trees sreu In New Kn.ls.nd for- aata that aeem to crowd together for coin pan I unship around ths Inland lakes and rivers. 1 hey seem to get thickly together for drinking and climblug amoug ths bill. ana among Ids small valleys till thelt branches luterlork 111 social and bannoni oua airectlon, aiding each other to aiiprt aa issu inry may luelr roots from the bun fi r and thirst of exhausted eolla. Uoaton reuacrlpt. III. Wife la New Light. A young married man received such shock of surprise aa to bla wlfe'a crowding and elbowing attainment, that be bos not yet recovered, lie expected touiskeafew Select Ion. mis evening, not suapecttng bla netter Hair waaawny on Ihs same errand, and waa not a littls surprised to are ber In one of the big .lores, lis kept just out of ner eigiit. However, and watched ber. II opened bia eyes In amazement as lis saw tha way aha crowded up lo Discounters and forced the attention of the clerks-she, the darling creature wbocotild not walk a block without the support of bis arm, and wbo always waited fur bla assistance in aliuht lug from a car or in crossing a street New 1ms a.reuing bun. Likes tier Himself. There waa a certain act eras w boas charms and vivacity hail long been proverbial "Father." said a young man with enthu siasm, "ahs la an anprl and I lovs ber!" lis wss apesklng of ths lady, whims nsme s have not given, and bs added, "Wopt Nut a word I 1 brl leva her to bean angel. 1 adore ber, and 1 won't allow you to breaths a ay liable agalnat ber." "Certainly not," eaid ths father, "cer tainly nut. Why, I adored ber mvself when I waa your age." I-oodon Tlt-liita, Kel ArrsJd efrellege Men. General Ilutler'a promptneaa of retort 1. proverbial, lie waa cross quest ioulng a wit-I.i-m In a somewhat .harp manner, and the jinle interposed, reminding the lawyer that the witness waa a Harvard prvfmeor. "I know It, your honor," waa tiis reply. "Ws Lw. gnl ous oftbemtbsotheiday." llueloa Journal. A llrlsbt Duy'a MLtaks. I beard a story of a bright boy who tbs other dsy went to New York wltb bis parental He waa taken, among other places. to ths Eden Muxes, where be feasted bis young soul on horror, and waxworks until be became akeptical about everything new ne encounterra He was deceived so often by wax figures and wax effects and tricks that when at last bs cams upon a bright green hencn bearing tha notice, "Krenb I'alnt," be exclaimed: "Oh, you ran't fool me any longer. You may bs freab, but I'm not," and down hs sat promptly. It was not a fake, and a new suit waa necessary. I'lllsourg Ulapatch. A I sinus rats. Asteeg Ike BeaatUaJ Wewea ef Ike Oeld slats Hie Vt-nnt of California Is to be copied hi mar bio, ami the atatne will be exhib ited at Clilt-ago during tha fair to show tbe world that the rarest and most per fect type of beauty la not that of MJo, nor that of Modiii, nor tliat of Capua. A new model of the loveliest woman U to be given, and It ia to be from tha Ameri can WPkt. Nobody yet know wbo the California Venn, la, and the question must be de termined by popular vote. There is about to be a content for tha distinction, open to all native California women who re- aide In the state. Candidates will be re quired to have their phyaical charmi con lidered by a committee of the local art lata and then to aland in similar review before all who wluli to judge. Tbe statue of the new en at la to be the central ornament in the California room of tbe Woinen'e building, and the beauty ccutrat will be nnder the super vision of the lady who baa charge of that room, Mrs. Frona Eunice Wait of this city. The scheme devised by Mra, Wait will be carried out by ber for the implo purpose of setting California beauty in its just and shining light be fore the world. Hay Mra. Wait: "Our standard of beauty Is the Venus of Milo, and the uccesaf ul candidate in the contest will be tbe woman coming nearest to that statue in form and measurements. The contest, which begina immediately and will continue long enough to give all tba tato a fair chance In getting ready for the competition, is by means of photo graphs. Of course the photographs need not be entirely from the nudo. The candidate, when poaing for photographs, mar wear a drnpenr of cheesecloth or crape, which will conceal while ret re- ealing. The figure must be shown. The photograph ninat be in the 1'urie panel form, one a full faced view and the other a profile. "W ben the time for selection arrives. we shall appoint a committee of three loading artist to pas on the photo graphs. These judges, baring no In for mation about the originals, will select the three that are the beat modeled. Tli woman who Is chosen will then be asked to pose fur the sculptor. Rupert Bchmld has promised hi services, and be will do Ins beat work in making a a life size statue of our California beauty, An exact likeness of tbe face will be modo, and the form will be In tba exact proportion." Mr. Schniid, the sculptor, aari the sub ject that he want for the itatue I tbe typical California beauty. "If the model Inaiata on liaving the work don from measurement,'' said he yesterday, "why I will do It that way, but the statue will be of less substantial material than 1 would otherwise uso. A good Vena cannot be tuado from a tapeline. There are rule to k by in modeling from the measurements, but neither can you get a satiitfactory and lifelike figure from a act of rules. A woman should not ob jpet to King if her atutiie is to bo nude. Justice to herself require it, and it is perfectly pror. The Greek goddesses bod the hightwt principle of morality, but they wore little drapery. And so. when we come to model our California Venu, alio may be draped like a Greek goddess." i?un Francisco Chronicle. YARNS ABOUT GOULD INCIDENTS SHOWING CHARACTERIS TICS OF THE FINANCIER. A New Else ef Slew. Denny la a little lame boy In Boston, tbe only too of bla mother, and ahs la a poor widow. He bad never been out of lbs city, and hla knowledge of gnus waa limited to ths nns lawna with tliolr eigne. "Keen OX ths Grass." One morning In June bis moth er took him for ths flrat tlms to ths great park on the outaklrtaof the city. Tbe wlds stretch of meadow with Ihs eigne "Cora nion" on Its Imrdrr caught bla eye at ouce. and clutching his mother a gown and hob bling on aa fast aa bs could be cried: "Ohl hurry, hurry, mainnial It dou't say Keep Off the Gnus,' bare; II ears, Coiue Our "-Wide Awake, lil.eeelBg ef a Hlval. Ths way In which a small boy of oar av qualutauce) met the criaia, which. In tba language of the nunea, waa "to put bla nose out of joint," showed a mullueei diapnaeof a troublesome impediment with a word. The little fellow waa taken Into hU moth sr's chamber to are for the flrat time a baby brother. 1 be a-yeer-old looked the Infant over wltb a calmly critical regard, and then, turning to tbe maid who accumpaul. d him, he said very decidedly, "Jane, you keep that la the kitchen." loulh s Com panion. Ceasing ea Nlrelr. VUI tor I've not aeen any of yon In, ever long. How Is your littls brother soot ing our Tommy First rate. lie can whlxtle f-w blmaalf and wear my pants. Texas blfw II Might Re We 1 1 1.4 s-j- ri I'm (lad that Pm a Utile U4 And net a puaiy rat. ! tuawUiH. whea I'm feeling sad Tbin da not resllr e bed If I Jual think of that. J. K. bangs la "L Nicholas. Mads II las Nerveea. tlj .Under Don't you feel terribly au v. hm you are way up In the airf l'arachute J umper Yea, if there s small uimil. "What difference does tbe crowd makef" "I n afraid 1 won t gel my salary." New York Weekly. t eeseeleel. "How long can a man lne without airf "It depend, oa ths sir. Forever tf h'a'Ta-ra-ra Uoora -de-ay.' " BUla Field " Wsshivgtaa,. A llrevywelstil Jury. Five of a Jury which recrtitly era t!l in a i!utun county, (la., ju.tu-e court weighed over C.J pounds m h, an 1 Lot on bf Cwiu wvlited lee tkaa IM JiwUbdA, The raaally ef Ue Stale. Tbe true family la tbs tyie of the It la tha slwrnce of tbs feminine from lb suoduct of the governments of tbe eartl that makes them more or leas aavage. Tl stats Is now In condition of half orphan age. There are father, ef ths state, but aa aiotbera. Ilev. Kamual J. May. In a case In which a man was accused of forgery a wttne for tha defease managed to say, "I know that the pris oner cannot write bis own namo, " "All that 1 excluded," said the judga, "The prisoner is not charged with writing bis own name, but that (if torn on else!" The Zanaibar count is the property of the Imperial Brituh tout Africa com pany, which administer it affair and keeps up the civil government and a standing army composed of Sudanese, tta total are is estimated at 1. 000000 aUlee, Trait le the tlesr Worses. Those legialutor wbo are making fool of themselves by introducing bills to pro hibit the wearing of crinoline know noth ing of the force of fashion and tho na ture of women. American ladies are a sensible as they are beautiful and can be safely trusted to regulate their costume to suit themselves, being assured iu ad vance that they will always suit Ameri can men. It is their providential pecul iarity that they look lovely in anything cliuging skirt, wide skirt, poke bon nets, flat bonnet, soft luces, men' shirt fronts, no mutter what, so long a ths sweet fuco smile above and tbe tin boot lieet out lieneatlL If we have to enlarge our door, stages, car and aid walk so a to accommodate tho ladle who want to walk about In crinoline rages, that will be a small price to pay for the privilege of pleasing the fuir women who are the sunshine of our live and give usau angelic foretaste of heaven ber below. Texas bif ting. Atternoee Teae. Though many people in Waahlngton, a elsewhere, continue to denounce aft ernoon tea as intolerable crtudtc in which on bo' little if any opportunity toseoandcouversewiththe hoatcaa, they do uot, after all, materially differ from evening reception iu this rticnlur, and undoubtedly instead of being on tli wane of ixmulur favor they are steadily on the increase. As evidence Indisputa ble it will be noted that all of the pres ent season's debutante there have been Introduced at afternoon teas. An occa sional evening entertainment U enjoy able, but society ha grown to prefer th majority of evening to be left free for the enjoyment of dinners, theater par ties or such amusement, which general ly wind np in the former case with a little dance, and In the latter with a upper at one of the fashionable hotel caf os. Washington Letter. Us AreMed Xew.peper Mca, eel a Dearer Beeerter Trapped Ulas Oa.. et Oae Maa to Jlaa Keeae Uew Ue Leaned That Whisky Was a lied eerverer, There waa nothing b detested mora than newspaper notoriety. Ue used to fudge reporters, and only one of then. aa far aa known, ever fairly outwitted him. Fred Skiff, the city editor of the Denver Tribunn, di tailed reporter after reporter to interview Mr. Gould during one of bit visit to Colorado, but each brooght bac k word that the little rail road king would not be seen and bad posted sentinels all along the hotel cor ridor to drive intruder away. Bo Skiff set ont to do the job himself, lie hunted np a friendly Pujlman car conductor and borrowed bis uniform. Then bo walked into the hotel and np tho stair. Look a-bere," said be to tho flrt-t sentinel be met, "what doe Mr. Gould propose to do about that car? I must know right away, for if bo isn't going to nse it tomorrow I've got to tuko it back to Chicago. The sentry knew nothing about tbe car, of course, and adviitod Skiff to Gould about it bimelf. So Skill success fully ran the gantlet of the half dozen lackeys, growling all the time about the bother of being compelled to attend to Other peoples bui(iua, Judgo Labor, one of Gould' attorneys, who was in consultation with bis client when the bogus sleeping car conductor wo shown In, immediately recognized Skiff, bar lug known him back In Kansas. "When did you gi t out of the news paper bosinesk?" inquired the atouUh ed lawyer. "I ain't out of if, " replied Skiff, "but I had to pnt on this dihguise In onler to get in here to interview Mr. Gould." "Young man," said Mr. Gonld stern v you're a reporter, yon can take yourself right out of tho room, fur I am uot to be interviewed. " Skiff orguod the point and not being invited to be seated coolly sat down on the floor. "Unless yon put me ont," laid he, "I shall stay bero till yon tell me what your plan are." This audacity pi caned Gould. II looked at Usher, and sot-lug the luwyer chuckling heartily broko out into a loud laugh. "Well, what do yon want to knowf bo said finally in the tone of a man wbo is wearied with objecting. Skiff knew he bad triumphed. lie produced his uotcbook, drew up to the table at which Gould sat and set Indus triously to work putting out question and noting the replies. The result was a rcliublo fororiuit of the immense rail road enterpriw) iu which Gould subse quently embarked, and of which the public would uot otherwise have been forewarned. Lee happy w.ts tho f:ito of tho Chi cago reporter who followed Gould by rail down into Indiana and finally over hauled bia special car und kuockod ai tho door. Mr. Gould responded in per son, and tho reKirter held np hi card so that his victim could read it through tho glass window. Tho Chicago Buglo wants your opin ion," he shouted, "ou tho question oi refunding the 0 per cents." Mr. Gould regarded him through the glua with such a frigid cxprcNiiou that tho interviewer bn shivered at thu mero memory of it ever since, but finally oixiued tho door ou a crock and axled: "Young man, do yoa want mo?" "Y'es, sir. 1 want to Interview you on tbe subject of" Mr. Gould began to shot the door. "On the subject of tho devil!" yelled tbe indignant reporter a he saw all hi hopes foiling away. "Young man," said Mr. Gonld, open ing the door om-o mora nu inch or two, "on that subject you had better see Jim Kecno. Ho' got all the point and is anxious to give them away to spit old rioodl" Gould always believed that tbo secret of hi ability to overcomo other In any contest of wit was hi temperate habit of life. Ho never Uuted whisky but one. In the day when ho was a surveyor in a small way and was mapping a comity ou the practical lino of getting lodging and meals of tho farmers in exchange fur marking correct sundial on their doorstciM he become tired one bot, dusty afternoon. He eiiinu to a country tavern. In hi pocket was a 5 cent piece. It suddenly struck him that a a mcdi THE WCAnisa OF BEARDS. Hew Ike Mu.lsrke llae lleea Treated la franee by soldier aed Clvlllaaa, The Dn4 military regulation In Fraao reluti v to mutachea waa Ueurd In I77D, and !o la.. ri rlry aoldirra were distinctly for bidden either to stiffen their mustache witb brrawax or to tMwt Ibrm Into points Ilk thoae of a dagger, fc-ven In the flrat year of liberty, equality and fraternity ,ny It.e trench mlnUter of war decreed Chat only th grenadier corps should be sulTeml lo wear the mustache. Napoleon prohibited Ita ua to all tbe Infantry la bis srniira, wltb th exception ol the grena diers of the Old ii uard, Ths cavalry never- .helms olitaiued the much coveted prlvi- hge of nuiaUch wearing, excepting only t,ia dragoons, whose facial buiriiima was limited lo mutton chop whlnkers. In Itil tbe government of tbe restoration extended tbe right of apiieanug in muntiiches to the grrtiudlera, the carbiniers and the volti- geura. and to cummlieiiotird olllcera of every rank of tbe service. In l&H lb monarch of July nut only allowed muatachea to be worn by all soldiers, prlvstrs aa well as ofll- Cera, but made Ihe aMiiiliiptlon of thrra ob ligatory. Meanwhile a very curioua revo lution had takeu pints In th facial appear ance of civilian Kreucbmrn. Tbe popular IlritUb conception of the lively Oaul uutll tbe year lwu waa that of parchment vixaged, wrinkled, pig tailed. powdered "mouum-r," In figure and mien equally rrermbliug a baboou and a dancing mauler. Johnny Crnimud waa altogether clean shaven, and bia diet. In the populur belief, was UMllllly coiupOM-d of aoiiiie nisigre" and fricaaaeed frogs. Aa a matter of fuct, the French emigrants, who hod been domiciled In our midst from ITjo to 1M, very rarely wore muatuches and not very frequently even indulged In th luxury of wbiakera, and if any muntacbed r n-nchmrn were to be found In tbe Kugland of the tie- riud it would probably have been In the hulk, at 1'ortKiiioiitburat Dartmoor amoug the t rench primmer, of war. During all these years, moreover, tbe civilian cIuwms In France bad abstained from decorating their couiilcuaiicea with mustaches not through any positive pro hibition on the part of tbe atate, but be cause they bad to u limit to inccmuiut moral coercion at tbe hand, of tba military conte. wbo for nearly two dcciulea swaggered over and bullied the pacilic populutiun. The swashbuckling soldiers of the Napoleonic wars, trailing their aabrrs and clunking their spurs on tha pavement, twisting their long mustaches and brushing up their bushy whiskers, sneered and railed at th uuhappy "pekius," took Ihe wall of them or thrust them into tbs kennel when tbry met them Iu the street, and if they renion- atrated threatened to cut off tbe ears of the "bourgeois," bom tbey reviled and de rided as "epiciers" or "garcon charcu tiers." Tbi. system of awaggrring and bullying coutiuued Iu a modiiled form throughout the restoration, especially in 1'aha, tbe garrison of w hlch waa largely couiMjwd of the aristocratic tiiirdcadu Corp., the Mous quetuires and HwUs guard. After th revolution of l&K), however, cam a remark able reaction. Theartistic, the Intellectual and the working clasMS almost uuiiiilmous ly ceased to shave, although for a cousider- lile period the full beard waa left to th artisans, th artists, porta, uovelista and journalists contenting themselves with th mustache, tor tbia there was a particular reason. Itomaiiticiain both iu literature and art favored tbo uiustuche worn alou and not in conjunction with the beard. 1 be gallant soldiers and courtiers whom Paul brlaroche and Kugeiie Delacroix loved to paint, and piiliilvd ao splendidly, be longed lo the cHjcha of Heurl guutre and DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THE APPARENT CEASELESS ROUND OF A WOMAN'S DAILY LIFE. new tbe IItuUr.il. ef Utile Tklags A boa I Ike lleees Tkal Mast tie Atleeded to Onpresa Oae Weaaa Tfce Beal eeerel ef a tVemaa's Ufa I. Net le (Terry, Will there never lie any end of It, my dear friend F I mean won't we ever get througbr Have we got to go from one thing to another foreverf I am not grum bling, notevenam I one of thedlscniitmted, but somehow I do wish we could Just the chance for five minutes to ait down and say we have nothing that really shouts after u. "Mary Jane, ain't you coming to fix mef'or, "Mary Jane, aln I you ready to make m not ' I can cheerfully wait on folka, you know, but It's thing that bother me washing things, scrubbing thlnm. touching up thing, putting lu.oiw thing In .Imp. Ws bail all the furniture In new when we married, and do you know bow furniture geta scratched, and tbe seats give out, and the backs split, and the Joints give way, ao that I dread a new chair aw fully, because, I say, wbo knows now where tbs thing is going to give out? Crockery was an invention of th devil, I am sure. Why waa anything of the kind ever thought ofP Th very Instinct of crack and go la In the best of It. Just you tak tbe item of lampcbimneys. I don't mean ths constant expense of buy ing new ones, but tbs fact that you never, no, never, have a complete set of lamps sIkiiiI the bouse in full order. One or the other always wants a wick, or a chimney, or a burner. I wish l could allonl a lord of the lumpwlrka, with duties of no other kind but Just to see to thoae fragile Illuminators, llow I long for natural gas or electric, lights down this way, but bnven't the least idea tbey take care of themselves nb, dear, not Not anything takes cars of Itself! Dustl Now that la the one thing that makes th woman's life as near miserable aa she will allow It to be. Insignificant, linpahiahle, nothing; too amall to scold about, and yet it la the un conquerable, never siipprrmiblo foe of rest. I want to are before I die Just one dny ben thing won't have to be dusted. Sweep it up? That la just IL Sweeping bring it up out of Ita hiding place and lands It on and in everything. And when w are through with brooms and dusters In one direction we find it In full force somewhere else. It ia our Irrepremilile conflict. How much dust do you suppose a woman baa to breathe, and how much to eat Iu the course of a year? I am not com plaining of the work, you know, only I just want to see a gnp In it somen here. It's the same witb mending clothes for our children and husband, ltlpa and tear and hole. worn through one after another, 1 suppose through eternity. If we should live so long. Just think of darning aocks for fX,0Ul,(X0 of yean! I want to are our folks. Just for once, without a button off. I've tried my best to get the button, all ou for aiz children and my blessed Tom every one on on every (locket, coat, overcoat, pants, but I can't. I never saw tbe day whin there wasn't a button off something. Now, mind you. friend Mary, I don't complain, only it would be ao delightful to get through on thing. I Ilk work. I would nut be with out something to do fur the world, but what fun It would be to have to Iduk it up just have a hunt fur a Job! You know what tbevaav about ruin a. being ao much more wholesome than car pet, ond saving of work. Well, we have A LEAP AN3 A RtSClt lew a Tnueai taved a liall What t 'd Trala .... ..r i. Extra Wallace, west bound, re. Emerson at 10 p. m. Juno 16, 157iT witching out a car tho forward I.i.. man was o badly injured tVtu.T. him fur surgical treatment. I -broking behind. From I;.,,,,, Cbauuccy, 13 mile, is on grad.. a Conductor Wallace ha tho engine I was left alonu on tho rtlr Tho moon .hone brightly, ami I uot j a uumber of tramps riding out on p -T We bad almost reached tho ,,',. and tho night cxpre was only j nto behind n when suddi nlv i', i slackcucd. Tho catxssw, two cat. telegraph pot. and thn-o of ciu,, r,:'i brokeu off. I wo stoinling on tl, i". of pole mid started f,,ra biakew!..a one of tho pole became lu, ,,i it position and rullcd on i,,T , .,, . struggled diieratcly t fr,,, tlirM.;. for the cor bad started b.v kwanL 1 thought of tho express with l,.. cargo of precious live mid tra;-;-:,,i again, I seemed to bear tlio cr.i.h.'iV, shrieks and gronn 'f the dyinV t;i0 curse and prayer. Minute wero yi :;r's and I grew ohl iu tho awful su-i.-iL. Then I heard a whixtio and i-.nv ,,. front end following down thu hill. (, the lending enr tliociuidnetorwostwu:-. ing a back np sigtml, while the wn-' blew a wild warning fur No. 7. yu. r and foKti r spun tho vli,i In, und :,V:T but suridy, was tho runaway ovcrtaUu! 1 lieiil my breath. Only 20 feet A form shot out over tho chnm.wuBs in clear relit f for nil instant u t tin sky and then dropped safely ou Ucrd tho car of cinders. At tho some u,o ment the conductor gavo a stop t: and tho gnp widened. Well timed it wa. for given a seiund sooner aud tho leap would havo Un impowiiblei lutcr, aud a collision uu-avoidublo. Iu a short timo every brako w.n and a wo slowed down I shrieked fran tically: "Han 71 Toko a r. d hjLt and (log tho express!" Ho understood and obevrd without a word Fortunately or provident ial!r they Wero loto, and ho got back far uough to stop them. I was uin- ii u us when at lost nleoMsb Jly foot va badly crushed, and it was manv will. before I wo agaiu able to rn-Tt f.r duty. A for our hero, hu proved to bs one of tho tramp I hod uotindaiidli.nl volunteered for hi duugvruu ta-lj. Wheu tho snpcriutciidciit, who wai oa Na 7, learned tho uircniustance, lu f fered him a poMitiou ii brakiiiun, promiKing him ndvoiu'ement m h proved bis ability. That was tho l dia lling. Today ho is a prominent p in ml munager, and hi namo Is a reconuid power in the railroad world. -llccord. .hlcagj Ixiiiui XIII in Krauee.and totboseof Kliza- UC ,n rooms library, dining room. belbandtberArlyhtuartsluKuglaud. Aud reception room, tiimily room and twochara these gallauta, although they reveled ba , D,r- That make Just U day a wek for silky mustaches, scarcely ever donned a taking up rugs snd having them beat and full beard. Tbua from IhJO to the present Duon senibU-d. We don't brat rigs time civilian France has to a large extent Sunday, llctwern you and I, what a ter been a niuatached nation. The excrptiona, r"'lc unrest fimhlon Ul It won't do to say however, to the rule are somewhat numtr- ' Uinch alwut this, but did ynu ever think ol oua. The Krrneb bench aud tha French bar have generally altainrd from Joining the antishaviug movement, and if a young advocate has lb temerity lo claim the en joyment of his rights a. a free citizen, and with a beard or mustache to plead before one of tbe tributiala, he will probably be what fashion is say in bonnets? Well, It a never fixed, not fur one lib ancd minute. It's a sliding scale Just moves along alow . ly every minute. You can't be In style j not exactly unite if you do anything but have your bat trimmed. Of course you 1 n't It it o. -1 -I .11 .1.. ...... - , .. ,. m w iKiiiill, mil lUfl gravely admonished by tbe president to ap- Ir- Ingtry la no U-ttrr off with sr on tbe next occaslun of bis wldreasiiig the court iu more decoroua trim. Th French hierarchy agaiu have set their face dead against both beards aud mustaches, th only exception that are allowed bring in th cases of the Capuchins, the Lazansta, tbe missionary priests and Ihe almoner, or chaplain, of the navy. lxindou Telegraph. (0 hats aud M dresses. It must be horrid to have so many, all going, going, going out of style every blessed minute, "lilessed Ik she that bo nothing." Well, not quite, I A Queer African I'ronlr. Etrango storks aru told of the IVlw, who livo among tho moist, warm L am -boo woods to tho south of Haifa und rjtiwt in Africa. Only 4 feet hi!i, of a dork olivo color, sovago and iiak d, tin y havo uo fire. They livu only on nnts. mice aud crpeut, diverniflwl by a few root and fruits. They let their n;u! grow long, liko talon, tho ls-tti r to dig for ants and tho moro easily In t :ir iu piece their fuvorito Hiiaki-a, The Dk nsed to bo invaluable as slaves, and tin y wero tokeii iu lorgo number. Thet-Ur hunters used to hold up bright colored clot Iks as they came to tho ba:.ilo woods, whero thefto human moiikiystti!! live, und the ioor Dokos could not re sist tho at trac-tiuiia offered by nidi su perior puopla They crowded round them and wero takeu iu thous'imls. la lovery they wero docile, attaclud, obedient, with few wants mid excellent health. These queer people havo uuo lauu a luvo lor out, unco ami m r- Dealrnellve Genu. Artillery. So destructive in it effect i the new German artillery that it Is asserted, once tbe range wero found, a battery would annihilate an entire division in a very short time. Prima facie, this seems ruth- suppose, but niu't it blcmcd that w can't ' pent aud a sneaking to Yer with their head on thu ground mid their he N in tho air. Yer i their idea of a huji rior power, to whom they talk in this com ical maimer when they nnuli-piritcd or angry or tired of ant and snak, s and have but one husband? I'olvandry is Just 10,000 timra worse than tolygamy. 1 hope there won't ever be a 'tub thatstarta up that notion. I think the world of Tom, and that 1 just where the pinch conns In. I want him to be all right every whur and just a model, and the longing for unknown food. Popular bli-sMilc.it old pcrfectiouUn tbe world. And Uagaziua ne is, nut ne wouiiin t be without me no, he wouldu't, and it take Just a continuous watchfulness. It is just so with your John, to border on the impossible, but when - , ?hZ to L J you ever know a man that could pick things tbe result of the wood. The missile miMcd the target, but plowed it way for .VX) yards through the wood. Shortly afterward a large area cine to relievo fuiutucsa be ought to buy a ' ef the wood waa discovered to be on fire. exiienment which 1 Were ffflf1v until,, ill tliA ,,f tliA ii . . .... j I--- up auu seep uiciu in omcrr DM you ever emperor witn me uew weapon are con- know one wbo could shut drawer and slilered the task does not appear to beo Impracticable after all The first shot ! fired in tbe course of these experiment m at a target placed 60 pace from glos of whisky with hi nlckcL "I was Ignorant of bar usage," he said once in describing tho incident to a friend, "and o wheu a gloss and a bottle wero set before me I filled the tumbler chock fulL Tbe bartender made no protect, and I swallowed the big horn. Tlieu I went my way, trundling my wheelbar row liko incisure of distance and occa sionally taking the bearings with a sex tant Never iu mr life hod my work gone off half so blithesomely, and for awhile I fult a tbongh making a map of the starry heaven Instead of a very dusty portion of this ruuudano sphere. After an boar or more of exaltation I grew sleepy and took a long nap under a tree iu a field. I awoke with an awful Weasea With fereese sad iliulaesa eeese. You may tak my word for it, those women are going to give somebody trouble yet" That is what an English : headache and found that tbe figure en editor uld after th meeting of th . tored iu my notebook during tho time of 'men' Liberal and Radical , extra steam were quito incoherent I Association of th Metropolitan Conn- wa fully couviuced that whisky wa a Tbi was due to the shell being charged witb a certain kind of powder, the com position of which i a eecret known only to the Ucrmau government Tbe splinters from shell burst by tbi powder and fired by the new gun cover a circle of 900 feet Tlii is a great ! improvement on the limited area of ground that wa covered by splinter from shells fired by the artillery weapon of 20 year ngv. Then it was considered effective shooting if splinters from a hell were thrown within a circnit of 40 or SO ace and even or eight men wounded, but the new gun ho a far greater destructive power than this. Another shell fired at an enormous tar get, constructed by the emperor' or-1 their bead that their slantiiig eye mnst elixet doors? They dou't like to be both. ercd about little things. The fact Is, pre sume, they feel Just aa we d tbey want t see tbe end of something. Their way Is to skip over small sllalr and leave thrra to ua. I'm glad they do, fur 1 hale pottering myseu; uui, worse jet, I bale pottering men. 1 am glad they do leave the drawer In a miisa aud thrir shirt, on the floor, lean see that woman baa brr mlselon if we only could well, no, I dun't want to see the end ef some bothers. What a blessed thing It Is to wear ourselves out for those we love! Could you Imagine a tolerable life or a tolerable world with children left out? Making a borne and keeping a borne In order and making It grow Iu goodness la such a wonderful power and gift! The secret of Joy I to cheerfully do what we have to do and borrow no trouble of tbe future. I thlnkatrue womau's strength will generally natch ber trials. Mary . Silencer In i-t. Ixul Globe-Democrat. Mralf htralng Mast i:yes. Tho wheel of progress whizzc onl The Japanese havo gut tho wrinkle into lie. And beside tlii h said: "Th majority of women who tak np a pub lic career are excellent men of business ardon th bulb If the same proportion of male busy bodies were endowed With a similar amount of common sense, this country of our would be an F-deu." At the meeting referred to Lady Aberdeen, who is seldom visionary or loouacion. talked of theim when every man and woman in th metropolis would be liv ing a jure, wholesome and right Ws, wuh fair wage, restricted hour of la bor and habitation fit for human be ing to dwell In. Ball ea Sight, Peddler Hav you any daughter. mum? Housekeeper Strl "Plasty mum, I dou't ask ont of ml- gar curiosity, mum. I'm asllUig resona tor. " "Vj'iat are they' "You hang one np In the ball, mam, and it so niagntlic every sound that a goodnight kis cmxtd like a canaoe) hot" "tfive me tare. " Vw Teak Wea bad surveyor, and I have never tried it for any other purpose. " Cor. Kate field' Washington. Tr aa Medietas. Ia nme firm of heart disease tea prove a useful sedativo, while in other It i positively injurious. Many case tf severe nervous headache- are instantly relieved by a cup of etrong green tea, taken without the addition of either milk or sugar, but it should be only occa sionally resorted to in such rase, it be ing much hotter to avoid th cause. New York Journal. ucrs. covered it witn innnaand of hole. London Court Journal, Reeelrlag a llsmsgrd (hart. There are a few point in regard to th straighten out liko a white man's. Tho consequence is that a surgeon who wa doing very little in this country i font getting rich in tho novel business, lie ho been there only two years, but he Cmbria breakdown, from an enirinwr-' bas induced several clomatc to join ing point of view, which might not ap- J n'm. aU1' they ore very fast compiling a peal to the ordinary observer. Engineer respectable bank account. The operation Tomlinaon got a great deal of credit for fr straightening the slant iu the Jap' repairing the shaft, whereas a consider- T ' dieril-d a comparatively pain- able part of the credit wa due him and ''. It is coufim-d exclusively to tbe ex- hi assistants for their cautions watch- terior comer of the cvclida. fulness of all the machinery. Report .1.. Y. .. . . V. - i.r. . . , I mvw iu,i lue soui . wss no. entirely broken off th fracture waa not com plete. It bad been noticed that it wa not working stuoothly, and the cap wa The surgeon's sharp little blade is In serted under that port of tho lid near the slant an almost infinitesimal slit is tuade, a fine silk thread stitcbis the part together, and, pr-to, change! the taken off the thrust bearing and th Caw ' Jap arise from his chair a happy man. rrerlg Rallread fraswety. Th following order was bwued to all station agent and section foremen along rr"t','ble. while if the break had been discovered. The mending consisted of strengthen ing the parts so that the fracture coulj not become any greater, and this wa with eye a straight as those of white man. Cjtou Advertiser. any the line of the Maine Central railroad re- j complete and the Solid part had made j crow: one revolution against the broken off You v'.l not allow any partie to ' of the other part repair would fcav place poster or advertisement on wall I become almost, if not quite, initxsaubl or ferice belouging to this company, nor j with th facilities on board the ship. upon any object npon land belonging to ! Our engineer fnends who in th future tlu company or within our right of way. j aay stand in danger of N-ing called npon r It t tli intention of this company to , to mend a broken shaft may well bear nave it station ground and right of . tn mind. ther f.T. that to discover a way preernt a neat and attractive ap pesxaao. and your co-opersuon ia sav makLt this U dir l aad esptsl fracture before th shaft break go a locf way toward stit.saaAxl repair. Va I rin Jearaai VAs rsirerl t',ll I ross Oreea Sams. Gold has been found in th sand ot th ocean beach at various I lace alunz th Pacific coa.t, but only in rery few place dor it exut in paying quantities; A company ha now been formed in Ta coxua to extract the rti; pose-d gold from the aand of th Pacilic ocean by a secret process. There are over 3,000 andrnt tower la Sardinia, th olject if which no oae, from Aristotle down, has ever bees abia to detenuis. Henry C Dixrr's Coantry I'rlrsd. I happened to bo at liberty ouo even ing iu New York when Kdwiu UiiU chanced to bo playing King Lear prob ably tho last timo ho playid that p.ut before hi deotli. Iu tho man titling next to me I recognized uu old frii ud of my boyhood days whom I had not mtu for many year. Aud though liootli was on the stogo giving bia uuiguilli i,t 1m perKouation of King Lt or my old fncinl could uot n pn-ss the expn-ssiou of bis joy at meeting mo. "Why, Horry," be exclaimed. "I am awfully glad to you! N you come to see Ned Booth play King L ar, did you? I como iu from tho country to soo him play Ilomk t l.u-t night, and I cwow ho didn't look a day ohl, r th.m bo did 20 year ago. IIo was so i hi ; r and peart that I thought I'd o iuu to night and soo him play King Lear, ami I'm gettiu tarnation tired of that old cus with tho long white beard an lair that's ran tin nu carry in ou up tin re, au I think it' a golldorn swindle, nu if they don't moke that old rat dry up nu bring out Nod Booth on let him 1 ' .r King Lear I'm goiu to have my im J back." lleiiry E. Uixey iu New York Herald. Aa Interesting Crrattirs. The slug and its habits and te ul.iri- tie are well worth a little attci.ti m from thfajo who arc fond i'f tho urn- and curious things of tortli. A fau,:-v. upon reeving Into a houe, rt-markid that tbe cellar waa lined all ov.r with thin, shining tracks whero some ? creature hod crawled. For a hms ti::.e tlie makers of the tracks could m t t-J found, but were at lost Uisxiver"i ua dernoath a box in one conn r w hero t.. mice had carried some leave and pice-. of vegetable. Tbey were --t i-!'J glas fruit Jar and fed with h-avi ai:l scrap of vegetable. Th'.y wtj -1 to c.it but little, but wore conf.aaaliy craw. ing about the jar. At tho sii.- . 1 sound they contracted int j a h ii''i'f not more than S1 inchr. t-a :.ii-' perfectly quiet fur a few n.ir.5:. w:. ' they cautiously put out their f.v ' began to move. The head sevsn d t ) ? 1 on, and tho tail wo still until t:.? I ' measured almost 4 inches, wh u ually tbe flitire length m ved along. A it crawled cp tho i -c . .r f t:.a jar the nnder side of the Unly c cleorlT seen th.roui.-h tho trai: ; - material It prornI-'T lwir "' 1 to be a ort of cndlcs c!. i:a ar: -ment that ran lengthwU fr. :n "o" tail. Tbi lngUtliick a i finger. Th longest rpecicin cex-ure-. a trlfl over i inshs ta lengti. 'w York Ledger,