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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1895)
MY MOTHER'S MEMORY. -,er 1 one bright star In heaven Ever alilning la my nlfht. (iod to mt one guide b given. Like tli Mllur'e beacon light. on every htl mid danger. Sending out III warning ray To the hmiw bmitid weary itranger Ux.kiriii for tbe landlocked buy. Id my farthest, wildest wandering I have turned uie to that love, A a diver 'iienth the water Turn to watch the light above. -John lioyle O'Kellly. A IUG RUNAWAY. Win n Tom Rafllcs took tbo queen'l iliillinrf st- Ut'or' Iwrrncka in Ir.ifaln'ir (l":,r0 MnJ f0"'"' nitnself inly enlisted fcr Indian service, he be-1,,-ved th.'t his career was mado. Ue pictured tho day when he would return to liia native Norfolk village a-.uriiig hii ofiicer's uniform and the Victoria i'rofi8- This was a foolieb dream. L"' lliH 29 '('ur lll,J bt'''n Vvut entirely in the country. Tom was a gcuiul fellow-, with ninny jfod traits, mid tbe blindQ-iivery of a Uhazi fanatic. L'uder dilterent cir ciiiiistanci s all that was best In him mi 'ht have come to the front. But be ....7.i to India in a time of peace. He . .. ....in i. tut lima mill linenma fill auii'i'K 1 ' ,. " iJilicteu to iiriiiKing. KaiiioiuiK uiki a hst of minor evils. His popularity in creased among the men in proportion to bis hud record among tbo olllcers. At the end of a year Tom Rnlllea was coiisi.l. tt'l tho worst scupegrace in tho rcniimiit i" lm'm. some did not n nil !e to say. Half bis time was spout in tin- guardhouse or doing estru duty. Mure than once be tried to reform, bu' f..: ik .1 Thin lie necume recuuss i j teok life' on the fatalist theory. X In three years he served at p ninny dilfireiit military stations. '. ntn the nh.iivv battery for Tom w a gunner -was transferred to L . I. y ore. itway rip 111 Ihe I niij.io. Theotlicer under ' .lose command the buttery now can ' tvas Colonel Strut ford, liiigid in' .met, but withal u juv man. Hi" '' .ci tions were centered on bis iT-yi'i' ' dd son Hertie, who bad re truth '" ae out from England. Bertie was' handsome mid plucky a lad as c , c. iild wish to see. He did pretty .,111'h as he choso and was idolized by cfliccrs mid men alike. Bertie immediately struclc up an ne- qnamtance wun loin itaiues. aim n ildi!y ripened to last triemlhtnp. H,,th hailed fioin Not folkslnre, and they bad 0:l,l.v a reminiscent chnt nbout mailing and fishing on the fatuous liriimU. Rallies believed that Bertie was igno runt of Ins bad reputation, so bu be biiv. d himself admit ably for a whole month. The colonel was secretly ,l,-ased. Ho sometimes allowed Bertie ! to ride on Rallies' guu carriage behind the two elephants. Unt evil days were coming. Bertie vent north to Kawal Bindi oil a visit, ami the next day it was reported olli daily that tho Black mountain tribes Hvre not going to light. This double blow was to much for Rufll.s. In a freak of madness, in duced by intoxication, ho surreptitious- ' ly borrow, d an ofiicer's nuifoiiii and: bnrse one daik night and rodo out to' the cantonments. Two days later a eo,nnd of cavalry ' fnuuil him at the palace of tho rajah of Multon. Ho had just dined with the native, prince and was expatiating en the merits of bis host's costly cigars au.l wine. p This yennt court martial, and t.af-0 Uti resigned himself to the inevitable . j during the week that he lay in a dark fell. D Then it chanced that the governor (ttneral and his staff come tiorth on a bur of inspection. A grand review and maneuvers weie ordered at Lahore cantonments. I'dom-l Stratford was in a qnnndary. He had no gunner whom he could trust to fill Raftles' place on so important an occasion. Rallies had even more control ovi-rthe two elephants tbau their untive drivers. Sultan, the leader, was great ly attached to him. So, rather than tun the risk of spoiling tbo review, tbe rcloticl decided to establish a military in cedent by granting Rallies a short leave of absence from tbo guardhouse. At sunrise on the appointed day the I'lain lufoio the cantonments was a H'fne of martial glory. Bodies of cav 'ty and infantry moved to and fro "'id a sparkle of arms and equipments. The heavy battery came last six pol ished guns, mounted by six proud ur lilltrymeii. Rach gun carriage was drawn by two burly elephants, and on 'P of each elephant was a turbuned Hindoo, with a steel prod in bis band. At hist the governor general and tail arrived from Lahore, and the cere funics began. A certain older was f'n " ,n,'"S '"'"Vy ,m,u'rv' A ,n'-v l-ll mto9nfOon Bertie Stratford leaped "Ionium. a" gun carriage. Rani.-s wished that ho could sink out c"Elit. His face turned red and pur- P i .!-1 ,,lon,'t 3'ou w're at I5wnl "nai," ho stammered. "1 came bad; 'W night," replied Bertio. "1 sny. 1 K;iffles, I'm awfully sorry for you. w hatever possessed you to" ! iv nfraiJ J'0"'11 K' in trouble for ' interrupted Rallies, pretending " to understand. ' The colonel will .riuus to see an outsider on a gun 1 rsrnag,. nt such a time. Why, we're tne middle of the review." Ut Unll t km Ina f..f ' u..l.l D.t,a e Ion mo.. I, il i.u t.: Ih' ..'vu mm-ii wuu Ills luiu- !P- Anyway 1 can't jump off now." , , ' "' true, since the battery wns idling along at a rapid gait. Raf- f "cc-ptul the situation without fur '"r idiiinent. cnbT Li,tt' ry was performing a cir ' auv. metit which was to bring it nd"r'b pUSt 41,0 Kvernor gcueral . 111 't was now on the opposite irf ik n 'ircle and ' to the tracks w Pumuular railway. td ,he l,a,li"rf Knn carriage ca to left, the fast express train rh:'n' came dashing along with team :"1:jle of Mla at"1 hissi"8 ' Of'ti", P"t nnirtunato encounter, oruw !e 12 '''''t'l'nnts but two were indv ?","1 to the railwav. Sultan 1 o .ho drtvv Kura",' car r " t, la,eJ anJ the steam ,mIJ.,,'r,T,J 8,1,1 l''"ffd " ''rn,r '""y. Then, mad with frUn . to the """rtationa and iMru . ln9 native inaliotits, thiy ' Keont , I-. .... ' a- i "...i uunueii op a res my 'in --..si away rrotn the re- - Ik- 'i!,t'.r waj instantly observed. i"i ui K ( f ;,,n ipu. .iitt.-ry In. M, nnd it, command! uKm. ' r spurred affr tbe fnKi,jVM, on horse, , ;" The. Kv sc ,ial order, a troop JMilry i l.itii ri c over the plain. The , .iMmlmtoe corps wisely followed 1 I.H 1.4 h MollS Stafford, " said the :"Vi r.t is in ml "I know what mini brnt.n will lik. lv I -pi unts iiiv The l"i:;rc v.r yonder I In If. ' Peering Mirollgh s liihlglllssca. There Is some otie . t,p " 111'1 runner." ho lld.l. il. milage In- Iher,,,,n, took the glass,- wj,, trembling hand. -t is Hcrtie," ho asH,. iin.l digging the spur into hi. horse he wim olf like it whirlwind. Meanwhile the hug,., panic stricken elephants had actually gained on then pursuers mi they strode recklessly np the hill, over rocks, bushes and every thing that cmno in their rji-y. Rufifcs realized the danger. He had but one thought how to nave Hcrtie. The lad's first iinpnlse was to jump but Raffles caught und In Id him. 'lou'll break your neck if you ( v that," ho cried. "Trust to me." Side hy side they clung to the narr- , sent. It wim a miracle that tb. v ere not pitched olf. Finding tiny c ' .Id do nothing with (lie maddened hr both drivers jumped nt the hi- instati'i.' Olio poor fellow struck ad first on n roe und never moved .he other land- i i i e" some iiiisiies, l ho was not f.ir ! enough out of tin ..ay. He uttered n j piercing serear , ug the heavy wheel rolled over h1 eg. Beitiosl' en d and clung tighter to bin conn iion. The elephant dashed . on fas' , than ever. Just iiheaj was the ' ,p of tho bill. The otuer fide j d' down at u frightful angle for cveral hundred feet. It sickened Raf ; lies to think of what would happen j when the maddetied brntesshouhl reach : the verge. In vain lie shouted to Kul ; tan. He looked back nt the pursuing horsemen. No hope of aid there. Then Tom remembered that n road ed nl.nW the Lrow7f the hill nud final ly turned down to the River Kavi at a point where the slope was not so pre cipitotis. Liken tla-h be formed a des perate resolve. "Hold tight, my lad, " hesnid. I'm going to leave yon. It it comes to the worst, jump olf before we go over the bluff. Do j mi understand:'" Bertie li.Mld.d. There was a grim and plucky expression on liia tmllid dace. Tim next instant an iigilospring land- ed Rallies on Nabob's back. Uv .dimr tiK to the stwt hainess be worked hi way foriQird. A sec, -ml spring carried him over tho gap betwii'ii the two ele pbaiits, and he was quickly peichedjn Sultan's li, ( k. Fortunately, tho mahout bad left the prod sticking in tho harness. With this Rafllcs belabored the unruly brute and strovo to turn him to one side. He stormed and threatened and called him by tiamc. Q'ra minute of keen bus pelisothe issue trembled in the balance. Then, when the dizzy precipice was only a lew yards distant, Sultan obeyed the prod and swung to the left into the road. Rallies waved bis hand at Bertio. "SticfciDglit, lad," be shouted. But Uu danger was not yet over, nor had tbo elephants recovered from their fright. As madly as ever they dashed along thorough road, nt times swinging perilously near to tbe outer verge. In vain Rallies coaxed and threatened and plied tho pro 1. Of their own accord the brutes took the turn toward the river and swept the heavy guu carnage, down the bill at a frightful speed. Bertie had all be could do to keep bis scat. When the bottom of tho bill was r em bed, Rallies vainly tried to turn the elephants aside. They rushed madly forward and clattered out on tbo pon toon bridgo which spanned tbe river, u midstream the frail structure gave way, and elephants und gun went through with a tremendous splash. A plank struck Bertio on tbo head with such force ns to stun him. He floundered helplessly alongside the struggling elephants, who were sub merged to their necks. From this place of peril bo wus rescued by Raf fles, who caught his collar aud twain with him for shore. The swift current bore thi-ui down some distance, and when Rallies linally landed with bis precious charge be was well ui.h ex hausted. A score of horsemen were quickly on the sj'!ot among them Colonel Strat ford, who had been a witness of tho whole atfuir. As be clasped Bertio in bis arms ho looked at Ralll.-s, and that look waOa source of consolaQju in the gloomy days that followed. Of course the review was spoiled, for it tiQ.k tho rest ot the day to get the elephants and the gun out of tho river. That night, and for several succeed ing nights, Rallies slept iu his old cell. Then, instead of appearing before a cjmrt martial, ho was reprimanded and discharged. c He afterward bad a private interview with tho colonel, nud for a whole year ho w-s the best behaved soldiur iu the cantonments. Then tho savages of the Chutaquay hills revolted, and Rattles went eagerly olf to war. It wnsa little bit of a war. but it was desperate enough for him to earn a corporal's stripes and the Vic toria cross, which had been the ambi tion of his life. - Raflleijtiributts his good fortuno tc Bertie, and bo is not far wrong. Wil liam .Murray (Jrnydon. Aska I"rotrrtlnn Kroiu a Woman Maalier. 1 One of the numerous New York gentle- j men who lire afflicted with the fatal gift I of beauty (and know I:) makes the follow - i lug pathetic nppeal to the New York Sun: ' "In conini.m with other fellow tnielers I ( havo Isrli an Indignant eyewitness of the pMfesslonal woman miislier and a victim. , This woman geiiemlly p-ts m the elevatisl i i ...i,. ,.i ci,,..., k-r utret. nuu swis nud sweepum through the carsheph k out the ln--t bsk- ; Inn matt she can llnd, nanus oppu-ue c him ami stares him out of countenance until bo cither moves from bis seat or takes another car. She. the nmOier, Is rather tall and Ibln. with large puff shs'ves, black eves, rather long nose and aff(s-ts ecru lace! If she fails to attract the man's attention with her (allepsli fiu- i niitlna glances, she will b-an over him In a seniUitr.s W,'liateway, npimn'litly innocent Iv, but ahvavs pn-mislitalitlly. 1 have so often endured this affliction In silence that Iipponl to vour etis-misl Journal, hoping this may niVh her eyes and servo to sup press her." The Jade mini-, in up-r Ilurmab prm e to lf .me n more n-gulur source of tin tiot.nl i r - rity than the ruby mines themselv.n. Jade is uoilitf up i" value, lug lotLe large dell, and from! bins, where cups and nnoiis vessels are made ol tbe precious material, besidei ornaments. T.u t t. r . . ., ioia in the Picturesque Lingo of One of His Pals. THE MZM.Otk A I'HII.OSOniEK. U Kept tool and Outwitted the (.herlfl With ll.e Al.tanr of , r.uhful Wife and (iood rrieud. (int. I, I, the Jall-Mol-He Malt-lira (iron i'nnd.lrntlal. "You want me to tell how. I.m Uubuiiie breaks jail:-'' The-.,((k.rw:is.I..hn Uriiev. Ullus.l.,hn Diilaii.alia, Mollie Malehes, savs writ.-r In the Washington ir. "i n lo It. tboiiKh f,.r n hanl. cnaikiil In anil Miter Mollie Matches O iretilng rather jrnliby lately. .I,,. Unlit,,,!,,, u Hugh-h thief aiiilalh.in as linen worker, ton. its ever we -i.l S oiland Yanl. Tliev nMil to call . 'the llugluik.' 1 don't know whv ex ept they tell iinvr stories iiN.nt him'inul bow be uvil lo do n midnight trick nt grave robbing. However that niav lie, I ilon'l know. It was in n big northern city J.s'gi'ts lagginl. He starts to do an old party who was to draw big money out of n " lal "'"'""W'tl the manOthe bunk as stiff and mi uie niicrnoon. At liLst be mukes bit TttK lU'ZC.LOAK. umw. nihiiit C'"MI. anil starts over to one of thoMi high ilesks by the wall to count it. .!. trie the drop trick with Mm. Its easy and It's sure. Alsnit tin. time the party bad thuuilied half through Ms stack of bills .Lie taps hint on tin shoulder, .hie had stood nt tbe desk mak ing n fake of writing n draft when the man comes up lo count bis stuff. ''.I. tapsj Mm all at once oiV the shoulder, as I say, liiul Hiiuts down with tils ik-iiIi, ilderc.it the II. tor lletf luirilon, nivs Joe, 'but you ve iimpHsl some money. "Sun' enough, there's n l.'O bill on the floor Of course the man stoops to get it There ain't a man on earth who won't when be straightens up. the f l.noo he'd Iks'H counting is gone. Dubuque's pal swlK-s it from the oilier side the moment tbe party ducks his nut for the l.'n. S-er "It's nl this m litit the niaii docs a sur prising thing. Ho grabs lluhuquo. Nat urally you'd think he'd turn after who ever took the stuff. This would give Du limine a show to Hit. Hut, n... This man irnilis .loo and yells like a tiger. When they bad Joe c.s.imhI, it didn't lake the llaw kshaws and Diamond Kyos very long to mill out It s .lis' 1 liiliuipie. "They lockiil Joe up in jail. Of course ns good a man as Joe Dubuque being mib Ixnl brought out. a lot uf tlm family. 1 was among 'em. We used to got word to doe through bis girl. She was a bird, too, and she looks su soft and gissl, with her tired brown eyes. The sheriff gets daffy and lets her conte every day and talk to Joe. She loved Joe with the love the dogs have the love that never quits. She was the sort to stick to n bloku till the prison il.Hirs pinched her lingers. It was through Joe s girl we gets word to Joe and be to us. Wild Willie was what we called her. "Our lay was tosettle my off Ihe party bis (I. two and give him the run out of town. But he gets funny and wants f 10, Ooo. Joe's pal, who grabbed the roll in tbe bank, was still In t lie town meter rover and laying dead. He still had the bundle, I, ism! anil he stuck that ill. Me and a fence named Ignatius I'm In was to put up the other fil.oun. Hut Joe on Ihe Inside sends out word 'no ' We can beat 'em, he says, on the trial. They had no evidence against bini, ho says, which was true, only be forgets one thing he was Joe Du buque, n world over crook. When Ih Wolf, the lawyer, brings that out, the Jury takes two looks one at each oilier and one at Joe and hands him out ten spaces al hard lalxir Then tbe case goes to the high court. "Alsiut this time we made up our minds we must get Joe out. We must Is'iit the jail too. If they ever took him to the pen, it would Is. Katie bar the disir. It was the jail or not at all Kuehs and I and the others had 40 talks. Wild Willie tisik word to Joe, and he sell. Is back word to us. We made up a big bundle and tried to do something with tbj' sheriff, llu was T1IK KKXfK. a square man, liked Joe nud felt bad foi Wild Willie, but when be saw the glimmer of money be jut gives the gang Ihe laugh. We couldn't touch him. "All this time J.n' had lss-n planning and thinking Wild Willie tipped It off to us so we could do our end. Wild Willie t.sik him In a bar of rubl r an inch and n half square and a f.s.t long. It was heavy and limls-r. You could knock mi elephant down with it The girl gi ts it Into the Jail under her fna-k. and when the guard had called was laisoig i uiuis..... . .... . him nway she uises il ill lo .(, "Theivwas two or thnv thing to g.-t nwl.v, and pots off his coming out a w.s-k. He wiw to is'lne oil Sal uplay The Tuesilay Is-fore, as Wild Willie Is going into the jail, the sheriff stopji her, s,lite and kind enough. 'What time will you sec Joe toinor fill-!' sav tie riff. " 'At I o'. ..k," says Wild Willie. She alwavs g." at 1 " '(..uldn't y,,ii make it 11 o'clock to morrow, ' savs'thc sheriff, 'and take din n. r with J.' I m pang " blow Joe off toafiss).' "Wild Wiliie never cl.niip-d Icr tmby l.s.k und didn't hoit.ite. .-he said she d come at 11 o c. k Hut she knew that something wns up She told Joe the mo tnelit she got In " 'liolng to f.s-d me at 11 o'tlx k,' anys Joe, thinking hard, 'and want you to If WM ! c Y.'S'i " comer Arter n lot lie say. , turn ' key to give ymi n morning npi r. ' 'When he I.s,,,- nt li, he nil at t,noo t...1... TI...1 ' 1. fl-l . i-n'M- I'lii. mill a li. i (i(i f pill II Ifm'N I ....!. -. i .ok ..-..I ...1. mi. .... 1 ir'iiiii ni i.uiuinrh. i nai s i r.e train lie tnkest,iiio'ii. Matches anil the Miiviicy j talking money t.. him ma.:,. i.im i,.ry, I i mm ne takes me to the pen toinom.w at 1 :3. In (fi-t me off his inlml. lie don't. 1. live to hold me hen- while the ca Is III the high court, aud tie s goii to get rid of the risk of me. If I gel out. i' K,,t , be tonight. See Matclus and do your wirt all right, and tonight will do as well ns any.' "That night at (i o'clock the jail guard Inside yelleil. 'Lights mil !' Then he made his Mund The light In Dubuque's cell Is burning. "'Turn out yinir gas, .!,.,' he sun throui.'h the gnile. " 'Turn It out yourself and lie ,1 d to you,' says Dubuque from where be layt fiuv down on bis bunk. "The guard snorts out an oath and lo gins iinhx'king the cell d.s.r. Diibuqiio its up, bs.king shaggy and ugly. Just n the guard (Jmsvl the glim his side and back Wis toward Dubtiqu,. he gels a slap with the rulilH-rblllyoiithenivk It Joltiil the 1,1, knI up Inlo his brains, and he drop pisl like he'd Ins-ii hit with a mallet. It made a scuffle, and the prisoner next door begins to sing " Kirk of Ages" to cover the row J.s' gainred his party nud laid him on hcll'lcss as a is.Ler. All he could do when be got (,er his dae was to l.s.k at J.H with bis eyes aud froth wiicro the ga-,r 1U!,hI bis mouih ,I,n- iak the guard ands ks I I i on, -li. os' gels in tin. cage where you go out. ne raps with Ills key for Ihe out guard to o,cn the outer door. Joe unlm ks the Inner d.s.r mid Ids himself into the cage. Ihe ouNldc guard is ju-t swinging open Ills d.ior. and .loo Is turning to hs-k the lnlde d.s.r, like the guard Would do. I he pinch has come. It's tisi dim a light In the cage to recognize him, but he w ill now have lo run the gantlet of thnv gas lit olllces and half a d.ueu deputies loallng ins mi " 'Hut I don't gn ,, k alive.' savs Joe already beginning to nir the outside air. .lust as Diiliuiun braces himself for surge through tho office the iiiiexMs-Usl Happens. "Iking! goes a gun. It was on Ihe fourth tier, back In tin Jail. Joe forgot lo lake tlo guard's pi toi, anil lie twits aMtind until he gets hold of It and llres It as It lays In his pocket. "There was a big scramble of deputies 111 Ihe olllces. The oiil-lde guard lore his d.sir wide open, and Dubuque, quick lis a llasii, does the same with his. And then every guard and deputy runs through the two ihsirs into Ihe jail like nils lot trap. When the lat one's In, Dubuque lis'ks the Inside d.s.r and walks through the dcMTIed offices into the night. As he V. .i .- j r A, s-' w Vv m4 Wll.ll WII.I IK. turned nway be could hear his nelgblK.r singing 'Jesus, lover of my soul,' like bis hoN-s of getting out depends on It. "Dubuque walked ten rub; from the jail nn, I lorn, si up a stairway It was aliout 8 o'chs'k, and light still burned In a law yer's office. There was an office hoy there, tired and half a-lccp. " 'Is .Mcl-'arlaiid In?' asks Joe as he opens the disir. ".McKarlaiid was not In. The Imiv said he'd gone out to draw n will for a dying man and would lie back as hik.ii as ever be got through. Joe knew all iilsmt It. He knew it was I who had touted the lawver away and had the office kept open for him to go to cover in. " 'I'll wait until Mr. Mcl'arland comes,' says J.h' to the kid. 'I want to see hi in particular.' "The office was In the second storv and had a balcony which overhung the slns't. J.s takes a chair ami steps out on Ihe balcony. SoiiicIkhIv might come in, and he didn't care to lake auv risks. While lit sits out there the chaMi after him runs up mid down lien. -nth his f.vt. ! iftivn lnln lltes nfter Jin' gets out a telegraph call rings in tho central detective office and all the police offices. It ticks: "IiuhiKmc Just is-n driving west u O-troil street iu a buggy. Il.trso un the run. M, Masm'N, r,t,tiiln Foiirlli I'recinct. "That was enough. Kvery lly cop was chasing out Dein.lt stns i in a inomeui going miles from Ihe game. Who worked the w irer Kuehs, Ihe fence. " Dubuque still sat on the balcony. Tin kid snored in nvhlsper w ith his head on the talile. l ive minutes gia-s I, v. ten nun lltes, twenty. Kverytblng's getting still again with the quiet of U o dock. At last a closed carriage draws up over across tin stns't und slops. Dubuque never moves, but bulls the carriage w ith bis eyes. Iu n moment a white handkerchief shows w Ith a pale (bitter at the window. Duhu.tu gels up and steps bit, k Into the office. Tin kid looks up more' n half le-hs-p. '"Tell Mr. McKarlaiid 1 11 wo him to morrow, ' says Duhiiquo and saiiui.-rs off down stairs. The d.sir of the earring, swings oju-ii. mid he steps In-M, Asthi carriage started the arms of W ild W illi, went round his nis-k, and for the lln-l time she iH-glns to cry. s arm g.s-s round her, but he sjijs nothing. As they drive by tin' jail th. y hear J'oo's neighbor singing 'Where Is .My Wandering Hoy To- nighty No mailer whom they went. I've kept my promise and told you bow Du buque, the liugloak. Is at the sheriff." A Vul.14l.lr Paperweight. Aoitudeiit nt Jefferson college owns a highly pri.d paperweight, inherited from bis father, who was a student at Heidelberg university, which Is said to have no count, tpurt except ono owned by W. W. Ast,,r, who was also a stu dent there. n It is a limi stniKi stalactite about a foot high, obtained from a cave m ar the upper lUnne, mouiit. ,1 on a pedestal ot ohvintid encircled w ith a narrow silver band, whoso whorls, like that of a fvt'ti- r shaving, extend tbo whole distance at irregular intervals fr. in base tosiiin- mit. These intervals mark tlm different stay, s of Ihe stalactite s growth, sclen tifii ul.v calculated, id on tbe band, which w as affixed by a learned Ilei, lol ls rg profisor, iirecngravi ,1 the various periods of tini". r ir -t come tlmg, o gieal eras, when the w horls are wnli ly si paraled. I In n harrowing Into the historic p. ri'sls come tbo Baby Ionic and Egyptian, th" Roman und renaiss.iiu e or iiiodern 1 iHs hs. The first j-riods are marked by widths of varying inches, the latter by varying halves, quarter and eighths of an imb. I'hiladclpbia 1 Hvcord. mm DISRVAVENT OF FUROPE. I - There N Nuif a Mr.i( lira. I lunar; Senll j llienl A1.11. ...I Hie War sjilrll. It bits long tss'ii the universal cotivic j lion of LurojK" hat disirmiiment is only (K.s-ible as the result of an exhausting general war. an I that it is iiiijiossiblo to HistiH,iie thai war nfter the limit of pre paratory re-otiices baa hi-cii reached. I There is a widespread f.sdittg that cer I lain nations are already ls ginning to I pay the onaltics of ovei training while , Min i's have attaint d their luaxiliium i '.jilting power. Thisis the ri al explana tion i f the prev.il. nt war scare. It is I not surprising, therefore, that the sis-(J Mlulity of a aceful attainment of tho .haired object ise irne-tly considered. N. vvp.ip, .O rdli ct this spirit from vat ions i-Kiil iin nt ul capitals. The Times quotes an untmiiic.l foreign FtaiesiiiHit I i-i authority for a projhiscd projei't fur I i.it tial relief from the present situation. f-lo s.iv s; o O "It is sought to remedy the present state of things not by disarmament, but 111 11 way offering the advantages of dis armament au.l without affecting t'O principles on which armaments are 1 ic ing increased. "I'uiversal military service now ex ists in military countries and cannot 1m tiled. lied with. The average length of active service is three years. Now it has Imvii proved that a single year is am ide for dulling conscripts and teaching tbein bow to handle arms. The other two years are devoted to movements and marches, or, in oilier words, to what is called seasoning Ihe lneii. Mw!y good judges bold that the training which, makes oi l soldiers is acquired only by live or seven years' service, and that in time of M-ace three years' service lias tint such suiH-rionty over one year as to justify triple the expense. 'Si ho only means which 1 can n-o of putting an end to tbe senseless outlay is to make a 12 months' service obligatory on all. If anybody should propose universal service of livo or seven years, lie would Is; thought Intnl. I'uiversal service has Iks-ii considered compatible with a reduction of seven or live years to lb rue, thus materially lessening the ex pense. After years of experience it is now seen that three ycarsare also incom patible with universal service. "Nothing, therefore, is more logicul, humane or conformable with economic, exigencies than to reduce by two-thirds the burdens which are getting intolera ble, and from which Is-fore long the fitly way of escape will be by utilizing the engines of destruction so that war will have to be libido for its own sake, and it will Is. better to i risli in action than at peace." This is tho most significant utterance thus far evoked in the reaction against the war spirit which for the in nt is checking tbo monotonous storm of gloomy foreboding. London Cor. New York S1111. WOMEN OF THE FUTURE. A Iarwlnlan l'lillsoilier'a Vlewa 011 C lining- Natural Selrrtlnn. I lsllevethiit Improvement will hofffect ed through the, agency of feinala clinics ill marriage. As things arc, women are con stantly forced Into marriage for a baroliv. Ing or a comfortable homo. They bnvn practically no choice, In the selection i f their partners and the fat hers of their chil (Iron, and so long ns this economic tieces aity for marriage presses iihiii the great bulk of women, men who are vicious, de graded, of feeble Intellect ami unsound bodies w ill secure wives, and thus often perpetuate their Infirmities mid evil bah its. Hut Iu n reformed society the vicious man, the mall of degraded taste or of fee hie intellect, will have littlechaneeof find ing a wife, and his bad qualities will die out with himself. On the other hand, lbs most perfect and beautiful iu Issly and mind, the men of spotless character and reputation, will secure wives llrst, the less com men, table later and the least commend ablo latest of nil. As n natural conse quence, the best men nud women will mar ry tbe earliest mid pmhnhly have the larg est families. Tim result will I mi n 111011 rapid Increase of the good than of tho bad, and this state of things continuing to work for successive generations will nt length bring the average man up lo the level of those who nro niivv tho more nil vaiiced of Ihe race. tin tbe whole, then, It Is probable that In tbe society of the future the mortality of males will bu less, owing to preventive measures In connection with dangerous nnd Injurious occupations, so that the number of marriageable men will be equal to that of women. Add lo this that there w ill be 1111 Increasing proHirlion of women w ho w ill prefer not to marry, mi. I it Is clear that men desiring wives will belli excess of women wanting husbands. This will greatly I net ease tin, inlluence of wom en in the Improvement of Ihe race, Ilclug In the minority, they will Is) more sought after and will have n real choice In mur rlage, w hich is rarely the rase now. Hrondly speaking, I think wc may trust the cultivated minds nud pure Instincts ofChu women of the future In the choice of partners. The l.llemi.l the seltlsli would bo almost universally rejected. The course and sensual man, Ihe diseased or weak Iu intellect, those hnviug 11 tendency to in sanity or to hereditary disease or who , sess any congenital defoiiully, would rare ly find partners, because the enlightened woman would know that she was commit ting an offense ngalnst society, ngulnsl humanity nt large, In choosing a husband who might be the mennsSif transmitting disease of Uidy or mind to his offspring. Thus it will come about Hint the lower tyH-s of men, morally mid physically (lis enscd, will remain periiinneiitly unmarried and will leave no d. -seen, hints, und the nd vn nee of the race In every good quality will be insured.- A Detective's Hlory. "The,B'.'loet call I ever had," said a dotoctive,"wns in southern Indiana, wilicre a f,se of us bad gomi to capture s.'ino counterfeiters. There were five of us iu the party, and as I bad .r- l'.n-Iy Ih-cii over the ground nnd local. d the bouse I wns deputed to watch tho front while the nl hers deployed In the rear, nnd we wen- to come together at a given signal nud make a rush for the house, which wns n log ciibin standing In an open Held. It Is-- gsn to rain ss. n nfter separated, and seeing a new wealli, rlsmnl, ,1 house ahead of roe nnd know ing that I Has ill the right neigh Isirlosid I concluded to stay there a few hours until niter the rain subsided. There wns no danger of the counterfeiter leaving. Knocking nt the door, I was ml- mltteil. Inside were live men and a womiin. They showed me up tairt In my room, and nn the mini w ho piloted mu left lh.-i.nl him turn the key Iu the il.s.r, nnd I knew that I wns n prisoner. Then I saw that Hie liouaewRsof log and had been recently wi-fltberlsinrdcd. Iii a few mli.iitm I heard theui consulting together in the hull, and I felt that my doom wn Is lng sealed. Ilroppliitf out of a siiihII window nt the end of tha room, I rcai bed my horse jusl n they ill-covered my ec, nnd (he ball from a rina whist ed Last m v bend as I mounted the h.re. A regular fusillade ' fellow til, aud tbe btilletsranierloseeiioiigh fur me tj bear them. Hut I aucceeded In reaching my companion, and we ur rounded the house just iu time to catch Hi em as they started home" St. Louis Ulobo-IleiiKX-rat. Stirring Episode of the Insurrec tion of 187 j. AX AMFUUAVS Y.R HOW ESCAPE. t.eil Inlo Trap and llrlrajeii For a Ke ward - Cloaelf Tunned t.y a Itand of HMoWh Trooper, lie I'luded Them by a lHaerte vleotiire. It was a hot night In ls?,1, the worst year of the I'ulniii lnurns't ion, when Cu ban planters wen- destroying their own plantations aud slaughtering their cattle rather than let them furiil-li f.ssl for the government forces; when the wells and springs were choked Willi carca-sos so that not a drop of gissl water would relieve them. K.v en the women watch, si all day In the tops of the ceiba tnva to give warn Ingof the approach of an liiv .i.lingcoluiun. l'or thnv months our Utile company of Id men, nnd, r Captain linsn, had been living as ls'-t vvc could In the inontc, to the northeast of I'uertu lrliicls, often In want of fis.it, but ready to light, says a writer In the llns.klynK.ngle. That aft ernoon we bad gone out to Tunas, and t hen-. jut nt nlgbl fall, a negro from I'uer to l'rinclK Informed us that the enemy bad taken the town nnd had surround. si n company of patriots al the sugar mill. "Ten lo oiin It's a lie nud s-rhapa trick," sold our captain "Still we cannot tell, and I vv l-.li one of you Isiv s would go down and sis' what s Ihe matter. The lot f.ll iihiii me. A falrlv gisal horse- nud a negni guide wen- found for me. ,-Wben If had grown dark, I set off and ov I o'clock we had arrived among the quintas which skirt lo town. Them I bilcbisl up the animals and went on fis.t with the negro to the but of a black man, who colli. I probably tell us the news. He said that four battalions of Infantry and a company of cavalry bad c-ulensl the town tbe previous day, but thai' them bud Iss-ll no light. Q If them had Isvit a battle, he Would have Iss-ll sun' lo know It. Monsiver, he sceuusl friendly and gave us oranges and bn-ad fnsly. This ls-lng the condition of affairs, I de termined to retrace my steps nnd got nway fmm the place Is-fore sunrise. We bad rid- w- a ' aT - ' ' V - . I'ltoSSIM) TIIK lilVMl den nn hour htIiii,s along the r.vi.1 when dlns-ily ahead I hiMinl a loud "II. da!" and saw 11 squad of Spanish cavalry coming iihiii us nt a furious gallop. The negnv bud pn.Uil.lv gone un the In stunt of my depart un and Ix'tniy.sl me, In hope of a rcw.inl. The black Isiy with niocrl.sl out In nb Joel Icrn.r, nnd slipping off Ids 111 11 hi t.s.k to the luslge. Not caring for ft band to band light with eight or ten tnaqs-rs, I whirl, -d tlimugh a gup In the luslge on the other side nud nsle for life, kivplngto cov er of a mw of palms. Crack, crack, w hiz, whiz, went half a doen carbine shots pail me. They wem hanl after me, and my horse was nearly ex hnute lleyoiid Ihe cane was ft ls-lt of lower nngetns's, und tlimugh tlnssn went down upon Ihe bank of one of those d.s.p, slug gish ('ilium ens ks half chokisl with high rank grass. Them was no time to lis.k for a f.ml. I spurml my horse, and with the llrst spring be lunibsl In the middle, over Ids Ium k In mud and vvalcr, nnd them stuck fast. I slid over Ids bead and strug gled to the farther bank, wet to Ihe skin and plnslcnsl with loud. On that shin were nlsoomnge trees, and tlimugh these, the water stmumlng off me, I ran, stimulated by the crack of 11 carbine fmm IsV.Ind, for 11 tns.s-r bad seen me. I emerged fmm the orchanl at full run nnd came iimiii a divsertisl sugar wamhoiiso, when', Iu a large storage shod, I saw Utl or 40 hogsheads of loo busses nillgisl III II mw, on Ihelr sldivs, Uhiii n platform against the back wall. Suddenly a thought Unshed Inlo my mind. 1 quickly ml led two of the full hogsheads back a Utile fmm tbe others and placed In Ihe gap an empty hogshead with the os'il end turn. si lo the wall. I'ortunatcly tho outer bend was imlntisl nil, like tho oth era. To toss my carbine Into the well and slip my Issly down ls'..,l the wall and Into Ihe empty lioirshivnl was only the work of 11 moment, nnd then by two or tbnsi vigorous pulls and hitches I contrlv ed lo work Ihe cask Willi myself In It an far back that Ihe os'ii head could not n-adlly Is. ilet.s tisl, even by one passing close to the row. My liogslusid thus ro sembbsl the others. Those nscniicisl, I dmw my revolver and wall, si. Sean ely bad I got Inside when, Willi a loud "llola!" and shouts of "Car ramba!" "I'erm A merlcniiol" four or five tns,K-rs, who bad innnagisl to get their horses tlimugh the on-ek, ciiino galloping up to the mill, follovvisl by others on fisil all wet nud swearing. Tlimugh a tiny crock In the dry be.nl of my cask I could catch glimpses ot them. They had truck. si me to the slusl, nnd now 1 shiidilcnsl lows, tl,t they had tletis-tisl my fisitprlnts 011 tbe platform. They rushed along past the row of hogsheads, following my last track to Ihe well. Thin they exauiliusl closely nnd even thmw down six or eight heavy stones, thinking Hint I might 1st ducking under the wuter. Then they came back, past the row of hogsheads, fuming nud cms-rating inn. One of t Iii-iii ran along on tbo tops of the hogsheads and came slowly back, Actually standing for several seconds ills, 11 the very ono In w hich I was doubled up. A minute later, ami they all hurried nway to search tho engine house nnd other buildings. Kor fully half an hour 1 hcanl I hem rummaging and shouting. Twice Ihelr officer came back to the well, and tbe last time ho had two of the men pitch down mora and heavier stones, ws-mlng to 1st of the oplni hi that I must Iw down I hem. A I length I hey went nn, to search forth r, no doubt. I kept close to my tub for nn hour or (wo, nnd then, unable to hear tho crauis'd position longer, crept cau tiously out nud bid In tho engine bouse, when. I n-malnisl all day. When It w ua dark J I Willi, si forth and made my way back to Tunas on f.sjt, whom I wo warm ly welooniisl by my conmid.-s In arma. Mending ItfMini Only. I was intensely amazed and amused when in a cabin car in New York one day to bear tho conductor call, just be fore tho car turned onto Fourteenth street, "Hold fast!" and tho way sland ers Hindu wild grasps for straps made ono think jH-ihaps tho car was alsiut to perform some sort of pa soul. Ilut iiol st all I It merely slewed around tho cor ner as our cars do every few minutes w ithout the warning of any conductor, and not until it wa' bumming well on its course up Hroadway did people re lax their holds nud tbe fixed tension of Hair exuressiou.o- Cor. IWou Advr- ' If fnr.- A MOMENT OF SUPREME PERIL. How ( mirage anil I'reaenee of Mind Saved Hundred uf Lite. There are still persons living iu Lon don who can recall the luiigiilllcent I'hi tieso museum collected by Mr. Nathan Dunn, 11 munificent merchant of I'blln-delpbia-'iind Hong-Kong, which was llrst located iu Philadelphia, aud then brought to Loudon in the early years of the queen's reign. It was intended ns a donation to the public, but was un fortunately burned. The building first ireeted -now the site of tho Philadel phia Continental hotel for this display of the treasures of the then sealed king dom bad an upper room which was alsiut 115 fe. t high and very long auj narrow. In the center part of this im- ti auditorium were collected ont v. nig nl . ut ll.iioo persons At near U (.'. lo. k Ihe manager of tho building came to the leader of the meeting, white with affright, and told him that tho f,r,or had sunk nearly a foot, nnd that in a few minutes moro tho tcnncnU of the joists might be out of their sockets. Tho lloor would then fall through on to the Chinese museum, and tho walls, 00 feet ill height. Would Collapse and he pricipitatcd. with tho r"..f, upon tho as sembly. O v This might have caused tho death of those pres. nt - tlm foremost people In Philadelphia. Tho leader explained to the js-rsoii whom the audience expected next to hear ('-7 it by ad jessing the as sembly from the end of the hall lie could withdraw the company from the sunken part of the lloor to that where the front w alls strengthened tbe joists to Is-ar the weight of the people. Tho reply to this was that bis family was in the audience, ami that be must get them out llrst. "You shall not," said the leader; "a bint of danger a ro b and we shall all be under tho fa"' n walls and roof. Five minutes' del", may kill us alto gether." Ah a boy in the audience, i Well re member my surpiiso at seeing the lead er suddenly npM-iir at the far front of tho room and tell tho people that they would next be addressed from where he M. mil tho orgi-- loft. As tho au dience turned ami moved to tho front, the 11, K.ring res,, six inches. Tho pcopht weto entertained, partly by an im promptu sentimental song in a vc'ce without a quaver, iu tho very face of death, and as soon 11s practicable they were quietly dismissed. M,t a single Individual in that great assembly was 'ware (but, by the presence of mind of inie man, un awful catastrophe had been averted. Three thousand persons were saved from being buried under two side walls 00 feet high, p'juscd down bv a heavy roof. Tho imagination sickens at the thought of what won Id have been Ihccon scqueiico of a panic and sudden alarm by the lailtiroof the courage of this man. All use of tho room was of course sus pended till it was effectually strength ened. So well was tho secret kept that I only learned it long afterward. I am cnnlidi ut that, excepting the speaker re ferred to and tho manager uf tbo build ing, no one outside the imincdiato fam ily of the man whose cournge prevented this catastrophe has known tbo whole story till now. Tho terror of those min utes Is'foro the crowd was moved aud tho 11. sir rose toward its level was such that ho never, even in bin. own family, alluded to tbe scene, though he lived for 40 years afterward. 1 know not if the self possession of M. Dupuy, when the bomb exploded in tho French is scinbly, was greater than this hitherto unknown act of heroism. R, P. 8. in Loudon Spectator. THE BELLS OF LIFE. Tlie birth bell ar Uniting a Joyous chime r'or a white soul laid In the lap uf luva, A aiilrlt (lower from the Held alxive. fti bl.saii for a day on the shore uf lima. fhe wedding bell awing to their gladdest note. i'mchiltnlng the f.ssl that the full yara bring In Ihe rimllug hand of the marriage ring, Fmm the linisen depth uf their giant lunavta. In the ls-lfry of tlnn Ihe death hell toll 1 lie entrance to heaven, the end uf earth. The death thul Isnnlr a grander birth. as life Ismdiige full from the passing uuL III rt h lalla, tuarrhign hell death be I la you liuvu rung VI. o story id life sine the world wa young. -Hindi iliirtwicaTuurptt In Detroit KrvePreaa, MET A BAD MAN IN TEXAS. la Arm I nicer' Kiperlenee, Whlrli In cluded a Drlua uf four Wtalaay. "Only 011 ono occasion iu my life have 1 felt tho need of a weapon, " said an officer of tho United State army. "1 havo never carried a gun, hot it has sometimes occurred to me that no mnii ought ever to bo without one. Una cannot be sure but that some time the eupiiii would savo ono's Ufa For In stance, I will recite to you little expe rience of my own. It was in a wild mountain region ot Texas. I wasridiug ulong a lonely jinth, mounted on a gov ernment inula Nut a thing did I have on my ponton which could havo been re garded by tho most impoverished citi zen as or value. Whistling as I went, I approached a large rock, about which the path ran lo avoid a sharp ascent. Just as 1 reached it a fierce looking man roso out of tho bashes aud cried 'Unit!' "What could 1 do? Perhaps you will sny that I onght to have charged upon him with my government mule, over powered bim, taken away his arms and demanded why he should thus obstruct what was tbo best substitute available for a publio highway. I did nothing of tho kind. Tho only reason I can allege Is that I was afraid Such a method ut dealing with blghwnyniou does well enough In story books, but Iu real life it Is dangerous. Accordingly 1 obeyod the suggestion of tho bold bandit and halt ed For a moment my heart Jumped in to my throat ns I raw hitu thrust a baud Into his hip pocket lie drew from It something nud pointed it at mo point blank. 1 tierculved that tho something was not a pistol; It wns a bottle a largo black bottle, bald the highwayman, Drink!' "I hold out uiy baud aud grasped the bottle with moro than ordinary eager iicse. I drank. It was tho worst whisky 1 over tasted, and that is saying a good deal, for t had lived ln the wilds of the west for at number of years. Hut lo me It was a grateful draft. 1 handed tha bottlu back to the highwayman, aud as be went bis way with a benevolent smile upon bis ciiunteiiauco 1 resumed, with a thankful heart, my journey upon my government inolu. 1 had meant to offer him thai mule, but would hardly have had the uorve perhaps, for ha mir.'ui have regarded the proffer of suah au vlously valueless gift as auluiult'