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EUGENE CITY GUARD. HER WORLD. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. MASSAGE FOR BLACK EYES. ItotUr Thaa Taint and lleef.teak for b lllaratlnc Kvideiica of Matte KoeoonUra. Those who mako business of oblit- ! Behind thero ebiwly unk I In western world, I before I hem new horizon, opened wide. "Yonder," Jit Mid, "old lloroe and Ventc wait, I And lovely i'lorenca by Hie Arno'a tide." 8b beard, but backward' all ber beart bad ped Where lb young moon tailed through the tun. et red. "yonder," aha foouglit, "wllU tireatblag ton and deep, Mr Utile lad Ilea mllliig In bl Imp.' Thar tailed wht-r t'auri dreamed upon the era I Aud Kaple alepl beneath brr ullve treat. Thertaw the plaln.wliere I rod the god. of old, I'luk with the fluah of wild anemones. crating evidence of llttla encounter In the shape of black eye by painting the dnmngod opt id 110 longer onjoy mo nopoly of such business, Tula I wan told by pugilistic acquaintance whose ex periouou entitle hi in to be regarded as au authority on tho subject "Massage treatment of the region af fected, " he said, "will beat pitiut and raw Isjofstoak all hollow, liut It should be applied immudioUily after the injury ia received In order to prove thoroughly efficacious. It doe not require au ex port to do It All that la noccssury la to move the finger rnpiillynnd flrmlyover the bruised surface and to keep It op until the hint vcstluoof decoloration haa , ., . ..... . . Bwani in me iniai or Iran along uieijrm.. iu capiuuai.ou i. eney. "Not power." the tald. "nor rlehrt nor dellahL Tbey taw the mwblee by the master wrought Tothrloa tba heaveuly beauty of lilt thought. bliJI ran on longing through ber millet aud I tight "If I eo'ild tea 1117 little ltd't tweet ayea!" Iowo from ber thrlne the dear MaUomia gated, ' Her baby lying warm agaln.l ber breast. "What doet tba tee?" be wbl.pered, "Can tba guett The cruel thornt to tbota aoft templet created?" "Ah, 00," the tald. "Wit tbota blm taft from 1 barma Within the love kicked harbor of ber arms. No frar of coining fate could make ma tad If to tonight I held my little lad." "If yon could chooae." be tald, "a royal boon I Like that girl dancing yonder for the king. What tflft from all Imp a liiifilum avnitlil v,.u l.lil 1 Obedient fortune ill hrr hand to bring'" The danrer't robe, the glittering banquet hall. ewam In the inlet of Irara along the wall. Where tho blow haa boeu reoeivod the blood become congested. It la the clota of blood allowing through the transpar ent akin thut pro I ore t tho black effect. The pressure of tho lingers gradually lixMN-iia tho clotted blood, which passes off into the general current of circula tion, and frosh and properly colored blood takea iu place." However, an a rule, tho professional "pug" doe not bother himself about accelerating the dlsnpMiarniice of a bluck eye. It ia a aign which procluluif the fact that it proprietor has recently fill ed an ong-ignnmut, and aa audi ho l.i aa llul iu.l to klae my little lad tonight!" Kmlly II. Miller In Independent. XAtNTirrK. nut prepared. Hie bad asked biin hour ago for money to buy food, but be bad given ber none Em-lid laughed jeeringly at ber words, but Hot-rate replied mildly "JiiHtico ia one of the chief test virtuea belonging to mun. Ah I gave thee no money at tby request, the fault it mine. Tho next time, however, my Xantippe, when I do not heed thy word, raise thy voice and continue K-sklng until thou succecdest in attracting my attention, Let the evening meal, thereforo, be pre pared earlier than natial. And now fetch ns a vessel of wlun, that we may continue our discourse with uiinda and bodies refreshed. ' Xantipiie'a beautiltil face cleared up t Hocrntee (jtiiet words. "Thou eeest, he whispered when alio and Daphne were alone together again, "bow kind nd just be In." And she kept her husband's advice, to raise ber voice while KH-aking to him, find firmly In her memory. The next day, therefore, when 80c rat- turned a deaf ear to her request I for money ho being at that timo in earnest conversation wnn uupiinu a una bund, AntiHthenea she raised her voice, aa the hud been bidden by him, and aa he still continued oblivion to her re quest alio arreained, in a voice eo thrill and bind that alio herself wus atartled at tho sound of it, "Socrates, givo me aome money!" The philosopher, disturbed and anx iotia to continue bia discourse with liia Daphne atepied lightly out over the threshold of her door. The ann wna shining with an intolerable glare on the 'r,,'n(, rromptly complied with her de white uiarlle wall of the hotiw-a ,u1"1- ... around and on the white limedtiHt of ""'". "y . j,...- rai. in;, unity au Miraiiniru it inn wife'a tones, shrill aa they bad grown. And Xantippe, on her part, found it impossible accustomed aa aho wua by the pavement, cunning Daphne's bright, laughing eye to wink mid blink Invol untarily. Sho drew a thin, gauzy veil object of envy to hi Ion fortunate over her hea and face and allied, thia timo to tho high key necessary to brethren. It ia the man about town, keeping carefully within the sparse make horiM-ir audiblo to her husband shadow cast by tho wall of tho hoiiHea, lower ber voice when "peaking to wIioho ovorindulgonco occaniotiully canM'i him to forget that diacretion la the bettor part of valor, who ia apt to profit UHMt by tho knowledge that inaa mign, promptly applied, will remove the aigua of mourning from an eye that haa beeu iu violent cor.tuct with aome other fidlow'a flxt, mid thua obviate tho noceav tity of inventing atory to account for it, which, however ingenious, will be aneered at by akeptical and increduloua acqnaiutancfi, aouio of whom may have "been thero thomaJve. " New York Herald. WANTS TO BE A SLAVE. A Young Married Woman Who Iteruae Ut lie KmaarlHttrd. Very often when a young married wo man atart liotmokccpiug alio U favored with a circular from tho Women' Emancipation league aa well a with varioua mora or lea loxty litcruturo dealing with "hcxuiiI" matter from au advanced point of view. The Kinauol patora addreM her iu tlii alraln: "iteoognlzlug that tho aluviry of ox ia the root of all slavery, and that in Just ico to womanhood, especially injua tice withlu the family, in tho perpetual source of all other inJUKtico, it (the "league") Seek tho legal, political, so cial aud industrial emancipation of wo men, aa tho vital and iudispotiwblo con dition of all other true lusting reform, and ufllrm tlieso cliiim an paramount to all personal, sectioual or party cou- I sideration whatever. " I I have a deep rmittHl aversion to slur- I ery iu all shape. Thero are women 1 slave among us, a there are men slave. Wbtiu I And a woman slave, I shall bo happy to assist iu emancipating ber. liut this doe nut prevent my sympa thising with the writer of the following letter: "SlH 1 aui married woman I think I may say girl of threu months' standing, Just entered w ith joy mid hope fulnus upon what I have hcn taught to believe the highest and noblest duties of woman. It may bu that my belief and my hope are delusions; thut I am 1111 better than n elate, and that if I sub mit to the injustice in store for mo I shall becomo a party to all tho other wrong in tho world, liut I it kind to tell mo tlii just now? Mightn't I bo left to Mud nut my mistako for myself? When I do, won't it be time enough to joiu the Ktmtncipatiou league? I think it would, ao I am trying to keep my de lusion and my annual aulucrlptiou uu til I have I seen how my lord and mas ter treat bin unfortunate slave." Lon don Truth. to lower other. laplino therefi-je remarked complain Ingly tn Xmitlppe's fiicnda and her own: "Xnntippe's voice grow harsher and shriller every day. Not content with screaming at her phihsHipber, she begin now to scream at ns." Xantippe soon found it tiecessary to ask Hocrates for money to buy new gar ment. When sho succeeded at lust in making her husband understand what it wa she required, ho shook bis head doubtfully and answered: "In my eyea. my Xantippe, thou art beautiltil and lovely in thy present gar ment old and ahubhy though they be. lie ware of vanity, which I also a de mon." Xantippe. however, was not satisfied with this judgment of her husband, phi losopher though bo was, concerning the garment she was wearing. Daphne, too, assured her that the robe wa not fit to be worn. When, therefore, Xanthine for a sec ond time, with tear and shrill upbraid ing, insisted on Socrates complying with ber desire, the philosopher, to be lid of her, gave her three times as much money a she hail asked for. And Xan- tipM-, overjoyed, wna ablo to buy for herself, Ixwidcs the coveted garments, a fillet of gold fot her hair, and an arm let In the shape of a serpent, of an Egyp tian who sold jewelry In tho bazar. From that day Xantippe' voice grew louder and louder, nntil her husband grew to shudder at the very sound of it. And not only D'lphne, but soon all SAFETY IN THE MAIL. THE FOUR SPECIAL MEANS OF TRANS MITTING MONEY BY POST. The Advantage. Offered by the Poelal .Vote, Money Order, llegl.tered Letter and Spe cial Itellvery Hlanipa- Know Wbleb Too Want and A.k tor It. "(Jive me one of those special registry unlers," said the woman to the clerk at too lirmirh office. "How much I It, 10 cents?" Ily dint of considerable questioning the clerk ascertained that the customer want ed to send a siiinll suiii of money in a let ter mid knew Unit the United ritates gov eminent had provided some means by w lil Ii tilie could insure its safety in it course tlirouxli the mails, but her mind was in hmM-lesa confusion as to the nature tif this device, fur evvry frieud she bad consulted bad called it by a different name, and she had conrelved that all the mime referred to the snina thing. It took the clerk some time to explain. "You can take yourchnlcenf four ways, ma'am, according to just what you want," said he. "if you are going to send only a little money, litis tliiiu V, and your only wlsli is to avoid inclosing coin or postage stamps or paper as soft and bulky ns a greenback, w liieli may lie felt through the enveloM-, we can give you a postal note for S cent. This is printed on a tliln, stiff pais-r of a size which will lie flat iu an ordinary folded sheet. The clerk and letter carriers might handle your letter all day, and they would never guess from the feeling what was Inside of It. When your corresMindeiit receives It, he can take it to the pOHtolllee and get it cashed, or bank It as be would piece of money, or use it. to pny his grocer, or send It away in a letter himself, for it in good ut any postollice in the l ulled Stales n nd In anybody's bands, so long ns It Ih presented for redemption within three months from the day of issue, liut t ills very eon veil lenco N t he cb lef draw back of the postal note, for if any tlishon I OLD EARTH DIVESTED OF WATER. The lied, or tba Ocean and Their Tecullar I formation, If we could survey our globe divested of the vast volume of Ice and water that cov ers so much of its surface, it would lie nl 'most like beholding another world. It would be a wonder to see the great depres sions, the Atlantic, the I'acitlcand the clr cumpolur valleys, ami we should be brought face to face with many new and I nuwllnB problems. Innumerable, islands would be resolved to mountain tops, and Singular plateaus, iininyin im-ui ,u.i"- HASHEESH SMOKING. a PREVAILING HABIT AMONG THE TURKS AND PERSIANS. It Produces Vivid Drrame, Sometime, tsuees Terrible buffering and It Always Dangeroua-llllcllly sold In th llataart of Constantinople. A tr iveler returned from au extctisivo I, i .joum iu Turkey haa this to say of the . . ... 1.1 td au ntim f tnmtlrt llTUill , time Islands not high above water line. Among my purchase at tho drug 1 It is the water surface that Is now de- );l7.aur ttt Constantinople was htwheosli. r,.m,liilnir the, earth' mean level, and if 1, id Krietlv illeL'al to buy or sell this, this were gone It would be hard to cstab- . tho vt.,(T mado a great show of llnli a grade to calcinate ironi. .no uuru. and downs have reference to altitude or depth with reference to the ocean surface. What immense valleys would lie between New York and London, between San Fran cisco and China! What mountain and valley systems would be disclosed In re gions that now lie under water! What revelation concerning fauna and flora would the now submerged rocks disclose, and what skeletons of a former world would the arctic region reveal! Hut the Interesting problem which we may consider, and one that as yet Is elud ing solution, is how and by what agencies w ere the great marine valleys scooped out? hut was It that hollowed out their ba sins, and especially by what action was the North I'olur sea excavated with Its rim of continents extending all nroiind? lirn-nland, North America, Asia nnd European butt upiigriinstthitnolarocean. Its antipodes is in miiloceau, but the mea ger sunlight and cneriiciilly absent solar caloric have evoked the development of the immense ice cap, mueli the most co lossal structure of the kind on the planet. liut the south Pacific ocean, were the water absent, would present most singu lar looking craters, and which as they now Just emerge a little aliove low tide we ree mystery nliout tho transaction, besides charging mo ten time the right price. It is n soft black atick or coil, mado with Indian hemp ami sundry sweet es sence. It may either to drunk with water, eaten as it In, smoked in hubblo hubbies or smoked iu littlo terra ootta pipes. It is said to havo tho power of con ferring u dual pemoniility upon thoso who take it. Their dreams are extraor dinarily vivid, and every detail of them is remembered for a long timo nfter ward. They do not go oiT to sleep, bui have a kind of lit, which dot-mot sound particularly agreeable, though for some reason or other is evideutly popular. These at leu-t nro said to be tho com monest effect of tho drug, but it affects different peoplo in different ways, and eo some get 110 further thuu a bad head ache. It has been u-d by magicians ever silico tho middle ages. I remember dur ing tho esoteric liuddliism crazo somo years ago a friend of mine who was bitten by it got bold or somo nasneesn FAMOUS AT ELEVEN red llowrlla.ll,. v tar, and Her Work la ait . eew I.,. . t.l avww uuts.a ih uiino Mllie At IU . ,, "of" ,lr7' 1 , 1 " n bo. """' IK th,T '""' AnL l.lttl.. Cil-I A 1 he little iflrt. t he liook ,r rated he fclf.-i miss iii.Dm:DiiowKi.u. i, , "J1" famoti pleturi'S her father b,k .. . In tho old world' gallerlet and t)m.' When tho tiny art 1st was Imi-v,Tt 1 of n,,lgll(t K W:u an M-ncll, her finlier bad nu Id, ,, ,,f ,,,1 " p sketches, and. In fact, the b..k , ,T erthouglit. Miss Mlldn-d .,v., tl,..: of art Klin aiiw. niwl In l. ..1.11.0 , .1 . uii,uii-,i iiu,n,u i-oiioa 01 tnein, quaint, opinions or lier own i n. he had them, and her brluht COIlllll..lilu . or aiur oguize ns the huge astolls the work of and uto it, in tho expectation or being th coral insect. It is more than probable ablo to project his soul across the gar that some of the puzling crater formations fcU- The liiisheeiih'.vits badly mixed, nnd est person should get hold of it it would n the iikhui are a similar work fashioned a ,lcavy (1(JS0 of t la,i uo rft w hat- to a dwelling nearby. Itaisir a heavy cnrtaln bunging before the entrance door, she tripis-d softly inside. The room, however, wa quite empty, it waa a small, nare room, the walla col ored dark red; its only furniture a tn mk1, on which were burning dimly two chased sliver lumps. "Hhowlll be in the Uynukelon," said Daphne to herself softly, and raising another cnrtuln, which bung exactly opposilo, she pasm-il through into a sec ond room. There, under a lsntico which led out into a courtyard, utmn a circa lar marble bench, rut tho one whom ahe waa seeking a young and beautiful woman. A long white garment, with a bordoi einbrnidcicd iu crimson, lay in heavy, graceful fold about her small outstretched feet; un upper garment (the chiton) of the same color as the robe wa gathered cltwely up about her nock, but left ber slemb-r arm quite bare, one of which rested languidly upon the carved back of the seat. The woman's small head was bound with three narrow scarlet silken f.llets, her wavy hair caught up In a loose knot at tho back of her nock. Hearing the cur tain rustle, sho turned her head and smiled a her dark eye caught sight of Daphne' smiling face peeping from among it folds. Kissing her band, ahe j pointed toward the court nnd shook her I head as a warning lo the newcomer not to sjieak too loud. In the court, regard-1 less of tho sun' hot ray, by the side of j a fountain a lion 'a head, from whose , open mouth a slender stream of water fell llltoatlllllbiw liuallt lia', ii.,, uinM I . .. "w.. i I Y....tl.... 1.1 ....1 . seated in earnest conversation. "'"ri' Uapl.no glided noiselessly tin to her ,' ".. " " M""" ."I- In tho same wav. and whoever receives it friend' side, and sealing herself tiisin 1 "f 1 . l"1",,0,nH',"ro l,M Idnbsw- u obliged to give uh a written receipt iu be the same ns money in hi hand. If absolute safety Is what you are most anxious to secure, wo can give you a money order. Tlii is pretty nearly as good ns n bank check. We send from here a private letter of advice containing your name, and when your correspondent re ceive your order be can collect the nr.mey on it only by telling who sent It to him and by Is-ing himself identified as the per son In whose favor it I drawn or else by Indorsing it tnimmehody who Is known at be iKistollice. 1 his, you see, Is a decided advantage on the score of safety, lint, more than that, if your order should he stolen or destroyed, the government holds Itself responsible, and If you comply with certain requirements will issue you a new order. This Issomethlug itwill not do for you If anything happens to your postal note. The bad feature about the money order, however, is that it can lie cashed only at the one postollice on which it is drawn. Ou account of the additional se curity surrounding the money order we charge more for it that for n xwtal note. A 5 order would cot you S cent nnd a (10 order 8 cents, a f 15 order 10 cents, aud so on upward. "Then, again, there i the registered letter. You give us your enveloH-, sealed and Indorsed in your own handwriting. We know untiling aliout its contents. You may have put only a love letter in it or a f 1, 00(1 government bond, it is all the same to us, and t lie price of registry is uniform for everything, 8 cents. ThisiiroccH has the advantage of absolute secrecy, for you don't have to take a single soul into your confidence. U ha the further advantage of assuring you that Ii at ever you send reaches it destination, for we refuse to deliver it to any one except the person ad- dreKsed, who must either present himself when our lunar satellite had oceans on her surface ns we now see on our earth. The thousand of miles of coral reefs and (lie numerous coral nrchiH-liigH-s that dot the aqueous hemisphere under tropical and semitropleal skies would he almost insolu ble problems did we not understand the condition under which they were pro duced. Much that Is mysterious on our lunar nelghlsir can lie measurably comprehend ed if we can succeed in seeing our earth as If divested of ber watery envelope, and if we can still further succeed In compre hending the conditions under which our oceans would disappear, if they disappear at all, we would probably have the key that would unlock each lunar mystery. It is to the water ami the ice that we owe the soil and t lie generally smooth con tour of the earth, and we Hud where these agencies hnve been at work a barren, rocky and broken (nnditinn, well illustrated by the wild Yoseiuite and other rugged can yons of the west. I'ittsburg Dispatch. ever. of tho pleasing fciituro of n. ,k J? even went so far nstoorlglnaiea MmW nf ber imii"il, V,..l "") . .. 1." " "", 'he liiiniin, mi-minu iiiere were "to other kinds of Mudomiiw." Mis Mildred Is now a young lmir u she is still devoted to her art nnd liid. a number Of very clever things, shei.. slender, spli-ltuello girl, verv mtich lunV cstcd In art and literature and with Urn. love for "society" In the fas,oim,iJ: of tho wool. Sho Is not pn-ttv, but luuu interesting fm-o and charming nannesT Sho drosses artistically, but 1 ,r no means n slave to fashion's Litest tuprlcni Sho has written a numlx-r of ji,.,,,. 1 now nnd then proditei- n , tv ,1 comedietta in the vein her father ha.. 11 1....1 . IMai i.ui-1-i.ni mijr norfclll, lull fl-jf J)M charm for her than literature. mora III Mn.ll. is a window seat or any other plnrn vim Inspiration s0l7.es herpetic!! when !ieUi home, mid sho often makes sketch, i,iu ..' . , , i.j 1 accompanying her father in his slummin. Ho found that his soul persisted In , ,, Xuw Yort Wlu "'""' "J Athens all tlreece all tho world ,n l'"r"n and lie Identified or give us his . autnority in writing to deliver It to soiue- body else, whose ideiitlllcntlon we require Centennial at the National Capital. When tho year 1D00 arrives, it will lu lu order to celebrate the centennial of tho establishment here of tho mttional capital. Tho celebration should not be a small affair, nor ougnt It to lie a mere fleeting show a day of processions, bnmls, banner ami oratory. It should lie an cxHisition of what this nation his done In the hundred year since it seat of government wa taken possession of by the few onicial who then directed affairs. The exposition of 11K should be comiact and select. Preliminary ex animations by coniietent experts .liould determine the worthiness of proposed ex hibila, and only the best ought to lie given space. An international exposition at that time would conflict with more than one European endeavor in the same line, but aside from' that rather impor- inui consideration tt would undoubtedly lie better to make the affair national rather than International. Washington Ktar. Ilruttelt tlorlort Combine. The physicians of Brussels have band ed themselves into a union, pledged to resist any attempt to cheapen their scale of remuneration, and have liouud them selves not to accept any fee below a cer tain lixed tutu. They have been led to take this course by a circular addressed to them by several industrial uuions in forming them that physician who would give medical attendance at the rate of HO cent a visit would be exclusively called in by sick inemU r of the trade union. lirmwel Letter. The Triumph of Ih Machine tiuua. The Interesting account of the fight ing in Matalieleland which Captains White and Donovan have given is, in ef fect, a glorification of the machine guns. It was all due to the maxims, and the botchkis gun completed tho rout in every instance. 80 long aa the English troops took ordinary precaution there wo no possibility of disinter. "The laager were sheet of flame. It wa no use trying to advance." Seven thou sand warrior burled themselves upou the guns in vain. They werenot "mowed down," aaya Captain White, but "lay pretty thick." Well, we will not quar rel over a phrase. The fact reiuulua that between 1.500 and 2,000 native were killed.-Pall Mall Uaietta. the ground laid her head npon the other's knee. She sat there somo mo ment In ailence, endeavoring to catch what it waa tho mnu were discussing, in vain. Shu could hear only the sound of their voice. That of the principal speaker a dark, awarthy man, of mid dle age, with a flat nose and thick, pro truding lips was sonorous and mellow; hia coinimulon'. high Hitched and squeaking. After a few minutes' al- 1 lence, Daphuo whispered: "How ugly he is thy Socrates!" "Ilut to leurned, so wise, eo great," murmured tho other in answer, but she sighed aa ahe spoke. "Thou alghest. Hast wearied on the flrst day of thy wedded life with thy philosopher" inquired Daphne, with a bright, sidelong glance. "No," answered Xantippe proudly. 'I he not the most learned, tho wisest man in all Athens And I am happy to think ho considered me worthy to lie hi wile. Thou shouldst have heard thri speech with which ho welcomed me to hia roof yesterday. Among other tilings he told me that there were evil demons who lurked in corner and cuplKiards to tempt young wive to be neglectful of their duties. Ilut there waa Slso a deity who, living under our roof, would take mo under hi protection, guard mo from evil and help mo to resist temptation, whom I must propitiate by humility and wifely obedience. Uut bow can I do this when Soerate himself prevent me" "Socrates- pnnent thee! Speak, and tell mo how tlii can Ihj. Thou knowest I was wedded against my will to Antis thenes, preferring (llanens, to whom my parent refused me. Should I learn from thee, however, that the wife of a philosopher has reason to complain of tier lot, I shall no longer reproach my parent In my heart for bestowing me on the merchant and denying me to the echolar." "Thou knowest," answered Xantip- 1 po, "that it is my duty to see that my write mm a mine is well supplied with suita ble food. Hut how can I do this when he give me no money? Thiee times 1 went this morning to him, asking him Runtly, "(livo me, I pray thee, a tetro bolon, that 1 may buy lish and vegeta bles for the midday meal." Twice he gave me no answer; the third he spoke not to me, but to Em lid, who arrived hero this morning from Megara, "Eu clid, why doc this woman trouble na and disturb us ut our discourse?" Ilefore Daphne could open her mouth to speak the words of sympathy trem bling on her lips, Socrates, leaving his pher husband a burder to him. Poor Xaiilipio! Translated From tho German For Short Stories. HEALTH LEGISLATION. An Inlereathif ( all laaued by a Joint Corn ell tire of Three Mocletlea. At a meeting of tho Brooklyn Public Health aociety at the residence of W. E. I'ptegrovo the other night a paper was read by J. Winfleld Scott, secretary of the National Constitutional Lils-rty league of Huston, on "Method of Protecting aud I Promoting Public Health." The follow- Ing call was issued by a joint committee j of the league, the Brooklyn Public Health Society and the New York Public Health and Constitutional Liberty league from their headquarters, room 18, S'M Madison avenue, New York: Whrn-ae, It It tt-lf evident that conatitu llniial lils-rty, acieiitlllc proert-aa In thoht-nlhiK art, will lie promoted anil imlillo health con. aerwsl by Immediate leitislntlon rcqulriuir: I. I'liVidi-lam to write pretcrl pilous legihl) and w hen pmudlde In Kiik1Ii.Ii land Lot Ii If ihey rhiHMel. g. That iiielleliiiaillsHiiM-d by pliysl riRiiaand nlhera coiitaiiilnif isilMinoim ingredl eiitt.hall tie by them legibly Islieled "Cnutlon; take only ae directed." X Itealorhig to every rltlieii the rluht lo freely con I met for ibeaerv Iceeof whosoever lie considers rotuietent to treat or heal him r Ida fundi) lihout rvuder inil tho H-riMin lima employed liable to prose rill lull, except for malpractice. Therefore, we, the undersigned, urirv all periodical! and per ton. Iu niialhy with the spirit and purisim of the legislation above outlined to exert their Inlhiciice In crvalliiK slid molding favorable public fcciittmeiit. Wa also rve(iei'tfii)ly In vile sll w ho believe thsl th hlulicr Instincts, nobler Impulses anil dcareet Interest, of hu manity will Ihua Is-at-rved to tend ut the ad d reuse. of permuta willing to receive and ill tribute literature or circulate petition. We also llkewlaetollclt verifiable fscusexpertencri sad other data tom-hlng usm theae topics and temhiiK in alrenittht-n th cause of public health and constitutional lils-rty before lb lcllalure and the general public. Brooklyn Eagle. eat at tho fountain, approached, fol lowed by hi friend. "According to the sun, it should be midday, my Xantippe. I am hungry, if the midday meal is prepared, we will partake of it. Euclid, too, will bear u company," Daphne smiled maliciously at the thought thut the phlh wopher and hia pupil were likely thia day at least to go hungry, Xantippe. however, blushed with bame. She arose from her seat trem bling, and ata tiding with downcast head before her husband iu faltering tonea ulalncd whr the tulddav meal waa Where Are th Oreal MeaT There are not a great number of really great men na the term i understood now taking (vart iu the world's nlTalrs. any one sit down nnd attempt to th name of loo, or even 20, rwilly great men who are alive, and they will see how dlillcuU it Is. When the question "Who I the greatest living innur" was brought up at an evening party some time ago the prevailing answer wsa Gladstone, while some said lllsmnrek. When the queatlon Is chnngeil and put In the form of "Who la the greateat living American or the greatest man in the 1'nited States?" it become even more ditllcult, barring, of course, oue pre enilnent name. Kdlsou bMiintup In the elements that belong to ' great iusw, but it 1 apparent that during the last i!3 year the generals, the t tea men, the scholars and Kicta, the scientist and reformers, ml even the men of Air tune, like Ynmlerbllt, Astor and Uould, who have attained distinction, hnve been j disappearing from the acene. The New I York Sun contends Unit there are a mny great men in the world a ever. Doubt Icaa there are men who might prove great if th opportunity offered, but who are th living men who have achieved greatneaar I Will somebody nam them' Philadelphia Time. I hi own handwriting, which no send back to you without expense. This makes a good deal of difference if you are making a payment to a slippery creditor or if you are sending a bill to a debtor, who might want to make believe he hail never heard from you. In any such case you have Ills own signature to confront blm with. The safety of the registered letter Is pretty well guarded. Kvery postollice official through whose hands it passe has to account for It to the one from whom he received it, so that If it Is lost It can lie traced by our voucher to the very jMiint where it disap peared, even Into the bauds of the carrier who took it out to deliver, lteglstered let ter do sometimes go astray, but the risk attending loss or theft is too great to make either carelessness or dishonesty prollta- uie. 1 no governm rexpoiiNlhleto you or clerk or carri had your letter in his possession Is likelv to lose hi olllclal head, and if the evi dence of crookedness is strougngaiust him I liable to go to the state prisou for a term of years. "Finally, If your great object is speed, you may llnd It hint to use the siecinl de livery. We sell you a peculiar kind of 10 cent stamp, w hlcta you put on your letter heshha it regular postage. The instant the letter Is taU-n out of the box Into which you drop it it is hurried into the first ninjl, on top of the whole plleof other letters, with the stamp sticking up, so as to catch the eye of every clerk who ban dies the package. When it reachea the town to which it is addrcNMt-d, It I picked out without an Instant' delay and sent to your correMindeiit by a special messen ger, so that If the ordinary carrier deliv eries are infrequent it may reach its des tination one, two, three or four hour Ih foro it would if left to take the usual course. The messenger who delivers it takes w ith blm a bock, iu which the re cipient of the letter signs a receipt, noting tho hour and minute, so that if any ques tion ever arisi-a afterward you cau have th messenger's book hunted up. "So, you ce, we have something to meet every need, and the way to make sure of the best result 1 to choose just the right thing. If you are sending some thing whose value lyou dou't cap much alwut, but w hich you are In a great hurry to push through, don't register, but use the special delivery. If you are sending some thing which you are in no haste about, but you want to make almolutely sure with your own eyes that the right person has re celvetl It, don't bother with money orders, or sh-cIh delivery letter, but use the reg istry. If you are sending a sum of money simply nnd find it inconvenient to line a check or draft, but want to assure the same safety of iwiymciit nnd don't mind letting the postoltice Nsiple know what you are doing, take out a money order. If the amount yen are sending I too small to w orry shout am! nil you care for Is to send it In some form which won't tell tale through the envelope, buy a poatnl note." iinsiiiiigtou Mnr. They flock Together. "An Interesting thing uhout criminals," said SutM-rinteudent Byrnes, "is that iu aome mysterious way they gravitate to gether as noon as they nrrive in town. You may fancy that it is n burglar who lands here from an English steamer, an utter stranger to every human being in New York, or you may picture to your mind any sort of thief or crook, coming from nny point of the compass, lie will iind the haunts of people like himself. How he knows where they are, how he goes aliout to find them, are questions dillicult to an swer, but iu every case he discovers their haunts and makes himself at home. It is not wonderful that the criniinalsshould do this. A clergyman lauding here a stran ger would seek tho society of men of bis cloth, and a foreign dry gisids man would introduce himself to the dry goods nieu. That goes without saying, biit tho honest folk can easily find one another, whereas t lie criminals bang out 110 signs nnd must he very much banter to search out." The sagacious superintendent knows very well how this is done. He not only watches those whom he knows to )te crim inals, but also those who are seen with remaining where it was. fco lie grew bold nud helped himself to another lump, iu which nil tho strength of the hemp happened to beconcentr.-ited. Tho result was that two doctors had to walk him up and down t ho garden all night to prevent his fulling into a sleep that would know 110 waking. Though its 11 so is forbidden in Con stantinople, hasheesh is said to be exten sively smoked there, especially among tho Persians. I told my guido that 1 must see this sight, nud nfter a groat deal of trouble I managed to get takeu to a real hasheesh den. It was n fuirly largo square, room, with 11 divan mu lling all around it. Tho walls were whitewashed, and the carpets on the floor were cheap aud shabby. Olio com mou oil lamp hung from tho ceiling, with a big green shade. Tho center of tho room was empty, utid thero wero no tables or looking glasses iu it Two nieu wire, squatting Turkish fashion on the divan. For n long timo they seemed to be iu a kind of trance, slubbering nt t lit) cor uers of their lips und muttering like madmen. After n short timo 0110 of thetu became livelier and nioro excited. Uo burst into a wild laugh which shook his wholo body. Uu placed his hand to his nose, nud beginning to stroke it nt tho top passed his bund down into tho air ns if his uoso had reached an inordi mito length. An attendant passed by with a coffee cup, and the smoker mado a wild effort to turn nsido his head, angrily telling tho uttendant to be off, us bo was trend ing on bis noso. Then came another wild burst of laughter, and tho lit was nt nn end. His reason gradually seemed to get tho upper hand, mid ho proceeded to express his wonder that ho could have fancied that his noso had grown so long. Then, putting his hand up to it, he re- In the way of a picturesque novelty and U fond of tho high class Mii-mlnn .!, .1..., 1.... (..ii,,,.-. i . . ,. .-. ....in-, n K,-iiiun iinnis nnoiit him. Sho was born In Cambridge, Ma.., tnij di-splto tho fact that she has lssn liindl-rapis-d by frail health her education hai Iss-n very thorough, nnd she lias men 1 great denl of tho world. Her elder lUtrr Winifred llowells, dhil nlsmt five yrori ago. nnd ber only brother gnuhiati.il from Harvard In iHUl nnd is devoting iiluutlt to art. THE SPRECKELS SLANDER SUIT. The Rug-ar SI Ida. of the I'ai lAe at (M With lilt font. Thero nro several very wicked people n the Sprocket family it the statement. ot Chilis Spr-eckcls, tho sugnr king, nnd hit ton, Charles Augustus Spnvkcls, are trim iiiem. jio wouiu urnp me siiailowlng of a ,1. 1. 4 . .1, 1 ., .inj' nine hi ii'iniiv niimeoiie in ine mnrbml "All n, , r, 1 i thief's company, because he knows theone m!,rke"'; A'l the Mino. it ia hurting and need to know the other. Methods like jm confoundedly just as if some one thiitleavelittleforhinitoguessortowon. ua1 'wMe-d it roughly." Aud, sure dor at in the habits of those w hom he stud- eu0"fjh, tho uoso was unnaturally red. ie. New York Sun. It is said that under tho influenco of hasheesh you know neither time nor Kept uu Word. place, and that if yon fix your thoughts Attired in a morning robe of delicate ou some pluco, however distant, that you lace, she heeded not the bitter tears that have never seen vnn nbhiin -!. ,.,i iss or dishonesty prollta- chased each other along the bridge of her accurate imago of it I was told a storv nmeultlocs not hold itself nose and splashed nion the fri.nl eggs that 0f n man who had takeu h-ishocnh u-ifb m, but the last postmaster -V with the sunny side up before her. . Tt t , ,. . 1 erwho is found to have ' "egret fully ber glance rested upon her ktern""1a .,01 o pwmtrnto beyond iuu mm nun oui nil D.UOUS tllO tU- turo life. Ho soon exclaimed that ho was fool ing very cold, then that ho was going to dio. Ho grow very palo, his feet bo camo numb, nnd tho cold began to get completo possession of him. UiH sense of hearing became indistinct Every thing seemed to grow dark nround him, and he called for light. Then he stretched out his liuihs and remained fixed nnd immovable A cold thick sweat was nil over him, nnd tho pallor of death was 011 his faco. Then tho ntteudant thought it was timo to come to tho rcscno, mid ho rub bed his faco nnd nostrils with lemon jnico nnd mado him sit up. The man presently opened his eyes nnd absently sipped a cup of coffee that was brought to him. When he recovered his senses completely, he was very onirrv with tl, itionnl safeguard to attendant for interfering with him just lurc-bHser of a regis- ns ho had bee., on the poiut of ponotrut rvices of a detective iuo tho nnknr.tr.. iueirai It may bo mentioned that the word assassin" is derived from "hnshoesh ion," a taker of hasheesh. husband, who sat in his dressing iron- ti aud nervously toyed with his spoon. "Xo, Annabel," be wns saying, "I do uot care for any of the linking powder bis cuit you builded with your own bauds." A short gasp stirred her bosom. "Plantagenet," she faltered, "did you not say before we were married" A sob temporarily choked her utterance. "that you would gladly die former" He started and turned pale. "Did I say that?" he eagerly demanded. "You did, Plantagenet." "Annabel," he said lna hollow voice, "I am a man of my word. Can I trouble you to pass those linking powder biscuits? Thank you." And without another word he courted death. Philadelphia Times. No ".Monkeying" With Ihe Reg-later. That the cash register, eltherof the key, check or handle variety, may lie "beaten" by dishonest manipulators 'is proved by the fact that the seller of these liistrn. meats furnish an additional safeguard to ineir patron, r.acli pu ter I guaranteed the sor who is iu the employ of the coinniiiiv oil ing the machines. This detective drops in occasionally, and nfter gettiugadriuk era cigar take note of the w ay in which "the clerk or bartender "rings up" the amount of the various purchases. If he "monkevi the machine," he is reported and Quotation Mark. "Quotation marks nro uot infrequent ly misused iu signs," said a stroller, "the murks being placed about uautos, as, for iustance, Ihe namo of a r,lnQ New York F nbout 80,110 descriptive phrase iu a eign, mougu tno word or tho phrase may really not le a quotation at all, but I am never surprised at any misuse of qnotatiou marks, for I cannot forgot a very singular idea concerning them that I had myself iu my earlier days, I used to think thut siiiL.l nnr..,.;.. "Ta-ra-ra" Divide a Chore h. "Ta-ra-ra IVvm-de-ay," played during last evening's services at the Urand Av enue Methodist church, has caused a aplit in the congregation. The Rev Mr. Wheat, the former pastor, arose in meeting and denounced the profanation of the temple with such music Therv nieeoited iiiaatondt. J upou the pastor, the Kov. Mr. Wilkin- A writer iu The Popular Science u, announced that he was running New says that diamond are rapidly the church aud advised Mr. Wheat to dissolved when heated in carbonate of miud his own business. The older folk potash. There I production of carbonic lr inclined to feel scandalised, while oxide, but uo hydrogen i lreo off. . th younger member aide with the pav j tor. Dubuau (la.) Dispatch. with lose hi place. It I stipulated that the man oiscnnrgtM shall not be given any rea son for his dismissal, the idea being to let minim iK-come Known about this novel nciecuve service as ptswible, Herald. Ens Itah Will Soon Be rnlTenutl. Gladstone corriutes that thehubitual speaker cf the English lunguago have increased from 15,000,000 to 1 05, 000, -000 during tho last 100 years, nnd that ...in . , . .-vv, v. t..ej I t,TJ )l lUm crease, which is sevenfold each century, audi speakers will include not less than 810,000,000 by the eud of the year 2000. St Louis Kepublio. C. A sr-liKCKKLS. Chins say his son Is nn einliczzlcr. Th son says Clans is n villain and wor-e, and thereby liungH a suit for slander. Gaul Spreckels wns a Hanover emigrant who had uhout $13 in his Inside pocket when ho camo to America from Westphalia U years ago. His wealth Is now estimated at between $10,000,000 nnd $10,(Hi(i,(KK) and Is much nearer tho latter than the former figure. Ho has not succeeded In ncruiiin latlnga very thorough knowledge of th language of America, but ns a collector of tho American dollar he has few equal. He is the Midas of the Paclllc, and every thing ho touches turn to gold. His trouble with two of Ills sons, Cl.urlel A. Spreckels, tho plaintiff In the n-cenl slander suit, nnd ltudolph Spreckels, on of tho plotters against Hawaiian liuli-peml-enco, begun In lstcl when the two youn ger sons alleged that their father anil th elder brothers, John D. and Adolpli B Sprcckc 1, wero endeavoring to frcee them out of tho Hawaiian Sugar and Hawaiian Commercial companies, Damap-s were claimed In the sum of t',000,0no, but early lu 1SH4 tho suit wns settled by an agree ment Is-tween the parties by which tin proHTty in dispute was to K dh Idcil. C. A. Spnvkels now claims that Ids father U guilty of n breach of good faith and seek! relief In tho courts. When the matter reached tho courts, tho aged sugar king, la a hurst of Indignation, declared that h gave bis son f u'."i,000 a year to manage nu 1'liUndclphhi sugar rellnery and that the boy then robliod him of J.Vi.niin. This statement Inspired the son's lils-1 suit f" vindlentiou nnd J;100 to cover the iMstaof the suit. Chius Spreckels developed nnd for n long timo contnillisl tho sugar business of Ha waii. King Kalakauii was ft mere pupi" In his potent hands- and niiiilo him knight of somethlngor other. Ijiter C'la and tho king quarreled and Clans tendered his resignation as knight nnd rcturni-d the cheap "regalia of ollico" bestoweil upi'B him. words inclosed were sort of nartl nm. ed, more or less, whatever that may nieau. Perhaps that Isu't a very distinct statement but I remember well that I was quite tickled when later 1 leurned that quotation marks were uot signs to be Used nt the Flapjrick-Ulibley i quite a talker. , might properly be used only to indicate ne? actual Haa lo Talk Throo(h Iu isu Treaclo Yes but his hat will get down over his mouth. SpriugOidd Union. actual quotations. " Xew York Suu, e in luck and signs A Remarkable Memory. Goorgo W. McMlllon of Friar's II 111. Greenbrier comity, W. V11., Is alsuit -tu year old, and has tho gift of remembrance wonderfully developed. Ho reinemls-rs ev erything ho ever know or read, lie can, eu hand, roolto tho names, birthdays, hour of death, majorities, and tho closest details of tho lives of nil the presidents In regular enter; can reclto poems or a.tHio woni without missing a word; enn nt-ount the tletalU of every visit ho has made in hi' life; can mime nil tho persons ho has met In two weeks, and every word every " 01 them said, and can quoto chapter after chapter of tho Bible, Duo of his most In teresting feats Is tho repetition of every won! of a marriage ceremony which !" hoard when ho was 81, and which united girl who was his sweetheart to another man. It Is said that this ceremony wa the ilrst thing he ever trlitl to rvuiemlier- Of On. Mind. Luek. IVraons who b. liev will doubt ess nt.r. 1... i. 1 , . , - ..v.unr saw iu motion 01 Sheridan and Waterloo. An American gentleman recently WOUt over tbn fi..,l nt n'nterbm with a Igoido who boasted thnt ho escorted j Oenernl Sheridan over tho scene of ' poleou's Krent defeat. "What did ''" ifral Sheridan say?" asked myfri'"'1- motion on T... ! "Oh. Uuthins." "Hn innst have said .1 . luHIUOUHnn- miiy-i want me advice about get- ""L'.?r xnHMe l stair with a coal ! aonic-tbinir . "W..II hn m.lv said, it ting a divorce from mv biislo.i Ijtwter 1 11 iriv. Ton atrtnut t.twt . 1, i If you will wait few days, y,m will be a .i.fii.n tt...... . -"-"""coal csr ou Thuradav3vi7 l!.?i; "M8 i WRS " ! for a fight. ' ' 1 - - - v uvani uu r n. day, or nisrrv on Kui. . freewoman. I flle.1 a idi'i r., ki. twiug lo noun.i ii..n.i.i.. ? w . Ia Zanto. one of the Ionian isles, there day. T. x Siftin.-, , 13 to dinner ou Sunday when there It food " Po'ro'pnnj spring that is mentioned I for only io. N,w York Tribun ' l,7 Herodotus. It baa been known for nearly 8,000 years.