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EUGENE CITY GUARD. ri-eprleur. EUGENE CITY, OREGON. SLANDER. Tim but breath And Tt woman", fair name wllbsd. And friends once warm pw eold and .tilted And life waa worse tlian death. One venoined word. Thai (truck lu onward, puteoned blow, III eraven wbtapera hushed and low, And jre the wldo world beard. Twu bat one whisper one Thai rnuttured low for very a)ame, That thing the .landnrer dare not name, And yet Ite work wa done. A bint eo light. And ret eo mighty In Ite power, A human euul In one abort hour Uea cmabed benwtn 1U blight. MYSTIFIED AUTHORS. rather Front Made It II U Hu.lnea. lo Una Notable Character. Author. have often mystified tho pub lia, bat niaa whu made business of mystifying professional writer Is a not able character. Such a one, however, waa the ljet. Francis Mabony, better known as "Father Prout " Ulsfavetrlto trick waa to take a well known and pop .nlarpoetn, translate it Into another lan guage, boldly assort that In iti new form It poaood groat antiquity erud charge tho autbor with having itolnu it Tbli trick ho played on more than one noted author during tho early days of the present oentury, and each waa sorely puxzled to explain tho identity of the poem which lie know to be hl own with that in a foreign lunguaga Trout translated Mooro'a "Go Where Glory WaiU Thee" into oxoollout French Torso, attributed it to Mine. La Ooiutosse do Cbateaubriund and chargwb Moorowith having stolen it bodily. Tho song, "Lwbla Hatha Ueaiuing Eye," he renderod Into choice Lutin and claimed it an youthful production of bis own, which lie had once Bliown to Moore, Another of trout's achievement wa tho tranHlation of Wolfu'i "Uurlal of Hit John Moore" into Frenoh, oluliu lug, at the lame time, that the line wuro written by Colonel do lloaun.auois, whowaa killed at l'ondlcherry lu 174'J. Not satisfied with this, he proceeded further and translated tlie line lute Gorman verso and outly doctored thnt, while Wolfe had stolou from tho Fronoh poet, tho latter had to turn .pllfowd from the German, the latter poem hav ing, a ho Muted, been written to com momorato tho death nad burial of tbo Hwodish General ToiKtenson, wka waa killed at the siege of Dairtzla. IW Wolfowa dumfoundud irt soobig bin popularity disappear and wits uot mnli oomfurtod whon tho Iwax wstt discov ered. l'hlladciplita Vhhm. STATESMEN'S ECCE8TRJCITLE8. Kate Field Hay. Our benatnre iuTd II I.imiI Wllhuul TeHHH Korfcela. "Do you prefer aldn-ot ithurt or Up pocket In your troaaer?" "1 don't t-iuse, I'm nwo. All i want It HK-ket tht I rim get my hitnd rn to." Thl watliecoiiveiaiitio I overheivrd tho other day lictwcon a tailor md ki i-uatiimer, and I wa reminded of it im hour litter a I looked down um the floor of the nenatu cliiinilier and WHtch-t-it our grave and reveread liiwimdua going through their work. In tho mid dle alalo, t-arryijig on a tiiunguliir de bate, were Senator 1'roctor and Senator Gorman, each with hi left hand in bia tionacra pocket, and Senator Allison with both lunula aimilnrly iniHued. They were preaeiitly joined by Senator 1 1 rice, who bad hi right hand ixH-kct-ed, while Senator Lindany atrodo fioui tlie Deuiocriitio over to tlie Kcptilillcrai ide, with both hi banil lu hi pock et, almost runnttig IntoSi-iiator Lodge, who wa carrying bia lu tlie aimm way. I could lint help thinking of tho old atory of Daniel Welwter and the button on bivjackct, which bo always tiaed to twltl while making hi liest recitations liiM-liixd. It la Raid that m little girl whu had long tood next to liliu in lit rpolllng cIiihh, and who waa ambition to pan him, contrived one day to auip off thl button, auid at tho next recita tion, when Daniel felt for it aud found it miming, lie wa o overcome that ho lulamid the world put to him, and hi clever rival went to the head of the i-laaa. SuppotKi anino malicious pcrxon, bent on deatroy lug tho couifoTt and dig nity of the cn ate, alicmld contrive to have the trouaera pin-ket of all the aen ator aewed lip over night, what would become of American oratory tend legi lation the next day?-Kato FUW Waahlngton. be Like to Kara ee W Rp"d. Mr. Joliuatou, a liiimlMr of Soroala, ipenklng of the woman in buaiueaa, anya: "llualtieaa 1 roiiKiMilal to woman. She llki to earn money a well aa aha llkra to spend It. Hlie Ima her own dnlnty way of doing It. She llkea to earu monny tn Krn tie, womanly waya. Rut a buabieaa bi illtf-rent. A woman Kn Into fct tgr birr, net by choice, Klie ta'ii-a btjo tt her fic'ih tlllneKa mid twlemxW ICld meoja CDffJt, rtocntnKiand fiiwl fclie alootick ta'm fh wrong ahe I1ikI(i Ifoahe auboitta to t-'ie flattery of inru, if ahe ailiva.ncr .prae'lf a'.t thereat of glvhiK up bet- digiilty, aii.orlOo Ing her Ideal", ahe haa luat aomethiiiK ahe lii'Vercregnlxa, and tiy lowering her aland ard ahe lower the atntua of all woman kind. It iaii't bualiieaa an much aa biial- liwa methiMla, the woman lu the hualnee world, the woman In the aortal world, that make the liuaineaa life hard for a wo man. A for the Imalnea eiluratlou, a biialuoM man iaanld to he la-tter ednratwl than a erholar lH--atiaa of hla practical and broad experimental knowhxlne. So a liual lieaa woman haa letaura tn read, to atildy, to rntertalu, to come In contact with life under all ita forma that the douieatla wo man lack. A au element in a biiatueaa education for women rluli life la Impor tant, aa It ia founded mi i fundamental (' litialiiMi principle, to tench women to be helpful to each other and llaeful to the world." Liable to Ite M Uaailentao.1. Liable to mUundcratauding are such internet ing adornment of shop wiudow aa, "Superior butter, 1 shilling per pound. Kobody can touch it' 'probably not or the tempting notice of tho deal er In cheap ihlrta, "They wou't last loug at thia prlcol" Worse still wa the admonition which apiKared iu the wiu dow of a cheap restaurant, "Dlue here, and you will never dino anywhere eW" The viand of thia restaurateur must have been almost aa deadly and unerr ing In their effect aa tlie whisky kuowu u the western state aa "forty rod, " be cause that wa the dlstauoa beyond wbluh no driuknr could walk after lu Jniblbltloa. C'urubill Mauaiiu. RAIN INDICATIONS. Wbr firro. Clofld. Tell Wllb Almoet Ab solute Certainty of Cotulng Ktonna. Ill order to better underhand the role placed by cirru oloud a rain indica tory we innat first dlen the causrn of theae ocenrrenres. A study of the weath er Indication aal barometrical lead ing, a tin y appear in our daily pupera from the n-xrt of our "Weather IJu remi," show that area of high or low air pressure are constantly passing over Die earth' surface in irregular uocc lion. Tho areua of high Mtmosphorlo presnrc or biirometrio maxima, me teorologically expressed stay longer iu one locality than tlie area of low pre lure the doprcaalou or barometrical minium. Tbeae lost are more or lea de fined current of air, which fin-In iu the form of wind around the region of the lowest atmospheric pressure, mov ing alway from north to weat or from south to eoat the reverae of the hand of a clock. It moht not be imagined, however, that tho air aimply move around thl area of depreaaion, but rather that It i conatantly Wing drawn into it center and la carried upward in great whirl or spiral. A tho air rise, it ex pand and become colder. Tho vapor it contain condenae into cloud mid Anal ly are transformed into rain. The cen ter of the barometrical depreaaion I thereforo niatkcd by cloudy, rainy weatla-r. Tho wliif! which encircle the depreaaion liecoiuc moro active a tho difference of tlio atmospheric pressure become more mitrkisl, or, in other wnuls, a the barometer fall. Iu brief, thereforo, barometrical do jiresslon Sro rauaed by lingo aaccuding spirals, or whlrla of air, w hich aro car ried upward to extreme heights, and from there aro wafted In any direction. Iu tlieao height the humidity of tho ut moaphere I frown and I wafted away ill cloned form which aro coniioed of Ice crystal. Theao are none oilier than clrru clooda, and they may float scv eral hundred mile from tho irat of the depreaaion. It will now be seen why ciirn cloud may be Justly regarded a forerunner of rain, oven when they make their appearaneo in clear weather. They tell with abaoluto certainty of an approaching atmosphcrio depreaaion, and thi I snbstniAiatcd by a gradual fulling of the barometer oon after they muke their arpeorrnuco. Home and Ce ambry. THE WILDEST LAND. Oregon llaa Hie Ihinor i.f llavbigi Ore Ituugbnt Tract Ksiuni to MVu. AHxtstimt Chief GiKjdo of tiro United Hhth'S geologicni awvry, who visited Oregon lit4 Kuniiwr, toy that tho wild ext region of the entire 1'nitvd Stitte i aa area of 1.IHK) aiin:fO mile lying la tho monxtfcMiM hMwo Itosebarg and Corfiiilh) in Iiotrguii wml Coo cmruth a. 1 hi wesctribe it in a tnyNteflotMtuxlk owered cormtry, in which ronma awlla turned Wild fcprmo, and whoao brook ami river aro Hllud with wild fowl. It in nearly all covered with a (Icdko growth (if pioo, fir, bvmlK-k and otlxi tree. Mirny of tlie tree rro of emc mom fh.u rmd Ntimd so cloaely tlxtt it fa) (UCllt for mich to iHuko their wuy bo Uveen thou. WIuto tho tree are n so thick the Iseavy growth ih? UcJii r vtn rion kind take their place. It is a coon try thai i filled with rdl kind of wilil gitwo, iHcladinft, a re ported to him, elk, different kind of beirr, wonutitia How, deer imil other aiiimnlN including lynx mid other. There are ikbto the varied kind of fowl. The Mtscnta nil Imvo mi abnaibaico (if tront ad other kind of llxb. Ho peiie truted into tlie wild a dozen aiiic and saw thing that (Tiled him witli wonder at tho vaatMea of the foreat, and tkirjt any onu should attempt to live ia it North weab Mrpuino, Paeaslng Mie Dmatl Ity. A boy of 3' or R three year f ae I nut too young for kilt and blouses, bid do not put him iuto trousers. Any of tho thick flannels or jtoft cloth that are used for clonk for little girl will make a suitaldo coat for him. A coat buttoned doii'ii the front, with a deep collar or small cajio reaching to the shoulder, is a good stylo for a boy. Do sure to protect bis leet with overshoe and long gaiters when he goes out. It I very important to have the feet wnrm a well a dry. Neglect of this precau tion i apt to bring oil an attack of croup in children who aro predisposed to i', and it is a fruitful source of colds. A woolen Tain O'Shanter i a pretty bead covering when it is not necessary to cover tlio ear. In that case have a . fjdt hat trimmed with velvet and broad string to tio under tho chin. The three cornered continental hat 1 still worn araii I very plctorenno. Ladies' Harcce .louraa). Mining Id the An-tle UrJe. Few pooplo aro probably awn're Ct the fact that modern induKtry h'.is al ready got a foothold iu tbe rtrotitii Re gion, osid tluct nrfcao irvo worked on a : l":.e scale mid a mcilrnJ tseftnlifrly epetnto-l ia w biM lal:te..les. Thi's fji ( tbe oitso tu Btittxtou, wbeiio tl)o I.nlvas (biEax KflAwad, bnlU for tbe purpose f otrr.r,yr.s:gihon oro frois tho tlellivuro ' (ilue to tb'o acn-j:ort at l.ulea, extend ,' Li inllea the arctic circle and eu- joy the distinction of being the llrst railroad to open up the frigid cone, del : livaru excursion train w ill yet bo run ning to arctlo sumiuCr resort. Iu tho meantime, explorer will keep on hunt ! Ing for lecture, material and returning ; to eivllixittiou to peddle it out oil tho platform. !$uw Oncuua l'icayune. I'M-rul l-arruls. It has hitherto ben customary to frit ter away the iutellectuul force of par rot by merely teaching them to say "Frotly Pull" and thing of thatsott, but the municipal authorities of a French town have iustituted what it 1 to be hoped will become a gonoral re form. The poor box at tlio town hall, it teem, had for ft loug timo been iu a condition discnHlitable to tho moro pros perous of tho inhabitant. To remind them of their duty toward their poorer ucighhora a parrot was purchased, which wa lustnllcd close to the box aud train ed tocry, "For tho poor, if you please!" Tho result, it appears, ba been high ly satisfactory, peueo and silver coiu having been freely given lu response to the bird's appeal. The Idea is capable of being applied iu a variety of ways. Parrots might be used, for example, to warn poaseraby of the proximity of wet paint vu feueot or shop f routs, or to remind people on en tering bouse to wipe their feet lu fact, parrot might be wade really eful member of society.- LIKE JEKYLL AND HYDE Stevenson's Character Finds a Parallel In Theodore Durrant. x Monitm ktuiEst of mf.dk im:. The Man Chargrd With tbe Han rreoeuwo Murders M'a IM-tout, Teruperale and III-A I'by.lognoiulat's Hlartf of Ills liara. Ur-t in um.laiillal Krlileuee. If T)nlri Durnint, mllcnl student ami Sunday w lead limn. Is found guilty of murdering Waie lm Ijunoiit and Minnie Wlllliinis III Kmaniicl llnpl 1st church, San Fronclac'f, and hiding their iniiillulrd txalli- then-, America will ace In the mur derer a chunu ter much 11U Stevenson' tiirrllde and fanciful ercntloii, Dr. .Ickvll and Mr. Hyde, my a the New York Herald. It will Imi shown, moreover, that lu men with a diingi-nni stniln alnwly In the bhaal, latent ierhnp at flrat, tho know I eflgn of surgery, of dissection, the dlaro- TltKODOlliK IM'ltltANT. gnrd of tho horrlbln learned In the lulioro tory, may breed airiingoi-rli.ili.ul Instincts, and, to aomo extent, gourd tho guilty against the conseiiienecHof crime born of such Instinct. Diirnmt atiidhil aurger)'- Did he study murder at the siiuie timer Tlie silicu an swer In the alllrmatlvo. Crime stranger and more terrible than tkoso with which Tlusaloro Durnint Is charged have-miver M'rlmp startled this continent. Tho ordinary murderer, sct.nl u.i,k t.,rniF iifii.pllin (IchI. Ih, s from the acuno nnal aisin exi-lte the very sii-plclon ku fears. Tho other murderer 1 theciad g;iinbler among criminals. lledi-'S not harry kls work, and w hen It Is done hp dH-s not mo away,"bt phiy the ordinary cIiIm-b. Tho Sisx Frjaclsco prlsowr was es t,.4 n RioeV-1 young man until the s-Ib-ennd the cominiinlty, horrified by the B.urdiT and laiitlhitlun u two youi and luBis-ent woiiiki, ls-gati to hsik l- aeath the surface, la wts-k enough was illscov caed to prove hlm a ilesplcable w retch, if not a iniine-ivr. Ho wo devout, Iciiiimt ate, iiollte, of excellent repulat Ion, a prom WitH Rodent, mi niergeile church worker. All these isttrlliuti"! made uyadl-gillse fit ted for the puric he Jl la view. The 'fiise attcui4 to implicate tl pastor if the church, the Ilev. Mr. lilbson. ttoo (4 Ihirraiit'a kiwyer allcgi-a tteet the paxtia-'s kandwrlliax Is similar to that on the miargln of a newspnM-r In which three (rf IIIiuk-Iio IjiiooiiI's rliiftS were wrmia-d whea they were sent to her aunt, Mr. Noble, awis-k or more after the girl' ill-pavi ranee. ThoUeV. Mr. (ilhwiii of course had no eess to all parts of the church at all hours, uttd wheal tho llrst Issly was found he Is subd to have di-playeil some reliii'tance nlsnit calling lu the police. Assuming that Durrant I guilty, as charged by the coroner's jury, what a re markable life was Ids before nod after the crlm.ml Kdwitrd Hyde, when he had killed ami mutilated Sir Daiivcr Carew, I1,1 like a hunted animal to hi study, where ho could put on respectability and safety In the personality of Dr. Jekyll. Now, see with what they charge Dur rant. While one victim lay dead In tho church belfry bo lured another to tho pas tor' study, "la-low that very lalfry, killed lier, bid the remains, and t'len went to a ws-lal meet log at there.Uleuco of n church member where she was cxks-IihI that night, washed what ho sold wa dust from hi hands, greeted his friends mid her with heartiness, played game until the party br Jo tip nnd then went lsick to Kmiiuuel (iuirvli. Minnie William was not present. She had been killed within the hour, but Dor rant wa there, and much In evidence. It may have Ihvii Kilward Hyde putting on Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Jekyll, ti, sometimes covered up Hyde' truck. So, it Is charg ed, Durrant did not go home after he left thl meeting, but went back to the church to cover up his crime. Tho flrt murder wo not discovered for ten day. And yet, unless n prematura discovery mnrrvd the murderer' plans, unlos he mooBl to dlMiicmlier hW victims and 111 time remove them from tjje church, It was simple m.ulne.-s to hopo that tho crimes eoilld he hidden. Uumiiit was In his senior year at Coop, cr Medical college. Some students who knew hint Intimately say he sjsiko strange ly alsmt women from tlmo to time mid N1NN1K WILLIAM. I1LANCIIK LAMONT. rood much on subjects which are safest In the hands of hard hi-ad.nl spts-lallsts., lth erwisti ho was a man much like the ordi nary, exivpt, perhapM, that he spent more time In church or In tho company of cliurvhgolng young women. Ho Is of ordinary height, lithe and strong. HI hands are largo and powerful. His face suggests strength, determination and a degree of vanity. His eyes ore g.yd, but the nose and mouth give the face an ugly l.H.k when seen In prtille, A physiognomist who ha studied hlm since his arrest says the dotnlnant chanie terlstlesof his face are vanity and sensu ality and adds'. "lie would Inflict pain only n Impelled by ouie et.?,T cmolton or cause aud not from any pn-dlsp.vsli ion for It. The color and curl of the lower Hp and the shape if the head at and ls-tween the ears would Indicate not only extreme sensuality, but that It owner would !' Inconstant, i "Jealousy U somewhat III evidence. It( ll..f in his Mwer lu every way Is shown, A Is also mil. h rxxanl for his srsonal ap Hvntnv. The thlekn.-ssof his eyelids In dicate a Im-k ot fivllng aud aeiialhlllty. Thl tnilt Is further shown by the thick n and ovirsctuvis of the lower part of hi nose. He Is not a liar In small tiling-, hut Is poicd of cousl.lemtdc craft, as evinced by a certain dns.p of the eyelid and the oon format Ion nlsiut the eve. "He U an original thinker on an exceed ingly alinllow and superllclat piano, ha plenty ol courage and t. vitally strong. While be may not I able to keep a secret a..v h.mrthof time If let alone, If heU guilty of the crime charged he will not be start led Into any sudden confession. Jo a phyalognoinlat his face wouiu ni cm. K. him, and yet it would by no means a.iult hlm If guilty, he Is probably a victim of an intermittent homicidal mania, woe-" would Imve no marks uan HI rw exw-pv Wllell It h poaaiwslon of llllll." Such la Durrant. Now, long la-fore the .murder he enticed Minnie Williams to a suburb of the city and there Insulted her. For a time she avold.-d hlm, but he sue-cxih-d In regaining her confidence.- If IllaiK ho Uiinont fean-d him, she told no one. Olio other girl, MUs Turm-r, had Ui ooiiim siiaplcloiiaiind dniptail Durrant' ao qiiiilntmice. He gave her aonio in.allclne oneo when sho was ill and afterward at-teinpli-d lo enth-e her Into the pastor a study on the plea that if she would grant hlm a physician's privilege of examination ho would cure her. She upbraided bun and left linn. . . , The other girl-, singularly cnoiign, sm close friend-, resembled -, h other In np- isnroi.co and were not living with their parent. Thus they were cinder prey. U'th bore uniieatloned reputations; Is it h were devout wor-lil-rs; both, la-lng alone In the world In a N-n-e, were ready to ajwpt Durrant' frleiidahlp, nud In time, hi at- t.. minus. 1 It wan Hlancho Iwnnoiit who dlaapienr- ' (Ml first. Sho left the high s. lio.1 on the laftcni'sm of April 3. met Durrant, say ! wltuiwe- who saw them together, mill went with hlm toward the church. Mie ! was Intereated 111 CH.klng. There vra t-.k In the church library on that subject. While It waa yet light, and tho church wn ! likely to ho visited by the organist, the paMor and other-, illanclio Ijunoiit enter- ', cd. She never left It. In tlmo the alarm waa given, and the aid or tne P""""" - yoked. The police do not hs.k for missing iilrlalnaelerwiiiau'Bstudy. Minnie Williams wa perhaps more etix- iiihiin iinv one el-o over Illanclio IM- Ions liinnt' alisenee. - 1 . I I. ff since, r.mnumja mi.-r went to Mrs. hoy house In ho Alaiinihi, city, prciMirntory to attending n tliristliin Kmli.jivor soc letv mcetiiiK that evening at Dr. Yogel's. Sho was to nns-t Durnint, it Is Mlcvcd. Sho perhaw knew moat alsmt Durrant. She wa the person mo-t likely to coiiin-ct hlm with Hhinche Ijunoiit dlMips-jinince. The m--t Ing at Vogcl'a wa at 8. C. T. ITillstiinks be saw Durrant and Minnie William enter the side (hair of the church at half past H. Durnirt reached Yogel's just aliout an hour loter, lisiklng as usual. Women who were decorating Kuianiiel church on April IS In anticipation of Kas ter Sunday h-iki-d in a closet off tho pa- The cl. v rang with the news. Durrant wa out in tno siiDiirns won o iiiiiiuir)- , . - .,. ... i,- IS o, 1,1 walr . He..i .... ...... i .,.. mifilit. iT' " "r. .." owl in.ll.rn,.. Ion. but lit- tie ftMir. The police on the following day forced the thsir at the h.vid of a narrow stain-use loading from tho pastor' study to the bel fry, and there In a dark corner they found tholsslyof Itlauchii l-'iinniit, illvcstcd of Oil C10U...IK, ...... .... .......... dlcatl that she had Wn kllhd Ih-Iow nnd carrlwl Into tho Isifi-y after death. Tho' murderer had forc.,lgagof cloth Is-tw.-en her teeth. Then, day by day. he hid her clothing, tearing It up and hiding It in p.. . ....... ... .1... !.... lll.H..l II..I uli.lr l.l. n.u.li. n.i.l rmnii eswith herhat. berscmail tss.ks and her gloves. Theelrcumslantlal case Ineliuhw, In the else, a far nets known, can Ik. In any way connected with the crime. Durrant must lsi acquitted entlndy, found guilty of (lelllMTiite murder, or ad judged Insane and Imprisoned for lire. I There 1 no half way measure possible. He Is not without friends and symixithlzer. HI mother Is his staiichcst mlvocnte, Just a wo the aged mother of Carlylo Harris, whose history, In some respect, resemble that of Durnint. I Tho Christian F.ndcnvor meeting and Durrant' appearance there will bo won derfully handled, no doubt, by defense and pnwocutlou. His demeanor thero recall an Incident somewhat similar In the great ltorden case In Full Hlver, Mass., where Andrew llorden and lit wife Abide wens brutally murdered ami no ooe waa puo-. tshed. I Tho police atteinptwl to prove that Ll lio llonlen killed her sttpmother, hid the ax with which the blow were struck until she hod welcomed her father to the house. liroiiL-ht his slimier nud nrrangt-d tho sofa 1 KKV. UK. GIBSON. ' . . ... JOAQI IN MlLLEIt. tor', st udy for some , ,, , g t nev f h a wh,oh h, found the Usly of Minnlo W llllai.i b ked ; XlLy conchs. ,n the Hose,. Aft- ffiamffl'l'S erward It beciuno known tnat unoiner , ,,,'.. . . . .. . . , ,, . , , , .,,,,,,.i iu,r,,m lu,p life dalnlsiut hlm had Iss-n set nlloat by per- crime had Iss-u attempted laiforo her lire , ,,. .,,. i,llfr ,v ht I pnth.ua to the murder, his lying the lost wf f lighted with the place. It seemed i Lrson s.vn in the company of the victim, " ; u,,wn there for g,Kl his fwiuent visits to the church, his delay uJ "' ' nmirll wonld iu nw .lug Yogel's house on the night of V mud Is.foro long Mr. Miller ru ......... ...7.i.. ...,.i .I,., r,.... .i.i ,..,,.. mark.nl that marriage customs In Hawaii for hi aftern.siu imp, and that then, as bo out making amend he may have ai.V un lept, she hocked lilm to d.M.tl. with the pleitsant time thero. fury of a manlao. The Jury wouldn't 1h- llevo it, hoUllna the evidence was Inouiu-1 Italned lulls of Ftra. plete. Imi.tental Marriage. There was no fuss aud flummery about the weddtug of a Portland wom an last month. She had a job washing floor at the city hall, and one morning appeared with hci pails and mop a usual. Along iu tho forenoon sho sur prised the janitor by announcing that she wa going out for few minute! to get married, aud in just 43 minutes she waa back, the ceremony all over, the nuptial kiss duly attended to, and re sumed her scrubldtig. She probably ap preciated the fact that sometimes it is easier to get husbands than employ ment. Lvwiston Journal. . Changea In lb French Language. The French academy has announced that 1,200 changes have been made In the French language. Among other is the uniform formation of the plural e, g., iiiatcriaux will become mate riel, volx will Is voia. Tbe ph will give way to f, a In philoeophie, mak ing it fllosofie. These alteiationa, it la said, are to go iuto tuto force immedi ately, Journal of Education. ITODILUOS ' i l)ftPT1 H J I JU 1 - . , joaquin JWUier r hju v . " . n.r FlCklC LOVer. A BOXAWE FROM HONOLULU. The Aged Port's Version of Ills Relation. With Pretty Arabs Miller Ollvlei-ars II. Does Not Pretend to lie Oood-A Conspiracy of Ills Enemies. J,smiiIu Miller, tho Poet of tho Sierra, who is notable for bis ecccntrlcltlm of ap parel a well a for tho nualltlea of b vera.., flgun-s a ft fl. kle lover In a tale i. i.. 1.11 u-iifted liv noiithcmbm-zi' fnn the Hawaiian Isle. Though tho long , m r,.r. old. host ill ha . isvuo.-u .. ' . , '..rflr flit- the spirit of a rover, mid no butterfly till tg from llow. r lo (lower wo ever more n, imsl to wander fnun one garden of (j(flu,y t0 nI,t her than thl man with a lll)(ll.u, n wll jllu4 written score of )m mnl(H aui a.-nsuous picture In riVM10 ii.. '. i...k tinoTnn-t.llv and hur- fri m n,te,Hilii a short tlmongo, and mnre huit fnw him. It 1 not a ,(.w(nt MiirY ,,llt i1()V1.m of the day ,nva Mlown that It is necessary to lncor- ni(( (llwl)?m.ui, P,,iMle In a iiarratlvo .m-sn ra,.r to make It strong and j,,,. ,, th(J ..m f their pnalue- pn)imbiy cnn-iilcr thl Idyl of quite in keeping with tho j nM ( f . (f (l0 u( wonmn connect- l wl wll)l tll0 ,.t In tho gia-slp la Aral ia M(( f 011U(,r Tn Bt,)ry from tho lslund u ii.. j,uuoiln Miller abandoned tho . w(mmii nnJ (Jmt ,H nw wnolly ' ,..,if wi, u living with UCIK'HlieiJI, Oil inn . . . n - v0 f(lIlly Nunail stns-t, and lio W1,(, , vMn for assistance from (( u )i(W minnnK i,mM.lf on the height Is-yoiid Fruit vale, In Alameda county, Cul". When ho arrived In Hono lulu, ho represented that sho wo bis daughter, the rcirt slated, anil they lived together during hi stay. The girl wo do scrllsil a being very attractive In look and a having an easy and confiding na ture. Jonquln Miller was averse to discussing the accusation when a San Francisco Chronicle reporter visited hlm at his place in tho bills overhsiking Frultvalo. Ho did not want to enter into any dispute with the girl in order to defend himself, and wa willing that her statement should go uncontradicted. It appeared that hu U still mm mm, ' H-" " V H"1 ndl- thin of tho Island. i - s .or (ins verv ueuediu iiuiiier, he -''' MunVZ W'lll wt tho matter straight. If anyone " l' '"S It U Iwtterthat I should War the blame." Ho had very llttlo money when be fled from Honolulu, It accins, and perhaps on that account An.liiv Miller tlllvler wtw not provided for moro generously. "I do not pretend to bo a good man," said tho poet frankly. " I never havo set ..,,., l,nl .... w M.-.iM ,-.......... . ...v....... . . ou VH ' you I'W" 1u listener thought that Mr. Miller meant well enough, but, I ke liyroa and other p-U. he an ii.puls vo U-Ing and et hi. U.yo for lx,jutlful objts, espial- I If ttutv 1ia r.,ii.li.l nrk Inn iiirntr n th liln. ' '. " " (ouietlme. It waa his impression that Aralut would not havo como away front Haw-all even If asked her, a sho are not a strict na in thl country, and the present position of the girl Is doubt lea not regarded In tho sumo light there n It would lie If she were hero. That Jn.iiln Miller ha a many sided emotional nature 1 evident lu his (Hiems. Ho I aa sensuoo at time a Swinburne. Hem am sonic verse fnun hi "Song of the Sun Lands:" o If earth 1 an oyster, love I. the pearl, Mwlo pure of pure can-sacs; Tb. n l.xMcn the gold of your hair, niy girl, Aud liiilo my pearl In It tn-ase. There Is many a love In tho li.nd, my love. Hut never a love like this Is; Then kill me dead with your love, my k ve, And cover me up with ktasee. So kill me dead and cover rue lecn, where never a soul discover; So deeft In your heart to sleep, to slcfi, In that durllngcst tomb ot lovers. In his criticism of tho Dole government Miller rclhvtcd on sonio member of the party In power, and also on the inlslima- rles, and If he n-tiirns to Honolulu with- Tarpon Spring, Fin., advertise Itself with tho following special dispatch to the ! Atlanta Constitution: "A terriblo cleotrlo storm passed over thl place yesterday, and at uoon a blazing Ih.U. about na largo ax a man' head, dcs.-ctidcd fnun the clouds and struck a telephone wln near the center of the town. When tho bolt struck, a terrlllo explosion followed that shattered gloss In the windows of hous.- two Mocks distant. Immediately following the descent of thl holt came a pcri'.vt shower of bull, of Ore alajut the ske of walnut. Thl rain of firo wo general over the town and contin ued for pmhahly ten minutes. The liolls resembled molten Iron and spattered when they came In contact with the earth." Tarter Iteroratluna. I A high easel arranged with a chair upon each aide gives an upward, angular teud.ncy, which la uudeslrable. The plac ing of one chnlr by the side of thl easel would give a neutral effect and be all right, and the other chair could lie placet elsewhere, but the arrangement of every thing to be cheerful should pn-serve a dowu pointing angle aap-t. If designers re membered that, they would grasp the rea son why the uneducated masses so often make big demands for certain patters and leave other severely aloue. The sub tle influence of expreaaton reaches them . where artistic effect tail utterly to pli ho had t ipnouierer. DYNAMITE IN THE DISH. Tb.Tr.,..l."U-rrep.r.db,.l).a.-, ,d ItuMlau OOlcer. j A shocking tragedy of - able character i report froui V ilna V u-iub.lt. a enstotni officer of! biubly rcHFttable connection. lx-can.e :TJLJ that hi wife was in league with a neighbor to aid H 'ut,tl1In uwsnit which was pending againt hlm. There was apparently no juHtilicat on i . lL nharJ. The lawsuit wa. tried rt r,3:rtVrHst' week and K.ak .'it I.wt the case. He addressed the ,l - aiwt.1 aaffnP judge In an excited manner, --y ' . . .u.,mellt iinolicat- inakinif 8 rum""" """" . ... " " ...I.,.l 1.1 m ing his wife in an imrnjuea8.un. be left the courtroom. Later in the nay. nowun-i, i -- if Tor t0 ." VL, ...,w-r. and 1 reuret insinnation and na iy . ' . , i .i.i.,.. bia wife to dine askeii ins lien,"... ,. . W lit) U1IIU with him en ramie Ii:' t a and' aciai At dinner evening was arranged for. The dinner passed off very pleasantly until the third course, whin Klukwitz rose, and ordering some more chain pagne to be opened said that be wished , all present to drink a toast to a special ( dish he bail prepared u a surprise for then left ol.iu nirri.nulilo 0CCM3I011. 110 , d within two minutes re- . . . .1:. . i next meeting. wi n YSvZ&tS&M y. hen a oj n.iunio , ") "'T- M! " . o.rs ant died within two botir. . .. I .....1 The uiifortunnto tieoplo who Were tne ine "'"""'" ' t 1 . v ctlina of hi "ane 'wl 81U' ply blown o p.-es. n d the wa Ita of warily 1 o. "gp'JS wire puruy w u V, t was beard for half a . Jc -St. FtUr. i.nrir ip I.miilon lel(granu. A WONDERFUL GERM DESTROYER. I n.rcut iovestivatinn. Which Have 0....rd i a New liebl In Medicine. I About 10 years ago a medical scion- tist advanced the theory that, in ita no?- ! mill condition, blood contained an clo- ment that instantly killed many forms of bacteria. In this healthy state blood has been injected into the veil'., of dU - eased persous for this purpose nnd h.-m la-gun the work of destruction. The re - ; suits b-.id not been satisfactory, as the amount of blisxl required was so great a to make coiitiumd experimenU nn- u, i Recent investigations have confirmed , .1.- t l.l. ... 1 n. a ' IIIO U.lgl.lnl llieu, nuu II oi-nci . - ' inients of late conducted at the Univer i sity of Michigan reveal most interest ing possibilities. The destroying prin ciple has been separated from tho blood, and with it germs of cholera and aih ' tlirax have been killed. This elemout, : to which tho name of tieuclin has been there were present . : h ,0 Cypres win., mid (irim, ,,., hi two daughter, aged 1 nl 17 yea" J(j m;Jl , reflectively; a young aon aged 11. , We, wife's ...other and hi mdghbor and bia n.V(.ation wa a a-k i iTeifv on he table to lifted bis certain. If "Hire Proof wa, ,,ee(lw, U , , ,, ,iTn nur raven oi ner in iiisoeiiriuii . .miuCm. ! glass on high and shouted, To onr t '":'"" '' .i ... .,r is servant irirl cr." Ho went through with thenm. ana tno youiiM-'i h pnnl1h to nud, for tho benefit of imaginary oo, living, bowev. ,r. ly B enough to given, ia colorless and transparent. The relatives wcro incensed ami compelled vital essence of it seems tenacious of i her to marry a Mr. Williamson, thooRh life, as high degrees of heat, even to sho begged Wesley to intcrcedo in Iwr tho boilini? point, (1 "ot B,'el11 to li'in- j behalf. Even lifter sho was married she ish its activity. If this discovery does ! wrotu to Wesley and cast pitiful glasci all that it promises, it murks an incnl-1 at him nntil in hi desperation ouoday cnlable advance in medical science. In-! he forbado her to attend holy common-jet-ted iuto tho veins of persons Buffer- ion. Ho explainwl this nfteniooi on ing frtmi many forms of germ poison - ing, it immediately begins its Dcnen cent tusk of ridding tbe system of tbe enemy. Thus a new field in medicine is opened, the ultimate result of which oven the most comprehensive mind can scarcely estimate. New Yorlt Ledger. Mothers and Tbelr llojs. Mother are often remiss in their duties and fail their boys at what may be a crit ical moment, perhaps a time when good and bad are equally strong, aud a moth er' loving counsel would give victory to the right. The little 10-year-old, troubled over a doubtful transaction iu rabbit, feel the need of a stmnger conscience to guide him, but doesn't know- where to seek It. His father is too often an unap proachable potentate invested with awful powers. Hi mother may lie out on a so cial r nnd or eveudown lu tbecity, greed ily delving for money that she doesn't need. In such a case it mny bo that the much abused servant girl come to the rescue with a favorite tart and the honest advice: "(ilve It back, my boy. Finding a rabbit ain't owning It, If you know who does." What wonder if in after year that home ly lesson In honesty help the young clerk to overcome temptation, or that, a he does so, bis grateful thoughts turn back ward, not to hi mother, but to the warm hearted, untaught servant, his first spirit ual adviser? Mary B.O'Sullivan iu Don ahoe's Magar.ine. A lland.'Minie, Ineipem'lTe Tartar. The parlor of a tasteful young woman ha a cheap wall pnperthat suggest June, with crumpled rose of pale pink and leave of soft olive on a cream (.-round, and a dado that t between a light gray aud green, with Just the shadow of rosea upon it. The floor Is covered with cream white matting, and the curtain, of white awls muslin, with broad white frills, are held In place by riblxmsthat match the dado. Over each window 1 one long, scarflike curtain china silk of pale green, car ried over the top of the curtains In simple, loose drapery and falling In one long end over one of the muslin curtain. The book shelves are of pine painted iu white enam el. The furniture is of rattan in it natu ral a-eani white col'r, with a divan of th same heaped w ith pale pink, green and yellow cushion. The piano lu the room is cased in rmk. There is a pretty light onk writing desk In one comer, a wicker tea table in another and a lianiboo screen wherew ith to create another corner when It I needed. Hoston Transcript. Their Fart Equal. The life of the money t.uaker deprives a woman of privacy and retirement and transforms the home into a mere sleeping place. The morning meal is hurried, the noon repast Is taken at the restnurant, and w hen night cornea the woman return wearied and nervous. Therefore I hold that a regular business life in uncongenial to womauly instinct, though some women there are and all honor to them for tt who rise superior to their Inborn predilec tion and find pleasureand solace iu regu lar work, though It force them to be ab sent from their fireside and leaves the place of home angel to be filled by soma oue else. A for a business education, th good housekeeper, tbe woman of the fam ily, ha Just a much need of it a tbe pro vider aud money maker the man of th household. What ha earn she disburse, and she hould be able to do thl with a much prudence, Intellljenc and advan tage a be brings Into play In his part of U work. Mrs. U C. Haxbj. WESLEY S ROM K( V THE SWEET, SAD LOVE STCia THE GREAT PREACHER The 8tn,l. B. tw. ,. ( iopbt. C.n.too .0a Wb.t . iffi-. iwt-tmJZ Kaeh Side Took Anu. i-.,,. I'arta. It waa at the bonus of Gov , tll0rpe In the early day y, u writer iu the IWton Herald. l 1 fi i i In tho ovcuiiig Sophlu (. there, and the ueuernl loi.l I, , 7 HOrfm thom i0me 0l(l 0Te 0(,H ( - - 'and Scotland, and miutcm ttJ . , ..,,.... u,. . ., . z recited, mid completely overwh.C rwlielawj . ,, , , , . w "MH eUlrl f-" ' ccoiiinliKhnieiita. i Ttlllt nder the p.bnettn ; tlovertior, hou-e. w,,b ; W' Kirl Lum,u liWi M for ho had been preaching celibacy lie wa n aiuuii uuy. iiu ii;n ell hiij. self weddeil to tho church, to his faith and mission in lifu. Tlio strife of spirit threw bii.i into a fuvi r. Mis C'nnstoti did the only tliiiiBtM young lady in her state of mind could .DU."U" '"'. 1 ' i butweml tlieni they fancied him quit, ! d-ided f -7 Sophia. ,h nmy times if slio would or cou d niam ! After bis recovery Wesley's frkudj ,,-.....,,, .., Yia ,"'" " hp- ment. But ever since his miracn boi I rescu0 from firo , cl.il.lh.xxl h. bad , tuat ba,, u,.tJg)ug ! out U- ; ,,0so, and now bo wa prostiatnig hi earthly idol and for- ting liis mission. I Alarmed for bis siajl, ho raslrdt 1 10 biK,10p ftI1(, the Mur,viiH1 niijsi;B. nries for advice. They had the teU, i hard, niirolonting conviction which to- uionted Wesley, and they adviser kirn to givo up his idol and turn to his God. Wesley know not whnt to do. He wan. durod in the forest praying alosi for j light as to hi walk before God. !! ; kliolt Blsd.T th blooming grapq vaie a:.id shielded by tlio long, gray ku 1 from nuy living eyo sought wisdom and comfort. That night ho a iked wlvieo a a.I timo of tho elder. " We bavo considered your case," iaM ' the bishop. "Will you abide by onr de- niclnn'4" cision?' "I will nbido by yonr decision." Then tint .bishop mid, "Wo advise yon to proceed mo further lu this nut ter." "So bo it!" snid Wesley, n4 th3 wn tho cud. Poor Sophia wn hewtbroken. Her 1 tochulcnl grounds, nut tno nuu iuu turrad and th peorju of (ieorgiawers against him. A charge of slander vm instituted, but tho assailants, knotting that they bnd stitiall chance of success, delayed tho trial from week to week nntil life iu Georgia became unbearable. Uo mad nrrangenioi't to leave the col ony. Cut even in thi the Caiistoui thwarted him. Ho was forbidden to leave tho province He never went out that Sophia did not pass nnd repass him several times, and oftou sho was known to look in upon him when he was at prayer in bis own house. During nil theso trials ho cotiunid to coudnct his parish a usual, ulthongh he was n sort nf prisoner nt large. At J o'clock one evening tho littlo Hook gathered in tho church for prayera. Wesley led na usual. Deb'.motte wu there with tho friends who still I w nutiiiod loyal. After tho service Wes ley was Been to return to his homo, l the faithful Delamotto bud planned an escape from thi Blow torture, Tim faithful friend led tho young clerical through the darkness to tlio pier. There an Indian skiff bore him down tho river. A sailing vessel was in waiting, a soon John Wesley was leaving the hwl of his love forovcr. Mr. Shnkcspcare. Shakcspoa., who was born in April, 1504, was in bis nineteenth year when he married, writes Dr. William J. Ko W iu Tho Ladies Homo Journal. ' Anne's birtli or baptism wo havo no locord, bnt tho inscription on her gravs Informs us that sho waa C 7 years ow when she died. Aug. 0, 1023 Shen thereforo hove been at least 20 at tM time of her marriage. Sumo biograpueri have taken the ground that the "smart young woman of 20 entrapped the ooj of 18 into this mnrch, which, from worldly point of view, was so iuirrn" J ... v.. I .!. Ua boV 1)111)'" J would have disdained to urgo any "ncn j excuse for bis conduct I Track, of Kit Ine t Wrds. I Several tracks of an extinct specie of ! gigantio bird havo at different tmi been found in tho itone quarry at hoi ! yoke, Mass. The last set discover i ihows thnt the bird had a foot 1 1 icn long, armed with three nails orc,;,w ,0 ' each foot Tho tracks average f'1 1 , iuches apart, aud 1 1 of them have j revealed to view. They are perfect, evi ! the toe until being plainly distinct. - St Louis Republic i i Mr. Edison. I Mr. Thomas A. Edison i d.-scrU-cd ' a rarely beantifnl wonmn. Her fa"1' ' ; Uwia A. Miller, t president of the j taiiqua assembly, and a part of Ir ' sou- lunimer la alway spent at th" ort, where ahe and her tw o prett ' dren may be seen driving about iu ' elgn looking little pony cart, or yf-"" on the lake, or alttlng on th broad vera da of the picturesque half bouse, hall that la known to the tudent at the u rner school aa the Miller cottage. '" of Mr. Edison U Mr. Emily Hntti; Miller at one time editor of Th . Corporal. Ntw York Mail and Kxpr. - hla wifo. I Wiiu iu.o.iinii oe n lllhlii,,- ner to. iiiiscircumsiaiicuw.-is tmi.. .