EUGENE CITY GUARD. A HARDWORKED DIPLOMAT. rrorletar. STORY OF A WILL. ! THREE KINDS OF COURTSHIP. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. WORE A 6UIT OF MAIL fa. Peculiar rarsunaltiy of California Woman of Property. The itory of tli achievement of Maria Ucunlcy has become familiar through tho recent attempt at settle ment of tlio Denalojr estate. The itory of the woman's personality li more ro inatkuble. As one evldcnco of her pe culiarities It may be cited thnt she wore a coat of mail. The woman wan the wife of John Bcnsley, once a fiuancial power in Hun Francisco. When be failed and fled, after biding bin property to escape liii ci editors, she remained to fight them und proved herself a diplomat. After several transfer she got hold of the Hons ley property, in turn disxiing of It to flctitioua woman, from whom he bnd no trouble in securing a owrr f attorney. "Mr, de Tareiibt" she railed tbil fictitious woman, and need, let to say, wben Mr. HeiiBley di-slrr-d to dispose of any property, Mm. de Tar elite) never dissented. Wbilo Dennley wa away lili wife found herself iu many trying situations, and when she became a widow her peace of mind waa atill dlsturlad by thu importunities of creditor and their recourse to the law. Mrs. Itcnslcy traced her pedigree back to nohlu families that tiovcr eilsted, and her pride wa based on title) that were never be llowed. She had few confidants, and the enemies her husband had arqnfred readily transferred their attention to her. Kite waa worried and looked It. Hho grew thin and feeble, but lost no whit of her pluck. One day Mrs. Ucnsley was dining at the rieasonton wben a incssngo waa hronght to her. She read It, gnMl and fainted. As she fell from her chair she struck the floor with a clang. I'eoplo who raised tho attenuated form won dered at its weight. When medical at tention was called, the mystery wasei plained. Inclosing tho woman's body waa a coat of mail, steel linked and bullet proof. In her contentions and her scheming to keep creditors from getting their dues she had learned to fear venge ance. It Is believed that until death Mrs. Dcuslcy wore her armor. When stricken with heart disease, she was till In the midst of a legal fight, still tnuintiiining her frauds and had as much reason as ever to believe herself In dunger of violence. Han Francisco Letter. MlnUUr (luaii.aa of Nicaragua, Ills Career and Ills American Wlfa. One of thu hardest worked diplomats In Washington Is lr. Horatio (iiunutn, Nica ragua minuter to the Culled Wales, w hn was so conspicuous In the recent vcia tloiia const rovcrsy "I do wUb lb postman would come," said Marion Cross ilarfield, bsmrsaktof a maiden aunt who hod died nearly nine years ago, worth about liou.ouf), and who in ber will bud given directions thai a certain sum of this money was to be used by Mr. ilarfleld for the lienellt of bis family until brr godchild, .Marion, was II years of age. On the anniversary of that eighteenth DR. til'ZWAI. birthday Marion was to receive letter from her aunt's luwjer, which would state bow the money was to be disposed of after Hist time. The morning bad arrived, and Marlon's ricitemriit about the letter was Intense, The postman came at last, and Mr. Ilarfleld banded to bis daughter the longed for nils-live. "Oh, dear. It's the queerest letter," said ' tf...l.... ....... I!.... I, a I.... ....... II1..ML. ,fsr,.'ii, liai.ulliJl lb t. lirr utile. irwiv reaii 11, papa, i can i iiniicrsiauu it j tv. I Mr. Ilnrfield commenced: " Veant ago I was to have been married to a man w hom I thought all truth and honor. 1 need not tell you the whole story. It Is suflif ieiit to tell you that be did not marry nie. lie ruined my faith In mankind, ami that's the reason I die unmarried. I would save you, my child, from a fate like mine. Is'tweeii (ireat llrltaln and bis country. He comes of one of the foremost fam ilies of Nicaragua, and his father bits been president of tho republic twice, once minister to I Vllllftllll Md, I ' trul times a memU rof thu Nicaragua son- ate and house. Dr. (iuzman seems to have mlicrltisl his father' alilllly and I ono of Nicaragua's most oonsplcuoii men at the present time. When a young man, be studied medicine In I'arls and Philadel phia, and while a resident of the (Junker City met Miss M'iy Kwlng, a charming American girl. They wero married 13 years ago anil went to .Nicaragua to live. 1 Therefore 1 bequeath to you the Interest of After four years of Ufa in tho little re- uiy money so long as you remain unmarried, public Itr. tiuziiiiur talent nnd Inlliience -jf Kt IheakW 40 you are resigned to led to Id securing tho appointment of ,i,,t.rbood. the whole, principle and in minister to the I'nlleil Mlates, and for nine terest. Is at your disposal." years he bos ably represented bis country , Whoever would get married at 40? And at Washington. When thu revolution of wLat'lhe . f B that money at that 1 MI-' occurnsl In Mearngun, Dr. (jii.man ger" exclaimed Marion, resigned and returned home, but so highly "Mould you. however, meet one for was he estecm.'d by Nicaragua!!, regnnl- mhlm TOII , Kve p lu, ,,,, on t,e list of party, that be had hardly lcn In wdliig dy read the other letter which tho country Kl hours la-fore the new gov- my lawyer will forward you, which w ill eminent commissioned him to n't urn to tell you how 1 wl.h my money disposed of." his post In Washington. "lint, papa, ami all of you, no outsiders Dr. (inman holds high place among the Dewi toW ntMMIt the conditions on which learned men of his country and Is a hard j recite my mouey. W are going to en student as well its a brainy diplomatist. ju life wit li it." One of the great ambition of hlsjlfi. Is to , Auil joy jjfc"liedld, and pretty Mar seeiiro the Inaiigiinttlon of iinh.-ltotlng jreld wa one of the most sought effort toward tho completion of the great ' f.,., ,,., h.ilie. in tl. i,lim Itsoou began to Ih noticed that where-. w llh auol.l beau. aiM-rennlal. canal wt the Isihnuis tlipaigh Nhvim giiau territory while bo Is minister to the Culled Stall's. Ho Is'lleves the canal will bo of liicalciilnhlo Is-nellt to Nicaragua and the In I led Stales, and bo has Is-en untiring In his labor to further tho proj ect. Mine. Guzman is its devoted toNienrngua a she Is to her native count ryiiml do lures that as a native of one American rcpuhllo and thu ohiplel daughter of another she may truly call herself a "double Amer ican." Hho Is a large, line loiklng woman with bloml hair, blue eyist mid a fair com plexion, tho exact pHisllo of her dark, strikingly handsome, husband, who Is an excellent example of the HiuinUh tt eof nutnly comidlness. I'hllndc lphla's daugh ters seem to be particularly fascinating lo ton uipionotis or our stsicr repulillcs, fur Mine. JtomcM, wlfo of the Mexican minis ter, I also a Quaker City lady. A Loos; llraoeh Chaparoa oa tha Antigua, Ephsmcral and Prog-rmHlva, "You see," said the chaperon of a quar tet of lively girls at Long Branch, "there are now three kind of courting the an tlque, the progressive and the ephemeral. Odd, isn't It, where the heart 1 concerned' I loth the antique and the ephemeral kind ' are found among the old girls and boys and the debutantes, while the progressive sort I confined mostly to those who have been In society a half dozen season or ; less. The antique Is the kind which ho for its password one life, one love. The ephemeral lend Itself to the fancy of the hour without further reflection. The pro gressive I one with which we have to deal in answering the query, "Where are the old favorites, and why are the young er set so popular?" "It Is most natural that the matured bachelor and the rosebud should enjoy each other's MK-let y. This is ephemeral, no re sponsibility, nocarc, but the rosebud bit a decided advantageover bercourtlygallunt, for, while she Is becoming skillful In the use of Cupld'a weapons, he Is losing time ami ' ground, and some day will aw aken to the truth that lit-Is growlngold, lutld and ridic ulous. What dm- the young girl seeln her old escort f Mostly attention, which is very fluttering to berlu her II rst season out. And the bachelor what dis heseeiuherf lie Is lonely. The women of his set have disap peared somewhere, and he is willing to buy candy, kiss lap dogs.do anything to be en tertained and entertaining. In thlscapacl ty the bachelor Is a most useful member of society. He ha even been known to walk about with craoilmaiiimaaud to carry the married lister's baby ami luggage to the train. "I'rogresalve courtship is curious. When a young woman begins to entertain serious thoughts of her future, whet her iu choosing a profession, a business or a husband, she rise above driftwood and marks a tree t hat will shelter her. Her time, also, N a consid eration. She cannot waste years dallying THE HUMOK OF IT. fihe was dressing very carefully and ex quisitely for the llavertons1 dauce, and yet with a certain nervous abstraction. Now and then she would stand still, lost in Im aginings; then she would set her teeth and dress frenzledly for a spell. Clearly It waa oot eay to rehearse a scene of reprouch and Korn and to put In Judicious hairpius si multaneously. Kut she realized that a per fect confidence In her own appearance CHECKED IN HIS MAD CAREER. Lieutenant Harden, Soldier of rortone, Urines lp la a Prison Cell. One of thu bright and shining light "f Pun Knincisco Is at prescni niumiomum HE WAS nut, Grace, you M f , vnnr Tell t,a .Hi . .... .., . wi, mmi , aid Just now." ""a rWIl J" lili!' im W in . -- - 4,1 i . Alt a . ..n ... ilm f.rUnti uf that I Jn t tlilllk AhrtMi. S i ' -N :-,k 7u, HI name -uld moke the miu J rZ,. Harden, his station .. soldier of fortune, formerly a lleuteimiit Am) th C((llw of u i i.... ...nli.iiv Omen Victoria' ocdonlnl eideiit that lm,l I... "sliUU. naval nucrvo, and his fortune 1 bis g-sal ! -a mere trifle, as it se,.,IHiVlN1'1 sword, a supply of gorgeous uniform and enoiiuli mcans-V) IIvp on. Ho burst utsm nilirht materially Influence ber courage , . , , , ..,....,., nl)l, when the moment for the scene came, and i i)h(k ((mt (.,y wm, HU-h a II.smI of tnle that the nnitneiit should come tonight and u( (lU mv u(V(.niun-s by sea ami bind that SECRETARY'S PORTRAITS. rae t.ttull.d Art (lallerjr In Ihs lispart anent of Htata at Wasliliigtnn. The department of state nt Washing ton baa now an art gallery, limited to a certain class of paintings, of which there la no superior collection in the world. This collection has U'un recently bung with much good taste in one of the room devoted to the reception of the diplomatic corps when any of its inemlH'rs call to see the secretary. The collection embraces the oil por traits of every secretary of state, Isgin uing with Thomas Jefferson, down to and including Thomas F. Ilayard. Homo of thu likenesses are said to be most excellent, and a few are thought by expert to 1m wretchedly poor. Mr. llayard f la one of the latter, although the government paid a baiidsoino sum to tho nrtlst for her work. All these portrait were on exhibition at the World's fair at Chicago and have re cently been received at the stuto depart ment. Where they are now bung visit or can readily see them without the formality of red tape or the granting of authority by anyof tho functionaries of the department. The collection I a most valuable one aud will soon tie in creased by poi traits of Mr. Iilnlno, Sec retary Foster and Inter of Secretary Uresham. A striking fuct iu the col lection was the no in 1st of secretaries who preferred to wear no hirsute adorn incuts. John C. Calhoun waa tho only one prior to Hocrotary Llalne who wore whisker. Iliiltimore Sun. HE SAVED ANDY JOHNSON. Knsa Lett lha Printer's Case Por Ilia Ken ata anil Then llmiinipil TjpMtllng. A great many men havu gone from tlio printer case to tho l ulled State senate, but very few leavotho I'lilh-d State sen ate and go hack to the ease. Major Kd mund (J. lb sis Is one of thu few. Ho Is an i I Eurnpa'a Suffering; Poor. The sti (Turing among the London poor this winter is not so great as wa ex pected, says a eorresiauident. It has lieen about an average winter for the unemployed. There has beeu only a Unit week of severe weather, which fact bus greatly mitigated sutToiing. London is now rejoicing In pleasant skies ami iprlnglike air, Inttucncea under which the grass has been always green, and ibrulis ate now putting out their leaves, and ticee are liegtnning to bud, A very different story comes from eastern Europe. In district in Russia the winter Is so severe that wolves are tintiBually fierce. Tho other day at Karutoff a peasant woman walking ncai the village waa surrounded and de voured by a pack of nine wolves, An other peniunt going to mat ket was set upon by a pack of wolves aud torn to bred. Nothing was left of man and bee but few bone and tuft of hair. Bis Nam. The mania for giving a large nutnbei 5f Christian name to one aud the same persou is particularly prevalent iu Italy. An Italian gentleman named Campag na, who bas just been naturalised a Frenchman, bas given some little trou ble to the French foreign office clerk Iu feglsteting bis full designation. Here It is: Vlucendo Ralvatore Maria Ueti naro Francesco-Sale Francceco-d'A-isl Franci sco de I'aolo Kocca Micbele I'roclfimw F.middio Fasquale Ulovan t.iiiaeppe Ueltrude Carlo Uaitana Al fonso Ciro Andrea Lulgi Giorau Ueral do Antoiilo-dl-l'ara Antonlo-Abatte Caiunaua. London News. Annexation at lloaton. The Massachusetts legislature is mo lug in the direction of a "greater Bos ton." It Is proposed to annex to the Hub all town and cities within 10 mile of lioston aud all the scstbore from Marblchead to Hull. The counoll Jation will give lioston a large area aud gieator population aud will benefit lb other )lacH by giving theui lui provemouts which they could not otbei- mum atfurd.. Uotroit Free ir inui sn a. itoKs. mid political character and ho seen more up and downs In life, than most men. He ha rciontcdl.v sunk Into obscurity and as often flashed Into prominence again, hut the miwt notable Incident, of Ids checkered career isvurrtsl In INtlH, w hen he cast the "not guilty" vote tlutt savl rn-sldeiit Andrew Johnson from Impeachment by oon gross. Hisis was lairn In Ohio 00 yoors ago and learned the. printer' trade, ilowa of a roving dls)Hiltlnn mid at the ago of 80 joined tho Free Soil movement In Kansas. Tho proslavery men bad dit roved several pHr which exploited nlsdit'ionlst doo trlnes; liut, not at nil daunted, Koss and bl brother William started thu Kansas Tribune and later founded tho first paMr published In Topeka. In In.MI ho was a memlsT of thu convention that fmniisl thu statu const It ul Ion, and when the war began ho enlisted as a private Iu thu Federal army. Ho was mustered out it major at thu close of the strife anil again lisik up the printer "stick." In ISdil Senator Innu of Kansas cuuiiulttcd suicide, and Uovcruor Crawford promptly apixdnted Ho bis suetvssor In thu I'nltcd Stattw stuiate. When line's term expired n year liner, uoss wits elirtisl senator by tho leg Islat ure. During tho Imncachincnt imsssMll that followinl I'reshleitt Johnson' dis missal from ofllce of Kdwln M. Stanton, ivretary of war, Uoss was thu cynosure of all eyes fur the nvtsou Hint be wits the only man whose vote was In douht. ltos hatisl Snator lieu Wade and feared that thu Im peachment of Johnson would lace Wade in thu presidential chair. Kansas clam ored for thu conviction of Johnson, hut Hoe voted for acquittal. Kansas went wild with rage, Hoss' old reglinuut burned blni In eftlgy, thu news paper called him everything they dared print, ami one constiiticut telegraplul, "I'mluihly thu M with which Judas Is (arlot hanged hlliiself is lost, but the pis wi wiwi w hich J un umn comiultled sill cldu ta at your service" uoss remained In tho senate until Ids term explrsl and then started Ibws' l'aMr at Coffcyvllto, Kan. Ho has sIiuhmhIUihI various pnis-rs and workisl at thu case In Kansas and New Mexico, When Mr. Cleve land was llrst laauguntttMl, Hiwswits tvtrn Ing 10 a wwk si I. king type on an Albu quuro.uo paiw. He at onoo left for Wash ington and wit apolnted governor of ow oiuxioo. nets uow writing a tssik uu insinilHSu'limuiitor I'resident Johnson. ever .Marlon Ilarfleld was there, or very near, was Cecil Lynrs, the sou of a neigh boring Imronet, to lie found. The day came w hen Cecil could no longer refrain from telling his love. And Marlon f Well, w ho could blame herf "Oil, feci 1 1 I ald I'd live aud die an old maid; but, my dear, I love you aud can't." "And bow nam can I have my w lfef questioned Cecil some half hour afterward. "Oh, Cecil, I forgot. 1'erhapsyou won't marry when I tell you about my money." "My darling! What do I cure for yom money? liut what will your father say F "Oh, papt will sanction anything that is for my happiness," shyly answered Marion. And so the engagement wns agreed to. The wedding was arranged to take place early In January, and Mr. litis, the lawyer, was written ta He graciously accepted the Invitation sent him to lw present at the ceremony and promised to bring the fateful letter with him. The wedding and breakfast were over. The lust guest bail departed. "lioodby, money I" cried excited Marlon a the family gathered In the drawing room. .now, Mr. miss, ror the letter!" Mr. Illiss calmly and deliberately adjust ed his glasses, untied a package and finally passed a sealed envelow to Marion. She tore it oen. tried to read it aud end ed by passing It over to her IiusIhiuiI with a request to read It aloud. These were tbe words he read: "And so, my child, If you are reading these lilies you are married. Soino one iu the world has made you care enough for him to give up your fortune, and he, know ing that you w ill have to do so, bas proved that It waa for yourself aloua that be wooed you. "You are thinking, I suppose, that Aunt Marlon was not wise slier all, and you have told yourself that life with even a lit tle, with one you love and by whom you are beloved, is la-lter than a solitary rich life. Well, dear, perhaps you are right. Nevertheless, my plan baa succeeded. I have saved you, my child, from the misery which I had to endure. "It was for my money, not myself, that I wa wiMs-d, and I was determined that you, my darling, should he spared tliin trial. "Although when you read these words the band that penned them will Is. cold Iu death, yet I say Uod bless you but hi Keep the money. If you are reading this It has served its purpose, and may be to w hom you have Intrusted yourself prove worthy of the trust. My plot will have succeeded! "MaiiIon Clioss." "God helping me, I willl" answered Cecil fervently, and then, after a nioment'a pause, he exclaimed iu quite disappointed I lies perennial are, many of them, good sou's, nice escorts, but not up to date euotigh for ideal hiisbiind.-i. So the mar riageable women, those who can preside with dignity over neat homes the Mies, in short, of post seasons leave the ranks and form new l ics. "When a young lady la-comes indifferent to parties, like distant frlenil-i, protracted visits, and can't be located, keep a sharp lookout among the marriage notices. The out of town men secure most of the home prize. The only chance for home bachelor is to go out of town, too, where they are not known as everlastings. "Suppose, however, that they cannot giva up theold favorites; suppose that there Is a great tugging nt the heart when they think of, losing tlieio. Iu such cases, if the nieu value their happiness and w ish to wager on their chalices, t hey must become specialists Iu love ami ply their skill increasingly as the slimmer season approaches. ""Uoodby, sweetheart!' If said idlv will be detected by iiooiiemorequickly than the young lady herself, and the chance will he greatly Iu favor of that Loudon, Philadel phia or Hall i more man." Philadelphia Times. Tha Pint Parish Priest. It la to las rememlH-red that, as Iu tl o aHistolic ago the work of converting the world stalled from the great towns, so was this emphatically the case iu liaul. How early or how late the practice becumo gen eral of calling the country cure the pnri.-h aud the episcopal see the diocese I have never been nbiu to discover. As early us the fourth century we find mention of coun try churches with lauds belonging to t'lem, and In the next century the iiuiiiImts of these foundations so much increased that Sidouiiis (A. 1). 4:io-4M) mentions a visita tion he made of the rural churches in bis diocese ( A uvergne), and we notice that by thistinie these sett lemeuls are sometimes called pariochiiu aud sometimes dioceses. letter on tiregoryof Tours (A. 1). .'sUKilO) more often calls the country cures dioceses nud the episcopal see the parochia. liut, call them what you w ill, we are fairly well instructed as to the manner iu which the country parishes (as wo call them mm-) rune up Iu Haul, nud I havu a suspicion that what waa true of liaul was true, mutatis mutandis, of Britain. 1 have n suspicion thatitwehad for British history anything approaching to that wealth of original aources which we have for early French his tory during the llrst live or six centuries of our era, we should haveevidencethat some, pvrha many, of our Kn-ii-h parishes ex isted as ecclesiastical parishes, with pretty itiucu tuesiiuiu o.iiiiiuarics lis tney uaveti at l he llavertoiia' dance she wa fully and desperately determined. Surely If ever a muu deserved puuiHUmeiu t the hands of woman that man waa asuu Kldou. He had behaved unforgivably. h'lie bad met him for the first time nt Mce iu the early part of this winter. She Was there with an enervated aunt. He was I there on mere pleasure and bad given her to understand that be bad fled from a hot house atmosphere of tiresome adulut Ion in Loudon lo bathe his soul in pure sunshine. He had talked culture and personalities Iu perfect proMirllon. He hud been charming, had worn striped linen, a pointed beard aud a smile of fascinating fatigue; he had del uged her with expensive flower. At first these flowers had come with a mere card. A little liner the curd was often inclosed in a sealed envelope and covered with some suggestive littlequotatlon from tlie e reucu or lieriuan ixwls. Still later the flowers had come without a word, bearing their own message, and when be noted a spray or two in her dres be would perhaps steady his eyes oa ber for a moment, hold tier hand the traction of a second too long for mere convention or tell ber iu a thousand wonllesa ways that she was a charming woman iu bis etes, and that he knew she knew It, And never a bint or sign of his engagement to that Mis Trevors! It wa Incomprebensl ble unspeukablel If be had not mentioned by chance that Lady 1 1 avert on wns bis aunt, If on tier re turn from Nice she hud nut taken enormous trouble to cultivate I-ody Ilaverton and lead lor talk on to Ash by Kldon, she might have il w addled in ber fool's paradise to the day of bis wedding announcement. Well, the days of woman's "silent suffer ings" were over uow-, thank heaven I She bad beeu reading a striking article on this theme in some magazine only last week, A woman was no longer a mau's prey she was his equal, bis rival, and tonight she would prove it. She would speak her mind honestly, grandly, without flinching. She foresaw every del ail of the interview. He would be standing in the ihxirwuy of the ballroom wben she arrived. She would pass bim by. He would sieak to her, and she would raise her eyebrows iu calm surprise, answering in icy terms. Hut he should write bis name on her programme, aud w hen bis dance came around she would ask to sit it out. Silently she would lead the way to an empty room the little boudoir at tho back of tbe conservatory. Aud then How she would tear him with ber weap- hn ssn tsramu known as r. 1 uosnai mighty Iliird'im. According to Ids own account, or rather tho average of Ids many accounts, lie bad served aaitcndet In the llrltlsh nnvnl re- . . . it ... ... ( V'... Servo nlul mid wenmo n iieuieuuiii. in ... ..aland. While bis ship was cruising along the Suit h American coast In 1HW revolution hroku out In tho Argentine Ho- public, and Lieutenant Harden, resigning his commission, weepted a lieutenancy In thu lnurent armv Jack tho liiant Killer w.t a Quake comiuinal to Lieutenant Harden its ho con ducted himself In that campaign. Wher ever his sword (lashed there were terror and retreat on the part of the enemy, and when at Inst tbe war was over the decrease In tho Argentine population was largely duo to thu bright blade of thu soldier or rortuno. In SciitemlHT. IMS), ho returned to Kng- land, where ho received mi-dill, not uow on exhibition, for saving seven person from drowning. orlous versions of till wonderful feat nro extant In San Francis co, but the most popular Is that thu lieu day, and aresui vlvah of n condition of nt. tone, "You are not poor, then, after all, my falr anterior to the Saxon conquest. darllntiF" ; Nineteenth Centorv. darllnur "I could never lw that, "answered Marlon "with your love," Forget Mo Not. LITTLE STARTS A FUSS. Routeinaalug and Home keeping llullt on . Trivialities. Men and women don't need to swing club to break up home concord. A sneer mid a waspish tongue will boquito ns oiToctivo. Sarcasm and nagging nro . to tho atmosphere of love what sand flies j and Ilea nro to summer Who would I not prefer nu occasional brush with a roaring June bug to tho torment of a: Ilea you can't cittch? j I'lijudgisl. accepted, trusted to Mi end A lima must hold Ins fncniL ' There is more than ono virtue thnt j hit gone out of ditto nloi;g with town , pump and tallow candle. There is tho j old fashioned trick of loynlty to one's ' friends. There are plenty of frieudships ; which, tike costumes, are put on and Swedish Matchmaking-. A description Is given of the Swedish method of maiinfacturing mutches, which baa at least the merit uf simplicity iu I tlio manipulation of the wood stock. The Mnibcr is cut into blink about l.l inches long and placed IniUuruing huhe. With eacli revolution a slice urvencer Is peeled off the thickness required for tho match sticks, while, nt the same time eight small I knives cut thu slice into seven piece, like ribbons, and of the length required for the stick. These ribbons are then hrokeu Into I lengths of six to seven feet, knotty and ucicciiYo piece are removed nud the rib bon are then fed through a machine which cut them into pieces like a straw cutter, these then passing through an au tomatically arranged machine with cut. ter which slice olf as inunv piece the thickness required for a match as there are cutter, one machine turning out from o.imi.oou to iu.ixxi.uu match splints mint a lii,- J'hednta given of this inauufaetiiresliowi flint. Sttshm ttt.,1 V.......... t i . llfTt.l suit nlroi,.....,o.,. I.. .1 . I .7"" ".. . "V u,,, "K VU i. . . i :,, :; ;2 : i r , ,mK. 18 'arti? ,m,c" I'iui-ingcoun- v " wr rr w irit'iiu, nn : innt ui ui wonu, UU'I ChlrAfti Win Cmtir Chm . lustniuor A table d bote dinner, in rinding a bottle of good wtno, for 75 eetilsr les, that s cheap enough, but I don't care for any wine, and 1 cau't afford it. How much will it be without tbe wine? Waiter I'll do what' right with you, bos. You can have the dinner without tho wine for 70 ccuta, ah. Chicago Tribune. Johu Horschel could remember every flgute of the long and abtrus mathe matical calculations made in his astro nomical work. He oftou made a long calculation, then called hi auiauuetislt ud dictated the whole from memory A Mum Keartublanr. "There are lomo noiut about rnn writing (but much resemble Shake speare, " iHi, the editor. "Do you think o" cried thodelight sd author, who had brought hi contri bution In with hi own band. "Yo," the editor continued, "von employ almost the same puuctuaiion oiarka "Rockland Tribuue. , our grandmother culled it, through all trouble and calumny, whether deserved or not, went out with calashes and kne buckles How many aud dul lento meniiiiig spoke so long ago friends shall bo my friends?" We all of us number so culled friend upon the ephemeral record wo keep whose lip are ready to traduce, unchallenged by us, tho uninos of other for whom wo vow an equal regard It should lie a iiupoa i ible for us to listen to a word of re- el r i XI. oris Hin. nu, i On, j to about 8H,um,tM) pounds of matches per j annum, while in Germany the uumber of lactone is siaico. at M, with uu a si thing ourselves. What doe the sensi tive plant do when rudo touch approach es iu blossoms? Just what we should do when the breuth of svnudnl touches our triouds. If loyalty is out of ditto, so Is mod esty I do uot allude to the modesty that would interfere with n woman's plan to go half dressed Into theater box or to a public reception. 1 rms thnt by aud take up the miration onlv of such modesty n keeps a young girl dif fldout aud preserves boshfulness in a boy like the bloom on a plum. "Ho is green I" you say of such and such a one So is April! Who would uot prefer lueh greenness to tbe withering blight of ; hay and a midsummer thought? Never ; condemn a young persou because there Is enough sap led Iu hi soul to flutter green leaf late iu tbe season I love to see that modesty which make a vonth ' deferential to his elders. It's horribly out of date, I know, but I love bashful nesa and niodost, unassuming ways are mighty iweel to see. Amber In Chi. 1 oago Tlmea-Uerald. understand the deep ' f,eia .r J11"!1 . matches, and l of tho word Ruth ' l,l..AllKtrl ,,u,pe "ro " M factories, ' . wura "lu j with a correspond ng large out nut - W to Naonil, "Thy York Sun output. .New The Kkenta, Mirlls, Ulrgga. There are many examples of surnames which denote physical or mental Btretigth In tho persons who Urst bore them. Strik ing instances are: Skeat, the old Kng Dsn sket, swift; Sncll the old Knglish ....... .nro rilllll r. IWlft- Klnmn- , inclining prodluv: Swift. Maui li ll. nroluililv fr,.i il,., i.i - - Norse nieiilnn. stronu A ..,,.i-.i.i.. northern mime is iifg, or Clegg, which represents the Old Xorso gloggr, Scotch gleg, meaning quick, clever, and occurring Iu the Ijuicjisiiiro dialect ns elegg in Smth Yorkshire they say that a quick wilted man Ufosglegg as a wumbU" that Is, shsrp as n gimlet. Kvory one ot these surnames and there are more of the same kind is certainly derived ironi tho menial or physical good Qualities of an ancestor. Cent lemnn 's Magazlue. proach against anv one who... , vi. :'.! . V,,,, ,r' ,.w"t- n-: aa It would bo to say the slanderous Quick: fpell the Kauie lloth Ways. I have collected tho following palm dromes duriug tho Inst thn years arid herewith present them for tho curious to ponder over: Adda, Anna, bah, bib, bob, bub, civic, dad, deetl, deified, de rived, dewed, did, dood, ecce, eve, ewe, JA K gig. gag, level, madam, Ma rnin. uoon, otto, pap, ptp, pip, P'I pup, mldur. refer, repnper, reviver, rotator. e,A vn, gcXl, fhahi K sixis, seme, stollet. tat, tenet, tit, ttxt, d1 a 'w utl welew.St Louis Republic ons of scorn ami disgust. She would make bim feel like a cur. The hottest words seemed insufficient punishment when she thought what HtitTcr Ing he might have caused tier! It wa.s the merest chance that she had not lost her heart to him the merest chance. Why did the face in the glass twitch asshesaid that? She would say it again and suy it out loud. It was the purest piece of luck that she had not fallen in love with Ashhy Kldon. He bad done his best. He was a brute. Yes, be was. She didn't cure. Hewn. How hideous red eyelids could make one look! They took all the poetry out of white cheeks. Why had she Im-cii the fisil loelioose ber pink silk for touigLtf And what would It matter if she wore green baize? Hateful world! It was pneked at the llavertons', Kleven o clock and he was not there. She danced a great deal. Half past 11 mid he was not there. She sat out u great deal. Half past 1-' and he was not there. She was getting too tired to smile. She must go home now, "Uood night, I.ady Ilaverton a del iubt. ful evening " Yes, she was feeling a little tired, liood night once more and out on to the staircase. Merciful powers! There he came slowly, possessedly in the old way. Cjtlk-k! What was she going to sny at the very lirst oh, what? "ills Feurdnnl nu unexpected pleasure!" A wave seemed to wash over her lintin She took bis proffered hand, and her ZuVT fell for one second. Then she looked up J1? ? "7'l'n tl. with a brilliant society smile. Her old , ,0.kI' '.' ''"A ' resolutions lay about her in ruins. A com- , 5,' lf 1 rl",,"1U"s pletely diflereut set of emotions hud taken possession of ber unconsciously, unque.v tioningly. "Ah, you are back iu the vort.. Ms Eldon-the dear old vortex!" "Yes!" A faint suspicion of awkward ness spoiled his usually perfect manner. Us, I am Just de retour. How kind of people to give these little soirees at this ' lime or me year when there Is positively no other way of getting warm!'' "And I nm ungrateful enough to be run ning away now. There is so much going ou di-ccs jours Isn't there?'' "Hut you will give me a few words be fore you go? Come down stairs and let us drink to the memory of dear old Nice! And and I have news." "Your engagement 1 and I wns forgetting my congratulations." He took breath. "How unpardonable of me, but really so many of my friend have taki ll thn fitful step just, lately i m getting quite confused Is your fiancee heref" "No, unfortunately." "Ah, my misfortune. ! ; eaves me something to look forward to. i , Oood night. Mr. Kldon, and hien des chose for your future happiness. There' my chaicron. I must fly." I She waved a frivolous hand. There was a look of surprised disappointment on bis charming face. And Jet ho gave another deep sigh of relief as he turned iuto the ball-1 room. I "Wonderful luck! Hut somehow I thought she'd take it differently," said he And she drove borne. Only when shoROt to ber own room aud rememliered just what be had meant to say and just w bat she bad -,u " "e see tne numor of it, and there upon she cried.-uuek and White, Ta Start the Story. Iu writing a story there are authors who do not plan the courso of events in dvniico because thoy do not know them. btit thoy write ou, certain that some ingenious complication will sua gost Itsolf-iii short, the story is "o write itself. 7 I confess I believe in aud rather fol low hi system, for the reason that the Incident seem inoro like real life tue unexnt-ctuil an off.,.. I nl where events turn np i a capri- Iwas fonnd that everything depencU OUge,1nKwells,arod-th1,tis.81S tJ. t.T l,n"' d enthusiasm that yon could sit down then and there and write ou and ou to tbe eml Other doliberato and potter, as it were, hover ou the brink, hesitating to make the plunge. The moment of de parture is rt ofr pnt Qff ad last a start is made it becomes a task Md drudgery aud is virtually no start fired hat you feel you bav, no, Z LIEUTKX.IXT IIAIIUKK. tenant swam out to thu place where a boat hud sunk In tt frightful storm, set twoot the drowning person on hi buck, seized ono in Ids teeth, clutched one 111 each hand, grappled two more, using his tix-s to hold J them up, and swam ashore villi them, proH'!ling himself by a daiiso du ventre I movement of the abdominal muscles. After this little feat he went to Chile, cast bis lot with tho insurgents, taking a prominent part In tho battles of Iqulquu, I'lsiigiia, II mint, Antofogastn, Taital and I Coplapo, so prominent, In f.-u-t, that tho insurgent leaders Is-camo Jealous of him, and this, combined with thu fact that tho wife of a prominent general bad fallen madly in love with bim, brought matter to a crisis. Harden was accused of treason and hail to fly. Twice ho returned to con solo tho heartbroken wife of the general, and twice ho barely escaped with his life. His next active service wo In Honolulu, where he got together half it dozen native and hatched up what was termed by cour tesy a revolution, for which he w as run out of the country. Fiji mid Samoa wero then honored by visits from him. but it seem that rumors of his lnllammatnry character had preceded him, for bo was Invited to demrt, and ho departed, breathing threat of slaughter and revenge. Some tiny bo I going hack there with a shipload of dyna mite to blow those Islands into nothing ness. Hock ho went to Honolulu and staid there throe days. Then tho irovernmenr. ' sped tho parting guest with many hints of ; dungeons dark and execution by military no doughty lieutenant rnncisco. osa CahiHisit la an Tmlli.n girl from Mexico, whoso parents, being wealthy, brought her ou to San Knincisco to attend the Midwinter fair. They camo early, nod shortly after their arrival Mis tanmisa, who is 19 years old, very pretty nntl of an impulsive temperament, lieenmu acquainted wttli John Kiilinl, a full blood ed Hawaiian, who set himself to capture her young affect ions, and to nil apis-ar-nnces had succeeded when Lieutenant Harden mailt) his appearance on the scene. Hold lace, the clunking sw.ird mid the tale of hairbreadth 'scoos by (IikhI and Held won the heart of the Indian maid nwnv from her dusky admirer, nnd she turned tnini nun to tlio young Kngllshmnn. Kill ml met Lieutenant Harden out walking on day, smote him upon tho nose and would probably have boon impaled upon the soldier's sword but for tho interference of bystanders. "Wo will meet again I" shouted tho war rior. "I challenge you. I will cut your heart into ntinco meat!" This pmscct didn't appeal to Kalml. Ho was willing imy, anxious to light, but he Insisted that no weapons should 1k Used. Notliiimbiit blood. II rinilil u'fiu, .... ..... i i. ... ' . ..... .,.. UIU 1SUI ,, 0 ,V(W , finally prevailed upon to consider nose 1 Wood a satisfactory In tho eraser lino a heart s blood, nnd tho two rivals met in a saloon with ,,o gloves nnd no rules to bin der them. In the sixth round Kabul re celved n terrific kick In tho stomach nnd threw up the sponge, to put It mildly. Then the lieutenant disappeared from public v ew, as did Mis Cuhoosn. Ho d.-serted bis old haunts, and It was long before hi friends found out that be was living very quietly at 613 Howard street, where Misi Cuhoosft was also living very quietly, too .,..,,, iimeea mat her parent didn't know anything about It While there Miss Cahoosa made the ac quail itance of n agreeable ,-,mllg flll)W KKtrtler nanted l'aterson, to who,,? she In tr.Klu.tHl Lieutenant Harden. The two men lHH a.neqt.itu Intimate, and It Is prob- - . ...... i.i.n.en Knew tsToru tho police d dthat Faterson was a profiumt hur garnamtHl Sullivan. About a week ago Sullivan was caught In the exercise of his im-Kssion his dwelling p,ro w, t Lt rL'".,d "r'"" 'l-MCah.K,sawt.re ine uet.Htives are now trvlng something Infinitely ,(irp , biiivv mo jiri Ja( . freshman and lUrry a si,iW9 " great tinlversityof mL. tt, each other and In these ,, K bad crept Into their fr,,,llhll ,'ut which was making It v,-rv.iiff ""n from the U.y glrYS! former times. 1 liut the day before our rt.,,,, with t. won t go out tonight. i-. , to try those songs." "'toinlm, Aim me gut bad nodded .... laughing word: ' Well, don't forget. I'll . you If you do." " ,"',,!".rr, The evening came, hut o , bad given up another ei,gaiP177' C sake of trying the W,lu?fc boi.H wore away, and ,M The next morning one of tl i 1 T' at the bouse wherelracet.' jolcrd lo tbe rare, swe. t name of came dowu to breakfast overllo! ' tbe new. of the night bcfr ib ri "You oiight'erhave h,Tn thehn.j to Ipsl last night. Toreupall lbTJ town. That King fellow',,,,, with a grin at Uraco. "I . i.,.. didn't be have a irood ii,. ,t " .uT"l "So he cares more fori,in..-l,'.. of rowdies than for me." Mi, n' the proud look in the gbr, flu, u good for the unfortunate lover Hurry bud tried to explain',,,,,, y been carried away by Iheentl,,,,,,," moment wben the plan wa, fln,t pft, but l.race would hear iiil,i r So it happened that the borne that night with btti..l ' ..! aspalulti bis heart, liut thoin,!, u,! . hisla-st to nourish the fornix o ,7 calltsl Grace bard, uiiforizlvinir.s,i .... omible yet In spiteof himself, vert hu etter louml It way to the girl Mmt Inter, short and to the point; DT.AH ORACa-Wiin't Vou f.,r,l . .. perfectly miserable. JUskt t. There wnsa softened look in th..e. as she read, and the next morning Totoa, started off with a most linpurtanialraadi note tightly ciasisnl iu his diublir (0lrm liut owing to a chance of n..iin. .i.l some other small hoysand the game of mv ble which at onceenstied Harry KliiKwtn received it, and so be knew n,,n,in. j.v. one line the note contaiueil: Come up tonight. quci The weeks went on. and Dcn,i. u come. The snow bad falleu heaviyfWkt. eral day, and Tommy ru-hed Inoneiftfs noon witn eye big and round. Ueen coasting. Had some built f. too." So It happeued that Grace found sii that evening, together with a croK.lofB. ry student, nt the ton of a hum hill tu night wa cold ami clear-a nerfect ni. coasting and it was a verr jovaut rmtJ hat started off on the great Isihduwnil. cy track. Grace Islic's heart had citen dm bound as slie saw Harry King's familiar form among those In front of her. Hut i wns none tbe less gay, and no Iniiich nu out more joyous than hers, though d dowu in her heart there was always U thought, "How can 1 ever meet liiiuf" 1 hey were almost down when a mn-lsa pull on the ropes turned the sled from tlx rack and in an instant It had st nick tmsl stone covered by the snow. 1 here was a moment's tiauic. and tint. though she never knew how it lutpprned, found herself in Harry King's aruiisiii bis white, anxious face Is-hiling ovrr hrf. and heard bis passionate wonN: -My darling, are you hurt?" Grace did not answer, but her faresai very near to Harry's, and in tlieconWot about them there was none to lier.lthet.ro 111 thesnowliauk, nor did the s!iiuintitu above tell any titles. Every one, however, not In .1 the girl'i silence for the rest of the evening ami who dered at it, but It was ton daik ta Mil happy look in the brown eye. Chicago News. Melssouler'a "1H01." Melssonler's "1807" is In the New York Metropolitan museum, having liecn bought by tho lata A. T. Stewart and presented to the museum by his bus! m -s turcmir, Jutlgo Hilton. It 1 ono of tho artist' largest slid mod labored works, nnd ho npiears to bavo boon nt Infinite pains to sit-tiro historical accuracy in tlio details. Kor Instance, tt learned from tin olllcer who lind Sfrrel under Ney thnt that general had been In tho habit of wearing his capote with lis) sleeve banging loose, after the fashion of a hussar's jacket, and Ney Is m painted In the picture. Having adverted to hli idea of giving merely a hint of war's d.-strue-tlon by tho trampling down of a Arid of unrlpo grain, ho adds, ''How iiutiiy diffl oultlcs might I nut hiiva avoided h? re placing this green wheat with dust!'' Doubtless tho trouble that the picture had cost him made it seem to him more De fect than It really Is. Yet he nlwa)"" grcttcd not having begun It earlier, win'" thcro wore moro veterans of the Napoleonic wars alive to supply him with further de tails. An acknowledged fccllnir of dlssatUw tlon wrth the picture partly on this, part ly on nurelv nrtistio uromids. was pirlini at tho bottom of Ills jmltitliig the subjert nllovir again in water colors, quit much ns tho doslro to havo It engraved. This water color was bought for SOftO) franc by a M. Slmond. The orlglnitl plf- turo cost Judge Hilton S.i.tlDU franc need hardly add thnt It Is now considered ino of the chief trensiires of the Metro!"1 Itun musutim. Art Amateur. arrest ih. ,,, "ul ""in utHiaru that they know nothlnu. I'ruted With a Throne. King Bchunzin's throne has just ar rived in Pari, a present to tbe city ron, the victorious Uei:eral Dodds, and ha been placed in tbe Trocad. ro mil- carved with rude reliefs representing the king and hiscourt. -uris Journal Convinced. maPnvofD.T.ViUn U'D.' " " trU8 " Uansf J,,Pn havs become Chri- rn'n-Me sabe thatee Weskiir ' ihteel-N.w york Very Dry. In hi "Recollections," published l Tho Century, Aubrey du Vere, the IrW poet, tell an amusing anecdote of lw learned head of one of tho Canibrlibjs cue leges. Scholar highly esteemed this ter for hi. l,,rr.ln Imt. t lie u'l'tergrada- tcs thought hlin "us dry as the remain biscuit after a voyage." One day twoun icrgraduntes, In tho college library, discussing tho "dry as dust" ways J1 venerable bend. Tbelr Irn ven nt cr'tl Jlsmswero overheard by a iionipotis felw" Df tho rolleirn. who snld. In III lllflat ityle: "You are probably igneratit, Jiun gentlemen, thut tho venerable person whom you have boon speaking with W levity Is one of the profound.-st sobolar Durage Indeed, It may be doubti-d wla-ts; sr any man of our ago has bathed nior Jceply In the sacred fountains of "W alty." "Or come up drier, slr,"rep )ue of tho undercniduatc. o Armour Met the Kuiergeiwy- Philip D. Armour is a man of w riwinrnj A Fuu, .m.llthS flL'O Su tempt was made by a grain coi kinAA.A t.t... Hid Att-n irrnnatliS e,lv- ii. iii. .HQ v. " .. e , . . full, and the combination nf"'1' him have a square inch of fl'al their elevators. Armour bad 3.u0). bushels of wheat to place and 30 an in which to do it. He sent for h' er. told him what he wanted, anu rticr days the largest and finest gr;D tiers- 1 ,ka ... i..!..:. . 1- -...t... anu i"- tur invnicago uau oeeu nt-- grain stored in it Chicago Corrrtpot" at