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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I, U CAMrBKIX. rrorietav, EUGENE CITY. OEEOON. GUI-Eft LANGUAGE. Tli Tamulior Touftfi of a Wild bat lm oftVu.l liar. One cf the queerest languages lu the world, used fur the queerest purposes, ii the "camphor language" of Johore, a country of the Malay peninsula. It hat lately bail studied and reported upon by Mr. Luke, an English engineer in tlio service of Die sultan of Johore. Tbli lauguiigo I called the "Puntang Ka por," or camphor lauguagp, and 1m used ty the native and all other who are nigugod iu gathering the produot of the Malayan cuuipbor tree and ouly at that time. If they used either of the lan guages of tho region, the Malay or the aboriginal Jakuu, the native belters that they could not obtain any camphor, and fur a moHt curious reason. The earn phor tree, Dryoblaiiop camphora, (frowi abundantly iu certain part of the pe ninsula, but only occasionally con t aim camphor crystals. The camphor in not the Hume aw that ohtulnod from the cam phor laurel of Formosa aud Japan, which in the source of tho ordinary cam phor of commerce. It la a sort very highly prized by the Chinese iu the em balming of their dead, iu incense and in medicine, and the gum briuga much more than the common camphor. The Malayan and other Johore na tive believe that each apeciea of tree has a apirit or diviulty that preside over ita affair. The apirit of the cam phor tree ia known by the name of Bi mm literally "a woman." Her resting place ia near the treoa, and when at night a peculiar noise ia heard in the wooiIm, resembling that of a cicada, the Biauii ia believed to be ainging, and camphor will aurcly be found iu the UoighlxjrlHxxl. Hut the apirit of the cam phor tree weun to be jealous of the pre clou gum aud muat be propitiated, aud if alio know that hautura are in quest of it alio will endeavor to turn their ateia oxide. So it ia ueocMaary to tjieuk iu a tongue which alio doea not ouder- atuiid. For thia purpose the "camphor languaga" has been invented. It con aiata of a mixture of Jukun aud Malay worda, but those are ourioualy altered aud reversed, aud the nativoa puaitivoly believe that the divinity of tho camphor tree la completely confused The Jukuua who hunt tho camphor are one of the wildest of people, but inoffensive. They live together with monkeya, doga, cata, iunumeruhlo fowl aud perhaps a lame hornbill lu perfect harmouy under inov able leaf aheltura built ou poles in the woods. Ilostou Traveller. Tli Iutlnolbl Armada. The invincible armada waa a famous navul expedition aent by Philip II of ripuin against England iu 1688. It cou aiNted of 130 vessels, 3,430 great guua, 4,675 quintals of powder, nearly 20,000 auldierx, a bore 8,000 Bailor and mora thau a, 000 volunteers. It arrived iu the KuglUh channel on July IB and waa de feated the next day by Admiral How ard, who wua aecouded by Drake, Haw kina and Frobixher. Eight fire alii pa having been aent into tho Spanish fleet, they bore off iu great disorder. Profiting by tho panic, the English fell npou them and captured or destroyed a number of their ships, and Admiral Howard main tained a running light from July St to July 37, with such effect that the Span ish commander, despairing of ancctwa, resolved to return homo, and aa escape through the English channel wua pre vented by contrary wind ho undertook to nail nrouud tho Orkney, but the Tea sels which atill remaiuod to him were Uixjiersed by atoriua or shipwrecked among the rock and ahallow on differ ent part of the Scottish uud Iriali ooaat, and upward of 0,000 men were drown ed, killed or taken prisoner. Of the whole armada 53 ships only returned to Spain, and thexe iu a wretched condi tion. The English lout but oue ship. Brooklyn Euglo. Animal That Commit Suicide Intelligent olixervers have testified tc facta which apoar to ahow that iu oer tain elrcuiuHtunce the anak'i, scorpion and even acme quadruped commit sui cide. M. Henry, a clock manufacturer of Loiiguyou, France, has recently described uu exH riiiient of the kiud which he uiado with a wuxp. The wnxp waa im prisoned under a glaxa, and knowing that bcuJuo asphyxiate iuacta ho pnt Home paxr soaked iu it boalde the cap tive. The waxp became uncomfortable, then angrily attacked the paper, but find ing all ita effort unavailing it Dually lay dowu cu ita bock, aud folding up ita abdomen planted ita sting thrice into ita bixly. M. Henry waa o vuriooa to con tlrui the fact that, in aplte of hia hu mane feeling, he repeated the experl luent on tliree wasps with the like re eult Loudou Globe. Th Scholar of Franc. A a sample of the payment of distin guished acholur in thia country it may be meutioiied that M. Uuxtou Bolxaler, who waa lately elected lifo secretary of the Academy, ouly received (000 auuu ally aa lector uf be Collego do France. Iu hix new position heiaentithU to $1,. '.'00, or double the sum paid him aa head of the great educational eHtablilitueut over which Ernest Henau ruled. The linmortala, wourding to the foundation rulea, are anppoacd to be paid 300 year ly, iu additiou to their feea for attend ing meeting Aa a matter of fact, how ever, they only receive (300 annually. The remainder of the sum forma a sink ing fund, out of which eight aged acad emiciaiiH get allowance, if their private anuiial income fall short of (1,200. l'uria le tter. I'Djiut rat. "Here ia another oue of theni pint," aaid Mr. Dismal Dawaon, "iu the paper that say he never wa so happy aa when he waa working by the day. " "Well?" ventured Mr. Kvervtt Wrwt, with huiguid iutertxt "Well, you say? W"y, it i Jiat thia Here la a feller that really like work nd;in in more money than he kin oount, and here ia you and uie, that money would do some gixjd. I gueaa yon know where we are at without no furder word. "Cincinnati Trtbuua. Bridge! kaew Her Hual Mr. Aftercooka Through the aum mer aeasou we have breakfast at 8, Bridget BritUtet It' all the game to me mum, af ye ouly wakea wa whin it'a llddy. Boston Courier. THE BLIND MAN. Th blind man at hi wludow bar Hland In tl morning dwf dim. Tlia 111 r ''"'I'd dawn, lh aura Thai wait (or II, art uauglit to htm. And naught to bit aoaalii Tli bnnrnoM of a umif plain, Vher worn and drowijr Aiiatrt lira A nd wakra bat to iiwp again. And uaugkl lo lilm a anxulng alopa That yoartu up to Ilia hclglil abort, And nauglil lb leave of May that ope A ofilx a Ilia of lor. And naught to him lb branching aUlta Albrong wlih woodland worablpira. And naught th Arid where ummi milr Among bar touburned laborer. Th war trailing ( ream let gnaa. The barefoot graaaeaon It brim, The dew that aom flower cop o'erllow Wit h alien! Jojr. are bid from him. To blm no breath of nature call. Upon bl deck bl work la laid. Be look up at th dingy wall And llatrn to th voir of trad. Etbalwya Wet herald. THE TUTOR. "Say, fellow, lot's get rid of Mm. We can't stand that sort of a teacher," said Jack Darwin ono day laxt April "Re makes me alck always preaching, preaching, pre" "Let's settle himl" shouted three Of four from the outside of the group. "Aye, aye!" came the answer, and Taffy Doaglaaa, the fat boy, with hit slow movement", had juat openod hii mouth for an "Aye I" when he caught sight of the new tutor looking at the boys with a frown on bis face, and an be transferred the intended part of speech into another loud yawu which made the new tutor Jump, whereupon all the boys giggled. "Who is to be 'settled,' Thorn?" the tutor asked of the tall boy who stood nearest him. Thorn colored up to tba roots of hia hair he bad a very fair complexion and blnshed eaaily, which led to his being called "Roaie" by the others and stammered: "I forg I don't didn't hear, Mr. Whyland." "Perhaps you didu't hoar the bell ring for you to go back to your olax either. What is it, Blake?" demanded the yonng man, turning to Teddy. "What. Mr. Whyland?" axkod Teddy innocently. "Who were yon going to 'settle' aa I came in?" "Ob, that's only a little way we have of speaking about those Latiu trans I a tioua, sir." The tutor looked aa though he did not believe Toddy's explanation, but h said nothing more about it Mr. Whyland waa the new assistant at the academy. Ho bad been there only a week, but iu that time had managed with his extra rules and hard puuinh meuts to make all the boys his euemiea. Be did not seem to get along with tbeiu somehow. Perhaps boarding school boys are bard to get along with. Dr. Arnold, president of the school, had engaged this young man to fill a vacancy ou his staff of instructors not because be knew him personally, bat because he had taken high honors at graduation, and. too, his mother was an old friend of the doctor'a. "He ia a very nice fellow with the men," the doctor had told hi wife, "but he forget ho ever waa a boy. I'll have a little talk with him. He punishea tixi often, aud the boys can't get his big wordinl explanations through their heads." But Dr. Arnold post poned hi little talk too long, for the boys "settled" their tutor flrxt That afternoon the third form boy did not make aa much noise aa usual, and that dear old lady, Mother Arnold, aa she waa affectionately called, aconted ralachief aa she looked from her window out on the playground. The boy were grouped together, talking and gesticu lating violently, and Mother Arnold thought she ought to tell the doctor about it, but he waa out, and by the time ho came in everything was quiet again. What transpired ou the "cam pus" I'll tell yon just aa it waa said. "Let's boycott him," suggested Tod dy, who hadu't a very well defined idea ot what boycotting waa. "Oh, shut upl" gTowled Ned Turner, a thickset fellow with leM thau hia share of brain. "The only way to tlx him is to fight Take him when he isn't prepared, and two or three of ux big fellows will lay him out" "That's cowardly," said Frank Snow. "Nobody but Turuer would thiuk of doing such" "Take that back!" shouted Ned, "or I'll show yon who's a cow" But Frank didu't, because just then Harry Boot, the class beauty, shouted "Hurrah!" at the top of hia voice, and every oue rushed over to where he and Taffy were seated on the fence to ace what waa tho matter. Thtwo two had been separated from tho other boy for quite awhile, and aa Taffy announced: "The Beauty baa struck it, fellows! We'll force old Why to realgn, and I'm going to do the biggeat part of it I" "What?" "How?" "When?" were the questions then axked. "Be quiet, and I'll tell you," said Harry. "We'll make life disagreeable for him and make him give up teaching us. Dou't any of you boys study your leaaoua tonight and tomorrow make all ths noise you oau iu elaax, and at even ing seaaion Taffy will do aomethlng to astonish you." "What?" cried Ted "Wait and see," drawled Taffy, "ouly have your rubber eraser aud lots of paper ball mi hand to use. " That night waa very long to the ex pectant boy, but they were so quiet during evening seaaion that the tutor thought he had commenced to have otno control over his charges. But ths morning CixpelltMl the llloaioua he had on this score. Not oue in the third form kuew hia lessons, aud, what was worse, they all owned they hadn't studied bit After supper that day, wheu the goug sounded for all pupils to retire to their respective classroom, there waa half suppressed exeltemeut among the third form boys. For all Mr. Whyland'a com mand no oue thought of studying, At laxt the tutor lost patlcuce. "I shall have to refer this matter to the doctor," lie began. " said Frank, whuse desk waa on the opposlm aide of the room from Taffy. Now wa Taffy's chance. He cao tioualy niouuted (hi desk, hia cheeks bulged out with wind, looking like a full moon. The boy eommenoed to cheer, and Mr. Whyland turned la time to see Taffy standing on tiptoe ou the teak, with hi mouth directly over a fae buruw. That was all h saw, how ever, for Juat then Taffy's mouth opened, and a gust of wind from it swept down the go burner. Immediately all waa darkm, not ouly in that room, but in the whole building. Then what an uproar there waal Rub ber and txxk commenced to fly in the direction of the tutor. Thou some one fired an iukstaud toward the blackboard It did not reach its destination. Jut then the elixir opeued, and Dr. and Mrs. Arnold, with several of the teachers and older boys, appeared with lights aud matches to atop the gaa that was escap ing from every flamolea burner. "Hlkticel" roared the old man, aud every one fell into the seat nearest to him. "What does this mean, Mr. Why land?" But Mr. Whyland didn't answer. Ho waa lying ou the floor. The doctor hurried to him, but fouud him luaenxible. There was a deep wound in hi head, from which the blood flowed freely. You could have heard a pin drop any time during the next 16 minutes, the silence was so deep after Mr. Whyland had boon carried to hia room. Finally Mrs. Arnold returned. Bhe looked wor ried, and the sight of ber face uiado the culprits feel very uncomfortable. "Boys," she aaid, "what does it all mean? Do you know what you have done? Tho doctor thinks Mr. Whyland will not recover from the blow given blui by that inkstand I do not aak who .. i ii i - , i tnrew it, dui uo you realize wool una been done?" "Mother Arnold," said Hurry, break ing tbo silence, "it's my fault I sug gested putting the ga out I'll take the Llama" "But I did it," said Taffy, two great tears rolling down his clicks, "aud I suggested erasers and spitballa." "I threw three rubbers and a book," owned Jack. "Aud I some beans," said auotber. "Will ho die, Mother Arnold?" "It is a serious injury," said Mrs. Arnold "but we will hope for the beat For present punishment you will be closely confined to the house for a week, aud the dix tor will see you later. " "We don't mind that," aaid Harry, choking over his wordx, "if ouly he doesn't die." There was very little slocpiug doue thut uight at tho academy, especially by tho third form boy. Only one or two had gouo so far aa to prepare for bed. The others stood around iu awed and silent groups. After the consultation the doctors prououuoed Mr. Whyland to be Buffer ing from a severe attack of braiu fever. Never were boys so frightened at what they bad doue or so repentant Mr. Whyland'a mother waa telegraphed for, and late iu the afternoon she arrived, accompanied by Bessie, one of her duughter. Of hia five sister. Bessie waa her brother's favorite, and tho boys didn't wonder, fur a lovelier young lady they never had seen. Aa soon aa she ar rived the whole school fell iu love with her and would do anything that ahe wished. Tho third form boys naturally felt a trifle shy after what they had doue, but she made frieuda with one and all. Lossous wero quite neglected iu the week that followed, and the boys were quiet aa mice. Harry and Taffy made their confession to tho young tutor's mother, but where they expected to be blamed they were forgiven. After tedi ous waiting Mr. 'Whyland begau to re cover. He would not let Dr. Arnold ex pel tho boys; said he himself was at fault to make enemies and not friend of the boy. The boys were untiring iu their effort to run errands aud do ev erything for him. One day, when her sou waa nearly well, Mrs. Whyland went to the third form classroom with Mrs. Arnold and Uiado a little speech to the boy. "I waut to tell you, boys," said she, "how Richard, my only sou, waa brought up. Hia father was a naval officer and was away part of every year before ho died, aud so left me tomauago the boy. Richard never went to school, aa you boys do, but I taught him at home with hia five sinters. Ho associated ouly with women until ho went to college, so you cun easily ace why he didu't know how to uinnagu or teach boys. He says that wheu ho recovers he is going to know you bettor aud is sure that he will like you ami bo able to make you under stand Hia physician allows him to go out for the first time tomorrow, and he wants to see you." Then tho boys understood. No wonder poor Mr. Whyland did not know how to niauago thorn. Ho bad beeu brought up with hia sisters, whom, if they wero all like Bessie, must lxj very nice indeed and he hud been supporting them by teaching. The uext day waa a holiday in honor of tho young tutor's recovery. Toward ikxju he apixarcd ou the steps leading to the playground, supported by hi mother aud Bessio. He waa greeted with shouts of applause, aud the third form boy had humbly begged his for givtuesa. Ho inado a little speech, say ing that he trusted he should manage theni better iu the future, aud he hoped they would always be the beat of frieuda "And, boy," he added, with twin kling eyes, "I have learned something new about gaa, aud since I have recov ered I am glad that you did 'settle' me." "Three cheers for Professor Whyland and Miss Bessie I" cried Harry, aud the hurrahs could be heard for miles. Katherine N. Birdaall in Philadelphia Pre. A Kmii of IMalufectlug Walla. Heavy rain are apt to contaminate wells and spread disease; hence Dr. Fratick has brought under the notice of the PolytechuioKicioty of Berlin a means of diiiiifcctiug wells, which he employs with auccctia. It consists iu suspending iu tho mouth of the well an earthenware dish containing 60 to 100 grama (a gram is about 15 grains) of bromine. which, beiug volatile iu air, forma a dense vajxir that fills the well, aud ia absorbed by tho water, thus diaiufecting it. 1 he water, it is true, has a alight toatoof bromine for a time, but ia whole some enough. London Globe. How It Waa. "And where' Sappeigh?" iuquired the returned clubmau, who waa postiug himself. "I ho at ill court iug that bright western girl?" "Oh, no," replied hi frieud "She Jollied him for aix mouth or more aud fooled him at laxt." "Ah," with a sympathetic sigh, "she rejected bitu, did ahe?" "Not much. She married him. "De troit Free Pre. SKELETON MAKKET. UNCLE 6AM IS THE CHAMPION BONE COLLECTOR OF THE WORLD. hnerlnieu From III 1-owe.t rUhr to th Human fcperlr found la th National Museum Hoan l eedaa rertlllier Mar ket Value or hkrirtoue. Fnnk isluud that is, a part of it Lax lxi-n reproduced for exhibition at tho National museum at Washington. It waa ou that lonely rock, 33 miles off tho coast of Newfoundland, that the now extinct great auk hud its principal roost Fifty years ago the last individual of thespecies perished It ia represented now by a skeleton, worth t00, stand ing by a heap of bird remains such as chiefly compose the surface soil of Fuuk island while alongside is an egg of the fowl, valued ut f I.&00, together with the inner skin of another egg. The Na tional museum possesses nearly all of tho great auk lxine iu existence. They are the most costly bones in tho world The finest collection of skeletons iu the world ia also stored at the National museum. They run upward from the lowest Ashes, through tho reptile und birds, to mini. Human bone are much cheaper than thoi-o of many other ani mala. Ono can buy a nicely articuluted skeleton of a man furflO or of a woman for t"0 sex makes some difference iu tho nrioe whereas tho skeleton of a gorilla cost froo, of a whale 100, of an elephant $100, of a lion 75, of a horso $70, of a cat H and of a pythou $75. Tho bone of a human being are near ly one-quarter water during the life of tho individual. They are chiefly com posed of phosphate of lime, but contain a good deal of animal matter and other elements. In the skeleton of a man nro nearly four pound of the uietul cal cium, which is many times more valu able than gold, being worth f:il)0 an ounce. Thus in tho osseous framework of the average tramp may be found ma terial with a market value of about 18,000, if it could bo separated. It ia only in bones that phosphato of lime ia found in anything like a pure, state. Everybody knows the value of that muterial oh a fertilizer, but it ia only recently that human skeleton have been imported into thia country to grow crops with. Not long ngo a ship ment waa made from Mexico to tlio United Statin of 10 carloads of human bones, said to lmvo been obtained from ancient mounds in southern Mexico, but more probably gathered from vari ous old and abandoned cemeteries. Aa these remains wero fragments of unas sorted skeletons, it waa estimated that 50,000 individuals were represented in tho lot. This would not be considered a novel ty iu Europe. Years ago English farm ers used human bones to some extent to fertilize their land Tho battlefield of Waterloo was for a time tho baxo of sup plies, and this was supplemented by cargoes of mummies from Egypt ground to a flue powder. In ancient Egyptian tombs aro found great uutnber of copper boxes, opening at oue end by a slide, which contain mummies if cata, hawks, ibises and now and then snake and small cnx-o-diles. Mummies aro a recognized com mercial article in that country today. For a long time bx-oniotives wero run between C'uiro und Sin n with no other fuel. Corpses of royal personage 3,000 years old und upward fetch high prices. A year ago the Austrian bark Vila was dexerted by her crew. Later she was picked up aa a derelict off Capo Hutterax, Her cargo waa found to con sist in large part of bones, and of these one-fourth were human. The rest waa composed uiuinly of the bones of horses and cattle. Iu ono corner of her hold wax n great heap of human skulls. No body knows to thia day why tho crew deserted tho vessel in midoccun. She was worth (40,000, including her freight The bones had been collected iu deserts and cemeteries of Egypt Tho preparation of human skeletons for mar ket is quite au industry. The chief ren ter for this branch of commercial activ ity is Paris, where thrvo concerns nro engaged iu tho business ou a considerable scale. They obtain the requisite supplies of raw muterial iu the shape of btxlica from public institutions, most of them being thoso of paupers and criminals. In the United State tho existing laws would liot permit the establishment of a factory for bleaching ami preparing human skeletons. Tho only sort of rkeleton produced hero ia of tho family typo, which is kept iu tho closet To supply tho demand in this country about 1,600 skeleton are imported an nually. This reckoning docs not include minor parts, such as skulls and thigh bone. These are iu great request by se cret societies, lxMng absolutely indis pensable for initiatory ceremonies. One may purchase a cranium and orossbonoti for ouly f 10. But if you want some thing really fancy in the way of a skull you must pay (10. It ' is worth the money, however, being beautifully dis articulated, so that each particular bono may be studied separately, including even tho little bones of tho ear. You can buy a very good skeleton rouipleto for (40. A plain skull costs ouly (0. By students of obstetrics there U a special demand for the pelvis, which comes at (7. Clubs organized to defy superstitious beliefs affect tho uso of skulls for drinking cups, and young meu who uro studying for tho medical profession indulge a ghastly humor by employing similar receptacles to hold tobacco. The demand for human bones always exceeds the supply. New York World Au Inquiring Judge, III a patent case iu New York recent ly one of the lawyer consumed two days iu describing the differences be tween two scientific appliaucea, Wheu ho had finished, the judge said to him, "Now, Mr. , you will please toll us what is the difference." The lawyer, it is said, hasn't recovered yet Ex change. Iu skilled labor, such aa that of the blacksmith, waguu maker, shoemaker aud the like, the proxirtiou of foreign to uative labor iu the Uuited States ia not so large as iu unskilled labor. The winter of 181 J and ISIS wa one of the moat severe ever knowu iu Rus sia, a fact which partially explains the terrors of the retreat from Moscow. The Appalachicola river, iu Florida, ! took ita name from that of an ludian 1 town ou ita oauka, Apalachicoli, tneau- I iug "an old towu or fort " WHAT A GOOD KNIFE COSTS. Mora Mea PDd " rk'f" Than La That Amount. "More men pay (3 and upward for a pocketknife than lea. That may not be the experience of all cutlery dealers, but that's the kind of trade we cater to," said a knife expert from behind the counter of a store on oue of the most froqucuted of down town street. "Spaniard siend tho most money for knives," hecontiuued "Spaniards who rome here are very fastidious in the matter of cutlery anyway. Where an American family in the same circum stance will 1x3 content with the ordina ry pluted tableware, costing (4 or (4.60 a down, a Spuniard will have nothing but the finest ateel with ivory handles, at (18 and over. The average business Diau siaiids uxtiully about (3 for a four bludid knife. If ho loses a knife often, aa many men do, he comes down to I'J, then to (1. Most expensive knives are bought for presents. Four dollars buys an excellent gift Laxt season many knives wero giveu for prizes at eucher parties. Such knives were usually 4he faucv ones, with half a dozen bludes or attachments. That big 7 inch knife there ia a hunter's knife. It costs 4. " A ,t,i,ii who bnvs that will take it to the Adiroiiduckx, aud wheu ho leaves there present it to his guide, we mtvo one customer w ho buys thiee of those knives every year. He gives them to his gniiW ho sava. We sell nearly 150 of them every year. Thia heavy ouo here with a big steel noon ia a norscmuii a knife. It costs (7. Tho hook is used for digging out a atone from the horse's hiMif. It has. aa vou see. other attach ments, such aa a corkscrew, screwdriver, nut cracker, awl, gimlet aud a scoro oi thltiira fur other useful or Useless pur poses, according to the point of view. We sell tuuuy of them, probably more thuu uny other ouo kind Sailors usual ly buy pretty good kuives. luey anu li-,li,,u an iii fur biir. shorn knives that should bo handy iu caso of defense. Pretty nearly every trade nas a peculiar kuifo. That's ouo reason why a well equipped cutlery shop makes such a for midable display. Kuives cost all tho way from 60 cents to (25. We don't sell niuiiyat the hitter price. "New York Press. Forge and Knruaca uf th Future. Tho opiuiou is expressed by a writer iu Tho Mechanical News thut the forge and furnace of the future will consist of a lead lined gluss or porcelain vbho, or cuixilu, filled with cold acidified water, to which is connected a strong positive conductor, tho forgo and outfit being rendered complete by a puir of tougs with insulated handles attached to a flexible negative conductor. According to this pluu, the smith seizes the piece of iron which is to be manipulated with tho iusuluted tougs und plunges it into the sour wuter, which begins to boil and bubble the instant it comes iu con tact with tho iron, the latter, iu a re markably short apace of time, turning to a red mid then to a white heat, ready for tho work of the smith. So rapidly indited is tho heating doue by this means that tho water and the portion of the iron not immersed iu tho wuter are but slightly warmed The principle involv ed iu this process is of a simple and well known character resistance produc ing the light aud heat it beiug found that enormous heat cau be produced by such a method, much greater, iu fact, than is uecessary to extract iron from the most refractory ons. It is remarked that the value of such a process will be especially exhibited iu the mora com plete aud rapid handling of heavy iron aud steel plates and bars requiring to bo hammered aud welded more valua blo atill for tempering purposes, as the necessary heat for the immersed portion can bo so quickly obtained, while the remaining portion holds comparatively cooL Kouted th Hull. A lumberman attached to John Cruno's camp, up beyond the Katahdin Iron works iu Muiue, wus trumping1 across to a pond late one November evening when ho rau upon a bull niooso. The lumberman had no riflo, so ho yelled aud waved his anus, expecting thut tho broad au tiered bull would dash fear stricken down the mountain. But it didu't It rushed for the lumberman. Ho dodged about a tree and dropped bis ax. For teu minutes ho dodged, half scared to deatlu Then ho climbed the tree. Tho bull butted the tree with its ant lers until it swayed to and fro, and then walked away u few yards and rested. The lumberman yelled some more. Wheu he could yell uo longer, ho set his wits to work. Just above him wus a dead limb. Uo broko it off, and as tho bull advanced again he set tho wood afire aud dropped it ou tho bnll'B back. With a bellow it ran down the mountain. The half frozen lumberman made u line for camp. New Y'ork World An Eitrwardluarj Freak. A citizeu of Tampa, Fla., is the own er of a wonderful curiosity iu the shape of a pair of deer's horns iu which oue of the prongs ends iu a startling mal formation. Four inches from tho place where it branches from tho main horu this prong suddenly enlarges into a bulbous growth nearly aa largo as a man's list, and it ia in this excrcsceuco that tho wonder lies. The bulb is iu the form of a hound's bead, plainly show iug ears, mouth, eyes, eta It was "tak en iu tho down," aud wero it other wise it is impossible that it could be a work of art, owing to the enlargement necessary for tho freak. St. Louis Re public A Roa Harooieter. Iu tho office of the Des Moines Regis ter is the best barometer in the state. It consists of an ordinary rope attached to the carrier box between the first and fourth floors, making it nearly CO feet loug. This rope is wonderfully sensitive to changes iu the atmosphere. At least 84 hours lief ore the average rain it be giu to tighten by the absorption of moisture. Iu predictions ucaxly always como true. Will Mlea rtuoe. The next house will miss tho soaring eloqueuee and quick wit of Lafo Pence of Colorado, who has decided not to be a candidate for re-election. Mr. Pence wou his spurs by tripping Byuum iu the silver repeal debate aud later waa conspicuous wheu the Coxey horde con centrated on Washington. Mr. Pence i a lawyer, but ha not allowed that fact to iutcrfero with hia being a PopuliaL Hia reason for deciding not to return aeem rather odd iu a Populist, howev er. Ho aaya he cannot live iu Washing, tou ou (5,000 a year. Chicago Time. AN ENGLISH CASUAL. WHERE TRAMPS GET FOOD AND LODGING FOR WORK. flah Fljut and a Coinpanloo Wlud t ... T.,,n l.ir Ia Knalaad br B, "l" "J - r ' Vl.lt to a SplU.--M,tlu With a . . (irrat friend or Mara Twain. Josiiih Flyut, who has given interest big studies on trump life in Germany ml in this country, bus extended bis Investigation to Kiiglund He writes a paper entitled, "Two Tramps In Kug land" iu Ccuttiry. He uud his com pauion, a (Jennau student, completed a lour through tho provinces with an ex perience in a "comiuI" at Nutting Hill, London. Mr. Flynt writes: We upix-ared at the d,xir of the ward alxjut half pust 7 in tho evening. A lit tle window was raised, and I stepped forwurd to stato my business. Uncon sciously I leaned against the sill of the window, which offended the imqiector in churge considerably. "What's yonr name?" he thundered. Still leiining cu tho sill, I gave him my name honestly enough. Ho then remark ed to some iwrxou inside that we were uot uccustomeil to such places evident ly, mid called out, "Stund buck, will you!" Bucklxtood He cried out agaiu. "Take off your hut I" My hat came off luxtauter. Still ugaiu: "You come in here ua if you was a ineeleeonary. You're uot You're u casnuL " I waa ns meek as could well be, Ryborg waa itching to grab tho inspector with his long nrms. Tho uext question waa as to whero we bad slept tho night before "Straw stack," I replied "None of your impudence! You slept out Why don't you say so? Have you got any mouey?" "A hup'enuy, sir." "Hand it in." In it went Then I had to tell my trade, which was that of a sailor, und naturally tho next question wua us to where 1 wua bound. "To Ameriky, sir, if I can ever get there, " You're goin to trump it, nren'tyon?" "Yes, sir; that's my intention." But for the life of me I could uot see how I was to reach America thut way. I waa so frightened that I would huvo told him anything he wanted Wheu ho was through with us, a kiud hearted attendant took us iu hand, gave us some gruel und bread, a bath, cleun night shirts, and then a cell upiece, in which we slept very well. As there were ouly four inmates thut morning we were needed for tho clean ing up, and so escaped stolio breaking, which I dreadtd exceedingly, nml were put at various light occupations or rather I wax. Rylxirg was tho victim of his strength. Our breakfast consisted of the same dish ux our i-upperof the night before. I was soon busy us general tiro man, scrubber, knife cleaner, ooul car rier, dish washer und helper of my sis ter sufferer, Mrs. Murphy, as she wash ed her task of towels and shirts. At uoon wo hud x a soup mid bread I en joyed it, but Ryborg did not The poor fellow was feeling badly. Ho had hud to scrub nearly 20 cells, aud the bend ing over incident to such a fcut had nearly broken hia back. At dinner ho said plaiutively, "Flynt, I want to go homo," "So do I," I replied, "but I fancy wo're wanted here till tomorrow morning. " This proved to bo tho caso, but ho felt better iu the afternoon und got through comfortably, wheeling near ly a ton of stone from some of the cells to the general pile. Ho earned his "keep," if ever uny rxxir prisoner did. I fear I was more shiftless, fur ubont the middle of tho uftcruoou tho attend ant who was with mo ut tho furnace said: "You might as well rest Just keep your cyo ou the fires, that's alL" It was kind of him, and as I had at least earned my pea soup and gruel I took his advice. Ho was kinder to mo, I thiuk, becanso I gave him a corncob pipe which he had had to take away from me the uight before. During tho day he had asked me several qucstious about it, and I said, "It's a very decent sort of pip cooliulike, you kuow. " "Dtiesn't Mark Twain always smoke oue o' them pipes?" said he. "Blest if I know," said I. "but lean well thiuk it" "I'm a great frieud of MarkTwuin," he pursued, "uu I'm n-thinkin o' gettiu one o' them pipes, jest out of respect for him." "Well," said I, "permit mo iu tha name of your resxx't to present you with my pipe. Besides you've got it any how. " Ho thanked mo profusely, aud promised to keep it forever. Later in the day ho reported it to be just aa I had Buid, "sort o' cool in like. " Aud he wna a good friend to uio nil tho rest of my stay iu the Netting Hill station. tin Wednesday morning we were turn ed looso with our two ha'pennies. Wo wero both so happy that wo decided to get off tho road that very day. We had beeu tramps for three weeks, and had walked motrt of this time fully 15 miles a day. So we looked up my frieud at tho Temple, and in a few hours wero respectable agaiu. That same day 1 took my tramp clothes out to tho casual vard aud presented them to my friend the utteiidant I hud told him the day before that I expected to get new "togs" soon, ami ho had put iu u plea for my old ones. Uood luck to him uud them. In Trouble. "You see," said tho lcau man with the yellow vest, "it was dark wheu I got home, und tho girl met mo in tho ball, and I sainted her quite affection ately. Then my wife got mud " "I reckon," said the fat man. "I explained that I had mistaken the girl for her, which was a fact Then the girl got mad, and nuw I am roaming around trying to find another girl " Indianapolis journal. Ml.. Mar; M. Baakell. Miss M.uy M. Haskell of Minneapolis has just been appointed census taker for Cass county, Minu. The population of the county is widely scattered, and the trip will have to be made ou horseback. Much of it is au unbroken wilderness, and there are many Indians iu tlio coun ty, some of whom will have to be cnu uierated The undertaking is a formida ble oue. and very few women would be wiling to atrnpipt it Wire Tor Au.lralla. A government export trade iu wives ha just been beguu for the benefit of western Australia. A consignment of 60 young women, sound good looking, under 80 and carefully selected waa eat free recently in order to provide, wivt for tha coluuUta, ;"78,!u the Couulr, !r,tCIU. It is much more pnn,, .1 . . urunia '- tuau the iwnni in y.mr own" I liimrd amm ....-! .i . , ,n,-..i... J. ,,UAnwrica... II 4 I I IT1' "liable fit, i swell lifo" in ti,i. -- " muilim tll,.iia..l j ... m t 'ce ir... ... WIIMJUUIIIQ 1 l --.7 . "awi.ll Uf,." .i.i. Xlld I. and it wna ,,., Hi,..i "tw a. 1 " iianv it , n. proacn mat lu Km- ,.i "w a K'"n i" siory atxiut tli., " fc.sof RoxlyuliuJ 'S tuurant, the case having UTtr ITIncexa of Wulca. EValr, rant I Affr all. rWia I," sixts not in thecoininin1 discovery. Now. if ie M Z ed at homo! I wondered if thoso two good American season. i. I doubt if their ,tr.r! of America's virin tiou could stand the shock likele iV?9 ministered there. "KU7Kt " "o ic read sUnt . universality of betting g,jing J uuimig viimi, 11 (,l im,. b .1....,, ... u. . ' """"'a to lose, out a 1 sort aud .'KM L umu juu wouill l i nk t,: " li , . uiijt uin,uuug us mi imimueiit elL w ... usu, icxioooki f,,i , l . ui..l , v a if Air. me lias seized them all, mid a poolnT their purses and display their CL horso seuso with tho reckltwi, ucierisuooi women WHO, havitiva-. n.,ut.lu tl,n ...!. .1... . "WrM . .. ujhi H or safety, care little how far they,. der from the aafetv i,f I--,..- . Jeannetto IL Wulworth iuKewI .uuu miu express. AFTER THE "EVIL EYE TUm f ..M..I.. ... II.... ...- .. . .. .. ... T . " "--""jra Tho Society For Psychical Rtti Mf tixa tw. ,.... ...I . . ' -- ' .UyyiT ( ghosts and the society's fniuliwmic ing short, has had tho felicity of ing a new field of inquiry and tU a cy with whk-h to explore it Thtybm to thank tho Marquis of Bute toko. favors. Tho marquis ia a solid, millionaire, peer and a devout Cni,j who has always taken a languid uiUnat iu spooks. Reading recently a newspaper p graph describing a case iu the ihtr.fi court at Oban, in which the default was said to possess "the evil eye," b wrote to tho secretary of the won offering (300 toward the cost of ioi quiry into that miiligiiaut optic iapst ticular and tho questions of awondnjbi and other Scottish supurstitioui iiip eral. The society greedily swapped it th offer and forthwith organized an tra dition, which is now wonderiug ibid Scotland ou a hxikout fur evil eta, sccrs, witches and such like. RelUb information as to tho progress tub lias not yet como to hand, probably k cuuso a selllsh reporter who truiuti scoro a beat with a complete itury a attached to the expedition, bat it Un moral that tho Oban defendant vift the evil eye was tracked to hii uiraa! gavo tho investigators a remirtiwy warm reccptiou, from the effects of which they aro still suffering. Itaaii also that the murquis ha been tcbdd by his spiritual advisers fur disptiyinr unseemly and premature curiuutj a ghostly things, hut that is probably li bel upon his lordship ami Lis chaphuni Loudou Letter. Ileer Htatl.tlc Statistics liavo beeu compiled it Vi enna of the quantity of beer draiii 18U3 in the entire world, (ierniuj heads tho list with 1,202, 132.0N l Ions, an iucrcuso of 31,000,000 ow 1803, tho consumption being 33 P11 per heud, ranging from 03 gallon" Bavaria to li gallous in Lotlinnpi; Great Britain second, l,lti5,T5S.wi gallons, or 30 per head; America eluding the whole of the western phcre, is third, with morotiiau a uuu gallons. or 10 per head. The total W tho world, not including Asia and AM ca, ia 4,500,000,000 gallons, rcqmw 7,270,000 tons of malt aud 82.0O8W of hops. What Cnar aalti. A littlo girl lately asked her mod how to pronounce Ciesar'a famuta a couio utterance, "I really dou't tow whut to tell you," was the "Wheu 1 Btudied Latin, we said -vidi, vici,' exactly ua it is spellou- few years later they began tou" was called the continental prouna tiou and said, 'Veeno, vecdo. Now I fancy your collegiate sister toll us thut it was Weene. wecka" Tho collegian wax PI'iU accordingly and announced: is a later way still We say, weedee, wechco,' for the very tat As Lowell complained in hit oW . j who cau protend to keep iipvntnua gibberish into which the classics a ing turned by inixleru teachers of tutu- Philadelphia Press. More Sueur Wtntrd. Eugene Field says that it ha W been his opinion that the llvor-ltt4 woman suffrago should u''10" L rigorous tactics they have iiieffecrtW used for so long a time and ' "i milder tactics of persuasion. The w an Buffrago cause needs less vinU more femininity, less jaundice ami sugar. Bright eyes, pretty wmi'l'1' jaunty figures und stylish ctun.w always were, he thinks, nnd t'.f grace always will bo, mow flucuces in determining- and actions of men than the kevm and the most convincing log Tha KeaaWhjr. New Purson-Which do you like t -Willie, your day school or your wan chool? , , Willic-My Sunday 'hooL New Parson I am glad to m Why do yon like your 8uuday best? . uic6 Willie-Because it is ouly o week. Brooklyn Eaglo. rartlrular. jf Conductor That's a French com. I can't take it .il Puasonger You cau t? 1,0 to me in change this wonim Conductor-Well, yon see. i 1?djB particular than yon are. Quiver.