EUGENE CITY GUARD.
rreartater,
EUGENE CITT. OREGON.
Am Aut A rmfi Victory Orrr a bnako.
. "Whilo camping i Alabama during
thn lute war," wild Colonel Cros
man of Diiyton, O., "I witnessed an at-
turk of a band of black ontit upon a
strincd snuko. Ono evening, while I wan
trying to go to sleep after a long day'
uiurcb, I flt something move uuuer my
bead. I lifted ono corner of the blanket
and found a snako between 8 and 4 feet
ia JmiKtli. I quickly lilt it with a small
tick, but tlio reptile soouied hardly
tunned, no I picked it op on the end of
the Hi ii'k and threw it about 10 feet
away.
"Tlio snako landed on a large ant bil I,
Almost iiiHtuntly the anU poured
forth from their Mont, which was nn
dement h, and began a vigorous attack
upon the intruder, who wai loon cot
rod by score of bin assailants, biting
him fearfully. The battle ragod with
fury, the snuko writhing about In tor
turn. The content at Unit seemed an nu
equal one, fur tlio snake wu rapidly
thinning outbU jiei-wcutor; but, on the
other blind, the ants were very numer
nu and quick In their nggruiHive moye
incut. The snake, with one blow of bin
tail, would kill or wound a long Hue of
ants, but tho artive little creature were
soon ro-cnforoefl by fresh troop and
fought with a desperation wonderful to
behold. I wa astonished beyond nu
ure to nee the taction of tho ant. Whon
they suw their numbers were being
lessened, they dispatched courier! for
f null relay of soldier, who appeared
on the scciio in duo time to rcpluoe the
killed or wonndod. Tho moon, after
time, lit up the scone, but a there ap
peared no uenr term) nation of the Mrug
glo I gave up watching It aud went to
shvp. Before striking tent the noxt
niornlng I went to look at tlio battle
ground. Tho slain insects were eatterod
in every direction, but thero were six or
seven wutciiful ant upon the back of
the snuko, which lay sfrctehod out dead
near the aut bill." St Loul (Jlolm-
Democrat
Th Work of Iut.
Dust ha a very largo share in nearly
all tho phenomena of the earth at mo
phero. It 1 what make tho clear ky
nppear blue, and when we look up into
tho sky wo. see tho dust in tlioatmo
jibere illuminated by the cn. There in
nothing eliMi tiofore u that ran permit
the light to much the eye. Light goo
invisible, straight through all gam,
whatever their chemical composition.
Tho dust catche it, reflect it iu every
directiou, and no cause the wholo at
Unisphere to apMar clear in tlio name
way that it make tho sunbeam viidblt)
in the darkened room. Without dtiNt
there would bo no bluo firmament The
ky would lo a dark a or darker tliaa
wo soo it in the fluent moonless night.
Tho glowing diNk of the uu would
stand immediately npon thi dark back
ground, aud the somo iiharp contrast
would prevail nxui the Illuminated sur
fuco of tho earth blinding light where
tho nun' ray fall and deep black
shadows where they do not
Only tho light of the moon and th
Main, which would remain visible in
tho daytime, would lie nlilo to temper
thl contrast In a idight degree. The il
lumiuution of tlio earth' mirface would
lie like that we sou with the tolcicope
on the lunar luudscnic, for tho moon
ha no ntinoHpherio rnvelojio that can
hold limiting dust. Wo then owo to dunt
tint nvi.n imulcriihilv telnniireil ilnrliirlit. I
n.luntcd now to our eve, mid it'l that
which cniiiritiuica mucn to tne oenuty
of our luudscapo scenery. Dr. P. Le
nurd in Popular Science Monthly.
lilrl. Who Hrll Their Hair.
"Do wo have many girl mmo to sell
their hair? Well, I should nay so, but
we don't make a business of buying ou
account of tho rink wo would have to
run. I have had girl (Mine to mo and
offer to sell their hair a it wa on tholr
head. No; they don't get good prices,
fl.60 to tf'J.60 being a much a I
ever gave. I know of one cone, however,
where a well known society woman
took a fancy to the hair of a young lady
dim met accidentally, and she paid the
highest price I havo ever .known for a
head of hair. The young lady iu que
tion had a luxuriant growth of golden
brown hair, and one day sho wa ap
proached by thi lady, who wa com
pelled to uso falso hair, who said to
her, 'Mis , If at any time you do
ire to part with your hair, you can Und
a ruNtoiuer In mu. ' Tho young lady waa
iu need of pin money at tho time and
said, 'Well, lam not particular about
keeping it now, n it i a little too light
for my taste, ' So ulie agreed to havo
her hair cut, and iu payment received
(8. GO. If girl could always get uoh a
mini for thoir flowing hx-ks, thero would
be a great many more short haired young
ladic about the city. "Pittsburg Dis
patch. Thunder Uihu'I Hour Milk.
Science ha disproved the rural belief
that th under noun milk. It i now
known that tlio nouring results from a
fungous growth, aud that thi fungn i
peculiarly fatal to limning chlldreu.
The old time rural belief wa that tho
concussion from thunder aotd median
ically um tho milk and Unit soured and
theu solidified it The theory Is a plans
iblo one, easily derived from observing
one net of facta without kuowing the
existence of other more important to
tlio nit nation. It happen that milk
our during or Just after thunderstorms
because the atmosphcrio conditions then
prevailing are usually of a kind favor
utile to tlio rapid development of the
fuugon growth that (our milk. Phil
adelphia Pre,
A MUappllnlTait.
The OctoN'r brew of homemade beer
wo the celebrated ono iu Bucks, and
the farmer madu it of Kiilucicut utreiigth
by mean of eight burlieU of malt to the
hogHhead of 64 imperial gallon. Uuce,
In an outlying village iu llnck, the rec
tor ou a certain Sunday gave out a the
text, "Kirat Hebrew, V io
YhcrcuHju an old faKhloued farmer,
renowned for hi good tap, called out:
"Aud a very pretty tipple too. I brew
eight I" San Praiiclttoo Argonaut
llj Mixllrml Adl.
"Ooiug on a vacation thi uiiiner?"
"Certainly. My doctor ay that 1 am
in need of about two week' hard work
to put uie iu good health." Iudiouapo
lix Journal
W()3IAXS WORLD.
COURT'S DECISION THAT A WOM
AN 19 A -MERE HOUSEWIFE."
A i lium plon Mwlimiirr Jurn Victoria'
Troablr t'ajuat IMarliuluitllua Mr.
Trmvrm ou a Wlin-I Two I'oukoiu
The inoht iunlhti lit claim made iu do
feline of the prexent political nubjectiou
of women by the ruler who Winn thi
ubjectiou to be perpetuated 1 that all
the intirt of women are fully protect'
ed under masculine rale. A recent de
civion of the HU)remn court of Iowa
Ktrikingly illuHtrate the abnurdity of
Much a proteinic. A married woman of
MaiiHou, lit., Mr. Hall, having fallen
into a water main oaroloimly left open
by luunicipul rmployoeM and having
thereby HUHtained ncriou lujurie, which
inooiiocluttxl her for work, mod the
town for damage and received a vcr
diet in her favor from the Jury, award
ing her (3,000. The town authorities
appealed from the district court' de
ciiiitm, and their appi'al wa utaiued
by the judge of the supreme court on the
following aHMnmptiou: A married worn
an being a "more housewife" for her
husband, and ho being bound for her
support, her earnings belong to bim,
and any Iok of time occasloni-d by the
wife injury i aoluly bU lo. There
fore the husband only can recover dam
ago, and tho wife' olaltn i not valid,
a the time lout i not her time! Mr.
Ellen II. Dietrick, in The Twentieth
Century, ay:
Thi remarkable doclsion rondured
in June of tho iiresont year place the
wife in that Asiatic category which
peak of a man' wife, and hi ox, and
bi ass, or anything which i bis. It
deal with tho wifu a a chattel, not
even posHCiiig the measure of Individ
uality conceded to the average modern
manservant or maidservant It degrades
housekeeping below the lovel of all olf
supporting occupation, for the "mere
housewife ' U not credited with earning
even her own support I It reek of the
ignorance of the day of barbario despot
ism, when parent sold their boys for
one purpose and thoir girl for another,
or of thedayiof (avagery, when captives
became their captors' property, male
captive being broken to one form of
yoko, female captor to another. Behold
how far the right or woman have trav
eled In tho year of our Lord lb04 in a
laud which wishes to be considered as
Christian I
A Champion Bwluimrr.
One of tho fairest resident of White
Bluff proved herself on admirable long
distance swimmer last Tuesday night,
and iu doing so won a large box of
gloves and one or two other thing that
delight tho girl heart
The young lady a few day ago wa
commenting upon her swimming ubili
tics when ono of her companions wager
ed her that she could not swim from the
bathhouse in front of Mr. Converse's
to the batliliouso in frout of tho Haber
sham residence, a distance of about l
mile. It took ulsiut one-sixteenth of a
second for tho swimmer to accept, aud
preparation were made for tho content
Last lucHduy evening was decided
upon as tlio time for tlio sw imming test,
and all arrangement were made for it
A young man who is an excellent swim
mer himself volunteered toswim beside
tho young ludy, and a boat wa also
procured, to be rowed along at a safo dis
tance, so that if the party should give
out iu their bold undertaking they could
be lifted into the boat and taken ushoro.
Tho start wa made ubout 8 o'clock
ou Tuesday evening.
The new of tlio
event had spread among the resident of
White 11 lu IT, aud thero were a good num
ber of friend at tho starting point The
fair swimmer made a dive into tho wa
ter and wa off. With a steady overhand
swimming stroko sho propelled herself
with ease and grace through the wuter
aud bad soon distanced the young man
who hud volunteered to go along aud
sou thut no harm came to her. Tho
event wa soon over. A the distance
between the young lady and tho goal
lessened sho swam the faster, and when
some of tho watchers thought tho young
ludy should havo been about starting
out the race was over, and sho had won
an easy victory.
To swim thi distance, and to do it
with tho rapidity with which sho uo
complishud the feat, one must bo per
fectly at homo in tho wuter. Many cr
soiim of tho male persuasion who con
sider themselves excellent swimmer
would not attempt tho task, lly swim
ming as she did tho lady has shown her
self to be tho champion lady swimmer
In or around Savannah. Savuuuah
I"rH.
t)urra Vlrtorla's Trouble.
Scotland Is more crowded than usual
Just uuw with tourist and sportsmen,
and the former ure giving those who
are charged with the conservation of the
queen's privacy a good deal of trouble.
They flock into the Halmorul district by
huutlred and prowl around the royul
demesne from morn till eve in the hope
f ditching sight of the sovereign.
Whenever her majesty take a drive she
1 bothered by a cheering crowd at ev
ery place where she change horses or
take rofrtwdiuicnt, and wheu sho i
making call upon her cottager and
other humble dependent she is follow
ed, at some distance, to lie sure, by in
quisitive persous of both sexes whom It
I impossible to frowu dowu or frighten
sway. Women are the worst offenders,
and some of them havo had the impu
dence to follow the quccu's movement
through nolAglussc when uttublo to
follow her onto private property, just
like certain intolerable newspaper re
porters, of whose rudeness her majesty
complained so bitterly iu "her book,
"Leave From the Journal of Our Life
In the Highluiids."
yuoeu Victoria is now afflicted so con
stantly with rheumatism that she has
abaiiduutd her proposed trip to Italy
duriug tho (Mining winter or sprlug,
and her present plan 1 to tikke a oouiw
of water at Aix lee Rains or Wiesba
den, where she will also undergo niaa
Mge. Her trouble continues to be con
fined almost exclusively to the knee.
It is a curious fact that the Princes of
Wah i a victim of the same paiuful
complaint. She suffered so much from
the fatigue of standing at drawing
rooms last spring that next year a chair,
similar to the one which the queen oc
cupies, will probably U provided for
her at t liens functions. - Loudon Letter.
I'kJiuI UlwrtuiUiaUaa.
The oustoin 1 not by any means obso
lete Iu loauy of our Urgt oltlas. of po
hlbitlng the best women lb the laud
from ordering a meal in certain rest a
rants after dark, provided they art un
accompanied by a mala escort A short
time ago a widow of culture and means,
accompanied by a grown daughter, ar
rived In New York city at the Orand
Central depot a few minute post V p.
m. They came down town in a Fourth
avenue car as far a Twenty-sixth street
and went into one of our most fashion
able restanrunt, but before they bod
tuken their seat at a tuble were politely
iuformod that "ladle unaccompanied
by gentlemen are not served hire after
dark." Thi mother was probably more
hurt than offended when she informed
os a few day afterward in our office
that sho kuew that such a rule existed
many year ago, but supposed New York
hod progressed beyond any such dis
crimination.
The bfjit women in the state and
throughout the country should inform
themselves of such custom, and a very
sure way to aid iu their abandonment i
for tbo better classes of women who
have husbands, father and friend to
accompany them to refrain from patron
i.lng any firm that inflicts a similar in
dignity upon women who, through the
dispensation of Providence, ure com
polled to travel at time without inalo
escorts, aud who ought to have the
same privilege of sapping or dining at
the best restunrauts whether their bus-
baurU or father aro with them or not
Church Union.
H r. Travrr oa a Whack
There bo been a lot of nonsense talk'
ed ubout Frenchwomen being so much
ahead of our American women in tho
matter of bicycle riding. They muy
hare started before our society women
did, but America has caught op aud
now lead.
Just imagine a bicycle iu a Newport
ballroom taking part in a cotillon, and
it rider wo one of the Four Hundred,
and no les a person than Mm William
11. T ravers.
The scene beggar description. Mr.
John Jacob Astor wa leading the co
tillon with Count Castvlhuie at a sur
prise party given by Mr. Parnn Steven.
One of tho flgnro was a flower figure.
Then came Mrs, Truvors, attired, of
course, in full evening (Ires aud riding
on her bicycle, which wo almost hid'
den niuler dollar und dollars' worth of
flower caught into bouquet and bon
toimiere for favor.
Now perhup they will stop talking
about our American society bicyclist.
Just give them a chanoo. Hereafter they
can set the style, and Pari can follow.
It make one glud that Mr. Travors
1 inch a skillful rider. Suppotto it had
been any one lees accomplished, there
might have been a crash, a fall aud even
a header on the ballroom floor, for it Is
whispered that beauty aud fashion in
their attempt to learn to ride the wheel
have no smarter guardian angel than
an ordinary mortal has, and that many
a black and blue spot results. Newport
Letter.
Two C'ourmjrom Woiura.
A South Dukota jiuper tells bow young
women "grow up w ith tho conutry. " It
say:
Miss Ivy Kinyon and Mis Maud
Howard of Lyman county are two young
ladle of whom the insiplo of South Da
kotu cau lie proud. These ladies liied ou
homesteads in tho ceded Sioux huid iu
February, 1NUII, and since that timo
have made tho necessary improvement
ou their claim, paid the expense of
making at least monthly trip to Plank
inton, a distance of 60 mi lee, where
they had office worla, beside saving
nough money to pay for their land.
On ono occasion, while on their way
from Plaiikintou to their homesteads,
west of tho Missouri river, they reached
there at a timo when a severe storm wo
raging, lashing tho Missouri into a tor
rent of foam. The only wav to get across
wo by means of skiff. The turbulence
of the stream did not deter them, aud
ufter much urging they induced a boat
man to row tliein across. The passage
wa a dangerou one, the wave each
instant threatening to engulf the little
Unit, but the ladies did not flinch. Their
courageous behavior ou this occasion i
still the talk of tho riverineu. A few
day ago the young Indies mado final
proof on their hoiuesteuds, paying the
government price for tho luud, aud now
each of them owns 100 acres of fertilo
luud, neither farm being hampered by
a dollar of indebtedness.
Ar Worurn Drsa-rta-rsf
Mary L. llisluud, iu un exhaustive
article entitled "Are Women Desert-
smr discusses the light housekeeping
arrangement that so many women are
utering Into. Miss Uislund says:
"The average Aiuericau business man
begins life with tho expectation of work
ing uninterruptedly till old ugo entitle
him to honorable retirement Marriage
mplie greater effort and steadier ap
plication, and invalidism alone war
rants any evasion of duty. Why should
it not lie so with wouicu? Every girl
know that with the wedding ting shs
assume many exacting obligations.
lilef among them the building up and
preserving a successful, happy home.
Nothing but death or the most serious
ill health can absolve her from tho per-
ormance of her part of the contract If
servant are aggravating aud tho details
wearing, she bus no more to bear than
her husband in his olllco. He encounters
dowu town dragons every day, and iu
order to keep hi family properly oared
for he must meet aud overcome them.
Her lot is no harder thau hi, and the
wife aud mother who without good
cause exchanges heavy and honest for
light and fraudulent housckecriinff is
little better than a traitor and a desert
er." Woman's Kqualltjr With Man.
Wonuiu should stand on a perfect
equality with mau iu every sphere of
intellectual endeavor, writes J. Mc
Donald Oxley iu an nrticlo on "Post
graduate Courses For Women" in The
Ladies' Homo Journal. No barrier
should bo placed iu her path. Whether
the ballot bo woman's right or not, the
privilege of postgraduate study unques
tionably is, and neither she nor those
who sympathise with her must be con
tent until this is opened to her in the
fullest degree. P.y way of conclusion a
good way of bringing this about may be
suggested: Let it U a condition of fu
ture bequest or donutious to the univer
sities that they admit women to their
postgraduate courses.
Th VaUrUad rraaoBVor!.
A society organised by German wom
en is tho Vsttirlsjid Frauenverein, now
numbering over 100,000 member.
Tber ar seven smaller similar soolsU,
ail 'villi the same objix't. which ore:
( I ) T fouud iTcches anil orphan ay
luu:; (2) to work lu sewing schools,
Kumliiy school and similar institutions;
(.'J I to help the deaf aud dumb, blind
and riientully deficient; (4) to assist iu
promoting homes for servant and work
girl;; ( j to sniTor those rendered desti
Into by llixsl and tires; (U) to start aud
maintain soup kitchens and dinners for
tho tir; ( 7) to bestow Christmas gifts
on tlie poor; (8) to cure for patient ut
the lying in hospituls; ('.) to find em
ployment for old and invalid women
and all but of work; (10) to found li
braries for tho working classes; (II) to
support the families of invalid, soldiers
and militia.
Turned tho Oulury Mark.
Mrs. Lydia Caldwell Mulock, one of
the most interesting person iu this city,
recently celebrated tho one hundredth
anniversary of her birth. She wa bom
in the town of Miunisink, Orange coun
ty, Aug. 28, 1TU4, aud the home of her
son-in-law, Elisha K Harding, iu this
city, where the old ludy lives, was made
a very happy place by the presence of
many friends aud descendants, who
came there to Under their oongratula
tion to tho coutcnuriun.
Mrs. Mulock's purent were Ashbell
Culdwell and Silvia Stevens, who enme
to thi country from Engluud before the
Revolution, settling first lu Massacliu
sett and later iu Orunge couuty. Iter
mother died at the age of 04. Iu the
family there were a number of other
children, but only two reuched middle
age. Middlotowu (N. Y.) Dispatch.
JavanrM Cloth.
Javanese cloth is a new cotton fabrio
for drapery and hungingH, the beauty of
which ocrtuiu artist havo discovered.
To the untutored mind it 1 a common
tuff, inclining most frequently to an
indigo or warm brown, with queer free
band design straggling over it It is
made by blind in varying lengths of
from two to three yard and more than
a yard wide. These cloth are used by
the Javanese, according to thoir size,
for headdresses or skirts. By the unlnti
ated American it is proposed that they
be nsod for table cover, etc. New
York Post
Illluota Advaorlns;.
The Republican nominated a woman
for trustee of the University of Illinois.
The Democrats did the same. The Pro
hibitionists nominated two. It 1 almost
certain that thero will tie one woman
elected. There may be three. Tho great
stuto of Illinois will not long deny cquul
right to women. There are too many
men in all parties who aro demanding
thut she be recognized for her to be de
prived of her just right for many more
years. Eureka (111.) New.
Tho Ilaufhtora and the Damr.
A woman who thoroughly under
stands tho workings of both societies
the Colonial Dames and the Daughter
of the American Revolution says em
phatically that there 4 no antagonism
between them. They are managed on
different lines, thut is all The Dames
try to keep their rank very exclusive,
whilo the Daughters eagerly welcome
any woman with a just claim to mem
bership. Women Life Harrr.
Tho Buffalo New says that a crow of
women life saver na ts-en organized
iu thut city by Admiral Edwin D. Ayrc
of the State Volunteer Life Saving corps,
and they will soon bo cquipticd und
rendy for work. They are all goisl
swimmer and good ut tho our. Their
nan. cm are Mrs. Ada D. Medio, Annie
ilowen, Mrs. Layman, Josio Howeii and
Kitty Andrews.
What is culled the rational cycling
costume lor women 18 in danger of go
ing out of existence iu Paris, for the
prefect hu caused letter to bo written
to some well known women cyclists,
cuutiouiug them that they uru infring
ing the law iu wearing men's clothe.
The latest fad of Parisian eccentric
ity is that pet dog iu Pari aro uow
dyed to harmonize with tho prevailing
tint of their mistresses' boudoir. Two
shade of violet are now the most popu
lar coloring for white dogs.
A rational dress association hu been
formed iu New Zealand. Its object U to
be "tho bringing alsiut of that change
iu wonuiu's dresa which her wider life
aud increused activity seem to demand. "
Three young Turkish women have re
cently arrived iu Fruuce iu order to go
through a regular course of medical
training at French universities. Oue of
them is the duughter of a pasha.
Never throw away old matting, for if
well beaten and thoroughly cleansed it
may be laid under 'h carpets and will
preserve them.
A Woman' I'atcnt.
A New Jersey woman ho patented a
device for an improvement iu envelopes
lu answer to tho recent invitation of the
goveriiient to submit ideas und design
for means to detect tamiicring with
sealed letters. Hit invention i very
simple, merely the printing of a small
device of auyshujn! ou tho under sido of
tho flap of the gummed envelope in a
sensitive fluid, tixed when dry, but
which will run or spread on tho applica
tion of stemu or moisture, thus showing
whether the seal has been molested.
To Muttj the Wouian Vurtlou.
Frau Professor von Oizyskl of Berlin,
wife of the professor of ethics at the
I'niversity of Berlin, has organized a
committee of Ciorman women to visit
other countries to study the woman
question. Two of these ladies are now
in Ltuidou Fran Hanuu Bieber-Boehm
and Frau Jeanne! to Sehwerin. They
express themselves delighted to hear the
prognwsive utterances of representative
Lnglish women.
Mltwaukro Woman's Club.
The Milwaukee Woman's club, under
the presidency of the wife of the present
governor of Wisconsin, created the stock
company for the building of the tithe-
ueuin. the first literary institute which
the city posstsstd, aud which, like th
Now Century clubhouse iu Philadel
phia, paid 5 per cent upon its iuvent
incut the first year, the business being
managed solelv by women.
Lamb's Rotort.
"I believe yon have never heard me
preach, Charles?" said Coleridge to
Lamb, referring to the days of hi Uni
tarian miuistry.
lot," retorted Lamb. "I I never
heard you do anything slsa. "
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ENTHUSIASTS WHO SEE A ROSY FU
TURE FOR THE FARMER.
Growth of h. CIIIm lltlmaUly to Bo
Ik.anclaU'.o th. Arlcultorlit-Th Lot
os. IwH pmoot la l.Be Will AUo
lllp-EIrtrlly to IU a PoUnt Factor.
For a number of yum tho future of
the farmer in tho Uuit.-d States has been
a fruitful source of speculation on the
part of tho philosopher aud of some
worry on tho part of the fanner him
self. This bus not been altogether with
out reason. . In the beginning of the re
public' history the agricultural class
was not only ninny time larger than all
cthors combined, bnt tho furmer wo by
11 odd the most important and tna
. THK FAICVKtl OK THE FITl'RK.
most independent of men. For him
most luw were framed, to him most
nubile men looked for support, and from
tho farming class came nearly oil that
wa best in tho ranks of business and
professional men.
Thi continued, with slight diniinu
tion, until a little before tho civil war.
After the clm-e of that struggle began
the most wonderful railroad growth ever
known, und the broad and fertile field
of tho west were oiiened for settlement.
Thousands and tens of thousands of
the moro enterprising among eastern
farmer left tho les productive states
where thev hail been raised to begin
over again in the newly oiK'iicd part of
tho country. Before long those trans
planted furmer of the new state en
tered into close competition with the
stay at home of the old ones. Because
of this com'tition among other reasons
more or les connected with railroad
management, the money question, etc.,
price of funn products huvo sinco gone
down, but without corresponding dec-
liuation of other price. Hard times
set iu for most farmers long before
stringency was felt in the centers of
population.
The funn that once yielded not only
a living, nut a coiurortutuo income as
well, enabling it owner to live "like a
prince," could furnish the living only,
sometime hardly that, and then only
when wrung out of the soil by the hard
est and most unremitting toil. This
condition, which ha been aggravated
iu many section by the decreased de
mands for horses, due to tho increasing
uso of electricity, bicycle and horseless
carriages, ha resulted iu driving many
of tho brightest und most cnergetio of
the young men away from the farms,
tho cities have become congested beyond
precedent, mid many hold to the view
that tho day of tho farmer's prosfierity
hus permanently departed.
But thero uro thoso who think differ
ently. They believe tho trend of the
time to be towurd a better chance for
tho agriculturist, no mutter what may
be douo with tho tariff or tho money of
the nation. These hold that the very
growth of the cities, so much deplored
by many, will assist iu this, while tho
wonderful scientific advances of tho age,
in their opinion, will be a still more
important helpful element. In tho era
that isalsmt to begin, according to those
sanguine predictions, tho farmer, in
stead of being overworked and poorly
rewarded, us is now so often tho case,
will be a muster of scientific appliance,
which ho will so utilize as to enable
him to secure, not only the income to
which he is entitled, but such a degree
of leisure us will render it possible for
him to iissumo his old time rightful
place in affairs.
"Ju spite of the hard times tho farm
ers have encountered within tho past
few years, both east and west," these
ELECTlilC RA1LUOADS WILL PASS 1118 DOOK.
men say, "there is lotsof hope for them
iu the future if they will only hold ou. "
Frank W. Haw ley, tho Niagara electric
power man, believes this, and ho is
qualified to havo views upon this topic,
because he possesses a big farm near
Rochester, where ho carries out various
pet agricultural aud dairy schemes,
from tho success of some of which he
ha built up a lot of theories as to the
farming of the future and its possibili
ties. "Our great cities," said Mr. Haw ley
remit ly, "have mado market gardening
remunerative and dairy enterprises
profitable. To the silo pit and tho sepa
rator the farmer of the future will bo
greatly Indebted. 'Corn fodder,' for
years largely wasted and trodden under
foot, is transformed by the silo pit into
a nutritious milk producing food. It
make it oossible for every acre of land
to abundantly support a cow during tht
entire year, while the separator, glean
ing h;o the milk its cream und butter
making elements, expeditiously and al
most without loss, greatly reduce the
cost and simplifies the process of butter
production.
"New methods of feeding have been
devised whereby each dairy cow can le
put at her best and made to yield abun
dant yet rich uii lk to the creamery. Cot
touseed meal aud hulls, peanut Real,
corn hulls and many other valuable
feeds have come into the market Chem
ical analysis has accurately determined
the constituent and. ytlut of those new
A iEV EUA IS ATIIAND
foodmulerluls.und the Intelligent duiry
n,un ciin so nse them a to obtuiu the
most happy result. Sclentiflo tests
1 make it possible to ascertain unerringly
the quality or tlie miiK, auu any uo
ficlency cun be supplied by judicious
feeding. Five ft cent milk will make
Ova rounds of butter to every hundred
fwinndi of the lacteal fluid. Even thi
I ..! iiwrnHU'd The aerator
yercauitiK' --
is another and invaluuble device in the
i handsof tho intelligent farmer. It will al
most instantaneously extract all aulmul
, heat from tho milk and will curry off all
in cuttlo cun be
1 easily detected by the geieutiflo exumi
nut inn t Id instrument affords.
I Vn "eontinned Mr. Hliwloy, "the
now era for tho farmers hu but just be
' gun. In no domain of human activity ii
ti.nra oranter scone or veuias than ii
agriculture. No culling is so condnoive
toheulth, longevity aim niippinesa. ooi
ence luys her discoveries at tho f urmer's
feet and imTilores their use. For him
!. rhntnUt. toll ill tllfl lubOMtorV. For
him thn botanist irleaus in the fields.
For him the Inventor bus simplified
bihnr and lightened toil For him
scholars aud experts, employed by the
government, aro ever at worn ni siaie
und nutioual experiment stations to
u,.lvn Ilia tirnhloin of the soiL The
broad minded agriculturist who avuils
himself of these researches and discov
eries is a mun indeed to lio envied. His
acres become a well ordered kingdom
an eurthly paradise.
"The farmer of the future will culti
vate his acreage thoroughly and scien
tifically. Furmhousc combining in
creased eouvpuieuco with architectural
lieantv will be constructed. Barns will
be built on improved models, looking
toward better siinitury conditions, bet
ter care of stis k ond enlarged storage
capacity. Field will bo tastefully sep
arated with nrtistio iron, wire or stone
fence or bounded by well trimmed
hedgerows. Shady lanes and beautiful
drives will bo prepared, and well kept
lawns aud purks will be features of tho
larger estate.
"Fish culture will lie extensively en
gaged in. Better highways will bo con
structed, and broad, solid, well kept
thoroughfares will pass each farmer's
a v- ?
A STOIIAOE liATTKUT WAGON.
door. Luborsaviugdevicos will increase
in nninlx r. Com will be husked by
machinery. Tho hayfic Ids will be great
ly abridged and used for other purposes,
tlie cattle being largely subsisted upon
the product of tho silo and prepared
foods. Market gardening will bo devel
oped on a scale hitherto unknown.
"We may yet attain the art of making
mnlleuble glass, aud under such protec
tion acres may bo devoted to the
growth of vegetables and semitropical
fruits for our local markets. Rapid
transit und improved refrigerator curs
will enlarge tho territory to bo supplied.
Tho broad belts of tho temperate zones
extending round tho world will bo ex
plored in search of new varictios of
grain; trees, flowers and shrubs for onr
nse. The laws of animal breeding und
heredity will be better understood, and
onr domestic, stock greatly improved.
America will possess the finest cuttlo in
the world, and tho states fitted for cut
tle raising and dairying will vie with
one another for the leadership in this
regard.
"The electric age will materially
improve the condition of the agricul
turist. I look fur the day when each
farmer will own un electric equipment
to furnish power for his creamery, for
grinding food, for pumping wutor, for
lighting his house, bums und lawn, and
for heating liis greenhouses und resi
dence. Elirtrio railroads will pass his
door, affording qniek transit for himself
and his products to the nearest market
town. Doubtless his horses will be
reserved for farm toil, whilo he jour
neys along the highway in a wagon
propelled by means of a storage buttery.
The subtlo energy can be nuulo to serve
him iu a thousand ways and perform
innumerable tasks. By its kindly uid
tho hitherto overworked farmer may be
come largely u geutlemuu of leisure.
"Then we shull expect much of him.
Then will ho huvo liberty to assume
thut political importance to which he is
justly entitled. Tho successful farmer
should bo the coming mun, und future
legislation must look rlosoly to his in
terests.
"It is nu interesting fact that nmuv
of our best und ablest men have exhibit
ed a strong predilection for rural life.
Webster delighted to retire to Marsh-
field; the name of Jefferson recalls Mou
ticello ; Jackson reminds ns of Hermit
age ; Clay is associated with his beloved
Ashland, whilo Mount Vernon has been
rendered classic ground us tho ubodo of
tho Father of His Country. With tlie ad
vance of this new era from our rural
homes, beautified by ustr.re und adorned
by art, saving influences will come iu
tho futuro as in tho past to gnido and
guard tho future of tho republic "
I. D. M AKSH ALL.
t'aoliluu and Kliigrr Nails.
It is entirely out of fashion to have
the finger nails glisten like isinglass irn
bird's talons now, and the patron of a
uiuiiicnre who leaves the nail too high
ly poiiMieu resorts to warm wuter and n
uuilbrush to remove tbo superfluous
gloss and tlio only desirable service tlx
manicure can render is to rid tlio base
of the nails of the encroaching und un
sightly skin and to cut and file them to
a perfect oval, for tho pointed shape is
regarded as decidedly vulgar. A slight
polishing with a chamois skin without
salvo or powder is quite sufficient to im
part a desirable luster.
Kanuu City Woturn.
The woman Kiifl'rm-icranr l ........
v,. i.HUmw VjJVV
have organized. Thev will .n.i.i.. i.
city iu districts and bold parlor meet-1
ings and endeavor to get every iutelli
gent woman in th.oeity iuto the assoei
ation. Due of their liulm ',vU- w
do uot txiect to assume a prominf ut
i'.v iu uie ponricat atlaira of this state
at any time in tho near future, but we
do expect to do much good by our labors
u Kunsus City. We are uot a partisan
body, but will enlist our strength with
the party working toward publio lm
Vroveniwit and publio good. "
FOIt LITTLE Folks:
HAS GRIT AND MUSCLE,
an FranclM-o'. Voun, thampio. u..
pear. Kur C harlUbl. Vuk-
There wu ono amutenr wtt
the iiocinlv rlirn, ":n,rm m
I c ity who won applause Jdu
a more boy in yours, size si.rf i J, "
I such wo hisprofleienevHiwi to
hi nerve that hi work conip
ably with that of his ol,lc Pco !d''
and iu somo Instances .v.... T
The boy was Walter Ho,,,, ...
old
son of Albert H-igg, WT
gcist. HU lives J17L ;.U1
druggist. HU lives with" hi. nir 1
27 Leavenworth street Ie j?fnu
" is mi,,).
yet modest boy and is now coM,rf
tho champion all around juveuils
leto of tho Olympic club. HB
peared in public, ut charitable huZ
only, ou numerous occasions, alwin
winning special notice, and (
upon by hi club as a regular "ttMi
by" for Indies' nights and sped,
bitlon.
Walter's father prefaced the W,
story of his training und achieretueo,,
by saying: "At 7 Walter was delic
and rather undersized for hi
I wu somewhat worried about bim. &
wa in perfect health, but delicate, uA
I bcgiui to look for something to build
him up and givo him a solid fountain
for later year. I determined to tor
athletics." '
Tho athlete who have taught tai
worked with Master Hogg are tat
proud of him, although theyuytboi
uro other pupil who will iu a
time count near equaling his record a i
child athlete. At nil tho exhibition
given by tho club Muster Hogg appii
as a wrestler, if nothing else, audio fa
ho stands undefeated in his clas.
An amusing thing occurred when tW
Olympic club ground were opened.
There was an audience of about 7,009
people, and Muster Hogg was schalnlBl
for a boxing match with a clasiunitt
The two boys, both about 0 years of ap,
had each been claiming supremacy ud
hud quietly agreed to decide the ques
tion wheu they boxed at the openinj,
Tho gloves were donned, aud the reftrw
called time. Tho buby boxers went it it
hammer and tongs, not for points, bat
for blood. Tho referee shouted at then,
in vain. Tho boys kept on hauiuierinf
away amid encouraging plaudit of tt
audience, which they had forgotten.
Finally tho referee called for help,
mid, a second refcreo assisting him, tber
seized the tiny pugilists and marched
tliem off to tho clubhouse.
Master Hogg has won a number rf
medals for victories in athletic kits mi
has also regularly been promoted at hit
school, nu was the captain of the win
ning Olympic juvenile tug of war teao
two years ago, the winner of the Jim
nile championship I!00 yard race in 1590
and hus letter of thunks from the My
elinic, tho King's Daughters and th
tharituble societies and organizations
in this city and iu Oakland, Alameda,
Berkeley, San Mateo, etc., where helm
appeared. His services aro alwaysat tb
command of charity and without ooit to
any ono hut
Chronicle.
himseir S.m Francis
Klnderfmt Maarota.
The two littlo girls iu the pictw
aro not fairies from a story book; neither
are they young South &a islanders.
just a pair of bright little ladii-Alw
Imbcrt nud Josio Klees by lianie wi
live in Wood Kidge. Alice is Jn
old, and Josie is 0; so, you see, thtjtt
W - v.-- t
quite young. Why are they ilres1'
so curiouslv? Well, both of theiu
Herman lassies, mid tin y have ku ("
joying one of tho national
their beloved fatherland tne
derfest ,i
And what beautiful dresses tliey w
They are covered with leaves and
and roses. No wonder thev U"BU
suspected of coining straight 'wait
ud of tho Brownies or the n w
Those rings of leaves eircimtf"'
turn iirmis 111 Tl " - L...
littlo ladies are the mascots of tli
derfest, which means child s fc'
for Alice aud Josio are the i"' " -T0L
ful as well as the brighte-t of tlw
bud garden of wee ones. (
.1...!. i i .... kr ..ii ha US.
Don't you think It is grc --
dres up In gowns made of l'Vl
flowers? It is certainly the
Jung to being a real.
York World.
true fa'ry
Nut Colliln-
Tho pilgrim was root.tl to thong
"Are you the coming woman,
asked fearfully. -.j. (
"No." rejoined the other. j
harsh laugh. "I was coinm?.
changed my mind. " . t j-
Thus again feminine pnrporf "J
feated itself. Detroit Tribune.
RapliL
that watch
O
i.,nrht
yon
DWipos AS Ilia
any good?
Well. I sHniu
Uoultin uooar ". i 4 w
tot Last week it gained enougn u
w for itself. Tit-Bit