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EUGENE CITY GUARD. EUGENE CITY, OREGON. PLANET COLLISIONS. Iliunld filar KniM-k Tngrthar tha I'lra Would lb ludrMirlbalila. Professor Ledger of IjoiiiIoii, wbcaie wra-Hof (irushaiii astronomy loeture on "Kwk lu Thoir Holutiou to Astrono my" llll bee OOlIlpletlld, in hi lust dis course pointed out that the universe, instead of lioing llxod, is alive with nio tiuu, euch ilnr witii itH utteiidunt pluu els hurrying through spue. If sturwere to knock against Btur the intense lieut and fierce fir gciierutiil by tlm enor MOUS Velocity Olid VllHt momentum of tlio two uiuhso woald bo such us to pas liuiiiun concept ion. It tuny be tlmt the sun was formwl by tliu collision of two stars. The effect of two Hiii'h bodies attracting each other and minting wouM be to reduce tlicin lu a iuleutly agitated gaseous muss, Which would owdlhtte, first iuwurd, pro ducing inconceivable limit, and theuout wutyl iiguin, ultimately assuming the condition uf tho ran. Tln general re milt would be tlmt tin) two Isslies would revolve uround their common renter of gravity tlmt is to Hay, around ouch oth er muting a iliiuble Htur. Iird Kel vin Im calculated tlmt if 2'J,000,000 solid g lubes, euch of tlm uiims of the inixpii, should bo scattered over a spher ical Mirfui-e 10U tlnun tliu radius of the earth's orbit, they would comu together and bo mined to a tempixuture of 100,(100 degree. They would oscillate outward and inward, reaching to a Ihh dint nine each tiuin, and ultimately set tling duwu into a sphere, Tlio m ini ho wo iw-e uround u may, 1'rofet.nor Ledger Kiiggusts, have been produced by tlm knocking together of two great bodied ruther thuil by tlio ag gregation of inuny Hiimller one The collision of two huge mum would thu load to rejuvenescence and the forinuliou of new system. Phenomena indicating tlmt aomcthliig very much ill tlio imture of a c-olIiNioii 1 1 ud occurred am the out burxtM of toiniirury star such on those oliM-rvcd by Tyc-lio Braho iu 1672, by Kepler ill 1004 ami those of 1848, 1X00, 187(1, I8N5 and 1802, the liiKt being the new star Auriga, which declinod tliroiiKh ton inugiiitudeN, or became 100,000 time less bright iu two month. The grout increase In the light of a comet oh it approaches the mm may tio duo to a tldul disturbance iu tlio btslica forming it, causing tin-in to knock against each other, mid thiiM generate heat uiid light In tho wiiua way the twinkling of the turn may bo canned by tho knocks of the molecule of tho atmosphere on tho other, whoso undulations curry their light to tin. The excessively grout and thn exceedingly Hiiiull uro all Interde pendent, uml tliu !iiHt, iri-wut and prob able futuru of ui'buIouH bodies all hinge oil tho relutioim they bear to the knorkH of the molecule (if their giuMiH, while tho kuockii of iinineiiMi lux lie depend tiltiumtelyou tho knocknof their coiiHt it Dent atom. IIimiIi lloiiuil In fluid anil Hllror. Tho only gold and Hilver bound, dia mond iucriiNtml bMik ill tho World Wul lately enshrined in tlm holy Mohuuune dun city uf Ihiiuii-Ku.u, rendu. Tho book i nf courwi a copy of tho Alkorun and m n gift frtnn Alnl ur Haliniuu, nmeerof AfnlinniMun. TheooverKof thin Uii i uo vohi mo, tho Blden of which are by 4 iuchcH, arti of wilid gold plate one eighth of an inch in tliickun, liuod with Hilvcmlieet uf tho nuiiio thickliOKH. Tho n'literpiiH-o, iw well a tho cor ner, f a BVinlHilio diwigti wmnglit iu (liuiiiouds, ruble and iieiu-U. The o uter figure i crvKccnt with ontur U tween it Niint, tlm wholo dexigu ling com Mdof Kill Hitmll (liaiuonil, 107 inarl and I'i'i ruliie. Tho diamond on ciu-h (Mrner, which tim a 1 newt hidden iu thoir golden Netting, ami tho orange colored Liciiiier with which they nro fastened, art each Worth nlxmt $.'i,0(IO. Tho Innik itself i ou imrcliuieiit, entirely written by hand. It iYlul ut (13,1,000. There are nuid to Imvo been over 100,000 viit or ireMut in Imiuu-Kiiiui tho day the holy relio Wiu ciiNhrined. tit Loui Kepublic. Thd TyrBiiny ut Kllquvlls. It i impiwMiblo to read even t lie letwt doguiutU' Ixmk on ti(jiietto without 1h ing opproMcd with tlm convict Ion tlmt a liivtvy uml binding itdditiou ha Ix-on luudo to tho cmlo of moral iu tho by law which have to do with vimting curd, invitation, conventional phnui and other minor but vigorou formula. It hit been ri itcratcd by writora on thtva tubjoct that not a Niuglo rule of eti quette i arbitrary, but that all prove their reimon in tho very uat uro of thing, ami tlmt thiowho dingard them nun ply tthow their own luck of iuight and incapacity to upprocliito geuuiue tttlue inent While thin la nil very well for society jxMiplo pure and simple or thowi who have other detiuite and ahuorbing work iu lifocoiupliunct) with nil tho thuumiud and ono trilling points of Mitiuotte ia au utter impoihility. Tho queatiou thou biHHiiue, Shall auch person be excluded from society or Ihi allowed to cuter it ou their owu term? Society might bo so conducted a to niuke of it a charming and delightful n -emit ion iiiNtoad of a tyraunicitl buHinoi, and t bono who see thia clearly can do much toward making it a. 1'hiladelphia Proes. Tha Klaetrlo Tanilla. The electric caudlo ia in great rca,nnt iu Kuglund for the lighting and decora tion of timing and other table. An iu ginioui device for lighting tho cnuillca is proviilinl by placing uniall pads tinder the tahlivloth, and taking theourn nt from them by nieiui of two plu point iu tho tiue of the candlestick. The can dle of coumo are extinguished ou being taken from the tuhlo and are rolfgbtiHl when they are ixphuH'd iu tho proper po aitiou. They are o urriuiged that tliu bulb and the gla imitation of wai rundlo rau bo reiuovid, when the cm die tick can be uwdfor au ordinary cau dle. When uhih! with aliadea of colored bilk, tho electric candle make bne of the prcttieHt addition to a diuuer table tlmt i MiMible to lmuglue. Machiuiat. Aa I'saat, Mr. Kimoui IXrwnei (eokd btwida atrtu.ger iu a atnct car) What time la it by your watch, pleaaef ht ranger I don't kuow. Mr. Kpaoiu But Too Jut looked at it Htranger Vea. I only waut4id to aea if it wu still there. Loudoo Tit 111 ta. THE LOVERS. Tbpy ant upon lb rllfT tlmt M my way. 1 kiiw lh.ui fnm far, aa bund In hrnnd. In Mill niuti lit. wllh imiI a wont to Tlu-r iil led llio Hue ava aud tba amillof land. I nired tlm plueu wbi-rs tluy bud aat Vieio jluwn. 8be ru and gi-ntly Inuued tin aiMOigb-d grot Wllh i In- ftuft touch uf hi r llifht uninii-rvown. Why iiiuld lio nut Lava atald aud let Dia Kr Bwart hi-urt of maidenhood, that could not l-r To bavn a atranffer kxk upon Ita ItiMit Thn youth went wllh bi r, but lis did uot cara ir all th world urliHd til liapplm-wi. Martha ferry Lows In ifcUiu Tranacrlpt A FALSE PKOPIIECY. Awakening from a utate of lethargy. Conite Kuyinoud de Villemere beheld bia d(M:tor ga.lng on biui aadly. "Kuved once morul" breathed the coin to, and he nulled aa be atretched out hi arms. "My poor friend," alghcd the doctor. Tho Kick man atared aghoHt. "l'ull yourwlf together," ho contin ued. "You are a inuu who cuu ataud the truth." "What do you mean?" "Your ayiuptoma are those of the noua. "Of whut?" "A curious plugua When tho state of lethargy I over, tke patient has three lucid hours, at tho end of which he dies suddenly." "Wbowl" "Now, look here, keep your aplrlta op. liko tho plucky follow you are I Aft er all i "aid and done life is uot worth living for. (loodby good by, my loor frb.'iid Koodby. " Tun minute later tho comto had rinen. Clad in hi flannel smoking jack et, ho was putting the last touches to his toilet Tho doctor had withdrawn that his friend might have time to set tle his worldly affuirs. When he had done bruHhlng tils mus tacho aud auioothiug his finger nails, Knymond cluwe one of his driiwt cigars and lit it, wliilo rotiiig a aorrowfnl look at tho others, thoao which ho was not to smoke. Theu he threw himself on his divun and began to reflect. However brave he might be, however feurlcNM of death, Comto do Villemero ioou came to tho ooncl union that his case wus a peculiarly aggravating ona Tho dny before, so soon a ho was taken with fever ho hud mode up his niiud to prepare for the wort ho had tent for his lawyer, and for a priest. and duHtrnyed ull hi letters. Then ho had luid dowu his giddy head ami fullen ohIoi'P with tlio conviction tlmt ho would uot awake again before doomsday. Ilut now ho wus liko a condemned mun, who, after having mndo sure of a reprieve, found himself suddenly on tbo way to tho scaffold. OutHido the choery atmonphore of a bright June duy the Champs Elysoes were alive with a continuing stream of smart carriages. Everything spoke of happluoH and health. Ho hiiuHulf had uover felt so fit, and he was aked to be lieve that tomorrow thero would bo nothing left of all thin ho fur as he was concerned but a mournful crowd of friend, atrip lu a slow Jolting hearse aud tlm mumbling of a priest before au ojkiii grave. Tomorrow the joys and friendly ties of his whole life would bo gone forever. While ho wns finishing hi cigar, re clining liwtlcHsly on the cushions of his divan, Rnymotid saw all his life flit past him us in a dream. Nearly forgot ten cplwxlo of his childhood cropjied op as if they were quite recent Then iu rapid succession his mind dwelt ou tho many times he had fallen iu love butwueu IS aud 25 until ho came to the first month of his murriud life. How full of unmitigated joy those days hud been I Raymond remembered the minutest eveuta of his honeymoon or moons spent in fuu and frolic, with plouNunt excursions, verging on bach elor's dissipation and freaks which mndo lively gossip for fashionable folk. Delighted beyond measuro by the ad miration which his wife excited wher ever ho took her, ho wus more madly iu love after his murringo than before, lie wuuld have been jealous if the mero possibility of such a thing could have been seriously eiitertuiued by either uf them. And ull this passionate love huM been brought to an end by a scandnlous separutiou owing to a blunder on his part aud a rash escapade of tho little oouitossu. Ity mutual consent they had separat ed. Yet, strange to say, their love for ouch other bad continued. So fur aa the world wus concerned, their relations wore restricted to icy bows whenever they met ou tho boulovnrds, but their professed indiiTorcuco for each other scarcely deceived their common friend. Tho idea of dying without having seen once mure tiie womnn ho loved above all others apjicured preposterous to tho vointo. Studiod obstinacy and stern resolve seemed to bo altogether out of place wheu brought face to face with everlasting separutiou. Whut risk did he run now iu at tempting a reconciliation eveu if it were not to succeed? Itaymond sprang to his feet, nnd seat ing himself before hi writing desk scribbled hurriedly a short telegram aud tout it otT by his valet He looked at his watch. lie had two hours more to live, Tho conitesse would have time to como. Would alio come? Would she be touched by a note containing a dying nmu's farewell? Or, in the roloutlesa dignity of ofTciided woman, would she refuse to forgive oven under these solemn circumstances? Tho anguish of uncertainty, added to tho moral torture, made VUymond wiuoe despite all his norTo and resolution to; take his inevitable futu coolly. With omething Tory like terror he eyed the fleeting minutes which separated him from eternity. Another hour flew awny while he was netting ready to die, stopping now and then to uiuko with luebnicholy on his past life Ho wrote to his mother a very long letter, full of reminiscence of his early lifts and as he did so tears came to his eye. Suddenly Raymond started at the sound of the cloctrlo bell. After few second of wild expectation the door waa opened and the servant ushered in "Mine, la Coiutesso de Villemerel" He rose from hi seat very pale. "Odette!" he exclaimed. Dut the young woman remained standing ou the threshold, her features contracted with anger. "This is a most shameless trick, air." "A trick I What do you mean?" "You wrote me word that you are dying, and I find you up aud well, writing your letter, Ooodby, sir." "Odette I Do let me oxplaln. One word only. " Aud aa she waa leaving the aomte snatched up from his desk the letter ho wua writing to his mother and hold it out to her. "Kead this be fore leaving, " he gasped. Khe took the letter, glanced at the first few lines and then full ou Ray mond's nock, sobbing. "Poor boy I It was the truth." For a few minutes they rimolnod clasped iu each other's arms, full of pawdou and pain, giving muto expres sion to the memory of the happy mouths they bud six-lit together and to remorse for the year of happlues they had loat by their separation. They sut down closo to ono another, hand iu hand, completely overcome by their feelings. At last the comto bethought himself of his forefather, one of whom had climbed the steps of the scufTold iu 17U3 whistling a tune from the "Indus (Ja lauter. " "Wull, never mind," said he, with a smilu. "I suppose I ought not to com plain. I am dying of a complaint which will be fushiouublu tomorrow." Cut Odetto looked at him reproach fully, and he did uotcoiitiuua Women have no taste for irony. They chatted ubout old times, at first almost in a whisper, as if they wore iu a room where death had stricken down a follow crcuture. Then by degrees the remembrance of bettor days brought to mind a little incident which modo their lip smile, while their eyes caught sight ou tho wall of some object recalling particulars of the life they had led for merly, such as the pictures of a cIioho, which evoked the sounds of the hunts man's horn as it rout iu glowing glad ness the November mist, and they dwelt with pleasure on the duy when they had cantered sidobysido, rustling the brown leaves which covered the forest path. Miniature fun, dufty nccessorie of charming cotillons, reminded them of a Germ un waits which they hod dunced before their marriage and bow they had flirted tho same evening under tho palm trees of tho hothouse. They lived over again their rides in the Hois do lioulogno under the green, ihuily boughs when they were like two boys out for a spree, breakfasting at the Pavilion Chlnols and coming back through tho Champs Klysees to take their part in tho exuberant life of the gay city. They would part for a few hours yearning to meet again after be ing bored at the club and at 6 o'clock tea in their box at the opera or iu tho tete-a-tete of their homa Raymond aud Odette were so absorb ed by these old aouveuirs that they be came oblivious of timo aud of the torri blo circumstance which had brought them together again. The boll rung. They awoke to pain ful reality and exchanged a horrible look of anguish. "Dr. Durlolsl" anuouueed tho vulet "Why, yon do not mean to say you aro out of bed?" said thu medical man, with au amazed countenance. "I was coming to" "You were coming?" "Well, I don't see why I should not toll the truth now that, thank Uod, I was mistaken. I wo coming to make quite sure yon were deuiL " "Much obliged," smiled tho comto. "Thou ho i out of danger?" Inquired Odetto anxiously. "Thero i no (locution alsnit it Dut it is certainly very odd, for thu Echo doa Cliniques published yesterday an exhuustivo description of tho noun. Nevertheless pray be assured that I am very happy" Uuiiucstionubly the doctor wns very happy. At tho sumo time if ho hud told the whole truth he would have admitted that he was rather vexed at huviug been such a bud prophet "Odetto, suggested Raymond iu a whisper, "do nut you think you might ask hlin to dinner with u iu tlio even ing?" From tho French iu Strand Magazine, Tool. A grout deal of public mirth and oc casional reprobation has followed Mine. Putti iu her capacity of businesswoman. The coolness witli which she has always demanded tho largest possible price has become a well known a her lovely voice. Moreover, a retort by her ha be come historic When she w as told that even the presi dent of the United States did uot receive nearly as much for hi services a she demanded for hers, she answered, "Very well, get tho president of tho United States to sing for you 1" Other musicians have shown a thrifty desire to feather their uwts. When l'ag aiilnl was asked, ) ear ago, to pluy at Vauxhnll (lardoux, ho inquired how many people tho place would hold. "How many?" said the manager. "That Is almost Impossible to say. It's a largo oicn space" "Well," snid the violinist, "how many will the largest space contain When quite full?" "Perhaps 80,000." "Ah, 30,000 people! Aud you ask how much?" "Four shillings each. " "Four shillings each 1 Twenty thou sand four shillings make 80, 000. Eighty thousand shillings, 4,000 pounds. Well, I will play at ono concert for 3,000 pound, and yon may have the other thousand I" Youth's Companion. Th Illractur r. Nearly all tho great tluuncial concerns here pay the directors who attend board meetings (10 for each sitting, not count ing lunch ami cigars. Some men in this way pick up all the way from (.1,000 to (10,000 a year, they being of tho direct ory of several institution or corpora tions. A hank president whoso services are iu demand us a director ia authority for the statement that the fee is paid in gold uml i given to tho dim-tor the mo ment ho enters tho board room. Aud di rector dou't always direct at tlmt New Y'ork Letter. Th I'ubllc'i Owa Fault. JurVinsHicyvlista are so common nowuduys, I simpoMo, that nobody pays any attention to them. Uiamog That's just it People pay no attention to them, aud theu they de nounce the bicyclists for runuiug Uiuip dowu. Roxbury (Mass. ) Uuxette. Spain, Italy, 8weden, Hanover, Rus sia; Austria and Turkey receive daily weather reports from Paris aud London, Arabia was so called from its inhabit ants, the Arab. JULIUS ON TIIE JURY. UNUSUAL, BUT A COOO JOKE ON AN OMAHA LAWYER. Aa KliMjiwot Opening Tlmt Waa WaUd llrriiiH of Juryman No. 11 A Defend ant Who "Know. Mor About IMit CaM a Anjrbod," aud It I'rov.d to I la So. "It happened tuu or a dozen years go, " said ho. "One Julius Uoldfurb, til cast aide iiierchuut, hud sought the protection, ol Insolvency proceedings sev eral time, but with praiseworthy per severance hod followed tho motto, 'If at first you dou't succeed, full, full again.' Iu his lust undortukiug, however, hi creditor alleged that he bud been entire ly too successful and charged him with the sequestration of property of vutlous kind to the amount of (10,000. To re cover this suit wo brought in the court of common pica. I wua retulned as counsel for tho defendant "When tho day and hour set far the trlul of the cause arrived, I wu busy, so I mnt my clerk over to represent the de fense, with instructions to wuU h tho opeuiug proceeding und wnive all chal lenge of tho Juror, intending to roucu the scene In time to try the case. After disposing of tho mutter in bund I went over to the common plea courtroom, fil tering just as the opening statement was being madu by the counsel for the cred itors, the attorney being tho luto R. II. Nuwconib, commonly known a Dick. "As I took my seat I glanced uround the bar and theu about the courtroom in search of my client, but he wo uot visi ble. I hud ou my 'near' glusse. so I 'winked' tliem off, put on my 'fur' glasses and repeated tho search, wi'4 tho sumo result Theu I put on both pair of glusse without being uble to discover my missing client Wondering at tlio absence of (ioldfarb ut such a time, I 'winked' off both glasses und turned to ward tho Jury box just a Dick Nuw conib was completing his stuteinent of the creditor' side of tho coso. "Newcoinb, as you may remember, wu a man possessed of an orutoricul 'gift' and inordinately fond of display ing hi lingual ubility, no mutter how small a provocation was offered by the nature or merits of tlio rase. On the present occasion Disraeli's characteriza tion of Gladstone, 'intoxicated with tlio exuberance of hi own verbosity,' would fitly apply to Dick Nuwcomb a ho dis claimed against the 'moral obliquity' and 'ingrained turpitudu' of the do-ft-nduiit "As ho took his scut bo leaned over to mo and whisH-rcd: " 'How is that for au opening state ment?' " 'That's all right for an opening statement,' said 1, 'but I don't think I hull try this cose with you today.' " 'What do you mean by that?' askod Newcomb in astonishment. " 'Look at juror No. 11,' I said. " 'Well, what ulsmt him?' " 'Do you know him?' "'No. Who I ho?' " 'Julius Ooldfarb.' " 'You dou't mean tho defendant in this suit?' " 'Precisely.' "Quivcriug with indignation and dis gust, Newcomb sprang to his feet aud addressed tho court " 'May It please your honor, it has just como to iny Knowledge that juror No. 11 iu that box is no other than thu defendant iu this action.' "The sitting judge was tho luto ex Chief Justice Lurremore, who was a great stickler for tho observance of nil prescribed form and jealous for the dignity and rcMct due tho bench. Turn ing toward tho jury box, he said steruly: " 'Juror No. 11, stand up. "Ho obeyed. " ' What 1 your uame?' demanded the Judge. " 'Julius (Ioldfarb, shudgo,' " 'Are you tho defendant iu this suit?' " 'Jtt Wolil, shudgo. So I vo.' " 'What do you nu au by getting your self sworn in a a juror to try your owu case?' thundered Judge Iurreuioro. " 'Vy, shudgo,' answered Ooldfarb coolly, 'dey vo call my name, mult you dole mo to shtood up dero, uudt I vo answer all dor quest ions, uudt dot man' (indicating Dick Newcomb) 'said I vos all right. I ndt den I sit mo down hero ver I vo dold. Dot's ull, shuilga "Judge Lurremoro's face had grown redder und redder during (loldfarb's story, and when tho latter finished the judge treated him to us severe a lecture as ever wu heard iu a courtroom. (Iold farb listened with a meek and lowly mien, but the twinkle of hi eye showed that fear of thu judge' reproof could uot spoil hi enjoyment of tho joke. "When Judgo Larromoru had elided hi lecture, ho declared u noutrial. Ooldfarb was discharged from the jury box, other talesmen were summoned, a new juror selected, and tho triul of the case wits proceeded with. "After court wu adjourned for the day Newcomb walked over to (ioldfarb and said: " 'See hero, Goldfurb, do you mean to suy you would have gone ou and tried your own caw?' " 'Jn wohl, vy not?' " 'And I suppose you would have brought In a verdict for yourself if you could?' " 'Now, Minder Newcomb, you vos a lawyer. Vot vos I dero for anyhow?' " 'Hut suppose tho evidence ha I beeu all against you? Suppose wo had proved that you had made away with the prop erty?' " 'Ach, heiligo Moos! I know more about dot case as anybody. Vot's do ue of broving anydiugsso vhou I know It vo a lie already?' "Newcomb walked away iu eminent disgust The result of the caso proved the wily Julius to Imvo made a success ful failure. Hi name had chanced to bo among those drawn for trial jurors for that terui of court, and by mere accident it had becu drawn from the box for hi owu case. The cnrelcsiiosa of the court ofticer and Dick Newcomb hud done the rest " Ouinlia World-Ilerald. Caught Thalr Kan. The new canon of Westminster was ouee terribly interrupted by the inces sant coughing of his cougregutiou. Wbereou he suddenly punned in his ser mon aud interjected the remark. "Last night I was dining with the Prince of Wale." The effect was tnirivculou, and a deathly silence reigucd as the preach er continued : "As a mutter of fact, I was uot dining with the Prince of Wale but uight, but witli my owu family. I am glad, however, to find that I hava at last secured your atteutioa. " WHITTIER'S B0YHOO0. Tba Quakar foal Had " ,B,,rUO Una la III Youth. Iu his boyhood Whit tier hud scant in struction, for the district school wa open only a few weeks in winter. He bad but row Isioks; there were scarcely 80 iu the house. The one book he read and reud again until he hod it by heart almost wus the Bible, ami tho Bible wu always the book which exerted the strongest literary influence upon him. Rut when he was U teacher came who lent himlsaiksof travel nnd opened - ,.,1,1 i.. him. It was this teach- who brought to the Whlttlers on aveniinr a volumo or uurus uuu re aloud some of tho poem, after explum iug tho Scottish dialect Whitticr begged to borrow the book, which was almost the first poetry he had ever reaL It was this volume of Burns which set Whittier to making verse himself, serving both as the in spiration und thniiwdel of his earlier p.ftio effort. The Scottish poet, with hi homely picture of a life a bare and a bardy a tlmt of New Kugluud then, first revealed to tho American poet what pis try really wus und how it might be uiailo out of tho uctual facta of his owu life. t , That hook of Diinis' ocms had an even stronger iiiflueiicoou Whittier thun tho old volumo of Tho Spectator which fell into the hand of Franklin hud on the American uuthor whoso boyhood is most like Whittier'. Franklin alsowas boru in u humble und hardworking fam ily, doing curly hi share of the lnbor and having but a meager education, al though always longing fr learning. It is truo that Irving und Oxit ond Bry ant did not graduato from college, but they could bavo dune so hud they perse vered, und Kincrsou mid Longfellow and Hawthorne did get a much of the higher educution a wa then possible iu America. But neither Franklin nor Whittier ever hud the chance; it was a much a they could do to pick up the merest element of un education. Iro fessor Brunder Matthews in St Nicho las. OUTNIMRODS OLD NIM. The I'rtalunia I'ut lluutrr Tell, a Story of a Wondrous t'liaoe. Frank Tiiiiius, tho Petuluma pot hunter, hud tliu floor, nnd tho crowd breathli-Ksly awaited a thrilling story of the chase. "You want a story of tho chase, eh?" repeati-d Tiiuiii. "Well, I'll toll you about tho greatest bit of chiuiiu I ever did iu my life. I wuz out huiitiu one duy fer quail with my olo muzzle loadiu shotgun, when three quail jumped up out of a bush right uheud of me. Oue flew to the right, one to the left aud tho other straight uliead, but I got 'em all three." "Killiil three quail going in different direction with u muzzle loading shot gun?" repeated ono of his listeners in credulously. "Yep; that's what I douo." " Your gun must bavo hud three bar rel theu." "Nop; only two." "How did you do it?" "Well. I killed tho olio that went to tho right with the right barrel; then, quick as u Hash, I killed thu one that went to the left with the other barrel; then I took after the one that weut straight uheud und knocked tho stufllu out of it with tlio ramrod. " "I wouldn't lie lie vo tlmt if I told it myself," declared one of tlio assem blage. "Huh! Tlmt ain't nothin. I killed six quail with one barrel ouco, and they wuz ull fly in in different directions." "Run 'em ull dowu?" "Nop ; never moved out o' my trucks. When they all started out o' tho same bunch of grass, I held tho gun away over to tho right, and a it went off I swop' it arouu to tho left Tho result was thut I slung shot iu every direction, sumo as you can sling water outeu a pun, und a little of tho shot kctchod ev'ry oue. " Sau Fruucisco Post Tldr In the Atinoapliare, Distinct tide iu tho atmwphero, cor responding to those of thu sea and pro duced twice daily by luuur attraction, have been traced by M. Bouquet de la (iryo lu tho Imronietrio records of sta tions removed from powerful locul di turbiuiiT.i. The recorded oliservatiou of Brest, St. Helena, Capo Horn, Bataviu and Singapore give positive evidence of a regular ebb und flow according to the moou's position. Tho effect i slight, but measurable, tho greatest atmos pheric tide at Brest Is-ing shown by a movement of one quarter of au inch iu a water barometer, which i equivalent to ubout one lift ieth of an inch in the mercury barometer. Tho tide seems to bear alsmt the si.ine ratio to the weight of tho atmosphere that tho sou tide bears to tho depth of tho ocean. Mm. Klltatx-th K. flutter. Mrs. Llizuhcth F. Huttcr, who recent ly died iu Philadelphia, wa widely known a the pioneer in many philan thropic movements in Pennsylvania, She wu the widow of tho Rev. Dr. E. W. nutter, once editor of the Lancaster Intelligencer und afterword private sec retary of President Buchanan and us sistiuit secretary of state. During the war Mrs. Huttcr frequently went to the front, rendering valuable service to tho wouuded mid suffering. She took a con spicuous part iu the greut sanitary fair held iu Philadelphia iu 1 SOI, acting as president of tho committee of labor, in come and revenue. She is credited with having misi d ('JoO.OOO for tho fair. She wa the first woman to crews the liue after the desperate throe days' battle of (K'ttysbnrg. She went In a car provided by l'resident Scott of the Pennsylvania railroad and by special permission of President LiucoUi. New York Tribune. Wondartul Ktrauftn of tlia IWtla. A noted entomologist who lias been Writing on the Wonderful feats of strength a exhibited in tho beetle fam ily tells tho following: "I selected a common black water beetle weighing 4. 3 graiu ami found that ho wa ublo to curry a loud of shot iu a small bug, tho whole weighing ounces, or exactly b 08 times tho weight of the bug. If a umn weighing 130 could carry a much accordingly ho could shoulder a 43 ton locomotive and theu chuiu a traiu of cars together and take the whole lot across the country at a five mile au hour gait" When a mun marries he fully intend to be No. I iu the family, but often the full point drop out aud he lapse into "no ona." HARVESTS OF HAUL GIRLS PART WITH THEIR CROWN NQ GLORY FOR A FEW CENTS. Jawalrr and Wig Are Had of th Qoasr. at of Crop Information, Soma of It of a Odd Character, From Maa Who Make Thin of Hair. It was quite by cJiance that tlio writer of this article happened on a man who bus spent his lifetime in tho manipula tion of humun hair, transforming it in to wigs, crowns, frizette and all the other kinds of "fulse" buir aud weaving it into watch chains, eyeglus guards, bracelets, as well as mounting it in lock ets, ring, pins, eurriug and brooches aud working it up into all kiud of floral design and emblnm. "A churming houd of hair on a wom an," he suid, "is a thing of bounty and indeed a crowning glory, but to a hair worker it is of little value. Even tlio longest hair, before it has passod throngh tho hunds of tho manufacturers, i well nigh worthies. Tho buir of a woman' head which is 30 inches in length, for exumplo, would not be worth more than 00 cent. "I remember a woman coming into my shop oxo night and offering to sell hor buir. She suid sho wu a seaman' wifo, and uot having hoard from him for many months wa iu deserate straits for money. Sho wauted to know how much I would give her for her buir, which wus of considerable length. I re fused to cut it off. I wouldn't cut any womuu's hair off. It is such a demoral izing, degrading thing to do, and the fact is emphasized when diro need is the cause of tlio sale. However, I was iu a position to obtain her assistance until her husband cumo back. "We get our finest descriptions of hair," continued the subject of this in terview, "from France und Ituly, whence come all shades of black and brown. France, ngain, Germany and Spain sup ply the murkut with brown, light flaxen aud rod hair. Gray hair, being found iu every parcel, i decriied as universal "On the continent there aro regular hair harvests. During the summer time you cuu see ut every fair peddlers sur rounded by girl with their beautiful hair nicely comlx'd out standing iu file waiting their turn. Tho peddler has In his build n pair of sheurs, each girl bends her neck, a few snips, und tlio hair is off, tied into a whisp aud thrown luto a basket standing at tho shearer's sida Aud how much do you think that the girl get for this? A few cents, a guudy trinket or a bright silk hundker chief. "Some peddlers travel from cottage to cottage plying their trade, and the same performance is goiia through. An average head of hair weighs four ounces. Wheu sufllcieut hair is accumulated, It is sold to the hair imuiufucturers, who submit it to a process of cleansing aud sorting into various lengths aud shades. It is then ready for the wigmakers, who buy it as they require it, paying at the rate of 20 cents or so per ounce for lengths of 10 inches to 13 inches to as many shillings as there are inches for lengths of 30 inches ami upward. Tlio greatest demand is for hair from 14 to 34 inches in length. Tho longest female buir on record is 72 inches." The tycoon of Japan once confiscated the hair of a whole province and hud it woven into a ship's hawser over a quar ter of a milo long. Theu ho discovered that steel ropes were in existence, nnd now the cable, composed of the pigtails of tho unfortunate Japs, reposes before tho eyes of the curious iu Ucthuul Green museum. Tho gentleman interviewed possesses a magnificent trophy of hair, iu size somo 3 feet long by 3 feet high, iu the form of a basket of flowers, every leaf, every petal and every stem of which is composed of cunningly wrought hairs from the human head. How long it took to create it, it is impossible to say, but years nnqncstiouubly. He has other similar displays, mostly tho work of himself or his son, though they pule in to insignificance beside the monument of patience in question. The working of hair iiito ornaments has gone out of vogue considerably of lato year, but seafaring men even now are great lovers of this form of memen to. Naturally thoir favorite designs as sume the forms of anchors, compasses and other things nautical. Ono day a gentleman camo to tho subject of this article and desired him iu a most mysterious maimer to weave somo buir, which ho gave him, into the form of n serpent Thu head aud tail were to be of gold, and the tail was to bo fixed into the mouth. Tho serpeut was to bo iu two coils and to encirclo'a golden heart pierced by a dagger. Iu order to thoroughly comprehend tho de sign he had to be let into the secret, and this was the explanation which was of fered: The serpent wus to represent the na ture of a certain young lady to whom tho hair belonged and who had jilted the gentleman in question. The golden heart wns symbolic of hi pure and worthy affection, and the dagger showed kow deeply ho had been wounded. The tail of the serpent being in its mouth in dicated that in injuring her qnoudani lover she had also bitten herself. The jilted swain was most particular about the execution of the work, sent it back twice for alterations and finally refused to huvo it at all, perhaps discovering the bathos of his scheme. Boston Post Threa Hooka. A loading literary light in ono of the best known woniuu's colleges say that there ore just three books that everybody should know by heart "Tho Arabian Nights," "Alice Iu Wonderland" aud "Mother Gooso." "A thorough knowl edge of those niusterpieeos, " she suys, "will do more toward cultivating the imagination tluui any other process that I know of. Aud I regard imagination as the most imiHirtant of ull mental facul ties. " . This is in direct and significant opposition to tho idea held by ninny parent and teacher that fairy tales are injurious reading for tho young. New York Sun. grpart From Statesman. For once iu his career the incorrupti ble aldenuau from the S'teeuth ward lost his teuqier, "lean lick ym," he roared, "with ojo naud tied behind me!" "You can fight Utter with one hand behind you," Vociferated the high mind ed alderman from the Umpty-eecoud ward, "than you can any other way. If your customary position, b'gush I" Chicago Tribune, CONSERVATIVE. Th. Flrat Can of tl.a Word yta rolltlcal Term. Canning, and tu i: first to use in V.,ni. ... ,7. tU rt"-u IKIIltl! - conservative iu it pr,,.nt too long ha Thackeray' "uU1011 bom" (Disraeli's "Sir wi.",.": credit Which belong to a Z ' M liant man. The . i'."" H keen that the tcrT.. . ' T.TP" li ed in The yuurterly Review 1830 (No. 83, page 37), - Twnuuiiu UM-ucoiniuouIyiiai.1 no specified authority 10 written by Croker, but it tnuZf was five year and a half predoT?.' On Juno 8, Mi, a dinX; o George Hibbcrt, the cliairn, J ? West India Merchant ..f ,ombersof that body. luid venu leadiuu m nisfer tl """Us LordLlvenxKil. the Tory Im.mi present In the course of tl,epr? ings, say a co.iteuiorary mxTZ observutlon which fell fnJm Jf, liinir wiut that II, n u,.i.:. ., ' T,unll tiie ureMM iroveminent. as tlmt ,.t -n ... .. ought to be, wa essentially This appeared in JolmBullof i, 13,1824 (puge l'JS),und the apt wL , so obviously remarked tlmt it M iuh" cized. Years passed, and Caauin.r; died before tho word is aguiu toUsa in English politics, but ou March u 1829, Charle Ureville noted i ry tlmt "Ilerrie told Hyde Villier, Z their (the Torie') policy was enuT tlve, thut of the Wine, subversive, Z that they never could act tosetbtr " "The Grevillo Memoirs," volume 1 tJi l,pagol92. . m The word, empVyed by both Caani ami Ilerrie, wu tliu "iu tliair"J fore it wus given iu The (juartwlT ia this accords with a stateuieut uadtj tlio courso of a corre.ssjii(Unce oatb " Kty inology of the Word Ouusmttiw which api urcd iu Tlio Standard it ut end of October, 1833, wherein ttM suid to have been first used in M during the closing controversial tM Homau Catholic emancipation,..);, and (Queries. INCAPABLE OF IMPERSONALITY, An Alleged Falllu- That Ilia Dtfcml Wouiau'a Kuianrlpatloa. The bond of fellowship which eiiM between mail und muu simply by rim of a common sex is entirely auint k tweeu woman und wniuau. It u, i fact, replaced by a fundamental utig nism, a vague enmity which mm the general attitude of a feminine e ture towurd her kind essentially diff ent from thut of tho male creaton it identical relations. In individual aia this feeling is counteracted by aJw.j or by sy input by, but ujiart from perus al sentiment it reinuins, severing mij living woman from the nt uf heria, To a greut extent this urine from vca an' incapacity for i in personal fwlinji ubstruct emotion. Iu life's fray aha fights either for her owu baud or, nun often, for some one nnui or wuma whom she loves, but rarely fur tho vd- fare of her sex at largo. Were it not for this strange lack of ta muuity iu her nature, the emancipate of woman would not have been w pw ouly retarded. If the few women tif Buffered aforetime under the Kwtrictis which hedged lu their liberty hod ha able to count on tho sympathy and operation of all woineu, the tinai thoir subjugation would have been oct mously abbreviated. As it wai,ttefo seekers after freedom met wita man opposition from their owusfi tain thy did from the other; nor, iudefifouwr faro belter today. Enomioui dung iu thoir social status were fffwtnl au inconsiderable minority uf oc bravo enough and logical enough to ia press tho malo powers that be with k justieo of their demands. But for tlrt courage they received no sympathy for their success not one word of thai nothing, in fact, but execration ba tho huge Inert feminiuo muss in M service thoir strength wa spent- nrdSy Review. A MAN'S LAUGH NEVER CHANGE Bow the Fact Waa Illulrtl bjatl cldt-ut In I'lilr". If tho Bertillion system uf idntito tiouhad a phonographic record it laughs of criminals it would pruW be as near perfect as an identifies!" system can bo. The fact that niaucowi into tho world wailing lu" bfeu rest ed as a sort of prophecy uf the that as a rule the sorrows of u number the joys when all the renaa are in, but an optimist might opposite significance in th" nmu's laugh reinuins the same thr all tho changing year When the of manhood succeed to the iupPP lucky davs of boyhood, this laiK6 mny be culled into use. us it littlo, but when it is put i'"00 it is tho same old laugh. aiideT hood friend would know it Au old soldier who fru. the war with Fred Uartwiok. a mail collector's wagou lintll'(., Side, happened to lie in Ch'B week not long since. Ho M Hurtwick wa on its I""'"' u and went to the federal buiMu him. Ho took his station at P0,''! which all the carriers filid t0a duty, and as HartwickcaiuealoK" one pointed him out Without disclosing his the veteran approached ami iug Hartwick if ho reim-mb""1 incidents lu the history of thai meut during the war. or f1 f and very soon fell into '"T U muiiziuff a Kimi oi between themselves. Ono men" ft "- tho regiment was m "um. Orleans, another was ""Zm in the state, several ""TJ t was the local manager rf big commercial agencies m " large cities, and so on. . j0i v. 1 H-irtwlck aa'u' . lk. Tll'IUI vi.ilto .. . Sill P companion nt arm hw u;""lWjth latter only smiled and w'" l" conversation, rmaiiy. necessary for them to "'T111 bilr WlClC WlW OUllgeu " S' - - . nyj: the man laughwl outrigh t a n "Well. rY.il. i ,,, .BMC,-' forset me after what we weut together. " . .. wid X1IU Ilimu." i,l,-!llul- Hartwick. iu relating the m . ...i. . 1... null a" - knew just v. no nc fiirsOTt" him. but I hadn't seen hiu i , and he had cli.uigiM so I o-u Wild him from Adam u ,S grown older, too, of ;uiaatf0 lr UUa