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