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ip.TAPH ON MARY. COUNTESS Of r nil VCITU Dtl April 9. ITIM, aged 126 n.r trv. l r, nntll my life yon read. Jr'lunu may K' t kmm li-ilito by the dead, rin III'"'" Bv" "ar 1 vlrit,B P. v yr I w virtuous wlfa; in III"' y' ' h"1 'l'l"W rhaao; i'L weary of . "''' I end "'y fure. ! fr.su mv iTullf 1" my STure lutva an-n I .m mil'liiy kniK" In Hurt land nd a qt qu-en. ,- five Ivan a common wi all h I m, f ,! ilnl 1 " tli'-proud prelate pulM iluwn, ' j n,r tlio clunk wu liumlili-d to 0 ground I .t my rinfry Id fr r.null.h oiw, , I hai.kl". riiuart' rulo uliu no mora. h vi.Uill'ini In my Unit- unva Uo-n. i hjv u rod "t niuny truulil -n. ISLUEST OF 1UKDS. In a towu of tbo ancient kiu(lora of Oitilu there Uvea in lorincr age a touiIi called Bartolo, who tried to eke ... - I t.l a t .- i uot living "J " i"r uiru md bikini,' tlu;m K'un'l to sell at the nii-bli'iriiib' villages Hut liU trade was i pair uik'i und he Judged himself in lock if ho ho'11 0110 raK ' 8 i,ay. ami. u way bo supposed, bo know what sor row mill privation were. 0u day 'l0 Wu proceeding to a filial,''' Itu heard sound of revelry, tlio tow nf many Jicoplo nud tho strains of jbarnl of music. This nicrryniukiug n a procession of children dressed iu trhiti', carrying In their irniUt a beau (i!nl child crowned with rose iu a iiriu covered with whilu satin and lamented with aoacin and myrtle. Thin procession wus iu horor of Maya, !W personification of spring, und took ;lnt) to uiinouneo tlio entry of spring. Iu frnut of tho lit Clo chariot some cliil- irtn (lain-ed und held iu their hands tin pattern for contributions and, us may ue iuia'tii uii, or ninny nil, tlie spec- :i(.irs tlropjH'd their cuiuit into them. Barli'ln moved uway iu a desponding rauoil, saying to himself ax ho walked d: "h this tho justice if tho world? Tbtrti tin r aro flinging their money ;ulo these platters Just because theso liildnn eoino in proccssiou to annouiico tollniu tliat it in tho month of May, an bouK'h tiny could not kuow it by look- nig in an uiniaiiac. liny oarter ami unud nio dowu to tho lowest price for uiTcag'S cveu wheu I chaiico to mil no." Fall of theso Litter tliotiK'litu, he vralkul on sadly, for tho voicca of two .uiportuiiato ciicinicH wero uiaking them kItiti heard within him. Theso wero uitr and thirst Tho one clamored fjr fool ami tho other for drink, liar- ijlo liuil uothing In liix wallet but his rii9kuifu and had had naught for hi Imkfast hut hoi-, and these made iiim sharp and active. Ue had reached a plantation when he perceived a well dn-swd individual com. ting toward hi in. IVessed ly hunger, llarioln, taking his cap olT npoctfully, approached and said: "Excuso mo, sir, hut could yon kind It give mo a trifle? I promise I will ro- turn it as soon an I earn soino money. " "Dnu't you think that it is a shame- fal thing for a man liko you young und Willi li irnnd. heiilrhv nmMn.rnnnw ho be ili'inuiidlliK charity of KMiple? Dtieg t uut strike you that you have a duty 3 earn your living by working at your itraile?" "Yon, sir, certainly, but my trade li 1 not fulhll its own duty. Most peo ple like to see tho birds flying about free rather than in cues, and therefore pay hy day I find myself poorer than lforo. " I At first tho stranger doubted what he fieard, but tho birdcago maker gave fcim so ihtailed an occouut of bin work and tho small protlti) ho derived that io lieeame interested and sympathized nil his ill fortune. Bartolowim a man ho always knew how to exeito grout itereit in himself. "Come, como," tho stranger iald, uiling. "I will do something for you. I cannot find custoinorn for yonr ;iges, I will afford you a powerful nans by which you shall uover more lu want. " He then blow a whistlo, and Dartolo w llviint before him n bird blue as (io sky, which came and perched on id of his cages. eo hens" added tho stranger, what will compensate for all your t misery. From this day forward u have only to formulate a wish and slowly and distinctly, 'Bluest of fiieliinU, do your duty,' aud your ih will be granted to you. " "Dy my faith!" cried tho birdcage aker, "but I will try it at ouco. For to last SO years I have wished to kill Jiigor. 'Bluest of bluebirds do your ty. .. Scarcely were the words out of his outh than ho saw suddeuly spread bo be him on tho grass a breakfast fit for prince laid on a service of exquisite Jvcr and glass and the whitest of i'ths. Bartoln, astonished, flung him 41 f on his knees before bis benefactor '4 thank him, but ho raised him up, 4ring: I "I am the good genius of tho honest jwkiugnieu of Cuntilo. Sit down aud ft without f' (u'- Tllke advautago of 4ur hieky star," und then suddeuly f appeared. jUartolo reverently bent down and ed the spot upon which ho had fc"l, unoblo to find adequate expres n of his gratitude. JHe then sat down ami oto his break ft. After his meal Bartolo Judged ft man who had feasted in such an ''Wit manner ought to have other bet i clothing than his well worn work ,!uit, and lifting his staff ho cried '1tl bird, "Bluest of bluebirds, do Tduty!" Iu an instant his did suit 'me transformed into one of richest i t. embroidered iu gold and silver, i JJ) bis rough start into a splendid horse j T:T caparisoned and having round its 7 k collar of silver Ixdls. l-More astonished than ever, Bartolo TPeiid.d to the soddlo the cage with bloeblrd, leaped on the horse and j f his way as' proud of his dress as a ! T""V Of It mm ""'tiiiK spurs to his hor ho soon ' hi d the gates of n splendid castlo, j ue least was taking plarn within, '(.'ii'nts were nil m ated under u shady T,T deploring that they harf li n dis united of tlin mlMtr..l who were b 1 lv played. ,; ''"lo, on learning this, advanced 'he bower, and after ehgautly siilut ' the rd and ladv of the castle iu a T "'fined voice siiid: 1 ' be right for a simplo knight to f r fan service to such a distinguished of rauk and beauty, 1 think I Could firming n 1 . . . r "uiiiu wum you are requiring." ' ' h. do, at on.-., please!" crieil all the huh,.., who were louring to d;uice. .,,t1 m i.iueiiirii, itu your duty!" i laid Bartolj. 1 Kudduily in the distance was heard , the noise f mm.y f.ti ,, B t of i iiiusi.'iaiH with th' ir im-truments op pear. d. to the great delight of tho com- pany. I 1,10 ,,r,l ft the castle thanked the ftraiix. r und desired him to opeu the i ball with-hi eldest daughter, a nmideu , fair nud lovely, like a snow bird, j Win n the ImU ws at its height, the j bir.l. ago maker ordered an elegant ban t qui t to lie served, during which the bluest of bluebirds wus comuiaiided to I ""'St wings, which were very much ! U'liuired. (iames of chaueo followeil, and Bartolo, taking ndvaulage of his : good fortune, distributed uuioug the j ladies pi urls, bracelets and rings of pre cious stones. All those present were I surprised N-y....i rneasuro becuuso the I lord of the castlo wu known to bo ex tremely niggardly ond mean. Tho lord of the castle, w ho knew how all this had been done through the I agency of the bird und being himself of j an inordinately avaricious nature. flionglit ho might do u fine stroke of business wero ho to purchase tho bird. Hence, calling his unknown guest uway to his study, ho proposed to him to pur chase the bird for what price ho should quote. " You would never give me my price, " replied Bartolo. "For it 1 would givo my castlo, with its ninu forests," said tho lord of the castle. "It is not enough." "Very well, I will add my olive plan tation and vineyards." "That is still insufficient," cried Bartolo. "I will add the orchards, gardens and houses. " "I want something elso." "What, still more? Why, man, you must want para.liso itself." "Not so. I wunt what you can give me this very moment. I want your daughter with whom 1 danced just now. Let her be my bride." "What, my daughter?" cried the old miser in an ecstasy of joy. "By my faith, we shall soon conclude, the bar gain. Why did you not say so before?" Ho went to seek tho girl and told her of tho engagement he had entered into. But his daughter, in utter amazement, cried out: "But wbut if he is a wicked olf and all he does lie witchcraft?" "You have an amulet of coral hang ing from your neck. It is on antidote against all witchery." "And what if ho bo satan himself?" "I will give you a piece of blessed caudle, and ho will have no ixiwcr over you," replied the unrelenting father. Taking her hand, he led her to tho stranger, who wus already on his horse, and assisted her to mount behind her futuro husband. Taking the cage with the bluest of bluebirds he watched the retreating forms of tho pair as the horse carried them away swifter than tho wind, and when out of sight ho pro ceeded to joiu Ids guests. The company was all gathered inkuots discussing tho extraordinary powers of the bird aud all tho events which had takeu place. "Peace, piace!" cried tho lord of the castlo as he entered. "I will jierfona moro marvelous things than ever he did. I havo given him my daughter to wed in exchango for tho bird, and this bluebird will render mo moro wealthy than tho king of Aragon. Approach and see the wonders I will work with it. He took the cage, and lifting it up to look at the bird was astonished to find that it was not blue at all, but a large gray bird, which turned tostaro at him in an insolent manner, gnve a fierce peck at tho door of the cage with its beak, flung it open and flew out of tho window, uttering a terriblo screech. The lord of tho castlo stood with open mouth, not knowing what to do or say. His guests broke out in peats of laughter at his discomfiture and the well deserv ed punishment for his unseemly avarice of exchanging his beautiful daughter for a worthless bird. Meuuw hilo Bartolo was galloping on with his brido to the nearest town to bo married, and when he arrived at the first hostelry ho wished to dismount and engage tho most splendid suit of apartments for his intended bride, but ho found himself utterly penniless. Ho had not calculated tliut in parting with tho bird ho had parted with his luck, and therefore as soon as ho dis mounted the horso disappeared, and his elegant dress became changed for tho shabby oue ho had worn beforo he met the kind individual who had wished to befriend him. Whin tho beautiful daughter of tho lord of tho castlo beheld tho transformation which had taken place, sho ran back to her father as fast as she could, fright lending w nigs to bcr feet Bartolo had to return to his old life of making cages and to his miserable existence From the Spanish in Strand Magazine. IHxJnrrd Ilia OrangM, A few davs ami tho assistant post- tnnster of Port Chester. Pa., suspected the carriers of hoving stolen some or anges ho hud in tho otllce, aeeor.nuK to l.wil naner. Ro he bouuht another stock and asked a neighboring druggist to inject into them soino drug that would mako the thieves sick, but not ltijuro them. The druggist injected wa ter nud then informed the carriers. They tf course stolo the oranges and wheu the owner entered tho oftlco ho found them all very sick. In a littlo while they were writhing on the floor. Then the Joker thought tho druggist bad made u mistake ond ran to him for a prescription. Ho prescribed branny, aud it took f." worth to relieve them of their pain. Some of them got a little overeured by the medicine, or on the other side of a normal condition, but they enjoyed their superior's Joke all the same. New York Tribuna SvrprnU' Monm'Dlh The serpent moves by elevating the scales on its abdomen and using thera to push the body forward. The windings are alwavs horizontal The artist who represent the sinuosities as vertical hove never ot served the animal iu motion. It is impossible for it to move in that way. Kutta Carolina Vonnf U OnV The admonition to give the young man a chance does not apply to South Carolina. The governor of that state s 81. his attorney general 25 and the ad jutant g.m-r.1 2i yean of ago. Baltl- T 1 A more ueia.u. A CANDIDATE FOH GOVERNOR. Carwr of Lli.yJ lAiwmlm, Who llra.li the Marylaud llvuubllcau TlckrU Lloyd Lowudes, whom tho Republic ans of Maryluud have chosen us their candidate for governor, is a Virginian by birth, a 1'eiitisylvniiiaii by education and a Mary hinder by adopt iou. Ho wus born at Clarksburg, Harrison county. W. Va.. Feb. SI, Mi. Ho graduated from Alleghany college at Meudvrlle. Pa., in 1 MIA, und studied law with Rich ard L. Ashhurst in Philadelphia. After taking a two years' c.mri in law at the University of Pennsylvania he wus ad mitted to the bur and bck'.m the prac tice of his profession ut Cumberland, Mil Iu later yeurs he has devoted more of his attention to commerciul enterprises than to the law und is prominently connected with a number of bunking houses, mining companies, manufac turing establishments, etc., iu Baltimore and Cumberland. He is president of the Second National bank of Cumberland, the Union Milling company of Allegha ny county, the Potomuc Coal company, the Froftthurg Uas aud Electric Light I.I.OVU LOWSIiKS. company and the Cumberland Paper company. He is one of the directors of the Cunilierland Daily News Publish ing company. Iu lfc.S he wus elected to the Forty third congress from the Sixth Maryland district. He wus then but 'JS years of age, und though the youngest mcmlier of the house served upon several of tho most important committees He wus a strong and ublo supMirttr of President Grant's administration while iu con gress and wus u delegate at huge to the national convention iu Chicago which nominated James A. Harlielil. Mr. Lowudes is a member of the American Acudeuiy of Political and So ciul Science of Philadelphia, the New Y'ork Southern society and various so ciul and Militicul chilis. He bus long beeuwnrilcu and vestryman of Kmunuel Episcopal church of Cumlicrlund and oue of tho lay delegates from that body to diocesan and general conventions. A FAMOUS POEM. Inlvrettlno Facta About Ilia Author of 'furfrw Mu.t Not It I n TolilfhU" The million more or less of schoolboys and girls past and present who havo be gun their elocutionary efforts with the recitutiou of "Curfew Must Not Ring Touight" will be specially interested in something ubont tho uuthorof tho poem and how she enme to write it. The uu thor is Mrs. Roso Hartwick Thorpe. Mrs Thorpe wus born ut Mishawuka, Intl., iu 150, and wus the daughter of William Hurtwick. Iu 18(11 the fum ily moved to Litchfield, Mich. Her parents wero poor, ami her childhood and young womanhood wero passed iu a dull and prosaic atmosphere, und there was nothing in her early education or surroundings to "charm tho muses" or kiudlo the fires of poesy. Mrs Thorpo wroto "Curfew," her best and most widely known production, wheu she wus 10 years old. This wus in 1867. Koine copies of Peterson's Mag azine hud come into her possession, lu ono of theso sho found the story of Bes sie and her lover. The thrilling incident of the bruvo young Knglibh girl deeply ROSS. IIAItTWK S THOItl'R. impressed her. She could not banish from her mind tho words "curfew must not ring tonight." The Inspiration to write came when sho win in tlio school room, attempting to solve a miithemut Ical problem. Sweeping tho pnwuic fig ures from hr Blute sho wrote "Eng lund's sun wus setting, " etc., and the poem wus soon completed. It wus first published in 1870 in the Detroit Com mercial Advertiser over the signature of Rose Hartwick. Tho editor wrote her a letter of thanks, which is all the remu neration sho has ever received for the poem, though it has been printed in thousands of publications in this coun try and England and been dccluimed by legions of youthful orators on two con tinents Mrs Thorpe is an attractive woman, tall and slender, with dark brown eyes aud hair. She was iiiurtiitl in 18.1 to Edmund C. Thorpe. Hillsdalo (Mich. ) college conferred the honorary degree of master of arts upou her in llie family now reside at Purine Beach, San Diego, CuL, where they are pleusantly domiciled in a charming home called R.jaemere. No Card I'laying la Htoa HoUlt, Th nolice commissioners have uoti- f..d tlin nrotirietors of tho hotels that they most refrain from providing their guests with facilities lor euro piayiug in tho war of cards, chin or rooms to be used for this purpose, us it is said they have been 111 the nmt or tioing. It..r, fi..r if centleuien ilidulltn in the pastime of gaming at the hotels they must furnish their own Implement ami run-full ifuard the nature of their oc cupatiou from the kuowledgo of the landlord. BustonTranscript. ft HIDEOUS WASTE OF MONEY. Taatluiunlala For lha C'tar's Fntirrat That War Costly ami l'Mlra. There bus certainly been u hideous waste of i ioneyiu providing nf.'.ii.il t. u- timouiuls of sorrow for I ho cr.ir's fu neral. The queen's wreuth, which wus of ''enormous size," was sent from Windsor to St. Petersburg lu charge of Lord Carrington, thd expenses of whose mission will have to bo paid by the for eign office. Tho (icruiau emperor's wreath, which wus ten feet iu diameter, required a special railway wugou to transport it from Berlin to St. Peters burg. Tho Emperor Francis Joseph sent a wreath eight feet long, which had been constructed by 30 florists The bier was surrounded by many hundreds of "massive silver floral crowns" from the towns nud villages of Russia, some of which had cost upward of 12,000. It would lie intenatiug to learn who profits by all this lavish extravagance, for it is quite certain that evuy article of any value which is sent on such an occasion ultimately lieeuines tho per quisite of some court functionary, and the individual who takes the stmil at this function will be able to retire ut ouco w ith u consideruble fortune. Theu 2,.p00,in0 rulilts have been squandered in decorating publio buildings, und it is a very queer commentary on tho al leged outburst of national woo that the superintend, ut of uu important railway terminus ut St. Petersburg was sent to prison for seven days Ise inse his sta tion was not iu sufficiently deep mourn ing. It may be hoped that ou the next occasion of an imperial or royal fnueTal there will he u notification that (lowers aud wreaths nro not to be sent. Lon don Truth. NAMES IN CONGRESS. llouorablx (Irntlriurn Who Itua (irrat lilsk ut Ik'luf Mlird I p. The Fifty-fourth congress will oontaiii a considerable iiuiiiIht of members of duplicate names There ore two mem bers of the iiiiuio of Arnold, one from Pennsylvania and ono from Rhode Is land; three Bakers, from Kansas Mary land and New Hampshire; two Burt letts, from (ieorgiu ami New Y'ork; two Bells, from Colorado and Texas; two Blacks, from (ieorgiu and New Y'ork; two Burtons from Maryland ami Ohio; three ('lurks, from Alabama, Iowa and Missouri; two Cannons from Illinois and Utah; two Cooks from Illi nois and Wisconsin; three Coopers, from Florida, Texas and Wisconsin; three Curtises, from Iow.i, Kansas and New York; two Cobbs fioiu Alabama und Missouri; Uillett from Massachu setts und Oillet from New Y'ork; two Henrys, from Connecticut and Indianu; two Johnsons, from Indiana nnd North Dakota; two Millers from Kansas and West Virginia; two Murphys. from Illi nois and Arizona; two McCulls from Massachusetts and Tennessee. Miller from New Y'ork and Minor from Wisconsin licnr tho same name with the distinction of ono letter; two members bear tho nuine of Russell, ono from Con necticut and tho other from Georgia. Thero aro two Smiths, ono from Illinois aud ono from Michigan; two Stones, both from Pennsylvania two Turners, from Cieorgia und Virginia; two Wal kers from Massachusetts and Virginia. Then we havo moro men bearing the namo of Wilson than any other four in all from Idaho, New Y'ork, Ohio and South Curolina. Washington Post. A llradly (irawiliopiH-r Trap. Professor Logger, MiiuiCMrta'a state entomologist,, has iu operation iu tho Red river valley und iu Cli. sago and Pino counties 400 "hopper dowers " Tho hopper doser is m mucliilio ulmut eight feet long mid two feet wide. It is made ou tho plan of a dustpan, is of tin and sits on three runners, ou which it is pulled over thostubblo by a team of horses. At tho rear of tho pan there is n trough the entire length of the machine, in which thero is un inferior grade of conl oil, whilu ut tho buck of the ma chine thero is a sheet of cucvus Tho hopM'rs jump into the pun to get ont of the way. Those that full into tho kero sene und ure immersed in the fluid die at once, while tho hoppers tliut ure merely touched by the oil may li.'o two or three minutes before they succumb to a sort of paralysis that is more deadly than electricity. The canvas ut the buck of the machine prevents the hopiicr from jumping clear over it. They strike against the canvas ami fall back into tho oil It costs the state fl.GO to make each of these machines They can ho made by any tinsmith nnd ure given to the farmers in hopper infested com munities iu order to encourage them to get rid of the post. Professor Lugger claims that with 400 hops-r (losers he kills off unaverngeof 8(10 to 1,200 bush els of gruxshopiM-rB every duy. Chicugo Inter Ocean. Lrfallslnc Typewriting. A now law iu Pennsylvania declares tliut all typewriting heretofore executed or done, und ull which iiiny hereafter lie done, for any purposo wliutever, shull have the same legul force und effect as ordinary writing, and tliut the word "writing" occurring iu the laws of the state shall le held to include typewrit ing. Heretofore it has been required un der the laws tliut wills and all similar ly important legal documents of record should Is. written by hand with pen and ink. The legislature seems to have satisfied itself that tyicwritiiig is as re liable and as permanent as handwriting with 111 and ink, althongh tho machine writing has not lieen tested by time, as bus tho handwriting. It limy bo expect ed that other states will follow the leujl of Pennsylvania aud legalize the work of tho writing machine. Chicago Tribune. Two (Jarcr llllnola W.I la. Near Augusta, Ills, there are two peculiur wells, each of which deserves special mention in u department devoted to accounts of things out of the ordi nary. The first is a " bottom lesa well" one which wus sunk down until the immense rushing, underground river was struck. The second is a well in which the water renmins frozen winter and smnmi r. These two wonders, each of w hich may proerly be referred to us combined natural and artificial curi osities," aro located at a distance of about a mile and a half apart. The frozen well is only about 10 feet iu depth, that of the other not stated L Louis Republic. Llftil oa a iwrk Nuhjrct, Rivers SupisMiug it to lie true that Lot her did throw an iuk bottle at satan, why do you think he did it? Banks I presume be wanted to see if he couldn't make him bun ker than las ww paiuted, Chiougo Trlboua. HOHENLOHE'S PECULIARITIES. fha Near (.arinan rhaurrllor Alwar Cooks Ills II a a Ci.OV. Prince Hohenlohe, the new chancel lor of the (icruiau empire, is cast in a different physical mold from his two stalwart predecessors He is far from Wing so impressive iu appcuran.-o iu Bisiuiirek or Cuprivi. He hoiks more like tho headmaster of a school iu a middle sl.'d town than like a statesman. Al though of a mure noble lineage than either of the c x-c hun.vllors he looks much less like the traditional aristocrat. His early life was, however, passed amid comparatively humble surrounding-., and Ins birth helped him little. He practiced law until Is -id, and, pitted against young men of the middle classes, never distinguished himself, lu the year mentioned lie succeeded to tho dig nity of scliillmgsfurst uml took his place as a hereditary hgislutor iu tho Bavari an reichsrath. The prince is remarkably active for a man of his age. His excellent health he attributes to the facts tliut ho shu.1s us much time us possible in the .qs n air espirially in - the hunting field and cooks his own coffee. Coffee ho consid ers the principal course of a meal, al though ho likes good things to eat and employs one of the Ut cooks in (lor many. When in his palace at Slrashurg, ho always prepared his own cotToa Even when he travels ho curries the cof fee machine with liiin and uses it to make his favorite beverage at least three times a day. In the course of years ho has tiecomo an expert, und few cooks can equal his brew. His guests flatter him ou his art, as a matter of course, and thero is no better way to reach his heart thun by eulogy of his coffee. Like many other men who have ac complished considerable in this life and love praise and their hobbies be would rutlier hear praise for his "drink which couifortelh the brain ami heart" to use the language of Bacon thun for bis political wisdom. Cincinnati Commer cial (iuctto. j SPOTS ON THE RIBBON. : Tha Frrueh l.rgluo of Honor ll-rdltd i liy Ilia Many Itrrrnt Heandala. Tho long series ef scandals during ! tho past yeur or two in Paris havo cul minated ill the serious discrediting of the Flench Legion of Honor, or rather of its management, which has fuiled to purge its roll from time to time. Near ly every journalist who is now accused of blackmail, for instance, wears tho coveted red ribbon. Thero is a council of the order which is empowered to cashier any member guilty of dishon orable conduct. A chevalier who hail, for instance, broken his word of honor and failed to pay a gambling debt might Is) struck off the rolls This is the Iheorv. In iniictico tho council is ! content with exuellinir bunkrunts. duel ers and fugitives from justice. Tho uttuck ou tho government for its shortcomings in this respect brought the present cabinet within an nee of do fattt. Tho critics quoted, among other oases that of a well known company promoting baron, who hud numberless difficulties iu the French law courts Must of his companies went to smash. A captain in the French urmy, ruined through his faith in the baron's pro spectuses gave him a horsewhipping. The baron kept the whipping investor's money mid the ribbon of tho Legion of Honor. A deputy moved a resolution to call upon the government to remind tho council of tho order of its duty to deul rigorously with unworthy mem bers. The government declining to ac cept tho motion, it wns rejected by the narrow majority uf SUU to Paris Letter. "DEVIL ANSE" PRESIDED. A lUrbrrna at Wlilrh m MoUd Vvn.Utta 1-aile r Jllaatrrad lha Crramonlra. Tho other day tho peoplo of Logan oounty, W. Va., held a grand burbecue to celebrnto the division of tho county. Tables wero spread in the street, and all traffic was suspended. Hundreds of tu! win t mountaineers came iu with their wives und children from the re gion rouudalsiut. Eight big black bears had been shot within a mile or two of the town, aud their carcasses, served iu barlsicuo style, were tho pleou tie resist ance of the feast. The bears were flunk ed and surrounded with rousted and baked 'possums, wild turkeys, pheasants quail, rabbits und all sorts of doiutmtio fowls Potut.sis by tlin barrel were rousted, and pumpkin pies by tho hun dred lined the tables Hard cider was the boverugo. Devil Ansa Ilutfleld, the noted leader of the lint Meld-McCoy vendetta, was mast, r of ceremonies He stood at the head of the table with a lit. If open va lise, from which tho butts of three big revolvers protruded. Though there is a generous prico set upon iJovll A use's head, it is said thero was not a disturb ing word spoken and that the bitrliecue was a great success The popular satis faction with tho presiding officer large ly grew out of the fact that thero are over a score of graves on tho adjacent hillsides testifying to his deadly skill with those pistols Now York Tribune. Promising News From Nunol. Mr. Robert Bonner, who spent two days with Mr. Churlea Packman lost week, said, after looking at the (Ireen Mountain Muid monument, that ho bad great hopes of seeing Sunol reduce her record next season. Tho flying daughter of Electioneer is going perfectly sound, and she will havo tho advautago of the bicycle sulky. Her record of 2:08. was made to high wheel. Sunol la now 8 years old, and when she Is retired from tho turf may be bred to Kremlin, who carries the blood of Miss Russell. Wor thier, the S-year-old bay colt by Adver tiser (son of Electioneer and Lulu Wilkes byOoorge Wilkes ), out of Wax ana (dam of Huuol), by (leneral Benton, second dam Waxy, thoroughbred daugh ter of Lexington, is showing a high rate of speed and should make a very fast horso. Turf, Field and Farm. Aa l iaal. Mr. Eiom Dowues (seated beside a stranger in a street our) What time is it by yonr watch, plea? StraiiKer I dou't know. Mr. Epsom But you Just looked at it Stronger Yea. I only wanted to are if it was still there. London Tit Bita. The mind by passion driven from its film hold bs)iiies a feather to each wind that blows Shakespoare. The an n mil rainfall In the Atlantic, state is Vtf inches; in the southern, OS I in the western, It) ; in the Paclflo, II A WOMAN HISTORIAN. lira. Vlrtor llaa Writtra HUlorlrt ml Fit Wntrra Matra, Oregon rcis.gnies the literary genius and ability of women in the selection of Mrs. Francis Fuller N'letor as the stale's histo rian. At its last s. -shi i hi the legis lature pusMsl an act authorizing the secretary of HflltH til fttllMlillt A i fl some one to write ('j,,VT' rlv','; the Early Indian CCV Wars of ( h-eg. m, " CX'w,,,a vr Jv,i 'sV'' xv" '"tnicd for K-) J, , this work. The J.vacyp-' literal y t.wites of women do not or alis vii-roK. Uinarily nm iu tho line of historical compilation ami writing, but, Mrs Victor seems to . sos ii Mvuliar gift in this dir.vtiou. Mrs Victor has accomplished much in literature und has written u muulier of !mortuut historical works Among her best known lsks ure "Atlantis Arisen," which deals with the physical features of the northwestern country, in terspersed with aiie.-di.tes, and "The River of the West," containing early annuls of that region "w here rolls the Oregon" and nn account of the opeia lions of the fur companies. Her lals.rs iu the Bancroft library covered a peri.sl of II years, from 17N hi Ismi, during which time she produced exclusively histories of Colorado, Nevada, Washing ton, Wyoming and Oregon. She com piled all the political history in vol umes It aud 7 of Bancroft's Califor nia series and also the railroad history. Sho has likewise written a valuable und practical work ou "Transportation nud Mining." Mrs Victor is a native of New Y'ork State, but went to Ohio wheu young. She begun her literary career as a con tributor of prose and Verso to Various eastern periodicals In iMlj she married Mr. Victor, a naval olflcer, and with him went to the Pacific coast, w here she became Identified with California jour nalism. Sho contributed to Sun Fran cisoo and Chicago publications stories and sketches, w hich she gave a western Coloring. She now liven iu Oregon. Locust laraulou la Africa. A letter from the Muudera mission, In Herman East Africa, give a distress ing account of tho rnvuges of a swarm of locusts "The maize, mtania and bean tie Ids," says tho writer, "which yesterday were so luxurious, are now a terrible scene of desolut ion. At S o'clock the sun wus darkened. A rather strong breeze was blowing. Suddenly, over the hills of Wiuiisii and the ris ky banks of tho Wand, uppenred a small cloud. It upprouch.Hl and grew larger. I was iu tho fields with the boys of the mission. All at onca there wus a cry of 'Locust I Locusts!' Spud. slid ruke fell to the ground. All eyes stared up at the im mense swarm of locusts Every one ex claimed, 'If only they would pussl' But this hi was not rculixcd. The first swarm, indeed, passed over, but the next settled on tho mission ground, and then in tho valley fields Liko a dark overhanging tlissl, the swarm spread over the plantations. Women run wring ing their bunds over their fields, trying to frighten the locust away, but lu vuiu. Everything fell a prey to the ter rible invasion of insects And the coun try wu already in greut distress Many people dio of hunger. Iu a place Hour Mpwupwa, 40 out of 60 Inhabitants died of fiiiniiio. Two woeks ago I wu lu a village w here V grown up people out of 17 hud died of hunger lu a single week. Hunger is the cry throughout the land. Till now I could dispense some nourish ment, but our provisions are alnuatt ex hausted, and what shall we theu do with our 100 mission children?" La l p to Ilata, It was bound tocomo. Everylssly else had taken to riding the bicycle. The other day a strapping big Indian, smell ing of campllre suioke ami whisky, wolkod into a bicycle store on IVIuwnre street. For u long time he gazed at the bicycles ranged down ts.it li sides of the room, then ho jsilnttsl to one and said, "Mo want." After a long dicker he bought a secondhand wheel for "i0, ev ery cent ho had. He hud a return ticket to the Indian Territory, and bo borrowed f 1 from the bicycle man to "cut with" going home. Theu he pushed his bicy cle nut of the d.sir und up street. There are now many Indiuns riding bicyclist dowu in the Territory. At least SO aro iu nse at Tuhlequiih and the town of Muscogeo and Vinltu and So pulpu and many others have riders Imagine uu Indian war with this new state of affairs. A little handful of men they are always little handful ure crouched behind the ruins of their wag on ami the bodica of their dead mule, selling their live dearly. Just out of rifle siiot there circle about them on bi cycles a band of fl. rco and hl.sxlthirsty Indians with little caps with green vis ors and trimmed with eagle fouthor. When everything look darkest the whir of the wheels is heard in tho distance and a troop of United States bicyolory doshea np, the steel of their inuclilnes glinting in the sun, and with ringing cheers charge In pursuit of the retreat ing Indians, who pump away across the prairie at full speed. Konsu City Star. Why II Shook lha Child. A man riding iu a Brood street omni bus the other duy, with a small child In his arms, wus thuobject of many frown from the other passengers, bocaiuo he persisted iu vigorously shuking the lit tlo ono on account of her crying. The shuklngs ho gave the child did not ap pear to have any effect except to make her cry tho hunter. The women in the bus glared ut the mail and suid mean thing about hi in to each other. The men lookitl over thotoi of their paper occasionally unit swore lnundihiy. The father wore a worried hsik, and the baby continued to cry. Occusioiiully it would stop, and its licud would nod sleepily. Then the father Would shako the young ster vigorously, waking it up and start ing it tears afresh. Finully a woman, w ho hod been nerv ously watching the unnatural father, walked over and asked him why he wu maltreating the youngster. "Why," said he, "I've got to shake her to keep her awako. She swallowed some kind of a drug, and if she goes to sleep she'll die." Just then the bus stopped at Brood and Thumiwou, aud the father aud child got off and entered the Chil dren' hospital. Philadelphia Record. ROYAL SPORTS. Craalllrs Mlarallad Hunting;, With tha Molrr of tha llnrkhounila. Over a year ago Quit-ii Victoria gave a promise w hich wu justifiably con strucd into an assurance that the prac tice of hunting tame deer ill her uumu should case, and preparations were, iu fact, mode to abolub the ancient insti tution known a the royal buckhouuds It is now alleged that the queen merely promised to have inquiries made, and that the result thereof satisfied her that the sport involved no more cruelty to animal Hi in fox hunttiiig. The result i that tame deer harrying, iiitscullod huntiuit, is utt'itiu in full swing, and the ucwspuM'r ure recording, as of old, the suffering inflicted by royal aud arist.v crutio sportsmen wvuriug the queen's uniform. Already this season several of theso hand reared stags have been so badly torn by the hounds that they hud to be killed. The scandal is by no means a new one, for qiiiie 60 years ago a letter apMurcd iu The Tunes describing how tlio uu. i'U buckhouuds hunted a stag dowu Piccadilly, and how the poor ani mal had worn the pads olT its h.xif and left a trail of bbssl behind Tender heurtiKl politicians, Tories as well a Lits ruls regularly threaten to refuse to vote a salary for the master of the buck bounds when the estimates com.) before the house of commons but invariably social influence or purty ptessuro or both are brought to Is ar upon tlieui, with tho result that they manage to have engage ment elsewhere when the house goe into comriittei) on tho supply. Loudon Cor. New Y'ork Sun. Uaarallaa I'alava For a I'ublla aVhool. The government low just concluded the purchase of valuable property near the heart of the city for the use of a hlghs. li.siL It is the mansion which wa built IS year ago at great cot by IVincewi Ruth Keelik.duiii, who hud In herited all the great estate of the Kamehaiuehas She soon after died. Her heir was her cousin, the very lovely and noble half white I'riocess Beruicn aud Punuhi Bishop. At Mrs Bishop's death tho Kainehanieba estates Wero devised by her will to establish tho grand Kniiiehaineha sell. h1s, for manual train ing of nutive youth. Her husband, the hanker, Charles R. Bishop, ha now sold the "palace" f.nr $:I0,000 to the Isiard of educutioti The sum uid hardly equal tho value of the extensive ground for mere building purposive The house needs little altera tion to fit it to tho use of a lurgo high school Mr. Bishop, who now reside iu Sun Francisco, i deeply interested in educational matter here and ha him self added largely to the equipment of tho Kaniehumeha schools, beside build ing and furnishing the spleadid Bishop museum ou the sumo grouu.U, which I chiefly devoted to Hawaiian and Poly nesluu antiquities The large nucleus uf the museum collection consisted of royal valuubloa Inherited by Keelikoluui aud stored iu her uew uiunslou. Mr. Bishop ho no children, aud now, approaching the eud of life, i wisely and beneficently administering his own estuto largely for public use. Cur. Washington Star. i A Ih llalrad Nrgroaa. It U a well known fact that the wool of the African negro, whether ou the male or female head, seldom grow to any ooimiderublo length, even umler the must fuvoruble circumstances A strik ing exception to this rule, however, cau be cited iu the rase of Aunt Nancy Gar rison, who bus been the draw lug curd at tho numerous uortheru dime museum during the post six months Aunly Uar rlson, who reside at Holly Spring. Miss, when not traveling a a freak, is an ebony lined uegres of gisxlly size, and with such an immense crop of Wool that the anthropologist pronounce her the greutost buniiui wonder now liefore tlio American public Mrs (iitrrisou ia about 01 year, and the immense braid uf "hair," which are tho pride of her declining duy, aud tho wonder uf all beholden, are the wonder of a lifetime. ThcMt brui.U are throe lu number, two ou each side ami oneut the crown of the bead, tho side plait buiugeuch 8 feel in length, and tliut at the crown fully U feet. The testimony of expert i to the ef fect tliut tliu museum nuuiager do not exaggerate iu the loust when they say tliut Aunt Nancy Garrison ha the lou gest "huir" of any woman in tho world When not on exhibition, the owner of this wonderful growth of hair keep it ooiled np ou top nud back of her houd, in a knot olin.wt as big ss a bushel bosket. It is of silver sable color, aud very soft and flue. St. Louis Republic Why Ia root Hail lluaUT Whut make a man of 80 or 40 tuke a sailboat wheu he can't sail it, put lu hi friend or family for ballast and go right out to capsizing and tragedy f Yoa ouii't answer that any more thun you can expluin how such a fool hua made out to survive to hi present ago. Why didn't he reach his deserved fate long before? No one can say. Enough that it dis s overtake him, and he get from ten line to a column in the paper, ac cording to how big fool he was At the shore we see sailboat run away out into the sound, until they cau hard ly be seen, ami when the ulouiU com np, and It beg I us to thunder, the ven turesome amateur who i away out there i the lust to start for shelter, lie doesu't kuow enough to kuow hi dan ger. So it goo each summer, and each milliner hu it long string of drowulug tragedies for a port of it history. But, a we aaid before, no ono summer doe it up completely, so u to give civiliza tion a fresh chance. A lot of people are drowned for their folly this your who lifts! through lust year, which was just aa good a yeur for drowning, aud lot Will live through this year aud go out and drow n in I HUH a readily a if they Were led. Hartford Couraut. Kalaar Wllholm la English Draaa. The German emperor has sent to the queen several photographs of tho largest ise represent lug hi majesty arrayed iu tho full, the uinlrtw and the field uni forms of the First (Royal) dragoons Theae photographs were taken the other day at Berlin, ami the emperor is eo pleased with hi appearance in the Brit ish uniform that be ha distributed them In ihoU Tendon Truth. Purity la Polities. Dozer I see that your crowd i call ing fr a reform iu the town govern ment for next year, Dinzor Y'e. sireel And, mark this by fair mean or foul, we're determined to gel it. Roxbury Uuautte.