EUGENE CITY GUARD.
t. Mm CAMfBILU
EUOENE CITT. OREGON.
WHAI A H.utiJ CI, OAK BID.
A rtuUur lucldrnt That l-d to tbe la
Ventioa of Ills Trlenboaa.
It in uot common knowledge, except
to t)i(Mfl familiar with electricul and
telephone history, that the first telephone
waa constructed iu Kacine, wis., aim
that the inventor, Dr. H. D. Ctuhniuii,
ii now a resident ejf Chicago. His office
are iu tbe Stock Exchange building.
Hero the venerable inventor, who built
the first tulcgrupli Hue iu tliii part of
the "fur west, " pursue his business
with more alertness iu affairs tlittu tbe
average young num.
Ia a corner of tlie room in a largo,
worn piece of muslin, on which ia
painted iu tlnu color a representation or
a telegraph line stretching away iu the
diHtaut'O, connected with a erode lustru
nieutsct ou two logs, nitur which a frog
ia sitting by a stream. Thia old relic
represent tho telegraph line of "good
cedar posts which Dr. Cushman cou
struotcd wot from Iiiiciiio for the Krio
and Michigan Telegraph company iu
18G1, and tlie exjiorimeutul lightning
arrester which led to hia discovery.
It la a reminder of the days when Dr.
'Cushman wus associated with Professor
Monte in the pioneer day of telegraphy.
On liia deidc ia tho flrt telephone trans
mitter, constructed iu 1851, H5 yeara be
fore the Dull patent wore tuken out It
In a smull, squaro boa, with a speaking
orifice and coutuiniug a meehuuisin ou
thn sumo priuoiploaa thut of the modern
transmitter.
Iu 1861 Dr. Cuslimun undertook the
construction of a lightning amwter, hia
object being to take the lightning thut
struck the wire mid run it into tlie
ground, the iiiNtrumeiit being no con
atrueted thnt it would not interfere with
tho light current used in telegraphing.
Thia instrument wua placed out ou tho
prairie ou two logs, and iu order to
know when it bad operated a triplo
magnet, w ith a sheet of tliin iron ut
tho p iln, similar In construction to a
modern "receiver," waa placed in the
corner of tlie box. Iu ram the lightning
paused through the instrument tho elec
tro magnet would pull thia atrip of iron
down into tho raugo of a permanent
magnet, which would rotuiu it until the
instrument waa inxectel.
A similar device waa placed in the
basement of the building at Hneiiin nnd
coiintvted with the other end of the lino.
Ono day while a tliuiiderNtorm waa com
ing up and Dr. Cushman waa watching
the iiuitrmiiciit tho croukiug of froga
wim lieurd 13 milea away. Thia In tlie
explanation of how tho old painting
with tlie erode iiiNt rumen t and tho
croaking frog ia identified with tho dis
oovery of tho telephone.
Dr. Cuslimun ia the inventor of tho
flroularm system in two in Chicago, Ilia
patent office reports, lie aaya, "would
weigh a ton" and contain a great iiuiii
tier of bia electrical patent. Chicago
News
WHAT DO THEY DO WITH ITT
fb Ujntery of tha Csajntant fhlneae lie.
r-"d For (llnaenf.
Passing through the wholesale district
the other day a reporter Mopped in at
duo of the largo house to aelc about
prices. When ginseng was retvehed in
tho lint, tho dealer said:
"What tho Chinese nso ginseng for ia
to thn uiasHeaoiio of the mysterieaof the
age, but that they gobble up every ounce
t)f tho herb that tlie known world sup
plies is iievertheleKa a fact. Because tho
most thorough inquiry Iiiih failed to
bring about a complete unfolding of the
secret ia uot regarded by the average
American an sufficient reason for rofus
. iug from .i to ." per pound, on tho
average, which tho Celeatiul offer for
tlie root Some of tho largest tlrina iu
I'll in i make a specialty of handling tlie
American export of ginseng and coin
money at it Some of our shrewdest
trader have coaxed for the accrot, and
have offered money for it, but the gray
mutter at the other cud of tho Chiua
muu'icue doesn't aeem to nee it thut
way-
"The American ginseng ia growing
career yearly. Tho cultivated root hua
uot the wonderful (tower which tlxea tho
value of tho wild article nt least it
does uot manifest itself to tho aumo de
gree. Thia fact render the cultivation
of ginseng rather unprofitable. It might
bo planted and ullowed to grow well for
yeara and yeara and then t aalublo at
good llgurea, but uot otherwise. The
older the plant tho moro pronounced the
wonderful propcrtioa of the root In
view of the fact thut it ia growing
acurcer, nnlesa the demand diminished,
the price of ginseng must go materially
higher within the next few yeara.
"We encounter aomo funny expert
encea in buying the root. Tho digger
are often the poorest ptoplo, uud far
from enlightened, Veil, the root ia hard
to get, ami when it ia thoroughly dried
the weight shrinks like a nickel'a worth
of aonp after a hard day's washing, bo the
digger resort to all aorta of deception
to fudge an ounce or two iu a pound
und reap moro of the precious dime and
dollars, For'iustunco, we have frequent
ly gotten iu root which was wtdl dried,
but auspiciously heavy. Upon investiga
tion we found thnt many of the pieces
were loaded with lead, thus almost
doubling tho weight of the whole lot.
Thia was done with a great deal of enn
uing and Ingenuity. Wheu tho root waa
green, it wua split, and lead melted and
poured or driven in in slugs. The root
was then ullowed to dry, and iu the
process tho seams entirely close up, com
pletely hiding the lead, which, in a case
like this, was almost worth ita weight
in gold " Nushvillo American.
Plenty of Hootn.
Australia bus a population of less
than 6,0(10,000, but economist declare
it could KiipiHirt 100,000,000 with ease.
Aa a means of showing how far the
world Is from being overjiopulntod they
nstcit Unit the eutiro populittiou of the
Uuited Slates could live comfortably in
the single state of Texas.
I disliko an eye thut twinkle like a
star. Those, oufy are U'uutiful which,
like the planets, have a sttMkdy lambent
light, are lumiuous, not sparkling.
Longfellow.
'
At tlie cud of life we discover that we
have passed nearly otie-hulf of it in be
ing hnppy withont reslixing it, and the
oilier iu iuiagiuiug that we Were miserable.
THE SECRET OF MAY,
What l tha world trying to irt
li Is Hi" Until so V-nOVr snit rr'
fihf ara tha tnmalotu leava a-awa?
On Ilia trw now OnlgMt witb the Calutaat
irrarnt .
Nay, lia wore wIm wbo ounlil aay what Uiaa
thluK lufon
And Ull ilisan-ri't ut May.
What la my heurt trying Ut aay?
Wliy iium It treinlilv auil liurry and stay
At tha ulitht at a ltf on a sunny day.
Of a lent tbouhn never so ilollinta nnt
Nsy, be wrra wis wbo could say what tbaaa
thing mi au
And toll tha secret of Day.
- n. C. Btwctiln.
CROMWELL'S FIRST STATUE,
Aa Imaca of Hood and Was Carried
Throu(h Luadoa la isaa.
When Edwurd Ilurrough, the Quakor
"Apostle of London," whom Oeorgo
Fox culled bis "Hon of Thunder," waa
aaiug through Charing Cross on bia
way to tho city, upon the "2 lid day of
the uiufli month," 1058, be found tho
stroeta crowded with people, "The
guards of soldiers, horse and foot," aaya
be, "stayed mo uud stopped my horse and
mid I miuht uot pass thut way. N ei
ther, indeed, I will," adds bo, "by rea
son of the throng of people. "
When he inquired tlie reuson of "thia
throngiug aud pressing of multitudes,"
he waa told that they all came out "only
to aoe a dead imago and Inventid fea
ture, withont life or breath, which would
he curried this way. " It waa not the
great Protector's Ixsly, butadnud image
of wood or wax, arrayed and decked
with foolish inventions, and it "wua to
be carried from plwe to pluco thut day
between Somerset House uud Westmin
ster, aa waa usual in the time of popery,
for multitudes of foolish people to gaze
upon nnd wonder after and ndmlra "
Tho cualous (junker thought the statue
of Oliver Cromwell all the more an in
sult to bia memory bucuuse "he wua
once a great instrument in the hands of
the Lord to breuk down many idola
trous images and grievous Idols. And
huve they now, said my spirit, made a
oostly imago of him? And are such us
were once his soldiers, who pulled down
Images and croascs, and all such popish
like BtniT wherever they met with it,
uow guarding hia imago and watching
over it, and bia children and odlccrs
following it, multitudes of the Inhabit
anta of London gazing after ft? This is
sad, said I, and a greut pity. Ia thia
the end uud final farewell of once noble
OlivorT"
Edward Rurrough concluded thut it
waa "a Judgement" npon Cromwell to
be thus wronged after his death, because
ho had suffered the servants of tlie Lord
(tho (Junkers) to bo persecuted and im
prisoned for crying against such things
were popish. Ho says thut Cromwell
himself would bavo been angry ut it
"I know the man when he wua living
and bul tho know ledge of his spirit
Aud I am perswaded if it hud beeu usked
him iu bis lifetime if such uu image
should bo mudo liko him, und then act
op in anch a place, I bulicve bo would
have denied, I say, and Said, 'It ahull
not bo there for mo, when I am dead.'
If It bud been bia bones," added the
(junker, I should not huvo bad aught
against it, whereas it was but an image
niado by hands. Ho liurrongh went
home and wrote bis "Testimony Against
Great Idolatry. " Westminster Gazette.
I'rat aa Tart,
In Denmark, hero thero ia no pre nt
supply of pent, it is chiefly usod by tho
peasants as fuel or as bedding in the
dairy farms. In Sweden, on the contra
ry, thero aro bogs extending for bun
dreds of square miles, and of Into years
over 000,000 acres of the moorland have
been brought nmicr tlie plow. Tho peat
la prepared as fuel and largely consum
ed in making iron, glasa or brick, ei
ther alone or mixed with coal and fir
cones. In southern Sweden there are
factoriea solely engaged iu manufactur
ing peat fuel for sale, as ita use ia stead
ily increasing, and some 80,000 tons a
yonr aro employed in metallurgical op
erutio::a. Iu aouthem and central Sweden there
are porno 20 factoriea for preparing wat
litter and mold, each fuctory turning
out from 13,000 to 80, 000 balea a year,
fetching about 3 shillings npioeo. Tha
mold ia used for gardening iu Sweden,
while stuffing for mattresses or furni
ture, and surgical linndugea ore made
from tho white moss of tho moors, in
France the pent is molded Into "bri-.
queues" with tar nhd rosin, tensed into
litter or woven into fabrics, which are
used in the army, its barracks and hos
pitals as blankets, mnttresses and sad
dlo cloths, or for shilling coffer dams
aud certain purta of machinery. Nine
teenth Cuntnry.
Woman's Kiehange.
The women of a certain city are pro
posing to establish an exchange for wom
en's work that shall provide tho material
for underclothing, tine embroidery and
all Btich articles aa are salable, and buy
them at once from the makers, paying
them a certain sum for their labor. The
articles are then to be disposed of at a
public sale or private sale at reasonable
rates, covering the cost of material and
lalsir. Charities managed iu thia way
Iu England have proved successful. Tlie
women of another city announce to the
public that they have established a bu
reau where mending of all kinds will be
done at the residences or taken away
and make a particular upis'id to bach
elors aud business women to avail them
selves of ita advantages. Women seam
stresses are also provided to make boys'
clothing out of old material. New York
Post.
Ortantifid lo Panea,
A rctairt that a ladies' fencing club it
about to be established In Paris haa re
ceived some al'cntion. Members are to
be recruited from among the beat sets,
and their numbers are to le very re
stricted. Of course if thia ia the case
every one will want to join, but ouly
adepts with the foils will be admitted
and men vigorously excluded, not only
from inemWrship, but also from tho
monthly fencing matches, to which lady
friends of mcmlveiu may lie invited. So
far, however, tho matter ia only iu em
bryo, and many difficulties may arise in
tueexecutiou of it. London Ueutlewo
mau. Rhr.u and l'llliiwillpa.
We may continue to hemstitch our
sheets and put frills on our pillowcases,
for the household linen of a royal bride
that Is just completed baa the sheets
hemstitched at both ends and pillowalipa
hemstitched aud frilled, and the towels
also hemstitched. Ou each piece ia em
broidered a rot, and a ribbon on which
ia worked the motto of tlie house.
Though the lettering of tha .motto ia
done in the small space of U Inches, it ia
to distinct aa to be aasily read. Naw
York Advartiaar.
NEW YORK'S NEW BYRNES.
Upbaa (Tllrlaa aud Ills Graal Raeord aa
Tl.l.f Tak.r.
Stephen O'Brien, the new head of the
New York city defctive bureau, made
famous by J nom
as F. Byrnes, is
perhaps a disap
pointment to the
uiolodram a t io
ally inclined.
There ia nothing
of the "Old
Sleuth" air
ubont liiin, nor
does be flush up-
. i - - :
" muueera give to
BTKI'lIK O'llltlEX. urwit oVtoctivea.
He never falls into thn vernacular of
thugs, nor doce he believe in tho policy
of "sending a crook to cutch a crook. "
He ia uot un adept at throwing bouquets
at himself and does not employ a press
agent Iiut be is a modtwt, conscien
tious, hardworking official, with ample
qualifications and experience for his
work. Whilo bo will never bo an esjie
oially picturesque figure, and there will
perhaps be no halo of romance envelop
ing the "cenliul office," ita incumbent
will doubtless prove himself eillcaclons
aa a crime squelcher and efficient in the
management of the metropolitan de
tective force.
Stephen O'Brien waa born iu New
York and hua always lived iu Now
York, becoming thoroughly fumiliur
with every phase of the darker side of
life iu the metropolis. He ia ulxiut 43
yours of uge und can anon weur the four
atripea on bia alcoves, indicating 20
years' aervice in the New York police
department. O Drieu early developed an
aptitude for police and detective work.
Aa a small boy he used to wutch the
men und women get out of tho Black
Maria and try to remember their faces.
Uu studied the peculiarities of the three
card liiniito men at Coney Island and
could point them out to bis young
friends. Ho iosKCses a mitrvelouHly r'
tentivo memory, which is one of tho so.
creta of his greut success in identifying
and cupturing criminals. Iu his work ua
patrolmun, roundsman, sergeant und do-
tectivo sergeant O linen bus made ar
rests ou w hich the aggregate of sentences
boa been nearly a thousand yeurs. His
arrests have added to tho rogues' gal
lery the portraits of 150 new criminals
and resulted in the recovery of f 150,000
worth of stoleu piojierty.
THE SCIENTISTS' NEW PRESIDENT.
Profaaaor Copo and Ilia Faiuona Contro
mray With lrofHuora Tow all and Manh,
Profeejor Edwurd D. (lope, the emi
nent paleontologist of Philadelphia, waa
elected president of tho American As
sociation For tho Advancement of Sci-
enco ut its annual session lately held at
Springfield, Mass.
The mention of the uame of Professor
Cope recalls a rather lively episixlo in
hia career when acieuco did not "walk
KDWAltl) 1. COI'K.
with gait aoreuo, her crown an olive
fprig. " Iu 1800 Professor Cope was en
gaged iu a spirited wur of polysyllubio
wordH with Major Powell, director of
tho Uuited States geological survey, uud
bia assistant. Professor C. O. Marsh of
Yalo. Professor Copo charged essential
ly maladministration of tho affairs of
the bnreuu, iucomHteucy, lack of scien
tific kuowledgo and plagiarism in the
reports. Tho controversy, which was
long ami ncrimouious, reminiled one of
"Truthful James' " rtvord of tho row
that broke up tho society upon the Stan
islaus. Liko tho "scientific gents,"
Brown of Calaveras und his opiMiueut
Jonea, Messra Copo, Powell and Marsh
did rnttiige
In a war(At -'.Ui the rvniimnta of a palwitolo
ait,
And the way they heaved thuse fossils In thutr
auger wua aaln,
Till tho skull of un old niainmoth cavtsl tha
head of Thompson In.
It is hardly true, however, that mur
der was tho result of tho Cope-Powell-
Marsh controversy, but they continued
their fossil throwing until tho geuerul
public nt least was somewhat fatigued.
Professor Coins ia a native of Phila
delphia, iu which oity he still resides.
Ho wua bom July 28, 1840, aud was
educated at tho University of Pennsyl
vania, in which institution be uow
holds a professorship. He also studied
iu the Philadelphia Academy of Science,
iu the Sinithsouinu institution and iu
tho Europium universities and has be-
come reeogni aed as ono of the leading
scientists of tho day. Ho was for a time
paleontologist to the United States geo
logical survey, serving ut first iu tlie
survey of the territories, and then ou
tho survey west of tlie one hundredth
meridian. Ho was for many years cura
tor of the Philadelphia Academy of
Science,
Ho ia also a member of numerous sci
entific societies iu this country mid Eu
rope and has contributed much to the
advancement of science. He has written
extensively on sclontiflo subjects, and
his papers, upward of 8.0 in number,
form a systematic record i tho develop
ment ul palooutology in the Uuited
Stutoa
Woman's Era.
This is called the woman's era. God
grant that it may be au era of common
sense iu the kitchen; that we who have
charge of the homes may awaken and
realise thnt we are often to blame for
many of our most dread diseases, espe
cially typhoid fever, aud that if we
knew how to cook, and cook well,
there would be far less intemperance
among men. Some of our ao called
"economy" must tuive been Inspired by
tha devil, and the sooner we give it np
tha belter off wa will ba. Helen H
Preston la Worn auxin d.
fa
r - Tin "h, x ti
SHAKESPEARE'S MOTHER.
Tha Mary Ardaa float Will Ita Opaa to
Vial tora.
It will be Interesting to Sbakspear
rana in thia country to learn that what
Is known aa the Mury Ardeu house at
Wilmoote will hereafter be thrown open
to visitors.
A hamlet some two miles from Strut-ford-on-Avon
and in the southern part
f woody Warwickshire, Wilmcote has
little beyond the constant cliaim of a
mial vUlage to attract the visitor. A
atiange'r might pass through it time
aud aguin without any thought that the
long, two atory house, divided from the
countiy road to Snitterfleld ouly by its
own garden, full of shrubs and old fash
ioned flowers, is the homo of Shakes
peaie'a mother, the most fully authen
ticated yet the least cured for of all tho
houses connected with Shakespeare's
memory..
For the lust few years Mary Anion's
house baa becu occupied by a fumily of
honest, common sense farmers, who
rather resented tho curiosity of numer
ous enthusiastic glolie trotters and dis
couraged anch visitors as wished to "w'a
over" the house. But recently tho prop
erty came into the occupation of Mr.
Luno, who suya that as he only wishes
to farm the l.uiil aud uot occupy the
house, since hia ow n boose ia almost ad
joining, be is willing to make the ex
periment for one yeur of throwing it
open to visitoia ut a charge of sixpence
each. If the sum so realized is enough
to pay the rent bo will continue tlie
practice. If it more than pays the rent
and maintenance he will, under the ad
vice of competent authorities, gradually
furnish the house with such aa it may
have contained in Shakespeare's time.
If the support is not sufficient ho will
let the house for residence. The house
baa only just been thrown open to the
public, und since it ia a very pleasant
two mile walk from Stratford-on-Avou
and ouly 100 yurds or so from Wilmcote
atution, on the Ureal Western railway,
I trust thut it will be visited by a suffi
cient numlier of Shakespearean travel
era to induce ita present custodian to
keep it iu repuir, uud possibly eventu
ally to lead to ita being bought by the
Birth House tiust. 1
The house and its surroundings are
full of interest. The old, low rooms,
with their unplustored ceilings, tho
smull, stone mullioucd, diamond puned
windows, tho broad fireplaces with
atone feats built into the iugleuook
and the curiously inconvenient winding
staircase take us back to the old days.
The upper rooms, almost every oue of
which is ou a different level from the
next, and some of which ore entered by
doorwuys ouly about four feet high, are
still mure quaint Behind the house is
the farmyard, with the stables and oth
er buildings mi the three sides not occu
pied by tho bouse itself, and, crossing
the yard mid passing through tho pent
house under which the wagons are shel
tered, we pass the farmyard pond and so
on to tho orchard. At the back of the
house itself is a long penthouse roof,
with the old copper set pot for boiling
the clothes ut oue end, fully exposed to
the weather. Immediately behind this
again is the eutrunce to the little oid
bukehonso, with its great brick oven,
and no item connected with tho Shakes
peare relics curried us back with such
a sure domestic touch as this old wash
house and bakehouse where the poet's
mother learned tho virtues thut go to
make home. Loudon Sketch.
atandlnf Ilrtw ran Trains.
The death of the Toledo bicyclist who
was sucked under a train as ho was rid
ing betweeu tracks reminds mo of tho
tests of courage to which foolhardy boys
used to put each other on the New Vork
Central road, above High Bridge, Trains
going in opposite directions ofteu pass
ed at a certain spot, uud the boy who
could stand the stillest between them
wua accounted tho bravest. It was a
feaiful ordeal. The distunco betweeu
tho trains was uot more than -I'j feet,
if thut much, nnd the whirlwind of dust
and cinders that was stiired -up .was
something terrible to encounter. I tried
it once and retired sat i. lied and thank
ful thut I hud escaped with my life. It
waa almost impossible to keep the body
erect. The currents of air swayed it to
and fro, and it required all one's
strength to keep from being sucked un
der ono tru in or the other. Mind yon.
these trains were going at high speed.
It was not possible to keep the eyes opeu
becuuso of tho blinding dust, cindeis
and gravel, mid those who have tried it
kuow how difficult it is to stand erect
with tho eyes shut. Ben Wallace could
stand it ofteuer than any boy of my ac
quaintance, Bon is a rich engineer iu
Ohio uow. After two boys hud been
killed thorond officials put a stop to the
practice. New lork Preea,.
A Hint nt Colors.
Freuch color curds nre just appearing
for tho spring and inform ns that the
pale shades of bluet will continue iu fa
vor. Tho cherry or magenta reds will
be retained, though, in preferouco, tho
palest shade known as reino, moro of a
strong reddish pink, will prevail, writes
Emma M. Hooper iu Ladies' Home
Journal. Black iu trimmings and dress
goods, as well aa millinery, promises to
be woru as much in tho spring aa it has
beeu duriug the winter. Turquoise blue
ia one of the spring colors; also goldeu
yellow, pale stem green, all medium
aud light browns and of course the
ever failing navy blna
A Hotal For Wouaro.
The Young Women's Christian asso
ciation of Chicago is about to erect a
fine new building seven stories high,
fitted up with all modern conveniences
and accommodating 800 guests. Board
will vary from i.60to 3 per week.
There w ill also be accommodations for
women traveling alone who want all the
somforts ot a good hotel without the at
tendant publicity. These will pay hotel
rates. This ns.ociatiou began its work
16 years ago in a frame dwelling on
Michigan avenue, with accommodations
for 80 girls. Chioaiw letter.
An Afiuoved Hat Decoration.
Oblong buckles, curved more or less.
are a most approved decoration for hats.
hen intended for this purpose, they
have rather formidable poiutod tongues,
which pierce the ribbon or drapery
drawn through the buckle. Frequently
they measure six oreight inches in length
and will go nearly half round the crown
of a sailor hat. But their ik-e ia not con
fined to thia shape of bat they deck
broad brima and toques equally well.
Similar buck lea are made iu cut jet, bat
that In imitation diamonds ia tha favor
It. Boston Globe,
A NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR BEER.
Mysterious Tamperaura Drink la Chlrao"s
Naw "Houia Haloons."
A new drink, wonderful in concoction
and mysterious in ita chemical analysis,
la about to bespruugnpon thepublio by
Bishop Fallows of tlie Kuformed Epis
copal church. Tho bishop is oue of the
most enthusiastic and resourceful of the
workers who have founded und main
tained the Peoplu'a instituta In con
nection with hia proposed enlargement
of the scojieof the institute work Bishop
Fallows recently outlined in The Trib
une his plans for establishing a series of
"home saloons." The plans have been
worked out in detail, and tho first two
of tho saloons are promised to be estab
lished within a fortnight There baa
been a slight departuro from the ongi
Dal plans, and insteud of the "home aa
all of the same class there
will bo as many degrees of variation as
in the original alcoholic dispensaries.
The first ones to bo established as an ex
periment will both bo located In the
heart of the down town district. One
will dispense 8 cent drinks and the other
10 cent drinks. One will cater to the
barrel house or grogshop constituency,
and the other will compete with the
bars whero the mirrors are of beveled
glass, the bars of muhogaiiy, the drinks to-hcro they wunt to go. You drive ou
13 cents each, aud where the luncheon : j0the address they've told you, lilsly
and sido dish of olives is presided over io or 13 blocks further on, und find your
by a white aproned attendant Both caD empty. How they do it is one too
will be opened iu Inrgo basements, the j m-c, forme. It mukes lota of noise get
only difference between the 8 nnd 10 j tla ont 0f t.uo wbeu it'a moviil, but
cent saloon being in the magnificence of j tucy do jt Women dou't ofteu feat a
tho furnishings and tho elaborateness of man ont 0f i,jg fllr0( but they're pretty
the free lunch. Bishop Fullows said yes- va(j nuont puyiu 'em. I'd ruther take
terday:
"What puzzled n most was to pro
vide some drink that would tako the
pluce of beer. We shall offset whisky,
brandy and rum with soda wator, cboco
lute, coffee, mineral wutcrs, limited
milk, cocoa, lemomide, etc., but at first
there oppeared to bo no substitute for
beer. Wo resolved to mako ono. Expert
chemists have beeu at work on tho prob
lem for some time, and the solution is
at baud We have a new drink the color
of beer and scorccly to be distinguished
from it, but of course it is uunulcoliolio
and noiifermentiva Hops enter into its
composition something that cannot bo
said of some of tho beer sold overuntca
go bars. The only difficulty we have yet tbe service of icecream. The caterers
to ovcrcomo is to do awny with some of (t nt nQ opl)ari.ut obstuelo iu turning
the bitterness imparted to tho beer by om aI,propriate doR;KUll. So cioveriy iM
the hops. everything couutorfeited iu the frozen
"After mnch discussion of details we ' , .. ...
have determined to open saloons in the J ' "'"-'I' a m"u Kl'
district where rents are highest and i knows when he is eating his ice. A bag
whero most people congregate. We fcul of rice for u wedding party, tho grains
sure we cuudcmouKtrute thut tho scheme fulling ont with defying perfection,
will bo a sucoess from a business stand- prompted recently n gnest's refusal of
poiut We shall bo much disappointed his pluto, and a confidence to his amused
if they do not pay a net profit of 10 per ; neighbor thut "he wus willing to throw
cent. If wo demonstrate that, the Peo-; rico, but not to eat it raw. "
plo's institute will bo relieved from a A yonug bachelor who had boasted of
further prosecution of the scheino. Pri- . the skill of a certain caterer iu turning
vuto enterprise aud capital will then j out different designs iu cream einpha
step iu and pnsh tho good work. Where sized his assertion ono oveuing last win
tho 6 cent drinks are sold thero will be ! ter by promising a little supper to a
reading rooms, plenty of light and heat, : small group of friends at which tho ice
toilet rooms, nbsolnto cleanliness and a ; should completely deceive them. Iu duo
good snsbtnntiul free lunch ou the side, j time ho gave it When tho guesta reach
Whero tho 10 cent drinks oro sold, the j ed tho table, a plate of Blue Points on
accommodations will bo tho same, bnt i tho hulf shell, properly resting ou a bod
there will be moro mahogany nnd plate of crushed ico, with a bit of lemon nt
glass about tho bar, and tho frtu lunch the side, was at each cover. No sua
will be so elaborate that it will servo '. picion was aroused that they wero other
for a good substantial meal. "Chicago than they seemed till, beginning to rut.
Tribune.
HANDLING BOA CONSTRICTORS.
Tha Trick by Wlilrh tha Srrprnta Ara
ManaRFfl Without Dangrr.
Snako dealers in South America have
a fine contempt for their squirming nnd
venomous wares, though it is sometimes
difficult to induce ship captains to curry
them as freight Tho siitike dealers han
dle the boa constrictor with great deft
ness. This serpent bites, but his bite is
not venomous, so thnt the chief duuger
to tlie handler is from the serpent's
enormously powerful muscles. The
dealers have learned that the boa, to be
really dangerous, must have n fulcrum
in the shape of something around which
he may coil his tuil.
The boa is, iu fact, a lever iu which
the ordinary arrangement is power,
weight, fulcrum. Knowing this, tho
dealers drop a soft hat over his head,
thut he may neither see not bite, and
then snatch him so suddenly from bis
resting place that ho has no opportunity
to brace himself by seizing a fixed ob
ject with his tail. After thut tho essen
tial thing is to see that ho is not brought
within distance of any such object.
A snake dealer ou a Brazilian steam
er the other day was occupied in trans
ferring his boas from ono box to anoth
er, llo opened the box un instant, drop
ped a hat over tho heud of one of the
creatures, snatched it from its fellows,
and rushing across tho deck dropped it
into tho other box. The thing looked so
eusy that a deck hand, waiting until the
aiiuke owner's back was turned, essayed
to repeat the uct Ha neglected to 'use
the hut, and with a yell yanked a great
sutiko from tho box with its fangs fixed
in bis fingers. Not daring to let go, yet
fearing to hold ou, he began whirling
the snake ubont hifi bend, meanwhile
dancing madly over the deck. The snake
man managed to capture the reptile and
box it in security. Then somebody ex
pressed concern for tho rush deck hand,
to which the snako owner answered :
"What, him? He's nil right But
think of my snake! It's worth 20 of thut
mug 1" New York Sun.
Lifting tha Dreu,
A recent writer from Paris says,
among many other things, that "Amer
icans aro 'spotted' by their very conser
vative or overmodest mnnner in which
they lift their dresses at the back to es
cape the dirt If it ia fair, a well dress
ed Frenchwoman allows her gown to
sweep along tho streets, which aro de
lightfully clean, but if rainy she lifts it
on ono side nearly to the knees, showing
a silk petticoat that perfectly harmonizes
with her costume, fine, silken hose and
well fitting shoes, aud I fully agree
with tho critics that there is nothing
conservative about this. " The writer
goea ou to say: "1 notice iu the shops
tome changeable effects iu narrow strip
ed hae, but have seen ouly black when
viewing the uplifted skirts. The tan and
russet shoes and luxe are not as much
In evidence as they were in London.
Tho use of half hose for boys and girls
up to 8 years for the latter aud 10 for
the former ia universal. "Knit Goods
Koviow.
Hvhlud tha Tlmaa,
New Jersey is behind the times in re
using to admit women to the bar.
No profession Is wore in need of tbe pio
tureaqueuess which woman's competi
rloo can alone inpply.-New York
Evening Sua.
"THE UNHAPPY CABMAN.
On of tha Oothain FraUrnlty TelU a Tala
of Woe.
"Acubmau'a life ain't allliecraud
skittles, " suid au np town Jehu the oth
er day. "Nobisly ever thinks of givin
poor cubby a tip, and lots of 'era seem
totuke a sort of pride in never puyiu a
cent more thuu the legal furo. A mun
don't haggle over Limits in a store, but
he will fusa over that rute curd till ho'a
black iu tho face for four ho'll give me
too much. After that they'll wulk off
and stick out their cliesta as though they
hod done a good action. They culls it
bcin stromr minded, I a'powi, and strict
ly just and all thut sort o' blarney
mean, I calls it Moro than once I've
driven n well dressed man dowu town
and hud him jump out und go into one
o' them big offico buildings.
" 'Wait.'seshe. '1 11 boout iu a mm-
, tA.'
; "Well, say ! If I'd waited till liocouie
out I'd bo there yet All them buildings
has two or three entrances, und lie goes
in one irt slips out o' the other.
"Why mini should take a cab down
town w hen ho'a hard up beats mo. I
I'poso lie cuu't fxil tho cublo car out of
a nickel, but lie can do me out of a dol
lar. Some of 'cm will get out of a cub
iu some mysterious wuy w lieu they gets
my chances any day on blnflln a man
out of nioro'u his faro than a wouiuu.
Yon cau't rattle a womun hulf ns easy
and she's twice as obstinate
"About tho only time wo get a cinch
is in winter wheu there 'a lota o' slush
around. Thero ain't any talk then about
drivin to the station homo and askiu
the sergeant ut the desk whnt'a tho fare
from Twenty-third to Fifty-eighth
street Tako it all round, a cabman's
life ia a dog's life, and yet there 'a jtust
as much competition ua iu uuythiug
elsa" Now York Tribune.
Art Io lea Crrain.
A positive cult has been reached in
the company found that the oysters in
deed were reul, but tho beautiful shells
and the apparently succulent lemon
were only frozen creams.
A point was scored for tho host, who
declared himself satisfied, and a chafing
djsh was set before him for the prepara
tion of mushrooms sautes. At tho mo
ment wheu they were ready to be served,
a trifling accident occurred iu tho ex
tinguishing of tho lump, aud the scrv
ant was told to take tho dish to the side
board for service, where plutes with
small squares of toast were in readi
ness. The se plates were bunded nionud
iu a moment piled with mushrooms,
plump and appetizing, that every guest
would have sworn wero prepared before
bis eyes. But they wero not, us was
soon discovered. They were chocolate
cream molded in marvelous imitation
of the brown buttons mid resting on
genuine toast, the chuflng dish of course
having beeu a mere blind. New York
Times.
Eiplnrlni aa AbyiM.
In the limestone formations in hilly
countries it is not uncommon to find
streams of water which plunge into the
bowels of tlie earth liko tho sacred river
in Coleridge's poem of "Kubla Khun."
The holes into which the streams iuu
are called, on Meudip, "swallets," and
iu Yorkshire "pots." Tho biggest of
the Yorkshire "pots" is Gaping Ghyll.
Into this ubyss a day or two ago de
scended a plucky French explorer, M.
Martel of Paris. The stream which fulls
into tho shaft having been temporarily
diveited, M. Martel made his descent
by means of a long rojio and a series of
rope ladders. Ho took with him a tele
phono KOO feet in length aud a supply
.if caudles and magnesium wire. Ho
had to go S:!0 feet before he reached tho
bottom. Hero ho found a vast chamber
ibout 4.)0 feet iu length, 120 to 1U0
feet in breadth und U0 to 100 feet iu
height londou Spectator.
A Minister's Query.
Rev. Hugh Johnston, D. D., writos
from Washington to Zion'a Herald that
the "woman question" entered largely
into tho discussions that the preachers'
meeting in that city has been having on
the constitutions of tho M. E. church.
He asks: Since there ia no sex in saint
hood, in intellect or in Christian work,
why should woman's absence from the
"governing body" of tlie church be so
marked when her presence everywhere
else is so essential? When iu our prayer
meetings we need to use Sydney Smith's
stress of emphasis, "O that men would
praise tho Lord," and when
Ui the world's gn-at Held of action.
In tho bivouno of life,
Tou will And the Oirfetlnn soldier
Boprewnh-d hy hta wlf
Eccentric Monklah Sculptors.
Tho work of tho monkish sculptors,
botn in wood and stone, shows a vast
amount of humor. Witness the gar
goyles of our old churches aud the
devils, half human, half animal, which
adorn the upper galleries and form the
fAirbels und brackets of munycutliedrula.
These one can scarcely believe to have
been modeled seriously as conceptions
of the spirit of evil, for, if tlie doctrine
of tlie personality of the devil were held
faithfully, it is bcarcelv probable that
artists would huvo expended their satire
upon as terrible aud vindictive a person
as the arch fiend, nor would the mouks
have allowed tacir mirerea aud stalk
to be decorated with burlesques of hi
atanio majesty. Good Word
STRAIN ON THE EvESi
Cblldra. at bchool Ar. ,,
nh. Aoad,m, II JlXl-
One of the common cam.
above the brow. i. the overly W
eyeaaud the strain of .rcon!?
iu constantly looking
In its transient 1"k
iar to aonie as the result J fj1
I,icture fnpr7. In-a-Vi"
than one this may bo kuowV.."
academy headiu ho, " f()r if i, i., "
rily developed nTOn "l
Burlington House it H " J10' t
readily excited and pern,IU.u,?Tl
lishcd among the children at Z?
achoolaund the girls of the hi T1
Beventy-two per cent of tl.ecuilHrk
toduy are said to bo sufferer, 1
fective eyesight, generally in
tion of difficulty lu
clearly H.'ud.uhe isalinost,
ent in tho cases of tho poor littl.
tores, whose bodiea are tiaJI
their minds ore overfed in the L
for educational grants. Bll
The ocular liea.lu.-he is often
intent With the wiu'inio hea.l.bT
oially in growing gir!. IhniX
frontal or supraorbital paMa
strain, usKooiuted with tiio vmioil J'
folt all over tho top of the bead
is characteristic of bl(M)d!eysnewl,pc4
of wholesome food, fr.,1, air aud l
door cxercipe will help t0 combat t
umruiia, whilo tho practice uf wi
at distuut objects, and. ulaslthenaJ
appropriate spectacles mayreliewTtl!
beuducbo of eyestrain, bnt reaC
writing and sowing will permu!
dumugo tho sight, so that for th
of education nnd in the struggle fur i
tho coming race is growingnp pm-hi,!
Philadelphia Press.
Hound to n, Llwm.
A bowhiskered man who didn't Vrt
a prosperous as some of those tii
him pushed himself to the front of ,
line in tho city comptroller's nffl
tcrdar and stood ut tho lieenie wiaj,-
"la this where they get -,goa
censes?" ho asked the clerk.
"Yes, this is the place, pay y,
money np stairs and briug Ui niu
down hero," was the reply.
"Lem'me see. How much is a
license?" inquired the miprosperoniiu,
aa he fingered his pocket,
"It will cost yon $3."
"No lea'en that?"
"No, that's the price regulated br
law. "
"How much for an express licur
"That will cost you $1. 25."
"Well, I cau't afford it. I'll runny
old wagon in the shed und turn my bow
ont to pasture. I aiu't got euongh nua
ey und can't borrow it"
"Well, I'm sorry"
"Fay, how much is a dog license?"
"One dollar."
"Well, gim'mo one. That's all lag
afford. 'Indianapolis Journal.
I Th Mothrn,' I ulon.
i A great man, speuking lately on ti
, cation, said there was one question wMck
l presented itself, "Are we, by all the
j modem schemes, training the charactm
! of our children or merely occnpjinj
j their minds?" Parents cannot uVlegtu
their responsibilities a traisuivij-oroia-I
ly emphasized of late by bead masters (
public schools. And on whom does ta
duty of early training chitflyuYvolvetM
I on the mother? It wus to call forth til
I great reserve force, of mothers' iufluewi
I that Mrs. Sumner, wife of thebishopi
Guildford and already well known i
gifted writer and sjieaker, started sum
17 yeara ago her uoble work of the Hoik
era' union.
First inaugurated in the Weitctetet
diocese, it bus spread with niarreka
rapidity all over England (never beinj
introduced into any parish without cler
ical sanction) till it uow uuuiben mf
thousands of members, from highest to
loweht in rank, not ouly in the United
Kingdom, but also in Iudia, AustralU,
Tasmania, Canada and America, V
Mothers' union is for all classes, fron
duchess to peasant, and consists of
ben aud associates. Florence Moore is
Loudon Journal.
Jean Brooks Grrenleaf.
Meeting for the first time Mrs. Jf
Brooka Greenleaf, the president of the
New York State Suffrage associiition,
ono feels in the presence of an iniliridw
ity whose strong influence is accentnaW
by much kindness of heart. Her feature!
denote energy, her voice is clear and in
cisive, und she is an ever ready advocttt
of the cause she has so waroily wpousel
Mrs. Greenleaf waa made president
tho Stute Suffrage association in 1S
and since that time has made nnceawoi
effort to organize the state hitocoantf
and local societies. During the last J
she, with the assistance of tlie ecretT.
circulated over 8,000 documents.
Mrs. Greenleaf waa nominated DJtM
Democrats of the Twenty-eighth senato
rial district as delegate to the coMO"
tional convention. She miule J
cause, polled a handsome vote, but
defeated with tlie rest of the ticket.
a presiding officer Mrs. Greenleaf cle"
and decisive, tempering wisdom '
justice. Asa friend and fellow "n
her genial, kiudly nature has endeaw
her to all. American Woman's M-
Chicago Womeu's Practical CbarlW.
The practical ability of women m
nevolent work has been recently1"'
trated at Chicago, where, wlu' i "
"good citizens' committee" did noinu
but plan and talk, Mrs. Mary Ahreot
president of tho Cook County bunnr
association, paid the rent out of ber o
pocket of two stores on Wabash aveo
and circulated requests forsuppl" .
people who were ouly waiting untu
red tape should be sufficiently n,?""
for their gifts to reach the needy
sponded freely, and 25.000 "
Been housed and fed. TheO. A.
diea have a free soup kitchen at w
cifio avenue, where thousands are
daily. The Hebrew ladies chtfiU
societies have another, la ticll
Ladies' Aid society is doum pr1'
work. The Chicago Woman ciu
doing a great deal of work m ongj
women and children. And air th
the various citizens' couiuiittees
organizing aud planning and "a
how much money would w n-
Chicago Correspondent
Eatlnf With Flnrr-
. .-.-. I- t w'u'
The Romans ana -
their fingeri, and one writer rf
former nation givea a comical -a
glutton of hia day who,
went to a feast, dM?XL it
that he might have the first cb
the meat befon it waa cool enoug
the other guesta to touch u
Bngera. . . J.