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EUGENE CITY GUARD. L I VAurmmUt, m . mnttar, EUGENE CITY, OREGON. TO BE A MODEL he Wanted t Uan HnoMkeepUif and Pom For fief htm. Not very long ago, while a prominent artist wa busy at liii easel, the brass knocker rapped three times, aud tiding be opened the door. "Who i it?" h mid, not very pleased at the interruption. "Do yon want a model? ' was tbe re aponse. He looked at hor with the rapid glance of the man who know the nieun ing of form and oolur and the Yalue of t-vttrr feature. Apparently there wa nothing to recoinuiund her. The face wa not beautiful, the skin and fouture were course, there wa no pomegranate on the lip, 110 roue potul on chock nor Khull tiut iu the eur. The hair wa a dimly, yellow gray, the eyo doll and heavy, the mouth and jaw thick and bant All of thin detail he law aa abe passed through the door uninvited. "What are your recommendation? he asked her half snooringly. "I have a good figure," ho answered promptly. "Are yon a professional model?" wa tiie next query. "I have never potted at all," he re- plied. "I'm a houNomMid. I read aoiue thins iu the paiier atxiut the lot of money the model made, and I thought I'd like it better than being out at erv' lee." The artist looked at the young Irish woman a moment, and glancing about the room, wondering whut to ay to her, hi eye fell upon hi half clad model seated uixiil the taiid.. "Mis 11," he said, "will yoa tell M yotrig woman uhout the life? She v. ant to be a model." Mix li.f with an eaHy, natural move ment, threw the end of her garnet vol vet toga across her shoulder aud gave tlio visitor Biirh a lengthy dew-ription of the triulN, hardshiii und trouble of model' life iu the studio that when die advised the urtUtieully inclined housemaid "to go back to making bed and scrubbing and waxing floor" the hitter concluded she bad better "bear the ill kiln knew tlinii fly to those she knew not of" it nt took her departure a ulirupl ly a sho hail oniue. l'hihidol phi a Pre. DMAWINQ UP WILLS. Lawyer lu Not Want Their Name I.lea- IMed With th IMMMiU That it take a siuurt mini to draw a will 1 iui adugn the reft)Nvt fur which iu the legal fraternity in evidenced by the fuct Unit few' lawyer want to furnish visible evidence of their part iu draw iug up will. It i ierfectly easy for a man to hire a lawyer to draft hi testa incut, of course, no matter how compli- cated it provision may bo. It i quite another thiug to get the lawyi r to wit no it He will not even allow clerk iu hi ofllce to do no except perhap where the client i uu old or regular one, lie want him to go elsewhere to get thoiieccaryattostiitioiia. There are exception to t hi unwritten rule, it i true, but it i retty geiierally observed. "Lawyer will not no admit it," mid one (if them, "but the true reason i they don't care to bo identified with tlio instrument. , It is ubout un diflirult an undertaking u a lawyer can face to draw tip a will where the bequcrit are surrounded with cotiilitiong that will clone tip all loophole to a context. Mont testator know how they wuut to di poso of their estate, but it i exceeding ly hard to evpres their wishe iu a way that will leavo no doubt wheu sulwu queiitly disappointed heir call it into question. The Ixxik teem with instance of tho inuhility of amurt men, omo of them distinguished lawyer, to make a will (hat will Mtaud uudcrastifT light. Lawyer naturally don't want to bo as aociated with a document that tuny bo pronounced bad, und no they are unwill ing to sign u witnesses or to lot their employee do it I suppose it to Home ex tent urgue a lack of coufidenco in their work. Anyhow the precaution, is of lit tle use, for invariably the lawyer who drew it U disclosed iu any litigation over a wilL" Chicago Tribune On oa th Trine. Tlin Prince of Wale once visited a tenxide towu for the purpose of laying the foundation tone of tho new harbor. The priuce, iu company with Lord DulTcriu, drove through the town pre ceded by the mayor in hi oftloial ruin. Au old fishwife, failing to distinguish 1L R. II. amoug tho other gentlemen, exclaimed: "I wonder which i tho prince I" and then cried out, ut the top of her voice, "Loug live tho prince I" luxtantly the priuce turned aud bowed. "I that him?" he inquired, with a disappointed air. "Of course it i," answered a neigh bor. "Woll, well," she replied "That' a regular knockdown I Well, it our mayor don't beat him all to fit iu drel" Liverpool Mercury. Th Major's Chan of Mind. ThoThroekmortouNtory, while an old and ofteu told one, may not be known to route readers. It gca that tiie major and threo or four oilier were engaged in a game of card iu thi city. Among the player wax a mnn who, though a trailer, uppcared to be a geutleiunn. Apiroarance were deceptive, however, for ho wax loon detected iu and charged with cheating. A tho player aroxo to their feet the crook linked one of them : "Do yon believe I wax cheating, ir?" "I do," wa tlio anxwer. Whereupon lie wa promptly knocked down by the gambler, who wax an ath letic giant. "Do you believe I wa denting?" bo axkod of another of the party. "I am bouud to say I do," wax the leply, and down he vent also. Thi n, tnruing to Major Thnx-kmor-too, tlio pugilixtio ahurp put tho name question to him. "Well," answered the major, "I did think ho, but I've had a - of a change of opinion!" Louisvillo Courier-Journal Th Counna Haa The common bean wa cultivated by tho ancient Egyptian, but tboir priest regarded it aa "uueWu." The Old IVxtameut mention the bean twice, ml it f ccrtaiu that t lit) Hebrew kuew it it existence at Uat 1,000 year B. C. WOMAN'S WOULD. MRS. HALL, WHO IS KNOWN AS "THE WOMAN HUMORIST." Wnn Who At- Ioortore Th Mw KDIUh Woniaa Described by Lad OVna net A Jollj Good fallow W'ouiaa Ceaeorablp la Raltlmor. Tba olevor writing and (peaking of Mr. Florence Howe Hall have earned ber the titlo of "the woman bomoriit of the country. " She doe indoed possess a notable ability for presenting the grav est question in a manner that earrie weight because of its liveliness and wit She i identified with many varied In terest. From her father the boa in herited an aptitudo for organization and 1 tba never happier than when planning fair, lecture courses, sewing circles, reading classes, clubs, eta She was a charter member of the Monday Afternoon club of Plainflold, N. J., and for two year it president In the work of the general federation ibe bas also been activo and i now serving ber third term a state chairman of correspondence for New Jersey. Sho wa the first to propose a statu federation in New Jer sey and used both voice and pen to bring it about. Mr. Hall ha long been known to lltoratnro. Soon after her marriage to Mr. David Prescott Hall, a well known New York city lawyer, she took up tho work of writing for tho pre and the periodical. With tier Mister, Mr. Maud ilowe Elliott, she bus for Mime year liam A mat mi. rxoiicM'E iiowe iialu been engaged in writing tho life of ber father' famou pupil, Laura D. liridg man, who wnx tho first blind deaf mute ever taught tho use of language. Mrs. Hall i tlio author of a number of farco. One of these, a satire on the auti wom an sufTrngist.i, has already won hearty plaudit before amateur footlights. Tho suffrage question nn been the theme of many of her most successful addresses and papers. Her speech at the federation meeting iu Philadelphia lost May was a humorous plea in it behalf aud excited wido iu teres t. She is the president of her stoto's suffrage associa tion and president of tlio I'luinfleld branch alliance of Unitarian aud other liberal Christian women. As a lecturer Mrs. Hall lias enjoyed an unusual success and has found much pleasure and profit, sho says, iu addroK Ing her audiences. In accordance with Dr. Howe s theories that every woman should have at her fingers' ends hoiiio means of support, Mrs. Hall was early trained iu bookkeeping. Her published nlnnm, liit.lii.lii ''M.U'inl ( 'imtfitiia tltli!" The Correct Thing. " Sho lias four children, tho oldest, Samuel I'rescott Hall, having recently graduated from Harvard college witbolassic.il honor at the age of 30. Now York Recorder. Women Decorators. Women as interior decern tors, any Tho Upholsterer, are not numerous, but they ore here. After careful investigation tho names and addresses of ten women upholsterers have liocn obtained. Thero are other perhaps, but they aro o modest or they appreciate tho advantage of a businos reputation so little that they are known only within a limited sphere. Those who are best known to tho trado a uphol sterer are Mix Virgiuia Urush, Miss E. McCarthy, Mis Ella Florence Ward, Mrs. K. J. Collins, Mrs. II. Kliugenfeldt and Mis Mary Tilling- hast, lleslde theso thero are other, also well known in the trade, w ho either are not residents of New York or who do work chiefly outside of the city. In speaking of her fitness for tho work of interior decoration one bright wom an said that a woman oould understand a woman aud a womau's need better than a man, and for that reason a wom an is a better npholstervr for the much dotirod homelike appearance of a house to be lived in, principally by women and children, than a niau. Sho said also that tho clients of an upholsterer wore not accustomed to furnishing bouses. Perhaps they had never furnished a house, or at best had furnished ono bouvo only, and consequently they were not able to remember all of the detail of npholsteriug and furnishing that they desired In any case tlicy always uced suggestions from an expert, and for the reaxou that a woman understands a wo- ... niau a ways, a woman ideas, a worn au'a thought and a woman needs a woman 1 more competent to make those suggestions thau a man. However this may be in practice, it 1 oertuiuly logical iu argument, and as a mat'.er of fact, whether tho argument is logical or not, aud whether the work of women upholsterers and decorator and contractors, as they profess to be, is successful or not, they are hero, and they are at work, and so far a we have beard there lire not only no complaints against their work, lint a great deal of praise for it Th Nw Kncllih W A large audience greeted Lady Henry Somerset at the Madison Avenue I'res byterhui church, in New York, ou tbe occasion of ber farewell lecture in thi country. Sho spoke on "The New Eng lish Woman. " Iu tho oourse of bor lco ture she sr.iil: "I have frequently been asked since 1 came here whether the American wom an i more advanced than the Euglish woman. If by thi i meant the capabil ity for independent thought and the permission of society for her to exercise that faculty, I must any that the Amer ican woman i lex advanced than her English dster. The English woman take more interest in question affect ing the national life, and the great po litical organisation of England have been largely instrumental In building no this foeling. As far back f tUt time I 'Jm ramm mmmw of Gainsborough's beautiful Duches of Devonshire we learn of women working in political campaigns. At the present time the succesa of a candidate largely depend npou the attitudo of tbe worn n." After declaring, in parentheses, that abe bad not come here to wage war against living pictures, as she bad al way been of tho opinion that every civilized nation was capable of dealing witb its own evils, she thus continued: "I do not believe that the exercise of ber public function ho made the Eng lish woman any less womanly. I depre cate, however, much that boa been writ ten on this subject, especially what is called tho woman's novel, which really barms rather tbnn bolps tbo movement I believe that when this movomeut Is better understood we ihall see tbe end of tbe woman's novel. "An important aspect of tbe matter is tbe realization of the necessity of phys ical culture for women as well a men. Tbe use of bicycles by girls is causing a revolution which is likely to build op a very new style of woman to be the moth er of sons and daughters of tbe future. ' A Jolly Oood Fllow. At a recent Dohomian gathering the toast of the evening was to tbe hostess, who wa votod "a jolly good fellow." This soutiniont was received with great applause, and every man present felt that no higher compliment oould be puid the little woman whom each dosir ed to honor. A little thought, however, given to this sentiment makes it less a matter for congratulation and more a topio for serious consideration. Tbe world is foil of women who are able to be good fellows. It doesn't re quire much muroly a gift of repartee, a ready wit and a kindly heart but tbe womanly women, tbe gentle loving creatures who think the grentestahonor in life lie in being devoted wives and mothers, they are not so readily found, but once a man doe discover sncb a treasure the "good fellow" is forgotten, and the more essentlully feminine though less brilliant woman 1 placed in the sacred recesses of hi heart, where ho dwell forever and aye. Ulrls, it doe not pay to cultivate a reputation for good fellowship. Aatbor eschew all conduct that doe not lie parallel wrth lines of refinement, duty and womanliness. Tho transient glory attached to a sovereignty of this sort is not to be com pur od witb tbe lasting homage that is always givon a true woman. Tbe shores of Uohemla aro oomposed of jugged rocks on which many a bark bearing tbe namo "Wom an Kepntution lias been shattered Tho wisest woman that ever lived can not be too careful iu her manner. The world at large does not appreciate the doubtful compliment that the woman anxious for a certain kind of puhlio rec ognition thinks so desirable. It Is tho easiest thing to step over the border. Thorefore watch out for tho thorough womanliness if yoa desire thorough happiness and tbo best returns the world can give. Philadelphia Time. Women Censorship In Ilaltiuior. The women of Baltimore have set about their work of theater censorship in sensible way and oua that is likely to prove most ofllcieut They have or ganized for the purpose of discounte nancing plays of au immoral tendency, and they will act by staying away when the performances aro given. There is, however, to ho no publio or oonccrted action. "The society as a whole, " says ono of its member, "will not boycott ouy par- ticnlar play which may bo considered improper, nor do the mom hers plodge themselves to any snoh uuitod action. If they join the society, they will sim ply promise to weigh carefully in their own minds whether they Honestly ought to attend the performance of any play which is generally considered immoral or whether they ought to euoourago bad conduct among persons ou the stage by going to see star whose gonural reputa tion is that of being immoral porsons. Any other course, any vote against any particular play, would, if made publio, very likely have a result directly oppo site to the purposes of the society by sending hundreds of persons to see the play." In addition to this voluntary censor- hip the club will have fortnightly meetings through the theatrical season, at which papers on tho drama, critical, historical and otherwise, will bo pre sented, together witb discussions on current theatrical productions. At those meeting actor of good reputation will be invited to present their views on the lame subject Tbe club is the outgrowth of an idea in the direction of Mrs. Franklin, wife of Professor Fabian Franklin of the Johns Hopkins university. Baltimore Letter. A Crrdlt to Memphis Women, Southern women, following tbe en terprise of their western sixtors, have been dabbling iu newspaper work on a large scala The St Valentine's day issue of the Memphis Commercial was brought out by the ladies of that active city, aud the 83 pages of copy newspa per literature which they produced re flected great credit on their originality aud enterprise. Thero wa a delicate sarcasm iu au editorial announcement that six women wore filling the editor's place, which was duly appreciated and taken advantage of by the half dozen feminine minds that were struggling to, fill the vacnnni caused by the absence of one masculine intellect The whole edition was bright and crisp. A unique idea was carried out in the department of Vorrexpondeuce, iu which brief letters were printed, whose signatures Har riet Martinean, Thomas Cnrlylo, Louisa M. Alcott, Charles Dickens, Emerson, George Eliot, Margaret Fuller attest their preseut point of view. Tho style of eacb of these distinguished wraiths was, as a rule, cleverly conserved and their professed opinion on the modern woman of racy interest Memphis Cor respondent A Novel Woman' Club, Co-operative European trips, says a New York writer, aro so common that It is beginning to be the solitary tourist who is conspicuous. A novel woman's club illustrating thi tendency to travel ou the mutual benefit plan ha existed in an interior city since last July. It i oomposed of eight member and moot twice a mouth. The itinerary of travel has been carefully made up, aud tbe meeting are for a thorough study of the places which aro included in it Tbey are also for the importaut purpose of railing the nercsaary fumla. Each mem ber cars m assessment at each meeting, and It is expected that tbe necessary amount will be forthcoming by May, when the party will eaiL Rate of trav el and living abroad are carefully in quired into and compared, and tbe min imum of expenditure, with comfort and heal;h considered, is hoped to be achieved on the Journey. Next year, after the return, it is proposed to con tinue the club through tbe winter witb the same programme of subjects, going over tho itinerary witb the light of ex perience and realization to illumine tbe review. Boston' Elderblow Clnb. There are several woman'! clubs in Doston, and the reports of the doings of one or another of them are found in the papers every week. There is one that is unique in character that does not allow reports of it proceeding to got into the newspaper and ha thu fur no publio fame outside It locality. It exist in the suburban town of Brook line and Is called tbe "Elder blow club." It is composed entirely of elderly ladies, wbo meet at the bouses of it member onoe a fortnight daring the winter season. At eacb they have a special entertainment provided No one knows what it is to be in advance ex cept the committee of arrangements. Sometimes It i a locture, sometime. a conoort, sometimes a reading or a va riety entertainment of some character. It is always attractive, and the Elder- blow i altogether the most popular so cial affair in tbe placo. Admission to the clnb is eagerly sought, and a class of women who are generally left ont of active social life are better provided for in this way than any other. Hartford Conrant ' A Woman a Judge f !(, At the dog show recently held in Madison Squaro Garden a woman, Miss Anna H. Whitney of Lancaster, Mass., acted a one of the judges. The breeds, whose futebnng upon ber decision, were the St Bernards, Newfoundlands and pugs, it is nimcuit to nuu jnnges wno are both competent and eligible, since those who posses tho requisite knowl edge are generally breeders and exhibit ors, and consequently barred ont Mis Whitney, although she breeds magnifi cent St Bernards at her country borne, does not enter them for exhibition. She has a strong, rather fluo face of a some what masculine type. New York Let ter. No "New Women" In Germany. It is wondered at that some of these 20 nniversities are not open to women. This is because the German women do not want to be educated, and tho men, further, do not desire them to be. There has been a movement lately to make some of these institutions co-educational. There are at preseut four women at Bcrliu who have obtained permission to hear the lectures with men. Two of those are Frenchwomen, one from Fin land and ono a Vassar girl from Ameri ca. At Gottingen there aro at tho lec tures about a dozen American girls. Borlin Letter in Philadelphia Telograph. Another Revolution In flats. The latest bat aro not perched on the extremo back of the bead as they have boon all winter, witb an eflect of being about to glide off backward. On the contrary, in the present headgear the pendulum has swung to the opposite ex treme, and the dainty littlo confections of lace and jet aro tipped down over the eyes. Even theater bonnets are to be worn in this way till a newer fancy strikes the maids and matrons who wear them. Fashion Journal. Will Succeed la Time, The minister of instruction at St Pe tersburg has presented a scheme to the council of state in favor of permitting women to practice medicine. This is tho third or fourth attempt of tho same kind; but, as in the preseut instance it Is strongly supported, it appears to have a chance of success. Stella J. Tibbets of Boston has suc cessfully passed tho examination re quired by the board of registration in pharmacy. Her name wus first on tho list of the nine who received certificates out of the 43 applicants examined. Two English writers, well known this sido of the sea as well, nre seriously ill from overwork iu a literary way Mine. Sarah Grand and Mrs. Lynn Lintou. In the Washington legislature the amondment extending full suffrago to women bas boon defeated by a majority of two votes. Mrs. Louisa R. Robio, a granddaugh ter of General Stark, now 85 years of age, is living iu Manchester, N. U. There ore 9S0 women biirses iu the hospitals of Japan. How to Jails a Hook. We knew that tho Moslems, when they conquered Persia, found in thut country , innumerable quantity of books mid scientific treutises, und that their gen eral, Sauil Bin Abi Oucccus, asked Ca liph Omar by letter if he would allow him to distribute those books among the trne believers with tho rest of the booty. Omar answered him iu these term: "Throw them into the water. If they contain anything which can guide meu to the truth, we liavo received from God what will guide us much better. If they contain errors, we shall be well rid of them, thank God." In conse quence of this onler the books were thrown into the water and the fire, and the literature and science of the Per sians disappeared. Notice et Extraita. Cnatta.ll lluttona. The buttons ut the backs of onr coats are a survival. Formerly there was a buttonhole in the forward corner of each ikirt, and wheu a gentleman was walk ing or riding he turned bis skirts and buttoned them to the bottom at bis back. The buttons on tho wrists of our coats are relics of the days when the sleeves were so long that they covered the tips of tlio flutter, mid the cuff were turned back and buttoued when the hands were employed. Mohammed. The chief feature of Mohammed's face vas the pair cf great, lustrous eyes thut thoiie out front his swarthy counte nance. They wece iuteusely black and glittering, and w hen he was angry they teemed to turn grevu. Otherwise hia face wa not prerswuotwiug. When the Erie canal was being exca vated, live mollusk were found in a (trvl stratum at a depth of 43 feet from tbe surface. THE DUDK HAD 0K1T. BUT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC GENTLEMAN. B Picked l n frown Rattler, WhJh Thawed Out ae II Carried It In th Hot Aufost Sun-riorlda nah harp Aetoanded at th Ieed. "I was once ou a gunning trip daring the month of Auaust in tho hammock j along the lower St Johns river. I came to a botol on the river bang tmuwas keeping open for Ihe little business brought to it by the river traffic Back of the hotel wu a friugo of pines, and beyond the pines wus it reach of barren eouutry coveied with a growth of blue palmetto aud gollberry. "Amoug the person staying at the hotel were two young men whose in terest in the region centered in those thing which pertained to natural his tory. Both were well dressed. Thoir bands were white und smooth. In town they might buve been taken for bunk teller. One morning, before the sun bail taken tho thill out of tho air, one of these guests, iu a pair of rather gen teel top bixitx, wandered for a consider able distance through the low palmetto sernb. In hi path ho found a rattlo sniiko twice us long us tho orange wood stick with which he walked. "The chill of tho night air was still j tm narrow of tho reptile, and it was j an rat,y mutter for tho young naturalist to clutch the snake just iiuckoi ins jaws and hold him in a firm grasp with tho thumb and circling forefinger of the right huuiL Carefnlly lifting the body of tho snake with the left hand the nat uralist sturted for tho hotel with his greutly valued prize, carrying his orango wood cano under hi left arm. "There is nothing else that so warms the cockles of a rattlesnake's heart as tho vertical rays of the sun, and before tho young naturalist hud made half the journey to tho hotel, tho captive snake had muiiaged, unobserved, to twist bis tuil about his captor's thigh. Thus an chored, ho 5f(uve an ablebodicd pull, which was the naturalist's first intima tion thut the suuke wa putting off hi sluggishness. With his left hand the man wa uhout to unwind the coil from hi thigh, but be found that if ho let go the snake ut its middle tiie niusclo of the reptile would lie too much for the right bund grasp ut its throat, which wa the only safeguard ngaiuxt a stroke from it deadly fangs. So he tightened hi grasp upon tho neck and quickened hi pneo toward the hotel "The sun mounted toward the zenith aud hi ruys bcume warmer. They gave strength and quickness to the cap tive reptile. Listead of a steady draw from the tightening coil around the man's thigh cumo a series of angry writhings which severely tested the strength in the bunds and arms unused to endurance. With each convulsion a chunge in the tint reflected from the monster's scales run like a thrill from it head to its tail, and then came the warning rattle that nobody bus to hear a second time in order that he may know its meaning. The flag on the cupola of the hotel hung limp in the hazy distance. Tlio orungo wood stick bad fallen from beneath tho arm of the young naturalist. A numbness wus taking possession of tho muscles in his arm uu 1 wrists. Ho knew what thut meant. Mcamvhilo tbodiamond marked reptile was warming np for the strug gle. His eyes from pits of molteu lead hud become deep set diamonds. Hi angry w rithings were fearful to si. Ho wus venom incarnate. "It was looking exceedingly serious, not to say desperuto, for the young nat uralist Cheerfully wonld he bavo put aside his enthusiasm in the cause of science and cast tho reptile from him, but that lie could not do. The rattler's tail was coiled tightly ubout his leg, and if tho mnn had looted his hold upon the neck and middlo of the reptile its fangs would buve made their deadly murk upon him while yet the coil was nnbroken. His life depended upon his reaching the hotel before the strength in his arms gave out, und bow muck strength ho had left he knew not, for the numbness in them had driveu out tho sense of feeling. Again he quick ened bis poco. "It must have seemed au endless jour ney to tho young naturalist as he hurried along, his eyes fixed upon the writhing mouster, except when they were raised for an instant to glance at the flag bang ing above the hotel ; but ut last be was within the grounds. His friend rushed forward from tho little group ou the veranda, but turned and rim buck when he saw the look ou the young natu ralist's face. In a moment be nppeared with a strong cord and a cane, which he hud caught r.p iu the hallway. While ho was tying a slip nooso iu the cord neither of the men spoke, but it was easy to see that both knew there was no time to waste, "A the noose wus slipped over the reptile's head and tightened by menus of tho cune a couvulsion stronger than any thut had preceded it drew together tho benumbed bunds which held the writhing creature, and they yielded to the force thut drew them toward the coil, which now twice encircled the man's thigh. "'I've got him,' said the man wbo held the nooso. " 'Well, kiudly nutwist bis toil My hand are a trifle tired,' said the other. "This service wa done quickly, and the two young naturalists went to their room witlj their captive, "Among thoee who had stood speech less while these thing were going on was Rattlctuako Bob, a local snake ex pert from op tbe creek. As tho young men disappeared ho said, without shut ting his mouth : " 'Waul, 1 11 bo if them tludos hain't got grit!" " 'Yes,' said cue of the guests. 'They're catching sntikes for the Smith tontuu institution toexjierimeut with. ' " New York Sru. Redheaded at th Ac of 103. General M. Scott who resides in the township of Shieldsville, Rico county, la 103 year of ago. For upward of 30 years be has been a Rice county farmer He bad souiev business transactions in Faribault yesterday that required bit preseuce, and be came to the city on horseback, a distance or IS miles. Mr Scott never wear an overcoat uor over shoes, be walks as briskly as a man iu middle life, and never wears glassei Hia balr, which was always rod, bat not turned gray, but bis whisker and mustache are white. Minaeapolu Tribun. Am Biampla of b Mt I'.ralelou Char acter Imaa-lnabl. The muthod by which the Vanderbllt divorce wa arranged I a scaudal to our jurisprudence. Worse than that, It is an influence for tbe degradation of publio moral and tho breuking down of the popular sense of right and wrong. Practically Mr. and Mrs. anderbilt divorced themselves. There wa no bearing before a court Tbe partlea did not appear before the tribunal. There wa no publio proof of Infidelity on cither ido to ervo a a punishment to the guilty party or a a deterrent i In flnence in tlio case of other. The whole mutter wa arranged by dicker. The only Junction of the court was to give legal effect to tho terms of tho bargufn. I it, then, the privilege of tho rich to annul their marriages at ploasnro by mutual agreement? The law, rigidly en forced against nil ordinary citizens, pro scribe that collusion between husband aud wife shall bo na offectual and per eniptory bur to divorce Yet this rich man and woman have aont their law yer into court with a collusive ogreo meiit already iiiudu; tlin court ha up pressed tho evidence agreed to be pre snnted by sending tho cuso to a rufuroe instead of hearing it in oiieu amnion; tho referee has made u report iu accord ant with tho terms of the dicker; the court has nAlrnied it. ordering tho pa pers scaled so that thero may be no ....... ..l.ilu-liii-h means simiily that the cuilty party shall bo spared all social I ,! iiwnnveiiienee and the ! terms of the colluslvo agreemeut buve been embodied in a decree wnicn au thorizes one party to marry again at pleasure and imposes open tho o(her a prohibition of marriage which I a in effectual a a bull ngainst a comet In laying thi we do not mean to ro fleet upon Justice Barrett He i a judgo whoso eminent leuniing and consplnn ou service are properly npprocluted by tho community. But in thi matter he is the Instrument of a vicious system which prevails, we believe, only iu New York and which certainly dot not ob tain in most of the other states. Unless wo accept tlio unclean doctrino of free love, murrioge and divorce nre not in any sense private Matter. Tho fiimily relation lie nt the very founda tion of society. Divorce equally with marriago i a matter of publio concern and should bo decreed only uftcr a pub lio benrlng anil puoiioprooi 01 stuiuiury cause. Acaso of this kind sets an exnmploof tho most pernicious character imagina ble. It means to the majority that thero is one law for the rich and another for tho rest of u. It mean that if yoa havo niouey enough your marriago vow may couut for nothing. It mean thai your misconduct w ill be carefully guard ed ngainst exposure by nil tho authority the court posses. It mean thut while collusive divoreo proceeding are per emptorily thrown out of court iu tho cuso of ordinary person a multimil lionaire ami hi wife may arrange such a proceeding in full as-surance that it will bo ratified by tbo courts, and thut all tho scandalous details will bo secure ly hidden beneath tho sacred soul of tbe tribuuul. Now York World. ROYAL DORCAS ANNOYED. Th TrlnceM of Wale Overwhelmed by lnllt-nt Centenarlau. A kindly act of charity privatoly per formed by tho Princess of Wale with ont a thought of advertisement i now causing her much inconvenience. Some weeks ago tho attention of the princes wa drawn to tho sadly destitute condi tion of a Mrs. Thomas a centenarian living at Burryport, aud tho ancient damo was mudo happy by a handsome donation. This camo to the knowledge of the local reporters, who naturally boomed royal tieuovolence. Tbe result is that tho princess is simply overwhelmed with application for nssistuuco on be half of aged men and women and to judgo from ber correspondence thero must bo thousand of centonarian In this hnppy country. Puhlio uotico bus been given thut the princess cun give no more, but tho stream of letter continues to flow to Marlborough ilouso and Saudringham, and Miss Kuollys, tho chief privato sec retary, has been driven to devise a litho graphed form of regretful refusal. Many of the application nre nndonbtedly genuine. One from Llnnelly, Wales, for instance, is accompanied by documen tary evidence that Mrs. Elizabeth Mor ris attained her one hundred and fourth birthday ou lust Tuesday, but there are a good ninny undeniable attempt to swindle tho royal Dorcas. London Let ter. Muntarhe Prohibited. This is the rulo nt tho well known banking bouse of Messrs. Contts & Co., 69 Strand. Nono of the bank clerks woars mustaches, and it has long been considered a point of business etiquette that all the gentlemen employed at tho bank Bliould wear frock coats during business hours. A clerkship at Messrs. Contts' is considered ono of tho prizes iu the banking profession. Some of tho meu are university graduates, many havo been educated at ono of tho (,'rent puhlio schools, vliilo several have been called to tho English bar. Some years ago an attompt wa made to hare the unwritten law regarding mustaches re scinded, but it was found that a greater number preferred the old custom to ro mnin in force than were iu favor of its abolition. This curious custom 1 also said to prevail in some of the largo teahouses In the city, while it is well known thnt some Church of England bishops prefer tho curate under their chargo to be clean shaven. A lady who tried about threo year ago to enforce a shaved face ou the groom in her employment, aud dismissed him at once because ho refused conipliunco with her order, found thut tho law gave her no such power and wa mulcted in 3 for wrongful dis missal and tho cost of tho action by the judgo of tho Bedford county court Loudon Standard. A Coatly Caui paten. In consequence of M. Drrvfo' rron on in supplying Germany with tho so S l . . . .... vmsui tno rrencu plans or mobiliza tion, say a Paris corresnoinlpnt. the government has just spout rnoro thau viuu,uuu iu ciuinging all the essential features tf the scheme troops in ca. of war. It has boon fonud mav miiy io ,.r out or the men drafted for the Madagascar expedition are pliys ically unfit for the ardnous service, aud their places are being filled. Already it is apparent that the cimi rini i?n will fw.i 123,000,000 instead of 113,000,000. PATALITYOp A XAM A STRANGE INCIDENT WHCH GESTS MENTAL TELEPATHY It I. Vo.cl.ed For t, . Mtmb.f r' Halth lepartm.t-A Which Uu llroken I., ,, Mad It War Into l-rlnt Writer of fiction have no tt0u. Of the strange or mimuutJf are fhiug taking place Pv ltt Chicago which uro us devoid of ri explanation ns th :. ,i.. u:r. coins, novelist's brain, v, ewp:iJ)j men near or tiieui. but in tl cold, hard facts, demanded both brl'H' editor and uewspuperreiiderg torios," u queer und ,,,'v, pil happening aro culled in jounialiiVi olcs, areata discount. WeRf this the following incident, wl,k4 Iks verified by the word of several J" table men, wonld long ., hv, ' ceiyed the space and mtenti, t, instead of being consigned to tlle basket as the "pii dream" of . J' devotee: "wopm, Ono cold wintry night not so u. ago Dr. L. T. Potter, now tnJZi With the CbiroKo health de,, and a number of his companion, sitting in the onico of the Oakland W? at Drexel and Oukwnod b-mCl when a rtrauger of dinident maun,,!; tcred. Him clothes and jewelry mtrbJ him a person of means, but he ietmJ downhearted and worried, and wh be asked permission of tho clerk to iu the ofllce awhile, Dr. Potter and k companions at once sized biro up,, man who hud been out on a spree, without ready cush to pay fur m w and took this means of getting rtfim from tho winter's blasts. The trn who wa yonng and iutnllij-ent, pri nucomfortublo under the ill disguiitd scrutiny of the crowd and Anally nil- "(Jentlemen, I would liketOMpui, my presenco hero und why I ait opt, the ofllco iu preference to taking i bed In the first place, let tno assure yosit is not a mutter of money," drawing out a goodly sized roll of bills. "For nnu yearn my fat hor, who is a resident of New York, hua had trouble with hit family aud bus been a wanderer. Et was ut oiio time worth couaidenbla money, but this ha been lost, ud , number cf letters which I have of late received from him show me bauds spondeiit. Thi afternoon I gut a letter from him, dated in Detroit, saying in .rould arrive iu Chicago touight, tatoi room at this hotel and end his Lfeby turning on the gas. He added that it the event of the gas failing ha had a pistol with him, with which he would send a bnllet through his braiu. Father hud uo idea I would get this letter to day, a I have been out of towu, and it wu only an nuexjiccteil cuso of sicknesi in my family which brought uie back. I um sitting np here to intercept him wheu ho comes iu and prevent the fili cide which he contemplates. Fortunate ly I buve means enough for both ted cun roliove hi anxiety in thi respect" Dr. Potter and his friends were at once interested. They conjatnlated tl stranger on hi pood lu k in having n ceived hi father's letter in time taf tendered their services iu unywnyi which they might be desired Two threo times nu effort was made tofU out the man's niiine, butlto parried tin questions on tho ground that, at his Zi ther's plans would bo frustrated, Ira did not cure to havo hi identity disttost "Von mny, however, call me Jlilchiot, as it i nwkwnrdto address a man with out a uaino, and Melchior isosp4 anything, burring the right oue." Tbe evening sped along, and about midnight the strnnger, being assured no mat, trains would arrive beforo morniug, took his departure, saying he thought his father must have been detained or perhaps have happily chauged hit mini Tlio occurrence wus so much ont of tb ordinary that Dr. Potter und his friends sat np for au hour or more talking it over. At 1 o'clock they went to bed, and a fow minutes later the uight clerk retired, leaving un assistant who had not beurd the" story in charsa of tl ofllce. About 1.30 in cumo on oldgen tleinnn with a traveling bag in hand, who registered a "Uenrge C. Mel chior, " and wns assigned to a room. Iu the morning the chambermaid re ported a strong smell of gas on tw floor. The door of the newcomer rooa wus broken iu, and ho was fouuddeu. with a pistol iu hi right hand tna t bullet wound in his head. Ho wa turned ou the gas and then b2 self. By thi tinio everybody to " houso had heurd tho story anl of youuR man's visit tho night before, m all wore positive that the old geotlm who hud killed himself was his W The afternoon papers had a repo" the suicide nud before night the JMW man was back at the houso at."' see the body. .-n!d "I don't understand how f11'" have registered n 'Melchior, M not his nnmo. and I only n a night to conceal onr own." the"" ' rf said "It uinst have been a cas inentul telepathy. " .bodt On reaching tho room where the "' . lay a much more iwnliiir "P'6 cnrrecL Tho momout the yf" saw the face of the corpse he uiu- "That's not father. I uvvvt F man before. Ho is not kvu.'t Lj Nor wos he. A search of the o man's effects brought out pupe" r iug his identity as (ieorge C and giving reasons for 1 simihir to those advanced by e stranger when ho wa tellu'R n tho night before. Within a w" Potter heard from the young nian. said his futlit r was alive aud vu . rf ,.g recovered from his fcPni;UE W ia uiui v t u v a I1IH Hlli'ii"-'" " mtJt hia intention u life, but the giving tlio same name ,- the hotel selected by the trV, father, ou the same night, ana suicide in tho same inanuor u0U' him has never been explaim'll Tribune- . Lions, tiger and other wuIwa mals resort to the nests t " r , to drink water, which they . o any attempt to injure tho littl" lings. Cincinnati Tribune. Malevolence i misery. It l't cion Of satun, the great emu.-. - . - ... ..... ....ni.nellt ei rnun au joy aim i" ti"t" ica goodiuvs and happiness. -w. The most barbarous, rude a learned time have been nwet tumults, sedition aud change I i