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
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