EUGENE CITY GUARD.
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Pfrtotr.
EUGENE CTTT, OREGON.
Prom Fmik Polnl of Tlew.
Tbo Marquis de Custellane's article,
"Fifteen Days In the United 8tatos,"
oceanic S4 page of The Revue de
Pari. Here U an extract:
"Thi concentration of the American
brain on two idea the with to be free
and the seeking of a fortune by work
bag not failed to 1 in pram upon the race
certain physical characteristic Without
being of exceptional beauty, the race ii
vigorous. One feela that it la young.
"The women are neither painted nor
oorered with rice powder, nor are they
anosmia All, or almoat all, of them
have in port) complexion. They are
tall, and very few appear In ill health.
But in Tain one aeek upon their facet
the expression of their seusutlona or sen
timenta. Certainly, and perhupa hap
plly fur them, they have not been Initi
ated into the refinement of sensibility,
into artistic cntbnslusuis. Their souls,
too, have only gravitated since their
childhood around the two idea that
have animated their fathom and which
will animate their husbands the pad
don of Independence and the passion of
work. The characteristics of American
beauty are pride and curinaity, aa those
of the French beauty are grace and sub
mission.
Tbalr Trilby Club.
They wero a party of gushing young
girl.
"Oh, aay," began the one in bine rib
bona, "I've a splendid idea Let's or
gunize a Trilby olub. "
"Oh, yea," chimed in the othera,
"that would be delightful. How ahull
we manage?'"
"Why," auid the flint apeaker, "we'll
all wear Trilby but, and Trilliy ahoea,
and Trilby gowna, and we'll aing Trilby
song and jabber French phrases along
with our English, the way Trilhy did,
and"
The prim girl at the edge of thegronp
listened eagerly at flint, but aa the plan
unfolded an expression of disgust aud
horror crept ovur her face, Blie could
now contain herself no longer and inter
rupted with :
"Dress JiiHt like Trllbyt Indeed I
won't, and I'm astonished that any of
yon should propone anch a thing. Ia it
possible thut yon are all ambltioua to
lieconie living plctnresr" Uuffulo Ex
press.
Mrs. E. J. Nicholson.
The women of tlio aouth are becoming
moat active in literary work. Mr. K J.
Nicholson, tho owner of the New Or
leans Picayune and ita editorial chief,
combine in a riiiiirkiillo way tho qua)
itiea or a gentilno su-t mid of a success-
f ul business woman, bhe was Miss Elixa
Ioiteveut,the daughter of an old Hugne-
not family, and her childhood waa aient
on the Pearl river, from which ahe baa
taken the rather romantic pseudonym of
"Pcnrl HI vera. " While atlll a young
girl, ahe Joined theatnfTof Hie Picayune
aa literary editor, ahortly afterward
marrying the owner, Colonel Holbrook.
Findin hcrardf at Ma .u.k (
aiou of a ililical sipor heavily burdened
with debt, ahe hna ami-ceded In bringing
it to a Arm place among the ncwsuiMr
or the country. Her marriage to Mr
Nicholson, who ia tho bualneaa manage
of The Picayune, hna given her leisure
for literary work and for brilliant social
life. M unary 'a Muguzin.
Kaaonrarful,
Tliere ia really nothing the American
girl can t do when alie tries. For in-
tonce, a oonple of clever Washington
glrla have actually inude thcnisolve a
piano lump. They have wit, they have
the beat of breeding, but they huveul
money. A riNtdy uuulo piauo lump wu
beyond thorn, no they aet to work to
manufacture one. Fint they took three
broomsticks and tied them together
tripod fiuthlou. Theaa they wriipHl
lightly with coarse cord and faNteuetl a
flowerpot at the top. The whole wu
ooverod wltli imiuiuerubloconta of block
enamel paint, and wheu an old brass
lamp waa fitted into the pot, with an
ovorgrown aliado to top off with, you'd
have anld the lamp waa the latent thing
in wrought iron. It aounda like a atory
out or a woman a mugoxluo, but it ian't
It a truo, Washington Pout,
A Typical KaglUh Inn.
The inn wsa set close to the river,
and although the highroad rim a niilo
farther lulsnd the Angel Inn had the
air of having seen more stirring times.
The little inn sitting room was parlor
aud taproom In out; Ita chalra opened
friendly aruia, bitaof old silver gleamed
on the mantelshelf, and low settles, cup
boards aud tables of antique uiiike were
suggestive of the dead and gone figure
that had peopled the cosy room. In the
amlle of the goulul host (here wsa the
welcome which Imagination lends to
mine host of the coaching period. "A
Cruise on the Norfolk Broads ' In Cen
tury.
Whan Weasea Kara Mars Than Ms.
Half a doaru Welshwomen beguu
work lately iu the rolling mill of the
Mouongnhela Tin Pluto works on the
aouth side. They receive the plates aa
they come from the roll and separate
the black sheets, litis work heretofore
has been dou wholly by men. It is hard
and rough. The women wear great
leather shields on their hands, leather
aprons and hobnailed shoos to protect
them front the beat and metal The
women are paid $ I. oO a day. Munreceiv-
ad for the same work ft. 85. The fore
woman gets 11.73. This is the first time
women have been employed at such
Worn la thia country. Pittsburg Dia
patch in Chicago Tribune.
Waarlaaaa sad Maasrr,
Never eat when wry tired. It la better
to refrain to go hungry, In fact, than to
gulp aown a lot of food when youritumach
l too tired to assimilate what tou eat.
Another equally gtxsl precaution la to pt
fur 10 or IS mlnuu anyhow, or liinjp-r If
poaslbls, after eating. InsMnrt tewhra
animals to do this, and r"d si-uie ou-nt
m leaco peopis io ao in same, but It
duean 't. New York IVIeirraiu.
b Kaaw Bm.
"lie will rum the table on yon If yon
are not careful," said one woman to an
other, who waa berating her hunbaiid.
"Turn nothing I" ah exclaimed.
"Ilo'e so buy b wouldn't tnru a tab)
if it was on rollora. "Detroit Fre
Press.
HELPING HIM ALONG.
On Mm a bashful suitor aaid
He'd ask the maiden of bl choice
If lb- J tut hore bis eonrar fled,
And guttn trembled la bla rotoa.
till onr again be went to work
To Indicate bla longings vain
And Mid, "1 frar I'm Ilka a oork
That holds aoma jubilant champagne."
"Ah." lang-bed th maid wltb rosy baa.
As paaaloo brm(bt him to a atop,
"1 understand you fullr. Von
Must be drawn otft before you'll pop."
Llpplncott'a.
ZETTE.
Upon the poatera which bang on the
outside of the carriage ahe waa atyled
"Mile. Antonla, Bomuumbnle Extraln
cide."
Her mother called her Zette ber real
name wo Suzanne.
Bhe was a pretty girl, not very large,
with fair complexion and long block
bair that ahe let float about her during
ber consultations, though ordinarily ahe
wore it in a looae coil upon the napo of
neck that waa perfect
Never having done much work, her
hand were delicate and well shaped.
Bhe waa enough of a coquette to wiah to
keep them au Bhe had a finely modeled
form, and to have aeen her ainiply dread
ed in aome quiet color, with the gait of
a wiae little workwoman, one would
never have suspected her strange calling.
Her mother, Mine. Floury waa aa lit
tie like othera of her china aa her duugh
ter. About her there waa nothing in
common with the alirewa who frequent
fair in red drosses and soiled skirt.
Bhe bad tho air of a little merchant who
waa good and proper, with a winning,
honeat am lie, and people atopped before
the carriage and even entered there
(without thinking of the charlutaniam
on the puetera) iu order to aee the Inter!
or of thia amull dwelling thut amelled
ao tweet
The vehicle waa painted brown, with
a thread of gold running the length of
the plinth. There waa a tiny buh-ony
in front of it, and on thia balcony con
volvulua aud nusturtlnm vines, pluntcd
in boxes, twined about wire up to the
roof, where they cluatered in bright lined
bunches.
Along the route person atured In
amazement at this queer coach all cov
ered with gurlunds of flowers.
The two women were alwavs together,
but associated very littlo with their
neighbors. They were not proud, and
having the beat of hearts were the flint
to offer to care for a sick child or to
give to others in dint reus. Indeed the
foreigners who knew them well loved
them sincerely, even though they did
reel somewhut oppressed by what they
termed their grand manners.
There was, however, some one who
was all devotion to Zette aud her mother.
It was a young gymnast of two and
twenty iu a large traveling circus thut
hsd very nearly the same itinerary as
Mm. Flonry. flis numo was Jacques,
but on the playbills they spelled it Jack,
lie wss exceedingly handsome and of no
common type. There wss fire in his eyes
and much intelligence In his ami la
There wss, too, much tenderness in this
same amlln, especially when he spoke to
iSette. tils love for this pretty brunette
uuliku any other woman ho hud
seen about him In hia wandering life
Near her he felt himself quite another
man to w hat ho w its in the circus. There
WSS SUch nil atUlOHUliera f.f h
rounding Zette that bis own maimers,
when with her, were altogether different
from what they hnd been, and he was
astonished at how well they became him,
Then, too, he had dreamed of lieiug
lovea by this sweet girl ami or never
being ecimratcd from her. Their post
tious accorded admirably. His sulury
was good, and some day lH rhniis he
might euter one of the grout clrcnws of
Lyons or Purls. It would lx charming
to find so sweet a little wife awnitlng
his coming after his work was done.
Ho had often spoken to Zctte of those
plans. Ho loved her so dearly thut it
could not be pomtiblo she did not love
him at leant a little.
Zette always listened silently, visibly
touched by wbut she heard, and he
thought each time she would say "Yea,"
but wheu he had finished by SKkihir. W ith
such pleading In hia eyes, "Will you lie
my wire, Zetter she replied very grave
ly. "S"
Then Jucquc would lie nntoninhed.
Why not f Oould it be that slie did not
believe him wheu he said he loved her;
thut she had no confidence in him ; thut
she did not love him?
'Yea, I love you," Zette answered
woetly, "but I do not wiah to mnrrv
yon."
And she would never say why.
One duy, however, Mma Flourv
blamed her for refusing the hand of this
brave lud.
"Listen, mother," ahe auid. "I adort
Jucquea, and I believe I shall always re
main single because I do not wish to
marry htm. Do you remember the duv
wheu we weut together to tho circus? I
saw aa we entered how all the women
who were thero turned their lorgnettes
toward him, aud afterward they amilcd
aud talked nbout him aud tried to at
tract hia atteution by applauding htm.
I ought perhupa to have been promt to
think that this man whom they all want
d loved me, and that I had only to say
the word to 1 his wife. Ah. well, in
my heart tliere was nothing but jealousy.
I wanted to tear the lorgnette away
from those women. From what I suffer
d that evening I understood how much
more 1 might suffer if we were married.
No, that cannot be. He is too handsome.
See? Suppose aome day, when he had
grown tired of me, one of tin we women
should tske him from me, I would die
aurely. Yon know now, mother, why I
cannot say yes."
Rut notwithstanding this obstinate re
fusal, which he could not explain, Jacqne
came every day. He uo lonirer mention
ed the auhjeet to Zette, understanding
that he waa contending againat a fixed
resolve, except mice when hessid to her:
"ion will not have me, Zette, and I
do not wtnh any o;her woman. Some
day, though, you may change your mind,
and then you uced ouly hold out your
band and aay to me, 'Let ua be married,
and it will ms.e me happy. ' "
do after thus simply settling the affair
Jacques w as like a brother lu tb house.
It wsa be who in the springtime slant
ed Hi seeds In the boxes ui.m the little
balcony. It was he w ho twined tbe ten
dril about the wires, and it was he who
at all aeasona fumialied the gilded porce
lain vaaea thst held the flower.
These Sower were a area! lumr in
Lett.
TbU Mate of thing did not Ion con-
&U. tamer. Tbf yjunf gtxi wu
how aim Juciiues ?o. One evening ue
persented bi frienda with ticket to the
circu. It was the last day of a long con
tinued fuir, and Zette and her mother
bad nothing to da So they decked them
selves in their best and went early.
Mme. Floury was much amused with
the horse, the rope dancers, the clowni,
the trained dogs. Zette thought only of
Jacques, whose came on the programme
occupied a line to itself, and whose ap
paratus was hanging np at the top of the
blgh tent The hitter consisted of bars,
with copper balls that shone, a maze of
trapozes, rope and pulleys, and tbe
young girl, a little frightened, inquired
if it all was secure.
At but the first part of the perform
ance was over, and keeping time to a
alow waltz Jacqne appeared. lie was
as beautiful aa a god in his silk tights,
eautiful aa a god in his silk tights,
; displayed to advantage bi.suporbly
dod form, and. for the rest, bis cos-
that
molded
tome consisted of a black satin calecon,
spangled with gold.
After having responded by a bow to
the applause of the crowd and by a
amile to Zette. 's (mile, be darted np a
wv. t I.I. Innu.
L .. , , ., ,
The preUminarieawere gone throngb
" unu
nuudsome gymnast waa a favorite, and
it was truly a pleasure to see him act
the supple body so pliunt, yet so marvel-
onslv exact in ita movements.
Then there came silence even the or-
v,io u... .till
... ... i..!of tho nliin, he nuickly nusm-s down the
waa ,o ue .ue ...v oi u.o evou.ug
uu m uvs irai tjiaft vras iaj kito nil mm1
ed glory to the circus. He was to leap
from one trapeze to another, with his
fuce and head covered, then auddenly
drop from this giddy height upon a net
stretched below him. The two trapeze
were swiugiug with a regular movement
Jucques, standing on a little board, hi i
head enveloped iu a black velvet bag,
put forth bis hand blindly. The crowd '
hold it breath
jump he hud jumped I
A piercing cry reut the air.
Missina the second traDeze. which had
been badly regulated, Jucques fell to tne
net, but it proved too frail to support his '
weight, aud striking npon the seuts he
rolled to tlie ground, where he luy mo-,
tionlesa. j
With a cry of horror, Zette sprang t-i
her feet, rigid and pule, ber eye fixed j
npon the spot where the men were now
currying away the apparently lifeless
body of b'-r friend
Then suddenly seizing her mother's
arm, "Come, she auid iu a hollow
voice.
Breaking through the crowd, the two
women reached the stables, but were re
fused admission. For a long while they
remained at the entrance, listening to
what wo said around them, but no one
knew anything. Finally Mme. Floury
saw a clown whom she recognized ua one
of Jucques' friends. He was justcoming
out of tho refreshment room when she i
called him. i
"The net broko the force of the fall,"
aaid the mini, whose fuce looked trou
bled, even nuder the paint "Tho doctoi
says be will be lame for life, aud that
thia ends for him his profession a a
gymnast Poor follow I But ho hus some
thing laid up for a rainy day."
Mine, lonry looked at Zette, She
was very pain, and her eye were fixed
upon tho man as he spoke as though try
ing to find if ho lied. At butt she aaid,
'Let o go.
And thankiug the clown by a gesture
she left the circus.
The lnnmii -- -- -
traversed tiie grounds of tho fuir, and
they were still silent as they ascended
their own littlo stairway. But wheu
Mme. Floury had lighted the candle she
saw Zotto sitting beside the bod, with a
strange smile on her lips. Bhe folt fright
ened for her aud went to her.
"Of what are you thinking, little
daughter?" she asked, trying to reassure
horse 1
Then Zette laid her bead upon her
mother' shoulder, with a childlike ges
ture, "I think thut now I can marry
Jacques," ahe told her. From the
French In Romance.
' No Tim to Loss.
A noted Amerioan slugor is fond of
telling of a little experience ahe had in
Boston once npon a time. She was to
sing at an evouing concert, aud a car
riago was to lie sent for her. She was
tuying at the time with a friend who
bad a suit of minis In a lurge upart
uieut bouse, in which the tube svstetn
of communication with the outer world
prevailed. It was punt the time when
tne carriage should have appeared and
tne lady was growing a little nervous.
Bhe was sitting with her wraps on,
wheu the bell rang furiously. Hurrying
to the tube herself, the prima donna
aaid, "Well?" The reply came iu a voice
heavily charged with irritation. "I'm a
hackimiu," said the voice, "nn I was
cut here to got aome cussed lady, an I
don't kuow whut iu time her liitt name
is I I ve rung every bell in thia house I
Are you her?" Wheu informed thut
the "cunsed ludy" herself was speaking
to him, he coolly replied, "Well, come
on; we'll have to lope it all the way to
tne nan to get there on time. "Argo
naut. rrom a Professional Standpoint.
Yonng Mother (whose baby had been
weighed by the butcher) Aud how
much doe the little fellow weigh, Mr.
Bullwiukle?
Butcher Twenty pounds, mum.
Young Mother Isn't he a splendid
spoelmeu?
Butcher (dubiously I From niTtmlnt
of view, mum,, he runs too much to
net Tit-Bits.
It Takes Kin of Thaw.
tfathersto.no I should think
yon
would make aome effort to
tailor bills, old man.
pay your
Traver (indigusntly) I never owed
a man for clothe in my life.
Foatherstone What do you mean by
that?
Traver I mean that I have accounts
with only eight tailor. -Detroit Free
Press.
Brvaklng a Itaeord.
"Tommy," whispered his mother as
they sal down to diuoer, "you mustu't
aay anything about that large mole on
Dr. Fourthly' chin."
And Tommy didn't. He ia probably
the first boy of the kind of whom his
tory make any mentiou. Chicago
Tribune.
Ptcalad Oyston and lea Cranas.
Mr. Wiggles Whst if they are un
wholesome? My physician tells rue tn
eat anything I like.
Mr. Yggleof conns h doe.
That' tb way to mak his trasines
ood. SouttvlU Journal i
PUTTING UP A TEXT.
SYSTEM WITH WHICH EACH PART
MOVES TO ITS PLACE.
Tba Canvas Clrcua House Govs I s with a
Crlarlty Only Possible With TralMd Maa.
Every Ona Knows Ilia Baslnaas, snd Atl
Got LIS Clorbwerk.
Po skilled Is the chief canvaaman of a
big circus that when he arrives on the
ground whsro the tents are to be pitched
be can Ml at a glance just how to dlHsa
of them. It is the usual practice to put up
th menaerluBiid horse tents first. This Is
generally done before brenkfuxt whenever
possible, and then alter a short rest all
bands turn In. and with a rush up goes the
main tent. The chief canvaaman of the
i "" "
j c',
j,,,, or ,ne u.nti
Ililt country Is William
he determines upon the lo
be sends for a lot of men
with Iron nlii. to some of which am at
tached pieces of blue Uumit-1 und to oilier
pieces of red tlanmi. Kelley takes a long
tape lino out of bis pocket and flies the
position of his urxt pole by a red pin,
Then he meuaurcs off the required distance
for the second polo, and then forthooth-
(he fof M flye M)l1, of ,ho
nialn tent are Uxt-d.
j Xeit Ki ll.y ko-s to the end pob-s, und
, with a tope swlntn a ludf clrclu Uynnd
euch. At regulur Intervals of alxmf o dozen
feet ho order a blue pin stuck Iu the
ground until both ends of tho tent plnn
. sre marked. Having diiilKss-d of each end
M u, , nNtn1 vhu
has pins placed for eitch stuko to which
the guy roie am to bu uttju hed, and iu a
few minutes the whule place Is thus staked
off. All the measurements am lu Kclley's
memory, whether the tent Is) bl;r or little.
Then comes proliuhly tho uuwt Interest
Ing part of pulling up the tent. Stalwart
men have been uiiloudlng stout hickory
stakes from tlio three stake wiikoiis, und
thtwe ure dlstrlhuUtl In whivlliurruwsover
the grounds. Tho slulge kioim thi-n la-
aud nine (fiuk to do tho work. )uo iimn
I" each toing plunges a crmvhur Into the
H""""1 and makes a pretmmtory nolo f..r
tho stuke. The hcud kk-dgciiiim drives tin
stuku In with one or two smurt blows, ami
the other six tutlier ubout In n clnie.
Thi n all lift llieirslel(;is, nmlcia-h In turn
Klvcs the stake a slight tup, und thus I luy
catch tho swing. Tho next turn around
tl.o blow fulls harder, und by the tlmo the
third blow Is struck the whirling sleil-s
ruin down on tho stuko with it fK-ed id
most os iimi as ouo cuii count, tine hlnl' t'
notooner strikes a stake and Hllps uvwiy
tliun another takes Its plmv. As they K''
. whirling In tlio ulr tlio c!Tn tin like the
! arms of n windmill In a brink breeze, und
I the sound of tho Mows is like the rattle ol
: musketry. When nine Kiinpi un i.l work
at once, the siuht Is conf iislio , und one
wonders that the men don't knock euch
other's bends off.
The stake Itself goes plunu:lng down in
to tho turf luoKcricsot quick juiiips. Unc
can see It jump, but ll never bus u rest.
On thouvcnigu It takes uhoiit Uo isieomls
to drive exui stuko borne, und In a few
minutes tho whole 1!50 stukes ropiind for
tho main tent are lu tho ground. Opixwitc
each main pule extra stukea are driven,
and then tho ground lsclcurcd. Tho work-
nien'curry lu on their shoulders tho five fil
foot pohs aud plucv them rienr their prop
er locutions. Then S3 quarter poliw, euch
111 feet long, are carried In and arranged
in line, with their upper ends front lug out
ward. Then 8t shorter quarter ki!cs are
brought In and arranged lu tho same way,
but further away from the main polc. it
requires a lot of unloading, but the wag
ons have been driven to places within easy
reach, and every economy In apace and
tlmo Is studied.
Two short stakes are then driven at tho
foot of each main polo for bearers, nguitmt
each big polo Is pulled to a pcrticiidlciilur
and made fust. A wood or iron ring In:
been sllpicd over the foot of the imiIo Li-
fore It Is druwu to the uprluht ponitlon.
Tho ground now seems a confused mass
of poles und stakes. Kelley (joes the round,
and then a ruld Is made on the three can
vas wagons. Six or eight men carry on
their shoulders a big roll, and by Its ai-
penrance Kelley or one of his asxlKtants
knows exactly where It belongs. The men
tagger along until they hear the words,
"Drop it," and tluii 1: I. ills to the gnmiid.
A dozen or 14 men ikIo It, unfold It and
shake it out. Tho twocurvlng end ptvees
are straightened out, and then tho four
pieces that cross from one side to tlio other
are brought out and placed on the ground.
The poles always protrude through the tent
where two sections join. Tho tent being
laid out on the ground, the pieces are joined
to tho hoods alwuttho standing Doles, and
then the sections are loeed together by a
eric of short loo) that link one Into the
other. Half a dozen men gather under tho
canvas at each polo to do tho pulling, and
the rest of tho men run to tho edgo of tho
tent They race around and shove lull
mall side poles alsmt 15 feet tull under
tho edge of the tent and slip their tops lu
tho holes imitlo for them. These ore tho
littlo pole nt tho very edge of tbo tent.
At a signal tbo men ruha the edge of the
lent und hrlng these little poles ton ueruen-
dlcular. Tho tent now looks like an enor
mous llutteiuxl white bat with rim turned
up. In a littlo further the men dive, and
soon they begin to push the quarter poles
to an upwaru position. The men at the
main polos pull up, and slowly the tout be
gins to assume siiaisj.
Teams of horses are soon brought luto
requisition, and they pull tho lutses of the
quarter poles to their place. The guy ropes
which reach from the edge of the tent to
the stakes tighten, and soon the big tent Is
taut ana nnn, 't be rots' that held the
poles Ann while tho tent was being pulled
up are slackened, and the canvas awuva as
It feels tho flexibility In the roxn. .More
sanvas is brought out, and the "side w alls'
r put on, tho workmen using ladders to
ioen mem at tne top. The tent Is now
practically complete. It Is 4S0 feet long
snd 1U0 feet wide, and It Is ready for the
aeaia. i neno are msned In section by sec
tion, and In a twinkling the place seems
ready for the show. Of course there Is
niucn worn yet to be done, such as aljust
Ing flag, bringing In and putting up ap
paratus for athletes, preparing the track
and the rings and the lights.
All this work of putting up the main
tent and the three lame auxlllnrr tnt rsn
be accomplished lu pwd weather in two
hours and a half. It reoulre tho sxrvirw
of more than 100 trained men, not ono of
whom Is sluggish. It Is a task where the
oniy watenword Is "hustle." Kxehuuge.
A Cheek.
Oarruloua Barber And how wonld
yon like your bair cut, sir?
New Customer U perfect Unoa
(Ccllap of barber. Pick M Cp.
i b ii " t wr "v.
I THe NEW ENGLAN0 8ABBA"
A Powerful Laagn FonuaS) la t iniar
ast of Inadar Obaarvnne.
To defend the Bubbath "against Ibe
persistent encroachment upon it ia
credness by business and pleasure" is the
object of the New England Babbath
Protective league, recently formed,
which baa a membership made op of
both Protestant and Cutholio leaders.
and promise to be a power throughout
New England In the near future, ine
president of tbe league is Bishop Ran
dolph a Foster, and among the vice
president are the Be v. Dr. R, Thomas,
for Massachusetts; Neal Dow, for
Maine; ex-United States Senator Henry
B. Bluir, for New Hampshire ; ex-lov-ernor
Page, for Vermont; Thomas B.
Btockwell, for Rhode Island, and possi
bly United Stntca Senator Joseph K.
Hawley, for Connecticut There is also
a board of director 12 strong, and the
executive committee of 60 ia beaded by
Governor Ureenhulge of Massachusetts.
The league expect to aocom lien
much through ita influence with tl
rious state legislature, and lu ad(
to preserving the sanctity of tbe
BIBIIOP RANDOLPH" 8 FOSTKR.
bath it will endeavor "to prevent the
strong from oppressing the weak and
the immoral from corrupting the yonug
and inexperienced."
Tbe secretary of the league, the man
who will do the most of the work, is
Rev. Dr. M. D. Kueelund, lute pastor of
Roxbury Presbyteriun church. He says
the league will establish a branch iu ev
ery New Eugland town, so thut there
shall be a well defined organized effort
throughout tbe state to procure a better
observance of Buuday as a day of rest
An effort will be made to reduce the
number of Sunday train and to limit
the running of them between 10 a. m.
and Bp. m., as is done by law in Con
necticut It is not proposed to iuterfeie
with trains that carry perishable freight
or live stock, but all work not prompted
by necessity or mercy will be stopped if
possibla
Bishop Foster, the president of the
league, is 75 years of age and was born
in Williamsburg, O. He entered tbe
ministry a fow weeks before completing
hi eighteenth year and has consequent
ly devoted 57 years of his life to church
work. He wu consecrated bishop in
1872, and his episcopal residence is in
Boston.
Uli Horrible Onense.
Many years ago before Mr. Gladstone
was so well known as he Is now that eiul
!i"F very'iiirervitTng sliYilccC" 1fnVtetcff
Walter liurttelots was In his usual place at
tho end of a lieneh when a geutlemnn,
leaning across the passage, Inquired:
Mr, will you permit mo to ask you who
Is tho elderly person now addressing tho
nouscr
Blr Walter gazed at tho man with hor
ror and amazement and said with scant
courtesy, "What do you say?"
1 beg your pardon, sir. but I do not
know tho old gentlemun."
At this the Sussex blood of tho Bartte-
lots was mused. ''Sir, aro you a member
of this house f"
"Oh, no, sir."
"Then what on earth aro you dulng
nerer-
Well, I was under the gallery and
could not hear very well, so I stepped
over.
Sir W'ulter Barttelots' fuce assumed un
expression of Judicial severity, but he
mixed kindness with judgment, ilo said
to the wretched man: "Don't move. Ms
ten attentively to what I am irolmr to snv.
"You have Incurred fearful ncnultlcs by
doing as you have done, and If the sneaker
nod tiiiiiiK-inti to receive a number of uetl
lions winie you wero hero you would hare
topayi'oOO for every tlmo ho said. 'Is It
your pleasure that this petition do He on
the titblcr' "
Tho stranger turned pule.
"Now." mid Blr Walter, "attend to me.
Get up quietly the moment I have done
speaking to you, walk behind me und go
out at the littlo door that you see not fur
from my left shoulder, go down tho divi
sion lobby to tho door of the house and
don t stop for a moment till you get to
your abode, and never, under any clreum
stances, divulge tho horrible iiffenso which
you have committed."
1 he man feebly thanked him. with trem
ulous Knees rose to bis feet und vanished
Having given the stranger amnio tlmo to
escaiss Sir Walter related the Incident to
Ms friends with much humor and relish.
Youth' Companion.
Mornlug In a Lumber Camp.
Thero is no morning beauty alecn in a
lomoer camp. T lie right sort of cook com
mences to rattle bis pots and pans at 8 a
m., or even earlier. At 4:30, or at the
latest 6 o'clock, the cook gives his clarion
cry, a long drawn, walling note with a
pecullarctMlenee that all professional woods
cooks seem to acquire. Heard for tho first
time In the dnrkness of a winter morning
It will scare the neophyte Into wakefulness
Five minutes after tho cry la sounded the
nrst men are pitching into the coffee and
baked beans and In half au hour the whole
crew Is streaming away Into the forest
pulling at their pipes, prepared to bo In
the chopplngs at the first streak of dawn.
Ihecookc lugs dinners to the men. and
supper Is made a musing meal with every
thing smoking hot Lewlston Journal
A Mother's Way ol Putting It,
"Yes, sir, my son Is about to sit for his
matriculation, but I must tell you that he
is antleted with a kind of lnflrmltv-
troordlnary Iwshfulues. Ho knows quite
wen cveryming mat no may he asked, but
he Is ao shy that and then"
The examiner, with a sinlla hetmvfno
kindness blended with experience, replied
"An.t irk.t i-. I.. l . . . , .
,... Kb nnit-iiinriy any inr
The mother promptly. "In Greek, sir!"
Oaulois
Professional Jealousy.
Mrs. Hammand Mrs. Itashrmrt w
bragging again txluy about keeping her
boarders so long.
Mrs. roruwerk She doesn't realle kiwm
them long She keeps them so thin they
look longer than they actually are. I mil
ana polls Journal
Th island of Tobago wa named btauai
of It rsseuiblanc tn that to tb tobaira
or pip used by th natlr.
MANY CLAY EATERS.
VARIOUS PEOPLES WHO HAVE USED
THE SOIL AS FOOD.
Ia aoma Ptaaaa th Custom Is Observed
Only aa Caranionlal, bat Ganerally the
Purpose la to Sustain Ufa Indians and
A fr I rani Great Clay Katars.
Among the extraordinary passion for
rating uncommon things must be reckoned
that which some peoples exhibit for eating
earth or clay. Of this practice, which
would appear to have onoe prevailed all
over the world, numerous examples were
cited by Captain J 6. Bourke, United
States army, in tho ninth annual report
of the bureau of ethnology. In sonic
places the custom has degenerated Into a
ceremonial, while In others the eating of
this strange food still prevails as a kind of
necessity to the lives of those who are ad
dieted to It.
The Mexican devotees picked up a piece
of clay In the templo of Tezcatllpoca and
ate It with the greatest reverence, and also
ate a piece of earth in i wearing by the sun
and earth. But tho use of clay by the
Mexleam waa not merely a matter of cere
mony, for It seem to have Ix-en an escu
lent In common urn. Kdlblo earth was
sold openly In tho markets of Mexico and
appear In the list of foods given by do
mara.
Cabezn do Voca says that tbe Indians of
Florida ate clay, and that tho natives of
fered htm many mosquite beans, which
they ate mixed with earth. Vcncgus as
serfs that the Indians of California ate
earth. Hie traditions of the Indians of
Ban Juan Caplstrano and vicinity show
that they had fed ution a kind of clay,
vhlch they often used tiKin their heads by
way of ornament. The Tutu Indians of
Cullfornla, according to Powers, mix red
earth Into their acorn bread tomukothe
Utter sweet and cause It to go further.
Blr John Franklin relates that the banks
of the Mackenzlo river contain layers of
kind of unctuous mud, which tho Tlnneh
Indians urn as food during tbe seasons of
famine and oven at other times chow as an
amusement It has a milky taste, and the
Savor Is not disagreeable. The Apacho
and Navajo branches of the Athaluuican
family of North American Indians are not
unacquainted with the use of clay as a
comestible, although anioug the former It
Is now rarely used and among tho latter Is
employed only aa a condiment to relievo
the bitterness of the taste of the wild po
tato. In tho same manner It Is known to
both the 7. u n I and the Tum.rau.
In South Anmrlc. likewise, the eating
of clay prevails among tho Indians on the
banks of the Orinoco, throughout Ilni.ll
and on the mountains of Uollvluund Peru
In western Africa tho negna-s of Guinea
have long been known to cut a yellowish
earth called by them "caouuo," and the
flavor and tasto of which is very agreeable
to them and said to cause them no Incon
venience Some addict themselves so ex
cessively to tho useof it that it liecniiics to
thorn a real necessity, and no punishment
la aufilclent to restrain them from the
practice of consuming It.
When the Guinea negroes were In former
times carried as slaves to the West India
Islands, they wero observed to continue the
oustom of eating cluy. Hut tlio "caouoc"
of tbo American Islands, or tho substance
which tho poor negroes attempted to sub
stltute In their new homes for the African
earth, was found to Injure tho health of
the slaves who ate It, aud so the practice
was long ago forbidden aud has possibly
now died out In tho West India colonies. In
Martinique a species of red earth or yellow
ish tufa was formerly secretly sold In the
markets, but the urn of It has probably
ceased In tbo French colonies also.
In eastern Asia a similar practice pre
vails III various places. In tho Island of
i2L.YSiJiT.t.'Cnwt?l!urJ!jJi'.a !,I)i..!fil,l!!krj.,.,.K
cukes of earth sold In tho village for tbo
purpose of being eaten. Tluwo wero found
by Khrenberg to consist for tlio most part,
of tho rem.tius of microscopic animals and
plants which hail lived and hcou deHwlted
In fresh water. Some of tho Japanese, too,
are addicted to the practice of eating earth
lYr. Ive, some tlmo ago, published an
analysis of a cluy which Is eaten to a con
sldcrable extent by tho Ainos. It occurs
In a bed several foot thick In tho valley of
Tsletonal (Kat Kartb valley), on the north
coast of Yesso
It Is light gray in eolor and of flno
structure. Tho people mix with tho clay
fragments of tho leaf of some plant for the
aromatlo principle It contains. They eat
tho earth because they think It contains
some beneficial substance, not becauso It
Is a necessity with them. They have meat
and abundanroof vegetable food. The clay
Is eaten tn the form of a soup. Sovoral
pounds are boiled with Illy roots In a
small quantity of water and afterward
strained. The Alnos pronounce the soup
very palatable.
Iu northern Europe, esiicclally In the re
mote northern parts of Sweden, a kind of
earth known by the namoof "bread meal"
Is yearly consumed by hundreds of cart
loads, It Is said. A similar earth Is com
monly mixed with broad In Finland In
both them cases the earth employed con
sists for tho moot part of the empty shells
of minute Infusoria tn which thero cannot
exist any ordinary nourishment.
borne of the Btlcriun tribes when they
travel carry a small liog of their native
earth, tho taste of which they suppose will
preserve them from all the evils of a for
elgn sky We are told that tho Tungusce
of Siberia eat aclaycalled"rock marrow,"
which they uso mixed with marrow Near
the Ural mountains powdered gypsum,
commonly called "rock meal," Is' some
times mixed with bread The Jukuhlrl of
northeastern Siberia have an earth of a
sweetish and rather stringent taste, to
which they ascribe a variety of sunltary
properties when eaten
In north Germany on various occasions
where famine or necessity has urged It as
In long protracted sieges of fortified places.
a substance called "mountain ineel," slm
liar to that used In Sweden and Finland,
has been employed aa a means of staying
b linger.
According to Pliny, the Romans had a
dish called "allea" or "frutnenta," madoof
the grain zea mixed with chalk from the
hills of Pulooll, near Naples
According to the myths of the Clnga
lose, tholr Urah mans once fed upon earth
for the space of 80,000 years Phlladel
pnia tress
Pond of Adornment.
The Germans tn former time were fond
of adorning their persons as well as their
house The women wore necklaces, brace
lets, rings and charms or amulets of gold.
silver, brass or amber They had buckles
and clasp for their caMs They adorned
their clothing with rude embroidery The
men at least and possibly the women col
ored their hair red. and Pliny speaks of a
bair dye much used at Home which was
Imported from Germany
Valuable Space rilled.
"I think," 'said the editor, "that my
paper fills a long felt want."
"It does." replied the old subscriber.
My wife has stopped np every broken
pone iu the house with it. Saves glass.
I tell yon 1" Atlanta Constitution.
In a Boston Baatanrnas.
St. Louia Girl That's queer. I've
looked this bill of fare all over, and I
sin't find baked bean on it anywhe:e.
rew ort Uirl (superciliouslvi
Have yon looked nuder the beujiua-
Fruit?" Sum enill Journal
DENOMINATIONAL NAMES.
Tbe Basilian have their name fror
fit. Basil, their founder.
The Wyclifltea took their name from
Wyclif, an Knglish reformer, born 1824
died 1887. 1
The Servlto are a religion order
founded by seven Florentine merchants
aboot 1363.
The Adnmitts, a sect of the fourteenth
century, were named from one Pioard,
vbo called hlmmlf Adam, the Son of
God.
The Lollards, a sect of reformer,
were named from Walter Lollard, or
Lorillard, who wa buruetv for heresy
iu 1333.
Tbe Benedict ine monk had their
name from their founder, Bt Benedict,
who brought tho mouustio system iuvj i
Europe about Z'2Q. j
The faith hiulora wero thus callo)
from the fuct that they claimed by th
exercise of faith aud by pruyer to bou
11 manner of diseases.
The word nun is dorived from th
Italian word nomia, meuning "grand
mother." When nunneries were first
stituted, the inmutes were all very aged
women.
The word Cutholio menus "univer
sal," and the name Catholic church
limply mean "nniversul church," as
for muuy centuries the Cutholio church
was the only church.
The Nonconformists were thus desig
nated from their refusal to conform to
the usages aud doctrines of the estab
lished church of Kngluud. They were
also called dissenters.
The Pharisees mentioned in the New
Testament took their uuuie from the
Hebrew word meaning separated. They
wore so called becunse they considered
themselves better Hum the other people
of that time nud separated themselves
from them. Bt. Lonis Globe-Democrut
STAGE GLINTS.
Edwin Gordon Lawrence will return
to the stage uoxt season.
Mme. Ponisi, who bos permanently
retired from the stage, lives now iu
Washington.
Edwin Stevens bus left the "Sphinx"
oompauy and will join the Murie J;ru
sen company.
Rhea' new play, "Noll Gwyune,"
by Puul Hester, bus proved to be ber
most successful vehicle.
The new review which is being writ
ten for the New York Cusiuo will be
called "The Kaleidoscope. "
A daughter of the lute Mma Trebolli
ia to visit Australiu with a concert com
puuy, us is alto the veterau Sims Reeves.
Nat Goodwin bus put Sydney Roseu-
fcld's play, "A House of Curds," iu
rehearsuL Ho will prod nee the play
this Benson.
A new prima donna, described by the
critics ns wonderful, has just made ber
debut in St. Petersburg. Her name is
Uelene Chevricr.
"The Reckoning," a melodrama iu
fonr nets, will be, produced ut the Park
theater, Brooklyn, on Jan. 27 for the
first time iu this country.
The furco comedy upou which Fred
Williams and Benjuniiu F. Koeder have
been at work for some time is to be
called "The CnbanGirl."
the Kury ut tlio liiu ' company uutl
i. i , j .. ,
will sing the role of Priscillu in "Tho
Patriots" soon to be douo at Atluntu.
"The Gay Purisiuns'" will be pro
duced in London next spring byChurics
Frohmuu, with a cast including four of
tbe actors now nppeuring in the comedy.
George Leitch is muking a success
with "The Land of the Moa" iu New
Zealand. The syndicate lacking it is so
satisfied that it iuteuds to tuke the drama
to Engluud.
THE FASHION PLATE.
Buttons are conspicuous on every
gown of fashion this full.
Toque of braided felt make useful
little hats for every day wear.
Watteau bow appear again ut the
back of half low evening corsages, and
never have ribbon trimmings of every
description been more fushiounble thuu
now.
Bilk or velvet of a light shade of ge
ranium pink, turquoise or n delicate
munve may be worn with the ever use
ful and economical silk lined black
skirt
A heavy guipure sailor collar, with
squared ends, and tbe Murie Antoinette
milled fichu are the two latest novelties
in the way of brightening up a somber
toilet
The beautiful Cleopatra shade iu
bronze, tawny brown, chestnut, goldeu,
olive aud Havana u rich russet brown
and all the deep reds and dahlia dyes
are in the highest favor this season.
Full medium length evening capes of
brocade are prefwicd by very many
women to the elegant enveloping long
cloaks, as tbe former do not crush the
dress skirt or ita trimmings of luce, rib
bon, eta
Among tbe expensive coat basque
for special wear are those made of rich
Persian patterned ladies' cloth; also
those of dark velvet in green, plum,
black or olive, nearly covered with
brilliant foliage aud flower clusters, or
ingle blossoms and leaves.
English Wmsn Suffragist.
The English woman suffragist have
collected and published in the London
Echo opinions from many emiuent di
vines, English, Scotch and Irish, ill fa
vor of extending full parliamentary suf
frage to women. The list include the
bishop of London, tho dean of Durham,
Dr. James Martinonu, Rev. Hugh Price
Hughes, Canon Wilberforee, Dr. New
man Hall, tbe bishop of Edinburgh and
many others. The Boston Transcript
says, "Thia doe not look a if the 300,
000 women in Great Britain who al
ready poesesa the municipal so ff rags
had made a very bad use of it "
rood Par Thought,
He pressed a mad kiss npon ber lip-'
"How can yon?" tbe exclaimed.
"Ah, love i blind," he auswe-1'
And, when, four hour lati hfl l00-
hi departure, she waa thinking.
Detroit Tribuna
To Sink afnatard.
Four heaping teaspoonfuls of mustard,
a teaspoonful of powdered sugar and a
half a teaapoonful of salt Mix these In
gredient together thoroughly and add
soiling water, a llttl at a time, till it U
smooth and thick. Then add a acant tear
Doonful of vinegar. Philadelphia Tim.
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