EUGENE CITY GUARD. rreprleur, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. THE GREAT FIREFLY. Om of Natare'a Certoalllee found la flat YVI India lalaada. The nt firefly Elut.f noetllueua I an iiiluilillnut of the avannahs of moot of l he warmer part of America and tlia West Indian Island. It U miIiI to attain a length of IX Inches. In tliKlx"i of lilnht Dims Mo am extremely luminous, and the effort U brilliant, The llht chiefly pnmied from four parts via, from two Klm-.duUr spots behind the ryo, and one under each wing. They have the power to out off the IlKlit at will, In which cane the jflntidular epota beormio pcrftrtly opaque. The Unlit of this woniliTfill Insert by Itar-lf U auo.il that If the en-ature he held In the pulm of the hand, print or mnniiarrlpt la a easily nd aa by a candle. The alrlf(lnal na tive aiK these cntiire and make um of Ihmn, It la alli-iM M lanterns. Indira Kluru themselves with thla electrlollke luminary. It I related of Don Domingo Condo of Colombia thnt he would appear on the evening promenade wllh a large flrelly or rutiiii'iti liitf tho buckle of hla hrond hat, while a baud of smaller luminous Insect urmiiiidi-d It. The wuiia Fpnnlnrd lighted Ma pubtco wllh fln-lllc In silver cagi The dlspluy imiHt have hwn enchanting, for at one time the light la ruddy, at an other thn tinge la grwnlsh, then them la a change to golden yellow. It la atnted I list when the Hpnnliinl were ahout to land one of their cjpcdillona agninat Mexico a pan ic wna mused I ir them luinlimrli-a. The host of flitting llghtann land waa supposed to In an Indication of the enemy aroualng their eiunp to rexlxt the aMuck. When thn Khgllsh were attacking the West I Jill In Islands, tho flrelllo were taken to lie a hinnlh urinyadvanclngwlth burn ing uiHtehiHi against them, and the uhit was a hasty rotrmt to the ship. All the Year Itotiud. MOCK WINE RUINED HIM. Fate of an Actor Who CJassled Inltatloa Liquor on the Mage. Down at the other evening I met ruined tu tor. Of course It waa not the Hint one by any menus, but It wna the flrat one whiMi mihwayfnmt munificence to misery had Ini-ii along ao at range a course. "Ionrn hml a fine Imrltone voice, " he coughi!, when I had consented to listen to Mm. "I wing DevllnhiKif In 'Ilohemlan (Jlrl' and hml to drink about a iiinrt of roliim! water III the cntint'i niartiiienta night after night, and thn Venetian nl or madder, or whatever It waa they used to tuln thn witter, sapped tho wella of my vikiiIUiii, and I couldn't alng any hotter thitii J I hi (fiirvllle diss now. "The n I went to the comedy stage, and drunk at fete mid fair, and felt my art lipping from m with each potation. Hut It wim down In the hooka and whnt rould I dof I trliil iiielmlmina, and awnllowl half a Ion of 'Isami' In 'The Htownway,' and that sent mo to the concert Mom, where I wna auppllcd wllh cinnamon brown aloft In common ttiinMers, and waa expected to swallow the whole of It, and ven then aet drunk, when thn effect wim enough to anlier three hhrka of thn Ilow rry. After that I went from bnd to worse, Iwnya l'lng iwt In plays where them waa mock 'Inihi' to l drunk, and now I can't slog, I enn't aet, I run 't dunce and what thewell, alum you Insist, I ran drink, though ll'a seldom unnugh I get the chance. Hero to you I And tuny you never put an enemy Into your mouth that roimn from the proTly mini." N saying, the ruined actor, true to hla training, awnllowcd thn gi'tiulno ilroft, and alniulntcd Intoxlcutlon an Imleful am the Inllucucea of thn etnge. -New York Herald. Frearh and KnglUh Mannar. (ilgotix, the imluter, vtlin died n'Cenlly at tho ngoof WO, left aotivenliN, but they are lint t'TIm prlnliil iinlll thn licit en tury la niiddle agitl. Iln hml miiuy aria tocmllo KngllNh frlenilis uipll and m tmna. One of them wna an Karl of Vjuvx, to w liiMe aUler (ilgoux wiw engaged to lm nmrrletl. Thn match fell through from an w-clilcnlalcniie. I.lgotixdld thetHirtmltof the Mnnpila of lionilomlerry, w ho wn n Wnlerlm vetcmii. CitailcnMigh, "a charm lug man," often ilropied In to toko pot luck at tho imlnler'a houMi In I'ltrU. Iln wm fond of lliirgundy wlnn and thought iilgiiux'a the heat he ever drank. When thn artUt went on a visit to him to Knglitnd, he wild he munt glvn him a leawiii In KiikIMi mntilier. "You am never to toko tho allghteet milh-n of any of my frlentla with whom you are not ac quainted when I meet them with you. If you an much a touch your hut, you will lm riiitaldcretl a poor devil of Inferior birth." (Inn day they were going to aeo a iwtntlngat thn Duke of HomerwH'a. On the way t'aictlemngh fell In with Hornet t, whom he nnntetl before ho came tip to him. (ilgoux Inatlnettvoly, aa thn noble moil atYMatiHlench other, waa about to ralun lila lint, wheu Owtlerengh, Inking hla hand, gave It a downward jerk. Iln then trcMntcd him to tho duke, (ilgoux wna during 40 year a truated friend of the rrtmvK Mathlldo. I'arla Cor. London Truth. Man a aa Agrtrultnrlat, M. Fell i Alcan, In hi "Conuct of the Vegetable World," allow man a pMgnwa when ho Ixvnme an agrlciilturlHl. At llmt man ihu a h outer, afterward he nwrvd mule and hwtly rultlvntixl the aoll. If ho hnd been able to domeetlcnieanltunlK, thnt hclNHl him lii Ullage. Tim want of proMir anlinnla limy have, In a certain mewitim, mtnnlcd lliomlvnucoof particular race or iiiliilmlied agrtcultunij effort. Agricul ture called on a higher degi of Intelli gence when a Held waa plowed. Them waa e.tn reiiUlte a new mental element, the rxen-lM) of allcnct. Tito luau might rilrt nn thn drtr he killed, for at onco tho effort aupplliM thn fiMHl. Hut wheu he plowed, owed and garnered a aenMin elawed before he bnd I lie mw nrd of hla toll. "The profoMilon of agrlcult ure waa much mora tolUime ilmn thnt of herdmnn, and man, avetw to hard work, recoiled long Mow tho fatigue of the tank." When tho llrtt field waa plowed, then the true w aoiirrvaof mankind were found, and hi irogrcM wna aiwunil. Tho dUtlngulpJiIng niee of rulllvntor of thn aoll were the Ar ynn, and ao tho name Aryan come from the Uitlu arnrts to plow. Agreed. A atort la told by one of Uird 7tland'l Jiaii.v, that wa making ln)ulriiw Into the condition of a dltrc.d dlMtrlct In Ire land. They worn rr.i.lng a lake, A gale wa blowing and wave were iWhlng ow the bout. The gentleman referred to had Imen a-auml that an IrWi xnint, if tnt tol well, will alwn agnv with what I nld to hlin, rather than apixwr dlwigmittble. It at ruck tho gentleman that hero waa a gKl chance to put th aaenion to the jimuf. ' Thcro la very Hide wind. Pat," he said to one of the boatmen. The an swer camn through tho howling of the eb nienta, "Very little Indmln, yet honor, but (what there la, la inolgl.ty athrong " During the days when armor wss heavier the cavahy was the slow mot lug sruiy of the service, all tuovrtuouls requiring celerity being necolod by iu. fauiry. A LOVE BONO. fy little lean, why are yon (Udf Anawar, qntvrt little leavea, Bmall elapplni Uarre, ao fnahly clad la a (rwn world that Devcr g rlarr. Aaawar m, for eiy heart la aadl Lore God, loveUodl they el ut, Oay aa lb Inrda a wing. Mr Httl flowara,'what't your drllglitf Slow aniwrr, for my aoul U1Itm la your a -t pctala, pure and white, tweet purity do nan deoelvea. Aaawer. my fluw'rata fair and bright. Love O'xl. kive Gull they etng. Uay a the blrda a wing. Proah blade of graaa, Jon eheerful aerin. What la II that all giiaf rellvvnt Thick ye 0iaprln(, a fair auiibnun In your low atema 1 1 briithtnxMiwoaTM Bow do you kwp that aunoy (hmf lore God, lora Uodl they etng. Uay aa tha hlnla a wing. The Sower and graaa make their reply. With all Hi merry clapping leaves. And echoing the holy cry Toe dpjoping heart ita Joy retrlnvio. all voter to their Maker fly. Unr God, lav Oixll they alng, Uay aa th blrda a wing. Coontaac Hop la Good Word. FIRST LOVE. I luve for ycivrs led roving life and itn most at home in railway rarringin, raiting rooms, hotel" and rmtanriiiita. On this acronnt my rending; has 1mm of ill kind', and I have given np wMiing to tie duiuty in my liternry diet. Only flermnn and Fench rominiK-a anil iiovcIn byantliors onknown to hip, or writers whiawi slylo I do not enjoy, i in-pi re inn vrith an oncinqnfrubIe rei-L Books by thexA antliors I never ven ture to open, even In llm gmitent denrtli rf reading mattrr. Bexiili-s 1 rngt-rly welcome everything mbliHliel by the latent Jonrnnls anil liaik thronKli rat h weekly and niunthly ja-riodicnl llmt I Kinie aero1 in dining or waiting room. Tlmt Is w hy I have gwrrwNioii of fragments of a cotiHiderahlfl ntinilxT of rtorles In my lieiul, avd as their rliiiwifl. fltion dors not exjieciully intem-t mo it Jin liupM-iiH that I ntvoNitiunlly Join the md of nun to the beginning of thn oilier. ?ome of these dovctnilcd atoriex plcui-e lie quite as well as the noted novrla of !amons authors. This is matter of timto, and I allow nym-lf no rriticinm. Hotiietiiues I llnisli for myaelf a story, Hie beginii!uif of which I hnve rnul, or invent tlin first ilinptcr fur the conrluNiou of a ruiiiiincn which hiui fallen into my hiiuds. Then, tfter limn, it is tlifllcult to iliHtiiignMi betwonu what fa mine ami what is not mine. In iiuxl cni-cs Indeed I Itnve of u morning when I leave a city forgotten whnt I have read there on tho preceding veiling. Hut w hen a story Iiuh plcm-ed mo I rnjoy repenting it to tnVM-lf in the railway rarringn, mid then it lvotncs fixed in my memory and recurs later, at irregular interval, as soinctljinjf mt- omtlly eip'i ienccl or ngniu invented by myself. Tlie following narrative In nun of th(o (aloe. I have forgotten wliero I read it for the first time. Whether the tnlo vvns eioctly aa I now have it in my mind I do not any longer know. Hut the idea is Dot mine. I believe I found it in a I'uris review. Then it inunt hnve been tunny years since, for several omnivorous rend er among uiy French acqtinintiini'rs, of whom I niacin inquiry regarding; tlmt easily recognized sketch, could not re memlier to havorend it. It is ulso pomd ble that I found it iu Berlin or Ijondon. Hliou Id the owner at any time reclaim it, ! will return his property with thnnks. Here Is the story as it bus hIihikmI itxclf little by little iu my iirnd: Tho numerous guests of the countess bad born slowly miring since 1 1 o'clock, and about 13 there wrro only some. Iinlf dozen people. awxitiblcd in the salon, the fery intiniiito friends of tho house. The handsome Fuliitucdo had pninonuced his verdict upon tho notublo toilets of the evening, Hcno hnd mMniilrd the loxt duel, lMinond the hint steeplcchoae. Tho scandal of tho dny had been commented dpou in theiiMtnl philanthropin fashion, and for tho flint time for half nn hour the convprnution had languished. The coiuitens turned to her neighbor, the quiet Utvdon. "You are, making more noise than oronl this evening," said she. "You hnve breu sleeping this halt hour with open eye. " The Rvtitlenum addrcwd, who luut bern sitting upon a low chair, furtitvdly engaged Iu keeping up a fire Iu tho chimney, iu which he had dis played the ability that, according to a French proverb, is a privilege of lovers and philosophers, turned slowly and made answer, "I am thinking of my flmt love." "Gratitude) does honor to tho receiver and to the giver alike," said tho count on. "Tell us the story of the first luve that still makes you dream today." instoa slowly nibbed his thiu hands, as waa hit habit, ami without waiting for further urging began as follows: "When I say my first love, I do not mean the very flrat This Indeed censed me iu ita time much pain and anxious Joy, but that is long since forgot teu. Many a time, when I now rival 1 it.it reins as though I thought of another's love tale and not my own, I was at the time perhaps 19 or IS years old, and she was the sister of my schoolfellow Jacquea, "I saw her for the flrat time upon our playground, where she apienrod with her mother, during au lutcrinlHsion, to ere bar brother. It wns winter. The yard was full of snow, and a fierce buttle waged between the opposing factions In to which the school was divided. At tho moment w hen I law her at the entrance to the playgmuud, a harder snowball hit me cut the head, so thnt I fell down tin conscious. A few minute after, wheu I gain came to myself, I was sitting upon a chair in the porter's room, and both ladies, the mother and sinter of niy friend, stood near and regarded me anx iously. "The uext uioruiug she canned inquiry to be made after my health through Jacques, and on the following Suuday I called upon her, I spoke uo word. I ventured aonmrly to raise my eyea, but I would willingly have thmwu myself a thousand times into tire uc water to Igain draw upon me theMilicitousglam' if the beautiful maiden. "In th evening I tnwntod tot tuvaelf the most marvelous heroio deeds where with I would faiu hnve aroused her as kmishmeut and conipellol her aluiira- tiun. Anything elae I neither desired or expected. The unomwlon dnwn of low in the heart of youth belongs with Ita pecullarittoi only to pure childhood, "The young hiNtrt is foolishly happv in avTlflce, quietly content and blindly mnceited and vain. It cannot yet love, k needs bat to be loved and admired ; to fcestow happiness) is not ita object, and Ifej onjy Jcj it syovn U mrfl U- rest ; Ifs only need, to receive love wltb jnt bestowing it In after years one) rive without receiving and I very well id with that So everything in the rorld I arranged in the best manner, ahcre there are people who find their joy iu giving, and other who are hap piest In receiving. "But how short and sweet i tho one time wheu one give and receive, when ue love and is beloved I I have known it, but tho w ho then mode me so inez pesaibly hnppy has now left ma How beautiful was the world when I saw it with her: how blue the heaven; how toft the air I We bantenod, hand in hand, from pto-e to place, and wherever we went, laughingly joy stepped forth to jrreet os, begging us to linger. We wont laughing, singing, rejoicing along, al lured of our good fortune everywhere. . "Sometimes our riotoo delight, over itcppingall bounds, startled sober peo ple. But the stem glance softened when it rested upon us: 'Tiny aro young. Let them enjoy themselves, ' said the old, and went along aorrowfnlly smil ing. Hie clung so tightly to my arm, die nestled so rloncly to my side, tlmt I thought I could never low her. The idea of a possible change never cunie to Die, never troubled mo. Thus I lived n long time. Weeks, mouths, years flew by, and I heeded them not. "One evening, after we hnd spent the dny yet more madly and merrily than nunul, she suddenly appeared to uio (lis soiiteutcd and cold. A terrible fear which 1 am not able to deacribo fell opon me. An icy coldness crept over me. 'Wie will leave you,' said I to myself, 'certainly, surely, she will leave yon.' It occurred to me how little I had really roncerned niyielf about her, how I per haps had expected too much of her truth and coiistuiicy. For the first time I felt my trniit in myself and iu her waver, ml auxiously 1 gazed into her rye. But her glunce turned wearily from me ud gave me no answer. "My rest wa gone, my life no more Die Mime. It is true she still pressed me Impetuously to her bosom ngnin mid gam, but tho sweet lie of her knot had vanished. Often she pushed mo coldly way, and I saw to my untitteriiblo sor row that my love wearied her. And when 1 onco ul u l.ili-r liur returned home, tired and dejected, I found the room durk, cold and empty. 8he, my joy, my light, lay all, had vanitdied. "Now l.i (,iut a miserable existence for me. hu lutes that I hud suffered gnawed at my heart, but my cure was to conceal this loss from the world. I endeavored to show a cheerful, hnppy countenance. I sought tho society of gay young peo ple. I bestowed great and hitherto un known and ridiculed care npon my per son nnd toilet. My enemies said of me that I bud for n loug time rouged in or der to bide the palenewi of my cheek. Thnt is not tme, but I may as well con fess thnt I bought a little flask of newly invented tincture thnt was to restore the color of youth to my whitening hnir. "This hypocritical farce did not long continue. I was soon tired of the strife, and today the opinion of the world trou ble me uo more. I know that my dar ling lias left me; that nothing will bring her hack, and every one who know me may perceive and recognise in my np pearnnoe the loss which I suffered. But I ever lament the luet ona iUie is want ing everywhere, Nothing, nothing can take her pluce to me, and I would w ill ingly give everything I posMess and ev ery joy and happiness that is prepared for mo to once again call her mine, to once uioro live through that beautiful. fleeting time, (luring which alone I was huppy. " Ouston ceased, nnd stared fixedly into tliodyingflre, uuil fell tothechuractcris tic.slow rubbing of hi emaciated hands. 'what is tho name, of this wonderful being?" asked tho conn toe. "My youth," answered Guston, with out turning his rye from the fire. From the Herman For Short Stories. rblnra Money, It ia held by some that the coinage (if China wit invented especially for the confusion of tho foreigner. At any rate, two market villages 20 miles npnrt are quite certain to have a different rute of exchange, nud but this nmy bo only a coincidence the foreigner ia uot tho one who profits thereby. Thus, suppose yon tender $1 at Stone Umbrella inurt, and after Hindi weighing and testing thereof are given in exchange. 1,0110 brans coins trung on a string, of varyiug weight nil thickness. Arrived at the Tlnin of IVoce, you buy 1 1 worth of fowls, and put down your 1,030 coins, only to bo told that the exchange is 1,1(10, nnd you hnve to find tho balance. Next duy, having in vested all your savings in cash, yon re turn to Stono Umbrella, intending to buy up all the silver in circulation at th lower rate of exchange. Alas, for your holies! Yon are met with a chilling, "These cash are ten parts i. e., 100 per cent worthless," and in corroboration of his statement your would tie victim points out, or pre tends to point out, the absence of certain blurs on the horrid little rings of brims. Ulackwood'i Mugatiua Shirt Walat and Deuteronomy. One of the most significant signs of ummer is the reuppeurniico of tho shirt wnist It is worn by all cliisae and con ditions of women. Ago or size is no bar to it Conieli nei or homeliness are equally suscepti ble to it attractions. It has come with bigger sleeves, brighter color nnd more extreme style. In it lutest form it is au exact copy of a man's shirt except thnt it has a drawing string around the belt and i endowed with the privilege of separating from the garment that sup plement it This prevalence of the shirt waist is a token of the religions laxityof the time. Its hold Uxn feminine favor shows thnt the Bible is not read or heedd a in the day of our grandmother. In Deuteron omy xxii., ft. are these wonts: "The woman shall not wear that which per taineth unto a mnn, neither shall a man put on a woman's garmeut For all that do ao are au abomination. " As the women are puttingon not only the ahlrt waixt, but the collar button, the itud and the four iu hand ties, which pertain unto a man. it i vorr rvi. deut they do uot take Scriptural injuue tiona very much to heart. Denver Time. Rrmilllaa Mormlag Glory. The Brazilian morning clorv will Prove a t)levanl sumrint tt iliiark,i have uot yv-t grown it It is a eoy of cultivation as the old fashioned morning glory. It flow er are rose colored aud very large, w hile ita leave are often 9 ua iv incnea acroa. it make a beauti ful acreeg f jr a window or pi sua. TO FLORENCE. Within an old Italian book I read The worda, which I have still remem brance of: "Woo read this book when I perchance am dead Should worship Florence aa bis only lovo. He only wrote of that moat fairy town. The City of the Flowere, a ahe ia named; I bve an eual.-r tank to win renown In one who's fairer facxd nd fairer famed. For yon are fairer than Flreni' flower, Bwertor 1 your anille than all It aun, And I would give ir.y life and all Ita towers If the roe petla of your lip I won. Here at your feet I lay my moid of aong: Take it and klw it, thouifh yon hardly look. I absll have reader throoh the whole year l"n . . ,. If U who lore you, Florvnoe. reed my book. Fay Durham In Home and Country. CYCLOMANIA. the RclMtlfle Name of the Craa For Wheeling Ia Franc. "Lc Vcloclpcdl'"" I the title of nn amusing little esMiy In tho Paris Flgnro, In which that familiar division of the hu man family, the cyclist, i discussed from a pnturallsVa point of view. "Like the Jnr.r bugs, which skim bus Ingly over the flower Mis," says Tho Fi garo, "the'Volox niininunla'fllcn along the surface of our streets with disquieting ra pidity, frequently grazing In It course the careless pedestrian who loves to rna crowded thoroughfare while rending his newspaier. Of all the nnlinnls of the Hn rlslnn fauna It U by fur tho most prolific and multiplies with startling mpldlty. Thn nmle, of a grayish yelloweolor, Is gen erally homely. The female, on the other hand, nffers In thn Imriiionlou and opu lent Ix-nuty of her out lines a veritable tnut for our charmed eyes. Hie Is tinned with out diinculty. "Tho number of 'velot-iiatllstes' bn so augmented during tho loft few yours t lint It bus hecomn a piihlic danger. The Acad emy of Medicine 1 justly alarmed ut the progress of i-fclomniiln, as Is cullod this cln ular madiii'ss, which wa slinlliil for tho first time by the celebrated Ksqulroul, who hiiiiMir at lust fell a victim to tho aanin terrible malady. "It I dnngeroiiH to got in tho way of the 'Yolox communis,' this animal not being accii-toincd to divergo from tho straight Hun which It follows import urlinlily. Tho frequency with which it runs down and malms whatever hnpicn to lie in Its path U Usi well known to lm dwelt on here. Sometime the 'cyclist migrator' travels In tnsiM, nud even In single flic, likn the wild duck. Tho augurs of antiquity a verso of Ovid seems to prove It at least would have drawn good or Imd omens ac cording as they perceived the flight of the 'velores' In odd or even numls-m. "M. lie IjM'iizc Duthler U-lleve that these animals have uiuong themselves con tests of speed analogous toour horse r.uv. He has even Ist'n alilu to oliservn a 'velox' of large fmiue which moviil Incessantly ahout a circular track without taking the least repose or absorbing the slightest nour ishment. Ho concludes from this thnt this Insect KiNseMMM a crop likn thnt of tho tur key, which permits It to store a certain quantity of nourishment, a portion of which it lets fall from tlnin totlmo into Its stomach. "Tho cry of tho 'velox' Is frightful. Its terrifying discordance Is sometimes aug mented by nn apparatus which remind one of tho cow ls-lls of Switzerland, or the horns used ou our tmm cars." Travel la Rpaln. Ono of tho greatest charms of Smln to n reflect Ivo mind Is tho entire nhsenco of anything liko nn atmosphere of InW. There is none of tho fretting energy of brondwinntng, and tho traveler in her province stvms to himself to have stcpcd out of tho nineteenth century and crossed the magical portal Into the sixteenth for anything he ran discover that licspcnk what wo term the "spirit of the age." No one Is In a hurry; even tho lioggurs whine lazily. Tolling and spluningnnd harvest ing is not a part of their code of life. There Is no planning or thought for tho morrow, for tliey know tho prodigal Cere will care for her children, nnd thn sun browned Idlers fall asleep on thecisil mar ble steps of the cathedral or by the road side in tho sluiduot the olive woods, nnd no ono thinks to question their privilege or right to do so. They live for tho solo enjoyment of each day by Itself. Now and again tho air U sti.wd by tho sounds of pr- mratlon for some ii nin-sqim procc ion or festival in honor of a favorite saint or for some royal tournament or bull fight, but it Is all a mere matter of pleasurable onjoyment, nnd tho thought or anxiety of their dally bread doc not enter Into the question of tho hour. Art Interchange. LETTER CARRIERS IN THE ALPS. Their Terrible Hardship In Winter and Heroic Devotion to Duly, Among letter carrier ?ho world over prolmbly there lire few who undergo for so small a pittance such terrible hardship n mono wnu carry t lie mulls In the high Alps In winter. They ntv paid but 28 cent i-r day and frequently lose their lives In tho IH-rforinanro of their duty. Tho world at large hear of them but randy, and then only from some chance traveler who has Ikvii snowlHiiind In a hospice In those high altitude. The postman at Ylllar d' Arena, in the Alpea Maritime, wo badly frost bitten last winter while making his round. A Parisian journalist hnpcncd to !o In tho village when the mall arrived and said to hint, "You have a psnl exruso for not go. Ing over your route today, because you are ill and more than three foot of new snow fell lost night." "Yes, monsieur," the carrier replied, "I know nil that very well, but que voulex vous? There I In tho bag a letter from Iiouls Joussot, which come from Tonqiiln. Yon cannot understand how Illicit lent St ills parents are awaiting thnt letter from their son. Every day they ask me, 'Is there nothing from him yetf They are anxious alMiut him. Ho Is so far away. And now n letter has eoino, shall I maka them wnltf Oh, no. I have not tho courage, though I fear from the pain I sulTerthnt neither the postman nor the letter will roach their dc. filiation." On the way from Ahrlc, on the French side, to Ilobblo, In Italy, some mile In-fore reaching tho Col de la Croix, separating the two countries, there Is a house of refuge, w hich was built nearly 100 years ago by tho French government. For some time previous to last winter It was kept by a rantonnier anil his wife, but throuuh care- 1 lonsne or complnrrnco thry allowed Italian soldier to come there and spy arms the bonier. I Ait winter, therefore, two gendarme were stationed there, and theplooown furnishnl wllh a telephone to the village below. They wore supplied with provisions every two llnv by a post man nanird Wane, fnim Ahrhw, some mile distant. Tho snow fell n deeply one night In February that it filled the steep pn which led to the house where the two soldier were statlomxl. Wane, nevert ho les, knowing that they would soon N without provision. 't out terelieve them. He did not return, and th next day hi body was found. The two gendarme, meanwhile, were starring, and It wa only at the risk of their Uvea that eomo hnnfe villogvra rosrueil tbeiu two dors later. New York War'd New Com the Sleeve Eileader. The sleeve extender is the latest in vention to I used instead of stiffening each separate pair of sleeve w ith the various lining sold for the purpose. The "extender" resemble .mall bustle and ir told at a littl lee thaa l a pair. TENEiUELA'S GREAT 6TA1 tsie.. eaer Aadrad. lawyer " DlP"- HU Ceaatry-. '",- M'nl""- Like Ah Eiu. &or Andtade, ne cnela' minister to the United 8tate, i childlike and Hand, but the U rapidly golning gronnd in Wathing too that h it one of the ihrewdwt and bENOR axpradc. ablest diplomats at tho capital. He 1 tho only miuistv hit government main tains at (ho capital of another country, and the success of his mission ia of vital Importance to Venezuela. Veneznela't diplomatic relation with England have been broken off since 1887, when thut great nbnorbcr of little nations took pos session of the territory withia the old BchombnrRk line, declaring it to be British ground. Then the enezueian minister at London, Dr. Rojat, wut re called. For three generation the Andrada family has been prominent in the polit ical aud military lifo of Venezuela, and the minister comes naturally by hi tal ent for statecraft Ho isascholur, a pro found thinker and a shrewd student of men and public affair. For many year he hits been a leader in the politic of his country nud has served in the senate and houso nnd as president of tho stale of Zulin. For 13 years ho lived in the United States of Colombia aud ttndied luw. IIo then visited the variouB repub lic of North and South America and the different eonutriot of Europe, study ing the people nud iiif titntinns until he knew them welL Ho speaks English, French, Gerniun, Itnlinn, Spanish and modern Greek fluently, and his rich ex perience in different part of the glol has well fitted him for intricate diplo matic work. He is courteous, gentle and a model listener and makes friends wherever he goes. He first attracted at tention in this country at a member of the Venezuelan and murine commissions and aa a delegate to the pan-American congress. Aa minister he litis made no effort to excite popular sympathy with his cause and hia courtesy, tact, discretion, erudi tion aud diplomatic (kill have made a most favorable impression at the state department, it is said. In the opiuiou of Washington officials Venezurlu't mo mentous mission could uot be in better hands. COUNTRY HOUSE TABLE. A rueful anil Pretty Article That Can D Made Iu Many Stylet at Rinall Cost A cluiritablo woman, who use her artistic talents fur tho benefit of others, utilized her Leu teu leisure this year iu making tables for country honscH, which she has placed for sale at tho woman' ex changes, aud which are so pretty nnd datuty that a descrlp- 51 y turn may bo wcl- 'JJcomo. They are yr! or various shapes win LuiuiB auu are entirely covered with linen. The fclne denim ones, trimmed w ith white braid, resembling the blue and white delft w hich is the latest popular fad iu china, are perhaps the prettiest, al though the rose or yellow duck are love ly with certain colorings. All white ones are also very effective, trimmed with blue ond white bruid and tassels, nlso touched with blue, with blue linils, the hitter being covered with finoBoltou cloth. Thewhito linen braid aud tnsKcls may bo made to match the material by working in cotton of the tame color us the covering. The sketch represent a tall tublo for a palm pot Tho low tea table nmy be made after the some design ; the legs may bo cither round or sqnuro. Old roso linen, white linen braid, white buttons of Bolton cloth and a design embroidered in white cotton on top are the materials used in this table. ENGINEERING BY AROUSE. The Skillful kiao by Which It Got Him elf Out of a Deep Hole. "Whilo digging holes for telegraph poles at Byron, Me.," said a Western Union man, "I becamo interested in watching the ingenuity aud persever ance of a mons-e. Ho fell into one of the holes, which was 4'i feet deep and 20 inches neros. Tho first day he ran around the bottom of the hole, trying to find ome mean of escape, but could uot climb out. Ttio second day he set tled dowu to bnsiuc.'s. He began stead ily and systematically to dig a spiral groove round aud rouud tho inner sur face of the hole with a uuiformly as cending grade. He worked night and day, and as he got farther from the bot tom he dug little ruket where he evium eiiner tie or sit and rest Interest ed witnesses threw in food. "At the end of two wreks the mouse atrnek a rock. This puzzled him. For nearly a day he tried to get under, arotuid or over the obstruction, but without success. With unflinching pa tieuco ho reversed his spiral nnd went on tunuelmg hia way in the opposite direction. At the end of four week he reached the top and pn.bablvsped aw.iv to enjoy hi well earned ficV.h m. Hi wrape was uot sec. Wheu his food was put in iu the morning, he wa, near the nrfoc. but at ifih, the Work WM to be complete, and the little engineer. life, had left" New York Sun. e fersaaat. 'Knickerbockers?" she said. "Why not? I have a perfect right" "And the left?" ona slwt t... i,.i Utingly. But the preserved a dignified ilence, deeming th quewion in tba oa Jrt. "onality.-indianapoli. .to DOUBLE BARRELED NAMES. me Agonv Wa Started by Enillab Peer, and lauded Proprietor. Dou'.le Imrrcled surname, of course, have long cenaed to la novelty. AnylKxly who Is anybody has Insisted for the last 3tl veer on giving hi friends the uiimiry 'trouble of directing their letters with n pair of urnuirics, where ono would sccm lo answer every nnsonuble purpose. was the peers and lnwh-d proprietor who began this little game of si-clllng your patronvmlo with a decorative hyphen .. . '. ... i,!nMu4 or Inherit ineyciiuMi iu - property fnim distant brancheii of their fainllli-, and to advertise the fact by a sunili.g1s.th name, their own and their wive', or their own and their benefactors , as If bv dint of acquiring a coiiphMif e-tat.-s they had duplicated their personality and went alxmt theiiwforth as living Janus.-, like tho Huiiiiose twins or the two . . . i. ,.-.i Thee were all of theni Pclliain-Clliitons and Ciinon-Howit and Ashley CooiMT: tney n-joire.. . . ..... . ..... l.-H nnd HlKitle-W Ulllllliy os ns"' -- ---- - , . . . bnihains; they lil.s-otned forth with d light into tandem pairs oi jnn-..-v...... and Knatchlnill jingiwn. Kiiiiie nf tlieiii Indisil even went a st . ., .-l likn Mr. Sill ala- limner, Him i'it' i . ... ...!.,. "ihr. irelll lemon nilll'd Into one," dazzling our eye with such su perb designations lis Cochrane Isliprt llalllie.orHnllcr Knller Klphlnstone. Aft er this was it any wonder llmt mere ordi nary commoner should f.-el they would stand no chance In the struggle for exist ence mill thevii-ilntl Incontinently to ho Koliliison Smltlis nnd Higglns-Haker? You may w nowaday (iwciiiloline Mont-gomerj'-Mullliis Lisping a suliurlmn swwt shop, and Adulphu fiiil-Jom- ut tho re ceipt of custom In a inetrosilitiin railway station. When thing have reached thl length, what can our old nobility do but "go them oncls-tter" by nwnimlng n quad ruplet? Sifrnanie arv now threatening to lie no longer doiitiio luim nn, nui i-iine-ly to develop Into perfivt six shisiter. i t 1.. nml Twist Icton .-lllllllllMII'J'-'OH1"- ' Wykchaiu-Klcniie won't satisfy the ambi tion of our newest millions. I lad lovo I am right In saving that ut one time tho incmls r for Westminister was corm-uy m scrUicd a Mr. Aslunead liartlett Ilunlett Coutt Unrtlett lliinlett-Coutts, though ho . ..i t......l...,l luirtltin f if till IHU BIIHV nnftif.,,,-., - I recklos siiperlluity. and evorylsidy must - I.... .1... L.lnwl,,,. 111,,. "1,111 III.'IV rcilicillia r mi' n,..ii.n - J Ixing-Wclleslcylong INile-Wcllcslcy live," which dote lmck u far toward tho U'gln ning of tho "inovcnient"n the day when llimuvi Kmlf h u rule" Heiectcd Addnse." Comhill Magiuina THE FAT CAPTAIN. Ola Order, It Method of tiecatlon and the lkiy'a Commeut "Join the militia, if yon wish, my boy," said the old man in his kindly way, "but don't get iu u company thut has a fut captain." "I don t seo what diflVreneo that can muke," returned thn Imy. "Do yon meuu to contend that u fat man can't be a good soldier?" "Well, not exactly that, my boy," explained the old man; "but in somo ways yon will find tho thin man or the mail of medium build preferable. Didn't I ever tell you of my experience?" "Never." "Ah, that explains your doubts, then. Yon ree, I once hud un ambition to weur a uniform and march behind a band, just like yon, and I joined a com pany that unfortunately had u fut cap tain. No one thought of tho captain par ticularly nt the time, the company v. us organized, but we ull learned to look out for such trifles later. Whilo we wore iu the armory it was ull right and everything always passulolT satisfac torily, but when wo begun to drill out of doors nh, then wo found how seri ous a matter drilling with u fut captain was." "But why?" nsked tho boy. "Yon haven't toXl me thut yet." Uo d lose his brent h just nt critical moments. Ho d start us out at double timo and then get so winded himself that he couldn't ftop us. Of course we would have to go on. We were too well drilled to stop until wo received the or- dT to do so. I remember once he start ed ns out, lost his breath, was nimbi to order a halt or to keep np with the column and we run three mile before we stopped. " "What made you stop then?" inquired the boy, "Wo ran into a stone wall," replied the old man promptly. "Pooh! Why didn't yon scale it? Yon were a nice kind of soldiers, yon were. If I'd been your captain, I'd have court martialed the whole lot of you for dis obedience of orders." Then the old niiiu looked at tho boy, and the boy looked nt the man, mid "a chasm seemed to open np between thiin. They were no lunger friends. Chicago Post. THE DEVIL'S CODE. Legend of a Monk, (lie Iievll and a Quirk Mght'a Work. Stockholm'! public library contains a wonderful work which is called "Tho Devil' Code" and which in addition to it extraordinary uuuie is said to be the biggest manuscript in tho world. Every letter is most beantifniw -,. aud the magnitude of the work is so great that it seems inmnsuii,u r. tingle monk to have done it. The story of the origin of the ninnn- empi, nowever, not only give it the wurk of one mau, but ulso Mutes a. it to De me work of a single night The aiory runs as ioilowa: A poor UlOIlk hud been ueum, out was told mockingly by hi. juog inui ii no was able to copy whole 'Codo' bet ween flut-L-uA..-., the and dawn ho would be save. I r?i,.; the impossibility of the tusk, those who sentenced him furnished him with the original copy of the 'Code,' with pen .... ...... iMieiiiueui and lelt him. "Death must have hern nil Ii Ia Ii J in the middle nucs na if 4a ....... t .1 monk, forgetting the hopelessness of his task, commenced it. Before long, however, he saw that he could not save o llle oysuch weak exertions, aud frariim a cruel ,i i.;i.i .... he invoked the aid of the prince of darkness-, promising to Furreiifier hi aouj 11 ne were assisted in the task. "Tho devil kiudlv nl,li,..i .! ing on the spot, accepted tho contract aud ant down morning 'The Devil' Code' was finished. u vu iiriiig lonna Heart. The copy ug clerk from tho infernal reRion, umably fled awav with .), ' . rnuii 1 eekijr. Simtunus -Ton lanohc t.. j 1 old yarn of Madge, as if you naZ enjoyed it. ' ""7 TimminI did really enjoy it It i. HIS DETECTI Yew- story OF HOW RICHARD yJ DOWN A FAMOUS COUNTEr Colonel Monroe Kilward.1 th the Iteeorder, Whlih yM Out A Noted Duel V,,B ,, ' the Trial Kvarta Waa la u lilchurd Vim j wo not only i Jurist Ulid statesman, but iv k ' fury ng1 o nelilcveil W Idespftj r i ,e llltheensoof Coi,ni , i In Philadelphia, Ii, ? detit-liv ward Kdnnrds, who was a Mai I voof n 'f 1.-.. ..j... I.l .1 . . 1 "1st Ky., iiitoiimled tho world hru. slid siieees of his oiie-nt . . In: : hi hut (lifeline rcnl.juK was wviiniu ii a m-ric . i : - "Pt 1 mi muoii wim-iiiiuso nei.pt(, IB STf. Z Jniljro Iuiides, a faiiuiiis era ' " yer, wn enpiged to hunt d, prlt. Ho wfl liKvded In Phiuju . Itlcliard Vuux, then nonl,!? arte by shrewd detective Work, dliajf,. forger' stopping place. OiiM house the. recorder mii(r tho Ui ' Judge Iinnili nnd Mr. Han,'' ono sldo fMiii the disir. A kk . sweretl to tho 1cll. !' "I want to see Colnnel ii,. P wnnis, KitKi mo recorder. ", rho n-plliil that ho was, ix Iminedlately walked into llieWl twiH-ii the parlor and the link was a (bsir, nnd It was viit-ni v rattle of thn knives nnd fnrti within tho other .artmem Ww , in n nioni. i nero wo no mi,. and the Kirl went thnniirh wi,, a . t ! ic -Id. ' M : i something. A moiiieiit biter Imr man camo Into the tv..i alsiut B fiN't tt incln In lielflit, a; proKirtionei, wnn liiilrn hlm-k, ven's wing and dark eve tlmt.i,. ing glunco f nun under dark err). was drrwed with acrupuloua CUr,,j wore a larfro nmouiit of HueJrt,I nemiy myinK a Rrt'tii deal or Wv. Ills persiiiuil appearance. Therm, proiu lnl htm nud suld: lusHl evening, Colonel ll.t. ward. I believe you are Culoij Kdwnnls, if I receillw-t nrkditei 1. "Jam that penem," wa them.' am very glad to see you." Tho Identity ascertained, the . (rave tho preconcerted slininLiK 1-oumle, Air. J I art, taptuln V.. the kiIU-o enten-d tho rtsun. Mr. nvtisj Cnitnln Young to put thek on Kdwnnls, which was done. Ti oner made no remarks of anrL said not a word, Thn reconW i completed hla duties In the tti alsiut to lenvetheriMim, whenitr1 slim, Unlit colons:! mulatto laiyof i years rustic! at tho olllclal with knlfo In Id hand, and tnwlrilj 1. 1 1.1. t;.. ..i.t i jiiiii mm iiiu nnnwii, rsfqiactl movement thnt there was notlilu recorder to do but knock hb J down nnd take tno Kiilto troni hit ho did. Two or throe por-sotm,!-. boarders, came Into tho lnla J ment, and the mulatto dlsappv wns never afterward soon In t: i Tl 91 Bl tt' It though "bo" was afterward fesubi woman vho traveled with KJ1.1 mule attire. Tho forKor' trunks were sit' Recorder Vuux gatherei! tho evlil peculiar detective ability. Tho trial camo off In tho eltt York Is'foro . Indue Wllllani KcDlii t'liancellor Kent. Thomas Fiw shall of Kentucky, Mr. Kdniuifc yoiuiR gentleman naineil Kvartsvl sel for tho accused. Mr. vaui! nttlonof tho judicial funeil.mu flee, wa Invited to take a st k- judgn on the bench. The appear. demeanor of tho yonnx Iiiwts Kvart attrncting Iiiu ntt.-nt ion, h Judtro Kent, ho is that yuiri; i. man? hi " H is nnmo Is Kvart s, " n-pllid t K H,( y in t n t'.a "and I think bo has the making. yer In him." It wns the famous William Jl since then admittedly at tho bi fc ;i tl American Imr. Kdwards was convicted and w li..n f i bri l.f -.ni ;' 9 n i dc l-D ' at 0 TO I t ij ia i t the c !II10S i f thn : -hall 1 1 bo . ' 'W ten year' liiiprlsoiiment, inalnlv - testlmony of Iteeorder nus. at of tho trial the prisoner, with ft llteneKS, looked lr. Vnux ph-rclo; eye. "I mil glad to have tliUut' ty of siMtiklnir to you," ho sal. to say one thing to you thnt U ur for you to remember. I am p you the moment I come out of & I give you this notice as fnniit man to another. "I am very thankful to von, W wartln," repliiMl tho reconler, same politeness, "for glvtiis? i"l! ly notice. It Is very cent lematilj to do so. I will give you the off nt .n. .1,,.., ...... .1. I v I....H .V H,,J (I. Ill, t, .UIIV. I IHI" -i my duty and am tirciarcd to tntf'i sequences. I only nsk of you tl you make tho attempt you will tho face." As Mr. Vaux said these words ' fixedly Into tho forger's face. T turnwl white and tn-mbUsl, for K his captor's coiiiitcnancti the Jio termination to kill him should hc to fui-e him after his release. N"1 word was rpoken Uitwwiitheni, I mnmciit the officers leil tho prison- i Mr a tot i !-o: i r. v ,;b n v?i i 1 .- n ti f Ho never attempted to carry hlt;f to etiect, Tor bo died In prison in J 1817. A a sequel to tho trial cam : between Tom Marshall and Colm Watson Webb. Marshall was a W cotiKross nt tho tlmo of tho Kdw.v- aud for defending tho brilliant crte the sanio tlnin tlmt lie wns n n'tin' of tho American people In Washuyt T. was sovendy criticised by CoIhih. lie f Watson Webb In tho columns of t')ns B York Courier nnd Kiiqulrer, of '" m nai mat gentleman wns the ut J ..t-l.... H tt... 1 . I...O . i.-iiiv-m. i.j na, jury iuarsiuiii i...--- f.owspnMr criticism In that blttf Invective of which ho wns the ma-n liil to a challeiuro nnd a mivtlniC 1 rp i ralhsl "field of honor." The conrf hut the famous editor In the lamed him f.ir life. Cincinnati F: lm. Ire is Whrre Love I Aerondnry. A ConstilctiotM dllTen'imi N't"1' w: J'car. Kngllsh and Chinese draina l" e by tho fact I hut, whereas In tl lovo holds a leading part, In I he lj: relcirntod to a secotidarv plan". loud It I a potion. In China a only; hence tho thousand Inirl give rlso to nn. In tho latter rout ther thrown Into the shade or tM tirely. Without their anient pas-sl' anient nl' Mducllolis w" I st of Iholriisf 1 , wider term. or our theatrical pr.nl their Interest nnd most Kngllsh, or, to uso a l"iui pinygiHT, rtqlliro a line m lovo. f In Clllim nn llo nt1,e hand.'"! mand finds little echo, since low not tho chief t homo of bard niidl r Convention nnd tho Mn'iigth J s I authority huvo crushl In a irnw those ainoroii looping which esi; huninu heart, and a love, court:. matrimony are even more ppw" far eat than In our part of tl" 1 first of th.u r,.,lin,M if hxinllcd r ? a I aiou, cannot powerfully srn-t " tlonof the multitude. Nineteen" tury. A nolntr Nnrlnklrr. I o'tr,..f n pulpier'' pretty picture as she sprinkles h j I .McMl Vo. nml liiiliz iiir ny - . so Is holding her skirt she w'11" to let the nelKhbor are that ah ln but the K n,,.llt nt ho' I ln tjutla. . .