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0 EUGENE CITY GUARD. rrrutr, euoene crrr, oreoon. WHtN I WAS A bOV. One all lhlm.1 oa earth Wur fur pKmaiir and mirth. Each Dirn I awoka pt nw )uf. I loved all (iud aara And hart nutlilna to erara, la tbuao day whn ' w" boy. For In thoaa wat day I koaw naught at tha eraM Thai muni-j baa mado In mj hrala. I lovvd tha thtiiyt jiura That will alwaya endur And earad sot fur luaaat er fain. Tha aoni of tba beaa. Of Ilia Urda la tba traaa. Of Ibu brook that nurmurad la flea, All t-ntervd my btrt And wrra tbrr mad a part Of tba anthem that Ufa aaiig to ma. By mraaura of tima I am eh.w In my prima, Villi ni of lir' hurry and itria, And I I now that tha Ju That I f lt when hjr Will Durer mora euar wj Ufa. Whan tlnia bid ma to From tba world bara Mow To tha l.ilicl of 1't.Tnltjr'a JuJ, 1 hna (iud abuva In lot Inlliilta Inr -Will uiaka ma Jut ona of hi boy. lluffolo Uxprc A DIVORCE SUIT. Little Dick flopped iliort, executed sort of pigooa wing, snorted, buniped bis back a little as though about to back, then he stood it ill, puffing nerv ously, and with head blgb in air and bia tawny para corked forward Indicat ed "danger" as pluiuly aa a well train ed bird dog ahowa the near prcaonoe of gamo lu tlie covurt A aharp thrill a hot through Doston'a frame at for a fleeting second be thought "Indiana I' Out very brief reflection told him that under present circum stances tho red having been very re cently thrashed and Bent back to thoir reservation aa children spanked and sent to bod waa impossible, yet be pnlh-d bia Winchester from its acubburd with aome celerity, and bia voice waa not quite clour aa be asked : "What in It, Dick?" The cnynse annrtrd agnin and trera bled alighlly, and thru bia rider aaw what alurmcd 1)1 ru. A big bluek bear waa just coming from behind a aliarp turn in the canyon, at place known aa "the Llbow," aome 61) yurda from where Dick bnd halted. He waa not eucli very big bear, comparatively a peaking, but there are circumstances under which even a aiuall bear ussurues lariiiing pniportiona, and thia one, np- pcurihg suddcu ly as ho did, seemed about aa big a nu ox. llo waa about aa much surprised, howover, aa Boston waa, ao much ao thut In hisastoulshmcuthefor- gut all discretion, and renring op on bia bind feet ambled towurd the horaenuui, with the obvloua intention of hugging 111 in. Huston waa a bit "rattled," for ho , had never before encountered a bear alouo, but bia nervo did not desert bim. "Stoutly, Dicky boy. ateudyl" he auid gnntly na ho sprang from the aaddlo and icited hia rifle ncroha ita pommel. In a trice bo hud bruin covered whore bo Wanted him, Just under the left alioul der, and then bo beguu pumping lend. At tho flrt almt tho bonr aaw bia error and eiiine, down on all foura fur the auke of speed, hut ho waa too lute, Huston hud hia rnngo, and at the third ahot Air, Hour fell into tho road in a heap and be gun kicking the dust and biting himself In bia death struggle. Presently, u hia alayer leaned over him and congratulated himself on hia marksmanship, there came a frosh inr pnaa mat caused uosiun to Wlnrl on hia heel and aland panting, peering all about to aouwheiico hud come thut trem bling, uumlstakubly feminine voice in tho query : Oil, air, are yon an re he 'a quite awn if Huston rubbed hia eyes and looked again. Thera alio waa, the owner of tho voice, atuuding with clusped hiinda on the highest point of "the Llbow" and looking duwu at him appeuliugly. "Toudeifuot. Pretty, too, by Jove I" thought Doaton. IUit ho raid very anurpiy, Mr He did not like audden shocks: "What on earth are yoo doing up thercr" "Are yon sure he'a quite dead!" the lair tenderfoot responded irrolevuntly. "To be auro bo i," wua the abort re plyaa the boar aluyer gave bia fallen foe vicioua kick. lie stranger disappeared, coming again into view Just where bruin bad tint aliowu himself to Boston ' star tied eyes. The lulter hud somewhat re covered himself and reteiited hia aem ing ruiuiiea, ami aa bo advunced lo meet her, hia hnudmmie head nneovered, the lady could uot help noting what a romantic ajieuruuoe be bad' "II'm ao glud you came," ahe ful lered aa he cuine op to where alio bnd atoppod and waa leauing aitiiwt the rock. "I've beu op .there evor alncw about 11 o'clock, and It niu.it be quite S by uow. " "Uut er how" "Oh, I went up there to aketoh, and when I atartod to come dowu tliere waa thut horrid bear, right at the bottom of the rock I Ugli!" "Did he aee you?" "No; if be bud juit locked at m I ahonld have died, I kuow I I aliau'l dare go out again in that way, all alone. " "Von duu't-aeut to hava lost your nerve very badly," auid Boston, looking at lier admiriugly. Uow pretty the waa, and what a figure, to be aoret "Er pardon u, but where are yon atop piug?" he queried. "Over at Mr. Wheat ley 'a. I am Mra. Ilarbiu." auaweml the fair reamed. "Voa? I am or waa, back in the State Mr. Uoudixon. Out here," and be Wheat Icy, who bad been worrying about her ever aince (he bud failed to appear at the luncheon hour. If ahe waa churra ing on foot, ihe waa doubly to on horse back, Boaton thought, aa he compared thia tenderfoot with the Oila girla, who all rode tplcudidly In their way, but were not, aa a rule, particularly grace ful In the eaddle, or out of It, for that matter, Fred Bcndixon waa atill thinking of the charming tenderfoot aa, after tuking dinner with the W'beatley'a, he rale elowly homeward through the gathering durkneaa. He bad been in New Mexico three yeart now, and aha waa tho only civilized being, aa be told hi nine If, that he had talked with in all thut time, fihe waa reully delightful, be decided. Were It not for ber vivacity, abe would be much like "Huh I" aaid Bendixon, ao viclonaly that Dick gave a little jump. "I wiab ahe weren't." For the last year he bad given 1cm thought to bcr that proud, atutely girl who hud ruined hia life; that creature with the Madonna face and the deep, aerioua eyna that gua-d ateudily Into bia and protected paiuiionute devotion while their owner a hpa lied atrulghtforwardly and aolemnly declared her love for him. That waa before bia futher'a fuilnre and the lona of moat of hia fortune. Then "Buhl D n her I" auid her aclf ex iled victim aa bo dug a pur into poor Dick and turned llio unwilling little beaut off tlie home trail and on to the one that led to tho little mining camp, three ml lea away. "We 11 forget her, Dick," he added gently, feeling pang of remorae for hurting hia pet Ho entered the camp aulonn qnietly, merely nodding to two or three minera and a couple of hia own cow boy a who epoke to bim. Fred Bendixon waa not a "aociable" cliup, according to tlie aouth woHtorn acceptance of the term, until ho bad hud a few driuku and forgot what bad brought bim where ha wua. Ono of the Three Lino ootflt'a men waa talking to the bartender, and Boston liatoned to h'm, curolnwdy at first, but pmaently Willi intereat. "Soen tlmt tenduhfoot boifer th't'a atayin ovah t' Whoatley'a t'duy, D;ui an fay, boy, ahe'a a alio' rumiiiigeoua beaut, ahe ia. I waa ridin through Wind canyon, an jea' comiu ont intnh th' vul ley, w'en all of a auddiut I tneeta up with 'or, an her afoot, tilio auya, 'OixkI mornin, air I' by gud, an amiled 'a aweet 'a ef I waa th' Dxik o' Bilgewater, an I waa that rut tied I most f'rgot I bud m bat on nu c'd ha'dly uy 'Mornin!' an, aay, my heurt bent fuMt f r a hour." "Who la alio, Pete?" oi;ked tho bar boy, with languid lutenwt "Cousin 'r aomeihin o' Mia' Wheat- ley. Couio ont yere f 'r t' git a do-vorco fr m or ole iniiu. Wlmutleytole Pol Iiynee, an I'el tolo mo. (iua Mia Wheat ley 'd ruin Wheut'a face rf she knowod be piped it. So thia freNli fuced girl, hardly more than 80, had hud her aorrowatool From that moment Fred Bendixon felt drawn to her. 8ho waa braver than bo, ho re flected, for alia coneeuled her griefa un der the cloak of well asMiincd cheerful beaa, whilo he well, every ouo knew that, aa ono citizen phrased it, "Boston had a aho'uongh kickcomin, rf 'ouevuh doea lo'goof it likulyaome heifer doiif kicked binu" Bendixon called upon hia now ac quaintance tho next duy, and they hud long ride together on tha Silver City trail, Botdon allowing her tho point of Interest thut Is, w here thia or that per aon bud been murdered by Indiuua or Mexicans, or where Jonce or mith hud been held up onco upon a time: There waa little else, beyond un occnsionul viow at a distance, of tome ajKit made historical by the Jesuits, with whom the history of tlie country began. It wua lute when they returned to the rmich. Let nio thank you for a vei v. verv pieusani duy, said Slra. Harlan softly. aa Bendixon, declining her invitation to join tho group in the gallery, bade her "good night" at the puto. "Itiaso pleusaut to meet aome ouo thut is" "The obligation ia ou my aido. Mra. Harlan," answered Bcudixon. with the glamour of tho southern moon, if ho had only known it, hovering about bis un covered head. "Do you know what three years without tho pale of civilisation moan to one who good ulght, Mrs. Harlan. " Good night " And slio stood watch ing hia retreating figure, noting how superbly be aat hia horse, bnt forgetful of tho abruptness of hia departure. Uiviuoly handsome." she thonirht complacently, "and delightful company. Siuce he hua so little to do. I dou't think it will be such a dull time, after all" 'Harlan must be a brute." thomdit the oue time unsusceptible Bcudixon us Dick galloped up the trail, "or eLso lm' a fool. Probably ho' both, for nil intel ligent bruto couldn't fail to come under the influence of a woman like that" bhe bnd uked him to call tho next day, and ha had promised to do so gladly at tlio time. Aa he rode homo, however, bo nsked himself: "Why? To what end?" But hia hungry soul an swered. "For tho auke of intelligent companionship while you may have it " And ol con rue ho went, uot oulv that day, bu tho next, and thereafter there were few days during the next two months tlmt they did not see each other. The rain had been very liuht that season, and hardly a cattlemnu, or, for that matter, any oue else, but was well nigh in despair. Cattle by aeoree lay dead ou the plain ami in tho vulleye dead for want of food and water. Not ao many of lloudixou'a. liia were nuu aually well provided for, but hardly an outfit in tho couuty but couuted ita loa ' by bniulreda, and even thousands. It 11 come heavily, thouch. when il traa come." aaid Boston to Mra. Har tu, aa Ufci'iln uiej ivxttt une lu aiur- noon through Windcanvon ou their wav to call upon a sick man at the Two Bar A ranch. "oti uever aaw a storm in this country, did you? Well, it ia thing worth seeing and keeping out of emiled grimly, "I am Boaton. be- the wav of. It come. Bnan.i.i,tJ . cause probably I do not oome from there. nj ,i1B r!iia iVi,nllt. ' . y.f u u I. . . i. a t .. . .. :. . By the w ay, where ia your horae? I am goiug to Mr. Wheat ley'a to get a wagun to bring in Mr. Dear, and I will see yoo safely home, although there 'a probably not another boar within 60 milea of bore." Bnt Mra. narlan had come out afoot. Die W'inntlcr ranch hones being oulv ao .ut m mile diAiuiil, au ihey Maiaed over together, Dick ambling aloug in tlin rear with bia usual iiieekueaa. Whe u they returned fi the bear. Mra. Harlan inomileil a Intra an,t I daunted rode back to the eooue of ber sore, dopit the proteautiona of Mr. tie while, then it suddenly ceases, and one thinks that's the end of it but it Isn't Presently the canyons and ravine become Hooded with water, aud each one become tlie bod of a torrent And the waterway on the lower level I have eecn racks weighing tons carried down through them by the wall of wa ter. A a matter of fact by Jove!" he Interrupted himmlf suddenly, "that storm we noticed over in the Burro niouutaius awhile ago la couiiua this way." He waa right Iuside of five mlnntoa the storm bad broken over them, and a. they had to seek wbut shelter waa afford ed by the lee of a rock that partially overhung the trail. The atorm waa over presently, the clouds, apparently with out any impelling breeze, panning over quickly and leaving the clarified atmos phere and dim rainbow as reminder of their visitation. "Come," said' Bendixon, "we must hurry and get back to where we can strike the hill. Hurry I" Mrs. Harlan looked at bim quizzically. "Tlie ideal" she auid. "I do believe yon're guying me. " And un assisted ahe mounted her horae and wua off np the canyon before her companion could pro test In a moment he waa after ber. She saw bim coming aa alio glanced behind her, but she only luughed merrily and orged her horse the faster. But little Dick had other accomplishments besides docility and Intelligence. Ho could run aud be run now, ao thut presently he was alongside Mr. Harlun a monut "Cornel" cried Bendixon hoarsely. "There ia no timo. Turn your horse I' Mra. Harlun, seeing the look in his eyes, tried to obey, but her horse bud hit head and she could not stop bim. 8h6 tnmed a white, scared fuce toward Bendixon, aud ho, nudging Dick a bit closer to the grny, reached out hia arm, grasped the alight form firmly, then "Buck, Dicky, back!" and Dick, wheeling like lightning, was running liko an antelope, despite his double loud, down tho canyon. "How ailly we are!" ejaculated Mrs. Harlun as they reached the top of ouo of the hill buck near the canyon 'a mouth, and Bcudixon released her. "I think yon'retryling tofrighton me. Really" "Hush! auid ber companion solemn ly. "Do yon hour that?" Tba rocks of the canyon echoed a low, terrible roar, now loud, now more sub dued, a tho great body of wutcr found narrow or a wide po-iMgo. it came rapidly nearer. Mrs. Hurhtn, alive now to the possiblo danger ahe bad escaped, aat with ears and eyca aWt wondering bow long- Just then her horso came in sight, turning a bend a quarter of a mile above, racing for hia life, and behind him, not 100 yards, came a rolling, tumbling Wnll of wutcr 40 feet haxh. Tensely they watched tho unequal race, but not for long In a few seconds the flood overlook the poor animal, and presently, a shapeless mass, be wua roll ed by them in the torrent, along with all tho rocks and debris at the forofrout of the watery avaluncha. 'Now," begun Bcudixon, "yon soe But his companion did not see. She won crying. It wua too much for Bendixon. In a second ho waa besido her, hia arms were about her, and she finished her cry on bis shoulder. And that afternoon they told their stories to each other just enough for each to know that tho other bud suffered us, tho woman awkward ly sitting sidewise on Dick, und the man walking beside, they went buck to tho Wheat ley place together. "Some duck give it out t' mo," said Dan, the bartender, to ouo of Bendix on a men who dropped in ono quiet evening, "th't Boston 'a got a riv'l over f Wheat leys." Boston's men were loyal, and thia oue merely gave tho bartender an inquisi tive look. Va-oa," continued Dan, setting no the whisky bottlo, "I gits it straight th't thia bloko ia th' same oue th't her an 'er ol man splits up on, au th't she's go'n t' marry 'im soon 'a she gits er do vorce. " Mr. Bendixon'a cowhand merely vouchsafed uoiieoinmitully, "Th'helll" and went ont to where bis cavuso was tied, mentally resolving, however, to learn more ubout the mutter. Boston hud met tho distinguished looking stranger two or threo times, bnt tonight ho noticed, or thought ho no ticed, for tho first time a ivrtuin con atruiut in tho manlier of hi sweetheart toward himself, und a vugiie. wonder ing jeulonsy took possession of him. Who was this fellow Dement anyway this gray haired, bluso man of tho world? What waa he doing at tho Wheatleys? Ho hud uot thought to ask rather ho hud had uo opportunity. It waa late when be started homo ward and began wondering over tluve things, und thero came a suddeu pang as ho remembered thut ho hud uot hud a chnnco to suy hi lover's good uight to ucrtnu. "Sho might havo miulo an opportuni ty," ho said to himself. Then, sudden ly halting Dick: "Pour little uirll She hu to be direful, of course, Thut fellow tnny bo her that is, Harluu'a lawyer, And wondering w hy he hud uot thought or tins before ho wheeled Dick and rode quietly back toward tho much. He would see tho light in her wiudow at least. Ho saw his arm about her thut man Benient'a. Ho could see them plainly ns iney walked slowly toward him him, her dupo, w ho waa supposed to be near ly Homo hy uow. 1 hey came direct 1 v on. They would puss close by the clump of nrasn wnero no nud hia horse wore con ceuleiL He heard the woman aav i uow shocked Cousin Mtiie and Horace will be when they fiud we're gone I And Bcndixou poor fellow, ho'll uoawiuuycut up! Ho'a tried to make ic so pleasant for me this summer. A rush of horse's hoofs a whirrino aiuuoua something that clasped thoiu both and a frightened, frantio nonr. with a frenaied rider, dashed across tho valley amlnpa nvkycanvon.dntcirinir t .1. . . - r -cc-"ri mo ruu oi a larint a squirming, scream ing mno, w hoso cries were soou stilled. T a Lot 'em gol"a:dold man Whp.it W who rode over to camp next morning to ee u no coma get any trace of the sup posed fugitives. "Ocod riddance. I su.vs, wheu we find her uote this mornin, bnt Why u thunder didu't thev take no bag. gage.on why'd they go afoi.t? I wouldn't 'a' kovrod fr a couple o' h.wses." In a little nrning camp in Now Mex ico tlie laudlord of the hotel pointed cut to ma a dirty, dejected looking specimen of the genus bum. "That there feller's got a hist'ry. Few years back 'e had a gwxl rauch up couutry a piece au wua well fixed. Well he got stuck on a grasawid.ler th't waa stay in with oue o' th' ncightmra, an I reckon they hud it all fixod up when along come a aho' stur hxikin j.iy fr'm back east, an him an th gross widder turn up miasin. Evor'body thought they'd skipped, but the'r bodies what w a left of 'cm wa found in a ul' d 'sorted shaft a few month later. An Boatou heh'ain't cev r be'a riht acne. U tred pwcb!n an mlnln an gamblln, but it don't do no good. Poor or Boaton I Ho a aho 'nougb all time loser. "Lester Ketch tun in Eun Francisco Argonnut Hal DUloruad bj Trifle, I was walking np the village, when I saw, to my dismuy, thut the entire gable end of one of the cottages hud fullun bodily out, of coarse exposing the rooms, both np stuirs und down stuira. My first thought wua naturally for the safety of the fumily, a young agriculturul labor er aud hia wife. But there were my friends just returning from an errand, and this wus the conversation which fol lowed : "O. B., wbut has happened to jonr cottago?" "It's only the end have a fullcn out, sir," cheerfully. "Only the cud, but when did it bap pen?" "Lost night about I o'clock, ily misses and I were alecpin in one of those bedrooms, wlieu she suddenly beard a noise. I do sleep very burd, sir, bnt at lust she woke me and said, 'Whut bo thut, Bill? Oh,' says I, 'it be this 'ere blessed end of t house have a fallen out ' And, sure enough, ao 'twere. Hut then we'd been expectin of it aome tima Wo kuow be wor 'n't very safe. " "But whut did yon do?" "Well, I tried to light a candle, bnt 'twere blowin aud ruiniu very hard, aud the wind blew bcr out every timo I lighted 'im. So we just lay quiet till S o'chx-k, and then we got up, for 'twere gettiu a bit pnblicliko. " "Wercn t you frightened?" "Oh, no, sir. You see we'd boon ex- pectin of it" "But what nro yon going to do?" 'Oh, Mr. will send some brickfl, and he'll be bnilt np uguin iu a day or two." "Bnt you're sorely not going to stay here tonight?" "Oh, yes, sir (from the woman). Bill says he don't want to move. I con Id go down to my father's, but I may just as well sleep along with BuL And so they did. A friendly neighbor nailed up a sailcloth to make their rooms little less "publiclike" nud to afford some protection from tho wouther, and there they staid one more night at least. after which some of us succeeded iu in ducing them to move until the wall of their homo wus rebuilt London pcc tator. THE END OF A DESPOT THE RULE OF THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK IN EUROPE WILL 600N END. A BaaaiM of tha Blaa and DaondaBes of This kfoliamm.daa Praaaty la Eorop. Coaataatloopls Na Loof.r th KJ Aala What It Mar IUeoma. All the signs indicate that the Turk- "NOT THAT KIND OF A BOY.' - . a Candidal For Admuv '."I "col rr.ur.itr. . n Yv.n,.. mnnor man from A. O, ijuiny, - i . - . ..... stvuiir ked down cimo ai-i Oil med with old ropes, onion. two de- j,. Tiia erowa mm luj"""" funtoatio figure grew so latgeapoH" D - ; ii... ainiw( nnnuu iuiu Ish empire as one of the power o. o- are Ton mr bis" ;,", tightly bandaged and wearing on hi head an enormous a." . . ...a that followed the coy dociis. ijiocjon" world boa reached Ita end. Whether It I. to be portitioued among the European power, or I. to be kept in nomlnul life under a government to ue cousuiunu v tlwe powers, us one of the lutest report. Indicate, the result Will be tlie lunio. The groat Mohammedan empire, which at one time threatened all Europe, bos existed for the past 40 year ouly by the toleration of ChriMendom, ana l. now reaching the end, and will be practically buried by its own corruption aua vice. It Is instructive to recall the rise and full of this Mohammedan power. Be- crnlliua- its streDKtb from the wild and fierce tribea of Asia, it overthrew the effete and drcavinif Greek empire and witied it out by the tuking of Constanti nople eight centnrie. ago. For many cenerationa after that it wna the im nendiiiff threat of Christendom. It reached ita hiah tide at the siege of Vi enna in lCb3, nearly a century after tho lust of tho Saracens bad been expelled from Spain, and when the kingdom left by Ferdinand aud Isubella wua already fulling into weakness. Since then Its power bos been slowly ebbing, until now it Is on the verge of disintegration. At the same time the process of decuy has afflicted Mohammedanism nearly everywhere. The two exceptioue indi cate the extremes of the scale, Iu the Sudan the pristine fanaticism aud sav agery which gavo it the original vijcr is still extant Iu India the spectacle of more Mohammedan sobjocts than Tor key ever bad living under the same gov ernment with Christians and Buddhists shows the possibility of the leconcilia- tion with civilized government of that ancient enemy of Christendom. Exactly wbut will become of the coun tries included within the Turkish em pire is a puzzle. But it is possible thut the charm w hich bus for centuries bung about Coustiintiiiople may be dissolved by actual experience. From the time of Constantino to thut of Alexander II the possession of that city where Europe aud Asia touch bus seemed to imply the ownership of the capital of the world. This muy have been sounder under for mer conditions. But the ago of steam nud electricity bus made great changes. The water route to India is throngh the Sues canal, and Alexandria is the command ing point of thut line of communica tion. The land route from Europe to Asia will pass throngh Russia more easily than through Constantinople. Un der civilized rule Constantinople may be a great resort, a charming place for rulers aud diplomats to carry ou their negotiutious aud intrigues, but it is uot i likely to become a scut of power to com pare with London, Toris, Berlin or St. Petersburg. Still the change that is coming will terminate an epoch in history. If the European powers can dispose of Turkey without quarreliug among themselves. the empire whose lerm connects us with the decuy of Rome will be finally wiped off tho mop of the world. Pittsburg Dispatch. tf rnd of tha Fanny, A pretty fablo about tlw pansy ia enr rent among irench and (Jcrniun c)h1- dren. The flower has five petals und five sepals. In most pausies, especially of tho earlier aud less highly developed varieties, two or tlio petals ure tiluiu in color aud three ore guy. Tho two plain petals have a single sepal, two of the gray petals have a sepul each, and the third, w hich is the largest of all, has two sepals. Tho fable is that tho pansy represents Iiimily, consisting of husband and wifo and four daughters, two of the Lit ter being stepchildren of the wife. Tho plain petals ure tho stepchildren, with cuiy ouo chuir; the two smull, gay pet als are tho duughtcrs, with a chuir each. and the lurgo gay petul is tho wife, w ith two chui rs. To find tho father ono must strinawav tho petals until tho stameus and pistils nro bare, ihey have a fanciful resem blance to an old man, with a flannel wrap about bis neck, hi. shoulders up. raised and his feet iu a bathtub. Tho story is probably of French origin, be cause the i-Ycucu cull the pansy the step mother. Household Magaziua Child Language. Does anybody know of children who today use a lunguugo upurt iu the com- oiuuicution of their thoughts, a language iuui puzzica linguists, and yet i under stood thoroughly by the voumrsters' Thero wus a rcmnrkublucuse some yearj ago iu Albany. Two boys of a well known family tho father was acclo- bruted politician whenever tliev talked together used iuvarinbly that is, iu the presence or other members of tho fumily u luuguugo mat wus not to bo discov ered iimong pugan or Christum neoulo. Tho boys never gave an explanation aft er they reached tho age of 15 or 10. Vf 10 mm age iney cnuttered with volubil ity in this singular tongue. Hero is nu instance thut points towurd the suuitj M tue theory advanced by Charles Clod frey Lelaud in "(iypsy Sorcery:" "I be- I. eve thut a comnuuy of children 1,-ft jiuirelyto themselves would form and row up with a language which in a very few yours would be spoken fluent- y. ilostou Journal Whittlfir 8w Llttla of tha World. Whtttler wa tho only ono of the lending American authors who never crossed the Altnntlo. Not only did he never go to Ktirope, ho never went south of the I'oto- nmo or west of tho Alleghnnles. When th farm nt Haverhill was sold In nart ef the price was used to buy a small place at Amcsuury, and that home wa Whit tler'a home for more than half a century. After hta rnturn from Plillndctnhl. In IS.1U he wns rarely atiacnt from Ampshurr for more than a month or two nt a time. It baa undergone a sort of stewinir in although he did onco reside the better part the process of aemidiirestion hn ti, of a year In Lowell Ho made visit, to D..,,i . . U.8'8t,on' hi!? ,ue Boaton often and sometime even to New .i,7i somewhat sharp York, and frvouently he .pent hit aum- " ..7 "aU.C0 mer elsewhere, but until hi donth hit ,t '.u I lM mBke wrT ,ace home wiu tho little house nt Ameatiury " lne ,honRbt of this dish, but they i roioasor urandcr ilntthows in tit Mono- '""J ueeu not uo so. I have tasted it Ua. and found it nnt nni.i.u .u L somewhat sour, like ferm..,.i -iiL As a dish for very special rvminn. i, il upna pieces of blubber and v.u vcirin. i OMITS Comnaninn. Left Till Callad For. An elderly doctor, who wna pery as a cnyenne rod. Was frnm tit.,.. to time spruna unon 1 th. v..ii joker. - - - On one occasion a well dressed young fellow called and asked th. A.Jt. . . m . . . IU i.. r.u ,oi n rrenkina out nnd rh nB his left arm. Tho d.H-tnr .,.,; i .u. 11.. k . .". me ' pronounceu lttnh. ui iunasis und eczema. "No," softly replied mr, uuiir7, ft I'm linf fllflt kiud cf boy." satisfy the policeman and be was about to tuke Builey to the , i,. n f.nir vonns men, wuu each side of the blind folded man, rohhed up and auid Builey was simply being iuitiutcd into tho uiys telle of the Delta Sigma Delta fritter Dity of tho Chicago College of Dental Surgery. ... j The expluuation was sufficient, and the dentul students aud their victim wended on. Ou every corner a stop was made and Bailey plied with questions, to ull of which he had to answer Jn tho words of a placurd on hia but, "lio, f am not that kind of a boy." The lust seen of Bailey waa when he was sitting putieutlyin a dark stairway on Dearborn itrect. His companions hud started to the Iheuter after asking Bailey if be would like to go. Yea thnt is.no," said the young man from Montana. "I am not that kind of o boy." Chicago Tribune. TO FIGHT THE CIGARETTE. rrofraaor Lafll. to Jnaogorata Crnaad Agalnit lb tftU Profewor John M. Laflin, the strong man, be who cnauengeu eunivan auu wus nsed as a model by (icroine, the greut French painter, ia about to inau gurate a war on cigurettea. Professor Laflin bus alwaya been a deadly enemy of the cigarette, but now be bus taken bis coat off and is going to work to fight the evil in eurnest. He Is compiling statistics which would frighten any cigarette smoker who bad a particle of sense remaining. These Include authentic records of cases all over tbe Union of boys and young men who huve been brought to an un timely eud by iudulging the habit Tbey ulso include fucts aud figures which physicians and college professor, have compiled on the subject, based up on experience aud experiment, nils mutter will go to form a book which Professor Luflin is writing. Be also aims to buud together the Sunday school of tho couutry in oue vastunticigatette league thut will strike a Larder blow at tbe cigarette trust than any of its competitors. Clergymen aie to be interested in the now movements, and there are to be branch clubs iu ev ery state and city of the country. K better exhibit could be found for the lecture platform tbnu Professor Laflin himself, who hua been called "the per feet man" physically, and who never smoked a cigarette iu his life, Now York World LIFE OP THE HEAtE1 FRANCIS SCHLATTER A3 his in I LAND NEIGHBcidq ... "Hi '" w hm Ilramaa oa a ttahlnc ntaan... . fnl Ihoamshar TJwd totBK, Llttl. Quoi--IUndl,.rtl,,& 1 Old FrUBd. naot Work f1 Francis Schlutter, tho ,e, , f iu iiuncsport, u i f, iw full f ii., i.. ., in k! known donts now townsman. They suy he is rath". b fellow, bnt a liltlu queer, i'i amused at the story of the i) J , !""" cures, inn vuiuge is much eicuJ the Denver healer. At Jumesport aome lni,.,. Greenland Dallraclaa. Among the Oreenlunder'a rrlncinal dainties is the skin of different kinds of whnlea. They cull it matak and look cnon it us tho acme of delicimisncss. It la taken off .with tba layer of blubber next to it and ia eaten raw without cere mony. Mr. Kanaen declares thut he most offer the Eskimo, his sincerest coDgrutulationson the invention of this dish: 1 can assure the reader that now as I write of It my mouth waters at the very thought of matak, with its Inde scribably delicate taste of nuts and oysters mingled. And then it bus thia auvantage over oysters, that the skin is a tough as India rubber to masticate. ao thut the enjoymeut can be protracted o uny extent. Of vegetable food the rrlmtrtv. J.-m. landers used severul sorts. I ma n. tion angelica, dundelinns, sorrel, crow bet ries, bMbeiiies and different kind of seaweed. One of their greatest Micaciea la the contents of a reindeer's stomach. If a Ureeulunder kills a reindeer and ia un able to convey much of it home with biin, he will, I believe, aecur. th. stomach first of all, aud the lust thing an ionium muy en )oina upon ber lover w hen ho sets off reindeer hunting is that he mnst reserve tor her tbe stomach of hia rrey. It is no doubt because the atnn.t t need of vegetable food that they prize thia ao highly, and also because it ia in reality a very choice collection of the finest mosa and eiassts which that ffnnv. t,..f t.A ..!.. 1 . , . . 8 -'uuwrl dick out for himanlf rnklnd. Young Wife I wonder why the birds don't come here any mora, I uaed to throw them Mia of the cake I made, nnd Young Husband Thnt accounts forll Loudon Tit Blta Maura aa Lottery Prlara. Tlie latest aud most ingeniona armll. cation of tho lottery principle is that nevisen by some of tho reverend clergy, who have introduced the scheme of Fell' iug to tno faithful tickets at 10 ceuts eacu iu a lottery ihut has some marvel oua prizes uothing lesa than masses for the souls of the dead. Iu one church the omer nay t.ooo tickets were sold at 10 ocnia eacn, netting f 700. The priaee were four rrineinnl imr. and thero were 20 miuorcnfs. The first rrize wa 30 maca. which tho lucky winner conld arply to the extraction irora rorgntorial tormeut of aome re!. live, or, lacking that, of soma friend. aiexican Uvrald. 1 case I enppose, doctor, ven ran n. i.i-. said tbe patient. by, certainly." rrnll th. j nhWl!hngMin ".'k- gel well?" un, 1 should sav about t-n ,.,. u. .. said tbe dottor. """' "Qnite sure? Ia it a bad case?" Thty rail ta Rao It, The trouble with a ureal many of enr for 11 8!in when curNt ..... .l . , ul.l Ik. , . - -v,riui. i-uuiiiinua ia iuui iney are on there tired list aud don't knm It W.ho,. ton Post "4 painted for the occasion Tit. nit. """ "Poei lively the worst I've, e'en." ' Then 1 will leave it with you , ill for it again when ''M,Jth .owlyu;fa7t;ning .bia,!"n'1h.'ch.WM "tiacial one N'oaa Raa Tat Appatuvd, However, we expect still to hear of somebody who ia a candidate in th. or. dinary lecsa. Detroit Tribuaa. w' I. . Kamat thirCS CO. amdirat. .1 u A. rhotnfraphlni French Criminal. The system of photography In use I. peculiar to the service and is tbe result of its experiments. It is free from all conventional operations, for the photo- graph is made simply to be recognized Tho poses chosen are: A perfect profile, sine that gives a sort of anatomical cut of the luce; then a full face view, since there ono has tho habitual expres sion and the pose of the head. The pic- mro is never teioucnea, since scars. moles and spots are snch infalliblo means of Identification. Absolute uni formity is sought in the size, form and style of the different photographs. In order that the distance muv lie invnrla ble thochnir and camera ore .crowed to the floor, and thero la a perfect system of adjustment. The light is thrown into the luce. Tho result is hard on the anb. ject. One doea not care to display bis judicial photograph, bul for the purpose iuey are admirably, brutally exact. ""'' a iuuKUZlue. Thlrty-flra Year For . Fa: Dollars. An old man in England was sent to prison ror toor months for petty steal iug whose record, the judga who sen teueea him said, "is one of the most awful, pieces of reading that bos ever come to my notice." In 18C3 he was aent to jau ror three years for stealing UA t. ...... ..l.t.I.- . .r.v,iUuu ruuuus. ne then got seven yeurs lor stealing 6 shillings and i shawl, then ten years, with 6eveu years pome supervision, for steuliug three uucua, una nually consecutive sentences of five yeurs each on three charges of stealing a coat, a pair of reius aud a shovel, with another seven years' police supervision. Iu H 85 years of peual servitude for six thefts of objects whose ....uo uuiuumea to a tow dollars. K York Sun. No Hood lain Contcmnlatad. Notwithstanding the continued steady Ifica nraal.lJa.l ...a. f T u '"" " 'a an" asserted at the treasury department thnt there is no u.u.w.1, t0 prospect of a bond issue, and that such action will not be considered 'l'1 b;,la,lce "bove the 7t .1.. T, , V, Tlr' .ani1 not eve 'a case i- .- ,aKe w'Bnnce of the situut.on at least to (he extent of provid tig some other method of maintaining h! " T Crodit ,he Protection of 0u. -amiice, Washington Star, Dlffrrnt Btylaa of Adrartl.i.. ntvwVduer,iiDR wngon to" oduced In New ork ia fitted un with t-. -i lndera which keep revolving, giving a niomentary view of Tario nooucen.euts. There are neotile Jhn of tw0 or tll ,honsand tne eye contraction of this kind than invc.t 6. nta to reach . hundred tbonsnndt.d Gl0be-i:mSL,leWfPaP0r-St- P IP and R,eutar, untl.mtn. ..tnM- iri?tt ot General A1or have established a precedent which i. likely to increase the candidal list ,n . i"' 2f-m- T'r7ar' Pnttiu biui fQtl a. willing to become secretary of war Now lot everybody who i. not a condi'- ... u presidential nom nation an nounce bis preferment of cabinet. foha-PlttsburgChroniole-Telegrip? tt at th Root. The new French university declare a intention to thoroughly purifT - ' - oi me times to. an aat itnt . j a " .w. . " way would atrwij start oo be to Eypal(ht Said to Data Ilrrn RettotW John Jamaa of Tuaa. Matter of fact observers of tbe w gulur crn?.e in Denver over the beak Schlutter have said that it waa aim impossiblo to truce in a sutisfactcr; manner any of tbe nlleced cures. ens of cases were talktdof every is.'. but when reporters or medical investi (tator. nttemptcd to find the people egedtohuve been cured of divens" nieuta their hunt ended hi fuiW Bomebody had beeii told of the somebody else, and so on iudelluitelj. Circumstuntinl details of one nllef" cure are, however, reported in sevi Texas and other southern new.'Dapf4 It is affirmed (hat John James of Al Mdo, Tex., chuirmiin of the Johnf couuty free silver Democratic execnti" committee, returned recently from D ver, w here he had been completely heal ed of partial blindness by Schlutter. According to these reports, JumcshM boon almost blind for over 80 yrt from acute granulution of the eyelid, and for several yenrs had been oust to read. He heurd of. Schlutter W1 went to Denver to see him. He took h plnceina;io line nnd ahnnk hands will" Schlatter nnd was treated by him, snJ declares thut straightway his nfllicti begun to lenve him nnd hi eveiclitw improve. In a few days he could fee well as before the disease affected M ejes and eays that to prove this M went to the office of tho Denver Ke and rend a column of matter Fet in sol"1 "Rate type. When seen a few days bra Mr. Jumes declared that the cure of h'1 blindness wns due entirely to SchW' tor's iuflnence. Anions- those who b won and investigated Air. James' story Ja a correspondent of the New Orleam Times Democrat, who was nppanui'-J convinced of tbe truth of tho msn' tory and the genuineness of tho cnr. KplniJT r rmFllia Cbtltlrta. A romantin foin th. .ihr!itf4 Maybrick poisoning case ia not general V known. The t WO Children. bn and pirl. wb were 8 and ,i,. tiina M their mother', conviction, have bft placed in choree of wnriht ronolei on of the English provinces remote trom the seen. rr th. t..ni. and art being brought np aa the children of thf pair, la the hor- that their real oareat- aome lnteriwi... 1 were leurued by a reporter whoT. the villuiro. WhntnvRp - IIUJ I h. f the curea of tho healer In the I prescriptions do not work on hlii port friends, who have commnvV with Schlutter in Denver. Tbett interviewed a number of people J the promise of thoir names beio.,1 held wa told bow they bad tv" handkerchief, and other article 3 Schlatter with directions howmi now in health and body. Thegil tried bis curea with all the faith ut nabla, but their ailments did nottj pear. I Some of Schlatter's friend i,..f T "off," while mnuyresidcutasay er wns qnite right in his head. n.J 1 er showed any particular preferai ' ' regards religions faith. He was h.; $ np a Catholic, to he told hit fn ' Ho bnd been known to walk j 1 Cntholio church at Rivorhcad, i A tuuee of si x m i lea. He occasiontll. 0 to the villnge churches, Couarenu. aud Wothodist, but Schlutter regular churchgoer. He weut to Ji. port in 18U0 with William Rysn. aon of Thomas Ryan. Ryan wu Bt giueer and Schlutter had been empk4 as bis tlremun on a fishing itttt Schlatter boarded with the Rnn (k ', ily. He went fishing for two'w.t 1 . Then he tired of tbe work and J blmseir at his trade. Ho hired bait i the house of Annt Sally Corwim began musing snoes. ae kept bog himself then. He waa well on b trade, and acted as finisher of fine ht mude shoes, the parts of which t' sent bim from New York. Everrbr: agrees that Schlatter was the finest sj-i maker they ever saw, and be msderj wages. t Schlatter while at JaniespurtkJ scribed as a tall, robust fellow of fc' complexion, uo did not wear whiun bnt had a becoming black mtutxt He wua apparently between 85 idJi years of aga He went to Lout hi from New York city, and little of b fumily record is known. Daniel A. Young, justice of the poo at Sonth Jumesport, says Schlattan a trifle insane, bnt always firmiiL convi?tiois. .Mr. Young says t Schluthr wns always a great Repoli an until 1802, when bo suddenly cbau cd aud becume a Socialist He be!in. that the Socialist Labor party wot-! wiu thut yeur. During the latter pr of his stay Schlutter told his ftiendi ' his strauge dreams, when beauliaJii ages oppeured before bis eyes. Schlutter, when be went to Jia port, bad some money. His hobbrti long time was silver mines and il west, where be said he iuteudeif make bis future homo. At tho If homestead they spoke well of then er. He was a greut student E- night nutil a late hour tho light a i room was burning aud SchUtta t there studying something. Schlutter bourded for a year r: Mrs. S. Burtlctt Mrs. Burtlettttnii was an excellent boarder. Her sun Ds is says be seldom if ever went out i tbe hoase of an evening. Be book nothing strange about Schlutter, beoi Schlutter invested his money in spm luting in a western silver ruineccs pany. He weut away from JumeJfff in 1803 to tuke churge of his vim stock, and to make his fortune, si said, These hopes wore blasted vbs Schlutter reached New Moxico, sno v Jumesport people believe that it n this great disnppointment that sflec his mind aud mude him the figure hi today. Brooklyn Eagle. A SCHLATTER CURE. pwllaatnt aal karwi te tb