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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1896)
EUGENE CITY GUARD, I, I CAHFBBUU rrrWMfa EUGENE CTTT, OREGON. Migrating Bock Crjntale. It bu long been iMamed that of two Igneou. rocki in contact tbat containing crystal peculiar to the oilier wu neccsurily younger than th latter. Cole, however, show, tbat crystal may be flouted away iuto a pre-existing rock of a low degree of fuilbtlity from on of a blither degree which baa Intruded on It At Glusdruniinau Port, County Down, Ireland, a dike or eurite la flanked on both aide by dike of basaltic andoeite, of which the audutltel are unquestionably the older rock, alnoa the eurite ou it ooutact with them in cloiei fragment turn from their aide. The eurite oouUiln porphyritio crystal, of pink orthocloiie, while tbeandealt li normally devoid of them. Near Ita tontact with the former rock, however, crystal exactly like those in the eurite are occasionally found in tbe andoalte. Crystal of qnarta and feldspar bate also often been floated from the eurite into the detached frngmenta of the an desite. The invading rock baa melted the ground ma of Uie andnaiteand baa left ita larger cryatala scattered through matrli made up largely of molten andesite Intermingled with eonie eurite substance. American Naturalist Twe Lovely Dog (laa, Pome yeara ago I waa out riding, ac companied by my two doga an Irih aetter aud a bnll terrier. I had a fall and broke my thigh. The dlatreM of the doga wai touching to aee. They ran to and fro, barking and bowling, appar ently to attract attention. When assist- nee came, I waa curried borne on hurdle, the two dog trotting one on either aide of it, and when the bcarera put the burden down to reat they jump ed on to it, licking my fare and hands. For several daya the apauiel lay fur faoura in the carriage drive, apparently watching for hla mentor. One morning, when the poatmnn de livered the lettera, the enrvant gave the dog my newspaper, and with, "Dring It along, Paddy," be carried it up atalrs into my room. Ilia Joy at awing me waa worth beholding, ami from that duy be regularly met the postman, car' rlod the npwapar off and laid it on my bed. lie waa scarcely ever after ab aetit from the room or the passage lead ing to it. London Hpectator. A Tilt at the Club. There was littlo tilt nt the club. The milliouulre had tiwkled the artist, and the sparks flew. He hud tried to be lordly and putrouixlng, and the artist had objected "Don't patronize me," he said. "Why not?" a.kod the millionaire. "You're only a pointer anyway." "It requires brains to be an artist," replied the pu inter. "Of course, of course," returned the mllliouniro in an offhand way. "1 admit it requires bruins, and you have to sell thum to live. " "Hut money Is your god. Yon have no other, retorted the painter. "It's yours, bImj," said the million alru. " You sell your bruins for it when you tnko my cash for your pictures. " "Well," replied the painter, "if I give you bruins for cbh!i, it'a au eveu thing, anyway, for each geta what be uvula most Chicago rout. Coaching a Heglnaer. A fellow selling miiKiiulius and other flower iu a sleepy manner at the hotel waa jeered at by a young guest, who told him to exmud his luugs and cry bis wares to tlmt people would notice blm. The countryman looked at the boy iu a daxed sort of manner aud Modestly held his tongue. He was ap parently afraid either to cry his wares or talk back. Several other boy guyed him and explniucd how tha (lower should be sold. One of them took the country man' banket aud ruu down the veramlu shouting "Freb magnolias," aud In a littlo while sold all of the flower and hundod the countryman the money. lie took off his hat, liowcd aud shambled away. A he reached Ills ox curt he said to his wife: "That's smart little fuller. lie must 'a' oome from Poeonioke, " (k-enn City letter. The Largeet Ih.g. The largest xclinen of the domes ticated canine ever known wo Pliullm mon, au English muxtift, which waa ex hibited at the great Uritinh bench show of 1888. riinlimuion 1m ked less thiui au luch of being 8 feet high at the shoulder ami weighed exactly 814', pound. 80011 after the cliwe of the dog show l'linliuimon wna sold to a rich young Amor loan for several thousand dollar. The writer believe that tilt dog is still alive and in this country but has no exoot iuformatiou to that ef feet. St. Louis Republic Why a lH.f raate. "Poor old fellow, aee how warm h is," yon say when your dog aiuks down almost exhausted, with his tongue lolling out of his mouth. Hut if yon put your hand ou him you cau find no perfora tion as ou human beings or ou home. The tongue and lung of a dog are the orgnu by which the perspiration is ex haled. For this reumtu uiuitttug, espe cially in hot weather, t particularly cruel. Exchange, Keklmo Suswntllhm Is Hutaoe. For many year furrier have noticed that all the skins of polar hcAr which they have received have bceu mutilated by the loss of the noae. A PoiUluu fur rier has discovered that this is a result of a superstitious belief prevalent among tbe Eskimo tbat whenever a polar bear i killed his nose must be cut off and throwu upon the ice, or bad luck will follow the huuter. Walter ead Tip. There wa attoulihtucut in Paris oafe recently when a uew waiter pork eted the tip he received as bl own property, and h was arrested oil the eomplniut of hi employer. It lathe cu torn in Paris restaurant employing more thou one waiter for the garoons to deposit Iu box all the tip received by them, and at the close of the day the bead waiter open Uiit box, oouuta the luouey and divide it pro rata, after de ducting a certain percentage for the pro prietor for breakage. This bead v. alter is called "the corporal" In Boston bead waiter are called "captain," but tbey do not appear to have any each tnllitary designation In New York " PARDONED HIS ASSAILANT. Eemarkable Treetmaal of a Coavtat by Goveraor Bob (ietrart. Governor Bob Stewart, who wsi tbe ;blef executive of Missouri once and aft rrward United State senator from that itate, bad a strange career. During bl gubernatorial incumbency be waa one day looking through the eenlteutiary at Jefferson City when be taw among the convict an aged man whom be recounlzed. On the following day be sent to tbe warden of the prison orders to bave that maa brought to the executive mansion. When tbe man appeared, tha govern or, calling bim by name, asked blm if be hadn't once been the mate of a Mis souri river steamboat The convict ad mitted that he bad been, aud then the following conversation ensued, the gov ernor beginning: "Do you remember at one time of baviug taken blanket away from a boy who waa a stowaway on the boat and kicking him ashore?" "Tbe clrcnmstauoe doesn't recur to me now, but doubtloaa I did it A steamboat mate In those day bad to be considerable of brute," "Yes, sir, aud yon filled tbe bill ad mirably. I wa the boy yon robbed and kicked ashore very near to this capital city, and thus I became enabled to give yon your pardon. Here, sir, take it Now, right about March out of that door and off these premises, and never let me see your brntal old face again." The old convict walked away quite briskly for one of bl age. A little while ago senator told me that one day about tbe close of the war, or perhaps a little luter, be wa walk ing down Pennsylvania avenne In Wash ington with another senator when bl companion abruptly called bl attention to ratber distinguished looking man In gang of laborer who were cleaning the streets, and I think he said under police surveillance. "Do yon kuow who that man is?" the second senator asked. "Na" "Well, that 1 ei-Governor and ex Senator Hob Stewart of Missouri. He was of a convivial nature, and tbeconviv alltle of Washington proved too much for blm. "Chicago Times-llorsld. Karopeaa Capitals. Tha French statistician, M. Bertil lon, has compiled some iuterestlug fact regarding the population of Purl and othor great capital. Only 80 percent of its present population wna born in Paris, and this percentage hns remained practically the same for the lust U0 years. The native populution in St Pe tersburg is 83 percent; 41 iu Berlin, 43 iu Vienna and, contrary to the gen eral opinion, 05 Iu Loudou the high est of all large cities. Of all Euro pean capital Paris has the greatest u umber of foreigners, more than 181,000, exclusive of 47,000 natu ralised foreigners. Among these are 16,803 Germans, while in Berlin there are ouly 807 French. Loudon has ouly 80,000 foreigners; St Petersburg, 13,000; Vienna, 83.000, aud Herliu, 18.000. In Paris the u umber of foreign er iucreused belweeu 1883 aud 1881 from 47,000 to 181,000. Iu point or numbers there are mure Belgians (43,000) in Pari than people of any otther foreign nationality: then come the German, 2H.803; Swiss, 86,000; Ituliuns. 81.000: English. 18.000: Lux euibourgiuu, 13,000, and Russian, 9,000. tlraj't -hlttj' or " RUer. During Kowcran' campaign iu Tvu Uiwsee I lie question ariwe as to whethel he would rut her be a Hiet or a victor. Mr. J. R. Gilmoierululcstheiuciduut in the Louisville Courier Journal : Ou the following duy I rode out with Rosecriuis, General Uartleld, then hi' chief of stuff, Severn 1 others nftlccrs alio a tquaduf alxiut 100 men to Grunt luudh the birthplace and home of Miss Mur free, the well ktumu author, but thel. occupied by Geueral Sheridan us hir beadquurtets. A we entered the forest inclosing the town Garfield broke out with Lowell's poem, "1 do believe iu freedom's cause,' his words being echoed buck from tlx grrst spreading trees and set to the mu tio of 100 horses' heels. He hud senrceh ended wheu General Koeecruu told how tvkli- rrt p' up, quite unU known, A n J in kiil In thru the winder, While there ml llulily all alone 'ttli nu one nigh ti liliul-r. "What Would you give to have writ leu that!" be akcd a be ttuuhed tin recitation. "All the castles lever built iu tin clouds," I leplied. "So would I," said Rosccruu. "Vol kuow what Wolfe said before his great victory?" "That he would rather have writtoi Gray's 'F.lcgy' than take (juibcc. Would you have said that ra-fore Stoue River?" Hit hekltuted a moment, thuu answer ed, "No, for we urvd victories more than poems. " I'eaeaata suMrlllhma Now and thru, not often, gluwtly ap pcurance or sounds are explained to the pennant's sutitfuctiou.' Thus in thecoun ty of Durhuiu "Oabriel'a houuds" were for long, huig years believed to shriek aud howl through the air oudurk uights and to forelnnle death to him who heard aud saw theiu. Hut prosaic modem re search has proved them to be uothlng but flocks of wild geeB mlgruting south ward on the approach of winter and rhotieing dark nights for their journeys Similarly the ghost of Ir by dale, iu the Lineoluabire wolds, a gobliu who terri fied travelers at night with it heart reudiug cries, and who was said to be a witch who bad beeu worried to death by dog iu a long pat age, has been shown to be nothing but an owL Ou the other hand, no true Oorulsbiuan will ever be Induced to relinquish the be lief that the spirit of King Arthur still hauut the rums of Tlutagel iu the hapa of a white chough, aud assuredly the many English families who posses a white bird of omeu, such a that which Mr. John Oxt nham saw iu "West ward, HoT'cliug tlrmly to the tradition if not to th belief in it, Aud so, ghost or no ghosts, the post lion I just the tame at the end of the nineteenth century a at the end of the elghteeutb all argnmeut I agaiust them, and if all belief i not for them a very great deal more i thau people like 10 acknowledge. Chamber' Journal. New Yotk, the greatest of oar com mervlal cities and the leading tea port, I also the greatest manufacturing state. HOW He WON. The Itreb of Oaala That Oave Well Kaewa lUedlaf CUrk Hla riase. One of tbe interesting incident at tbe opening session of new congress i the selection of the reading clerk of the bonte. The readiug clerk i appointed by tbe clerk of the boose, bnt candidate for tbe place rnust take part in i com petitive "speaking contest" before the bouse. John A. Reeve, who wa read ing clerk during Harrison' administra tion, wa a politician from Cairo, 111., and one of the best known character in Waiblugton at the time. Reeve tell thi tory : "I didn't suppose I bad any show for the place when it came to the test," said be, "for most of the candidate were college men, aud tome were elocution ist, while the enly elocution I bad ever practiced wa calling bog in southern Illinois, though I bad been able to get op in a political meeting and make the fellow on the back scat bear me; so I thought I would go into tbi contest anyhow and do my best In my own way. Bnt yon ought to have heard those elocutionists. The way tbey rolled their r's and hissed their ' aud said 'ah' and 1 -Pwa a caution I Some of tbem didn't talk like human being and other bad voice so rich and melodious yon couldn't boar them 40 feet away. "By the time my turn came I bad alzed np the hall and knew just about where to throw my voice, and 1 deter mined to make myself heard if I did nothlntt else. Each candidate bad re ceived a copy of a bouse bill to read. I noticed that the other fellow started out this way, 'Ub bill,' and soon. Now 'nil 1 a sound that won't carry, and yon can't attract the attention of tbe bouse by grunting 'Ub!' bo when I atarted I sang out in loud, clear voice that took them off their feet, 'A-a-a-a a bllll' long 'a. ' They weren't used to that, aud wondered what bad broken loose, but it seemed to catch tbem. I saw I wa on the right track, so I went on ilnglug her ont clear a a bell, and when I got warmed np I felt a good a I ever did iu the hottest siieech of a campaign. "The thing they gave me to read wa a terror. It hud word in it a long a a dictionary, but I hurried up aud ilid through them andwa doing pretty well when I looked down tbe pugn and taw a lot of Spanish projier name. Now, I didn't kuow Spanish from Apache, but I wa goiug about 100 words a minute, o without (topping I guve them two verses of a little (Jermiiu poein I bud learned when a boy, and bung me if a man in that ball seemed to know the difference except Congressman Nied riughuu of St Louis. Yon ought to bnve seen bim laugh when he heard hi native tongue worked off on the bouse of represeututivos for Spanish. "Yes, I got the place, and it wa the long 'a' and the German poetry that aved me." New York Sun. H AdvsrtlsmL "Onco, when I wa publishing pa per in Seattle, I convinced a man in a most cm phut io way that it paid to ad vertise," said an old journulint "He wa a fairly prosperous merchant, aud I had tried for a long time to get bim to insert au udvertisemeut in my paper. " 'Oh, it' no use,' he wonld suy. ' never reud the advertisement in a pa per, and uo one else does. I believe in advertising, but iu a way that will force Itself ou the public. Then it pays. But iu a uewspnper pahawl Everybody who reads a uewspupor dodges the ad vertising page a if they were potion. ' " 'Well,' suid I, 'if I run convince you that people do read the advertising pages of my puier, will you advertise? " 'Of course I will. I advertise wher ever I think it will do any good.' "The next duy I run tbe following line In the lightest faced agate in the ofllce and stuck it in the most obscure corner of the paper between a couple of putent medicine ads. : " 'What in Cohen going todoubout it?' "The next duy so many people nnuoy- ed blm by asking what that liue meant that he begged uie to explain tho mutter in my next issue. I promised to do it if he would let me write the expluimtiou audstuudto iu He agreed, and I wrote: " 'He is going toailvertise, of course.' Aud he did. "Snu Francisco Poet Eloqaoac Crutlly InlarrapUd. When Sala went to Australia, ho ar ranged to deliver a scries of lectures, aud he was fond of tolling au auecdotc about on of bis platform experience there. "I wa describing to my audience," hetuld, "Iu my very bet English th corouation of her majesty. I hud seeu the procession from the corner of Par liament street, and was telliug how the young girl-queen drove by iu the statoli nes of childhood's simplicity, the dig ulty of sovereignty alreudy seated upon her "isle young brow, with heaving breast A bectio fluid) npou her blanch ed cheek,' I wa saying, 'her sweet, pallid lip slightly parted, a teardrop trembling on her quivering eyelid all howed' 'HoshP suddenly murmured buxom old dame iu the frout row, and my inspiration wa gone," Westmin iter Uaxette. IWd Case of Itaek Asa, "If ever a man had bnck fever, Rea gan had when hn killed hi tint deer," aid Duke. "Several of us young fellow were ont in Potter couuty hunting, and tome bad never seen a deer. I wa walking through the woods, when I heard ahead of me the report of a rifle several time in quick succession, and yon bet I got there mighty quick, for I thought om of the boy bad run on a bear. Well, when I got in light there itood Reagan pumping hi old Winchester .44, and uot a shell In it When I came np, be let a yell out of him and said, 'I'll wear tbe feather now !' We had an old feath ex, and whoever killed the last deer wore it There must have been a doten bul let In that deer, and he couldn't tell anything about how it happeued, only that he tried to (hoot a long a it kicked.' ' rorest and Stream. WW Clean. An Amerlcau paper says that the Prince of Wale spends over 300 year on cigar alone. This is, of course, ab turd, says Loudon Tit Hits. A a mat le of fact, hi royal highness bur com paratively few cigar himself. He ha no need to do to. Both the emperor of Austria and th cxar of Russia make It practice each Christmas to send cabi net of the very choicest Havana to Marlborough House, aud the collection ' of weed maturing there i quite snffl-1 (lent M atoek any tobaoeonut'i (hop. J WEE FOLKS' FROCKS. LATEST STYLES WORN BY UJ- TLE GIRLS. Not L'atll the Daughter le Feartsea or Flfteta Should She Btgle to Dreee After th Maaaer of Her Kldr Wrape la Small Use. Many Catchlac Modela. Nt Xvrk orrMVBci MALL fola . should be dressed jvvJf.J to look young a . TfcMS joD- M possible. Home mother go o far a to drea their daughter of 14 and IS in nurs ery tyle, especial ly if there are lot of older sister to marry off. Of course, tbe girls don't like this, but tbey don't know bow pretty they look with their tralght gown and hair about their face. Certainly not till a girl I 14 and 15 ahould her drease lit along grown-up lines, and It Is really wrong to put her Into corset until she I 10. These early teen find girls at a time when It I dlfflirult problem to dre them prettily, bnt with the tot It I eerier. Mlsa Demurity, aged 3, 4 or 5. I the aweetest thing In the world to look at In the little wool gown she wear now In the bouse. To be sure, when she ills, a she wa posed for this picture, on a rtialr In which her little toe enn hardly tip the ground. wiiap l.v mac size. says: "My dollle uot rey well," and sigh. It' bard to look at anything but the deer face and the tiny pug of soft hair, but the gown Is worth looking at too. It la the softest blue cashmere, or may be of chullle. The skirt la full on the wide belt that make the dress quaintly ahort-wulsted, aud the wee bodice Is tucked up and down, the tucks belug feather stitched. The baby-neck aud It I pretty fashion, though the hyglenlsts are down upon It Is bured by a little square cut-out. From be low the puffs at the shoulders long sleeve come, but the sleeves can be snipped out to show the dimpled arms. The mother who bares her llttlr daiih'hter'a arms aud neck In-doora cau And tome excuse for It, uo matter bow much physlcluu condemn It, from tbe fact that children' coiu and wrap provide o thoroughly for rhelr com fort outdoors. Wee cloak are found tn a variety of style that are a com fortable aa can be. One serviceable model appear at the right In the next picture. It was of soft rough cloth, coming down to the tops of Its little wearer' boots, wa loose so that u under jacket might be worn, was double-breasted, aud bad a shoulder rape beside. There were ulce flannel lined pockets, too, a little fur tlpjiet wa worn about the neck, and a round cop of fur to match sat on tbe soft hair. The fur edge of the hat turned down In skatlug-cap fashion to cover up the pluk ear wheu It'a very cold. The lanter child Iu the second picture wear a Jacket that Is suKKestlve of irrown-up folks' coats. It Is loosely fitted, though the lines are graceful, and warmth will be Insured by an under yol.l.OWINU BTTLK FOB WOMEN. Jacket of chamois. A trimming o. lira Id and frogs down the front for fs tenlng keep the Jacket from seemln loo severely grown up, although tl uper velvet-faced collar la a gentl. manly as cau be. If little Miss Tei year-old Is a allver-spoou damsel, as thl pictured one was, she may have he. rout lined with plaid silk, wear a plait tklrt to match aud her wide felt ha may hive a bite bow of plaid to trim I.. Onlv the coat llnln I even a little ex travaisant about that, after all. Plal 1 1 not ouly pretty and (tillable, but It wear well and la very tyllsh. though tyle doe not bother Mis Maid much yet but when she Is about 14 or 15, It won't suffice that the cloak I warm and comfortable and pleases mamma It must be swagger, too, aud please MUs Maid. If It t desired that the daughter of 12 or 14 should dress somewhat after th manner of her elder, th third pic ture' costume I an excellent one to copy. It will make what the young Udy will allude to with Inten Mtls- . . hmu Iu big faction a utr a , puff .leere. to the elbow ar of wo.1- TH BELLI Of THE PABTT. en plaid, tbe long tight cuff being of plain green cloth matching Uie green in the plaid. The rest of the dree Is green ,...v. .kiria of It are set out Jauntily from the bolt at the waist. 1 he green cloth open in rroui au me - ,h,..t tn hem. shoW'lUtC a IittUel of the plaid, a green strap marking th.) waist The plain clotn may oe smsucu at the shoulder and how.the plaid there, too, and there are green velvet rosette at either aide of the blgb plnld collar. The wide green felt bat Is gay with plaid ribbon and a nigu nri tn bluck feather. At the sight of her daughter thus attired, innmma algh aud realizes tbat Miss Maid I gettlug to be a young lady very, very rapidly. Milady of 8 year will dres In sim ple gown of soft tuff for the party t o.-M,-h alia la to be SO delimited and so delightful. A dainty one come In tbe next picture, and It ran be easny mod. hv the home dressmaker of cotton or of silk crejion, as Is preferred. Tae little skirt Is edged wltli rows or nil twin and roes Into a ribbon belt A yoke of dainty muslin 011 In the neck. and over the shoulder a r utile or dulnty lace Is gathered. Tbe arm are bare from tbe elbow, and on the wee feet are bronze slipper with rlhbon ruiw-a. The hulr Is worn off the fore head and fulls over the shoulders In sweet little girl fashion, and let try to think that tbe little woman so dress ed will stay this way and not hurry tn mir nn Hut. ah me! Shewou't! Ac cessories of dress for little gli I are very few, though for tne party sue umy nave A TI5V HOVSEOOWN. a fan, and she may also have au old fashloued handkerchief rlug to which her prelty handkerchief fasten. tho may have a party hood and cloak, and he may wear a little chain about her neck and perbap one finger ring, but Jewelry In profusion Is In the most atrocloua taste for children, and uo vulgarity can surpass the putting of earriug throuuh a little girl's ears. What will do nicely for a tot'a hoime dress appears In the tlnnl picture. Cot ton, flannellette ur challle will serve for It but the latter has muuy good qualities. It washes well, yet bus all the soft cling of wool, while It la much wanner than cotton and doesn't muss so quickly. This dress Is nothing In the world but a gown that hangs full from the round collar. Over the shoul ders Is aet a yoke of tucked white that la edged nbout with a rutlle. The sleeve are very full to the wrist, where they catch under n cufT band. The robe comes to the heel of Its wearer, and she can bold It up with all tbe graces of a lady. Of course, dresses for girls of this age ahould luvariubly be freely tucked. Throe or four tuck should come at the skirt hem. tuck should cross the front of the Imdlce, running up and down, and others will be needed nt the wrists. The little maid grows fast and with a series of tuck to let out the dress may be mn-'e to last long enough In use to wear c This Is especially- true of wool and f' 're!,cp CANADIAN KNIGHTS SECEDE. U A. Carry Likely to Bccom .Waiter Workman of tha Maw Order. Considerable excitemeut was caused in labor circles bv a re nor t from Mnni real that the Knights of Labor there bad decided to recede from the general as eembly and form a purely Canadian or der. This action on the part of the Que bee Knishts was nnexneoted. tha mm. plaint against the general aosembly uaving an come from Ontario labor men. It il now a foremuie ennplnuinn Iti.l the Ontario Koight will ah-o secede irom me general assembly, iu which event mey will jcln Quebec and form Cuuadiau order. Already several nomi nees nave Deen suggested for the office wnien such action will leave open, D. A. Corey beins mentioned u !, l ; t- ly to receive the position of general masrer workman ol tbe Canadian order. Charah Oraaa oa a Rampaga, The grand organ in St. Paul Protes tant church in Rahwny, N. J., brought the service to an abrupt close Sunday morning. The choir had begun to sing tbe gloria, when something happeued to the organ, and every pipe began to ound. It wa several minute before the supply air could be ahut off aud the noise cea.-ed. The pattor, the Rev. R. P. Cobb, attempted to dismisa the con gregation during the noise, but hi word could not be heard, and the peo ple left th church to aav their eardrum. 0 WHY THE PATROLMEN MISSED. the TaaM" . ... ,J tha DollcO board "Th receui wu - . . . that all patrolmen shall beoom. pro lilt- i tha .u- THri,iu station bouse ) on aa III r ill kgjcy aV West Thirtieth street three year. ago. . . ...... . .,w,rtv crowd of pa- lhere wss uun - -i froluien doing duty, nthutj precinct ki (hose doys, and meie waa - - r rmein tbeoff platoon. Tbe gam. run on the dead quiet of course and wa. played iu smull room theoellar aTd ordinarily for .toring b ot box ,nd other election puraphemo iu. TM boy. smuggled . tor. there and , p,ker table that wa. seized in a raid on gambling house wa. corralled and placed In tne room. "Now. there were two wordmen do . j i.. .i.. Tun.wlolu then, and as in a ouij iu - they bud uo regular hour, they were able to play along with each platoon without interruption. They were a con .n..k fellows, aud it wa Dl9 UI IHCii - w only a matter of time when they d have all the money on me mure. it got io that tne pairomu-u nu...- . play with them any more, ana u.. r - . .m .1.... Uit nn tha source of revenue cut ou, hk-j - -Idea of shooting at a target with revolv er at 28 cent, a shot. Now, ome of these ooppers were crnckajucks with pis tols, aud they wired the opportunity thu. offered to win buc k the money they bad lost at poker. So one night a to mato cau wa. set np nt one end of the loug collar, and a lighted candlo wa placed beside it Then the men began to hoot Ouly two pistol, were uteu, uu. verv time a uatrolmnn (hot he mieeed, while the wardmen bored hole iu the can each time. "Every night for a week tne men would shoot, aud alway. with the .ame result The wardmen were winning tin.i.in a nluht. wheu the sume " J " CI - came to a sudden eud. One of the putrol- mea suddenly opeueu mu pimu u.v a wardmau hud bunded bim to shoot with and found it loaded witn diuuk cartridges. Then there was a howl, and tbe bad (hooting ot tne pmtoon was e nlttined. The other pistol, which tbe wardmen bad been using, was loaded with 83 caliber bullets, aud a both wore good (hots of couise they plumbed tbe can each time. The patrolmen threaten ed all sorts of things, but the wurdmen only luughed aud bcld ou to me money thoy bad won. There was uo nse kick ing to the captain nbout it, for he'd have preferred churgea agaiust every mother sou or tiivm zor ruiuouhk iu swallowed their h and let the matter Rut it una aliitiu Hum before they got over it, and some of them are laying lor b cnauce io get even to mis uo. New York Snn. Tha Vol Lot;. In aome ports of Germany the Ynle log is placed on the beurtb ou Christ ma eve and if possible kept burning for two or three duy. Then a pi coo of it is luid aside fur the purpose of light ing the next year' log and of guarding the household from barm. Piece of fir- wood charred but not qnite burnt out iu the Christmas fire are also placed un der the family bed in some Germau vil lage to avert the dreaded lightning stroke, which appears in thi. relation to be the type of tire in ita evil aspect, in contradistinction from the solur orb, the representative of beneficent light aud warmth. The custom of burning a Yule log for three days aud nights iu euch homestead i. almuttcertaiuly a survival from the adorutiou ouce offered to the sun at the winter solstice. Three centuries after the Cliribtiuu era sun worship was still muiutiiiued in Brittany, and iu Normandy uot more than 100 year ago tbe household fire wa. extinguished on Deo. 24 and the Christmiui log wa ignited by the aid of a flume procured from tho lump burning in the neighboring church. Ibis fact af ford a curious iustuuee of the probable transference of respect and reverence from the sacred fire of a purely heathen creed to the ecclesiastical lights ot Ca tholicism. When tbe pagun rites for pro curing unsullied fire were forbidden or fell into donnotudo, the ideas to whioh they owed their origin and development. instead of perishing, continued to exist more or less perfectly by attaching themselves to usages aud ceremonies baviug uo direct association with them. Gentleman's Magazine. mlaents aud II amor Wuhlnirton a ss the grurwl man of the I ole oatiun. i n inumiou ur una is that he w as sever known to laugh and seldom aevn tosiuUe. Buaton HoralJ. If there is such a tradition in TWtnn it is at variance with lots of history, aud also with reminiscence which men who knew Georire Wash inn ton left hnltinri them. The Father of Ilia Conutry was notuevoia or nuuior, and there were oo casious when he indnlaed in fnn The Boston Herald describes hint us "gravity eniuouieo, a description which is iu omplete, and which cau uot be applied to all the hours of bis life. He was among the noblest of mankind, and hi had a good Share of virtuous en-invmenr In rouuing down the line of preMdeuts iivim nuKuiugiouto nis more recent iuc censors, the Boston Heiald says: "Andrew Johuson could notrocogui humor wheu he saw it" We need only remurk that our Boston couieuiporary could not have been Quainted with the North r,rnli. Tennessee tailor who became president of the United States. The Boston Herald remarks further that President Garfield wa a maa who naa no taste for fuu." Itiscertuiu that our Boston contemporary never spent a day, parsed an evening or held a dialogue with General James A. Gar- neio. aew York Sun Lnminou nasnroom. A traveler In Australia found a Urge muhroom weighing five pound. He took It to the bouse where he wa .top- nlnav mnA fcn. i r.-. -ui, u up ,o ary in the lt-tlng-room. Entering after dark, he wa amaxed to tee a beautiful .oft light emanating from the fungua. It continued to give out light for many BlgbU, gradually decreaalng nntll it wa wholly dry. Many klnda of fungi have thl peculiarity. Humboldt de acrtbe. tome exqul.ltely beautiful one. he saw In tbe mine. The glow Q rot ten wood la caused by Ita conratain. thread, of Ught glvlng fungi A Bag LmI The leave of the talipat palm, In lon. wmetim. attain length of so XMassaL Tfl sa. m tUaa t a iZll . " UBI W I aa araociioo Ktamlnr. AN IMPECUNIOUS , na awww . wr Dbur, H p ON THE CONDUCTOR, Be Wa Wot a Oaaablay or , . bat Bank Clark Aaoordla. Maa Wha Tell, the Itory, He n a Alitor Oh. It W.. 1... . ----- -- "trai He at in a hotel .moklug room Ir wa. blue, but men were fcsppy and reminiscent He out hi. legs, thrust hi bunds dem bl. pocket, aud between the pna, tbi. yarn : "t "For dead cold, Icy nerve I ' way. thought we traveling men tA cake. But tho prettiest gunie of bijT ever .aw wa. put np by a man wW!1 neither a drummer uor a reporter U merely an overworked bunk clerk ft bud applied for a loave of ttbseuc!5 gone outh to recuperate, HehadjJS a certain um for the trip and resold not to exceed it. Foolishly he had lected to buy bu excursion ticket, J j iug that be might want to return kit different route, Aud then . a n,...' of course, be found that be hud iwmv money no hitoj uut ioo wen, in ,l i. .l l .. . .. .mi he wa hnndreds of miles from ticketles. and friendlos. and well m, l tfia l.y.t,l..l. UeUllliUFB. v..rvwwa was DJfW for no one know bim and he rum l laeuiiueu. "All thi. I learned later on. U,. quaintauce with him began on tbttn'i m m it.. it . " ol one oi mosouiuern roans, when, asked me to stake him enough to bim borne, I hud already beeu 'Urachal several time, that trip, so, expressing ery confidence iu hi. probity, I decli tbe honor be would do me. Be tn several other passenger with a like a nit Then he gave it np, but nud.. all promise not to interfere wiuj , game he triod to play. "Presently tne conductor cam aloe. The impeennion. one, hi. hat cock over one eye, wa peacefully (leepimj one corner of hi. .eat, leaning toww an open window. Tbe conductor thai bim, gently at first, so that he stirrH and bit bat dropped farther over ha eye, but be did not wake. Then mtr, roughly, saying, 'Come, .ir, yuur ticket pleuft. ' "At that the impecunious one iwoh with a big start His bat flow out of thi window, and he flew into a great rp TTv inaA aif lA tM A llf an I i 9 him up and down, him and bis fat father unto the third and fourth gene ation. What did he mean by wakiaj him in that way? twin t lie know th I ' rest wu. iuvalnuble to an invalid? Tut t i such a sudden, rude awakening might k I 1 fatal to a weak heart? Were his nemj I of no account? Aud now he had loot bit bat and would catch cold. It wu out rageous. Tbe conductor bowed before tk storm, aud when it bud somewhat abat ed offered to replace tbe bat at the lit topping place, 'And now, sir, let at see your ticket, please. ' "The impecunious one felt in all hi pockets, went through them all agxit with a bewildered air. Finally hebron out: 'Why, you idiot, yon, all my tick ets, not ouly on thi road, but itnight through to Chicago, were in tbe limsj of my but, and you knocked it out rf the wiudow. I'm iu a pretty picks now. I haven't enough with me to tar frech get. This piece of idiocy til cost you your job. I'll report you tout company and teach yon to be more at ful bow you startle a uervons man. The conductor tried to soothe bx offered to take him through to the ed of the division. But the impectuiica oue would uot be appeased. Much goo it would do bim to be lauded in toot little nearby, oue horse southern tun hundred, of mile, from nowhere, fit wanted to get through to Chicago. Hi must get through. Ho bad on appoint ment there that wa. worth thousand! i dollars. Finally the conductor, by this time badly frightened, promised to (el him ticket, or passe, all the tj through, aud tbe impecunious one .ub- (ided. Aud to tbe end of that road tM conductor, having replaced the dear de parted bat, maintained au bnmbly apoi- ogetio tone that would buve wrung tent of blood from a stone, "And it was only a blf-ff nil (owefl carried out that tbe conductor completely taken iu, and the rest of rubbed our eye. aud wondered whether the impecutiiou8 one', attempt to touch us was not, after a'l, a dream. "Later on, traveling over that tttM road, I told the conductor how he hid been worked. And be said he knew it, for shortly after that trip he hud reced ed a letter aud a check, the former cos fesslug the fraud, the latter paying kin the full price of the passage. And lit added : 'That fellow wa. a genius. If b had made a fuss at first about hi) tick ets, I'd bave been on to him in min ute, but hi. tickets were forgotten. U wa. hi. nerves, hi. health, hi. heart, bit hat that were of importance. And think tbat he bad no nerve., or health, or hat or heart Oh, it was wickjdl But that man ha. mitsed hi. vocation. He ought to be on the .tage,' " Chic go Tribune, A Little Bit Hasty. "Doctor," said a distressed wife to the family phyaicinn, a. he wa. comtot down stairs from hi patient', rooaii "can you give me no hope of my b01' band? Can nothing be done?" "Madam," Baid the dolighted doctor, rubbing bis hands, "allow me to con gratulate you. Our patient ha. tuken turn for the better, and now we my hope to have him about again in a f weeks," "Oh, doctor I" exclaimed the horrified lady, throwing np her hand.. "Y told me be could not possibly get better, and I haveaold all hi clothes !" Pf on weekly. Out or tha Month of Ha bee. Little Effie went to synagogue, nl when the rabbi called next day, wishinl to be sociable, she said to hiin, "I heard yon speak your piece yesterday. " "Did you, my child;" he said, half surprised, half amused. "How didy like it?" "Oh," answered tbe honest child, it made me awfully sleepy." Ameri can Hebrew. Cape Horn is one mas of black rock without vegotatiou or birds. Tbe sea al way. runa off it with tremendone force, and rounding the cape is considered by ailor. oue of the roughest of passage. Of the West Point graduate who erved in the Federal army daring tb lw'"w one-nrta were killed la sotio". one-half ware wounded, - sttl Jilli int. ibty s .ife n v ii i dory idt u ..urt a 4 th' i ot. Tilli t the t reo r eiiki I.ftci tl:t) -I u.uslii at the ii gcu a id, 1: cteuri a ".d w cried I