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EUGENE CITY GUARD. EUGENE CITT. OREGON. A f THE LAST. II It thy "rlfo. Oh, huliil. M me Inl 1 Km a areary, and lb rr w bent. The eno cudwp! Ilia Mjtii bard to win. 1 fall before thy eta avalit Bin barr'd. Oh, I-1 ma Inl It la thy wurf wife, Hithrward follrlaT with wuudd feel To fliel On here and l"aa tba ialn of Ufa. Elo, titlng tlila my bliu-r liad no sweet And in; driqwir no lio when thou wart pant, Oh, lota, from out aiydiirkneae to thy llM. Ami now fr in", tt mn, tha dawn at laatl fur Dia lha rapture of tha and of nlxhtl Ifewnfnll'n my buUiid'ellent buuas before, fin heara ma net lle-n death undo lha riior. Idaiy llrotbrrtun, Prom Uoeuiuery Pur Ke- Blt'lubnUie." hecoveki.no a king. Virginia asked me to take h r out for niw, Ho I of ccjiii-ho tucked u big rod cushion under eucb arm and straight way went diiwii to tiie bouthouiu), fur Virginia hud rmlx-l herself to me III liiurrijiu", mil I jmrforce oU-yod hr al way and Implicitly, a in the custom in such case. I bad been staying for some wwla wilh her people, who hud it country homo ou the wiatern shore of luko wi ll, tliu num. dixwu't mutter. Wo hurt Uo ii together a great dml, aiirt I bud Icurucd to rend Virginiu't nessi from tliu expression of her adorable lit t lo mouth. On tlii particular occasion Iiit were preawd tightly together, which symptom meant iu inycode tliut a storm win browing, uiid so, after her ladyship liud settled herself comfortably among tliu cushion, I, saving nothing, eculled ateiwlily away from the Mioro for aomo minute. And bwldcs it was ouu of tlie gorgeous autumn nfterwsiti tlmt muko one silent Little will-o'-the-wisps of sunlight were dancing with thn rip ple on the surfuce of thn hike. Tliu (rwi ou the shore, liko coquette who are couaciuu of having lost tliu full bloom of their bcutity, liart dressed themselves in gundy suit of scurlet and orange, a if hoping by brilliancy of color to hirtu tlio tragedy of divny tlmt makes aulnuin ao infinitely pathetic. Kvit and anou an adventurous trout would Kprinx out of the water to look at the (ho p blue of tho sky, nud great golden bumblebee wriit buzzing over our bead in their trniinit acrim tho hike iu search of fresh plunder. Watching those things, 1 wu aliuort numiiidful of VirKiniu'a pri-MMieo, anil I atnrted when alio aiiid ilmrply, "You're not Tery aimiNiiiK lhi afli'rnoon," I aiiiii IihI an auHWer, whereujxm he immediately cleunl ilu'ka for net Inn, and "aid, with a flue air of irony, "If ouly your dear Mr. Oirruthera were hero, you would aoou And plenty to nay. I'm aurn tho way you wont on with her at lunch Wim "imply dixgrneefuL Not that I am jealima of her. You needn't think that!" Mr a. C'urrulhera wait a fellow Riient of mine w ho powNM-d a great many of tho alluring ipmlitina of a young widow. "Hik'i a horrid flirt I" " Virgin I" "She in, and you know it. Yon ritu't call her pretty I" "Well, dear, I aupKwe I mayn't, but I have heard lot of felluwa any they thought xho wan a brick. " "llriek or no brick, aliu'i 40 if ahe'ii aibiy." "hlio probably ia a day, but 40110. tihall we any UUr" Thia wua ingeuioiM on my part, ei lug tlmt Virginia and I ImiIIi knew that 11m. ( 'limit hern wim not yet 1!U. Virginia UiIuhI, mid looked at nif with her lower lip iuivering. "Hisirgii, when you are aurcuMio I al luiwt halo you. " "Ueurl" tuilil I roprtiuchfully, aeivu tuating tho e vowtd aound, to make the little word awM-m inure carvsxiiig. "I w idli 1 bud never met you. I hale lining ingnp'd iuivwiit and we Keem to lie alwaya (piarreliiig. " "It take two to iiiuko a iiiarnd, Yir glo, and I'm auro I'm iu tho bent o Uiuinra." "That'a tho nggraviiting part of it. You ait thero amiliiig and I can't make you angry." To my Hliame bo it anid, I burnt out laughing. Tho moment uflcr I wan aorry, for I ho team began to gather iu her eye, and I can't liear that, und mom omiu oum tit ill, aho wna ildgeting with her en gagement ring. Now thia really ulann ixl mo. An a rule, our engagement waa broken and riyenieiitod oneo a week. Duly the nfteruiHiii U fom wo bud gono through tho ceremony. If it were going to happen onoe oveiy day, there were clementa of danger in the custom which It wu deMirablo to avoid. Hut before I bad timo to auo for for givcuciia Viiginiu look olT tho little gold band and after a moment'. hcNltntinii Hung it to tho lake. And then alio look ed atniigbt at mo, with a brave nhow of dclhuioo, all hough tho telltalo mouth let mo know that alio waa frightened at W hat alio had domv 1 wim more hurt than worda cau any, and with a few Wift atmkci turned the boat 'a head homeward. Hut I couldn't boar to liave the ring behind, and I determined to dive for It I ahipiod my txirn and took oil my coat Vnginia protwideil to take no notice. Then, watching her clomdy, 1 organ to uulie my alee liwin. tt ill lie pmtendrd not to aoe, Tliell I took off my Uilt and ho and plocinl the conteiita of my troiiM-in pnketH iu a neat little boap iu tho bottom of the bout Virginia' etc met mine, nud ulie aaid tnnuuloiuily, "What are you K"i"K to di, Otnirge!" "Divo for the ring, VirgiuU." "Cull rou awiui?" "No." 1 couldn't resist thia fib. It would have tpollod it all if I bad told her that I, at l;ton, hart bold the echoo! chum piiniKlilp fiir thrte year iu aucxvtwiou. "Hivu-go, dir, cau't we let the men dnslgo for it?" "How ahould we ever renicmlier the uxact pot where it w out down? No," thia with a alight toucli of mcUxlrania "1 muat tuke the rUk. And, Virgin, if I hould not not come op, dou't yon know toll tlioni that I fell overbourd." Virginia gave vent to a avreaia. Not ono of Uiom atuivato notiw Itwt tho Liuinui of a iuouho will gouoraUy tirinji from women, but genuine iK-ream oi fear. "Utvirge, pleas pWe don't 1 I aiu ao a-ury I waa JimiIoui and cra and WickiMl. " And the tears began to ihow them aelvc agaiu, an, without more ato, 1 went to the bow and took tieaaer. 1 f,,iiml that the wator waa only about tn foet der-p, but the ring waa not to be xiAn r in nnuliia no for breath. I found poor Virginia brandUhlng an oar or the aide or the bout, with view to Hav ing my life If pnwiiblft. I aelwd it with much ihow of diHtroxa and waited an- til I got my brciitli. Virginia implored me to come back into the boat, but I waa obdurate. After the third dive I re turned to the mi r face, triumphantly holding out the ohjiv-t of my aearch. I iwuiii to the aide of the bout, and talc ing hold of Virginia' left hand, I nlaccd the ring ou her finger, w'e made many vow and proiuiatw, and It waa not before aome minute had eipinwi Unit I began to realise that I wan getting awfully cold. Clambering back into the bout with aome difficulty, 1 pulled to the home a quickly an 1 could. A we came iu ight of the lawn Virginia ez claimed, "(t courao there' that horrid Mr. Carruther waiting for yon. "Horrid, did yon aay, Virgio?" "Oh I I forgot, door go, dour, but Mr. Carrnther 1 there at any rate. What will the think 1 What ahull I tell her?" "We'll nay I caught a crab and over balanced niyaelf Into the water. " "Hut do I look a if I bad been cry- iur Khe did anmintakub!y, but before 1 had time to aimwer her we arrived at the landing tuga Mr. Curruthi-r greeted me with: "Why, what on earth have yon been doing?" "1W Ocorgo fell Into the water," replied Virginia, w 1th a winning Hiuile, "und 1 "nved hi life with an oar. Didu't I, Oiairgc?" All through dinner that evening Mr. Curruther chaffed me nnmercifully. I bore her raillery with gn at fortitudn, and afterward, when Virginia and I were lining ou the piazza iu front of the bouao, we made a eolemu roaolutiou that we wouldn't break our engagement again for a whole calendar mouth at the very niont Olilbert Uurgca iu Kketrli. Cnmbarlaad IMalaak Former (louitor) 8o ye've lunded at lout! Well, A'm) proud to ace yon. A'll Just tell the hid to lomaj the horse out of the conveyance. Ho' deaf, but A'll soon incense him. My miwiu ha been only very middling, hhe keeping butter now, but "lie' very nwlea ( holp loM). Wbut a moat there i in you field the year) When them Irish beast m come, they waa a lean a paildock, und now they're a fat a butther. It' getting are fogged up, however ; we began to ploo out a part of the field, and then rued it and gave over. You grrut Hiiugh tree ha mushed tho dike. It' bud for the hind when the dike i down, the beaal carrie all the management into the plantings. Thin ciiudith ban got properly tnpiod with mud. (if A wo just to rummel (stir) it a bit with a Kick it would aoon hush uwu'. There' a mint grawing here, A can feel it. Tosh I A 'so gotten a "tang from a wenp. There' a wesp 'est here. It' a Irong 'un, and tho beet i coming out thick. It' a very kltllesome and cim keraome thing, is a wesp utiing. One of Jobhie'a lads, tho Tom ono, ha got a veuomcd hand Ho wu itung by a alow worm, and hi arm iwolled up, an he got it charmed by an Irishman. Them from Conntiught in liest. They spit and breathe on the wound. A'vo heunsl tell gif an Irishman draw a ring rouud a lead with hi finger it can't stir, and them Irish boast i turriblo for banish ing Hliake. A wu once just about tit ting down in Hoiua pratty grax in yon der (lack, when an adder dimmed out and Assert at mo. My word I A did run I Ke la i a kind of adder. (Jentleuiau'i Magazine. Allaa O. Thurman't Mamor. "Among men of rcmiukiiblo memo rlc I will give a prominent place to the Old ltoman, Allen U. Thnrinuu," said Lawyer Mill. "To mention a slight in cident of hi power When I waa asso ciated with him iu pnwecuting what i known a 'the tally tdioct'cnmt in Ohio, I ww peculiarly iinproiuicd by t lie great -uemof Mr. Thurman, by hi strength of Intelli'Ot, profusion of thought and miig nillci'lit accomplishment as a lawyer. I wo also gnatly improsMM by hi fine acholaniliip, and I have this illustration of tho accuracy of hi learning: While one of tho attorney engaged iu the case referred to was addressing tho jury he professed to make a quotation from riliukcspoare 'to make assurnncc doubly sure,' Mr. Thurman, with nfTcctcil in dignation, turned tome and said, '1 thought housed to lo a schoolmaster. ' I aaid, 'Ye.' 'Well, iu that case,' ho raid, 'be ought to know better. Sliake Mare never said that.' 'What do yon menu, judgir' I asked in surprise, 'I mean,' aaid he, 'that ShakcMpenro never wroto "inako assurance doubly uro, " What he wrolo wan "make assurance double sure," ' I myaelf had doubt a to tho onrrcctncfc of thi criticism, but afterward verified it by examining the standurd editions of Shakestan " Chicago Inter lKian. JaiNkaM Mlaalona, The Japauiw are the lmppiiwt people iu tho world. I have looked into the face of thousand of tlii strange little people, and scarcely one in a hundred allow line of sin and discontent, and a I go by the temple Hint have been bcoomi light to Iheao simple heart for o many conturio I say iu my owu heart, What a farce thi uiis-sionivry bus! uesa! What wo call civilization liriuga to this people all f our vice and uono of our virtue. Now with all the million that have been spent iu Japan (Ui mission I sny to you, and with ev ery regard for truth, there are uot 100 actual native t Christians in Japan. I be lieve Iu the Christian religion, but not for thia oriental mind. Tokyo Our. low htale Register. tcl Kl. Wliut a lot of slang verbiage ha grown out of the bicycle I The youth who talks bonnfully and erratically ia called down by the apt suggestion of the bicycle young woman with tho remark, "Freddie, your lamp I out." The 'roitd hog" i borrowed from old New England nomenclature, hut "eeorching" i of tho bicycle' owu lingo and moans an undue haste in driving a wheel. The exhausted bicyclist on the road and needing rvfrttJuuent luggiwts, "Let' top bore and pumpnp," referring to the fagged condition of the pneumatic Hioyvle girl are "bloomer, "and "here ixmie my bloomer" i wpiivaleut to here come my girl A policeman I "a header." and tho cyclometer ia "thi ticker." "Hehaal.wt hi tire'1 i equiv alent to "having tack in your head" or "being off your trolley," ami do doubt there I plenty more of the same. Lew Utoo Journal. JEFFDAVlS'OIiDHOME CONFEDERATE MUSEUM SOON TO bP STARTED IN THE MANSION. Tha "Whlta Uouaa of tha Coafadtirmej" and IU Kaw Ululoa Ona Boom For Each of tba aawdlng Btatoa-Tba atory of tha Man I oa. Within a short time the old borne In Richmond of Jefferson Davis will be thrown open to the pnblio as a Confed erule museum. The White House of the Confederacy, a the mansion I culled, ha been the property of the city of Richmond for many year and lately ha been nsed a a ehoolbone. Iu IHtiO n organization known a the Confeder ate Memorial and Literary society was formed and soon after made a propor tion to the city which ended in tbut so ciety securing control of the house for tha purpose of opening therein ma- JKFFEItNON DAVIS. seam and library. Tho necessary repair have been almost completed, and the building I uk nearly iu the condition it was at the time of the fall of the Con federacy a it I posnible to muko it. The White House ia one of the oldest nd haudioniost residence in Richmond. It wo built by Judge Hrockenborough, well known lawyer and wealthy citi zen, nearly 60 year ago. The muntels, of which (o much has already been writ ten, were iiuixirtcd from Kurnpe and are of Carrara mnrblo, carved in cury lid anpporting shells filled with flow er. It is a three story house, with base ment, outbuildings und atuble. A square porch, with tall pillars, fronts on Clay street, and in the reur, which open into a large garden, whereiu are uiuuy handsome old trees among them an English walnut I a portico which ran the length of Hie house. The porti co i unusually wide, and I supported by lurgn, round columns, which reach to the top of the second story. It was from the top of thi porch that little Joe Davis, the president's oldest son, fell and wo instantly killed during the first year of tho war. The window of the two parlor and the large dining room ojs'U npon this portioo. The rear window of the din ing room oien npon another porch, the stops from which loud into the kitchen yard. This house waa bought for 113,000 by the cily from Mr. Lewi D. Cren shaw, ami was presented to Mr. Davis a a gift. Mr. Duvia declined to accept it ou those terms, but consented to make it hi residence during hi lifetime. Oil the right a you enter thermuiutly halted hall through the front door i a small room, which lead into the large rcccptinu room pu Twelfth street Thi wa Mr. Davis' private sitting room. The story goca that Mr. Davis hud decorated thi room prettily but simply with bright colored chiutx coverings to the daiuty furniture, and all her little knickkuuck und personal belonging. Moon after tho fumily had settled in the house Mr. Duvi came to the threshold of tho room, and leaning against (he door frame, with pipe in hand, he con versed with hia wife, who presently asked him why he did nH come in and sit down. With tho deference and re spect that be luvariubly displayed to ward women, Mr. Dnvis answered that the room wim her own exclusively, and he could not Intrude without an invita tion. The invitation wa freely given, and the room became the favorite resort of Mr. Davis from that time. It wa there tbut the private conference took place botweou himself and General Lee, when important tci were to lie de cided npon. Mr. Davis always kept ou hand iu this room a small quantity of pure coffee even at such time when the family of the president were drink- a DAVIS' OLD HOME. Ing parched rye a a substitute aud this coffee was alway produced and served to Presideut Duvi and General Lee dur ing them) conference. Ouoe a week receptions were held at the mansion, which was throwu open to the public, aud ou these occasiout the belle of tho city, the bean from the camp and soldier on leave and those Who were convalescing would gather iu great number. Dull care aud want and thought of the morrow's scanty tore and anxiety were laid aitide, and iu hope and guyety these brave and fair women passed many pleasant hour. Teuder and pathetic memoriea and hallowed association cluster around every room of the honae. Not the least Interesting wo the birth of the "Daugh ter of tbe Confederacy," which took place iu the third story front room. Up on the entrance of tho ri ;le.ttl trccpa Into the city after tho evacuation Gcu rl Weltsel aud hi ofllcer rode straight to this homw aud constituted it the headquarter of the uorthein troop. Canby and Ord also used the honse in this capacity during the period that Vir ginia pasned through the stage of recon struct nut. It i pmposed to araign a room to each of the seceding tatea for a collec tion of relic, aud in addition there will be a large room for general mnenm and one for a library. The first of tbe state col loot ion that of Georgia haa beeu received. It was presented to the committee by Mr. de Ronne on the eighty-izth birthday of President Da vis (Jane, 1804).' Among the relic are the cape, gaunt let and sword of (ieiifcral Lee, the plume from General Btuart's hat, the spyglaaae used by General Beauregard at the battle of Muuajma and the col lection from the vorioo soldiers' homes) established through the south, includ ing the Loe Camp Holdier' borne collec tion, which contains, in addition to very many rare and interetiug relic, the ikin of Stonewall Jaekou' charger. There are also i number of manuscript and private paper. PhiludelphiaPre. A REMINISCENCE. flow Tfcroa Rural DvlrgaUa Farad la M. Lonla la 10. "So 8t Lonl is to hove the Repub lican convention," ruld a western mun at one of the hotel. "Well, the Mis souri cily ho many new thing to show the politiciun a new ruilroad stulion, said to be the lurgest and finest in the world; several new hotels, including the Planters' ; a magulflceut system of rapid transit, and a splendid convention faalL But I do hope that noue of the Re publican delegate will be treated a badly as were three or four delegates to the Bt Louis Democratic convention of 1888. " These delegate, who were friend of mine, were from the Interior, and when they atrnck tho city they found that the hotel were too noisy for them, and asked the local committee to find them room down town where they wonld not be disturbed at night "The committee found lodgings for the men on the third floor of a building on Sixth street, where John Scott' ftuloou Is now. There wu a saloon ou the first floor of tho building then. Woll, the first night tbut the country delegate slept iu their quiet quurtorsou the third floor, the police learned tbut a big furo game was being run on the second floor. "So the police promptly raided the building and took the saloon keeper, the furo bunk and it players and the country delegate to the Four Court, at 8 o'clock in the morning. Next riny there were hurrying and scurrying among the delegation from a certuiu state. Three of their number were missing. After much trouble the three men were found In the police conrt, and their release ob tained. And then tbe laugh was on hos pitable St. Louis a much ac it was on the three delegates who wanted quiet leepiug quarters. "Washington Post. A DOG'S SIXTH SENSE. Tha Wonderful Instinct Foaaaaard by a Davrhoond. L. C. Menchniup, living at Homer, La., on the edge of Arkansas, is great hunter aud boa a fine deerhound, Dan, of which he is justly prond. A few days ago Mr. Meachump wu going squirrel limiting, aud in order to keep Dun at home he wu compelled to tie him up. Tbe hound whined and begged, but find ing hi master wa obdurate he at lust lay quite peaceably before bis kennel all day. At S o'clock in the afteruoon, how ever, when Mr. Meacbamp wa begin ning to look for her husband' return. Dim becume so unusually restless that she wont out to see whut wa the mat ter. Iu spite of her repeated efforts, she could do nothing to pucify him, and at i hist, to her utter astonishment, he broke the rope aud bounded away over the fence and into the wood. Ho was gone probably a half hour when he came run ning back, panting and aluiost breath loss, with hi muster's but iu hi mouth. Mrs. Meuchamp became at once alarmed, and, culling her gun, they set out to find Mouchamp, tbe dog all the timo bounding along in front aud lead ing the way. At last they cuuie npon Mr. Moacbuinp lying helpless iu the wood, where at precisely 5 o'clock he bad fallen In little ditch aud broken a small bone In hi leg. The dog' knowl edge of the accident at the very moment of it oocurrenco seem utmost incredi ble, but the truth of this is beyond dis pute, Philadelphia Time. TO CONQUER TIBURON. Plaa to Kill Off Tannlbala and Ealabllab a Republic A number of wellknowu Lo Angeles men huve, it is said, received a cotioes siou from the Mexican government of the island of Tiburou, ill tho gulf ot California. Tho men are Johu Brad bury, J. Downey Harvey, Peter Murtiu and Wulter S. Mooie. Tiburou island I inhabited by the Ceris Indiuns, a warlike race, said to be cannibals, and an experiitinu i being organized to kill them off und take pos Ofcsiou of the island. A company of 800 men is being organized under tiio com niuud of Colouel I. II. Polk. Each ol dier I to receive 'J50 and 100 acre of laud after the island is conquered. The money for tho expedition i being put up by Colonel Biadbury, who inherited f 1,000,000 or so a few year ago. There are only about 100 male Ceris Iudiun, aud they are said to be valiant lighter. It I the iuteutiou of the Tilm roll Conquest company, a the uew cor poration i called, to establish a republic of it owu und huve the United State establish a protectorate. It i stated that Mexico ho couseuted to this. Lou s vi He Courier-Journal. To hi other accomplishment Gns Herge, the actor, ha added the art of golf playing. Hi description ot the sport will prove interesting. "I'll tell yon," said he to a party of friend re cently, "golf i easy. First, you go down to the store, buy 13 clubs, a bag and a small ball Then you hire a small boy to carry them and take him along until you find a broad, open field, with a small molehill iu the middle ot it You place the small ball on the top of the molehill aud ask the boy for a club. You gyrate for moment for effect, then make a determined swoop and see how far you can knock tbe ball. Here' where the game begins. If you find the ball the same day you hit it, you win. " Chicago Record. To Maka Coal Uraurco. ; The presideut of the authracite coal ; carrying companies have agreed to in . struct the sale agent ot their compa i nie to enforce restriction of produc tion w ou per cent of the present out put. The sale agent held an informal meeting afterward, aud it la believed that most of the compauiea will agree to the rwttxkf iou. It 1 eatlmated that tbe production for January next will be cut down to about J, 600, 000 tons. Kw York World (HJit FIGIITIXC SHIPS THEY DO NOT COMPARE WITH THOSE OF GREAT BRITAIN. AdmlnU Bn'. Flaat Is Mora formidable, However. Than Kniland t r-nl no. ron Attached to tba North Atlantl. and West Indira autloa-tnf land'i Foroa. The most enthuslaitio and patriotic officer cun make uo equituble compari son of lha strength of thi country and Great Britain on tbe oceuu without It bosoming apparent to the most intense opponent of naval construction that this country I scarcely In a position to as sort ltoelf to a point where wor may fol low. They are content to show tbut a at present constituted Admiral Buuce' fleet, with the Texas and Muine, I probubly stronger for fighting purpose than Britain' fleet attached to the North American and West Indie sta tions, and that thi I true for the first time in ten year. There are any number of naval offi cer, however, who are of the opinion that the country ba been misled into a belief that the new navy i more for midable than it I. and tbut report of the flue squadron of Admiral Bunce make such mon a Senutor Vilus, who once proclaimed that the United State had 40 ironclads, when he had included every vessel borne on the naval roll, disposed to rest content with the present trengtb of the service. Former Watch dog Holman two year uro, when oppos ing the annual naval appropriation bill, said that Commodore Perry bad raised fine fleet ou Luke Erie iu 00 duys, aud that if It wa necessary the country could do it again iu the same time. The report of the secretary ot the navy and those of bis bureau chief nil indi cate that the uuvyba a fairly good sup ply of warships, but an examination shows that ot the entire number there are but half a dozen which should be olussed a aotnal fighting ships. These include three niouitors, tbe armored cruiser Now York aud the battleships Texas and Maine. The cruiser typo wa never designed to engage in actual bat tle, but rather for jicuce purpose in for niirn minntrio where it was neeessarT to , - c. .1. .. .1.- ! now ine nag. oucu snips us me ku lurubia and Minneapolis, it is admit ted, would be of the highest importance to squadron for some purpose, but no admiral wonld ever think of pitting either against an armored ship of the Bluke or New York type. Assistant Secretary McAdoo hud pre pared a list of the ship now attached to the British fleet iu North American waters, and while it i smaller than usual in number it exceeds that which Admiral Buuce will take to the West Indies next week n ulcus the administra tion recall hi order. Uo said tliut a rule the two fleet had about balanced in the past two years, but previously tbe English had almost doubled the Dumber under command of the admiral on the home station. Withrtruwul last summer fur service iu Turkish water bad reduced it to 11 hip, bnt even this ia twice the size of the north Atlan tic squadron, exclusive of two monitors. Great Britain 'a squadron, however, he expressly stated, would be no match should the two countries by any chance decide to settle the Venezuela question through tbe fleet on thi station. While Great Britain bud bnt cue protected cruiser Admiral Buuce had three battle ship, and the New York i generally regarded a eflloieut for fighting pur pose a any second class battleship abroad. England's squadrou i now di vided between West Indian ports, Huli fax and Bermuda, but with the cable connecting Bermuda with Halifax uu der control of the British government it would take but a very few day for her to mobilize tho full strength at any point iu the islands. Ou Dec. 15 the fleet consisted of these ship : Crescent, un armored crniser and flagship; Cordelia, Canada, Mugicieuue, which wa seen at the naval review j Mohawk, Tartar, Buzzard, Partridge, all protected cruiser. Tourmaline and Pelican, cruisers, and the Rambler, a gunboat The Crenceut i a vessel of the New York clus. but not so formidable. TbeCanudu and Magicieune ore smaller cruiser, but every vessel i well armed, aud most of them compare fuvorubly with the best cruiser of the United Stute uuvy. The fact that Engluud maintains so strong a fleet, considering that there is little actual work or necessity for the presence of it vessels in North Amerl can water, a there is iu other purt of the world, is not surprising when it 1 considered tlmt her uuvul stations, dock yard and fortifications within three uud five day' sailing of the seaboard are more powerful aud better equipped than those of this country. Mr. McAdoo re marked that he was astonished at the trength displayed by Engluud at St. Lu cia aud Kingston, where she ha modern masked batteries on emiueuces concealed by tree and sand pits, aud about which from the sea there is no indication of the power behind. Both of these sta tiou. it is asserted by army experts, are more strongly fortified than New York or San Pruucisco. Bermuda is the oldest cif her station aud wa fortified over 60 year ago. Her gurrisou here cousisw of about 500 men, and one of the best floating dock i a part of the naval sta tion. Practically uothing i known by foreign government of the number of gun mounted ou any of these stutiou or the extent of the mining casemate or torpedo eqnipmeut except that they are certainly stronger than people of thi country know anytbiug cf or even realize. At thewur department it was said that w hot her there were auv serious con sequence growiugont of tbe Venezuelan affuir or not, the president' message and the spirit of congress would nnquea liouubly lead to larger appropriation iu future for coast defenses. Brigadier General Craightll, chief of eugineers, aid that he could not outer iuto details a to onr ability to defend the coast cities, but that the war department had iv ixinien tne ui'Wn yeorT oven with iMi..pwative small provision rr this purpose, "You may be sure," be said, "that despite inadequate fund from cougre. the auth.irihe charged with coast defense construction have done a well a could be expected. " There wa. not an officer, however, who waa not willing to admit that a very small fleet of Ter l could do a vast amount of barm to coastwise cities, but they as serted that no foreign troop, could ever land ou American soil Recently the war department has ob tained some information that it ha been eekms? iu vain for several rear. All .1. , ..Inra nf tha dfl- afforM to secure mo -. .... C along tbe Canadian border bare ETdefeated by n00"T for tbS TXVwrein l, w-necessary to at once recall th m o prevent serious embarrassment Three offl "ri last spring and mrnrnor were ely Jl on tbi. d failed but a fonrth has recently re- urS be!, with complete L and data of th. ctnalfortifloatiou. Strengtbot the British Thi. knowl edge bu been stored away In tbe bureau of military information. U I. curious to observe th. offer, which come to the war department when There is . liKht difference between , Id government and any other conntry. Military organization In number of Li g. cities buve telegraphed the .ecre tory, placing their services at the disposal of the department aud expressing da .iretotukothe field atone One or two nuval reserve orguuizutiou have .out similar proffer, of service to the navy department, but .11 are treated as joke, and receive little notice. New Sun. , NUMBER THIRTEEN. Bow It Bobbed Tp at Every Tnra of the hi Lonl Itolrgatlon. Anent the selection ot St Louis a a convention city tho following Ht u told by ex-Cougroosman Nuthuu Frunk of Missouri to show how absurd the 18 superstition idea is. When the idea of competing for th. couvcutiou wa. broached, a convention was called, and It wa held ou tb. 1 8th of th. mouth. At the meeting a committee wo ap pointed to look after the details, and it numbered 13. Then when thi. wa. noticed another man was added to the committee to take away the taint of ill luck. Th. fuot wu commented on w hen leaving St Loni tbut the thirteenth member ol th. committee wu assigned to berth No. 13 iu the cur. While driving from the depot in Wushiugton to the Arling ton it wu noticed that there were 13 people in the bus. At the hotel Mr. Frank, who mud. one of the Fpeeche in favor of St Louis, wa assigned to room No. 13 by tbe clerk. Tho flnul blow came lust Tnc- day, w hen the first ballot wa tukon by the committee, who were to decide where the convention wu to go, Mr. Prank groaned iu spirit when 13 vote, were auuouuced for St. Louis. When the flnul ballot cumo aud St Louis won, Mr. Frunk wrote "13" inside hi. hut and say. that it I a lucky number. St Louis Post-Dispatch. NEW PROCESS. Invention That Will Kara Moth Labor la bteel Mil la. Christopher Lewis, who for 80 year, bu been superintendent of large steel and rolling mills throughout the conn try, hua invented a uew process which promise to revolutionize the manufac ture of steel. Hi invention is nn "ac cumulator," a large veel lined with brick, iu which ingot are placed after they are removed from the mold to re tain the heat aud draw out the gas aud sulphur which so often produce rupture, in armor plate and steel rails, causing their ruin. The invention doe away with the use of soaking pits aud fumuoe. aud the la bor incidcut thereto, thu. saving thou sund of dollar to the manufacturer. Mr. Lewi wu the inventor of tbe sys tem to bundle iron and iteel at roll by machinery. He wa fur nine year, su perintendent of the rolling mill at Co lumbus. A putent ho been applied fur, and it i probable the process will be tried in tho Johnson Steel work at Lo rain, O. Cincinnati Enquirer. HIS COLORED WIFE. An Ei-Slave Woman Ileeomea a Wealthy Ilelreaa. Judge Brentouo of Chicago hua ren dered a decision and ordered thn outre of a decree which will make Maria Evan Laurence, an ex-aliivA. iha ht.n1 widow of Dr. Henry Laurence and a weaitny woruau. Kho i. now entitled by the order of the court to an intercut in her lute husband', property, which will oring nor at leant SoO.000. Dr. Laurence wo a white man and died iu 1891 at his hnma in f'Mr.,. . u .. .1 tfJ, A soon a Dr. Laurence died Muria tvuiis, as she i kuown. Dut in a claim against his estate on thn sue was hi widow. This claim was dia n- XIHI puted bv Dr. Wi lio 111 J. Tjuiroiimft a brother of the doceused, and 80 other ieirs. The defonse claimed thut Maria Evun wu ouly a sen-nut of the doc tor, but the court said thn a commuu law n,arritig8 was too strong A Tnnkee-ln-law. The pedigree of tho Grunt family ho .mn.Tunj peopio a Rood doal of lure. oi long ago a sort of couHimdiin. ....-Mji.. ureai ffruunparenta. wu irucea uetween General Grant and Jet risuu lAivis. More lately a writer The Vermonter gave currency to the in no- tiou i that Mrs. Grunt was "a daughter of erniont ." A vrm,i .?. --- cu ii ur v. roie to Colouel Gruut iu New York for some ouiuruiio iniormatiou on thi subject hi mother' birtbpluce and he renli as follow: r My mother aa born in Bt. Lous Mo.; her -- - ... v uimirrutlHI, MO., .nil Iiit her - -"- iMuniici u. UKAKT. it appear tbut Mr. Graut was only not a not - - - w ermuut, nut not a New Enirhiii.i.,, . . bnt -r-.. uubiuu iruuscript Th lonilurtor'a u-m.. a Old Lady-Will you tell me. Who,, . . ...... pllo please, .. .. l" " 'untor street? Polite Cnii.l. ..... , madam. When the cur reuchea Windsor street. , " lru"cu witn pusw ugers, bnt the "u"iuk couiiuctor brings it to a fnll to set op una waits for the old Udv tint 1... . V - ... luiuilj IOOKS 0t Of WillHnw wllt.... -.1 - the car tim Burring. ) Polite Conductor va (vociferously) Windsor street! Windsor .treet lady J to get "u "wewner. you Wanted out? OldLady-Oh, blew you, no I Waut to net mit ..... . I didn't ay daughter', huabaud bought xou see. the third " ' 4VJUJ lu etiroer there the other !nt waut w - a looa; luumL it Sou,' lervill. TIIE FOOD OF LOGS. tFftETABLEft AN luonn. " '",ru"'NTABv. OF THEIR DIET. Am Enthualaat Who DUnuu. .. I That tbe Doc of Today I, . Ca,JH Animal AonnoetjMi h .1 Tmj . Veterinarian aad Obaerralloa, It aoems Btniuge to me, HttB.tl. In tho light of such brood. e, ' ""mi, erertj., dnuco, there are tho. who itiii taluthut the dog U a carnivc mal exclusively, unrl ti.. .7 that a. met i lujuriou u mm, or t l;' healthful and Improper, and n j .. 1.1. i- ... . 7 "tk . ..... . .. - "trw hn wo iu a Wild stutn . ...... . . uiaaiaw. bloodthirsty animal, ever vliHU, kill and destroy. Tho life of the dT ' day, th. practical, everyday habit' tho dog a a companion to civile ' nlo. i. emmsh of itself tn . . I thoory. Doga out vegetable ttxij thrive on it Many eminent u, S and vegetarian, touch ns that food fed to the dog without larK portion of vegetuble food is sure to duce vitiated blood, orgunio trona (uo ii.vii ivumutu nuu Kiuneri i. cortaluty obnoxlon skin diaa-.' mange, eczema, eta nieserennlu. . ing a they do directly from lewkl muni im a. nrnnl t.n nos. of moot a. an article of diet, 1 1 have tbe testimony of the boat vr, t riaus Glovor, Shorwood, "MnT t Milbj, etc. which should ncttU thee n entiflo phaae of the question. L We huve the evidence of tli . I uuiurai icuiuren ut ine qnestlOQ. It I. true that at aome time U 4 past, so far back that tho mind or in edge of man cannot reach, when the u v uo iu iikp mm i.i.v, nun wjirQQea forced to eat meat or starve to drat!,, was corn ivorou. While lie hat thn, pnbilitiosof living ou vegetable) nature seem, to be remiss in fnnmit. I11U1 Willi urewjirai itoih iorgrmd such a we observe iu the bone, a sheep ami goat. This i larelji markublo instance of adaptability, observe in ouly one other animal, that ia man himself. No donbt all these change in thia tnre of tbe dog have beeu brought ib by domesticity ; the association ra mauaud the consequent imprestiouai education which have been trausmic from generation to generation uuty ccnturios, till at lost what wu an educatiou became - nutnrul and heni tary. Man himself hua changed grenlji hi. nature from civilization or th sociation iu a state of society, whichka benoflocnt effects iu enlarging hit Dial improviug his body and adding to b knowledge. Those effects, while not so pronotuwi are quite noticeable iu all the animi uuder his dominion, the horse, tut a the dog and the cat, which in itirj state is the most bloodthirsty and at of all animal, and has withstood k beneficial effects of associutingviUiai to a degree exceeding thut of anyone animaL Still the nuture of the cat ha been much softened and improved by ia life in domesticity, and it, too, u pa1 nally changing from a meat eatiis mal to an enter of vegetables. With the testimony of our ben p fessioual men, the testimony of am owners of dog. aud the tostimonTt'ai dog's natural craving for vcgctabtM, and the good heulth which follonh iug ou a vegetable diot, is it not at ialiing that there should be any jm who claims that a diet of meat aUii proper for our dogs? In the light ef modern science and experience tha oil fashioned notions are gradually beiaf swept away to th. oblivion which o take the misbeliefs left in the tear , Drocress. It is possible that the habits ot ta don as thev are aconired about the ho of bis master may not be considered containing complete evidence of to whole nature. Then I offer one or t" traits which I observed while on in the south in the past year, nndwhi I was informed were so common m well known in that section as tooe aion tin rnmnrk. The native nearo dogs and how will visit the cornfields and tear off lb green ears from the growing corn1" ent thorn with relish and avidity. Th? also will visit tha nersimmon tree cot the ripe fruit which ha fallen" the ground. Dogs have a regular row from one persimmon tree to another. anmntimna Intitr riiutnnce from hoM which they travel daily, so donrlydothi emv for thn frnilL All this evident convinces me that the dog is nntorallj vegetarian now, no matter what hew in a wild state. Forest and btream ri. nlth. The old saying that dirt is health no longer holds its gronud in the lil" of nirutHi-n nwurr-h Not all dirt il v tually disease producing, it U true, but all places where filth accumnlatei of "viv iukv ao ut) iub) - - - i kind are very likely to afford abode susteuauce to any diseuKe germs tliav ha flnatlc hnnt ill DlH Sir. thevmnltinlv nij em alrolll Olid lie i wait to attuck the first animal I man being thut comes along, whose force are not strong enough to bar W mtrulA r,f tlittdA mlrnspntlic eneUliet No soiled clothing should lie j0 .leepipg apartments, no rubbish shoo iuvii.,nl,.ta 1 attin nn rotten ftp niwlnr tl,a oi.it nn Hnonvinff vegeWH iiitl.o.il..- n;., matter or do anywhere. Disease microbes do crawl about actively like flies. Th6"' inviuiKI. l;l.. Anal Olid ( often be' gotten' rid of as sncb. clouuliue88.Han'8 Journal of Heal A "Genial" Actor. I was talking about actors to an act IU M J . 1 T I ...wnl Ui ISJ' " iiiw anj, nuu a uni'i" - regarding a certain Theeriun now pa0 iway : "Ah, genial old Mr. !" . ' "Oh, yes," retorted the actor bitt ly. "very genial I How he ever t mat repuUtiou is more than 1 1"0' "When he nsed to give his fam Performance of Sir Anthony Absolut " The Rivals' and I'd play Captain A "lute, he'd give me a genial Plllie,1tL bia stick, sny, Ah. Jack, you dog!'1"" genial smile and just keep nie a Mier down at th. corner of the W hile he took the center aud g an " ttteution. , "If hi USf ma ainrLinl DD tO t . i little notice, which the part reqo'"' ae a poke me down again ana ?P tillthe curtain felL" PoMf V m X