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EUGENE CITY GUARD. l u ciimu, rrairtetar. EUGENE CITT. OREGON. llrltooe Never Shall Ba Slave. Cpon tliK aed eeaahore he ran, A portly men with angry ere, Awhersjnir of a brother man. "ForbMirT" I ertd. "The man will dial" Bat itlll ha wbackrdt bla arm waa stroll, And u ha whacked be aan( thla song: "H'O Brltone never aball be alaVMl For nierrjr Ens-land rulca lha warm!" (The bliwa fi ll thick and fast bvtween.) "0i4 out, re brotel Oud ears tha qomnl" "John Bull I John Dull I Withhold roar hand. Ton hare no claim to thla man 'a Und." H paid no heed to mj demand. But wharkxd tha nan a pun tha sand, And aa be whacked bla arm waa lung lie aan( thla eweot lniirumpta Bung; "H'O Britons never hell be alaveel Tor merrr England falsa the warm And all the land that Ilea between I John Bull's tlie boj I Uod ear the qoeen!" Be waddled 00 from Und to land, A-wbeaktng all who aald blra Bar. The nallon anented to understand. And trembling .are blm right of way, And trembling lletnned to his aong Aa merrily ba tramped along: "H'O Britons never shall be alare While merry England ralee the weree And all tha onntlnente between, For wbloh I thank my Uod and qoeen." "John Bull I John Ball I Withhold jour band. Yoor Uncle Hera oan't understand Wbr Ton should help yourself to Und And sing the while to beat the band And bawl jrour "Ultimatum Bong" Aa angrily 70a tramp along: "H'O Britons never shall ba slsree While Hellsuarr can run the weree And Venesuela In between. Aided by Uod and England'! quern." It. W. Chambers U New York Times, Tha Aanerleu Weenaaw The Amur loan woman It taking poe osalon of new fluid of thought, dnt 11J aorvloe. fche la taking a place lu the community which the never hold be fore. She 1 roatlos and expiring. Kb. wanta to be, to know and to do more thnu ever, tilie dorg not, like the fore mothers, acknowledge her Inferiority, or hor .ubordlnutlon, or anything of the kind. Though alio piwiHoaa her boat right, already, alie claim that there are other right whlrh she onKht to got in "hurt order. Win tukiw hold of politlca with out four; alio fun uiakoapoblio speech t; she Rove) into lot (if kind of busi ness on her own hook; she enters the medical profession, aa we were remind ed 01100 more thla week, when the groat dKroe of doctor of medicine wa cu furred npou 8fl youug wouion wearing hovol hula ami blutk Milk, gown; ahe earn hor money at many a trade which formerly waa the exclusive property of bur brethron ; aheatrikoaoutfor a lurgor measure of independence ; alio ride the bicycle a well aa anybody i ahe Joiua a club ; ahe ia not at all alarmed at the eight of a man ; ahe often oarvea the rouHt at dinner and servo the timid fol Iowa who ait at the other aide of the ta ble; ahe baa given evidence that ahe ran preach, practice law, or ran a uowa per, or write any uumbor of books; ahe play on the stage a hundred tiinee oft ener thai) the woiiiaii of the old atock ; ahe ia an nfllce hunter, especially when reform ia up, and wo may almost aay that what alio cannot do ia hardly worth doing. New York Hun. The lUttle With riles. Housekeeper are alwayg glad of any information which will help them to conquer thine enemies of their ummer'a peace flic. Here are two (tenia which experience hit proved to be of tiito iu the battle. We all kuow how fliea act tie upon a screen dtsr iu rainy weather or tie wo of the kitchen in any went her, waiting for an opportunity to atop iu an anon aa it ia opened. If a cloth dipped iu kcroHono la rubbed over the outer aide of the wire and frame of the screen, the tlie will not set tie upon it. They do not like koro eeue. thin application will usuully prove effivtual for several d;tye. The other agent oil of lavender la for tlie purHwe of disponing of auch of the enemy aa have already gained an entrance to the house. Darken all the window! but one. The fliea will soon congregate on that, for fliea enjoy the sunshines well aa moth detest it. Now with au atomiicr apray the window cueing with the oil of lav ender mid either leave the open bottle u poll the aill or sat urate a aniull cloth With aomo of It. Some of the fliea will eoou become NtuiM'lled olid thou can be bruahed down and disposed of. If an atouiiaer ia not at baud, rub the caning with the saturated cloth. It ia also a good plan to rub the oil all over any place that the fliea like to light upon. A hanging lamp has often a great attrac tion for them, but if ah ado and chain are rubbed over with "the oil they will uot light upou it Charlotte llarawell Elliott. . Mm Charlotte Barnwell Klliott, whoae dealh U announced, m the wife and mother of biHliopa, a Abigail Adama waa the wife and mother of president. She waa the wife of the lute Hight Kov. Stephen Elliott, tho flint Kptaoopal bishop of tleornia, and mother uf the lute Klght Hor. K. W. IV Klliott, tlie flrat bialiop of weeturu Toxa. A wider public lutorest attache to hor, howeveri a the mother of Mia Sarah lluruwvll Klliott, the author of "Jerry" and other admirable tale. Air. Klliott waa born iu Beaufort, 8. C.and waadeevendod from theUibbeea, tlie Hulls and the Barnwell aud related mora or loaa nearly to all the well kuown name ou the Atlantic const of that atate. Aa a girl in Washington alio eu- joyed tiio btwt iuU-lloi'tual sxviety of the oountry by virtue uot ouly of her axvial pmltiou, but aUo of a (Nvaoual magnet Urn and charm which never doaortod her while life laeted. Iu 131) she mar ried tho Kor. Stepheu Klliott of Charleattui, thou profomir of moral philiMophy and acting cliaplaiu of the South Carolina atate university, at Co lumbia, lit ItUO Proleaeor Elliott Wa elected bishop of CKorgia, and he and Mr. Klliott removed to Suvaunoh. Here and w herever ahe weut Mrs. Elliott wo tlie ooutor of large etrele of friend. After tlie death of liishop Elliott ah removetl to Sewanee, Teun., In 1870, where ahe lived the roat of her life. Woman 'a JoumaL A oti nut. Mr. P tayor Mia Perkiby, they aay light travel at the rate of 18H.8C0 xuiloi per aecond. Mia IVrksliy Ooodnea gracious! Aren't yon afraid it will overtake yon before yon get houief Itrooklyu Eagle. ABANDONED. The borneta build In planter dropping rooms, Aad on the mossy porch the llserd (leal Around tnerhlmwyeslow the swallow (Ilea, And on the roof the locust (now their blooiua. Like soma and thought that broods her.', old perfmp'-a " " Haunt the dim -etalre. Tha cautious whyr trie Eecb gusty door, like some deed band, tben sighs With ghostly Una among the attlo g looms. And now a beron, now a klnglUhr, riiu In tha willows, where the riffle senna At each faint fill to nesltute to leap, riututrlng tlie silence with a drowsy stir. II. .r. auminer seems a tilacld face aalwp And the noar world a figment of berdreama. Madison UWfU in lemury. AN INFANT TKODIGY. Bhewa the only child of two artiste engaged at oue of the bonlovard thea ter. 81avo to thoir profoaalon, they had no tiino to apare for Lucttte, who wo left to the cure of her grandmother, dear old lady of CO year, who loved the little "momd," Jojt opening iu eye on exiatenoe, with the atreiigth aud fervency of threo futher, mother aud aolf. All day long alio would play with Luootto, whllo hor aon and dunghter in law wore looming thoir parta or re hoarding thoir role at the tlieater. Poor littlo Luoottel Vrom her ear Heat day ahe had boon lulled toaloep by long apeochca and awakened by exploalona of dramatic wrath. How many tlmea In the apartment of the Vornioroa, which looked upon a gloomy oonrt in tlie Rue de liondy, hod alio bn aturtlod by the mulodruinatio voice aud extnvaaut geaturoa of hor parent whilo repeating "Robert Macalro," "The Wandering Jew," "Thirty Year of an Actor'a Llfo" and other work of the aame clan. When the Vornioroa wore "on tour," the gTuudmother delighted to takeLncetto for a day' outing in the nbnrba, where the gran was green enough and the tree tall enough to make one think onoaelf really in tno oountry. "Tlie child nooda a breath of freah air," alio wonld aay, and while alio aat upon a folding a tool, reading with pro found attention the Jonnial ahe hod brought with her, Lnootte would roll upon the gran in happy innocence, amnaiug hcm-lf with chasing butter fliea, pulling flower or listening to the blackbird whistling in the branchoa. On those oocMHioua the little white faoe would glow all over with health and pleasure, whilo the good old dame, niado happy at aeoing "hor child" look ing so much atronger and better, would thank Uod for her and lie down to rout with a poacofol amilo and quiet cou aclonce. When ahe waa 8 year old, Lnootte wa lively a a kitten and aang liko a lurk. The grandmother took expocial prido in teaching hor to repeat piiNiuge from Rnelne and fable from La Fontaine, which tho child would recite with a ao rioua air in a voice both mimical aud impreatiive. About this porioil the parent began to boatow more attention ou thoir charm ing littlo daughter. One evening at dinner Lncotte gave a recitation, and Veruiero, listening with hia mouth full, cried: "Wife, wo muxt mukoanartiHtoof thiayonngMter. What 'a bred iu the bono come out in tho flealL Sho'a in lovo with tho ' board ' already. She'll do." "Not quite a bad idea," aaid tho mother. "Buhl" interposed the grandmother. "There 'a pleuty of time to talk about that Thoro'e" "Listen, granny. Thero'ano time liko the preeent Now, in a very short whilo they're going to put on 'The Old Cor poral' at tho Theatre du Nord. I'm cant for the principal role, thut of Corporal Simon, in which I auooood tho great comedian, Frederick Lomaitre, but tho manager ha no 0110 to All the part of Kmmoline, tho little girl that Corporal Simon carries ierched on hi knaiwack at the liege of I lm. oil, if I wore to propone Lucotto" " Yon ro a fool," Interrupted the old lady, with grout euergy. "A child of 0 year delicate, wMioitivel Yon want to kill her porliatw?" "Uot along with you. Dou't worry yourself with iioiuhmiho of thut sort, granny. Tho child will take uo harm. She will bo with mo. It van opportunity not to bo thrown away. Sho will make reHctable itctiuaiiitance and at tlie aame time learu her profeaNiou. Juat leave ua alone, and all will go right The old grandmother had to submit Fifteen day after Lucette wuh letter perftvt in tho abort luirt of Euinielino, and Verniere, having laid hi proposal before tho manager, brought hi daugh ter dowu to rehivinutL "She' a prodigy. She'll ernm the house," waa thut ututo gentlenian's re-flix-tiou aa he watched the performance. At tho flnlhh ho UAVpttfd the offer aud oIomh! the tmrgaiu. The curtain roao for tlie first act of "The Old Corporal. " It waa tlie camp before Ulm. Ueneral RiKpiebert, whom Napoloou hud ordered to "draw the Aus trian" iu order to mask au imptvtant movement of the main aruiy, waa con fiding to the old veteran, Autoiuo 81 niou, tho care of hia daughter Kmme limv The audience, a moat sympathetic and euthusioNt'o tuie, bad eye only for Lu cette Verniere, tlie child who imper sonated Kmmeliiio. A for Simon, he raged and stormed iuwortlly at the mi happy fortune which had turmsl him into a "nursery maid," iuntead of per mitting him to bear a houd in tanuing the hide of the " Kaiserlichs. " Thooorpornlaud Kmmehuehad tuken shelter on the outiikirta of a wood, wheu of a auddeu Simon ixtxiived the glittoi of cauuou and the alteeu of steel auuMig tlie treia. Almoat at the aame nuuneut the euemy "apoke. " Volley after volley whiathd tlmmgh the branchee, acattcr log the leave and tearing 06 tho bark. "It'a nothing," aaid he to the child. "Dou't be all aid. Here, let' ploy 'park Ihat'" The cannou oured iu a broadside. Simon lifted the little girl upon hia alumlder and net her on hi kuapxack, and trembling for the first time in hia life, fired hia musket, to the groat de light of Emmeliue, who clapped her bauda and ahouted glcofully. In due time a company of French troop ar rived upon the avviie, aud amid frantic cheering from the rpectutoni the corporal and hia companion are borne off in aafcty, but Ueneral fciquebert ha been mortally wouudol lie it carried in VPaw litter, and In hi Ut ajrouj bloaae Emmeliue, who ia left In charge of the old oorporal after a tbooaand in traction and recommendation necea aary to the rent of the piece. The little hmorent, crowing and gmlling iu the middle of thia crowd of oldlory, among all theae deooration, thia noise aud amoke of battle, won a veritable triumph. The pnblio applaud ed with frennr. and when aome one apokeof her a an "infant prodigy the phrase waa canght np and echoed round the house. Alway"pi k a back" on the knap- aack of the old corporal, abe wa "call ed," three time, and on reaching tne wing waa immediutely hugged and klaned, feted aud fondled and crammed with bonttona wid daiutie by the ludie of the oompany. That wua a capital idea of mine, Verniere had auid to himself on aigniug tho engagement of hia daughter at the Theatre du Nord. "capituL" For a hundred night "The Old Cor poral" drew crowd to the bonlovard, and those uimblo to get luaide remained onUtide to cheer the "infant prodigy," Lnootte Verniere. All wa going merrily. At tlie end of three month Lueetta begnn to ahow ajgtia that the atrain waa telling on her. Herallra figure and pale fuco were growing glimmer and paler, liar eye wore heavy, her look jaded. Tlie grandmother olwcrved the aymp touw with alarm. She called the atten tion of the parent to tlie child, but Verniere would liaten to nothing and contented himaolf with replying: "Don't make youraelf nueany abont nothing. 'The Old CorporulV begin niu to flutter. Wecan't keep him going mooh longer, and after be U-ohi Lucette will have pletty of timo to roat" Sho waa "reeling" now, little Lu cette. Keating, with a face whiter than the pillow on which her hood luy, a victim to bruin fever. From time to time hor waated little hand would granp oonvulaively, if oized with andden fear, the long, bony hand of her old grandmother. I'tx.r old woman, how ahe Hufrored to oe her darling lying ill, and in a fury of anger ahe would charge Verniere with aoriflcing the child to hi vauity. "You have driven hor beyond her strength. You've exhausted all hor forrce. Mauditl" The father never replied, ile know thut ho bad done a bad buHiuca and do served all the reproachc hi mother hmijxvl upon him. When Lucette opened her big eye and flxol them on him, they aecmcd to re prnitch him abw. They folt like knivea in hi heart Ono afternoon, after the doctor de pnrtnre, Lucette waa taken dolirion. She eat up in bed, ataring about hor wildly and crying: "Tlie enemy I Look there I Forward I Vive Tcmpercm-1" And again: "Oeneral Roqnchert ia mortally wounded A doctor quick hurry there 'a no timo to loae I" They were phiwea from "The Old Corporal," which were paaaing through the fevered brain of the poor child Ver niere and hia wife stood at the hood of the lied. Dimmed in an abyaa of grief. Aa for tho old grandmother, ahe could acarvelv aee for weeping. Her heart w aa brokeu. Fur a fow momenta the child remain ed quiet, and the watchera thought ahe had fallen aalwp, but suddenly atarting up "all of a piece," and with an agony of terror lik-hting up hor face: "The enemy I" ahe cried, throwing up her arm. "Tho enemy I And she fell bock dend Three day later the body of the "in font prodigy" Lucette Verniere was luid in the cemetery at Ptuitin. Ou the cofliu wo placed a magnificent Moral crown, which bore the inscription, "To Lucette Verniere, artiste, from the The atre du Nord." The old grandmother was too pros trated to loiu tho funeral procession, but after the sun waa down, the figure of tho poor old creature might have been soon tMUidiiiit over the still open grave, and ber voice board culling softly, sc softly that ihe accuied afraid it might awaken the littlo sleeper who lay DO' low: "Lucette, my child; my durliug Lucette, It ia L Do you bear me? I am com i us to you. Neit morning the gravediggera found upon tho grave of the "infant prodigy" the iutuiimute form or the old grand mother, smiling iu death upon hor woll beloved grandchild Lucette. From the French. A Badly Needed Elaiuple. The act it 111 of the Peunsylvauia Col lege For Women iu promptly append ing thtwe 16 girl who walked home from church with their "fellow" in defiance of an ironclad mlo of the in t'tution will be heartily ooumioudod by all thoughtful persona, aud if it wore followed at homo by a generous applica tion of punishment of the old faehioned sort it would probably bring theae premMtnroly grown np youug missea to a clonrer uotiou than they ever had be fore of thoir position iu relation to soci ety iu general. Oue of the things in thia country that atrikoa a foreigner moat offensively i tho apectucle of girls of 13 aud upward "flirting" with boy .if the same age, going to the theater with them and accepting all manner of attention from them. It ia bail for tho girl aud worse ft the boys. Inciden tally it adds to the number of old uiaitls, (or fow girl who grow up iu thia mini- uer are likely at SO to prove attractive to men. 1'hoee good people who are aliurnicd at tho increasing number of rouiiK meu who prefer to leatl tho sehlMi lifo of a bachelor had better turn their ittvution to thia eviL Philuddphia Proa. The Rargomaaler1 Ready Wit. The Loinlou Standard special corre- ipondeut gave a description tf a pictur emine incidotit of tlie Hamburg fctea. Wheu the emperor, after the bauqnet iu tlie town hall and in repoiiae to the acclamation of the crowd outside, step ped ou to the balcony to show himself to the people, there came a terriuo clap of thunder. The flrat burgomaster, with the quicknesa of a true courtier, at once remarked to hia majenty, "Sire, le riel voua aaluel" (Sir, heaven salutes you.) The emperor s reply is not recorded A M erg-la te Hoot. "Do Tva really think that a bicycle ia worth the money! , "Worth the money?" aaid the quick tempered man. "Why, miue ha paid for itiaelf lu less than three mouth ia the beautiful explanation it furnish for a black eye. ' V aahington Star. PIR3T CHINESE WOMAN DOCTOR. lAer Klae Tears' Stady Here he Ia Oolag Home te rraetleaw The first Chineae woman doctor, graduate of an American medical col lege, to practice in China and the aecond woman of ber race to take an occidental medical degree ia now on her way across tlie Poclflo to her nativeland to inaugu rate there a new era ia women's work among women. She ia Dr. Ha King Eng. a charming, inodost little woman, characteristically Celestial in every way, despite her nine year' residence in the United State She baa never discarded her quaint, rich native drea and love her own land best. She received her doctor' degree in Philadelphia a year ago, boa apeut the past 13 month in taking a postgraduate course aud in ob taining actual experience in her profes sion, and a week ago she sailed from Bun Francisco to rucliau, wnere bud ...in Lo n kr hf work aa uhysician and mUHionury at the Woman a hoa pltal an institution supported by the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. While ahe is puro blooded Chinese and proud of the fact, Dr. Hu King Eng was never a heathen, ner luinuj i..n m,riMtii.ns fur two sonoratious. Her grandfuther was one of the first natives converted in Fuchao and her futher ono of the first Cliristiun minister or dained iu China, bue hu a urouier iu .1.. n,i..wtit mlnUtrv and a sister a UltJ illCluw.". "4 " teacher in a Methodist school in China, Bho came to America nine years ago when quite a young girl with the de termination or becoming a pujsicmu i cause she bolieved that she could do fur more effective work in Christiuniziug ber people, which ia her main purpose, as a physician aud missionary among the women or her race inun as a mum teacher aud preacher. She did not kuow mure than a few words of English, aud h..r first atona on the way toward her ambition lay in the acquisition of a thorough knowledge 01 mat uuibuhb". so ahe weut first to a preparatory school at Delaware, O. ti... etu'iit fnnr vears. and then came to Philadelphia, and after passing a highly cretliuihie examination wae milled to the Woman' Medical college, hue graduated from the college M moutlia ago, aud then took the postgrad uuto course aud dispensing course at tlie Philadelphia polyclinic. no muoe a special study of disease of the eye and ear, and wua for aome moutlia an assist ant iu thut department of thepoly'"ul0 Finishing her course a fow weeks ago, she started for home in company with a ... ... . 1 missionary and nil wuewnowere uomm for Fucliau. n.i,i.a Vikt work with the Woman's hospital she will try to build a regular practice a a physiolun among uor coun trywomen, bhe believe there i a grout hold lor her among tne uikhit cwm m ri,in w.unen. There ore aome China women, she says, who would rather die tu ntrniuinn iiv a man unvsician. while the door of both rich and poor 1 . n-1 are wide ojien to womeu oociora. x uw years ago alio weut home on a visit aud met with a remarkable reception from the wiitiiim of her native rjlace. Sick women came to bor in grout oumbera because they nod heura sue couiti cure i.n.n r.t ell thmr ilia liv arts she had learned in America, and she expects to wield great iufluenoe among them as a missionary now through her ability to aid them as a pnysiciuu. ine nom- V,.amllal e.i. Flll'llHn is for women ni.li Its stuff of nlivsicinns are all wo men, and tho nurses ore ail native giria who nope aome uay to Docomo uoctora, like the white women missionaries, ir. Vnn lyllm Aral tnntt.iin that distinction. M..n Tlia r?1tliiA wniiinii. sliA aavs. are wakinir no and are scttina to be pro gressive in thoir ideas. They wont to become educated and to take part in the mrnrh n tha World, lilfi tllH WODIOn of the western nations. Ono other Chinese wnm.n crnliifit.wt fmill Hfl (widen- .1 Vll.H.. .(MR - - - - w. ... Ul medical oolU'ge a Dr. King, who grmluutoa irom au e;iuro ooiio w' Atn1 vnitra mm mul in niiw livinff in Ha VI eeje) j vve w r wall. ur. aa King r-ng win tie tne mil.. rKitie Tilivuiciiui with a Wftatern world degree in China. Philadelphia frees. Fur the Baby. Gingham frocks for baby girl from 1 to 8 year old are made with full, plain skirts, tiuy rows of insertion forming tlie yoke. Duinty lawu frocks iu pule shade are mode up with wee frills of real lace and are altogether irresistible. Exquisite littlo gowns of white uuinsook for dross up occasions ripple with frills of yellow Valenciennes luce. Other pret ty gowns for girls a little older ore made of ailk crape. The Dutch dress for this purpose is the design most in favor at preseut It is a quaint little frock, with the neck somewhat low ami bound with a twist of ribbon. The small girl, who ha hor own tailor, has more coats than she knows what to do with. Tho prettl est of her suiiinior ooata ia made of pique. She may own two of this ma terial if hor inotlicr's social position re quires it Oue should bo a short jacket of light blue or yellow pique, fastoued with big pearl buttons and having a deep sailor collar and cuffs of rather openwork embroidery. The other coot should entirely cover the frock with which it ia worn. It may be of tan pique, with the design iu white, and it should be trimmed with a deep collar of rich ecru lace. Pique aunbouuet ara mode to order to match the coat These uubonuot are trimmed with embroid ery and are exceptionally pretty. Boa- ton Courier. Tha latelllgeat Tatar. A correspondent of The IiritUh Weekly had some odd experience in a couuty council election aome time ago in a ru ral district of England. "The names of the candidate were Mr. Hook aud Colo nel Holland. 'An, well,' said a man to me, after I had been expatiating ou the merit of oue of them, 'I dou't kuow nothing about 'Ook, aud I don't kuow nothing about Olland, but mv wifo'i Dutchwoman, and ao I mean to vote for Ollaud ' " A Woman's Voagreee, TheGeueral Federation of Women 'a Clubs has accepted the invitation of the manager of the womcu'i department of the Atlanta exposition to hold a federa tion congress during the expueitioa Tlie XHigres will include a meeting of the xmiK'il of the general federation and ill occur during the first week of No vember. The federation will have an uthibit at Atlanta which will consist of jlub historic and programmes, photo graphs of club fuandcrs aud acting pre. Ideuta aud of clubhouse and iuteriora. Similar exhibit will, it U announced. ba made feature of future biennial aieetinite of the federation. VOICEFROMTHEDEAD WHAT GEORGE WASHINGTON WROTE ONE HUNDRED YEARS aow. A Letter Wbleh Is T.ry 8lH- b rnHt Crtshv-DId Not WI.B f Interfere Ia M-bble With "If Big htfully It Cob Be Done." In the manuscript department of the British museum, London, gtowed away hundred of autograph io letter of men famous in - - auclent history- While in ix.n . rMraO.Stel7.theWa,biug- nnfnf thA LoniiiVilleCou- rier-Jonrnal found among those 0 d let- tor an autograph oue in u. Washington, written from Philadelphia April 23, 1798, to Lord Earl of Buchan. port of the letter reiere iu . b- oompllcatlom and furulshea an ing chapter at thla time. r.n " 0 .. - .. ... n..iMnn hv the waa the lonowing now Earl of Buchan, brother of Lorn wiii. "On the 18tb of January, lil3, 1 wrote to Mr. Washington on the happy prospect America might entertain 11 uy r iM fKun mill. any mean it coum aosmiu gllng in European pontics. 1 blm the vanity and folly of profemng the indulgence of national pride, vanity aud resentment to the slow but certain benefits to be permanently omuuiea oy peace and internal prosperity. I ventur ed also to recommeua aa me g ecta to the executive of America pence and union with the red nutive ana at tention to national education." To these sentiments the presltleui an swered in the following letter. The first part of the letter relate to private or fairs aud indicate that General Wash- iuutou and Lord Buchan wore oiu ami lutimate friends. Then the letter pro ceeds to the subject matter as follows: Tlie favorable wiebes which your lordHhln has expressed for the prosperity of this young and rising country cimnot but be gratefully received cyan us ciu cen and every lover of it, oue means to the contribution of which and its happi ness is very judiciously portrayed in the following words of your letter : 'To be little heard of in the grout world of pol itic ' These words, I cau ussure your lordshlD. arc expressive of my sentiments on thia head, aud I believe it is the Bin core wish of united America to have nothing to do with the political intrigues or the squabble of European uat ions; but, on the contrary, to exchange com modities and live iu peace and unity with all the inhabitants of the earth, aud this I am persuaded they will do if rightfully it can be done to administer justice to aud receive it from every pow er with whom they are connected will, I hope, be always found the most prom inent feature in the administration of this country, and I flutter myself that nothing short of imperious necessity can occasion a broach with any of them. Under auch a system, if we are allowed to pursue it, the agricultural aud me chanical arts, the wealth and population of these states, will increase with thut degree of rapidity aa to baffle all calcu lation and must surpass any idea your lordship can hitherto have entertained ou the occasion. To evince that our views, whether realized or aot, are expanded I take the liberty of sending you the plan of a new citv. situuted about the center of the Union of these stutes, which is designed for the permanent seat of the govern ment, and we are at this moment deep ly engaged and fur advanced iu extend lug the inland navigation of the river (Potomac) ou which it stands and the branches thereof through a tract of as rich country for hundreds of miles as any in the world Kor is this a solitary instauce of attempts of tlie kind, al though it ia the ouly oue which ia near completion and in partial use. Several other important ones are commenced, aud little doubt is entertaiued that in ten years, if left undisturbed, we shall open a communication by water with all the lake northward and westward of us with which we have territorial con nections and an inland navigation in a few years more from Rhode Island to Oeorgia, inclusive, partly by cnta be tween the great bays aud sounds and partly between the islands aud sand bunks and the main from Albemarle onnd to the river St. Mary's. To these may also be added the erection of bridges over considerable rivers and the commencement of turnpike roads as fur ther indication of the improvements iu haud. ith great esteem and respect. have the honor to be your lordt-hip'a most obed t, h ble servant, "(A. Washington." Mr. Stealy took a copy of tho letter, and it is not believed that it has ever been printed in this country. GENERAL GRANT'S FUNERAL The Procession In New York Was Eight Mllee In Length. Ihe procession, eight miles loua wended np Broadway between lines of old soldiers rings veiled, drums muffled aud arms reversed. The Grant fumilv except Mrs. Grant, who was unable to ue present, followed in four carriages, succeeticti ty the general old staff, hi cabinet oftlcera and detachments from urann Army posts. Members of the Axtoc club, survivors of the Mexican war, rornicd a group. President Cleve land rode with Secretary Bayard, and they were followed by the vice president ana uie cabinet, the supreme court jus new, cuiteu Mates senators aud a com mittee ot the house. Governor Hill an his suit and a committee of the stute legislature were of the cortege ; also gen ... m - w mm-u diplomatic and consular offices under Grant while pros lueui. uesuies all these were official guests filling 150 carriage. Over the ashes of the man who had said "Let us have peace" all bitter memoiiea were forgotten. Speaker Car lisle and ex-Speaker Randall rale with Congressmen Hiscoik and Reed. Senator Morrill with Senator CockrelL Sherman Jith Ransom. Iuaalla wiih Harris, Famou Coufederatee, distinguishable by their gray silk aasllt8 fraternised with rederal chieftains. Generals Joe Johnston and Buckuer officiated with hwin Sheridm aud Logan among the pallbearer. Three other gallant aouthernera. Wade Hampton. Fitxhugh Lee and Gordon, were also present at the funeraL -President E. Benjamin Andrew iu Scribner'a. CoM Is tVexl II, The Teacher-Now. who oat tell me which travel the faster heat or cold! Johnnie Bright (promptly) Heat, of conwe Anybody can catch cold Oma- CLUB9 AND BUSINESS WOMEN. Ptl(l-th..ubJ-tWT'h I.XotOf. lea Considered. Rarbara N. Galpin. the assist- Mrs. "f;i,Komerrille snt businos. "before the mssm sirrah-- her detriment sometimes. The old v?ng thut time 1. money to pertinent K be iu business for herself, she will "now how much of thia coin she can ln- iertln club life " he te en'Pr1. Stsheniustctinsiantn- torosts. A busim S Jclubot two will make not only friends, but business patronage. The wider circle of frien.ls .he has the more successful financially she is likely to be This mercenary view, however, to not the most beneficial. The greutor part Jhortime is spent in a struggle with bad bills, exacting cuHtomern, close bar gains and financial anxiety, bhe get. in ou . ,f u-iiieh she ia to a groove o wur y - .ha rare V jostled, ana tier club proves a blessing. It take her m o a different atmospnere. uo of life to touched, and she to rested, cheered and made stronger. An euthusiastio ciuo wouiau dom see any bad effects from club asso ciutiou. but a business woman often Cutis them. There is an almost irresist ible fua-iuation about club life, and aomotinies she is led to give time to meetings at the expense 01 nor re8..v. duties. The fascination iucreu , her host thought goes to nor c uo, uu . , 1 . u tw, ltnulnnsa in- so DOiore sue rean terests are joopardiwd Another point of injury to the amnnut of time ami attention a business woman to often called upon to give to ner emu friends whose own time seems to be comparatively worthless. These friend go iuto her oflloo or store and tulk for an hour or more on any subject under tlie sun except thut connected with her business, never reuliziug that this, to her, pleasant call means hurriottwura the rest of the day for the woman al ready short of time, I know at least one woman w ho lost ner position an ussim aut bnHiuoss manager of a good concern becttose club associutoa made her office a aort of meetiug ground aud she was too careful of their feelings to tell thorn that their frioudliuesa waa jeopardizing her position. The advuutagea or ciuo me to a dusi- nosa woniun are many. A womun wiin nood business ability und a clear head ia not a nselesa member of a club; the benefit is inutuuL The business woman is vuluuble to the club ; the club is more so to hor, for it gives not only fiuuuoial benefit, intollectuul advancement aud social privilege, but the loving compun iouship nud teuder symputhy of the reul rulers of tho world true women. A Model English PuUllo. Of a plain and unpretentious exterior it stands near the center of the village, hard by the church aud the rectory. The sign of the boar's head nailed against the wall over the door indicates the character of the establishment, just as iu its nnregenerato duys. Neither parade Dor concealment has been attempted In side you have tho ordinary taproom, furnished with wooden seats and a small bar, and a larger parlor adjacent Dur ing the major part of the day little busi ness is done, and what there is can be easily attended to by tho manager's wife a tidy woman, who can keep the accounts. With the exception of occa sional passersby, the customers are an almost constant quantity and regular in thoir habits. The same men come day by day and drink just about the same amount of beer, although no attempt ia made to limit them, except of course by tho con dition of sobriety. They have their pint after dinner and their pint and a half or so again in the evening, when they come to sit and smoke aud discuss the weather and the crops. The liquor dispensed ia light, but clean and palatuble stuff. Drunkenness seldom occurs, and then ouly in persons who have come in from other places already the worse for liquor aud have been accidentally Borved with more. utioual Review. What Waa a Yeomanf The following quotation from Bishop uitimer 8 "r irst Sermon rYeuched Be fore King Edward VI," March 8. 1549. is a good illnstratiou of tho meaning of una word and show the primitive man ners and customs of those times : aiy father was a yeoman and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm 01 0 or 4 pound by year at tho utter most, and hereupon be tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He hod walk for 100 sheep, and my mother milked 30 kino. Ho was able and did find the king a harness, with himself and his horse, while be came to tlie place that uo snonui receive the king's wnges. can remember that I buckled his hor ness when we went uuto Blackhoath new. tie kept me to school, or else I had not been able to hove preached be- lore uio iting a majesty now. Ho mar ried my sisters with 8 nonnrt nr s nobles apiece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbors, and some alms he t-nve to tho nwr a nA all thia he did of the said farm, where uo mat now nath It payeth 18 pound by "J1" "'a prince, for himself nor for thmn t im Ui. : m . . . . - ma cnunren, or cive a enn of Hrii tn the poor." Notes and Queries. - - ueauas, J To Train the Reanlratlo Of all means of training .. tion Dr. Fortoscne Fox think cycling" tne mar. y, hen a person first take to cycling he ia troubled with shortnesa d h' t 8 nncomtortbly, . r v out alter aome training these disconiforta an a,. pear Why should not people liable to a tac-ka of asthma also train their res- piratiou by auch a kind of exerciseof course on condition of the heart and lnnga being in perfect health? Cycling exercise, first of .11. incrfage, oJ teathmg. and that without fatigue, aa the respiratory movement, are auto torn the rider instinctively to take in at "7.-, proponion of carbonie iJTl! Patiblawith healtk- iktaaiwu alCWI, PUERTO RICQ XQji 6PAIN-8 ONLY OTHER yy POSSESSION TO EMULATE fc First Blow For Liberty Mj Do Btrack-WUl D-ler, Iwl., Many of the Bavolntionary i, la Kew Torh. In her atrugglo for indets. ba has found a rowerfnl all. land of Puerto Rico. AccorrH... k latest intelligence Kpuin howu i tnanrrnction on her Imnrf. : - MMUSWeil if the plana matnring are carriei execution. Puerto Rico ha. gone 10 far, it 1. aatniiuinnadnnlnrntiniK.f t. j' --"t auteTmvW ...1 lll emu t..l.. . "... r'Kier iiliu the active .trucclo for lil ia iroiuB v.u.u uj 1 ue oepar.tU " - 7"' ""OU toe w era are ready the now cattWa7J onen. r Aa in ihe Venezuela affair tuJ Kew York, and the aume ecTecjiil ed thoir movdtuonts. At a meetin. receutly at the home of Dr. j Banna in that city buNinesi u 1 to further haras, tlie Spaulah nl ment wa. transacted. It wat there J the initial steps were tuktn a J m T .1 .-..I j.. 71 aiuu u in opiuus uim tnosefonr 1 ed by tho louder, on the inland J'J riea vut, wa um mow again, k 1 . a. e Li . "! Will enua iu ,.'ljr souri llQi It may do nut a lew da befm people of Puerto Rico, the wit ft.-1 pioviuuo iu iuo ii est lUQIGltludj not revolting aguiust the mothns-. 1 i - u ti' .. . - ' try, win do up in arms aguiust The leaders here claim that t- oua declaration of indepeoiieM J I K. l. ... iarvu iivpuou uj iiio icaucrsoi .j. to Kican Bepurutlst party, and tin : their intention to issue this tu they feel anre that they cm themselves against any action fe ' may take in consemieiice. I This declaration of imlepend'tW prepared on the islmid, and it las copy of it was sent for the k-tdaU to pas. upon. They have givenitti approval and have so infornaj j Separatist party in Puerto Rica In starting this new revolitiai Puerto Rican loaders are folly cJ out the original plans of Gewii;,' Marti, the late leader of theCctur lution, which wore to first get tfc bau insnrrectioou woll under tu then to encourage or rather am similar uprising in Puerto Rica There were to be two (cparitem tions, the army of each of the twori inces acting independently, ah possible, but necessarily in caojtr. when a crisis was reached, ta striving for the same object oi feat of Spain. If a victory itcti won, it waa arranged that Ihe oar lands should form entirely lepmfj ernments, the republio of Cola a: republio of Puerto Rico. In formulating this pits Get Marti consulted prominent nr. cans who are now in Now York,i whom corroborated the abort mm last night. These men are amce who are arranging the present pro coup, Cuba 'a cause and Puerto t cause are, they say, identical. It cannot be said who will ton the volnnteering forces iu a tie . . . . .. war. but Ueneral Kins, a vein ten years' war iu Cuba, xs to be a logical candidate. Etn? sonal friend of General MiiiwG the leader of the Cuban raj- York Journal WATER TO BURN. I Aa Unloosed For Discovery Island la Florida, Annatnaia island buSWJteffc'4 and in any quuntity, andst Borne months ago a Mr. J-&1 thought that he would like a coKt the ocean's shore, aud he p"' site near Jack monud outlaw- Near by there was an arteeia bored by the old South Beach csp but owing to its gaseous fumei terwas refused by the thirsty. recalled that several year ago children spat the water out, "It'a whisky, " when a picn; en there. The well has rem"" ed over ever sinca With Mr. Dowd came olsoF or from Niagara Falls. He water, tasted it, aa did his ft'"' but said nothing. Meanwhite w the water was sent to washf' analysis, and the chemists tu. if the water was from N'1"1 ing well, as it coutuiued all dients but oue. This ouelie"""' on Anastasia island. , Mr. Dowd has laid P'PJ. well, which he bought, toW" where he has erected a hold the reservoir into wbfcB water flow, aud then lightat il. . at his pleasure and is ,1D an extinguisher made large cover the reservoir. The ly charged with sulphurooi i"; will burn for a long time, bat f has not been stated. Jackson1" Times-Union. J . t Btlll Earnlns U-nest Uj A Portland merchant hae illustrated to him, iu the pe" commercial travelers, grwj j of fortune, Oue who calW 1 trade for a certain brand oi j atone time one of the leadmg0 ? of Boston, and bis residence. , versiiy came, aoiu - ija for $73,000. The other. "TJ .7 u.j i,n wire elects' f. or of one of the largest ' JJ ... pnland wonivru nawfc v- Craay Abont HTV" Owosso, Mich., is daft-ji;, It has passed the expcriroeow lative stage entirely in tn r. Doctors and preachers . ... nMittmn have v To such extent is it VIJ beoome a menace to the pn j aiM" leeo .r Several persons nr.,eu7,! with apparent satisfactictt old child in Montana with evident relish. "j's'; lanthropista of that state f such an exhibition si pulling at a cigar in tore , Boston Traveller- J Bow Oaewrnpbr Mar . ? After that WST til U . i would be liable to "Zjfv pol' aide by the north World.