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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LhCAiritU, rrortotof, euobne crrr. oreoow A WONDERFUL INCREASE. ft hat tha Record dhow CocrFfD Wi a In "Life's Actlvltta." "One of the mt interesting branchd of my work," said a prominent ofllcor of the American Sociological society, keening a record uf wonion' Industries. I begun It in 1HC8, when it wu a more Infant Today It ha grown so great that it in almost too vast a labjnot for one txirson to handle "Tuke, for example, the .Ingle branch i f tlio professions. In 1808 wo estimat- i ' that there wore 80,000 women en l..igcd in tho various calling, under that lnud, of whom more than nine-tenths were totw-hcrs. Today thoro are 400,000 and npward, a growth of orcr 600 por cent in loss than 00 Tears. In I86H there were about 200,000 malo professionals, to thut tho ratio was a little lent than a third. Today, despite the enormous growth of the oooutry, it i about half. "More important itill, the rate of in crease on the woman a aide Is about I per cent per annum, and ou Uie nian'i sido about 0. If tho punt rutlo remain unchungod, in tho year 1000 there will bo 1,050,000 professional womnn and 1,030,000 professional tuon. Out the ratio itself la chauging iu woman's fa Tor, and at the preeout rate of change 1003, only ten yearn henoe, will see tho two sexea uumorically equal in the pro- fllMtiollS. "Iu 1808 there were no women arcbi tect ; today there are nearly 100. There were about 8C0 artists, teacher of art and art designer; today there are orcr 14,000, as many if not more than there are of men. Women physician in 87 years have sprung from 420 to 7,000, clergymen from CO to 8,800, author and uowspaiior women from 150 to 10, 000, musician, composer and lnstra rnnutallst, vocalists and mtwio teachers from 8,000 to 60,000, "Tho lawyers have grown from 8 to nearly 1,000, the dentist- from IS to 1,300, tho teachers have punned the 800, 000 mark, the stage claims an army of 15,000 in actresses, oorypheea, balk girls, chorns girls, duaseuees and rando Tillo artists. When it comes to Other callings, the figure are equally won derfuL There were 5 stenographers and tytiewriters In 1808; there are over 40, 000 now. There were 7,000 women em ployed as bookkeepers, accountants, clerks and copyists, while now there are 100,000. There wore 8,600 saleswomen. whilo now there are over 00,000. " Living Plctnraa Indaad. Tho living picture idea has boon clor erly utillxed by a handy young husband in this city, who ho produced an odd effect by using tho frame of a picture to inclose a tank of water containing gold Ash. Ho is a plumber, with a handy faculty of working out clover conceits of various kinds. He has always had a fondness for aquarian life, and has made many little aquurla fur his own use and for that of his friends. Tho other day he mndo a tank about 0 inches long and 4 niches deep, which hopliMisl in a frame 18 inches long and 8 wide. Into tho tank be put Mine irold flith and small turtles, and covered the top of tho tank with glass. Then he ar ranged thu tank so that the gloss top niicit up the exact space ot the frame. Ho tmng it ou the wall at night, and wus surprised at tho effect made by the gnsiigiit. lie called iu his frlouda, and they enjoyed tho spectacle fur several hours. New Vork Journal. Bhe Wan Not Tauaht now. i m anout w tie married, writes a g'rl to this office, "and instead of re ceiving congratulations I am aware tliat I need a defense and tuke tills uioaus of making it I am 87 years old old enough to know bettor and do better, out i nave no choice, xno man la a Widower with one child. Ho liked hi first wife better tliun bo does mo. I liked a man year ago better than I like him, so we are quits on thut He wants a housekeeper I want a home. I was brought up to slug a little and play a little, but have no trade. My parent will lie glad to see me settled. I would be happier earning 3 or (1 a week and takiug cure of mysvlf, but I was not tunght bow. "There are thousands of women Iu my position. Every man who brings up his daughters without starting them With the means of earning a livelihood is responsible for just such a mistake as 1 shall uiakeuext mouth. "Atchison Globe. Mr. KnclUh-t HUtory at Indiana. William II English of Indiana is 73 years old, as tho phrase goes, but it doe not follow that be Is an old man. He ia young enough to tie illustriously and intelligently at work on a history of lu ll i an a, storing uo expense or research to obtain iuformatiou and voriflcatioua He is very liberal iu the purchase of histor ical documents, and from the Item we have seen iu print about the work the liook, when it I Issued, ought to be the most valuable extant A very first clss and comprehensive history of the great state of Indiana, written as a labor of love, will be a monument to the author grratur Uiau marble or brouse or a ca reer in publio office. Mr. Engllkh has not been consploaoos iu politic, though always in line as a Democrat since he ran for vice president ou the ticket with Hancock in 1880, 'u'olnnntl Enquirer. The Cat hollo Apoatollo church., a dis senting body, ha tun organisation in tills country, with three churches and even halls, all having a Joint capacity of 1,100 an J a value uf 109,050. The membership number 1,894. fBii TRANSFORMING FEATURES. Did son a Become Ueantlfnl Under tha Skill of tb Human Bcalptor. What seem to bo almost miracle are now performed In the operation of plastic and dental surgery. If a man is not aurkned with his nose; If It be too much of a Itoman to suit hi face, be can have It made over Into a deli cate Grecian. A regards the face, the bare lip Is the sioet common defect This trouble Is Sue to tho failure of union between the BCPAIIilNO A CRO0KCD BOSS. margin of the maxillary and the front naaul bono. It not only causes a total disfigurement of the face, but It makes speaking an unpleasant matter, both for the speaker and the hearer. The de fect Is ordinarily seen In the upicr lip, and hi often double, the Up on both sides of the center being painfully drawn up. liad as It looks and Incon venient as h Is, the remedy Is as simple as can be Imagined. It merely consists of a triangular Incision made under tho nostril. A silk ligature Is then put through the Incision and drawn down ward. This Inverts the flap and bring together the opposing surfaces, whlcb may at once be secured with sutures. A slight projection Is left on the border of the Up, but It soon disappears. The operation forthe double hare lip Is prac tically the same, simply entailing a lit tle more work for tho knife. The hare Up deformity la seldom found on the lower Up, and when It Is It extends down on tbo chin, practically dividing It This, however, oun be remedied as easily as tb other. Next to tho hare Up In the line of fre quency comes the absence or the de formity of the nose as a congenial de fect In the making of the nasal organ plastic surgery bo achieved wonder stbaioiitkkins a rt'o kosk. Tbe bow In a Itoman nose ctiu be effec tually reduced. This operation Is per formed entirely from the Inside. Tbe Instrument is Introduced Into tbo nos tril ami taebone cut away, great cart being taken not to fracture the skin. Tbe surplus cutlclo readily contract-!, and, accommodating Itself to the re duced space, It Is required to cover, Die bridge of the noso is left entirely smooth on tbe surface, while a straight and comely organ bos boon produced. Tbe same ojieratton can be performed on a pug or upturned nose. Tbls work la also done from tbe Inside. Euougb of tbe cartilage on the tip Is taken a way to reduce the excessive protulxrance and tbe aatne result as In the case of the bow Is attained. Hut tbe making of a new nose to take the place of the mtstrlug ono Is a differ tntmnrtnr. It Is easy to form tho organ. In any shape or slxe desired out of cellu lold or aluminum, or even pasteboard. and have them fastened by adheslou or held on by sjiectnclos, but they are not good noses. Tbe owner caunot blow them, and If some one should. In a mo ment of excessive hilarity, tweak ono, It would be Ukely to come off. Sur geons, however, now make noses that perform all the functions of tho natural organ. After tbe solid portion Is com pletod It Is, of course, necessary to bars It covered with cuticle. This Is dona In various ways. The most ordinary manner Is to cut a triangle of skin from the forehead and bring It down over the false bridge. Tho edges are Inserted In silts made on each aide, when, In Uie courseof time, being alive and retaining life from the natural circulation of tb blood, the piece grows fast and a per fect nose la the result Another cause of the defects In tbe mouth or the Jaws Is tho absence of the proper number of teeth or In having too many. Hut whatever the trouble may be the expert dental aurgcou can re move It and a distorted, homely face can be made Into a fairly good-looking one. Experts says the beat time to oper ate on such a deformity, In the case of Children, la between the ages of 10 and years. While the field for the dentist Is not so extended as with the general sur geon, the progress mado In his profes sion Is so pronounced and baa brought pbojictixo i-snia jaw. much Joy to humanity a baa the former. Changca In the human face have been wrought by the dental sur geon that seem almost beyond belief. and when to-day a person Is seen in so rt fry with any deformity of the teeth tt la safe to say that the parents were either Indifferent to the matter or were unable to have the proper care taken In time, or perhapa they were Ignorant of the possibilities science offer. Woarn nn4 Kiwanm, A cultivated Gotham woman antes In a published letter that newspapers do llliire tit Aimnmn.1 fwti.-k,nl.M .i n,.....,.. in order that it may form part of the tulUoa of a noma whose intelligence leaveus all the after life and nfft.-u Dm interests of its children. Wieaaks, "Why not have a column devoted to economics for women, or rather to attract women. or, if that be not feasible, why not iu texsptvse the 'fashion' column with ooouomlo doctrines?" Daronnctoan Franknraa. Bhs-1 r-slly don't think 1 shall take part again In theatricals; I always feel as tnougn I were maklug a fool of my self. He-Oh. everybody think thntl Pick Me-l'p. wui man tuu uau a tnousand aoi- m, you are maaiug a big enoimh fool of yourself already on the dollar you OSTB, 0 HENRI BRISSON. elected President of the rreaefe Chamber of Deputies, By no means the least notable figure I In French politics Is Henri Urlsaon who ha been re-elected president of the chamber of deputies. In manner, In attire, and In mode of living be Is llko one of the revolutionist who despised the trumpery and the trapping of BBBBI BBISSOX. kins and courtier and nobles. He de spise the good clothe of the modern politician and dresses In the most shab by of carments. He lire In a Dftu- atory flat In an obscure street, aud, controlling the motion of the depu ties. Is not too proud to climb to hi attic at night and retire to sleep In cot Ho Is 00, a lawyer, a Journalist and an unalterable foe of the Jesuit. L'n dor the empire he was a lawyer with Bo practice, but blsstarappeared above the horizon when In 1870, after tbe fall of tbe empire, he was made Mayor of Tarts. Five year luter be was elected member of tbe assembly. He was once minister of Justice, and was cblef of the Tanama commission. Ills at tempt at premiership In 1K85 vai not satisfactory to himself, his party or to the people. He Is said to be a man of great force of character, honesty and political Integrity, whlcb la to b ex pectinl when the ultra simplicity of his life Is taken Into consider) Hon. He has boundless courage In bis convic tion, and If It were not for the literal probity of his way of living and tbe shabblnce of bis attlrj be might rate been made president BEAT OF THE PENDULUM. A Device for Keeping It I'lnmb and True at All II men, Tbe Illustration represeuta a leveling device adopted for attachment to a clock mechanism to control the pcudu lum and verge, whereby they will be kept plumb, Irrespective of the frame currying tho clock mechanism proper. Tbe clock mechanism may be of any aceireq construction, and Uie verge wheel shaft Is Journaled In the frame at tbe tsu-k and In a bracket projected at tho front, each bearing being formed with a boss having an Integral stud. anu on Uie studs liclng pivoted tbe up per members of a U-shaped frame from whlcb depends a welgbt The front tnenilier of tbe U-shaped frame la at all times In front of the vcrgo rod, while tho rear member Is Biars tub r-KMni-Li'M tlvmb. straight On tho Inner fu'ce of tho front member la pivoted a blin k In which Is Journaled oue eud of tbe verge spludle. Its opposite cud being bold In the usual spring. The verge Is thus carried by the weighted swinging frame, and the pen dulum rod at Its upper eud, after pass ing through tbo verge, is secured In tho usual manuer to a poet, which Is also secured to the back of tbo forward member of the weighted frame, where. by both tho pendulum aud tho verge are kept perfectly plumb. The device la very simple and Inexpensive. Lcnpen f Ihn Br. Many of tho inhabitants of tho sea are good Jumpers aud some have become f anions. Among thoin should be men tioned the tarpou or silver king, a hnire flali with scales that gleam like silver. which constitutes the famous mimo flsh of Florida, The leaps of this beautiful creature are often astonishing. Several years ago a steamer was rushing down the 8t Johns river. The captain was sitting ou tho fore deck, loaning against Uie pilothouse, wheu suddenly there rose in the air a beautiful sliiuins fish fonr foot in length. It camo on like an arrow and landed in the lap of the cap tain as neatly as though it had been placed there. In Pucitlo waters tha tuna, an allv of the homo mackerel, is noted for its leaps. Sometimes a school sweeps up the coast and tho powerful fish, often weighing 800 pounds, are seen in the air in every direction. They are like an arrow, turn gracefully five or six foot In the air and oomo down, keeping the water for acres iu a fotuu, and if not tho greatest Jumpers they are certainly the most graceful of Uie loapers uf the ea. Philadelphia Times. tin l'ound II U Forta. A young man from a rural vlllaire who was somewhat of a acatwrrn.- ronni! h, ntiv bth recently carue ,0 . ci,y n,, ROt Job M 8tm eM conductor. Afur ho had been at work a few week he went home to sneud a day. He told all kinds of stories of bis sterling worth iu the city. Here's ono mat tickled bis father "The other day I waa cotuina down Maiu street with a oar Jammed with people. When I got near the center of tbe busiuess section, a well dressed niau stepped out to get off the car. A he did to lie said I hollered tho names of the troota the pluiuest of any conductor he evrr rode with. He luvitod me to come P and aee him at hi tlace of bnsimwa. t went mere the next day, and he gave me a dox or iu cvm e mm "1 knew that r nn . m.i,. it. mark if he once out Int.i th rii, ... claimed the old man. Buffalo Courier. WAR AFRICA'S WOE. QREEOY CONQUERORS 8LAIN HER SONa HAVE To Rava Booth America from a Llks Fata tbs L'ollsd States BUps In Uangerln Halaiation of tbs Monroe Doctrine El plained. No Boom for RnU-hcr Over Here. AU Africa pays tribute to European Bower, says the Now York Journal. Look at tbo map of It Scarcely B part of It Is free from tbe dominion of tbe greedy foreigners. Dependence aud tyranny reign in Africa. All Bouih America Is free. Look at Its uiup. Its Shaded portions, which mark tho pluces Where European governments have found a foothold, are luslgulllcant In dependence and liberty reign In Bouth America. These two map graphic-ally Illus trate tbe existing necessity for the en forcement of tbe Mouroe doctrine. T he United Bute doe not propose to let South America become another Africa another scene of bloody conquest aud horrid outrage. E. i. Glane, who studied African out rage carefully, thus estimated: "The subjugation of Africa has left a mark of blood across tho history of these tiroes. More than l.K),(SX) person have been slain directly or Indirectly by tbe explorers who have blazed tho way with gory marks, aud the follow lug conquerors might almost have walked to victory over a corduroy road of corpses." Therefore, It I not surprising that Preldi nt M.nroe declared bis now cele brated diK-trlue. Certainly It Is enough that one continent should suffer so. We can only pity Africa, but we can protect South America. Of all that vast continent ouly two spots one tiny Liberia, the other barbarous Morocco- to-day remain Independent of European control, aud It Is mostly within the past ten years that tbe great Euroican power have thus parcelled out Africa. Tbe nation and sovereign who subju gated these lands did not consult the natives, they merely killed them when ever they resisted. They are still kill ing them. Great Britain, France, tier many, and Ituly have all had a share In tbe spolatlon, and the troops of those nations are still engaged In hunting tbe Africans like wild beasts In order to compel them to acknowledge their new masters. Of course, the chief among tbe spoilers Is England, which has an nexed Egypt and Its dependencies un der the cover of temporary occupation, and is now preparing to send an expe dition against Ashnntee on the pre tence that tbe king of tbat Independent African state bas violated a treaty, but really to prcvout the country from bo lug seized by tho French. Tbe English, French, Germans and Italians are not In actual possession of all the territories In Africa over which they claim sovereignty, and In some In stances the natives are conducting a successful resistance to the Invaders. England has given up for the present her attempts to subdue tbe Egyptlun Soudan, Italy has met repulse In Abys- slanla, and In the French Soudan a gallant warfare Is being carried on by native princes, resolute In the determina tion not to accept the yoke of the stranger. So far, however, as diplo matic agreement between the (lowers of Western Europe cau accomplish the result Intended, Africa Independence has been extinguished, save for tbe feeble flicker of liberty's torch at Mon rovia, and the fact that the spoilers buve not yet been able to agree upon a division of Morocco. The so-cnlled Congo Free State Is marked as "Belgian," because It Is simply a Belgian military station and trading post under tho Individual sovereignity of Leopold, King of the Belgians, who has bequeathed to Bel gium by will all bis sovereign rights In the State. The question at Issue re garding tbe Congo Free State Is not what Belgium will do to develop it but whether France or England will succeed In annexing it The chances appear to favor the addition of the Congo Free State, with Its 000,000 square miles of territory, to England's I read v enormous nosscnsionn In Africa. England is also looked upou as the probable purchaser of Portuguese Af rica, as soon as the needs of Portugal's straitened treasury may drive that na tion to part with Its colonies. While tho South African republics possess autonomy, tbey cannot be called Independent Iu the full ineau tug of that term, Truusvaal being actu ally under British suzeralulty, as to foreign affairs, aud the Orange Free 8tate being surrounded by British ter ritory, and holding much the same re lation to the British colonic that San Marino does to the kingdom of Italy. There la no reason, therefore, for dis tinguishing these states from other African territory under British coutrol. Tbey are not independent Iu the sense that Morocco and Liberia are Indepen dent Tbe South American portion of our confluent presents a marked contrast to Africa. From Panama to Cape Horn, of about 7.S00.1XK) square miles, only about 2t)O,00O square miles are subject to forvlgu occupation, and even this comparatively aiuull area would lie greatly diminished should England fall to support her claim to disputed terri tory iu Venezuela. It Is uot because EuroiHan powers would not like to seize upon aud parcel out South Ameri can If they could that this state of affairs exists. It Is because the Culted States has declared that there shall be no parcelling, that Europe must keep her hands off the American continent and because Europe know that the United States Is strong enough to back up the declaration. Africa has no na tive state powerful enough to make a similar stand, and the result Is seen In Cairo, In Antananarivo, In Zanzibar and Tlmbuctoo. where the ancient rulers have had to bow before alien masters, who have no rightful claim whatever upon their allegiance. Thn American Dcoole will continue to keep standing their uot toe to the pow er of the old world that there Is no room for slaughter aud conquest here; that this side of the globe Is reserved for governments of the people, and that the camel's head of European ag gression will not be permitted to enter the tent of Amerk-an lllierty. That some of the European dynasties, not contented with tbelr share In tbe partition of Africa, woald turn lonslna" eyes toward South America waa to be expected, and It la Tory likely that If British encroachment In Venezuela bad passed unchallenged. Germany might for landgrabblng bare found an excuse "I:".,"-- ,hn South American efforts at colonization In German-Africa and German I'apua are fall ures. and a bis .ubject are bound to emigrate ,o America, be would like to have hem hi. .ubject. ..HI. "fI,tha?J that Germany ba. for wme t i e bad design, on the Argentine republic. the most desirable part of Bouth Anw k. for colonist, from tbe temperate W"" of Eurojie. and. If the Monroe l'true wereou't of the way. It is more , ban i.,.i.h tw the Argentines V.0U1U flht f.ir their lildctiendenee, as it is, Argentina Is safe. No Euro pean nation would dare to euter upon a war of conquest In America with tin i-nini Rtin as the opposing cham pion, and while the American people have the trengtn to pron-m European nation will gain, or at least retain, a fresn rooiuom ou i. nt which gave birth to a Washington and a Bolivar. Meantime any reader jf the Journal who are shuky on the Monroe doctrine would do well to stuuy the evidence herewith presented of Just what Europe ha done, under our eyes, nd within tho past few years, with a sontlnent and a people who have no Monroe doctrine to protect thotn. Dogwood's Many I'ses. Dogwood wauds make excellent aiiiiMtiM'ka. and are used In some of Uie best whips. They are cut sometime by coachmen In tho suburbs and sent to town to be dressed aud mndo up Into whips. The stocks mode of this wood ire notable for their oruamental knobs It regular Intervals, being tho trun mi.xI and rounded brunches. These Ire Imltutod In some other wblpslocks. but the Imitation Is a cause or wean nuss. The dogwood stocks are ex tremely tough and elastic, being coin- parable In elasticity with wtiaieDoue. The wood is used also ror butchers skewers, and some philologists conjec ture that the first syllable of the name Is a corruption of "dug," meaning a spine or dagger. Dogwood, as being pe culiarly free from sllex. Is used by watchmakers and opticians In clean In watches aud louses. The bitter bark of the dogwood Is used also as a substitute for tho Peruvian quinine tree. Dogwood Is notably of slow growth, and In all thickly populated regions the tree Is recklessly despoiled for the sake of IU blossoms, so tbat the supply of the wood for commercla' purposes Is not large. New York Sun. lowing Sense of Color. Tbo human eye, though trained to distinguish colors, may by want of uso forget how to distinguish them. The unique experience of Dr. R. Hnrley, F. It. S related Iu tho Loudon Specta tor, establishes tho fact that color can lie forgotten, as well as learned, by human sight Dr. Hurley, in order to save the sight of one, pcrhups of both eyes, when ono was Injured, voluntarily Immured himself In a room made totully dark for nine months. The fortitude whlcb enabled him to adopt this course, and the Ingenuity by whlcb be preserved bis health and faculties In this, the most mentally and physically depressing of all forms of Imprisonment are sufficiently remark able; but Dr. Hurley also kept an ac curate record of bis Impression when he at Inst looked agnln UHin the light, after the supreme moment at which he sntlstled himself that bo was not blind, but could see. He found that In the nine months' darkness his eyes had lost all sense of color. The world was black, white and gray. They hnd also lost the Bense of distance. His brain Interpreted the picture wrougly. His baud did not touch the object menut to lie grasped. Practice soon remedied the last In duced defect of sight. Experiment with skeins of various-colored wool, Iu tho preseuce of oue who had normal color-vision, restored the first Chautauqua Woturu'l Club, It has been reported that the Chau tauqua Womeu's club is an organization that bas sprung intoexisteuco this Bum mer. On tho contrary, it is eight years old. It was founded that length of time ago by Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller. Mrs. Miller is still deeply interested in this and her other work in the Chau tauqua assembly, which has covered a Bpuce of over 15 years. Of tho Women's club sho says: "It is more popular this season than ever. Wo have 00 members, and this number will doubtless bo in creased to 100 before tho assembly is over. Woeonsmler three things in which women are interested homemaking, civio questions and religions work. A membership fee of 23 cents is charged which is used to pnrcluiso reference books on topics such as uro discussed in tho meetings and iu which women are especially interested. " This library will soou bo housed iu Higging hall, the bondsoiuo building erected by Senator Higgins of Olean and Mrs. F. a Smith of Now York, iu memory of their fa ther, tho lato O. T. Higgins, Golnj to South Africa. During the last year or two there bag been something of a migration of min ers from tho Western States to South Africa, and advertisements of rates and routes to South Africa are printed in most of the mining papers. The movement seems to have extended to others than the miners, and may In dicate that the emigrants have not fared badly. A man advertises In a recent Issue of a Deadwood paper that he will sell at a bargain bis saloons In Deadwood ancl In Lead, as he lutenda going to South Africa. Whether be ex. pects to make money out of the tnlnea r tbe miners be doesn't state. Feed for La r era. In regard to feed, moat farmer know that hens will f,teu on the grain, raised on the farm, wheat oata and corn. If these are fed regularly either by mixture or with frequent change These are improved by grinding ,Uli a little meat added a couple of times a week But It may be well to hear ra,.N n 85,la n" to say about feeding laying bens. Ue says There la nothing equal to the exclusive Mra, Btvnaaoa' Trip, Mrs. Katharine Lente Kt.,. responding : secretary of ,he NaUonaj woman a Christian Tan, trough the southern states, traveling 8.600 miles, attending 47 meeting. giT. ing 80 BxUtreasea and nrni.. C T. U.'a. all in th J A FAMOUS ARTIST. UHU.ghr.W..OO.oMb.W0r,d.. In tbe death of Sir Frederick Leigh- in wcmS crewJ Lord LelKh,D b"'Qun Pldent of the Koy.l Acd ,Sy 5 occurred In Loudon, there I . r.Jwi away not ouly one of the world. Deceased waa born In 1830 and when .till youug displayed a remarks We talent for art literature and music. He studied art In Italy. France and Germany. HI. first Important picture, Cluiabau's Triumph, was flulshed In Itotne aud was sent to the Koyal Acad emy In Loudon In ISM. Queen Vic toria was attracted by It and purcbosod It and thereafter tLe climb of Sir Fred erick to fame was easy and rapid. Among his greatest productions In art were 'The Mudouna," "The Odal isque," "Pyracusan Brides." "A Bum mer Moon." "The Music Lesson." "Wedded," "Hercules Wrestling With Death." "The Athlete and Python." "Garden of the Hesperldes." "The Daphuephona," whlcb constituted a classification of studio gems. Borne of bis paintings were exhibited and ad mired at the Worlds Fair. Of these "The Garden of the Hesperldes" was the masterpiece which excited popular Interest. Sir Frederick regarded tbe study of the nude a. essential to artls tic education. Sir Frederick was more than a painter and his superiority In modeling and carving was frequently tested, one of the noted works of bl chisel being the statue of Hercules and the Python. He was also a musician In lfl'8 he became president of the Hoy al Academy and was knighted In that year. In 1SS5 be was made a baronet A month ago the Queen made him a peer. A NEW PLAGUE. A Bird that May Destroy Fheep-Bala-ing In Australia. The rabbit Is not the only pest of Aus tralia. A new one has sprtiu up and It bids fulr to destroy shccp-rulHlug In the colonies. The kea Is the name of the new p-st aud It Is a bird. Formerly Its food consisted of Insects, bcrrits find root of various kinds, but the ad vent of settlers led to the burning over of vast tracts of territory, thereby de stroying the natural food of the bird. The kea Iu an evil hour experimented on kidney fat In the killing-yard of some Bheen station and Uu,.v.,rii,, . good thing told Its fellow. The birds promptly oegnu to prey on living sheep, elnklug their benkg luto the kidney of .in- uuuiiuu) auu cquk nir ii.oth a writer thus treats nt tho k. 1..- clous has it become that It has been auowu to attack a sheep when directly under tho charge of a shepherd, aud In broad daylight; Indeed, there are not wantlni! casca ).. r. it i, , . .. .. 7 uft-ii n now ii to attack foals, and one Instance Is re ported of a horse becoming Its victim " In a single twelve months In a corner of one run these birds destroyed over 1,000 sheen. Tlmv hv. i, u - -': tu auown to kill as many as 200 healthy sheen In a single night. v A Tragic Incident. Major ToselU'a dt-Mth i .. and the conduct of the native aervanta reads like a page of Roman history After send nir on tim ...... ' nuuuueu auu those who could escape, Toselll faced "em mem Dack till the ammun tlon failed, and be was killed When thev saw thoti. ,..... . . .... - "h.t ueaa two ef the servants shot themselves through the head with mv..it. tabbed himself to th.Ve rt "BJftV 1. Mental Wrrck From a Cou,tlo. From R a . , . W jr. ( conn a sad story reported by the Chicago Tribune, uw complexion mr,brunii,nllbtt8 cnnwd u pS3 mind tO ba Blirr,n..J J .' . gloom. Mis. Mary Rolens ago. was . bright, dark haired, happy rosy cheoked girl One day &110 anadvenifmont cosmetioTasS that would make the complexion Jt-55 She bought some and used it fa, two Weeks an ., uriwo ,) . 7'"- ineeiulof that time she was horrified to notice the at poaranceof . black board alU K ciw. . oi wniskcra. She grew hysterical, and about Z mouth ano W i . . Blx ., "Kbu to rail nn know. Z7 A . Belcher i. 29 years never affected by bad odora whiu throwing off .team In cooliuj. t 7. al ter cooling that odor, from he .UW. are absorbed. Cabhaire t,7J," We ion. fed to cow. S'yrlZ' WW not affect the mill W tt,lkln 1 I LOUD LEIOUTOH. wssm TUB 8UKKP-K1LL1NO KEA. FATALimpTl A STRANG S INCIDENT WHICH OESTS MENTAL TEIEPath It Xa Teaetied for by n. g&l Baaltb Dpartni.ntA Tl Whleb Bna Broken Down th. a ... . . '(in Writers of flotion have no tn Of the strange or snratorai 1 are things taking place every Chicago which are a. dovold of td explanation as the mysterlouj mS of the novelist's brain. Kewr! men hear of thorn, but in the rnA? """"uioea bothbr. editors and newspaper readera, tbt stories," as queer and nnexpUi,,!;? happenings are called in JournaLiuT cles, are at a discount 117 .." this the following Incident, whU be verified by the word of several nJU table men, would long aim .J " "re 11 not ( ceived the space and attention it nj Instead of being consigned to tb y? basket as tho "pipe dream" of tt J? dovotoet One cold wintry night not n l. ago Dr. L. T. Potter, now eona(!l! with the Chicago health depruW and a number of his companiom 2 sitting in the offloe of tho Oakland hot? at Drexel and Oakwood rxmlenr? when a .trangcr of diffident Doanwr tcred. His clothes and jowelry note him a person of means, but he imqJ downhearted and worried, and wU he asked pormission ot tbe clerk toti in the office awhile, Dr. Potter and b companions at once sized him gpM man who had boon out on a sprea, without ready cut b to pay for s bei and took this moans of getting reta from the winter's blusts. The itrum who waa young and iutolligent, gn, nncomfortable nndcr the ill ditggjaj scrutiny of the crowd and finally mi. "Goutlemen, I would liketorpk my presence here and why I lit up the office in preferenoe to taking .hi La the first place, lot me assure yoi is not a matter of money," drawing o a goodly sized roll of bills. "For u years my father, who is a resident 4 New York, has had trouble with k family and bas boen a wanderer. Bi was at one time worth oonridenba money, but this has boon lost, ud i number of letters which I have of ak received from him show me hand, spondent This afternoon I got a letter from him, dated in Detroit, saying wonld arrive in Chicago tonight, tibi room at this botol and end his lifelj turning on tbe gna He added that it the event of the gas failing he had i pistol with him, with which lis votf send a bullet through his brain. Father had no idea I wonld get this letter a day, aa I have boen out of town, andit was only an unexpected case of sicknea in my family which brought mt bat I am sitting up here to intercept hia when he comes in and prevent tbt ni oide which he contemplates. Fortnulr ly I have means enongh fur both ml can relieve his anxioty iu thii rerped Dr. Potter and hia friend, were g once interested. They congratulated lit stronger on his good luck in having re ceived his father's letter in time mi tendored their services in any with which they might be desired. Twos throe times an effort was made to fa1 out the man's name, but he parrieis) questions on tbe ground that, as hA ther's plans would be frustrated, Is it not care to have his identity disckai "You may, however, call me Molcta, as it ia awkward to address a man witk out a name, and Melchior is at goods anything, barring the right one." Tb evening sped along, and about mlduigto the stranger, being assured no men trains would arrive before mornii took his departure, saying he thought his father must have been detained a perhaps have happily ohangod bis mini The occurrence was so much oat of tin ordinary that Dr. Potter and hi. friend sat up for an hour or more talking It over. At 1 o'olock they went to bed, and a few minutes later the night clerk retired, leaving an assistant who bat not heard the story in charge of tin offloe. About 1.80 in came an old gte tloman with a traveling bas in bini who registered as "Georse C Uel ohlor." and was assiunod to a room In the morning the chambormaia re ported b strong smell of cM 00 u"1 floor. The door of the newcomer', room waa broken in. and he wus found dead, with a pistol in hia right hand and bullet wound in hia head. Ho bad turned on thn ma and then shot him- self. By this time evorybody in us bouse had heard the story and of t young man's visit the night before, and all were positive that the old gentleum hia father. The afternoon papers had a report of the suicide and before night the yoonf man was back at the house asking to see the body. . I don't understand how iatnercu have registered as 'Melchior,' for i not hia name, and I onlv nsed it night to conceal our own," the stranger mnlA "T. Wuin a ca9e 01 . V UiUfl wvu DiAntal tAlenathv ' On reaching tho room whore the bodj lay a much more peculiar episode o Cnrrtut Tlio mnmont the VOUUg BU" SAW thn fnriA nf Ik. nnmtM llA fUlidt "That's not father. I never saw tM man befora He is not known to m Nor waa he. A search of the dead man's efrVwa hmnutit nnt noners Pr0T' ing his idontity aa George 0. Melcbi and giving reasons for suicide soniewbM similar to those advanced by the yoofl. stranger when he waa telling his story tha ntcrht Won. Within a week IK- Potter heard from the young man,"0 ing recovered from his despondency w abandoned his intention of taking b" life, but the mystery of how a olvlnir rK ..n. .hnnlit anDOtf the hotel selected by the itranger father, on the same night, and commK suicide in the same manner o011',11 him has never been explained. Chfcaf9 in Dune. oo tar aa known no writer on won has taken account of the stew na. t a . . . . TViPrA iciuaricaDie growtu of haiiatonea. Vita i 1.. r. tn I1J0 saauv TVUCU BjAJfJ Dgu" waa about that nt a amall nea. Fro thi it has increased through vario ge to the siae of a marble, a hick! ... ... . . a hfitt u a nen s egg nntii now - of hailstones "larger than baseball anil it l.v moa ""Br. joa it do tnat tni. couiu" Srowth is an effort on the part of oW n m . . . . . . , .nit M BOW annaatinna nr trhat (a it and wb" will It end f Minneapolis Journal