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EUGENE CITY GUARD. t k I'lNrilLU rrwarletor, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. CARRIES NEITHER PUljZ NOR &CH1P. H I .vc alim. II la divini lr M. IU f. I'la I tin way Ills V.HmI ryn q nut aa. Vh tliruiiB mr irin iliin halh be, Nor aujr pluro tu lujf hl ruyl head. N'lrarn huth h alioul lila dullj bread : II.. rit-k D"t whether h l U.ml or frae) lliil, full .f fi.itti ami awwt security, II.. km furtii fl nly to wuo and wed. For I.v- hellerm that all 0kI hath la hla, l'r.-. ly In. t-ikia, frraljr h hivm away, Willi ni. MInk. ii I n u II r K tou. h of haml and Hp. a t Love iiloii". il rlaliiD'th all thi-ra la. Ti wIk.Iii world in-mblm with hla poWnt vt II, Tli kiuif 'li" enrrlf neither pur, nor arrlp. -Annu L. iiuiuj In Now York Hun. SLAVE RAIDS IN AFRICA. Mora Than a llanilmt TlllaiM Haatroyaw In Una Campaign Ax wo approached tho fall we taw Ihitt the rivur buukshad been depopulat ed hihI the villages were In ashes. Wo passed ili ml bodies floating in tliti river. Canoe were standing on end like hol lowed column; crowd of fugitives were uflout mid hiding among the rtnwly IhlanilH. These wore all signs of gen eral terror, hot we could got no infor mation of It character. Vague ideal nf an invasion from some savage triba cuniM to our lnlnil, ami uow and then wn hud a misgiving that there must be A rub slaver in the neighborhood. Continuing our ascent, on the third fliiy wit came in sight of huge Arab camp on thn right batik, and before long we dli. overcd thnt the Arab of Nyan gwe (Livingstone's furthest point), hav ing heard tho moat exaggerated report! of our anrcessfal descent of the Kongo in 1H77, had hastened after us to reap a liurvfMt of ivory and slaves. They had been too successful. Over 1 18 villages had been destroyed below H tun ley fall alone, a rich plunder of ivory wo In their camp, and several hundred slaves, old and young, were herded like gat and heavily fettered In the alave pen. It then npIM'itreil thut while we had been negotiating with the negro chief along the river, initklng roads, building sta tinu and liunling iteamer overlund, tlin AruliNof Nyuugwe hud been coming down the river, laying the country wuNte. Wo had at lout met, about 60 mile below the full. A glance at the act ne of tho ramp wa sufficient to re veal what a future awaited the Kongo vulley hud we Hot conceived tho project of o.iiiig tho river to civilizing Influ ences. Thero waa not a moment to lose. Wo hud no authority to open fire on thn miscreant. Ihey wore subjects of the I'rinco of Zanzibar, who waa a protege of Knglund, and to pluligo into hontili- tie with them might possibly involve u in acrioii complications, llut while we dared not uho force we believed that by riinlinulng the aanie system we had found to successful with tho native rliu.f wo could check the auducily of tho aluvera by our mere presenco aiming them. After aome duy spent iurautiou and friendly negotiation with the Arabs wo were permitted to establish a stutioii at the full, and after seeing It well udvniicod we turned tho prow of our steamer down river toward Ieo-poldvillu.- Henry M. Stanley in Cen tury. No Kirk Cuming. One duy when a ooupn driven along Hroadwiiy at tho rute of toil mile tin hour hud coiim within a hairbreudth of running inu down I followed it up for three or four block until it came to a halt beside tho curbstone, "Do you know," I said to tho driver, who grinned a ho saw me approach, "thut you noarly run niedown teu min ute ago?" "Yea, air," ho promptly replied "You had me in between your car tinge and a cable cur, and it wa a cloae cull." "Yen, it waa, sir." "You didn't even try to pull up your horse," 1 insisted. "No, air." "Then you didn't cure whether yon run mo down or not?" "No, sir." "Well, Hint 'a cool I Are yon In the liuliit of killing ppoplo who uiuy be crossing the street a you come along?" "Not in tho habit, uo, nir. You net', it win tin wuy. A gout pick nio up at the Fifth Avenue uud want to git dowu to tho Star theater in live uiiuutea. I can't git him there in live, but I can in vight if there imi't a block and the wheel atuy on, and I dooa it and goU 60 cent extru. " "Hut whero do I come iuf" "Youf Why, yon tweupod with your life, and there' no kick coming to you. Wait till you are ruu dowu and killed and then let tho widdy do tho kick in." DvUoit JVeo I'nw. Hough on tha Aaaanibly, Bir Ilerbirt Muiwell, M. 1'. , retell a tale about the lord high rommiiioticr nhip of tho generul aimemhly of tha i'hurch of Srotlund. When Mr. Diwaeli Wit forming liUadmiuiNtrullou in 1 S 4, a certain noble earl, noted, iu addtliou to iiiiiny est i in aide qualitiea, for hi fe cundity of forcible expletive, expretuod a atrong denim to become nianter of the buckhound. "Well,"auid UtHtaell, "I hud invNelf thought of that pit for your lordhip, but tho truth ia thut her maj esty 1 very particular about the lan Kiiugo need iu the hunting field, o I have determined to nulmiit your uaiue for her approvul a lord high coiuiui inner to the general aiweuibly I" Aud to thut pout he waa apKiuted umirdingly. Weatuiiuater Ciuzetto. Origin of Two Tatvra Taruta. The term "eutirt," iki often aien over Inn mid tavern (uud not alwa.vaunder tood by tho paMrb.v), i said to have flrnt la en uhiI alwut 17 J J. lrior to thut date the mult liquura iu general uxe were ale, lr and "twopenny. " It wo BMinl for tavern rutomera to call for a pint or tankard of half and half thnt 1. half ulo uud half beer, half ale and half twopenny, or half beer and half twopenny. Iu conmo of time it became cuKtomiuy to call for a tnnkard of "three thread", " Bieuning a third of ale, beer aud twopenny. To aave publican the trouble aud wante of turning throe tup for one pint of liquor a biewer lianied Ilurwood conceived the idea of making a Ix-verage which ahonld uuite the flavor of all three drink. He call ed hi production "entire," or "entire tmtt beer. " A it wo comddored uit ablo for porter and other working peo ple it i Kuld to have ohtalued the fur ther uaiuo of "Dorter." Loudon New. A LOFTY TUNNEL. Tbroagh Solid Uranlta In Mka'a Pawk to Bupplr Wnlor. The blgheat tunnel in the world, 11, 680 feet above tidewater, ia to be bored by Chicago contractor throngh Pike's Peak mountain, two mile diataut from the peak proper. Cripple Creek' rapid growth ho led the puople of Colorado spring to finur thut tha mining town might ere Jong try to turn to it own oe the bountiful water supply of Heaver crock, which twist it coure wuy up near the aky line on the uiouiitutn. Colorudo Kpring now get Ita water from Hear crw k, but the place is growing fjMt, and to inxnre water for the future the contrLct to tunnel the mountain and to let Deliver creek through to ungujeut the Dear creek flow bus lieen let. The tunnel will run throngh a railo and a quarter of nolid gray granite, as hard a stone a i known. The work will start on the eaut ledge of the moun tain, 19 miles from Colorodo City, and will run through to the northwest side, to the rocky bunk of Dcaver creek. The tunnel will have a pitch of 0 feet in every 100 feet, a fact which will insure a rapid flow of water. When tho diverted stream reaches the tunnel's outlet, it will full 600 foet iu the sheer into Hear Creek canyon, with which torrent it will mingle its waters. The tunnel will have a (Jothio roof, vertical side aud a llut buxe. Its dimeu aions will be a width of live foot by a height of seven fcot. The body of water to which it will give egres will be largo enough to form not only a pictur esque full, but one which will be little hurt of grand when the element of its height is tuken into ooiiNiderution. A reservoir will be built at the Heaver creek side, und the water will be let into the tunnel only as it is needed. Chicago Tribune. Wb Moalrni Aro Moat Numarona. Fur in advance of any other nation in the number of the Moelema under its rule is Groat Iirituiu. In India alone there are aliout 00,000,000 Mohunime duns, and they outnumber all the sub jects of the sultan more thun two to one. besides, Knglund rules Mohamme duns In other parts of her vut empire, though not many in anv one place. The queen is tho sovereign of many millions more Monlein than Christ iuns. China is believed to come next oh a country inhabited by many followers of the prophet Thn number of Mohuiume duus In thn Chiunnn empire is estimated all tho way from 1)0,000,000 ti 60,000, 0U0, aud thn HinallcHt of the guesting is more thuu Turkey cun mutch. Holland also has neurly or quite DO, 000,000 Mos lem subjects in her jKipulous and rich Eaut Iudiun poHNCKMions. Juvu ha fully S&.OOO.OOO xil, uud nearly all of them aro Mohuiumeduns. Thn Turkinh empire is upHwnl to contain slxiut 2:1.000,000 MoHlems, counting the ortioii of Arabia iu which tho authority of the sultun is not very well established und is in danger of Iki ing diwtroyed ut uny time. Therefore it is appurent thut unless great error hits been inadii in estimating the number of Mohummodiius in thn Chiiinso empire' tho sultan is ouly fourth among rulers of great bodies of men and women who believe iu Mohammed. Hut among other countries which nro dominated by the Moeleui element of their populution and aro under the sway of a Mohammedan ruler thoTurkih em pire is cuMly llrxt tu uumbers und iu power for evil. Cleveland Leader. Tha Itaugrr of Sllenro. I once had a case (said a member of the bur) nguiuxt a man in tho country which was as clour us daylight in my favor, but, by thn cunning of his law yer, he had continued to avoid coming to trial for ubont two your. At liiMt tho can wus culled, lute in tho term and lute iu a hot day, the court aud jury tired und impatient. I stated tlin facts and produced tho evi dence, which wn all on my side. Tho judge unked the counsel whether they wished to argue tho case, stilting thnt ho hardly thought it uocoHxnry to submit it in so plain a matter. The luw yers agreed to submit it without argu ment Tho jury weut out uud immedi ately returned with a verdict for tho de fendant As soon as tho court adjourned I sought tho foreman of tho jury, unduidc od him how iu the naino of common feline they ramo to render such a ver dict. "Why, you see," snid he, "we didn't thhik much of tho luwyer ngnint you, aud it wsMi't strange ho didn't have nothing to say; but, squire, the fact is wo thought you was about one of the miutot lawyers in the country, uud if you couldn't tlnd nothing to say on your side it must bo a pretty hard case, so we hud to go ngaiUKt you. " reunion's Weekly. Cluaa ehava With a Leopard, I walked a little nearer the edge of tho lodge to listen if I could hear any thing iu tho gup, us wo could not tell where tli dog or the lonpurd had got to. I heard a alight rustle below, w hcth er iu tho buch or on tho lodge I could uot tell, aud thero wit uo time to Mud out, for with a rush and a bound the leopard threw himself against the krutitt, clutching ut tho grass root on top with t lie claw of one fore pnw tho other was broken just uIhivo the wrist and I could hear hi hind claws scrap ing on the rocks iu his endeavors to scramble up. I knew that ho was very close to me. Hi great blood smeared paw were within six feet, und 1 could see his wicked yellow eves glaring sav agely aud the saliva, ted tinged, drop ping from the gleaming tusk. As Nogwnja run iu with uplifted as segai I tired dowu into the brute's month, and with a savage gasp he fell down ou to the ledge Mow. lhe plucky Bwasi, without waiting to si if ho was dead, Juii)cd dowu ou top of him and Have linn a final thrust with his assegai ere life hud sped. Kirby. Dean Hole, iu his "Little Tour In America," gives the following gHl Itory, which was picked up at au enter tainment given in his honor bv the Lotos club of New York. The quniutcst story of the evening was told by Dr. (irevr of a tedious, monotonous preacher who hud exhausted the patience of his hear ers by an elaborate dissolution ou the four greater piophets, and wheu, to their ud disgust, he passed ou to the minor aud asked, "Aud uow, my breth ren, where shall we place Hom?" a man rose from the congregation aud Biade answer; "You can place him here. nr. I'm off." LOOKED LIKE A LIAR. BUT THIS WAS A CASE WHERE L00K8 WERE MISLEADING. A Little Irlahnwn Who Clalmad Aoqaalnt no With a Champion fuglll.t Hla Emplnyar, Who Wna I'aad to the Olovaa, IlUpoUd tha Claim. i "I was reading clever little sketch the other day about a man wbo told big stories which were not believed by his aoqnaintaur.es, uud it reminded me of au experience I hud once when I was considerably younger," remarked Rob ert I). Wilson, the activo Orleans county politician, when iu a reminiscent mood the other duy. "It wus like this: About the first contract I ever took was one to build a church iu a small town in western New York near Luke Ontario. My purtner and I employed a good force of m-n, and among others a good natorcd, rather dapper little Irishmuu, who applied for work shortly after we got the walla sturted. "He was not a skilled workman, but a good, active helper, and be struck me at the time as being oue of the most en tertaining and cheerful liars it hud ever been my pleasure to meet. One of his favorite tales was to the effect thut he was for three ycurs traiuer aud boxing purtner of the famous pugilist Jem More and hud seconded the oue time champion iu two of hi most notable battles. He rattled off names, places, dates and incidents iu the most offhand manner imaginable, which, us we hud no meuns of verifying his stuteiuents, he wus perfectly safe in doing. Of courie we took what he suid with a large grain of salt and enjoyed drawing him out "One thing about the old fellow struck me us peculiar we could never iudufto him nnder any consideration to join ,in any of the friendly little spur ring contests which we occasionally in dulged iu ut the little country hotel, after oar day's work was doue. I3y uo subterfuge cunld we induce him to stick bis bunds iu the big mitten, although he was alwuys preseut at our exercises aud took delight iu making slighting somiueuu upon our skill. "This got rather monotonous after awhile, aud we set about devising a pluu for teaching the old fellow a les son. When ho wus sober, we knew there wus uo chuueo of getting the gloves on bim, but ho usually got moderately full ou Saturduy evening, uud we concocted a schemo to give him uu earlier sturt one buturduy afternoon, so that by the time supper was over he wus consider ably exhiluruted. I was just out of a gymnasium ut the time, uud was con sidered a pretty clover boxer. The boys all went to work at him, uud after a rikmI muny drinks und a lot of coaxing and cajoling they finally got him to put ou the gloves and spur a bit with mo. " 'Sail iu, Lurry,' I said. 'Don't be afraid to hit ma ' Aud I winked ut the boys uud went at him. He was easier thuu I expected. His guard seemed vury poor, oud severul times I rapped him harder thuu I should, but it seemed a good pluu to teuch the old blowhurd a good lesson. After awhile I got a bit tired of the one sideduess of it I regis tered about every time I found an open ing, whilo the Irishman's punches were all wild uud of uo account Filially I decided thut we bud hud fun enough und made up my mind to give him a good chiuchopper, lay him out und quit. .So I watched for an oHuiug, and when I saw ono a minute later, I uimed a heavy a blow a I could strike aud let K. "Well, say, I don't know even to this duy whut became of thut punch, for ut thut moment something struck mo on the nock, and for the next 110 seconds 1 experienced ull of the sensutious of Don Quixote when he had the mix up with the windmill, for that little Irishmuu was dancing around me und delivering undercuts, overcuts, chin choppers, side winders, eurmuff, struight drives und long arm body blows faster thuu I could feel them, while I pawed the uir iu uu attempt at defense. "I think tho boys said it was 43 sec onds before I was lying iu the comer, limp and entiiely out, but it wus three dnys before I wus out ut work uguiu. 1 was sorry to Qnd thut the ugile little Irishmuu hud disuppeured immediately after I dropped asleep. He evidently feared trouble, but I never would have mudo any. Iu fact, I'd have liked to take a few lessons from him, but I've never hud tho mitts ou from thut duy to this. "I don't know now whether that lit tle Irishman wus telling tho truth or not, but 1 have my suspicious about the mutter. "Medina (N. Y.) Cor. New York Press. Kaall7 llaalmL Tho business depression of the past few years hus been tlie evolutiou of a large crop of employment seeker. One of them lust week accosted a gentleman iu thia city. Ho wus rugged, dirty, good uatured, evidently hungry enough to eat a cow if it were iu his way. llut his toft glonchiness of gait rendered any active exertiou ou his part highly im probable. This impression wus strength ened by the dialogue that followed: "Good morning, sir," said he, "I'd like a job with you, sir." "Well, there is not much doing just now hardly unythiug, iu fact, iu uiy lino. I corldn't give yon much to da I couldn't keep you busy." "Inderd, sir, it would take very lit tle to keep mo busy. "New Loudon Telegraph. , Where Tea I Xot Popular. If yon call for tea at a restaurant In Oa races, the proprMor will send to the nearest drug store for It, and expivs a regret that you are 111. Tho native Wnosuelun regards ten as a most un pleasant leverage, and to be usvd only medicinally. It Is not kept In any of the hotels, and when It Is wpeviall.v ordered the quality Is imply sttoinlna blofor all the world like a done of senna. "You can't tell whether s man u . Imehelor or a father of a family simply by bis looks." "Certainly uot; but there Is one Infallible method of find ing out." "What may that lie?" "tJlve hlra a young baby to hold."-New York Recorder. Evarj tn Will Echo Thia. What -a victory it will be for Clara Bartim if .he shall Ucceed iu bringing the gTand Turk to terms ! Her triumph would make her one of the "great pow are. " May she win I New York Rmisi. ' tr. CREEK FIRE. Bow the Tarrlble Unglna of DoatrwUoa Waa laad la WarUr. Jolnville, wbo served nnder King r : - IT .. V. rtBAla nf 1948. iwiiia 1111 iiiiniouuiu"""--. 'give a graphic description of the ter rors of (Jreekflre: "It happened one night that lhe Turks brought op an en gine thut they called the perriore (stone J thrower), a terrible engine of destrno- ' .1 ..1 I 1. l tmr; t.t ajimo rat ' .. ... . .... .1... s i....ii. rustles (cnus cnuieu; mm. He Curel and I were guarding that night, aud from this engine they tlirew Greek fire st os in greut quantities (a plaute). It was the most horrible thing that ever I saw. When the good knight, i M. Ounltier. rav comrade, saw the fire, be cried out and said lo us: 'Seigneurs, we ore wt forever without remedy, for If they set Are to our cat castles we shall be cfiusumed and burned, and if we leuve our post we aliull be aisgruceo, ana so 1 conclude mat mere m uu uu prmrt.utp, fu i,Uted rabbit tnitnwy I wio cuu defend o from this peril cx- , auJ iII1jH.rt.,.,)tjbly tho snuke bad 1 cept Uud, our blessed Creator. Order all wurmcd iu wuy ucurr ud ueurer to its i our men, every time the enemy throw victjn) jtl eyM ij,.tened with an in ! the Ureek lire, to throw themselves on I teu(e j,,),,,, jf,)t g movement did their hands and knee and cry, "Thanks (t uli)ilA tarlu the timid to our Lord, In whom it all powerl' " rabbjt T1)e f()rk(Ml ,ollKoe, which to 1 And whnnever the Tuiks flrod the first j f a ,mnm1 j,,,, j, i0 repulsive shot we threw ourselves thus on our , aud iutcU()pd f0 torrifying. ojipeared hands aud knees, as our commander hau . fj elpft n0 elltjr,.T different influence ordered. The uuture of (iroek Are wus ! ,be miuJ cf he uul)C,.ut rabbit, such thut it advuueed toward os as big as: durtin( ,()Ktl9 either excited ' a tun, and its tail extended a yard in I . , u . curi,,itT w causwl the aui- ! length(unodeiiiye-cauiiedequatropaus). 11 Inane iucn a noise iu cuuhuk "ul " seemed os Ihough it were a thuuderbolt fulling from heuveu aud appeared to me like a greut drugon flying iu the air. It i threw ont such brilliant light thut it was as clear as daylight ia our host, to great was its flume of fire. Three tiroes thut night they threw tbis urccit lire at us from the aforesaid perriero and four times from the great crossbow (arbeleste a tour), and every time onr good King fct. Louis heard thut they were throwing the fire at us in this manner be cast himself opon the gronnd. aud stretch - ing out his huuds, with his face nprais - ed tn heaven, he cried in a loud voice to our Lord and exclaimed at he shed great teurs, 'lieu u Sire Diea Jesus Christ, gurde moy et tonte ma gent ' " ("His toire do St Louis," 1'etitot, volume 2, page 2'Jj. ) The rut custles mentioned by Jolnville a u-iuwliin tnipa.l niNul I ,, ul.tf.na fknl were wisnb n towers nsed in sieges, and the word canne is a French measure of length equivalent to six feet and con sisting of eight pan of nine inches each. There wus nothiug novel iu the mere throwing of fire. It hus always been one of the usual incidents of ticgos. Uvutlcmuu's Magazine. SAVED BY A CAT. Haw a llaaliful Vonng Man nt Laat Got n Spoon. There is a man, well known in ju dicial circle a una of the most nolished and courtly of gentlemen, wbo tells the following story: Ho hud uot, in his early yonth, those advantages which tend to produce ease of muuner. When about 10, be was much iu love with a neighbor's dungh tur, and, ucconling to his statement, wus at this time nearly 6 feet tall, uu puiuly, shy uud with the proverbiul ubiq uitous hands and feet Oue Sunday ho was at dinner with his rosy cheeked sweotheurt. and when "t no error is apparently more rooted tho guests had been served with soup ' ,ho bumuu mind thuu thut which at tho youth discovered thut ho hud no ! tributes to snakes this pecnliur power of spoon. Ho grew red in tho face and wus in uu agony of mortification and dismay. If ho asked for a spoon, he felt sure ev ery one won Id hs.lt at him; If he did uot eat his soup, his bo.tess wonld be sure to remark it. Whut wus be to do? Ho felt his hands growing larger and more iu the way thuu ever, und his feet ouused him nutold emotion by absolute ly refusing to go under his chair. Greut bcuds of perspiration stood out ou his face aud trickled dowu like ruu. The situation was becoming unendur able when a terrified rut, pursued by a smull but game terrier, rushed into the room and sprung upon the tuble. The guests jumped np, und in the generul confusion the embarrassed ysnth retuiu ed his seut, aud turning t tho servant remarked calmly, "I'll have a spoon, please. " Washington Times. On Interviewing. If it Is worth tho while of mun to grunt uu interview ut a poblio ull, it is certainly worth his whilo thut it should bo done well, aud it cun ouly be done well if he condescends to step down from his pcdestul aud co-operuto almost eu colleguo with the interviewer. Iu the first place, the interviewer, who hus had a large experience iu his cruft, is u specialist He is more likely thuu the interviewee to understand the condi tions which go to tho construction of a sua-essful interview, and therefore ho should be allowed a tolerably free hand as regards form and urrungeniont Per sonully, of course, I nlways tuke stock as rapidly as I can of the interviewee aud consult his humor in everything. After all he is the person most intimately con cerned with the success of tho joiut pro duction, as it is his nuine with which the public is coucerued uud uot that of the interviewer, who is ulmost invaria bly anonymous. 1 am alwuys iu his debt for the con cession of the iuterview, aud if he wishes it ho must be largely master of its maimer. I am only suggesting that the wisest plan after the original act. of gracious comlosoousiou has been com mitted is to forget for the brief hour of the interview thut you are a Jupiter and the other muu a black beet la Don't imagine that ho ia necessarily nncou versaut with affairs political or literary. Why, a rising politician actually ex plained to me how a most elementary word should lie spelled, quite of his owu motion too. I was iu uo difficulty whatever. In my soul I remember that I beguu to sibilate "prig," but I sup pressed quickly the uasceut uaughtiuess. Nutioual Keview. Information for tha Taawhar. Tba teacher was asking questions teachers are quite apt to ask quest lous, aud they sometimes receive curious an swers. This questiou was as follows : "Now, pupils, how many monthi have 28 days!" "All of them, tencber," replied the boy on the front seat Utica Observer. EifwU tha Want. I always expect the worst in all thing and all cases, because I know the worst it possible; therefore it is natural for me to expect the worst, and as it it the on- expected that happeut, the worst does expected mat Happen, tbe worst does ruuh.P,eu,o-r.nd DO SNAKES CIIAKM? THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO THIS QUESTION APPARENTLY, A Tnl Froas Tai- Whlrh iopporU tha AflrmaUva. bol Tb.r. Are KataralUU Who toy No-Claim Thnt tb aah' Victim Ara salt llypnotlad. A gopher snake at Eacondidohaben : tha cause of much earnest discuss on . . (111H4tion tCo, , y ,M Thir 1reTy oe of the ' ,uVuriliMH llB(I ,ie ouu.uiil but fortunate spiirieoce t j.oudido of happening , . . ke jui)t a the noon a lurae goi I reptile was about to overcome nu lling cottoutuil rabbit and envelop the animal iu its deadly coil. For some time tho naturalist watched the snake I movements. it w... u'itldn 10 or 12 inches of the ! um , , cnpcutrute its wind on the snake's tongue as to throw that mind into a bypuotio condition of such strength that it could Uot break the spell uud ruu away from impending death. The forked tongue darted out of the snuko's month almost as regularly ; . (h(J of , Wwing niil.h, ,, alH, fttlUu thecloth. The , ,jthe M umn,r B1)d lwaT T1)e fabbU wu It. ey0 wug uxed on he ,erojI1K cye of the MUltn. Evt.n I bew' of the willd kiwHHi gbrnl), aboQt ietllbbjt fuiIt)(1 10 brcuk thespell, 1 and m)M oud (I()w in d(.ath n 1 fMke f(jrm wrel4thfd jti ful(U aboDt the , . . ,h. .,,., i..,,!..-. But the strong coils of the snuko were iu position. Never a rabbit lived that could break thut embruce of death. Keulizing at lust the terrible peril, the terrified rubbit straggled vuiuly to es ,heri (jf le wmke drcw . ... ... closer about the fruil form so tightly that breathing became difficult the rab bit uttered a do airing cry almost hu man in its iuteuseness and touud. It wus the rabbit's last earthly utterance. Au extra twist of the cruel coils aud poor bnuny wus no more. Lungs, heart and bones were literally crushed. The make did not relux the pressure for ful ly ten minutes. Unwinding itself, the nake dragged the prey under an ad joining bush for dinner. To the nuturulist who watched the rapture of the rubbit it appeared at if lie uuke lia1 certuiuly fuscinated the auimai. as a gopner snaso is not poi t onnns uud bus uo well developed fungi I "J euu of killing prey is by con st net ion. Iu order to cutch an animal it seems almost ucresaury for tho snuke to fascinate the victim. Other naturalists cluim that snakes do not possess the power of fasciuatiug ei ther birds or animuls. One man who has given the matter wmch study remarked fascination." By this power they ore laid to bo able so to paralyze their vio timt that tho birds or iiuimuls are ren dered utterly incapable of movement and wuit for the attack of a snuko or even go forward to meet it in feur uud trembling, but without uny power of retaliation. Now, any oue who wutchet the be havior of small auiuitils placed alive at food in the cages iu which snakes are kept iu captivity in the hope of seeing this marvelous power in operutiou will be grievously disappointed. Chickens, rata, guiuca pig, rabbits, all move about with nu ntter absence of fear of the suukes. My belief is thut it is possi ble to account for tho popular belief thut snakes possess a power to fusciuato for several reusont. Au observer muy come on the scene und find a number of birds mobbing a snuke just as they will mob nn owl or a buzzard. Tho dashes of the bird toward the snake aud their flutter ing round it may easily be put down to the effect of the snake's glance, while they are in reolity merely uttempts of the bird to drive off the intruder. A mother bird whose young uro attucked will almost certainly behave iu this way and may herself full a victim, not to the power of fuaeiuation in tho snuke, but to the force of her maternal feelings. It may be the mobbing of the snake by the companions of a victim that hut been seized or of a mother whoso nest has been robbed; it muy be simply the effect of poison already injected before the observer has come upon the scene, orit may bo simple curiosity. In ninety nine cases out of a hundred one or the other of these causes has boeu at work. What, then, of the hundredth case, and whut about the fuwinution exercised on man, case of which have undoubtedly been recorded? The explanation lies in lie probability that it is a cose of self hypuotisni. It is au error to suppose that will power hus auythlug to do with the ef fect. The matter has been tuken up sci entifically by the medical profession and it hus been found that the hypnotio state of sleep or trance, or whatover it may be termed, can be produced by looking fixedly at the operator or at a coin or at the tip of one's own nose. It is not neoessury to go into the question of how the result is brought ubout. but there is a physiological explanation, what hoppeu then in the hundredth case is that the man or the auimai may be telf hypnotized by gazing fixedly at the snake, the subject being thus thrown into a sort of trance, making no attempt to move out of danger uules roused by tomeextericr influence, Sun Diego Cor Chicago Times Herald. Signal ura of Two ri.l,t,DU. Charles Moore, a clerk in the Adams rarvbmeiit deed issued at the Zanesville (O.) land Houebourd, grunting him the northeast quarter section of lot 13 0f township 18 iu range 15 of the land dirte.1 to be sold at Zanesville by the act of congress enitllM.:Au.ctpMvidin for thS ! Of Lulled Stlltna 1 1. i nr.K..... 7 iu me territory northwest of the Ohio and above thl ttiouthof the KemncVy :,... To deed are attached th Pr'-Kut James Madison and !.. s,,., t, - " Mmirj u. DELAUNAT-BELLEVILLE. Director 0.el of the Pari, fnlver- Sny years helms .H-en cl.ulru.nn of I " I'urls fhaniber of I'oin.n.-rce lie Is 'n enl uten.- er and .,.s .ken .u ,.,vepartl..an.ulilt.i'1eof I rem i In- A trh.l uu.lertnkl.n.-s. H w 'ru uttflrtyyearsnpniuilims. "he IH.I) technic iiu.l naval schools of e.r Smcnunt of engineer. Iu H.e nu.lonul M. I.K1.AI XAV-III.LI.rVII.M. defense. Ill the exposition of 1H7H he wus connected with uii Industrial con cern which curried off a gold modal and he himself was decora ted with the order of the Legloll of Honor, lie wrote a work ou comparative legisla tion on steam machines in I'.urope and the 1' lilted State, ufter which he wn appointed member of the central com mittee on steiiin engines by the minister of public works. In 1M he played an linKirtant rule In the iniinugeiiieiit ol the big exposition. As soon ns it was decided to hold a universal exposition III l'.SHI M. Iielaiinny-ltellevllh' wus up pointed to the high post of director gen erul of work, lie hold many pr I lient civil ottlces. He Is member or the council of Improvement nt the Con servutory of the Arts uud Trades and bus four times lieell elected piesldeiil of the Chamber of ommeice. 1 it 1MC M. Andre I.cboii. minister of commerce, gave him the cross of commander of Hie Legion of Honor. He is u genial l'liris Inn. n highly cultured mini, and oue of the most comprehensive engineers of the time. FORTUNE TO A CHURCH. Mr. C. W. Wallace, Who (iuve $7.1, (MM) In 1'rof. Kwlnu'a Church. J. W. Kllsworth and Lyinnu J. tinge, of the advisory committee of Centra! Church. Chicago, selected to accept the gift of Mrs. (Vila W. Wallace of 000 Iu cash to the church, have declibil to Invest the money In mortgages. The Income from the Investment will be used for the bnsiilciilng of the work of the church and the principal added to as opportunity offers. Mrs. Wallace, who bus thus lifted Central Church to the plnne of the wealthiest Institutions of religion Iu Chlnigo, Is the daughter of Dr. Thoitins Whipple, of Went worth. N. II. Her father was a member of Congress from lS-J to 1KW. Miss Whip pie cmne to Chicago In IM'.l nnd In IMS! married John S. Wallace. Her bus MIIS. C. W. WAt.l.ACK. band wa a business muu of grout wealth, and when he died, In 1S7H, he left as hla heirs his wife und n son, John Wallace. The hitter died In ism. leaving his mother the sole jKsi-ssor of the property. Although Mrs. Wallace was brought up a CongregutUinnllst. and her son was an Kplscopalinn, both had been warm friends of iif, swing. Mrs. Wallace attended his church for fifteen years. John Wallace believed the doctrines of Central Church rtMich ed the mass.s of the people, nnd d.lr ed that Its work slwuld be encourage. Mrs. Wallace has now curried out thai wish. This Is uot the first bequest Mrs. Wallace has made to tlie churches Her total contributions now amount to 1320.000, of which the Tiffany chapel given to St John's Cathedral of New York, represents $7,-,,n00. A BUSY MAN. A Iaatnnrn of IW,i,nt Cl,nd a Great Industry. President Cleveland continues to work ery hard. He is frequently advised to Rive np hit close attention to details but tays he is too old to learn new tricks. The evidetice of the crash of butmess which the president hus to struggle with it found in a recent Inci dent Congressman Barham of California, who takes great interest iu the Nicara gua canal, called at the White House to ask why the report of the engineers which wa submitted about Dec, 1 had not been sent to congress. ".L?Vmb ie'"sai(1M'- Cleveland, that I have not yet found time to ex mine the report. I have not even open u the envelope coutaiuing it. There is one improvement in nature which would suit my convenience very well, and that feme.ZVldh0nMin'day-,,-Ch'Ca NU Mao Evidently. Wigfcfei00 kU0W 0,11 WalWj an?wav1;-Whal,ort0f he :.. lis wi THEY ARE GREAT u..... OVER THOSE OP Fnn-rv, ... Tha Inlt of Light II.. .... bla ferric to Manlilnd-i, u to Think Thnt Una and ir, "". Kntlralr Rnuffrd Out th. r. "'V Now that candle have into use a a mean fr ijgj tion rooms where ga i rntiulj. ' hot aud electric light inn parisou ure being ,,indo withVil ith ft,, dies of ttxluy and those of He is uot a very old man whori uieaibcrs the mulodorous 'tall six to the pnnnd, thut he bonoi.!1 grocery or perhaps muy hav. . , 1 make iu a domestic way on Km whon ut homo from scIhxjI. It is out a few yeurt tnciM Biir Tllirt of nvnrv lw.,....u. , . completely are they U()W baBl the limbo of forgotten andT tilings tnnt there must be thoimT1 uud a cuudle mold would tro doubted curiosities. Thevw.J plciisnut to the nimtril. the 0!d fj ioned tullowcundles, their illnmi. power wus not good, and their tA imiiuuiii niiuillllK WUS lUlllspenubU though tho fingers were the handle riiuuers oue wus very apt to uju..h. .. iu inn i-uurse ot au evfni Yet the world stumbled alom no better light than thut fur ij , tne auu uccompnslied connidtnu things on tho way. Great scboljufc, made by suved np cundle endi volumes written aud the world ened, even if the writers and tJ, groped a greut deal The great performances of Gi, I 131. I.I . . . nun oiutiuua wero given behind h, 1'guia oi luiiuw canines, and thtoji, tnuller wus ono of the most imnnn,,.. supers in tho theater of the olden ii "Without a cundle snuffer," layiGts smith of a play he hud seen, "ihtpn wonld lose half its emhellishmwiti" In thoso days "curly to bed tai, tonso was a maxim thut had niK more significance, for it wot hn, to get more out of daylight thaoiia. era of gus and electricity. Candlahw alwuys occupied un Important phes publiu worship. Iu the old tiniwiCta mas was culled tlie feast of Li, cause many cundle were used it feust, while tho custom of settini die at the heud of a deud perscai being "Jufd out" Is still a prtctics Hut if people think thatcandloii not much used nowaday theywu taken. There ore still several cc6 manufactories in New York. A w lurge exort business is doue here.cW ly to the West Indies and Central hi ica. In tho United States salejanp cipally iu the western states. Tbta: ing region tukes largo quantities, light but candles is nsed in goldt silver mining. Candles nro also nsed for rharch jr poses, at country hotels, aud to tea' tent in families. Muny of the pf the east side, newly come to tbe et try, use candles iu prefcrcucetooil, ing accustomed to cundlet and afrud.l the oil. AlthcSgh it is not agrnni.il before tliey ure won over to tlfwii oil, there uro always thousand! if .fisi who, for tho first few tuwrWia being here, shnu oil us tktialdt deadly poison. No brunch of industry bai niters Ihochungo thut cnmlle makis(tait tho lust 30 yeurs. Formerly itsuatr ly a mechuuicul operation. Aajli could muko cuudlcs aud alnioRf body did. Now it n scientific industry, brio) ing to itsnid the resources of chnniit? t Formerly a cundlo was a greasy, w thing thut one nsnully handled itb J gust; now it is artistic ami renneo can be handled without the least offet Tho wick is so prepared that thecc bnstion is complete, and simflert bw loug been buuished. Au aucitnt o muker conld only work with matH" itlrendy providod by uuture, so that hud to use futs, with all their imp ties. Tim tnnilnrn rmirlln 111: iker by ch ical process removes impurities, "bid leaves him nothing but the hardtt white fut for his cuudlcs. Fat cbanpi by this process is culled stearins, uk from this material are made the t u stearic wax caudles. The.e areexw ly hard uud ore sometimes called a mautiuu, do uot grease the handi aM give a rsift and pleasing li(.''"t ceti and was. cuudlcs ure ulso luiwe- The cundlo bus ever remuiiied iht ti r,t liul.s w,...,i,..sT.iiii hear of I W"1 tny gus, being of 25 candle power. T1 cundle norma: ut the rate of 120gruinsof pPWI"j hour. There are caudles, too. whifb made of piirufllu, but no caudle t used so extensively us the star or f riua The great improvement in the ni facture of candles dates from tne in" tigatious of the French cheuiist, Chevrenl. He discovered that tw of tallow was seiurublo from tntw nud th'e result of the process wai t Valuable unxlucts stearine atidg . in. Those who hare used the caudw It realize that Cr dies cnu uow lie shipped to wsn" mutes. In former days a niorco" would as soon have thought of skates or suowshos to Havana go of tallow candles. They wouia all melted into nn iudistin"'sl1 mass going across the gulf of uui sucn canines as are ui- be used in the hottest cliniute world. .f, Candles, however, are not a c light A bos of them will cost at w . as a barrel of oil, nud yet the oil contains nearly 80 times w 111 uutiug power of the box of f11"'''.' iu only great advautogeof the candle fi'ty. vbort Oil and gas are much chf "I''; caudles are nsed duugor from nr duced to the lowest ..t New its III nt pkr. tain painter who died not : 1 a broken dowu wrtvk i A certain ago was ner aay8. Some toei ng f .gV. thnme clung to him to the ''""' tbt ever. mi. I ,.lil,, li lived "P0 . , later days charity of his friends he never -for money outright In the crown w liat he pasted this request, "Pica me a quurter," printed in x' letters. When making a call. doff his hat with much show of d K aud thete would be the um' staring iu tbe face hi iutem!ed'. The scheme never failed.' 1 V ill'lV.' llll of . ubj' ted I dl'TO CO I lr,:l , a,au of irooi 4 ill tip tl ilf