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EUGENE CITY GUARD. rroairictar. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. At the world revolve at premnt. whenever anything turnn up England get tinned down. Why Ih It Hint war Ih alwaya break ing out lu countries that are full of unpronounceable nnmca? Ex-rteTetary Foster mija that Mm. M Iluog Chang haii at hunt l,ix0 dretote. And yet at timed her butdiand lm to worry along wltrtiout even a yel low Jacket. Nineteen coiinlle. lu South Carolina re using their eonvlctg to Improve the road. It la uot often Hint ao valuable a hint for the rent of the country come from the I"alnietto regiou. Chicago thieve atole a iikm1"1 the other Dlisht which wn to demonstrate the theory of perpHual motion. If they don't run better than the model the cImiiico of ewcapiug punishment are against them. . It la a French pnper that aaya the Clilted State Ih coinmwtally a Kreat end powerful rlvnl for all Europe: com bined. Thla la ahead of time, but Americana will try Ui live up to It with in the next century. The new President of the Orange Free Htate expresses the hope t lint the Africander will "never forget lit III Mu and hi gun." It la a combination England hna hated to run agaliit ever idiice the diiya of Cromwell.' The Dervlshe have generally !cen regarded aa mere howling and whirl ing mendicant, but the new now com ing from Egypt Indicate that thla view will have to be modi Med on account of the warlike attribute that they are displaying. The eiillmcnt In favor of the election of KeiiHtom by a direct vote of the peo ple hna grown very rapidly In the hint few mouth, and a proamnion of thnt kind would prolmbly receive a nmjorlly of the populur vote In every Slate aa the caao ikw stnnd. Tramita applying hereiifter for relief In ManeheateT, England, will be requir ed to perform one full day' work be fore continuing on their Journey. Oil the aecotul appllmtiou four daya' work will be exacted. Tnimim are likely to become murco In that corner of Eng land. There la a touch of Irony lu the fact that the spread of civilization hna placed modem weaon of war lu the hand of uiH'lvlllxcd nice, and thua enabled them to defeat thu acinic of enlightened natloiiM, na wa rnvntiy tlliiHtrated In thelgnal triumph of the AhyRHlnlana over the Italian. ltetween the yeara 1HN3 and ISlCi Knglaud'a Increase in naval atrcugth waa 37 per rent., that of I'm nee i2 per cent., ItUHNla'a 71 per cent., mill (iermauy doublel the numltcr of It warships. Not a hot waa tired lit aeti In that decade, but It I evident that the time will come when there will be mich a thundering mi the deep aa Nep tune never heard liefore. A Itrltlsh Hlilp which ha been taking oundlng hi the South l'uclllc report a depth lu threi place near the Tonga Inland of over ilO.INNI feet, which breaka the record by 3.Ml feet. The doepint hole are not In the middle of the ocenii, but wit HI 11 UHl mllcn of land. Their depth I greater than the height of any known mountain. Speci men of the bottom at HO.inni feet prov ed to Ih the tiKiml red clay found lu all the dceet part of the ocean. The Congressional committee report In favor of the metric system of wclghta ami meiiHtire present Home curloua examplea of confusion. For ItiHtnnee, a htiKhcl of rye lu I.oiilHlana I 32 IHiiindtt, and It I Ml pound lu Ohio; II bushel of milt 1 only AO Kiinda III Virginia, while It In 70 pound lu Mim achiiNctt; a bushel of pot n toe W pound In Washington, nil pounds In reniiMylvanla, and IH) pounds In Ohio. I'nlformlty la certainly deNlrable In thla matter, and a bill for thl purpose liaa been Introduced in the IIoiihc. New cornea from ltoHton Hint all the companies of Importance engaged In the manufacture of electric heating np iaratii lu the Culled State have been ahorhed In a combine called the Amer ican Klectrle Heating Corporation. While thl announcement la an unwel come Indication of a modern tendency, It will not spread consternation throughout the land. Electric heating liaa not yet come to l one of the neo-t-ssarlca of life. It I not yet for the manses, and those who ue It can eas ily fall back upon coal, even upon toft coal. If the combiner have a cinch on all the anthracite. The electric heat combine I not likely of Itself to be come a iiioiiomi1.v of extreme voracity. There la more to Ik feared from the coal combiner, uon whom even the elec tric heater are In no amall degree d Kudcut. Mr. Jame Ellsworth, of Chlitign, an J.tlmate friend of raderewnkl, gave him a dinner a short time ago, and each person who came wa obliged to per form aome feat by which he could earn hi living, provided hi iihuiiI resources were taken away. I'aderewskl bad many card trick handy. Theodore Tbomaa, with hi hand tied liehlnd hi back, by some miraculous management uiitiutloned hi waistcoat and took It off with bl hand still tightly fastened. The guest theu asked for autograph, and Mr. ElUworth remarked: "I have I'aderewskl autograph, which he wrote on my shirt front noiue lime ago," and thereuon the valet brought the garment Into the room, and. behold! the ahlrt Ikmoiii lore the signature of the maestro writ-ten cross the front. At once each manly chest wn present ed to I'aderewskl, who, with eucll lu hand, ilgned hi uauie on the tarchid linen. Aa a reult. eleven hlrt have Wn permaufiitly retired from circula tion, so to ick. THE REALLY "C000 INJUN." Old Indian Hummer has Jut com to lawi .(Tom, torn snil tomtom) tu nM tini'tl Lluiikel and kKKinin of hrowa I Tom. Win ami tomloin). Be eonve In Uu wurjtnt on r'iuw WinU-r' tmil And rlJ'M wild niutang with straw oulorni tll niat"liiwli4"nt a shadow and tmloa uvcry rail (Turn, torn ami a Uiintuin;. My tb'vn rou mar know 'tis the frli-mllj old tlilif- (Tom, torn and a tomtom) Th whir ot Hwt iurtrlilK', thu full of the laf iToiu, tout auil a UjiiiUjiiii, Tho rhlrp of thn cricket when song blnla ara mr, - The smoki) of the slitual flnsi tlni(elng th atr, Thu smlli-s of aliumJaneo and pacuef7 where (Tom, toin and a tomtom). tills donky old chieftain has noma to tbo aid (Tom, torn and a loin loin) Of pal fured marauders wuo'r "out on a raid" (Tom, torn and tomtom). At evn of thu oriflca ewb alliiht. The flames 'math thu caJdrons leap high with dellvht. W)illushalowUks spoetors stalk forth with ths night (Tom, torn and tomtom). The "dark of the moon" and the drone of a drum Tom, torn and tomtom), Thfttoniuhnwkii britiidMi, the fell hour l come (Tom, torn anda tomtom). These k-houllah dmpollvrs Uk scalp lock and nd And KlKito'er thvbodli'smadot'xitlisomewllb hn-sd, Whilu poulirydom ratfeth, deploring Its dead (Tom, torn and a tomtom). Huppow, with bis trophy, at ThankKgltlng time (Tom, torn and a tomtom) Each rl handi-d raider wi re ford Into Una (Tom, torn and a tomtom), And now, If yoo pleww, add the kumIb at the fevt, from north and from south, from the weM and the east. Their name would be leirlon, I fancy, at leaatl I Tom, torn and a tomtom.) Old Indlnn Hummer I off to tint plain I Tom, torn ami a tomtom), And only the irhont of bis presence remains (Toin, Uuu and a tomtom). A flash through the dawn of a mane wildly fcMsed. A fllimsie of a m's-ensln t-aled with fnxt. A sound In the distunm like wail of the lost (Tom torn anil - a-tomtom). Llonlu llnwli y Jjrake. VEXUS ANNODOMINI. Slie had nothing to do with Na 18 in tho UraodoNuovoof the Vuticun, be tween Viscoiiti' "Cen" and "Tho (Jod of tho Kilo." She was purely au Indian deity an Anglo Indian deity, that ia to any and we called her the Venus Aiinixloiiiinl, to distinguish her from other Annodominis of the siime everlust ing order. There was a legend mining the hilli that she had ouce beeu young, but no living man was prepared to come forward and say boldly that the legend waa true. Men rodo up to Simla and Maid and went away, and inudo their name, and did their life's work, and returuud again tu find the Venus Amiodnmiui ex actly a they loft her. She wa a im mutable aa the hill, lint not quite an greon. All that a girl of IH could do in the way of riding, walking, (lancing, picnicking and overexertion generally, the Venus Annodomini did, and showed no aigu of fatigue or trace (if weariiiCHt. Dcsiile perpetual youth, alio had dis covered, men said, the secret of perpetual health, and her fume spread about the laud. From a mere woman she grew to be an institution, insomuch that no young iiiuu could be said to be proper ly funned who had uot at mime time or another worshiped at the shrine, ot the Venus Amiodouiiiii. There wa no one like her, though there were many Imitations. Six year lu her eyea were no more than six month tu ordinary women, and ten uiudo loss visible impression ou her than a week's fever on an ordinary woman. Kvery one adored her, and in return ahe was pleasant and courtcoua to nearly every ouu. Youth had beeu a huliit of her for so long (hut she could uot part w ith it never realized, lu fact, the necessity of parting with it and look for hur more choseu OMioviatc young people. Aiming the worshiper of the Venn Anuodiimiiii wa "Young" (biyerson. "Very Young" Wayerson, he was called to distinguish him from hi father "Young" (luyersou, a llengal civilian, who atlectud the uustom a he bad the heurt of youth. 'Very Young" (layersun waa not content to worship placidly aud for form' miko, a the other young men did, or to accept a ride or a dance, or a talk from the Venus AuuiHlomiui iu u properly hnm bio aud thankful spirit. He wa exact ing, and therefore the Venus Auuo domiui repressed him. Ho worried himself nearly nick iu a futilo sort of way over her, and hi de votion and eurnesliiesa made him ap pear either shy or boisterou or rude, a hi mood might vary, by the side of the older men who with him bowed before the Venus Aunodomini. She wa sorry for him. He reminded her of a lad who, three and twenty years ago, bad professed a buuiidlcs devotion for her, and for whom iu return she hud felt something more than a week' weak ue. Hut that lad hud fallen away aud married another woman les than a year after ho hud worshiped her, aud the Venus Auuodouiiui hud almost uot quite (ot got ten hi name, "Very Young" Uuyersoii bad the time big blue eye and the same way of pouting hi under lip wlieu he wa ex cited or troubled. lVut the Veuus Auuo domiui checked him sternly none the leas. Too much teal was a thing that he did uot approve of, preferring iu itead a tenixied and sola r tenderness. "Very Young" Uayersou wa miser able, and took no trouble to conceal hi wretchedness. He waa iu the army a line regiment, I think, but am uot cer tainand since hi face wa a looking glass aud hi forehead au open bonk, by reuson of hi innocence, hi brother in arm made hi life a burdeu to him and imhiu-'red hi uuturally sweet disposi tion. No one except "Very Young" Gayer noil, and he never told hi view, knew bow old "Very Young" Oayeraon be lieved the Veuu Auuodouiiui to be. Perhapa he thought her five and tweuty, or perhapa she (old him Hint die waa lhi age, "Very Young" (Inrersou would have forded tho Ougger iu HihhI to cany her lightest word, aud had im plicit faith lu her. Every one liked him, and every one wa sorry when they aw him to bound a slave of the Veuu Auuislouilui. Every one, too, admitted that it waa not her fault, for the Veuu Auuodouiiui differed from Air. Hauksbee and Mr. Reiver iu this pirtiuihr he uever moved a linger to attract any tuie, bat, like Niuoudo I Lurloa, all men wrre attracted to her. One could admire and resnect Mr. Hauksbee, despise and avoid Mr. Reiver, bnt one wa forced to adore the Venn Auuodomlul. "Very Young" Oayernon'g papa held a division or aoollectorate or aonietliltig adminlHlrative in au unpleasant part of bengal full of bubo who edited new paper proving that "Young" Gayer ou w a Nero, aud a Hey I la, aud a Charybdii, and lu addition to the babul there wai a good deal of dyseo tory and cholera abroad for nine month of the year. "Young" Gayeraon he wa about five and forty rather liked babos they amused him but bo object ed to dysentery, and when be could get away went to Darjiliug for the most purt. Thi particular ataaon be fancied that be would come op to Bimla aud e hi boy. The boy wa uot altogether pleased, lie told tho nu Auuodouiiui that hi father waa coming up, aud ahe flatbed a little, aud said that he should be de lighted to muke hi acquaintance. Then ahe looked long and thoughtfully at "Very Young" Guyersou, because ihe wa very, very aorry for him, aud he wa a very, very big idiot. "My daughter i coming out in a fortnight, Mr. Gayeuon," he auid. "Your whut';" said be. "Daughter, " said the Veuu Auno domini. "She'a been out for a year ut home already, and I want her to ee a littlouf India. She i 19, aud a very aeiiHihle, nice girl, I believe." "Very Young" Guyersou, who wa a abort 21 yeur old, nearly fell out of hi chair with astouishmnut, for be had persisted in believing, agaiustall belief, in the youth of the Veuu Auuodouiiui. rihe, with her back to the curtuiued window, watched the effect of ber sen tence and smiled. "Very Young" Gayeraon 'a papa came up 1 3 day luter, and bud uot been in Simlu four aud twenty hour belure two men, old acquaintances of his, bad told him how "Very Young" Gayeraon bad beeu conducting himself. "Young" (Jayernon laughed a good deal, and inquired who the Venn An nodomini might be (which prove thut be had been living in Bengal where no body know anything except the rate of exchange). Theuhesaid, "Boyawillbe boy," aud Mpoka to hi son about the mutter. "Very Young" Gayeraon aid that he felt wretched and unhappy, and "Young" GuyerHou said that he repent ed of having helped to bring a fool into the world. He aaggneted that hi son bad better cut hi leave short aud go down to hi duties. Thla led to an nulUial answer, and relation were trained, until "Ytrang" Gaycrson de manded thut they should call ou the Veuu Annodomini. "Very Young" Gayersou went with hi papa, feeling aomehow uncomfortable and amall. Tho Venn Aiinodomiui received them graciously, aud "Young" Gayersou aid: "iiy Jove 1 If Kitty!" "Very Young" Gayersou would huve listened for an explanation if hi time bud not been taken up with trying to tulk to a largo, humlsoine, quiet, well dreaded girl introduced to him by the Venn Aunodoiiiini aa her daughter. She wua fur older in manner, stylo aud rcjxwe than "Very Young" Guyerou, and a be realized thi thing be felt wick. Irosently he heard the Venn Anno domini saying: "Do you kuow thut your sou ia oueof niy most devoted admirers?" "I don't wouder," said "Young" Guyersou. Here he ruised his voice: "Ho follow hi father' footstep. Didn't I worship the ground yon trod ou ever no long ugo, Kitty? Aud you haveu't changed since then. How strange it all seem I" "Very Young" Gayeraon said noth ing. His conversation with the daughter of the Veuu Annodomini was through the rest of the cull fragmentary and dis jointed. "At 5 tomorrow, theu," sitid tbo Ve nn Annodomini. "Aud uiiud you are punctual." "At 6 punctually," miid "Young" Gayersou. "You cau lend yonr old fa ther a horse, I dare say, youngster, cuu't you? I'm goiug for a rido tomorrow afternoon." "Certuiuly," auid "Very Young" Gayersou, "I am going down tomorrow morning. My poutc areat your service, air." The Venus Annodomini looked at hi in across the half light of the room, and ber big gruy eyea tilled with mois ture. She lose and shook baud with him. "Goodby, Tom," whispered the Ve nue Auuodomini. Rudyurd Kipling. Lord KIInburouh'a Wig. Lady Ellen borough, a renowned beau ty, ou one occusiou accompanied the judge on circuit, ou the distinct under standing that she should uot incumber the carriage with bandboxes hi ah borrence. During the lirst day' jouruey Lord Elleubonmgh, stretching hi legs, chanced to utrike hi foot aguinst some thing under the scut. It was a buudhox. Down went the w indow and out it tlew. The coachiuau, thinking the box hud fallen out, at once pulled up, but hi master furiously roared out the order to "drive on." On reaching the next assixe town, Lord Ellenborotigh proceeded to equip himself for the bench. "Now," said he, "where i my wig?" "My lord," replied thu attendant, "it wui throw u out of the carriage window." Temple liar. Am Acquired Habit. "You heard Mrs. Do Voe recite 'The Loet Child' last night, didu't you?" "Of course." "Notice the queer way iu which ahe worked her chin?" "Certainly; but yoo kuow the reanou of that?" "Double hinge iu her jaw?" "Oil, no I She worked inachewiug gum factory for five year before her marriage aud had to sample every lot turned nut." Detroit Free l'resa. Real Utah Euthusiastio Artist Do you kuow 1 paiuted a picture of a lion so uaturally that it had to be placed behind bar En t Inn' i u tic Author That' uothiug. I wrote a uovel so full of burning eiuo Hon that it lad to be printed ou asbestu pugra for fear if cousuiuiug them. Loudon Tit-Uit.' Mhnn aunt Mai atari i'eatly. Germany ha beeu promineut of late in the Meld of iuvcutlou aud discovery. To the Roeutgeu pbotogrnphio light, gelattu photography in color, aud the Zeppelin airthip must be added the Uraud .rifle, opvraiwd by exploitive gat aud firing D,500 shot from one charge. Iu these time au arm with rifle a year old dud itself out of date. St Loui Globe Democrat. la4 Boy Bad Olrl to He Made Good hj Hrpaotl MaggMtloa. Away with your priaou aud reforma tories! Out upon durk cell, cat o' nine tail, bread aud water and all the other old time method of teaching ,be naughty young Idea bow to hoot into the bullseye of reform. A new Renin ba arisen, the royal road to rofyrma tlon ba been discovered, aud hence forth bad boy and girl will be made good while yoo wait, like old hoe. In a recent number of a metaphyseal magazine a uew geuiu tell how to do If. "Mental nggetion " i the coming method. Hypnotism uoceed the dark cell. A4I you have got to do ii to tuke a young rascal aud mentally suggest to bin) to be good, aud the thing i done in a jiffy. The writer ay that he ba tried it aud that it work. Ho would be willing to tackle Jesse Pomeroy, or the Boy Firebug, or uny other youthful offender against the law, and nooner or later convert him into an estimuble citizen, "tioniecateaof morul infirmity are reached iu ten minutes, " be say. "Other may take ten day, week or even longer. But we must uot be dia oouraged. " Never give a negative suggestion, criea thl learued puudit. ulway a positive oua Suggest to a boy thut be is going to be bouest aud industrious. Tbut will fetch him. To auggest the negutive i ropellciiL It doe not catch ou. That i tho great fault with teach er and parents. Ihey do not take the right tide of the mutter. Tbey should lead, uot attempt to drive. Just u eoou a the hypnotist have a chance to get iu their lino work there will be a millennium among tho grow ing generation. Elmira will go broke for waut of custom, aud RuuduH'a is land cau be turued into u publio park. Three cheers! New York World. A $3,000 CIGAR. That' What Tbla Hutok to.t a, Philadel phia Itoairr la Diamond. A cigar that cost '1,000 I rather an expensive luxuiy. Thut i whut Theo dore Kaempff, a jeweler of 40 South Third street, 1'liiladelpbiu, paid for one the other day. The payment wa uot iu money, either, but iu diamond. A man entered hi store, and, after making a purchuse, stood talking with the proprietor. Tho customer iuvited Mr. Kueiiipff out to have a cigar. Mr. KaempfT accepted the iuvitatiou. They repaired to a nearby cigar store, leaving the jewelry shop iu charge of Thomas Coffey, a boy of 10. The joweler and bis customer hud just about reached the cigar store wheu a man entered Mr. Kuempff'a place. "How much are tboae diamoudi?" he inquired of the boy. Tommy did not kuow, but told the prospective purchaser thut be would find out. Tho hoy weut iu search of Air. Kaempff. Ho was absent about half a minute aud returued with Mr. Kaempff. When they were about five yurd from the door, they saw the vtranger leuve the shop. When Mr. Kuempft and Coffey enter ed the store, tho boy saw thut the door ot the case on the counter waa open, and a tray of diamond riuga valuod at $V 000 wa missing. "After Too, Gentlemen." The French at Fontenoy, sheltered by the ridge, could scarcely believe their eye at the sight of the English gunner slewing rouud their piece to cover them. When they ut length reulized thut it wn oue of the enemy' and not one of their own butteries, the officer, of the Garde Fruucui rushed to tho bead of their men, shouting to them to deploy and charge tho cannon. Almost ut the siime moment the grenadier rlearfd the hilltop, and began to do icend upon him. It was then that there occurred thut wonderful meet inn which lilt charmed ao muuy generations of reader. Every one know tho description of tho scone for which Voltaire wa in debted to D'Argoson. How tho French officers, iu their blue and silver coats and their long scarlet vests and stock ing, waited the approach of the grena dier, hat iu hand. How the redcoats doffed their marvelous shield fronted rapa, while Lord Churlca Hay biuved to the opposing line, with tho words, "Gentlemen of tho French guard, pleusu to tiro first 1" to which the Cnuito d'Auterocho replied: "Gentlemen, wo never fire ilrst. Fire yourselves 1'' Such was a buttle of the graud ugo ns pic tured by the aristocrat who saw the uni verse, reflected iu tho mirror of the (Ell do Bo'uf, bus in Ihe Lothian paper there i a yellow letter, writteti by Hay, in hospital after action, which give a ruder, and, it i to be feuted, more nat ural version of the story. Temple Bar. Mr. Wham of ltl.1. Mrs. Ishuiu suffered from un eruption on t lie skin, for which Sir Ralph Vemey sends her u homemade lotiou, with the following directions (March Tl, lt)o8): "Apply thi to yonr face every night after you are in bed. Let it lie ou all night, and wipe it gently off in the morning with a piece of store uew Mack Cloth, hut wash not your face. If you see uoe company for a day or two, or three, it is better, for theu you may luy it ou fresh in the morning, and let it continue on all day and wipe it gently oft at night agitine with the Black cloath. 1 bad almost forgot totell you, you must not lay it ou oleure, but shake it very well togeuther, till lis us thick a caudle, then power out a little quickly into this china box, and, lying ou your back, take a piece of spunge, pat it nppon your Face thick and thill togeuther. If yon lilt a it you may huve a much of it a yon please at a Wecke Warning." When it arrive, she i too busy with ber husband's ailments to attend to her owu. "If my dear Tunny is well, I shall ooue make use of itt. I doe but thiuke with my Blake fuse and the Blake cloth whut a Rlukemor I shall be. Ik Blind in had perchance itcompeusutiou for her husbuud. Lougmau'a Maguaiue. lilt aad MIm Mind Readluc It I told of a young ruau iu thi city that he called ou hi best girl the other evening. A conversation became dull they at on the sofa at opposite ends, and, after a s.lence of considerable du ration, evideutly spent by both iu hard thought, she mustered up courage euough to ask him what he wa thinking about. He, hopiug to please her. replied : "I wo thinking of the same thing yon were. " She, turning aronud, answered quicker than lightning, "I'll dap your mouth if yon trv it '" Exchange Tb Great Lawjeraod r)ll ver-Tooned Prince of Aa-nnatlc. Tbat wa a strange spectacle which waa presented in Chicngo on a recent Sunday, when ItclaTt G. Ingcrxoll, who for more than a score of j!ira ha eotv serrated the flower of In aurpaaalnir eloquence to ridicule, aatlrlzutlon and denunciation of preacher and ( hiin'hei nd tho Bible, spoke from a c.irlMilun pulpit, at the Invitation of a prfttcher and of a church, to 3,(xirt follower of tho Christian banner. For once the animosities engendered by bitter word were laid ald.'. The great audience bowed Ita head In silent sympathy with an orthodox Chrlatlnn Invocation to (Sod and petition for the blessing of Christ ; then listened for two hour to the eloquent denier of all that Is called supernatural or divine, of nil that 1 nnknowable, except by faith. In " llglon. And Ingersnll wn as imigmml liioii a hi a ucllence. Not once did he utter a word to wound the sensibilities of his hearers. Orator nnd auditor met on the common ground of consid ering what can lie done and should la done to uplift hiiiniinlt.v. That was hi theme; on that he dwelt. There was no scoffing at religion, no Jeering at sim ple faith, nnd when the logic of the speaker's thought roused nil echo In the hearts of lit hearer, they gave hlm generou n d of npplnnse. These burst of approval were anything but Infrequent. The audience of Chrl- tlaii heard from the Intldel thoughts both old nnd new, but all clothed In iN-aiitlful language. The nddres was given lu the place of worship of the Church Militant, of which Dr. John Busk Is pastor. Iugersoll, the silver-tongued prince of agnostics and greatest of orators, was Imrn In Dresden, N. Y., Aug. 11. 1S.1.1 Hi father was a Congregational preacher, of such liberal view that he wa persecuted for them, and in hi early life Itobcrt (!. IngerMoll Imbibed au Intense hatred of Calvinism which grew with his growth ami Dually made lii til the enemy of nil forma of religion. Ill iHiyhood wa spent ill Wisconsin and Illinois and nt the nee of 21 he took up the practice of law nt Peoria, 111. During the war he was colonel of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry nnd after the wnr his nblll'y n an orator and Republican campaign speaker gave hlin a reputation In the West, which wn made national by his famous, "plumed knight speech" in the Hepiiblicnn Na tional Convention of INTO, by which lie placed James (S. Blaine iu nomination. Sliu-e that time he has lived iu Wash ington nnd New York. He has been con nected with the most fa 'nous modern law enses. for his legal ability is ex traordinary. Ills lectures and law ni.' tlce have made him wealthy. FATIMA II. BORN. A Water Ilaby thut H .me Time Will Wtltfli Ton A baby hippopotamus Is n new ar rival at the menagerie in Central Turk. New York. "Mrs. Futlimi," the mother, weighs 4,-KSTi pounds, and cherishes her baby as much as a human mother does. Fatlimi II., Judging from the noise that she makes. Is composed of nothing hut lungs. During the tlrst day the babe kept up a howl that would have drown ed out the roar of Niagara Falls. The Ilrst thing baby did was to get out of the water. It looked like n new-born calf, and It walked like a seal. While linby was wabbling around. Grandma Murphy who has been with Fatlma all through her Illness, nnd had been forcibly ejected by the aid of three battering rams, peeped through a crack from the adjoining cage, and. thinking her grandchild was getting gay, she roared high disapproval. But Fatlma the second wasn't feazed. She wns having lots of fun finding out what ber legs were made for. From the way she used them she probably thought they were wings. When mamma started to shove Imliv back Into the tank baby went for niammn. That settled It. Mamma rolled over, squeezed herself together until she did not take up much more room than an ordinary house nnd pre tended to be aa1mp nnd out of sight. The DIftVrenre. A little boy, who iu the course of some conversation of hi elders heard a good deul of talk about the progress of civilisation, approached bis grandfather, who was tukiug no purt in the talk. "Grandpa" said the child, "what is tho difference between civilizatiou aud barbarism?" "Barbarism, my boy." answered the old man, "i killing your enemy with a batchet at a distauce cf a step, uud civi lixation is killing him with a bombshell IS mile away!'' Thi cynical answer applies well enough, without doubt, to the difference between civilized warfare and that of a period when the world was less ad vauced thau now. but il. i .... , ' v'HIIUHll civthzation l.x.k toward the abolition Ion rever. Youth' Compan- Uave you ever obwrved how audden ly a useful man dice, and how Kiug worthiest oue hold out! nonr. o. iNnr.Rsoi.i,. THE BABY llirPOPOTAMt . IT S A GRAVEYARD. . iful Threat . Cltr rr Maue - n-u it council of ronea rv i , j iinrcliused the towu site of croa ending to one of tho most uoted Mn .ite fight- iu the west. Tbi'b. Cherokee atrip wo opened t0 lettkment two yeur ago. two town lee "ted within a mile of w' anecalledFoucaCityandtneouieron- Both Spired to be tho county .out .ml he war between them waxed M wa u that several men bit tho dust. iClj he mayor of Foitca City called .public meeting oue "'ft and urg d ihe cities to keep up the fight until they made Cross a cemetery. 'his thought by hi remark he mayor actually advised the destruction of the c tyau.1 the people of Cro, bywiucl.es S rifl.H, but if so 1.U threat wa not executed in that maimer. Captain Miles, au ex-onicer of the United .State army, was sent to i kli iugtou on a m-iel inUwH tuut lusted eight months, during which time he .deeded In getting the interior do partmeut to recognize Poiica City a the legitimate towu site aud couuty seut. Through other parties the iufiueuce of the Santa Fe railroad was tukeu uway mid it began to uiu the residents ol tne nvai (uu. Nothing being eft but t ho town , d .chojilhouse. tbe bluff of the pio,H "r"7"p,,Z mado l few U,JU' - .i . :.i j. 9 ilia ui.vfnn . . i lift wiittT oircjt) ui iiio icuit'ici j bo deeded to the war mayor of Foiicu as T Z Z v bnrvina lot in recognition of . ..t-aill a family burying lot iu recogu his prediction to reduce Cross to a cem etery. A plot will be made in the shape of a cross, and the bodies of the citizen of Fouca who lost their lives iu tho towu site trouble will be reinterred with honors. New York Recorder. A BRAND NEW SNAKE STORY. Belatlvra Keuuited by tlie Printing of One Whivh Is of Iterlf Not Itatl. A snake story published iu a local pa per a short time ugo wu the menu of bringing together u family that hud been separated for more than 40 years, neither member knowing what had become of tbo other. Fifty years ugo the family of Mor decai Ellis lived uu the bauks of Rattle suuke creek near its couilueuce with the Wuba.sh river, a few miles from Lock port, 1ml. One day u little daughter, Alice, now Mrs. Y. H. Wilsou of Ko kouio, while ou ber way to tho spring ufter a pail of water, fell iuto a ruttlo suuke den up to her shoulders, and on being pulled out a dozen or more of Ihe reptiles clung to her garments. Ellis, assisted by neighbors, raided the cave, and ut the close of the battle 21 rattle snnkes luy iu a pile dead. The story, as retold at u family gath ering recently, was printed in a home papex A day or two since Mr. Wilsou received a letter from St. Joseph, Ma, conveying the information that two cousius lived nt that place that bad beeu missing for 4 (J years, ouo being the wife of Johu Felling of the metropolitan po lice force, the other William G. Brock u 8, who in eurly times lived ueur tho Ellis family iu the Ruttlesmike creek neigh borhood. They reud the story, reculled the snuko slaughter aud added many forgotten particulars. By the sume means other relatives wero located iu Nebraska. Indianapolis SentiueL IN MEMORY OF LINCOLN. (iavel For the KU Louis CooTentlun From Ills Log Cablu. Lincoln's meuiury w ill uot be allowed to wuue at the Republican national con vention. Every time tho chuirmau rap for order he will bring dowu on hi ta ble a gavel mudo from a log hewu by the immortal htutesmuu president. Wlieu Liucolu lived ut New Sulem, Ills., iu 1832, he built a log cuhiu for a home. He was clerking iu a store nt the time, but worked out of hours to wise the house. It is from one of the logs iu this houso the gavel is being uiude. One end of it will be mounted with silver uud engraved us follows: "Mudo by W. H. Bartells, Carthago, Ills., from a log of the cabiu built by Abruhum Lincoln, ma, ut New Sulem, Ills." Tho inscription ou the gold mounted eud of tho mullet will reud: "Nutiouul Republieuu convention, hold ut St Louis. Juue 16, ltti, nominating for president. " Making Gratifying Urowth, The report of President Irviue of neuesiey college for 1S9-I 5 has been issued. just The registry of the college shows 780 students eutered for lbi4-5 uguiust "08 for the previous year. They represent U(i stutes, tho District of Columbia, Canada uud four foruigu couutries. The report notes the opening of Fiske Cottage iulS'J-1, of the new chemistry luborutoiy iu Fcbruury. 18115, uud of the emergency ward last October; ulso the introduction of electric light iut0 the two halls, the three larger cottages, the art building and tho grounds. An ap peal is made for more dormitories t . commodate the rapidly increasing num. her of students, who ...... ,, , , . wiuiineiieu to lodge m i m vili,,,,., .i.... . freshman year. The pressing eed of 0 uew chapel is emphusized. , , J " To pr0t ,uln, bj Wlw Kepreseututive Gillett nf tM.i. SHwMh! " bil1 nt honw proMdiug that anvikiii i.., , to the truusinissio,, by telegraph, tele- phoUO, mail, exnreorml T J ' gambling bet or report of such bot ou be dw,ut,' Kuilty of misdo-n-eauor. punishable for the first offeu.e t. and for .ulTe! -, uy imprisonment ouly. mte, in the hu t iu March 6 the i. u f.'tencert.m , 1 ? . " Workw"' ou- lUStltUtluu in tl,., ...u .. .. . . . . Inrtituii r"00 oruiatioui or total f Xh i,Jntb aevo,el to the 01 11)9 eUed people, from a city of 3.0U0 inhabitants, built rU(.,u.a or f ,MI rt ,,.llltr T iu aday-the famous Sept. 10. IBM eomitg to u young face. It ,,, L until ouly a few house wero left. , n,uU.(i to ,,. .a, ' " Puucu City gave a town lot ; to every fw he owner of a house iu trosa and puid for )1)II11U.,IV ,, 1(1 ,,.,., ,. the moving, ami in this way stauipeuea ntiMitliMi fflMlltoll iiiwlflitrilt' f.-i-.i . . Twkege Conferenro. Jh . m6 mld'eMhefe.f 1 'ernoon-Truth. tZT?.TL I-l-rialmsti- "The process of beating, crti" THE POKE BONNE J, A Fashion In Mllllnrrr ih.. . Appareutiy the Salvation wearing poke bounet. The old-fnah ed brim. formluK ,n comlt.le frame for the for" ., f(,ltnrp ., ,ne porter. Though the poke alia.J EFFECT OP TUB POKK llON!ET. ,,, Kray-bnlred women ami .Z ,,,,,,. - nm M 1.'n' ThlenewoHt oddity of fasl,ndu. pinya many variation. The hat mi. o V!.-Uve,y flat cH flu inn rviiliiir rill mm In - ihicb irva - ii-iJ -vi.t iinu fjr I O Ilflir hn mwii '' often It la narrow and I tun, "l vi.re.I w tl, a mass of flo,m nun nt in a novo t tie cons or hair. Tbt front brim varies considerably In width In different shapes, but the prettiest of the hats are the most pronounced stylo. The one Indispensable restart of nil the spring pokes Is the strlon, which are usually w ide nnd fluffy mj tied In a broad bow under the chin. When flower are used for dccoratlou roses are usually chosen. FALL OF THE FETISH. Destruction of the Sacrificial Grart of AehantU by the Kngliah, Although the Aahnntl war wnged the English against King I'rempeb ki thing of the past and other Afrlcu events are rapidly crowding It out of mind, there la one Incident connertpd with the demolition of I'rcnipeli'i king, dom thut la worthy of reference. Thli was the destruction of the sacred grot Df the Aahnutbt, situated outside the ?iipltul, Coomnale. Here thousands upon thousandi at human ltclngs have been sacrificed ti KINO rRBMI'EU ( HOWX. the fetishes of the Asliantls, and etery where iiinong the trees of the grove tbt English ou their arrival foiiud tie white nnd ghastly bones of the detd ii-attered around. The deslructluB of ihe trees by the English was accom plished by means of gun cut ton. How were bored Iuto the trees nnd tilled with the explosive, and the charges wereirt off by means of electricity until tb jacred grove was obliterated. Our lllu trntlon Is that of the crown worn bj King I'roinpeh,, und which Is now l England nnd destined to find a reeling place lu Windsor Castle. The crown U made of thiu hide, lined with silk w surmounted by two golden born. Around the side are fixed model" 1 solid gold of lions' bends, tojietlier wltb human heads aud jaw bones. British Development of India. India. Is a wonderful example of tb energy and enterprise of the British nice, s.ij-8 Tenrson's Weekly, au Bul lish publication. At the la-glnnlng the last century, before the Hrltlsb be enme the ruling power, the country did not produce $5.tMH).(XiO n year of sMlW for exportation. During the first tnrf quartern of a century of our rule n ports slowly rose to about JoO.Ouati" In ISM. Since that date the old IntaiM duties nnd other restrictions on India" trade hnve been abolished. Ex per have multiplied six-fold. In li"" ' sold to foreign nations $M0.HW ... i.. r,rn,lnce. wnicn worm oi siricuj uminu i , the Indlnn huslmndinnn had raised, iw for which he wns paid, nnd In that yc Ihe totnl trade of India. InHudhUt portsandlmports.oxceedi'd Ji'dO.now Oreat Men Fun-Maker. At the recent centennial e.dcbrai' of the llnsty Fuddlng Club at Hr vnid. Lloyd McK. (Innlsoii rena : hi ... iilstoncni sKetcn wiimh - , i.i. . uoec :ili eie " i isii-ui ni'i""" . - - 1....1...... ... ....... .Fuddlng Club who are now '"''JJ!" public eye. "We have laughed. . Mr. (inrilson. "at the stage l""1''".'.". !,irollery of Senator Lodge. MlnW ' ii,..i prf I on., .tnincs ('. W ' nd other great M'rsonnges WeJ i. .,miii. Pr. .Mcriur- ey. black with cork, dance a l'",,"f .., .,.,wlrt ColllllllMon elog, and Aaiieduct r.wigo Wnlton (Jreeu In - M.L nf'ut tinsel a"" have oiue .gniize, j nou umj . h, thrice Covernor. William t"ss7'' " once thon wast a breecb-cloiiteii pe tut In the chonu." Preparations. coming Willie 1 knew night iuc i,lulrM l" T'n ..vapi" Rnnd,n8t B PPW " from throe to four hours. A .ke have COt There are 11 caoie Atlantic ocean, aud these have cl 000,00a 'Slip mt 1 '"Isima. aTlf Bi;mi k w phillv when the lirlni lu lln..,i 7 "M i 1 1 11 1 mtiA you were