EUGENE CITY GUARD.
frcarleUr,
eugene crrr. oreoon.
The way of the transgressor and the
bicycle beginner Is hard. If you don't
believe It try to mauler a wheel.
A mlMlng Chicago milk dealer baa
turned up In New York. Ill friend
fear he la Insane, possibly water on the
brain.
i !
A dispatch from New York say that
"nneaslortotielsapparont In the money
market." Thl will he Interesting new
to the fellow who hn to meet a note.
The great hat factories at Middle
town, N. Y. burned the other day, and a
Philadelphia pnper protmtily la right In
lurmlHtng that the loss will be felt.
Tin Napoleon fad liaa played out and
several leading magazine have been
compelled to fall back on comet adver
tisements again for their leading attrac
tion One great secret of happlnea la never t
to allow your energlca to atagnate.
Tbe old proverb about too many Iron
In the Are U aburd. Have them all
In-sbovel, toiig, poker and all tbe
more the better.
i -
If report oak. truly Tenia talked
five mllea through a mountain recently,
and expect aoon to be able to aend a
message by way of the Interior of the
tar III. Tbo Idea of inch achievement
I no longer received with skepticism.
If they come they excite curlovlty, but
not surprise. !
Honor to hi in who flrnt "through the
Impassablo pavea a road!" Such, In-,
deed, I tbe tank of every great man;
nay, of every good man In one or the
other aphrre, alnre goodneia la great-j
dm, and tbe good man, high or hum-j
ble, la ever a martyr, and a "spiritual i
bero that ventures forward Into tbe
gulf fur our deliverance." J
Foreign Immigration I rapidly lu-j
creasing again. iHirlng February and
March, 18D-I, the number of Immigrants!
landed at New York wna 21,2113. In the
corresponding month of 1M)5 It wo!
22,0.12, and In the aame montha thlaj
year 31,82. It I reported tlmt I.'i.ihM),
Italian Immlgrnnta are alioiit to leave
Naple for New York. The problem
connected with Immigration are likely'
to become pressing within a year or!
two. i
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It la a fact that nee in to be not al
way appreciated by the majority of
periona that the mind need rent quite
a much aa tbe body. The Idea of rent, 1
to tnoMt people, aeema to mean Just to
leave off physical exertion; but thl la
one of the mot aeriou mistake. It I '
often the case that the mind I much '
more In need of rent than the body, and 1
that phylcal recuperation la next to '
Impossible without freedom from ment
al atraln and worry. j
i :
There la a Hp homage to virtue that
li deceitful; but that la where a man
U false to bla own heart, where he
pretend to admlro what he cure noth
ing nlioiit, and boast of emotion that
ho ba never felt. There are peroua
who will deliberately attempt to de
ceive people Into thinking them noble ,
and gcuercoii and disinterested, when
they have no claim whatever to aucb ,
a character and no aspiration or long
lug In that direction. That 1 a hyp
ocrisy and a fraud that deserves the
utmost condemnation and contempt. I
! ! j
The lamentable death of Coventor i
Oreenhalge of MiiRachUNctta baa evok
ed discussion of an Interesting quos
tlon. He wa the victim of Inordlnato j
deninnd of a social or s'Mid social nn-
ture. The question a to bow much of j
the time and strength of a high public j
oltlcial ahould Im given to meeting aucb i
demnud hat lieen brought aadly Into j
pMinlnence by his death. It la a dell- j
rate mutter tor one In the position he
occupied to draw the line. The public
ahnuld help to make It easier by exer- 1
rising the utmost consideration. j
If "money talks," then Scotland Is
the greatest football field In the world.
In a guino at illasgow Saturday, April
4, the gate receipts reached the enor
mous sum of I;i,tU0, or 118,200, The
gamo wns between representative elev
ens of SNitland and Kuglnnd. There
were overtW'.tKK) paid admissions, some
thing previously unheard of at a foot
ball game, the nearest approach to It
being 43,000 on the same ground two
years ago. In this country UO.IXH) Is a
phenomenal attendance, but the irlce
fit ailmluMlittt ImiIiii liltrluir ll.a tineu. '
clary discrepancy Is not so great.
What accms to be reliable Informa
tion from Itei'llu Is to the effect that
the constituent of Itector Ahlwardt,
the professional "jow. baiter," have of
fered hi ni the stun of live thousaud
mark to remain lu this country. From
the standpoint of tho subscriber that
otter may seem to tie fair, but the Idea
Is not likely to bt popular on thl side
of tho Atlantic. We have already a
great surplus of undesirable residents,
dumped here, In many Instances, by
nation and communities that used
means somewhat similar to those sug
gested by Ablwardt'a constituents.
We do not want any more inch nui
sances, yet We may consent to the keep
ing of Ahlwar.it because It might b fur
the general good. In tiermany he wa
neverfalllttg source of disturbance
and a continuing and active annoy
ance to people who only asked to be
let alone; here he will havo no status
worth talking about and no matter
which way he turns he will And tbe
authorities averse to 1.1 doctrine and
resolved upon the suppression of any
attempts he may make to achieve dis
order. Haron Illrsch wa one of the great
spirit of the world. Throughout hi
career, from the lcgluulnga of the
amassing of the great fortune which
gave him his power, to the philan
thropies which have given him his best
fame, Illrsch exhibited moral aud men
tal traits which place him In some re
gards on it plane lib some of the most
remarkable men of hi nation. Illrsch
was su(verul !u everything but hi
oclul theories. Though be demonstrate
ed on a grand scale the lmpotblllty
of crowding the natural advance of a
rare artificially. Iy pecuniary mean,
yet Illrsch'. honest endeavors on tbl
line showed the grandeur of a aonl
whose Influence will live on. Ill col
onisatlon acheme were never aticcess-
I fill eorrespondontly with the lllienillty
wltb which he Iwgnn them. lint the
world, and especially hi conn try men,
now that he I dend, will Justly carry
In mind what lllrncn would have ilono
rnlher than what he nctiuilly did d.
He wna In hi generation one of the
greatest single money-makers of Kil
rope, and aland 'In history the nvxit
generous and prodigal dlHlrilnitor of
wealth for the relief of the poor lind
suffering. Tor tin-Bo thing ho ha Just
ly earned the place which he hold In
the admiration of mankind.
The tory told recently In tint Chicago
' paper of Cliarle Wheeler' murder-
on tfttack upon bla wife I a frightful
revelation of the posslhlltlcs of crime In
a civilised community. Wheeler and
hi wife, It appears, bad quarreled and
I purled, the woman going to her moth
er's home. He followed to persuade
her to return long enough to assist In
the work of packing their effect. When
the evening wa well advanced he ad
vised her to retire for the night. With
out ansplclon of danger alio disrobed
and knelt In prayer at the aide of her
bed. He stoln upon ner and struck ber
jcpeatedly and savagely In the bead
with a hatchet, beside himself with
fury and cursing. The unhappy and
frantic woman managed to get the
blood stained weapon, and clasping It
to her nakiMl breast crawled beneath
the bed, begging plteoiisly for life. Tbe
liiHii'a mood changed. He called ber
by endearing names, hound up her
wounds, drove ber, half dead from
shook and terror, to the nearest phy
, alclan'a and pledged her solemnly on
' the way to any that a tramp bad done
the deed. Thl crime I French rather
than American. The element of dia
bolical whimsicality, the strange con
trust of prayer and murder, the clasp
ing of Idoody ax to the victim' qulv
erlngheart.aslf to plead the more pow
erfully for mercy, the transition of the
criminal from brute fury to brute cow
ardice, and the final pledge of pardon
and alienee It I all like the horror In
the dusk of a madman' dream.
. . this lettering are as bright and iintnr-
Italian lr lens. nlshed to-dny as when the original writ-
To havo flowers growing In tbo lug was donee few hundred years after
ground all summer Is almost an Impos- the death of our Savior by some devout
nihility In Itnly. Flowers are merely a monk who wna an artist In his line,
crop, like corn, hemp, or henna; you ' TuU volume was evidently niiide to
must be snllstled with fallow soil when withstand the effects of time by one
they are over. I say theso things, learn- who well knew tho best materials to
td by bitter experience of flowerlesa " The vellum of which the leaves
rummers, to expliilu why Italian Mower ' n.fldu " carefully chosen sheet
gardening nuilnly takes refugo In po.s hy sheet.
-from the great ornuniented lemon! The binding was done with the
Jars down to the pots of carnations, Wrongest of thongs. The covers nre
double geraniums, tube roses, and Jiu- heavy n'l 1M. The wholo was well
mines on every wall, on every ledge or calculated to keep out dampness ami to
wlndow-HlU; so much so. In fact, tlmt resist the attacks of moths, lunik-worms
even tbo famous sweet bnsll, nud wlt'j or t,','r Insects.
It young Ix.relixo's bend, had to !h Th-i author, working on bis labor jf
planted In a pot. Thus the Italian gaf- !' lu some lone monastery, and spend
den, like the Moorish one, gradually '"H lei has a lifetime to the production
become a place of greenery nud water; of exquisite manuscript, so well
few hedges of box and cypress-ex- i I'erfoimed his tusk th it his writings
lulling Its resinous brenth In the m,. ! havo i-omc down to this iiliuteeiitli ecu-shlne-lciulliig
up to the long, flat Tux- 7 ch-aier. more legible, and lienor
can house, with Ita tower or plllnrotl I'rv 'y document lu exist.
loMRln under the roof to take tho alt (' written within Ihhi yours of the
and dry linen; a few quaintly cut trees W'Men away In the musty
set here and there, along wUh the j 'ecesves of an undent convent, it haa
twisted mulberrv tree where the fninllr , n"w ""'",l "l '''"'' wonder of
dinnk its wine and ate Ita fruit of nn
evening; a little grove of Ilexes to th"
back, In whose shade you could sleep
while the cicalas bur.zcd at noon; some
cypresses gathered together Into a
screen, Just to separate the garden
from tint olive yard above; perhaps n
luilustrndc set nt the end of the IkiwI
Ing green, that you might see, even
from a distance, the shlmmery blue
valley below, the pale blue distant IiIIIh;
and If you had It, some antique Htntue,
not good enough for the courtyard of
the town house, set on the halustmd't
or against the tree; also, where water
wa plentiful, a llttlo grotto scooped out
under that semicircular screen of cy
presses, A very modest place, but an
atlraetlvo one, wlthnl, having its own
peculiar charm.
A Collage on Wheels.
For over a year a well known artist
on tbe staff of a California magazine
has lived, with his wife. In a cottage
on wheels. The original cost of tho
building was live hundred dollars, and
It owner has already made enough
by the saving lu rent and expense to
pay for it. The van Is somewhat sim
ilar to those In use by gypsies, but I
fitted up In much more comfortable
style. It has one room ten feet long,
four and a half feet wide mid six feet
three Inches high, ami In this space the
artist and his wife live, eat nud alevp.
At one end of the wagon, over tho
wheels, I a raised platform, and here
Is a pocket edition of a cooking stove,
with a collection of shining pots and
pans around It. I'mler the seat of the
wagon Is the housewife's cupboard.
and her table Consists of the top ofi
a big trunk which contains the ward-1""
robe of the pair. Tho
Vho bed consist of
two cushions laid out upon the floor of
the wagon, and the bedding Is stored
In a box under the wagon, reached by
a trap door In Its tWr. The whole,
Including two persons, the little stove
and the big trunk, weighs less than
twenty-four hundred pounds, and can
be taken anywhere by two horses,
l.sst winter the artist made a leisurely
tour of the hills and vallevs. sketching I
, h ., ;
nn ,,v "I,,,, iit.rt, nil ill, onill,u,l'
tlon of duty and pleasure this seems
to the tollers perpetually warring
against their nomadic Instincts, but
who must, for obvious reasons, re
main at desk or bench to the end of
their days!
Trelty IVcoratlve K fleets.
A new method of decorating house
is most unique. A material has, Wn
discovered combined with a process,
w hich Is the Inventor's secret, for com
pletely hardening and, so to speak,
petrifying natural flowers in 11. 1, what Is
more wonderful, preserving their
colors), and Imbedding them ttush Into
the surface of kind of liquid marble,
or alalsister, the wholo receiving sev
eral coating of a transparent polishing
substance, and drying hard as a rock.
Some dad'tc and frie s lu a new Iiohb.'
In London were made by this mct.:nd.
with sunflowers, pennies and d.ililins.
and are said to be very ban Isoire.
Wheu souio tueu have a d llai ooiuliis
to them, tiny are alwa. looking for It,
lustead of trylu' to earn another.
THE GOSPEL OF GRACE
EXPOUNDED BY OUR RELIGIOUS
EDITOR.
Bare Old Manuscript Broaght to
Mcbt la the Famous Mono! Bloat
Convent-Two Arsalae la Hoatlla Array-
jon.oa and Vim I'raacnera.
Ilitb Century Gospels Discovered.
IBLICAL scholar.
In Europe b a v e
been excited oy
news of a discov
ery recently mudo
In Asia Minor of a
beautiful copy of
the Oospel. dat
ing back to the
sixth century, aaya
tbe NewYork
Journal. Thl hi
dent document
ha taken Its place
In the very limited
category of origin
al Bible manuscript now lu existence.
Hut In one respect It la far more pre
cious linn miy other. It Is not only
complete In every page and line, but It
Is a fresh and legible now as If It were
almost new, and It Is an example of
rich cmlM-lllshmeiit not surpassed by
any other similar document on earth.
Tbl newly discovered copy of the
(oM Is is a marvel of exquisite work
iiiunshlp and tho antiquarian who
have examined it assert that Its manu
facture must have occupied at lenst a
quarter of a century of painstaking
InlMir. Its pages are made of the thin
nest of vellum.
It la a quarto volume and there nro
two columns on encb written page. Tho
pagi-s are dyed an exquisite royal pur
ple, which Is delicate but brilliant.
It la In the writing, however, that thts
precious volume Is unique. Tbe letters
are written In gold ami silver.
Every ono of tbe proper names, In
cluding thoso of saints and holy places
la wr'ltcn altogether In gold. The al
brevlntlons, of which there are tunny
In tho book, nro likewise written In
gold.
Tho rest of the text Is altogether of
silver. The precious metals used In
antlq.mrlana and pique the curiosity of
lllbllinl scholars.
Tho In l for are looking forward to Its
trniishitloii wlih eagerness. Translat
ing the ancient manuscript will be u
long nud laborious wmk.
Tho old book is still In Asia Minor,
and the news of Its discovery in Ill's
aplet'dld condition only reached Con
stantinople a few weeks ago. It was
stilted nt the same lime that the pre
cious manuscript had been secured by
the liiiNSiail tioveriiuieiit.
It Will, It Is expected, l0 placed III the
great Russian National Museum along
side i ho celebrated Codex Similtlcus.
The latter contains parts of the (H I
and New Testaments and was publish
ed by the Cr.nr, who procured It from
the antiquarian Tlschciidorf.
It Is n slgnlllciiiit fact that TischcM
dorf discovered the Codex Silinlticiis lu
the Identical convent In which this uc-v
and richer (iospel manuscript has Jus
been found. That Is the celebrated Con
vent of St. Catharine, on the summit
of Mount Slnal.
This old convent, which Is 1.400 years
old, stands close to the scu of the
miracle of the burning bush, and Is :i
veritable mine of Itlbllcnl tunnuscrlpN.
There, but three years ago, two women
from Cambridge, Knghind, discovered
by accident nn ancient scroll which,
upon translation, turned ou to boa stoi v
of the Gosix'ls lu Syrlac, and thought
to have boon written soui nfter the
death of the last of the apostles.
These tourists had taken some phot.i
graph of the nuclcut writing, wlih h
was unintelligible to them. Heturultig
to England, the pictures fell Into tic
hands of hu Oriental scholar, who a
.7"'"". ' . - .yrm'
once reooguiMMi tue niicieut pvrinc, in
uZ,vm 1 " I"e,",n,
VI nil- nnmiivn.
A secti ti d expedition to Mount Slnal
wns thereupon organized, when tbe
wholo manuscript was photographed.
The monks of the Convent of St. Cath
arine refused to lot the old writings
leave their possession.
lllblVnl scholars throughout the
world Ion mod with amazement that
" , "'"""- "
had made the surprising revelations
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discovered by Tlschendorf, contained
a stoic of ancient documents that had
never been deciphered.
l'rof. Itonsley and Kendoll Harris, of
CamVildge, told how Its vaults were
stored wUh scrolls, parchments, and
papyri that had not apparently been
tSlstmbed for 1.000 years. They loam
el from the monks how the monaster;-,
the strongest fort I tied holy building lu
Asia Minor had received for safekee)
lug s tored paper threatened by popu
lar dk'turltancvs early lu the Christian
era.
Thee manuscripts had been left In
the vaults and secret cells of the mon
astery aud never called for. Selontllle
men and antiquarian were nt once
aroused by the discovery of the Syrlac
manuscript there three years ago. Kx
pcdlttons were organised to go to Mount
Slnal and make a thorough inventory of
11 the literary treasures of the build
lug.
It va oue of these expeditions that
tiucaithod the (Josivel manuscript wbe
discovery has Just been auuounced.
Tbe convent la managed by monk of
tit Creek church, over whoa the Rue-
ML
'mm
I
slan Government ha authority, and in
this way the manuscript fell Into tin
hand of the .genta of the Car. tU
though It la announced that European
and American uulvemltlea eudeavoifl
to procure It
Is It Katlglona War?
CbrUtlaulty aud worldllne repre
sent two great armies up In hostile ar
ray. Tbe boste of evil are well organ
ized and lreuiendouly active. Their
oldler stand shoulder to shoulder
and pre,, forward wltb t seemingly lr-
relstlbl front Th. ar.uie. of the
. . .t ... . i. a ..,i in
broken rank. Keglment. wltb ban-
ner. furled are torn wltb dissension
and wraiiKllntf over question, of no
vital l.i.,rtiice. and all the while
great iM.mbs of dissatisfaction are
bursting In their midst, Tbe Salvation
Army has always seemed to be at least
one battalion that wa. harmonloiia
and united. The recent defection of
Its leading otflccr and many of It beginning of the counter, ma
member eemed to forelwsle nothing of a Hungarian officer, before one or
more than a' dangerous rival. Hut at tho battle fought for the Independ
last the storm-cloud ha burst There Pnceof Hungary lu 1SI1 wa as follows:
Is mutiny In the ranks. It Is almost -I will not ask Thee. Lord, lo help
thecondltlonof a bouse divided against t us, and I know Thou wilt not help the
Itself. At least we have the Innermost Austrian: hut If Thou wilt sit on yon
fact and eoret of the rent unpleas- ! ,ier hill Thou shall not be ashamed
aniness. Hnlllngton Hootti una ue-
dared that the tietieral obj.-cted to the
use of tlie American Oag lu the United
States branch of the Army, bud no
sympathy with the American uatlon,
aud spoke slightingly of Americans.
He constantly formed rules that were
entirely unlltted to this country and
people. And In many way bis dlctn
torshli) wa so objectionable that Com
mander and .Mrs. Ilooth felt compelled
to withdraw and Inaugurate the "Vol
unteers." Since Mr. Hootb has thrown
dowu the gauntlet the Salvation Army
ollloers have speedily rushed to arms,
and now the signs point to a religious
war. tiod grant tlmt this, the one
great sotil-savliiK and most etllcletit re
ligious movement, shall not long re
main In such a state of affairs. Not
only are both organizations seriously
hampering their work and hurting
themselves, but more I being done t
Injure the cause and make Inlldcls than
all the lectures of all the athlests.
1'reiichera In Petticoat.
Old Ir. Juiison, who nt times hated
everything and everybody used to
say, "Men will go to bear a woman
preach Just a they will go to see a dog 1
stand on his bind legs; not because
he does It well, but because he docs It
nt all." In bis day, however, the new
woman had scarcely gained recognl-
tlon. Hut, seriously, some will be sur
prised to learn bow many full-Hedged
woman preachers there nre lu this j
country. Only fifty years ago there
was not a single ordained feminine
minister In the I'nlted tates. To-day, !
according lo the ottlchil statistics, there '
are 1,21.1. Morevoer, this docs not In- j
elude one of the many fair preachers
among the Christian Scientists, the
Kplscopal and Methodist deaconesses,
or the so-styled "preacher" of many
sects not recognized by the orthodox
church. The llgtircs given refer mere
ly to those women who have been reg
ularly graduated from a theological
school, the same us men, and who have
been in n like manner ordained, thus
having full right to administer all the
olllces of the church. It Is Interesting
to know where these preachers are to
be found. Tlie Kplscopal Church or
dains no women ministers, nor doe
one branch of the Methodist Church.
The conservative Presbyterian denom
ination not only refuses to ordain a
woman, but seldom allows one to
speak from Its platform. Six denom
inations extend all the courtesies of
this profession to women, the Cultai'l
iin and I nlversalisi Chun-he taking
the lead lu the number of fair ex hon
ors. At Home Hint Abroiid.
Toronto, Out., has a lllble Training
School. Nearly 2mi students have en
rolled during the ,oui
There nro !I2,iiimi liquor shops In Paris
ami 42.1.000 lu the departments, one to
every So Inhabitants.
The Presbyterian Chuii-h hastStT for
eign missionaries, of whom 2i:l are or
dained. I!" are physicians, ami ;;7H are
women.
itev. Father Field, a young Oxford
hrcd ritualistic ch i-gymiiu. Is devoting
his life to work lu l be negro slums of
Huston.
The Kp worth League met lu annual
convention In Chattanooga, Toiui.. re
eently with P.'.noo delegates In attend
a nee.
Tbe South African Auxiliary lllble
Society Issued last juir .TJ.iski Itibles
nud Testaments from its depository nt
Cape Town.
The Metropolitan Tabernacle In Lon
don Is still the Ix-st -attended place of
worship in England. There Is n church
moinliershlp of over 3,ono.
Some Oorman churches always made
a rule of asking every member, "What
are you doing for Christ?" and they
put the answer down In a hook.
Mr. P. U Moody, In answer to an In
vitation to visit London, writes thnt he
Is engaged until January next; but he
will pray over It. and "If the pillar of
cloud loads that way, I will follow."
In Wales, before the groat revivals
of the last century, crime abounded.
Since that time the Presbyterian and
Non-conformist counties of Wales are
freer from crime than any other couuty
In England.
FtHHvupled mission territory to the
extent of 4.000.000 square miles still
exists In Central Africa, an area larger
than the whole of Kuroie, says the Itev.
George Greenfoll of tbe Baptist Congo
Mission.
South Is Coins; to School.
According to Prof. Alexander Hogg,
State Manager of Public Schools In
Texas, while the South has gained M
per cent. In population In the last twen
ty years, the Increase In the enrollment
of Its school attendance baa been 130
per cent. In the same period the value
of the school property has Increased
from $lrt,ooo.ooo to Ml.OiHi.uoo, an ad
dition of nearly f 2.000,000 per year. Of
all the people In tho South, white aud
black, one In five Is In attendance at
school during some lart of the year.
This Is the proportion In Saxony, which
excels all countries In Europe. It Is es
timated that of the $3:Xooo.Ot expend
ed for education la the South lu the
last eighteen years one-fourth has been
for the colored race.
No woman .bould lean back when she
huihi. ,
1 ddTvfd BEFORE fighting.
, Biine
r,no.. Oen.r.l. '-T0'..
, Hle..in Upon Th.lr Kffori
Tn, menace of war, Jut now
jen. Mogn to mind the devo lion.
I" ... .... I Kni 1 1 if a roll IbV.
'..r hi.iorlcal belligerent.
The pagun. were wont alway. to make
aacrlfloe. to their god before enter
"g on the battle, and Christian, bar.
Imitated tbein In appealing lo the
divine support Oue of the earlMt
record. In history of a prayer befor.
battle I. that V .TrTcoh g Into
,;!. . pagan who before ,oh In
1 t,.,,i lie hi ch. some 4'S ymr
after Christ, prayed to the Ood or it .
christian to help him to victory. u
foe wa Attila. King of the I'"". ,
cbllderlc vowed If . , ' li.,
J bltu the victory be would embrace me
Christian faith. ,.,,.
King Custavua Adolphu of Se n
, the thirty years' war knelt on net
battlefield of I.uet-n (l'VI2) before me i
: 0f Thy clHMren." juis was hh- .
0f the "Flghllng Ilisbop" I-eslle before
one of the battle fought In Ireland
O Cod, for our iinworililiies we are
not lit to claim Thy help; but If we
are bad, our enemies are worse, and
If Thou seest not meet lo help lis. WO
,rfly Thee help ihem not, but stand
Thou neuter on this day. and leave Itj
to the arm of the flesh."
The one offered before the battle,
of Edge Hill by Sir Jacob Astlcy was: ;
"Thou knowest. O Lord, that I shall
be very busy this day. and If I forget
Thee, forget Thee not me," and then
the command followed. "March on,
boys!" As King Edward advanced
with his columns to Itaniiockhurn. he
remarked to his aids, seeing the Scotch
on their knees: "See, they kneel. Tbe f
rebels are asking pardon." U'l'mphra-;
vllln was heard to remark: "Yes, but
It Is to the King of kings. These men
compter or die on this Held." I
Oliver Cromwell bad public prayers'
before going to battle on several occa-1
slons, as. for Instance, previous to tbe
battle of Dunbar. It Is n curious fact
that the English prayer book contain
prayers, or at least one prayer, to I
be said before going Into action at
sea, while nothing Is provided for (
use before engagements ou land. -New
York Herald.
Purchasrd Fame for a Price. I
During the recent upheaval In tbe
Tall Mall (iaxette office one Interest-1
lug bit of Information that came to
the surface was that Mr. Astor's edit-1
or. and reporters were accustomed, 1
when among themselves, to refer to a
certain department of the paper a
"the tittle-tattle column." It contain
divers short paragraphs In which are '
recounted the doings, social and other, I
of notabilities of various grades, lu- j
eluding alway many tilted noneutl-1
ties, and occasionally professional per
sons like doctors, lawyers and dlplo-1
mats. Most of the other London Jour-1
nnls have similar columns ami they are
all equally trivial and snobbish. It
now appears that what bus always
seemed to be merely an amusing II-1
lustration of the extent to which the
Itritlsh public carries It Interest In
the "upper classes" I. In reality some
thing quite different
A Manchester doctor recently got '
Into trouble with his confreres be- 1
cause he allowed himself to be adver
Used as conuected wltb a certalu sanl-1
tarlum. One of his friends, noticing j
that the movements of other medical '
men, all of whom bad been voclfer-!
ously scrupulous In regard to the eth- '
tcs of their profession, wore constant-'
ly recorded by the press, proceeded
to the otllce of the Thuuderer Itself ,
with a similar Item exploiting a Jour
ney of his own. There he was lu-1
formed that announcements of that-i
class were Inserted at the rate of 1 !
rnlnea for three Hues and 10s (id for i
every additional line. Continuing his
Investigation be learned that the so
ciety people, too, bought fame at the
same high price, and that the so
called "tittle tnttle" was published not
because the British public yearned for
It, but because the lessor lights of
society and science yenrned for no
toriety, nnd were willing to pay for
It. New York Times.
Hlcycle and Mad Dogs,
Another use has been found for
the bicycle. On one of the outer bou
levards a cyclist recently perceived a
policeman driving a cart and urging
on the horse at a rapid pace. I'pou
questioning the constable the wheel
man was told that he was endeavor
ing to overtake a rabid dog w hich had
got ahead of the trap. Borrowing the
gendarme's saber the cyclist histlly
mounted his machine and sped away
In pursuit of the enraged animal. On
coming up with the dog he charged It
while still on his bicycle, and had the
satisfaction of running the creature
through with his weapon, killing It
on the spot. The cycllsfs plucky ac
tion was ninth applauded by the crowd
that had been attracted by s.i unwont
ed a slght.-Parl Letter In Loudon
Standard.
Map of Turkey.
Arrangements are being made In
view of preparing a geodeslcal map of
the Turkish empire. The work will
be under the direction of two French
oftVors, engaged by the government,
and three orlloers of the general staff
namely, Colonel Illza Bey, Major
Hakki Bey and Major Shev'ki Bey.
The Table Turned,
"1 shall have to go to my room and
stay there; 1 positively shall," said
Willie Wlbblos: "1 can't stand It an
longer."
"Whafs the matter?"
if", getting to be beyond endurance
the nide way these bicycle girl, stare
t a young man who is standing on
the pavoinent."-Exchange.
Never Touched ltm.
The harbor shop porter was manlptj.
latlng the whisk broom after the man
ner of hia kind, and. after many flour
ishes and extravagant gyrations, bow
td the customer out.
There was a look of triumph on tbe
face of the Utter as be said to himself
glauclug at bit overcoat, "He never
touched me." Judge,
Bombay U now known as the "Man
Chester of India,"
At least $72O,o00,0O worth of BrltlsU
property I alway ou the sea.
A majority of the member, of the
Milwaukee City Council '
wheelmen.
The "luxury of woe" I. tuch In the
orient that women scle ou tbe slight
est pretext to Indulge In It.
Argentina received 58,000 Immigrants
hist year, the largest number since the
financial crash of 1S1X). lu which year
the nnnilgrauts were 78,000.
Since the Cuban war begun the co o
Ulul debt of the Island has b.-ou In
creased by :io.1.r.:.l.lr.O. The previous
debt was f 1ISW51.WW, making a totnl
of $11,502,02.1.
Either tho olllces or tho cllUens of
W llllamsburgh. Maine, are of nn uu
usmil sort One inuu was elected there,
imopiMiscd. a few days ago, to hold sov-i-U
different olllces.
Arlsir day was celebrated lu Nebras
ka by the planting of over a mllMon
trees between sunrise and sunset. Pre
miums for the largest plantings were
offered by societies nuiHndlvlduals.
All Irlsii pi-crs not peers of parlia
ment are eligible for seats lu the House
of Commons, uud many represent any
borough, county or university In Eu
gland or Saitland, but not lu Ireland.
Paris Is to have n snlou national de
lu mode, where every style of dress ami
everything pertaining to the dress. Isith
of men and women, will be shown. Tho
exhibition will 1 of art for nrt's sake.
A 2-year-old elk. drawing nn ordinary
buggy, with a man driving, trotted In
to tho town of Aberdeen. Wash., a few
day. ago. The elk was harnessed In
the usual way. was lu every way na
tractable aa a horse, and stood quietly
when tied to the hitching post.
The question of experiments with
germ-destroying (liters Is now under,
the consideration of the government of
India. Some large cnutonments. In
which typhoid has lieen. or Is. preva
lent, will probably lie selected, nnd a
complete installation of niters will bo
made lu such places.
A Bengali nrtlst of Calcutta has pre
pared a map of tho world according to
the ancient Hindus. The artist has en
hanced the Interest of tho map by tin
explanatory descriptive account of It,
which will form a valuable help to tho
study of ancient geography, accord
lug to the Hindu rlshis.
Sir George Nownes Is about to start
a new dally paper In London, which Is
designed especially for Indies. It will
lie Ills-rally Illustrated ami will Ignore
politics. Aa Sir George Newnes has
succeeded In everything that he hna un
dertaken, he will doubtless succeed
with this unique publication.
Tho narrow Baltic sens have a worse
record for wrecks than nny other por
tion of the glolie. The annual number
of such casualties exceeds one a day,
ranging from 423 to 154, nnd In one
half of these cnnes all the crews are
lost. In the four years from 1S77 to
no less than 700 Uvea wero lost
there.
The entire town of Holbertson, or
Monteflore, aa its founders first called
It, Is soon to be sold under mortgage
foreclosure by the sheriff of Cumber
laud County, New Jersey, where the
town Is located. A Trenton building
nud loan association holds the mort
gages, which aggregate $40,000. For
a year no one bus lived In the place.
The peuuy-ln-tbe-slot gas meters are
such a success In Loudon that one com
pany la taking in over a tou of pennies
a day aud Is behind lu Its orders to the
extent of 1(1,000 machines. The con
sumer pays In advance, nnd Is satisfied
that be gets the worth of his money,
and the company does a cash business
with very light expenses.
A cat belonging to a resldout of Cam
eron, Mo., Is nursing a litter of wild
rabbits aud caring for them with moth
erly solicitude. Several kittens were
born to the cnt a week or so ago, but
they nil died. A nelglilmr found n tics:
of very young rabbits nbout the same
time and they were put lu charge of
the cat, with tho happy result told.
A uumher of Philadelphia capitalists
have decided to build In that city n
colossouni to be devoted to nil forms of
sports. It will be two stories high, with
an auditorium seating 20,tH0 people on
the second floor. The flint floor will
be used fornn artificial Ice rink, horse,
dog nnd cat shows, bicycle exhibitions!
athletic games, conventions nud cou
corts. A dozen or so of San Frntvclsco clergy
men have been expressing their opin
ion on thnt ohjectlouiible clause of the
marringe service that binds the womt n
to "obey." Their solomu decision,
which will be a welcome one to West
ern brides, Is that the word and Its Im
plications are repugnnnt nnd thnt obe
dience wilt be optional with the womnu
of the future.
One effect of overcoutrnllzatlon or
wnlch French authors complain Is the
restriction In the number of now plavs
produced. Whereas there were In
France last winter 1S2 performance.
In Italy, where the production of a plnv
nt Turin, Florence, Milan, Venice or
Naples Is of as much Importance ns Its
performance at Home, the number of
uew plays wae 252.
The great drouth has affecied the
rerslau gulf and Mokran const of In
dia to such an extent that farmers have
forsaken their fields nnd taken to raid
ing travelers In so much thnt It has
been found necessary by the local mi
norities to warn the European resl
denta of some of toe const ports not to
leave their quarters nfter dark unless
In company or well protected ngnlnst
attack.
Gotham merchants seem to be trying
to out-do each other in the matter of
perambulating advertisements. The
latest thing of the kind Is a sextet of
men marching In Indian file, each one
carrying an Imitation sample case em
bhuoned with the sign of the entorprls
lug Arm. A. these enses are painted In
different colors, the procession has the
appearance of a amall rainbow lu mo
tion. Professional mourners frequently sit
before the doors of dying people wait
ng to be eugaged to raise their voices
lu lamentation, and recently at Luxor
a chorus of women tat oo the bank.
menta and screamed . , .,.."'(
a urn n to prison for ,teBlu, ""."S
as the boat had left ti.. .aJ" .
bursts censed and ti,u . """wi
together quietly and onl,,,!,"1
"'" '. 1 year. ,i .. .
went to a rabbi at Hnrniea T
recently asking f.,r assl.t I r!
received. His papers .no
was a Russian Jo W lias
lived thirty year. c.
days later he was ordered to Im "
alii ii fitiltfirv u'l.i.u. . TtN.
the treaty of 1W4 u,lh R l,
forfeited 1.1. right, a,iiT.h,W
jeei in consequence 0f ,, ,h m
nbsetice and had uot hecome , I '
Th nn miner ,.f i.i.... , ""t
Acuities that the
overcome bv imli, n... ....
and over again. To inl,.i . .
Into the navy seriously hit,rfM!.',lk
the signal service liook. Tbe old
nro In tbe code on.i ...
, . - as m j, .
tho ships of tiMhiy a for th
sou's days. Hut the i,tnHluu
n new mime necessitate. .
In all tho Imok. That I wy.
mimes survive
utlon. """"P
A beautiful cedar aud niabom.,.
ter-lsmrd lugger has Un bi'
Southampton for Lady UndoX
Jiie littio vessel Is twenty-lx i-
!!., vnl,.r II,,., I.... . " I
" aiiiiuiuutiL av
nhlted tlttlnirs mul 0111, tn....
.m.-. iuo i-iuii-e nttuigs art of .
newest description, the mil! J
silk. -iold bending and scroll 0'
lleve the sheer plan from all mft
The yuchtlet has beeu unitied tiJ?
..I.. i.. ri. ...
tUolidu-"Metucti(hi corolla fa
being the Londonderry motto-f,
Is expected to sail unusually fllt
Jacob Hiicli, who win once a Uh
tloulst. and beat the has drum ftJ!
the streets of Sau Francisco, tboZ
ns loud ns any of his felluwi,:
army tf his own now, nnd deilarHki.
, i... II..IH...... .. i, . .
II IV- 1M.IIIIIKOIU IIOOUI ot tit p,
const. Ilia nrmy now numbm S
members uud Is called tbegospeianji
The uniform Is after the atju-oft.
Salvation Army, nnd he hai a anmb,
of men and women In the Held ttn
money. Bitch and hi. follower! trpr.
Kihiii Bueet-nn,
The city of rudun Is iuIdj tl y,
apparent to tho Austrian crowa,i
dutte Francis Ferdinand, fin ktt
recently Inherited from the dukeof M.
dona a splcudld mansion la Pidm,.
eluding a collection of prlcrlrti rt
of urt. The archduke had ilmjj
moved part of the collection to Yin,
when nn old will of the orlrttuUitr
of the collection wns discovered, tin
by tho collection, if any attempt ra
inndo to disperse, should beromt &
property of tho city of Padua. Una
the suit,
The eating powers of the Eiklmt
the tales told In the books of Dotlka
exploration nre to be brllotd, m
most extraordinary. Sir W. E. hsj
tells of a young man, tea reel j M
grown, who ate four pound and tr
ounces of frozen sea-horse flnh; at
pounds and four ounces of tea an
flesh, broiled; one pound and hns
ounces of broad, one and one-quit
pounds of rich gravy In twelve kot
Besides eating the above be ilwdiu
one pint of grog, three gurnets? n
spirits and nine pints of water.
The diplomacy of a Texas brlle I. u
astonishing culmination of tie Jrij
year audacities that hart Jir ten
reported. Among this yount tomo'i
train of admirers the oulj out tt W
favor was of so retiring t dltpodtwi
thnt she found It necessary to tiofti
during method of provoking the lega
tion of bis affections. In ber M
charming manner she told tue most
youth of a young woman who 4
innki) blm a desirable wife, tod t!
sho would volunteer to bring I
....I... TI.a a,i......u,l.,,i m-ui ntMnt'
MHIII. 1 no BUgl.eniii'11 !,, ...
resented, and the uiisiispectlniJM
man ardently proposed, at he ibonM.
The origin of several military Utl
the subject of much dispute, and
them the various grades of fetwlt
have occasioned much coutrovertj.Ct
authority slates that the brigadier'
Spanish title, originally borrowed'!
the Moors and applied to any oftr
who commanded n dotneuraent i
oops mnde up of the different anw
, Hie service, ns Infantry aud rant:
The French enlarged t lie wgmu.
of the title ns well ns the dotacluw
nnd ndded the word general. TheH
tenant ironoi-nl. according to the ar
authority, was the officer wlioaotd1
the place of the general, aa tue nra
nut governor, Instead of the gov
..own Hindoo hnsNvnbrtK
to define billiards ns a game In W
two men. armed with long stick. P
nt a ball, while one player aajt
damn" nnd the other "hard lines. 0
..H.lln. . I l,n Windsor Mas"
seems to have "similarly lin'rwJ
native South African mind.
...n..i.,. n-a. observed sttentl"V
watching the efforts of certain and
ful players to extract their ball n
one of those deep bunkers which F
i . ni...,iii.i itti A frlon n courses. TW1"
1 II 1111111, !. . .
lowing day he was seen to I Dfiaw
a gront Is.wlder with a blip P"
shouting "Goddam" Hie L
white man's game," mU tw
child of nature; "welly g P
white man's game."
. n.. - .. .1 I)., ir I. lie
n v v .ii-. - - - -
. . ... , i ...tlnie W
l nat cats ami uos i.,...... -
very well will be clear from tlii
n,,....l..io In nnd the dog M" .
... i- ... .....iiiiiir food. at
qui a Clever loan i"i - tf
tbor on rrlod It oil SO suoceSSlWU '
the mvsterlous disappearance ot
victuals had to be seriously M"-
.. ,,l All "
into. Then me wiion- i
covered. The cnt gave the M
signal by mewing wneu u.- .f
clear." Then the pair ""f,"", , a
the larder. Here the cat ollmiw
the shelf aud flung the
down to the dog. in nn
. .. . i,..,,f the Hu 11
erori uisnos. pus c c,k
with oue foot, wiuie " M
It pawed out the tll-M" f,,r
nnd herself.
The Stage. t
The stage la In Cl.i.m the lo
. .. o Hue "
pivressions, 7- ,nlWB(
bora the pain of exclusion fro
tltion at literary examlnn"'1"1
other man In the oipire t
nnd every successful caud
prolmble tnnudarin. llfpi
ln-rs alone can oeo-i "
The martyrs among wonK a
ly always women who nr
Ucularly woll by their '
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