EUGENE CITY GUARD.
EUOBNE CITY. OREGON.
JUST ONE YEAR OLD.
Jut olio abort year ago he fume,
Our liltle ton, Cod !!'. him!
A honvon-aeiit trenaure he la oura.
To care for inn! caress tiliu,
N o matter if I be duy ! ilri-ur,
Our heuri In- never fulls to cheer.
When lo my wrk I go sway
1 stoop nml softly kin him;
Ami ilirmiKli Mm Ion, long hours of day,
1 Miiliv, sadly mls bliu;
I "mil in 1 ti n t . nl act of sun
1 go lo h tin when work It don.
Vlih outstretched arm. and winning
inl,
Ifp riMi n loving greeting;
'Tin tiar-l to toll which olio of u.
happiest At our mowing,
Thl joyous frolicsome jroiitiff elf,
III loving in nin inn, or myw.lf.
Hi illiiit'.ol nrnn around my neck
Cling '!oo In (oft carcases;
While 'giilimt niy bronied nd bearded
cheek,
Hi dewy Hp he prcase..
(Mi, 1:1 lie lovel (lb, bnhj inlnel
You closely round iny beart-atrlnga twine.
Cod grmit Mint In the years to come
He no'or may know a sorrow;
Mdt M-noe and hspplnc. be hla,
With every coming niorrow,
Aud limy Thine everlasting arm,
I'rotoot and keep blm anfe from harm.
( tli, baby oilne, when year, hare flown,
Anil 1 am old and hoary,
Whon you to nian'a eatate have grown.
Ami at rung In nmnhood'a glory,
till, nor or may our heart grow fold.
Dour huhy lioy, juat one year old.
I.iaure 1 ultra.
THE FORTUNE TELLER
"Da r
"Ob I papa, pfult bow can you?"
The old high bailiff of Krolm pushed
way the prvtty little baod thut hi
eldest daughter sought to pine over
hi mouth.
"No," he wiliI, "I w 111 not keep quiet.
1 repent that the whole custom of send
Ins New Year's cards la a d n IhuI
one, anil It la time to put an end to It.
What are the rmults of auoli nonsense?
"First, I get tny mall bag later than
uatial, and, secondly, It la crammed an
full with the atiipld atuff thut I eau
hnrdly get It open!"
At length the old gentleman's efforts
were rewarded, the ling sprang open,
and he emptied Ita contetita with lin-patl.-nco
on the lireakfHNt table.
" ToFrauloln Kathnrlna von Krohn.'
be read. "My Codl are they all
for you, Kothlnkar
"Don't be bo iinlx-arablc, papa, and
pleaite don't rait me KathlukM."
The old gentleman replied to bin
daughter'! request with an unintelligi
ble growl and went ou drinking hla cof
fee. "Juat look what a lot there are for
me!" cried Kathnrlna, piling the letter
upon the table lu front of her and ber
face lighting up with pleasure.
"Are they all for you?"
"Yea, all. Now you ran aeo what It la
to be known aa a beauty."
"And an heiress," added the father.
"Yea, and an helroM, the repeated,
thoughtfully.
"Hut la there nothing there for my lit
tle I.llir naked ber rather.
Kathnrlna shrugged her hnMly
ahouldera Impatiently.
"Why, of course not. If girl ex
pects to be ahown much attention she
muat be a little more pushing aud Im
portant" "And an helreaa, too," wua the futh
er'a laconic addition to the sentence.
"I really should ho very gratelul,
father, If you would not allude so much
to my money," waa the rather curt pro
teat. "I can't help It, Katharlua, when I aee
my little LIU here, aa beautiful aa the
flower that gave her the name, nnd
well, alie la uot an bolro, do you Wi
derstand? Thnt'i tho whole thing."
Katharina made no answer. She
waa busily studjiug the hnudwrltliig
on the envelopes.
A young girl who hnd hitherto ant op
posite to her In silence left her sent,
went up to the high bailiff, and putting
her fair young anna round bis neck,
gave him a kins,
A world of love shone lu hi eye as
be looked at her with pleasure and
stroked ber soft checks.
"Never mind, Mil," be said, slowly,
"I am glad that you don't get such a
pile of letters. I'm grateful, too, that
you're not au heiress. 1'ei-hnps tlieu
no one will take you away from nie."
Tears came Into the girl's eye, for,
though she Mild no word, yet the
thought that Do one had rcmcmlicrcd
ber or cared enough for her to send her
New Year's card made her sad. Hut
he forced herself not to cry aud tried
to conceal tho few tears t lint would
not Ih kept back by kissing ber father
gala lovingly on the eye and Up.
Tho high bailiff of Krohn. the father
of these two girls, bad married twice.
Ills first wife, lovely, proud, but vain,
woman, died soon after the birth of
little daughter, and left ber tho whole
of large fortune. Ill second wife,
the daughter of a country clergyman,
brought htm no wealth but a sweet and
beautiful disposition. When she, too,
died after two years' married life he
felt overwhelmed and hnd never since
wholly recovered from the blow.
Katharlua, the elder of toe stcpchll
cblhlreu, bad just finished her twen
tieth year, and. aa she was aa proud,
pretty, and Just aa vain aa her mother.
bad already laughed at many proposals
for her band and inmicjr. No one bad
ao far beeu able to take her fancy.
LIU wna In almost every rceot the
opposite of b r sister. Small of figure.
quiet ami retiring, It happened that she
was often entirely overlook.!. It cer
tainly waa not right of father to love
ono daughter more than another.
Still be did so, ami It waa plain to
everybody that It wa the soft, sweet,
patient I .111 who was his favorite.
It made Katharlua feel annoyed to
ee her father so gentle and affectionate
toward ber sister, for she said, with
harp look at thetu both:
"What! kissing agalnl I cauuot un
derstand bow you find pleasure In al
ways lylug round each other's necks."
"You re out of aorta. Katharina,"
Id ber father. "On of th cards you
xpected has not com, perhaps. I
would almost wager that among all
those letters there la none from Uaron
Horn! Ehr
Katharina grew shade paler at
these word.
"I certainly expected card from
Harou Horn," she replied, trying to cm
cval ber annoy unco. "II surely lias
sent me one! Are you sure you emp-
tied the mail bng thoroughly'"
"Yes, I think so. Hut you ha letter
look yourself; It would uot be the first
time that a letter has remained stuck
In one of the corners."
"Ah! I thought so," exclaimed Katb-
arlna, pulling a crumpled letter out of
a deep corner of the bag.
She gliim-cd quickly and sharply at
the address, and then with an exclama
tion of vexation let the letter hurriedly
drop.
"Not from Haron Horn, after nil?"
asked her father, picking It up, "and yet
-that I hi writing. Heavens! why. It
In for you, LIU; It a addressed to you."
"Oh! IiiiknnIIIi!" an Id 1,111, quietly,
while a faint blush rose to her pretty
checks. "It must be a mistake."
"Hy no menus," returned her father,
smiling. "Here, open It. I.ct us all
e It. Oh, what lovely enrd! Why,
Katharina, where are you going?'
Hut tho father received no answer.
The above-mentioned narnn Horn
was a young nobleuinn w ho had Just re
turned from Africa. It was well known
that he took great pleasure III visiting
the Von Krohn family, and under nil
milliner of pretext took every opiair
tunlty to be with them. Of course ev
ery one thought that the allniellou wa
the rich and Isuutlful Katlmiiiiu, and
she herself took particular pain to
spread this view of the mutter.
Accustomed bh she wa to a lurge
uumlier of enthusiastic admirers, alio
hud uever for a moment limiglucd that
the huroii could Interest himself In her
quiet little sister until she wits remind
ed to-day lu a rather unpleasant man
ner of the possibility of such thing.
She read her letters through and Ihj
came Is-tter humored.
"How stupid of mo to get o cros,"
she wild, us she smiled at ber lovely
face In the glass. "It I not possible
that he favor LIU when be know inc."
There en mo gentle knock at the
door, and the servant girl cainu lu and
announced that the carriage waa at
the door.
Kathnrlna at once remembered that
Harou Horn hud promised to go for a
drive with her, and with this thought
her face grew bright once again.
A charitable bazaar wa to lo open
ed In a iielghlMirlng town, and, ns the
father was not able to go, Huron Horn
bud offered hi escort to the two young
ladles.
The baron wa n punctual a most
lovers-that I to say, he came half au
hour before the time, and found Katb
nrlnn quite ready, to his great astonish
ment, for as a rule she kept everylsidy
waiting half au hour, ut least.
Her inirposu of frustrating a tete-a-tote
between LIU and the bnroii wa
completely successful, for she did Uot
move from his side until they all three
were ready to get Into the carriage.
Tho father stood with beaming face j
on tho doorstop and waved a fond fare
well after them.
'This Horn Is a very sensible fellow,"
he thought to himself, 'iiil I admire
his choice. It will lie very hard to lose
LIU, but I would let lilm have her rath
er than any ono else."
Although the bazaar was crowded
tho arrival of Harou Horn and hi two ,
lovely companions caused considerable j
excitement, and they were speedily sur- j
rounded by ucquulutumvs. !
Among these was a t'npt. I.tuke, a 1
tall, blonde fellow, and one of Kutli
nrina's most sincere nml faithful ad
mirers. "How glnd I am to see you here,
ho
said.
"Uenlly? Why?"
"May I show you why? Please come
with mo. At the other end of the hull
there I a fortune teller, nml I want you I
to soo what she will tell you."
"May wo Join you?" asked the baron.
"Certainly. Come, we will till go to- j
gel her."
The mysterious room that held the
fortune teller was leached. The for
tunn teller proved lo be a little llgui-e In
the middle of a ili"e.
Hound the disc were figures nml !
numbers ami slips of paper arranged, j
Anyone who wauled lo see into the fu- j
ture paid a murk, set the tiiiiire revolv-1
tllg, and took the slip of paper opHislle
which it stopil.
"Now, my geiiaedlgcs frinileln," said
the ciiptnln, taking out hU purse, "won't
you try your luck?" I
Hut Knthiirina refused positively lo I
1h a party to such noiiscimc. ami. Inns- i
much us l.lli could not bo persuaded
either, the baron asked permission to
Inquire of the onicle himself. i
He set the figure In mnlloii ami took 1
the slip of paper oposllc w hich It stop- I
pod.
"Seek ber hand and buy the ring. Thy
life will then he full of Joy," ran the
words on It.
The baron tiled to catch a glance
from LIU, hut she appeared to be ab
sorbed In the nature and character of
the fioor and would uot raise her eye.
"Hoti Hlltx!" cried the captain, turn
ing to Katharina, "that Is famous; you !
really must lm persuaded to try It now. j
Or, shall I do It for you?"
"You may do it for me," she replied j
In such sharp tones that everyone look-
ed at her.
The captain turned the the figure and j
road tho words: "Hast thou not often '
heard It said " He hesitated: then:
tore tho pncr up and throw it on the j
floor. Tho conclusion of tho sentence
seemed to suit tho many proposals that 1
Katherlna had received too well for J
him to read l. I
"What waa the rest, captain?" asked
the Imnm. In all Innocence. Hut the cav- j
tail) looked so displeased that tho ques- '
tlon was not pressed. I
"I wonder what It was?" 1 .11 1 whls
lered to tho tiaron. J
"We shall leuru later, perhaps." ho j
eplled. "Hut did you get my New Year's
card this morning?" j
"Yea," she answered softly, with
blush.
"And do yon remeniler what tho for
tune teller told mo Just now? If I buy
the ring will you wear It?"
He drew a deep sigh of relief as be
saw hta answer In her happy, blushing
face.
8be towered her eye and said: "I
don't know, Tou muat first apeak to
pap." From the German.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warala ! CallUs the Wlca4 ta
Kapaataaca.
IT I always expen
sive to be wrong.
Closing the heart
gainst men, keeps
Cod out.
The man who
does well to-day
may do better to
morrow. Everything lu
Sunday school
should be bright,
except the black
board. The goldfinch
would never sing If It had to learn bow
from the guinea ben.
The man who will not look ahead wlU
have to stay behind.
The man works hard who siietnls hi
time looking for ao easy place.
Whoever keep the devil away from
t child give to Christ an army.
If grave stone were reliable, the
devil would alw ay drees lu black.
Any one can do much for the Ionl
who I willing to begin low enough.
The man who dues not give a the
nihle tells us to doe not give at all.
It I of more profit to have a con
tented spirit thau a fat tank account.
Hefore (od could speak to man, he
bad to make some symlxila to do it
with.
No one who love aa Christ loved cau
live In this world without making It
better.
1'eoplo who live only for themselves
r always little, no matter bow big
they feel.
Lore In parent or Sabbath school
teacher can no more fall than It could
In Christ.
If we could see men's heart as Cod
sees them, It would not bo so bard to
love them.
Are you doing anything for the Lord
that your best friend don't know any
thing about?
Win child's heart and you will have
something that will brighten two live
yours and hi.
The truth may e burled, but tlila
world la too small to make grave deep
enough to hold It.
MEXICO'S RACE OF PIGMIES.
Kaewn Only bjr Tradition, Their Lo
cality I a Mystery.
Somewhere hidden In the heart of
that land of marvels. Mexico, there I
without doubt a nation of pigmies.
Few they are, but fierce; hort of
stature, but long of life. Science, which
in thl latter day goes out Into high
way and hedge and comiet all sorts
of curiosities to come In, has not been
nhle yet to put Its positive finger ou
these in-oplo. Hut the Aztec traditions,
old lieforo the Is-glnnlng of history,
have said that they existed.
There I echo of the story In the early
historic of that land full of wonders.
Hrescott only told of a small pnrt of
the strange thing to be found In Mexi
co. It wn In tho belief that we had tho
clew to almost the precise! location of
these tiny folk that I started to Jour
ney Into the wilds of Mexico. So defiu
lie was the Information Umii which the
expedition was I m soil that I thought we
might go directly to tho homo of the
dwarfs.
I. know there were mountain to
climb ami river to cross, hundred of
hard tulle lo travel, untold hardships
to face, but to find the pigmy Aztec
waff a grout enough accomplishment to
tempt any sclent I tic man to make all
physical discomforts seem trivial.
I went. I InvHibil the remotest and
most uncivilized districts of tho great
country to the smith. Of the men and
customs I have soon many, and studied
them from tho I'nlted States Isirder to
the Isthmus. I have scon strange co
ples aud gathered relics of a bygone civ
ilization, but the race of pigmies we
could not find.
1 do not say that they do not exist,
but merely that I did not find them.
They may still lie hidden somewheree
among those mountains, where some
day some lucky man will find them and
bring them t i light.
At any rate, I have come Imck to tho
haunts of every -day, modem people
and the dutlex of every -day life, wiser
and happier than when I started on my
mission. The story of those wander
ings In Mexico will ho n wonder story
to tell hy and by and a rich memory
for old age. - ! I'cdcrU'k Starr-In San
Francisco Examiner.
What Marco Polo Dla.
He wa the first traveler to truce a
route across the whole length of Asia,
say one of his biographer, "describ
ing kingdom after kingdom that he hud
seen with his own eye." He was the
first traveler to explore the desert ami
tho flowering plains of Persia, to re
veal China with It mighty rivers. Its
warming population, and Its huge
cities and rich manufactures; tho first
to visit and bring Imck accounts of
Tibet, I -no, lUirmali. Slam, Cochin
China, Japan, tho Indian Archipelago,
Ceylon, Farther India, and the Anda
man Islands; the first to give any dls
ttiU'Laccouut of tho secluded Christian
empire of Abyssinia; the first to speak
even vaguely of Zanzibar. Madagascar,
and other regions In the mysterious
South, aud of Siberia and the Arctic
(Venn In the terrible and much dread
ed North. Although centuries have
passed since young Marco Polo grew to
man's estate while treading hi dan
gerous way among these distant lands,
we must still look back to his discover
ies for much that we know about those
countries; for we have learned nothing
new of many of them since his time.
St. Nicholas.
A Woulorful Flower.
The most wonderful flower lu the
world, as well as one of the very larg
est "blossom" known, i a native of
tho Malay peninsula.' It Is simply a
gigantic flower without either stem or
leaves, and has more the appearance
of fungus thau anything else. It Is
bout three feet lu diameter aud ha
globular central cup which has ca
pacity of nearly two gallon. Thl cup
la always tilled with fetid liquor
which attract an Immense swarm of
file aud other Insects, The pistils o!
this queer flower distill the liquid and
It Is believed that the rank odor attract
the flies In order that the flower ma
bs fertilised.
AMERICAN SADDLES.
Mas Oesaa of Ar Taraed Out la tha
Far West.
All over North A merle for many
oi,.n.. ..,t,lt,.a bnve been fa-
Iniotw, and every eqtmstrlau outside of
' the United Slate cavalry and of the
I North weat inouuted police of Canada,
bait either had hi horse tricked out
! with Cheyenne leather, or ba wished
he bad. The fancy worn ou w"i
bolsters and stirrup hood, that once
! made Mexican saddlery famous and ex
j pensive, long ago was copied by the
Cheyenne maker, who kept op tho
fame aud beauty of American horse
trapping, but made them so cb"ap
! to be within tho means of most
j horsemen. In the old day when Wet-
ern cattle ranged all over the plalus
'and the cowboy waa in hi glory, that
j queer citizen would rather have
' Cheyenne saddle than a best girl. In
i fact, to be without a Cheyenne saddle
and flrt-cla revolver wa to be no
better tlian the aheep herder or tiui
era.
When the writer wa In Cheyenne
the other day the first place he looked
for wore the snihlle-mnker' shop. He
a' anmrlumt to Hnd Olllv 0110 SllOWy,
j flrst-clas store of the kind, and, Instend
i of there lielng a crowd lit rroni or u,
I there wa no sign of more biislniwa
than wa going ou at the druggist's
near by. or the stationer's over tho
way. The good displayed In the win
j dow were beautiful and extraordinary.
I There were the glorious, heavy, hand-
uninnl uddh: thero were the huge,
! cumbrous tapnderos; there were tho
j larlaw or ropes; the magnificent bits
that looked like Moorish art outuone,
and there were mule skinner and Uio
fanciful spur, and, In short, the win
dows formed a museum of things that
rvwtsiy would have pawued his soul
for. The metul work wa all such u a
cavalryman once declared It, "the most
elegant horse Jewelry In creation."
Englishmen and Cermaus now buy
the fanciest and best trapping to send
abroad to their home. Hand-stamped
saddle cost from $13 to fsTi, but 3."
buys a good ono ns a modest man who
know a good thing will enre to use.
Cowgirl saddle were on view seven
of them-with rigging for sldo seats
and with stirrup innde In sllppji
shape. It Is uot that there are really
half a dozen cowgirl In the world, or
half a dozen women like the Colorado
cattle queen, or the lady horse breeder
of Wyoming, but there are Western
girls who have to ride a great deal,
and they have fond fathers and broth
ers, and still fonder lovers; hence the
manufacture of magnificent slde-sud-dies,
all decked with hand-stamped pat
terns, and looking a rich as the rich
est Hedoulu ever dreamed a horsegoar
being made. There Is still a good trade
In cowboy out fits that are ordered from
Montana, the Ihikotas, Wyoming, Col
orado and Texas, and si in I In r goods go
to the horse ranches of Nevada. Idaho
and Oregon. Moreover, as long os
men ride horse thetfl will be a trade
hi fancy outfit for them. Ivuvor
Field aud Farm.
Tranquil. Hut Severe.
"My lioy," said the examiner, In the
friendliest of tone, to a lad who had
Just finished a piece of Latin prose, and
was alKiut tremblingly to place the
composition lu the gentleman's hands,
"my boy, I looked over your shoulder
while you were writing; you have every
reason to be satisfied with yourself,
aud with care, will got a scholarship
easily, and a good elans In 'Mods' as
well."
The examiner whose kind manner re
assured the uervous boy had 1m-cu sent
by the T'niverslty of Oxford to test tho
classical attainments of the Hath schol
ars. Ho was six feet In height, very
thin, very tranquil, with that studied
softness which scorned to conceal a
severity that could be merciless. That
side of bis character showed Itself a
few hour later. Mr. F.seott desorllio
the exhlbltnn, lu his hook, "Platform,
Press, Politics and Play."
It wn winter; the Avon wna frozen
over, and exa minor and examinee
were skating over the surface, the form
er no Iohh at home upon steel shod feet
than In tho teacher's chair hearing a
recitation In Greek.
An overgrown lout, whoso Ignorance
lu Crook grammar had been detected
by the examiner, thought he would ob
struct the examiner' progress aud
send him sprawling. Fancying that
hi act waa not oWrved, he placed In
the path such obstacles as happened to
lie at hand. Along swept tho exnmluer.
and aa he came to the obstruction, lifted
with a single stride his tall form across
the barrier.
"My young friend," he called out In
a voice heard by all, "the next time you
want to play any of these monkey
tricks, try them on one of your own
height. And now, remember that you
have In front of you for to-morrow the
verb lu Ml, which may present difficul
ties to you, greater even than this truck
and broomstick did to me."
The laugh was turned against the
Ill-mannered lad, who, as his conqueror
left the river, shouted, "Throe cheers
for the examiner!" Tho man was Mr.
Perclval, Fellow of Queen's College,
Oxford, aud to-day Bishop of Here
ford. Tho Temple of Serpent.
Tho small town of Werda, lu the
kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for
loathsome den called the Temple of
Serpents. It Is a long bull.llug dedi
cated to the priests and mystery men
of the kingdom, and In It they keep
thousands of snakes of all kinds and
sixes. Those slimy, crawling creatures
literally ow n tho village, a well as the
temple, which has boon erected for
their special accommodation, and may
be seen hanging from tho rafter and
door posts of any house In tho town,
lu Words to kill a serpent Is a crime
punishable by death. The serpent In
the sacred temple are fed by a regular
corps of hunters, w ho are paid for their
services out of the public exchequer.
Feminine l ir.i Depart men t.
The little towu of Nasso. in Sweden,
has a feminine depart mcut, l.Vl strong,
In It lire brigade. The water works
of the village consist simply of four
grvut tubs, and It I the duty of tho
women "firemen" to keep these full In
case of fire. They stand In two cou
Millions line from the tuba to the lake,
about three blocks away, oue lino pass
ing the full buckets and the other end
lug thorn hack.
It la dangerou for people to under
stand each other too wslL
A.
and WA
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The Coal eunplr.
According to the estimates 0 ' '
Il-resldeut of the Heading Hall oad Mr
Harris, the anthracite coal
Pennsylvania originally ''"'''''''..V
4rKJ,4iK),(siO tons of c-ml, of wiil'ii
miiXH) tons have already Is-eit mined,
leaving 11 !l'l,(MMH'l t"" '' ii'""1"'""
ed. At the 'rate of ton a yeat
tuls would last yc. years, but us ubo.i
half of the renin g "iipidy 'ould
probably be unavailable for mining,
the fields maybe practl.iill.vexhuust.Hl
In i:m years. Mr. William Crilhth esti
mates that the coal supply in the W yo
ming district of I'eiinsylvonla will lust
for fifty-two years longer.
The War 011 Moth.
According. to the Scientific American
the only effective way to protect fur
and clothing against the ravages of
moths 1 by keeping the moth-miller
from lujing their egg In the good.
Moths dislike the smell of camphor,
cedar, tobacco, etc.. "hut If the egg ure
really luld the grub will pursue Us de
structive work without paying uny at
tention to the odors, and would do so
were the smell many time more pun
gent." It Is said thut furrier have no
other secret for keeping fur than this,
viz.: they wmp the furs tight In paper,
and carefully paste the end so that no
openings remain for Insect to got
through; and once a month, at least,
they examine the goods, lient and ulr
them, and then carefully reseul them
In paper.
The I)elloeocoip,
Lieut. Col. P. Neville hit Invented
an Instrument for military and topo
graphical surveying culled the dcllneu
scope. Thl consists of u small port
able camera having a lens with a fixed
focu. The lens I directed downward
and has beneath It a mirror Inclined
at an angle of -l."i degrees to the axe
of the lens. This throws a picture of
the landscape with right and loft re
versed on the tracing pnpor on a hori
zontal object glass. Hy using a focusing
glass the main features of the land
scape are traced 011 the paper, which
1 then reversed on a enrd ruled lu
squares similar to those in the note
book Into which the sketch Is to be
copied and recorded. The details can
then be added by eye and the more
exact numerical data entered on the
margin of tho page. The bearing of the
center line of the picture, taken with a
prismatic compass, furnishes n base
line from which the bearing of other
line scjin be scaled.
Hint Music
In Mr. Nohrling'a treatise on North
Amorlcau birds, uow being pulillslnil
In successive parts, he culls attention
to a singular arrangement of bird
songs, a kind of daily musical program,
which nature seem to have fixed. The
robin, ho says, opens the music from
the earliest daybreak, singing lu u seri
ous and solemn strain but the bobo
link, with Its cheerful mid rollicking
notes, doe uot begin until sunrise,
when the robin has nlniost ceased. The
morning program thus proceeds from
grave to gay. In the evening, accord
ing to Mr. Nehrling, thl order Is re
versed, "and after the comedy Is con
eluded nature lulls us to repose by the
mellow notes of the vesper sparrow
and the pensive and still more melo
dious strains of the solitary thrush."
A Headlight Kitnint.
A new Idea lu headlight signaling
ha been brought out by H. J. Havls,
of Pueblo, Col. Instead of using the
simple curtain to darken the light when
the train Is in siding to clear, he em
ploys a shade that show a red head
light when the train Is on siding, but
uot lu to clear, and a blue headlight
whon they are In to clear.
In those days of fast time on single
track roods It woukl be a great relief
to Mie man on tho flyer to know Just
new nr.Aui tent mi.nal.
how things are fixed at the station he
Is approaching -If thero Is a train thero
nw with a clear headlight he Is not
sure whether they are lu siding, with
the rear end hanging out, or ou tlle
main Hue.
Mr. Iavls uses shutter slides made
up of panel of red and blue glass
These slides are carried In the right
side of the headlight case, and are
shoved abend aud over the front bv
rods running back to tho rah. These
shutter frames are made of mot.il aud
hinged, sliding In grooves top and bot
tom of the case, so plainly show n In the
eugniving-Looomtlve Engineering.
Ureal F.xpectaCon.
Little a there U to be saij for ,ue
system of "tips" In general. It Is at
least a comfort to kuow. as one does
In Europe, how much Is expected In
this couutry, whore the practice of
"tipping" Is becoming more nd more
common, there .eerus to I absolute! v
nothing, except the size of one s pocket-
book, by bleb to roguUte ucn eiaen- ,
dliure. . . . . ., . !
A Chlcsgo pnysic.au . " - -re.taur.nt
on hU way om. from .
vase" not long .
. luncheon. When he had finish. ,
tTM.l the girl wOio had
been waiting upou him. .nd asked for
1,1 check. She handed him one for U)
cent, and be gave her dollar.
Five mluutes I"!. 'fllt"
ress did not appear with the chatw-.
Ttie I tor wa in a hurry and grew a
little Impatient. Another five minutes
,nd still no change. Five minute
more, and hi time being money, the
Pootor concluded to give up the chnnijo
and g' ,
At the dor of the rentaurant he wn
siopfsil by the proprietor.
Excuse 1110-but you have not paid
your check."
i have paid It."
"Excuse me- I am sure you have
"el-" . ..
"I pa 1.1 that girl," said tho Indlgn.iiit
phv.M11 11. "and after wualliig fifteen
minutes walling for my change I nm
going away without It."
The proprietor summoned the wait-
les.
"Hldu't I pay you a dollar for my
rent check, and don't you owe me 40
cent?" deinundod the Ooctor.
The waitress opened her eye.
"My!" she suld, "you pay fr your
cheek ut the desk! I uppjed thut d.4
Inr wu a tip."
PRETTY COIFFUrTs.
Ur.ceful and Hecomlnu Mode, of
Drcaalnii the Uulr.
It has tltiully come to pus thut lu
tho matter f the coiffure few Intelli
gent cultivated women follow any uni
versal mode or Iron rule In the arrange
ment of their hair to suit tho features'
of their friend or neighbors, but lu ae
roidance with their ow u particular cust
of countenance and their Individual
fancy. A n result one notices at any
fushioiiuble evening gutherlng a med
ley of graceful and becoming styles of
coiffure thut not Infrequently are quite
an urtlstlc study.
The compact lustrous braided coll of
the buck of the head Is xipular with
ninny, especially women who elect for
the trim prlncosse or the open-back
poke bound. There are high-rolled
coiffure In pompadour, Josephine and
Medici styles, with or without the full
pufT iiIhivo the roll; bow-knot on tho
sides, or at the top of the bead In the
buck, with glittering diamond or paste
plus thrust lu hero and thero; low,
broad Hussluii coiffure with hair In
.hup waves over tho brow aud sides of
the head; Creek knots with classic fil
lets of narrow gold or sliver set with
tiny gems, to bind dowu tho ripples of
hair a very spcclul style seldom to be
ventured upon; braid a la chatelaine
caught up with a large Alsutlau bow
or hair oruument; the Clyde style, wltli
a few short, airy curl Imund with a
soft lira U of buir lu the center of the
head, or ill the uape of the neck, as
proves most becoming. There Is, like
wise, the Naomi coiffure. In which a
length of abundant hair Is tightly braid
ed and coiled round and round the
crown of the head like a fluffy aureole,
ami fixed with tiny, gem-set pin.
There ure other arrangements, com
bining tresses knotted, brulded aud
waves, giving the effect of a great
wealth of woman's crowning glory, or
severe coiffures adjusted with plain,
rich tortoise-shell pins, Spanish Ntyles,
also with the Inevitable high-buck
comb a u llnlshlng touch, and coiffure
In unique modes of the ultra-English
order, the huir parted In the center, and
minus puff, wave or ornament; an-l
lastly, the short-cut style, curling all
over tho head, an 1 parted on the left,
with little side-combH to hold the ring
of hair In place almve the temples.
New York Evening Post.
Knew His .Master' Term.
A well-known English actor Is pas
sionately fond of dog and delights In
making them his constant companions.
Seldom Is he seeu unless accompanied
by one or more of his pets. A manager
a bmi 1 to produce a now piece required
the service of this actor for a special
part, and so dispatched his acting man
ager to make tho engagement. In due
course the latter arrived at the bouse
of the hlstrlon, which Is In tho country,
and found him resting, after a long
walk, lu a large, comfortable arm
ciiuir. .rter n few civilities tho acting
manager proceeded to business. Wa
the n.tor nt liberty? Ho was. Could
he accept a part of such and such a
nature? He could. And now about
the salary. Well, the acting manager
thought they could give him so and go.
"What?" roared the Impulsive actor,
starting to hi feet. "What?" At the
same moment from under a chair a
huge bulldog thrust It bend between
It muster legs and growled and
showed It teeth In the most ferocious
maimer. The startled visitor made for
the door, exclaiming us he did so: "All
right; name your own terma?"
Sonic time after another manager
ankcd the acting manager for our ac
tor's oddross. The acting mannger
gave It. "Do you want him?" ho asked.
"Yes," said the manager, "Then, for
goodness sake," was the reply,' "be
sure to offer 111 111 enough, for he' has a
dog I,, the uouso that knows his terms."
Iioweir Americanism.
Writing of the essay on Democracy
which Mr. Lowell hliv.r..i i v-..i ;
Mr. U. W. Sniulley says: "It probably
reached the English inlud ns no other
ever did. and laid before them once
for all the Anierlonu Idea of govern
uieut by the people and for the people
of which Unfolu' Immortal statement
was but tho text. LoweU'. was the
sermon." In another pnrt of hi arti
cle, published in Harper'. Mr. Smaller
quote from a letter written bv Mr
Lowell, while visiting SouthU.ro, Mass'
the home of his daughter. The extract
display the pure, genuine-. uierlean
ism of this mnu of letters.
"What has Interested ,e most lias
beeu tho town and Its people; a pre
democracy Just a It came from the
Cape a hundred aud forty-three years
ago. I often thought how bard It
would be to make an Eugllsbmun nu
derstnud It at all-much more, thluk
life toleralile under such condition
"Everybody U a good a even-body
else, but no better, aud neither wlsho
n.,r pretend to be. I found It delight
ful, and culd ask no higher praise for
our Institutions than that they have
wrought such a result as thl. Every-
lH ,nJ 'Ty "ve com
fortably off hi. own land."
Loon,
on dweller by the t,uj Uk.
Hemote anion mi. ...... t
no..ndwSHled shore. tl.yuSJ ,
The sleeping echo,.,, ril,e, .4
The slngiiiK of tin. mi. '
Thou hnat the storm a elr0m.fIU
At thy borne by the water'. ,u
The wave, may Iah llut lBI L"
May. playful, lift a, r,H.k X
Huilt on the reedy W.,B 1 "
Thou art a ruler In good rihL'
Strong master of all wn,. thtU,
1 hy wings outstrip the .turm,.
Thy swimming i. m. .allow'iaJk.'
Soon In the depth. U-ow 'w
Thou alttest with a sovereign irt
The broken w ater, nf the ponj.
And, quicker than the eye ciB ui
Hsat ahlfted to another pl.c.
A good half-mile Ix-yond.
Ah! said those loud, .lomonUe tri
Borue on the startled liatrnin. u
As If from nether world did rl '
In agony to earth and skies
Ao outburst of donnlr.
Proud Is thy mate, a side by ,,,
Ye cleave the air with whiuim tlu
Your brood that patiently .bid
At homo, rejoice, your form, demiii
Those wild miiva lir.l - -1--
- - ... ...u w nog,
Inac Hnasett Choate, la t
Which Ar Toat
There are two kind, uf peopl. m mj)
Just two kind, of people, 00 ift,laj.
Not the humble and proud, for U K
little .pan.
Who puts on vain air. U Bottom:;,
man.
Not the happy and tad, for tbt rut
flying yetra
Hring each man hi. laughter, uj u
mo hi. tears.
No; the two kind, of peopli mm-);
mean,
Are the people who lift and the asp
who lean.
Wherever yoa go, yoa will B
world', masse.
Are always divided In Just then m
classes.
And, oddly enough, yoa will lad, St I
ween,
There 1. only one lifter to tvt.tj it
hnu.
Iu which cla. are you? Art fix hk,
the load
Of overtaxed lifter, who toll don t
road '
Or are you a leaner, who Irtiotknarr
Your portion of labor and monjuitut!
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
To My Harp,
Thy awcet, clear note, are herliai
And hushed the strain. I lorrdawl
Companion of my lowly boan,
Thy silvery chords hare bid fareaH.
Still fond remembrance clings t tbt
And thought flies hack to hawiier da
When near to thee were tho detrlr
Who loved to list to thy .wert lJ
A valued relic of the pnt,
I oft' times alt and view th ttH
And think of those who tauht me W
Thy soft, melodious note, to I1L
A grateful messenger of love,
Friendship's off'ring, ever dear,
Thou still recallest that glad hoot
That I remomlier with a tur.
A gentle hnnd, too, joined my own.
To rob thee of some merry .train
Alns! that gentle hand no more
VU strike those joyou. chord, ip
. . h.,! hrnL
rar, inr iwij uij imn.v .
Where dwelt tho cheri.lied of aij
t L.a !AM
Sweet lyre, thou nrtng t mem
From thee affection ne'er can P"-
Methlnk. at night when all tWoP
Thy music waft my ureunn v.-.-Entrnnclng
every souse with Joy
Like some aeollan nio!ly.
Uut silent now tny noououi, .
And snapped the .triiiK I loved so
Thy requiem floats upon tnr o..-.
Thy silvery chord hath bid fi
C. A. CarvnL
At tho poor.
I thought myself Indeed ir'
So fast the door, so firm the locx.
But. lol he toddling come, to lure
My parent ear with timorous .
My heart were stone could it whtou
i.. .. ... huliv u!ta
tne sweeu.es u. ,
Thnt timorous, baby knocking nj
"Please let me iu-it' only ni-
I threw aside the unfinished l"'0;
Regardles.of Its tempting chart
And. opening wide the door, l'
My laughing darling In my arm..
Who knows but In Eternity.
I, like a truant child, shall 15
The glories of a life to be. ,
Beyond the Heavenly Fslher.P"'
And will thnt Heavenly Father k!
The truant's snppliontlmt ry.
A. at the outer door 1 pry;';,
"'TI. I, O Father! only I '
Eugene Field.
A Valuable Find.
. -.iutnntlnOPl',;
A oispatcn iro.u v. -that
an ancient and t
script copy of the
to the sixth century, was rMW
In Asia Minor. It ! "'"'"i
finest and thinnest of vellum.
dved purple. The letters are w
eicept'for the abbreviations und
cred name, which arc
sentatlvea of English nm I "
universities bare "n"'
to obtain p,'",lon Zl to B
MSS., It having been secured to
la. -
What Bo Con.trlotor CM tJJ
The boa constrictor ! "
swallowing door, calves '"t,x
It first catcho. lt P rt
from the branch of wr
where the .nlmal. are ,'Dol1
go to
water, and ince nr,r
Dg. It kill lt prT
ous fangs