EUGENE CITY GUARD.
I. I. CAMPBELL, rrnprlator.
EUGKNE CITY.
OREGON
Everybody now feels In duty bound
to take 8 dig at tbe dpw sbovcl trust
The 125,000 awarded a Chicago wom
an for the Ions of both feet may aeem
high, but It wa probably t ante of
cubic damages.
A Pennsylvania man clnlma to have
discovered a petrified tea serpent. The"
monster prolnibly had seen a newspa
per accouut of hi performance.
Simplicity 1h art, because art la aim
pie. The simplest advertisement de
void of puzzle and verbal contortions-
are tbe kind that ore moat easily read
and remembered. In thli day of ruh
and push It U the easily read aunounco
uieuts that are read.
electing a President a It haa In tbe
national councils. Tbe selection of elec
tors Is, with a single exception, confined
to the people. The exception Is HotitU
Carollua, where Iho electors are select-
d by the Legislature. According to
CLAY'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
Ida Defeat for Iba rVeldnllal Nom
ination In IH;m.
The Wbl convention of IKK) wns held
In a new l.utlierun church In liurrut-
tbe last oimortloiimont act. there are i tnrj, I'a., and It Is a sufe assumption
4-17 electoral votes. In the event of the that never before or since bus U bouse
electors falling to elect, the limine of
HcpreKcntatlvcs Khali choose the Frcsl
dent, voting by hullot for the threo
highest on the list of candidates.
Thomas Jefferson and John Qulncy
suuiily of food biHts.
Miss Florence Irene Parker, Mis
of (iod been Hindu the scene of so much Jeannette Smith, M!s Florence Ver
- - ! DISCOVERY OF MAPLE 6uun.
tomed In their wild state, but they , DlSCOVtni w
till prefer angleworms, snails and raw I Llke Many Oth.ra. it w.i ioeo
meat. Th. mud turtles are fond of I tf th. Indian . Ir-e.
nsli and eat It voraciously. They are U iof not appear V 'J(
nuVHe heen i ..t.nf ahorlglual methods of tap
known to stop eating as long as the ,,,, ,ne maple and coiiverti ug "i
..,.. .mrir uor IS tue uiu.-i
i . i i' .- ,
and so adroit political uinnoeuverlng
us went on there for the purposo of pre
venting the nomination of Henry Clay
for the Presidency. The chief muiilpu-
Adams were both elected by the Houo 1 ""jr 1 Hiirlow Weed, who appear-
cf Kcprosciitatlvos.
Milwaukee Is struggling with a propo
sition to teach the Polish language lu
the schools of that ehy. If the advo
cates of the measure ulll stato their o!v
Joctlon to the United Mate laugungu
,they will perform a public service.
Their reasons would be lus'.ructlvo If
not convincing.
Often the merchant who doesu't ad
vertlao has to close his door and band
bis effects over to bis creditors. Such
an cxperlenco la a rarity for the man
who combines the knowledge of what
to put In stock with the knowledge of
bow to make people aware that be bas
for sale the things they want.
Last season on tbe coast of Essex
2,1)00 tons of sprats were sold for ma
nure at a shilling a hundredweight,
when they were selling In London for
ten times that sum. It Is believed that
electric roads connecting the metrop
olis wltb the coast will stop tbe waste
and provide tbe peoplo wltb cheaper
food.
t i
Ban Francisco Argonaut: Some pi
oneer ought to start a newspaper where
one can flud tbe news. Tbe typical
Journals for tho dwellers In a busy
city are the evening papers published
In Ixindon-the Tall Mull Gazette, tbe
fit James's Gazette, and the West
minster Gazette. These papers are
made up of small and easily bandied
pages exactly Uie size of the Argo
naut's pages, by the way and they
contain the news lu concise form, so
arranged that It can easily bo found
and quickly read. Foreigners gnze In
amazement at the spectacle of Amer
icans struggling through tbelr blan
ket sheets of freak pictures and fake
news. Hut what amazes them morn
than all Is the couiplurcnt attitude of
the conductors of these extraordinary
Journals, and their evident belief In
their boast that they are Uie "greatest
on earth."
It Is a curious fact that of the ladles
of royal rank during the present cen
tury only two have been leaders of
feminine fashion, and they hnve both
been plebeian born empresses of tbe
French. In Iho early years of the cen
tury, tho Empress Josephine was the
accepted model for the fcmlnluo world
to follow In Its dress, and llfly years
later tho Empress Eugenie dictated tho
fashions from I'urls. Queen Victoria
never originated a fashion, and her
daughter In law Is responsible only for
tbe high collar or band about the neck,
which she wore to conceal a scrofulous
scar, and the bunching of frizzes on
the forehead which becomes her bettor
than any other style of halr-dresslng.
Queen Margherlta and the Empress of
Austria never originated a style, and
tbe present Gorman Empress and her
mnmuia-lu-luw are too domestic to care
for fashions. And an Eastern paper
states that Queen Sophia of Sweden,
far from caring for frills and furbe
lows, Is a member of the Salvation
Army and affects tho garb peculiar to
that orguuluitlou.
i i . g
The good fruits of the recent vic
tory of the people of New Orleans are
already beginning to appear. The CM
rens' League, under whoso auspice
tho tight was won, has presented to
the Legislature tho draft of a new
city charter, tho principal feature of
which Is the proposed appointment of
a civil service commission and the
adoption of civil service rules. The
board Is to consist of three Commis
sioners, who are to hold ottlc for
twelve years, and who have not been
either municipal officials or candidates
wlthlu four years of tho date of their
appointment. They cannot be candi
dates for any ottlce, members of any
political committee, or delegates to any
political convention during their lu
cumbency and for four years after
ward. Their annual salary Is fixed
at $:i,(M. Another Important feature
of the charter Is the change from an
unpaid City Council of thirty to a paid
Council of seventeen members, who
are to be elected not by wards, as at
present, but from the city at largo.
Authority and responsibility are to be
centered In the Mayor, who Is to ap
point single Heads or city departments,
subject to continuation by the Council.
As the league members of the Legisla
ture hold tho balance of power It Is ex
pected the new charter will be adopt
ed without opposition. Now Orleans
bids fair to be a well governed city.
The people do not vote directly for
President, as Is well known. They
vote for electors, and these electors
. meet the first Wednesday In December
after the election, at the capital of
their respective States, and count and
teal the votes, which are then sent to
the Senate at Washington. Tbe votes
are canvassed by the two houses In
Joint convention, and the result la de
clared the second Wednesday In Feb
ruary. Though tbe people know In No
vember who Is to be the next President
the announcement Is not officially niade
for three months later. The President
takes bis seat the 4th of March. A
number of years ago the person receiv
ing the second highest number of votes
was declared Vice President, but the
Twelfth amendment was euactcd, pro
viding for a separate election for Vice
President. The number of electors
froui each State equals the number of
Senators and Kepretcntatlves to which
the State I entitled in Congress, giving
each State about tbe same Influence la
After nearly a month of useless talk
ing, which might have Is-en con
(leUKcd Into tModaya without detriment
either to plalntltr or defendant, Mr.
Itchtsco won bis stilt against Mr. N. K.
Falrbatik by a compromise verdict of
Jl'i.OM). Helasco sue.1 for SikVsiO for
services In dragging Mrs. Leslie Car
ter round the room when be was mak
ing her a star of $.V) per week magni
tude and gets $lI,00fl.
six cents would have satisfied hi in, at
all be wanted waa to vindicate bis
bonor. lie has not only vindicated his
"honor," but he tins obtained an award
which must gratify hi in thousunds of
times more than he expected. It Is
probable Mr. Bclusco Is many thou
sand times happier tliau Mr. N. K.
Falrbatik, although the latter bas
saved $I!,0IMJ of tbe original Invest
ment for mnkiiig Mrs. Ieslle Carter a
star. Mr. Fnlrbunk, according to hi
own statement, advanced $1(,0K) In
cash, f.h'i.isio for which hn holds unse
cured notes as melancholy souvenirs,
and llclasco sued for fii-VinO more.
Total, f ll'S.two. Mr. Fulrbatik Is out on
the transaction $7!UXHi, plus trial costs
ami the wear and tenr caused by ex
Judge Dlttenhoefor, who walked seven
inllca while bo was expressing his opin
ion of the defendant. One Is never too
old to learn, and hence It Is safe to
say that Mr. N. K. Fnlrbnnk has miuhi
hi last Investment In the production
of thcatricnl stars. It will bo useless
for any one of the thousands o? Mac
struck young creatures to apply to blm
for financial backing to be mnniif ic
tured Into stars. They might a well
apply to "the armed rhinoceros or the
Hyrcan tiger." Meanwhile Mm. Leslie
Carter and Mr. Bclnsco will start out tit
once on a starring tour, with tbe ad
vantage of moro free advertising than
any other stage luminary ever lint!.
Presumably there will bo considerable
curiosity to see a fl.JS.otn' star nctl;ig
for IWI a week. Mr. Fiilibunk Is not
yet through with litigutlou, for be
must now return to Chicago and look
after onotlier suit, on Irnts clil7.cn who
lives opposite his rendering works hav
ing made claim for damages upon the
ground that the stench from them M
not only dreadful enough to endanger
health, poison vegetation, and make
existence unendurable, but Is even
strong enough to stop tbe trolley cars.
A stench that can do that certainly
needs Investigation.
A Itsre Woman.
One of the most attractive and best
beloved among the American women of
our century must Ik- reckoned Sallle
Ward, who married Doctor Hunt, and
who was the Idol of Kentucky. She
waa not only beautiful, but richly en
dowed with nil the mi st admired graces
of mind and charcter, and there seems
to have been a universal enthusiasm
about her.
Mrs. Ellct, who has written so sym
pathetically of American women, says
that Sallle Ward's popularity was
somew lint like that of a princess In her
hereditary province, where even the
humblest Individual could claim a sort
of ownership lu her.
If a child bail a pet kitten or bird, It
was fondly mimed Sallle Ward. When
a farmer wished to apply the "highest
possible praise to one of his young live
stock, be would distinguish It as "a
perfect Sallle Ward."
Hut perhaps the most shining Jewel
among all these praises lavished iixm
her came from a little girl, whose
mother was one day teaching her to
say her prayers, and to think on tho
power and greatness of the Creator.
"God made nil the beautiful things,"
said she. "lie made the stars and the
flower "
"And, mamma," Interrupted the child,
with a lovely slmpllcliy of thought. "He
made Sallle Ward"'
lie Was an Alient-M tided Mail.
Adam Smith, the great Scottish think
er, who dourlxhcd In tbe eighteenth
century, ofteu suffered from absence
etl there as tbe friend of Governor Sow-
I itrd, ami tbe future member of tbe pow
' erful Urm of Seward, Weed St Greeley.
j'Tbls llrtu wns, Indeed, the outcome of
j the ensuing campaign. Greeley was
jut the convention little dreaming that
the cumpiilgu which was to follow
would give lil in the opportunity for de
veloping tbe qualities which were to
make blm the first editor of his time,
uud lead to tho foundation of a great
newspaper to bo forever linked Indls-
Ho clalllui that ' ' ' w iiii uis name. eeu wi-ui i
tht; convention wltb the determination
of defeating Clay. He says In bis "Au
tobiography" that he bud bad tho New
York delegation Instructed for Scott to
keep It from Clay, bis real candidate
Ifolng Harrison. Ho entered luto an
agreement wltb friends of Webster, on
tbe way to Hurrlsburg from New York
City, to act together for Clay's defeat.
Webster whs In Europe at tbe time,
mid bud scut word to bis friends de
clining to be n candidate, primarily be
cause of Weed's rcfusul to support blm.
After detailing these facts, Mr. Weed
goes on to say that, en reaching Harris
burg, "we found a decided plurality lu
favor of Mr. Clay," but that "In the
opinion of the delegates from Pennsyl
vania anil New York, Mr. Clay could
not carry cither of those State, and
without them lie could not be elected."
Weed admits a bargain In favor of
Harrison wltb the friends both of Web
ster and Scott, ami says tbe "tliinl vote
waa Intentionally delayed by the
friends of the Htmnger candidate (Har
rison) for twenty-four hours" In order
to placate the angry friends of Clay,
"whose disappointment and vexation
found excited expression." Greeley
makes frank ndmlsslon, In bis "Kecol-
lectlons of a Husy Life," us to the plot,
by saying that the parties to It, chiefly
! Weed, "Judged that he (Cluyl could not
' bo chosen, If nominated, while nnother
I could be, and nctisl accordingly," add-
' lug, "If politics do not meditate the
: achievement of beneficent ends, through
j tho choice and use of the safest and
! most effect I vo means, I wholly mlsnp
! prebend them." This somewhat Jesuit
' t a view did not strike Clay and bis
: friends as an adequate Justification
l of t,he method by which an admitted
majority of tho convention bad been
preventel from expressing Its will.
John Tyler of Virginia, one of Clny's
' most anient friends In the convention,
I wns so overcome with grief at Harrl
' son's nomination that be shed tears;
and after several unavailing efforts to
get some oue else to take the nomlna
, tlon for Vice President, Tyler wns
j nnmed for It, his tenrs having convlnc
' ed the convention that the placing of so
' devoted a friend of Clny on the ticket
would go far to heal the wounds that
; the methods of tbe convention had
I ca used.
Clay's rage nt tho outcome wns un
1 hounded. Ho bad been assuming In
: the Senate a lofty Indifference to the
Presidency, hi famous saying, "I
would rn tlier bo right than be Presi
dent" having been made public only a
i short time before the convention met.
i There was nobody in the Senate nt that
time of snttlcletitly nimble wit to think
i of the biting retort which Speaker Iteed
j many years later ini.de to n Congress
) man who for the thousandth time win
I strutting about In Clay's cast-off gnr
j meiits, "Poti't give yourself the slight
est uneasiness; you'll never be either."
Hut Clay had given himself groat un
easiness, for he was most desirous of
the nomination. II bad been a candi
date eight years earlier, when be hail
no chance of election, and he believed
(Irmly now Hint If nominated he could
be elected. When the news from liar
rlsburg reached blm lu Washington, h
lost all control of himself. "He bad
been drinking heavily In the excite
ment of expectation," says Henry A.
Wise, who was with blm. "He rose from
hU chair, and. walking backward and
forward rapidly, lifting bis feet like a
homo sirlnghultcil In both legs, ex
claiming, "My friends are not worth
the powder and shot It would take to
kill them. It Is a diabolical Intrigue,
I know now, which has !trnvcl me. I
nou and Miss Kittle Burncll are the
owners of the menagerie. The stock
Is held lu commo-i and the turtles are
kept In the back yard of Miss Parker's
borne, on George street
Every fall the turtles dig boles In
tho ground In which they go to sleep
and stay until sprlug. and during tho
. . . i.i... ..If r
h A .oil n thouirh It I'" ic "
iv.. Min on v guess unit "
US. r -i
tlve Algonquin laboriously - -barbarous
wound wltb his stone hutch
et, and wltb a stone gouge cut a piato
for a spout, so far settlug tho a-hlott.
..1.1..1. loo.- followed by white men,
nun n ' . . . , , .
i.. ,i... nff.tfi.uce that better
no uuij
tools made pslble. or w may sue.
winter tho young ladies have to be con- I llmt ,lu, Indian, taking a hint from i is
tent wltb remembering the antics oi ; jttle brother, Mqtisseite, u. .
their pet lu the summer. 1 rt.,whoUit8 the smooth-barked branch-
. i . . .. . . ...i ......Llit the hat)
es, broke mese on mm .--
ill suspended vessels of birch barn.
Tb. Bsaaon Wbx Peun.vtv.n.. I. that, which ;nWf"' 0, ,
-Not tba Klr.t tue of tbe t'nloti. repucle could be Imagined. Pouni
,. .i ....,.i kii In the boiling waa done lu the earthen
.cm,. ,,,,., ,n ......... nf ubU-ll had a
IUV IUHIU, UUl liH.ww " "
lar with her vast resources of Iron, cli
mate, her fertlSt soil, uud the skill
of her people lu mechanic arts and
manufacturing, ofteu wonder why she
In not easily the Urst.
NOT HOMOGENEOUS
Uoklm or nuts.
i capaHty of several gnllons. According
to Indian myths, It was taught by a
heaven sent Instructor.
The true story of the discovery or
maple sugar making Is In the legend of
i.i... ... .... U..U nf Vkaly Ho. IlllllllV bUllter. UOlllg
i ue uuucuiiy seem iu wo - . .
unity and houiogeiieolisuess omong her , forth oue moruliig to the chase, ue ouu"
people. In colonial time her popula- Moqua. tbe squuw of lib bosom, ,o
tlon was spilt up lino distinct divisions have a choice cut of moose incut boiled
of nationalities and religious. The for blm when he should return, una
English Quakers controlled Phlludel- that she might be reminded of tho tin o
phla and Its neighborhood, ond also , be stuck a stako lu Uie snow, and made
dominated the Legislature. The Welsh a straight mark out from It lu the place
settled on a tract west .of the -Ity, where the shadow would then full. She
under an agreement wltb William Petiu promised strict compliance, and, a ho
that they should have It for a little departed, abe hewed off the desired tld-
colony of their own. For a time they bit with her ahai-pest slotie knife, and.
succeeded lu governing It lu their own filling her best kokb with clean snow
way. and at llrst very few of them for melting, bung It over tbe Are. Then
could speak English. Tbe Scotch-Irish she sat down on a bearskin and began
Presbyterians went out ou the frontier, embroidering a pair of moccasins with
and were bitterly oposed to the jua- variously dyed porcupine quills,
kers, who, they said, refused them all Thb was a labor of love, for the moc-
share lu the political government of cnslns, of the fluest deerskin, were for
the province and failed to protect them ler lord. Slie become so absorbed lu
from the Indians. Tbe Church of Ln
gland people were not very numer
ous In colonial times; but when the
sous of William Peun Joined their lalth
the work that tho kokh wa forgotten
till the bark cord that suspended It wa
burued off. and It spilled It contents on
the lire with a tartnng. queneinng.
they were given the executive office scattering explosion that filled the wlg
of the government, which were all In
the control of the proprietors. Thus
the political administration of the prov
ince was split Into two parts, the ex
ecutive controlled by the Church of
England people, and the legislature
controlled by the Quakers.
The northern half of the province
was claimed by Connecticut, and her
people by force of arm succeeded In
settling and holding part of It. They
lived by themselves, nud their de-
warn with steam and smoke. She Uf tel
the overturned vessel from the embers
ond ashes by a stick thrust Into Its
four cornered mouth, and when It was
cool enough to handle she ropulrod
with a new lull of b:irk, and the kokh
waa ready tor sen-Ice again. But the
shadow of tbe stake had awuiig so far
toward the mark that flie knew then-
was not time to melt suow to boll tho
dinner.
Happily, she bethought her of the
denly and without taking off bis cloak,
be. burled himself In the other bed and
continued the conversation. He was
strongly opposed to risking tho fleet 111
? 7. y.r .rales. Mr. Pitt was IIS
New and Vtr. v .
-...rul, M,ih" L
i 'ia it r a
Cutely resolved tba t It shouhl ,ut ! J2
.....1 iintti anru'i m r . - "-. tu.j inn.. . .
HOW TojUr
V.r, Nov.,, n
A good story U ,oM of
I'lwi hn.l J
. i.. ruiiiiiiA. .. .1.
tnt oni,v '" iu uio cily. iu .
With the onlv .i..'i.. " lf
uiirint I. II
in in ..
... 1 I. lm rontll
uurllltll. lll'ieeii, in i." i ..iit Ol lli.
"I a til positively determined that the am! tried to lugratla,,
.. . ... .. I. ..ii -,.t,l Pitt, aecouinuny- her lu every nosslhi. ....
Eh". I woM. with the most litre JWjXUr Lrlnging be'r
t U .mi.oss.ble: It w... peris.,:",
said the duke, wltn equal eniimin. "-- i"ee nook iti, ' c,
a t moment the discussion wuxed ". and began clanHn.V
,10l.Kt another dignitary of the realm one of the chapter, hefoi
1 . ....i i I. tldteiilt to keen I ber of words und..rlt 'U.?IB
;rc(;u,;,;nn,,'c;". vh; . of .
L1..lu,..,i..iiii..ratli1aonamutterofsoBnlflcaut words a. ii
grave Importance from such a novel
situation.
The fleet did put to sell, and Mr. Pitt
Judgment proved to be right. The en
emy was crippled, and a singular ad
vantage gained.
ACROSS THE ROCKIES.
Ho turned over leaf ....
found everywhere tho sara. '
Ho connected .... ml
words, and read n, folio., i
est Fruetileln: Will t MI'
loll you that I adore you . f
In short, a love letter of ikT
.gushing description. ,."
' the KllL'lfCStlvO U'..r.l.. ... t
". UIJ,
"An.,
Much Kniilneerlnic Skill Kcgulrrd to niJt c,mp,p
Telephone construction In he IbH ky ,lnT aJ J M pc fl.
Mountains Is anything but chl d . p ay I ln v,
nud Is attended with a great d,t 1 of , the flS
burdshlp. The line built fro,,, Leadvl lo ,H,ructed to , lTb?
to Aspeu several years ago Is a case In g,.nlltmmn " bl1
point. ittooKtwoinonuis.oco.r. Tbe ,Htur
eugth. forty-cig.ii m.i.-s. . r- . tnrobbln- v'
cofistructlou the poles would no d . . - - -wi,
entire length, forty-eight miles. In or
dlnary
Too Careful of th. B.i
TO sro few (lit,... ..
to excess, hor!T
they may bo, In themselves
- J J UC IIIUMk...
'(T. HI
i There are
be carried
taCa;
fidgeted over, and taken
local sentiment and pride. But the
most Important and distinct division
was that of the Germans, who numoer
er at least a third of the population.
They retained their language and cus
toms, and lived by themselves. There
are still ninny of them, who, though
their ancestors have hcvn In the State
for a hundred and fifty years, cannot
yet speak English, nud a still larger
number who, though they understand
English, usually speak the dialect
known as Pennsylvania Dutch.
Each of these division had a dis
tinct religion of Its own. which In co
lonial times Increased the desire for
Isolation, and the effect of these old
controversies and feeling has by no
means woru away.-I.lpplncott's.
of mind, of which Mr. John Hue give 1 nm ,wwi unfortunate man In the
severs I a in using Instances In his admir
able "Life" iif the philosopher. Once, j
while showing a visitor over the inn-;
neiy lu (ilasgow, one of the sights of j
the city, be walked Into tbe tanplt. On
another occasion, during talk over the 1
tea table, he put some bread and butter
Into the teapot, ouroil hot water over
It, and then complained of the tea that ;
It was the worst be ever tasted. At
another tea-imrty he walked nil and I
history of parties -always run by my
mends when sure to be defeated, and
now betrayed for i nomination when
I. or any one, would be sure of an elec
tion. "--Century.
Turtles llraw a Poll Csrt,
Four young women In New Hruns
wick, N. J., have a fondues for strange
pet. They have throe doaen turtles
confined In a pen. Two of the reptiles
At-, t.'lllil tllt-ll.t u.i.l !.. ...... ....
, : - ....... ......... ...... mm -in nrr
down the room, helping himself every j f ,i,e variety that usually make their
now nun iiivu iu n lump in sugar, till 1 11
the bosh was forced to place the
basin In her lap out of hi reach. One
Sunday morning be strolled Into the
homes lu the mud.
When they were little children the
girls wen' playmat.-s and they mani
fested a fondness for snakes, turtles.
garden lu his dressing-gown, opened the ' bees and other animals and Insects that
gate, and, deep lu thought, walked four
miles along a road, being only recalled
to his sense by the ringing of the bells
summoning folk to church.
Husb-l.tght. I
Harper's Pmwer quotes th.i follow- j
lug remark, beard at a state hall. An
Englishman and an American girl were '
talking over some of the people present, '
when the former said:
"That Is Lord It. who has Just passed.
Have you met hlni?" i
"Yea," was the answer, "and I
thought blm extremely dull."
"You surprise me. He Is one of the ,
most brilliant lights of our service."
"Heallyt Then It Is my turn to he
anrprtaiM, His light dickered so when
he talked with me that I set him down
as one of your tallow diplomats." j
Force of Ilsldt lu Honrs. '
In the Hrltij.h rharg of the Light Urt
gade at Balaclava nisny brave fellow
felt dead from their norm's, tint tbe ani
mals still kept chargiug on. At one mo
ment w seen the truly pntbetlc spec
tacle of Lord George I'aget th four
riderless horse abreast of '.ilm on oue
are usually the terrors of youth. At
that time they began collecting turtles
and they have continued ever since.
Many of the throe dor.cn turtle have
heen pets for years, but some are of
recent acquisition.
Iu tbelr younger days the girls train
ed the turtle to draw their doll coach
es, and It Is doubtful If ever dolls bad
such queer horses as did the dolls
belonging to the little girls In New
Brunswick. The turtles were not very
speedy, but what did that matter to
children who had no definite place to
go and had all day to go there.
The turtle seemed to like to be
"hitched up," and there Is no record
that the dolls ewr complained that
the coaches were too slow. The turtles
did the best they could, which Is more
thau can be said of many cab horse.
Tho turtles look alike to tbe casual
observer, except In the matter of slxe,
and many of them are Identical In that
respect. Hut the girls have no trouble
In Identifying the reptiles, and each
turtle has a name as an Individual
right. One Is called Grover Cleveland,
another Is Mrs, Cleveland. Lillian Kus
ell Is also honored. Adellna Pattl Is
another name, and even George Wash-
scendants still retain much of their preat maple behind the wigwam, tapped
merely for the provision of a pleasant
drink, but the sweet water might servo
a better purpose now. So she tilled the
koko with sap and hung it over the
mended fire. In spite of Impatient
watching, It presently began to boll,
whereupon she popped the ample ration
of moose meat Into It and set a cake of
pounded corn to bake on the tilted sbib
before the fire. Then she resumed her
embroidery, In which the sharp point of
each thread supplied Its own needle.
The work grew more and more Inter
esting. The central figure, her hus
band's totem of the bear, wa lioeomlng
so lifelike that It could easily be dlstln
gulshed from the wolves, englos and
turtles of the other tribal clans. In
Imagination she already beheld the
moccasins on the feet of her noble Wok
sis, now stealing In awful silence along
the war path, now on the neck of the
fallen foe, now returning Jubilant with
triumph or fleeing homeward from de
feat, to case the sliamo of failure by
kicking her, lu which case she felt her
self bearing, a ever, ber useful part.
So she dreamed and worked, stitch by
stitch, while the hour passed utiheed
(Hi. the shadow crept past the mark, tho
kokh boiled low, and tho cake gave
forth the mell of burning. Alas! the
cake was a blackened crisp, and lo!
the once Juicy piece of meat was a
shriveled morsel In the midst of a gum
my, dark-brown substance.
She snatched tbe kokh and cake from
the flre.-snd then, bearing her husband
coming-She ran and hid herself lu the
nenrest thicket of evergreen, for she
knew that when bo found not where
with to appease the rage of hunger be
would be seized with a more terrible
one against her. Listening awhile with
a quaking heart, and catching no olarm-
Ing sound, but aware Instead of an tin
accountable silence, he ventured forth
and peeped Into the wigwam
Woksls sat by the fire eating wltb
his ringers from the kokh, while his
face shone with an expression of su
preme content and enjoyment. With
winder she watched him devour the last
morsel, but her wonder was great"r
wuen she saw him deliberately break
the earthen pot aud lick the Inst vestige
of spoiled cookery from the shards. She
Sargent as a Portrait Painter.
Mr. Sargent's grea' f uccess as a paint
er of portraits Is no doubt due to the
fact that. In addition to a technical
equipment of the highest order, be pos
sesses Intuitive perception which eu-
able blm to grasp his sitters' mental
phases. HI cultivated eye quickly de
termines the pose which naturally atiJ
easily harmonizes the physical side
with the menial, and bis artistic fool
ing dictate by what attribute and
surrounding the picture formed
In bis mind's eye may be best
presented on canvas. He runiy neg
loot to comiHise Ills picture; that is. n.it
only to determine the Hues of the figuro,
but ulso to fill the canvas und babir.ee
It. How much this part of the art
counts for iu portnilt-paliitlng every In
telligent painter knows, but bow many
fall to appreciate it. how many are sat
isfied with n hapli.uard arrangement,
that sulllcea to bring the figure witlin
the frame, nud leaves balance and sym
metry to take care of themselves, may
be seen 111 tbe numerous portraits In the
current exhibitions, Ivoth at home nud
abroad. In which pood Intention am,
serious study are shorn of their force
by careless composition. Century.
Some Plants Are Mimics.
While, In animals, color I greatly In
fluenced by tbe need of protection from
their numerous enemies, pjants rarely
need to lie concealed, and obtain protec
tion by tbelr hardness, their spines,
their hairy covering, or their poisonous
secretions. There seem to exist, how
ever, a few cases of true
could not restrain a surprised cry, and,
; discovering her. he sddrxsKiwi hoi.
protective ..f .,, , r. . ' .
coloring the most remarkable MvZJZ
tba of the stom mosenibryan, hen.,..,, Klose-kur-Beh been thy Hector?"
of the ( ape of i.ood Hope, which ln Beln(C . woman Rhe badTl e w , to
form mid color elosoti- nm i 1 ...... ' 1 ll,tr u to
stones among which ,, grows; and ZZZIT'Z
Burchell, who first discovered IL Ih.
him to believe what he would.
"T.nt- rv a aniKMrt. it i. .
Hove that the Juicy little lnt thua ' " ,hi .u "... "T'.. '"V"1- nM
capes the notice of the cat-' Z'" ' '"e
The discovery was made public and
generally es
tie and wild herbivorous animals. J. p.
m. vieaie una also noticed that many b,vh. , u
Plants growing in the stony K.mohate J er gwa'tr 11!
their tulierou. roots s!m,v th ...II ..,.1 II I W'?Wam' A". w anxious to
the so perfectly resemble tho stone ftat the? brZ the kokhanT
among which they trow that, when not he pleZ. , i, ?w,? , TT'
in leaf ,, is almost Impossible to distln-: suSr. ffS Wf?. S
E : ther re many fragments of broken
Insuring Vr Ships. pottery and so few whole vessel to be
It i not generally known that the found. Atlantic Monthly.
Cramps are obliged to carry an enor- tatesnvenHnr
mons amount of Insurance on the ves- when In the old dsV. r .
sels which are built In their shipyard, ft, 2 and p ,ro"bleub
for the Government. No battle ship wJI?
side, and Ave ou the other, all euiptv
saddle 1. Even In the wild tenor of Hint
awful charge the horses could (lot lay ,1Ji',0, nt forgotten.
aside tbelr habit of ranging up In line. 1 1 n,"r careful training of the
,. ; young ladles th turtle have learned
If a man haa the dyspepsia the way to eat strawberries, cake and other del-
to hi heart la not through bis stomach. ( Jcacle to which Usey were unaccu-
has ever started on her trial trip with
out being heavily Insured, aud when
several vessels are In course of con
struction st one time the sum amount
up Into the millions. Edwin S. Cramp
Is authority for the statement that the
conqiany at one time carrlei! $12,000..
000 Insurance on Government work. In
fact. It Is said that tlin
to sea to keep watch over the enemv's
fleet, there occurred a notable Inter
view. It was November. The weather
was stormy and dangerous for vessels
and the government was not agreed
a to sending them out.
Mr. Pitt, who w. n bed with pout.
,u receive those who had
Cramps were bn.lno.. win. m. L, . . "I
obliged to go to England In onler to se- room had t wo " be, .,! i Tl , Th'8
cure this amount of Insurance, owing rink o 'v.!.?.!?' " 0(1 M. The
to the limitations of the A mri.nn ........ ... . r lame 10 I'm
....
t.lur . " '" veil-
( oui me neot, and had
.carcely entered the room
cried out. shivering ill over with cold
"How Is this? No fire?'. C0'1
o, said Mr. Pitt. "When I have
the gout. I cannot lear one '
The duke, wrapped In hi. cloak, took
a aeat by ,he Invalid', betide and T
able to endure tbe cold.
"Pray allow m.r be eicUlmed, .ud-
panics.
Krsentad.
"I suppose," said tbe man trylDg td
be chummy, "It doesu't hurt your glass
eye when yon get anything In It."
" Does It look as If It would ever be
likely to have a pane In Itr responded
the other, frlgedly.
And he gave blm tbe glaasy star.
Isdltoapoll JourmL
set forty-two to the mile, but at certain j Um n cfc ' ,
noluts. where sharp turns were ucccs-1 ,.Ynll '
sary, the number would sometimes be , vro ,be th ";,
Incased to seventy-five to the mile. , , Bhu fc u
The members of the construction gang dowNew York ' r
i...,i i., I,., m (iMrt as axiueu as they i "cary.
were as linemen, for when timber wasj
encountered a path of 200 feet on each j
side of the line hud to be cleared lu or
der that wire might not be lirogen
w hen trees were blown over by tho tor
rid., i.hiuia udioli nt times prevail In
" ' v.c, aim uiKru Pir. . .
that region. coddled, till It Is lu dam.w Jj7
A great deal of tbe comparative alow-:,,., a weakling. If It ..
ness of the InstulUttlon wu owing to o tMt p(,nt tU8 Nhw y k'"
tin. Imilillliv of tbe workmen to labor
- . . .o -USIUK Mllrtii.1.
lu such a rurllled atmosphere. Atone "When my first chiM -..V
IK.Int the wln were strung nt an ele-, iaIJ Mrs A ..j had tb "a
vntlou of 12.000 feet above the i mother' craxe for a dalutllrkl.
level. In such an altitude the lineman j Tj, layette was one of too, to!
soon become completely tired; after : gft affalm, with frocks vrhlch Ttos!
be has climbed two or three pole he j am 8Ure wouj nave
lias to tune a rest to recuperate ins eu-, too fluo for the royal chUdna-w
crglo. The preiMiratlon of the hole deS every conceivable fintufTt
for ixiles, whic h would have lieen tedl-' wti leb the most luxurlonnnw-k
oils In similar ground even lu an ordl- fant could by any possibility be ir-
nary atmosphere, was an especially Cli. 1 used to gloat over tie baI
slow and fatiguing operation. It wn Bp(.ntel, exquisite little beta.
often ner-essary to blast a bole for the anj the moment I was op tDd ii
poiu oy tne use oi giuui powoer, nun nu artcr Dany a uirtb I begaa to f',n
cx-mliier, who bad bad on extensive with my small daughter, deckini ar
experience with explosives, wn assign-! out In llrst one thlug and Ha
ed to the Job. ' other.
The digging of one pole hole would j "I had one of those fussy fj
sometime occupy liliu for a whole day, nurses, Immaculate as a new pli;ui
working honestly. Over 300 poutids of between us we scrubbed mil peliiH
powder were used ou the line for this up that poor baby until It'll nirti
purpose. When me continental divide
was reached the poles had to be aban
doned aud the wires were placed lu a
submarine cable, which was burled In
uii, ii i ,auo away DPtore our ei
After a bath In almoud tnMMm1
water, wltb plenty of Lublo udn
smelling talcum, she did lookilc"
n two-foot trench for a distance of 7,000 In her sheer, berlbboned draperlf,a(
feet. The advisability of abandoning
aerial construction nt this point was
demonstrated by the experience of tbe
company that maintains the Denver
and Leadvllle line. At one point ou that
line, Mosquito Puss, the poles were orig
inally set seventy foot apart. As soon
as the wires were covered with sleet
they promptly snapped and the Hue wus
useless. Double tne number of poles very well for outings, but iMlapis
were then used, wltb the same result, for home, so finally I called la tbe te
The space between tbe poh was then tor.
lednced to twcnty-Uvc feet, but as soon "Ho wa a grumpy person, tMjtr
us the sleet came the line wa swept and not over-clvll at time. Hi
down flat. Eventually nn underground too much.' he said, brletlr. tedl
cable was laid for two aud a hulf miles, 1 her gkin-all tbo life wished onitt I
and there has been no trouble since.- ' Too much care given that cMIi 1 f
I, foolish mother, never Botkfd i
, languor and waxen skin.
I "I did take note that ber kt
, wouldn't grow; that worried k k
no matter how becomlncly bmi i
child wltb a billiard-ball itjlerfwlf
fure docs not realize the fomWrimai
of the maternal heart. I ied Wl'
crimps In her bonnets, wWtkvutT
Denver Field and Form.
Those who know Grant Allen aay he
Invariably looks as If he were recover
ing from a severe lllues.
Brnnder Matthew' new volume of
hort stories, 'Tales of Fantasy and '
Fact," Is among the most recent an- I
her get dirty and stay dirty. N
I better for children than Judicium
lcct.1
! "It was a new Idea and I ii
; work at It Very shortly ww"
lour country place, and I noticed 4
: farmers' babies who ateilm,rl
, kind of country food, sat In p
i and went bare-headed whether
iln f.,11 ni. tl.a aim MV)ir)ied.
j were Inevitable victims of famredr
nensln. lmt tho fact remained t
I as babies, they were sturdy "
i and mine wosnt; and I conciu
tri iilIiMmi noeltn't.
"I Invested In gingham fto'f
iinna Hnnined I s
nouticemeuts.
. l.,ll.
Udy Henry Somerset write In tbo . clp(ln gaI1(, nt the side door,ui
.. ..... .. muMccuuive ssetcn or ber i augurated a perpetual reast
fr end nn.l ......... i. . .. . ... . 1 . mi )
anna
friend and compunlon-lu-arms,
rrunces K. Willurd.
Henry Norniiin Is wild to be nrenur-
inga Imok with thh modest title, "II iw
I Becume a Prophet." It Is to bo com
posed chiefly of clippings from liU
earlier articles.
(ien. Fltzhugh Lee, Consul General
pie. Pauline was instruct
say 'Don't.' save In extreme -
,..i tiohi. i.i.irnn to live tbe uw
young animal left to the benefl
of sunshine and fresh air, andWr
save at regular Intervals for fWM'
I bought P8 tnat ,ue
to Cuba, has written for the Century an ! over the Pen ou, tl(kle j'Vw
account nf "ti... i.-..n ... ... . ! n i.K .ii.k ! ufTorded ner '
",: "uie oi me uaiiip- '- , .
ton Conference" of 1S(k-,. uto which ho P'e rapture to echo tne pi m
introduces on uni.ubllshed let,..r f,..., i with her silvery coo, onu m
Jeffersou Davis. I terlous fashion the nssociatic"
tnl.n t. ...... .. ronHil.'lvn to health. I ne'CT
...j,, -,,. ranKiin i iiioeran hur "
n.,,1 !.. ... ... n ! ii nit ,. in. t n-hV. Of
.. .iiiiiiB uiiu iiitieu a la summer
ing at hi country aeat. "Tha
Squirrel," at Highland Falls on il
Hudson. His younger son. Cant .t..h.,
Blgelow, Jr., author of "The Prlnolnb..
of Strategy," Is studying the battle of
Saratoga, aud his younger son, Poult-
uej nigPiow, specialist lu Kaiser Wll
.....I nl.f nn V II
ay retu
, acrene. and if to a nap.
uiiiicrstiinu . i.. u
. . .m hloonilnl
wouiu niwa in...- -
slept I
,u , urns'
after having spent this pi-"'
with her norclne friend. .
"I bought chickens that "
feed them, got doves anil
about the place, finding that w
helm anecdotes, has gone to a co,l plaoj jB" MWBt but n0 ""t. j tc
bt
in rouui Africa
The Annnls of the American
emy of Political and Social R,.in,, f.
July contains an article by Martin A.
vunpp. a niemtier of the Intci-sta-o
Commerce Commission, condemulnrf
the present act ss ..if.,.,.....u...7
Mr. Knapp says the act nmbihtt. .n..
r,.. I, ,.! ...... " u,n
""" n yet put a premium
tt
bloom
thn hnliv nerve.
had mv'wax dolly again:
autumn I carrien uoiui
sturdy little maid whose spleJJJ
Its and perfect health tnori s tji
pensated Tor occasion.
and torn pinafores."
' all the dead.
rich as wen .
burled nt the public IM0(-fl(, t
and all other necessary " ,
. . . ..niioa Timi i
rnrnisnea on i'i""- fh(
dcrtakers designated V 1 rf
meat Everything ,
Interment I absolutely f tui
Unrisi". . jf
rn. ton.t one country
upon It by attempting to maintain the ' world where It costs nothing '
principle of competition and prohibit- ' In some of tbe cantons of s" r
uig runway pooling.
Tim thlr.l .-ni,,.
- ....... viumr in t tnnri if i,
fort "Adventure of Mr iifo i-.
Just appeared from the
and is quite sensational In Its 'interest!
"uiinins me journalist' apolosv for
the commune. He admits that hUsvin
pathles were with tb ,,'.
though he denies having taken any ae!
ve part In It. The most thrilling por
tion of the volume Is his
escape from the French prison near the
".....I. Noumea to an English ship.
Lads or Enterprise.
Two enterprising bovs br.
a small shed near the entrance to Oak-,
wood, Cemetery and do a good bus!
neou Sunday checking the blf J
of riders who wish t ,f... .... A'.' 8
t,;b:L?.D0, to enter wlt;
- -.a n um, ,
Interment I absoum-i.. -
eluding the grave and n ,
service. All classes avail
freely of the law.
TheHubr- M
The ruby in the center of t r
.u. nr me
cross on in -
t. tim atone that was .
.. . .. t-i.. t'..ilro
rrince oy ".;" ,j,nry
the battle ot ."-j--- httmtt
Eugland. wore It m
battle of Aglncotirt.
When ll'S'l
there is in ineiu,
aanlty.
he Brltla 1
iventotWj
. of C'Y,
. Henry J
,. K-lmft I