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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1896)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. L. C MT BELL, Proprietor. EL'GKXE CITY OKKOOS The timid man In alarmed before, t bo" danger, tho coward during It, and tho brave man b flor It. It la the Inevitable end of guilt that It places Iti own punishment on a chance, which Is sure to occur. Tho compliments and cernionli- of out breeding should recall, however rr. motely, tho grandeur of our destiny. It la an Inevitable luw that a wan ran not be happy unless he II vim for aomethlng higher than his own llllppl iiesM. Thr la this remarkable difference between matter and mind, that Ko that donhta the existence of mind, by doubt ing proves It The true way to gain Influence over our fellow-men la t have charity to ward them. A kind art never stops paying rich dividends. A young woman In Warren, I'a., found a purse containing fw), returned It to the owner and receive! a reward of ll.fioo. She niUHt luivc been a Tory pretty girl. Tho advertiser must know his goods, all about them, and be filled up nud overflowing with thn enthusiasm for them that begets aurress. Tho other thing thut ho must know la lila cus tomer!. Tho moat prrrloui of all possession la power over ourselves power to with stand trial, to bear suffering, to front danger; power over pleasure and pain; power to follow our convictions, how ever restated by menace and acorn; tht power of calm reliance In arnica of darkness and storm. An advertisement that la reiuwmubli), plausible; that reads smoothly, that starts some place and arrive some where, one point following another, un til a dctlnlte conclusion la arrived at, that la put Into type that folks ran sec, and then printed In a paper that sensi ble people with money to spend am likely to reiul that kind of advertis ing Is going to get results. Health la the one tulng needful; therefore no pains, expense, self denial, or restraint to which we submit for the sake of it Is too great. Whether It requires us to nil tuj ulnli lucrative situations, to abstain from favorite In dulgences, to control Intemperate pus Motis, or undergo tedious regimens--whiitevcr dllflciiltlos It lays us under, ii ii i ii ri who pursues his happiness ra tionally and resolutely will be content to submit. It would be a great advantage to the fanners und the millers of the ('nit! State If the w lout llmir linl.lt could be introduced Into China. Japan and other countries of the Last. While tloiir Is the largest Item of export at present, with the exception of kerosene oil, It Is used only by foreigners. The natives stick lo rice. The exports of Hour to China. Including the llrltlsh colony of Ibuig Kong, average alsoit Wmi.ikm barrels n year, valued at ikmi.iioo. The eNirts to Japan are about 7.'.t0 barrels, valued at fjisi.ism. The effect Is n strange one on some persons when for the first time they look at their hands and arms In the light of the Roentgen rays. Many per sons have Ih'cii In the habit of regard ing a skeleton with something of terror. They unconsciously associate It with thoughts of the sheeted dead, ghosts and the dissecting tiible. When, therefore, it ! brought home to them for tho II rst time that they themselves, alive and well, carry around with them skeletons similar In every respect to the ghastly things they have seen In plelui'.s nnd medical colleges, the sen sation Is somewhat overwhelming. Some almost faint, while others turn pule and escape as soon as possible from the unpleasant truth. The Hev. Itiituird l. Worth, n Itup tlst preacher of New York, has been grunted a divorce In Oklahoma. It appears his wife objected to his leaving home on Sundays to preach, and even "sNiled his Sunday coat and tilled his Sunday shoes with water." These are somewhat novel reasons for divorce, but they are also novel methods of an iioyauce for a woman to employ. It la evident that Mr. Worth, beluga preach er, was forced to preach, and It Is also evident that ho could not preach with satisfactory results In a spoiled Sunday coat and with his shivcs full of water. It la a uuliiie matrimonial complica tion and Mr. Worth must be commend ed for his resolute stand against per mitting a wet blanket to he thrown over his religion. The latest praise of the bicycle cracks It tip as a conservator of domestic" felicity. Wives and husbands, notably those who have reachid the early for tied and beyond, have found a bond of companionship 111 the bicycle that Is as Htrong im It is oftentimes nmvn selous. The advent of children and the encroachment of business cares slowly force a man and wife apart to a greater or less extent, till, after twenty years of matrimony, If not Infrequently hap pens that, w ithout any Jar or conscious cnstrsngcmeiit, the two are spending most of their time In seiarate pursuits. Into this breach isays a writer In the New York Times Ithe wheel has slipped with a tnaguctle power. A common enthusiasm for the steel stent brings them together In Interest, their dally spina In company make them amuse ment sharers, and the silver wedding anniversary Is likely to stretch on to the golden one, If they are spared to see It, with their Uvea happily welded. I suit of her art Industries she can offer I them very little that they want. She I will, ho waver, sooner or later deprive our rotton mills of the markets they have beeu enjoying In Asia. Hut (Jreat Itrltaln, ijenuany and the other con tinental countries of Kurope will suf fer more severely than we. China, Korea, India, Australia and the Fust Indies will absorb all the merchandise ; that .Tnpao can manufacture for the. j next Quarter of a century, and furnish ! her natural market. We w ill continue to take her raw and manufactured silk goods and her ten, and If our manufac turer will enter Into the trade with zchI and enterprise they may Is? able to furnish a vast amount of the raw materials which she will need. THE WRATH OF CUPID, When Veoui roamed Olympls'i halfht. In radlsnt, heavenly beauty, Aud sought to set all things right liy am of love and duty, Hhe found her Cupid weeping or, Ills bow and arrows broken, And thus did 'be bli grieft deplore, And legends told la token: "I sought to win a blonded maid She fled Hid went to voting; A ballot on my bow she laid, ' H-r virgin aorn denoting. I beggoil her ki abe cneJ 'Nay,' Aud said I was a bear If I Joined Dot In the license fray, And fought Lot 'galnut the tariff. There will bo no Invasion of the Fl.lted Stated by Uie products of cheap Japanese labor during the present gen eration. There la no question that Jaan la destined to beetle of the great workshop! of the world, but her manu factured products are not ultable for the rv fined taste of the American peo ple, aud aitda from bis illki aud the re- Amld all the mutations of the pres- I cut time, the mining and going of men. the appearance and disappearance of fads, tho changes of fashions, and the evolution of all earthly affairs, there Is one passion which remains persistent ond unchanged -thnt strange fusolna tlon which draws men to risk unknown dangers and almost certain death In their madness to explore the arctic re gloria and If possible find the north jolo, which, when found, will tie destitute of any practical value to the rest of the world. The annual migration has al ready begun In tho sailing of the yacht Windward from Fuglnnd for Trams Josef Laud to rescue tho Jackson I In run worth expedition, which left Liiglund In IMil and which tins not Ih-co heard from since May, lMCi. A a at that time the expedition had reached MVj degrees north It Is wlthlti the prob abilities to assume that next June an other expedition may In- dispatched to rescue the Windward party. Andree, the Swedish engineer, w 111 start by bul lisin from the Spttztiergen archipelago next mouth and expects to reach the jsde In forty-three hours, though he carries compressed gas sutlicleut for u month and four months provisions. It la safe to say If Andree makes his start It will not be necessary to send a rm- - ruing expedition after him. Neither he SM U(j(jl I.EK'S LASTRUX nor nis iiaiioon win protatiiy ever no "Again I found a lovely lass, She wan a platform preacher; A gentler crl I dreamed, alas! That 1 culd eftsooin teach her. She gave me Kpt.cr, Huxley, Stratus, I found no way to fault her, With tex-s she did uiy transport douse, My bow broke on her altar. "When neit I sieg.-d a maiden's heart. And wooed her tow'ard complia nre, tide nlppisl the point from off my dart, liwatiso she'd studied science. And when I (Htig so amorous lay Of Venus and Apollo, She turned on me a Kwntgcn my And tiild niy heart was hollow. "At last I met a cycling girl. In bloomurs she win riding The uhemlr art made gold euch curl; Her native beuu'y hiding. Hlie had tin use for ardent ways, She pitied not my torture, Itut said she might Love's ante raise If I'd become a inrclu-r." Then Venus fair embraced the kid, And bsde him culm his sorrow. Nor worry u'er each earth-maid's fad, Hut hope itimvaa to-morrow. "Itcar child," she said, "you must cry, Tbese fads thy work ne'er coven; For bhsmiers never reach too high i'o hide the hearts of lovers." -life. not heard of again, nor will the world ever tie likely to know whnt strange slghta these mud nlr sailors may have seen. About the Mime time Andree sets Might Lieut. I Vary will atart for (.'ape York III (JUOSt of lilg meteorite he found there lust year. As his rluht, title, and poesesKlnn have bis ri challenged ley an other party, who claims this useless chunk of aerial conglomerate uhiii the ground of prior discovery, and who is also going for It, the only Interest per taining to this particular business con cerns the question who will get to the meteorite llrst and capture It. The only remaining arctic navigator this year is Nanscii, but In what pnrt of that mysterious, awful solitude he Is now sojourning no one knows. It may be there Is no longer any Nanscn, or, 'f there be, that the Norwegians may have to go hunting for blm as the Lug lisli are now hunting for Jackson. The principal value of the arctic regions seems to be to provide opportunities for explorers to get Ium ami for other ex plorers to go hunting for them. Huf still tho mad chase for the north pole goes on, and probably on It w ill go for ever. i New York's I'ooil Supply. "If the city of New York and the ncl.ihtioi-ing district," writes John till tner Speed III the Ladles' Home Jour nal," were to besieged or In some other way entirely cut off from the outside world, and therefore deprived of the foisl supplies which In normal times come In dally In treat unntlt!cs, hmv long would It be before the pinch of hunger would be felt,' That Is ii very hard iUcstloii to answer, for the reason that there are such lnciualltles of pur chasing capacity III New York society that some go hungry In times of great est prosperity for lack of means, while the great majority eat more than Is good for them. I'ndoubtedly the num ber of those who always go hungry Ou the wild promontory of Portland. 111 t lu to the west of the fn moils "Kill," a ruilo stone dwelling was dovetailed Into a t haem thut broke the scarp of tlu cliff aouie thirty feet txdow the brink. lngriws aud egress on the landward aide could only be bad through a trap distr on the riMif; but, as much of the trattli." to that house came from the eii, there was aiso a disr In the side flush with the rlllf-fa.ee, from which anyone stepping would have fallen sheer ou to thi rocks Mow. This dllllculty. however, was ohvlntisl by the dropping of a rope holder wheu occasion re llllivd. Th" almiHt Impregnable citadel form ed thij Inlrof Steve Kern, the most dar ing of all smugglers who, Iihi yearn ago, burrowed ami u cm ted lu the "Isl and." I'very revenue cutter and preventive until, from the Start to I lover, knew Steve for a smuggler; but It was his proud Isi.iMt Unit not one of them hud been able to cateu him In the net of run ning a cargo or disposing of bis goods, mid to this he owed his Immunity. On u November evening In lsuj the large kitchen, used also as the general living room of the queer nsiet, was occupied hy thns' persons an elderly woman, a dark, well-dressed, yoiius.sh man of rather foreign npeaniiice, and a Ixviiitifiil girl of IS. The elderly dame was Mrs. Kern, the girl was her daughter Margery, and the man was I'leriv KoiiMoi, the 1'ivneh bnindy merchant of l'eeamp, w hose ex tensive dealings with Kern necessitatis! frequent visits to this side of the water. At least ihUi was the Frenchman's ex planation, though old Kern had long miHHvted that Margery's bright ryes loiuieil the real attraction. The brandy merchant hail nrrlvisl In Ken's lugger the night In-fore for a three iliys' stay, and he had Just taken the opportunity of the smuggler's torn- oumiy mmciice, aim or .MIX. hem a Would be Increased after two or three days of a siege, and then day by day deaf lies, to make the girl a forma) pro this number would Increase until the Ismi of marriage public authorities would feel compelled to take possession of the food sup plies and distribute Ihem among the pisple. With the exci ptimi of milk and some other things the supply of meat, poultry, hardy vegetables and fruits would last for two months at the pres ent rate of consumption. If nil the supplies w ere taken charge of at the be ginning of a siege and this could easily be done-the food within New York could be made to last for four months at least. The siege of Furls lasted only four mouths. Hcfore two months had passed, high and low and poor, had learned what hunger Hut Margery shrank nwav from the hand that sought hers. I Hiu sorry, M. Houldot, hui I cannot listen to you," h replied, speaking in very gissl French, which she had hvirned from her mother. Mix. Kern had tscii a Hrctagne peasant girl. "Aud why not'.'" persisted Kouhlot, a vwl darkening his swarthy face. "I urn r.ch. I am not old or "ill looking and I " "Sare me a catalogue of your vir tues," said Margery. "You m'ay ! all that and much more, but the reason rich w"-r 1 '"""ot w.sl you Is that I do not ntve you. nestiles " and the girl was. And, as Is well known, the r"'o oiusneu. French ate the most thrifty and eco- "Ahlui! with your 'besides.' which mimical people In the world. In the bcsltnta lo detlne," erl.-d the angry arrangement and disposition of food 1,,v,'r- "t'ome, let me finish your seii- the Parisians are specially dlstln- t,',l,v for J'1'11, 11 ls that you love the gulshed. Hut the food supply In New 'oung sailor w ho assists y.iur father- York ould be made to last as long as "," "mt''- lni'k l-ntitfston is t not so':" the Paris siege lasted, and the people 11,11 before Margery could utter the would still be comfortable." retor; that rose to her lips, an Internip- - tlon occurred that relieved her from llrtclnniiiK to Feel at Home. the necessity for reply. From far down According to the Washington Fost. at the foot of the rope ladder a ptatol Congressman Cannon had a trying ex- shot lung out. follow! l.y another In perlenee In learning to ride a bicycle. qnlcH succession, and Immediately af- When he had been at the work for forward, evidently startled by' the some time, a friend asked him how he found, a tall young'fellow , nme running into tlie kitchen from one of the nvk- whk getting along. "Oh," said Cannon, "I am making progress." "Is that so?" said his friend. "Yes," resumed the Congressman, gravely, "1 can spit now, and pretty soon I expect to he able hat." hew n side chambers, goods were stored. "What wos that? Keni?" he asked. "Oh. Dick." cried to raise my thliu has happened to father, I fear. I'ica i.aiigsmu seizci a pistol from a where smuggled Where la Cap'n Margery, "some- The Walls of Jerasaleiu. well tilled rack and mn to the door, A new spaper published In Jerusalem, ,'"v"Kn w llU'1' ,lu' 1,M1 a vlslhle pruned in tne uenrrw language, states that Or. Hless, supervisor of the Pales tine exploration fund, has lately discov en-d, near Mount 7. Inn. the exact course of the city walls of Jerusalem lui.lt before and during the Roman era; also a number of vase and iuokiIcm of b'.g'i aud historical value. 1'nrumallc Talker. ailing over the heaving sea. Hut he- fore he reached the ladder, the ftn-e of one ascending appear I over the door fill, and the master of the house sprang nimbly Into the room y miracle of activity despite his gigantic frame and GO jesrs. "It's all right; there's no call to frigh: yourselves," he said, as the women cluster! round him. "I hhul off mv 1 111a Why do you Hlways go riding pistol to try If the powder wan w t. with young Mr. Hlowlti? He's an In- nsssaiit talker. Frankle That'a the very reason. He's so full of wind I don't have to carry a pump.-Cleveland Plalndcalor. A New Find. A discovery of platinum Is report! to have lweii made near Cordotmlin. New South Wales. Some l.'JiM ounces of the metal had Ism ohtatiosj by last advices, containing 75 per cent, of platinum. Here, Margery; Just roll this keg Into the itcrerooni with the rest." Aa mii as Margery was out of hen ting Kern drew the two men aside and said; "That was a narrow shave; I've never been so uear took More. I had to bite tis well as tvirk to save myself. There's o mtii dead Mow." "Were there more than one?" asked Dick Iitugston. "Nv, there waa only one. It was that new Stch preventive from For tuue't Well -Sandy Mclutyr hi nam ' !. He mu.t hav crept t!oi tho rock! under the cllffa at low watr and hidden hlmlf." k , "Ah. ruon Pleul Hut yoa are unhurt, my frleudr exclaimed Boublot. "Yea; be uilsl me by a mt breulth, but be waj ilghtlug m a !9coud pttol. so I lt blm bave ( chunk of load from oi!n and he rolk-J over, as dead as a rabbit. Into a psd. If he'a let bide btcre the tide will like Bt not wa.b him right Into Waymout.i Hay. Co down. I'lck. niy lad, und roll some rocks atop of biiu." Tbe young ni.m d!sppearl Into the black gulf Mow. No aooiier wua oe gone than Kern filled himself a ... nobbier of bruuly and draU It at a aulp. "That's better," he said, "twoiildu t tver .lo for my mate to .. as I wa u bit slnsjk by this. You may W.eve It or not as you like, M. Koiiblot, but for all folks do ay of u.c, thU rhu first time as I've took a titan's life" "Iiileed"' eiclalmJ the Frenchman. "Why, your reputation on loth sid -a the hnunel Is of the most bloodthirsty." A faint smile flutter! over the oil smuggler' nuip-1 -iinteiuiu "I look care It should be," he said. "Hut It waa. ii you cull It. all repututloii worked up for my own safety. I should l.ot have done It now. but that the sueuk would have shot no- cle." "You surprise me, uc-n ami." replied Houldot. thoughtfully. "Hut cm-, let us change the subject. I have laid bare iny heart to mademoiselle, your daugh ter, and she rejects my love. She litis the soft feeling. I am sure, for Dick Umgstoii, your mate." Kern frowii"d, as though 111 p!.iisl, but his brow quickly clear! "I own I uni sorry. I had Imped Mar gery would have fancied you. seeing as It would have suited our dealings to gether Hut If she won't, 1 tell you plain. It ain't Steve Kern's way to force a maid. And, after all, Pick Is a very proper bid." A moment later Pick Ijingston re turn! from h;s uncongenial task, the rojH' ladder was drawn up for the night and Steve Kern's household hat down to a tsiuutlful supper, secure ignliist nil assault. That night when Pierre Kutiblot -e- tlred to his rook-walled ginst chaml"r ll was not to sleep. "I w 111 have my revenge yet." he mut- ;ered. "ond a revcuge that shall strike all three. Strunge, too, that the very moment when there anmv the neisl ,)f we.in. Kern himself should have ilacel so good a one lu my hand by slaving the preventive. With such. ready forged, there cnuilot be long lo wait for an opisirtutilty." S;x month passed away, and Kerns lugger, the Petrel, which In the Inter val had had many auc-ssful tii. lay iinsiivd alongside the quay at Fecamp, waiting for her cargo of brandy and silks. Pitqilte the fart that war was taging bet wen France and Liigltiu l, Kent and bis merry men were on the best of terms with the natives. Since the night when he killed the preventive man at the foot of the lad der he had asumt d a more than usual ly ferocious bearing, and the moment's weakni-ss he had shown lu the pnsiice of Kouhlot w.'us tils last. He may have I. ecu stu-pcet.-d of having a hand In Sandy Melutyre's dis'ippcanuiii'. but If mo, In the absence of proof, lio one dansl to tax him with It. In other ress'cts, the only change that Time's flight had brought was to Dick I.aiigstou and Margery, w ho were inatTi!, some three months after the episode flint rotated, with Kern's full approval. Hut while Dick and his father-in-law are lounging on the deck of the Petrel, talking of their home In the cliff, we must turn our steps to KoublotV dingy olllce In one of the by streets miming at right angle to the water side. On this particular morning he w.is busy on the invoices of the good alsuit to be shlinsl on the Petrel, when his clerk announced that an otlieer of the naval administration from Havre de sir! to see h'lu ou an urgent affair. "You have transact Ions with Kngllwh smugglers, monsieur, we are Informed? Yes; well, we of the administration are in need of one such -very courageous he must he ami d. select to perform a secret mission. Know you of a man whom you could introduce to us?" "Is It permitted to Inquire what would be demanded of him':" akl Houblot, mutloiudy. "Hut ivrtuinly. on tills tilde of the channel, nt least, there Is no need for secrecy." tvpl!l the oilb-er. "It Is like this: Those accursed Fnglish have so blockaded our coasts that such of our cruisers as are not penned up in port are unable to venture In to renew their stores and amnuinhlon. The Ceh-stltic frigate Ls In the channel short of sw dcr. It Is for the purpose of supplying her that wo want an linglish smuggler, whom, as well as yourself, we shall I real with the utmost liherailty." "You forget, monsieur le eapliahie, that, even In the breast of a smuggler, the lire of patriotism may bum," he Slid. "Is flint so? I had thought they were r.ll rogues and vagabonds." replied the utile.', looking croeifalleii. "N t to that extent at any rate, none whom I know," said Houblot. "How ever," he went on, speaking eagerly, "let not that discourage you, monsieur. I will undertake to get your powder conveyed to the frigate If you will send tt to my cellars. To N frank with you. 1 have a smuggler lu port who Is com pletely under my thumb. I can have hlui hanged In Fngland for a crime there committed, and as good as wit nessed by me. Where Is the Celest.ne to N found':" "Her captain sent word that he would run Into the west lay of the Isle if Porthuiii every dark night for a week." said the oilleer, In high glee at the sue i of hi eriYiud. As soon ns the eith er departed to see alsuit the delivery of the powder, Hou blot threw himself back In his chair and laughed softly to himself. "This Is the chance I have lnen wait ing for. for I have them to(h." lie rhuckled. "I will fon-e Kern to take the mwder to the frigate under threat of exposure for the murder, and then. In an anonymous letter. I will denounce lil m and tjingston to the Fnglh Cov rnuient for the treason - Kern himself also for the murder of the preventive." So It was that when late that after noon the heavy wagon bringing the Petrel's cargo lututierl on to the qu.iv. Houblot aMtnpaiill It, and ptvp.w! that he should l.ke to run over fr a chaug of air and alto to pay his re- .pocii to "tb. bo cUrmlDg Urn. U , lou." . ,... The Treaty of Peaca Nenotlata4 at Hhliuouoaekl. .,' ..i... .a. himself bo eH'!IIJ aodablo that by tb time the pnj ,,iw,u.r( W1U ulToiniaulo.l 1,1 cameou deik Uiertrgo waallBUwoV uli, n,nUJ hln mUsioU to uegotl .,..1 Kern gave order! for luilhadJiil wlM, jH.,uii, u thu oniiurlty departure. , , 0f roiirtdciiflul udvlser to the Emperor Ht sundown on tho following day tin f LllIllll eoutrlt.utcsj a cuaractfrlstlc . I. im nil ... , i- ......... i. . hue maas of t'onuimi iu..-. -- I the Lorlxun, Kern tH"u 10 H,U' 1 gratulato himself on yet another im j cwful run. The old imUMlar stood ol th tiller, hi grim features relaxed Into u phcid is.ntont aa b! keen eyea falbsl I ,o discover any slgu of B revenue cutter, I and he greeted Houblot, who bad Jul coino up from Mow, wita a ir.uu., " "C-irgo'i aa good as lauded," lie aald. I shall keep her a point away to w-a til er tbj Hill, and then run lu to look foi the sV-al. They alway buru a r. Hare from the kitchen door If the eowti'i clear." , . I liiow. my friend; I bare traveled with you More," replied the French man "but I should not trouble about the signal to-night. It la Dot to yon perch among the rook that the cargo 'k us!gm"d till! rime." "I doii't take your meaning." "Well. 1 will do my best to enlighten you," replied Houblot. "I am before all thing a patriot, my rrieuu, ami i" .c..f..ti of the Chinese tmroy to th c.ntnrv. Courerulng th treaty of shimoiiotiekl, Mr. Foster says: While bo tbua boro tho most lmjort ant trust ever committed to blia by the ro., ror It was by no mwina a tusk to his liking. He wu b' uut" biifh Dir'.ud. and lila military and political aliccchS ll.ld muiUt mill uuuginy aim im iK-rloiis. He waa proud of his country of It past history, und of It Instltu iloiirf He isirtook of the national feel lnif o' rontci. pt for tho Jupalleso, aud ho felt keenly the hiitiilllatlou which the venr loi.l iiilllrlMl UPOU Ills people. He knew the nilnsloil to which lie had 1h.cii asnlgncd would make blm uiiMiMiUtr, and expire him to fresh ludlgnltlea fnm hi partisan enemlr. Ho felt flint he U'.IS faking his life lu bl band when lie should pin' himself oil Jup Illicit.) soil, and he so cxprcrwod hlllUelf to the Incredilloii foreign diplomat ut Peking; but he dared Hot sbrluk from the duty which his sovereign hud Im thing a patr.ot, my m, . t, pnc.k-ed upon you a trifling do.'epUoa l'' ' 'n Those kegs do Dot contain bruudy. but S 'Idoin has a j u ,ilc man, under u trelnif rlrelllustJin'. Uoriie Ulllisrir with Min ti true lierotoiu aud iutrlotl devotion. A hlgh-ttplrlted aud proud n in n he went to the luiid of the de- gunpowder, which we are to convey to n French frigate uow waiting In or nee I of It In the West Hay. ...... - I f J 111 ItmtMlft of domicile, you will stand on until w meet the frigate." "I've cheated the Kiiuj-O! blew him-for nigh onto fifty yean, and made too gisM a living out of hlui to go nnd round on him like that. I'll e you tiomewhere ts'fore 1 do uch a thing, you dirty French dog." Not so fast, friend hern," saju Kou hlot. with a sneer. are not lu a H)sltlou to Indulge In the fivlom of choice. If you refuse te obllg..' me lu this matter I shall do 1101111' you for the murder of the pr ventlve man, and the King whom you servo so fulthfully will most assuredly hang you." At that moment the lugger rounded the Hill, und high up In the cliff a rl rs'ili ; and yet he never fulled to inuln taiu hla accustomed demon nor or lil country' dignity. And It ls due to tho .TiiimiMwe iileli!ltefitlarlt who were deslgiuited to rtilvi' and truit with hlui at Shlmonosekl, to state that they exhibited toward hlui the hlghtut marks of revisi t, and during the entire negotlatlona allowed uo word to I tifortututtely. you mi from their Hps, and nothing to oc cur, wlilrh iniirnt lie mnsjuereo pvrtson ally offensive to their distinguished oiiesl. He had the gissl fortuue tti niirt negotiations with two com T-ern. men of marked ability, and worthy representatives of their Oov eminent and mro. Marqula Ito, the Prime Minister, la a typical memtx'r of the tiroirrcMlve party. lucntd In Ku glow shone out. Kern knew that It w.i the signal from his own door bidding him welcome home In safety. Ills hand went to the knife, but he plucked It out and threw It Into the sea. "C jld bloisll murder I've no mind to, nnd that would be the only way out of It," he said with a sigh. "Very well, mons eur. I will do your bidding." "Here are the l.msi francs, then," said Houblot, handing hlui a packet of note. "He kind enough to sign this; I will hold the tiller," and he proffered pen, Ink horn and a paper, which by the Ugh! of the binnacle lamp Kern saw was a form of receipt specifying tha service rem lot ed. Hut he signed It without comment and resuuil the tiller. As they shot past the house la the ( liff a large ship loomed up a qinrfer of a mile away against the llugeilng glow In the western sky. "Thai will tie the frigate," said Ken, calmly. "Here, Dick, and you two oth ers, come aft here a minute," he culled. "Yoi'der 1 a French man-o'-war. M. Hou'ilot and me are going to put some powder alsuird her. I havt u't got n choice In the matter, but that's no rea son why you hols should tiirn traitor. Into the Isiat with you all, and pull fr the ladder." Hm as the three smugglers, sullen nnd Half dazed, having otieyed their old chief iiierhnnhiilly, pusneii off fr m the lugger, he calhsl out In gentle tones: "My love to the missis, Dick, and to little Margery. I may bj some time -lu Fin nee." liuided by the red eye shining stead ily above, the boat ma le for the busi of the cliff, nnd as the men plied tne oars they strained their eyes on the .'hadowy forms of the two vessels now rapidly approaching ic!i other. Pick saw the lugger run alongside the frlgato. perhaps ten second elapsed, and iheu a great sheet of tire Papcd heavenward, a deafening roar followed and a blot of inlet tho mist of drifting moke--covered the scene. pqie, and trnineu m mooern poiuicni aclence aud methods of (Jovernment, but an ardent ami patriotic Japanese, He had a valuaNe colleague In Count Mutsu. Minister of Foreign Affalw, who had tn long In his country's aer vb-e at homo and abroad. Marqnl Ito, ten yeam ts-fore, had been sent by his iovorumeut to Tientsin to arrange with the Vlcerov LI a settlement of Cotvnn affairs; aud the same imbjeet brought the Viceroy to JaiMti, but under chang ol conditions for the negotiator, The defeated party always negotiate at a disadvantage, nnd the Viceroy did not fall to appreciate the situation; but the Judgment of the Impartial observer Is that he came out of It with aa much credit aa was possible, nnd It Is quite certain that he obtained bettor term for h! country 'hnn any other Chturtte oillchil could liave scoured. Thl waa due In jgirt to the personal considers tlon shown 111 in by the Jaiutnese nego tiator, but mainly to his own diplomat Ic experience and his thorough knowl edge of his own (Soverninotit. Japan was robbed of a birge measure of her triumph by the Inlerismltlon of the Luropcnu powers, and It tins lccn stated flint the Viceroy consented In the treaty to the cession of the I.laotung Peninsula only tss-nuse of his know! edge that these powers would Compel It return to China. Rut this la not a fair statement of the farts. Neither the Viceroy nor his (Soverntnont had re eel ved any information from Husslu or other power, ls'fore the trvflty wna ftlgued, a. to Its actlou on the aubject but i had been a dose student of En I'ohmu politics for many yenrs, and blM action was based upon conviction born oi uiai suiuy. ne neither reads nor Kcjiks any foreign language, but he bu socretnrle charged with the duty or Keeping uun inform of current events, and has had much Intercourse with diplomat and other Intelligent foreigners, and he well knew that Him sia. If no other nation, would not allow away the pink flush on the skvlltio was pcrf.M tly clear: the frigate and the lug ger Wcre so many fragmo.i; of wood Smuggler Kern hud been ou, too many for i. enemy and those of hi. ecuntry after all. -Answers. When the last wreath hid rolled "'""bunion of Coren by Japan, or us permanent lodgment ou the contl iient so near to Peking and Russia's own possessions; am he was willing to make the I.laofung erosion lu order to onie other harsh terms. Hut the Vlremy' stalesmnnBhln and strength of character were most eon- fplcuous In his conduct after the treaty " signi ana ne una retunil to v Ulna. He sent urgent telegraphic ret rcsoiitftttons to the Knisror and to the Foreign Ofheo. rallttiif for tiromnt nulfl. In It llrimd Consirin tlon. ' For eight years the mileage of a initial railway construction In the l ulled States has Is'en steadily decreasing. From nearly i;t,oni miles of truck lahi In the wonderful year of lN.s; the totals ration and exchange of the treaty this for have gone down by thousands and bun- :l'te of the foreign Influence and' the dicl. until imis touched the lowest ! national clamor. Ilia personal enetnlo round for twenty years by adding only were actively exerting themselves i.-'m nines io our runway system. Hut against the treaty, ,d bv Vlcvrov rtmn- llltl'U ftttt lliontl tlmt l.-s .1 a j M. I . . . . k uemnna "i-n.ng. w no Had written the highly llihvSV is iiitiirlv u,.,.ll...l .... I I .... , . win ... . ; . ; .. r,:m r,,,,m' ! "M th.. n.b..mn " , """eoiioiisiiirgreat. in r ormsa, nnd supplying the rebels er than the entire present mileage of with .r, tr '.i . V.. I,.,.. , ., . . , :mHTUll IllHetinl uo , so ucn.ng at M.aiiglml. It greatly redound to the ,M1" l''l' f the young Fmi.emr l the country over IM.tHKi mile of road treat Hrltnln In mileage to square miles we should have vh n ....... ... .; t0 Pllllll, ,ht ,tUs, th(( nt'un.iai.t supply of Illinois have ."IMKNi miles, while If M,.ssM,. -K-vecWVfoKltraJi e or nis venerahle counselor, and mt- A Street-Car Comedy. F.veu the worm will turn, say n New York Herald reporter, who ' believes In preserving one's originality. The remark was drawn forth by something he had Just seen in a Madison avenue cur, Into which entered a ml.ldle-nced At n rut glance the car seemed to 1... imir amonnt rx w rk Is already under ' ' ' ".' '"'u gn.e of the new- o .ev leu Uie IJ1CT Thllt n ,..o-tn .x.ungisii lady setts, with Its mile of railway to every four square miles of territory, be the s.atMiir.1. tne nlted States will even tually Niast of 772.IMH1 miles f lines That there Is much railway building vet to he done the records prove he- hen It will U M., ... ...... . .. ' depend imon .-n.u,i.,. .. . " " ."" " -""oKing man. ' ".'it.-. ei i rip ,.. yoinl a doubt depend veloped A coiisidernbh the first three months of this tn'.le of track lit. year 'jr.:! were laid on tv.-t.to. mm including t u se already show sixty lln. seems reasonably certain -'lb' of track will have been laid' bv .... .in. ... ;n,, much more. It all .1 t'.nics. not on the question of rinding r;..m,or,en,and for more rallni'L' ivallway Age. our books on which it that 1.7.10 a possibility of lepeuds on the I roduced UT ,,ne Grain. Tea wheat, a variety .y,flPfl , p'.vui.M in thi country. Issa:dt(,h v a is.x of tea brought from china. m here u somefhing w,g ,vLeo WMile have sympmhy for . mua. WllB rellllv nccni. vlntf space enough for three passengers' or as the reporter put t. "had pre-empt id n 1.1-cent reservation." The pale genii ;ul st,.,,,)0(i jj, frnt "f her and waited, but she did not move The reporter pays tmt -her thoughts were full ,,f Faster." At all events, she made no sign of surrender ing any part of her "reservation." 1 Her next neighbor, however, was more considerate, or less deeply ab sorbed, aud by mean, f a Utile crowd lug lu the other direction, cleared space enough, so that the man could sit down ""U n pinch," to tK.rrow once more the reporter"! language. Still the youngish lady with the In- . , Wi'u' k,"l" l r Place, ami the gentle. in... ...... , . , . 1 " "ls nnrrow iimir 1 tern. Just then a woman who "had the ' plug the cook? brcadta of than... " "r. market.'v, ro" ut once, a,ld .'lu1 gentleman miJ.. . ,Lfiv,. other passenger, .'".J1 PU. hl... u,i ... .. " "S'Xilif ... ..... """ Bl 'e 'P had Just l,.f, urn ei"gau.v (,f iv I. . the affair. tr,,..a '" "Hldo biting h..r CiS aud perforfiiiug,,'. no less wonderful vuf Then abe a,lirnll-rt . .. ieritI,e.urhosW,,,"Pl, "iu brutf." A nr.e J" . ' - . vents I-'Imi it "Mttl, All ls,y and glrU l.UKclie Flehi'g -i.,,,. IksiiI." aud bis I'm...." mid ,imt thl:;u Introduce th.u. to muci S lllg III bom., life. It l a,,. town a nark alley ti,,.,' " "t a ""'e light through a key.k , "V Und themselve, lu , blue ami lilippy llttlerti'' miiKlcul room, fllrUj , "" i Field's Imi.ci.,,,.,.. . T1 W 1. (food Fairy t;..,!.,,,,,.' I"0" -- -.HV,, the Laud of N.k ,t(. pl.tc.Hi. Like KdinuM "ttnospherv ,tmim thuu half be;iev,s I...... 1 eol.lh.y O.I.I... ... ""H of hlsllfehewus!fr,w,0'!l: ntiXH alone, huiI uuilkHi alone. Fmler rarely did be enjoy b,nt To the day of his t., heart und ImrniU.. animals. Korg,ouior, p' those inechuiileul toyt lion ao wnn a Clhkety a cm i.i loves tbt-in. Ill, b-,- s.iiiiu ioy Himp, the tnyi lS kinds and descrhit.,iii.i,,k. morliniilral toy the best. uri!iy morning Eugene rw. home lnden with tnyt-M ifc ow n nanu s, Koswell nd Hit! f a tin, it!.. ...ii, a . W.i ...... ,nr, vl llma ir-it-na Buena Park, Cblingn. For he bought dolls by the d"tt little Is.y Itoswell, whnm hf e "Fosey," bad nmreelejiluutii ever Hhot by African trar!t ly la-fore he died, Mr. FM1 V. big tm.wn ts-ar for rost-y. i any one calUd upon him ilt difference w ho It warn the rit-i the big brown hear were wnuir away they would go, their ;. ding buck nr,4 forth ai If v alive. St. Nlobulni. .31' 4 .1 f .ll, J LU u ts Ml . I ited line: lot. kre a IK'S. SI I fit ctrc a n ,uh be o li b rJ. 1 s fu fACI Lh. r, t rtn: utcc1 lil Hhe Could Not Strike i lUtl "You nre charged with rliai public highway after dark 151 1 lighted lamp," mid tie w sternly. "Have you inrtiirpi; your defense?' "If If you please, rotr 1st' piled the fair bnyii'ft im! "my my lamp w; f." "Thut Is what lri..'uill Honor, satirically. "UWwuf.to- your lamp wns outT "Yea, sir." iHliuirvdtheiUt'.-. "w with (lowncnsl f Irgh "Then I can pet soei.tatte'La said the court. lent. Still he wished to be W. kit coubL (Mnl; Had you no nMtoM"bea7Hnk kindly. nl "Y--s, your lhmnr, ue xttio I hud a in-m-uiaUli." "In that case I shall kavetortoffti iney illi fcth (roi ll cor .11 ,i i 1 you "O, please don't, Mr.Jinlf1 the jtirl. "I cau eipinin. '(Jo on," said the court, v.' Iiw.-tp1" to- . eBiv.'1' 1 "It Is true, your Honer.tUt.J" ... .. 1 uitli rill 01 id 1 utt. ti.ntch " she 11 elided, cheek, "but " The magistrate was a" M "It was the first Utiie I kaJ' bloomers There was n l.'k of oompi-fcea the Judicial face new. "And I did no. knew n '" Ilostoii l'ot. ireee; oS Men Sliould Wenr Cor "A Male Wearer of O'ts-ti -j, ..... t ,.,..l,.n Tff.- open letter to uie -defends the P'Hctlw wlik'H ture Indicates. He nscrIM dice ngainst the practice to t. ..y followlng nelsons: "1. lUJ' - exceptional for n to v. . 2. lt-nuse there is a i-"-that It lseric...lm.tef..rt ..'nij j 3. Itecnuse they nre .on-" oustohealfh." Vlihr.'rltt of these reasons, he d.vlnM--prartl. Is stra.ll.y on the Im ¬ perially nmong ."') "" . tu., ,.f crsct-makers nlcm'. has made In the past ' ...... . ..r ........s nel in." ' ! IKKl pairs or con i , mil stays, strongly 'L lared-for men's use. As t- I . renson. he thinks that -nothl.iK effeminate In a '"'in iiienns In his power '";, ,. kl .. .. . ...1.1 f..u.v the ti' P' tire." ne woum . krt .. ... ..-im' verj r. an. However, i - loose corsets for cyeimk. k riding. To.hcth.rdreasen ,W reply that "no ""ls"""' t,rn ,. wl ,,e found who n.n h f has known of any ill h' C ed by corsets worn as "';',;, present time by the nl' J '. 'tir i. F viz.. firmly, but uot t.s. W Krmaln. V' T'r d H First Fair ,,'v-.r''l,' ',b h nnmosed to her. li one? , . , kn r Second Fair One-- J Fred married he.'.-l'"" I F"r'? .,..,e 0! Measlcy-Wh.u Stuttigali. who si..' U..I-,. ... tic's givlti- , ... v -. ... ol.il 1. Making a big uu. Ann rlcan. The Cir.iiT Inches long. tl.. centlellicn ratft do liot Ullo e o ulllUirroial h i- " ,. 1; What .1 'i"' .', rail" ,lvcr;:er- You men oesn't suit you: whose ' .. did J-""