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! EUGENE CITT GUARD. I. tU CA Mr HELL, Prprltr. EUGENE CITY. ..OR ROOM cii!ariv market In defiance of th. general financial situation and ; I'owerlng (rnlfl-n benefit on Ihi' bruit cri mill smaller gambler who i'b I In tlii-lr triumphant wake they were 1 (minted Is-iicfm-topi of tln-lr kind an I Were figuratively rpiwtifd with ro'i qtlerora' bay. Of course all this In ".id ly changed to-day. 'Ihi program en countered a fatal accident imd the Mcasr. Moore Imvo Ih i n suddenly , triiisposrd from the top tn the hot tori I'lillailidiihla ha d'-eldcd not to filter of tho pin k. Their iitllnidi' and cxpr.- on are no longer t) -l-iil nf victory l-i' of defeat. Tiny that live by tin- swor I tin 1 1 din Iiy tin' sword -and tin- pru-ili-iit rim n will nut get himself In the way of tin' retributive stroke. CHILDREN IN FRANCE. "Ml I good for army worms," ays th New York Tribune. Now, what I 1ad for tlieui? ta Hty drinking water. If It rnu't lie Improvrd ly nitration It should Im run thpuigh a gravel screen. i the new woman di'tVli-nt In nerve, fiT nil? Statistics prove that wo.l c'.ng In this Iran year are no more tin liii'Mii than they have been hitherto. Learning In cither good bad '" cording to lilin that has It an excel lent weapon, If well uhpiI; otherwise, l ie a sharp mzor In tin baud of a fhlld. The I'iii ry expedition 1 reported to tx lurked In th lif and u I) ii I j ! to pro ceed to the arctic regions, lint we IhI tlvidy nf un( to fi-d sorry on that uc count In in I'l s u n j nifr. It ha often Im-ii remarked by rxpi-rl-wired woodmen that hemlock Inn, ml Xfil with a lni growth, die when tin pine Ih flit off iiml tin hemlock al lowed to Htand. This 1 accounted fur partly Iiy tin' sudden exposure of tree which have stood In tin- shade under tin- protection of tin' tiilh-r growth of pine, and partly Iiy tin- drying out of tin' roots. Tli)' hemlock ha a shallow European kepuhllc Alarmed bjr Jta iJeclinlno; birth list. A very remarkablo campaign has been tarted la Prance, the object beiug to Increase the popnlutlou. The organ-Izt-m are Dr. Jacques Uertlllun, chief of the bilPiiu of statistics, of 1'urU; Jl. Charli-a Ulrht-t, profi-r of tho faculty of iiicdlt-ltie la the aainu city, ainl lr. Javal, uit'inU-r of the Ai-ail-.-iuy of Mi-dlrlne. 1'or yearn tliinn im-n have uotlri-d lth ri-nn-t tli.it tin- pupiiliitimi of I'raiH-e wa imt liiiT'-aitin piir-tlmiati.-ly with tin- M.pulatl"ii of otlii-r coiintritu, ond now they nmn' furvvard with what tln-y Im-IU'VC to Wan lufalll lile p'liii'dy for tliU evil. That unnit' ilrantli' p-iniily Ih nocdi-d tln-y liinidt, an otlii rwUi' l'rain-1' iniint whiii sink to the rank of Mi-oiiil-rati. or oven a thlnl ratc. nation. A hun dred yeaM ago the KP-ut ciiuiitrl.T -In other word, the treat powein of Ku r n ft it i t:i I ii- I iis.nHi.iKiO Inhabitant, of vt'hfiin !'.. O, or 'Si pereint.. well P'HldentM of I'rani e. To day tlu-He Mine eotintrlen innlaln :imi,(mhi.im lnliabl tiuitK, of whom ::s.imhi.iiihi, or only IM-reent., live In prance. Tlux" ll-'UPH NothltiK eiiiala travel at a mcaim of iatruyliitf Imal prejudice and coiniiiil li'catiiig kiiowli-ilu'e of the world. Ill no other way run a man at once leuru much and rujoy miicli. rout KjHteni, mid mifferH m-vercly when the Roll In dried by exposure to the mill dpeak for thi'inwlveif. and tin' ol.vloiiH and wind. The Name fin-tN rxi'laln part fvmciiislon, ao'iirdlu "r- Ilcrtlllnii of the Injury which could Ih- avoided BI( hi ciilleii.'iicN. Ih that If the 1 1 it li-t under fiip-xt iiiiiliiu'i inclit. It ban Im-cii cmluue In il.K-rcae nt the Mine "mill- niipMiei that thi-Hi' In a kind of nihility fJllH pat,., rrance, which man once otii? between pllie and heinlock, by whlcll 0f the lni-t JKiwerflll routltl'li-t III 10 II- one lieedt the couipaiilolctlilp of tin) mpi., will Hnoll lie one of the wcakitit. other In order to a full ur nvth and ma- TIicni- ifeiitleinen have beiin tln-!r If Couimiiniler Prederli k SI. Ceorija tU la Tour IIiniIIi Tin ker really waul to heroine nn American cltl.i-u be aliould flrnt run bin name throii.'li the f omleliNer Hint lllirouple the hyphen. turlty. Hut the i-xplaiiatloii here uUi-n KeeiiiH to do away with that I b-a n u pleax.-iiit llctlon. It k.-.-iiih that hemlock. In the liiNtani-eN referred to, n N the protection of other define fop-Nt ifpiwlli novel rampiilk'ti by founding' a t.o-iety, which N styled "The .National Alliance for the Kelief of the pretlch I'opul.l t bill." The defensive tin-iiMiin-a which they nroiMnie to admit are niinicrnin. but fur OthiTN are affectd by w hat I am an I iv and tin. Aud tlieNe olhera have uIhu their NpliereN of llillileiice. So that a n.'le act of mine may nprend In whl (iiinir rlrclca thpu(li a nation of liil Maiilty. A I.oiiibui Journal refer to "I'iu-Ih Vuiu'n Cabin" aa a "lurid attack upon t'ie IW'liiltli N of Nlavery III New KliK laud." Milt thin Ih min-li nearer the jinrk tlinii the average KukIIhIi paper U-nally k'i-t. Lillian HiiHNeira eon tract for next year eoiitaliiN n forfeiture rhiUNe by which Nbe In to pay J.Vi.ihki If Nlie mar rba within the year. TIiIn In a pretty aevere haiidlcnp ''lipid, but I. Milan never did treat the little fellow rlh'ht. We ran be thankful to a friend for a f-.'w acp-M or a little money; nud yet for the freedom and command of the whole -artli, and fur the great beaellla of our lielnit, our life, health, and reaHoii, we liMik upon ourHi'lvei aa under no obliga tion. I'niiii Infancy to old H;e humanity t'lilNt have niprerlatlve wunU from time to time. They are wholesome and tliuulntliig; but to depend upon ralne and Mattery fur oiie'a happlneNH, to xlnk Into liliMiin without theiii, to nllow one'a rbeerflllueNN to lapNe when the outNlde world aeeniN to l unaware of .one'a Important prcHciice- thlH In aliuply de spicable. 1 When we Nee n liiatl detlclelit III the lipei lal virtue which we hold i-Nxcntinl, we rnniiot believe, or, at Irani we do tint realize that he may be excellent ''I many other renpeclH. We have a nIiikIi' type of rhnracter In our own tnlnd-t which we wUh to nppnmcli ourNelveN, nud which we think every one elm oiiKht to prl.e eiiially. Hut we forget that 1 1 1 1 m Ideal In only one of many, and that thuNi' who hold another may far excel iin In ecru I n iualltlea which we lindf rvalue, but w hich to them are all-important. In onler to i-oiim-rve the inoixtiiie of the j. Inimeillale prcxeiit they will onillnii root. their attention to three poIniN. 1. TIh-j will try to eel the lawn P-lalln-' to In heritance greatly tnoililii-'l: Z Ih'-y will try to get all dlni-t taxo irinuved f nun thone fuiiilliea wlih-h have nmre than three children: and. :!, they will try to have the lawn relating to aiici'em.loii dutleH thoroughly refonned. Aa It U manifest that the iiatlon'N trcihiiry Would be Hcrloiisly iiflccted by the re moval of taxes In the case of all fanil- Ilea which have more than Ihree chil dren. It Is proposed to place II tax of oiie-tirth of 1 tier cent, on all famllim! , which are childless or have only one or two children. 1 There are said to lie excellent rea sons for these promised reforms. The larger a man's family In Prance, we op ioid, the more he In taxed. Imth directly and Indirectly, the result belni,' that thrifty parents do not rare lo have many children. Moreover, the pan-ins' property must Ih- divided among the children, ninl If the children are num erous and the property small, the disas trous results i-.iii easily be foreseen. -In other countries the law of entail Is maintained pretty rigidly and thmigh Its operation seems hardly equitable or natural as regards younger children, it There will be general relief that Cor iH'liiis Vauderbilt, Jr., and lii.i'e Wll- ill are married at last, and the yoinu jx-oplo theniNelvcH must be glad to es cape from thi! glare of publicity vvii.'i which they have been mirrouinled for H'vcral moiitliN. The annoyances w hlcli have In-nci them are the penalties of wealth miiiJ aiH.'lal position. If young Vanderhllt had lieru a clerk on n small vilnry and MInn Wilson the daughter of A corner grocer or a street ear cuii luctor their trouble would have nt Ipicted no attention except from tlie'r immediate frleiulN ami relative. It w,i the millions rather than the people 'nvolved that focused all eye upon tliem. Aside from thi fact, the wo.'S of the newly wedded pair were of the n. list ordinary character. The father of the bridegroom opHiNed the match for reasons which never did and prob ibly never will appeal to the ardent l. ver. He thought Cornelius was too young to marry, and emphasized his opinion with the threat of disinherit ance, which, of course, only strength ened the prospective brldegrooin In his ,.i.l i.riu ill ti I lull In rikiiimll inn I rl ninl 1 1- an for the young woman, sin ms to ; certainly seems to act In some decrees I'ave borne herself w ith proper dignity preventive of depopulation. mid reserve under rather trying clrcuiii stinces. She neither hastened imr re in Anticipation of Mr. Clem'' mtr rlngo, bis pronpective fathor-ln-law bought and fuinlshed a bouse In liuf falo, c a wedding gift for the youiitf couple Tbo whole project wu kept a ecret from Mr. Clemen. nJ " only on the evening of hi marriage day that Le wa tukcii to the bouse, which was brilliantly lighted uuJ tilled with friends utnl kli.sfolk. lie was conducted "p down through the roans, while be grew every minute more and more myatllled. At Iwigt.'i his wife could bear the lti;a tlon no longer, and binke forth: "it Is o-ir iimisr, yours find mine; i present from father. " All the friends gathered iibmit Mr. Clemens lo hear w hat he might ""V. hok.d ami the tears en me Into his eyes, but Hnally lit managnl to Hammer, two oi three words at a time: "Mr. Lniigdeii, win never you nre In I'.utTalo, If it's iwlce a year, come right up b.'iv and bung your bag with ymi. Von may stay overnight If .vmi want to. It shan't cost joii a cent!" It was while he lived lil Ihi h"iie that he chnii.-ed. one morning, to look, across the way; there he saw youictlillig whlcll caiisid lit in to rros the street illlcl.ly. find deliver Ihi speech to IC group of proplo oil the veranda: "My iwinie is Cli mens. My wife and I have been Inn ndii.g to call on 'on ninl niiike j on: ac(iialiitanee. We ow e you nn apology for not doing It before now. I beg your pai-dmi for Intruding on you in this Informal manner, and at this time of day. but your house hi a II re r The meeting suddenly adjourned. He Is surely gllted with the rapacity for si.lnga serious thing humorously. One Sulid i.v when lie had specially: liked the s. rmotl. he detained the mill-. Isti-r the ihuieli door, and said: "I mean Ho I lieia-e. bllt I feel obliged to ti II V" t lit ( iln preaching this morn ing has Im i u of a kind that I can spare. I go to ehup h to pursue my own trains of thoiighi; but to day I couldn't do if. The rr.i:rtnoIt. upon th- neeh. lie abirt front I . rifB 1 be itiiubric ti li all a ry And Ife U I'r"" f.lidity: rtip- . ., Vr our bMW- we And nil our To tail" r ' " U turueJ If old Humiility. The air', ti ;M of h.M. grvu. A urf uf ml. in"r' '' "'' The aU'le l!' SlUi k ell the I ie, Pevoiim it 'tu !".: TI,ere'.l,.taU..,iMo.l:rtl.'l.:1f: Th lung ilrink'. n-rite i but bruf. Ami .nit of H.rts '1 l:e il.'g rav.TM rrtli-riilptiiri-l by Ibni.i.hty. That N-.n It may. r.!i. l-t if b"l". Turn Into ruin or t..il- t "J'. ( ir iiu; thing To iiinse in s'titf Of oer resfr. I Im-i'h'yi Oh. iiiiiv it vaiii-li to tb" "' Nor grease lie- m tbe '"' We've 1' uriied ell'iHil' Ah"i:t the f.'ie.'li ("Jritn ileiii'.fi of ll'iini'liiy--New York Journal. LE3IUKIS JMDK. Old man Sltntiierlow owns the model farm of the "Turkey Track" district, in the State of Alabama. It Im becme a ort of show place, and planters c.-nie fr as far away as Montgomery and Moblh; to get pointers for the better management of their own plantations. All this U directly the r.sult of the good management and the extraor dinary Industry of the old man' grow n- ups Lemuel. A tin-farm Is n model farm, so Is Lemuel a luod"! fanner, lie la the llrst man nt work In the morning and the last to have in the evening. The attractions of the nearby tow n are nothing to him. He never rides In with his tielghlsirs on Saturdays or horse, trading days. The clmu may come aud go, but it niaki-s no difference to him. Wonderful Power. Hut there was a time when the Slm The power of imagination Is amusing- nierlow farm was anything but u iii'il iv Illustrated in the story told of an old el; when Its all-around poor condition lady who had never heard the eelebraf- aud geueral dilapidation were as mark ed violinist, Pagaiilnl, play, and oil a now are Its many perfections. day obtained permission to attend u And at this time Lemuel was known p hearsal of one of his eonrcri.s. : aa the most no an-ount boy In all that It so happened that l'aganiu! did not region. He hated the farm, hated work, l, I.-.. 1,; t l,,lln vi lili dim t,. tin. mid us a dodder 11 till shirker of his hearsal that day, but borrowed one Mom a member of the orchestra, and In stead of playing as usual, simply kept up n kind of ph.icato ni-compaulmcnt. nave force interfiled wlih me. You I im to attend to you. ami Us You ha vi uove lost me a whole half hour, that it may not occur again." Of all the recuperators of Intellectual energy and freshness, there I one which In chief and lias no second. That recuperator Is rest. Let him w liiiiUc. ll.um the superlative value of rest try to do without rest or sleep for a single week. Kest, to produce Its full result, must be alwolute Hot merely the ces 'i t lull from work, but I he abaudou itient of rare, the laying aside of re n.iotisllillliy also, ns of a roat whl. 'i Is not to be worn for a period. 'I In tuali whose brain Is very tired must e've his ImhI.v pst as well as Ills Intel lect, A weary brain will uot supply the uiUNclefl w ith energy for long walUs or fatiguing tolls. When a building Is licgun which Is to rise nearly -Iiki fret In the air on one of the busiest streets of New York one may well ask where thli sort of thing Is to end. This Is u great (light, even for a rhup'h Kplre or a monument; but the worst of It Is that there Is no tell ing by how much the next big struc ture will Exceed It In altitude. Of course a building like this is supposed to be made almolutely ttreppsif. No stream of water from the most powerful of our engines could be thrown to the upper stories, ami If flames should start uny where alxive the llrst thpf or four floor the occupants would be beyoud the reach of scaling or other ladders. It Is to the Interest of the owners, natur ally, to make audi a structure aa this entirely safe, but this does not excuse the public authorities from relaxing for one moment their vigilance. The coti t met Ion of these high building should be watched rap-fully, not only until they ore completed, but afterward aa well. Tlierw Is a very old and authoritative iajlng aa to what ahull be the fate of them that live by the sword. This say ing doubtless appears peculiarly sign. li ra nt to the Messrs. Moore, who aiv miiTerhig under an accumulation u' tne fate which they have been meting out to the lesser w arrior of the hourso at their leisure during the last flv. mouths. The collapse of their huge KH'Ciihitloii In the shares of the Iu mond Match Coiupauy and the Ne-.v iork Hlseult Company 1 a biiNiness disaster of such whlespp-adliig poteu tialltles that they must expert to take a large share of public and Individual Maine. Their game Iti It failure In o.vea Ions aud trial to scop's, perhapi to hundreds, nud a shock to the local monetary fabric, which many Innocent person will feel the itress of. The only jMisslble jtistitlcathin of a speculation on any ground reside in Its nuccrjs. While the Mi-ssr. Moore were dough! (aided the wedding, and fully answer ed the Insinuations of fortune hunting by marrying Cornelius In the face of his father's declaration that none of ;he Vanderhllt millions should go to keeping up the new establishment. As the father of the bride Is himself a millionaire. It Is not likely that the yotnig couple Will suffer for the lieees. fares of life, bllt III nuy event Vander hllt, Jr., w ill have the sympathy of all lo.'crs, young and old. In his refusal to e've up the woman of his choice under a threat of pecuniary disadvantage. He has, at least, married an American, and In this he w ill not suffer by coin 1 a Won with other members of the Viinderbllt family who have exchanged their money for worn-out titles, earn ing only contempt on both sides of the ocean. IF SHE SHOULD ABDICATE. I.oiijon Sovii-tr XNou'il Welcome a I'liaiiuv of Kulera, Social Imdon Is Imping with the Prince of Wales that Victoria may abdi cate In his favor when she shall have completed her alxty years' p'ign. Tim yueen has hinted at the possibility of such a thing bill Mio has made no prom ises and ales doesn't "lunik" too much on the chance. Itefore the Jubilee cele bration of ISST, Victoria was ambitious to complete a reign of tlfty jeara. She thought she niLrht give over the reigns of government then, but no sooner had the lifty years' mark been passed than she wanted to rule sixty. Next year will see the accomplishment t)f that am bition If she lives. She will then have held down the ltrllish thnuie louger tliiiu any other monarch, but there will villi be one PuiMpeau ruler ahead of her In point of service Louis NIV., o Prance, who reigned seventy years. Sim may make up her mind to beat him If ahe can and make Wales wait another decade. Contrary to ihiiiiiihii P'port the qnea tloii of health w ill uot Inltuence Victoria to give up her throne. It Is stated on good authority that the Queen's health "Itemove all burdensome taxes fprni fruitful families," say the members of the National Alliance, "and let r'rciich womcu mid l-'renehinen know that, even from a monetary point of view. It will be fortunate for them to have many children. Then, as the national treasury must be supMii-ted, let us tax those parent who have few or no chil dren. Parents who have no children or only one or two children may reason ably be required to contribute a gumlly ipiola toward the support of the sate, whereas It is improper and unjust to expect liny support fpun those parents who have to pnivlde for uuiucimiis children. IM this, nud Prance will soon become, as she was in the past, one of the greatest powers In L'uiMl'o; fail to do this and Prance will soon sink to the level of Penniark, ltelghmi or Holland." The members of the alliance Intend to hold several public meetings ami t publish several pamphlet setting forth their views. They offer membership to nil who care to assist them. Irrespective of creed or political opinions. Many persons throughout Prance have al ready announced their adhesion to the program of the alliance, and It Is coii Ihlently expected that III the near fu ture the necessary bills in regard to succession duties ami the nliohiiou of taxes will be presented to the I'l-ciu li Legislature. What the result will lie can not be foretold, but I'r. r.crilllon and his colleagues mv rnnlldcut that their appeal to French patriotism will not be In vain. I Others, however, who know iiotlilni;' nlKiut statistics, but who profess to know a good deal alsiut human nature, ' maintain that this crusdae will pro duce little result for the reason that the opposing forces ii re not mainly econ omical, but are the result of old-tline habits aud ways of thinking, against which It will be Impossible to success fully combat. Taxes and succession duties, say these criilcs, have nothing: to do with the quest Ion. French fam ilies are small, because such has long been the custom In prance, and this custom no laws or regulations can do away with. They point out many inor- for this up to Mr. Cooke, the musical director and said In a burst of enthusiasm, "Oh, dear: Mr. Cooke, what a wonderful man he Is! 1 declare I never knew what music was capable of till this morning." "Indeed, madam, he Is truly a mar- clous man," assented Mr. Cooke, with a smile; "but this morning you are in debted rather to your Imagination than to your ears for the delight you have mid. for l'aganini has not really played at all. He has not even touched I bow." "Well," said the old lady, after a mo ment's astounded silence, p verlng ',i rself, "tin n all I can say Is. he's even I lore remarkable than I thought he was! For if he can all'ect me In such !i manner without plating, what should I do, how should 1 feel, when he reallv (I'd play!" tasks had no equal. In those d.iyJ be couldn't kis p away from the town. Ho loved to loaf iiliout the streets, lo hang around the j.ahsitis and to pitch horse After the rehearsal the old lady went nhoos In the back alleys. Lemuel chang ed all at once. This change wits tint gradual; not the slow awakening of conselenc to the mistake of evil ways, but was sudden aud violent. One sum mer afternoon a cln-us was In town. A grand free balloon ascension was ad vertised prior to the performance; a daring aeronaut was to perform on a trapeze way up In the nlr, and then to fall several thousand feet, hanging from a parachute. Lemuel was on hand. Out at home the young cotton was choked with weeds and needed 1 1 1 1 II- nltig out with a hoe badly. Iown in the cpsiked. weedy furrows lay Lem uel' hoe, where he had left It the day before, and where there w as every pros pect of Its remaining for several days to come. Cirrus days always caused n mental and physical break-up In Lem uel that lasted quite a while. He stood In the Inner circle of the crowd watching tho preparations for i the ascension. It was a hot-air balloon and won charged from an oven like fur nace. As It became filled It expanded and rose as far as the restraining lines . would allow. The aeronaut, a gorgeous being In pink tights, mounted the tra peze. The rope were one by one loos cued fniin the jiosts and lay trailing on . the ground, like the tentacle of some tremendous monster. At last only one or two held the balloon, and they were ready to be loosened In nu Instant. Soinclsidy said "Heady," another "Let her go." Just here, In his eagerness and excitement, Lemuel Hepped forward and put his foot Into a slip-noose on one , of the loose detaining ropes. In a sec ond his feet were Jerked violently from tinder him, the earth seemed to fall ii way and he was dangling head down ward, the hundred feet In the air, his long coat tails flapping olwut his enrs, and still going upward. A pint of pen! nuts, a hat, a package of cheroot. 7," cents In silver and a liiilf-etnptled whis ky bottle came raining down. That Indescribable, terrible roar arose that 'I lie l llevpeeleil. A young Ccrmnti countess belonging to Ilur.over was a in t ! unbi liever. She was espi chilly opposed to the doe. trine of the I'rstu feci it in. Hefoiv her death tdie gave orders that her grave was to be covered with a slab of gran I'e. clamped to other stones, and that on the granite slab shot, Id bo engraved the following wolds: "This burial place, purchased to all eternity, must mi r I peiied." All lhal human power could do to prevent that grave from being opened was done, l'.m a little seed found lodg ment in a crevice of the stones which covered the dead body n' h,. countrss and sprouted. The tiny shoot feiin 1 the stone side and the on the top of the grate gives, and ill last heavy slab am' for its way between slab whic h lay It grew bv de ll' tually lit'trd the ccd the gravestones was opened without any apart. Thus the giave alter all, and that, too, miracle. The people of Hanover are said to re gard this grave with a kind of awe. feeling as if it were a kind of prophecy of the great Kesuriectiou Pay which Is yet to come. hasn't becu better for ten veara exoctil 111 '"' """'r re-'""H 'or this custom. When she Is careless and lindulT on which It I not necessary here to lay poses herself. As much as the old lady ' lt,Vv- ,u' l''''l"'" critic maintains iu i .... . i i . If h:i f 1 "riMirh niiic'i lif-romo Kit (tnt v I. ih im ru mm rtHHHu'u iv m-r m.njtvis, j - - - 7 - , - uufornmau til v in. lilim w 1111 umi linn ii u 111 1 1 ,1 1 lull 101 I 1 11 the majority of the people would web come her alsllcatlon, for It would great ly enliven thing. The Princess of Wales, whom everybody loves, would Ik (Jueeii. She like to move In society fully aa well a does her huslsind. Vic toria bus announced with dctlnltcuc that no mop' "drawing room" shall be gniceil by her royal pp'semv. She gets excited at such functions and ex citement Is uot conducive to her health or happiness. Por the same reason, she any, she will never again entertain more than twelve at dinner. Were the Prince and Prlncens of Wales at the IkmiiI of things society would not be dis apinliitisl by such disinclination to en tertain. And sMsix'lety would weleown the change, Pollthnlly well, Victoria hasn't aNIIcateil jet, so conjecture U uselcsa. ; llrst child that they never care to have any more. He writes with some bitter ness on the subject, and even goes ixo far as to say that a French woman, ns soon as she become a mother, gradual ly lose her love for her husliand, and boivincs a slave to the child. Pndcr these rlreitnistnners, accord ing to him, the husband and wife tacit ly agree to live separate lives, the In evitable result being that the family tie Is sundered. However this may N all thinking men In France agree that the evil exists, nn.l. while some of them are p.-ii Istlcd that It cannot bo eradicated, then Is Hot utw wh Is not niKM-on1 t!it tV Xatl-tvil Alliance Is a la m right lirectlon. -London "Notes. oe l.illl Wor '. The little word "again" has appar ently nothing humorous about It, but it once threw a large assembly Into tits of laughter. it was at a public meeting in New York. One of the speakers, the llev. Mr. It., had the misloi tune, when he tried to take a sett, to miss the chair and come down at full length on the platform. The accident accasioiied a little subdmd mirth, especially as the was very tall, and I seemed to cover the whole platform In his fractlc effort to rise. u lieu at last 11 came ins turn to i speak, the piesiding ollicer Introduced I him In these words: j "The Kev. Mr. K. will again take the floor." i Clapping, stamping and laughter reigned for several minute. The rev-! eP'inl gentleman had never before met '( always comes from a crowd wh with so eiiihu.iastlc a reception. ! brought face to face with ft!1 avvful an" .-.ivuuHig irageiiv. Women fnhn.-.l iv,fr 10 'MX A WAT WAKD. DOW X la She? She Isn't a peach nor a girl that new, Tlunigh la It'iiruing die' unite up t ilste; She'ii a woman delicioiuly go(K and true, Tlif sweet girl graduate. Philadelphia North America a. Not a lent. "I hoard that Itealey said he would trust ine with bis pickeiNmk. Wli.il do y vti think of that':" "I don't think there's anything In It" lijr If Terjr foolUbly-maklng a local Yuukera htatMuiu, Humor of a ll'ioiorlst. Harper's Magazine contain a person al sketch of Mark Twain, embellished with the sort of anecdotes which seem most titled to the life of a humorist. Not Jong since, goes the Sale, a big, good liatup'd foiiiiti-ymjin called upon him and asked, altera few minute' chat: "Now tell me for a fai t. are you tlio one that w pile nil them Isieks?" "Truly 1 Bin," was the reply. "of course ou are! of course yem are!" agP'vd Hie honest fellow, "but. bv tieorge! I shouldn't think It from your look!" Weed ns Mnnure. A European exchange has the follow ing: Put Into a ditch alternate layers 1 of weeds nn I lime, and after a year has p.vii4 H w'gl ! f.i'.J that (ho J t, s ' coita' a- i '.'' m s,.t swii'h,, scssfd of g.oJ fcnlla'.'rf frjm ' SnlUerlaad tlunou.se a a (i.iiih for' the meadows a kind of vegetable Jul,-,, piYpaP'd as follows from weeds: Make I birkre bean of from :;7.i l.i .,T.. i .,,,...i.. I leave It to ferment, stir It every days. When the weed have d to yellow they nre pmiiom w hep' they niv wat w ith the following so quarter pomms oi suipniiric acid, two I and a quarter pounds of hydns-hlorl 1 acid and 132 gallon of water. The bulk Is turned nlsnit three or four times a week and at the end of a month thep- U obtained a vegetable Juice rich J uhrogen, phosphoric cld and potash. r i i1k.hi ... . . , M uiieu ami men ran hither and thither in ngouUed helplessness Par up In tho blue void, ever rislti-I-emuel hung Jlk M,,,w - tl.riiaa H-..Wv tUdaiifllng rope J':irW"''I"Mckwan!. w4 M tiirm himself Into " r'''iyt I"'si'l-"- His movements caused the balloon to sway omln,,v "ton moving. Ton ht im...i t .... .. '.'. ... to pounds, ! e,l the aep,u, fn . ' J J nam you up If the knot i,i.t n..... lin ii.,.1 t ! . " "h'U. 1 "- """ i kj rations ditch, n.iut braced ceased. Tli hlnw.-lf i.. icp-d and mixed among the p.pes a,,,! ,, ' , ' Um"wr lu.i.,.: Two andaj. way until he hiidt!;;::? he trapeze ud holding himself f , bado:ri1U,Ml,lll,- TtaJ Z na.i n,t risen to nn Um,.,n...- . . aud ws ,., ,. ueigm " faintly to n i i riiti r 1 1. . . . i Lomuel began falm r .T Zl "HI..W Ills tnMon. itood itralffbt op toward realm of boundless space. Par below wu all the country, spread out as though a map In relief, wltli Its river, hill, forest, road Mnd town. A grand slgbt, but far beyond the luck le spectator' uppreclatlou. "Young man," ogaln apokc the aero- Cllbert i uruora n voti can thank the Lord on your knees Tomp of the Lavlh-tk- -T1, t. the balance of your life. All you can ready. Mr. Parker ha. I'i " "v do 1 to hold tight and trust to lllm to tho manuscript of a n,. save ymi. You may drop easy mid yon to bo calico "c'tiinnepa s I may come down hard. Pn.y for the easy A lu,K,rt.lllt un drop. I've done all I could for you, and trM , m,,,.,,,,,, "" to m now I've got to leave you." iWakeman's i ,. ',. ..''!" ' or, , S saying, he loosened the rope that niK,r,. ,lf ,.,.,, ' , "' ''"""H u, eld the parachute, iH.utid his wrist to Ulu i.;arl(.rtt TUtWH ((" "r .,,f " ii-wih 1,. "HI' - . , i t.... 1, n.l etlo of 1 .11111 III liea1. iciiioci miuiiii, us to prevent his hold breaking In the descent. As Lemuel saw these prepara tjuis the thought of being left alone enabled him to find bis voice. -Por tied' sake," he gasped, "don't have inc." Put prayer and protest were unavail ing and the aeronaut jutiipe.i. i p miioi Pl-c.ll, 1..... II .. . . . ..jn i.uswe II Ii in. . the Pnlou Theoi,,,.!,,,, Vork. baa Iss,,.,, , a.X from an A i i Ww-. pel According to l,,Uu"'i'!L":r" .i.i .. " lugs prefa.iMl by the a ""K t-e of Itevlslou. " , t - . . . . . i ' I I :l I is lal fit . the bal 'Mill, relieved or tne weigiu, ami i - "'si to see Tl.eautol,logl,1p,1V()fA ii. ii..,. .'l i .1,... it irio-hiile until It snread . -""'"'"i.' auluiiin. Two ..i out and leisurely dropped to the ground. 1 J""",r volume will npp,r n s, i, .. ,.,.1. mi iii i lose re-ions or "uiiiin'ina work i. . " "' " '.' . . . . i.i '.ti,.. ... - the higher ulr, but Lemuel (laren not Id go, even with one band, to 111111011 h!s coat nlsnit lilm. A great bird, an eagle or a hawk, came at him acreecli li.g viciously. Slnsi!" yelled Lemuel, and the us tolilshcd bird "shooed." For a long lime Lemuel never dared 1 1 link liclow, and when he did be no-1 m tied the earth he had left cumins rt:p- j enormous expense In Idly up toward lilm. Then he knew the, Is to bu written by MiK-lartn grr balloon v. as laiimg nun 111 sucu 11 line as foretold disaster. Nearer and nearer came the woods and the Melds. Lemuel shut his eyes and prayed. Just before the ground was reached a breath struck the balloon, e.ireetie.l It and carried It along m-arly parallel to the surface. tb'd "The Slorv of i . , . "t be Illustrated with iiume 'H und photogravures. A new terror i,t1,Nal,.-,jf(, elne publishers. The pr,,,, t lure's Magazine H w , , i;ales.l,.. making nrnn.O' elalH.rate Illustration. 4 Mo of Christ .0 C?' fit. '"I I I V. el. Meredith. OiHirgeJir., " ,s "' Partner ati(r bill no I. Iii, 1 .... . ' ""use in AMiiljyr. 1 viable tV Co.. has i,ii,vi,..i .,. ngni or ins rather lm,,k -tut 'w tfc V mm A.NU WtXT TO 1 ; nr. toox fi" that fos IIOK1.NO. roinedlans." The Setlh,,,.,,, .v.- .- 1,111-1 j-iKur-roiu-ue . . of Meredith. l.iNio 8etaU.,,sll,; I he Sclent I tic Atnerlran rtVm. 1111- i .iiilill-lO OI UN liftirtht, n striking anniversary uuml-er wr, lug seventy-two pag.-s and iww, in severalty all the leading --1 arts during the last half cniturr ft I'liiuisuers nave il..ie a taliulihw ice lor siudcnts of science u m for tlielr own Justly estivuiJ cul. The Itookman says of the ti-i! ty-volume literary autliul.CT " Charles Dudley Warner la editing: 1 is illuming n (ort of literary Pan wherein bhall lie set the nia:j. ; or 1 nose nioiie who statnl furs.-nfij Lemuel hit the gp.und with n tlnnl. . soutul nud Htii.tii,' and whoh,M. j, Fortunately It was plowed ground and oti1(.r viu,. .uierieaii Is nowrlloi it 1 ......1 ..1 .... 1 - . . sou. ne was n.i-.j.i-ii sifuk m"'"- lieu to carry out this plan wlthlns twenty yapls before he could let go, r v!sOM and Ju Igmeut; nud. n-, and then he lay for some time before , n,,I( not ni.lllv ,,, H,sses ti lie sat up ami loouci iipuinu. lie was atf0 tl) mtempt the task.' ilaeil, imt tie saw ne was in some one cotton Held. Over 11 short distance lay the collapse. 1 balloon In a haze of lis rending smoke. Then he arose, stood a moment unsteadily, braced himself and took his bearings. Things looked fanill-1 lar. At his feet lay 11 hoe ami all about I radiated the weedy cotton row. All at ; once the knowledge of where be was came to him like a Mash. That hoe was his hoc; that Held was his father's, none 1 other in that country was so badly kept. Then and there Lemuel took olf his coat, took up that hoc and went to hoe-, lug. He stuck to it till sundown In spite of ids dizziness, his no lies and hi ' bruises. Next morning he wa out nt sunrise and ha never aluce ipiit work- III!,'. Competitive I'rearhliit P.llJah I lidding, the tt-Iibn Methodist bishop who lived Id tit fat 'inlf of the present century, wic ulatly felicitous In matin: i,j incuts for the different c!tm Si ised. however, to tell w-lth kin,i melit of one occasion od hii-bali cd to give satisfaction. At the close of a confert-nif rttif had made numerous apimlwiit circuits, a boy appeared, (irk breath, nnd Informed liimtlutiui'l the hotel, w ho seemed to tie Ii I "rsi condition, was anxiously ciD'jj bishop's name. Hurrying to the lintel, he torJi 1. inn In n state borderlni on b;f "' because he had failed to sccnrc-tfcpj llei'iiliiii'il. Sir Cl.n.de de Ciesplgny tells In his ' PIniont be wished, but hadt "Memoirs" how Colonel Iturnnby, thai hero of m kiess deeds, once crossed the Channel In n balloon, and of the adven ture which belell lilm by the wav. The llrst striking lucid, ut In his voyage was j l,or 'ik' 11 n,lln the sudden and very rapid descent of the balloon, lie threw out piece of paper, and noticed that they fluttered In the nlr above. Then, to save himself from going ilow n into the water, he be gan 10 throw out ballast. The balloon took an upward turn, for It had been within live bundled feet of the sea. Then he foi.i.d that the balloon hnj come to a dei.ii standstill. He throw bits of paper out ef the car, nnd they one and .id fell straight Into the Chan nel, lie was thus, It wa cleur, be calmed In 'ill. Por an hour he remained in this exas perating piislllon, but at length he de scended again within less than n quar ter of a mile ol the water, and again reaseended a little. Things were uo better nt this lower altitude; the linl looit contiini'd becalmed. What was to be done.' In order the better to con sider the question, and to pass the time, the "mud Englishman' nod to another circuit. f "Now stop bawling," faid tie b'-''i I'rinly, when the tn.in had tni' J complaint, "nnd go to your sti"- lle tlmusMW seen the last of the fault finder. be short time nfter the man "fi"' again, In 11 great Mate of oicltftart "I don't blame voti. bishop." be "but It's that presiding eMf'- l low If vou'II only hear bitn'l- .'reach two bouts of twenty i apiece," he continued, looking M' lv nt Bishop lidding fur eni- incut, "two bouts of twenty' r-niece. If I don't boat him. bisli,: I'll give up!" This trial never took rl-l l-iuiir-iti h'iii K-illiP 1 1 sill elllty ill I Ing the discontented luvacher to tt to bis post. Whore Space Is Ann,..-,ii.j- 10 the Wiislilnnrtou i.,.uii it.nii w ho rontribte-ir !..ii.ii.tii.itn the newsiiapi'rsr1"' standing out In the night and P1 long and cnrnestlj nt tnesKj. ' .1 KoltVDi- ume, me -miiii Eiigiishmair took a "W hat arc you noing cigar out of his case and calmly light-' tPiuomyV" asked the friend en 11, regnn'ii sn of tho fact that there countered bin) then-. lll.eieil 1001 v. m. nwnv nnd don't di"-'rV I nni gazing into Intln'te dlsw I don't see what sat:sfaa.o . find iti that." v. "That's because yon have . 1 .. ti, m mom. nil) expciiciiee won ... 1 wi ! 1. ...1...1 .....ifort It Is to nun , Mill mt c ' was a coi'tltilious escape of liithimiim. me gas just iihove his head. He might, Indei I. have smoked as safely iu a pnwdrr-magar.liie. Since no cuange took place In bis po sltlon, and Cue Imlloou did not, as might have been expected, catch lie.. It., i-.w solved to ascend. He Hung o,,t n bag' place where notiilnB ls erer 01 uaiiast, wmeii fell with n loud thud out for want ot space, into tlio water tin, I up 8)t the balloon to 11 height r three thousand feet 11 gain to ivmi.lii Ktiitliuiiiry. Out wenl aitothei bag. find un o.ii.,.i 11, . t..,n.. 1 . 1.. 1...1 ,.,.,n . ........o , ... this time to an alti-, foner-uii.i - ,,,.,, ... ... o ..me umi a miir; but still pre- '""'" .'" , , m.a Kitf vailed that hnti-Mil calm. Mr LiJ Point, the sobcr-ininded n s" last followed, and the car continued to' I,unis- a,v,iy iwf ..see,,,, u u.i ::,o aeronaut found lilm. , "e lions. -o . v. . . sen ,it a neigni ol two miles Hut fit let,,;,!,, ,P ,,; orrloU(,. land, the balloon began to move, and to turnaby's gnat satisfaction, toxvnrd I fa nee. I ''es. ii.ly getting clear of the tins, ue wi:s able to ninl harb.ir ot III safely land, J. Degeneratln. No Jokes ,uv better H- 2' Ihose that are made uu-,ttn? hi:. " t. l,1R i,i a possums- -' ., pffnv be felt to be n Rivn wltiP character and standing of t 'leppo, see tho town and there ho character body. "Since I years ago,' the public III!' came ' he In It has m ,i,i house- ..icrt . ... Hllllill' - Sfll'l. ,i,Ki l! UCII ui"'- Krnl.,l Hodge-too I'lO. h KJ. Ilan-y-What girl . n, ....'work night In ... In tow last evening? JUU j bnun you put H f'" Willie ilndigan,!y)Wllnt voll nrc I Henson-Oh. I 1 5 c'cl'' Pl"-cd to rail ,ow Is nsun.ly spoken or "',"s' 1 XM by people of cult urp n Momle trosses erJ' (l!,y- , r wife t.'M - Household Words. I Hodge-WlO. y"r ,r' H or - ..... 1.11,1 to woik uu' un.. jww 111 ftWful Nilnntl.,n '. ... .7 . " "' u "'"' ''mils ran over 1,1,,, k'ravl. .aJb..Uair.defy!nV;;e.ar;.:;,e,; Itrluht Mnn. ' n t see what good chaperons ' oimg Pareull kUM...i l t.i.. ' ,"U r':.,'t ,,,,r,,ro ll,1 '"'iP-ron ", All, ?vh: hut ht kUtl ti i Iietrolt Pree Press. Pollings which have "I nre! first.' "IS"'' ...-a ,T .. LT Itl "' till now.- eneil by the sin,,!-., , . , 1 1 "ii. in iiij "caused by washlinr become black- ;s or gas may be easily lu Ulcb some ,oda ha. been dissolved. ' ence's uteutlou from o'clock every 1 f .,inii Yes. 1 away' from li'"1" Leader. dress la-well. Jn-t a v Miss Moiikf..rt:i"' ; lBte . . ...... , .-..h e IS 11 ,r'"' . IS 1 lia l O'.' e.-.r-li'I .