EUGENE CITY GUARD.
I. In CAMfBELL, rraprUtar.
EUGENE CITY OREGON
Turkey will probably full without
kindling n great Kuropcan war. The
bear nml the lion fear at much at they
bate each oilier.
Somebody lina Invented clothes-
washing machine, and In order (hot It
niny not lie entirely worthless hua fixed
It ao that It may be lifted ai a churn.
When (jiiepo Victoria'! chaplain, who
ban JiiMt preached bla fire tliounandtb
aertnoii. look at Albert Edward be
mtixt aometliuea auk blnuulf wbat'a
the use.
Farmer throughout thla section re
joice In the rain it Cropi are mainly
out of liurnra way, and the long parch
ed earth drlnka In new vain with ev
ery precious drop that falls.
Judging by the fuct that M Hung
Chung's bill at the Waldorf Hotel la
New Vork wan only $12,000, there mum
be Home mistake lu the etatenient that
lie stayed there three days.
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Indlcutlons arc Hint the fur seal will
presently piiKa out of ex'stem-e along
with the buffalo. Hunt org alny hun
dred of females, thus destroying tbelr
owe livelihood, and exterminating the
apeclea.
A sea captain ha arrived In New
York who expresses bis willingness to
make allMavIt that bla ship ploughed
through II fly miles of snakes off Bor
neo. The air or the whisky off Borneo
tniiHt have a strange effect upon tbe
human mind.
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Home people full to nee why It Isn't as
virtuous an act for a Christian multi
millionaire to pay bin taxes without
kicking lis to give money to the endow
ment fund of a college. Can It be that
the publicity of tbe bitter form of ex
penditure makes the difference?
Brooklyn's water supply Is so bad
that a lirooklyu iiihu says that be boa
to take Ave drops of nux vomica lu
every half gloss of water, and eveu
then tbe water taste vile. If be will
Increase the amount of nux a little the
taste won't bother him any more.
A New York court has decided that
a girl y keep nn eugngemeut ring
after breaking off the engagement, by
way of 'oiiiHiiNjitlon for gaa and coal
used (luring the courtxhlp, so young
men bad better sec to It that tbe ling
Ihii'I worth more tlinu tbe gna bill
comes to.
Ilow ninny people of this country
would Hiibiiilt to tbe transfusion of
African blood Into their veins In or
der to be prepared to endure tbe Afri
can cllimitcr But Sinulcy says bo
submitted to such ail oMratlon Ave
times; and lo this fact be attributes It
that he In tbe sole survivor of the most
dangerous of his African trips.
The runner Is disgraced by being
made the tool of gamblers; tbe trotters
are temporarily uuiihlo to bold the pub
lic eye by putting forward any new
champion of senna tlonul ability. This
Is the year of the pacer. The people
come out to sec the battles of the ktugs
of the hMc-wheel gait, and fashion lu
the Kant, ut leant, bus set Its seal of
approval upon the pacer for road rrlv
lug. The long despised bus come Into
bis kingdom.
At nu auction sale lu Charleston, Just
before the breaking out of the war,
the auctioneer, after knocking down
odd bits of dry goods and remnants,
picked up nn American Hag and cast
It down with the contemptuous re
mark that be would uot nsk a bid for
that useless rag. This was loo much
for one of the bystanders, a rough
looking man, and lie culled out: "I bU
ten dollars!" At the word bo elbowed
bis way through tho crowd, took the
Dug, ami bore It off.
The cheapness of bird, caused largely
by cotton seed oil uhtltutcs, has
taken otr the advantage which tho ex
tra fut corn-fed hog had lu the market.
It no longer pays to grow such animal.
A thrifty pig with plenty of lean meat,
anil little more than fat enough to cook
It, makes better pork and what will
bring the highest market price. It may
not be cheaper for the farmer to pro
duce this lean pork -we doubt If It Is
but It certainly will be more healthful
food for the pork consumer.
Fifty well-to-do Indies lu a certain
block In St. Louis, e it raged at the con
1 1 ii mi 1 neglect of the street depart'
ment to clean the alley running he-
tweeu their bouses, and afire with the
spirit of the "new woman," took tbe
matter In tbelr own hands tbe other
day, nod w ith shovels, hoes and brooms
In n few minutes gathered all the dirt
nnd tilth In piles, wblcb tbey hired
tbe ash mini to curry away; so that,
at tbe close of their effort, their alley
was "clean as a kitchen floor." And
now the city officials are scratching
their beads and wondering If It
wouldn't lie policy for them to attend
a little closer to their duties In order
to bold on to tbelr Jobs.
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Tbe troubles of the Sultan grow
ap:ice, and among all the embarrass
ments of on external kind the local
question of nn empty Treasury conies
to the front again, and threatens to
spilt the old hulk completely asunder.
It Is money, rather tliau patriotism,
which keeps the Turkish soldiers In
line. This may be one of the Ingredi
ents of the patriotism which moves an
army In nil countries, but It Is, at any
rate, a ccrtalu thing that the Turk
needs a salary, and needs It often.
Army ami civil olllclals In Turkey
bave been In arrears of pay for a long
time. They have gotten a little now
and then, after strenuous efforts, either
out of the public chest or from the
Sultan's private purse, but there Is no
doubt that the tluanclul troubles are
among the most ominous which are
now dosing lu iion Constautluople on
all sides, and from every direction. In
tho meantime, public opinion lu En
gland is being deeply aroused again,
as It has not been since the Armenian
massacres were at tbelr height, and I
tbe great Eastern drama seems to be
coming nearer and nearer to lu climax
every day.
An entire locomotive-making plant
will be taken soon to Bt. Petersburg'
from rbiladclphlu on the British
steamship Iridium, which has been
chartered for tbe puroe.' Tbe plant
Is to bo erected nt NIJnI-Novgorod, tbe
commercial metropolis of the. Interior
of the Hussion Km pi re. Contracts for
machinery for tbe plant, amounting
to over $.VK),fx0. were awarded to
American manufacturers, most of them
Philadelphia Arms. Tbe plant Is to
bo built for an extensive establish
ment engaged In manufacturing cars,
stcamlionts, steam hollers, and employ
ing 3,01)0 bands. The locomotive plant
will have a rapacity for building 200
engines a year, and will employ about
1,000 bands. All of the foremen and
engineers will be Americans. Tbe
bulldluga have been completed and are
now ready to receive the machinery.
The company will be known as the
Russian American Manufacturing
Company.
Preparatory to the rush for Alaska,
In tbe early springtime, many newspa
pers uttered warnings which, bad they
been beeded, would bave averted un
told suffering. The latest advices from
our far northwest are most distressing.
Hundreds of Americans whose desire
for wealth overpowered tbelr Judgment
are now stranded along tbe coast and
praying that the Government transport
them back to Portland or Ban Francis
co, whence tramping will be possible.
Alaska's winter Is near at baud. To
those residents who bave ample sup
plies of tbe things necessary to make
life possible It ha no charms. To those
wbo are In poverty and there are
many such the future la as gloomy
and horrible as It could possibly be. It
Is likely tliut the general government
will practically be compelled to assist
the unfortunates, although tbe Individ
uals alone are responsible for tbe dis
tressing situations In wblcb tbey now
find themselves. That tbe lesson taught
by tbla misery will be beeded Is not at
all probable. Man, tbe moat Intelligent
of all animals, rarely profits by tbe ex
perience of bis fellows.
One of the lessor lights of tho Orient
accompanying I.I Hung Cbaug reveal
ed the astoulsblng fact tbat "only a
small portion of the population of China
la aware that there was a war with
Japan and that the Chinese forces
were defeated." The remark wns
brougti out In a discussion of the Im
mense revenue China must raise to pay
the Indemnity to Japan. It was not
considered desirable to try to obtain
much of thla money by Increasing the
domestic taxes for fear tbe suspicious
of tbe Chinese should tie aroused as to
this Japan war. If t:ie statement had
emanated from LI himself one would
lie Induced to believe It another ono of
bis msulfestntlous of wit between
snooxes. One would presume he meaut
tbat even the Chluese realised tbat the
kind of fighting In which tbey Indulged
could hardly lie dignified by tbe name
of war, aud that a rout ao complete as
the one they sustained could not be ade
quately described ns a "defeat." But
the titled Chinaman wbo gives the 'a
formation cannot be suspected of sub
tlety, lie means exactly what be says,
that most of tbe Chinese do not know
that a war was waged and ended to the
discomfiture of the Cbluese Emperor
and I.I Hung Chang's yellow Jacket.
This blissful Iguorance Is a matter of
no concern to the people of the United
States, except possibly to tho students
of ethnology. It has been the common
belief that China Is four centuries b
hlud the front rank of clvlllred nation,
Vut It Is apparent that a thousand or
so must lo added to these four hun
dred. A nation so beautifully whipped
as was China that has failed yet to
learn of the little circumstance seems
to be so hopelessly benighted as to dis
courage any attempts at enllghteumeut
The Chinese Schoolboy.
Tho Chinese school children bave In
stilled Into them at an early ago habits
of bard, steady study, says an ex
change. At the age of 6 a boy begins
his scheollng.. At daylight he rises and,
after dressing as quickly as possible,
bo starts brcukfufltlcsa to school. He
is given a task and after It Is complet
ed he Is allowed an hour for breakfast.
Again, later, be baa au hour for lun
cheon, but be Is at bis study nearly
twelve hours a day, seveu days lu the 1
wees.
All this time when bo la not reciting
his lessons he Is studying aloud at tbe
top of bis voice.
He is under the ey.
lu school aud on hi
of bis master both
way to and from school. Tbe lad la
taught rudimentary astronomy, phy
sics and natural history, but greater
stress Is put upon writing and his lit
erary studies.
"A Thousand Letters," a poem, ta the
study that forms the backbone of his
literary education. In It are taught all
such matters. Whatever the study
may be history, classic or science
every lesson Is learned and repeated
word for word.
The First Yacht llullt In America,
A number of wealthy gentlemen In
New York city founded the New York
Boat Club In 1KI0; and for them Mr.
Francis built the first yacht ever con
structed In America. He was able,
you see, to turn his hand to almost any
thing which bad to do with sailing on
the sea. Some Canadian gentlemen
wanted a racing row boat to beat the
boat of some of tbelr friends from Eng
land who were coming over from the
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bee Mr. r rand, was ca led upon to
build the boat. It was of mahogany.
brass fastened, and It weighed only
sixty pounds, a remarkably light racing i
bont for that day. It was four-oatvd .
and was thirty fee long. They called ,
It the "Eagle," and It well deserved Its
name, for It won the race against the
crack boat of tbe English. It was tbe
first rowhoat for rating purposes ever
built In America. St. Nicholas. , .
Ilow They Were Hurt.
An analysis of V.,000 accldeut policies
on which benefits were paid In Malm
shows Ml persons Injured by falls on
pavements, 'li'A by carriage or wagous.
5 by horse kicks or bite, and 7 bv
horseliack riding; 117 were cut with
edge tools or glass, IMl were hurt by hav
Ing weights fall on them, aud 7d were
hurt In bicycle accidents, while TV
were burl by falling down atalra.
ST. JOHN'S EVE.
Come, draw the chairs around the hearth
my lad,
What! It's but 10 o'clock, and all
nrlgbl?
If I hsd kept that strength that once
had,
They had been ranged there with th
morning s light
Just once s year, Just once, poor souls
they r let
To cross the old home threshold, sad to
it
Beside the fire, snd here we don't forget
I ssy, they're ready ere th Isinps are
lit I
Pnt the old grsadslre's elbow-seat the
first,
Id ths warm corner that be called his
own;
And next the rocker, where thy mother
nnrsed
nr first-horn, proud ss on s tnonorch'i
throne;
And then the little stool that she would
draw
Clne up to me ss we sat laughing there,
And I would make as if I M-arcely saw
1 he firelight dancing on her sunny hair.
Up there st F.nn-gat the tall grass waves,
And the red roses glitter iu the sun.
The three tall crosses mark the three
green grures,
Where they lie quiet, life's hot butt!
done;
Old man, and matron, and unwedded
maid.
For many a weary rear of labor gone,
But they will rise, for all so deeply laid
And seek us on the eve of good at. John.
Pour out three cups of tho old cider, boy
Put the three sweetest apples on the
.plate;
Bring flowers, to give the board a look
of Joy,
And then go rest while I sit here Slid
wait;
I shall not greet tbetn at the open door,
I shall not see them bit the heavy latch,
Nor hear their footsteps ou the oaken
floor,
Though eyes snd ears are straining as
I watch.
And yet, I think, as they come In at last
1 hat 1 shall know theui near mv ouce
nun I n.
And all the gladness of the dear dead past
V ill heat once wore iu dulling heart aud
bralu;
While age and weariness, like robes out'
worn.
Will drop from off me, aud young, brave
and true.
With wrongs forgiven and sweet hopes
reborn.
I and my loved our lost lives will renew,
What, the old man Is doting, is he lad?
Perhaps so; yet he'll hsve his willful
way,
And give our rites the honor tbat tbey
bad,
Ere all wss cold and scornful, as to
day!
See bow the west U palling. Set the
chairs.
And go; sll round us must be still snd
dumb.
The saints nrn gracious when man trusts
Slid dares;
My darling, oh, my darling, wilt thou
eouic?
Household Words.
ATJIIEFINTUEJSIGnT
There wns a large party at tbe Cba
teau do Kerdall. near Valines.
Tbe Marquis de Kerdall and his
young wife bnd Just returned from a
tour of the world on tbelr yacht, during
which they bud paid flying visits to
Africa, America and th-ounlcu, and
tbey had celebrated their borne com
Ing by gathering together all their
friends and relatives at tlietr beautiful
country house.
Among tbe guests wns old Pr. Co nm
bue, an lllnsirlouo member of the Acad
emy of Metaphysical Scleuccs, ao orig
inal, so absent-minded, so venerable In
bis blonde peruke and his costume of
the fashion of 1M0, Then thcro was
Mine. He Lnrtlgucs, an old school
frleud of the Marquise, a brilliant am)
coquettish Pnrisleune. And there was
Miss Hawthorne, an English maldeu
lady with youthful propensities. And
there were ninny others, all of whom
found plenty of amusement to their
heart's content at Kerdall.
Outside of the ordinary pleasures of
llfo there were some unusual attrac
tions. In the first place the host and
hostess had seen and experienced so
much that was novel and startling that
their conversation wns always fascin
ating. Then the rooms of the castle
constituted a veritable museum, being
stocked with rare and curious objects
fni
m two continents. And. Dnallv. a
menagerie hail been created In one cor
ner of the park nnd stocked with vari
ous animals, which M. De Kerdall bad
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il
brought back to France for purposes
of acclimatisation. There were gaxollca,
antelopes, Thibet goats, Nile Ibises, rose
flamingoes, opossums, beavers and an
Asiatic ape of the mandrill species, as
mild as a lamb, but as mischievous ns
all hla kind. An Iron lattice cage bad
been built for blin close to the conserva
tory. As will be seen, the chntean de Ker
dall was a veritable Kden, bnt this fnct
did not prevent little Mnie. Ie Lnrtlgucs
from dreading the Isolated position of
the place among the wide expanse of
woods and fields.
"I should be afraid to live here all
the year round." she said.
"Afraid of what, my dearr asked
the Marquise.
"Oh, of robbers; they would falcly
revel here."
Bobbers! In this mnuslon filled to the
eaves with guests and servants! Ev
erybody mocked nt tbe young woman
and old Dr. Coruabuc told horrii.U
Btorll till MtllA Tin 1 nrll.,,nB .....
" . " ' ".aiimilfll
or her chimerical fears, was the first
t0 ,fl),Bhi , wlle0 rori n J
cam, niolluU.j ,0 h "r
.nnHm - nt on .h ..v..i 1 "I
wp.n . Baodlr ,,ork ,., hrlam ,,'
.hor. time .n th ...
chateau were hi the nf ,t
How long Mine. He Ijtrtlgnes slept
she kuew uot. She was awakeued hv
a rattling at her wludow. which she
bad left half opened on account of tbe
beat
What was her terror when, In the
feeble starlight, she saw a form ellmb-
j ing noiselessly through the window.
I She tried to scream, but her throat
I ss parched with fright and she could
not utter a sound.
I Tbe man had entered the chamber.
I Then tbe poor woman hastily hurled
I her betid beneath the bed clothing.
I Half dead with fear, she could hear
j her nocturnal visitor going and coming
I across th carpet with muffled step.
It teemed as though he must have re
moved bis shoes In order to tread softly
Bathed with cold perspiration and he
teeth chattering, she awaited the mor
tal blow from tbe Invader. But It did
not come.
After about a quarter of an hour sin
timidly peered out. She could see an
hear nothing. Slightly reassured, ah
recovered the use of ber voice an
started a oerle of shrieks, so sharp,
piercing and terrible tbat In an Instan
tbo entire cbntenn was turned Into her
chamber with lights In their hands,
M. and Mme. De Kerdall at the head.
"What Is It? Wbal's tbe matter?"
they orled.
She recounted her horrible vision,
They would not believe her; she bad
been dreaming. Wbo could have climb
ed Into this chamber, so high above tho
ground, without a bidder?
"Did you see him plainly?" asked tho
Marquis, with a touch of suspicion In
his voice.
"As plainly as I sec yon. and It even
reetneil " She hesitated.
"What?"
"It seemed as though I could recog
nlze Dr. Cornabuc lu his blonde wig
nnd redlugofi!,"
Everybody laughed. What! Pr. Coma
hue! A man of ago and character seal
Ing windows at midnight! It was cer
tain now that Mme. Lnrtlgucs bud
been dreaming. They tried to dlsslpute
her fenr, and she wns Just alut to per-
suusio herself that she bad been the vic
tim of an hallucination when she hap
peiied to cast ber eyes upon the bureau,
where she hud left her Jewels.
Tbey were gone! It bud truly been a
robber!
Tbe laughing suddenly censod, aud
they looked at one another lu conster
nation.
All nt once another cry was heard
piercing shriek coining through tho
stillness of the night It appeared to
euiuunte from Miss Hawthorne's chum
ber. There was a rush for her upui t
mcut, and the Kngllsli ludy was foun
standing In the middle of the room
with frightened eyes.
"There! there!" she cried, pointing to
the window. "A mau! He bus escaped
but I recognized hliu.
"Who was It?"
"Dr. Cornabuc!"
The doctor again! This time nobody
toughed. Cornabuc was looked for
among the persons who hud been at
trneted by the excitement, but he was
uot there. He was the only occupant
of the chateau who was missing.
"Come, let us go to the doctor's room
said the Marquis, kuitting bis brows.
"He will doubtless solve tbo mystery
for us."
All followed Kerdall the men half
dressed, the women In their white
night robes, all currying candles a
weird procession.
Upon the entrance of tbe crowd tbe
doctor hurriedly wrapped himself In
tbo bedclothes, bis wrinkled counteu-
n ce alone being visible over the top,
ana this cnuvuiseu tiy anger Into a
comical grimace. The caudle light wns
reflected from bis bald pate, which
hone like Ivory.
is this some Ill-timed Joke?" be
etoruied. "What Is going ou? Is the
chateau on fire? I heard a terrible out
cry, nnd was about to Inquire Into It."
"You must couie and Jolu us, doctor,"
said Kerdall.
And bo-w shall I do It?" cried the
Doctor, furiously. "Some rascal bus
run off with my clothing, and In ex
change he has left me this," and be
nvagely burled a white object Into the
middle of the room.
"My corsets!" murmured Miss Haw
thorne, modestly lowering her eyes.
And this?" coutlnued the Doctor,
wildly brandishing another article.
My bat!" cried Mine, de Lnrtlgucs.
This raillery passes nil bounds."
bowled the Poctor, whose shining bend,
with one final grimace, ducked beneath
the bed clothing, like the clown going
through a trap door lu the marionette
theater.
They knew not what to think. Tho
mystery was growing more complicat
ed. It certainly looked as though a rob
ber had entered the chateau perhaps
whole tin ml or burglars and assassins.
Mme. Pe Ijirtlgues Imagined a troop of
irtgnnus nrmeu to the teeth.
Let us hope they have no guns." nld
be Marquis, to nil so the hopes of his
guests.
There was no echo to the pleasantry.
Suddenly a strange sound was heard
coming from tho ground floor. It was
certainly tbe piano lu the reception
salon, but It wns surely being played
by goblin fingers, and so furiously that
It seemed ns though the keys must be
broken.
This ta too ninch!" cried the Mar
quis, rushing toward the staircase, wlrh
11 the crowd, excepting Dr. Cornabuc.
close behind him.
They bnstlly penetrated the salon. It
wns empty. The mysterious visitor
wns gone, but he could not be fur away.
The crash of china and glass aunouueed
his presence In the dining-room.
Everybody rushed thither, and the
Marquis, who was In the lend, dimly
mw a form escaping tbrongh the win
dow Into the garden.
"This time we've got him!" he cried.
The men seined guns and knives from
buutlng rack In the vestibule and
tarted across the garden and park In
pursuit of the fugitive, while the wom
en barricaded themselves In the salon
nd auxlously awaited the rasult of the
chase.
It was about an hour Inter., In tbe nn-
rtaln light which precedes the rising
of the sun, that a servant discovered
be mysterious stmmrer ensconced
mong the brunches of a lasge oak. At
hla call the Marquis and his guests
bnsteued to tbe spot.
"Come down!" cotnmaeded M. Pe
Kerdall, but the bandit only settled
himself deeper among the foliage and
made no response.
"Come down, or I will shoot!"
And, as there was uo reply, he lifted
bis gun and already bad bis linger upon
tbe trigger when tlio domestic hurried
ly pulled his arm, and said:
"Do not Ore, monenr. It la Dr. Corn
abuc T
Aud, sure enough, the blonde wig and
!ongredlngote could now tie seen among
the leaves. '
But at this moment tbe first ray of
sunlight gleamed In from tbe east and
tbe oak was Illuminated. The Marquis
suddenly broke Into a fit of explosive
laughter, and. as his guests gaxed up
Into the tree, they could not keep from
following bla example.
"Th apr , ,
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' "ZZa The ml- MANNED BY AMERICAN SAILORS.
Fverrthlng was explained. Tne sni
mal b7d escaped from hi. cage the pr , ,,,. KfTor.. to Brla.
vous evening and bad managed to Into the N.v,.
JffTt an entrance Into th chateau. , ,, ReneraHy suecessfu
At.7r. uted by bis Instlnrt ' I"'1"" ""' effort has be n made by Secretary of
hh 1 11 nt attired l.l.n.. lf In the doc-- n,tU.n ,0 re-tor. to th.
'rt effects aud then wandered over nnvy former national
the bouse at bis own free will. ,.lliu.a(.,ef by tbe employment of An.er-
He ws. put back Into his prl-on after .n))en , piat.e of mariner re-
Jn ellitle trouble, and at lM)l'r''f''''W1,t4Hl from va.loua European conn
pTr y enjoyed a hearty laugh at the ad- ei ,, from Canada. These fore gn
ventun-s of the night. 'sailor, bave been attracted to the
Bnt Pr Cornabuc did not nrPr l i American nnvy by the promise of larger
the labia! He left the cl.atenu at an , u oir,.red by other govern
earlv boor, furious aud without taking , L-ndl.r a flW passed by Con
fa 7 . .mon the recommendation of
leave.
n, -
this episode be ha. never set
r-....,M nnd h hflS never lost
foot at KerdalL and be has never lost
, feeling of deep antipathy to Mine. U
artlgue. and Miss Hawthorne.
How could they bare mixed me up
ft
I
with a monkey?" be wants to know.-
ArgouauL
..,r.rrov in THP BACKWOODS!,....., our navy
Sailors on American ahlps are better
Dislocation Treated by Meso or a tLnn flny otheri; Italian sailor
1'nll.y snd M.m fcngine. pny yet aly Btan(la
Trobably as queer a piece or bacg-1 tmong nations In respect of tbe
woods surgery a bus been described. , nun),wr of ,.nuwu enipbyed In corn
says a frequenter of the region. '" , m,.r(.C( England being first, the United
that performed by a Moosehend i"140 , stnto second, and Norway and 8we
guide known as "Old Sahattus." twen-i t,ir(, 0rKnuiy, nnd for many
ty years ago. Tho roan was not an y(nn( Morif tut, introduction of steam
Indian, as tho nickname Implies, but fM)ai ,lie Yankee sailors from New
n Yankee, one of tboso rough fellow Kiigliiud towns nnd the Southern sail
rrinerlv characteristic of that locality. orll vor,, ,! guili Carolina
This guldu was left on a bike steam -
bout at one of the fur np landings wuint Dll vjr of the United Stutea ruinous nun
the engineer went ahore with tbe com f,.Ilro,i. The early history of our navy
puny. A nmn numed Mescrvey cnmei wag n ous 8Uccesslou of brllllaut trl
aboard and In fooling around tho boat uml,hs. Big guns, nnnor plates arid
managed to tumble down into tno ure
pit and put his shoulder out of Joint.
Here was a dilemma. J ne oiner
.niu.r nt th tiurtv would not be
buck for half nn hour, and the Injured
man wns la grent pulu. The guide was
man of expedients. lie got a rope
,,,i ii..,i i.i. nntinnt ocurelv lo a post.
Then ho tied another rope around the Secretary Herbert la trying to change,
man's wrist and hitched the loose end! Bear Admiral Benrdslec. command
of It to a pulley of the engine. He Ing the Buddc station. Is reported as
managed somehow to turn on steam I declaring that the couno adopted for
aud tho pulley began to wind up the
rope. It drew tho arm OUt tight III
beautiful shape and presently tbe Joint
snapped back Into lt socket. Then
Saliattus' Jumped around to shut off;""""- "' "
....nn, .-1,11. th noller kent on wlud -
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lug.
.TT..1- M.w' ,m,l til., mi lie
excitedly, 'how does It go? I don t
know where 'tis. I can't stop tho
blanked thing,' and tb pulley mean
while was slowly but surely pulling
Mcpervcy to pieces. His eyes were
sticking out of tbelr socket and he
screamed and gasped for breath.
" 'Sabattus' danced around like a
wild man, not kuowiug what to do,
when he happened to spy a hatchet ly
ing near and, Jumping for that, he cut
the rope and saved a dreadful cntas-
tropne. i ma wns done just as tne pnny
of city folks who bnd gone ashore cntno
rushing buck on to the boat, alarmed
ny Jieservey s screams, it wa some
years afterward, says the narrator,
"that I wns present when a lot of sum
mer company arrived a' Greenville.
Sahattus was there, too, and pros
ently a distinguished looking man, one j ly "ring down ridicule upon themselves,
of the newcomers, went up to blm and It used to be told lu Dresden that a
said with a meaning smile: 'Are you not ! stranger lu the city was one day cross
the man that practice surgery by j Ing the grent bridge that spans the
steam?' and 'Sabattus' had (o admit i Elbe, and asked a native to be direct
that be was 'that same feller.'" Lew-! cd to a certain church which he wish-
Iston, Me., Journal.
Dangerous Sheep.
Tbo dangers of mountain climbing
are In general pretty well understood,
and so can be guarded against, but Sir
W. Martin Conway, In Scrllmer's Mag
azine, narrates a mountain adventure
of a really novel sort.
On the way to Mud Lake we had a
strange adventure, of which I was for-
tuunte enough to secure a photograph.
We were approaching the highest sheep
pasture a the day waned. The sheep,
seventeen hundred In number, saw us
from the surrounding slopes, and urged
by a longing for suit, rushed down
upon ns from all sides, with one united
Baa!" In a wild, converging ava
lanche.
We beat off the leaders, but they
could not retreat, for those behind
ressed them forward. Finding that
Carrel was the Salter morsel, the wholo
i was tne saner morsel, the wnolo
surged upon him. They lifted
a his feet, carried him forward,
flock
hi in off
cast him to the ground aud poured over
blm.
Fortunately the ground was flat.
When tbe shepherd saw wirnt had hap
pened he whistled shrilly thrice, where
upon the sheep dispersed In terror, flee
ing up the mountainside In all direc
tions till no two remained together.
Oyster Becoming Rare.
"Oysters will be a very rare delleaev
In a few years," sold C. C. Hunt, an
oyster man of New York. "For many
yenr the beds were preserved to a
large extent by having an oyster sea
son and keeping alive the popular Idea
thnt oyster were not good except from
September to April. Thla gave four
months during which the oysters were
e alone and allowed to Increase. A
matter of fact, I think thev are a lit
tle better during those four months
than at any other time. This was first
Iseovered by the genslde hotel men.
nd oysters were served during the
ummer month.. The guests demand-
rd bivalves when they returned to their
homes, and now In all Eastern cities
the signs of 'Fresh Oysters' are as
numerous In July and August as In
anuary and February. The new de
mand Is being supplied, and at no time
are tne neus tert undisturbed. It la
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now oniy a question or a rew years be- of honor, the bedchamber women aud
fore the oysters are gone, and all be- i tho readers. She receives a large sal
cause the summer resort hotel men dls- ! ary and perquisites, nnd Is regarded
abused the minds of the people as to ' ns possessing such an amount of luflu-
u,-.r u.h mux soou to eat rroru April
to September.'
Thrifty Old Age, j
Besides doing the butter making,
cooking, washing, and housework of
her family, an M)-year old woman of I
Whltneyvllle, Me., walks a mile or '
two dally to pick blueberries, for which 1
she gets about eight cents a quart i
Give a boy a piece of work to do. and 1
be spends half of the time in Inventing
some contrivance to make his work
easier. i
A New Jersey tuind. '
A horse In a little New Jersev tn-n 1
dropped deaa when It heard tbe local
vauu piny.
A good corn country Is never a aum
tner reort
the recoium
P(K.rptft.y Herbert, the naturalisation
1 , ...M.,,..
without tho formality of re-
of mHon nthout tho formality of re
;sU,Ug 0n shore waa authorized uuder
I certain conditions. Sln thl. law
nt ,Dt0 operation tbe ecretnry hn.
,H,gun tlie pn(.y 0f enlisting as ninny
Americans as possible, an.i the roroign
element is gradually disappearing
1 al,j otlllr g,.nM)nrd States made tho
; machinery unve commnej to reuun;
the Importance of the Individual anil-
or. Tho stniidnru or compcniMiuuu iu
tho nnvy continuing to w low, Ameri-
can senmen were not attracted to It;
j fotvlgu-lioru senmen took their places.
.The rorce became ueuni'oiimi.eu.
. to spenk; and It Is this condition which
, recruiting lor me sui,.
American i-macns u .... .."
; ua" accumulated a large body of ex-
. wim'ui "'. ' "";
l "l,ve expired, lie sa,s. am. lo.-j u...
! I.........
there will be mingled
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edly Jolu the naval mllltl.i." In this
way, by the extension of naturaliza
tion, and by the establishment of re
strictions upon tbe employing of sub
jects of alien governments who have
their homes In other lands. It Is de
signed to restore a national character
to the American unvy. Another aid to
this Is the naval militia now organized
In fifteen of the forty-five States, a
force of 2,800 men, upon whom, In
i cnsp of )e ,(rotw.(ion 0f tbo
; t aul linr,or. In default of nde-
I (1ate fortlilcntion. will In part de
; volve. New York Sun,
Very Polite.
The Saxons are a very polite people,
so over-pollte that they not Infrequent-.
ed to find.
"Heally, my dear sir," said the Dres
dener, bowing low, "I grieve greatly
to s;iy It, but I cannot tell you."
The stranger passed on, a little sur
prised at this voluble answer to a sim
ple question. He had proceeded but a
few rods, when he heard hurried foot
steps behind blm, nnd, turning, saw
the same mau running to catch up with
blm.
In a moment his ursuer was by bla
side, bis breath nearly gone, but
enough left to say:
"My dear sir, you asked me how you
could find the cutirch, and It pained
me to have to say that I did not know.
Just now I mot my brother nnd njked
blm, but I grieve to say that he did not
know, either."
Typho d Fever and Iianenns.
William C. Us e.y, M. D.,of St Louis.
says that the best food for those suf-
! " '
! tfvUig from tJ'l,llolJ fevi'r '
il""'1' In ,h'" dlsodsp' l,e e5tm"a
the ba
ins, the
lining membrane of the small Intes
tines becomes intensely Inflamed and
engorged. Eeveutually It begins
sloughing aw-fy In spots, leaving well
defined ulcers. At these places the In
testinal walls become dangerously thin.
a solid food. If taken Into the stom
ach, Is likely to produce perforation
oc the Intestines and dire results will
follow. Therefore solid foods, or foods
"containing a large amount of lunutrl
tlous substances, as compared with nu
tritious substances, are dangerous nnd
are to be avoided. The banana, al
though It may be classed as a solid
food, containing as It does 03 per cent
nutrition, does not possess sufficient
waste to Irritate these sore spots. Near
ly the whole amount taken Into the
stomach Is absorbed and gives the na
tlent more strength than can be obtain
ed from other food. New York Trib
une. Mistress of the Kobes.
Of all the official banquets In London !
that arc organized each year on the
occasion of the birthday of Queen Vic
toria, there Is none more curious thnu
that given by the mistress of the robes
to her majesty. The mistress of the
robes Is the feminine hend of the royal
household, and has under her orders
all the Indies In wnltlno tha
, --."O, V 1,1111119
: ence that, since the days of Sir Robert
teei, nrty years ago, her tenure of
ofllce has Invariably been co-exlstetit
with that of the cabinet
Care of tho -Clothes at the Seaside.
The woman who really succeeds In
always looking trim nnd spruce nnd
stylish at the shore Is she who thinks
It all carefully out beforehand. In
her trunk will be tucked away an
Iron and a small oil stove ready for
use. Whenever the damp sea winds
choose to ravage among her pretty
thlugs she Is a match for them. The
arrangement of even the best of sum
mer hotels Is adverse to the keeping
nice of the summer wardrobe.
You will run across a man oftener
whose boar ting house suit him. than
one who Is suited with hi bom.
I r i
The bicycle Is the the
'A Widow on Wheel. ... " ' Do'H.
lent
lished lu Ixmdon. 10 b Pub.
Mr. Swinburne Una in t,f
er and more Important i..J,lhr-
he ha. published for some Dt0
It I said that one of u , .
mngazlne. has decided to exir.111
J.UI.O00 for woodcut, duriu ii 81
Ing yenr. 'wait
Th late Robert Loui,
made 150,0(X) tWflve
there are many other modern
whose Incomes are as large.
The latest surprise In ,ii,.i
a story writ
en In English OT
Klixli by i r,."
dot aud It. II. Kherard.
' "it.
Oixk
I.
mnke an oMlr iiHxm-t,..i ,n!"i
II PI
"'I pair. On,
i a facll w-
a master; tbe other Is a facll. J'
of gossipy Journalism.
Dougliii Jerrold was sometime-,
ty at tbe expense of bis wife. m!.
told her, w hi n she was no longer
thnt he wished wives were like J
notes, so thnt otic of 40 could tn
changed for two of SO.
Itennn made a strange remirk
long before hla death: "I f,
the work of the twentieth century m
consist lu taking out of the J!
basket a mnltltudo of cxcellfQt im
which tho uluciccuth century Uibi
lessly throw n Into It."
It appears thatLafcadlo Ilearn's pu.
slon for the orient has led bio. ton
the whole length of xpatrlatlon, ant
he lias changed his name. The family
syllable give place to Y. KoIJuaO.
which Is certainly more plcturesqo.
but hardly as attractive to a Wntm
mind.
An Important collection of letters t
be published In Costnopolis Is nudei)
of tho correspondence of TourjuenkH
and lucludcs letters to Mnie. VUnlut,
Flaubert, Dumna ills, liuy De Maups.
sant. M. Bola, nnd others. The;
be published In six Installments.
A marble atatuc to Lord Byron bu
been unveiled at Athens, presented tt
the city by Demetrius gtefinotle
ScheyllzzL The suggestion hai beet
made that a mlulature of the wott
might appropriately be presented to
any one who can pronounce tbe doctofi
name without sueezlng.
"I take my work too scrioMlj,'
writes Hall Calne to a friend who M
asked blm whether he cared for tin
criticisms bis books received.
I nm too much Immersed in It and ta
love with It either to lie carried an;
by siie w armest eulogy or disturbed by
the severest censure."
Tolstoi recently went to tbe tbcaier
for the first time lu thirty yeart It .
wns tils own play, "Tbe Poser of
Darkness," that wns being given, and
be hoped to escape observation in tbe
top gallery. But be was quickly IdtD
tlfled. aud attracted so uiucb more at
tention than the actors that be trill
haste.
Sir Edwin Arnold Is snld to Ure one
of the most remarkable menioriei Ii
England. A friend of the poet'i ctuot.
cd to read lo blm the opening line of
one of Whitman's poems t!ie otherdiy.
whereupon Arnold Interrupted blm and
repented he entire poem from mcmor;.
Arnold then recited every poem In tin
book, which happened to ls tbe "Lut
es of (Jrnss," and succeeded In refil
ing every word of even the tnoit ob
scure poems.
Abel Hermnnt. the author of It
Meute." the successful new pl l
Paris, has had a lively literary tireer.
First he wrote n story of college lift
which wns publicly burnt by the
dents of the Ecole Noruiale. Then be
w rote a story of military life. M
was burnt In the presence of the fo
ment by Its Indignant colonel wb
In duo course all the olllcers challenged
the novelist. Aud already tne "
play has provoked a duel with tM
l'rlnee De Sagun.
John Hawthorne Is the son of Na
thaniel Hawthorne. He was torn
IS 10. but he docs uot show his SOyears.
When he was a boy of 7 some !
remark ou the fact that he wa
chested" stung blm nnd be u10
to make that comment Impossible m
the future. How well he ueW
Is evidenced by the fact that rt
he wns In college bis chest aMJ
was forty-eight Inches, and It U w
knowu that the bite John C. H
the pugilist, advised the young man it
enter the ling.
An Exprrlment In riH.Ht
An Ohio manufacturing concern,
which has been experimenting
profit-sharing plans fo- eleven y
has finally evolved a plan radlMXfl1'
ferent from profit sharing and
like a permanent wage Incrcnw. w
a provision for withholding "
crease from the more "'ll!t'ut..". of
men. At first tbe commonly taiw
plan of dividing a certain portion i
profits nmong tbe workmen
each employe sharing aecordlnl
earnings. Tbe first dividend to
ployes wns declared at the ' .
months, and was nt the rate of
percent on the wages paid. Wt
man received $l!T5 dl 'ldcni . B
was found the men did uot taw .
interest In this plan, m It - jJfd
and the men were arbltiarl lycia
according to the Interest t "'X " rf
derstood to show In tMr wrl
their efficiency, the nZiiid
fnga larger share than ' f
all dividends being wlthu-ld from
who were noticeably care .
money so withheld did not go o
firm, but was added totho P',,,
to the workmen and divided
them. Then the firm became n co i
tlon. and the plan was cham-cu-
average amount paid bad "rfte
percent dividend, so It war
pay a uniform rate of - ' lJrtji
wage. the right to wiu.w oTf
for neglect being retained- '
are helped to buy stock If
Emplovers and employe are '
satisfied with this arrangement-
York Trlbuue-
. Every man Is privately of the opUjJ
that bis wife saves the m&i
week's housework to do o
morning.
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