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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. L. CAMPBELL, fraprUlar. EUGENE CITY. OREGON The steamboat T. II. Leathers, which mik In tin- Mississippi River Ibe other day. should luive been called ttie T. B. rubbers for safety. It Is said Hint A If rod Austin, laureate, will write a poem on Armenia as toon ai Salisbury toke action. No'woudor tbe premier li mI Jen t. L - - J At hist the secret of Padorcwskl'B weird manipulation of the piano la ex plained. Advices from New York any tbe musician la Insane. Undoubtedly tlie most notable In stance of a superfluous contribution by the element for a long while was the washing ashore of a Jawbone at Chi cago the other day. Minn Collins announced thnl she wouldn't marry Chancey Depew; and Depew at once announced that he would write a pliiy. He inlKht have made his revenue les general. A contemporary acores a good point against a popular newspaper misuse of word. It Is JuHt as ungrammatlcal nud sound Just as harshly to the educated ear to say uniqucr as to say more unique or most unique. Despite Innumerable expln nation and demonstrations, tho question con tinues to he asked whether lb'Ju or 1000 will be the clolng year of the century. Reference to the rule by which the Uror gorlnn cnleudar wus establlHhed should be sufllelcut to settle Ibe mutter. It tales explicitly that tho number In a date Is the number of the current year. The nineteenth century, therefore, will end with Dec. 31, 11MHJ, and the twenti eth ceutury will begin with Jan. 1, 1001. Rer. Dr. Ilulsey Knapp, of Brooklyn left a will that aurprlsed bis friends. He bequeathed something like two hundred thousand dollars, and when this become kuowu, there waa much peculation as to how a Baptist clergy nun bad been able to accumulate so much of this world's (roods. But It was discovered that Dr. Knapp was of pure New England descent, and was senior partner In a thriving poultry firm, wherein lie labored diligently six days out of the seven. Dr. Cnlmettc, the director of the Vat tuur Institute at Lille, France, and dis coverer of the anti-venomous serum treatment for suuke bite, seems to Lave demonstrated tbut In their essen tial toxicity, ull suuke tenoms are Ideu ' tlcal, whether taken from viper I ne or coluhrliie suukes. All are equally de stroyed by alkaline hypochlorites and by chloride of gold. And finally, which la, perhaps, most Important of all In practice, the serum of animals Inocu lated with graduated venom from a particularly deadly snake, such as the cobra, Is perfectly antitoxic against tho venom of all other snakes and also of corplous. Some Indubitable cures of cobra bites are reported, and there is strong reason to believe that nntl-veu-oiiious serum obtained through cobra Inoculations will prove speclllc against all snake bites. It was not without a due sense of tho fitness of things that President Cleve land declined the honor of the degree , of LL. D., offered him by Princeton University at the sesqulccntcnnlal cel ebration. There was a long list of scholars of eminence to whom degrees .were glveu aa an honor bcflttlng their special attainments and services. It would haveeomo to Mr. Cleveland elm ply as a recognition of his polltlval of fice and as a sort of memento of his participation In tho celebration. It used to be the custom for tho Amcrk-an col leges to decorate with a doctorate any public miiu whose otllclul position brought lilin Into contact with the Insti tution In any way; but the larger col leges at least are becoming more spar ing of their honorary degrees, and thereby making tlieiu of greater value part, doulitletw, of the tendency to make all degrcca more stgnltlcant of ac tual achievement. It waa a proper ci vility for Princeton to offer to Include the chief magistrate In her list of birth day honors; but It was au eminently ap propriate thing for him to decline the proffered degree, to which ho has no particular claim In scholarship. The fierce competition for speed In warships still goes on. Last year a tor pedoboat built lu Knglnud created a actuation by making more than thirty knots an hour. Early this year tho French turned out one that made near ly thirty-one knots. Now England has built another, the Desperate, which ninkes more thau thirty-one knots, or about thirty-six tulles, au hour. Nor will the strife stop there. What France will do Is not known, but the British Admiralty Is now making contracts for boats that will make thirty-three knots, or thirty-eight miles. That means a spurt of thirty-four or thirty-Ova knots, or fully forty miles au hour, on trial trips, a speed nut many railroad trains urpnss. Of course the limit will be reached at some point. Where that will be may perhaps bo reckoned from the fact that while the Cunard cham pion, the I. lunula. Is of 12,!C0 tons dis placement nud developed on her trial trip 3'J.OOO horse power, these thirty three knot boats will be of only 300 tons displacement, but fully 8.000 horse power. The former, therefore, Is forty three times aa big, but only four times aa powerful sa the latter. It Is, of course, Impossible to go on Increasing the ratio of bone-power to sliu Indef initely, and wheu that can no longer be dune, the limit of speed will be uear at bund. Woodsmen are a wealthy class as a rule, lead a healthful life, and seldom have need of a doctor's services; but when a poor fellow succumbs to sick cess in the depths of the Maine forest, bis proHpeetB are rather dismal. Re cently an aged man was taken violeutly 111 In the Mooachcnd region. Ilia dis ease was typhoid fever, but they railed It dyseutry and dosed blm wtti a tnalca ginger the only medicine ai hand. Finally, as the patient grew 1 sjteadlly worse, a faithful friend started - . . , . - to hsul li Ira out of the woods on a com. mon "Juniper." a rough sled used In the lumbering regions. ' Three hour after .leaving ciinip the poor sufferer died, and then II wn a Journey more mournful t hu II ,evcr-drawing a corpse through the wilderness, building tires it night to keep prowling liensia away from a fenst of human lliuli, loll find terror together! ' When tligy reached the hike, a steamboat captain was loo much concerned about towing n raft to take the woodsman's bn.ly, and there wns a lone wait for another steamer. Then, nt Greenville, there wns no one to provide casket or even 'a Ikix. and tho corpxe, wound In a common blanket, wns tossed Into the baggage car among tte carcasses of venison. At some rural station, perhaps, kind nnd pitying bands gave more gentle attention to the old fellow's holies, xrhnps there were tears, maybe a prayer. Even the government organs In France no longer assert Hint the trou ble In Madagascar conslsta of Isolated cases of Hovus revolts, but alt Journals now unite In saying that a formidable rebellion menaces the Coloulnl Govern ineut of France In tbe Inland. Tlie Inst advice were that the wandering bands of armed natives were mobilizing he fore Antananarivo, the capital, where there are only 2,000 French troops to de fend the place, the remainder of tho army of occupation being scattered throughout the Interior, where the small commands are In dally conflict with the rebel. Ueueral (inlllciil has received orders from Paris to put down the rcltclllon with all possible speeed. and, moreover, to make intrigues at the Ilovns court lu Antananarivo Impossi ble. It Is reported In the wa r otllce that 12,000 troops of the regular army will soon be sent to reinforce flume In Mada gascar, and that preparations are al ready under way In Toulon for their transudation. The new expedition will cost In the nelghliorhood of 20, 000,000 francs, and the government will ask credits for that sum when Parlia ment shall come together next week. The' affair of Madagascar simply offers another Illustration of the failure of tho Latin races In seeking to maintain, by force of anna, conquered colonies. It forma a strong contrast to the Brit ish procedure, which respect to a won derful extent the ancient Institutions of, the conquered, governing In sympathy wtb them for many years. New York Tribune: New Jersey is not more famed for piety thun for profan ity, and of late one of Its moat exem plary deacons has been arraigned be fore tho authorities of his church for the violence of tils language, because his Imported bull lu severe thunder storm upset all bla beehives, one after another, and waa In turn stung to death by the Infuriated Insecta aa soon as tho weather cleared off. It was evi dently the opinion of tbe council having the' matter under consideration that the misfortunes which befell the deacon were a Judgment for Ills violation of the coiumaudment, despite the fact that be did not swear at all till after their oc currence, nnd that no church canon as cribe an ex post facto operation to even the most energetic aud unrestrained profanity. If he had sworn before the cveut It might have been Judged to be In some way counected wltb the pro duction of the thunder and its extreme ly unusual effect upon the bull, but no evidence of this sort waa adduced, aud the general record of the deacon was against It. Some years ago, In tbe Hun garian hamlet of lusxbeveuey, uutice was given to the populace with souud of drum nnd trumpet that "aa oaths nnd blasphemies are the real cause of earthquakes, every one, no matter who, Is forbidden to swear or to use bad lan guage under a peuulty of receiving twenty-flve stripes with rod or pnylug a flue of 25 florins." The same sort of speech Is quite aa likely to be tbe cause of New Jersey's thunderstorms, and a like decree might not be amiss there. It really had no effect on the earthquakes of lassbcveney, and might not have on the meteorological conditions of New Jersey; but Its moral influence on the blasphemous Huns wns no doubt cou alderable, and It might lie equally great on the profane Inhabitants of our sandy later common wealth, at any rate oti that portion of them which adorns the dlnconate. i What to Hay About tho llaby. One la always expected to say some thing when looking for the first time on a new bnby, aud, as It Is neither kind nor safo to tell tho truth and suy that the little, red, podgy creoturo doesn't look Jlke anything, an Kmjllsh magazine gives a list of unpatented and uncopyrlghted remarks to be used on such occasions: "Isn't he sweet He looks like yon!" "I think he Is going to look like hla father." "Hnsn't he dear tittle finger? Do let me see his dear little toes!" "Isn't he large?" "Isn't ho a tiny darling?" . "How bright he seems!" "Did you ever see such a sweet little mouth?" ' "Isn't he Just too woet for any thing?" 'Tho dear llttlo darling! 1 never saw bo young a baby look so Intelligent"' "Do, please let mo hold him Just a minute!" Any and all of these remark are warranted to give satisfaction. Just as they have Wn giving satisfaction from time Immemorial until the pres ent day. Mr. and Mr. Pigeon. "There Is oue very admirable trait about pigeons." said A. It. Mather, of Cincinnati. "I . have always bad a penchant for birds, nud since I was a mall boy have owned a number of pig eons. Wheu plgeoua mate they do so for life, aud tho average constancy among them Is as great as among hu man beings. I have watched them care fully ami never saw one of them desert Its mute. I had a very handsome bach elor pigeon that was quite attentive to ouo that was mated. Wheu the mate returned borne he found this pigeon hovering around the cote, and, taking lu the sUoutlon at a glnuce, attacked the gay bird and nearly killed him. Af ter that there was no attempt upon hla part to break up the little borne. They have no divorce among them, aud altogether valuable lessons In do mestic happiness can be learned from plgcona." Washington 8tar. ' ,,. A Coke Famine, There la a virtual co.e rauiln In the Uldland of IVnuavlran. WIND IN THE MOON. We bad slept wltb our borses grazing all through s blistering dsy; Boots snd saddles bsd sounded, we wait ed for borse snd swsr: ri) son was down snd over tb grass dew bsd begun to fall. And shrill across the dusking world ws besrd lb whip-poor-will rsll. Ws knew wbsl the moon wss doing, tbe leering moon In ibe esat, Cslllug, rslllng tbe msster winds, luring tbein si to feast. Prisoning tbeni In her hslo ring till the wildest gust grew tsine. And the stsrs were blown sll out of tbe sky, lilts a flickering candle fin in. Ad eldritch moon, sll gibbous, gray. Id a hsze of best snd dew. Although It wss June we shivered there, ss loud the bugle blew; Foot home In stirrup, bsnd on bill, we thundered down the glade. And up tbe bill, whers the brave blue- costs stood msssed to check our rsld. We rode but s scsnt five hundred: ibey wnlted a thousand there, yet we laughed as though 'twas the view bsllo st the trumpet's snarling blare; Trot! Gallop! Cbargel Twss a ringing run. with the dogs of death In cry. Under the leering gibbous nioon. salsnt In the windy sky. Never a check when the gun firs broke sa lightning from a cloud; Never a stay when screaming shell throngh front snd resr rank plowed. On. up. over the bristling slope, a wedge of Are and steel. We cleft a way through tbe tough blue ranks till we saw the captain reel. Then we broke, snd the leering gibbous moon unleashed the winds of heaven. Id writhing riot they lenped to earth, the peace of ulght was riven, Riven, smitten of lightning's sword snd tbe thunder's bummer clang. Aa the riotous winds a MsrselUalt of wreck and ruiu ssug. With crash of forest and sweep of grsns the storm chsut rose snd fell. The esrtb wss thrashed with a flnll of cloud, aflnme like the mouth of hell, Aud we, who had fouirht so wild s flgbl, bsrs breast against bare blade, Fell, gray or bine, iuto kneeling ranks. linked bandx and ss wildly prayed. We bad fought like men for honor, ws prayed like men for life. Nor 'Head nor foe. but brothers sll. there on the field of strife; Perhaps God heard, the storm wss hush ed, the moon rode high snd white, And a milling wind blew from tbe south, soft ss it blow to-night. New York Hun. .TOO YOUNG TO MARRY Johnnie Madison dwelt In Norman's Inn when be tlrst came to London He waa the only son of his mother, aud be was a canon's widow. It waa at her desire that he set up bla household goods under the time-worn gable of Norman Inn; for there also dwelt a klusmau of the late canon's, Arkwiight by name, who was always alluded to In the family as "a steady, plodding young man," aud waa supposed to live amid a picturesque litter of brief and books; and the canon's widow hoped be might exercise a mildly restraining Influence over Johunle, being nearly twice his age. Now the steady, plodding young man looked forward to hla arrival without enthusiasm. He remembered Johunle as a very Inky schoolboy of phenomenal lung power and unprepossessing ap pearance, aud felt assured tbut by now he should have developed Into a rakish young man wltb a taste for small dogs and large neckties, aud greatly given to eutertnlnlng uolsy company; well knowing Hint the chastened atmos phere of a cathedral town doe not nec essarily Induce an affection for quiet living lu the youthful breast. Johnnie, however, proved to be a fresh-colored, amiable youth of 22, more plentifully endowed with muscle than wltb bruin power, aud with no ap parent tendency to come Immediately to grief amid what Arkwrlght would have called he sometlmea wrote for tlie papers the shoals and quicksands of London life. He neither gambled nor drank, nor gave hla nilud too en tirely to the lightly cltid allurementa of light opera. Uu the contrary, he read with Industry aa though already covet ous of the woolsack, he d.iuced and dined assiduously at houses of Irre proachable respectability; nnd. In Ark Wright's company, wheu he did not talk cricket he talked shop. Then by degrees, wheu returned from nocturnal adventures, he began to favor Arkwrlght with ninny contldeuces re garding hla attitude toward rnrloua members of the other sex; for Johuule's affairs of the heart became at last alarmingly numerous. Not that he aimed at playing the part of Den Juan; but, being of highly Inflammable material, his heart waa successively Ignited by a pleasing variety of dam els. Fate brought him face to face with the oue and Inevitable damsel at last, however. Audrey St. Clair waa a dark eyed girl of 20; Johnnie thought her charmingly fresh and natural. Mrs. Leverson'a ball was a rapturous occa sion to him, and Mra. Leversou'a niece Audrey entirely dispossessed all other Idols, from that date, of the pedestal upon which Johuule bnd successively placed them. Of Mrs, Levcrson herself her enemies aid that she had been pretty; elderly gentlemen had been known to call her a flue woman, while young one thought her "not halfbad fun." She possessed an abundance of obviously dyed hair, a somewhat effusive manner aud a faultless taste In dress. The late la mented Captain Leverson had Indulged a taste for speculation, with disastrous results, and hence the few people who remembered her were surprised to And the widow when she returned from a long absence abroad so comfortably In stalled as she waa In her bouse at Chel sea. Johhnle she seemed to hold In high favor. He was allowed to take her and her ulece through the polite mobs of the picture galleries; he never failed to appear at her "at homes," and be fre quently made one at her theater par ties. Rut, slthough he thought Mrs. Leverson "aw'tly kind, and all that sort of thing." he would have preferred to ce her niece subjec; to less worldly In Ouenccs thau those brought to bear upon her. In accordance with the fitness of things, he vaguely Imagined she should always be dressed In white, wander ing through sheltered rose gartlena and Indulging an amlnhle solicitude for birds and dogs and poor old cottager a vulage I.ady Bountiful. In short. And to tell the truth the unconscious maiden wmiM Inflnltelv have preferred a more natural way of life, and her happiest momenta were spent on ber mare In the park, where Johnnie, leaning against tbe railing, watched ber wistfully. II could not afford a borse. He never told Arkward anything about tbla particular flam of hla. It waa Tommy Blake who posted up the plodding young man in bis youthful kinsman affair one ariermwu i ... club. "And both women e-m u nuts on your young friend," be mm in- cldentally. "Pretty well on, i sup- l,01"-'r . . He'a worth precisely twopence mm- . . i ..i. (t li penny a year," aam Arswr..... - more figure of speecu tuan u permitted to himself. Tommy raised his eyebrows as high aa nature permitted and said It was un common queer. "And there waa a sort of Indian prince no cud of a nabob, I'm told- wanted to marry the giri. ami Leverson sent blm to the right about In double-quick time. And she Is not the ort to feel shy about bowing down to the golden calf, either. Can't make her out" "Perhans she think ber niece too young to marry yet," said the plodding young man. "She may ue acting unru ly from a proper regard for ner uappi uess." 'A proper regard for fiddlesticks. said cyulcal Mr. Blake. Arkwrlght was sitting np late one night to fluUth an erudite puper upon "The Ethic of Modern Drama," wheu Johnnie stole noiselessly Into the room nnd sank Into the easiest chair. Ark- wrlKht wrote to the bottom of tbe page aud threw down his pen. thinking he had found an intelligent audience for a reading for his valuable essay But It was n such matter. Johuule wus oc cupied wltb the drama of real life, and, to Judge by bis aspect, seemed to Im agine that be wo cast to play principal tragedian la that enthralling piece. Off color, Johnnie?" said the elder man, tentatively. "No." he said, smoking savagely. "Feel doubtful about your 'caU'r " "No, I thluk I'm pretty safe." Arkwrlght stretched out bis bund to reach bis pipe. "By tlie way, here' a tetter for you. Johunle, from your mother; 1 have Just received one from her myself. Johnnie, however, made no attempt to take It, or he might have spared bis friend the opinions he expressed con cerning the station In life to which It bad pleased Providence to call him it'a beastly, you know," he ex plained "I may bang on for years and never te nearer marrying than I am at tbe present moment As for proposing to her now as the mater said It's de cidedly low to get a girl to bind herself to any promise until one ho decent prospects." Arkwrlght reflected wltb a flickering mile that Johnnie bad probably caught rather the spirit than tbe letter of his mamma's admonitions. However, It waa a sign of grace that be remem bered them at all, and be felt sorry for the woebegone youth. "You're young to think of marrying yet. you know," he said. "Am I right," he continued, after a pause, "in sup posing Blake Is my Informant a cer tain Miss St. Clulr has occasioned all this trouble?" Oh, If Blake ha told you. And the aunt la awfully decent to me." "But you are not proposing to marry the aunt la Miss St. Clair herself Is he " "Oh, well, a fellow never knows that ort of thing, you know, till he tries his chances," said Johnnie lu a manner which betrayed that he thought he knew quite well that bis affections were returned, as. Indeed, they were, and Audrey St. Clair was far too frank to take any great pains to conceal It. Oh, Arkwrlght, what am I to do?" be said, pathetically. "Open your letter, Johnnie," he re plied, and the tone In which he said It caused the wondering youth to obey promptly. He looked seraphlcally happy till be remembered that he ought to look be reaved. Johnnie's ship had come home Just In the nick of time. He had al ways hod shadowy expectations from hla ilnele, but he had been to pessimis tic to count too much upon him. How ever, gout had claimed a victim, and the canon's widow hinted to her son that he had to some extent benefited by the event. The vanity of riches was exemplified to Johnnie, when, after a decent In terval, he returned to town the richer by $22,000 a year, but, aa he speedily found, uilnua Mrs. Leversou'a good graces. Another was reigning favorite with her now, Lester, a picturesque but not very talented painter, who was deep In converse with Audrey when he made hla reappearance. Mra. Leverson greeted Johnnie with out effusion. Audrey wns more friend ly, but Inopportunely asked him If he had seen Lester's latest picture. Johnnie's soul was already green with Jealousy. "Who's Lester?" he said, "that fellow with the untidy hnlr?" Audrey re proachfully changed the conversation, but Johnnie was out of humor and con tinued to sulk. " This lasted for some days, aud It was noticed that Mra. Leverson comluued to treat him with. as much Indifference as she becomingly could. "Why does she quarrel with a chap for coming Into a fortune?" said Tom my Blake, the close olwcrver of human nature. "And why doe he hang back wheu he must see th.it that little girl Is over her ears In love with him ?" But he found no solution to these problems. Johnnie sulked for a month. Then one afternoon he Jumped Into a cab, drove down to Chelsea, and Mrs. Lever son being alone, presently found him self bluuderlngly declaring that he would like to bestow his hand upon her niece. The good lady looked Tory grave. "You are both young, you know, Mr. Madison," she said. "Her mother mar ried very young and very unhappily. Perhaps that baa sot me against early marriages." ' But what ha set you against me?" said Johnule, reproachfully. "Nouscnse, that Is only your Imaglna tlon." But Johnnie was not strong In that quality, so Mrs. Leverson was proltably misstating the case. Audrey was, on this occasion. 111 and Invisible. "She la too fatigued to bear any ex clteiuent Just now. Come In three days' time," sid ber sunt, "and I will think er ...i-.i.mi.. nt sounding hi over tne mvimuhhi . - - on the subject In tne Three days later Jobnule cam to Arkwrlgbt In a state of great perturb tlon. Mra. Leverson bad left her bouse f.t...u... tnnw lr bo more. It wan anilViinm-aa'"- " only by bribery and corruption that i Everything about him Indicated Johnnie discovered that she bad gone w BnJ uncDaluJi,ule to Scarborough, but probab y would , H, feature bore trace not stay there, her plana belug unset- , IuJlan warrl0Pi wne his tower tied. .. ,... lng form and grim mustache Increased She'll surely write to you, sum wrlght. 1 But no letter came wuniu four hours. , H . . 1 We'd better go to Hcaruorougii, " . Johnule's counselor. 1 The truant lady was discovered ty Johnnie In a stationer's shop on the , very day of his arrival 1 "Audrey was so III the doctor advisea ; Instant change. In the flurry I forgot I to write to you." .he said, after a gasp , of surprise. Johnnie decided In his nas e ins. ... women were liars, and asked when he might hope to see Audrey. ( "You mav come and call to-morrow j , .. j mornlng-she may be bet er then. But I think It most undesirable, most unde- !lH',!'"t ''hos fhM posnl to her yet, or entertain hopes that rnsv be disappointed." Mrs. Leverson spoke with conviction, but deferred ex planotion, ami Johnnie laid the matter before Arkwrlght. The latter privately debated whether there was Insanity or some other cup board skeleton In the girl's family, ren dering matrimony Inadvisable, or whether Johnnie had been committing enormities that bod come to Mrs. Lev- erson's ears but not to bis. And he wna the more mystified wheu, next morn ing, the unhappy lover came to him, pale aud blaspheming, and told blm that Mrs. Leverson had again fled be fore hint, had left her hotel and a brier note to sny that she was bound for tbe continent. "What Is Mrs. Leverson?" Mid Ark wrlght. "You never told me ber cre dentials." "Widow of a man In the Carchester regiment; that's all I kuow,' aald Johnnie. Then we can consult Major Bag' shaw. who Is an old friend of mine, Look up the trains to Carchester. and don't pace about the room like that." Mnlnr Rncshaw. who was a baehe or. greeted his visitors cordially, when, on the following morning, they called at his quarters. He listened gravely while Arkwrlgbt told him the strange story of Mrs. Lev- erson. Then he cleared bis throat and asked Impressively. "Have you beard of Snages' cure for corns?" he looked from one to another for an answer. As no one who baa ever traveled by . rail or openea a newspaper can nave ril rn hr heard of that famous specific, neither thought It worth while to ronly to this apparently Irrelevant query. "I know Snnggs," continued the Ma jor, deliberately: "He' a very rich man, but a self-made one and one who bna sulllclent sense to know that his education has therefore been deficient. Sobedetermlnedto give his only daugh ter every advantage that money can buy, and two years ago consulted me aa to the advisability of Intrusting ber to a lady of position. "To Mr. Leverson?" gasped Johnnie. "For the sake of poor Dandy Lever son. I mentioned ber name to him, and I knew he wns Involved In debt evl- dcntly she Is still She was to receive riPii n Misttitli anil Mil ovnniMin t. tobru ,,v.v ........ u ..--,.... the young In.ly through Lurope and to) lauucu ucr m i.ouumi. i wns nu.,, v , , ,u -. aware that It was any part of the agree- metit that she could cnll Miss St. Clal Snnggs changed bis name ber niece, but that's a detail! I should not have betrayed confidence but for the strange account you gave me of Mr. Lever- son's behavior. Of course, she' In no hurry to see her niece married; 100 a month la not to be lightly lost; but she must be desperately bard up to play her cards like that." And what do you advise?" asked Johnnie. Your feeling In the matter are not changed by my revelations?" Of course not." "Then with your permission I elial call on my fellow townsman. Mr Snnggs. who la. of course. In constant communication with his daughter and put the facts before blm. And I have no doubt we shall see tbe young lady here In a few days; but possibly her preceptress will prefer to remain away. The canon's widow thought corn cur ing rather a plebeian trade, but was mollified when her future daughter-in-law was brought to her house. Aud a lady of good position advertise that she Is prepared to take charge of a young lady desiring an entree to those exalted clrculcs wherein she her self habitually moves. A confidential lutervlew cau be arranged. Plck-Me-' Up. . Musical African Warriors. . August 5.-Kisawa volunteered tA soii.1 tun men n-lth m k-..mM-.ni Did not suggest any pay; told off two) of his young warriors, and gave thetrv Instructions; they clapped their hands! after each sentence to algnlfy their ac ceptance of hla Instructions Two others have come of their own accord; tne only baggage of one la two ticks, upon each of which are threaded fonr dry row or fruit, which rattle. The youth owning this property has long hair plaited Into ropes, which fall to hla neck, and form a screen to his eye. He Is constantly keeping the rattle going, and singing (principally about me) In a most flattering manner, In which per formance his friend Joins; but the latter confines himself to alnglng; he has other use for his hands, which carry two baskets full of manioc flour, a M".? Act hour they .tayed at my heels, AU ing, ana torn me It wns what thev came for. tai or w w !,f i,'?J ' ,0 nfm - ly, but kindly, told them their music HZ 1 mU,St hMrd at d nc! l rnPeHy 'nJreJ- Th n nes awly ffi cswY'T tfD th. ht'nrf. C",vfri-endl.t00k! ,,u mcir uoisteroua en tertainmentCentury. Countestea tor the Variety Stage, Three young Hungarian countesses, daughter of Count Basque, of Buda Pesth. aged 13, 18 and IT. art fletlng tbemswlvea for th variety stag. A GARRULOUS MN CURED. Tb Ingenious Kevlcs of a Tortarssi Lsndlsdr. ne thought he wna Infallible, and would argue for hour with any one k...i n, imiiiinlt to contradict rMl.nlbam t0 the man who Know t all. Hut name la Bmltn. ne is a ,)a(.ll(.lor j lives In Ravenswooa. But no Uns been cured of his ailment, ana d guurtmnlte wonder who caused the change. He doe not argue J but WH,k, Wtn , de, Bll0wnJ ,uftt ug 8prt baa 1)((H t,rokfn. I ,,,.,,,,, w0, accomplished by hla j , k ,g tl)e gtorjr of bow ; After the banks closed It waa Mr. cMK(on tQ l pn(,n evenlUR on Ravenswood homo for . yMlttn would come and go. .'.,. ,.i iwii,i n, fort. He inn .nr. nun .i and woe to Mm . - ? !' would be me, with a fliHKi or oratory wuio. wuu.u the dissenter iuto obedience. One evening he argued the folly of ex pensive dresses with hla landlady. She laughed at him, and he became furious. "Now, don't excite yourself," ahe said, "for I have heard the doctor say you --re subject to spasms, and we will let the matter rest for the ulght" Mr. Smith, flushed wltb victory ao easily won, retired from the scene. ' Imagine his surprise, however, the following evening, when he was en gaged In conversation with an old friend, who assented to all of Mr. Smith's views. "But why do you agree to every thing?" asked Smith, after a pause. "Well, confidentially, between you and me," whispered his friend, "I have heard you are subject to Ota and that arguments of a violent aort are apt to , ! bring them about." 1 Smith said nothing that night and went home. Several nights inter a young woman came up to blm nud be , began 10 iuis io ..er. o.. n I be afraid of him and only nodded to i"8 assertions, dub sen a ! distance all the time, nnd when he 1 asked her If she was afruld of him she j naked him somewhat pityingly: "Have you had them to-day?" 'Have 1 had what?" blurted out ; Smith. I "Why. fits, of course. I heard you , had them every time you were contra-, j dieted; isu t it true i Smith turned on nia neei ana .e.i ( I ninman e t tl ml I n IT A till VfinillHI II ff. juu j I She doe not know If tho rumor la true, but Mr. Smith's landlady flnds no ! trouble with her boarder. He does not argue any more, and uow believes that , othi rs know Just aa much aa be doe. Chicago Chronicle. The French Hoy. i Our boys do not take the social polish ( until much Inter. 1 have heard Anicrl-; cansexpresssurprlse at the childishness of big boys whom they saw playlug at : marbles or wltb tops at an age when , their boys play foot-ball. It Is because these boys allow themselves to be, watched, restrained, and reprimanded , by timid mothers much longer than theirs, and tho boys themselve are uot f llv ln,.lnil in lha iturlnff under- Americana. " " ' TUl!r affection for Robinson Crusoe la, natouU.; they do not long to run j . ' n . . ... .,. fp. low I met In the country out West while visiting his parents, and who, when I expressed my surprise nt his perch, said, "Well, If I slip, 1 can hold on to the chimucy by my legs!" And saying this, he made the gesture of clasping the big chimney between hla bare aud extremely short legs, more scratched than words can tell, under their torn kulrkerbockers. Our boys are evidently girlish lu comparison. Ou tbe other hand, a French youth of eighteen Is Btupetled, ou making the acquaintance of English or American youths of his age, to meet with some- , thluR that seems to him another kind : of c;U K,l8hms8: 1 n,'T 'at boyishness w"11'h' "p c,Pr,nln P0"". 'or l.C IU U I. AIIIU'dAUUB, I. V 1.1.1.8 .111.1- self much more of a man, because he really has a greater Intellectual fund, more general Information, a more high ly developed critical sense, a riper mind already much refined, and quite en franchised from the simple Instruction given at the lycee. Century. Novel Punishment lor Theft. Yesterday happened the first act of theft on the trip. We camped within a quarter of a mile of the village; groups of natives brought meal, penuuts, eggs, etc., and traded with my men with the greatest coufldenee. One of my men was bathing In a pool near by, and left his cloth and knife near the trail; a ' '"m- OI. UHUV PnS8,"8 viMa " party of native passing seized the kulfe 'l n bearing of tills, 1 qule,Iy ,ook from a nmn ,u ,ue boma ! "7 ",1?.8!,t,n nnd refU8p(1 ,0 re,urn l .... i.ic nunc nils unillglll DUCK. 1 ne natives saw the Justice of this, and trading went on as If nothing had hap peued. This morning the knife waa re turned, nnd so I handed back the spear. Century. Hygienic. "Every one should kuow that to eat when tired is to place upon the dlgos tlve organs a burden which they are wholly uuable to carry," say Modem Medlclue. "When the body Is In a state of fatigue, the digestive organs are unable to perform their natural function; the glands of the stomach will not form gastric Juice; the saliva Is lflplnr In ri ii an , I ,. . .! .k. ,- P"""8 "IM. of do- ! fng emdent woX Whe' ex ban ted ' fnin 1 Juice of ome sort." What a treat deal we have to be 0,aDkful for at ' tlm. of the year ,hat we a nse - .t we can detect the odor In a dead Tbe women's idea of a successful re ception la one where the crowd la so great that they can get Into the dining room live time without detection. Every woman exaggerates a man' Income when she marrle blm. and when she sue for alimony. Mlraclc-There la no great,. . cle lu tbe world than tbst ; eh man carrlea uuder his own ha. '. IIate.-The breach between , , and labor Is wide eimm.i. ..." .WN be Is a dangerous man who make It more so. Hate heals no Hate build no bridges -!( . A Scott. FrcHbytcrlnn. Phlaid, L Poetry .-roetry seems to be th, . . ural language of the soul nJ Immediate Influence of the Z, God; tbe natural language of ol when It Is keyed up to Its nato Rer. R. A. Thomn., Conpfi? 1st. Boston Ms.. The Christian L.fe.-A Chr does not consist In i.n..,. creed or or a long list of dWrit , might believe In then. . man know the creed by heart, mtjnn iu Bible every day, and yet Bot u , Christian, or lend a Christian lif Rev. R. G. McNled, rresbyterla . Lake City, Utah. ' 31,1 8elf-Love.-It la man's duty to Inr, himself. So self-preservation la tht first law of life. To take my own Ufi la as much murder as to take th lift of my fellowtuan. But self lov u m ferent from selfishness. 8eir-loTf Bj duty; selfishness Is a ain.-Iter. VT r Partridge, Baptist, Cincinnati, Obi " Equnllty.-What makes a man U m circumstances, but self; not the artj. dentnl but the essential; and benun mankind there Is a strong, solid lob. Btratnm. All men are alike In their origin. The Lord Is maker of ita all, rich and poor, great and bmji Christian and pagan.-Rev K. B. ftp. per, Baptist, Philadelphia. Nature. Nature Is full of our on human heart; Is a reflection of our on nature, and the benuty we admire bj It Is tho sympathetic expression of tht beauty of our spirit. We act upon it, and It reacts upon us. Thus tbe bag. ty, the grandeur of nature I a part of our own belng.-Rev. M. o. Llatoa, Unlversallst, Charles City, Iowi Creed. Let us not think too marh of form. God can educate the world ml redeem It without the church If U wishes. At tbe last we have blm tnd need no temple, as the plants whlcb have the summer sun need no twtboui. The sun shlues and the land mnllm God near to each Is the final teaiK Rev. John Rusk, Militant Cliurcb, CbI cago. Death. Death In the country ie?tr always attended with a deep ind pe culiar pathos. In the city life U compact and eager that Its noise ind burry close In quickly, even rudely, . npon tbe loss of death. It li u It It In battle, the brenk lu the ranks Is In stantly filled, and the pushing rolumi marches on. Rev. J. II. Cobb, Coup gntlonallst, Denver, Col. Love for God. We should lore God above all things, because be U tbe su preme God, and because be li tbe io thor of everything that exlsti except In. Our soul Is the Image of God; and this la why the devil bates tbe aoul and, tries to destroy It. Tbe enemy of the soul holds high carnlisl when he takes a soul from God. Tbe world would have gone on without ns had we never been born, and It would be Impossible for us to exist wert God to withdraw from us a single mo- meut.-Mgr: Thorp, Roman Catholic, Cleveland, Ohio. The Remedv.-There Is but one rem edy for the Ills of society. That i tbe gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ tM great thought of which is renncilli- tlon by sacrifice. The goiu . must be applied, and when generally applied we will find that godliness Mi promise of the I'fe that now l. eU as of that which :i to come.-Rer J. B. Westcott. Methodist, ruiladelphia. Pa. Art-Art la something more than a mere ornamental fringe on the a 1 1 . .nAKl Ml garment. It continually r- -. windows to renllty. ami aoea -that produces a priceless harvest to M soul. The true artist, ne n architecture, sculpture, poetry, aiw orpalntlng.lsordalned for the strengtt- enlng and enrichment or .m -Rev. D. Dorchester, Methodist, Pl burg, Ta. , Labor.-The noblest thing In then Terse la honeat labor. It Is the pwr tlve principle of the world, u raises cltlea, adorns the earth .no W tlfie with works of art; white" i sea with, wings of commerce, w continents together by meant o i telegraph; extinguishes 1 plants civilization upon It ruins. i God for a nation of worklngmfu- O. O.Bacchus, Methodist, Washing D. C. Feed Your Bamboo t'hali . The pretty and Inexpensltt W" furniture, so much used now. n to be treated differently front t dlnary wooden furniture. As Is liable to crack aud n must be fed so as to counters" effects of dryness In the room. furniture should be exposed to whenever possible. l n'l Wl near a fire, and It should V regularly with equal l parts and turpentine applied wuu and then nibbed In with a ' An occasional wash In cold w lowed by a thorough drying. bamboo furniture. He la one of the men v, bo ,(. become enthusiastic over the " ' "Have you learned to W wheel with your foot yet ' friend. ... hsTfn't & "No." was the reply. I " bfrtt ten any further than learuUu my foot with my wheel. - Star. "Oh. dear." sighed Mr D" er. "I've made another ''' -K "Never mind." said "V mistake were Ufa would keep a cow. If you Insist upon bavUK rour 111 never b popular. you w , NH'PWIIIHHT f