1 l! EUGENE CITY GUARD. 1. I OANrKLL, rrrr1Uir. t - i - -i J. x u. 1X0 EN E CITY..... 0RK00N Cn-nt Hiltnln ha refused to acm-ut to the iiirtiili.ii of China. She prefers u retaining wall tu pnrtlt on. , There lit a suspicion tluit tin reported discovery l.y a Maiim u.un of u perpet ual Unit loll llllirliillll IIUII Would MflW wood wu nothing more 1 m ii a dis gruntled or expce'Jihl politician. A I'r, not. finish-Inn SIIVS that "till' fume of K" 'ISiJr will raise the voire i.f n u-iiliulll several tiliti'rt. A nintch a. 1. tu that combination will nlso raise tlii' rest of tin' woman. TIhtc Is nothing Ty remarkable In :iilnif girl liiiirri inif a blind mil- li-lau In i:iil Liverpool. "I'l"' 1m said to In- blind. Itcslde. marriage with a Chicago tilrl often lias t'll dcUry tO Opl'll one's eye. I'lirl policemen have been supplied wltli trlf 'lark lantern, l.y noun of wlibh tiny can "' '"ft away. They were employed m.i ".fully lu n rufiit nil.l In Hit Hl 'I" Itoiilogne tin- ImiHfli'M pereoh who sleep tlnTo at night. Hn-t llarli- say In- Ihim written ovit (DM short stories. Yr. I'Ht I hottc In wrote previous In l7't were worth more than lire tlnnc In- I. an written .lire, ha become in.llll.' at Hie expense of dial (iiallty wltl'li hut such I'liurm to his earlier work. A precedent Interesting to women ha been established l.y tlx' l.oii'lon rouiity Court. A lifly brought sil.t agulust Nt. (Ii-orge's vestry fur da in age from tin- cureless driving of a water rnrt, which drew so near the Idcwnlk thai Iht dr.w wn sprinkled ami spoiled. Tim Court awarded her scvt-u guinea. Tin- I'hllndclphiu fire libraries claim they have the greatest rlrnilutloii In the world. Fmiii (t. .'in, IMi.1, to Sept. :tn, IMHl, l,'.T.io,i4 volume were circulat ed, I'trliulvD of tlii- n'fiTi'iii'u li'M.ka rotimiltii! In lli Ilhrary ImiIIiIIiik. Thfw U.'uri a. If n.rri'. t, i-xrii'.! thow f JlHin li. Htfr, Kiiiilan I, t'lil- aK-i an. I lt.. ton, lililn rlo loinilili r.'.l an tin- lai-tf.-Nt lu tin' woiM. Tin' ol.l irartl.'c of illH.oiiii; of a oit tain unli l.lc.l ...rtl..ii of I.iikI wlilrli la . hi fur I.ix. h IhkIIII nialulaliK'l In h. v i rnl Siat.-x, ami lit kiii-Ii a Kale lu Kan an City not I. .tin ii tf n iniiu lit n-i-oril.tl fin liavlnx iiii'.'hiiniil a Iclntlllloiitli of a .ii.nv In.'li, In other woi.U that x.r tl.iii ulilili uuiil.l n-Kiilt In iIIvI.IIiik a .U.iro In. Ii l.y 1 follow.'.l l.y llti l.li tn. II. r.- In a .lraalit ir..lil. in for II WllltlT t'Vl'llllllf . Tin' l.oii.li.n Tlnii'X U ri'MiniiHllili fur tliU: "It lit not p-tii't'iilly kiiuwu that 1l tali'iitril wlft of Mr. M.'Kluli'y ait ciillitl In tin' A im r l n it liar In tlic i-arly mrt of an.Hhat hIu- i nj. ..! f..r a I..IIK l hlli' the ilUllli. tli.il of l.i liit; Hi.' titily laily of tho li-ual ii-..fi.-.l(.n lm ii'a.l. il on iH'half of cli. Ml.-. I.. f..i.- In r i ii IiuhIiiiii.I, w Iio ait the Ju.li;i' of III.' tir.'lilt In w ill. Ii hIm- .rarl I. .." Aiiht I.'Iiiih H In. want to Irani llihii; nl... ill tlii'iiiNi'lvtn that art' not k.i u III il.t well t rcail ll' I'.iiu'llli in' i.a.i'i'it. An Klik'llHliiiuill ha i'.iiii.ili'.l n life of (inivi-r Cl.'Vrlaii.l fur a rn'il.-a of l.lu graplil.'al wuiKh Uhii.-.I l.y n llrni In I..M.I..1I, nhh li ulll I.' a I'tirl.Mlly In (In way of In.irriirnrl.'it, If Hi. w.' iiiuti'il In nu aril. Ir fiuiii I ..hi. h. n arc a N.iiii.h'. Koriunati'ly. n ni'wn.ai'r of l.oii.l.m I. ait ralli'il ntli'iillun to a n.'ori' or inon Klarliitf I'lrur-t. an. I ..'Iiiiim tin' l.uuk Mill I"' I'urri'rli'.l III H itulm.'.ii.'iit ell (lull. An Ainril.an llfi' of ill.i.Nt.uu. K.I t'l'rolll'UIIS II to Hllll.'IIU'llt of fll.'t tvoiiM li In iij;l)i'il out of print lu I on lloll. An i'tiuiiliiiaiy latlanri' of lii'iv.ll tary toinli'liry to milrl.l.' uil tul.l l.y I'rof. Itruiiai.l.'l lu l'nrlH liitrly. A farmer m ill' l'.laitieit hai.'l Ii uinelf without n. nr.'hl .huh.-, l.-avliii! it fam ily of nevt ii ftuiut an. I fuiir .laiiihtei. '1't'll of the eleven inli e.l'e.H ly lulluw t'.l the father'it eain.h', l ut nut until they ha. I marrle.l iiu.l ..'i,'utien ! II til en, all of ttliuui IlkewSe Iimii. .1 llieniitelveii. 'I he only aiirvltnr lit a ami, who la now IN year of .u'e .i i.l lini ni mhi'.I Mifely l.cyoii.l the family liannlin; it C". Tile fiifuivemeut of ..ill' luimUiatluii Ihh a.pear-t tu l.e 1ih Iiik a K'x") elT t ill prevenaliit; ul'l.'.'tlunal.li' i. .n t fruin t-uuiliiK to HiIh euiiuiiy iin.l In turnlilK the II. le uf uiiil.'nlral.le euiliiia tlun to Sunt It Auierl. a. The elTeet U titily l.eulunlnk' t l" .ei'ee'tll.l.' at tin' jmrta of entry, huwever, nil.l It will Iw many year Lefuie the tnlti hlef Hlrt a.ly dune In the country nl lai'K' ran l.e tivereoine. A lone limine of external Vlttllauee ami Internal Improvement In Ii. ill. -.1 tu make tt.e .u.ulatluu of thin tiiunlry nil tlntt It uuclit to le, or eveu what like to I'.'lleve that It i now. The rhlla.leli'hla piiperH any the ff fort of the I'lilun Traetloti l'oiiiuiy tu j.lMVl.le Home .11111 ex.-lu-sUely for male uiukera luia .rov.il a fallunv The iiiioklui; rant have livn .rivl.l'.l all rUlit ami inuii'uuuNly lahelnl. lu a. I 1 11 Ion to vv hi. Ii the .1.11. In. turn notify every woman inn!iia" to laiil one of them .Mm that It l a muoklut; ear. Hut ill illt of tk'i"t an. I ii'ii.lii.'tura' an iiuuiiii'iiienta very mnoktint ear utrrle inurv women than men. and the amok era lia to t iijuy their t'Uura rexanlli uf the iireai'iiii- of women or no on their way muukoliwi, na they did liefuie tiiokini; earn w ere prut Id.-.) 8lilt'll younn wumeii of Iteiiuvo. I'a.. Iiav orititnUeil the l-M.-l w eivt Social Chili, tl'f pui'P,,,i''' of winch are to fur IiIhIi elltertaluuii lit fur liiMled yoliliii men. They have rticatfeil a eluli rvM.ui and are arrauiilui: It lu a .1. I i;lilf nl niaiiuer JuhI what the Initiatory rere niunna will iinlt of the younjt la. lie will not any. hut one of the girt hat admitted that a kl and a hut (ball l the uiword for all male inemlM'ra. The younit woin'-n lm are the prime inovera In the novel eaub diilnre their ol.liwt la to get the y-ung lueu off the lret roruera lurtu th wlulur, atiil, lnaimifh a the Huh girla are all riretty and fi t. -Muz, their ot.Jeet will dulitlea ! attained. I.ov.-iiiiik.iiK will Dot ); all. w i d under penalty of a flue. TIm ;mI( will darn hukV.ih and knit lull tei.it f,,r the Imt tli latter. In ord. r to he avail.il.le for nif mlxTslilp, iniwt refrain from auiokiliK, elu-vtln and drii.kni,'. tiurarniy, wlih li la itiut S.'.'a'Kl. eoit l.i Ht year a little over f lU.tauMKKJ, whl.'h nu ?'ll'( a 11.11 11. Thin la rather expi imlve, 114 rompareil with the coiit of iiiuliitnliilhtf auldlera In Kiiru.e. Hut It hhuiild he r.-iiieiiil red that our ineti If.-t Ko.'d f.Hid. and that the coat of lrnh.ortlhi! aohllera In a country that la .'I.indi ii.II.'n wide and mllea fruin north to m.iith U uliKhlly different from the cie.t of KhlftluK men ahout In a country no larger thiiii many of our Mat.. The aohllepi depoltfd w ith the Pjinater dui1iii the year f l3),.'l.'iH, wl.l.-li la il.iliijf pretty well lu vmwt inl.!n on fl.'l a inuiiili. The well-know n ahrewdiifaa of Meiie lik of Ahyit.tiii:ii In iiKalu 111a.lt; appar ent lu IiIn ap.eal to the poe to Inter vene In the depute iM'tHt-eii Ahylnla 11 lid Italy. The wily African moiuireli hiiN ln-ateii the Itallnna hy force of anna uud ettal.lihliMl the Integrity of hia niiint ry, hut lie ktmwa elioiitfli of Knro-p.-an illp..iiia. y to ap'iil to the head of the ehur. il to take part III the Nettle lu . lit of the tlouhle. IIU attitude from Hie Hi" 1 of Hie war to the prctM-ut day him in. IN ai. d a quality of atatcMinnii hl, cotiihlucd with celier.iNlty, per N.iiial hr.ivery and Kreat mlllliiry nkill, coinpnruhle to any auch In evidence anion r.uropeiina. The Supremo Court ileclalon uphold ing the coiiMtltiitloniillty of the WTght Irrigation law of Cnllfornla la of great Importance to the arid region of the Weil, nettling, aa It il.H-a, the right of taxation for Irrigation purport", and deciding the fate of about K'o.ixki.imhi of Irrigation Ixiinla. The declalon will give 11 treiiieiidoua lniM't tin to Irrigation mid farming In Cullfurtila, tiregou, Waihlligt.ili, New Mexico, Colunido and Arizona, no. I the hmt five will mi ilotibledly ..'i.n law iiiimIi-IiiI upon the one which lint JilHt been HUNt.ilneil. IiiIih -n w hlch hna practically Ih cii at a Ntamlstill walling fur the aettleinetit of HiIn iuchuii will a.Mtii feel the In llllellce of the favorable (Iih'InIoii, The perforuiauei.' uf um.'a duty, ea pecially lu the cane of an otllrer of the law, often bring uupleiiHant expert cure, uud those of tin. late Judge l'arkerof ArkanNii were peculiarly no. lie pretldecl over the Culled Stiltea court of the WcNtern iliatrlct of that Stale and had criminal Jurisdiction over Indian territory. 1 11 that time lie fccutcnrfil ikl men to the gallowH mid Ni nt over r.,(l men to the penitentiary. The death Nciitciict'N averaged iiliimnt eight a year. Coimlderlng the pn-Neiit ulnle of la w Icnniich In the territory and the cheapiien at which human life la held there. It Would be lull-renting to know what Judge Tarker'a Idea were 011 capital puulHliiiieiit a a deterrent Intlueiice on crime. I'ollowlug the lead ot ( lileago, n New Y.nk thy guo.U bouse In nlmut to Mart a little H.I. oul In ltd own preiulKcN where the ciihIi gliU call i.l.lalu liiKtrue- I i..i.x one or two hour every .lay, it nlan lhu.se older one w In we early h. In... ling bat been neglected. Ill one of the large dry goods Ntol'i'N of Chicago II day ami night n I100I h inalntaliie.l, with n.uipetent teachera and all the niudein acceiwoilea of a HrNt clas school room, where the ciuplu) m uf the sture are given free cdtical luii. In Mil wuukee one of the greatest breweileN i-onductN 11 school, library ami reading room fur Its cinplo.vcN, w ho are over 1. 1,110.1 lu number. All I luce were cs talillshiil ilesplle the pfutest of those who said the advantage would never be utlll.e.l. and all triumphed from the outset. The H. huul compare favorably with the best public school III the city; the reading room I well patron Ir.e.l. and the library 1 employed to lta full capacity. 1'ruils In I al'r.i.tur. lu spite of the latll ude and the Arctic current, I.al.ra.lur, that almost iinln haliltalde strip uf terrltury which He to the liurtheiiMt of llrltlsh North Atuer- I. a, Is the home of much Unit Is .lo ll. Ions In the berry wtubl. Kveli the outlying Islands furnish the cm lew l.. r ry and bake apple lu profusion, and upon the mainland In September and part uf lictuberii veritable feast nwaltit one. There an- three varlt'tlea uf the blue Iterries, blacklH'rrles, wild red ctirrautH, Inivlug 11 pungent, aromatic flavor, tin cpiahil by the eultlvattsl varieties; lnaih bellies, nispberrle, liny white caplllalie tea Is'irleN, with a llavor like some rail' perfuuie, and having Just a faint NUggeetloli of w Inteigii-cti; s.piasti berrle, pear Imm i Ics and curlew bcrrlitt, the latter not so grateful a the others, but a prime fa ui lie with the Kskl- II. . . vt ho prefer them to almost any other; and lastly, the typical Labrador fruit which. cXiTptlng a few acatter Ing plants In Canada and Newfound land. In found now here else outside the peninsula the gorgcotui Lake apple. These inter the entire ivast from the St. l-awtvnci' to I'ngiiva. Their lsau 1 1 flit geranium like leave struggle with the rcln.l.vr moss upon ll., 1st mds, mr pct alike the low alle in, I the high est blllioM. uud eM'ii peep fr.un hiiuka of eveilasiing miuw. Only one berry grow upuii .stcli plant, hut thla one inak.it n must .leli. -Ions mouthful. It I the nine and form of a large ras berry, but the color la a brlgl.t iTimnon when half ripe, and a golden yellow when matured. It taate ia awi-etly acld. - Toronto lilolsv Mottcan llurlal. The Mcvl.Mna have a itieer nay of t.urj lug the dead. The nni ta tightly wrapssl In n'litury plant matting, and pla..sl In a iMthn h'.rsxl for als.ut a alill ling Hue or two uatlvea, aa the cn. may ts, pla.v the icMlu on their hea.U and go at a trot to the grave, where the tssly la Interred, and the tvfflu la theu retunie.1. The wealthy olaaa uas the tram car a hearsca, and tha frteud follow IstiSile the car iu f.it. Mublerraneaa 1 eniperalure. It la i-t.iliuat.sj that the temperatuise of the earth at a depth of '.l! mile la not lea thau S,UJ ilegret Kahrvu. Ulk C003 MORNINQ. The tun hna t-pt awn)- the nittlit. And all the eal-rii ky nitl'i With golden rloinla and r.y light Hay to the unking world helow, UwmI luortiiiig. i AIoe the l.rnn. hlng nuiilit trp The curling kinoke wr.nili floats afar Ih-fore diiiuilviiig In the hret-H''. And aignulit to the lnt dim tar, iiA morning. The IjuttiT.-uj.a and dainiea fair. That nod and hi.cr in the breeze, I(i-.ent the milntation tin-re, j And iiiuriiuir to their f ri-nl, the b-e. I liood ui'iriiiiig. The Hong bird inging In the grove Han turii.-.l lii voi.e hia mate to greet, ' And, waking her w ith thought of love. I King ten.lerl)', In wood note tweet, i (jood 1110 ruing, i The modcM wild roe of the rule. ! It fare turned tip toward the iiky, i H.iimU perfume on the miminer gale, j And breath.- to all with fragrant ig!i I ;.l inoriiiiig. Acro the mend from flow'r to flow'r, ' The bulterlly in color rare, Kill on, unmindful of the hour, 1 And a, wiili inoKt e...inttili air. j tio.nl morning. ! And o from tnendotv and from hill, 1 r'rom piininit breee and ghiie iiig rny, Kroiii ne.r ghiile and rippling rill. 1 Come borne to ine a bright and gay I (! I morning. Thotnaa K. (Hut, in the riiilndel.hia I'ublic I-dg.-r. A SMALL DKI'OSITOU. The bank pn-sideiit walking down the Ntieet In the morning sunshine was iorlly in llguie and leisurely In bear lug. Id nut kindly lu face and man lier. He wa u Nelf-iuade man, and a particularly suci-ssful one, but he had not forgotten hard knocks, cold ehoiil tiers, and other forlorn comlltloiiit be longing to self milking, lie did a re-!-11I11 r cash business 011 the Mr.-ct apple elated only l.y himself uud certain youthful venders of paper, lie howr made change with small newsboy, lie had a ooft principled belief lu casing up biisiiicM matters for youngsters who gel up nt live lu tin' morning, ra.u or shine, heal or cold, to sell paper. It had bet 11 said though the bank presi dent hud licw-r coitft scd to such uu bilslues like lu.-llloils lli.it he made , iiniciiiuiif rnllvc loans of .piai tets lira "lin k wa tlon 11," and the streets par tl. -nl. nly cold and l. y. and h...it' face blue and piu.ii.-d. lie hail 11 tlus.ry that hut meals belpul lads to endure the cold. Me rcll.ellilicr.d his baked Is-an and coffee. 'I he twi 11k president waa .loop In thought Ihl morning over business matter Involving thousand. I low 11 the street, mi the alert fur auinelhltig or some one, si.s.d a news Im.v, not even the average In s!.e and vlgur. IIU oluihcs were pour, his face thin, yet a plu. k. liule air uf pr.per II. V sat on him. He looked cheerful he wa cheerful for be whlsih. I, nut as one docs tu keep up his spirits, but from lightness of heart. 1 iccislonally he Jiiigl.il some coins lu his pocket and Hil led. Kspy lug the bank president lie rushed ton aid 111 lit. ".Moiulug paper';" 1111. 1 the boy hand til one out With the Mire ivtitldcucf of acceptance. The bank president was a regular ciifdoincr. The transfer of lllckel alld paper Iliad.', li e little fellow -a mere baby to be working for bis living said: "You keep money f.r folks, don't ye?" "Ye, my little man, why?" "Will je keep some fer ineV- this aald very eagerly. "Want to open a bank a mi';" ipicrlcil the 111:1 ii. looking .piizU ally into the child's expectant face. "If that' w hat ye call It. Will ye keep It for inc .'" tpiest ione.1 the Imy. " You're rather a small customer, but guess you'll do." remarked the banker; fur a certain s.. linos under the left side of his i.ictvoat front made hav.s' with hi sense of the unfitness uf this child depositor. So, down ti c stni't the iiewslsiy and banker walked, the latter .sldly Inter cstcd lu this small waif who thought him 11 safe keeper of n tiewshov' cap Ital. The teller's window separating them, business alTalrs began. " our name'.'" and the bank president l.h.ked over his gold limmcd eve gl;isrfivt with an air uf formality tpiile depress ing to the lsy, standing on tiptoe tu see and lo be seen, ".l.nn.n llanua," he answered v.-ry timidly. " The amount you wish to depus't?" the voice very business like The youngster suddenly felt th ag untitle uf his re.uest and the liusnlll cieu.y of bis lliiaiict-s. raltcringh . with the weight uf his audacity Us.n him, he replied, "Seventeen ivnis." ,, a tll. ker uf a smile came lo Hi,, bank president fa.v. The lad felt reassur ed, tiravely the certltlcate of dcswlt wa made out nn.l the little fellow handed over t wo nickel and seveu is n tile. "Uy the way." said the bank presi dent, looking down from hi KlM,) height Us.n the tiny, br-ght faced boy, eear.io ng fur an uudilapld.iinl p.n ket In which tu put the pin ions .bs-niiient that guaranteed his worldly wealih, "We pay people for the us,. (,f the r money. Call again In we, k. and I'll Increase your .1. pus t by a th e," The child's f lee beaunil. "If have hick. 1 11 1'i iiig some other money, too." he proudly s.i .1 "lloe jou will." answertil the big man. heartily. "Interest, ng depositor, that," he tv 1nark.1l, as the child trudged out. "May be a Is. tlur to en.inirage him. WvK couldn't six.il l;,s pleasure." Then the btitk pres. .but Isga oil we'ghty matters, hnt more than eti.v that day he amilnl and thought, " bo.vlsh prank for two, but hWs me how could I refuse two nickels, seven pennies, and It's cullde u.-v m me. I ll make his bank deis.it grow. I'.lcss the Utile chap! i4e sinall.vst, pluck. tut de p, lor I ev er had " The bank pti sldeiit tm.k his ii.nstltu tlnn.1l 111 the f.irvu.s.ii Me eutensl h's cull' when In 11 k 11 g honnt Were over When' .1 broad avenue curve. I abruptly rmn.l a little park, the carriage etop peil. A Jam of people, cars and vehlclea bl.h k.il the way. The bank prmldeu: let down bla carriage w'.adow to get. If p-iss!!,!... aotl.e knvhilg" of the troU bi.'. Me beaid It .r.-.i.My fiutn a roiig'i mail wlnapoke with mi uiis-imui ... ... , .a, .l..r the 1 jhie . . ... ....1.... car. It ...ak- fi ller weak ., a-e I"1""- ... ,, The bank president felt U slcs k. II mind had lU.'ll on m-wsle-ya nin" " that day. ( "Wait here." be till ) t' hi b.'" coach man, and .!ui. ,'iig through t.i. crowd, for.e.l his vv..yuti unt.l h- reach e. tl.e limit which p-licfii.. a'a l""r malutaliusl. Th.-r.- lie ' aught a gimp of a small form, but he " !"-nrd .1 vol.i' hhrill and . 1.- .-ri -: 1 ')': ' I " 11 yer .lon't yer try to .lr..g u- o.r. "J ralMf that car u " ri. ic.i.k i.:v. i-tit f';.r.-d !." k'"'w that voice. He t.-.ed agi.il -face. 1..-L. u s IIi; ry . for Ho od's alike:" the people .rid. 01. ! men. who boasted of their s'r-i.g''i. I'-1'1 t' white 11 the ch.ld' f 1 " '1""' 1'"!'' b.Mly lay pinii.-d .lovvii l-y ti.al gr.at cable car. The little fellow p'i'ed out clear and strong again: "My ii.iim- ""' 11a. I want my 11 1. She l.v-- at - the bank president ...-t t: - r' -t II Slight I . I the eye of a policeman 'Just let III.' 1., h III. I km IV til' The grim i.:iec:i, ui d 11 pa'h. Next moment :. brnk president vv 11s kneeling by tl eh i I. a pity and a ten- derti. ss upon ti s 1 , ,- tinit mad.' the pin. ky small 1.1 break and .ay: "Vm awful gl o it's von. I wan' 11 y ma " "An I you shall have ln-r. !. my !"'. I'll f.-i.-h In-r. K. . up vo ir gr t. Ib re come th.- Jitl k s' r. vvs.'' . . , II.. wrote down the inhlrnss ami 11 in Ms.' t. but the child's hand pilb.-d lit l.l-ii II f..riu again. "He s.lle lllll.il," .pl.t "You lifh kn.-lt eh.se ly the l,"le to tell ma I ain't hurt plucl.ily he said, her..:" thought lie man. Th.. aii '.ulauc maiigl'-d little 1 stood vvairiig f..r th" ly. The l ink pr.-l- I ddit note I Sr. i "i h.-leil he no time to lose," he "aid. I under h - breath. "The child vv .11 il.e I fl-olil tin- lli'-le shock." ! He g ive his older iiuh'kly. clearly. ! The I. I.i. k face under the t ill hat r.- some novel and resting In a languid ! s,n.. .1 vvi'li a smile 1111. 1 vviih the stupor with fan nn.l smelling Untie? I hearty word-: "I'll fot.h y..ii. sill." What In. .nil (iber I Instilled Into 11 The bank pre. blent never h id felt J..y child vv ho sc. his mother ulily n she 1 before in Lis il.-. t horses. t,r in the tills before hint between morning call. ; d.-Mi-rotis ilr.v .ng "f bla-k Abe, but j luncheons, meetings, lea, drives, din 'now! that nu-t in 1 1 1 1 1 1 of otic small tier and theater parties?. What does 1 h.ld collld be r.-paid. lie found the mother and told tin ac- lidellt lis ee,;v t.HI Usui to Sol looked so J.iilli.- bo c ill. I. She was cry ..lit. She mother '.f tiie .o sad a face. rrow to : to b.- th. to have U.v ; s i v . Tl.e man's heart felt a sudden wrath, that she must suffer yet again. j When llic.v ariivnl at the great bus- ! pllal the lii'l" f. liovv lay ipi le slill lu 1 his while bed. He gave a . ry ..f J..y , when th.-y came ill. The 111. .'h.-r gave , ! ..lie si 1 10! h.-it .1 sob. Was t l:is h. f b..y ? j This pit. fill, vv liile, dentil piti -hed face? j lie put his arms around lis mother's tic k, kiss.sl lovingly the tears away. I saving with a brave sh, v of cheer: "Now. 111:1. ilch't cry. I a. 11 i hurt much. 1 I don't feel hardly any p.-in I wasn't ' careless. I tried to oej out ,,f th,. way i ..r . lie car and the other ra-iin: around j the coi ner km. kc. me .1 .vv 11 " , The bank i resident gr...imi b.-for. the thought. Now ..;;.. rs had .l. nouilc ed a gross n. gl.-. t r -x that spot And now, this plu l.y. small ,ei :t,,r I uf his must I..- the v.c'hn. Shame on I the cowardly t-rimiial ii. gle. t of city and cahl iiipany The mother sat beside the betl, her Imiv's band clos,. to h. rs. The little fellow spoke ipiile strongly: "It was a U.s day for papers. I'd sold 'em alino.t ail. 1 say. ma, yon don't know how swell I be." ,. glanc ed at the bank pr.-s.d.-nt with a wan smile, ".lust wait till I get well again. I'm going to take care of you because .a - " A sense of horror check. -d h!m. Tht trouble that scut him. a little fellow, out upon the sire, t tu earn his p.-nni.-s If he imiiI.I; that made the mother feel her only hope was 111 her sou; was 1.011,1 thing to bear silently. Keep down sad coiiuneia on jour honor, little dying boy. Hear bravely y..Ur hard loss ,.f shielding and of happiness. Make no complaint. There luav U other thing than cable cars tl.al mangle a fluids life, but these. 11 cli,:, I, are vour own. Hot 11 great c.iy V car.-; The voice was not so strong, but Just a brave, when, after a short .s.l, nee, it went on: "I want my .wit, ma. W here's my coat':" The nurse laid it across the mother lap. The child tried to s't up. but failed. The Voice said eagerly ; "1 want to show ,,u something In the H.. ket, ma. I he banker there, he know." The little lingers. t,,,w so blue and chill, nfier some . ii oris, found it a l.t- tlc folded paper, so white, so utterly nnhanu.il that its cotuplct, .,,, niad'e mote terrible the tact of the dear child's b... l.v now so torn, "lo ad it, ma. read It." I he tears were blind. ng her. could not r.-ad. "Now. n a. don't cry. I am't She hurt mil. 11 on ask the doctor- there." The ,... w as grow ,ug wei.k. r "I've got ..,ue inoiicv In tile K,nk. I'm a dopes-tor, I'm sav lug It for y..u." That eng. r. loving f u e si.pjml from the bank pros delil' s ght. He .s 1.1s cvoi. II,. iiirned as .le. r..;, f,,r t moment upon a slip uf pi r. u. 0 la , It wult t'. other upon t'. u.-tWr' lap. It b.-ie il,e sait.e an, all u, Vr sevi nt, en in, reihtosj ( tWsiM-it i The vS. !, fce tK. pi'.i.w ,l , ,. 11:1. b ii'-l tw Th- ,1.0 tutacl w t I .1 lm.! to the . -r..ng man The little v .i.v .vis .pi.te weak now, bill .pi.te ooim-.i go,o,ls: "1 a n t bur: mm but If 1 ,l,,ni s:,uw Up next week to get Halt five, 1 V .s'.l - uu'd give it to my n.a." O "I'll do it. my tlear Is.y." The wati foe brighten, ,1. 1 ,-;,.,, said l.i!s.r.sl!y. as If in explanation. "I'm trying to l.s.k out for ui.i-you know." Itrave little heart: to work, to love to die So short, so sad .1 life. So p i.ful a il.iith. Yet neither Q .pi;;,, unavail ing. It ton. li.il the fatherhood f great city to have a l.t-i,. uewslsv trampM ''. It nun Welled wilu r,I. iuore a railwa; ouriKit, ;:.- Luow ,.a k. i Hied. And al- - tl.e plUdiy ..t wn 1 " s'ri.riif of l.rawu a"J """ 1... .innerutia curve. : . - - - . , t.urve, . law. guarded the datlfccru" ,.kiiJ out for that first . - f(.oW ou, ,u . : ....,..,...., l.e atreet: the wrong ma. . WOIN .1,,1-erat 1.! filth Solliel 'll"" . I ... er'a the wrong that uni'ie u.... l.ave I r 1..11...S :.iu nisirer uoi... . .1... 11 rol.L' tli.lt lll.lde ti 1 III . little tuan!- -rv.uh.sol.tav. ly. t- "take care of ma- It was this wrong Unit totKUci w- noli. Iti l .'tiatiuli uf th" man n to ii.nv s brighter tini'st: inn' " " l'. 1.0W.T f vo ce and nai asaios. .. ....... ,.f .he .l.lootl. Suiiietlmes. W hell ,...t;.,n.sl for h - z.-al. he mane rep.y. -I am doing It f-r n depositor -the s-',:i!.-st. .lcklest, tn.wt 'W-erful tb- i.r 1 ever had. He tried III hi .:i. .ill way to right tin' wrong. well !;. d .-I."- ntpl.aii"- Haii'l1"''' A MAN'S GREATEST HELP. The lle.t Thhw In All the World la lo Have Had a Hood Mother. Noting the tendency of mother to ea cape tl.e care and responsibility of training th-lr ..u children, resorting to niiti.-s. gov.-ri s, kindergartens. ei.-., IMward W. I'.ok, In th- Ladies' Moi'i.e .lotirnal. vigorously contends that woman should consider her Cod given duties" to h.-r children vastly ( .,,..,., , every "claim" that can h ,,,.,,1,, n JM ,tl her time. "It I one of i , ,,.,,.fu tcnd.'hcl.-M of the J t. ...' writes Mr. Ib.k. "that young ! ehildn n are placed so much mid no ell- j ,;.-,.iy the hands of nuts'", and so far - ,U;IV ft-.,m their mothers. I do not ! i Link that women exactly realize what 1 . . t .. j t!. , ai !v teaching and llinucuees 01 a j in.-t !n-r in. aii 1 reiui.-s y.-ars vv ! 1 i - ti a buy to a mini when he ..f maturity. The time spend nt hi mother' j ki.'-e Is never forgotten l.y tn an. 11. ir monility Is learned there. ur .ii.iri. iors are funned there. We are nest Impi iutiable when wonre In n I stage of absolute depend.'!! Iputl '..th.-r. What surt of a recollection I I It f..r 11 man to ....k back to a line of : ii'irsc or governesses' What moral sMiiuliis do. s he r ive from tin- rec oil, -cfbiii of a ninth, r Inevitably reading a l.-.v l.-aru at the knee of a nurse? 1 ' IV I'crhnps. Hut Just ti often lie ' I arils that which Is not good. ' Many a man has sin.nl nt the furks of I th" road In his life, brokeii-liearted and perplexed, only to have hi mother's vvoids. uttered to him when a child, ...me before him nn.l point him the way. It Is then that he realizes that the b. st thing III the world to n man I lo have had a good mother, watchful, tender u n. I anxious, a only n mother . .Hi be wln-re her child Is concerned. Ill , those supreme moments the lesson taught not by the nurse, not by a stranger, not nt the kindergarten, but at the mother' knee becomes a pre cious recollection ami n benediction. It moans then a man's salvation. And In that quid moment a man thinks of n good mother as he never thinks of any other woman. A look of tetidernes comes into Ids eyes, a feeling of soft ness creeps into his heart, nn.l the atti tude of Ids earliest Infamy imuics to him as. u ns.-iuusly, he nok upward ' ami breathes to himself the most pre tiuiis of all vvur.ls: 'Mother.' It re main for the mother of to-day to tie- ' termiiie how much that word will mean tu the im n uf to iiiurruvv." Wifely Solicitude. It I always pleasant to see the wife i of a public man placing her solicitude i l..r hi. personal well being aUiv.. h..r pleasure lu his advancement. It s nald that Mm. Palmer, the wife of the Illi nois Senator, no longer young, who was nominated for the Presidency nt Indianapolis, was tpilte opposed to' the choice of h.-r husband for this honor. She was afraid that the strain It would put upon him might break down his health. After the nomination I!U K,,,n nM ! Senator Palmer returii.il to the hotel where Mrs. Pulmer cnine out to lueel him. ' Well, madam." wild the Senntnr, slmkipg her hand warmly, "what do vou think?" "John," she said. "I ll bet you haveu't had a bit of lunch. You come with tne l" the dining r.sun this minute!'' They marched ufT to luncheon with no further talk. Hlf Cotton Presses. I if the many cotton presses which' were In operation In New Orleans sixty 1 v. iis ago the two principal on, were the I.eveo cotton press mid the Orleans ! cotton pros. They were large nnd tnuss.ve buildings, each occupying, like most ,,f the utliers, a s,,,miv of groumi I he l.cv .i' cotton press waa built lu is::1 by a company u...,rI1K ,)l0 Mme name at n cost f S...10.0,,,. ,, WM ,wo stoii.-s In tg Ii. It compressd ,,,. bales f cott.m .1 year. The Orleim', press, also fronting 0 u,,, rVpr w. cupi.-d an nivn f Cg frt.t lv 30S Ule building nearly cuverlng the whole space, i hi pr. ss, which wa U-guu la Kk". and complete,! lsCli 0,f "s'..ii. pr.ss.,1 about rsltsm t ales p,.r .iiiuuiu. and timid store r.t.' Ule of n.ttou. It, iminen. len'r'h we It a very lm.srf s,,.,, I rt'Ui (iw. rtTrr. Iki Ra.t t'tva ,-4 the pecul.aritie of Prof .r. Usury :. . ,ms ' H. faculty of Johns Hopkins l'u. t ty tor.-tt.rn . Ki.gland. was early 1 t.lpiaj I in the bu I bv in ns- . ' , , L" 1 " an Bi'i'verent "t, a. ''"nthepror,ssr(.;ullt,t ""I'-rtant ,,oim i hi!l KvUl , ' '; f -iviat.ug It to ll!s MJU .h'.uverl..uim. aunouticing every pom- '.I I""'; ;'. .' us ng ,e Vllmse r '"' l"'n ..1 at t , ' end of a "1 that of Ir e!!y rev ievv ilig; of the prev lolls lecture. ,:'y the point "Ah. Mr. p- " ll" a;,. one dav 'li to ILi Ito .... .. ' suoruv a ;;er Cour.tlg to IL.I.;., .v"i.cllu,etl,elavvst;h gl " stig vis t dd.iy ." 1 ne reply came: "Pull Stop. ,;r Alter t...lt th,. l-.f,. "full st.,;.." s'r rarely u,e. If a man Is oh- Clever at -t,,.!., ... grocery store an I 1., "l lunch.;, he ... ... . .. ' r1 free t S't hi ntle llnried l7 an.l "torm. g,eu HfJiu. Hie Norweli... traveler dlacuvered on tl-e uortl. Me o .... .. 1 .... i .f,.li,s. nnd lu the edk'' of the great desert of H-.M. the ruin of town which lie think weie u...--by aatidstortna about '' ''M n.f"' The largest town wa nearly two mile BUd a half Iot.it. ami a canal connected It and the Niirrouiidliu foiintry yitu the Kerijl lilver. The h..Ue had walls of plaited reeds ct.vere.l with mud and then oatd with ulll,u I'1" tcr. nnd on theae plater wull were well-execiitcl piillitlng f mill nnd tlower. I'uplar. nprt'ut and plum tree l.nd evidently llotirlsb.'d there before the Invasion of the sand. W'nap Defend Cowa. A rorrespotiilelit of the Irish Natural ist tlmciibc n curlmia m-eue which he witnessed while winching hia cow In the tiel.l. He noticed many vvnsp buz zing around the cows, and im'U mop ping to observe what they were nhoiit he found that they were catching mid killing tile. A white cow In partlc uhir itttr.n'tc.1 the wasp apparently because they could so enslly act! the (Ilea that nllghtetl upon It. They Invnrlnhly hit off the wing, sometime the leg, nntl occasionally the heads of the file, nn.l curried the bodies nwny. probably to feed their larvae. Three or four hun dred tile were thus caught In about twenty minutes from the backs of two cow. Kilrnre and Great Cltk. Piufessur llrewer, of Yule Culver alty. In a recent nddres culled nttcn tlo'n to the Interesting fact that at the beginning of this century not n hingle city lu Christendom had so many 11 a 1111111011 Inhabitant. In ll Paris hud .MStMst, 11 ml In iwil London had S'M. nun. Croat cities could tint exist then ns the advance of science lin cunblcd them to exist to day. Science has help ed the cities not only hy coiniucritig pestilence, nnd teatiiliig the laws of health, but by enabling tliein to draw their supplies from Hie remotest quar ter of the earth. Instead of being; de pendent for fond, 11 was the case nt the opening of tl.e century, upon the region of country Immediately sur rounding tllclll. The II iKlir.it Clou. Is. I luring the past year a committee of the llritlsli Association for the Ad vancement of Science ll.'is been engag ed In measuring the height of cloud with the aid of . holography. Simul taneous pictures of ti cloud nre made by two camera placed tUsi feet npart and connected by telegraph wire. I'rolil the iimolltlt of displacement of the cloud caused by viewing It alter nately from each end of the tim-fout base-line. It height cat! be calculated. Some of the "mackerel-sky" clouds photographed were seven and n quarter miles high. The loftiest clouds whose elevation was tliu 11.easur.1l belonged to the type known ns cirrus or "cuti cliunl." the height being a little more than seventeen miles. Measuring lta Own Velocity. lly menu of an electrical device ex perimenter., acting fur the I' tilted States Hoard of Ordnance, have recent ly succeeded In obtaining photographic records of tl.e motion uf a projectile while yet inside tl.e Uire of a caution. The projectile carries n rod of wood attached to its front end. and copper lings, encircling this rod nt (lxed In tervals, slice 'ssively form elect rlc cull tacts 11. the rod Is driven from tl.,. Kmi. Knch of these contact produces nil nutoinatlc record 011 n photographic plate. The Scientific American, in tle sciibli.K the apparatus nnd experi ments, says that tl.e shortest distance traveled by the projectile between two successive records wns 3." centimeters, which Is a little less than nn Inch nnd a half, and that some of the time Inter vals betvvveii the records were only olio two-thousandth of n second. Seeing a Hose Grow, All Ingenious Kretichn.nn tins mi,;. gcste.1 a way In which a roue, or other flower, could be caused to nppenr grow ing nnd unfolding In the presence of n roomful f spectators. H0 proposes to employ the klnematoscope, n magic lantern so arranged ns to produce mov lug figures on a screen by mentis of n series of photographs of living objects, each successive photograph having heeu taken only a small fraction of second later tlinn It Immediate prede cessor. Hut f..r the proposed new np pllcation of this Instrument the photo graphs need nut be made so ne-tr to gether, since they nre to represent changes which require several months for their development. lteglnt.ing with the tint nppearnnce of the bud everal thousand photographs 0f ' growing r.w re to be taken. Just m-ir c.e.ufl, together so that th,. el.nngo of ortllin thetlnwerlsnlmns, hnpen-ep , ." Umil ' """'tied its comp ete 'I'hm... and then ha, fa,lod ,, f ,, to 1"7,' l-tograph. b, g Passed as .,-an,p,rencie., In mpUl su t v.- siun thtvngl, the ki,,,.,,,,,',,,,,,, , here would appear up,,,, ,he ,,'reen i' Igure of a ruse visibly budding, grow I'lK- opening, spreading Its t,eu , , nnallyshdvelingatn,,,,;;. 1 Process occupy,,,, ;,ul ' ft v u!u, 1 .iy other iipplieations ,pf ,hi " T l" rv'l-resentatiou 0 'gSS objects are suggested. roiUg ort Hluntler. (..n..r..l Mil... 1 " .".ics nns recenttr - .He fur,ifyi,,s ' "iui ; our seaports ami reeoni- r of tit of ne of tliese i Kl,rt Zr s.atids at fhu ,,...1.. . fron: Her. . that ha in-long- Pn.i. I he mentioning 0f thl forgotten old f..rt . "s ..., : . neer fact "u s iteginning, an, o;;;r:::, d long echltil . ' " l"'i at the entr-i I-e Champlaln. ,, work wis 'u tort Xluntgomerv. ag 'ti trance to begun culled. " f work ha, rnitea piaiea irora cunada. Tort i..t. tied and u aurver th,i .. . l the work wiu torn down. Late" was ascertained thut tiart .. r ilo noat were atlll no.. ... .. line, . 0 h' - . BI IliaiJu n-... Kugllali (iovertiiiietit. wiilelj g,t the fulled Stiltea that part built J nntl the outline of the old fort Ws, pietcd, but us these mlslak,, ' caus.il so liiuch trouble the p,,,, lib kniimcd "Fort JUuiidcr " u-,..t ' II.... t ,. dirri.ii.n.i.il ... . stotpeil 011 the old post ut tl.e j,n. vk out of the lute war, ami Nlu e ti,,,'!' 1 lo.j li.i.ft niiitop ..I....... " - ; "l.e or ia Iiauce "ei (f'-iiiii. noon work rUi 1 I on, I If II... r. . """" - """"'lenuatloiu tb'iicnil .Mllea are curiie.l ou, uost will lie converted Into .... . 1 mid most atrungly armed tot u. cotiniry, us It la the lntem(,n 0( ieiieral to huve a large utiinberofs Lirgcst guns mndu l.y our onliiaBf.. .iu inii u, ."I'.u.oi in,., eiiirauee of lake on which, a few mil, l.sated I'luttshurg Hurrinks ...,........ ,.H,.I,...I It 1 Vlift ft the most liiiportnnt posts on UUrr .ll.,n fM...,ll..r r'l,.,. ll.uu ,,vu... ,. vm. IIIIIIIll r.lKIDlfjj Ilia Fare. Archibald Forbes, the fatnom ti coircspoiiili'iit, oui-e told nu atuu,. story connected with a lecture r' he tlcllvered at West Chester ttJ' viiulii. u arrlvltijf at the tutloa' mat pmcu a uegro iiackmao pn. rorwaru. aim ouereu Ills service, taKe ine ici-iurer io tne Uotel. (,,. riving at ma iicsuniii.on. jr asked tne niicKiiian what his farti,, kieii, huh, replied the negro, r a coinprelieiislve grin. "If you'd K glh me a ticket to de lecture, sab, fr, nil i asK, auu 1 u tie right glad tos It." r "Why, rortiillily," replied Mr. Fort, feeling that here, Indeed, was id t expected trlhiitp; "P1I give you otif;t; linven't you a tulssls'." "Yes, sah," wns the prompt nfr "I's got a iiiImhIs." "Well, you shall have one for br too, tuild the lecturer, who fortht. reilttested his ngeut to hund the u the tickets. That evening he look, about the tin 11 for his colored ijiaiiy but saw nothing of lilm. The tn inornlng, on ordering a hack to jot. the station, he discovered that tl- vehicle was driven liy the sainenu "I didn't we you nt the lecture lu night." said Mr. Forbes. "No. sah." replied the dnrky, fruit; "1 wns not dar." "Hut I gave you tickets for yount nntl your wife," ald Mr. Forbt k tiiitural astonishment. "Yes. sah," returned the hackm with one of his broadest suillej; It you see n.e and my missis don't bx. much about lectures, sah, and t thought we'd rather hah tie rash;: done sold deiu tickets for a dollar, it" (Stanley's Compliment. pcitn Stanley actually suffered fnc listening to music, nntl yet Jenny Li) once told Max Muller he paid her ft highest compliment she had ever reived. Stanley wns very fond of k. ny l.lntl, hut when she stayed it b father's pnhioe nt Norwich, lie aim; left the room when she sang. If. evening Jenny I.lnd hail been tdng: Ilandel'M "I know that my Itedtw liveili." Stanley, ns usual, had li'ft- rooiu, but he came buck after the nil) wa over, anil came shyly up to Jet: Mud. "You know." he said, "1 Jil music; I (lon't know what people tut by admiring It. 1 am very stupid. ti- tleaf, a others are color-bllud. Ba: he saltl witli some warmth, "to-n'; when from a distance 1 heard youty lug that song. 1 hud nn inkling of J pt'ople men 11 bv music. Soineth. came over ine which 1 had never ff before; or, ves, I had felt it once Ma in my life." Jenny Und was all if tlon. "So, no year ago," he contitw- "I was at Vienna, and one evening t' was a tattoo before the mlaee formed by -UHl drunimers. I felt itii en, ami tn-ulght, while listening toj' singing, the same feeling came me: I felt deeiily moved "Hear man," she added. "I knir nieiiut It, and a more honest rouipllx: I never received lu nil my lift' An HflW'livo ltetort. Few things nre more useful toip'- lie speaker than readiness lu turn,; ItitoiTiintlon to his own a.lvjMf Kven the nrearlier can profit 1J H Is shown in a story told of the In""' lr. John H. McFerrau lu tlie( Chrlstlnu Advocate. In closing n speech nt a mlwlof anniversary at Jncksotiport, Arka l V.it, he stntiil that otice he wasi Ingly timid when called upon to tin collection, hut that lie had learn" take the shirk by the throat and "Pay ine that thou owest .Inst then a nmn sum? OUt. " heard It said that they would P"' vour toiolwloii.i 'And till) dleil.' " This emnlo.l n lntiL'h: but til'' Stood all. .nl X tear stole ll"" ' check- and tn n ii1i.1iiih1 tone be the pause: , "Io von know whnt I told them said, 'If you'll ndd the rest of the"'' "nnd was carried by the angels wl" ham's bostoiii." I wouldn't care Tho effti't nu electric: limnfT B into the treasury, and shouts ia,i" roof tremble. Saved by 111 Kit. The Veil- Vovlr Veil s lirilltS a boy twelve years of age. named Jl (rimes, who went on tlie nK" nnartnietit l.oiw.. where he lived 18 a kite. He sw ung the kite over ttw" of the house, and started on r ward the front to give the kit f Tim Hi., .,,..,,,1 ..mcefulLV UP but James, In his excitement, W nhllllt tilt AtU.n.illr afltl'l ft. nnd 'u' Into it. He shot downward tn" space, a distance of almost tiny When tho people reached 'lie tliev f.o,.,.l il... I.oi- llnc.lnS'l',l" the kite tugging at the strln FV, In his tightly shut hand. A .......1.. 1 who if' ...... ..i -h.sk tli ' 111.11 in nun 1 fit rv . Una Itiklnlt.J 11 PpvIVIHI U II I II J ill Wit v - was walking a Unit the r."'t- The doctor expressed iirprlw u ....... . , .leotfc " s escape iroin i..si..ij - n,s..,..t,i.l f.. It it file theory I1 ll' 'UIIIH1I VM 11 , pulling of the kite broke his f4'1 V ., 1.. ... .,.., I, loss HlSt date will not treat him witn t spect "s.u i or ao-,a:ug 1 Ufu ... V. 1.. ....i.w.lel.t tt ' J nuiliuu IS l.""l - ' -T the klu question; she Is b-10 " tbetlc. "i tne Tiding tbe iut iiaea