EUGENE CITY GUARD
1. L. CAM I
IUQENE CITY
...ORKGON
The Prince of Wnli'ii In fat, fait. ami
CO.
Let us K'-t right. Which of th
Cliarliw Krnnols Adamses Is It that has
been elected Mayor of yulncy, Mann.?
Although fairly civilized, those young
I ml I an student ut Carlisle. I'a., take.
naturally to the game of football. The
lulluenoc of heredity la strong.
It l well enough to tiUk nhoiit tin
"coal tniMt," but a careful examination
of tin- Nliuntloii tiMiiulIr allow very lit
tle coal lu night ami do truHt whatso
ever.
The Washington I'oHt had discovered
that tho "seams of the Texan arc full
of microbes." Evidently a system of
filters should In- arranged ahoiit the
hli of HiIm MH-..I. If It must take
water lot It Iim pure.
Kor tlio first tluii' on r rd, way
tin' New York Tribune, full mllllary
honor have l--n accorded by the En
glish army authorities at the funeral
of a It'iinati Catholic Sister of Merry.
The woman In question hail succumb
ed to liifi'i'ilous iiii'iiiuonlu while nurs
ing a HoMIrr In the 'iverninent lion
Ilta1 at tllbrnltar, ami she wan borne
to her grave on a gun carriage, fob
loweil liy the Cuieral III cum mo ml of
the colony, with nil his staff, as well
a by detachment of every regiment
of the garrison, while three Volley
were Ureil over her grave.
Among the spectator at the Shar
key liizsliuiiioii mill were several
hundred women. They were not dis
guised cither, ami took their scats at
oieuly an If they were men. It la even
tilil In the reiortit that noiiii of IheNe
battle loving feiiuilen were of good so
cial nmltlou, though that Is more than
doubtful. It wan an Imlereut, abhor
rent Mlk'ht. ami It in ii Ht not be allowed
to coiiHtltute a precedent. Every wom
an who sat In that hall wan a mission
ary Working to retilt'll her sex to bar
liarlnui, an enemy of whatever ban
operated to evolve tho woman from
tliw iuaw.
dell, ltlewett, w ho died II few week
k'i In I.owmbm (bounty. Miss., figured
In a strange iluel In lN.'iil, with Col.
1'eler It. Starke, whom he seriously
wounded. There wan a clrciiiiiMiinoc
In bin ilillleully w ith (ieii. ltlewett, says
the Vicksburg Conimerrlal, that caused
t'nl. Starke to iletermlne to receive bin
lire without returning It. He kept thin
to himself, however, merely scribbling
bin lit 1 1' ii I Ion on n scrap of paper ami
handing It to ti 1m second an he took bin
place ami bin pistol. Standing to the
mark he tiHik bla antagonist's bullet
Without Mm-hlng. It nhnttcred h!n
wrist, bla any hanging by his side, and
4elliK crippled tin- remainder of bin life.
A writer In the (Quiver tells of the
ctlquotle to be observed In preaching
before the tjuccn. No personal refer
t'lire to her Majesty In permissible, a
pure gospel discourse I -1 1 1 1; the rule,
ilellvereil an though she wan not pros
Vnl. Many have Irlcd to evade I lose
ruirn. i ne ijiieci. iii.cm iiml enjoys a
plain, i in -I l nl illM iiuise. selected from
Hie lessons or gospel of the iliiy, to no
rupy iiIhiiiI twenty iiiluulen In delivery.
(.tueslloim of the day an. I. nbove nil
Hiitlea most be entirely excluded. A
celebrated del gy iiuin broke thin rub
one Nun. I. iv nn.l prem Iii- n hi rone po
lltlral Her ; but It nan bin lust op
portunity tl. royal pulpltN have neltli
cr of them been lllle.l by lilm again.
A in n ti who ought to know of whnt he
In laM.liiii rei vntly lohl a represeniatlve
of the New York Time that "Cuba In
Ketiliitf ii .-roat ileal more help fnon
lit- I'ouiiliy ttwiii one real I .on who
lienrn only of the l.auraibi, llermu.la
llllil sllllll.ir expeillllolin. Meuibera of
lullltlii eompiiiiloH from all pMi-tn of the
emiiilry have I n Imlmetl by emln
rarliii or ttie Iiisiii u-viiln to Join the
fon en of Mann and t ionics. Dlu olTein
Hie uuiile Iheiii, pa menl to be miole 111
ttie event of fein t kiiivixm. The ('iibaiia
haven't uiiiih money; but the chaneen
look blight for victory for them, ami
the proxpect of p'tilliK wealthy ipilekly
linn alhn-eil many a ounk' I n II 1 1 1 h tun 11
froin thin country. Then, t.m, the
tralucil Nohller ban a HplcmlM chance
In Cuba for fame ami npcotly promo
tlou." Henry I-:. Abbey appear to have fol
lowed In the footstep uf other operatic
liiamik'eiN by leavluis practically no en
tate at his ih'tiih. Tills wan (lie fate or
l'llman, Maurice Slrakonch, Mux
Htrakoneli, Jaeob Crau, ami nthein who
were famuli In the opera Held, and the
fact Rccin to testify chlelly to the Im
mense risk these men are Indinvd to
assume. I'ubllc favor I dlltlcult to tlx
and traditionally tickle and yet the
inanaiier of opera are forced to apply
nil lolnte measure to that Vnrlablu
ipiantliy mouth In aduince with the
lunbablllty of a aivre of event Inter
Veiilmr to affect the accuracy of their
Judgment. It happcun. therefore, that
certain favorite at llnrope.-ui capital
will meet all the expectation of the
lunniik'cr and earn Immense pro tin.
while the next Importation will fall and
cat up the former reward and thoii
r.inda hcHldc. It In at bent name of
rlia- -e for Ug ntakc with the Dual
Isnue lu doubt often for wii'k- or
month, and an Ins. rutaMe snvcr, (h
pulillc, the detcriululuK' factor.
A Chicago woman' application for
divorce han been denied In Italilmore
beiMline of lnultlclent cme. Her
chief pivlnYailoii were to the fol
low lilt! cfl'ivt: "lie did Hot kiioMT lier
tlie name iMiirtesy after marriage he
Lad done before; he would prevde her
lu koIiik throuuli d.torwayn; he per
mitted her to Ket out of csrrlaiii' un
nlatetl; he did not take off hi hat
when they, were together In an ele
vator; when entering their horn he
Would ito Into another part of the
lioiue Inntead of tlrst imiiiIii to tier
room." What other horror must thin
unforunato woman rndtire before he
TOO obtain her freedom? Must h
drae out her life with a wretch who
not only precede her lu .ltig tbrvunh
doorway but who xjltlvtl.r refu
to Uk off bU bat Id au el rat 1 Th
obntlnarjr of till Judife could not ba
worne even If It appeared that thl htl
band had been In the habit of weurlurf
a allk bat with a "nark cimt"
1'iKir old Matiliwiu! HI aeaaon In
thl country wa hardly uuder way Im.-
foro hln financial trouble bi-xan. Hu
meiuberliiK hi I'list triumph In the
l.'liltisl State, he thought to reenilH hi
fortune by a farewell tour In thl coun
try, but inlnfortniie baa overtaken lilin.
It wa the old atory-non -paytiielit of
h.ilarlen ami the orclumtra ou a alrlke.
The Diik'lmh 1 111 i!i-hj r io ban br.nu'lit
many a tuneful sliik'er to delltcht the
liiimle lover of thin country In the past,
but In hi most Niircennrul day he wan
ever bnrawied by creditor, and nolle
but hlmnclf wa ever aure that a ier
formiiiK!.. oiire Ihkuii would ever hu
flnishcil n wan Intended. How many
I linen han the suave and florid colonel
appeared eiitr' arte beforn the foot
Ilk'htH and cxplalmsl to the uudletire
Hint "OwIiik to a Nilddrll llld!nHnltloti
'Mine. Tliln or SUnor That would be
unable to iiiiillnue the role," but that
with "the kind lii.ii!k-eiiri. of the audl
enre," Snamlso would t-ay tha part,
when everyone knew that tha "Imlla
Mnltlou" wa really rauwil by a lark
of mi hi ry? Many' the time tli eom
pnny waited In the tralti ready to atart
w hile tlie colonel wit tryliiK to prove to
the Hincii-cr iik'e'it that the hunlne
at the next town would enable him to
Iiy the fare Home time In the future.
And he wa unually ureeWiil. That
idiiunlblllty of aiHsis-h aavisl lilm on
i'-on-s of wraaloii. Mapbnn la near
ly the hint of the old ncIumiI of luitiriwn-
rloa, the nineteenth petitory reprenetitn
tlve of KIILHtoii, Sheridan, (toldotil and
the other who made rich ao many
"mar," but who, themaelvi'a, ainiotsed
but little rlrhea.
Iterent illNpati hi-a rolltitlieil an ar.
roimt of the real lick'liiiiliiK made In
New York City toward the provhlitiK of
heiilihler ami cheaper tenement house.
The movement In In charge of the City
ami Suburban Home Company, which
numbers auioux It memhera some of
New York' richest men. It nlm In to
slowly but Kiiroly siippliint a K'""l lM,r
tlou of the tenement In that city with
bull. lilies of modern countnictlon, of
peif eit sanitary condition and fur
nished with every appliance w hich w ill
mbl to th lufort of the tenants.
These apartment are to be let to rent
era at an low a sum a will Insure n
rcnaniiahlc return to the Inventor. The
k'lolllld of II whole city block han been
pun linard and urli a art of bulhlliik's
will Ih creeled Immediately. I'our
house each IKI feet niiiare will In put
up. They will Hiirrouiiil a court thirty
feet iiiari. The bull. lines will be tire
proof and each one will be divided Into
four compartments by iiuplerced lire
wall running from ivllar to riNif. Ven
tilator nml other uniiltiiry arraiiu-e-llielitM
will be a perfect un I possible.
The smallest be.lr.sim will be almost
twice tlie size of the averilKe tenement
sleephiK apartment and the smallest
living nsiiii will eoiiinln at least III
s.piare feet. Ileslde hrnlllik' ami IIkIiI
Ihk' ai'iilik'einriilH there will be private
bat hr. Minis and a Keiieral laundry nsuu
and ateam dry Ihk room lu addition to
stationary washtuba In each set of
lipiirlmeiitn. Tlie company having thin
Hchctne lu cbai'Ke ha a capital of a
million dollars, and with miicIi sloek
liol.lers an I'. 11. Mills, Cornelius Yan
derbilt, John ). Crliuiiilnn, the ScHk
maun, Isellli and Cullliik's there In lio
fear. If the tlrst experiment proven suc
cessful. Hint unlimited money will not
be forihcoiuliiK to extend the work 111
dcllultcly. The president of tin. com
pany I Professor K. It. I., lioilld, of
Johns Hopkins Vuherslty, ami he has
demount l ilted that benevolence can be
made one of the best Investments In the
world, even If It la not listed ou the
Mock exchaiik'o.
Wanted a flock ami Timepiece.
"I want aoinethlliK hnudxouic In the
way of a clock," he aahl to the Jeweler.
"We have a very Hue line of good,"
waa the ripoUkc, "ami the price are
very moderate."
"1 don't care au.vtlilnit alsmt the price.
I want aoiuethlui; that will show at a
Kin lire that It cost a lot of money."
"Certainly. We have Nome beautiful
lmsirlisl tt'ssln."
"That'a the Idea; noim'thln that cnnie
from abroad. I want an onyx pob-sial
and ormula tiliumhik' ami a statue ou
the top of It."
"llei'e'a a veritable work of art."
"Thafa pretty well; but I'd like Koine
thliik' more attractive than that. It's
to be a birthday pivnctit to my wife. We
haven't been kccpluc house very loin;,
and he' ln-eii worried for fear people
would think we were Kola without a
cbsk hiviiuse we couldn't afford one.
I'm (joluii to sec that she ha somcthiiii;
ihi handsome that It'll dalc every Issly
who cv.mes Into tlie parlor and so pre
cious that It ha to be kept under via
like a specimen lu the museum."
"How I till one':" the Jeweler In
quired a he llftisl a ma-sMlvcly oiuato
article from a shelf.
"That'll the very thlnjf. That'll pleaae
her almoot to death. Pack II up and
hlp It out to my house and aend tho bill
to my ottiee."
"It'll cot jr.'V' the Jeweler mildly
u;iteted.
That'a all rlk-ht. It hsk a If tt
were wrtli It."
He atarted for the iKr, but came
back and a!d: "Hy the way, you'd bet
ter nhe tur another cKs-k -one of those
Riuall nickel platisl affair that oost
alhiut a dollar and a half. m that we can
Mick It off lu au olwcur corner to look
at when we want to know nlmt time It
(." Vahlnrton Kveiilti( Star.
CihsI uatuiv la the lst feature lu
the fluent face-wit may rale adiulra
lion. Iiidgiueiit may command iwicrt.
nd know ledge attention. Ilcauty mav
lutlauie the heart with love, but good
nature ha a more powerful cff.vt It
add llmunaud attraction to the
charm of U-auty, and glvim an air of
lieuellcelic to the inot homely fav".
Ill Krcn,
'Well. I'm even with tU. key at la."
Ilovv a thatr
Indie-i In in to Join a fstbU team.
and Lea a I'ghtweljiUt, jou know."
IVtrxM Krv I'rissa.
Alsuit llrltoua: "Kudyard Kli'lltig
aajs. lu hi laat (ksi-iu, we uiuat beware
of hi country whvu hi country grxiwt
polite." "He la right. Affevutkm U
ilwayt dauerwua."-l,uck.
VIOLETS BLUt.
lie m nt her dainty violet
Tied up with ribbon hlt.
And In between tile lllver atellll
He hid a Rote from ginht.
"With thene," lie wrote In iiiauly phrat?,
"I lid my heart to you.
And if you rare tn keep It, lore,
Tin n wear the violet blue,"
Iti-Jire the ifilib'd rheral (liiM
She ihililied her "Hllll K"Wli;
1'rom ahouldern Mhile and vlender walat
lt rieiini . rippled ihm n.
Ill foi ls of ll.lllii' mIouk the tloor
She tripled its crimson Inn-:
"I ii ii nut wear hln fbiwera to-fiight
Alas! that they are blue."
Hi -bin I the little withered nteill
With Iken rlt.h .n tiid,
To'l W ell the velvet blossom kept
Their si i ret till they
To eol.irn lie, re tin- splinter Kut
Into In r sh'ittle threw,
The crimson of n :itiii Kowii,
The 1 in'i-tn' lender blue.
Truth.
TI I K M I DM ( J 1 1 T W ATC 1 1
It una during the time of my cornice
lloli with the lihilikhorolixh pollrc force
that tlie Incident related in the follow
!hC line oeeuiTed. AIiIioukIi there Is
not liliijf startlliiK In the details, ami the
tinravi linn of the .mystery with which
they di al required no k-rent amount of
Mitarliy on my part, still I am Im Ii I
to think that there I Sllltl. lelit interest
about tliu affair to warrant making It
public.
I wan eiik'.'l.'i'd with the llerlllteln lent
Olle inortlllljr on aome routine bllnlllesn
wlien ii note wan handed ill frithi Mr.
Ilrldk'tiortli, a well known tudlcltor
praetleliiK in the town. The aiiperin-
tciuii ni read the missive ami then
turned to Inc.
"It In a cane of pilfering, Sampson,
he said, "and the thief, of course, can
not be ilNouteied. There In nothing re
quiring jour hi i . m thl morning go
and see w Inn you eaii do lu the matter.'
I put on my hat and went, an directed
Mr. Ill Idk'hoi i li's place wan well known
to me and I was soon Hie occupant of a
Mat in I he private r.s.iu at hi olll.i
"1 lane been a good ib-al concerned of
late," sail) the s.,11, i..r, turning to Hu
business at once, "about the abstract h,n
of certain sum of money from my rash
lsx In my desk, ami a I fear that I
mil being robbed by komeone III the
olllce, mid rami..! put my hand on tlie
artual nflehih r, I am compelled to seek
the aid of the police."
"tjultc so. sir," said I, "and It will be
Ih.iIi the ilnty and tlie pleasure of the
force, ami of myself, to give you every
possible assistance in the matter. How
long have the pilfering been going
on'f" I iiske.l.
"A I t a week or ten days," wan the
reply; "nml the rolibcrle always take
pla.e at night, after the olllce Is
closed."
"How do you know that?"
"Ilcciiiihe I count the casli In my desk
every evening before locking up, when
every body has left, and again tlie next
morning, before anyone arrive," mild
Mr. Hrlilk'iiorth.
"What are the cum you have
missed '("
"They have varied, tine night 5 was
taken, another 17. and a third i:i mid
so ou. Allokelher I have be. n robbed
of ,Vi sovnolkiis, mid I don't know
w here It Is going to end."
"Have jou any suspicion an to whom
the t hlef may be':"
"None whatever unless " Mr.
Itrldk'tiori h hesitated.
"lio on. sir," I said, "(live expression
to your Ihoiikhts, tiny may furnish a
clew."
"I was going to say," continued the
aolleltor, vvlih some apparent reluc
tance, "unless It be Hartley, but I can
not believe IiImi guilty of such a thing."
be added.
" ho Is Hartley':" I asked.
"My i Iih iiiial clerk." replied Mr.
Ilrldoioi th. "He , as been with me
ever since lie was a Is.y ami his charac
tcr has alw a,v s been a hot e Misplclon."
"Then why should his name occur to
Jou lu conncitloli with these theft':" I
iiuctied.
"W ell. It Is like this," said the holle
llor. ' Hartley and I are the only por
tions who sleep ou tlie premises, and as
there arc lio slciis of hurglaiious entry
ami the thefts always take place In the
night. 1 am, In spite of my self, driven to
a certain com lusloii."
"Tlie naiural one. lu the clivuni-
htailcis." I ventured. "Itllt tell me, you
keep sevctal clerks lu addition to Hart
ley :"
"Yes; four ol hers."
"At vv hat time do they leave?"
"MX o'clock."
" hen do you lock Up'."
" A bout t! ;;o or scv en."
'oii lock jour desk and the olli.e
d.s'l'.-"
"Yes."
"I'oes anyone besides yourself pus
kcss kev s of either':"
"Hartley does, of Isith."
"And jou say he slcejw ,.n the preui
tsesV"
"cs."
"No one else';1
"M J self."
"Hut Jou do not live here, Mr. ltrldg
north?" "(,ulte so. My nwideme Is on the
outskirts of the town, but for several
nights I have been sleeping at the
olllce."
"In order to catch the thief:" 1
llterh d
"Inde.d. that was not my motive, at
all." said the lawyer, ipih kly. "Ami as
a matter of fact the robberies h ivo otdj
occurred siiu e uij solonrn in tlie pl.i.'c,
they never once happened b. tore."
"Very l.k. !j. I ' n I . assuming
Hartley Is Ihe thief. ian Jou siUi
motive for hl pdi'criiigs?" I
Celt
est a
d.
oi:e w!:. never, was ti c reply.
"What kind of a life d.s. s he 1
ad?
Ste.i.'j
"N. t.'.lv i-.ee so."
:i'i bet nor ga ml lc':"
"N.i'hir. to ii- kuowled.e. lie Is
enc ucd to a very r. pcvtahle girl. au,
I know, as a f ,, t. that he shortly con-
lem pl.ltes l.o'.'sekc. i:i "
"Ah! there Is a motive for p;l'erin -,s
I Mil. Willi a shrug of the should, rv
"How so--" a.k.-d the sol.eltor.
"W by. a l.oese rv-sitnres furniture and
furniture cos's mon. v." 1 sahl.
"'IT., n v.. n thli k that ll.nth y I help.
Ir.g bin .elf to n v , ash la o:d. r to tl: up
his house?" slid Mr ltii.gn,.r:h sa.llj.
It lis k remarkably Ike it."
re-
pllel Tint we shall prkihly
..... we rn.au pr,.!t U wv. f
c. you have not ct,ark,M tu.u wUh
tuft?
vur.
the th
"No, for I cannot pomuade myself of
hi guilt."
"And he ha no knowledge of the ob
ject of my vllt?"
"None, ao far aa I am aware,"
"Yery well, let him keep lu the dark
for the pneiit. Meanwhile, cull you
tell me your object lu ah-cpm ou tle-se
premlae the last few night?"
"Well." wild Mr. lirhlgtcrth, alow-ly;
"it In thin. Tor some little time i nave
I .. . r ...ru ' here IS
iiivr.-ii .nit "i n-- ' ' -
snn. t .?
nothing really the matter with in-.
1 know of 1,1.1 I l.-ice h.ell sliell.liug u
lot of nnllesa lilgh-s. either getting no
id-cp nt nil, or cn!j Mitllrletit to do me
little good. I'liil.-r the ln.pi-esloll that
ii change of apart ii.' tit Is sountlmen a
reimsly for Inson i.: i. 1 d-rld'-l. ns I am
I han. elilV myself to
. , . ... m .. . . . .,... I uoltl.l
p ease ,iniii lor a u gio m
il-,,, here, whee there Is pl-ti'J' of
ris.n, and ample omino la.l.u."
.. I ......
"Well," went on the -.le it'T, the j
change luiawon d admirably. I'roin the
very firm night I sh pt soundly, cave for
some persistent dr. aP.lng. w hh h night
ly haunts me and b-iV.s ii " soiieVvhar
iinrefreshed In lie- u.oniln .'. The old
womnn who enno s in to '1" f"r Hartley
lllnln It little extra work to prepare a
dormitory for me. I lave remained 1
for the pr.nit. This In tiie cxplatia- i
lion.
"Thank you, air. We will H"W try
and run thin thief '.. .-.nth. What I
,r.,H,se I very s:m h-. I'md me a
hiding place here m n ..lit a s.-i n or a
ctiplsiard will do, for I a"i u-' I to
cramped ipiari. is :n.. I will what
Is to be h i a. I.i " 1. J our d.-s and d""r
a usual, I. ut provi b- li e with a key of
the lati.-r for n-c II cdl'ul."
Mr. r.ildgtio.-ili iuiv. d. and shortly
after I t.s.k my drpm-ture. A I passed
through the outer ris.in I got a look at
the i lei l. s, and III purlieu!. ir at llar'ley,
w hh Ii I was enabled to do without ex
citing scsph-ioii. .ludglng from ap.. ar
n ices the fellow l.x.koil lib.- anything
but a thief, having a frank, i.p.-n conn-teiiam-e,
and lacking ullogeiher that
hlilftlm-ss of vision character: -tic of al
most every rogue. Aware, however,
that there Is nothing more deceptive
than externals, I went away little
doubling that Hartley wan my man.
IjiIc that evening I presented myself
nl Mr. Itridgiiortli il.s.r and wan re
ceived by that gentleman In person
The olllce was closed, the clerks had all
gone home, nn.l Hartley was out, pre
sumably ho e making. Mr. Itililgiiortli
found lit'le il.ttielllty III scellrlllg II. e a
retreat behind a cabinet vv hi. h s(ih..1 lu
one curlier of the olllce, ami here I en
. 'on. ed nivself vvlih us much comfort
an the clrriiiii-.iaiiecs permitted
At lH:."o the solicitor retired, locking
both his desk and ll Ill ..or before
going iissi:ilrs. and providing me vvlih
II duplicate key of the hitler, an I had
lb-sired. Hartley would be home he III
formed me, al.iit II o'clock, nml would
doubtless go straight to hln risun.
I lie lawyer n estimate proved correct,
for almost exactly ou the stroke of the
hour a key turned lu the I... k of tie
outer il.s.r nn.l the coiitiiletiilal clerk
entered. He had lio occasion to conic
Into tlie olllce lu order to roach his
apartment, hut on his way past In
paused a moment nml tried the handle
of the door, and Hading It fastened
went on hln way. A minute later 1
heard the cl.ssliig of Ids chamber door
tin. I my watch be. an.
Th.- time passed slowly away.
Twelve o'clo. k struck, t lien 1 and L', and
I had begun to think that my vlgd
would lie lu vain, when In the stillness
of the night I heard a ibs.r softly open
ed alsiv e ami a cautious footstep slow ly
descend the stairs. It paused at the
foot of theiii, c..se to Ihe il.s.r of the
r.Mitu In which lav hid, mid .xl
heard the Jingling of a bunch of kevs.
an If the possessor of them were select
ing the fight otic to lit the lock. A luo-
it later the portal opened and the
pilferer entered.
The place w is In darkness and I had
to strain my eyes to vvai. h hs imm
inent. Tlie lantern 1 had with me I
did not desire to use until th,. right mo
ment, for It whs my hop., to inpture the
thief lu the very act of his larceny. I
had not very long to wait. Wrapped In
a long gown and without shoes on his
feet, the pilferer gl;dc aiealthlly to the
desk, mid titling a key into tile lock
llftiil the lid. He then open the cash
Ih.x and took out son,,. ,,f 1 1 1 coins.
Now was my tli.,,.. si;,,,,!,,., r..',,,,.
my hiding place I turned ,, ,,- lantern
and confronted the eulpi it. ,s 1 did so
I gave a stare of Mirpi is,., for the man
I encountered was Mr lirldgnorth him
self, mid I isuild tell by Ids el. wed ,.y es
that he was fast ash, p. mid. of .onrso,
unite unaware of w I .i; h,. was doing.
Seeing that the light from my lantern
bothered him somewhat ifor lie passed
his hand several t!i;,, s dreamily across
his facel, 1 repine d n,,. shade 'and the
somnambulist at on, e closed an.) fast
ened tne desk, and then walked out of
the olllce, lo, king the d.s.r behind him.
Noiselessly 1 reop. n, d It. and followed
him.
He retraced h:s ,).,. s..i,.Si
and. going to a cup!, snd on the lauding!
stooped ilovvu, ruiiiu.ng'i g a s.
two among some ,., ruM..sh M;
'lid or
e Nd-
loin, ii in seeming to ..s.t his ivn
there. He entered a ch.uul.er adjoin
n. g. I eenng cautiously nU this. vi
i vv
the sleeper divest lJu,sef of
k"V 11
and kct unconsciously im,, t ; 0 tvd i,
had a few minutes before I, ft.
Weil, Sampson," said Mr. l'.rldg
nor.h, when he came down :h,. next
morning, "what Is the res. It f jlM;r
wa. clung .' Have jou discovered
thief."
the
"I think I have, sir," vv as
"And it is Is Ii llarilcj
the sol; anxiously.
"No. sir. it is not Hartley
" I h mk liod for that:" e.la
c reply.
Inquired
' I s.l
dibit
I
d t!
lawyer, teiveicly. as If the s'a t,;i;,ut
ct the fa, i iv!,.ol hlin. "Kut, tin n,"
he asked w!;h some surprise, "who is
the culprit ,'-
'Th fore 1 tell j on that." I rcpp.ed,
"kindly s, ,. how much you have !son
robbed ef during the night."
He went to liis d.-sk. counted over the
coins, and said.
'Tour -o,u. ,!,;
"Ha: i; ak, in nil ;" 1 queried.
'Tiftj uric."
"Come with tne. Mr. Uridguorth." 1
Mid. "1 should Hot lv surprised If I
can put vou In passes ou of
m.'i.cv ."'
Jour
With a pu.fhsl air the lawyer r.
v., I n,e up the stairs to the cupNyird
! .iv,- tiieiitionisl. the d.s.r of which I
o en. .1. A :t:sl expression came over
ft(,v M lu.
"- ,;r!1I,,0... ,w uurmll
i .1. . ... .
I me.
uiunuutM. half fo
hlmwif. taif to ui. -I hav Kvn
drennilna- rery night if tl.li
connection with the.e pilfering . ai d
the thing. Ina-M" It all ratMiur to
D.. thomfli I have never once .eeu
them befori-r"
.HW,P down, lr. nd feel lu that cor-
per," I mil. I.
He did a I hade, and drew out aov
cn igu after aoverelgti.
Count them," I ald, when he had
.... .1 .. .....II c.i
got Hit I.'iai lie isMioi
. I ,.!' ', .. .. ....
exclaimed, going
; iii.i-io
- - . iixai.t
o.r. no ,- r
Biii-ou. .' --
no 'Mum so," I aald. "ami now, u .....
I Will coll.e bark to the oni-e, I Will U'll
I you who I the thief before Hartley
I ( nines ib'W II."
I We returned to hln room and there I
Informed lilm, to hln Intense astonish-
Inelit. of
u-l.nf I hint witliesseil. Il
i i I
,,, vv 111 l.ar.b... the Iber.y , Mi l.
at the cn-lt.-l-n of the '"' ""'
should a. Ivls.. you to ee n doctor, loti
UT.' cVM'-hllJ Mllleriug " -
mental affection which. If neglected,
may develop Into a dim a" the effect of
whi.-h you cannot foresee."
The lawyer acted upon my sugges
tion and call-J In a specialist, who or
der, d Mm a prolonged rest. A trying
and complh ii'i d case In which he had
been r.s cti ly engage 1 had apparently
prove (.hi much f..r blm and brought
en this peculiar form of brain trouble.
When hist I heard of lilm he had re
turned, seemingly ipilte restored, ami
Hartley, hi eonlideiitlal clerk, mar
ried to' a charming wife, was nlsiut to
be taken Into partnership with hlni.
Tit lilt.
The King' Dug.
A curh t:n advertlsemeiit appeared In
a I.ndou paper In the yar lo'. Some
Is sy had stolen one of the king's dogs,
and on the -Mb of Julie a mpiest un
made for the utilmul'n return, htutlng
that he was "a Mins'th black dog. less
than a greyhound." and was to be re
turned to John Illlrs on his majesty'
back s'aira.
The dog was m-t forthcoming, and a
hi ml appeal was Issued. It Is mip-
pis.d to have b.s u written by King
Charles himself, un no one else would
have adopted siidi a familiar myle lu
using tlie monarch's name. The King's
sense ,.f humor mid appreciation of
the state of affairs at court are well
Miovvti In the little advertisement.
"We must call upon jou again for a
bla. k dog. between a greyhound ami a
spaniel, no white al. ut blm only a
kin iik on his breast and a tall a little
bobbed. It Is his majesty's own dog.
and doubt Irs was stolen, for the dog
was not Isiru ii..r bred in lingland. and
would never forsake his miiMter. Who
ever tin. Is lilm may iieiualut any at
Whitehall, for the was better
known at court than those who stole
him. Will they never have robbing
his majesty? Must he Hot keep a dog?
Thin dog' place (though brttrr than
some lu.agtiici Is the only place which
liolssly i ffcix to beg."
A Street Crowd.
The easiest thing on the face of the
earth to entertain Is a street crowd.
Everything but curiosity in such a mot
ley Jam is forgotten. ;ich ami poor,
Ignorant ami learned, stand elbow to
elbow with craned ticks ami open
mouths, .hist such a crowd as this
blocked the way on Tretiiout street
yesterday at frequently recurring in
tervals, livery time a very solemn
looking man appeared In the show vv lu
ll, w there was a scramble to see whose
n .se would be flattened on th,. ,.ltl,
glass tlrst. All the solemn. looking man
did was to open a couch ami proceed
to make It Into a bed hy turning the
plush cover mattress side up and put
ling on a pair of pillows. When th,.
pillows were squared up the crowd
was so great that a policeman had to
c.cupel the outer layer of spectators
to move on. They did s i. grumbling.
'y.
Then the bed was unmade, and a
parlor cmieli greeted the pie, who
smiled and departed. In a few niln
tites this scene was agilu enacted.
Tlie lied making man never otic,, re
laxed his countenance or hastened li!j
lai-ofioiis uioveiueuts.-llostoii Adv
ver-
User.
A Natural Tunnel.
"The Natural bridge of Ylrgttila h.n
always been regarded as n gre.it w.iii
del', and Justly so," M,iid Ii. It. i'alue.
or ii,,..inan, Mont., "lint
tnere Is a
..if greater one In Idaho near Mie llav
iiorse mine, which s known
to very
lew pie. and they
have never t.ahl
any attciith
u to It, except to make
some exclamation of w ,.r wl1.n ,hi,v
tif-t saw it. I her,, u a tunnel ;lUouga
a granite mountain. The tunnel Is"..
lUtlc over a tulle loin.. Is t.t ..
for a double track railroad to p.i's
through and Is straight. Th,. wall., f
this natural tunnel are iiearlv a.
as they would have been h.i'l t bce.l
b'asied through by men. uf coin-..
It his been formed by erosion, inn nv'
Is a mystery. Scientific . ,.., (A.
plain it. Just as they can explain any
cave that has an entrance at either cud,
but It does not satisfy those who see
It. If a railroad should ever be Ir.iilt
through that country the iutur.il tl,.
liel will be found exceedingly Useful."
-Washington Post,
Druggists I'p to liHt,
I'rugg.s keep about as el,',, watch
of the seas, ti a any people in the world.
When the spr.ug days appear and la
.l .-s are thinking f putting away their
furs the drug store windows suddenly
till with moth balls, powders and pre
urat, lis warrant, si to kn,ck the spots
.IT a moth at forty n-U.. When the sun
gets up a l.ttle higher the uioth balls
.1 .ippear and tan and frock!,, lotion,
and preventives fr ui,w.,,tl, ,,' v
auiiojamvs take the public ey,-. When
the blazing he.it of summer is with us
cooi s,su vv.in pure fruit sv
rup signs
nestle up against
root 1 r p-n kagi
'Hi rennsl.es and
The fall ,in,
en and th, u the
'Ugh lozells-e Is l.ui..l,
eo. . longs ,io u are sure eur.s f,
ar la
grppe, cuius, intlticniji aill
ih.no
vvti.ie hot ssla
steams and s.wlca at
your asking.
Arltsl' Kancy lire., na
A fancy dress Km ;
vearby,hel, !yar!.sls, sculptor,.
ers and actress,, f It.-rlln. Xo ,,;
are , nl,;.,l at this lMil. ,, aN,ut
II
e- i-cu t you think .k.,,,!
silly In the honey moou; sh.-sv
ver
is sudden; but lean,,,, u
our honey moou."-iMtvlt Pr- i . r
-"O. th
- 'vu ins. frMm
A GOOD BACKING FOR ARMOR.
Celluto.e Bl Our Crnl.era Abo
Their llaaa -
The Society of Nvl Architect, and
Marine KtiKlneert held lta fourth fen
iral uieetlnt.' at New York. There wm
a jtooil representation of the member
ship of more than 600 preaent, and ap
plication from forty peraona who de
sire to become members wore received.
Henry W. Cramp' IaI"r 0,1 Ameri
can coru-plth cellul.e, aalde from the
terhnl. al lufonnutloii. with which th
orchltti-t and eiigluisT were chlelly
coiiccrneil, had the popular lutent
that atuchea to any additional method
fr the protection of human life at aea.
He explained the origin and the man
ufacture of the new product, aa well
a the invention of It application to
warships, ami recited the rapid ad
vancement made by Americana l the
last year over the French dlaeovercr
of the materia1! and It uaea. and allow
ed how the American product la bound
to supersede the foreign.
"American corn-pith celluhmc la an
entirely new product," he said, "manu
fuctured from the pith of the eornatalk,
or Indian maize. Into a granular form,
and packed under prcsaure Into the cof
ferdams of a vessel, where It acta a a
perfist w ater excluder and la non-com-bustlble."
When a shot pierces the vea
kel'a aide at or near the water line
where the celluloae belt Is laid the cel
lulose expands as It Is wet hy tho lu
flowing water and completely chokes
the hole. Our Navy Department waa
quick to take up the device.
'Thus in the Columbia, the New York
and the Olyinpla," Mr. Cramp aahl,
"there are protective decks of ample
strength to keep out the sheila of any
vessel they are likely to engage, while
their stability Is protected by belts of
ielluh.e several feet thick along the
edges of these decks. The English ar
mored cruiser Itlake, for example, haa
no such protection to her stability, and
would not have the same chances as
the alK.ve-natncd vessel of our navy
lu a sustained engagement For pro-ti-ctlon
lu the comprehensive senwe, the
cellulose licit of three feet may he said
to be about as elllclent as a slx-luch
belt of steel, so that we can protect our
stability, when we have a good protec
tive dis k back of It to defend the vitals
of the ship, with lob tons of cellulose to .
an extent equivalent to that derived
from, say, l.tiou tons of armor."
Philadelphia manufactured the first
cellulose twed In tlie American navy,
making It out of tlie hunks of cocouuut,
and furnished an article superior to the
French, hut during the last year tho de
partment directed Its attention to the
coru-plth product, which has been
found to possess superior qualities. The
department tested the two products by
building ami firing Into two steel cof
ferdams lilled nqvtlvely, one with
K'.ll'j pouinls of cocoa cellulose, corre- j
spondlng to a density of 7.7 pounds to .
the cubic foot, and one with 702 pounds
of coru-plth cellulose, corresponding to ,
a density of (1.5 pounds to the cubic I
foot. The first drop of water appeared
at the far end of the shot hole through
the cocoa dam In teu minutes, and pret- '.
ty soon the water flowed through at the
rate of half a gallon a minute. Through 1
the hole In the other dam no water hud ,
come ut the end of half au hour, nor
was the cellulose at the mouth of the
hole lu the rear damp. The testa led to
the provision In the contracts for the
Kentucky ami the Kearsarge, and Nos.
7, s nud li. that their cofferdams be
packed with coru-plth cellulose. It Is
about $lml a ton cheaper than the cocoa
cellulose, ami that fact, with the differ
ence In density, make. It cost about
two-thirds the amount per cubic foot
pack, si.
Mr. Cramp said: "Our cruisers of the ;
Riltltnore type, If they are provided
with a cellulose belt, would lie war
ranted In engaging many of the second
class Ironclads of other powers; with
out It they are liable to be sunk by a
well-directed machine gun tire. This
product of American farms affords a
cheap and ready means of vastly In
creasiil etliclency of our cruisers, and
the utiannonsj sld, of all our vessels
should have these belts without delay.
This discovery and application of cellu
lose i of ns vital Imtiortanep to our
navy as the development of the Harvey- '
l.isl armor ami smokeless powder. This
follows from the fact that, without add- i
lug very much to the cost of our ves
sels, we can greatly Increase the etli
clency of them nil by making their sides
automatically resist the Inflow of wat
er; and as our cruisers carry heavier
batteries than similar vessels of other
nations, they would, when so protected,
be able to give battle to ships far heavi
lcr thau themselves," I
Turnip or Philoaopliy. !
When the little company of New En
gland Transcetideuniiists were at
Itrook Farm, engaged In their unsuc
cessful experiment of living In n com
tnmilty of mutual helpfulness, thev
s.sm lost heart. They hud expected to
work six bonis a day an.I spend the
other six In study and Intellectual con
versation, a,ui tll), s,.iH,me 1(roV0(1 )m
possible. Practlclly, they could Hot
make both ends meet; and thev were'
men of a sutllciently delicate organiza
tion to require the retiuemeuts rather
than the hardships of life.
They bad many visitors at the Hive :
who rein.rt.sl the workers as not nb
ways u a cheerful frame of miml. One
looked sunburned and very thin, and
owned that milking cow ou a fro,
morning wa a chilling ,ort of bus.
Kut the only persistently cheerful re-'
mark came I nun lieorge Utpley. one of
the tlncst ,cl,..lam and Usq-, ip , , ,
writer, of the ti.no. wh,,.
Eolng there, had publish,,! ,
says on Ies,-nrts' philosophy ' i
lu the autumn of imi, a clergvman :
.mt to make a call a, Rr.,,k f"
here he found only a few of the m m
bers pr-ssent. Mr. ,. .
was d!s,wer.,l n the turulp.flij with
two or three othei,. throwing' ,
table Into the cart. '
As his friends appron0Ued, l,e w.,ut
forward to meet them. tut
"'"'tor Francis," ad he "tt i '
tid of yo ,o Jie t'nc X
ta ice to s,v an old fellow, y'," I
ceve I a in occupied with the 1,
oi'l'J of de cart!" ,DescartI ' .
Allr a man has n,a,l ,i
CRIMINAL REFORM
. '
EauerluirnU Which My p0
Vos.,1 Unction. ' '
In few respects has no iniicl, pr,,,,..
L ....In .ImI,. l... o
liccil iiii.uv uuhuh I'l.-neui
'"tittlfj
lu the treatment of
crlt.,1......
the close of the lust century. Atn,.r '
criminal codes, which were iiio,i,.u
upoti that of England, were harsh i.
- una.
tlie extreme. The death penalty W
ariixeu io u mug um oi ci iiues, nm
them of the most trivial character,
So late ns IM'.". In the liiMrlct of
l oiuiniiia, lueie were iiuriy iiir,.11(1
puulshable by death. For ati-aling fr,Jtt
a warehouse to the value of Hve t
Hugs, a mail might be hanged, vh.
tences of Imprisonment were pronoun
nl with correspiimuiis rrcqin tu y, B(j
the overcrowded prisons of tl. n)llm
were In a shocking condition. Cm-i,,.
ed murderer, boys sentenced fr IM.j
larceny, poor debtors, uml men detain, j
as witnesses were an ncnieii tog..tl,sr
Id New York, In INK), scores of c,
vlcts were pardoned out lu order to
make room for new offemlers. in sy
more than clcveii hundred poor debton
were Imprisoned It. New York, no on,
of whom owed ns much ns twenty d0.
lars. As neither State nor city nia,,
any provision for their inalntetum,
they might have starved to death,
not tho Humane Society fed them. 3
Itostoti, from 18 JO to lf.L'1', more t taa
three thousand poor debtors were lui.
prisoned.
The criminal legislation of our oirj
day contrasts strikingly with that .(
the past, Dot only lu Its details and lu
methods, but lu Its spirit. The tieeJof
classification and gradation, f careful
adjustmeut of the penalty to the crltm
Is felt.
The Idea of retaliation i,,s,1(; t
prominence. The belief that Its uvtg
protection la the real t ml for society t0
seek, and that to reform the criminal,
If possible, Is the In-st way of iitlnlol.ij
this. Is gaining ground. It Is ren(.
nlzed Unit there lire two extremes U
be avoldeil. Undue leniency, lnlis-d,
robs the pennlty of Its deterrent font.
Hut. ou the other blind, undue sever!;;
hnrdcus the offender, nud leaves rank
ling In his mind a sense of Injustice atid
a desire for revenge that may u.akc him
more dangerous to the coiuuitimtj
when he Is let out of prison thau b
was when he was put In.
Two recent experiments lu criminal
reform are Illustrative nud slgnliicani.
They nre akin In purpose, though tkr
seem to be widely different. One Is llu
Habitual Criminals' Act, adopted u
Massachusetts and several other Sttut-v,
under which a mini who bus receive
two sentences to the State prison, timg
conviction for a third offense vvlika
calls for a State prison sentence, Is pro
nounccd au habitual criminal, nud It
sentenced for twenty-live years, vihar.
ever might have been the penalty orJI
mi lily attaching to his oil',-use.
The other Is what Is known 'is the In
determinate sentence, which has horn
tried In some form lu Mussa. huM'tts,
New York, Ohio, Illinois ami 1'enii.i.l.
vanln with good results. I'mler thii
plan, cither the sentence Is a general
one to Imprisonment, or the Judge, la
pronouncing sentence, llxes a uiitiiii'Um
term.
The prisoner must be contlned furth"
shorter time, and may be con.'imil for
the longer; but if his conduct convinces
the prison authorities that he is truly
reformed, he may be released by special
permit nt any lime between tlie two
terms. Violation of the conditions uf
his permit or of any law of the Situ
requires his arrest ami coiilineuieiit l
the unexpired portion of tlie maxliuuiil
term.
Kven the habitual criminal. I li .Uiiti
he Is apparently treated as Incorrigible,
Is not without hope, for rel'or.n lu li'i
case may haul to bis release before tlx
end of the period for which he Is ft
fenced. The plan of the Imb tcitiiiiiiin
sentence gives a strong Incentive to
good conduct. It lifts I'roin society tl
burdeii of supporting men who bare
ceased to be u menace to It, nnJ
need only a fair chance to become p"
citizens. Hotli laws provide u cto
catlou of prisoners which recognises 'fr
dividual differences:, and modllies tlirlt
treatment accordingly. You'.h's Com
panion. A Ilicyclo I'ur Twenty-live.
The bicycle "built for two" was tbi
first departure from the slnglc-siMteJ
wheel. Bicycles for four or six rMeB
nre compnrnUvoly common. Now It ii
announced that a bicycle for twenty
five, a duodeclplet, so to speak. Is UD
der construction for the Nyuuke Club
of Brooklyn.
Nn rurally the club hud dltllctilty l
finding any one willing to undertakf
such a wheel. Some said that It coulJ
not be mnde; others were willing to at
tempt It for two thousand dollars. Ft
nally a New Y'ork firm agreed to bulll
It nt a cost of sis hundred dollars.
The twenty-flve-sented wheel will N
guaranteed for two years, barring punc
tures and Injuries due to accident
The length will be twenty-live M
No. 2 seamless tubing will be iis.hI. Tb
wheels will lie thirty Inches In ill"
eter, with three-nnd-one-hnlf-lii' h hose
pipe tires. The front gear will 1
hundred and the rear genr ftixty-elpht
On the rear wheel the Indirect J'1
will lie used, the same ns that adopted
for modern fire-trucks. Thus the twefr
ty-flfth man, who will occupy the real
seat, will be the steersman, and ll
control the big flyer lu the same fa-4
ion as the steersman on a hook ani
ladder truck.
The machine will be but two
wide, and rigged in the double t.mdeit
"yl ; that Is. two riders side by lM
The total weight will be eighty pom1'1
Enthusiastic members of the Ny""1"
Club prophesy that fifty stout hv'4 tl
the pedal will ensure a speed et w e11'-'
miles an hour.
II Kca Is the l'P r.
"You were caught while rati
the bureau drawers lu a rc
said the Judge sternly. "Wii.
Jou got to say'."
"Your honor," answered the
"I admit that nimearances are
i-.U-f
a. J
riita
me, but I will tell you the :
am a novelist, and was si.ni .'' -u;-b'g
life for a forllu-omiiii: i.--1-story."
Ncvv York .lourn.il.
At tho Itnnrdiil-r llou-c f
"You siy he gave ciirtcieO :'' ,J .
ruiuors." tlie cuvioiis ' 1 Q
"bt:t whe.-e did he get til.' c:'.' '" '.
"i y drawing on his j:;-. :i '''
ansvvi red A.Smry Peppers, r. 1
Uie.il vvcti: o.i.--Ci;,eIl'.;-. i:l I- ' ; " ''r
J.-iae t;i,. ,i:;ie st Use V J 1
I'-i. U i , t.se.