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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1897)
)00000000X00000000 A SINGULAR ?fc GUEST. goOOOOOCXXMSOCKOOOOOCG ... ..V lIMN ll.vvt,... plcted the of the vlrt, ou ,la. lavvu of Haslelgh court. He 1 k-J "I at ,Ul' '" ,llL' Jrt'1"'" room and chuckled irily us ho bcut the last yanl of "Ire. ue 1 . -i .-I.I Mr Imu "A trip in nun., o."" it-. "rave llilll'. n threw the r"l,e muucr the air. and at the lifst effort caught be projecting - nice ou board the lugger,' quot- J. Mr .vl, facetiously, a lie mounted ladder, "'und the gurl is tue '"rv "uT owned the window very gently ,nJ sunt) si''"d lulde the dresslug ruoui. "var the Uille lu the comer of the room "urn au Irou safe. "Well I'"' Jit-'-'eredl" exclaimed Mr. i, lie t.-osciicd the tlnps of hU fur ;.u nud wiped his brow- with the back 0f b baud. "Well, fin JiriKi: If tl- 'avcu't beeu and left the key lu it '"nuiizlit 'ave slved myself a lot of trouble If I'd ukuowed." Mr M'l 01"'U the "Vy ,f"llie safe mid listened to the music downstair. Young Lady Staplchurst was slvlus as Mr. Vl'ry well knew) a dame, n fancy dress dance. r..,.. ill,, continent, utter oa licr return ."" -- - i,..r i..rin of widowhood. ..i n ..... ..... ttrst of all." he said, "that the coast is dear, and theu-tbeu for u i, i, -fill " Ilcnrv Al'l's stepped out Into the broad passage. He slouched with his liimiiv sticking out of his capacious side .nuke! a few steps toward the stairs, Suddenly a girlish tlgure turned the cor ner. "UN's my 'art!" cried Mr. Apps. "Why, how do you do?" said '. . .. . the joling lail.V. Stepping lorwmu. I sue gave a sou iuuu won pWafaut. "Io you know that I recog nized you at once lu spite of the cos tume?" She belJ the hand of Mr. Apps for a mouieut, causing that gentleman, to gasp fur breath, ami called one of the DiaMs. "Just brln m a pencil and a card." sue said. "I must arrange for a car- rliiL-e to take Captain Nuruinn back to bis hotel in the morning. I wnsu't sure that he would come. 1 can walk." remarked Mr. Apps, Willi restored self-possession. I won't hear of it. When shall we aay, now .' "Say lu an hours time, said Mr. Apps. "I can go upstairs again alone, change my togs and do all I want to, "And cau't you stay limber?" She cave the card to the maid and or dered it to be dispatched at once. "I've pt a busy night before me, orecd .Mr. Apps, excimingly. He thought of his don waiting on the lawn, and feared it might give au in opportune bark. Besides, the safe was till open aud the diamonds were wait' In fur him. lie had noticed with sat isfaction that Lady Staple-burst was wearing none. "You were always an active man, cap tain." "Always a-dolng something," agreed Mr. Apps. "If it Isn't one thing It's an other." He shook his head reflectively. "I often wonder I don't write a book about It all." "I don't believe you will know any body here, Captain Norman," she said, as they walked downstairs, "but I couldn't help sending you a card, seeing how frleudly we were on the Peeha wur. Do you remember those evenings on deck In the Ued Sea 7" She was really a very tine young wom an, and lu her costume she looked ex tremely well. Do I tint 7" said Mr. Am, with much fervor. "Shall I ever forirot 'em?" "And theti the Journey from Hrlndlsl, Tou know; and the funny little German -you remember him?" "He waa a knockout, that German wits." "And the girl who Dlaved the banjo. ind " it was great," agreed Mr. Apps, "great." Tlle larjje ballroom was very full. A mall covey of brightly dressed young People flew toward the young hostess complain of her temporary absence rem the room, and a broad-shouldered MMollor shook hands with her and t' up her card with something of au t Vmprlotorslilp. "I tlwught I had left the key in the me." The youug hostess took Melt ber card from the gondolier. "1 at" f Dinged to Captain Norman. You !n!kuow 111111 Allow me." "''Mil to meet von." said Henrv Uw s the world using you?" 'Ti. . . 'Ill I nn .l.,i,...i . r- . 1 's'i'ui cii unie 01 juiiis, ,: i":lin Konnan." remarked tbegoudo-ler- "I ,t,,.,- 1. , ... . , . - - ou mai 1 ve eu-r aeeu '"Ing so daringly real before." "ell. wo. i.f 1, v. a ...i.. .1 f- . ... , lti u.'iiiaieieu ..... "iw n th sudden aggressiveness. W the o.l.ts .,. ,-.,, -.., 1 in-,, ir. "r? Von .. I-., r, , , - ."-von luina you are x,1l".'lin Norm..., I,.,., ........i tom.F, " i'"vouinu 1111- , " ""''' laughingly, "you mustn't "'" the part. Look here. I've put 'our nam,. .1....... c... ..... ..... , Wc'" 8it u out-that Is, If you protlllo to k ... ,alK I like it. Do you think we "1-tller" snl.l i . .. ",. ..... Vtua lls a oal'Uil1 make-up. Captain tlt -"- eumn. 1 o you Know tlm V llrs, Jllst for one moment. I l- a ,-... outfit.. I 'W'T lllJlt nH... ... . .. . , faiu .Mr. . ' w. in; "lev..,! , ..... ... . ... 0U, , , . ' ci-viuj; nil oo.ious way y. "1 h .1 :, . . likcj ' ""U1,J- There nothing rj w-!lle thlns lu Pper, strltefor- "And." .,.., . i.aay Map e hurst, with tr "a on h... ..... ' ., . ,fTrws ti waiKeu . e r,x111. "you have got the east nt capitally." . in't to dusty, k it?" c 1 She beckoned to the gondolier. "Captain Norman and I are great friends," kI,,, )u u) ox , ,1 u r way. "lie has not beeu long homo from abroad, and he knows scarcely anyone." "Not a blessed soul," echoed Mr. Apps. "You must let mo show you around a bit. Captain Nortnan." said the gond,. lier. with determined gentility. "Can you come around to my club one ulglit this week?" "WhalVor?" demanded Mr. Apps sus piciously. "Why. to dine Say. Thursday." "'Evens knows where I shall be on Thursday." said Mr. Apps. "I dou't." "You must consider me nt your dis posal If yuu require any Introductions!. I know a lot of good people, and to any friend of Lady Staplcburst " "Oh, come off the roof," said Mr. Apps, with much discontent. "Wat's the use of forking." "Isn't It capital?" nsked Lady Staple liurst of the gondolier delightfully. "How much more Interesting It would be If everyone would only talk to me lu their character." l.ady Staideliurst arose with some thing of haste lu her manner and snike to Henry VIII. "What regiment do you belong to. Captain Norman?" asked the gondolier. "Iiud out," said Mr. Apps. "Am I too curious? 1 know very lit tle of the army, I am afraid." The gondolier was resolved to be agreeable to Lady Stapleliurst's friend. "I always dodge the army nights In the house. I suppose you know several of the ser vice niemliers?" "I know as many of them as I want to know," said Mr. Apps. evasively. "A man In my position in life 'as to be a bit careful who be mixes up with." The hostess returned from Henry VIII. "I can make nothing out of this man," whispered the gondolier to her, u he arose. "I think he's silly." "If you knew his qualities you wouldn't speak of him like that." She resumed her seat by the side of Hetiry Apps. "Well, blow me!" said Iwtdy Staple hurst, screwing her pretty mouth In ber effort to Imitate the cockney's ac cent; "blow me If thin ain't a fair take, I mean tlko dahn," she laughed. "It's of no twe. Captain Norman, I cau't talk as you can." j "It's n gift," said Mr. Apps, "that's what It Is." "You dou't want to be Introduced tc anybody here, I suppose 7" "Not me." "You have heard " i She pointed lu the direction of thu gondolier. "All I want to." "He's really making a big name lu the house, you know. 1 watch his career with great Interest." "Thinks a Jolly lot of hlsself." "Oh, I think a lot of him. too," re marked Lady Staplchurst pleasantly. "And Is that a Jimmy sticking out of your jacket pocket? This is Indeed realism. You dou't know how It works, I suppose?" "Well, I've got a kind of hi.len," said Mr. Apps. "Lookee 'ere. You put till 1 In and " Mr. Apps found himself getting qui!,) excited in the explanation that he gave, It was a new sensation to meet one whi showed au Intelligent Interest in hit profession, aud he could not help feel. Ing Mattered. Looking up, he saw t lii gondolier gazing at him. " 'K don't look 'appy, that chap," said Mr. Apps. "Will you excuse me for one mo. ment?" "Wot are you up to, miss?" he sal,) apprehensively. I want to speak to him." Oh" (with relief). "I don't mind that." While Lady Staplchurst was making j the gondolier resume his ordinary ex, press lou Mr. Apps thought and thought, The couples promenading after thu waltz looked curiously at him. I It's the ruminlcst show you was evei '. In, 'L'liry," said Mr. Apps; "you re a v. Ing 'em on toast, you are; but you'll be gled to get upstairs ageii. You want them diamonds, that's wot you want. Time means money to you, 'Fury." Lady Staplchurst hurried toward the ! doorway. A murmur of amusement went through the room as the guests saw a new arrival in tne costume 01 a police constable, accompanied by a man In plain clothes. Mr. Apim. thinking over bis exploit, gazing abstractedly at his boots, regretting their want of pol ish, did not see them until the plain clothes man tapped him on the siiottl der. "What, An agaluT' exclaimed the man. "Yus," said the burglar, discontented ly. "Yus, It's Apps again, Mr. Walker. And vurry glad you are toee him, I've no dagbt." "Always a pleasure to meet a gentle mn like' you," said Mr. Walker, cheer fully, as he conducted him toward the doorway. "I've wanted to run up against you before." Much commotion In the ballroom nt the diverting little scene. General agreement that Lady Staplchurst was a perfect genius at entertaining. "Hut. loveliest girl." said the gondo lier confidently to Lady Staplchurst. "Isn't this carrying a Joke rnUier too far? That's a real det.-ctlve." c "I know." said the loveliest g:n. tn-m-bllng now a little. "That's a real burg lar, too." "A real " "Yen. yes. pon't make a fu. I don t want tlie dau- e spoil. Take me down to supper, like a good felIuw."-Loud-n Tit-Hits. Not for thirty yearshas the Hirming- bam tinplate trade betn In so rosprr- ous a state. 1 EilQ ICE MINE. It I In Virginia, nn. I Thn -lit to He Ht-lic nf the lc? Auc. One of the greatest curiosities In th. l ulled Static, er ill the world, ieiiiaw. Is the wonderful ledge of lee which e Ists, even lu the ini.Nt or the hottest summer, lu Scott Comity. Va. Thl natural lee bouse Is situated oil the north side of Stone Mountain and aUiut six miles from the mouth if a small , stream known as stony Creek. The 1 marvel Is said to have been known to at least one of the earlier settlers, a Mr. Dimrldge. who, It Is alleged, ills- ' covered It while deer hunting away back lu IS',0. Owing to the fact that' the laud ou which It was situated could not be Ihiught. Mr. Puniidge positively ' refumil to tell of the whcrcalk.iits of the Ice ledge, and only isltr.l the place w heu It was absolutely necessary to ob tain a supply to be used in case of si. k tiess. The old man died many years ago. und from that time until 1VU the loca tion of Huurldge's Ice mine was un known, the old gentleman having ncvei even taketi his own famllv into the se cret. In the year last u tinned, however. a party of herb diggers vis;te, the nn frequented region contiguous to Stone Mountain and w ere fortunate enough to redlscuver the lost ee mine. Hiirlng two or three months In th. middle of summer the l.-e Is only pro tected from the sun's rays by a thick growth of moss. The formation of the lee layer Is similar to that of a coal vein. being thin In some ph s and thicker in others, the average Ihh l.n.-ss being about four feet. Persons of sonic sci entitle attainments who have visited the place for the purpose or studying the wonder say It lu the appearance of having been there since the time of the Ice age. which the geologists talk so much about. Another plausible the ory Is that somewhere beneath the bed Is situated a great natural laboratory where ether Is constantly forin.-.! anil expelled, ami that the process of freez ing Is now constantly going on. What ever view Is taken of It, It is one of the greatest natural wonders the State af fords. Iloyal Phi-ane-Making. ' Phrase-making two or three gen,. ra tions ago played nu Important part In French polities. Louis XVI. had a lit erary prompter who used to prime him with phrases and plan for him seems such as would excite the people's ad miration. "Your majesty will soon be going to the races." said this prompter one day. "You will Und a notary entering the bets of two princes of the blood; when you see him, sire, make the remark. What is the use of this man? Ought there to be written contracts between gentlemen? Their word should be enough.' " The sivne came off the prompter saw to that and the courtiers exclaim 1: "What a happy thought.' How' kingly! Thut Is his style." j Another scene, more likely to Impress the populace, was planned by this prompter. . stctging pleasure party was arranged for the king, .lust as It was about to start several carls passed by. carrying wood to the poor of Par:. ' "These are my sledges!" said Lou,-.' pointing to the loaded carls, and he de clined to Join the party. j Talleyrand coined for Louis X VIII. I the remark which he was reported to have used on the day he entered Paris: "There Is nothing changed; only a Frenchman the more in Paris." As a matter of fact, the king did not; trouble himself to utter the phrase; but Talleyrand Inserted It lu the Jour nals of the day that the people might Hatter themselves that their king hail forgotten the past, and consequently there would be no change. Perhaps the most striking phrase ut tered by a modern king was .spoken by ! King lluniliert a few years ago, when' the cholera was raging In Naples, lie' had 1hcii invited by the iiimiiclpality of Genoa to a banquet, which be ih dined In these words: "Men are feasting nt Genoa; men j dying at Naples-I go to Naples." 'Horses Willi Wheel. ." "It was In the early days of railroad ing In the South," remarked the gentle man with the stock of reminiscences the other day. "I was located In lior Idu about the time when the Govern ment had made vassals of the Semi nole Indians of that State, und lu or der to Impress the redoubtable 'Hilly Bowlegs,' the Tecumseh of the Semi nolin, it had Invited that 'heap big chieftain' to make a trip to the scat of the National Government. Hilly was a bit dubious about accepting the Imi tation, fearing possibly that the Great Father at Washington might have de signs upon his life or happiness, but he was prevailed upon to make the trip, aud he embarked on board of the train with a great show of courage. Tim train of that lii'liod Were not the fl M of t.j:iy; ,i fact, on many of the short line the engineer wen Com-' pelled to get out of their calls and wall; to lighten the train and permit it to proceod at au even ra e of speed. Wh -u Hilly lti.wiegs returned from his visit be bad overcome his trepidation, and looked with scorn upon the locomotives. I vlslt.-d Hilly a day or two after his return, and asked him how he liked traveling on the iron horse. "'Huh.' he said, with an upward twist of his prominent proboscis, horse wid wheels no good. Hi' heap no good Me on horse better than two; run ' way all time. White man heap smart; In Jun heap better. Huh:" New Orleans Times I'emocrat. Cushions. Tim latest cushions for In 1 rests fit. rhulr bucks arc made In heart They are covered with Pght Butin, silks, or linens, and cmlm In some graceful patt.-ro; an I of them are made up plain a ml or quilt.'d. Tin y ar- I is--m d chair bu-'k '" r,1K'" "'"'d i! se.S. fhapf. o,,e lidered l.l.ll'V tut'e,! to the ,d tas- Tbe Poptilat on of Germany. Germany haf a population of .".I.TTo.- 2M. according to tlie census of "he results of which have Just b.s-n publish. si: l.1.-7 persons are en-K.,g.-d in agriculture. '.".J.",::.-.'-) I in mln- Ins an,l mainiiu' tiii'-. ...-.r.,,.-... 111 .-..in. II, er, " s:;.' vsi-,.o7 in 1 1- : .' srnuT, aiei ;j in tin- s.-r.iee of the state; ;j i-roii are te.t . Jass'.h'ed. Kverythirig young i handsome; ef trluiU. - uld 1 ugly. j iM x i s I New I me for -Kn. It I said that the X-ray have been auccesifully applied In Prance to the detection of adulteration of fo ul, where the adulterants consist of sonic kind of mineral matter. The food to be ex amined Is reduced to powder and spread thinly upon gins. An X-ray photograph of the gla reveals the presence of the mineral particles by the failure of the rays to penetrate t'lcm as they penetrate the oilier constitu ent of the powdered food. Kelt Tli ron uli tlir l arth. Prof. John Milne, who studied earth quakes for many years lu Japan, where they are frequent, now has an "earth quake observatory" on the Isle of W Ight. In describing his ob-ervatlons there during the past year, he recently remarked th.it his Instruments en abled h!ui to feel heavy earthquake at great dl-t. inecs, even right through the earth. I-'or example, on August ;tl last a disturbance of the Instruments led liliii to conclude that a violent earth quake hail occurred about H.imiii miles away. Afterward It was learned that there had been an earthquake In Japan at that time, and the distance through the earth between the Mo of Wig'i; and Japan Is about H.'KH) miles. Trains llhout Knita. Kxperilnenls which are described as satisfactory have r Mitly been made In the suburbs of Paris with a train, drawn by a steam locomotive, running not ou rails but on an ordinary road. The train used at present consists of only two cars, one f which contains the locomotive machinery, together with scats for fourteen passengers, while the other has twenty-four scats. The engine Is of It! horse power and the average speed Is about seven miles an hour. The train Is able to turn In a circle only twenty three feet In diame ter. Another train has been construct ed for the conveyance of feright. It Is hoped by the Inventors that trains of this kind will I xienslvely employed lu and uear cities. Die I liounKruili for tlir It. af. An apparatus which may enable the record of a phonograph to be under stood Independently of the sense of hearing has beeu contrived by Profes sor McKendrlck In Lnglaud. Ity this apparatus the revolving phonographic cylinder Is r.msed to produce varia tions of Intensity In a weak run-cut. and these variations, when conducted through the hands, which have been moistened for the purpose, are easily perceived. Since they correspond with the sound variations. It Is thought, by their aid, a person totally deaf could appreciate the rhythm and character of a succession of sounds thus trans formed Into a series of sensation of a different kind. Ilie Gold of the Sr.. Itolh gold and silver exist In about equal qualities in the water of the ocean. Various estimates have been made of the total amount of tliese pre cious metals held lu solution In ail the seas of the globe. The latest experi ments Hearing on tins question are those of Professor Llversldge of the I'nlverslty of Sydney, who limls lu the waters surrounding Australia the quantity of gold per ton of sea water varies between half a grain and one grain. Calling the average three-quar ter of a grain to the ton, and putting the number of tons of sea water to the cubic mile, In round numbers, nt I.-'hi, (khi.ikhi, w e see that there are :!.1.Vi,immi. (km) grains, or about two hundred tons of gold In every cubic mile of sea water. It has been estimated that all the oceans combined contain about ;;imi.imm.imm cubic miles of water, so that If the same proportion exist every where, the total quantity of gold held In solution by the sea would be tm, (mn.imii.iM) tons. This would be worth, at per Troy once, !f.'li,llil,iMii,iitn, (nm,imi, 0r translated into words, more than thirty nine thousand million of million, of dullarsl Turning IHumfiinl Into rrn.lilt. Elementary chemistry tenches 11 that, as far as the nature of the sub stance composing them Is concerned, there Is almost no difference between a brilliant white diamond aud the black graphite forming the core of lend pencil. Hoth are simply forms of car- I If an n, ,,,!.! r,..llle I,,-.. ...... I ..Oil. ItlH. . ' ",.,.. .,,',(,., ,,,, ,,,.,T Into the other, the diamond would cease to rank as the kind of gem. In fact, very minute diamond have re cently been made In this way by Mon sieur Molssan, the Pr.-nch chemist. Graphite can be dissolved lu molten Iron, aud when the Iron cimiIn the graphite crystallize. Hy performing this operation In a particular manner, which has heretofore been described In ; this column, Moiiicur Molssan gets ! microscopic crystals, not of graphite, but of diamond. Curiously enough, now that we know how graphite may be turned Into diamond, It has also 1 11 discovered that diamond can be changed Into graphite. This la effect ed by placing a diamond lu an ex hausted Crookes tube. In such a tube It I belli ved that Invisible molecules of matter are continually darting about, ami these molecule produce a cease less bombardment 011 the surface of the diamond. After a time the effect be come visible in a black stain, fir crust, covering the diamond. On examination this la found to be composed of graph ite. Yulgsri' jr. A loud voiced Atiif-rii-an lady wa ex plaining at a London reception why It was that she hud come to L'uropo, "I have a house In New York," she re marked. with an obvious sen., of self lii.orta!ice, "In which I have twenty bed-rooms." "It must Is- a isilai-e," re marked the biw'ess, graciously. "Or els.- a hotel," added a more cynical Touiuic utalur. "It la my own bouse," the lady ran on, "and It is wis a pile of money to keep It up! Why. I have ten or twelve servants, even when I am not enter taining:" There was a pause, during which the company either looked bored or ex changed peculiar glaiieiss, mil then awaited In silence her explanation of her Journey ucnws the Atlantic. "I cannot endure having the same furniture." ad, led the lady, after a critical examination of the rings on her fingers, "longer than four years. 1 have refurnished my house three limes lu twelve years, and it Is now time for nu, i her revolution. I have come abroad to look at furniture and to get some new diamonds, p.ut, do joii know. 1 cannot tln, anything that 1 want to buy 7 Pverythlng seems cheap aud sec ond hand in the furniture Hue." Py this time the hostess was blush Ing from inortiti.-ation at having been caught by her friends in the act of en tertaining so vulgar a woman. Whether tlie visitor was exaggerating or not the resourc-s of her establishment and the i-aprl.-lousness of her taste, she was making au Indecent display of ber wealth. Another American of the same type undertook to entertain an L'ngllsh company with a detailed account of his expenditure for dress and wine. "I order aUuit thirty suits of clothes a year," he remarked, with a smile of self approval. "11101 seven or eight overcoats. My wines seldom cost me les than three thousand dollar a year, but they are the choicest brands w hich I can Import. I seldom Und anything lu I'uglaud which I consider tit to drink. A for cigars, mine come direct ly from the best Havana factory. I have to pay well for them, but 1 must have the best." This, too, was highly seasoned talk for guests who were not accustomed to hear any one bragging about line clotlieM, wine and cigars. There are vulgar p.s.ple lu I'ngland who like to make a show of their new ly acquired wealth and luiHirtauce. There Is nothing distinctively Ameri can lu vulgarity, but the trait attracts more attention In American because th.-y travel extensively in P.urope, and s of them Haunt their diamonds and their bad manners lu the fashion able hotels of the great capitals. Amer-1 lean reputation abroad suffers more from occasional displays of this kind than from any other cause. Trs.iltiK Turkeys. One of the methods by which wild turkeys are taken by native hunters, as ileserllx'd in "Hunting an.l Pishing In' Florida." by Mr. C. II, Cory, Curator of the Department of Ornithology In the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago,1 certainly does little credit to the lutein- j gence of the turkeys. A place Is found where turkeys are numerous. Corn Is scattered als.ut, and If that Is eaten more corn Is placed then, the next day. The bird are fed j In this manner for a week or two, until j they become iiecustoimsl to going there1 for food. Then small logs are laid. J forming a square box about six or eight 1 Inches In height; possibly two log on I each side, one aUive tbe other. Inside 1 Is placed the com. and the turkeys en- j tor It readily, as the obstruction Is not sulliclent to excite their fears. ' The next night another loir 1 ml, led. raising the box a little, perhaps a foot or so, and this process goes on until the small logs form n cone shaped Imix, narrowing at the top, leaving an o - Ing perhaps a foot or eighteen Inches wide, by which they can enter at the top. Corn Is placed In the Imix, ami a few kernel leading to It, as usual, and the turkeys, mounting the last log, drop In and eat up the corn. And now they are caught. The opening Is so narrow that, although a turkey can easily Jump down through It with closed wing, It cannot Jump out again with Its wings spread. Must lie, an Astrologer. I Ignorant people think that an Hstron-, ..... I. .. 1.. ui. 1 1 .. I omer In also an astrologer. Sir .lohu Herschel once received a letter asking him to cast the writer's horoscope. An other letter-writer requested tlie distill gulslnsl astronomer to consult the stars and answer these two questions: "Shall I marry V" and "Have I s. her?" Murhi Mitchell records In her Journal that on au Atlantic steamer an Irish woman, learning that she was an as tronomer, asked her what she could tell. Miss Mitchell answered that she could tell when the moon Would rise. when the sun would rise, 11 ml when there would be nu eclipse of the moon or of the sun. Oh!" exclaimed the disappointed woman. In n tone which plainly said: Is that all?" She expecteil to have her fortune told. Once In a town not far from Hoston, during a very mild winter, a lad, driv ing a team, called out to Mis Mitchell on the street, snylng: "I want to nsk you a question, Miss Mitchell!" She stopped. He asked. "Shall we lose our Ice crop this winter?" t'nliniijr French (Jin-en. ftf sixty seven (Jiieens of France only thirteen have died without leaving their histories a record of misery. Pleven were divorced, two executed, nine died young, seven wen noun widowed, three cruelly treated, three exiled; the poison, ed and broken hearted liinke up tlie rest. Loudon's liissne. The Loudon County Council ha de cides! to spend il.MS),000 on the provi. Ion of new asylum for the Insane, The expenditure Is to spread over five year, and at the close of that period It Is be- lievisl that the provision of asylum ac commodation will be fully adequate to the wants of the metropolis. Ink Klslu. It Is wild that when ink 1 spilled 11 1 m .ri h carpet or anything made of Woollen the spot should Immediately be covered with common salt. When this tins absorbed nil the Ink It will, cure fully take It off with an old knife or spoon und apply more Nail. Keep tin. Ing this until the Ink Is nil taken up. Cut llowels Hill keep very fresh If a small pinch of common saltpeter Is put In the water lu w hich they stun, I. The end of the stem should be cut off a little every day to keep open the ab sorbing pores. There are thri ex-Mayom of the town lu the newly elected City Council wf Hath, Me. FAST GOING Cnlrn Ppeelllr lirpilred flU wis K H u ,. I a Mm m m mltl lit ITTTB cri-p "I'nlesM prompt action I taken by Congress." said a navy yanl otllclal the other ilny. "the buttered old hulk of th" frigate Constitution Is liable to go to pieces almost any time. She now lies tied up at the old stone wharf at Klttery Point. Me., and It Isnuopen secret among the staff that she Is sadly lu need of re pair. At the present time she Is leaking badly, and It Is feared thai the Ice and winter gnlin may send her to the bottom before another spring. The peo ple of Isith Klttery and Portsmouth are united In hoping that the hlstorl? ship of war, w hich has grow ir to be a sort of local landmark, may be preserved. Prominent cltl.ens on lxth sides of the Piscataqiia are Interesting themselves lu the frigate's lehalf. Senator Galllnger of New Hampshire Is heartily In sympathy with the movement an.l lias promised to bring the matter to the attention of Congress. ONE SHOT DID IT. Wonderful Work Accomplished by the ijn..inlle Units In IiiIih, Lieutenant ItamoH. of the Culmn ser vice, w bile lu New York recently, gave to the Herald nn Interesting account of the wonderful dynamite gun of which be has bad charge while with Miiiio's army. The gun, as he de scribes. Is about tl feet lu length and weighs 'JoO pounds. The dynamite gun I formed of three parallel barrels. The right tube holds a cartridge of Kinoke less powder; the left tulic comities com pressed air, aud the center holds the Iron projectile. In which Is the explo sive gelatine-which has three times the force of ordinary dynamite. When the cartridge Is exploded In the right barrel of the gun It sets free the com pressed air lu the left barrel, which rushes suddenly Into tlie center barrel, and hurls (he projectile at tlie enemy. Wheu this project lie strikes. It cxplodcs with tremendous force, not only de stroying human life, but uprooting trees and tearing Iooho the ground and rocks. Tbe work done by the gun In battle Is thus described: "It was ou the 1.1th of the mouth Hint we met two Spanlsn columns, which meant a battle with even force. As we reached a hilltop overlooking a narrow valley we saw the Spaniards on top of the next hill, only a quarter of a mile away. They were at work throwing up a Hue of for tltlcatlotiH. "A few shots were exchanged, when m : -VVl S iriW-E Wi mm: mi 7 KW 1 y . 7 1. u s. n r 1 is 7 ,U f WrW - DKADLY WOHK OK THE DYNAMITIC GUN NEAIl CAYAJAHOS. Maeeo ordered our gun forward, and bad It trained on the enemy. He stood l,y the piece and observed Us closely, as We prepared to lire, and when the n- . . . . ..... . port was nenrii no wiiicueu inu resiiu with Hie deepest Interest. "The aim was too low ami the shot fell short of Its mark. No one was In jured, but the effect of the explosion on the ground when. It struck apparently astonished the Spaniards, for they ceased thing for several minutes. "Puling tlmse minutes we were pre paring for the second shot. The muzzle of the gun was raised n little wheu all was In readiness and the command given to lire. I his time the aim was perfect and the deadly projoetlle was thrown over the brow of the hill and Into the very midst nf the Spanish troops. Tbe explosion brought conster nation. The shot had done Its frightful work, and the Spaniards, dlnpM-urlng f- TIIK IIVSAMITK (ll'.l. from sight, did not fire another gun that night. "We waited for morning to renew the battle, but as soon as It was light the enemy fired one iMiinbshell and then re treated. The battle was won by that one shot from our gun." In another tight Generals Kwhazua and Miiiiox led their battalions against .Miic.s.'s Intrenched positions near Cay aJahoM. The lighting continued during two days, slid though the Insurgents were at first driven back Into the hills, they Inflicted such damage on the pur suing columns thaithe Spaniards could Hot hold their advantage. This was the tlrst general action In which dyna mite projectiles were used. Their aw ful etllcl. m y may be Judged from the photograph of the result of a single discharge, which was taken by Ten lento Salcldo, of Mm-co's command, ou the afternoon of the first day's light ing. In this tight (lie Spaniards had. by their owu account, over a hundred tilled an.l wounded, among the latter )elng General L'siiiaxua. ltosa llonhrur's l-irat Pslnilog. "We bail gone back to live In the Kuo Jus Tournellcs" (Paris), writes ltosa Jlsifl TO PIECES. the Oallant "Old Ironsides" Will Boon B Onlf m lloprlraa Wrack. 'h l Honheur In the Ladles' Home Journal. 'The garret of the house had lieeii ar ranged as a kind of studio, and while my father was running to the four cor ner. of Paris to give drawing lessons I worked alone as best I could. One night, when he returned home after his day's lnbor. he found me Mulshing my llrst oil painting after Nature: a hand ful of cherries. 'Why. that's fine.' he said, 'and In future you must work seri ously." From that time on 1 copied plas ter casts, engravings and drew from Nature; and how much more agreeablo I found the work than I did studying grammar ami arithmetic! Soon after this I began to work nt the Louvre. My costume and Independent ways gained for me the nickname or 'The Little Hussar' among the keeper of the galleries. My breakfast usually consisted of a one-cent roll and two cetits' worth of fried potatoes, with a goblet of water from the fountain In the courtyard below. I made some Im portant cophsj. hw many of them I have copied, and I cannot repeat sutliclently to young beginners who wish to adopt the hard life of (ho artist, to do as I have done: stock their brains with studies after the old mas ters. It Is the real grammar of art, and time thus employed will be prolltnble to the end of their career." Guarding the- Money. There are plenty of Ingenious burg lars In the world, but lie would have to be a very Ingenious burglar Indeed who should Dili) a way to rob the Hank of France. The measures taken for guarding the money are of such a na ture that burglary would seem to b Impossible. Kvery day when the money la put Into the vaults In the cellar, ami before the otllcers leave, masons are lu attendance whose duty It Is to wall up the doors of tbe vaults with hydraulic mortar. Water Is then turned on. and kept run ning until the cellar Is Hooded. A burglar would thu have to work In a diving suit, and break down a ce ment wall before he could even begin to break Into the vaults. When the olllcers arrive the next morning the water Is drawn off, the masonry torn down, and the vaults opened. It I said that tbe treasures of the Hank of France are better guarded than any others lu the world. Hrl. i ting Pictures. "The value of a picture depends upon what there Is lu It for Ita itosscsMor," wrltoH William Martin Johnson In tho ladles' Home Journal, ou the "Selec tlon and Framing of Pictures." "A painting by au amateur may be more precious In your eyes than one of Ka pbiiers cartoon. Therefore, sell your cartoon to the highest bidder, and when you outgrow tbe little minting buy iMiek the cartoon If you have teamed to see Ita beauty. "No one cau tell you how to under stand art without your seeing It, study ing It, living with It, any more than any one can tell you how to tell good cloth from bad; you must tlrst have had ex perience with cloth. Learn a language In-fore you try to converse. Hut do not go so far ns to Imagine that you must learn drawing and painting before you can appnsiate picture. The less you know about technique the more capable you will be of looking at a painting with nn unprejudiced eye. Get at the art ist's Intention. Does he express an Idea, to you? Is he Interesting lu the way bo tells hUi story? Iocs he convince yoit of a truth? If the picture la that of a bead diHH It Impress yon as having tho fiiarneterUttcs of an Individual? Doe It look like a human being? Suppose a landscape la under discussion -do tho tree sway, the clouds float? Is there any atmosphere lu the painting? These are the tests of a painter's facility with language. Hut more than this Is re quired it Is the Intellectuality behind the brush. Herein lies the difference Is-twecti sublime art and tbe common place." "Well, now that you are back, you can tell us how much It costs to go to Europe." "All you've got and all yoa caa borrow over there." Judge. t