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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1897)
EUGENE C1IY GUARD. L L. CAMrBELL, rrrUtr. I- - J - j 1 IUGENE CITY.... ORF.iiOM Value tlie friendship of lilm wh tnnila by you In tin- storm; swiirms of Insect will sun omul you In sunshine. A Vlrglula woman mimed fcusnn Bniltll llflM Nell cl'lled sheriff. It U pretty safe to wugcr tli.it when she Is sue an attachment she w ill get the ClBD she kc after. According to the naturalist there are 8tK!,iHM) distinct pi-'-h-j of animal liv ing at the proe i-nt time. The mammal Dumber 2,.W). bird lgo.iO. flshi-n IL'.Otjt), Biollusk 50.000, and insect. li'iO.iSJO. A Kentucky scientist claim to Invo ecn a spot on the mm i;-,ims mile lung. He probably can see equally queer thing also by looking lit the moon. It 11 depend on the glus that U used. It Is not what we read but whnt we remember that make iih learned. It I uot what we Intend but what we do that iniik'-n u useful. It In not a few fa fit wishes but a life-long struggle that ma ken us valiant. Chicago Time Il-rahl: A Missouri man ban Just been sentenced to the pen itentiary for HfJ year. Missouri wouhl get along much heller If she would not buiioh her til im like that; four mural In the penitentiary, twenty live yearn piece, beat one Dent up for century. There la more heroism In the youth, who resigns IiIn dreams of mnhltloii ami refuses the opportunity of distinguish Inif blmsclf because nn aged parent or dependent brother and sister insd hi presence thnu In one who ( onward, reaping triumph and fame at every tep. ' Prize Fighter Duffy, who died In the ring, la (aid to have "Kiiccumbed to overexcHcinrnt due to enlargement of the heart." Close observers have notic ed that nothing tend lo Increase one' excitement more than to pound lilm vio lently over the heart, whether It U en larged or uot. That the gentler sex In fust lieeonilng emancipated In shown by the fact that In lWjil thcro were In the Lulled Stole thirty-two women woodchnppcis, 117 bartenders, twenty-four hostlers, tweii-ty-nlue sailors, four luc otlve engin eers, twenty-three plasterers, fifty nine bluclunnllhs, and six boiler maker. A real live F.ngllsh lord calling him elf I-nrd Cyril Athol has becu arrested In Oukluud, Oil., for the larceny of a liorso, buggy and luiincim. There Is no accounting for tonic, but If Mr. Athol luid appropriated a burro there would be a near approach to family astute ne nnd the brain power supposed to belong to Hrltish "nubility." Hcottered brains, poetic or other wise, ni!iki poor JimllorH for the home; nd the high flown Idealities do less for comfort, good living, and fair repute thou do the eoiniuoiiplace ilrttic. Ap pearance have to be studied, self re aped hit to be considered, punctuality must be provided for, nnd the opinions of others must bent the least respected. If uot always followed. The high theater hat ordinance seem to be a cruel piece of legislation any way. II a holy happens to be bold, or wears n wig, or Is prematurely turning gray, there Is no heller way to disguise the fact than by covering such defect. by n toll hat, and the unfortunate wom an ought to have the right to do It. Of course If there Is no reason for wear lug an eclipsing obstruction no thought ful woman w 111 do so. llurglars ore the great terror of Mine. I'a til's life III Craig y-lio Castle, ml she has had u II the window Millil iters titled with electric bells, which tart ringing lit the slightest touch, .while- by the same machinery a gun Is llred and a number of dogs are let loose In the ground, we are calmly told In Cosscll's Saturday Journal. Special watchmen are told off every night on "round" duty. It Is added. Mr. lMwsr.l Whymper, the noted mountain climber, has i nn led the alp enstock for more than thirty years, nod lias s.iilcd Chlmhoru.o ond the Ma Iter bom, besides hundreds of lesser peaks, ml, although he has had numberless thrilling adventures, Including a fall of tits) feet, he never fractured a llmh or sustained any serious Injury, lie lld, however, tumble down a flight of stairs In Fnglund and fractured his collar-bone. It Is all right to put ample confidence l;i un employe whoso life presents a record of prolilty, because It encour age ceal and Inspires energy. Hut wheu It takes the form of actual care lessness the tendency Is to Incite rob bery ud the culmination Is loss of money m one ldc uud of character on the othi r. A duty of the cmplojcr Is to maintain at all times a keen scru tiny lilt the u IT. I Irs of the llnu. Kin ployer who fulllil this obligation rarely uffcr los Iroiu dishonest employes. Some Idea of the dlitlcultlcs that a progressive statesuiau h is to combat 111 a land like China Is revealed In the fact that the railway which Is to con nect IVLlti with the coast -Too miles long will not be permitted to cuter the capital. Tradition, religion, what not, regards t'.ie purely Industrious as de grading In the stirred precincts of the celestial city; the terminus must be put where the serene ears of priest it ml monarch shall never be disturbed by the shriek of loooiuotUe or the screech Of escaping slc.uii. According to the Suu Francisco Chronicle the children of the late Jas. J. Fair ure likely to be confronted villi the unpleasant news shortly that their Inheritance ha born heavily overval ued. The truth of the matter I that the Fair estate has depreciated In value I Doe the death of the man who made It. To-day It Is not worth over ?1.(.0,. 000. and If put under the hammer, tlnwe couvetsont wl'h the real condi tion of affairs say. It would not bring f 12.itKJ.WX), and pii-lbiy very little over 10,0,ii;0. If this Is the ease, Fair, lllntead of being ute IH hi'ht of the ho tlillli kings, died the .iu.Hk. .Ifc-JstJI to day Is worth ht.'s.o.i i. J. ntn.it I M.hmI dir.! Wf.rtli t ,i,i ss i,i SSI. D ltrleli had liciiily iin Inlicli to leave, while the man who was the comiunmHiig geiilu that pllM'd the way In the gigantic wenltli these four ninassi d. III the end was null hissed III the nice. Should the trust be IiIhm ki ll out, the direct heirs will receive n bout $:I,.VS),ISS) apiece. New Yoik Is ni iu.illy frightened over the diminishing proportion of her ex port grain trad'-, uud I he trunk line nr.- iilsnii to take a hand In It restora tion. A to Its contentions Willi liulll more mid l')iilml-Iili!il the West rare but little, but the trail Mississippi Mule have lurlied their tralllc toward New Orleans Slid (lalvcHtnii utnl what New York has IomI from those grain growing Stale It will never regain. Commerce I certain to tlml the shortest route to tide witter, and this Is the route to the Culf from the Stales which lie west of the Missouri. There Is no belter Illustration of the progress made by Fgypt under Hrltlsli suiervlslon than the transformation of I'nrt Said. A few years ago It was the Inisst vile and repulsive tow II of the Le vant. To-ilay It Is connected by rail with ImiiiiiIIIii, Cairo nnd Suez, abun dantly provided with fresh water, In terswteil In every direction by broml streets, Hiiih) with attractive and lm Mislng simps, while big hotels, con dinted on the best lines, have taken the place of all the nw cafin and res taurants which formerly nlsiiinili-d. In one word, all the disreputable fin lure which formerly contributed to render the place the plague sxit of the Meill term neti n have disappeared, ami to dny I'ort Said Is-ara an anwi of dignity, prosperity, and, alsive all, of resss-u-blllty. The relations between the French Ieglslaliire nnd the French nnvy art. considerably strained at th ins-sent inoiueiit. The other day, during the dis cussion of (In. naval budget, Nome of tilt radhlll M t 1 1 la-l.-l iim held up to ol loipiy Admiral Duperre, Hie senior of ficer of the service, for having, during the war of 1H7h, rcieete his wonl of hoin.r not to take any further part In the colilllct, after having been released on parole, the speakers holding that colislderatloim of patriotism tis.k pre ciHb'licc of thimc of honor. Tin Minis ter of Marine thcrcuxin In nil luipan nlolied s'is'h llitlinnted to the Inelll Ihm of the Chamber of Depulles that they were not capable of uiiilcrsiaud Ing or appreciating the inin'opllnns and Ideas of a French ollhi-r w Ith regard to honor ntul to the value of a pllghlisl word. The Army and Nnvy (lunette culls attention to a remarkable feature of Hie (,iilern' reign, the enormous num ber of wars, "little and big," that have marked Its progress. Scarcely a iwclveiuoiilli of till period has passed, Indeed, without finding Fugland at war In some part of the world. Here Is n list of Hie principal campaigns and ex peditions: Afghan war, lv:s -pi; first Chln i war, 1M1; Sikh war. IM.'t HI; Katllr war. IMd; second war wlih Chi mi, seciiid A'ghaii war, IM'.l; Neroinl Sikh war, Is is P.i; Itur se war. ; sis-itnd Katllr war, ls. ,V.'; seennd Ilur iiicsc war, ls."ij Ml; Crimea, ls,'il; third war with China, IVal ,'iS; Indian mu tiny, is."i7; Maori war, lsimiil; mure wars w ith China, IsiKiniul iscrj; second Maori war. lsC'liul; Asliaull war, 1st; ; war In r.h.totaii, Isiil; Abyssinian war, 1 vi 7 lis ; war with the ta.ooiet s, Istls; third Maori war. istis i'.'.i; war Looshals, s7; second Ashantl IS7II 71; third Katllr war, ls;7; Willi w a r, Zulu IsTs war, ls;s7'.i; third Afgluui war, Mi; war In Itusiitolatnl, IsT'.lsl; Trans vaal war. s;sis; Kgyptlat. war. lss.'; Soudan, issi jo s;i; third lliiiina war. IssMU; It.in.lbar, Isssi; India. Isimi; Maiabele wars, s:i mid Isisl; Cliiual campaign, Is'.ni; secoud Soudan cam polgn. ls'.s!. ClllCllgil, With II population LMllt'lrd from nearly every portion of the globe. Is n city of many surprises and scusa Holts, especially III the tiiatrlmoulal line. One of the recent legal cases lit that city Is u suit for J'.'.."i, brought by a real estate man against a former friend for Introducing lilm to a widow said to be worth J."st.isiii, and whom he Miibseipienlly married. The now prosecuted husband admit. that lie signed a note agreeing to pay the real esiale man i should a marriage follow' the Introduction, mill to show licit as a lover, he was active, vigilant, brave and successful, It may be only necessary lo add that the marriage fol lowed one month mid live days from the date of the Introduction. The litis band's excuse for now refusing to pay Is that he looked upon the note as a Joke. He did not Imagine that tlie real estate man was in earnest In demand lug a brevet dowry. Moreover, lie c'alms that he did all the courting, and that demanding 1'i.v for an Introduction Ih blackmail. The "salchcn" or the marriage broker Is a rcivgulnod fca tore lu some portions of Fiuope. ttn In the Chicago case the parties at odds lire Americans, and cannot phsid Hie customs of their former home. And as free and Independent Americans, puli lie sympathy will be with the man who welt the widow. To demand pay for Introducing couple who might possibly many Is striking a blow at the court ship business, and may decrease the re ec'.pts of the Marriage License 1 tin ran Ucsldcs, his wife advises lilm not to i'y- I'lvllUailou's 'ork. A man carrying an armful of fire wood would not ordinarily beuade the subject of comment. When, however, the tttan represent a pistpS- w ho used to think that such labor was a degra dation, he Is Interesting from a socio logical point of view. A correspondent of the New York F.veiinig I'ost, wrlt:: from Montana, tells of seeing a Chey cut.e Indian walking from the brush up to Irs lodge carrying wood. 1 V bis side was tiny gill with a h.irkl.iajof little twig. A few jears ago an Indian would have bit'O ash..(yed to be srvu doing l"' ,volll,l ,iav called a a.iuaw's work. To-day tfcl tribes are directly, and consciously, and of n4-s ally adopting civilised waj. The little girl at play represented the past; the niau, a promise of the future. During sllpi ry weother. fall easy, If jV)tiut fall. It I a good rule lo life; If you must fail, fall easy. O THE LITTLE GIRL THAT CREW UP. 1 Ishs wii slltlnc up straight In a atruigiit I kucked chair; 1 The wisfl't snsrl in her shining bnlr, Tlisre w-s-iu't a peck on her iluinty iln-ss. And her tint (see full of distress. , When I dr-w near to this maiden fsir, , Shs iinlili lily runiiileij her shining hsir, And droppibg down "in a Leap" on the floor, I'pllfted her voice In a wall most sort. i i "Now, what Is the matter, uiy pretty nisliir "I'm all grown up!" she dolefully aid, "And I'm loiit-snnie, t lonesome Iuiih ' some cun he. For liuuipty Duinptyand UiiMIe Me Ure. "There's I.lttle V.oj III lie, who used to creep T'nder our linystark, and fall asleep; ; lie isn't my friend since mother dear 'Did up' my huir in this twist so queer! "And the Dn( and the Fiddle, they left me, too. When tlie biihy In'o a woman grew ; 'ih Dish liu hidden away with the Spoon, And the Co iv hn stayed at the hark of the uioou! "The I.lttle Old Wouiao who Swept -the Sky I caught In her cobweb high and dry; And Jack and his liennstiilk I cannot find Since I begun to improve my mind. "I wouldn't be sea red not a single mile If the IttignhiHi 1 should meet to night; The Itogy Muu I'd be glml to see J'.ut they'll never, no, never, come hack to me! "I watched In the giinlen last night at dark, A fairy furor to find, hut-hark! ; My mother ! culling don't you hear? 'Young holies don't sit ou the floor, my dear!' " ZIoii'n Hers hi. Young Jimmy Steeveli went from the plow to the bnyoliet, with little In tervening time In which to prepare for the handling of hi new Implement. The Intention had been that young Steeveli should stick to (lie fdow, fo'' hi father and mother were getting old. and the two elder brother had already gone to the war, expecting to be home In three mouths, nnd now two years bod po.sKcd without their return; one of them. Indeed, It wo guessed, would never come back, although hi mime wo not In the list of dead, but III the apprehensive roll-call of the missing. Much us the farm needed Jimmy, his country appeared to need him more. ml It called out hi name blindfold, by menu of the draft. There being no money In the Steeveli family to buy a substitute, Jimmy Id go the handle of the plow and shouldered a gun. There was little time to waste In the camp of Instruction, for the country was loudly calling for more men, and a farmer's boy can stop u bullet us well a the most expert soldier, even though he may not direct It wit h much accuracy. So wllh the farm yard cries scarcely out of hi ear, Jimmy found himself lu the rough tin I ready turmo.l of the camp, flung unprepared Into sol diering; splendid uiiiicri.il to make a warrior of In time, through the hard, unsympathetic handling of that grcal machine, tlie army, tr but the bullet that was searching for lilm failed to Uud lilm for some mouths, what with marching, countermarching and sleep ing In a blanket, Jimmy wouhl be iim good a soldier lis tlie rest of th. in. r'Hiiy lo kill or be killed. Hard a farm work may be. It Is at least regular, and III the ipiict of the country n man gels a good mght a sleep Jimmy found that the only regular thing about soldiering was Its Irregu larity. He had been up two day and a ulght en the cars, he had marched, not knowing where he was going, coun termarched, halted, slept when lie could, bugled up again, os It seemed, almost before he had lain down, and of all tilings on earth that Jimmy most wanted was one uninterrupted good night's sleep; but grim fate, who wus waiting for him. decreed that Jimmy should be scut out from midnight till o'clock a a sentry, where, most Import ant of all things he was uot to do, he must uot full asleep. The Capta.n had the unfortunate Idea that jviuig fid low fresh from the farm, or from the workshop, made better sciiliiicis than the old stagers who wciv up to the tricks of the tia.le. It wa ten minutes to Vi when Jim. my was awakened by a rough shake from a rough hand grasping his shoul der, lie was drunken with sleep, and would have given anything for another hour of It, but he was marched through the camp, and then across a narrow field to the edge of a plantation; here lie relieved a mau whom he could not ce In the darkness, and who had been standing under a tree. Jimmy's Inetructloit were that he wa not to march up and down nor to move from the foot of the tree; he was not to lire his gun miles d rectly at tacked, but If he heard anyone' ap proach he must make for the camp as silently as he could and give warning. If sud 'only surrounded, he w is to if hi gun, but It was Impressed upon h!m that the great point was to keep ih enemy In Ignorance of the fact that he was there; therefore he tmwt not walk, nor move, but stand ivltli h: Kirk gainst the tree and kc., his ear w Ido Opetl. The relieved man of the guard walk ed noiselessly away, and Jimmy was left alone In the ?lei darkness caused by the overshadowing tree. He was at the edge of a wood. if If tlie enemv came. It would be through that bit of forest. Theght was very el cap, very silent, and very dark. The cleaim-i of the air wa shown by the brill ant tw li(( ling of the star. Jimmy pulled out h open fa.-ed a.lver watch, and found that by holding It at a vertalu angle, the light from one clear star would Just enable h;m d.mly to discern the time, although he had to lock sharptr to see the position of the large hand on tW broad, smooth face of the watch. J Tire minute after twelve." said Jimmy to himself, repeating the words over nnd over, but somehow they seem ed to convey little meaning to his pur tlaliy stitpelied brain. "Five minute after twelve," be reiterated, and closed liU tired eye for a second until he could comprehend what he was saying to himself; when he opened them and ntn red again at hi watch he was iiari-b-d nearly out of hi wit. At first tin thought the minute hand hud dropped ten minutes. It wu now a quarter ufter twelve. In that seeming second he had been asleep ten u.Iiiutcs, stand ing with the watch lu li s hand. It frightened Id in to think that thl was possible; he Imaglm-l that under such c Ireumstuiicc a man would have fall en. If, with his back against tue in he could sleep aa comfortably u lyln' In lil own bed at the farm, what might not happen before his long four houiV watch win over? If he could ouly pare up and dowu, In- in ght ki-; himself awake, but to stand there hhe a statue the very thought made him shudder. The safely of uu army prolmbly do petided upon his vigilance. He must keep awake at all luJird. for Hie army's suke, If not for h.s own. He knew that the penally of sleep was ijouth. "I must k-ep awake; I must keep awoke," he kept repeating to him self; then be was astonished to hear his father sny: "Come. Jimmy. It Is time to get up; this will never do, yon know." He saw tlie k ndly face of the old mail before lilm. "It Isn't daylight yet. father." he said, and u he spoke he saw above him the clour starlit sky. and he gasped, "1 have been asleep again." With trembling hands he took out the silver watch. Actually the bright star seemed to have shifted III the sky. He rubbed his cjes two or three times be fore he could persuade himself that the watch was not playing tricks with him. It was seven minutes to 1 o'clock. "I have been asleep for nearly three quarters of uu hour," he said with hor ror, us he pi n ed Hie watch 111 his vest pocket iigaiii. He picked up lii gnu with a bayonet on the end of it, and swung It backward and forward from hand to hand to keep himself awake; nil at oiu e he missed It, uud It fell clat tering among the dead haves lit the foot of the lice, lie picked It up ipilck ly mid slood, at once ull alert, at the foot of the tree to listen. Nothing hut the deepest silliness surrounded him. He leaned the gnu against the tree and moved hi arm up uud down. Ho blinked at the stars, and the movement of Ills arms seemed to become more and more mechanical, until at lust a wagon half laden w ith new-made hay drove up beside lilm, and he sow hi father ou Hie loud driving the horses. Conn'. Jimmy," he said, "thl Is the last load, and It looks like rain." "1 don't see, father, how I am to stand sentry nnd load hay ut the same tunc, ' replied Jimmy. "till," said the old ninn, "It's ijulte easy. You may lis well be doing that us moving your arms up and dow n." J.inmy saw I lie re wus truth lu this, and noticing the haycock beside lilm he took u pitchfork lu his hand and dug It deep Into the sweet smelling hay. The pitchfork sank dowu through tlie bay uud smirk something; then wagon mid haycock both disappeared, and .Ilu, my found himself trying to extri cate the point of his bayonet from one of the gnarled roots of the tree. He was In despair. "I may us well He down and be shot for It," he said d.smally. "1 can't keep awake If I am to stund still." lie looked again at his watch. It was twenty minutes past one. He had some thought of saving himself by rushing Into camp and crying that he heard some one coining through the wood, but he knew that would be treachery to coiiiiadcs, all of whom were doubtless sound asleep. So he set his Ingenuity to work to keep himself uwake. !! needed a sharp lesson, lie told himself, mul so he prepared one. .searching his pocket, he found a piece of suing. He made n loop w ith it which he. put round his wrist; then, over the lower branch of the tree, he wrapped the uulouped cud of the suing "It 11XIK TO lilt I l JIMSIV." three or four times, so that If the weight of hi arm came upon the loop the cord would untwine from the branch and his liund would come down, lie loaned hi gun against the tree with the hajonet point upwards, and his open siltn hovering a few Inches above Hie sharp tnsslle of the bayonet. "1 shall stand this way till four o'clock." he sa.d." and If 1 fall asleep my hand will drop Usm the bayonet point." Agi.in he lo -Ved at his watch 'ind aw It wa half past one. Two hours and a half still to s and guard! As ho st.nvd out Into tlie night he suddenly saw an oillcer and soldier before linn. The etllccr ha I spokeu In a low, threatening voice, but the Import of tlie words were completely uussed by Jimmy's dated mind. "What d.d you say. sir!" asked Jim my. "You wire asleep at your post," Mid the man. "I swear 1 was not," cried Jimmy, and fc'-en wondered why lii hand had not dropped on the Klyctiet point. He fc,for h.s guu; It wa not the. "You nee. I not search for your weap on." sail the oth.-cr. "I have It. You were asleep at your post. Here. John son, tie a. I, led fj a low Voice, "take this fellowQ place. Come, sir, you are my prison." J i'm' !' hadn't a word to iWy, but fol l.(sis.T the t. tan Into the camp. They passed N twit n the silent tents, seeing sentinel stand ng here and there l.ke encampment, they came to a large ten which i'.iosed iim a UgM wa burning within. The Sergeant, or wboevir h was (Jimmy had been too recent a re cruit to know the distinction of the armyi. raised a Cap of the teut and en tered. An oflieer with stern and .lag gard face looked mefrotu a rough tab.. w hereon he was writing. The Sericiu: said to Li 1 til : Caught asleep at hi p.t. s.r. "Ah." "aid the ollher with a deep .. .... i.u rire and dra wing u long , i ii i H brru'.ll. . "I took hi gun away from him an l bad to speak twice to k m before ' UW0ke." "Ah," r. p.-at. J the otli'cr; tnni to Jimiiiv: "What have you to say. s.r; "1 suppose It's true." admitted J-'"' mv. "1 Uid my best to keep awake" The usual evw," replied the ul.i cer. turning to hi writing ' "liace him under guard till d.iyhreau. Thru have out a ule of twelve men and shoot him." "(lood UoiK" cried Jimmy, "you sure Iv don't murder a man wh" has come to light for you In lhat off hand way with out even hearing what he hits to say for himself." T have heard you." rrjolm'd the oill cer quietly, "'lake him away. Ser geant." The Sergeant grasped young Nee veil roughly by the arm uud led him out of the lent. "I his isn't right, you know." protit ed Jimmy. "I must be trad by a Jury or something." "(Hi, don't trouble about that, sonny," replied the Sergeant. " hat the tleii eral say I usually right; If there is anything wrong uboiit it there will be an !inuiry later, but that won't help you milch. See, It Is beginning to gel l.ght lu the east already." "What time wa it when you found mo ';" asked Jimmy. In despair. "We found you at four o'clock, when we came to change guard." Theti Jitnuiy saw that further protest was useless. He had slept two hour and a half. "(h. If I had only another chance." he groaned. "1 don't feel much like sleep now. Don't you think the lidi eral would give me another chance V" The Sergeant shook his head uiLsym iathc th ally. "Tun much depends on It," he said. "The lieiieral has wanted to make an example for some time, short and sharp, and you're the muu to furnish the example." The Sergeunt turned Jimmy over to two tinned men. "(iiiard this youngster." he said. "He's to be shot ut daybreak, uud if getting uear that time now. I'll go and rout out a siiiad. Don't waste any time lamenting, youngster." This to Jimmy: "If you have any prayers, low's your time." "It's all Irregular." cried Jimmy to the sentries on each side of him. "A man's life iiiu't be taken away at the simple word of another mail." l'.ut the setitrled' business was not to answer, so they stood, two grim, voice less uutottiatoiis, one ou either side of lilm. All the time there was running In Jimmy's mind a horrible sense of the Irregularity of It nil. If the country. If the newspaper knew of this, there would be a fuss made, but he frit that when the fuss ciime It would be too late to help hint. The steady tramp of a number of men broke Into Ills reverie. The gray of the coining day was .spreading over the east. "Kight about! Mutch!" said the Ser geant, and Jim my mechanically march ed as he wa told. They stood him up with his back against a tree, the twelve men drawn lu line before him. and appallingly mar. "1 won't have my eyes bandaged." snld Jimmy, "1 want to see theiu tire." "Very well," replied Hie Sergeant, putting the handkerchief In his pocket nonchalantly, ns If It were u point not worth discussing. Jimmy felt ns If he would choke. Hi heart was beating with tremendous ra pidity, and hi breath came In thick gasps. There was a short, sharp com mand from the Sergeant and the twelve rltles were leveled ut hi breast. H. heard the word "Fire," and then the ringing of a dozen shots, and it smirk lilm as curious that they did not go off simultaneously, but with a perceptible interval between, ns If some had hesi tated to pull the trigger. Then the nma.lng fact struck him that all the bullets had gone through the palm of his hand, which was the more astonish ing because he had kept his hands be hind him. He found himself looking curiously at the palm of his hand, uud feeling th,. warm blood trickle over It. The tlash of the twelve titles had nt otice wlprd out the daylight, au 1 Jimmv stood under the tree wllh the glittering still's once more over his head. The twelve men mid the Sergeant had van ished, but the sharp paiu was still in his hand, and the warm blood was trickling from the wound. "Well, til be blessed." said Jimmy; "this was a dream, too, but what a hor rible oue. My hand has come dowu on the bayonet point, after all. I wonder how long I've been asleep this time. It was half past one wheu 1 hist looked in my watch." Jimmy pulled out the big silver time piece oiii e more, and turned It towaid the glittering star. It still seemed to be half past one, but as lie look-,1 elosci he saw that the minute hand had mov ed lust perceptibly beyond the h ilf-p.ist point. "Hood heavens:" gasped Jimmy In anuueuient; "have 1 dreamt nil ;hat ghastly stuff lu thirty seconds. H.n, hang It. I knew the Ceuerai's proceed ings weren't regular." The pain m Jimmy s paini k 'pt hiu awake t.ll four o'clock and rvU-ise cau,...-I.uke Sharp. lu Detroit" Free Tress. . A Traveller Forethought. I.lttle things Illustrate cen.i'u Ku-g'.-shineuV knowledge of American ge ography very 'etuivs.piely. An Ku-gl.slu- au who had taken the luifl express at Phlladi lphi.t called out oil going to hod before the train starred: "Porta h! portab."' The porterOame. "What Is It, sir?" lie sal I. "Phase wake me : wheu we ,, Sun Francisco, you know," Uj the Eu g'.ishn.in. Irrrible. He- uei that the count Incurred the deadly hostility of the MaU-i. ouie tllllv A -.1 liv trl.J.iti.1 .1... A aeeret organisation designed to reg. ulate the retail price of pednuuk ruck. THE eATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. J A I.e.cri,tin of the i:n8'S'" ' General J.ckton. ,, ,,e century William Hugh Ib'b- unshasaii article entitled "NaimU-u I., th.. ihit.h. of n'- in. ..is Is uu Jo hitherto unpiibllshi d I,er wriitea by . J:i-k..u ,,., . M..:.roc A portion of the letter lolh'ws: , T,:..re was n very heavy fog on toe ,-ivrr il.ai moriilt.g. an,IH,eIirlt,s .h.i.l ,-,.,,., ;lll w ere moving before 1 km-w u ' l.e disposition of the litietnen wa VC1-V simple. TheV ' IV I l, 1 off i 11 hUhl- ;-'si, i.e and tw... Number one was to ,ir.. tirst. then st.-p back Mid h't nun.- I,,.,. ,,,s! t while he reloaded. About six hundred yard from the ritlemeu th.-re was a great drainage canal run ning ba. k from the Mississippi U Iyer t t:. swamp in the rear of the tilled land on whlrh we were operating. U.uig tliis canal the Uritlsh formed, under the tire of the few nrtilhry pieces I had near enough to them to get their range. Hut the Instant 1 saw them I said to Coffee, whom 1 directed to hiirrv to his line, which was to be first attacked: "My . have got them; tnev are ours:" Coffee dashed forward, and riding along his line called out. Don't shoot till you can see their belt buckles." The lirltlsli wore funned ill muss, well dosed up, uud about two companies front. The llritish. thus formed, moved on ut a iiiick step, without firing a shot, to within one hundred yard of the k ling riflemen, who were holding their lire till they could see the belt buckle of their enemies. The Hrltish advance was executed as though they had been ou parade. They marched shoulder to shoulder, with the step of veterans, us they were. At one hun dred yards' distance from our line the order was given, "Kxtetid column front." "Double nuiek. march! Charge!" Willi bayonets ut the charge, they cann on us at u run. I own It was an anxious moment; I well knew the charging col umn was made up of the picked troop of the Hrltish army. They hud been trained by the Duke himself, were com manded by ids brother-in-law, and hud successfully held off the ablest of Na poleon' marshal lu the Spanish cam paign. My riflemen had never seen such nn attack, uor hud they ever be foic fought w hite men. Tlie morning, too, wu dump; their powder might not burn well. "Cod help us!" 1 mut tered, watching the rapidly advancing line. Seventy, sixty, fifty. Anally forty, yard, were they from the silent kneel ing riflemen. All of my nieu I could see was their long rllles rested on the log before them. They obeyed their order well; not u shot wus tired until the redcoat were within forty yards. I heard Coffee's voice us he roared out: "Now. men, aim for the center of the cross-bells! Fire!" A second lifter the order a crackling, bla.ing Hash run nil along our line. Tlie smoke hung so heavily in the misty morning uir that I could not see what happened. I culled Tom Overton and Aimer Duncan, of my staff, and we galloped toward Coffee's line, lu a few second after the first lire there eunie another sharp, ringing volley. As 1 came within one hundred nnd fifty yards of Coffee, the smoke lifted enough for me to make out what was happening. The Hrltish were falling back In a confused, disorderly mass, and the en tire tirst ranks of their column were blown away. For two hundred yards in our front the ground was covered with a tnuss of writhing wounded, dead it ml dying redcoat, lly the time tin lilies were wiped the llritish line was reformed, and on It came again. This time they won. led by (ieueral Taken ham In person, gallantly mounted, ami riding as though he wis on parade. Just before lie got within range of Cof fee's line 1 heard a single rifle-shot from a group uf country carts we had been using, about one hundred und seventy-five yurds distant, and a mo ment thereafter I saw rukeiihain reel and pitch out of his saddle. I have al ways believed he fell from the bullet of a free man of color, who was a fa mous rifle-shot, and came from the At.tk.ippas region of Louisiana. The second advance was precisely like the tirst In its ending. In five vollevs the l.e r more rllh killed and wounded L-.li, l-.ritish soldiers, two thirds of them killed or mortally wounded. 1 did not know where (leti- eral ritKenliatu was lying of I unotild have sent to him. or gone in person, to offer any service in my power to ren tier. I was told he lived two hours after he was bit. His wound was directly through the liver and bowels. (.Ieueral Kerne. I hear, was killed dead. Ther sntt a flag to me, asking leave to gather up their wounded and bury their dead, which, of course. I grauted. I w as told by a wounded otlieer that the rank and file absolutely refused to make a third charge. "We have no chance with such shooting as these Americans do " they said. How ruttan (iet Arum mtu Poxvder It was an Interesting revelation winch we got In a rei-ent Havana letter to Hie Sun that the CuNui patriots have frequently procured military mu nitions by purchase from the o'ffleei of the Spanish army. It was stated lu the letter that two Spanish eohtnels be longing to the garrison at Cuanabaeoa had U-cn implicated In secret dealing with the revolutionists. "The Spanish, soldiers." said our correspondent, "are so hungry and so 111 treated tint th, v sell their cartridge to the insurgents'" There .ire not a few Spanish ollieers in Culxa who have made niotiev dun,,,, the war by blackmail, by the plunder lug of villages, bv levvi , ,i ii i.i .u assi-sstiiont upon planters and numifaotuivrs fr protection, and by MV.ng arms t0 the ''" f Spain. The Cuban have many time procured military supnli,s by capturing th,.,,, ui .,i the battle hid h.vbtiyi,,i:,i,,mfr,,mthl.,,,Imilnn,li.lN ' s.-nn.s.i garrms. n,,d by help nf - urers who have taken the,, ' m ships. At all ,',,.,. In r in war the rlitl,al ,,, e,r chief bus . , ri(, ,4 Mer s..all bMve ,;, f ake with him th.efern.t.e' w A Crane lnie7fT-. J iou, animal, but a .hep. herd Mrd thnt will drive Its charge t pasture, protect them from prownn. intimitis, und, gathering them ciirrfuiij together ut nightfall, bring theIU KHf(S ly home nguni, Is something till r. .-,., I y unbuild of in this part of the w,,r, smii u I'irii is uu- yiihiimiK of s.-im, Amdim. The setlh r in Venezuela P1(j Hriii di (iiiliinii needs no dog to eare fur h!s slice) ntul poultry. He ha nn cieiit giiiirdiiiu In the shape of u , nUf which he, or an Indian for him, t,Ujll4 to obey the voice of Its master. To the care of this bird he Intrint, his sheep or Ills duck and other .i,ti. try, und sees them depart to their f j. lug-ground secure lu the know hiigo that the crune will bring them nil bu. k wifely. Woe to tlie unlucky uninm that, prowling about to steal, U de tooted by the vigilant ynkainlk. The bird snvtigely attacks the marauder with wing and bonk, and font- u t0 retreat in haste. A dog Is no match fur the crane. At nightfall the bird returns with t( flock, never losing lis way. no tinnier how far It may wander, for It HvllM) of location I very ncnte. Arrived at home, It roost upon u tree or shed m ar its charges, to be reudy to resume p, supervision of them wheu they ure let out again In the morning. The bird Is as affect lotiute ns It U trustworthy. It will follow Its mnsvr alMiiit, capering with delight, uud show ing its appreciation of bis caresses by the most absurd movement. Mr. Carter Heard, In an article In the Popular Science News, say thut the ynkiitnik is so Jealous of other botue hold pel that when It appears at meal time It will not take It own food until It has driven off every cat and dug and secured full possession for Itself. It can bear no rival lu its mustiT'i favor, and will not even tolerate th uegru waiters unless It knows them well. The LaHt Dollar. A prosis-roiis New-Yorker, who ft the course of tweiity-flve years has it tallied high distinction lu his prof slou, attributes his success lu In rge measure to hi father's good sense la appealing to hi uiiitillnes anil pride. lie hud been an indolent student at college, nnd hail made a poor use of his advantages; and as soou a he wa graduated he hod asked hi father to allow li i tn to go to New York and m study law. The father's reply was brusiie and forcible. "So far a I cun make It out. yi.a have wasted your time at college." he said, "and there Is no ground for faith In your success at the bur. Still you may do us you like. I shall give you one hundred dollar; but remember that w lieu you have spent your last dol lar. It will be useless to u-sk me for money." This reads like nn unkind, unsympa thetic speech, but the son treasures It to this day a a rich legacy from a wise father. It helped to develop lu him 1 spirit of manly ludepetnleuce. It nmle him set his teeth together, and rcsolva that under no circumstances woulihe ask 111 father for another dollar. A strange glow of excitement bright ens the veteran' face whenever he telli the story of his last dollar. When he reached New Y'ork the let ters of Introduction iism w hich he tail depended failed to secure nn opcninc for him. ami lie found himself without n friend in the great city. Week after week he walked the streets In scare!) of employment In stores, factories and offices, and he received no encourage ment. Ills lodgings became poorer and poorer, his luncheon was dropped, und at last he had only one meal a day. There came a day wheu he had only one dollar left In hi pocket It was late In the afternoon, nnd he had cnten nothing since the previous night. With this last dollar unbroken he secured a clerkship in a dry-good etore, ninl tlie crisis of ids fortune wa passed. Sil month afterward there wa an open ing for him In a law office, and eventu ally he became a successful lawyer. A metropolitan bankee recently re marked that hi bank was au asylum for millionaires' grandsons. "1 have six of them In training a clerks." he said, "und not one of them has tlie en ergy required for earning his living un aided. If they were poor men, with out having the prospect of Inheriting great wealth, they would find It for their benefit to learn something in my bank, nnd to lit themselves for useful careers." That was n cynical remark at the expense of rich men's wins; but it l true thnt hard nnd painful experiences. Ilkethe young collegian's search for em ployment with hi last dollar In hi pocket, toughen the fibre of one's man hood and develop force of character, and. with the possession of good mental qualities, contribute to success In lint Youth's Companion. Not What They Kxpccted. Rttr.'lars make a mkstake when they tackle a physician's house. One br.'k' Into a London doctor's consulting risitn n short time ago, nnd the doctor thre at him the first thing he could lay hl bauds on. It happened to be a bottle of oil ' peppermint, which caught the thief 10 the neck and broke. The thief away, but the next day the police sniffed at every susplcous characti'f they met. and soon secured their tnau. Twenty-four hours later when r' ralgned In court, he still reeked of I'1 peppermint. Not ninny weeks pre viously another thief wns discovereJ by a physician In his mom. The doctor pretended that he though' the Intruder was a new patient com for a consultation, ami thumped an-' pounded him for teu minutes In th' nmst professional manner, proti oinreJ him perfectly sound, nud charged lilm Under 1 tint Head. Mrs 01oss Why, Hannah, the Ih'v Mr. Whitechockereays he culled ou hi blry.ii- yesterday and you said I out. Hannah (from Boston! Yes. n.u'fllli: you told me If any peddiars caii-'J wr.s to say that you were uot at h'ir.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. Kemurkable. "I talki-d yesterday to SoO men. " under conviction," said oue preacher tc another. "You did? Well, that was n an'"' able! Where was it? "At Sing Sing!" New York Ilrra'-'1 It Is not a .in.utl.in i.-, mi:.-a of ''- an old maid or married, as it I (ju'''' tl.in .e - ... t . n -"- vi a uiary or a uiiiu. O Ci) o O o O n 0 $