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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1897)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. L Im CAMPBELL, rrriUr. ITJGENE CITT.. 0BEGO2I The Kansas City War In of the opin ion thnt Itussell Huge lia probably more money ami ca fun than any uiau of bl cla it lu America. If It 1 tniH Hint diamond ran l manufactured InfiiM-njilveljr. what I to hlniltT the average citizen of tbe future from rlalng to the supreme level of the hotel clerk. In Lexington, Ky., there la a club the youligmt member of which I h9 year old. All the other are over IK). The club meet regularly for purpose of miitunl Improvement and social pleas ure. Florists and gardcucr have found a simple and what I mild to be an efTec tlve rneiifi of ridding their greenhouse of devastating Insects. Tobacco stem are placed on the heating pipe, and the Iienl brlnij out the odor of the tobacco, which destroy the petti. I Htreet car ran bo ventilated by mean of a new device consisting of n rotary fan run by the motion of tbe car. placed In Hie car roof and connected with ii n cxhuiist fan placed In the end of a pipe running to tbe Interior of the car. Hie Intention belng'to exhauitt t !. foul air lu the upper part of the car, that puru air can enter from the out aldc. A quick piece of engineering work carried out one Saturday night re cclitiy on the Croat Kateru Kallway near l:iy. An ohl bridge of one hun dred and thirty feet pan over the Klver Uiine wa taken down lu lx hour, and a new aingle spall bridge that bad been erected alongside wn lifted up on a let of trolley and put In It place lu two hour more, only one regular Hun day train having been delayed. lu i he heart of Kau Francisco I the rlly' principal cemetery, where are burled tbe Itodlc of her fnmoti dead, ami w here loom up In the sky the grand miiUNoleum of her millionaire mining ami railroad king. A movement to l.Uect I bin cemetery with a new street ha aroused much oppoHltlon, yet It I by mi menu certnlu that ftoout-r or later the whole cemetery will not be moved to a quarter where the dead would com! Ioh lu n al etate ami taxi. A aurely a bread I the ataff of life, to Niirely I America feeding tho world. From the wheat fleld of the Went three streams of grain are flowing one toward the Pacific const for ship meiit to India and the far Kant, one down the Mississippi to New Orleans, and another toward the Atlantic sea board, the bint two for transportation to Kurope. Tld demand I factor In producing the better tlmei that are dawning for the Pulled Ntale. (luce, and not very long ago, the pub lic Ictlerwrltora of Pari made comfort able living by Inditing epUtlo, cutl meiiiiil or businesslike, a the rase might require, fur people to whom the mysteries of the iqielllngbook bad never been explnlued. l'ompulory ed iicnllou ha ruined tho craft, and the few representative of It that aurvlve only avoid starvation by getting occa sionally the tank of correcting the grammar and heightening the cloqenro of Nome Social little Pcpnty whoso abil ity to wrlle 1 not backe.l up by the p.ws.sslon of very much to write about. A blacksmith lu Kansas baa hit upon a novel plan to Induce hi debtor to pay up. lie bn puhlUhed In the local paper the following card: "Aa I am obliged to meet the payment of note I am compelled to call upon all of Huse who are Indebted to me to help me out ua much a they can. 1 have decided to aided a day. I requeat your presence nt my ho to pay the amount herein mated. You will receive a apeclal treat. I.uueh and refreshment will be served from 1 p. in. to II p. m. In my basement, and a ver good time I assured. Please prcHciit till card when you call and how the amount of your account, which I dollar and cent." Mark Twain la between M and tto, thlu, medium height, with prominent feature. Ill face la Jewish and gen erally wear a wrinkled and grave ex pression. Ills small, sparking eye are almost entirely blddeu lu great bushy eyebrow. A lawyer wa once talking to hi in with hi hand lu lib poo Wet. "Isn't It a strange sight," cried Twain, "to xee a lawyer put hi hamla Into hU pookot-hl own'" On atiother otva aluu be wa making a ecb at a din ner In New York. "I myaelf have fought a little," he an Id, "for a fort night I wa on the stronger aide and I retired -to make the aldea equal." A San Francisco carpenter who ued to be a miner ha discovered lu olio of the treel of that city a velu of qtinrll contain ng both gold and allver lu qnau title that Indicate the presence of a huge dcpolt of rich ore. He ret linen to reveal the maltlou of tlila ledge, be cause the only outcropping of It about which he know la on muulclpal prop, eriy, and, a all the laud In the vicinity la covered with bullae, lie d.os uot ace how be la going to get any pro lit out of til lltid. He baa, however, obtalued i few apeclmeii from the vein, and ha had them assayed, with the result of allowing that the ore. If It rutin a well, ooiitnlu $11! 10 In gold and f2tUi in sll ver to the ton. The carpenter la trying to think out some method of deriving advnutage from hi Inconvenlenily sit- uatcd mine, and meantime la worrying because people are walking over It every tiny and aomelmdy with more money than himself may notice the quarix velu, buy the a.ljaceut property nd make a fortune. A novel raae In the law of habea cor pus ba recently been divided by the Supreme Judicial I ourt or Maaaaciiu ett. The writ wa applied f r by a prisoner who had been aentetiaed to tin prlsoninent at bard labor for two year and all month. The senteuce waa er roncou lu that It did not go further and direct that the Imprisonment alioiild be aolliary. For thl reaxm the petitioner claimed that be wa entitled to be discharged; but U full beuca of the Ruprema Court denied tbe mv tlon, saying that theudgment wa cor rect a fur a ft went, and there wa nothing to prevent an amendment of the sentence, which would add the fur ther penally which the prisoner aald should have been Imposed upon til in. j (Jeorge W. Smalley hi been com- j paring lite postal service of Ixnidon to that of New York, to the decided dis advantage of the latter city. He la now living In T.'th street, near Fifth j avenue, ami letter are delivered there four time a day, between the houra of i 8 in the morning ami H at night. This , la better than the service In San Fran-; clsco, but It 1 uot what Mr. Smalley ha been ued to. In London, occupy-1 lug a house lu a similar location, Mr. Smalley got hi first letter at teu mln-! utc to H In the morning, and from 10 i In the morning till 10 at Dlght the tie-1 liveries were hourly, He say a that It ! la no uncommon thing Id Iondnn to j mall a letter and get an answer by ; post within three or four hour. COUNTING THE APPLE SEEDS. Pnnlcl Mayer, the IOngllsb mimical agent, say America I the only country j besides Kngliiml where "great money" I made by musician. On the coiitl-1 nent charge for admission are small, j and there are not so many big halls, consequently artists have to be content ' with lesser receipts. A fee of IM in j considered as something very high In deed for a single performance "acros ' the water." The musical life L a very j uncertain one. It seems. Only those j who have made really big nn tin makj big Incomes. A great ninny "big" vocal- j Ista ami Instrumentalists receive pupils, j even while at the height of their popu- I lnrlty. Musical suns are apt to set very suddenly. Singer go out of fash-1 Ion quickly and do uot get Into fashion again. i ' I Kx Cublnet Minister Halhaut, recent ly liberated at the conclusion of III" term of Imprisonment for which be waa sentenced for fraud ami corruption, of which he had. while Minister of Public Works, rendered himself guilty In con nection wltli the defunct Panama Com pany, has, to the astonishment of ev ery lody, Just been rearrested. It ap neara Unit he Is still liable to tbe Gov ernment to the extent of h'.il.lHMj franc , cleaner lu the sheds, and, being al for flues, cost, ami legnl expenses. The vvya a steady-going young fellow, had courts recently decided that the unfor- reached the topmost rung of tho lad lunate man. who Is co lea-ly ruined. 1 uVr sooner Hum most. There wn. per- should either pay thla sum at once or be baps, an cutra Incentive In my case, as Imprisoned for another year. Natural-, " conning n nine gin who was. ly. be chose the hitler, aud ha mw the ' ' '"' '"' '"' waning mi i Madirosy by the great log' light. Iteside the hearth one winter nighl That flaming up the chimney dark . Hit every cranny, every nook, .'H.ti the rug a little maid Hat curled, in pose demure and itald. In pensive mood, with dreamy eye She aits, w hile up the chimney flies A thought with every fiery apaik (ilintina- and flushing through tbe dark. Till with a aigh profound and deep She moves, aa one move in her sleep. A rosy apple in her hand A weight of thought aci ni to demand, She tup it with a finger light, Then carefully hp take a bite. Another bite, now one, now two The core is tint exposed to view. Another sigh! what ran it be, My little inn id, that aileth tbe? Ah! what is this? Some Incantation? Muttered w ith sin h reiteration V Hark! as each seed her bright ) see, These are the words that come to uie: "tine I love, two I love, Three I love, I say! Four I love with all my heart, Five I cast away." Here a tear roll brightly down. What (lie secret she hits won. Who can any? Hut Just behind Sounds a voice so soft and kind: "l-ook ngnlii! Thou must indeed Find for me n not her seed!" Hosier her bright cheeks glow In the firelight's ruddy glow. Sure enough I a culprit seed Finds she in the core indeed "From thy lips 1 fain would hear Whut the sixth one menus, my dear." "Six he loves," she murmured low, And the lireliglit'a dickering glow Two happy faces now disclose With checks nglowing like the rose, lint here we'll lei the rurtaili fall, For the end is best of all. -Sacramento I'niou. DKVAiVS ESCAPE It was a red letter day In my life when I was first put In charge of a "passenger." I'd worked my way up by successive stage from the post of consolation of knowing that every inlm uie spent In the penitentiary la wiping off, roughly speaking, about three cents of his debt to tbe atate. The taat piece of property owned by ex Senator Tabor, of IU-uver, was fore closed a few days ago under a mort gage for $sihi,in.i, Fifteen ycara ago be possessed a fortune of over $tl,0iKi,. . The year 1S77 fotiud hltu with his family on the lte where Ix-udvllle now stand. Here, with two other men, Ta Ixir begun mining lu a smalt way and on an apparently pisir prospect. In the course of a few mouth) ha sold hi half Interest for H.tsKl.OtNl. F.u outraged by thl unexpected auocesa, be went on selling and Investing In new milling property until In 1HM) he bad a dally Income greater than that of any man between New York City and Ne vadrt. He built a residence that coat f 1,11,11. Pnfortunnte Investments, betrayed friendship, and political am bition, nulled with the stringency of the times, have wrought Uie ex-Scnut- ea rued enough to make me tbe happl est of men. To be sure, 1 had a rival, Krnest Ie val by name, who was "something lu ; the city" and possessed the showy at 1 tractlvcness and the art of InsidloiiM 'nailery which sometimes lure fickle 1 minded women to forsake the true met al fur the glittering dross. I must own he occasioned me some slight cause for Jculouy, still, secure lu the knowledge of our mutual love ami knowing Alice to be a sensible Utile gill, I was on the whole as happy as I most tdiaps w ho see their sweetheart but once or twice a week. She bad told me on more than one occasion that she wanted nothing In do with him, but In spile of her obvious 'dislike be persisted In persecuting her with IiIm attentions, and only the day before tbe Incidents happened which I am about to relate 1 had found It nec essary myself to display the linger of Alice lo him with my ring upon It, to his lll-coucealcd chagrin and evident ' inortlllcatlon. On the next night I was. n usual. ir'a Unsocial rill 11. Though Mist Ills prime and deserted by summer friends, ordered to lake out the sleeping saloon who owe nil Ihev have to lllm. ho has. iexprees 10 me no.ui with true American pluck, set about re trieving hi lost fortune. Chicago Tribune: Kdward Stauley, of W illiamsburg, has tired uf doing housework and seek a respite from taking cure of the chllrrcn. This en tirely commendable desire, however, baa lauded Mr. Stanley In Jail, because be so far forget his customary meek ness as to Inform Mrs. Stanley that he would cut her throat. It uppears that Mr. Stanley had no Intention of com mitting any act of violence and referred to Mrs. Stanley's throat entirely In a Pickwickian aeiisc, merely "to have something to say." He hud reached the "last feather" stage ami chose an In felicitous method of expressing his dec la ration of Independence. There w as something pathetic In bis explanation to the Judge. "Other married men go around with the Isiys," snlil lie, "butj I've been compelled to mind my own children. I've washed and dressed them: kept them always looking neat. Then I've done all the cooking for the whole family, besides the cleaning. Not until everything was finished, every thing looking trim aud neat, and the children having their afternoon nap, did I gel a chance to read a novel and smoke my pipe." Mr. Stanley docs not ask for much. All he wants la a chanc to work In a manner betlttlug tils sex and hi aspiration to renew his con vivial assiH'latlon with "the boy a." (ireat loe Avalanche. A mass of Ice comprising ,H,0(d cubic feet broke away on the 11th of Septeintier, IMHl, from the lower rl of the Alicia (Under oil the tieiiinil Pass, In Switzerland. With the veloc ity acquired lu lis descent this river ot Ice rushed cro.s the pasturage and up the western slopo of the valley to a height of I.!"' feet along the rvky wall of the Welsstlugrat. Not being able to completely surmount tbl barrier, tbe main mass came aurgliig back-like a vast ncawave recoiling from the cllffa with such force that some of 11 rcturtiisl to a height of 11 feet tip the eastern aide. Isolated blucR of Ice were hurled ch-ar over the ridge Into the adjoining valley. This aval anche was preceded by a terrltle blast of wind, which swept away chalcta. trei-s, men and cattle, as though they had been feather. These sudden aval anches of Ice or snow form one of the special dangers of Alpine cllinblug Curious Marriage CuMom, A very peculiar custom Is prevalent In Lithuania. Ou the occasion of th, celebration of a marriage the mother of the bride, lu the presence of numer ous witnesses, adinlHlater to her daughter a vlgorou box on the ear. In case of dispute between the husband aud wife at any later period thla blow may be cited a a plea for divorce, she contending that she was couairalucd to enter the boiida of matrimony by phy sical fore. My mate had I secured the couplings, the obi engine I was panting and snorting like n thing of life. m If eager for Hie coming Jour ney, nnd the bustle on the platform bad subsided. The signals were right 'ami I bad my hand on the throttle only walling for the "right away!" i v hen. Just a.s the green light w as dis played, a cab rallied Into the station, from which an excited man hastily Jumped. Flinging some money to the driver, he rushed along the platform ami sprang Into the tlrsi compartment of the train, the next one to the en gine. Just as I prised the lever and my llremati had loosened the brake. j We had hardly begun to move when another man, who had been walling on the station, In the shadow of a pll lcr. and I knew as Peteclive Juhson. of Scotland Yard, sprang to the car riage and ejaculating, "Thought I should nab you here, my beauty!" en deavored to enter. I was busy getting under way, but my mate told me that the man In the carriage struck the de tective In the face and forced him off the fool hoard. Ilia hat (lew off in the struggle ami fell between the platform nnd the moving train, but the oillccr. determined not to lose his quarry, was up again lu an Instant, and (hough the carriages were flying past him, he sprang upon the footboard of the last coach, heeding not the cries of the ex cited porters and ferritin! onlookers; . and Just as the train cleared the pint. form he saw the guard lean forward j from the open door, aud grasping the 1 man by the arms, assist him Into the I van. The fugitive In the first roach saw the detective's disappearance also, and his bloodies face blanched a shade paler. I "tireat siiakiw!" exclaimed the flr man, drawing In his breath with a sharp hiss, "that was a narrow shave. Jobson means to have that chap some, how, and have him he will. ! wonder what he's wanted for. He'll never reach the landing stage thl Journey, that's a dead cert!" "No," said I; "they'll have him at Crewe right eii.mgh. Poor beggar! He made a desperate tU-ht for It. anyhow!" The "s'.eeper," a.s we called It, was timed sua glit through to Crewe with out a top. doing the l. mile In three hours and the minutes. There we left It to another eug no which would be In waiting to take it "up" express la tcr In the morning, I knew that as xll as we reached Crewe there would be a crowd of policemen wait. tig to search the train from end to end. Joh soti was iqi to his work, and the teh graph would be clicking it warning message a moment or two after we had passed through the flint st.ttlou. It was not the only capture, by any means. I had witnessed th. astute of-ib-er make, and the despairing face of the men, roblml of the last hope of es cape, the shadow of the criminal's, cell already upon them, came Into my mind as weOshisl past WlllosJen, and lock ln backward for a moment In tbe fit ful light I saw the fateful piece of pa per flutter from the detective hand. Tbe otllclal would understand the significance of that scribbled message, and unless Prorldf nce miraculously In terposed the man wa doomed. To leave the train as It flew through the night at the rate of fifty miles an hour wa Impossible. One man had done si once, but bis body wa found mangled beyond recognition on the track In th" morning. There wa no escape, and with such passing thought I dismissed the mutter and concentrated my atten tion on the work In hand. Suddenly I was startled by nn ejacu lation of horror from my mate. "Look. Hen!" he shouted, hi eyes starting out from hi head as he gazed Into the dim light which surrounded the train like a haze, "the fool will k.ll himself!" I turned, and though I prided myself on my steely nerves, the sight that met my eyes sent a cold thrill down my back and made me lean against the brake for support. The man had swung himself out of the end of the carriage and was en deavoring to work hi way. In face of the terrltle back draught, toward u.s. Kvery moment I expected to see him torn from his precarious bold and dash ed to piece on the lilies, but with the tenacity of a leech be clung to the handle of the door while be htined for ward to grasp some new support. Sud denly a dtant roar burst on our terri fied enr. My male turned, his faci as white as milk, and the perspiration standing on his forehead. "Merciful powers!" be screamed in a harsh, discordant voice, "the 'up' mail! Heaven have mcny on him!" and he hid his face In his hands, as with a deafening shriek we flew toward each other ami crashed past In the dark in, but above the din I fancied I heard the wild scream of terror as the wretched man realized hi horrible peril. It was a full minute before I could turn my throbbing head behind. With a feeling of slckuess that was new to me I peered through the glass. "Thank Cod!" I ejaculated fervently, as the blood rushed through the veins once more. There, with hi body press ed flat ngalnst the oscillating surface, still stood the man who had been so near to an awful den Hi. Slowly he moved hi bend In our direction and with nn expansion of grim resolution he pulled himself together. With bat ed breath we wondered what he would do next. A far n we could see his way was stopped, but, undeterred, he steadied himself, ami, reaching for ward, felt around the corner of the coach. Pncxpectedly his hand encountered one of the steps by which the men mount to the roof, and though we could not see his face distinctly, we fancied be set his Hps lu a terrible smile of n mpllshed purpose, as he clutched It and with a desperate ef fort pulled himself to the cud of the footboard and round Into comparative safely on to the couplings between the tender and the coat h. "Hy Jove!" Hill exclaimed, when nt last, the tension removed from hi.s nerves, he could speak. "He's a good plucked 'nn, an' no mistake. Hut what's hi game, I wonder'.'" "The madman Is coming on the en gine," 1 burst out excitedly, divining his Intention as I saw his head appear for a brief Instant above the coal. "Anyhow, we can't sec him commit suicide without raising a lian 1 to stop him," be returned, and began to scram ble over the coal, where I saw him sloop down and gnitqi the man, drag ging blm with an almost superhuman effort on to the tender, where he sank down utterly exhausted. Coining forward my mate throw open the stoke hole with the Intention of re plenishing the tire and the ruddy glow from the niging furnace within lit up the tender from end to end. "Hood hen vena!" 1 pjacuhtted, a my eyes met the haggard face of the res cued delinquent. "Krnest Ioval!" and my nerveless hand fell from the polish ed lever. "Hen!" he giisped, wonderlngly, his wild eyes encountering mine, as he struggled toward us. My lips refused to frame the ques tions that tumulluoitsly nro.se to them and my mate silently handed me his ca n. "Take n drink," he said, curtly, "and pull yourself together." 1 compiled readily. The cool draught brought me round sotuew bat nud 1 re sumed control of the engine. "Now, Mr. Peval," 1 shouted, hotly, "perhaps you will he good enough to explain the meaning of the little game you've been playing tonight, but let me tell you. If you think you've fur thered your chances of escape you're w rong." "Yes, mate," Hill sternly remarked, "you haven't done a lot for yourself by coming here." "Hen!" be at last Jerked forth, gasp, lug for breath, his bloodshot eyes wan dering round the cab and Into the dark ness as we flew along. "Hen. I've been a fool -you saw the detective on my track -he'a lu the tralu uow Pre bee'u betting-and you know-the books m the oltlee found out thie morning -I've fled for my life but you'll help mo to give tlie.n the slip. HeuV and the shiv ering wretch fell down helpless and clasped my knee. "Poti't talk nonsense, man," I an swered, roughly: "what you ask Is an Inqmssiblllty. My duty ns a servant of the company la to hand you over to the authorities who will bo waiting for you at Crewe; beside, your own sense should tell you there Is no place to hide a child here." "Oh, yes," added my mate, grimly; "you're every bit as bad off as if you were s.'tlng oil them comfortable ens It . Ions in the carriage there. I wouldn't give much for your chance." "Hut you enn help me If you like!" bo crcnmcd. hi eager face upturned and the hunted expression of a wild animal at bay In hi eye. "Slow up the tr u a little you can do It. I've money- I w 111 give yon .V UOO-auy. thing you like," aud he pulled out a handful of glittering gold. "It can't be done, I tell you," I re. plied, shaking myself free from his grasp. "Hot up and be a niau. You've made your bed and you will have to lie In It. No uiau on this earth could get out of thl crape, o make the best of If Seeing that I was Immovable, he turned hi attout.oo to Bill, uid I saw :rwi::r"i..no :: matey." I heard him say. I It can't be done It can t and UM tneecd of It. I'm orry or y r.l you're a rattling good-plucked in. Tbe despairing creature , e eced h. tone of commiseration In H U vole, and redouble,! his entreaties. -If It could be done Id do It. H murmured. "I've got a wife and six kids to look after nt home, and tiui brass would come lo useful, but there. d he cast Irs eye around the tender. Suddenly they lit up with a peeiillnr light and, turning to me, he said apol ogetically: "He". I 'l"'t ttsk i'0,. "' have any haul In thl at all. You knows nothing about It. If the worst comes to the worst, we enforced yer to silence, and all I M.vi this: Will ymt give me n chance to get the beggar ofT. I think I can do It without danger to roll or me. All I ask yer to do Is to know nothing about It. What say now?" "Well. Hill," I remarked. "1 bear the fellow no love, as you can see, but If bv keeping silent I can do you a good turn to the tune of i7A yon can de pend on me, though I intuit say I .lon't see how you can possibly do the trier.." "Yon put your money on me," lie re turned sniliingly. a be gripped my hand, and retired to the end of the tender with Deval. We had left Stafford behind s e time since, and If nothing happened should run into Crewe lu another twenty-live minutes or so. Having to do Hill's work ns well n control the en gine, I had my hands pretty full n:il during the next ten minutes I was fully occupied. At the end of that time Hill rejoined me, and threw open the fur nace doors once more. I looked around the engine. Heval had disappeared! Not a vestige or sign of his visit re mained, but HHPs pocket bulged con siderably, and his grimy face wa ex panded In a bmad grin. A few minutes later we slowed up at our destination for the night. There they wore. Just as I hud expected. One policeman at the station gates nnd live or six stationed along the platform. Hcl'ore we had quite stopped out Jumps Jobson and rushes up the train. A the sergeant threw open the door of the compartment Keval had occu pied we saw an expression of conster nation cross the face of the bewildered detective, but, quickly regaining hi composure, he superintended the ex amination with a practiced eye. My mate had unfastened the couplings, an 1 we were just on io me sueus wueii Jobson approached the engine. "Hen," he queried anxiously, "did you see anything extraordinary on the way down? I've been sold nicely, and no mistake." "1 don't hnve time to see anything ex cept signals ahead when I'm In charge of an express," I returned, unceremo niously. "Hid you see anything, Hill?" "Can't say as I did," Hill answered nrtlessly. "Have you lost your man, Mr. Jobson?" "I have so," replied the officer. "I expect he dropped off somewhere." "If he did he's a goner for certain," said Hill. "We were never under fifty since wtleft Wlllesdell.' ' "I'll look nlong the track for him go ing back," I remarked. "Are you go ing on or back with the morning mail?" "I hardly know," he rettirnnl, disap pointedly. "Well, thank you, anyhow, "tioisl-night, or, rather, good-niornlng." We returned his salutation and steam ed off to the sheds. "What did I tell yer?" said Bill, Joy ously. "We drop him outside and let him take his chance." "Then he Is on the engine?" I asked, as we pulled up. For answer Hill got off and went to see If the mast was clear. Returning in tlve minutes, he proceeded to the rear of the tender and carefully lifted iNi a large pitve of coal. Underneath was the head of Deval! Bill bad art fully walled him In against the side, and in such a manlier aa to defy sus picion, little bits lielng scattered alNiut In the most natural way possible. Quickly he was rescued from hi un comfortable position, and stood up as black as n sweep. Hill gave htm a driuk from his pannikin, and then conducted him off the engine nnd round the back of tlie sheds. I id I ever hear from lilni again? Oh, yes. About two years afterward a let ter reached uie one morning from Co lombia, Inclosing a Hank of England note for lino, it was from Peval, and In It he told how he had succeeded lu doubling on his tracks to Birmingham, nnd thence had worked down to South ampton, in disguises, and got clear away. He expressed the hope that Allc and myself were happily wedded, ami begged us to keep the uote and give It ns a present to our flrst-born child. London Tlt-Hlts. ' j Hlowu Away In a Box Car. "Awful experience? Yes," said the tramp as he sat at a Holland street kitchen table on Thursday morning and cut Into the second piece of custard pie. "I was sleeping soundly in a box car out In Iowa one night last summer, nnd the wind was blowing like thunder across the plains. Suddenly that car got loose-the brakes broke or suthlif and It begun to crawl along out of tho siding and onto the main track. It was nuts for nu. I thought the wind wouldn't blow me far nud so 1 kept on. 1 sto,xl In the door aud saw the houses and fence go by faster and faster, till all of a sudden I realized that I was going too fast to get off. and no way of slopping It. Half nn hour after we the cir and I -dashed through a little station aud 1 had Just time to see tho telegraph operator run out and look after us and then run back to telegraph dowu tho line to clear the track. We were going more than a mile a minute" and my hair was standing on en.!. For ty tulles dow n the Hue we went through another station, aud on a siding I .a.ifciu signi oi a man with a rope on the cow catcher. That engine chased us tw enty mile down the track. The man with the rope threw It around the brake wheel on top of our car and grad ually stopped It. while all the time the wind waa Mowing a gale. We had Just got headed Isvk toward the depot when an express train showed up where we should have met It kerchunk-that's good plo." and he took another piece -Lewiston Journal ROBBERS IN CLOVER. Colled tste Mall Affords Great Op- . vk.u talent. one fourth of the money transmitted , On ourt". , . 8tlltei ( seut through . about the in d Sta .1.- mil l. ""I - ... . "".ntthanthli? Itl! ,be wi '7 ear when Ifsel-; " 11 ,Xm two or three! in en, 1 tttr ' . absolutely without . uu ,urT " T...I- work of yivsj Uyjf ':7-V.. ,.t ,i,.reiise UUy meuu. . -; , .o . ... I..,-- nn rime to lUlUK .,., I,,,, I ..-. i ,, " Hruuou tnai -w .1,nP,..i fora - : . """"Tiim assorting Christ. Christ was nnd not lie snved.-ltcr. Sam J evangelist. Hecrentlon. Atiiusenient g t snry to mankind us Is food, on- light. It tones iqi the Indlvldm Itnjil, ... i never orcisii' ' - nr unpw now rn ,. ... ..f r.iii,ers. suo "-"-- - i - -"in iir vl.lt from them. m i Htlll be 1 the Ideal Chrlsti-,. . r consequence I that every effort i.urUllllritti Presbyterian v t t0 rob a mall car I. iuMrui. una in Cltyi many case. t'"w"f mu- l''' " t-'iod p,1IlMl ,be sufferer for his vain and foob su en r m , lnV 1U UJ " !"- . - liu.linii-u ill IIUII Will HHllIM bave bon, nm rreamtof lute years, anu o i", the war ' f A" lmUL'' 1 ulv"n,allt, ! .... ,..ine. who. by tlie way, , . i. tUUl me nseer- . t In uuuitter, l'av' n' . . . '."I ' "how uiuch money Is actually I -.-- ,Th, fc ...rough the mallsand ------; IT n i" one" otwo ease, ! P- man there some:,,,,,, T . ' I n fnllert IU their effort , orou.e, u. .u uie saloon . ITZ wTb; for they seldom find ?.-Hev W ,,. lu r;,; for them, and ID Bociuiisi. oosio... .vmm. id n 7noa out of teu uot rlerk In the Beuerolence.-Whe . ,;oul(, "" !6 . Z L n his Person. It la society. It I but a lardy ,, ' roar to sunTi a portal d' ln, "rQ ta ft ,-ir us the ordinary cltlwn in me ueau cieiy. io n-s m nenevoH J. ,.. 1,1. home. As It Is to-day, no a little more In Just dealing, one knows when the mall train leaves and tbe praise would 1. at night where the mall will wind up, ! Kcv. K. A. While. Pui,- . s ..win o.'hi stnrn III or what will lieconio oi u- "- have It In charge. ' Chnrlty.-Tbe charity that . Of late years the amount of money giving a check to help tne sent by mall has Increased to a remark- knowing nothing of the llfeo j able extent. The ucspenui- ncipea is not i nristian rlur) .mi.n.l the countiT have kept trai a ot need more of the ulii aiithm.. the trend of event, aud they are all nt Calvary by blm whogareij aware how very easy n is w ti - miss Jessie AcKerinan, Bj(,u, tniln end conllscate the sucks of mall. Mf0i m. All Ihev have to do Is to stop the train, (om,mnionshln.-A ,., .t. take out the bugs and rip them open ie coUI)n1y kt.(1)1) Jr when the train has passed on, ami ir a nmn wll0 drluk. a itmu wh ji nny resistance Is offered It invnrlnb y wh) ; . .. .... .. i. .. . II,.. noes to full. . ... . ioiiow uie ciciiw..... ... - aml .ai nnu lie. I itilgbt rV It Is a great wonder thnt the govern- nmn fo inetii has not long ngo taken some steps ,,.,, , I I ... thorn .' ujillU to remetiy una gnu i ru, ...... .. - appears to lie no movement of nuy kind looking to protection of the innll and postal clerk, nnd tlie robberies occur with charming regularity lit different ..., ,,f tin, ivitiiilrv. v... m!o,.iu train that traverses the cheers bis wearisome rond tlirnu; ..".,... ...i,i v u without large sums of and lightens the itonoiu ton . i i, 'not.. 'forwarded through the labors of the matter-of-fact and i nv.il,. Sometimes these sums go away a-dny world. Kvery one ef ui J up Into the thousands, nnd yet there Is recreation, the Indulging In nom, J not so much ns a good stout men io "iuc i,-oi..,ii.-i-,. jwio cuurd the treasure from the depredn- "inn, Independent, New Yuri ft; Hons of the desperado, w ho, armed with The Fear of Cod. -If we would .1 a gun and a musk, finds no diltleulty In ture civilization nnd t al ctfcj getting what he wants, in tne man wc would keep society from mj curs there Is not even a safe In which nnd bnrhnrlMii, If we would these valuable package may be placed, tide of niiliiinl passion which b The cur Is fitted with only pouches, or stuntly striving to How over the r eupltonrds, and the mail lies there open we umst make (iotl known ton' and unprotected. J he .New loru ami crty must lie built mum that oar Chicago postolllces forward every tiny ner-stoiie, the knowledge nnd '.. lu the year from Jl to ?.'.(1(l,(KHi througti f (;,M!.-Arclibishop Ireland, Citi, the malls. Money goes through tho sr. Punl, Minn, malls on every train leaving thoso s,,lrltllni Help.-P.vry Imrrt-- ni,l..a mill In fuel i.vorr other cltv In .. .. .... ,, ,, , ,. '"' ' ; sinner is line a uisaiucu turn h the country, going in uu n.rct ...us nm, nss,HlanPC ,s meratlv to. I The government in forwarding thle atey. r loss Is In.mlnent andlwiv money oi iuc pn.,.ie, u. u-t Ml, Kv,.rJ. ,,, sml, , f enre wnui ,r, ... ... u.. t.ous cargo, nnd eternity alow (ijj1 comes oi uie utcs oi nil' .ii.-u .o employed to take cure of It. On the other hand, It takes risks for banks nud Insurance companies by burdening tho mulls with large sums of bank bills nt so much per pound. Tho fact that the government Is thorough lu iiiiiiiing down criminals and relentless when It ....,. t. itUiwtwInir nt nr t.nt.lstlilll? them ...... !... ti.. ,i.w..Mta ....... nt Pity was pructUal. We atet U'.Utl.' Will l"l ..eivi .m: ....... .... - - .i,n, i,.ro lira n tiinnv In the cnuntrv bad compiission on the nuDjrj m. to-day from going rlgiit on with tuls tude, and the Immediate result trf style of robbery. The fenr of punish-1 waa bow ninny loaves hail be. Ttili 'l n..,t I.... not deterred men from train finely Illustrative or tne nnymi-- robbery In the past, although on ninny : Christ's whole tmtiire moved It occasions tbey have been hunted down and In uiilson.-Itev. lieorge D. Bii and klllnl off swiftly and mercilessly. , Prestiyterlnn, pniiaucipiiia, m. Express ofticinls are equally persls-1 Fulseliood. Many of the truitul'' tent ln following these robbers to tho God and man lire suppressed. J: bitter end, and It Is no less dangerous j nmn who to-day attempts to proA to rob an express car than the rnllwny the whole truth, who strives to tu muli car, as the robbers In robbing nn'tue facts ns they are, Is liable to: express car take chances of being shot 1 condemned. No man can, In mj n to death by the express messengers, and i Rttnck a wrong without being a tn!' the further chance of not getting any-1 tn o.... ntmHuiuxl ..vil In society. H thing for their pnlns. Inasmuch ns the ; consenuence of this voluntary nipt" express curs carry burglnr-proof snfes, ' Boa 0f trtitli, there Is a grosi v'- and the robbers find them dltttcult ar ticles to handle successfully. Now thnt It lias become generally known what great sums of money are being forward ed through the mails, the wr.y of the robber Is tnnde clear and easy. In fact. he ha not had such a soft snnn since on record at which n man's voice al the beginning of robbery, anil nny mall been heard. This occurred In thi'P car lu the country can be robbed with canyon off the Colorado, where 1 1' little or no risk to the robber. The about lug the name of Boh at "" postal clerks are In no wise protected, ,h!s voice was plainly heard at and tbey are not paid for caring for the jer. which Is eighteen miles awr mall. They are not paid for standing i t.lont Koster. on Pe.nrv's thirds guard over the property nnd ntnnlnn eri....iiti,.ii found that he could I the chance of losing their lives. nndlvim with n nmn across the nW' when It comes right down to the pinch, j i'ort Bowen, a distance of tV'S"5 w nen a man cierK is given mo niterua-: about one mile and n quni'ier. tlve of giving up what he has or never j sir John Franklin said he con- seeing bis wife and children ngnln, It Is ; wm, Pase nt a distance of iueK aare to nssume tnnt tne strained mnt-'one ,,, ter of "duty" lecomi- odious, nnd the! v.. v.'.',... ...r.t thnt nt Olb" proclnte Its prictdess value. rii sands of our disabled fcllm-irc tu I never rencb the celestial btfll:Ut some moral tow. Iter. Vi. thn- ridge, Bnidlst, Cliiclnnatl, Ohio. rity. There Is uothlng morebrtel lug to the sensibilities than toe lite I to transliite pity Into aciloo. Ctei ..iiulv .,1 derstnuillnir of the niiiln facts oi i Men live and wnlk In fnlselinod.-tj f T T nimltnr 11. i. out Huston. U! W here Sound Travel Eighteen miles Is the loii.-st dim: robber gets what he wants. ; the human voice b.is been heard ( i. I in 3 V I : , 1 Halnnce of ten miles. ,he !"d.' yl l0'n:0 Romn-! Sound taa renmrkaUl moil looit-iij. un. noes no get rot It? Six feet of earth and n nameless tombstone. What do his wife aud chil dren get for bis life? Nothing, unless the man has an Insurance policy, nnd that never coiunensntes for tin. w- Husband and father. The government ! ,u!"l",r" '",P, . nas never teen known In such cases to ""',J ' ,-i h r- provide for the fntnllv. nnd so the ..i-m.. i 3f u'e fiollnJ ls propagated w i.u throws his life away for nothing, and clearu,!!S n"'1 strength, his faillllv does not w.o n ... . .. . i Dr. Hutton relates that . force In ' fnll.l.,n V... ovnerlnictllS llliHl' Lake of ticnevn, estimated submerged In the sea might be n a dlstan. e of more than sixty nut .........in.. .. i,n i.i.ur.i the"1- 1 pnjn .- , -Si I i in tne his risk.-St. Paul Dispatch. on T- part of the Thames, near t'li A Croat African j.it. The region of Lake Hudoif n th. "dark continent" will su become well known to the geographers and v,ull. r. of Africa. Two new explorers ha e supplemented Ir. l.,n.Udson Smith's travels In that part of the wor'd A brother Pngllsl,m.1n, a. II. NY,ni',m, ha. followed the track of ,.. " j explorers along lh, M(.rn , 11 S. vr: Ra V;,,lan- ' a " Ti.,V. .. . """'overv-d by The . 1 - - ruin I.i 'i ciiiiiii iii:ir n iifin 4-- a dlstntue of HO feet, while aws? tho wnter the s;tme could only l" Persons In a balloon can l"'r Jv. 1, if 1.7 T it' Oiuut ;n u visible nut- this eo.itfr .i ..... . , . . .u" around IdenWt In th, deve ' aM e""- eastAfrk-i PH'i-nt of Brl.Uh man's life . . .......... ,., neol'1' thomsetveg are inauu.o.i- . . low. It Long nan..-. As the following is piillild J Army aud Navy Journal, u - copied without offense to the n -profession, uo doubt. 5 "Father, are gcuernls brave asked Johnny. tc; "Yes. my son, as a rule." wa er. "Then wby do artists nla ' . . . .. . to,., en picture ot mem i",M" three nO1' awny l.Mikltig ai Col,'are as common around town ai dsatlsfactlon. T lucre are day, ln w and no unti,i fl? lli"""lf a drink, : Ibrough an opcrao'nss'.'" esine. ""1S mort un- t a i.t-i c are on tlie tr-' others, but pisM'l' '1 til thev are marrb'4 - I 00 t fifth ornii; lol'l'if and . .. n ON' 1 fit" term f'e? A tl" it !' irtion ,tiOB I lb ( ftei Kit .lit. lliotl : c'.et tn -,inft 301 The tb: tti n: Fu rtd. tit Be. (ih If Or MT ri: ::e I Pr 6 1 r nil 1 e .s V V'ti ( 13 , find it out until tbey are la tor