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
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and no unti,i fl? lli"""lf a drink, : Ibrough an opcrao'nss'.'"
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