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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1897)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. L L. CAMPBELL, rrrWtor. EUGENE CITY. .OREGON Mr. Cnrneslc, It appears, Iim Iron to turn. Frozen dynamite In tin latest arnmii nltlon. It's tin- suddcti thaw that wor rlci the other fellows. Farmer are hunting wolve In t he suburb of Chicago. Why don't tiny move right down Clark street? The nut ami bolt truHt, which ha been hanging together liy ft mere thread, an It were, bus at hint fniie t pieces. There lit something really Jilllalile bout tlie Ignorance of a clever trust representative when lie Ih brought he fore a legislative Investigating com ml t lee. A New York court ha decided that baby show are Illegal. Thl teudency of the Judiciary to Interfere In dome tic affair In one of the crying evils of the time. As still further exemplifying the truth of the proverb that there I nothing new under the mm, It I pointed out tliat there wa a horsolcs wagon u early a Ihi',1. The horse ran away. Another attempt I being made to pro scribe exactly tlie kind of food that rhlldren shall eat. but a long a the pantry door I left ajar the old fash ioned kind of cake ami Jain will be able to hold their own. The appearance of th lion. Col. fit ra thy, of Montreal, at tlie recent Ma JorlhankM llrown wedding at Nashville clud In full Iilghhih.1 coHttiinc, with sporan, phllllM'rg, mid sturdy bare leg, almost paralyzed the nerve centera of the elite of thut ancient town. Peiiator elect Ilarrl of KaiiMa In not only a clalcal nebular, but a hog rais er a well, lie ha nix prize porker on hi farm, which lie ha named, ac cording to an esteemed contemporary, AccHtorldcN, Kastcrhlnl, CalllHlagora, rAclinamiitil. I'ythagora. and Arls tldea. Mr. Harris contemplate sending them to (ir e about next killing time. Milton linn left hi testimony of the Deed that men have of Intellectual ca pacity and cultivation In a wife. "With out It," he nays, "there niUHt come the unspeakable weariness and despair of II Nodal delight, which turn the bless ed ordinance of (io Into a wore evil under the sun; or at lent to a familiar mlitchicf, a drooping ami dls.-onsolato household." captivity without refuge or reputation. A recent Issue of the 1'ueblo (Colo.) Chieftain contained the following In teresting advertisement: "Wanted -My a competent woman, a place to work for her husband' board." This Mounds like a Western echo of the "new wom an" movement, but It probably I the Work of the Name "old" woman who has been doing Just that thing every where, since the time w hereof the mem cry of man runneth not to the contrary In our early youth, while yet we live only nmniig those we love, we love without restraint, and our heart over flow In every look, word ami action Hut when we enter (he world, ami are repulsed by nt ranger, forgotten by friends, we grow more ami more timid In our approachc even to those we love best. How delightful to us, then rv the caress.- of little children! All sincerity, all alTccilon, they liy Into our rum; and then, and then only, we fc our first contblence, our Mmt pleasure, A worse blow to China than the ex elusion law I about to fall upon dial empire. The denizen of Colorado and Western Kansas have learned that a good iuallty of tea can be made from alfalfa leaves ami they are proposing to build up n great home Industry and keep the million of t.iels we send to the Flowery Kingdom each year for tea at home, Perhaps It will not be long before chest of Maverick Oo long are on the market or Colorado Chop Chow, or Cimarron Young liy on. a naiituiorc nustiatiti consulted an astrologer a to the cause of his wife's death, and found out that "a scheme of the heaven taken for that time ahows (he tiiooti atlllcted by the opini Itlou of the fiery planet Mar. The planet Venus, Indicating the lady, ruled th ascendant, and was applying to the evil semi square of Jupiter, lord of the eighth house, that of death. The moon liad the evil sissqul (tiadrade of the sun, who was lord of the fourth house, de noting the grave. The sixth house ill waya show the Illness, and In this case Yenu ruled the sixth a well as the first, Indicating that the lady wa (he cause of her own Illness." The fam ily doctor said It wa canned lobster. In the latest "Fchoes from the Ox ford Magazine," one of the huiuorou terse writers suggest tlutt In the sum mer term, when the University Is given over lit young lady teacher attending the I'nlvcrslty Fxtciisloii lectures, ll should U' called a "School of Flirta tion." The examiner In It should then prepare their questions In the follow ing fashion: "If A be good looking ami 'JO; If 11 in- divine su. I IS; If I) be-well .VI, with plenty Of wll prctcruatiirally k.srii: Csn you show by what use of ipm.lrstles The squaring nf C insy be done? And when by applied tnstluuiatHa Will IS and Lit ,. ir "Some time ago," says the Pblladel phi a Heeord, "a well dressed young woman waa token 111 In the atreet, and wan removed In a supposed dying con dition to a hospital uptown. The wom an recovered shortly after admission, nil It was then (hat a peculiar bleed lug of her gums was noticed. Aa the doctors at the hospital had uever seen similar case, the wouiau w as request ed to remalu that It might be examin ed. After several weeka they gave up In disgust, and (he woman waa dis charged. ThU program had becu car fled out Uui and time a.-nln If woman unfit ahp had visited nearly every hospital lit town. Several physi cian been rue tisp!coti and laid a plot, which the unsuspecting woman walked Into, Strict watch was kept from over a transom, and Just before time for the doctor' visit she was noticed sticking a large i die in various part of her gum, liy the time the doctor arrived her mouth wa In a frightful condition." Candidate for tlie dishonor of being th; meanest husband are, fortunate ly, not abundant In the United State, but occasionally tiny enter the list. One Kentucky bemdbl gave hi wif on the twenty -fifth anniversary of their wedding four yards of "domestic," out of w hich Mite was to make him a shirt, thin being the only girt from him In the quarter of a century. A ntrong competitor 1 the Ohio man who gave hi w ife but $10 in four year. Out of till fche had to expend to replace a parasol for her sister, which the man hud lost, and he Ixirrowcd the remain ing ?. of her to get hi trunk out of pawn and forgot to pay It. The oriit, money he ever spent for her In any way was n nickel paid for a muk of peanut, of which he took the lion' share. The wife wa forced to clothe herself Hinl pay for her own lurd. An electric car going nt full speed col lide w ith a railway train, also going at full p I. A a result three person are dead, one fatally Injured and never al other badly hurt. The gate were cloned and the accident wa caused by the motor car, which In one belonging to the Calumet Fleet rlc Street Hallway Company, Chicago, Itceomlhg unman ageable, bursting through the guunU ami rushing upon the track In front of the express train. It In said that this name motor performed the name trick at the name place the prior Sunday. happily without fatality at Hint time. The ollh-iul of the company deny thin. and nay that It wa another motor which gave tlie Sunday performance. The company hail, then, two unman ageable motorn Instead of one ami kept theui running over this dangerous crossing. One naturally asks how tunny more wild train tlie company ownn, ami what assurance passengers have that a trip over lln linen may be made w ith safety to life and limb. There occurred In Chicago recently six day bicycle nice which neemn to have boon merely a content to nee how much pain ami fatigue the rider could ninnd. 1 he npectacle of n number of men, dizzy with pain, morphine and fa tigue, struggling through tlie cruelty of a protracted physical strain, nleeo- enn and but lightly fed, for nix daya ami nix nights, ought to bring a vigor ous protest from all mine rider of the wheel and from the public In general. The modern prize light, with It short, uh k "knock out," may ln brutalizing, nit it I all over In an hour or no, ami the contestant.' punishment In trilling compared with the nix day torture of the racing w heelmen. There wa about a much "ntiort" In the bicycle race an there would be III a public exhibition of human vivisection, the prize to go to Hie man who could endure (he mont pain without screaming. The race in not defensible on any ground whnt- noever. It prove nothing; It In no fair st of riding powers, and, a exorcise. it Is Immensely damaging to the health. Ulcycle riding 1 a good tiling. Hlcyelc racing, when conducted fairly ami sanely, a other athletic contintn, may bo commended. Hut this six day torture exhibition ha Injured lsth. The students of the Vnlverslty of ltochcster In New York Stale have not obtained much notoriety for "hazing," but thin appear to have been due to accident rather than to luck of energy. An episode of ntudcut playfulliesi which ban Just been made public shown that these young men at ltochcster are worthy of high rank In the college world for their Ingenuity In devising method. of torturing cacti other. A frtvdimnu wan the victim, nnd wiieu lie had been "Mulshed" he was a "raving inaliliic," lie was beaten by Nome so phomore nti severely that although he did not lose bl life he lost his mind. This must have been rare .-allege sport. One can picture the U'rt with which these young men entered Into the game of pommeling their fellow student un til hi physlcnl endurance ami then bin iiilml gave way under tlie strain. It must have been a npectacle nomething like that lu the cell of Dr. lintz In CuUt w hen Spanish brutes were Issuing out Ids life. Now let the police department of ltochcster show the world how fsst they oin avenge this outrage. Four the entire detective machinery of the city, If nccissMtry, Into thin college and hunt out these demon who are masquerad ing as student. It Is time an example should be made of such brutes an these. and few opportunities could be better tluu this. i Judge nod Jury, An exchange tell a ntory of a well- known Judge w ho Is noted for his fond ness for coin eying lu his charge to Jurors, bl own opinion In regard to the merit of the case lu hand, lte- ccutly, lu giving such a charge, lie ex pressed bis views very plainly, but to bis nmazemeui the Jury remained out for some bourn. The Judge Inquired of the otth-er w hat was the matter, and learned from him that one Juror was holding out against tin- other eleven. He sent for the Jury nt once, and stating to tlie Juror that he had plainly lutiiuatis.1 how the case ought to Ik- decided, nald he understood that one Juror was standing out against the other eleven, lie proceeded to rv buke the Juror sharply. The obstinate Juror, as It happened. waa a nervous uttie man, ami an soon an the Judge was done, be arvoo and wild: "Your honor, may I nay a wvrd?" "Yes, sir." kiUI the Indignant Jude; what have you to say?" 1 "Well, what 1 wanted to n.iy la. I am the only fellow that's on your side." i 1 he Krai Mtlrs. "I was dowutowu today looking at the new styles. Hut Wm't U rather early, niy dear, : for the spring good to be lu?" Who Is talking about spring goods? mean wheele." Cleveland l'la'.a Dealer. There Is one thing alyyt a dollar: some-1 you can alwaya trade It. Hut times you cau't give a horse or bouse t way. TO A SOUTHERN GIRL Hw ye Would match th Southern skit When Southern skirt were blunt II cr heart Will alnrs take It part Where Southern timru ar truest; Bright penrla Th geui of Southern girls. Her winning suiilv discloses! Her cheek When admiration speaks, Wers only Southern roses Her voice liy nature and by rholea, K'en tlios who know her slightest Will find A oft a Southern wind When Southern wind arc lightest. Iler laugh A light a wine or chaff, lireuk clear at witty aallira, Aa brook Hun bubbling through the nooka Of all her Southern valleys. Buch youth, With all It charms, forsooth Aim, too well I know it! Will claim A xmg of lore and fame Sung by some Southern poet; lint she la future yenrs inn) be These verse will discover, Rome tune Mnr n-nd this little rhyme Sung by a Northern lover -Iluffiilo Commercial. BY MUTUAL CONSENT. She wan seated on the gram, with bet shoulder propped up against a camr. stool; there were two or three garden ls'iichcn standing about, but she said she preferred to nit on the grans-It made her feel more "country." To Intensify thin feeling she had clothed her frenh young beauty In a marvelous organdy, no sheer uhnt her arm gleamed through It like nlalsister, and had pinned on her bright head a great hat drooping with roses. liy her sole leaned a white Ninio! edged with luce. Iler companion, a young man In ten tils HuiiiicIm, who wa ntretched at her feel, had commented nannxtlcally usm her "rustle attire," and a hot dlncusnlon had ensued, a discussion happily Inter rupted by the arrival of a servant with a tray of Iced lemonade. "Ah," said M.H (rcshntn, helping herself to one of the fronted glanse. "If there I one person for whom I en tertain an undying affivtlon It I Hetty! I know we are Indebted to her for thin. She I one of those rare people who always do the correct tblug." "Hetty," rcpisatcd Markland, lazily, sipping his lemonade, "and who Is Hetty?" "lie ha forgotten Hetty!" cried the girl, "and ha no more aliame than to confen It! Hetty, who wan always bin aworu champion and who has lielpisl bl m out of I do not know how many ncrapitt. Till In the effisi, I Biipjsise, of college travel and society." "Hetty!" again rcptsitcd Markland "Ah!" a midden light springing; to hi eye -"your old nurse, of course. Why certainly I remember her dear com panion of my youth! Hut I did not rec ognize her by so common a title. To me she always seemed a benetlccnt genius, a goisi angel, rather than an ordinary mortal." lie lifted his glass - "To Hetty," be said; "may her shadow Uever grow Iim." "Hetty was asking me about you the other day, said the girl; "she wanted to know If you still rode and Ismted ami swam like you usisl to do. I told her you had given up dancing bivausi of the exertion." She Ksiked at him Innocently. "Old she ask you anything about your own life':" said Markland. silting ! up - a resume or how you put lu vour . time during the winter season lu town , might be Interesting to her, and cer I taluly prolliable." I "Anything I do I Interesting to her." : she rescinded, coldly. "Do you know," he said, "I have been ! innrveliiig over you ever since I came. I cannot qultereall.ethat you havobeen ten days In the country without being bored. Mow have you ac -oiiipllnlii d It? 1 thought that the day of miracles wa past." "My gisvd Tony." remarked Mis ; Oii'Nliaui. patronizingly, "you must not Judge other people by yourself; It I a very foolish and narrow nilmbsl way of doing. Hi v.i use you cannot exint happily without your cluKs and thea ters In mi reason w hy 1 can't." "I never knew you belonged to a club," olwerved Markland, mildly. "Have you developed Into that wonder, a new woman?" "Oh, nonsense! You know I wa speaking llgui-atlvely! 1 mean that I am not wedded to any particular state of thing that 1 can adapt myself to elivuinstaueen and enjoy whatever cornea." "Can you? Mow delightful! Hut, J.wtlng aside, ban It not been rather slow for yon here, without any j;.rln for you to see through and scorn and be amused by- nor men to analyze and draw you out and get Interested In:" "How do you know there have been no men?" I have your own word heard yon refuse four of friend permission to visit for It. 1 your best you dow n here, and I Inferred that the common herd had been no better treated." "Yw," she said, "you are right. My solitude has becu uulnvaded. 1 have been resting and enjoying tin self thor oughly. Hy the way" nuddenly "w ho told you that you could come?" "No one. but 1 had to run down to my place on luisln.vss, and I thought it would look utincighborly not to drop lu and mnl out how you were getting on." "Very thoughtful. Indeed: S, v.oi have remembered your old home' at last! How long ha It been since you were here?" "Five year" pondering "the years this June." "Is it much changed?" "A go,s deal; the old w illow by the pond Is dowu; fell In the August storm. Hasten t cl' me." "Oh, am so sorry! We used to " ahe Rinsed, blushing. "Yes," he nioiided, "so we did." And he glanced at her laughingly. "And the house:" he hurried en; "how doe It I.Mk?" "Awfully -everything gone to pieces; dust, iMbwel and mold everywhere; the family portraits white with mil dew." "OX Tony," she cr'ed, "how dreadful! ton rvttiiy ought to doavimethiug about them. "I shall." he sa d. "I waa fond of the j p.ao a a lad, and the trip down here ha awakened all the old feeling. I am tired to death of .s iety, the exertion of daning"-nmll:ng-"nud the bother of being agreeable to people that ol- doe n't cure a nip about; so I have half made up my mind to mnrry and settle down In the country; that Is." 'lowly "If I (till persuade the girl I love to consent to bury herself for my sake." Mis Or.wham l'.k.d down; her f-ee had lost a little of I: bright color, but the pallor wa lu no way u:i!iec,,:n,:ig. "I thought the bi-sl thing to do wan bi come and talk over the matter w.th yon," he said, after a somewhat a k ward pause; "you always Leip a fell j.v so w Ith your ndvii e." "I Imagine." she replied, that If a Woman eared for a n an she would g J with him anyu here." "F.xnclly, but that N the q'.les'.Ion doi she care f.,r i:e ? You t.ee"-gaz-Ing at her stiiid !y-" she I a society girl, iise to a good ,1-al of gayety and movement and evcitement, and It don Hot seem quite fa r to ;il her to come dowu here, does It? I' I sm CiUi-cited uml neltlsh, as If one thought a good deal of one-elf, don't oii know!" She look ei at h.m gravely. "Do I know her?" m c a-ked. "I she some one you l.ave known a luhg time?" "Oh, ye, allien I wan ij'ii'c a boy." "In she pretty :" "Of course, v ou ought to know tlgit." "And clever?" "I suppose"- -lowly "she never say unkind thltii's or sei through other people a an some of your other friend do." "I'nklnd thing? No. Hut a to see ing through pl." -breaking Into a laugh "I am obliged to admit th it she llolt4. You see, she has beetl ollt a lot, ami the n.y bondage U a b't out of place; natural enough, don't yuU think?" "1 suppo-c no" doubtfully "one can not go through life with one eve shut; that I. If anyone has any brains, and yet, somehow or other, I du't quite like the description. You are nuch imm fellow, Tony, for all your affec tation, that you ought to marry some body very much n!ive the average." "And so I Khali." "You always said," she went on. that I might clnsme a wife for vou. Don't you remember Just before yoil went to college that hint tide we bsik':" Assuredly ." How we agre'd to ntsk each other's advice about the people vvenhoiild mar ry, an I how we promised that neither of u would get engaged without the other' consent ?" "Of coiir-e I remember. I am quite willing to abide by the old contract. I shall never tiuirry without your per mission." "Oh. Tony, really?" "Iteally."' She gazs at him with parted lips and whining eyes. "You are very trusting - how do you know that 1 shall not take a base ad vantage of your Implicit confidence and refuse my consent altogether? You don't know how lonesome it will In going out next winter without you. I have got so unci to having you around that I don't believe I'll enjoy myself in the least unless you are there." She pondered ii moment. "Come," she said. "I will compro mise. 1 won't forbid the banns alto gether, but you must not think of mar rying until I am tired of society and ready to take the fatal Mep myself. How will that suit you:" "Perfectly, If you don't put It off too long." "Oh, well, that I don't know. I have lllhitit decided to be a s;. lister." "Come, now, that Isn't fair. SupjHise we agreed to be marr.e.l the Kline day? That meets with jour approval? Well, to keep that promise fresh In your mory"-reaching over and taking her hand "wear this for my sake." lie drew her glove off very gently and nliped a loop of d. amends on her linger. The blood Hashed to her check. "Tony," she cried, the full i mlng of his action break. ng over her, "Tony, 1 don't understand. I ' "Oh, jc. you do," he answered, drawing a reasnur.ng arm alsmt her. "but for fear y nil might make a mis take and go off and marry another fel low, I will make niv meaning clearer. I love you I have alway s loved you. I have never dreamed of asking anyone else to marry me. I would have told you so before, but you are such a dreadful little ti n th-u I was afraid to test my fate. What say you, sweet Iniirt? Shall we many and settle dow u at the old place?" "And It wan 1 all the time," she mur mured. "and 1 thought you meant " "Who?" asked Markland. curlotmly. "Oh, never in, ml" hastily-"! see now what an absurd Idea It' wa. So you always loved me. ever since I wa a uhlld: Well, really. Tony, It wa only fair, for 1 never catvd for anvotie an 1 Ciinsl for you. Come, let u i?,, in and tell Hetty." New Oilcan Ttmes W lint Hats 'Do you know the We gh. actual weight of spriiiv salesman, Mill "Hew styles." a hat : queried the as he handed out scv i i iv.ir u. .o i (.em-ia.iv. I askcil a don't man that question ye.-terdaw and he guessed fourteen ounce on that hit which weigh exactly four and u half An ord.uary silk hat weigh otilv seven 'I looked up the matter recently, and so 1 know tuvcisclv. A 'silker' L t. luos; the heaviest hat made, though hunting hat weigh more for their hav ing an timer lining of great stift'n.ss and strength to ave a man If he should be thrown on his head. The hunting top hat weigh ten outlets, atid t!a, bunting derby nine. A winter derby weighs live and a quarter ounces, vary ing a quarter ounce either way for si.c. and a summer soft felt thnv and throe quarter ounce. "When it come to women' headgear there are all sort of weights, though seldom does a woman's hat of any kind run mote than seveu ounce. It c;,.. petid on the kind if trimming and fal lals. Some ribbons are heavy, and so are some artificial How era." Jet is heavy, t.si. The average little tmnent weighs two ounce to two and a half, a trimmed '.vi.'or' three nnd a half, ami a 'Setmett' (the kind that have brim stif fened wit! gluei, four and three-quarters. "The French "creations' are heavier, but they are not so weighty an you might suppose. Six and a half to seven oiiiu-c in. miis a big lutt, and one you would ssl X rays to s.v through, if you happened to sit behind It," Nevr York Herald. I m i:.eii.i.er of Congress w is W r.b.t.g to th Hon. Thadd.-iis .-o- ,eV V ell i,hd f i and vv , , ;j I er:. litl toW l.sllip ..'...r ..M,-it:a;;:.g ui in his district, th,. fertility , sn.l. th. the n.-'1-nl 1. 1' by salubivy of I" ' I. mine, , ,i. ern e of Its scenery. ...... . !' -.1 all It wanted vi.,., pl.-my of w.iicr an "That is all th'-y vv.n.t Mr. St'-v i t.s. During a general el. ' t -.!...! at the hull-., of ti.i s.d icletV. hades, said i canvasser he late I'p.fes-or Mr. IToude was Troll. the h;'.....ih. ..nt. ,.i the am: r ,ii:.-lf with ih'er.og us to !l'.VV Mi'. Fronde biitb-r an old -e.-vant. bis master well - t-i ;di b id to colltell! alitig the bull would Vote. Tl w ho under:... ,..! When t!i Liberals in. Mr. I r ii,!,, I, sumetim a Coll-el'MI'IVe. VV ii the Cotis. rv: tiv es U in. Mr. Fr en I." ( 'nee a i h t-.v n : ide In alway s a I.lh- ,.. e... nt to i.:iv a vl;t to an old Y'oik lying on hi- de: liininary woid said that, if tn mi his mind. I.e oii.-eien. .. and ear. so that '.' "Well, s i'." at .!,:!' yeoina.'i, who vv.i th bed. Altera few pr , th- worthy mlnlM' . v. le-ati had any thin h it', d lie Would ease III , ,,i,ti,!e it to his pastoral . might die ill pe.ie -w. r.d the old sport li. all. It I on I,.,. I io live niv lite o v t again. I'd tish more with bait ami i' Willi III. ." a so..-, a nt of a company of Hritis Inl.intry quartered lu a Dacolt-ltifesti part of Kiinnali a few year ago. was :;m b. li.-v er ill destiny. One evetilli; w h. n dressing, preparatory to taking stroll in the Jungle, he wa noticed I a corporal, a persistent opponent of the .lesiinv tli -v. to slip a revolver Int his in.. I..-:. "Hello'." shouted the cor ihomI "what are Volt taking the n vdver wi h you for? That won't sav m.u If vour tune has come." "No," n i li.-.l the s. rg. int: "but. you see, I may ha i. fen to cine across a Dacoit whose last day l.i s come," John li. vw 1. the playwright om epigrammatist, once wrote a Issik, the oblect of which, a disclosed by the title-page. Is singular: "A Dialogu containing In effect the NuinlsT of all the 1'roviibs In the Fngllsh T'ongiii compact In a Matter concerning Two Marriages." When the Marqul Winchester. I.nr.l High Treasurer, was presented with a copy of this Iss.k by the author, he Inquired what It con tailed, ami being answered. "All the proicrlw in F.hghsh," replied, "What all? No. no. 'Hate me an ace, quoth ltoltoti' "- a form of si eh once much in Vogue. "Hy my faith." said Hoy W.H..1, "that Is not In." It happenc. that tlie marquis had casually uttered the only proverb not In the Is. ok. M. Mary I.a ton, the well known au thor. In the forties, being out bathing one morning, saved a prosperous mer chant from drowning. When the latter felt safe on terra llrma, he began to express hi gratitude, calling I.a foil "My father," "My savior," etc. "Say no more about It, but let n go and have luncheon; 1 am pretty well starv lug." replied l.al'oii. The merchant fad lowed meekly; but after a few glasses of wine ami a few mouthful of food he burst out afresh, I.afon wan not the most patient nor the sweetest-tempered of creatures, lie began to be annoyed - he Hung a plate of strawberries at ins woiiiii Ik- son nead. l he other hurled n water Imttle at him. As a matter of course, the proprietor, at tractc.l by the noise, entered the room the bill was settled, and the merchant and his "savinr' hailed a cab, the driver of which was told to proived to the Hue N'. uve de l'etits Champs, close to which In those days lived M. d'llor luoy. the director of the Italian opera. I .a foti got oiit, ami In a little while re appeared, accompanied by the Im presario carrying a case of dueling. pistol. ".My good friend." sild the author, "allow me to present to you n iricmi, a linen manufacturer wlUi whom I am In the habit of Isiating, and who pursues me with his gratitude be cause 1 was Idiotic enough to tlsli him out of tin' water this morning. Sims? then he has not ceased to call tile 'his father,' although I am ten years young er than he." The merchant opened his lips once more; I.afon cut him short by ordering the cabiimn to drive to the lioiuainvillo W.s.d, Kn route they pi. ke.l up another second, nnd when they arrived at their destination, not a minute was lost measuring the ground. Hotli comhntac.tM missed lire the llrst time. "Do you still Intend to worry me with your gratitude?" asked 1-aion. "Oh, my father, my savior, what else run I do?" ;is the answer, "tientleiheii, tic good enough to reload the pistols." requested I.afon. The sec olid discharge was productive of as Ut ile cft'.s-t as tlie former. Thereupon the manufacturer, unable to contain him self, cleared the distamv between him self and hi antagonist at one Ihmiii.1 fell round his neck, ntill exclaiming' "My father, my savior," and prevented all further hostilities ,,- the genuine outburst of laughter that followed W hy Priests .ri. Heardles,. There is a good deal of history In the den ii shaven face of a priest. From the foundation of Christianity until the separation of the tireek and Koinan t liun hes. In the eighth century, pries, and clergymen 0f all kinds scrupulous, ly retrained iroin shin lug. or ev en fnMll trimming the beard, and a cleric wa distinguished among other men by the length and abundance of his board lVl'o I .eo 111., after the separation of the I.as;erit from the Western Church in order to distinguish ,1S(,if frm' the l'atriaivh of Constantinople, cut oil his beard and required hi clergv to likewise The prejudice agains, beards In the Western Church lasted until the twelfth century. Th,. eler-v commanded lay men to shave, and even 'uct.archs were hot exempt fn,,,, ,ht, rigid decree, tb.dcfn.l. the Hishop of Ami. ns. was so particular that he re fused the contributions of laymen en dewed' with extensive whiskers and some French priest following hi, ,,x ample are said to have declined to give absolution to sud, parhhiom-rs a re fused to cut off their beards. A ptv icli -r In liuclaud roun.Jlr scored Henry I. for w aring a beard, and the mom ... ..iiner man scandalise the muuity. cut ll off. Similar Inst is. 111- lUCe oi resignation wcrv r..r.,i.i ..... . .. eri. k Karbatv.ssa ana .,mllt , ' . Utter of whom wa rvfused aUolutlon . . . t i, A tblrfnenth nrit'l he shou ! unlive, in ::;,,:iry.h,,eHonoHuain.haaahar, Hi ed nnd to conceal tne uci.moo.j 1,1s mn.tiKhe ami lH-nrd to grow, nnd ,-mltte,! the clergy .o . o ,. . ,l,:,t whiskers came again Into same, so fashion. France. III the relgll il r i" t.oliitc.1 beard became popu- lar among t he laity; I no rmui " . . i -.. ... ntiv- k nil 1,-rgy to w ar w nisi..-.- ' . " , w a llsi.uled. I raucis i'i"""" " 1 .. i en un the e.M on any lit of imposing a io-" 'j M.arded Ill-hop. ami. I l-"'"' ,1... . ',...! coll f the Sol'liolllie, in i..,,.is decided that bear il wits con-t-'arv'... sacerdotal modesty. The de e's;,;,, was ratiti-d by the Hope, and all pl'iest commando.! to suave, me ,,,..,,.,1, e coiitinuii.g to the present day. In tlie Ihistetn Cliuivh beard bine vvnvs been worn and a shaven priest of sent day the lr k faith is as tniicti oi a cm e.s-1 Ity as a bcifd. ('.Mlholie Chun d pr! t of the icoiniiii i h. it is said that for hil re.i-"iis. involving health, com r ibe concealment of some do .. . ....j formitv of cunt li.ilice, ilispeii.siiuo.i i,r- granted to I! an priest to wear a beard, but sm li cases are rare. . Kossuth as an Orator. "Ill appearance Kossuth was taller than Americans had ben led to nilppose. His face had an expression of penetrat ing Intellect," writ. Farke Codvvin. re calling the American visit In lsol. of the great Hungarian patriot. In a paper of the "i ; rent t'ersonai i-, veins ." in the Ladies' II. .me Journal, "It was long, th" forehead broad, but not exces sively high, though a slight baldness made It seem no, and the chin narro.v, but square in Its form. Hi hair was thin In front, and dark brown, as wan his beard, which was quite long, but not very t h cK. ami arrangeu wnu u.-iu lies and taste. Hi mustache was heavy and rather long. His eye were vry large and of a light blue; his com plexion was pale. An a speaker his manner was at once Incomparably dig tiiiie.l ami graceful. His posture and iippcariiiice lu re"i.' were Imposing. not otilv from their essential grace and lllgllliv, Hill lioill a sense oi "'.". th.y impressed upon the beholder. "lie spoke as If with little prepara - tioti, and with that uliar freslinesn wliich belongs to exteinporati.siii speaking, and the wonderful compact- lies ami an oi ins iiiguiiiei.i o.-.e ..... icie umii you rci iisi upon u in ici ward. He gesticulated freely, equally well with Isuli arm. Nothing could be more beautiful in its way than wa the sweep of his right hand, as It wa raised to Ilea veil when he spoke of the Deity; nothing sweeter than the smile which at limes mantled his face. He yoml a doubt he wa. the greatest of orators then living." Kiisslan Civil Service. The Commission of the Imperial Council w hlch was appointed some time ago to revise the regulations of the Kiisslan civil service ha ininle it re port. Ihey advise that the service shall be open to all applicants having a cer tain minimum of education without reference to the das to which they belong. Private patronage In the form of Humiliation will, however, still be required. The higher the education re ceived, the higher the post to which the applicant may be appointed, lilt lt- erto all have had to begin on the low est rung of the ladder, the fourteenth lass of Peter the Cleat's "Table of liauks." This "table" wa taken bod ily from Herman usage. A mere copy ing clerk bear the iligullled title of a illegiate registrar." If the holder of this ollice live long enough, and be not summarily dismissed without reason assigned, he will in time become a "tit ular councilor," and, with good for tune, which means personal Interest, may attain to tlie highest dignities. There are three thousand persons In the civil service who are entitled to be illed "excellency," and are known a "tietierals," civil C.enerals, that Is equal in rank to military (ieuerals. To attain tne mgiicst ranks, without "good fortune." requires sixty-seven years of service. It is now proposed to do mv.iv with the power of summary dismissal without assigned reason, and with pro motion according to length of service, without reference to merit. Huston Transcript. Secret Sessions l'.heb'. In view of the frequent discussions that have arisen, froni tlm. to tI1(l m to the wisdom and propriety 0f secret session of the United stales s.. ,,.!.. x-Pivsidetit Harrison's deliverance upon the subject in the Ladies' Home Journal Is of value and Interest. "In the Senate," he says, "the use of the s.vrot session frequent and familiar. The Senate rules provide that on a mo tion made and seconded to close th.. d.Kirs on the discussion of any matter the ibs.rs shall be closed n,i . i.. los.il during such discussion. So when Executive nominations or treaties nr.. under consideration the irallerl.w nr.. lea red and the doors closed-only Sen. ators ami certain nee,.s.sj,rv ...n. ...... wlio are sworn to secrecy isdm? nil..,.-. ed In the chamber. There has bivit an earnest attempt made to abolish the secret sessions of the Senate, but It hn en Inctr.squal. These ncsshnw ailed 'executive sessions.' beenus.. tl- are almost wholly devot.sl t., i.-v ! tlve busliiess-nauiely, the coiinl'dera tlon of appointments to otllce and for- Ign treaties. It s.suus to me tleit t, i lulte as ncs-ssary and ni,r,.i that the consultations In the Senate as o appointincn!, a, w,.,.n,lv n- . treati.vs sliould be cotiMdential 'as that the coliferelices bctvv.sm ti, i.-...., . ... "id in cabinet. r. .v r,m . " .. uie i resi- ... i.n.i ouiers whom i,. iilsuit the may consult Mine matters, should be no." ti i A," .'e Tonclir 1 ho Hlia.K. t,f King Midas inellmid lt8 in a. KilowieilL'llielif ..( ... . ,li " l"f com. es." be rejoined "If t .. . lon.sl th.. s,,, ,.,. . . P-ir- ffee.l . ..Iv ' U'Ul U '1 - unit rv. i'iiiii.i .... .. quire 'There are others." K.......i wraith of the i-n . the 't a cent less than s:, f- ,, ....... t.-i i iii ri. eve! "air-D'.rol, J..llrllai. "wu"" Uudyard KiMing wa, .,,.., . . hether he enjoy., v"" t. He remark.., . . .',..ur 'ire of cr,Mtn- ! '"" . " ' Poe il VV ia rl... , liest ii'..l ... . " '".il He 1' ,t i XplTlctlCisl. uti...tr Sonie ' one ask. vv , I.. 1 "Kc IslllOloM' is a party es- IIICII a Woman l. '.en (ties,. uh ti,.,,,. ,. " in- Jaaoe and fiv , ; ' r! Vatlr bring th..!, . .. 10 c,,UStv Pin Sri mm, mm r,iiniArl Ciilion MV. ' "-.- on man n tiaus drop their comm.,., V01 collier when tbev r I o. .... J. T. Dlxbv. Unitarian v...... - Veil T. ell .....1..- .1 '' ", " ' '''"'er of I.' citV 1 trui'ii lu in.,. I., t. 1 . moralizing than whet, t ti;,mo, i. ! lovcred nakeduoHs.-lu-v J d 8, ' ; i.;il(.,ml!aii, Cincinnati (ii,,,. Jt nil. lt. 8'jm, "HI.). Kxtravagan (., TWO llll!,lr,.,l ty thousand people In want o - UtJ coal, nnd $l.M,ooti siiuanden j gle society kill llnds excilne i ,.. i I. and i I,.,. ,., ..' '-"ntj; "."eL ""J " lien, lf,.r r..., - .1 ,MF,1, 11 . X. Y. Newspapers'. Our 1 gi '"ate nea-r, per Is our public arena; It s '""rule, valve; It 1 the artillery that tcr.'i in i uiiij, ..-..Million inti) tieoiii formations. It Is our pu!,;:P c,m- Itev. Jonepli urausKopf, I .... . v I'lii'iMiIeliihla. Deteniiinatloii.- Tho 111,111 V'. openly antagonistic ha nt least ,'.J ,..l.,ll..n ..,.1 .1.... ... i It,, ion.......... ,, m.u in something l.tiMiitlo. ttntl la tt-li.it .......... ,,,.111 ..in nave ii,. ,I..Mn,ilnu.l,in l..l.. ., . ll... I. ..it .-..,11,, 1 n . i.e., . ,1Ki iiiruii;-!, San Jones, Evangelist, nt ll.ist.in.Hn T he l e or JIoney.-lt:g!,lwUlJ ten wealth Is a legitimate auil boo Me pimnessloti; If it mlnlsteri onl, i uI".v. u neconie a yoke and i I i. . . ... 'V . iieu; ii u pamper the oliildreo t Mini iiioni away mm their felloe in a aiiure. ucv. w . II. p, flt:i i.apusi, .c iorK L.ity. Clirlstian Living, liradiani wa1.. why it U that men will s..; tlit-lr to-. I .. . !.. ....II .1. i ' j or, In otllce, sell their lioiior, It lie. ,',) iiiooisc uirj H"' ll"i I IILitln i-.ni.se they have not bis'ii brought; 1 iler tlie relgll or the Christ prn,,;, of living. Itev. F. A. Hishee, I'ai't nalist, rhiladeliiliia. c'lmrlty.-Tlie conditions In v tliotisaiiil of fellows live nnj J ch - ..nc-e hoc etv to nut nw.iv r. invoiny ami gayety. our present d I to consider soberly how wemaht; the cause of the poor. I'blhntL'ip alone will not sulllce. Hey. G. Rfc ha tier, I Uitarlan, Cincinnati, Ohio. Suicide. The present life Is only stepping stone to a Higher ami t Dubi. one. No matter how lowly you mat uml what your troubles are. youjbo' remember that there Is nothing btr. In nulciile, which Is either an Ignot: lous act of cowarill.-e or one uf aa; ties. Ucv. Joseph Silverman, Ileirw New York City. (loudness'. The nobl. nt tiling U toll n good 111:111. Piety is helpful, butfwi lies Ls supreme. Human life it no: cursed thing, to be disinfected olb poison, but a wonderful seed to studied, nurtured, given right loll u. grown to Its native perfection.-!!, I,. S. McCollester, Fnlvorsalit, l tmlt, Mich. F.qtiality. Our greatest peril k ft concentration of wealth, onr ftrsi:i need an equitable duurfbtfot i wealth. Political economists ytit the benefits of the present clrlliaid are not Imparl hilly dintributed, laJH ls not strange that workiiigniemiicdt agree to lie restless. Hov. A. J.Wiit Unitarian, Kan Francisco, CflL Heaven and Hell Intelligent pftT w ill only believe in a heaven ad b that Is purely spiritual. Famllir ti we are with this Idea, it Is ouetlut never lose Us power over in, and w-i we may hope to escape all else, k' from ournelves never. It is that wb we fear, It is that to w hich w k forward. Hey. K. Worcester, E; pali.ni, Philadelphia, Pa. OLD SCHOOLH0USE. It's lit Kentucky, nnd U Erected ' of the Allei;hriih. On n hillside, near tlie border - that divides Woodford from Kij. County, in Kentucky, stitndi a dill dated stone builillng that win the " educational lustltiitloti erected 't the Allegheny inoutittiln. It U ls erably more than 1"" yenrs old, i: the school conducted within H wa an original branch of tiio fi Transylvania University. Two Presidents Ceorge WahlnF and John Adains-inade liberal cot butlons toward bulhllng nnJ nii!-'-i i-i- vY-r r iliir I Ine this sch.Mil. Among the men who, as boys, received - rihllni.oi t j nt ni, nilllcatlou i" '' ' stono diOoi.ithoiisi. were tloverlierA. Trimble of Ohio, (.ioverivr C'" f Kentucky, J. Cabell HrecUItinj i -father of (iencral John lw" ri.U-e! Tlr tiohert Hreckltir an V son, ex-Coiigressiuan W. (' ' ridge: Thomas F, f.li- 1-1 VCl.e. fainnna nr.itor nnd Dr. I- w. r,,..,t.i.l,,,, t H i, on, ten Sidney Col.o' ,....-..o... s.1 1 -je For the past tea years ,.u building has biHMi utIli.cJ as " house for plunder. tne Little Hiili' iiltT. It .l.... ,...M.oi ideal lllitl.l tO 0- Ml 11 IV u u.vs....- j ........ ....... i, l,.u on.) ll.eeiill'e I. nflel. nn.nuwt nt the re.'ld.l notion some people that they hend an apparatus: of w fully hid, the? u not grasped the Di-st prl ti.' l1-1'- . Such a person was lately be plaining" a motocycle. or '''".v'j ling carriage, to some admir.tn: ' f. He ,le told them vO.nt every i.. for," anil men ne nmie... - y. . . , i..,.,. It thut I" J ... . - . . ... f rs s'.- inewiiy iniug .. ,, me ls tle quetlon how It g ' horse I Mini -lra nr.- tO I ..l.Ul-l. IB 1- 1 ' 1 -- . KKXTfCKV'S OLD Sl'lioel not fill- they can't tell their im'- good mea ttelr mlaliru.'ni " Q O O . .eniug ana sosnlp. O o