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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1897)
-- m 1111 HK l a young doctor nnd a sur geon on board one of the small gunboats placed on it great AT rlcMii I;i !. Fresh-colored still, though lightly tanned '' exposure to the lak niiuls, with merry. Irish eyes of blue gray, a square-cut Jaw and obstinate chin, a long upper Hi', a little whisker nt tin' temple it it tl Hhort wiry blnck brown l.:tlr. I.Ike many men of UU class, he Is a potential Iurwln, ntiil, liavlng ii" mean to travel and study naiuril history. has entered the navy n surgeon, lie has lamleil on the ilmr- H of the lake for a ilay'n shiNitlng, Unplug t got elephant lit least, lmt uuiiiiliine content to Htmly siiiihlrd. A us In Imagination enter his mlml, ce through his eyes what lie saw niul lay line his thoughts. tini-! a forest of grass, with Ktont. ku.itinl (items six or eight feet high, luil iil:iinlaiit leaves martini; fruni ev ery J.'liit. Fach stem ends lit a droop ing plume of ripened mcimI. As the doctor fnives his way through the tau (led herbage mid cane-like stalks the eeds shower down upon him, each on tcadiid III its descent by Its Ion;; feath ery stipule. The eeds are sharp point til and barbed at the ends, so they pierce tlielr way through tils khaki clotlilug easily and scratch the per ilrln flesh beneath. This raises to exasperation the discomfort ulready Ml to he well-nigh unbearable, for the dtor's faiv M now the color of raw beef from the stilling hent and the frightful exertion of furring his way through such u thicket of grass, and lii hands are scratched and cut by contact with the razor-i-dgod leaves. His Tcral hat Is constantly being dragged oiT his head and It Is all he can do to cany his gnu and cltsjw his way through Ilie obstructing herbage, pro teetiuj Ills face as well as Hssible with the li lt hand. So lie Is 111 an 111 tem per mid ciuiiot stop to notice the weav er birds of flame color and black, the extraordinary stick Insects (exactly imuliitiug stalks of grass) and the gn-eti. leaf like millitlses which throng Hit- dense brake on either side, lie Is after bigger game. The most exe ricund of Ills boys pioneers hi Ml through the stilling grass jungle, anoth er buy with a second rifle follow be hind. The bleu Is "elephants," ele phants ha vin j been reported hereabout the previous day, when suddenly (they have re ached a space where the grits Is n little drier, ii little less dense) the i!n!iis r "boy" comes doubling back on his master with every gesture express veof "Hush!" The doctor stops, mops Lin boiling fare (thankful for the ino- "Sn.MR CHEAT YKLI.OW 01MECT rtieiitary halt) and nsks liHiulrlngly: "KlephantM?" "No," says the negro lu liamliig whisper, "Mon! There, there; no, not there. You see that nut hill? Well, climb on to It side and you will the Hon lying In n clear space Just Kvond. A male lion, truly; Its body Is "early white and Its niaiie is black." Willi Kxpress rllle nt full cock, the doctor advances gingerly through the Interlined grass, lnnt nearly double, keeping tll( inii..ie of the gnu directed straight l(efore him and shields Its sen itive trigger from the Intrusive grass stems. The ant hill Is reached; he clam hers to Its sloping side. "CoihI Cod, Hie boy's right. What a beauty! And lrcp, too!" itut something lu the doc tor's coining hug Hi-ouscd the lion, not 'n yards away; aroused him partially, for there u n sudden movement. He fnlsl the great head set In a collar of yellow, brown, black inane; slowly the dun nictitating membrane passe over Hie yellow eyes, but us they are fix'iis lo iiuvt his owu gaze the ditctor lies, tires precipitately (Ills position on Hie sloping U,t ,m M insecure), wounds Hie lion somewhere, somehow, but does n"t liiiu. The beast gives a sharp expiiwivp roar, seems to Jump Into the iir with all four f.et uud Uieu In three Ji'iiiids ha crashed Jiff Into the grass Jungle, silence. "Well, I'm a nitiiT!" Hi nks the (lnetor. ' He wu-sn't ten j'ai'ds away and I didn't kill lilm d.'iid.' 1 d "H't know quite where I hit him; In the chest, I think. Itut he can't be Jar away nd I must finish him off." He defends from the nut hill Into the rl,r tiainpl.Hl spai-e where the Hon ia'1 1 lying. At the spot where the l"'ast had made Its first bound Into the "'Use gra iHg0 there Is a great i'Hit of blo.Ml over the tangled green-JfJ'-tlie dark crlmsou liquid still drips from leaf i,irte t0 ,,,af (1.,lp ..Alj. '""light so; Ue must be pretty badlv It." Two black fnces !tti ulnrtliiif rves anxlon grins, now cautiously tcr round the am hill. The doctor. Wis e h! head, recognlie his boy and "ekon Uiem down. The three cou pe In whisper. The situation Is ex-PiuiioM-how the Hon wa wounded. " direction In which he bounded The boy urge caution. "Jjlon p enty tierce. Mkaugo tnkall uditu Master must take care; better climb tree utid look all arouud-uot go Into grass." itut there Is no tree anywhere near. A boy hoists himself to the sleu der summit of the nut hill and report that he see the grass moving lu the direction whither the lion had wlth-driiwn-lnovlug us though a sta tionary animal were shaking It with convulsive throes (all of which Is ex plained more by gesture Uiau by words . The doctor, elnuilierlug up be side the boy. think he can descry (as the grass steins bow and droop before some writhing oblcctl the ll.ui'a uv. Ing tall and a yellow-gray haunch. Me ures, uesciints from the ant h!U to re load. a rush come through the grass, a deafening roar, some great yellow object lu the air above him momentarily ark against the sky yellow eye (Inseiislblllty). " 'Click clock, click clock, click clock' wutidcr what that funny sound Is am i iu a tralu? .0i jt the engine of the steamer or Is It the pulse beutlng lu my temples? They have been asleep, and iu broad day light, w ith the blue sky alsjve me uud In the broiling snn! How foolish! But no It must be something more. I know there has something happcucd let me think the lion, of course a Hon JiiiiiimhI at nie. Then I must lie wounded? U-t's see" (raises himself painfully on hi right arm) "My i.od! a pool of my owu IiUmmI my left arm lias uo feel ing chewed by the lion, hand almost detached, rest of arm a mass of blood, muscle, bone and khnkt Oh, Cod! I'm going to die can't live he has torn open my stom ach that must be the pan creas. I'm like a butcher's shop." I Whimpers. A blubbering sound at tracts his attention.) "Hullo! you here, Juiiia? l'lucky chap; thought you'd have cut ami run. Where's Saldl? Eh? S'ak louder. I'm deaf oh. gone to gunboat; quite right What? the lion?" (turns bis head slight ly) "there, still living; look pretty nick too." (The lion Is lying four yards away, partly on his Hide, one crippled forepaw turned back, the other out stretched ami the great head resting on It, eying the men with solemn yellow eyes no longer tierce, the pupil shrunk to a pin-polut. With each convulsive shudder of the lion's body the blood pool round him widens slightly.) "Hy heavens, if I've got to die, I'll die like a man, and he shall go first. Who can tell? He might recover and hurt the IN THE AIR AltOVE HIM. boy. See here, Juma" (to Juiiia, who Is Kiiiiportlng his lmck), "le very geutle, take a cartridge out of my belt, put It lu the rllle so; now mind my arm now, give me the rllle lu my right hand and come Is'twecii my legs so stoop very low down, like that. Now I'm going to rest the rifle on your shoul der and take aim. Keep very still. I won't hurt you keep Btlll I'll aim Just below the brute's eyes." (A minute pause. Hung! Doctor falls back fainting. I.lon stretches out his head three times with spasmodic upward movement, the tall nm the limbs all but the crippled one stiffen, the claws stand out from their sheath and beast dies.) "Juma, Is that you? Water, how delicious! more and on my forehead so what n brick you are! Vpou my word, I'd like to leave you something, Juma. You must tell them that 1 suld so, you know, for sticking by me. Cod bless you! Is the lion dead?" (The sobbing boy nods "Yes.") "Well, then, I must die too. I'm enough of a doctor to know that. Pont cry. Tell them I bore It like a mail. Hut It's beastly hard! Who'd have thought my day 'a shooting would have ended like this?" (Whimpers.) "HeasUy hard. I'm so yoting. and I've done so well uji to now and there's mother. Who will break It to her? She'll never get over It and Mly and, damn It all, I can't even semi theni messages! How can one tell such things to a black boy? S'lsise I'-tn dying primarily from the shock know I'm dying some-how-can't raise my head to look Mother! Mother! What rot to go on like that, a.i if It could do any good! Now. lis tc lue ndlrlul amal, mil mloiigo, jwc oh, Cod! How can I MI him? It's all sllpplfl 'y fr" I'or Uie blood Is the life. Where have I heard that , That blood Is the life slipping away-sllp-plngaway I must U,ti boat. It I o goothlng; up and down, up and down; so restful." (Sigh gently. Ple.)-Slr 11. U. Johnun, in tb Sat urUajr Revlw. OSTRICH FARMS. After Twclv Year of CotlT Kmpcrf merit They Now Toy PiYldeniU. It la estimated that seven ostrich farm In Southern California have sold over flJKi.uuo worth of feather during the last y.-.ir, and that now. after more than twelve year of cosily aud dt. eonniglng experiment, a majority of the ostrich farms lu thl region pay dividends. Several of the enterprise ure pronounced successes, aud have Kild good Interest on the capital In them for several years. The greater part of the money Invested In the pro. ductlon of ostrich feathers und lu tho Mr birds lu California ha come from Knglaiid .ml New York. The Industry Is a popular one for young Kngllshmen fresh from college or the academies and possessed of ample means and a spirit for novelty of business pursuits. There are over tlfty bright young men from Kiigland now engaged In manag ing ostrich farms lu thl part of Call lornla. and there are others recently from Umdon w ho are In search of suit able localities among the valleys and foothills lu this region for new ostrich farms. It takes a capital of $l.'.,000 to establish any sort of an ostrich farm, and JJo.iKH) to S.iO.CHHl required for a tlrst-class, well-stocked and scientifical ly arranged farm. The men who have been iu the os trlch plume Industry lu Southern Call ferula since ISM y that there has never been such a demand for ostrich plumes us this season. Pa me Fashion has made their business suddenly be come most profitable, aud every man engaged lu ostrich farming Is hoping that the present fashlou for wearing ostrich plume In profusion will con tlnue for several years. Ist month the heaviest consignment of ostrich plumes ever made from Southern Call fonila went to Paris from Los Angeles. Ostrich farming was first nnde an exHTinient as I.os Augeles and Fall brook in 1NSJ by a company of French, men. The profits from the several os trich farm In this section have grown each year, as the habits of the blnlH have been' learned aud the ostriches have become acclimated. There are now successful ostrich farms at South Pasadena, Anaheim, I'allhrook, Sunta Monica, CoiMiiada, and Pomona. There are about -PK) ostriches In Southern California, ami they have In come so common that none but the tourists who come to spend the winter seasons here take any curious Interest lu the birds. The capital Invested In ostrich farming In this region Is rough ly estimated at JJno.tMKl, and there will probably be $oO,tmO to $70.0)0 more In vested in the Industry before the year la over. St. I.ouls Clobe-Peinocrat. In Silver Paper. I wonder If the men who pop the mo mentous question only to receive a negative, feel particularly awkward when they meet tho woman who de clined the honor. The proper observa tion, I understand, for the lady to make, after the painful and delicate duty has been performed is, "Hut I trust we shall remain friends." The iiinn may shake his head and mutter, "Friends bo hanged!" but there Is no help for It. As they move lu the same set they can not avoid meeting each other, and of course In a friendly way. It Is only lu a very much lower rank In society that the rejected one swears that no other man shall have his beloved object, nnd buys a second hand revolver to pre vent It. Just nt first It must lie very embarrassing, and there Is probably al ways a certain queer feeling between them as of a semi attached couple who might have been one for life but for that monosyllable and scarcely artlcu late "No." As a matter of fact, she never dot's say "No," but wraps tip the negative, as It were, lu sliver paper, "I respect and honor you, Mr. Jones" (who hoped to be called "Kdwiu") "be yond everything, but what you ask can never be." Out It Flew. I.ady Elleiiborough, a renowned beauty, on one occasion, accompanied the Judge on circuit, on the distinct un derstanding that she should not en cumber the carriage with bandboxes his abhorrence. Purlng the first day's Journey Lord Klleuboroiigh, stretching his legs, chanced to strike hi foot against something under the seat. It was a bandbox. Powu went the win dow, ami out It flew. The coachman, thinking the box had fallen out, at once drew up; but hi master furiously roar ed out the order to "drive ou." On reaching the next assize town. Lord F.llenlMirotigh proceeded to equip himself for the bench. "Now," said be, "w here Is my wig?" "My lord." replied the attendant, "It was thrown out of the carriage win dow." A Pig r 'gon Halmon. What hi believed to lie the largest sal mon ever captured In the Columbia River was delivered at S. Elmore' packing house m Astoria, Ore., recent ly. The monstiir was one of the truest and most perfect siieclmens of royal Chinook salmon ever seen In Astoria. His actual measurement from tip to Up was 4 feet fi'a InrhcH, and his largest circumference 3 fi-ct, the girth dose to the tall ls'lng fully 1 foot. The spread of the tall was 1 foot 4 Inches, and the exact weight MV-i iounds. The head, when severed from the body, weighed 8'i iounds. On being cooktsj and pack ed the fish tilled 5'4 dozen one-pound caus.-Mornliig Oregouhui. Profit In Prunk. French army pensioners living In the Hotel des Iuvalldes, who have all re ceived medals for bravery on the field, occasionally drink more than la good for them. To prevent such veterans making exhibitions of themselves in public a reward of 15 cent Is paid to any one who returns an Inebriated hv vallde to the Iwirrarck. ReoecUly In toxication among the pensioners hav i incensed freatly. It was discov ered that a trade la rescuing had arisen, t a knockout drink costing five cents and warranted to act at once having been devUed, which left a clean profit of 10 ceuU per drlmV A Wrom Hoppoltlo. ' "The p-ople moved out of that boine thl morning aud tliut la the landlord Just going In." "He api-cars to uiye a great maoy prosi rf-ctlve tenants." Frottpe-tlve tenants. Indeed! Tbefc are only neighbors going to ee lo what condition Uie people left the bouae." Iyondon Fun. . Every man I our neighbor who needs eur coffipaxloB ud help. HELPLESS IN A STAMPEDE. Kn Adventure In the lay w ben Hiif fain Were T'cnty. "It was a ride 1 never iiniim to take, you may be mire, and one I should never care to take again," said Hank Miirstcii, a cattleman from Montana. "For two day and nlglns 1 ua among the buffalo, as helpless to get away as a chip might be afloat in Niagara. It was lu lMi.. when the Western plains were still thick with the brutes. Three of us had strayed from our camp In search of buffalo and coming iihii a herd, my companions ciii h captured a cow. Hut the one 1 selected it was a fat young cow- was so far in the herd and ran so well that by the time I was alongside her the buffalo ucre all around me, every one tunning head dow u and tall in the air, iioi cai Ing for what stood in the way. There was i mlv one thing to do, and that was to go w lih iheiu, so I sent a shot in behind Ihe cow's shoulder that dri pped her, uud then let my horse take his load. He was carried away, as a hm-se Is apt to be, by the excitement of the stam pede, and tried to ruuawa. This took us further Into the herd, until the buf falo got so thick nlsMit us thai tic could not force Ills way among them. After that for hour and hours there was nothing but dust and lioUe, with buf falo on every side as far as I could see through the smother-crowding, Jost liiitf, pushing, everyone trying to get ahead of the others. My horse was Jammed and tossed iilsoit by tile buf falo, but lie kept bis footing and went along with the rest. The dust tllhsl my eyes and nostrils, and the sound of the hoof Itents was something fright ful. "Parkuess came, and still the stam pede went on through the night. It was not until morning that the buffalo slowed up and begun to scatter aud feed. 1 ti led then to work my way out from among iheiu, lmt Is'fore I had got half way out my motion alarmed them and they stampeded again. There was no stopping the thing; so long as they saw uie among them they were IhiiiikI to stampede, mid there was no getting away from them. They carried me along with them that day, and, al though now their pace had slowed to a walk, they did Hot slop until darkness fell again. Sometimes we would come to a gulch ami I could hear the thump ing sound as the buffalo off to left or right Went heels over head down to the bottom over the edge. Put by good !uck the part of the herd where 1 was struck a place every time where we could get iiiTos. Alsiut 10 o'clock ill tlie night the buffalo halted once more and began to scatter and feed. A good many of Iheiu lay down, as If they wi-ii' ilred out tin vellng and wanted no more of it. I started again to get clear of them, aud this time, by working carefully along, letting my horse feed ns he went and avoiding every motion that might alarm them, I got to the edge of the herd Just as the sky was growing light lu the east. Two days later, a I ter a hard ride, I reached our camp." Jj ple the World Over. Nearly every civilized country In the world has bauds of gypsies wandering about within Its Ixiiunlarles, and their futility and apparent lack of nuy def inite objis-t in life, so characteristic of (ills picturesque iiomallc rmv, gives pe culiar Inlcn-st to statlsjtlc concerning them. From Hungary, the center and starting imlnt of the race, we learu from a census that their total uuinls'i lu that country alone amounts to twe hundred and seventy-four thousand, nine hundred and forty. Alxuit half of them wen- settled Lu towns and vil lages, while the other half hsl a cou- stautly wandering life. Altogether there were one hundred four thousand, seven hundred ami fifty gypsies who professisl Hungarian as their mother tongue, sixty-seven thousand forty-six Itoiinianian, nine thousand eight liuu ilnsl ami fifty-seven the Slovak bu guage, live thousand eight liiindr-sl sixty one the Servian, two thousand three hundred ninety six the Herman, and two thousand eight the Itiitheiilau language. The number speaking only the Czizany or Itomany tongue-Mint I the gypsies who did not amalgamate with other natlonalltles-wii eighty two thousand aud forty-live, or about :to per cent, of the whole. Humor In literature. Humor Is one f those pervaslvequal- Ities Unit take possession of your seiis 'cs like tlie smell of the wissls In sum mer after a rain. You are trudging j along through a bsk, lutcresti-d, per haps, lu the course of tlie story, and ' Impatient for the end of It nil. It Is an ordinary Istok, you think, like a huii j drcd others, but a turu of the page and 'you are in another atmosphere. There ' is a growing warmth about your heart and a lift to the corner of your mouth. You do not break into a laugh, but you chuckle to yourself and forget alirt the end of tlie tale. You want to linger 'over ihe ago ami turn back and go over the trail again. In a tw inkling the '"characters" of the story have become human belti.-s like yourself.- I.udles' Home Journal. 1 atcb the Ninote. ' low often we hear ihe remark, "We 'shall have mln, the atmosphere Is so heavy." The reverse Is true. When olio ! sees smoke hanging from a chimney, with a tendency to sink to the ground, I t linlii ales thai tlie atmosphere is light - In fact, too light to limit the smoke. ' When the smoke rise from the chim ney. It Indiums a heavy nl Unisphere. A column of smoke Is not a Isid barom eter, for a barometer simply record the pressure of the atmosphere. When the atmosphere is light nnd the smoke settles, the pressure on the mercury I light and the column falls, Indicating storm. When the atmosphere Is heavy and the smoke rises, the pressure I greater and the column rises, Indicating fair weather. Itcverslng the Ordinary Course. Curious facts have lately come to light concerning the Islaud of Sakhalin, which lies off the eastern coast of Si beria. Cold winds and -a currents cir culate around It, and produce on the Isl and a reversal of the ordinary course of nature reH-cting the arrangetnem of temisTHture. I'mially the air I warmest near s a level and coldest ou highlands ami mountain, but In Mak hull n the codi-t air Is found near the sea, while lu the lofty Interior of the Island the climate I mild, and even ul-tnplcl plants flourish on the heights. HOW FEARWASBANISHEO. Ueorge Kennau'a Methoil for Over coming HI Natural Timidity. "When I was 17 or IS year of age," said Mr. Keiiuan, "I went a a tele graph operator to Cincinnati. I had become so morbid and miserable by that time that I said to myself one day, 'I'm going to put an end to thl state of affair here ami now. If I'm afraid of anything I'll conquer my fear of It or die. If I'm a coward 1 might a well he dead, N-cuuse I cau never feel any self respect or have any happiness iu life, and I'd rather get killed trying to do something that I'm afraid to do that to live In this way.' 1 was at that time working at night, and had to go home from the ottliv between midnight ami 4 o'clock iu the morning, h was during the jivll war, ami Cin cinnati was a more lawless city than It has ecr been since. Street robberies ami murder were of dally occurrence, and all of the 'night men' lu our etllce carried Wciihiis as a matter of course, 1 bought a revolver, and commenced a course of experiments iioii myself. When 1 finished my night work at the ettlec, Instead of going directly homo through well lighted and patrolcd streets, I directed my stea to the slums and explored the worst haunt of vice and crime iu the city. If there was a dark, narrow, cutthroat alley down by the river that I felt afraid to go through at that hour of the night I clenched my teeth, cts ked my revol ver and went through It sometimes twice lu succession. If I read lu the morning paMr that a nut it had been rolilsil or inurdcnsl on a certain Ntrcct I went to that street the next night. I evploi-.il the dark river banks, hung around low drinking dives and the resorts of thieves and other criminals, and made It an Invariable rule to do at all hazards (lie thing that I thought I might U afraid to do. Of course I had all sorts of cXciicnccs aud adveu tures. One night I saw a man attacked by a highwayman and knocked down with a slungshot, Just across the street. 1 nm to his assistance, frightened away tlie robbers, and picked lilm up from the gutter In a slate of unconsciousness. Another night, after '1 o'clock, I saw a man's throat cut, dowu by the river ami a ghastly sight It was, but al though somewhat shaken I did not be come faint nor sick. Every time 1 went through a street that I believed to he dangerous, or had any startling experience, I felt an accession of self respect. "In less that three months I hail sat isfied myself that while I did feel fear I was not so much daunted by any undertaking but I could do It If I willed to do It, aud then 1 began to feel Ix'tter. "Soon after this time 1 went on my first expedition to Siberia, and there, lu almost dally struggles with difficul ties, danger and sufferings of all sorts, I Dually lost the fear of Is-lng afraid which had slsoned the happiness of my lsiyhood." Atlantic Monthly. j I'innlglil to I'lnnnlKan. Siiperintindiiit win Fhiniiigiiii; ! ioh v the sictioii win Fiiinigin; . Whlniver the kyr got otTen the tliraek An' muddled up thing t' th' divil u' 1 hack. Fiiinigin writ It to Fliuiiilgiin, ' Aftlier the wrick win all on ngiiiu; . That is, this Fiiinigin j HeKHrted to Fliiiiliignn. i Whin Fiiinigin furst writ to Fhiniilgitn, : lie writisl tin page -did Fiiinigin. An' lie toiild Jiwt how the sinssli occurred; ! Full ininiiy a tiijim, bliniderin' wiirrd ' Hid Fiiinigin w rite to I'laiiiiigiin ' Aftlier the cars had gone on agio. I That win how I'iiiiiigin Ucpuorlcd to Flnnulgnn. I l Niw Fluiiiiigau knowed more than liu j nigiii He'd more idjin-iitioii - had Phiiiiiigiin: ; An' it wore'in chine an' coinpliitcly oiil To tell what Fiiinigin writ about ; In his writiu' to Muster Flaiiiilguii. So he writed Imrk lo Fiiinigin: "Don't do sieh a sin agin: 1 Make 'em brief, Fiiinigin!" I Whin Fiiinigin got thin from Flsmiignn ' He blushed rosy rid did Fiiinigin; An' lie wild: "I'll giimble a whole month's pa -ay That It will be ininiiy an' minny a (la ny , Pcfoorc Sup'riiiliiidint, that's Fluiiiiigau, tit a whack at thl very SHine iu agin. From Fiiinigin to Fhinnlgan HeHsrla wim't ls long agin." Whii da-sy on the sielioii av Fiiinigin, On the road aiip'rintindcd hy Fluiiiiigau, A rail give way on a bit av a curve An' soiii kyara went off a they made the swerve. 'There' nobody hurtisl," ea Fiiinigin, "Hut reM.rU must lie iiihiIv to FluiuiV I gun." An' lie winked lit McCorrlgun, A married a Fiiinigin. ' He wux Hhiintyiti' thin, wuz Fiiinigin, ' A tn in t ly a railroader's Ihh-ii agin, Au' the shinoky ol' lump wux burn in' j bright In Flniilgiii's shanty all that night ' Pilln' down hi reHirt, wim Finnlgliil An' lie writed thl here: "Muter Fluii iiigau: "(iff agin, on agin, Cone agin.- Fiiiulglii." H. W. CilHIun, in Atlanta Coiistitu Un. Tedious Work of Old Hook makers. I luring the twelfth and thirteenth reiitiirl-H monks frequently Isolatid , themselves from the world and repro dmsd tli: HHile In Illuminated mauii script. The work was m-ceHsailly slow and lu no Instance w as It uccoinpllHlicd In less than thirty-five years. Culdo do Jurs was a pnsliicor of these Illumi nated miiiiuscrlpts ami a Isiiutlful lcclnieii of his work wiin sold along with the Issik of Sir. W. lturrell in 17IKI. This copy of the itlble had ss-u-pliMl half n century In IU production. A note in the boglniilug of tlie manuscript in Jars' handwriting IndlcntcH that he Is'gau his task In 1214 aud did not cou elude it till 111)4. Kemarks of the I nriona. "You say that llroin-on' overworked and Is going away for a rest. Why, be hasn't been In hi office twice dur ing tlie hist six month." "Yes, but he's Just succeeded III mar rying o'lT tfie last of hi five homely daughters."- Cleveland leader. Cannibalistic Trailenc'ea. "Who 1 that young fellow?" "That's Jim Howling, better known a 'Caiiiillsil.' " "Why cannibal?" "HI father I a retired missionary and Jim lives on him." Cleveland ('lalndealer. TJppQ WE g31ILE. riUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS i'lraamit Incident Oiciirrln the W orlil Ovrr- raying that Are Cheer ful to Old or t oiing-r unnj Selec tion that liver) ImmIx Will l.njojr. I'rter'a W If. Peter, Peter, pumpkin rater. Had a nitc and oiuMii't keep her; He linl her t:.HMiicr, bike and hell, And then lie kept In-r very well. -Collier' Weekly. Ills Size I'mlrctril II I in. I. Idle Hude-Say, do you think 1 can cms (hut Held without attracting the attention of those animals? Ilig Coiintrymaii (if course. Thlni beasts hain't got magnify !ug glasses ou! New Yolk Tribune. A 1'oiii.iilutinti fione, "How's yer wife?" Inquired one of the fanners who were coming Into ma rket. "She's perfectly well, seems like." "You don't ccm pcrtlckler pleased about It!" "Well. I like Yr to InJ'y hers'f. All' she do seem ter git a lot o' comfort out o' takiu' medicine." - Washlngtou Star. A Mini of Full Ilal.lt. Millie Hlcky Potlttle seems such an empty fellow. Willie - You wouldn't have thought so If you hint sccu him last night. Pick Me Tp. To th Miniii-r' Far. Mr. Shopplt - Which train would you picfer to go on to morrow, my dear, the 1:MI or the I: lit. Mrs. Shopplt (Ml. the 1:41. of course. It sounds so much ulcer.- New York Tribune. I'ronf. Jinks That was n strange opinion of Capt. Symiiics that the world Is hollow. Hlliiks - I nm Inclined to believe his theory was right. Jinks Why so? Illluks llecause so many people have gone under lately.- Washington Times. I lulls of thp Tliiiea. "Hy Cum! ef the women In ther rrtj nlu't so bold an' brazen thet er nnslesl one hex ter hang out er sign tclllu' erboiit lt."-Chlcago Inter Ocean. lunnrance. "He may be all very well at story writing, but be dm-Hii't know much about the turf." "How do you know?" "Why, he made the favorite win." Pick Me Tp. lie W as Mujrrr. lie -I'm going to kiss you when I go. She- lo It now w hile I'm still young. Town Topics. A Win Don. Mrs. Mater-1 wonder what makes Unit dog so afraid of me? He alway acts as If he thought 1 was g ilng to half kill him. Little I laughter- I dess he's seen you 'pa nklng me.- Exchange. No Wonder. Hertwhlstle -Why btu't Vanwalk smitten with that pretty Pusiiiip girl any longer? .lunilesoti He took her to an Italian table d'hote the oilier day aiul saw her eat spaghetti. New York World. Mail aa March Ilara. Algy- I always said that Ceorge Clld ers w hs crazy, and now he's proved that I was right. Freddie- How's that? Algy-Why, you know, he married Horatio Mllyun's only daughter, but lu spite of that fact he I holding on to hi Job and working for a living. Cleve land leader. HiiiiiiIub Kipenaea "I hear dat uo 'count brudder oh yoiiahs dun plminsl some money from hi boss an' klpH'd de country. IMd he take much w If him?" "Nnw. Jest enough fer riinuiilu' ex-peiisc."-N'cw York Journal. Wlint rh tilil to Him. Maglslriiti Ho you mean to say such a physical wreck a he I gave you that black eye? Complaining Wlfe-Hure, yer Honor, he wasn't a physical wreck till after he gnve me th' black eye. TUI Hits. Pat-Cul. "Ho you think, Professor, that the thisny that Mars I Inhiibltisl ha any practical value?" "Ho I think so?" returned tho Pro fessor, "I know it. Some perlisllcal pay I I'd a page for article on tho subject."- Washington Star. Th ( harBe, Magistrate Turccliee Officer Flau- nlgau, what's the charge against this man? Officer Flannlgau-Hatln' an offaur, aur. Magistrate Threehee What did he do? Officer Fhinnlgan He borrowed a quarter from me, aur, and forgot to return U -8L Paul DWpatca, The Womanly. Wnm -n wuild not throw mud, oh, no, In politic, a heretofore The men have done; they'd rather go Ami track it ou each other's floor. -fietroit Journal. No Rfa.on for Kalatenre, "I must say," said the young woman, "that billiard Is a very silly game." "Hut you've never tried It," expos tulated the young man. "I'm sure I don't Intend to try It. What excuse I there for It?" "Why, there' ever so much science "oh. I've heard all alsmt that. Put there Isn't any costume that goes with It."-Washington Star. St. l.oul tilohe Pcmoerat. Her Life's Occupation. "I never saw a woman on the attveta as much as Mr. Pouter. What lu the world keep her running so?" "(Jotting her new baby photograph id." Cleveland lialndealer. freaking It Uenttr. "And how I your liuslsind to-day, Mrs. Mangel?" "Well, mum, the din-tor say If 'e 'olds out for another two days, he'll 'ave 'opes of im; but if lie doesn't we must prcire for tho wust." Plck-Me-lp. What They Need. A health Journal Is telling people "how to He w hen asleep," If It could persuade them to (ell the truth when awake It would be doing a real service. -Trlllcs. A lloon. KoU What a boon It la to have a friend you can trust! Nolis - Yes; or one that will truM you. -'lid Hits. The Inference. Whisder-Mls Chilli gave me cloineter for my birthday. cy- Sprockclt-Not very encouraging, Is she? "I don't see why not." "Why, my Isiy, the Inference Is tliat she wants you to keep your distance." Yonkcrs Slatetmiiin. Phe Was I'nnirrlna-. Mrs. Wilson What ore you thinking so Intently alsiut, Mary? Mrs. (ilisoii (slowly)- 1 was Just try ing to decldo whether Mr. Cllson was more eloquent In declaring ills undying passion for me before we were married or In making excuse for his Nhnrtcoim Ing afterward. Pctrolt Free Pre. Tba Difference. Cholly (who has trUsl on the profes sor's hat) -Aw, professor, my head l larger than yours. Professor Yen, on the outside. ' 'reparation Complete. "Have all the preparations been mode for the reception of the poet?" "Oh, yes; 1 have Just cut the leaves of his cullectisl works and put them on tho table."-Fllgeude Illanttor. Not Much Improvement. "I suppose you've got rid of the girl In the next room who played the piano?" "Yea, but therc'a a woman In there now who keeps her husband awake half the ulght coaxing hlui for new bicycle." "Ho you know the woman?" "Yes, she'a uiy wife." Cleveland lialndealer. An Infallible Slsrn. Customer That razor of your must be fully three years old. HarlH-r- What makes you think so? Customer It has so many teeth. Cleveland Leader. Ten Literal. "Freddie, why did you drop the baby on the floor?" "Well, I heard everybody say It waa a bouncing baby aud I wanted to see It bounce." Punch. Not to Ha Wandered At. Fanner (watching colored boy flailing lu hi private pond) Hid you ever get any tlsh here? Colored Hoy Yes, sab; ouce, when I fell lu the water, wun come In my uiout. New York Tribune. ljuren Victoria' Ilig Family. Queen VIetorin has had over seventy descendants, over sixty of whom are living. She has had nine children, sov er of whom are living, and Innumera ble grandchildren and great grandchil dren. Her.sons and daughters who are living are: Tho Prince of Wale, the Puke of Conuaught, the Puke of Edin burgh, the ex-Empress Frederick, of Cermany, the Princess Christian, the Marchioness of I.orne, and the Prin cesa Beatrice. Among her descendants are princes, princesses, dukes, duchess es, one emperor, two empresses, one marchioness and a lady. Iridic' Horn Journal. There are some girl who ahould not be blamed If their stockings wrinkle: all stocking are made to lit t tat ! "Wrapped t p In Mlc." M J