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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1897)
EUGENE CITy GUARD. I. L. CAMPBELL, Praprl.tar. El'CiEXE CITY. ..OREflOM Japan comet to the front with a de falcallon of $730,000. And yet M.ey m; that country lan't fully drilled! Tim Memphis Scimitar ujri: "Mis Ittye o. Haym left tbls morning for California." Poor girl! Even marriage cannot help that name. - J . - -j Wlille Queen Victoria', reign bit I Ten tmt hie In many respect, it haa experienced many tiling which En gllshmcn would Ilk to forget. The Houston Post undoubtedly la right In taring that "thla la a time fur sober aerond thought." Hut why not have such thought flmt occasionally? A woman In Buffalo wanted to buy i l.o entire police force of that city and have the men shot and cremated. And they nctunlly lockod her up an a crazy woman. A New York Inventor clalma to have d'seovered a way to prevent egg from spoiling and anya he can keep them fresh forever. Thla will lie glad tid ing to thn one-nlght-atund actor. A New J entry wife hua applied for a divorce on the ground of extreme cruel, ty lire ue her husband put a live tur tle In her bed. That woman doesn't seem to have found matrimony a Mft imp. When you hnve fixed upon a plan, f ven In trivial matter, do not revente It, except for good reason. Decision of (hnriicter will thti In time Ix'come I'l.ihllmil and hulilt ha well been de ktIIm'iI a second nature. If we at niggle to overcome a fault or to rcHUt a temptation, and succeed, the time eiime when we lone all desire to commit the wrong; the self-restraint la ever, and we enter Into the true free dom, where dctilre and duty are one. Ml Claire Ferguson, of Halt Lake City, hua been rommlHHloned a deputy s.icrlff. 1,'ulcss .Ml Fcrgunon' new paper picture Hatter her, we are ready to wager that If she ever Issue an at tachment for au unmarried man ahe vi III land him. IliM-kefeller ono day glvea a million dollar to endow a church or college. ' he next day with n stroke of the pen lie rnlse the price of aome product of o.i for a week and get It buck. Thl Ih "IhinIiiiW Iii partnership with ro- ilgloii. The Waller (Texan) Free Pre aaya: "Who wouldn't lie an editor? When ho t,H-a to hi olllce ho And that aome friend hu been there and left melon, fruit nud vcgetnblo. And the bet j 'irt of It U, there being no graveyard litre, we have prospect of living al way a." The I'hllllpNliurg (I'a.) Ueoord says: "Our hnuilsome young friend. Jack Ilariie, I upending a few day' In town. Jack I all right and a iib boy ; but tliiiKe rattlesnake pant are cork er." Well, they might lie worse; sup pose they were trohscrs. cated at Delawan. That wai to be In memory of bit father and mother. H did Dot atop there, but left a not he t $20,000 to be uaed In establishing a public library and reading-room. Tbea be monument that are monument. They are none the leaa valuable, none the I cm prized, becauae the man whoso memory will be preserved by thtin bullded them himself. Fortunate, lu. deed, la the village or city that ha a James Aram, living or dead. One of the boast mude upon the ac cession of the present crur waa that there would lie greater religious free dom for the subject or Itussla. Ac cording to Information lately received, however, It would appear thut, on the contrary, the established church Is go. lug to greater lengths tlum ever In It proiteeutlou of dissenters. With tho aid of the government extreme ui ens ure are being resorted to to punish those who refuse to conform to the regulations of the Ktute church. These are bolmi carried on by the chief pro. curator or tho holy synod, who has al ready madii himself notorious by his wont ngulnst tho dissenters. The Ut ter are said to number from ten to twelve million, embracing many sect and variety of bdlcf. The curious thing ulwuit tho prosecution Is that they ure being carried out against some persons who, "owing to the alisence of a formulated creed, try to strengthen the busls on which their faith Is built by conforming themselves to the moral and practical demands of Christian ity." That Is certainly strange ground for prosecution, but tho procurator niul It sufficient for the harawMlng of these people. It will only sow deeper tne seed of the whirlwind which Itus sla Is to reap. Tho expected has happened and Kal rer iinum has written a play. The tlerman Emperor was long overdue for something eccentric, and a survey of me nem snowed that when he Anally i.rose out it wouia De in the histrionic liDe. There was nothing left. He had lerrormed In uiuhIc, made face anil ither unpleasant pictures, gone to (atch whales (and caught Tartars), rnd done about everything else from falling to go In w hen It rained to bluff. Ing the other power of Europe. Now It waa time for him to rise up and shine again, ami naturally he wrote a (Hay a description or the piece has been pnl- .isncii, mil it is not material to the enl ode beyond CHtuhllHhlng the fact that the dramatic nttack Is acute. The play win no praised ny tut critics and nossl My acted, and that will end the matter ns far a the public I concerned. Hut William ought to sustain till latest freak longer than ha been hi custom v. !th the other. He ought to Inject part for himself nud go Into tho acting line for a sea Hon. He needs the train Ing In detail. Ho has been apicarlng In nrlons slur part In the European theater of peace and war. but tin fulled to make a good Impression chief ly been use the audience lias mistaken his heroics for farce-comedy. The play's the tiling, but William must bu In It. MOTHERS FEEDS THECHICKENS A while before the sun ba rose, W rather build the kitchen fire, Our big black rooster crows V crow, ". If his neck would never tire; 'N'eo w get up V feed the stock '.V water Fsonie V milk the cow, 'N' fix a .ate er broken lock; 'N'eu after breakfas' father plows V mother feed the chickens. The psncskes Wallle wouldn't eat '.V eorubread left on Marjorie's plate, A scrap or tout, a bit of meat, '.V sll li e stuff what no one ate, fihe puts it In that woru-out tin, Throw out some grain, V pretty quick She hollers nearly 's loud ' she kin, "Come i hick! chick! chick! chick! chick! chick! chick" Bo wheu she feeds the chickens. Voti'd oUKht to see old Top-Knot run, . Haiity hop he s hurt one leg 'N' Plymouth Itock (the blggci' one Kho hi 'iioriiioii moiiatrus exx) 'N'eu rtpcckle, with her uew-butched brood, A-cluekin' to 'em ' hard' she kiu, 'N' lion-in' 'em the uices food Hlie eels it fer 'em out the tin, " is-ck the other chickens. Old fJrn.v, our cat, conies snoopin' roun' 'N' slyly M-eks from hind the stoop; 'F any incut's there be is boon' "1' sliiint ko to the chicken coop. Now (lllc'l with nil an owner's pride, Wee Willie come with wondering eyes, That look so brown V bright V wide; He loves to watch 'em, V be cries "lies see my buby tickens!" I lore to ride the colt a lot '.V so fer berries to the patch; I love io sec our dog V Bisit 'Set In a tnrliie scruppin' match, W tho" it's kind o' quiet fun, I like it nearly best of all: That's why I n Dim cut V run 1 o see Vm 'f I hear the cull "Come chick! chick! chick! chick! chick! chilk! illicit!" When mother feed the chickens. Will K Iiavls. in Chicugo Iteeord. A JEALOUS WIFE. Au Insurance publication In the East bus issued "Fire Tables for 1807." From this series of figures It Is seen that In IMNl the losses were IIIH.ikki.ikM), increase or $:'4.(KH),(HHI from the losses of IM:, IL'L'.OtKi.OtHj under those of 1SH4, K'Ukki.innj less than MM, and f'H.OOO, (SH) lower than 1NU2. I'nfortunntely there I no text with the figures show ing the cnuMo of the encouraging do i reuse. The editor of the Merkel (Texas) Mall rises to remark that "the editor of the (iuldo haa merely assumed greatness, with no provocation whatever lo don eiii'h all unbecoming disguise. Hi puerile attempts nt witticism are Ir- rcduclblii and proportionately Invle vant. He la about ns much of an cdl. tor-and gcntlemaii-ns a sheep Is a billy goat." This ought to help to boom the undertaker's business a lit t lo. Hlr Ashmead Itnrtlett'a Information from a "source usually reliable" that Queen Victoria will soon abdicate may lie correct. Htorles of Victoria' ap proaching abdication have been ct afloat nt least once a year ever sliti-c the prince consort's death In IHtll, nud the world Is at Inst getting skeptical on this point. There has been tin Volun tary abdication In the nniinls of lltlilsli royalty. Few English sovereigns die and none resign. A movement Is on foot to secure par dona for the notorious Younger broth era, who have been In prison for the last twenty-ono years for complicity lu tho robbery of the Northfleld, Mluu., bank and the murder or two men at that time. The Younger and James boys were the lenders or a desperate gang or bank robber ami murderers or that day at whose door many crimes have lMt'u laid, but to whom are nt tribute! by admirers many or those qualities which distinguish better men. Jesso James went lo his bloody ac count many year ago. Hi brother Frank Is living a life of comparative decency among a community where the James hoy were regarded as deities. Tim Younger were captured and have since been In prison. The warden, who Is said to favor their release, speak of their having given twenty-one year of "honest, manly and faithful service to the Htate," and a HI. I'a ill newspaper professes to discover that there Is "something fundamentally good and noblo In men who preferred capture and probable death to deserting a woiiiiiIihI brother." It Is asserted that during their Incarceration they havo leeu thoroughly reformed, nud that no KihxI can bo had by their further Im prisonment. If this Is really the caso they might ho liberated, but there Is no use lu becoming mawkish aluut the matter. "Out every night until 2, nud you lie- flcve him w hen he says It Is business!" aald Mrs. Merkle, pursing up her lips. "Ah, well, you ore an Innocent lamb. Doris Moore." Hut, Aunt Sarah. wl,v shouldn't I believe what my husband suys when he always tells the truth?" said youu Mrs. Moore, Indignantly. 'HocniiNc he Is a man" snld Mrs Merkle, iioihlliig her head. "I've li;i throe husbands-Thompson wns the Hi si. Ho w as a good provider, but he provided for two, and I cot a dlvo.x i'd "Hi i.v. Then I married Max well. I caught him kissing the lined help and began my Investigation. Thn same old story. However, he died, and that ended It. As for Merkle, I have my thumb on him, but I cot It bv rearclilng his pockets. Men are sticn Idiots they leave their love letters any where. When I'd collected a pack I read them aloud to hlui one evening. lie slays at home now after otlloe hours, unless he goes out with me, and he dou't write anything but business letters. Hu Is old. you know, and a deacon wauts lo keep up a reputation for respectability. Hut your youin husband -whnt should he care ir ,"o pie talked about hlui? (Hi. there is a woman nt the liottom or tills i o'clock business, 1 11 warrant you." viiy, Aunt Harah, luw dare you?" cried Iiorls, stamping her root. Kuinniage your husband's coat dock- eta mid you'll Mud I'm right." snld Mis. Melkle. "And unless you want A di vorce, which I don't advise when man Is only on a salary, show hlui what you find, make n scene and end It curly." Why. you talk ns ir you km W some. thing about Owen, Aunt Sarah," said Horls. -ahe hardlr knew wbT-feellnz not only lonely, but neglected and Injurvd, "Owen ought not to have left mo fTen for bulne" ab said, "lie nei to come overt nlirht wben be wai courting, though It wa an hour' ji.ir rey by rail each way." And from thla she went on aklug herself If It were possible that Aunt 8arah could bo right. New York was eucb a wicked place; there were such bold, audncloua women to be mot with: Owen wes so handsome. Oh. could Aunt Harah have ground fur her su plf-lons! Owen, waking early one morning, caught hla wife turning his pocketa out, reading tho bits of paper she (omul there. A note from cousin Join, who had dcelrttl to borrow a typ-wflt ten circular, recommending Htuiiip restaurant; a letter from his niot.icr telling blm or the doings at home. Nothing but what she had 1'cii be 'ore. And Owen, whose cossclence whs n clear as man' could be, was not lu tho least alarmed. Iorl mlL'ht rend all the l -lie's he ever received, all he ever bad reeved for the matter of that; but ho did not like to think thut she would e. Jli.ii and spy upon blm. that au old woman prattle could muke her suspicious of Urn. He had beard the advice th.tt Mi'. Merkle gnvc hi wife as he steed out tide the door or his little dining room, end be was very sorry tha' I 'oi ls should take It and march his pickets, He hud a good mind to xpeuk out rrnukly, to tell his wife wha he I'fld beard and what he hud seen, mil to .is. sure her that his story or night work wus tnie; to take her with lut'i lo the groat piano factory where he em ployed, and convince her bow the hours were spent. That wouM bo a serious way of making all rigl.t Hut Middciily an Idea ixippcd Into liU jolly bend. "I'll turn it nil Into a Joke" 1c sail to hlmscir. "I'll make I'ory well nshiwuiil or herscir, the difllng. I write a love letter or two and put (lie u In my jMickct and let her lit d II. en. Then there'll be a row, nud wlwi it's gone far enough I'll out with the truth, A 'bit of u Joke settles things the best wny." It seemed such a comical di l hat he bun t out laughing over b's lunik last, and nearly choked hiinsi lf I w lo in trying to swallow his joke wt'.'i h.'s coffee. However, he had not tlm? to carry cut hi plan until Sunday cn;ie. Then, while his wife was busy over the dinner, he took from its hiding place n little parcel or pink-tinted pa per, with a rose nt the top or the sheet, and concocted three Idiotic and ex travagnnt love letters, signed them. "Your best beloved and ever lov.'ig Fanny Ann." and put them Into en velopes addressed to himself. He was rather clover wltii I.U pen. and Imitated a woman's baud very well. Having llrxt scaled these up, and then cut them opeu again, be M i iliem in tho pocket of the clothes he wore on holidays, and which ho did not wear on Monday when he wei.l to work, left tliem hanging In tic ward robe. Id to drown myaelf nJ kart 'on free. lour broken-bearted "DORW. And thla. then, wii bow bta Jot had ended. Tbl waa what bo had brought about. Doris bad killed ber elf. Then, be would follow ber ex ample. But first he must find ber body, and pay It the last honora. Ho caugh up hi bat and loft hi desolate bou.o, tho tea re gushing rrom bia eye a he remembered bow UW1 bad Uen there. When he readied the street he s.ood bewildered, asking himself which way he should go, what he should do. 1 heu It come to him that be must report the horrible facts nt the tiition lions- and bsva sn nhirm sent out. Tho polli'9 nl.l kn.iu.- uluif to do better Hut" could; and with heavy steps aud r-l-Ing brain he sought the big brick bu.ld. Ing before which the great lamp hum?, and entered In. Ijiin ns It was. there wna a llttlo crowd there, gathered nlx.tit Koii'dblUii that luy In the middle or the noor. "What Is It?" he EUbped. with Wl'd l.pa that could amrcely form a aouud. "Young woman Jumped into i" n- cr," cried a policeman. Mv Cod!" cried Owen, bursting through the crowd, and falling on bis knee before the wet figure lyiug on the floor, with a policeman's cout uu- der Its beud. "My Cod! It 1 my wiic: The next Instant he gave a big howl or Joy, for the great eyes uuclostd i themselves, the little trembling hands , were outstretched toward him, auu ft faint voice said: Oh. Owen, take me away from thla dreadful pluce aud all theso dreadful men." For Doris, although she bad really thrown herself from the end or a wharf Into the river, hod been promptly fUh- ed out by the river imjIIcc, aud although soaked to the skin, terribly frightened and hennlly nshamed of herself, wail very much alive, Indeed, and when Owen hnd whispered something In her car the story or his Joke, which we al. icady know could only sob: "Forgive me, Oweu, pray forglvo me. She wna a bit out of her mind, y i'l see, with a sort of fever," Owen ex. plained, "and Cod bless those who saved her to me." Then ho took bis wife home, aud whatever else has come to Its buiiiii! door since that day, the green-eyed monster. Jealousy, baa never entered. -Dublin World. IT IS THE SAME OLD STORY TRIALS IN CHINA. kle. "I know he Is a mail," snld Mr. Mer- A genius In Kochester. N. Y una dls. covered, or thinks he bus, the cause of the hard times. He say It Is bicycles. J here are Hti.tHHi bicycle In that city or lso.tKH) Inhabitant. This wiseacre estimates their cost at $,UHi,tNKi, and that (lie owners do not earn any more wage because they (tosses the whet Is. and therefore conclude that tho bulk of the owners economise ki the matter of food, hoots and shoes, cloihliu, shaves, drinks, street car rides, Ilcr- les, and so on. That genius think that the wheel, which ha afforded so much pleasure and brought rosy checks to heretofore pale face lu such large numbers, Is destined to keep on main taining hard tlnn-s. That genius will bring up lu a madhouse if he doe not throw over that peculiar phase or tne bicycle question. Ills friend should present him with a bicycle and act him to riding It. That will be tho surest wny o divert Mm from aulclde or au Insane asylum. What the world wauts on the bicycle question la Information that will lead to the extinction of the acorcher. Chicago Times Herald: For many years Jivmes Aram resided aud pro, pcred lu the pretty village or Delavan, Wis. He wna not w hnt might be term ed a Bleb. 4im lits -ttrnxtv a lew vjiuS Hart tUsitf it In most Jtt u eurVaprUrw irftia'iatcd 10 ad Tarn' tli Interest of Jil town. It I apparent that he wanted to live In the thoughta of the people after he nnd crossed the river, tor hirjceuerously re nicmhered several or the churches and the cemetery association and theu di rected that flM.OOO be ued In bulld'ng a home ror superannuated Methodist AilnUteit and tbtlr fatuUlea, to be lo- Would l.arrup the Kid. A Chicago Kocord corrctpomUiU write: Ha Uio world so prognwscd In retlneineiit that young pipk) se ll u ire seirmtrol by IntultUuiT It would seem tlist that la Die belief of the sclnml iMwrd or thl city. A strnii ger visiting the lowir-grndo roiun lu our imbllo schools stN a rotliHHl, wdl educated young womiui plactil Ui charge or fifty or more young chlldrtMi -half oft hem young "toughs," gathered off the streets, many of them comlpg inu iiomes wnero "ruMltliur tlie can and family tight are common occur-reis-ea. Them' children have no re sH'ct for anylxHly anything outshle or tne currs ami kicks they nxvlve at homo and lu tlwlr dally struggka fur suprtMiiiicy on tho streets and In allev Now, how can these cliUVInm. coming miner uio iiinuence or moral suasion for live hour a day tlve day out of seven, lumng no rear of eoneiiin.tv learn that nnst essentliil element or manhood or womanHSHl-acir-cntidT Moral iiHNiu I a very good thing, but tlrst we must have something to work uism. We never can rx;Hvt to have good, law-abldUig cltlxen under the pivMiit system of training the young. There wight to b a special hum, with a special teacher, who hna Um ower to punish. How can a teach er do her beet rr the good ohlhrron when all her rrce U usel up In trying to coax Hie unruly one to tichave well when they know lie can't enrne obedUweT O.M.(H)KKIt. Milwaukee, Wl., June 11. Xtkln Him Mlasrsble. Mre It waa Jut three year ago to nlht that you pixposed. He Now, what did you want to bring that up for, on the only night of the week that I have away from business? Indianapolis Journal. The Amtricsa Pathsr. "Fa, Mr. Wither will ask you for my baud pretty oou." "Who I Mr. Wlthenr "He I the gentleman who ba Iwen spending hi evening ber for tb bast three year." Life. Hullo!" cried a voice at the do r which opened nt this moment. "Her.. Is Aunt Sarah talking ngaliiKt men as usiiiit-what ha KHr Merkle done now? I thought he bad sowed his wild oats." "Look out ror your own cron Owen Moore," replied Mrs. Merkle 1 don't set up ror a saint and neve . did," cried Owen. "Oive me k:ks Doris. I'm aa hungry na a hunter, ai d I must eat and run. it's nil nk-nt mrnin Doris. Well, so much more lu the mi lii bank, and. Indeed, we've no rea. son to be sorry." '1 miss you very much. Owen." .m i Doris, ns she brought a hot dish fro n the oven and act the chair at the t:i. bb. "I'm as lonesome without you as a kitten without Ita mother." "I keep thinking or you, too," snld Owen. "Oil. Indeed, I don't like It u bit, but I say a dollar put up ror a rainy day may keep us from the heart ache." He ate his supper In a hurry, laugh. Ing and talking tho while, then kissed his wife, shook hands with her aunt and took up his hat again. Out ou ihe stairs he mused a moment. Aunt Sarah'a shrill voice wa lifted once more. "Don't I ee how honest he Is?" s,) was repenting. "All very well, Dor', but look In his coat pocket all the muio -look lu hid coat pocketa." "Old cat! She'a at It again," ,mi Oweu, who heard, but like the good. iiiiiurcc, inn u innt ne was. he only laughed as he rail dowuatalr. T be devil will fly away with old Ann: Sarah one of these days, but she can't make my Dory believe any ill 0t mo, thn fa one comfort." Meanwhile Mrs. Merkle had poiu home to tell her unfortunate in..o and Doris sat herself down with her feci on tne Iiiarth, aud thouuht .-..r .n she had heard. Aunt Sarah was a very unnleaiuint person, who always made iron!!., wherever she went, but she hs.l il. leputatlon of being very setislb't which such people are more am to i... wihu ciicoriiH, amiable folk, and what said she really believed, ror she hid no goon (noughts or a man or won au lint Doris wa very much In lova with Owen, and Jealousy I always close at rami w iiere love Is strong. in vain mr! tr, ,0 oonvlnc hi v. aeir that Owen wa too much ti. lore with ber to think or anyone else I he IlttH? seed or suspicion had been id.iut cd. and It grew like Jack'a beanstalk. It was lonely there In the llttU opjvr flat al night, and IHrls bad becu ued It a law r.nully circle beror she Mt her country home to share Owen t fot. tunes iu the city. After awhile she round bmelf crying There they might have renin IncJ, for Dori hnd growu ashamed of ii".- mis plclons or Owen mid dcterml n.- never to-ransack his pockets, but that Auut f-'nrnh uropped lu agalu ur..er Owen !,ad left t lie house. "Out again?" she said, with a ncd. "Ye, and hnrd at work, Hior boy," teplled Doris. "Aunt Sarah, I'm sure that he Is as true to me us ono uugel could be to another." "I should like to look through his IMickets, though," giggled Aunt Sarah. "Look, then," said Doris, throwing open the wardrobe door. "There are his things." Auut Surah took her nt her won, and a moment more her shrill, vixenish' voice cried out: "Threo pink notes, my dear; and all signed 'Fanny Ann.' " An hour afterward, Doris sat at the (enter taCe in Uer little parlor sobbing violently. The light from the shaded lamp 't upon. the three pink notes, all wet wl: ......... !..-...... i.t . lidin, vmruB 1-ollllHiKluonS, US We know, and so absurdly rapturous and Idiotic that they would have betravei the fact that they were jokes to nny nut a Jealous woman. Hut Ioi-l, In her woe and wrath, had very Utile common sense left. Aunt Sarah, frightened by the storm her own deed had raised, had taken her departure, nnd Doris had resolved to wait for (iwens return, show him tne letter, ami at once go home to her mot tier. For awhile It had seemed to her Hint she would find nt home a refuge and consolation for all her woes. Then ni.. Is'gan to wince with mortlilcntlon. To tell her mother that Owen was false to her would not be so bad, but that her raster should know It, her friends Jack' wife, the whole connection. "Oh! Life would not W worth liv. ing miner sucn circumstances!" porls cried out. and then nn awful thought crept Into her mind and gained tP-.m.th tlw.c. A I.... I " "--. i jv.uouh man- or woman is a mnulnc. Let that be an ex. cuse (or iHirls when she cried out at last: i 'eat n Is the only cure! Death! I'eatn: And If Cod will not kill m0 I must kill myself:" At 2 o'clock Owen opened the door of ins tint and went In. Things did not look as usual. The kitcheu Are had gone out. ami no little snack had been kept warm for him. The bed In the lit tle bedroom was still neatly made ip and no one hnd slept In It that ulgV. In the parlor the lamp was yet Inn Ing. but IVirls was not there. As he looked nlout him he saw doors and drawers open, things scat tered about, aud a na nicies terror bo gan to possess blm, "Doris!" he called aloud, but there was no nuswer. He walked to the ta. ble. There lay three shecta of pink paper with a weight upou them to keep them rrom blowing away, and lie side them a thither letter addressed to himself. Poor Owen could bnrdlv command himself sultlelently to trar this oH'n and read the coutent. "I have rend Fanny Ann'a letters. Aunt Sarah found them In your isx kef. Oh. Oweu! I thought you loved me. but your heart has Nen stolen by that wicked woman. I wa not pre.ty enough or good enough to keep you true, but now that you are false I do not care to Uvt any longer. I am go- Management of Domestic Animal. There la a very striking likeness be- tweeu the dispositions of our domestic animals and the superior creatures who own and control them. Indeed, one philosopher calls our dumb friends "our Inferior children," nnd with some show of reason. The close student of nature will tell you at a glance what sort of a master or caretaker au animal hag had. The friendly utid kind spirit uinkos friend liness nnd kindness everywhere n'liong beasts, while 111 temper, spite ar.d vl- cioii.mcss show nt once In their reflect ed results upon the Instincts of all In ferior ereiituros. Th vicious driver approaches bis horse' head. The animal at once draws back and tries to pull away. This angers the man, and he beats the poor beast for recoiling rrom his band. Everything Is susceptible to kind ness, aud the signs and Indlcntiong of a good heart toward the helpless and dependent are unmistakable. In one farmyard a single word will bring every fowl nud bird to the mis tress as fast as feet and wings can carry them. They flutter and chlrn for notice, aud the pigeons alight on her head and bauds, and even cling to her clothlug. She can pick them un anywhere, and they rarely draw back from her hands when they are extend ed. Children are not well taug'it ou these lines. They are allowed to annoy and Irritate animals. The ii,u u brought to the house for the baby's amusement The child pulls It and pitches It, and If the little thlnK- barks or growls It is punished uutll it under stands that It must bear without re sentment or retaliation whatever cru elty or pain the new owner chooses to Inflict As the child grows older the Idea Is kept lu mind that the doe is his property, and soon he acquires and ex hibits the property feeling. "If mne ami 1 guess I will do ns I pleise with It," Is ofteu the beginning of a career of brutality. The humane societies are doing great gooO, but there Is room for a great deal note. There ought to be klnduess clubs for the children, or every neigh borhood. There are many porsonj who d. not know that horses nnd other aul mals sometimes die or loneliness nud homesickness. Many a beast has drag ged through a long siege or heart-break-lug sorrow, and has finally dl.l nf . bi ukeu heart. We understand far too little Af tha sufferings and reelings or animals. Be cause they do not speak our language ai d we cannot comprehend theirs we are wont to think that they have neith er reason nor sense. Who can tell but tha: In the grand economy or nature their Intelligence rauks well un with ours, aud that their usefulness la quite as marked In the estimation of the great Creator or us all aa Is that of many of those who attach such great Importance to their own surln. n.i doings? Crnelty Cbnracterlzr Celestial Ad ministration of Justice. That the lender mercle of the Chi nese ure cruel la one or those uxlom which need no proof; ami a rase which was lately reported Illustrate In a striking manner the extraordinary In difference to human life and suffering which characterizes IhiIIi this callous people and their ruthless governor. Tlve case In point was reported to the Throne by Liu ring, hang, the ex Vic eroy of Sxech uan, who states thut within his Jurisdiction there dwelt a family of the name of Wu, the I'- pli en ted members of which were the grandfather, father and sou. Ou the ...i.... i .i .1... i. , iK-i-nniou in question me pairiarcu u I attended a neighboring market to make purchases and to hnve bis wood-cleaver sharpened. When starting on his mis sion he noticed thut his grandson was unemployed, and being of a rrugnl turn of mind he Isule hi in nccompuuy him nud take some or the home-farm produce for sale. This apparently dls. turhed the Irascible temiHT or the young man, who took the opisirtuulty or being In the neighborhood or a wine. shop to take a great deal more or the local spirit than was good ror him. Ho was not so tipsy, however, as to lie uu able to carry the oil-basket and bam-lMK-pole which were among the pur chases which his grandfather bad uiiide. On the wny home the rider Wu 'ook the opportunity to rebuke blm for his Intemperance, a proceeding which so enraged the youthful scion of the house that he snatched from the old man the cleaver which ho enl...l nnd knocked him down with a terrible blow ou the neck. The spot where the old man fell happening to lie rocky, the Jugged edge of the stones com pleted the deed of murder, nnd he never moved again. Horrliled nt the consequence of his crime, the grandson cntt about for means of dlsMslng or the lssly, nnd remembering the oil basket, he dismembered the corpse nnd having packed the remain In the basket, carried it oiT and threw it into a neighboring pond. He did not sue coed, however. In doing this without having been observed. A certain neigh lsr mimed Tso had soon him throw the basket into the watur, nnd finding him flushed and excited, plied him with such searching questions that Wu ill- assented, and the gruesome terat euueted with the full letter of tbtbV NOT ALLOWED IN RUSSIA Influential CallfornUn Caot latlr tha ( Bar' liomaln. Adolpb Kutner, tho Callforniaa wia va not permitted to cross the tmZ or Husslu owing to his political tad ilgloii convictions. Is one or the meat influential citizens or the OoUlen 8ut lie came to the United States, a gee, from Htissia nearly fifty yearaiw mm AIOLPn Kl'TNEB. nnd went to California In 1S52. R started In business In San Franrlrco nnd did very well until his partuerib soonded with all the firm's rund.Thea Mr. Kutner set to work to rchabllltite l.lmseir. which he did by hard work and thrift. Mr. Kutner branched out and opened a business In Fresno, H 1 ii I It the first schoolhotisc and present- cd It to the city. He Is now the leading bunker of Hint Interesting little town, president of the most Importnnt com' l lerclnl house of the San Joaquin Vat-It-, and operates large stores at Fret- tc, Hnnford, Selma, Fowler, Sanger nnd Madera. He Is a large shareholder in the lending banks or nil these Cali fornia cities. lie supports. fine resl- deuce lu San Francisco nnd bas made i la- yj I'M THE TlilAL AND COXFF.ss'nv nF WIT. Keptoduoed from a picture In the l'eklu iChln i) (laiette. Anion the K.klinoa. It Is said thut the Eskimo, as th tlve or Greenland and the ami. shores or North America are called, dis like water very much. Therefore they hardly ever wash themsolvea. ami when thev .t.i as thi. n... . and ready. If their feet get wet they , , hmn' confirmed; change their boot, at once, a the ex- t m . m'S of Sus treme cold of the climate render. ,tht?r Tf, n ?Vh'n- n,ost I feet Icy and their boot. 7ft lr . S '1.1 tho-h " tn r her 1 I.v I.. .U. . . ... . " tlmntely confess! his crime. At the same time he bound Tso to secresy, ami thrcntelied that if he revealed the in nr. I der be would charge blm with having .iu uu .ici-oinpuce. l so vowed that not a syllable relating to It should pass his lips, nnd then went off nnd rojiort. ed the whole affair to the son of the murdered nuiu and the father of tho murderer. Horror-stricken, the father laid the whole matter before the mag Istrate; the case was tried, the murder, er made a full confessonu nnswfr to what tortures we are uot tnld-and theu came the question of the aeu tence. Liu ringchnng recommended that the prisoner should be put to death by the "slow and lingering process," which t-.imii.is or me culprit being tied to n cross nnd being then sliced In the ber or cuts which the Judge considers ....- ...I- c.rvmnstauees or the case. dip In the water. No doubt thl also Is the reason why they so seldom i the luxury or a wash. So, too, they cannot swim; and. even if they could the accomplishment would ha .oi..' since the cold water would freexe them 7. , T . V u "n K,""mo mamma thinks her Infant needs a lim u.t. ing up and titivating, she use. her WII 11-, Veal Bralna. "My wife I a sure enough genius." .o sue wnnen a Dook?" of the murderer acted with laudable promptitude, and, considering hi rein tl.'Wd.lp, with a very full sense or what was right. Hut I.ln. Interpreting he na iona theory of Interdependence held that the father should not be ab lowed to escape scot rree, , ne had prove,! himself incapable of bringing "P hla son In the way he should go. and he exiHiunded the law by nyi ' as In the case of . wife who murder :Lai f n-'"T-'n.law. the hu" ' ' J , revlve rortJ Mows on then. several visit to Euroie, but be aa never before attempted to crosa tl border Into Ilusslit. Ills relative H that country hnve always gone to 0 many to meet blm. Mr. Kutner la o( of tho wealthiest men In the San Jo quill Valley, and has contributed lib ..lly to the support of the less fortunaw member or his family. O"'' of h" brothers wns nn eminent physician In ("uboii, Corninny. "SIX-TOED TRILBY." She' the Mascot of a Political Clab la New York. The Citizens' t'nion of New i City hna a Maltese cat with all Slx-foed cnta from time lniniemril have been regarded as mascots. T&our tle execuuou ground, should uui sue aeoi ner nat nn ..i..w. ""nils, oe nisilo tn no, .. . the whole time we were movlng -lD of the slow and HngerTn. nr trtMt Free Frvs. on hla errant wife .n?f. .. ?TW A laxy'man can t heln T .."D'htr for,V Mow, so ,' than an ladustriou n.ta'caa. ' " ti rZZ S ,Uff" like , ...Tiiar, ue tmpcror "six-toico TRILnr- burdened with the name of Trll hy, mascot is of a cheerful disunion even temper. " At the Club. "When I see a man sit and play tnlre all the evening I always imu mubt like blinsclf pretty well. "Yes. r.L-d It look, as thomrb V sort or monopoly In It, too."-Clllc, Journal. Some girl seem to think that they walk along the street all n ought to wear blinkers, like bora