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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. L. OAMPKl.t,, rnrlilr. EUGENE CITY .ORKGO r.-i - -1 . If Kentucky has begun to jrlve lynch ing liees "on general principle" she should reform tier principles. There tire no court In the Klondyke region, but erbap they are not neces miry where everyouo observes the gold en rule. A fashion pnMT anxiously Inquires: "Will the pneumatic comet stay?" I'rolmlily not; It dldu't come to stay but to lloat. Since the Alaska gold craze began the snnko and QhIi liar ha hud no earthly chance to hIiow what he can do In tho Hue of picturesque prevarica tion. Another Important gold discovery wax made In New Orleans. A saloon-keeM-r discovered that he had paid 17, tmo for two "gold bricks" worth about 7 ceuta a pound. Thime who are In a position to seak with authority concerning Alaskan uf fulrit say that It would be folly for a poor man to start for tlm Klondyke uow without a few thousand dollurs. The Cleveland leader re)ort thnt "a West Hide woinun wonts $5.(H) for sev eral kisses." Jtofore closing Milch u deul we should Insist on having a positive understanding as to how many "sev eral" are In Cleveland. A cablegram announces that the I'russhin under secretary for foreign affairs has been compelled to take a long vacation in order to regain Ms health. Probably the hot weather had something to do with his retirement; his name la Huron von Hotenhaiu. t'p In St. I'aul the other night a young woman hastily left a spiritualistic seance Im-cuiisc when she Jabbed a hat pin Into tho leg of a "spirit" she dis tinctly heard a ghostly swear-word enunciated with great ferveucy. Well, there tiro some things that no self re specting fclioKt will tolerate. m A woman of Chicago has taken a very good way to put down the practice of scorching, so common with a certain class of wheelmen. She was run down by one of these felows, and alleges Hint she sustained severe bodily Injuries. Instead of having him arrested and lined ". she hit brought stilt agnlust him for I10.IKK) damages. Vanity Fair of I Airnlon sweetly re marks that "the American eagle Is a liolsy, bragging, would-be bullying bird; the Americans themselves are of t it plil mind, and the Yankee reminds us of a toy terrier snapping nt ourselves In the person of a mastiff." Oh, dear, dear! Iteally, this Is too bad. What a chiinge from 177U and lHl'Jl After the contumely of year has been heaped upon the women of Chi cago because of the supHised abnormal size of their feet revenge has come in the statement by a St. Louis physician that the greater portion of (lie women lu that city are In danger of death from lockjaw by reason of tight shoes. As they say lu the play, "It Is for Chicago to laugh." A German pub.lcatiou revives the Idea of restoring Met to France. This was advocated by lllHinarck lu 1S7I, but the advice of Von Mollke prevailed, he holding that It was necessary for military reason. The newspaper says that the presence of German lu Mcx I a constant menace to the French, vli will never forget their thirst for revenge so loiii' an the Germans retain the clly. It thinks that the Hermans should take this tlrst step toward recon ciliation. The new uiluls'cr from Hollvla. tho first, by the way, ever accredited hy that country to this, In Mponkliu of the resource of llollvlu, Mild that there wa more gold there lien theio Is lu Klondyke and that one .lid not have to freeze or starve to death to get it. There Is not a stream lu llolivla where gold cannot be washed out. All that Is needed, he says, i capita! and modern machinery. There I a great deal of truth In tills, but up to the present time few Americans have found It prollt.itilc to put very much capital in South American enterprises, owliu to the 1111 stalilllty of the government. Let the gentle art of revenge be left (o women. They understand Itcttcr tlia n men how to Insert the metaphori cal polguurd under (lie llfth tilt of their enemies and to drive the Iron Into the soul of those who have Injured them. S caking of revenge, that wa a neat turn which Mr. Sinjthe of Atlanta gave to her dagger. Iter husband had been a candidate for the colhvtorshlp of Georgia, but had been turned down by Hie I'm shield, who iipHiluted n ne gro barber to the position. Finding that all her neighbor had Indorsed the ne gro hi preference to Major Siuythe, she lias throw n them Into consternation by ottering to tent her mansion to the ne gro nt a nominal sum. No one but a woman ttould have thought of that. Kansas City has an ordinance Impos ing a line of two dollars and a half on eviry chctor who falls to vote at a general election. Hut the Supreme Court of Mlssoorl has Just declared the ordinance Invalid, on the ground, so It Is stated, that It Is degrading to asso ciate the franchise with a money value. It might lie well to experiment wltti a suggestion, made some time ago, that a capitation laic of, say five dollars a-r nullum, be laid upon every voter, to bo remitted If he casts hi ballot on elec tion day, and rigorously collected If he ilocs not. I'ut lu this form, the proH sltion might pnss the ordeal of tho court. The Hevlew of Itevlews: The clone of the century will have wit nccd the twglnnlng of a profound change lu the Industrial conditions of China and the adjacent parts of tho Orient. !lcldcs the great trunk rail roads that the Kusslans are to build lu tU north of Coin, aod the Chinese lines thot ill bo built by the Belgian company recently chartered, It 1 an nounced that the French government has completed Important arrangement for the extension of railroads from Cochin China, the Tonu1n region, well Into the adjucent Chlut se provinces. Uo the west the transcuspian lines are ap proachlug Chinese territory, while rail road building under English govern mental auspices lu the Malayan penin sula Is progressing with much enter prise, and new concessions have Just la-en wrested from the Chinese govern ment. Several million dollar Is ubout to be spent for constructing 1HH in I let of road as an extension of existing lines. All this work In and about China menu tho gradual o!culng up of ar enormous commerce with that rich au productive empire. The operation of the poatnl savings bunk system of Great Ilrituln Is of great benefit to the people of t hut coun try.. Too much stress cannot be laid on the Importance of such a system In developing hublt or thrift In the young. Much slgulllcnuce attache to the fact that so many of the depositor are chil dren. If tho youth of the present can be taught tho value of money and In duced to save, the number of spend thrifts will lie remarkably less lu the next generation, and poverty and waut will be far less prevaleut. l'ostul sav ings banks have done much to allay discontent In England and to render govern men t more stable. Why should thi country do less to promote the wel fare of It people and Increase their lu terest lu the maintenance and well-being of tho Government? In (ireat Ilrituln the sums standing to the credit of depositors In the postoltice bank amount to nearly .7M),imk,0M. In this country, with Its larger populalbyi, the deposits In a few year In a postul sav ing bank doubtless would bo largo enough to absorb the entire national debt. How much letter the people of thi country would feel about It If the Interest on the national debt were going to the small saving ilcKltors Instead of to large mouey holders, a considera ble proportion of whom are foreigners! A special cable dispatch from I'arl says that the Countess of Aucustcr ha publicly announced that "ihiiiclng ha la-come a lost urL" We are constrained to believe that Lady AnciiKter I In er ror. While It Is true that the stately minuet and the quadrille of another generation have gone the way of all curt hly things, other dances which be long to a higher form of art still hold the center of the stage. Who wa It n few year ago that restored American diplomacy In I'arl to the lofty position It once held T. Jefferson Coolhlge. And what mean did he employ to win that diplomatic triumph? I.ole Fuller and iilsiut a hundred yards of cheese cloth. Certain forms of the dance have disappeared, but other remain un changed and apparently unchangeable. The dance performed before Ilerod when John the Huptlst wa beheaded wa the star attraction of the Midway during the World's Fair. Today It Is keeping the dime museum circuits busy. The cotillon has gone and the tsilka and the schottlsclie are going. Hut what of that? The new dance make up In lati tude what the older one have lost lu longitude. High art lu the dance Is no longer measured by gracefulness and genteel deportment. It Is measured with a yardstick and I entirely n mat ter of altitude. The dance undoubted ly ha degenerated. Hut mo long a a young woman of little grace ami less modesty can earn on the stage as a "dancer" a larger salary than Is paid to the President of this republic It I hard ly fair to classify dancing among the lost art. THE LEGEND A MYTH. The Knctisnted Mraa of New Mexico Hlvratel of It Homnncr. The legend of the enchanted mesa, slum I iil some distance south of Albu iucriiie, New Mexico, has liecn ex ploded by a party of explorers, headed by 1'rof. Llbbey of Princeton Culver ally. The mesa a porcnd!ctilar rock rising 71 '0 feet alnive the surface of the plain and covering forty acres. Here, according to tradition, Acoiiia Indlau, to the number of L.'aio, dwelt III a vil lage In the sixteenth century, their mean of access to the top of the mesa being by steps they had cut lu the rock. Once while the able IxkIUhI members NRW MKXICO's KNIIIANTMl MKRA. were nt work In the Held below light ning destroyed the step and cut off from their kinsmen the aged Indians and children left in the village on top of the mesa. To reach the unfortu nates, thus Isolated, was Impossible, and all of them to the number of IliHi perished. The surviving Acinous then moved to a new home and ever since regarded the mesa a sacred. Thus run the legend. Last week Prof. Llbliey and party visited the mesn prepared to explore It. A Hue wa shot ucros the rock, suitable tackle wa made ready and separately the mcmlH'rs ascended In a chair to the legendary home of the A comas. The legend proved lo have becu unfounded. Writing of the sub ject Prof. Uhbey says: "No trace of former Inhabitants were found. Fur ther, no altors or traces of prayer stlrks were found. Thi fact best of all shows the Inaccessible character of the place, N-cuuso, If It trad been ac cessible, the niisllclne men of the Actinia tribe would have certainly used It for such puriMises, "Not the slightest truce wa found which would enable me to believe that a human foot had ever before passed over the top of this famous rock. A few agile lizard and several gray rat were the only occupant of this castle lu the air. Some tine specimens of tunti-d pines, a few species of (low ering plants and the ubiquitous sage brush leut a variety to the surface on the line of color of the bright sand stone," Thus dies a legend that has been the Inspiration of poet and romaulst. People make themselves very miser able by telling "Joke" on eacb other. v - - DID NOT COLLECT HIS BILL. Oood-Xatared Batcher Who la Not a Rncces as a Collector. "I'm not a success as a collector," ad mitted the big, good-natured butcher, who was talking wltb several other about the difficulty of getting what was coming to them. "I hire a nian to do the dunning the year around, and wouldn't take bis Job wltb ten acres on Woodward avenue thrown In. "We had one customer who ran up a big hill and was ulway going to set tle In Just a few days. My collector made this reMirt till I got tired and out of humor. Here wos a ninu always or dering the choicest lit of meat, hav ing all kind of game In season, and Mending back what didn't please him, yet never paying me a cent. 'It !iKk to me as though you didn't understand your business,' I said to the collector one day when he came In with little money and with nothing from this par ticular customer. 'I'll go and see that man myself and he'll be glad to settle before I get through with hlin." "I went, I wa shown Into a room as pretty a a picture and wa met by a handsome an old gray-haired man lis ever you iiupcd your eye on. lie shook my hand warmly and made such a Imw a you don't often we these days. I - wa delighted to see me, and made me sit dowu In a chair ns easy a a feather bed. Then we had cigar and wine tli at uo poor man could afford to drink. He talked liettertbau any book I ever read, and I was In a cold sweat because 1 didn't know how to get sway without offending him. Then 1 Invent ed a story aliout a cranky partner who Insisted upon hi bill Itclng paid and rambled off Into a long ajmlogy. You never saw a man ulcer about anything. He would have the money within a few day and wa sorrier than he could tell If I had been discommoded. I re ceipted the bill, laid It oil the table and told the old gentleman to pay when he could. "A I wa leaving, there came one of those professional collector who are II cold-blooded IIS tt llsll. He pitched Into my host hot blocks, while the bit ter Just stood and looked with a steru dignity that would have paralyzed me. Ilefore I knew Just what I wa doing 1 had paid the bill, and told the fellow to get out before 1 threw him out. I'm uo good at all a u collector." Detroit Free Press. Women I tht-llouao Keeper. The following Is u list of women llght-kis-pcr now lu the service of the I'liltcd Slate: Mrs. lieurghi Hrumlleld, Turkey point, Chcsu-uke buy. Mrs. Josephine Freeman, ltlaklstoue Island, Potomac river. MIsm Martha ('. Orymes, Mil thin Isiliil shoal, Potomac river. Mrs. Martha A. Keeh-r, Point Hoyal hIicmiI, Pamlico sound, North CurolUui. Mix. Ida Wilson (net- Ia-wI), Lime Ilis k, NuiTagtinsctt bay. Mrs. C. A. Murdis'k, Itoudout, Hud son river. Eliza McCiikIi'ii, Pu-ssalc, Newark hay. Mrs. Nancy Hose, Stony point, Hud son river. Mrs. Kate Walker, Itobbln reef, New York bay. Mary J. Ilerwoi-th, Hluff polut, Vul eour Island, New York. Mrs. Mary E. Hethcl, Key West. Mrs. Abble M. Chamiuigne, St. Sim on' range, tieorglu. Harriet E. Colfax, Michigan City. Mrs. Kate Johnson, Horn Island, Mississippi. Mrs. Emily A. Fish, Point Pino. Oil. Mrs. Annie Cage, l'.nyoil St. John, Lake Polite hurtalu. Mis Laura J. F. Hccox, Santa Cruz, Oil. Mrs. Kate C. Me Dnugttl, Mare Island, California. Mrs. Maggie It. Norvell, Port Punt chart rain, l.a. Mrs. Alice Nolcn, Cull Hock, Lake Superior. Mrs. Caroline Kiddle, new canal. Lake Pnntchurtraln. Mary J. Succow, Pass Mauchitc, Iji. Mi's, ticorgla A. StebbliiM, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Kathrlua Stanley, Sherwood point, (liven Hay. Wis. Mrs. Haiile! Williams, Little Tra verse, Mich. Julia F. William, Santa Hnrbara, Oil. Mis. Maria Yoiiiigliaus, Hlloxl, Mitts. Mrs. Hannah A. O'llagiMi, Sullivan's Island range, Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Johanna II. McCiv, Marble hend, O. i I Mrs. Llr.zle A. (ilbaut, tltwn Island", Ohio. Eyes anil .V I. jet. "The one great sis-ret of suetvssful conjuring Is very simple," says a fa mous wizard. "It consists merely of doing things when people are not look ing at you. "You'll prolyl bly call that alwurd, but It I really the case. All one has to do Is to make the audiemv look in one di rection while the deception is being worked lu another, and that I easy enough. "1 needn't even scak a word. 1 have merely to look fixedly at a certain thing. The eye of the slxvtator lu vartably follow mine, and during the ten or fifteen second they are thus oo cupled I can do what I want to uiake the trick a sueccst." Inured lo Cold. When asked If he was not afraid of a teuneriiture of tell degree below tcro the late Tnlman Wllley of Uoston mild: "Where I was born, sir, my father one Sunday took me "Into a meeting house which sat on four alone pot. is with no other underpinning. I Kit In that church and listened to a sermon on hell for sixty minute, with the wind howling underneath the church and blow ing forty miles a minute, w lili no fire in the stove and the mercury forty degrees below aero. Oo yon think I was Isirn in a sugar lmi and nurse. I ou hellotrep(sV A Millionaire's Son. Silas Hliikley, a sou of the millionaire President of the Poughkcvpsle Electric Kallroad Company, Is heaving coal as a ! stoker lu the employ of the compa.iy ut Wl t,k .1.,.. II.. L - II l i . n iiii.t. ne 13 a iiannm graou- ate. but tisk his present place volun tarily tu order to team the business thoroughly. Every womnu will tell you that If her husband had to put up with the cooking of some other woin.ui tu knows, he would uo longer couiphilu of her. HE GOT HIS DINNEft Row a U.agry bat froui Man Broka Ills fast. The prodigal wanted a meal, but be did not have the money. The free lunch route was too low down for hlin to tackle. He would not run the ris of going Into a restaurant and order ing a meal without money. Iteuc.il, unpleasant, he reasoned to hlmseir He was actually faint w ith hunger. All tho morning he had been sittliuf courtroom listening to the detail or a damage stilt. He ha become Inter ested, lu spite of hi hi"'-"1''. 1,1 ""' folding of the plans of attack and de fense. There were a host of witnesses for the plaintiff. He saw that the most of them were very ordinary p sipl-. At the adjournment hour for U'h-u he heard the plaintiff s lawyer say to a (all. smart looking as!tani: "See that those witnesses get their dinners and are Isick here at - o'clock sharp.' A he said this, he handed the youth a 110 bill. A light flushed In on the prodigal like a my from the noonday sun. lie min ified In with the witnesses, who were going out, talked easily and cotilldeti tlully In the hearing of the young us slstnnt of how "we are going to get n verdict, sure," and "they can't bent us." The young fellow led the way to a restaurant, where they all at down and gave their orders; The prodigal ordered an English mutton chop, po tatoes ail grntln. coffee, asparagus, and "frozen pudding" for dessert. The lawyer's clerk looked a little askance at the order, for it was the only one ordered from the supper bill of fare, and was a pretty costly feed. Hut our friend was a good talker, with siidi a feed In sight, and the dinner passed off very well. When they pot tack to the court roo:n It was alsiut l:3r o'clock. The witness es, the lawyer and the Jury were soon assembled. Tho lawyer for the di fense got to tho Jury and began hi harangue. Whllo he was In the midst of It the lawyer's clerk came over and said: "Hy the way, what I your name? The clerk who ha charge of the wit nesses will not be here before -4 o'clock, and some of the other witnesses asked lue who you were. Of course, I know you an' one of the witnesses, but they can't place yon, some of them." "Why," said the Interrogated, "my name Is Sanford. I'm from MlnneaMi II. I lead broke, and until noon ties IK'intely hungry. I heard your em ployer tell you to tuke the witnesses out and feed them, and, being a sort of witness to the case I heard the open ing speech-1 thought I would out and be sociable. First bite I've had for twenty-four hours. 1 can't beg. you know, and ou the square I'm In hard luck." The clerk didn't know whether to get mail or not. Finally he said: "Well, you've got your nerve with you all right, but I don't see any use for me to nuike a kick now. Can you 'get next' If you reach Minneapolis?" "That's Jusc what I can do," re S)iideil the prodigal. "Can you get uie n mi ':' "I'll tackle the old nuiu for you when thi case I over," said the clerk. "A mini with your nerve ought to he hack lu hi native wilds." "Thanks, awfully, old man," said the prodigal. Chicago Chronicle. Trafllu nn tlie (irent Lakes. Five years ago there was not u ves sel ikii these lakes that displaced R.uiii) tons when flouting on the St. Mary' ltlver. To-day there are not fewer than twenty high-powered steel screw steamers which displace about N.ooo ton on the same draft of water. This represent ou average Increase In the carrying capacity of no less than 70 per cent., and the percentage Increase In register tonnage is still higher. Steel cargo steamer 115 feet In length and 4S feet lu breadth are now being con structed. These dimensions are greater than those of the average modern ocean steamer, though several Hritish cargo steamers are about loo feet longer and their depth and draft of water Is mueli greater. The carrying capacity of this new lake tleet w 111 equal o.oim.iKin tons of ore, transport d fr:uu the head of Lake Superior to Lake Erie lu one sea sou of navigation. It Is well known that the number of vessel passages through the St. Mary's Canal Is much larger than the number of vessel passages through the Suez Canal pT annum, the nnmlcr of such passages being as follows: Suez Canal, 3.4IU steamers; Soo Canal. 17,i.iti. Tim tonnage of the former is S,4-IS,'.Mtl and of the latter ld.Smi.7si tons. Thus, It Is seen that the tonnage passing the Soo Canal during only seven months of a year Is W 1t cent, greater than the tonnage passing the Egyptian Canal in twelve mouths.-J. It. Oldham in the Marine Number of Cnssler's Magazine. Tho Way He Proved It, A small lv cyclist had some fun with a park official one evening recent ly. He was riding without a light and was stopped by an otllcer. who asked him In gruff tones where his light was, says the New York Commercial Ad vertiser. "Why, It's here," exclaimed the rider, lu surprise. "Yes. but It's out," solemnly asserted the patrolman. "Well, It was righted at that last turn." "Sonny, It's cold; couldu't have been lighted this evening," triumphantly an-lioum-ed the otllcer. "Huh! That thlu metal cools In a minute. I'll light that lamp ami wait until It gets red hot, put It out. then ride to the next corner and buck, and when I return It'll be cold." "All right, try It," asseuted the acute policeman. The lsy lighted the lantern, watted until It grew red hot, turned It out and started, and that kid Is going yet. for he rode right on. and the wise otllcer retired to think It over and Incidental, ly to kick himself. Poisonous. Green Is not the ouly poisonous dye; any color may be the result of arsenical dyes, to which some people are pecu liarly susceptible. The coloring matter moistened by the perspiration of the body Is taken Into the pores of the skin, or dust from the cloth thus dyed Is In haled and mysterious 111 feeling fol low. Pretty pinks and blues may be treacherous. No man's trouble la aa great a bU aigba. NO PAY FOR FOBTY YEARS. . Wa. to Of t hat liar Employer o.r. Of physicians who could not cure themselves and lawyer, who could no la their own will there have been celebrated Instances. Hat here In the llrst case on record of u successful law yer who could not miike a simple con tract with hi stenogr.ipner. John Culllster. Who died In I. as the most prominent meinls-r of the On tario county bar. lie began his career in 1S.VJ without a penny. Ho left a" estate worth fJtm.iM. Shortly after being Odimueo .u bur Culllster' practice required H'at he should have n stenographer. So he emplocd Margaret Walker, with whom he made a compact, the like of which ha never before Ims-u seen In a court of record. It provided Unit the sten ographer should I' paid wage nt the rate of a year, but no money was to lo handed over until Culllster retired from pructhv. Iu a year the stenographer became Mr. John Calllstesr. Hut she contin ued to help her husband In hi law biisliies the sum.- as when she was u simple employe up to the time of his death. Then It was found that the lawyer, whose principal business had bcoti the making of wills, had left no testament himself, and Mrs. Culllster wa therefore entitled to only a wid ow's third. The other two-thirds went to distant rclatlvis. She brought suit to recover the wages due her under the contract made when she was simple Margaret Walker, and a curious legal battle followed. t.-i.-.it fit. i tvforco decided that sin- was entlthsl to wages only la-fore she was married. Mrs. Culllster appealed to the surrogate, who allowed tlie en tire claim, amounting to $'J2.l!)7.4:i. Thou the other side appealed, and the Supreme Court reversed the surro gate's division, saying she was not en titled to even on year's wages. The widow curried the case to the Court of Appeals, the highest In the State, and the incinlM-rs of that tribunal decided that she "could not be his wife and hi hired servant at the same time." And so Mrs. Culllster gets nothing for her -10 years of stenography uud type writing. New Yoik World. I' n known Canada. It Is usually supscd that there Is very little of the 1 ilnlon of Canada which yet remains unexplored, says an exchange. lr. ltolcrt Hell of the Can adian survey, has, however, proved that our knowledge of the country Is yet by no means complete, and at the last meeting of the Uoyal Geographi cal Sis'lety he gave an account of his recent discoveries youth of Hudson Imy. During the last two summer Or. Hell has ls-eii eiigag'sl exploring and surveying the region directly to tin southeast of Hudson bay and to the cast of the Noddiiwal river. While there he dlscoveri-d a new river, the existence of which has never la-en sus pected, although It Is within -'"Mi mile of Ottawa. This stream, which Is one of considerable linKrtani-. runs al most parallel to the NiMhlawal and eventually linds Its way into the Hud son bay. The Indians met with in the :ielghliorhoisl uiv dosclibml as senil Ivilizcd, but as native born gentlemen. There are no Esquimaux in the region nt all. which points to the fact that the climate is not that of an arctic character. The soil is a rich brown clay, nnd the climate suitable for grow ing all the ordinary crops of such a latitude. There scorns an almost Inex haustible supply of tliiilx'i', red and white pine, as well us spruce, being found lu abundance, w liile big game Is (lis.) plentiful, though should the region Ix-cDinc settled as a result of Or. Hell' explorations the latter would probably quickly disappear. He describe the whole country ns a plateau, broken oc casionally by Isolated ridges and well watered bj many small streams, lu ad dition to the large river already men t lolled, t Warning tor Y ell, vv Journalist. Contributor to Sunday Journals of yellow horrors should take warning from the fate of M. Henri Martin, of Paris. This amiable gentleman was en gaged in the preparation of an article for the -Courier de Lyons." of which he was editor, an article entitled "(.'ho ses Vccues," lu w hich he purposed to recount at length the sensations of hanging. It Is evident that he meant to make himself an authority ou the subject, for he was found, with a dog collar uliout hi neck, susH-nded hy a cord from a hook over his Itcd. Mr. Martin was in nu excellent isisltion to tell all the sensations of hanging, but he could not, Inviiuko he was dead. An other Illustrative iiise is that of M. Kdotinrd lMibus, a decadent of the ad vanced type, who was engaged with M. Iluvsinans lu writing the remarka ble book entitled "La Has," giving a considerable account of the practice of Satanism. M. Oulius, in the pursuit of occult knowledge, attcmh-d a black mass. After that he went mad. Those who mid Nhotild mil. New York Times. Freaks of Razor. The fluent grade of razors are so del icate that even the famous Damascus sword blade cannot equal them In texture. It is not generally known that the grain of a Swedish razor Is so sensi tive that Its general direction Is changed after a short service. When you buy a tine razor, the grains run from the upper end of the outer point In a diagonal dinvtlon toward the han dle. Constant stropping will twUst the steel until the grain appears to be straight up and down. Subsequent use will drag the grain outward from the edge, so that after steady use for sev eral mouths the liber of the steel occu pies a posltlou exactly the reverse of that which It did on the day of pur chase. If you leave the razoralom- for a month or two. and take It up. you will tlnd that the grain lias assumed it first position. The oiratiou can lie rejs-at-ed rtutll the steel Is worn through to the back. Washington a TarJy Taxpayer. Case against George Washington up , pear here and there lu the civil docket recently unearthed Ul the courthouse j at Groemdiiirg, Pa. No less than : three claims were entered agalust ; him during the Year 1ST to j compel him to pay taxes. The nuinorous cierg, commenting on these actions, tvmarked: "George Washington. Esq., appearvth ,st W like Uiea." f HE IDLER. it I in Town. snd Village, that Tb.y Ar tbs Most Danceron. The old proverb about "Idle hands" I, Ulublrated daily In tbeae modern time. In almost every place, large or small, Just aa It no doubt baa been daily Illustrated for several thousand, of veurs-and yet we stupidly full to nins ter the lesson which it conveys. A cer tain little town In New England has re cetitly h-urued It In blood and tear, one of It loveliest women has been murdered by an Idler, who, with half a dozeu of hi mates, lounged hubltuiilly around the village comer, drluklug liquor when they could get It. ogling the passers-by and making coarse re mark alsmt thcin, disturbing the peace of the quiet community by night, and occasionally committing more or loss offensive misdemeanors. At lust these have culminated In a crime so revolting thut everyone who heors of It I chilled to the In-art with horror. In our large cities the Idler alsmnd, but the police usually keep them In de cent order and compel thcin to remain In certain quarters. It I In our towns and village that they are most high handed and most dangerous. What village dweller dia-s not know the touching figures, the lack luster eyes, the Insulting laugh, of the group of Idlers near the jKistolllce, the saloon, the railroad station, the hotel, the drug store? They do not rouse sufficient public Indignation to cause nny sort of a revolution, but they are, never theless, a constant eyesore and meu nee to the respectability of the com mindly. They do no good, surely, though some philosophic mind has evolved the theory thut they are creat ed for the purpose of furnishing awful examples. It Is hardly worth while to preserve our knot of idlers In order to secure this doubtful beuellt. Let. us get rid of them. If ndiiioiiltlon and the settled determination of the decent part of tho community iiiiiuot do It, let the law be Invoked, us It may be In most of our States. Above ull, let every boy be In structed, ut home and nt school, that nn Idler Is but a single degree above a criminal. Let him shun idleness ns a plague. If he cannot at once get work, let hi in keep away from the resorts of Idlers until, by Incessant effort, he se cures work. Show hlin that the men w ho hahitiially hung around the streets have no social position Hint they are the scum of the place. Our teacher have a fn!t-e Idea regarding the ethical knowledge to lie conveyed lu the pub lic schools. They may not teach any tletlnlte religious creed, and, therefore, they Imagine that they may not teach morals. They should tindertdaud that morals I the chief thing which they are in their places to teach, nud that they should seize every peg which any recitation affuVils ou which to hang a little moral lesson. One of the great est lessons of ull Is that of dally Indus try. These little groups of Idlers are breeding places for evil thought, evil words, evil deeds. Profanity and vice flourish there. They should be broken up and banished at any cost. Leslie' Weekly. The Whlnkerless Craze. The w hlskerles craze Is still sweep, lug over the country. It spares neither youth nor age, Ignores station nud take no note of previous condition. Whiskers continue to full on the high way and the byways of the nation. Lip and chin and cheep, long hidden In whole or In part by hair of every hue and degree of In-auty and ugliness, are laid hare before a mocking or nn ad miring world, and the owner meets his friends with nu expression that can only he interpreted as meaning. What do you think of me now? Am I not teu years younger and several times hand somer? Why don't you ask me what I have done to myself? This shaving mania constitutes one of the most cu rious of latter day concessions to fash ion -if fashion It Ik-. Meu who have worn ls'tirds for forty year are shed ding them, regardless of the beauty or ugliness, the strength or weakness of mouth nnd chin and Jaw. Why is it? Is Major McKluley, the first smooth faced President since Andrew Johnson, setting the pace? If so, n majority of men would do well to copy his charac ter rather than his method of wielding a razor. Mail ami Express. A Hrave Frenchman. One of the heroes of the Porls lire la a Journeyman plumber ntimed Piquet. When the conflagration was raging, he dnsht-d in and out among the Haines, always returning with a woman or child lu his arms, nnd must have saved over twenty lives diirlug the hour lu which he worked. His face was envel oped lu wet linen, and the last time ho rushed Into the flames a gentleman put a coat around hlin. He returned with a human form enveloped In n dress which was burning. As he Uild It ou the ground, a charred foot remained In his hand. It was then that liquet had to stop, so he proceeded to the work shop where he was employed. When hi comrades piled liliu with question aliout his burned face and scorched hair, he tried to give evasive answers, but the master Insisted ou knowing what had happened. Then the brave man, overwhelmed with emotion nt the scene he had wituessed, iiurst luto a paroxysm of weeping. Piquet Is to 1h giveu the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Ancient Memorial Service. A remarkable service was held re cently at the little barnllke church of U-ad Hall, uear Laucaater, York, to pray for the repose of the souls of Lord Ie Clifford (commonly called the "butcher" because or his ferocity) and hi friends, who were killed at the bat tle of Towton ou Palm Stindnv, 1-pil, or who died later through lujurlr re reived. According to some accounts uo fewer than IS.Otio Lancastrian nnd 10,iK) Yorkist 8t their lives In this battle, and most of the notable dead were afterward burled at the neighbor ing Cnxton church, but the memorial church of Lend Hall was erected on the spot where Ixml Cliff onl fell lu the same year the battle was fought and one service a year only has been held ever sim-e that time, without a break on the anniversary of the death of the' earl. Westminster Gazette. If the angels In heaven look anvthlng like those In church memorial wiu dows. w will not. know the d'tTen-uce between heaven and a nightmare. TKt Over 8.000 tplt,0f fl. .. "Life of Nelson" bav 711 aold In England, which I, great success for w nftHt aertrudeAther.o,,Wrl,Df.,n r uir oi mhkiou, discovert Br , American writers t,Ht recognition in Etigi,ld "U Ambrose HIerce, n'i ley Waterloo. Onle it '""?!' Pollard. " Utt rrtn . A correspondent aski for ,. tninslutlonof.heti,,, great novel, "(illo Va.ll- Lntln nm.l : t ts. - Illl-llll. "Uhlll. Thou?" and they re ..j; have la-en addressed i,,nJ , The August International M.., reiM.i t the names f over Bonn In Its list i.r t..,.., ljW sailed wlihln month , YZ? publication. A reference numir each name enables one to find the of the ster.ii.er, port of dwtIMU0B" lint., i.f .mill..., -"uonm leiiru tli it nn Huborute attempt 1, made to pu serve the ratil.llr oral literature of tht. , hl Alexander Cnrinlchael nf i-.i,.r ha devoted forty year lother collection mid translation of tbejJ posltloitsnnd he now im. i sacred ixutlon. while the spruUr k i! f..n,.... i ,t.... .i .. -" work I "Or ngus oh," am tfoo " lnt-fll.lltti.ua i.h.1 I...... ..-., " """1101110111 in th literally translated luto English, c notes on mythology, ancient cwt nnd the like. The publisher b t r Cnrinlchael of Edinburgh. Count Tolstoi Is wrltlinr iu nnd It plot Is said to turn Uwd,w inose moral crises which fiomthtfc. ginning have had such a fmuiti.tui. the great Husshm writer inj pt tliroplsr. According tu nu English n resiKindent, the scene of the rnv h-j open lu a Kilsshui law court, tbmi young woman 1 tried for tbtlt m found guilty. I Hiring the trial or the Jiii-y lecognlzes her as ODnhoo, had known some years before ul whom be had betrayed and thn V serted. As the Judge pronouncfsim tence of Imprisonment on tlie on(ort mite woman the Juryman feriithitk I really the guilty person, nd drtir mines to make what amends he tu j He visit the prisoner's cell and trih her of bis Intention, hut the rmtilwi hlin, Haying her love has turned to hit-1 red. Notwithstanding this, hum panics her into exile in Kllterla. ituriu Iter hardships and thus doing pfDua tor his own sin. DYING IN THE CHAIR. An Klcctriclan Describes tht hw tiora Felt In Mow l-.lectrocitha, An electrician w ho has been prt mentlng ou himself iu the tkirt chair, undertakes to describe the i satloil of electrocution. A sudden Vt I llrst felt, a If someone bad itnrt you on the head with a heari mil There 1 uo nain. The brain M be numbed. Hrlght lights dum-e inl tut before your eves. Your head feeUiV normally large, somewhat like that . ... . . t.i. ...t i a persou irouiucii wuu inn; heavy weight seems to he benrln? don unon your head. The pulse Uhignw u feeling of exhilaration taketpufo- slon of you. l ou feel as ir you im trend I tic the air. with everrtlus around you a blank. You arealoae-ui only being, the only object, tot W taiiL'Ible thing lu the universe. I gradually sink Into luseiisibilltj. I nerve shock suddenly passes ibm e..ni- i.ultrn sestetll. Yoll are IPJ struck on the fiend with the mallet same bright light dazzles your 1 ....I .1 n tu .. i.i.uit- Tklswrou mi. i iiii-ii uii i.-- .-.. - shock Is caused by the ttirutag off t the current. Tin- experience tailed was the result of a comnitit. Iv weak current, which was gn 1 .....I.- ...rn.l nil. It ItHtft llll.l I II .1 1 ..'.?-... ....- - say that In case of execution tJ triclty the victim cxerlence w i ..,1..,,., in nine ease Wl iiii-i-i- m-ur.il . ....-. - . ten, he I killed Instantaneously. To exnet. It takes l-!!.i..th pan oi to kill n man In the electric cu.u. i.n,i. n Nuake Pohxmu ... ...n,.- timt niaaj It I very uoirnwij tloii. race nud castes lowest in nation have for a long time prw themselves against l"'lsonlt "L snake bites by a method whlcD uutll the present time, the t'" century, has been discovered DJ peau scientists. The races ol : rJ in Africa. Morser Iu Italy and Gor . .. ,c-t me" inula agea ago ,s ji Insure themselves against P from snake bites, mid w ..... s. loieniMl DT people who are uoi im. , poison, if we may believe the tlou of travelers. Such " rf groes oa the Guinea wssts. t " Elsower lu Barhary. some rw'" snake charmer lu Ill,la'. " gif Hants of Mozambique and , urn in South Africa. To. by all these people to secure l from snake venom consist In nt medicine the venom, cither rf dried, from the venom I sunken. The majority eat tar . , but In Mozambique the same gained by Inoculating these people really do nmKe iu proof against suake bite u...nia to tie sure beyon- l j, Although this meth'Hl known long ago In Europe 1 J rf i nobody seemeu to iv tfrH uutll the experiments of - hi school hud demonstrated blllty of utlllrmg It. Then rf gnu to study the effects on feeding suiuke venom andoi . wltb It, and to co - - capital the avowal Katfirs, etc.-CUujauojM Too Convenient. -Wiggins bad to bave bis tew taker out." "Why?" ithf' "Well, he hud told his cut down expenses, ami yt him up every afternoon ' . be bad troiie (J I'M" Free Press. -rrrrt-Hif The new Chines -v Chines -nnu- ed more than H.tM' w " but year.