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Eugene City Guard. I. L. OA MFII ELL, rrnpil.tor. OHI-tiO.V EUGENE CITY When you bur a tiling for almost nothing, It la generally worth It. Itliler Haggard' latest novel I rail ed 'The Swallow." It ought to go well lu Kentucky. On the new suit button tin not how. At hint we thlugle-null chain have an Inning. Virtue 1m Its own rewnnl, but that Isn't tho reason that Chicago ahleruieu are paid only .l a week. Homo time somclioily linn got to rise to the Hltuiitlon ami satisfy Kjifi In'n ach ing need for a good, sound thriiNhlug. One of thcHu day the "Yankee of the huht" limy Join Ihmiib wit li the Yankee of tho Went over a few Salld-Wichc. The shooting of a footpad by a Chi cago police Justice shows the illlTcretice lietweeu tipholillng Justice and holding up JiiNtice. Never look for big business from a mn a 1 1 ad. If a fanner planted a gill of wheat to the acre what kind of a crop could he exj t? mighty for good or III In other. Oiinrd therefor well the door of your lfp. Weigh with care the word that way potion or blent forever. ADMITTED HE WAS DEAD BROKE. I lfone.tr Wa. Pound to He Beat Poller with Car Conductor. Dead broke I not an accurate term, (t In relutlre. A millionaire consider , himself dead broke when be find that be him only a V In hi pocket. Men I of les mean ii think they are dead broke j when they cuu find but a quarter or a .hulf lu their pockeU. Hut with the ( mn of people who haven't very much, veil when at their lt, dead broke men ii n that roudltloii lu which a man jUmI himself without a ulckel In hi liocketii. Pennies don't cut any Ice. , Kveu three or four of them won't pay car fare, and when a mun huNii't ear fare the walk to CiiinnilnsvUlo at mid night Neeiim long-awfully long. "That' what ailed me the other night," nji Id a rcHldcnt of thut suburb. "I didn't have a nickel to my name not a nick. Ami you let It wii warm. Ho I tried to work the conductor. When lie Mtriick me I felt lu my pocket, first ; Due, then the other, and then looked I Jli.ed. I " '1 had a nickel,' I mild, 'but blame ; me If I know where It In.' "Too thin, old man,' nuld the heart Ichh man lu blue.' 'You'll have to walk l little, Juxt for a change, iih you Temperance Culon Hlmply crystallize """" 1 """ ' u ''"' the Indlvldiiiil oiilnhms hold of It l.r , 9n" n i"u ,ll"t- An experimenter In Berlin claim to bare discovered the exact momentum of lightning, by measuring the amount of Iron fiiMed by a stroke during a thun derHtorm. The average I plueed at 7,) home power. Itut It doe not fol low that a man who In struck by light ulng and recover can be Indifferent to the storage battery of one mule. A iMitanlHt IiihImIh that many neglect ed American weed are good to eat. The tender young shoot of milkweed are ald to he a delicate a asparagus, with M i II J 1 til r valllilhle propertle. Plg weed I related lo Im-cIm and Kpinuch. The uettle I well llnvorcd, though Mouiewhut co 1 1 re and stringy, which argue that the donkey may Ihj more of an epicure than I supposed. It I suggested that every weed ha an lion- (hi value If It could omy Is (Uncovered NAVIGATING A COW. A Op. Cod rapta'a'a 'if of Krrplnu Her on Ue.lred Co.ne. When I wa down on Cape Cod la' ummer I heard an auiulng tory lout an old ea captain and hi cow. Cant. Patterson, after milling the ea for more than forty year, finally re tired to a Utile tiirin near Harimtable. where be nettled down, with a hore. cow, and two or three do7.cn hen. HI cow, though a In ik ami rather tub Ixirn ereiituie, wa mild to come from verv chmI HtiM'k. mid when the Burn- 51AM AND ITS KING. SOME EVIDENCES OF SUBSTAN TIAL PROGRESS. Kin CbuUlongkorn' Per.on.IHr. Intelligence, and Method, of LUe Wonderfnl Tempt. In the Ground, oft he Korl I'al.cs at B.nakok. Marvel of th. Ka.t. Tho King of Slum, who hn I n mak ing ail extensive tour of America and thoroughly f II- atablH-odet.i..k It Into their head to j l vM (,lt, ,ul,B,mK,.H. have a falrCapt. Patterson dctcrml , ,.,.,, UIlll l)Ntltutlonx of the great The kociiII.iI "Woman' Itlble" ha achieved u conspicuous failure. Sen Mllile women have eoudemiied It Idea a representative, and It recent formal repudiation by the Woman' Christian There I no occasion for New York to throw her museum of autlijiiltlcN oicii on Sunday ho long a he hu her Sunday newHpuper. The I .y li n (.Miihk.) Item sweetly miy: "Never kick n fellow when he' down." OoimI advice; It always I mifcr to Jump oil ti 1 ill with both feet. From (hi life, n from dungcon-hnr, we look to the skle. ami are refreshed with HWeet vIhIoii of the home that thai be our when we are free. "When a woman love mIioiiIiI hIio ask marriage?" uiiilre the Philadel phia Item. What do you think we are maintaining the leap year tradition for? Obstacle which seem to hinder our course ulToril the best opportunities for developing the courage ami accumulat ing the Miwer which wo need to pur tue It. There I a fortune for the milliner who nIiiiII devise a bonnet that can be worn in any part of the church and iil wa.v present the trimmed Bide to the congregation. Miss Hushugiin, n New York artist, has married her redskin model, Thun der Cloud. If be Is a good Indian, why lu the thunder shouldn't he make u model husband. Chicago newspapers are now engag ed In making out a new census of that city based upon the directory llgure. Chicago Is Htlll the city of mngiilileent census cHtluuitcN. .Tinny iiiivcrusing iiusincs men are Itshlng In Ink pot ami wondering why the public doesn't bite. Try a little original bait, geutleuiell. It will catch reader every time. thoughtful women. The movement producing It was unwise and Impru dent, ami ninny found It Irreverent, al though no Kiich Intent could Justly Is nscrllM'd to It originator. Their fault wa Hlmply misdirected Zeal In the service of their cause. I'hrase like "I dou't want to," with the Infinitive elided after Ihe to, hav ing been declared to be Americanism, the Itev. J. Erie writes to the Academy that he had always used and beard the form, being a native of South Dc von, and nlso quote Ir. Watt' "I-t hear and lion growl and tight, for 'tl their nature to." Ir. I'ltr. Edward Mali give a long list of Kiigllsh examples for the phrase, beginning with the year BSliI, and Including Jeremy Collier, De foe, Soul hey, Dickens, Charles Hemic, Huskln ami (ieorge Eliot. Hussla ha closely followed Italy In making a treaty with the French pro tectorate of Tunis. Negotiation have Just U'cii completed by Count de Yau vlneiix. Charge d' Affairs of France In St. 1'ctcrshurg. Ily this treaty Hussla I to enjoy with Tunis all the commer cial agreement that she had made with France, lu addition to the privilege of being, after France, "the most favored nation." It I doubtful whether a Franco Husshiu combination ha liccn made to oust the Italian merchant from Tunis, where for twenty-eight year they had enjoyed unique priv ileges; but the Journals of Home look at the new treaty askance and warn those who have Interests In Northern Africa to be mi their guard. 1 ! THE FIRST ELECTRIC CAR. "I walked, but not far. Tried an other conductor with tho same racket. Didn't work. He wa heart less also. I knew I'd get home If the cur kept coming, but the last ear would Is- due noon. Then I thought of the old motto: 'Honesty In the Ix-st Mllcy.' I'l try It on. "I got on the car and held up my head. When the man with the budge Mime along I said: " 'I'm dead broke, old man. Iet nie take a sneak home, will you? Wulklug i awful hot a night like this." "That worked like a charm. He was the licst conductor I ever new. lie knew I wa telling the truth. The other thought I wa lying, and I .was, hut not lu the way they thought. All he said was: '"All r'ght, old fellow. Don't give me a w ay, though.' " 'Not on your life,' I Hold. Then I curled up and slept the Hlecp of the just ami the rlghtcoiiN. Hereafter I'm going to tell the truth, cost what It may." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. It lonk Nauseii three years to get four degrees nearer the north pole than any previous explorer. We would really like lo know what good hi trip ha done anyone mi earth. And now the Chicago Council Is ask ed lo grant a permit for an under ground railway nysiem throughout the entire city. This Is running the fran chise business Into the ground. True courage Is shown by doliiK with out witnesses that which a man Is ca pable of doing lu the face of Ihe world, lu the former ease. It I certain that ostentation ha no share In the effort. An Arizona astronomer who acknowl edge Hint lie wa looking at Venus the oilier night In-lsts that the planet wore a veil on that occasion. That man' wife mil! be a tartar or hu wouldn't have to tell such stories. A Just Inheritance tax In all the State would either lessen other taxa tion or It would furnish means for State Improvements, ami the assess ment would not be missed by those who Inherit wealth they did not make. A Cincinnati paper want the hen ubstltuicd for the cugle ll the Ameri ca il bird of freedom, because the lien added $l:t:t.iMHi,(iini ii) ti, national wealth Inst year. The hen can no longer Ik regarded merely as n lay tig- tire. Tho Memory of Firmrr, It. Inventor, Honored 1 hi. Week. The llrst electric passenger car ever made III the Culled State wa dis played to the public for the llrst time at Dover. N. II., July l. 1SI7. The llftleth anniversary of the event, which against occurred recently, has lnt nllltlugly observed at Eliot, Me., where lived thu mm.L. ma V.t'V-.Vi"i"r.:' "A horse stepped oil the face of Ho mer Jones yesterday." remark the Ne braska State Journal, "but he w ill get well." It Is a pleosure to be assured that the horse will get well, nut ho probably will know lietter than to re peat that experiment. This typewriter business Is getting awful. Due typewriter' smile wreck ed a Chicago bank, and now a mistake made In trnuscrllilng a bill by another In New Jersey hn necessitated a spe cial session of the Legislature of that State to puss the bill over again. '' Such are the vicissitude, of the world, through all It part, that day an, night, Itihorand rest, hurry and retire ment, endear each other. Such are the changes that keep the mind In action; we tl .re, we pursue, w e obtain, we are mitMlicd; we desire .omethlng else, and l tin n new pursuit. A New York paper explain that "two live were lost In an unexpected collision of two trains on the One Hun dred ami Tenth street curve of the ele vated load" the other day. We nave no ticed that tlie unexpected collision usu.iliy an- more destructive tli.iu those which are deliberately planned lu advance. The word we ho often carelessly use reflect a force In the mind that use rtlieui;.they are the messengers, of the eecrvt life of tueu to other men. Horn of UH'Utal euergy lu oue, they are Mimi-.N O. FAIIM It. Inventor of the cur, .Moses (. Fanner. Ills daughter still lives there, conduiT lug a summer school of science and lit era lure, and it was at her home thai the event was celebrated by a company i of electricians. j Mose Fanner wa a native of New Hampshire uml w as born In lM'o I In received a college education and taught school. Of a mechanical bent of mind.: he spent many of hi spare moments In experimenting, lie early became In- teresled III electricity and the subject1 or applying this force to propel vehi cle occupied hi attention. Ills ex perlnieuts resulted lu the const ruction of a train of two ears, on one of w liU-li ' wa mounted the motor and battery i w hich furnished the current, the other ! being a passenger ear. I The rails of the track a built lu 1M7 i were of east Iron, and the ties, or sleep-1 ers, nr wihmI. On these rail run the two ears, oue for carrying passengers, I the other being the locomotive. The' electric current was generated In forty-! eight cells of a drove batterv. the' A I'r.k with lll'tory. If the thousand who have occasion fo lt lu the I'reshleiit' reception room waiting their turn for audiences only knew It, they might make the time 4cciii les monotonous y eontemplat ng the chief article of furniture. Many it these visitor are anxious to gn to foreign purl. The massive desk which occupies the center of the risiin ha traveled further than any of the can Jlihite will. It hu elrcumiiuvlgated the globe by n route w hich no human being ha followed. The I'resldeut sits Is-lilnd It and write hi message to fougrcs. lie may use plain word ilsiut (ireat lirlfaln's occasional lapse f comity and of good faith. He may lay dow n view upon the Monroe doc trine which will cause Hrltlsh states men to grumble. He will never write iimiii that desk a declaration of win the other great Anglo-Saxon nation. If he should contemplate such a thing the desk would creak and ns-k . like u wooden slilp In a grinding Ice puck. With It masslveness ami wealth j ;if carving Ihe desk gives no Indication 1 of Its historical origin. Schoolboy 1 know that Sir John Franklin went to Jlseover the north pole ami never ciime ' back. The gisul ship Hesolute drifted ind drifted In the Arctic ocean cur- I rents, spared from destruction In some ' mysterious manner, until she reached the waters of the adventurous Amerl an whalers on the shores of Alaska. She was boarded and claimed by those tvho found her. When the Hesolute reached San Francisco the I'nlted State bought her, repaired ami relltted her, manned her with an Amerlcim .'tew ami Hcnt her to England wllh International compliments. Twenty years ago the old ship wa broken up. From the soundest of the tlinlier was made a handsome desk by direction of the queen, to be pi xented to then Pres ident of the I'nlted States. That Is the desk which stomls In the reception room at the White House, mid upon which the state paper of six adminis tration have been written. Few of the President' visitor know it.-New York Mail and Express. to exhlldt Ids co.v Hut when the day mine for driving her to the grounds the cow showed that Hhe bud a mind of her own. and would Hot budge a step Is-yoml the gate. Ill vain the old captain tugteil at the rope, pommeled her sides, mid pushed her flunk. The cow wanted to go to pas ture, and was ls,imd she wouldn't go to the fair. Cupl. Patterson's pii'h nee was very neurly gone, when Maidenly an Idea occurred to him. Though he was not ttrong enough hluielf to force the cow to go to the fair, his induing suggested Homelhliig that was Tying the cow lo the Kllte-poht, lie Weill up Into the loft of bis barn and threw 'ow n an old sail HlepM-d to a dory mast. Then he put a horse' blanket belt tliroiu-li an iron ling, strapped the licit ii round the cow. Inserted tin-end of the mast ill the ring, and Isiiilld the iniist to the side of the cow with Home lifty feet of rope. The wind blew "quartering." and when the captain untied the cow and raised Ihe sail the canvas was swelled out over the cow' buck and away she went "sliding" down the road, mooing i and lunging, ami trying to stop herself ill Villll. Cllpl. I'lltlersull seized her tall, and using It a a rudder, guided her skillfully In ihe right direction. Wllh every fresh pun" of wind the ob stinate cow would be hurried along faster, while the dust bh-w up III clouds, ami the sail flapped and tucged, a dipt. Patterson held to the main shift will' one haml and the cow's tall with the other. It wa a bard voytge for Isith of I them, but not a long one; and when : they came lu sight of the fair ground : everylssly ran out to see the remark able sIkIiI of a cow IsMiig sailed through the street like a ship. Cheers and ' humbler tilled the air. and when the iipliiiu llnnlly w lilrleu tns cow aroumi at the gate of the fair ground mid bioiinlit her neatly "up Into the w ind," the shout that arose might have been heard two miles away. rnfoituiiately. Cupl. Patterson' cow did not take one of the prize for blisiileil stock, but the captain himself was given ll HH-clal plle by the fair commissioner for "tin Is-st device for getting balky cattle to market." The OutliNik. ' nation of the world. I au nnsouoe ! ruler In hi own country, and ha . wielded bl autocratic power to the j bclicllt of hi people. I King Cliulnloiigkorn' personality. 1 Intelligence and method of life do the i utmost violence to the traditional no ! tlou of what an Oriental potentate I ami should be. The historical portrait i f the king, decked out III headgear ; that resembles a Chinese pagoda. I all ! wrong. He wear no Chinese pagoda, i but n modern fllli hat, which become I lilm a well a any otner geniieuian. ; To Oriental silk and brocade and TIIK Wl 'F.KN OK MAM. tiik nimr ki.kci iiic t ah. slxe of each cell being about one pint In capacity. The ears were exhibited In varum el tie and attracted ome attention, but the time was not ripe for electilc transit and Farmer' scheme wa not utlllKed. It formed the basis, how ever, upon which engineer subsequent ly built the electric car of the present day. Farmer died In Chicago during the World' Fair In INO. I A I. rue-1 leaned Musician. Cottschalk's generosity has been the : subject of many anecdotes. Wandering ; Into a music hull lu .New Orleans one i evening he heard the manager au- i i nonnce that a little (tlrl, who was to ! play tne piano, was in and could not apNar. tiottschulk went behind the scenes and volunteered to take her place. The little girl was dcllglrtcd, but remarked doubtfully: 1 "You had better look at the score. ' This piece Is rather dllhVult." j tiottschulk gravely observed that he thought he could mumigc It, and was permitted to go on the stage. The au- I dlence recognized him, and. of course, ' went wild with delight. Hcforc he left Ihe stage the gnat artist emptied all his small change Into his hut and sent It around among the audience for a col-1 lection for his little protege-a kind ness which resulted lu a substantial betietlt for the grateful lassie. Historic Hoar I. Surrounding the court house In a comity seal within a hundred miles of Sprlnglleid, 111., Htood for many years a plain bourd fence. Hefore It finally d I -appeared to make way for "purk" I Improvement It hud Ih-cii rebuilt ut ' least twice. At f-acb rebuilding, how ever, particular cure was taken to leave a certain "top Isuird" In exactly the isisitloii It had iHcllpled before, not even a new nail hole Is-lng made lu It. I A sf ranger, noticing one day this pe culiarity lu the fence, asked all old citl ! Zi-u who was leaning against a locust tree and w hittling a stick If there waa any explanation. . "Did the county run out of money," be Inquired, "when It hud got this fence ull finished exceit one board?" "No, sir," replied the old citizen, put ting bis Jack knife In Ids pocket, walk ing to the fence mid laying his hand on It lu a most Impressive manner. "This top Isuird Is wuth iiiorc'n nil the rest of the fetiee put together, old and rotted u It I. "Old Alie Lincoln made a speech In this court house yard In lOii, and w hen he wus through talklu' he saw an old farmer III the crowd thut he Used to know when be was a Isiy, an' he came dowu from the stand an' took that old feller out to Hie feme an' talked over old time wltli him fur ten minutes or more, without p.iyln any attention to the big bugs Hull was wiiltlu' to take hill) off to dinner. And while he talked to blni, sir. he rested his right foot on this yere top Isiard. I seen him do It, an' ho did live hundred other men -all' that Isuird hain't never been disturbed Hence, un' hain't never goln' to be!" Saying which, the old mail walked buck to his position imulnst the locust tree, took his knife from hi ockct again and resumed his whittling. fantastic shoe with long turned-up toes, and all sorts of sashes ami bunds uml diamonds mid collars of gold, he prefers n modern gentleman' frock coat, waistcoat, trousers, llm-n collar and four-in-hand tie. And he dresses bis sons In the same sensible sort of cost nine. This lutes) photograph of the king wus taken not long ago at (ieneva by the well known artist Prlcaui. It shows his majesty seated, wit li the crown prince standing at flic right hand and the prince's younger brother at the left. There is unfiling Oriental In (lie por traits except the features of the sit ters. Cliiilalongkoru's manly and in telligent feaures are a Hue Index to his character. One would hardly look for monstrous cruelly or black Iguorunci In a man of his appearance, and none Is found. It Is ull the more surprising, for Cliulnloiigkorn was not born mid reared In mi environment out of which one would expect to see arise u prod- thl respect. He bat practically abol ished lavery In Slam. He aet to work, too. to reform taxation, and be greatly diminished all Internal tuxe that were burdensome or uunecesHary. Tbee re form were but the begluulug of bl work. He bad an ambition to lift bl country out of the depth of degrada tion and Ignorance lu which be found II. He had a mighty tank before hlin. but he bad mighty power, and be bu given an excclleut account of It to the world. The reign of Cbuliilongkorn bna been the most peaceful and prosperous In the history of Slam. He gave new life to the fettered ludustrle of the country by cutting new canal for purpose of Irrigation and distribution, be built railroads, at cum and electric, In many part of bl domain, constructed tele graph line that opened up coiniutinl catlon with the western world and with the Chinese Empire, Improved the coast with lighthouse and harlmr Hlgnnl. Improved the big rlvor of the country, thu adding largely to the facilities of commerce, and Instituted numberles other icforin connected with the com mercial activities of the people. Ill moral reform the king hn been no les active. How be hu accomplished so much In ho short a time I Indeed a wonder. Among other radical chance he hu made I the Introduction of nn entirely new code of lawa and a Judi cial system modeled after the best Western fashion. He ha HiKtltuted a flue system of public Instruction, built hospitals, and hu even gone no far as to found and open nn art museum Hint compare favorably with many Institu thin of It kind In Europe and Amer ica. Indeed, there 1 nothing In the blstorv of the world that can compnre with the tremendous changes from purely barbarous not to say aavage system ton regime of civilization which Chulalongkorn has accomplished. Whv did not the king follow In the step of his predecessors? The answer I simple. In his youth be wa u dill gent student. He learned to speak and read French and English and he wa supplied with iKioks, magazine and newspaper from Europe and America This literature told hlin what the West cm world was like. The contrast be tween that and what he saw- around li I id was enough to lire him with ainlil tlou to lift up his people and his conn try. lie turned to the West for light uml the result ha amazed those Amer icans and European who know what has been done In Shim of late years, As a prince he was tutored by an Amer ican gentleman, Mr. Chandler, who was delighted with the rapid progress bis pupil made. When the prince became king lu 1SIIS he continued his studios and nursed bis ambitions, and when lu ls":t, be became absolute lu power hebegun toturn Inlorealltles the dreams of his boyhood and bis youth. He sur rounded himself with a number of Eu ropeuns and Amerlcnnjs and with their aid and advice reorganized the tinny uml the navy ami established n mode police system In Bangkok. He has by VIV, .1.. - """" nuine ur ..v '"". 1 Hliondlm, ......... u.r V-JN ... a,a,uV07nNW?. b.V Slum . " Iturlj. "1 congruous t,mtiy typically Or,lllH " conlci nias, Jf7k tar, covered with", m,1 tMr l.rlllln.., nn ''''aslo..iwH,11",,;.H., 't Hanekok. o LTWN' "tictures, is ()llp )f KHt. The bul,nllK " ""ttt, earlv In i "MUraiu. A Mutter i t Colors, "Sister Millie wants to know If you won't let us tak. your big awning? She' going to give u porch party tomorrow- night and wants to have It oa the plitMcr." "Want my awnlnc?" "Yep. She would h.ive Imrrowed the Jonses', but their Is blue, you know, and Millie's hair Is red. "Cleveland Plain Dealer. HUnket Men, A lady, lately of Topeka, has writ ten from her new home lu El Hed, Cal, to a friend: There I a das of men here called Hlunket Men. w ho go around the coun try lu herd X here Ike Kuli t'lmie, "Henrietta d.s.su't sivni to lmlleve anything she sees lu the newspaper," said Mr. Mivktou, thoughtfully. "It's u giMs.1 thing not to be too credu lous." "Yes; but she goes too far. She can't even read the advertisements of a bar gain sale without going In croii to find out whether If true In every particular."- Washington Star. K KINO OK MAM AND TWO OF Ills SONS. No Indication. Mr. Flgg -There' no tolling how a 1m,v may grow up. There Is Tommy, for example. Who know what be each currying hi load of may turn out to Ik-? Pavlntr One'. Mu.clea. Constant dipping the pen Into the Ink while writing may !e avoided by In serting two pen of the same sle In the penholder, the Inner one to projivt a little The writing Is done with the Inner pen. The Ink collected between the two ieii I HUtllcleut to hist through Hcveral uge of manuscript, ami yet It will not flow more freely than I desirable. Mluht With 11 1 m. Algy-Heaveu. (ins! Your .ilk tlle' all brushed the wrong way. tiu-Ah, ye, me Imy. Hut Wale la wearing 'em fuy uow, y know. Philadelphia North American. VI blankets, sleeping iitiyw here. They lies from house to house something to eat. They work a few days, theu sit In front of a saloon until their money Is gone. tu Sunday they go to a stream and wash their old clothes. I never thought there wa any gimd iu the Coxey move ment till a number of them fellow left the Slate w hli him. They say that Cali fornia I the only State where they cau live lu that way. We ask them some time how they cau forget their homes In the East ami live like aulmals. "Oh. It's (he climate:" they nay. Hundreds of these men wander from one part of the State to auother. They beg for bread and work for w hlsky. Mrs. Flgg -Ho won't be a civil service reformer If present Indications count. When he found I hud locked up the pie lie cried for two hours.--ludlauiipolU Journal. I'. -!. Jimmy Drngjeuns-Aw, dut guy made me tired, fer be said he wux av in' his money fer n rainy day. Casey de K Wider-Yes, an' den It will Ih' too wet ter burn It.-Pittsburg New. When a woman visits in a town w here some of her kin live, and doctu't go to ee them, all the fat It In the Ore. Muc-Moo Ird. The mosquito I not exclusive, aud yet he conies from the best blood lu the country.- Atlanta Constitution. net such as he Is. lien. In 1S7II, he came Into the full possession of his kingly power-for there was a regency In Slam during the King's boyhood he proceeded to turn the country In side out. lie abolished, by decree, many of the luu-barons customs of the people, mid under his wise and enlight ened and liberal rule Slum became con scious of the great blessings of modem civilization. The King had always a great admiration for Occidental man ner and Ideas ami the extravagant hy perbole and nauseating adulation iif the Orient disgusted him. Hefore he ascended the throne the Siamese mmi arch was regarded us semi-divine. Subjects, when saluting the king, were required to prostrate themselves on all fours, and to emphasize their liound less homage were accustomed to grovel at Ihe feet of royalty. All this disgust ed the young and progressive king. He bade his ministers, his friends mid his visitor to arise, walk Uon their feel and shake hands with him like men. The conservative il. e. the groveling! party opposed this reform, but Chulu longkorn allowed them to see that he was not to lo trilled vltli mid. willy nllly, the groveler were compelled to act like human beings. Ills majesty Is a tlrm believer In Bud dhism, the ancient religion of his raot and of his father, and he is an adept In Its Intricate and refined subtleties Hut he 1 far more lll.eral In his Ideas of toleration than most Europemi nil er. and perfect religious llls-rtv thanks to him. prevail In Shun to-d iv In him the Christian especially have : louiiu a irten.i and protector. Im ; aoonerjxvame master of the govern ment than he devreed that the Chris tians should not 1h Interfered with In their work or worship. nlli i, i,,,, I ,1 1. 1.. i . . "'.-ii inn uu iaw nas m i'cii nroi-i...l t.-. - s-oim-mm a miiu or woman woo ua anvanced a to Insist uism leeu divorced, alwayt remlud u of a religious llls-rty human slavery was bv hired girl who bat beeu dl.charted meant a pleasant without reference , Wlnget to work to reform hi. people In ' Bud.lht of his precept and example encouraged his people in the practice of temper ance, truthfulness. Industry and humanity. This real reformer Is a little man, Just ! i: J'ear. old. and as full of restless en ergy as bis liquid, black eyes are full of gentleness. Without his olllclnl crown, whh h be seldom cares to use, he measures 5 feet -I Inches lu height! His color Is that Indescribable color of the orient thut Is called orange for want of a better descriptive word. lie has a large harem, but only one wife. The Htiecesslon of primogeniture was not n law of Slum until he made it so. There Is but one womau In the king dom that can lo called "her majesty." The eldest son of this woman shall Vie crown prince, nceording to Chulnlong: korn s decree. Ills present queen Is his second wife, and the present crown prince is the eldest son of the present queen. ChulalongUorn ascended the throne In IS.!, but not until about ten vears later nt the death of the regent "during the Miigsmlnority.dldhehnve nn altogeth er free hand In government. He has ad vumvd agriculture. Increased the ex ports from his country, granted char ter tu companies that have laid steam and electric railways, built a State rail road, cut canals. Improved the roads In parts of ,s domain, and caused jus-j;-(.o be impartially and speedily ad- The favorite palace of the king stands n an Island In the river Menam. He luis several other palace, all of 'preut tnagniilcence. but the greatest of all I lie royal ,maco , UaI1Kkok lhg !l ' ,,17 U'e C,U'rt J "1"'1 of torn Pie within the ground of thl palace Is shown In a.vompanylng picture. On the left are m-en. In perspective, three j-jitewayt om-ning ,ut0 )p Plod by the principal MUMlng. ,n w-hu.h ovrt iiiieii r.muru hi Slam. At each of the gate- ''"' In this, ,.. .?wt Kh.meseHover,.gll,1i'" '""'' It was r,.:,' ''.t king to ,,,,., Whim (..cum' .. Hlxoof (iern.any. Thai iT7 ,U J been cut ,1 Vwl 1 famt or .,; n".l England. -,, lm7- , the k Hit's I t "t fti. two States were .haR, " " 1 ""' enough garden when rtmi.i . . " v, well as a pu.rlot. lui'l- ......... i... loiicnineiitii. tlI no longer unv .1 utT,kJ grabber wlll'hnrt bin. twenty-two powerful .K, Z ntednnd in tit-, .'"'"H furnish..,! , ; ..'M"""'U'f. vjQ Ij? niiiisi.ir -.i.l that n.....1u n . W- MAKlf7rTVrriiH1N Ftlat) Con me mn in. . . Chicago Is Just now Intern . remarkable kite. Hnth j,llr,"l tile Htooil nn 11... u. ...... ' 1 -iit-vi nirocri.;,, "S me mai-liln wa red Id tbe air L,J eei anorrthHrka Some thought tin t n.ver wai ( lfttl chine and ladals alt nuns 01 ipnj i ions. HutthBi,v, toon found out iw -, nernii contrivance was nothln tlinn nn Immense kite. 'Cl... I.I.- I . . me ivne is me invention of j .ouyue. .Mr. ( onyne cliilaiuk discovered the principle nT make an airship iimii:isi-nble. tsi J expert lit was made to ilrtmui- ertect of the wind. The kite U i x lunation or the ll:ir grave kite, moilllleil from a square to a (riaugie. wiin tlie nil- f;ll dltlon of tlie wings of tin. M.il.iv Lit.. U4, ' v"trlU oni-l. ul,l 'I'l,.. ...... t k V. flown was H! inches. In height mid .'i:i Im lies In bm.lA'J lug of n diamond sluqie, wltb ttw at: er points cut off. inakliiz It jiin, cd. The front or wind mirfarr f o kite Is formed of two trlanjK ulc the sides are silk wing tlx arv, wide at the top and tapering toipox The silk Is stretched loosely trfr t frnmework and tills with air wlm kite Is flying. Mr. Conyne expert to constwt i; large kite on the same prinrifk . will try to Ily with It by Jumptnt n High building or li i II. Ill pmw experiments have lieen rondncta! : the vicinity of lIuniNililt Ttri Bi he will doubtless Imik for I mot tended Held In order that bU n incuts inuy be more satlsfactorj. H WOMAN'S LONG RIDE. Mr.. Mnrs:nr: t L? Long Whi-Mfra Cli'cani to fan Krancim, Mrs. .Margaret Vulcntlne Le boat s a plucky little woman with a Ion? u;- w ho recently rode, alone, frumOwt,' to Sun Francisco, her home, on l bk; de. She was on tlie road ninety o." covering the distance, 2,(XiO mil out a puncture. She iiniile thejoow: not to save expenses, for it (t tv as much ns hy rail, nut ioriw" of the adventure and tlie eilw She had only one iicrMrot, l bf: pedal, wb.en she had piled herwlffli Ihe foot of a hill In the (lark. SI1 her own washing, had tlie good tre- not to trv for a record, and rwltd she was tired, liglity-sll uito one dav wa her best (.erformam the way she lost eight pournkw; iHlniir from Ojdell to Salt W ii... r..iii-.i,i track for nuiulwo' rough and binnpeiy mill's. inJ ,lt xt ns. . .nt. on an average u u ""- - d Is muscular as few women as brown ns the pro em" she even tunnel her liatids thronp thick chamois gloves. Put the least bit footsore or wei7. would do it again in i les Fllu-et'y Pat Bobson Is cciTainlydaf..' new baby of his." What has he done- ,.,n,ltlt Why. we were a. I.a J t tariff at the offlw t Bobson only ma.W Kmt "What did he say. "He wanted to know If 'J ed the duty on catn:p tea- Plain Dealer. C.rlgson What cleWmsB i.ngsou ,,,.rrUt: that solemnized your 1' Flippard-D wasn t was Mrs. r . all. It Transcrii. The Af"' do s,r aren't those w'rt warm thl kiud of a dav ... . .. I listen t V. "I UOU I Kilo" . - ,j,itj If they are lite nie CincInnaU CorowercJii "