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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1897)
Eugene City Guard. I. L. CAMPBKI.I., Proprietor. EUUENK CITY OKHiOX. i Tin wine hnve decided Hint tlio "IV tavit It lu Klondike. Why worry nbout the nblllly to get a bite lu the Klundlke regions? The mos quitoes will n t tend to that. Jny fioiild'i innlrliiioiilnl troubles nem to tie entirely post morten. The average mnn Isn't no lucky. Hlls Carman, the poet, snys he "nev er rendu what newspaper men write." I'll in ma ken the inntter Just even. The Huston Herald anxiously In iilreii: "Where l the sea serpent?" llure you looked In the whisky jug? A recent experiment In St. Umls hns demonstrated Hint hypnotlMUi ran cure nil old woman or turning somersaults. The ft. Uuils Hepublle toll of a Ten nessee Klrl who "awn ill across tho rlvei on a winter." Wouldn't It have Im-oii ciislor to awlin across on a horse? If I'rlnee Henri d'Orlonns ennnot get the hulk of hla duel oil hla hands In any other way we advise lilin to choosa Uniting guns for a change of wenp- una. The iMilutli News Trlbuno wnnts to know "what la more melancholy than a re tn urn lit waltreaa lu a shirt wiiInI, singing na alio enrvea a pie?" Two of them. Why should the fact that a man reada the iiiM-ra disqualify hliu from Jury service? la Ignorance dealred lu the jury box wlicu a niau'a life hang In the balance? The Injustice of a "dotiMe atnndnrd of morula" la Muff widely discussed. If e people would adopt a "Minnie standard" even they and the world would be the gainers. And now an archaeologist snys the idol machine waa lu vogue "' yearn before the ChrlHtlan era. We didn't know Juki when Hie tiling waa Invent ed, but we knew It waa too old to be bei.tetl. The l.otilsvlllo Tlmea report Hint "a frog lu I raven County hna got Into nn ordinary Jug and cannot get out." 1'roli ulily a closer exanilnalloii will prove that that Jug t'ouliilua a sunk' liiHtend of a frog. Ocspltc nil the iHiwlug and acrnplng and linger kissing between the t'r.nr mil Fmpcror William, their standing ariulea do not cease for n mometit bur nUliIng thi'lr bayonet and keeping their kworda at n cutting edge. A loo-much married man nt Zanea vllle, Ohio, claim to have committed bigamy by mistake, but the Chicago operator perpetmlea no audi blundera. What he nccouiillNliea In this Hue he docs by cnlculatlnii and na nil nrtlat. 1'very day or two tho Chicago police force la culled upon to InvcKtlgato the Until of bolt led message picked Upon the lake adore mid telling of shipwreck iiinl disaster or suicide, of nil forum of asinine Joking ever devised by luibe cllea HiIh la the worat. A worried New-Yorker wrllea to n tiotlinin paper to Inquire how deep one can look Into a Huston's glrl'a eyea If nht wears glasses. The New Yolk pa per "g'vos it up" without even trying the experiment. What la the mutter with liothiim'a newapaper enterprise? Public aeutlmetit i n the aubject of Ir rigation la n plant of alow growth. Hut headway la being made, and ultimately, beyond doubt, by private or liovern meut energy, or IhiIIi, nil cnormoua ace tlou of now arid lands will be made to Hiipport lu comfort thousands of fami ne. 111 Stockholm a pollceiuan'a lot la that of a dignitary. He must pass mi ex tensive examination, after which he wears a handsome uniform mid occu pies quarters provided with Hue furni ture, hot ami cold baths and n piano, with free Hinging lesson. The Swe dish police system of telephone and electric bells I hardly equaled any where else lu the world. livelier along the Hudson have n queer complaint against the big steam ers on that river. The boat are pro vldcil with Immense searchlights, w blcli they Hash along the shores, with painfully dazzling effect when the beams strike the w indows of a dwell ing. A suit against the steamers la threatened by the superintendent of n hospital located on the river. The case of the man who died In Now Yoik City thinking he had hydrophobia U not ao Isolated as some may think. There is no doubt that many of the so called eases of that disease are merely the developmcht of extreme Instance of nervousness mid fright. As the phy sician attending hliu said, the man thought he had hydrophobia, and that waa as bad na though he really had It. The real hydrophobia la rarer thau la supposed. Our Kngllsh friends have a aomewhat eccentric taste In Atiierlcau poets. Walt Wl.ltmiiu la their Ural choice and Joaquin Miller (Mines next. A liegro poel. I'nul I.. I Mui liar, formerly an ele vator b y lu tills conuiry, la aald to have Im'coiiic a literary lion In London. Ilotii Whitman and Miller must be credited with better poem than have come from the present Kngllsh laureate, ami the new negro bard w II! not amount to much If he falla to hIioxv more tire and felicity than Austin haa done nt any period of hla career. The aon of CoinHer Wagner, who until lately has not liccu considered aa pint lt-11 In rly enthusiastic In Hie cult of Ilia father's works, haa suddenly lc roiue more ao than the most f. -111,1110 of the part 11 11. nnd In Kuropeun dls tiiiHUii he Is reported us uuvlutf made a violent attack upon till countrymen for not Inking a livelier Intercut in Hie performance! nt Ituyreuth. He any. Hint the Kngllsh and Americana are far better Htipporter of Wugncrlam than the (icrmaus themselves, and he adda a itlng to thli hy laying that the French have "always la-eu our moat xenloua adherenta." This la the un thinking fanaticism of a late proselyte. . I'rlnee Henri d'Orlenna and the Count of Turin haviMnet on the field of honor. As the result the II cry Italian now Inn a scratch across hla right hand, not quite skin deep, and the I'rlnee hna a gnali la hla undershirt nnd a trilling silt In hla aide, deep enough to draw blood but not deep enough to cause any per sonal Inconvenience beyond a cessa tion of the past line. Hut honor haa been aatlslled. The seconds any ao and they ought to know. Ileshlea the prin cipals have ahaken tianda and aworn eternal friendship. The Count has gone back to Italy; the Job lot of ohnl Iciigca aent to Henri hna boon recalled; the bloodshed la olT; the whole thing la set i led. Neither man waa hurt; tint the actual losses were heavier than usual. In the third encounter the i'rlnee'a aword point struck a button on the Count's trousers and smashed It. 'I'M will have to be replaced. The Count temporarily la i;-ing a shingle null to counlerlialanrc hla losa, but of course till cannot lie accepted a a fair HiibHtltiile, The gash In the I'rlnee'a undershirt must be aewed up and the expense will have to be borne by hla friends. 1'riiice, It must be remem bered, always nre long on honor and extremely short on cash. Trcnaury rcporta for Hie fiscal year ended June ,'10, I Mi", show a large fall ing off In the number of Immigrants na compared with the preceding year. Ill 1MU7 the total number of nlleiia land ing In this country waa 'j:io,s.TJ. a de crease of ir.'.i:!.' In the number arriv ing In IS! Ml. Nearly every country on the globe that sent us any of their peo ple In 1H,IIJ reduced the nber III l.w.7. The only countries that show nn In crease are Itouinanln 0, I'oland .'1,-17:1 nnd Spain lo.'i. The InrgcHt decrease In numbers are noted In Austria Hun gary, tiermany, Ireland, Italy, Itussht ami Sweden. While the number of Im migrant from Quebec and Ontario In creased aoiuewliiit Hie total from Itilt InIi North America waa less than Inst year. Turkey, Chlmi and Japan show alight gains In IMiT. It I rather en couriik'ng to notice that owing to the more strict enforcement of American Immigration law the largest percent, of decrease haa liccu In countries that have been notorious for the uiiinlicr of undesirable piople contributed to our population. .Hungary, Italy. litis ala -each show a very marked decline In the total number of emigrant. An other peculiar allowing In the report la lu regard to the sexes of the Immi grant. In 1st tit tl( number of mole waa ".l".,liitl and In lKll' It wna l.t:.,l(i7. a decrease of 77,:i.Hl; but In l.MMl the number of female waa i:in, Hot, or its per cent, of the totals, ami the present year It waa li.",7L'.", or -II per cent, of all. The reports of the Hoard of Health, allowing the number of death lu Chi cago mid their cause, give aome cu rious facta relating to aulcide, which nre made known with such as-tonlslilng frequency In the newspaper, although It la only hiicIi a nre attended with peculiar clrcumliiuce that llml their way into print. The average number of suicides very uniform through the year, being about twenty-eight and n fraction each mouth, and while the number varies aomewhat, one month with another, there doea not seem to be one month, or set of mouth, when the number largely predominates that of the corresponding period of another year. In July, is'.itl, the number of sui cide waa twenty-Nix and lu the same month of IM7 It waa forty-two. In June, 'tut, thirty-nine person took their live, mid In Hie same month of '1'7 thirty three committed aulcide. Two of the peculiar things shown by the re port are the very small number of na tives of the city who aeck violent deaths. Less thau one half of the sui cide In Chicago nre or American birth, and It I rare Indecsl that one of them I a natlve boru resident. For the tlrst alx mouths of ISPtl no native of the municipality la reported among the sui cides, while tlfly-slx were American and 1-0 were foreign born. The Pally New says It I probable that many of those foreign born resident bring with them to thi country the common Idea regarding suicide that btaln in their native land, for suicide la more fre quent In aome Kuropean countries Hum it In here; mid the classes most likely to resort to It make up the large body of Immigrants to America. A a rule Americana are better educated, better boused, clothed and fed than the im migrant; they are not o eally de pressed and they have U'tter associa tion. The discouragements that lead to aelf-dcstruclloti nre less frequent among Americana thai with the foreign Inhabitants, while there la a stronger spirit of determination nniottg Atiierl cau than any other people in the world. Hence aulcide la not generally regarded by them na r remedy that la worth the trial. For I eml ami Mourner. City life tend to make the funeral of It people less mid lesa elalKUate. Business keeps friend from attending the last ccrenionlea, till each year tlnd fewer and fewer of the deccasi"d'a companions accompanying the IhhIv to Its last resting place. This state of XKW Kt'NHHAI. Alt. affair haa led to the Introduction In New York of a combination vehicle for funeral. In which the xtl'iii la placed nt the top, with scat under neath for friend who wish to go to the graveyard. There la a awvtnl par titioned apartment for the rcl.i'Uca of the dead. Iinaliy or Keep Water. So dense la the water In the deepest parts of the cceau that an Ironclad. If It were to sink, would uever rencu the ImjUOU). A VOYAGE AT DUSK. From Lapland to Napliutl the way la not long. And the anchor we lift to a lullahjr long, And the rhyme of our music gw r'ngicg an ay To ahorea thnt lie over the hiinltioua liny. A moment we linger and drift with tho tide, Then out of our gay little harbor we glide; Our cargo la anug and our aailora are here, We me rocking away on our journey, uiy dear. From Lapland to Nnplnnd the way la not fur, And our vessel we point to a fuir ev'nlng atnr, And uo winging along to a haven that Ilea Id the mugical light of my little otie'a eyea. For fur anlla nre unfurled, and the breer.es are fair, And the name of our ship la the Itockahy Chair; O'er the billowa It ridea, and Its rhythmic al awing Is an answering lilt to the aoug that wc aing. From Lapland to Na plain) the way la nut cold. There Is shelter and warmth in the anna that enfold, And the weury one finds on the welcom ing breast A harbor of pence nnd a haven of rest. From Lapland to Naphuid the journey la past, Ami the Itockahy vessel 1 anchored at hist. And the song that we murmur grow fainter and dies On the pillows of down where my little one lie. Y.iuth'a Companion. Gradually the skin-covered opening In the hle of the wall grew faintly pale against the utter darkness: A sign that It waa day. There waa a Might stirring lu the nncout.i Hhape In the corner of the hut; 11 movement of the occupant of the sleeping bag; mid then a long yawn that announced fuller awakening, followed by a hurried scramble up to greet the Alaskan morn ing. The young man stood erect, hla head nearly touching Hie smoky roof tree, mid atretclied hia arm a one will lu exultation. 'June!" he aald. laughing softly to himself, "Inside the limit of the time I act -ami I've struck III" He lighted a match, mid In 11 minute the nickering tlaiiie of 11 tallow dip shone on hi strong, bronzed feature, and showed hi white chest through the open throated red shirt. The 11 ir wa musty with the odor of nnliual skins and whale oil, and he opened the door to let a shaft of fray light rush lu with the air to sweep It like 11 magic broom, while lie leaned against the casement looking westward, 11 smile atlll touching hi Up and eye. "F.lghtccii hundred mid ninety mile from here to St. Michael's, 'Ji00 more southward to Seattle, nnd then a jour ney aeiii-" 1 lie t-oiitiueiit to w la-re Min nie I walling for me!" It wit sin er lu the Klondike, but John Itudow turned hi wistful eyea over vast Held of unbroken snow that WIIKN UK i.i'.rr TIIK or KICK UK IIAII 1 rt.VNsl'olllATION IN III I'OCKKT. ran backward In billowy undulations toward the glittering mountains just emerging In their whiteness from the rose and purple of Hie dawn. "It I a long way homo, little Minnie," lie com lulled, with the habit of talking to himself all people learn who live In solitude, "but If the desire for gold led me here, the hope of a woman's heart ought to lead me back again." lie turned and went In, alnglui; cheer ily, and broke some resinous twig on the ember lu the tlrchole. and soon the odor of coffee and the slrr.li of frying tlsh spoke of a miner's comfort, even lu the gold fields. Three years before John Kudow had been a tltvtuatl on one of the divisions of the great Pennsylvania line. lie was stoking for his brother, w ho had In hi turn fed the lire-box for their father, one of the pioneer engineer of the company, until he had been given an engine to run. Ktiglueerlng run In families, like playacting, and ninny an old fellow grow n gray In the service rest content In hi well-earned little home -not so far removed but that he can hear the wliiwtle of the train be cause he knows o!d "Thirty-three," or whatever else may be tin name of the panting thing. I guided by the tried and trusted hand of tils son. So, like a not, John would have stay ed on the engine, and. perhaps, taught a boy of his ow 11 to sit en the left-hand side, lu time. If It had not been for the brld4e disaster. Yoa remember It. don't you? The stanchion or something gave way un der the limited the Itudow 1hjs were running, and a hundred or so of the passenger were killed. John was cngagisl to Minnie Hose, n pretty ntiil sweet a girl a you c.111 Bud, even in Pennsylvania, btrt when he came out of the hospital he found lie had to face .1 dli.iculty he had had 110 Jen soli to expect. Jiui Hrown. a widower of 50. had truck gat ou tils farm aud grown rich m.Jmmm Y-t , 1 11 In a Cnj, and then with the nsnrance born of sudden wealth. Lad lo"k"d around for a wife, and. quite niitnruM). selected Minnie. John In the hospital aud out of a Job wtisn't'lii a podthm to hold hla own. especially whcB the old folks kind of favored the p'.jcroiii suitor. Of course. Minnie waa loyal, but he realized he must make more oM of his strong young urm than railroad lug offered. So when the company offered hltn nn englno and hinted nt some soft of re ward for hltn because he did hi duty lie declined both. Itnt he had a talk with the superintendent. ,vl"'" he left the otllce he lind transportation lu his pocket na far a Seattle, and let ters from the olllelnl to the steamboat and trniiMirtatloii companies plying their craft between that point and Hie Yukon IMver, whence he Intended to go by bateau ns far as possible Into the heart of the rumored LI I"tado. lie told Minnie of hi hoi- and plan nn . they studied the map together. "There's where you mul go!" she ex- rlnli I one evening, pointing her plump forcilnger to a line wriggling over one side of n yellow blot on the map. "See. the Indians have lull I the little river Too Much lodd. nnd they know." She raised her hand Im pressively; "that' w here you'll llml It." He caught her little lingers In hi ow n brown hand. "Just wait for me. Min nie," he said. "Wult three years, mid then, If I don't come hack -you w ill know I have failed, and )oii may forget me." "I nin not the forgetting kind. John," she replied, simply. "Iteslde. you won't fail. There I gold there, nnd you nre young, brave, and not 'DOS T (ItV ANY MollK, I ITTI.K (illll. SIIK MAID. afraid of hardships." Then he kissed her and they parted. Hut many a time a he stumbled over leagues of blinding snow, a III feet tripped on deep, tough inns and were pierced by strong thorns on the moun tain: a he heard the sharp cry of the gaunt wolf and saw the grizzly's eye blaze In Hie darkness, he thought of her faitli and pressed onward. And again when he learned the meaning of hunger and thirst and weariness, mid when, nt last, he readied the place he sought only to llml the earth locked sol idly with the unbreakable key of win ter. In the little village under the shadow of the mist-hung Alleghcnle life went along lu It usual placid way. Itrowu had grown almost fabulously rich, a fact made evident by the attitude of hi townspeople, w ho no longer called him ",Km," but spoke hi name w ith a respectful prolix, lie had bought a piano and otherwise had decorated his substantial home, and there w ere many whisper as to whether Minnie would give up her adveiiutrous lover and sen sibly niarry the millionaire. Father Itose wa on hi side. and. In fact. It w as tacitly understood If John failed to return at the time designated he could expect Minnie to yield. Minnie's patent were not cruel. They knew the faces of Hie v.nes thai attend poverty, and did not want their diitigh ter to have them a her lireside sharers. Of course, they wanted her to marry for love, but they knew more about it than she did. after all. They talked to her about It, and. after aw hile, she said if John did not return -he w ould marry Itrown. So 1 lie preparations for the wedding went on. .lame Itrowu spent long evenings smoking witli Father Itos,. mi the front porch, while up In mr ule white room Minnie, the bride to be, prayed In the niootilicht t.iat the right bridegroom would not be too late. Minnie's mother pinned tin. white veil on her daughter' head and then drew the trembling llgure into her arms. "Hon't cry any more, little jir," she said. "It Isn't riuht with this veil on your head. Where you give your hand your faith must no." And Minnie heard her. wecpitigly. "Come, daughter." Her father stood In the door, ready to take her down, for the minister was waiting. Iinr.ed and faltering she descended, but nt the foot of the stair some one took her gentlv from her father's arm ami held her against his Imsotn. She heard a mur mur around her. It sounded like tear TWA St MMKK ON TIIK Kl.oMHKK. and laughter. Isuli together. She look ed up sobbing John!" All was confusion for a little while; then James Itrow 11 came forward. "It's all right, Minnie," he said, look ing suddenly noble In the wedding clothes that had before seemed uiiIh coinlng. "and a It should Ih. lie good to her, John." There wa a quiver In hi deep voice, and those who heard hliu lifted eyes dimmed with unexpect ed tears. Hut it was not until the dear old min ister, who had laptlr.ed them both, had heard the tender marriage promises tha' even Minnie knew that right wLere the had polutcd ou that distant T .I.. nit found, after n' repeated failures, a. nine of riches, gold.-C'hleago Journal CruMiy Outwitted. Though the conditions of the "J iior' life are not yet w ha' thev should be. the prcse.it evil are ,hcy ahotlld be. the present ev I ure ;, those of neglect, rather that, of own Ight aggressive cruelty. , m ' ,lav. when .1 captain fell that custom , . ... .1 ..1.1 L'mzii'U lllri ' llelliauoeii iiiiii -- - i.. ..lit. a innrllne-xplke. ale . , .1 ... I... uluiUlll k ll H "" " . .. 1 . ...1.1 ,.f the 1 happily passed away, n : .1... ... I, ..11 1 In. faiiiou --nniiiiu" e of clipper sailed tol.lverpoollll.lt , n sailor once outwitted Ida otllcer by j mi Ingenious menu and escaped 11 j heavy punishment. The ...ate wa a rigid disciplinarian. ! who used to make the met. wash down; the Iron mast seated Hi a bow line, be-1 ,.,, tl.ey would get through their j aa-j.i'Lr tit ill's II iib-klv If they had nothing but a knot lu a rope to cling to than If thev had the board of a "bo'n chair" under them. t....ti...r of thl nmlable ofllcer's , trick wa to stand by the forecastle d..r and administer a kick to the last man out. Thl wa 10 piomoiu- ' . . I " m-I'lr- ""I"-'-- . I.. '.r.".,,., I j the forecastle door can be l. -' ""I""" "ls H,"rH "H K,,t I safely through. Somebody had to and tld inlsfortnni be last, however, fell t.. tli, .0. of I lick 11. for two stteeessl he inoriiing. l'o be last once was a gross offiMise, , , be las, twice wa criminal, nnd ' ce no n , s. a mm he ., ,bld a he , roached the door, fore he had Ids bird lu tr . bu the lie knew the mate lav III waiting out- geese showed themselves tllltcll IllolO side, and ti ll t every Instant's delay ntel.lgent and teai hab.e than they gen mad he matter worse. Suddenly a ! -rally get credit for. and the p.oplo o , ,v thought came ,0 hit... A he I leffersonvllle hud the sat.sf.ic Ion o reaehed the door he turned round and knowing that In their city was the only 1 ,. t.,.i 1.. nn loeiL-lnai v com ! four-goose team In the world. -...1.. -vvi -.. voi- sliovln'. miv'wa.v'"i Then he hurried by the mate, who queer outllt was the talk of the three still waited for Hie last man to appear. ! Fall Cities, mid when the great day and was safe lu the rigging before the nrlvtd there was a concourse of tholl ruse wa discovered. ' nndt at the picnic ground, wultlng to It I a snil-fartlou to add that the sallor's shrewdness struck the unite' sense nf humor, and the Intended pull Ishmeiit was forgotten. Mrao ie Sc. lie In .lava. Ill Century there is an article en titled "Mown to Java." by Kllr.11 H. Seldniore. The writer says of llatavla, the capital of the island: When one ha driven about the old town and seen It crowded bazars and streets, and ha followed the Hue o( bricked canals, where small natives splash and swim, women beat the fam ily linen, iiml tncti go to and fro in tiny boat, all 111 strange travesty of the sol emu canals of the old country, he comes j to the blonder avenues of the new tow 11, lined with tall tamarind and waritigcii- , trees, a species of I'ii tis. with plumes of palm, and pyramid of li'.a.in.' Mad- I agascar tlamc-trces In blossom. He ls : driven Into the long garden-court of the I lot -l Nedci'laiideti. ami there has pre- 1 setlled a spectacle of social life mid ells- I lotus tlutt nothing lu all travel can , equal for distinct shock and sensation. We had seen some queer thing III the streets-women lolling barefooted atlll in startling dishabille In splendid equip ages but concluded them to be ser vant or half-castes; but there ill Hit hotel was an undress parade that bi-g-gar description, and wa a astound ing on the last as 011 the tlrst day In the country. Woman's vanity and man' conventional Idea evidently w ilt at the line, and 110 formalities puss the equa tor, when distinguished citizens and ollicial can roam and lounge about ho tel courts lu pajamas nn, slippers, am. bare-ankled women, clad only In the native saroiig. or skirl, ami a white dressing-Jacket, g,. unconcernedly about their affairs In streets and pub lic places until uftcri 11. It Is a dis habille beyond all burlesque panto mime, and only shipw reck on a desert island would seem sutlleielit excuse for women being seen In such an iiugraet f ill. unbecoming attire- nil undress Hint reveals every defect, while enticciilillg beauty, that no loveliness ean over- come, and that has neither color nor! grace nor plctuivsquelless to recoili- i mend It iii itself. I Ol.eylng liisiruc t mi. j Much I said in these days about the 1 want nt' obedience to parental authority i displayed by the rising general ion, but i an Incident In which the contrary spirit ' w as ti.anifcste, s narrated by 11 pro'.u i 11 fH t Western lawyer. Ills 1J year-old son, a boy of great' spirit, but with no overabundance of 1 stis n.'th. went to pass a vacation Wu, 1 a cousin who lived on the batiks of a j broad river. Ills father. In his parting in tin ti n , 1 la -ed 0u . re-irlction up u the buy's amusement during bis visit. "1 don't want you to go out In your cousin's canoe," h.. said, tinniy. "They are used to the water, but you are not, and you haven't learned to sit still any where a yet. .You'll be there only a week, and with 11a the other a in use incuts the boys have, and the luirse and dogs, you .an afTord to let the canoe alone for this time, and keep your mother from worrying all the while you're away." The boy readily gave the desired promise. On his return he was en thusiastic over the pleasure he had enjoyed. "And I didn't mind canoeing a bit, pa." he said, addressing bis carefui parent with a beaming smile. "The boys taught me how to swim, and the only time they used the canoe wa the last day. to go over to the other shore. Hut I retnember.sl my promise, and I wasn't going to break It the last day, so I swam across." Chicago News, Se Itiitterlll-a. Ileal water butterflies spread their lovely wings In the clear wavelets of the blue Mediterranean. Their scion title inline Is Pateropoda, or wing-footed. The commonest Is perhaps the "loat butterfly." Ill H),V seems formed around a tiny brownish kernel the s of a grain of wheat, and I cov ered with a shell soft a gristle ii.t ,,i. most transparent; his wing ;nv larg,., ; roundish and clear a glass-so clear' that before they can be examined thev must in- put 111 a saucer of wnter against n black ground. The shell I so loose that a mere touch separates It from Hie Isvly. AH the sea butterflies nave on ttieir tongues row of strong lute.l lnk, They are all eS ers. It Is wonderful to watch through ,,,gh 1 i.e uniispurciH sueli nin! almost i ictiisiwircni issiv 111.. ..i..ti....u .. . heart. These butter,,,,- lay eggVjns, like land ones. and. like 1.....I .,..- ..... fond of warmth and ll,hu " .r . ab nnn av w v - ..w .iwi iiiiii a (tie Novel Dracsot of the Ohio HUer Falla Many Year Abo, Jack Harper wna an odd mnn. lie novel to Ohio Falls, Ind., from New astle, England, and was employed by "lie J., M. & I. Hullrond Company lu Its diot.s. Ho wna a good mechanic anil .,, a gooll mec.uin.C 0n.l ,,, , llH full. lt n the summer )f :"' n",, fl"'re W'! l lV,f.r"Ud 1,(il11 f Ju,y (....ebratlon nt Old Camp . ...i.i..t. .... tlwi uliitti lo Holt, In wlilcli 1101 omy inu ni nu ll, but hundred of others were to .... sr., 1. it. prt. itie ntanngera u. mi.-........ ,,.rr mix oils 10 I11IIKO 11 a grand nieces, nnd for that purpoa racked their brains for novelties, but when lack Harper proposed to tamo a team )t geese and attach them to a wnslttub, .11 u Inch he proposed to sail down over he rapids of the Ohio, and laud Just . 1 1. ...in ..rniiiul thev woro . . . . - lieiuw iuw '. ...v v iiiraivr.cd, especially when lio insiHieti Hint It could easily be done, nun 10 irove hi assertion began forthwith to train Id proposed team of four geese. Many of the persons who took Inter est one way or another lu the picnic nre t 111 nil ve. 'nnd some of them reside at liidlanapoll. These will remember that 11 1 ml to train hla odd team oil the ...dot waters of the Ohio ala.ve the three-cornered tlkea upon' the n'ecks of the birds, aud ; u . ,,, ........li,.,! them to Ills "i o....... - , , rn.ll raft. He : ar '"'' " " 7 j long, straight swiicn. 11 ioo ouu Img before the Fourth of July tho I ee the novel Lohengrin dose Old the river. It wns near noon when ho Ilium lied his unwieldy bark from tho i Indiana shore nt the (iovernment diini, I ind began his descent, the geese swlm I tnlng proudly ahead nnd drawing tho I teetcry vessel III which Harper was 1ml ! iticlng himself. The falls of the Ohio i ire not safe for n good woll-liuumed iM.at. Hides the crew understand tho current and knows the rocks, r.o It can lie belter Imagined than told what a I risk Harper ran In hi waslituli. Hut i he bravely went on, keeping his geese, I who swerved occasionally from tho fhannel In the way they should go by melius of hi switch. He managed Ills team admirably In spite of his tincoiii 'ortable and delicate position lu the tub, ind the crowd cheered hltn as he safely Hissed one danger point after the other, lint a he sw ling around the bend to the leep and swift waters of the ldg eddy Hie wind rose to almost a gale and water began to dash over hliu and Into hi tub, and to make matters w irse, the geese became unruly and would not uhcy hi guidance. He must have been a cool-hended man not to have lost his head, nut lie illd not, and with a great effort and much coaxing nnd whipping he man aged to turn hi refractory team In diore nnd reached land safely ninld the liuzzalis of the crowd. He wns eom idctely drenched mid worn out. Since then no one has attempted to descend the falls of the Ohio lu n tub drawn by I team of geese. An Ornog-l tan mid a Watch. An orang-utan which rejoices In the name of Joe, aud Is as docile mid affec tionate a any of the more ordinary domesticated pets, was lately ou exhi bition in Philadelphia. It chanced that on the very day on which a member of the Inquirer's stall paid Joe a visit, Joe's muster, Mr. Forster. presented hi favorite with a Waterbtiry watch. The new plaything was handed to the animal without a word, nod Joe set his wits nt work Uhui It. First he i looked It over carefully; then he begun to pound the arm of bis chair wlt'i It, hi the laudable attempt to llml out Its 1 ropertles by direct experiment. "Stop, Joe! That Is not Intended to be used a a hammer," sal.'. Mr. Forster, In a stern voice. The experimenter paused, considered n moment, ami then laid the watch on the tloor. Itut the gift was of no value to Joe unless he could tlnd out how to use It. After further consideration he picked It up and put It In hi mouth. "Hold on. old fellow! It was not made to be eaten," said Ids master. Thereupon loe took the witch from bis mouth, hesitated, and camo to a decision. He handed the watch buck to the giver. Mr. Forster turned the cap once or twice, partially winding It, mid Hun put It Into his vest pocket. These act lie from time to time repeated, and ended by giving the watch buck to Joe. The animal was no longer nt a loss. HI watch wa of some use to him now. lie took It, tw isted the cap round gravely, and then dropped the watch Into the pocket of Id blue sweater. At thl time Joe was preparing to start for New Orleans with his muster -literally preparing, for already Jie had himself packed his wardrobe In a i'W yellow leather dress-stilt case. He was very well-dressed ntiliiml. for he wore a dark-blue overcoat, set off by brass buttons, nnd he Is nn exceed ingly accomplished one. He can play on the violin, ns well ns pack up his belonging, nnd he nppenrs to understand the Kngllsh langinge fairly well. He will do nlmost any thing he Is told to do. When he has done wrong he comes and purses tip hi lower Up, whimpering like n child. Hut when hi master says, "Joe, kiss, nnd I'll forgive you,' he puts up his face and seems ns happy ns a child that has escaped a scolding. Joe Is not reuowped for his bravery. He 1 terribly afraid of dogs, nnd Is In mortal teror of small monkeys. When frightened, he titters little e.v.tn u.. loe Is four years old, and Is a)out as large as a child of seven. An Odd lluaineas. A London firm which reuts wedding gown to brides, also furnishes a father" ,0 give the bride away when the marriage takes place too fr . from home to admit ..f . ,,voa Mlllf Iirespnt ' '"t" r father, a. he might be appropriately 1 "e:I,.!iS."D."-.m,,Jo.r.ln xh . - . . WnfmXi , . "wnX bride .... rionil UIOUCT COIlslilor.n.,,, ll anon y nnir nni 1.1.. pressloii. Sot.1etIne,,'dW to manage lie Is auld ue a i.h.. V I Purely, u.la 0Ile f Hlons of advance da," Purely, this inc, utJ Kir,. Cpn p dt of , M r. th, ! Tcl,i.olw, wh0 V'C wa- 0M W fc . ...... "c wit Ith 4 ll'r l0r 1 most highly l10,)rt.j . "it. " waa worM-wu. U said that he had received tH . ary degrees, and k,' Jju? orary uikidUt of Wm .,? W tlea, than any other xj? General 1 Walker we, n year after he grnih,,,, J Herat Col fire. A ..1 " 1, ..1....T V ,ro i h used to tell llltistrute,,,th",7nJ ! u.-tl - ..... oiusinitHl IK 1 or the time, and shows nf 1, ,6 mot hers were then nW(1, "" He obtained n h.nvi. .,... I Massachusetts, 1I1 there without having notlflM V or that he wns coining ivi, H pronched the house It M peered through a win.!,.. mother sitting alone, kni.'.... Then lie stepped softly i, nnd staiiilliiL' i,r... , "" I detily: "UH.J "Motlier'." Mrs. Walker started nnd loM, her son, but did not rise ' "' rands," she said, severelt TOIl left the nrinv?" 'i "No, mother, only on leave r lng back next week." ' "Then." tleneral Walker usiKlt. "she Jumped from her cbnlr ,nd "l nnd kissed nii. 1 have alsjr,, dered what she would have dun, tTi had left the army." No Itakshlsh" In the n.. lt. TiiIImH Kelly, nn Enrll u I who has lived long ntnong the AnC writes nnd Illustrates a pup. nwu ' "In the Oesert with the which nppenrs In the Ceuturv !. cussing Arabian hospitality, ur says: I had not much time U J2 observation, as one by one all tlieb men of the trltio called to nn, . ..... respects to the "stranger Tcithln thrfr gates." Taking off his sh, entrance, each one ndviimvj ti!i many sahiams, mid klsslnc my iiiierco me single worn, "JhlujltUih" ("Welcome!") They then seatwltb, selves In n long row nt the other nife of tho tent, discussing uie In tufa tones. No one spoke. to hip uruidm. ed, and even the sheik himself, ib, guest I was, would not nit on tli at pet beside me uninvited. Llterallj, while the guest of the Iledooln job tent Is sacred, nnd all the trl! vt your willing servants; and Humph 1 have repeatedly paid eomparatitHj long visits to them, I have uerrr jt succeeded lu pressing n gift upon ta; host. I remember nsklng the slii'lk Sarai el T11I1011I, chief of the IlanaanJ Arabs, if lie knew any of the Pyrainii Arabs at (llzeh. lie replied, npittlm upon the ground, "They are tiot N ouln; they take lrnksliisli" thereby -pressing his contempt for cweiurj service. On another occasion, rtlk living with Hie Naplianrtn, the she Mansotir Abu Nnsrullali I1111I attachrJ to uie n young Arab whose sMHialJiit; It wns to attend to my various saiiti while paint lug. At the end of tin month I tried to Induce hliu to accej 11 sovereign ns bakshish. Lookliii: very much alarmed, he exclaimed, "Uh.ni; master, I cannot; it ls not allowed; the sheik would kill me If he koetl had accepted a gift;" and all tuyira inenls failed to persuade him to tike the "tip." 1,1 fe In the Desert. "Ill the Desert with the Ptslotiln,' ll the title of an article In the Central, written mid Illustrated by Hip Knflisi artist, K. Talbot Kelly. Mr. Kelly sayi In his article: Oesert life In.lucvs hak Its of abstemiousness. Itlslng with the sun, n dish of ciinils, or niiire' milt and a small cup of black coffee are ib only refreshment generally iartaken of. The day Is spent followins one'i pursuits, nnd with the exception of an occasional cup of coffee nnd some very light "snack," one has no meal of any kind till liHer sundown. One quickly becomes accustomed to long fastlnj nnd abstinence from any form of drink, mid the simple dinner at night u Weenie ell hived ill eollsenllollce. ThoUfi plain, the food Is excellently cooieu. and usually consist of a hug? tray rice over which Is poured n dish of lem- I- na, or Ihpild butter; round the tray are pigeons stuffed with nuts nnd l and the pyramid of rice Is siirmoun. by a lamb or kid, frequently r whole. Itoiled beans, nnd perlui few fresh herbs, nppear ownslonaBy. which, with the usual flat l.mri wli large dish of rir.-l.ll Inban. or boiled iw pudding, complete the meal. dotn scen-n distinct privation- on the llrst day of your visit, and drl lng water Is often scarce. After dinn a huge fire of corn cobs, or stick ano camel dung. I lighted In the tent, a which we gather-mid enjoy tlieaiwe dlnner cup of coffee nnd 11 smoke, " should we be In Hie mood, talk. The Arabs have one excellent pom etiquette: Talk for tam s - expected. Kver ready ror )"" ' eagerly respond converse, but the should you " not denied If one's mood ! IU("";" Tho Idea of n fire In ones ten !. strike some of my renders as a ' ' flulty: but the nights nre often in.r ly cold, nnd nfter bathing In '''' 1 ". tiny, with the thermometer at ' Ave to one hundred degrees iu shade, the sudden fall of wnn to little nbove freezing -point trying; and In spite of lire. W and a thick ulster, I ll"Tf1fttlll run been obliged to go outs Mf about In order to restore clruii my hnlf froisen extremity CrubbliiB Stamps In l"l"f' m This Is the wny one of grosslve farmers clears laud. portable fence, which he around without much Incon R and he encircles a slu" ' flf b'l j daclng within the Inclosnre t .. Ti.on he goe w fT- .' "1 ..,..!.-. son" l wl,h rown,,.", Vr,he boh! j Torn or oat. or buckwheat. ww ; he ha. handy, and the anln lie 11ns nnu.n. o-" fafe115 their work. In the course 01 r the hogs have so not.l ti . !i..r rw""11 the stump yiat It is a" ""v ' i.nt vet A ted. has s"'1" j' soft 1 Z s''1 0,,t iiliere. "' ,ra 0 -,,Uint.Hl co" nit "" :, ....m con L,ni'' "il Mhe if" .....u-e we ii.."- iiiauo"- ...iliei ull" ,imve 1 ... uliaot- ultcn U wld to look like a model father, with ovc and taie it aw.