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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1897)
V in... riM o&ri n fifes 1 Sf.-vW nl A NIGHT AT FIVE )U"",' r """"a ""I ;oUe l.i company with my ' rtr,4 exciting experience of ' . .,,n from New MmI- i'llnf of tome happening In that 3"' . .. .1... ..iMi'iinila Ilium were Lmrr WUCU "1K ""- F :.. hn.l crossed nil OIM'D lot Lrf up the sandy street loading rnrlnrlMil street of U. Crucea ...-Liinff lmna! from some- r. k "" . .... .1... .ill-kin! n li(ncl cnme the iliiit.rlflu nl linavv Oil rr" "" " . mingled with the whizzing li of a'M coming straight down mill WilD US ln ,,e wl 11 . . . I. .. tt.-t ulinl lnt. ifcournff. ai in " lilJ I lloppefl l'"' " "luu ilonjnt a lltUo distance behind us , a 0 (he roadside and went flat Miwtuid In the ditch. He wasn't MJdlilu t Ull-an io ue. me bwi.iiu panned between Van ratten und llif wind l II napping m Biierui ' .... .. .... II f - . trial, iue iniru wen, i i taujniore, mil wni miming wirce Mto Hie second to gel oeniua me vr of u adobe wall tha fenced an sird from the road. The sheriff j b;i ground and laughed at me for i.at may: ,lH'n wcat ,"U'K 10 tnc for bis revolver. When we got t,lh Dialn street, we learned that (ring bad been done by a Mexican H allots at another Mexican in a t?I over a gin. no one was nit, io the matter pawed. city's principal afreet was m with the lights of saloons, all Is front on this hot September Lit mil crowded wHh customers. Imm, ranch-men, soldiers, lawyers.l .r.ili, sad Spanish-Americans, livb ilroor, passed In and out or lounged .it the doorways. The sheriff, a jdiJjte for re-election, talked with rjbody In English or Spanish, as occasion demanded, and set up tt'. toki often fur the crowd as we .nil from place to p!acp. At about i o'clock a messenger with a tele m came bunting for htm, and soon itw fii'ltfiiient spread throilKb the irn, and men gathered In groups .o I fD to Biich details as had reached the rofan attempt at train rollery that hi occurred on the Atchison road that ,-ht a few mlli s above Las Cruces. ( robbers had tried to ditch the hthwardhound pnwenger train, but Lj lucrrrdfd only In stopping It, and :tr attacking the express-car, hnd Ug beaten off. A mile from the place It time men, It was supposed, 1 ml p op a rich ranchman and robbed Vi of bis money, pistol, and watch. i'Kigps hnd at once been sent by the tWoi mtperlntcndcnt of the road to he jleriffs of Dona Ann, Lincoln, m,aud Soeorro Counties, notifying m of the occurrence. Two railroad kfrtlvn had arrived In Las Cruces on peclal locomotive, and were In con- iltatlon with Vnn Tutton by eleven lock Mint nlRht. "Van Patten hunted up all of bis dep- es that were In town, and sent two tn a poRse up to the scene of the at- fapted robbery to trail the bandits ha that iMilnt. He nlxo set Inquiries foot as to whether certain untrust- rthj characters IIvIiir at Las Cruces 'ln town at the time the train was Wwl. Having done everything an- ivmly that could be done that night tirildcteetlnarand canturlnir the out- M. Van I'ntten said to me: 'Let's go up to J uana's a nd ea t some pblladaa before we go home.' "n'eleft the main street and Its revel- md went up the hill to the east. pong the flnt-roofed adobe bouses of poorer Mexican residents of the Q As We nnsiuifl thnaa hnmhln met, through the doorways left open ' coolness the forma of the lnmatps ,WP upon the floor of the one room mm could Indistinctly he seen. Ju- M'i was a sort of Mexican restaurant, wre, at midnight, we ordered the ttMsdas, which were brought to us pianer by the d.irk-sklnned come- iii uuiiuii. am luiiuiiia ' cakes of unleavened bread re "mbllng an ordlnnry buckwheat cake a ! and shape on which Is spread 1 mixture of onions and red chill pep- r- raopped up together. With a bot- 'or Deer to accompany them, I found Wfnchllndns not half bail to eat. As re Mt at the tnllln A nrnttv fnrlnnn N In a white-muslin gown, and bare- Tiiieu, came In. vkm tha i.1iii-iit 'Wed as Josefa and Invited to a "M of beer. They chatted together i" 'IK Spanish tnniriiA a ws nta nnr hchlladns, and be Inked hi-r about !.?? pprsm whom he cnlled 'Shifty r,M. said good-night to her and Ij'l'pfs. aud went out l-to the darkness. did not go back the way we had but, tnklng another route, pnssed "1 Idolm hnn.A In ..l.lnU 1IK. ... V. III. 1 1 .l i no viunvui "bat Is JnilAfil'a hmifio thn chnrtff "iJ tO DIP. Wo CT-ollrnH nn o. far III i"1 Dert h.n.. - t .i 10 ratten nnltoH ma Inln lla .l,n,1nar ,01 "topped. 'We'll Watt Itnrn fl hlf nn't nan It r make a noise,' he cautioned me. 4 minute later I found myself stand "lone, the sheriff havlug left me so "y that I had not noticed bis go- As I Btood In the shadow, wonder- th hat 811 tuls Tstery was about, w door of Juann's house, up the bill openrd. and the white-robed form to a came through the darkness rd her house. Arriving, she went 'o the house, leavlug the door partly Tb"a oa,,le ,u goun1 of font" Im f otn,' one walking softly to H the house, and In the light that reamm through the doorway I saw n- ' dark clothe and wearing a bonne' n lh polnt of cn,erlng tbe His foot was at the threshold when ' (. came the sound of a plstol-bam-, r wddenly cocked, and the sheriff s ald, steruly: 'Hands up! You'w Prlaonerr "ttn at the threshold atarted Si LAS CRUCES. tmv Ma m l... a. u. ii no ,B ,,t.n gtun(j B1() .....i, nui ma ,lllMt went jp iImvo his head as quickly when he saw Van I'atten, who had stepped behind him from round the corner of tho house covering hliu with his revolver. He re covered himself In a moment enough to curse vlgorounly. Van I'atten took no chinees with his prisoner. Josefa 'n the doorway waa screaming for a re, cue aud calling for a knife that she niigni kiu me sheriff. Hhe would hove attacked hi in tooth and nail, but he se ctored thrt he would shoot the prisoner with tho first Interference from any one. " 'It's no nse. mil; you'd better come along peaceably.' lie said, 'I'll show you my warrant when we get to the cala boose. This gun'll do for warrant till we get there. You know what'll hap pen If you drop your hands, night about! March! "Down the hill. Into the main street of the town, wo went, where, at past one o'clock In the morning, the saloons were In full blast, with a trade almost as good as In the beginning of tbe even ing. A crowd gathered and followed as the sheriff took bis prisoner to the lock-up. There had been no chance since the arrest was made for the man to get rid of anything he bad concealed about him, and there were found In his possession, besides the pnlr of revolvers and knife at his belt, a blnok mask and a gold watch and pocket-book with money, which afterward led to bis conviction for the crlane of attempted train-wrecking and for the robliery of the ranchman. Tbe arrest of Shifty Itlll such was the prisoner's title, his real nnme being rtilllp Ilulskimp was followed by the capture of bis two accomplices within the next twenty four hours, so that this episode was quickly closed. "'I suspected from the first that Shifty BUI bad a hand In the business up the road,' said. the sheriff, as we walked home together In the early morning. 'Why? Instinct, I suppose. I found out that he hnd nut been In town through the afternoon and even ing. When his girl, Josefa, came for enchllndas and frljoles to take to ber home that was her errand at Juann's I made up my mind that she expected li : in to arrive late and hungry. Did you see her face when I Joked her about mil? She was anxious for him, and showed It. So when he came to lur house I took the risk of arresting him, aud I made no mistake.' "New York Sun. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. In time of war France puts 370 out of every l,(Krf) of her population In the Held; tJermany, 310; ltussla, 210. There are In France 1,1102.400 unmar ried women between the ages of 23 and SO, and 1,370,1100 unmarried men aged over 30 years. A clock In St. retersburg has 3 faces, Indicating simultaneously the time at 30 different spots on the earth's surface, besides the movements of the earth and planets. Anthracite coal production for June, according to olllolal returns, wns near ly 3,000,000 tons, making for the last six months nlniut 10,000,000. The ton nage for 1HH1 wns 43,000,000; 181)5, 40, 000,000; 1S04, 41,000,000. Tiger-eye Is a peculiar crystallization of quart. Formerly very rare and costly, large deposits have bevn found In the Western State of America and In South Africa, so that many common articles are now made of It. Air can now be easily liquefied, but according to the American Machinist, the difficulty of putting It to any prac tical use lies In the fact that It must be stored and transmitted at a temper ature of more than 200 degrees below aero. , . , , Politically Hungary Is divided Into 03 counties, containing from 60,000 to 120.000 Inhabitants. There are 20 cities endowed with self-government. Buda pest, the metropolis, contains aooui 000,000 Inhabitants. The population of Hungary Is about 15.000.000. The peach wns originally a poisoned almond. Its fruity parts were used to poison arrows, and for that purpose were Introduced Into rersln. Trans plantation and cultivation have not only removed Its poisonous qualities, but turned It luto the delicious fruit we now enjoy. The Royal Crown of Great Britain is composed almost entirely of dia monds, pearls and rubles, weighs 30 ounce, and 5 pennyweights Troy, .and Ih valued at 240,000 pounds. W ben the Koblnoor wns first brought to Eu rope It weighed 180 carats, but by cut ting has been reduced to 102. The largest single structure It i the world for audience and "lu,n purposes Is the Coliseum at Home. It 8 In the form of an ellipse; Its long inmeter Is 015 feet; Us short .610; j. wiirht of the outer wall, 104. The a" Sa is 21S feet long by 170 brood. The tiers of seats accommodate 100,000 "annual wine production of the world has been estimated at 3.0.1.0ba. J gallops. Ranking In lmirtance as ina ..inducing countries, the differ- tralla andCnpe. Colon. Her Catch. Jack-Mis. Ohlglrl visited every re Jt on the Atlantic coast lo search of a SLy"?."! then married that pJLr lfry goods clerk. Charley Hopper. 'TwhaTci- could she do? It wn,tr.astresort.-ltol,,' AH peo-ple-wl the Addle look something alike. LATE NEW INVENTIONS. rm umatlc bicycle tires will Inst long. r by using a newly designed bruke which lias two loosely pivoted clips shod with rubber or felt pads to pres. on the side of the rim when the bruke Is applied Instead of on the tire. ' Hoot, and shoes me prevented from squeaking by an air channel placed between two filling pieces at the sides of the heel and extending forward lu the sole of the shoe, the air chamber being fitted with a valve for Inflation. Letters cannot be fraudulently ab stracted from a new mall box which has a cylinder set In the letter slot and fnstened with a ratchet so It will turn over to push the letter In, but cannot bo turned backward to withdraw It. A simple device which will prevent ninny railroad accidents conslHts of a fusible knob attached to the ends of car axles, to drop down and complete an electric circuit, thus giving an alarm to the engineer whenever a bottiox occurs on a car. Screw propellers are to be used In stead of rudder, for steering a ship, a shaft being mounted In either the bow or stern of the vessel at right angles with the keel and fitted with propeller wheels on each end, to be revolved aud draw the boat around. To minimize the danger of fracture of lamp chimneys a uew burner has a plate In which tbe chimney rests and Is damped fast with a screw, which Is tightened when the lamp Is lighted, so that sudden changes of temperature will not break the chimney. Bedsteads for army and camping use are made with four upright pouts rest ing on the ground and supporting crotfs pieces, over which a cimvns bottom I. drawn and suspended by loops, the bed being braced by ropes fastened to spike, driven Into the ground. In a wlckless lamp Just out a cup floats on the surface of an open oil chamber, with a burner tulie In Its cen ter, which extends down Into the oil and brings the fluid near enough to the top of the tube so It can lie Ignited aud feed Itself through the tube. A German has Invented an apparatus to "incrense the comfort" of persons In rallwuy on Triages and on bonrd shops, consoling of a back rest supported by a sirup, with loops for the arms and a net for the head, the whole being sus pended from the celling by springs. ln a recently patented cycle steering mechanism the ball-race. In the head of the machine are slightly depressed lu the front and rear, so as to guide the wheel In a nearly straight line by al lowing the gear cones to sink Into the depressions when the wheel Is straight BEASTS, BIROS AND FISH. Bear, are reported very numerous In Idaho. The habits of ants are more like those of a mau than are the habit, of any other of the lower animals. Species of snakes that are enemies of one another In captivity will coll up Into their winter sleep lu the same bun dle. A new specie, of rabbit, of a diminu tive size, tallies, and with short ears, baa been found nenr the volcano of Popocatepetl, tn Mexico. Snlinon last year yielded In Canada $3,700,000; cod. (3,000.000. Next In val ue come herring $2,7S0,00O, and then lobsters, $2,210,000. Cats and several other animals have a false eyelid, which can be drawn over the eyeball either to cleanse It or to protect It from too strong a light. Caterpillars have been doing a grat deal of damage to hay and potatoes around Gainesville, Fla., going thor oughly over one field after another. A defender of English sparrows come, forth with the plea that, Inas much a. they feed on seeds of waste plants and weeds, they are a positive benefit to the farmer. Two proposed entertainments, the chief feature of which was to be tho chasing of a greased pig. have Dcen In terdicted at Portland. Maine, by tho Society for the Protection of Anlmnls. Tennessee ts up nenr the bead of the snake column this year, with the record of Jesse Shoun, who killed on Crois Mountain, near Bristol, a rattle snnke measuring three Inches across the bend, five feet In length and six Inches In diameter. It had thirty-two rattles, besides the button. Toy Making. A great many toys are now made In this country, Including many mechnn leal devices. Many toys are still Im ported. Such things as woolly sheep and dogs, now as highly prized by cLIl dren as ever, come from Germany, as do the skin-covered horses. They could lie mnde here, but they con be produced chenper abroad. As a rule, whatever can be made by machinery Is made here, while toy. made by hnnd are mostly Imported. The minute a thing I. brought wlthlu the reach of machinery, American man ufacturer, can pay their higher prices for labor and still beat the world. With the low prices of labor In foreign coun tries baud mnde production, can be made cheaper In them. A. a result of this there toy. of some kinds which In their completed state are partly American and partly foreign. Among these are toy vehicle, with horses at tached The vehicle, and everything lu and about them may be the product of American mnchlnery, while the borse standing between the .haft, may be from Gcrmnny.-Xew iork Bun. A Mild Critic. Toet-So you calu't use my verses? Editor-Not In tbelr present form. Poet-Whaf. the matter with them? Editor-Too long. ioet-What would you suggest that I cut out? ... ... Editor Weil, me uiwi -leave that.-Cleveland Leader. Phe Had Reason To. "Did you bear that pretty woman Just now Rap? She said .he believed In "ong engagement, and .uort mar- rlages." n Bather a strange Idea. "Not at all. Rap; she", an actress. -Cincinnati Tribune. TlK.re Bre two side, to the kin ques tiou. after all; If It were not for kin. Mine married women would starve to death. A man enn easily becomo notorious these day. by announcing bl. Intention of going to the Afwka gold field $3EBfi3E8E8E3EgS33E 1 1 I i Six J' The practical utility of having a telephone, on tho farm Is fast being demonstrated lu many agricultural dis tricts, and tho system is bound to spread. Out nldo of the business aspects of the project, tho social side of the question has helped on construction. From the experiments of a mere boy there has grown In one eastern Mcctlou a system with sixteen wires, covering seven towimhlps. The demand has spread. In this Instance, for telephonic service, until now farmers mile, apart sit lu their homes with receiver, at their ears, and listen to stoechcs, songs and recitations sent whirling over the wires, or express with one auother, with readiness and convenience, what shall be done to kill the weevil and keep up the price of wheat. The farm telephone Is the outgrowth of no eorHirntlon, and no charge Is made for rates. It should either bo a purely personal venture, or conducted on the lines of the Grange, for mutual Improvement and IxMicllt. The person starting Into this enterprise will find enthusiastic helpers. Farmers Instant ly realize Hint they have an oportu ulty to build their own lines at nominal cost. As the great bulk of the farmer's business Is, after all, with other farm ers, aud with local dealers In the near est towu, he Is practically ludependent of the long-distance companies, and serves all his needs by a short line to the town and to the homes of bis near est tielghlKirs. The experiments al ready made will soou become ix.pulnr, aud the near future will doubtless see a farmhouse with a telephone as natu rally a part of Its equipment aa Is a windmill or a cistern. Communication between farmhouses In time of peril or trouble him always IsM'n slow and tedious. Fire, murder, robls'ry and other disasters which nnt- urally enlist the sympathies of neigh boring farmers are liable to occur al most any time on a farm rur away from Its neighbor. If the place Is left. as Is often the case. In charge of the women while the men are at work far away In the fields news of some lm- imrtnut happening can lie transmitted only at the cost of a long Journey, which many times Is out of the ques tlon. But If on tho wall of a farmhouse hangs a telephone connected with a neighboring system a dozen or a score of farmhouses may be aiarmeu in an AN ELECTRIC DRILL. With It SL-foot Hole Con Be Bored In One Minute. The economy nnd practicability of using electricity In mining coul hns been demonstrated, aud It. more gen eral Introduction should greatly cheap- HOURS i. SIX-FOOT HOt lit A MINUT1. en the price of our winter fuel. Ouly a few day. ago a Philadelphia operator said that In the course of a few year, coul will probably lie selling at tide water for the price now pnld for min ing It-naniely, 45 cents a ton. The picture shows an elect rlo drill which Is used for making holes ln the face of the coal seam. It I. capable of drilling a Blx-foot hole In one minute. In this connection It Is Interesting to note that coal undercut by machinery doe. not require as powerful cartridge, for the blasting as coal undercut by bond, and the rapidity' with which the boles are drilled by electric power ef fect, a great saving and largely In creased output. The weight of the drill represented, with post for a six foot vein. Is ouly ir.2 pound.. Thl. can easily be handled by one man. The drill work, so quickly that It take, the greater part of one man", time to at ....... In ii. o food mechanism and augers together with starting and stopping the drill, whlle-the other man la arranging and picking the places for the holes. By the time be hns another pinee ready i, trill Iuih finished the preceding hole and Is ready to lie moved. Two men can very quickly reset tne arm ana SEBaESBSS3K!EBGE!R3l3TEE3BaEB Instant, and If a crime Is committed which calls for swift retribution or a chase after the offender the Instant wings of electricity will aid In tho pur suit. The first atop toward easily and cheaply const meting n farm telephone lino Is to get the telephones. Cell but teries are a prime requisite, and can be ordered at any hardware store; so can the transmitter and receiver. It will take some studying to understand Just what part this equipment plays In the whole ensemble, yet It Is simple 11111I practical when properly compre hended. The barb wire fence should be utilized where there are no breaks, aud where wire loops can Ik employed to connect with other farms. Where this canuot lo done, however, wire can tic strung from tree to tree, across coun try or along the highways. No Insula tion Is necessary, the wire being sim ply fastened to the limb with staples. Sometimes bare spnees may need polos. These need not lie the great, tall, well ATTENDING THE trimmed pole, of the telephone com pany, but material cut lu the woods, and branches lopped off. When a Hue Is complete, pnrt or nil iNirb wire fence, or current curried aloft mi a home-made line strung to trees, roofs iiud poles, the fanner hns a decidedly new luxury secured at a very low expense. An lustrmnent com plete costs but $0 and wire Is $2.70 a mile. If the bnrb wire fence method Is used tbe wire cost, nothing, for It Is al ready on the ground, slrtmg and ready for service. With hundreds of miles of bnrb wire fence practically continu ous all over the country, there would then get It started again. Thl. machine Ims drilled enough hole, lu ten hour to "shoot" or blast down 800 tons of coal In a seven-foot vein. It consume. almut tbree-horst' iiower, and tho one shown lu tbe cut Is a Jeffrey mnchlue. AN ORIGINAL ABOLITIONIST. He. Dr. Richard B, Hut Is One Who Cluima That llt lnction. Itev. Dr. Richard 8. Rust la one of the "orlglnul abolitionists." Ever since his youth and he has now reached old aire he has liecn active for the welfare of tbe colored people of the land. Be fore tho civil war he womeu lor ineir freedom. Since tho war be has worked to Increase their culture. All his life long he bus leen connected with edu cational Institutions for their especial benefit. He hns made for himself an ImiM'risbnble record as an agent of civ mention, and his name will never be forgotten by tho freedmon of the Uni ted Ktntes. Dr. Bust wns Horn in .ew England, where revolt against slavery waji Indigenous, and there wn never any doubt about his willingness to tie classed among the "black Republi cans," or tbe "greasy mechanics," or whatever else the ndvocates of the greatest of national reforms were then ennteiiiiitiiouslv cnlled. Perhaps be wa. never actually asaulted whllo nreachlng and lecturing for euianclpa tlon, but over and over again he hud experleucea violent enough to appall any but tbe most stout-hearted. Over BUT. DB. HIC1IARD S. BUST. seem to tie nothing to prevent farmer, from Installing telephone systems which would bo ludependent of the companies which charge such exor bitant tnrirfs. Private Hue. among nelghlsirs or lines to town, with a small exchange aud swltchlsmrd In the poKtntlleo or general store, could be easily and cheaply Installed, and when once lu service the farmers would fight before relinquishing them. The practical utility of the Independ ent telephone may be realized by tak ing the case of nil Isolated settlement not on any railroad. Everyone must drive to some other town to see any body or to And out whnt Is going on. If tley had a tele hone line, even a sin gle Instrument In the settlement, the advantage would be enormous. The original cost would be scarcely any tiling. $10 or $13 Hrhnps. After that there Is no expense and the conve nience will never be appreciated until the line has been In operation for awhile. There are a huudred and one ii CONCF.KT BY THOSE. things that a settlemeut like that would want to get Into communication with a town for. If they hnd a line to some near village they could have mes sages transmltt.il over the long dis tance wire to large cities, aud If a farm er wanted something In a hurry Instead of writing for it and wnitlug for the slow delivery of the malls there he could ca.. tip hi. dealer In the city, or der U by wire and have It come out by express that day. Iu one of these settlements where a line Is now In actual operation It Is claimed by It. users that they alwo lutely could not got along without It. forty year, ago he became president of the Freedmnn". College at Aeula, umo, and while holding this position he had much to do with the Insertion or tue clause, against slnvery Into tho gen eral Methodist discipline. After the wnr Dr. Rust wn. the fattier or tne Methodist policy of extending schools for freedmen all over the Houtu, wnicn Ims resulted lu about eighty Institu tions that serve ns lighthouses of knowledge to the whole colored race. Fur vears ho has none no and down tue bind lecturing and preaching In their iMjhalf, and now, when too old to con tinue personal labor, hi Interest I. still strong. Dr. Rust resides In Cin cinnati. Ton of Food Wasted. A weekly newspaper In London give. some curious fact. a. the result of re cent Inquiries throughout the BrUtsh metropolis nnd provinces Into tne sun wasted food 111 workhouse. These show how tons of bread arc wast- ed every week aud consigned to the swill tub. It Is a common custom, also, It appears, lu some workhouse, to throw away plate, of untouched meat. This Is owing to the hard and fast rule. of the local government bonrd. A fixed quantity of food Is ordered to be served to each Inmate, whether It I. wanted or not, and, ns nothing Is allowed to be used a second time, all that Is left tio- come, waste. Hlirugglng the Shoulder. Shrugging the shoulder. In cold wen i tier la nrolMiblr the survrral of an old Instinct, which prompt, aulmal. to put the skin of tbe back on tno stretcn, ami so erect the hairy covering of that part. The hair Is now recovering to a mere downy covering, but the old In stinct still remains, In common with others, the rule apparently being that all Instincts which are harmless to their possessors are constant, li spite or any change of structure. All animal with long hair or feather erect their coot. In cold weather, for the warmth of such a coveriuir doiM'tids ou It thickness and tho amount of air it coutalus, rather than on It bulk. Lasting Quail tie. "Tbe eminent vocal teacher, Mar chesl, .ay. tbe voice, of American young women are beautiful, but they do not last." "Don't last? Heaveus! I married oue that' lasted 40 yearsl" "V cei-iL lil.'!'-" -.ISTti 11 ll -SP 4k a a ' ii 3 They use It every day and near neigh bor come luto call up the tow n. It ! connected with au exchange, but pr pie are accommodating In a small town and If anyone wants a message trans muted to somebody there Is no . oub'.e about Its being delivered at the other end. They call up lu the morning aud And out what price I. offered for some thing off the farm. If It I. satisfactory a bargain Is made over the wire, per hnp. or decide to drive lu with a wag on. If the market I. low a trip I. saved. The possibilities are endless. A tele gram arrives hit' at night. The opera tor at the town can hasten to the wire, read the dispatch, and save a long an I tedious trip Into the country. Auother thing that will be brought aisurt some day will lie the storage of the surplus energy developed by wind mills lu storage batteries and Its use to light farms and farmhouses by elec tricity. The only drawback to the scheme now Is the great weight aud considerable cost of storage batteries. But au Immense amount of energy could be accumulated by a windmill nnd converted luto electricity, stored up and later released to light up a Tirm house. Of course this would be chiefly nvnlbible In the winter when the evenings are short, liecnuso In the sum mer It Is light until almost 0 o'clock, and then the average farmer goes to lied. But that plan will lie develoMil by nnd by nnd Indeed has liccu already In some places, but the excuse under the present system Is almost prohibi tive. There Is no doubt but that In the city the telephone Is a constniit necessity for the transaction of business. Iu the country It would seem to be fully as necessary, where everyone Is Isolated and communication Is necessnrlly slow and illlhYult by ordlnnry methods. For every need, of the farmer he must drive to town, no matter bow great the dls tunee or how bad the roads. Ofteu It means merely n trip both ways to order something by telegraph or to get some thing that might as well lie sent out from the town. With the telephone system In oicrntlon bis labors will lie lightened Incalculably and his time saved Imtnensureubly. And. nfter all, the barticd wire fence system should commend Itself to the farmer through Its simplicity and It. ease of operation and equipment. Clco do Mcrode I the Bcnaatlon of tbe Duy In New iork. New York music hall patron, have been worshiping at the shrine of Cleo de Merode, the gay Parisian beauty nnd ballet girl. Cleo'. appearance ere ated a sensation among the gay New Yorkers. Her visit to New York Is for tho purpose of filling an engagement In one of the music hnlls, which will net her fl.fiOO. At It. conclusion shu will return Immediately to Paris. Merode'. fame aud money-earning qualities rest ujMin nn unevlniile imsis. Kh la not a areat singer, not even a great dnucer. In Paris she get. $10 a week for kicking up ber heels lu tue i,iiit i.r the (irnud Onera and no oue ever discovered that she had talent lu nv line. But she was beautiful and one ulght when King Leopold, the wicked old monarch of Belgium, sat in the front row her shnpely figure and handsome face apiieared to him and He applauded ber. That wa. the first mark of distinction Merode ever re-. eelved. After that, when Leopold openly paid attention, to ber aud she and tho gay old King had merry time. In aud out of Paris, there waa gossip that spread throughout the world. MeiiMtn Is vounir lust Dnst 20. She Is slender and her features are small. Her manner Is quiet aud refined. What Wa Required. "So you are the music teacher that answered my advertisement?" "Ye., sir." "Well, lt down here and play a cou ple of duct., so I can tee what you can do," Anew era. , , i A GAY PARISIAN. CI.KO DB HXnOIK.