Eugene City Guard. I. L. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. EUGENE CITY.. .ORKGOX. The real seal () Hi-Hi Ion: Will tlio seal ! fettled before tlt. qucslliili In? A Minnesota innn Iihh bii-n found who U too Ht lipid to lie a Juryman. Ami yet bis friend allow him to roam nt largo. You may always congratulate on (lie birth of a daughter, luit for a son wait till be lias passed liU tulnletu yeur. Germany recently celebrated Hi' cen tenary of Karon Munchausen. Who knows what time limy do tut the cam paign liar In tliU country? Tlie Houston post tells of a I rill:i ImrlMT wlio wan In a trance, lull awoke, and "flnilliiK he wa Hllll In Italian died lead." Wan tin- din III fatal? Kx-Henator Henderson of Mlssonrt, In nn open letter lo young iid'Ii, snyn: "Keep out of public olllce." Good mi vice cnn nin-ly ls followed no easily. Home obtuse person Is-gln to dimly real 1 7.1- tl t Ih'Te In n distinction lo be Hindi' Im-I wee n scrimmages of raw, un disciplined m-liHilliy mid a Iciitli'c game of foul -ball. "Guy Mannerlng." "The Pride of Lam liiorinoor" ami "Konllworlh." Konll world" wn taken out iJ.i time. Thirty-live year a ft it Scott' dcaih a ln dun iMiiikM-lItT would not keep In lil MiiIIm a sixpenny edlllon of tin? Waver ly IiuVi'Ik. Iiecailse tlii-y kllli-d I lie sale of all oiIiit book. Vi t tin- lure wan l ot In sensationalism; iln j j ii hi r crav ing wan tint fur poisonous swccln; mil lion of render found only a pure and '' wholesome liiiman pleasure. J Tin' society for checking the Abuse, of Public Advertising, fuiiudi-d four yearn ago III Khglmid, Iiuh been highly ! successful In awakening the M-ntlno-iit ! of n-f'Miu. Tin Thnmcn It) vf r it by iii-t of I'urliiimi-nt protected fnun any advertising wliali'Vi-r on lit hunks; u series of guide books inlln nltciilloii In ri'ii-nt advertising illMfU'iiri'iiiftilM of lii-aiillfiil wcmry; tin- i-oiiiii'll of Lou ilon tut comjcinm-d some moiiMliT boardings i-n-i-li-d for advertising pur poses, ami thi' miM'rlor court lnivi- cri furci'd tliu irolillililoii of sky sign. America stands no b-n In need of such mi association mill hiii'Ii a sentiment. Tin' way In which Hli:ill help," ex claimed a young matrnii rii-i-ntly, "I by iii-vi-r buying such articles an I sec advertised amid lulu nil scenery or In nl-J.s-iloniibj.. hh-IIiimIh. They shall bo Impressed upon my mind ax komoihlng to l" shunned." WHEN SUe GLANCED AT ME. Tlit world ran boast of many thing not known of long mo, When earth sceim-d troubled with the (out, and cli'iire and art wi-re slow Now everything coimpires to trUig but lui ii ry and ease, And progress hii, aoiue uy, iinproTi-d oa ii nl H ri- by di'ifri-i-ii; Hut imiik'lit ran give il mib4ltule aa iiimulit hiia yi-l Improri-d Tito ffi-iiuiiii', old-fiialiioiii-d thrill that i-iiiiiin of luHiitt lovwl, Hin h a I omii I f-lt of old In eminent do (frif, Wht-n Mm bi biiid llif window blind once oliyly tiluiK'id at me! f-'lic whii a litl!e lao I knew away bai-k In my youili, And, If tint up to date, the fiu't awakit In me mi null. To-day'a nlTi-rii.l lure of art for arl'i mike would hnre been To lu-r old fmdiloiied rU-wa of llniiKt but little rlmrt of ain; Klie never dreiiined tliHt paltering would Irike tin. tempter dumb, And Z'iIiumii furiiialiid not her mentul pnbiiliiiii; And nil thia purity nna there, I could but e.'enrly aii-, When Sue behhid the window bliiida Kl:inii-d ahyly out at me. Now that liellinii and a it oil lui vi lli en found In I In- ('iiiiraua an miner al In a pure Htate, for the fli-xt time, ill,, enter of aeleiitlilc ami cliemleal lure tlk'atloii may lie found In Aulu for a time. Thoiik'li, a I mild, f I.imi.ihhi.ihh) have lii-i-n dUooiKed by the l ulled Hlalen In peiiHlolm alln-e the eliie of tin. war In It la well to remember l hat the money ban nut Ihi-ii hoarded, nor 1 II Kolie out of the i-oliiilry. - It aeema aeareely worth while to Im prison nnylKiily In Kan-im for vlnlatluK the prohibitory la w.klm-e the parapher nalia for a llrxi-i'liiNH Joint, miiiik'i:led In by two whlxky nellerM, wa reeeiiily (llMioverid In the i-oiinty Jail at l.nr lied. Thill f'ollliei-lleut il'eiii'her who rlaliiiH that he ran gi-t K'M fioin ordl liary .-a water any Hie Idea drin k him while he una rldlnu lu a pabn-e car. The Idea of kvIIIiik money fnii mime aoiiree or oilier imually atrlke the averaKe rltlaeti before taklnt; ueli a trip. Ilrlllah Inlliiem-e Km- mi In far Aula. It ban Jiih i-oine to llclit that In-fore the klliK of Mill ill ilepnried on hi Ku ropiim lour lie (IIiiiIm-o-. m-iiily every forelKil employe of bin (ov.-n nt, and their plaein lum- nIiii-i In-i-ii lilh-il liy KlIKlNhlllell aelecli il by ('It II III Ii tliK -kuru iierKoiially. "rrotn A lo l..aid.M the natlntiN of (he eilltli are 'Ituewiea to the evIU fob IowIiik the wanton ib-ktrui-tloti of for enla. AbyMHlnln luia her alory In tell. Mem-Ilk has eluiup-d bin i-anltal four tltiiea alm-e bin acce-edmi In l'.', In--caue the wood aupply wan exhausted. The woodman who doe not Npare that tree lui aeen hi lu-M day. l'ulille opinion l a nik il. The I-:nt:ll ,nvi. a mueli Im-iiit no Hon of what happen lu parliament than we have of (lie prne Ilii); of the llou-e and Senate. No matter how HUddenly the debate prim: up, nor how iim-xpei-l.-d the oeiiislnii, III the London iiowMpaper the K.-itlfai'tory ari-ouiit of all Hint iviik aald ami done l next day In-run' the HrllMi people. Hil'-li a tbliitf hardly ever takes plaee Willi IH, wrllea Tlio. II. Iteed In ilo llliiHiraii.. Anierli an. If a membi-r maki-H an Importaiit hj Ii It 'uui-t be wrllleli out In-fore delivery mid Ni-lit by mall, mid then fliii'en lu the leli-(inilili- iiiliiinii an a inoiiuuieiil alike of Aiuerli-au eloipn-ui-e and Amerb-aii enterprise. Dm- dlnadvauliiKe we la Imr under In that we have no i-eiiiral l.oiidon. Our eaplial In not a Loudon, llio'iith It In no mean elly. The country at large ban more than one new cen ter. New York the lii-eiiler will have a population of .'I.Mai.iaiii, but s o-.T, mlh-n away. ChleaiM linai 1..Mmi,ihhi. ami In I In- center of a vast country, but m Mai r 1,11111, (ll ,.M ,,i-,,it. sun mm clneo ban the jfi-i-,il empire t the I'a clllc conM ln-lilnd It ami iiroiiud It, but :i,i"i mlh-n railway divide in. New Orleans lien ii illsinm-e of two days fur ther Noiilh, mid Hi. Louln mid ('liu-lu-ll.'Hl would milrh acu'i'leved not to di-ei I centers of news distribu tion. While, therefore, we are Hlltln- "'I "I" r country, ami know- that all Hie waste pbn en will be lllh-d up, i ii i. .ii i . ..I,., mi, i ,- mum nine i.oiiuonn on i-llher coast and In the center, never thelcsn Just now we are ton liillrll hpfi-ad mil to know about our Coinrrenn "lull" an well an hi l lu-r Msip,. do lilniiit tin Irs. It ill bei-omen the heart of age to over flow wllh aii-ha-If gone the rosea, aiiyn the jpn-t, their lialiea luuat nulliie; Whi n white liinra ti ll the time to leave uff eakea and ale ia here, We ought to turn our thought upon a more enduring apln-re; Hut majiii-hnw there' a plcanure yet In calling up I lie w ay 'I'll lit one bright pair of l-vi a could imike of Ii it; lit I In- fiiireat day: Tor on my m'gl.-t there glowisl the light ne'er ais-n on hi ml or nell When Hue, billlml the window blinda, g!iiinel ahvlv out nt nn! - Chicago Times lli-rnlil. kAS A .MAN SOWS." he might bare "poker- again and laved tiliuai-lf a bitter reaping. II. Three year hnre panned. I'lck Tr mayt'.e ha received hi pro motion and I on bin way home, Iiurlng III voyage hi t'loiighl turn again, a they have done many time before, to riOHTINO PRIESTS. Prominent la HpanUh-Amerleaa War for freedom. One of the inont remarkable facta In tbo hlntory of the Bpaubtu war of till refturr baa bceu the apearaHce lu the army opponcd to the force of that Joyce, and bin long remembered last country or a pri.-ii coiiii.iu.iig r. veiling In Kngluiid. Think of b.-r enthunlanui wltn tue lervor oi i J FT went II i: N I Hck Tre mayne. Lieutenant III the One Hun- .1-...1 .....i .i- 1 OI -l Hllfl J W I'll I i eth Olleell Own It o y a I It o v em, d o w n In Home of the reaaoun for thlui.liu lliere will be no wr wllh Spain an that It woiihlu't be popular, that II Wouldn't be good pollll.. thai It Wouldn't lie piolilnlile except to i com para lively nuiall iiuiiiI.it of con tractor, Hint the country Imi'i In xluipc at pii-Heiit to go to war with nnylniily, that I'ri-lilent .MeKliiley docau't waul war. and Hint he doemi't Intend war hall occur. There I t im-h or a disposition among the far r to pursue tin- dull round of toll without thought r lui provemeiit and without effort for bet Icr IIICIIiinIh. In the tdijcel or Mrm r' liiHtliute to renin! and overcome till Inert la. They bring together Hie farmem face In race, to give each oih,-r the beiiellt of their observailon and ex erlence. They ntlmuliite enterprlHe and Imiulry by allowing what bralun luive already done for the calling and allowing that more remains in be ilon . Thai (he grcalliesn of the aclf made man I consciUeiil upon meagre cduca I 'una I advantages n an old upersiltiou Hint illsiippttirliig, an ex I'rchlib-ut Cleveland pointed out at the recent I'l-llU'cton roiuliiemnratlon. The hiic-c-nnful man whose yniith wan wllh nut advaiitagen han nttalm-d success l ot because of those .IKadvanlagt s. bill In spile of ll mid II Is b.gl.ai to Infer thai with Increased lutellcciiml training he would have climbed to mill greater eminence. A company of wniklngimn In Kn rland lately listened to a npeaker who ailed himself a fellow workman. In M time, he mild, he had experienced many privation. He had known what I' wa lo be cold because be could not afford a lire. He had worn patched clothe mid ,,,m,,, e bad lived up i.u poor rare. When be was young he learned lo plow an nlialghl it furrow any man lu the parish, ami no one could thrush better than be, The npeak er wa a mail w ho lu the table of piece ilcucy comen next after the pilm-cn of iu royiu moon (he Archbishop of Canterbury. One of tin- most siiicessrul of recent mucin ib-biiN-n a iUcstloii t li.it ban probably urreil to many thoughtful men ami women, In It Hssihe ror i who fuiins a pari or our ( ph-x and lempcstuoiin cl lll.allon to h-ad a Christian lire? The novelist' mm lu hIiui Is, on Hie whole, imravorable mid. therefore, condemnatory of clvlllza Hon, Such n theme, mi trcatml, wan certain to awaKeii controversy. Chief ly opinions range around the hero of Hie slory. It Is as-o'i-tcd that bin fall iiics were chargealile to bin character, not his en v In nt; and ll rltli-lnu! Is sound enough so rar us It K,.,. t cannot be an adeipiate statement, be cause It r.illn to take hole or certain rumtaiueiital linlhs. tl the llrst p,'v It I linportaiit in rcim-mlicr that the authoi-'n Imiulry Is no novel one. 'ur eighteen centuries, the earnest ami the f.ililifiil. Klialnlug their even m n... Ideal of In i inn it broi lierlnssl lli.it ChrUt net up, have woiideii-d ih'smriig y w helher man could ever reach It. T,',. better the man Judged by the stand ll fil or others the more hopeless, in hllll. has Hcenusl the attempt. Thus Hie recent raising or the Impilry doen ' not menu thai a nlngle good imin ha all lit once perceived Hie world tn ln growing worse, pnes not nil her show thai an artll, keenly nuneeptllilo In Hie mental Influences liiat mold the time, han been Impressed by those an plintlonn inward general iu-lprulncM ami justice w hlch uiiiuestinnably tend with blni, conceding that the World he misreads the answer tn his iHesl Ion, Hut even If we were forced In side to dominate mankind. We .cllcvc that lias not gain. si wisdom a" it linn grown older, we might conifyl ourselves Kim i ne nioiigni inai human nature at least has not changed. There are no new pltratln on the f,id to .f. t i. thougli some of the old one may Is-ar new names. The saints of the early centuries lived, an we must, In the midst of rich ami ior, Pharisee, pud. I leans, sound ami sick, sinners and righteous. And In our day, an In their, "the aids tn noble life are nil w Ithln," Stretlou on leave, he wan nlsiut the uulikclle st m a II possible, In t ll e O p ill I o ii of his friends, to fall In love nl llrst sight The linexp'-cted. however, always l n g i pens, and In ac. ori'.ain e w ith this trill ion true saying the gallant soldier fell an easy vlcilni. I'he whole affair wan absurd, be knew. Tl i, re Idea that he. IUck Ireiuayne. heir to bis brother' nih il ml ail nckllow iedgeil eligible In thi1 malrliiiouial m-irkel. should ever give 11 serious thoil-i-t to bin sister III law's pretty goterm-ss was. In Itself, rldlcil Ions. Nevertheless, It was a very plca.s j nut pasiliiie, In Hie dusky evenings out - on Hie iiiooi In ii -rrace, lo saunter along with Hie pietH.- t fill he had ever met The few days o' his h ave tied bv sw lft- ly, and to Joytv Cm dew they were la lell wllh sweet memories, whlh l'ck hliu-eir was really, iiufelgnislly sorry as tue time drew in-nr for bin de parture to Join h'n regiment, w hich w an going mil to India One evening, w lieu the scent of the roses tilled the cool air with fragrance and the night hriv.e sighed III the pop mm on i in- uiw n, lie came very near to (lest i notion. I hey were on the terrace, looking iiowii into the soiuIht darkness i.r the plantation, where shaft of silver moonlight pierced the black shadow ami threw fiinlnstlc nhapitt on the lawn licyoiid. They w ere slYut, and I tick furtively at his cotnpaulon'a fin e, spiritual xod by the moonlight lu-r blue eyes shone III her pal" face, mid the hair, was the envy or many, dusky auburn lu color ami curling dUtractlngly ver lu-r shais ly head made a plctu'resiue naming in tier delicate Invcllness. Presently, he spoke suddenly and with vehemence Taking her hand In his. Intoxicated by her loveliness mid the stiangi Itil'ueiicc or the stillness, 111 ncd words which brought a bright Hood i,r color In her checks an. I a glad light lulo her eye n,,.,, looked aw eel mystic darkly w hlch sweet A bride or a year wa recently beard to any that ten or her acquaintance iere lu lie married beroro Christmas, rud that a the parents of all of them lad aent her expensive wedding girts, rhe and her husband were lu uiii. li per turballon about the customary return. There la rd ror reflection lu lu-r coin meut that a they llv.-d in a small rent id house and kept but servant, the'r valuable silver was still stornl In the v.ui!t where It had b-s-n pi, , at their marriage; that although the girt represented over ;l.lnl, the jnuug bu.band hsd lu atruggle for their live- l-h.uut- M.t.l fl..'. .1 """ toe mom lUiNlest pre' Cllt they could sehi t for their tell friend would lake hi whole inoiith'a i alary. - Hlr Waller Heolt'i writing do not aa Into eclipse Milnd the later ro.l I et of genius. T. I'rovldemv 'b I'c Library Issue a bulletin from which II piear that during ten year a few uooa were drawn ,ur than liiuca. Among tin ae wei CoiilVilci-nie Muskets. "Though the Coiifislernie army, when lieu. Lee sin reiul.-r.il, surreii dered many thousand muskets," sal-l an oidnatic' oltlii-r of the army, "1 have great doubts If pal ,if tlient are still lu the sissesson of the govern inenl. In the armories of Hie gov em inent In Illinois. Mass.-n-lnmelis .....I California a few may hne been kepi, but there are but few. The War le parlineiil has a few. but the wagm loads of It. cm have dlsappearisl, nn one knows exactly where. An an arin the I-1 lie surrendered were without value except In ii few coimmiii.U where they bad secured modern guns. They wee hurriedly and cheaply made, generally by contract work, I can't state now exactly how many thousand musket there were, but there were at least Jtil,. ikki recorded as hang Im-n Nurren ilctisl. My own Idea Is Hint the iiint or them were broken up as valules. though a great iiianllty .if tl i were sold as Junk and scrap Iron, The can non have also gone mil of cxlstcmv inol of them In l,ie miiu- wny." Washlngtnn Star. Me or Ton lliiikn. The captain of a big Atlantic liner, after many calculations, lum come ,i the conclusion Hint Hie general site of a fog b.-iuk ibe AHantle la almut thirty mile In diameter. There la no parting so liiii.-r u. n... 1 parting or n onlnlnc chosiiI.. in.i . .... ranhoe j r Id the act of w allow lug it. eJi Joyce! Are you I here?" Lady Trcin.-unes voice- broke the m iglc spell, mi l he dropped her hand; they turned tn t'.e house and Jnvce Wl III In. 'Can yo-i wr'te those few notes for me'.'" said Lady Tr ayne, not nolle- in.' the girl s br lllaut ,-yes mid the nil usual color L; lu-r soft checks, and Joyce, wihliii; ,it the table lu the 11 briny, her bean I eating last ud the light still mi 'ier sweet eyes. vcl over agatn these rev dangerously In. mo nts. Picsciuly vol -i s on the terrace cann- e.i m i in ian; ii was nis voice and the oi her? linger Temple, lu-r lady ship's cousin. The two men ere sauntering up and dow n In tl,,. dusky coolness. "Pretty: slouhl think so. Indeed:" mild Temple's voice "Are you cutting lu at the last monieu', old fellow?" "Not I," said hick's voice, with laugh; "though ! nearly did for myself Jilst now; she looked so confoundedly 'i--tty. doi.'i yni know, ninl goodness only knows what 1 wa sjiylug-w hat I might have said ir Craco' hadn't come out Just lu ihe n'ek or time. Puconunou name Joyce. Isn't ll? After all, one must amuse one's self lu a place like this, and , p-tlie docs charmingly i-.oii i-uss- r ic i -nips t.et us gn In." The voices dl d away Into silence an Hie men Joined Lady Tremaytie In the drawing room. Joyce sat sat on still and cold; (he pl'e of Mulshed notes lie fore I er. The -a mile burnt dow n, and went out w'oi a splutter, and still she 'it In the dart., where later on Lady Ticmajiie round her and alarmed at tin- sight of her pale, tired face and heavy eyes sent her to lied, while down-M.-iir hick wa- Inquiring the where alsniN of pivtt.lss Cardew. When he left next day be round him ae!f ihlnklug of her w ith very real re gicl. If she had not been sor. and If he had not Urn h aving L'ngland. he felt he could hav risked It after all; though, bv the way a lie had bid hlui J g'k'd by w ith a cold couqiosure, w hlch I left him no hmeWe for a rvpe4lllon of I i.isi iiignt s ene. While she? If he odd hav, guessisi the ibinlis of her Iccliuk, even t. u at Ihe last luoim-m wllh late remorse, mingled with a I'leasaiiter feeing, for lui he lint made up lil mind to speak to her at lust and ask lu-r to make him more happy t han be deserve to be? j It 1 a dull, dreary November after noon when he arrives at the Manor J louse, ami he feels all agreeable elie of xis-clancy a be alights at the fa-1 miliar door. A vajmry fog euveloH' ; everything, and the thought of the w armth within and Joyce I very pleas- lint to hlui. "I.ndy Tremnyne I out," nay the old butler, "ninl no Intimation of Captain Tii-muyiie's arrival bn been received, but Lady Carew I lu the drawing- room. I'lck wonder who nhe may bo a he goin Into the cozy drawing room, 1 w hlch In Illumined only by the dancing fire light. A dcllcloiin perfume of flow-' ern fills the air. and an he enter some one rise from a seat m-ur the fire, :i slender figure lu white. A she ad vances out of the shadow a fh-ry tongue of llano- leap up and light upon the sweet fair face, and a great Joy fall iimiii the man. It Is Joyce. He start forward with outnfretclu-d bauds, and eager, glad word rise tu uitlltuoiisly to hi lips. "'lon't you know me, Joyce?" he cries; and lie -ii a look of recognition come Into her eyi-n, but he doen not no tice the little frown w hich wrinkle lo r forehead for n moment. "Of course I remember you, Captain Treinayiie," she says; ami to hi ears her Voice seems to have become sweet er. He had had no Idea that she would have devi lopnl In three jenis Into thu lovely woman who now stands before hlui, with ii new dignity and sweetness w hlch Im-coiiic her well. "I aiiievhlcutly nil liucxcp-ctid guest," he says, laughing, an they sit down lu the pleasant glow of the bright tire; "but I do not regret that, as I have met you -llrst." A smile crosses bi-r Hps, and she looks Into the glow lug tire, ; "You did Hot expect lo see tue here Mill. I dare say. Are you home for long?" "Yes, I hope so; and then when I go out again I do not Intend to go alone." He In very conlbb-nt of his osltlon. ninl not the least glimmer of doubi darkens Ids present happiness. Joyce, he continues, softly, "have yon never guessed that I love von. dear? ho you remember that evening we spent lii the garden here before I went away? I have never ceased lu think of you, mid now, ah! Jovce, I love you, I love you. Forgive mv long silence and make me hunnv at last." i The eager words break from his lips lu n torrent, and then she looks at hlui with a smile. Her sweet, clear voice strikes him as utmost cruel when she' speii ks. ; "There Is nothing lo forgive," she says, coldly. "We are Isith quite aware that that past you speak of was purely a matter or iiium-emeiit. one must amuse one's seir lu a place like this. you know. And, after all, It was simply . pour passer le temps." I He hHik.n at her uncoinprehoinllnglvj till n glimmer of the truth breaks upon blni with terrible force. There Is ho hope. j Joyce," he cries, ib-speratelv, "Is this all you say to nie after vcars or devotion?'' i Ills absolute sclllshiicKs st.-irtl.-s her and words rise to her llis w hich might have torn the veil somew hat roughly - rroin Ills eyes, Put she checks them, mid rises from her seat. What more can I say?" she savs sweetly. "We are all fools m some time of our lives, mid we were no ex ccpllon to that rule. Ah, Tod, Is that you?" The ihsir opens and a man enters. Joyce lays her hand on his iirin. lie in a tall, line looking man. broad shoul dercd and stalwart. "Captain Tre mnyne," she says, turning in hick, with a smile, "1 must Introduce mv husband, Sir L'dward Carew. Ted, thin Is Sir John's brother." I The two men shake hand, and hick. ! rending the absolute triM mid love for her husband written In l.adv Carew's sweet eyes, mentally curses his foil.- and knows that wlial he has sown that surely he has also rca d -and the har vest Is blltcr.-Tlie hiuighl.-r. Her, In tho fight Is'tween Mexico Bin Hpaln, which occurred early thU cen tury, the bead of the rebellious puny wa a priest. Hidalgo, who gathered round blni an army of something like lisMSKl men. He, however, w a defeat ed, and In aecordnnii' with the tradl Hon which Spain keep up to-day. be xva fomloiinicd to death and shut. With thu place vacant came the man to till It. Another iirht. fired with the zeal and enthusiasm of Hidalgo, cutno forward. Thi wna Morelas. who In apltc of hi lH-iceful training exhibited a marked k-culu for warfare, ami proved bin lit UesH for the position he tsrilpleil by reducing four cities to subjection, and w inning several victories. lu hi turn, be. too, was defeated Like hi prede cessor ho wa taken prisoner, ordered to be executed, am! shot. The freedom sow n by the blood of these was reaped a few years after by the people of Mex I who then bccnino free of Spanish rule. In the other struggle Is-tween what are to-dny still cnlhsl the Spanish , American countries and Spain, prom! lii-nt mrt were always taken by the lender of '.he church. Their sympathy whs always with the down-trodden people, their effort were always lu the cause of llls-rty, and their ambition were always unbounded except by free dom. The outcome of all these war ha Ih-cii the same, the yoke ha been slink en otT, ami the colony has ls-comc n self governing republic. In nii-ordnnce with precedent this will no doubt In1 the result of the struggle which han been going on so long In Culm. It Is curious, however, to note that the world ban not heard the name of any priest leading on the jicople against their oppressor. The superstition may argue from thla fact that the day of the deliver ance of Cuba la not yet nt hand. When n priest shall gird on the sword over bis cassock, and discard hi bln-tla for the helmet, then, perhaps, will the fact impress me struggle!- for free. loin with a certainty of victory, a It will probably strike consternation in the minds of their opMitieiits. mid so ren der success more easily attainable. filiate to take part In the ceremonies. But no bod le could be found. "A a matter of faet and of consider able surprise, not ilngle Mexican bt hi life. For daya afterward they could Is "i-eii coming ncrosi the land ma mil, each man wheeling Ida wheelbarrow'. l'li..n thi. iiu.n renllxiwl thai ther u-erp diKitncd to risk a watery grove every J r,m wlloIe English edition do mm-of-a gun of them (rranped hi I"" ot K'l'Ui'K was bought up In wheelbarrow and floated nway with It. ; l',,ve day a, und tbe price now atanda The bnrrowa all grounded a the water "'" HUlueiw. siibsld.sl and the Mexican made for- One hundred nud fifty thousand the coast, and In the direction of what tipli-a of "Ixirim I)ooue" lu ti penny rcmuliifd of the embankment. Work i firm are lo be put on sale Irfthe Lon wn not again resumed on the roadls-d. I dm bookshops. but large section of the road are still j nXn whf out of literature, la Mr. noticeable along the bay coast.' TRAVELS OF AN OLD HAT. Prom Tropic Mexico to Krluld Alaska and Hllll lining. There drifted Into the olllce of WelN. I'argo & Co.' express 1 it Kansas City the other day an old hat that had seen much of the country, say the Kan -as City Htar. Completely covering Its alilea, crown and brim were express tug from Mexico to the Yukon and to Kuiisa City. Last night It left for New York, and will undoubtedly reach It destination If there remain room tu a'taeh the liecessury tug. Inside the hut, s.rurely wired nml sealed, are some photographs one of Jim Parker, an outlaw, who attempt ed to "hold up" the Atlantic and Pa Hie express at Peach Springs, Ariz., last I'ebruary. He was captured, but CM-upcd after killing his Jailer, lie wan rwiiptiired and I now In Jail at Pros colt. There I also the photograph of a deiul train robls-r, made mi "angel" by A. C. Summers, an express inessciig -r , on the Albuquerque and Los Angeb-s i division of the Atlantic and Puclik Hallway. The hat wa worn by Hum mers, who started It out for Mcxl-o with the Injunction parted Inside i'r nil messenger to attach their stickers mid forward, nml with the In format I .in that the hat would eventually be pre sented to Mr. McKluley. The lint slm-tcd Into .Mexico an I cmne back loaded down with messages, hu morous and otherw ise, from the agents of the company. To some of the tnss are attached with scaling w ax Mexican corn husk cigarettes, to others small Isittb-s of pulque and mescal; a Mexi can I.I cent silver dollar Is wired to tie brim, also a copjsT ceiitavo. Nearly all the messages are In SpanMi. an. I there are small photographs ,,f .Mexi can bull lighters, pulque gatherers and comic pictures from the Mexican pa pers. I here are also a rabbits fott, a key, wax matches, aluminium tags, the lIiiiomi Humphrey, baa written a DiVfl In which the hospital nurse flg- ti' . Tho title of thu atory la "The fmtier." I i'l'lio Academy cnlla attention to the I hot that (ieorgo Mfrcdltli'a first vol j tue of poem appeared In ISM, so that ; p poetical career now extend over k-arly half a century, i ' "The Had ClilbPa Hook of Heasta" la tie taking title to a grotesquely llhm trited bonk, published by Kdward Ar iel"!. The picture-si are calculated to 1iU1 the child's attention and the vera ei to "point a moral or adorn a tule." ! Prof. Jnmi-s W. Huvldson Is nenrlng tie end of the work upon hi "Diction ary of Southern Authors," unmi which it- lina been cngagi'd for twenty yinrs, rid which will contain over 4,im nrll fie on II tern ry people belonging to our Southern Htntes. Nell Munro I the author of n new Highland novel culled "John Splendid," tlilch I to run serially In Hmekwoods. The ploris laid In ArjryhVLIre, the au Uor's native district, and tlie herd waa l "Imnnle lighter" in the daya when Jhintrosc and the Puke of Argyll t llie great llgures In Scotland. The new edition of Walt Whitman I f'THO which I soon to come from the Tutuum' press m contain thirteen !jciiis that -did not appear lu Ihe edl i Hon prepared by Whltnian Just before bl leuth. He tvlKhed tliese to be col j lictlvcly called "tId Age Echoes," and j llie last of the jjroup, "A Thought of : Columbus," wa the dual product of nis pcu. ine edition Is to Isj in paper rovers, us prescribed by the author'a mu. Mis liniddon lias again determined to show her skill In the revived his torical romance, of which her "London Pride" waa a sucx-i'ssful i-xn tuple. Her new slory Is named "lu High Plucea," nd deal with tlie court life of Charles II. In Prance and later lu Kngluud. It may be niciiilon.-.l that a sum in four DIED OF FRIGHT. Itooks of tlie Ar.iecs Large number of books made or nine h axes existed In Mex I.u at the .Mining el' the Spaniards; but the Spanish, fol lowing the example set by Hie tlrst .Mexican archbishop, everywhere .le st roved them, so that only a few sur vived by the care of the natives In con cealing (hem. Instead of cxlstlinr In abundance, therefore, Axlee tnami-M-rlpts are among the rarest treasure el i:uroeiin libraries. Ilcsldc thin leaf paper the Mexicans used the pre pared skins of beasts, and also manit faciured a kind of paper with gum and silk. Had their volumes survived In greater abundance. It Is tolerably cer tain that row o- none would lie able to read them, unless with lliem hn.1 also nirvlved their Interpretation. An re gards the preparation to which we give the generic term or paper. Its Invention Is claimed by the Chinese, but lu such matters It In usually wiser tn think that there were coincident discoveries than that the whole world derlv.il Its Inven tion from one s-.-in source. A Hlu. ksiinke Kt-ully Frightened tow to Death. .aii unusual siory or animals conies fr a farm near Staruc.-a, Pa. A farmer noticed one of bin cows making repealed ami furlou charge ut a dense thicket on the fa tin. The ani mal, which seemed lufurlatisl, rushed nt the underbrush again and again, striking the thicket wllh It horns and bellowing long and hard. An Inves'l gntlon by the owner of the animal showed that she was lighting a big blacksuake and trying to stamp It to death with her fore feel. The thicket was an Isolatisl clump of laurels nml the snake did lint seem dispns.sl tn leave It and trust Its life In the open .iiuniry. Finally the isiw lowered her head and atteinpt.sl to Impale the snake on her horns. In an Instant the snake sprang on Hie cow's head mid colled Itself about her horns. The cow was dazed for an Instant ami then net off on n run. .M-caslonully kneeling to rub her self against Hie ground, but she was II 111! t ill- to rid herself of her enemy. , The cow seemed Dually to realize that Hi. tier etTorts were Useless ami set (iff ' at a full gallop. The m.-u on the farm iimile an ellort to follow her ami turn her back. When cornered she won charge everything In sight, she b. I.... 1 I I. . ..... io.n in. sen iiouoe wiiu terror am foam came from her mouth and bln.k 1I1HI1 ll.T nostrils. I,.r shen were ills tend. si and she punted as though K very Hide would burst. Whenever tin men approached to kill the snake tb poor cow, hair crazed, would start off again, tossing lu-r head lu the vain ef fort to shake the snake oh. Hut tin reptile Kept Its liol.l with wonderful tenacity. It was not seen to strike the cow, but It seemed to enjnv Its ride mi. I to take pleasure In torturing the aiilinal that bore It. Occaslunallv the sniike would hair untwist Itself and Its bend would play Is-fore the cow's eyes, mi mono occasions tlie poor animal would bellow with terror and go back ward in mi endeavor to escape from the snake. Finally the brute dropped from sheer exhaustion and panted out her life. The snake was luiincdlntclv dlsatche.laudon llng ineasunsl waa found to Is- over six f.vt In length.. i lileago I'hroulcle. . . . tops from Imit Isiltlen, car seals and . ' m"w nicrllng-ha. been paid tintypes. ,,,r ",u magazine rights. It la the tlrst I'he route the hat look can be tra 1 lur ,u "I'l"'" In the Lady'a ai through Mexico. Arizona. Colorado, 1 and the Northwest back through Nc-i "Skills Oxford lecture on land- braska, Iowa, Topcku. Kan., and now (nie. w hich are now about to bo pul to Kansas City. On several of the tags """i for the first time, group them- lire earnest Injunctions to keep the li.it cues miner inreo Heads. They deal well Iced en route. i"'"" outline, with I'ght and ahade. and It Is au expressman' Joke and car ill"""-v wl,,i enlor. it used to lie said rlesw. ll. Where the old hat will come ; nr '"isuin 'hat bo slept with m.llOO to a stop It Is hard to say, because 't "'"" 1 urner In his bedroom. Some I quite likely that when there Is no ! ;,f ,,"','(, rp reproduced In the book, more r.Miiu left for tag an addition itn'' " ,vl" ,",vt nt ,,,!,!it ono "ketch by iiimseir. nils n drawing of the Cnelss Hock In ClcnfltiiR. done at the (line Mlllala was pnlntlng Uuskln's por- will ! sewed some more. on, and It will travel , 'rait. Healing I", iher Time. Speed was once demonstrated on a Western road In a fashion to curl the hair or at least one old Mormon bNh op. The churchman considered p ;l t phenomenon, and got off the train as ....t..i-i.. .... i ii n . . . ..I . i,..t" I ..cross ...,. I,, i ' .. . ..: . : "xr"r"-' """'Be County. N. Y., James I " f.ii.l f I. it-.l nu-ou HAWK THAT HERDS COW& I'.docntcd Illrd Which In the Wonder of Orunice County, New York. Two mile north of the little town of a farm which borders on the road to dooming Oove. nt. s the ; owner of what In probably the most re- inarkiible bnwk In the world. This hawk brliiRs home a herd of nays, ami, strange to say, h.i.l never rldileii on a railroad train tint II t:itj lime when lie entered Upon his trip rroin t.rccn Klver to S.in I'r: Is.-u. Tlio I I r . 1...1 .. tol.l.n. lie had never before seen anv.!": '::n,y .;r.0OW8 ,'Vl"' '"' giuiiem in me stragglers and kivps the Which? Plngrey- 1 hardly know whether It it safe to promise to Mlvs Winkle or not. Sometime 1 rear she would refuse p,,. and then 1 flatter myself would Jump at the chance. Fogg- Yen; but which way would ln jump; -ii.imo:i TiOnscript. Saved by Wbcclbar ow. Tl... .,...... .1... -I- in- nn-oio Ol .III- I. -MIS COIISt flTC nntiHi all over the western hemisphere for their power and fury and there are many terrible storl told of Hi., de struction done by them alnng the low oast line, which ha seen smne of the most terrible wreck lu the history of American snipping. Klevcti yews ago. w hen the San Antonio and Aransas Puss Uallroad was Is-lng built, n very strange Incident occurred, which ('ap. tain William lumbar Jenkins recalled In a recent conversation. He said: "It was in Inst, iht Vl.rv severe slorin blew In the vicinity of K.x-kport and It was during the iilnw that several mil.- of the shell and sand embankment reared bv Colonel Frlah l.ntt, the builder of the San An tonio ami Anuisa Pass road, was washed Into the bay. Cnhmel l.ntt em ployed a large number of Mexicans, and many of these n,s.r fell....- .. '. the wild hog a It ranu.-n the f,,i-..-i ... ontlnetitai Purope. The best brands ,.r " ' iv ..... . . encamped on the etnbntikinent. When1 always come, and pml. morning dawned after the cyclone of I le hit He had never before keen any thing so swift, ami he wa scared. About twelve miles from Ogden be ask. , Hie conductor for the linn day, and was told that It was 7:a,1, Impressed this time forcibly on mind. Now. for a wonder, the Western con ticcilon at Ogd.-n was quickly made, and lifter the lapse or but a few min utes the San Fraiicisco-lHiund travel crs were on their way Callfornlaw ard. Ogib-ii had lieen left behind only a few miles, and the train wa along at a behind time rate wiicn the old bishop, frightened nti-l trembling, dared lo ask the conductor what was the time of day. If you have traveled Westward you know- that at Ogden the time changes, and San Francisco time, one hour ear lier. Is adopt, si, The conductor had San Francisco lime ami he said: "It Is 7 : li ten minutes after seven." The old bishop, prevlouslv liauiit.il by a dread of Impending destruction because of the horrible rale of sim-i-,1 nt which he was being whirled n.roiu.i. pace, rose with a wild cry and made for the door. i Leiinne off:" he cried. "It wan Xm minute arter 7 an hour ngo. an" w e're piln' so rast we are goln' faster than time can count Itself. Lenune olT"' Had he really been going as fast as the old man had believed, he would surely have been Isilten to bits as he JiimiMil rroin the train. An It was. he was only rolled somo.ulng like a half, mile, and was carried back to Ogden on a hand car.-Chicago Record. A Product of I'oor Funning. We gcnenilly think that the wl.w awake and up-to-date Tanner has tin. advantage In everything. He getierallv has. but the old saying that no rule i's ilboiit ll exception holds good The rarmer who keeps the liest hogs initio! grow a g.Hi.1 quality or brlstl,.M If he has one or the hairy breeds tht show- strong vitality, the bristles rr..m two or throe-year old boar tiiav Is. orth keeping as bristles. Km .i Ill 1h Jar Inferior to bristles r...'.. . .. . oi lli I'Uce.l on Hicyles. Count llochtHTg. the manager of tin Herllu oivra. g the beginning of th summer Issued a notice forbidding all members of the company to .Mm,. tc the rehearsals or performances on thelt bicycle. The notice caused grxtit In tllgtiatlon among those of the slng.-n who had taken up their aNsle In th Miliums. M.Mlesty never shows up to good ad vantage lu the dark. ably will continue to do so. from I!n. sla. They are very stiff, and not ev.-n the bristles from the wild hog as it runs In Southern woods are ax good Probably our Southern wild pigs nrp mostly killed before they have attained age cuough to have their bristles m-,. ture. o scores or them were missing and It wa thought drowned. "When Lott ami hi men went down to the lieaeh in the morning several tnll.M of the madlicd. the wnrk of many week, was entirely destroyed. They could learn nothing from the Mexican who survlve.1, for they were too ihued and excited to talk, but It socmis.1 certain that the fatality must have lsH'ti very large. Preparatlans were make to search for the rei.o.hw 0and to bury them and a priest wa sent I for to hold a wholesale funeral service. i i ne news iroi nn tlio ismnipi. ... ..... i i. .u .... . . ' .. i t in 1 onciieior res-1 1 uiiues tame aown with ail scissor with only o0.j aerd togethereven more efrtv-tually than lllram Lloyd, the son of the farmer, usisl to do. lllrnm had killed the parent haw k. which hud been stealing chickens, and took this one from the nest. As It grew up he made n pet of It and tisik It with him every evening when he went out lo bring the cows In. One day lllram cut his foot so that he could not walk. HI father wna ab fnt, and wheu i, o'clock came and who ,, 1. ,! W,'nt w",,(,u, l,u,,lu lu nn 1- . si - i l''""'' 'h P-1 hawk, flew out .. i ...! i of ,hc baru al"' " ln nn hour or so Mr. Cm ,1 iie.ird n n8e m0 cow moving to-. tl:.-r alon the road, ami on looking out of the window saw the whole herd com nj along' apparent ly alone. She fan nil in the gave to ilnd out what was t'.'.e matter aid on Hearing the feme to WJ;" down bar she saw Abe, porch.-ifrtiV the hor of the last cow, surveying thp s. e-,!t. S' with apimreiit sntlsfactloti. Wiu-if: t cow lagged or loitered by tho wavsidV the hawk flew at It fiercely, making It quicken It movement to keep frim being struck by Its great wings, tfo then went back to hi curious perch from which he watched for straggler.' Arter unit .lay Abe nlwnys broug'it the cows In. starting punctually nt 5 o'clock on hi task, and generallv rounding them up Inside of half an hour. Since the story of tte hawk's accomplish!! t lias become known ninny people have visited the farm to see the performance. Numerous vl. Itor have waited along oltliT side of ; the road, wntclilnK the herd and their novel keeper go by .-Orange Jourunl. j A Fnre Hough on Hats. nabbll. gophers, prairie dogs, mice and rals have been killed, by catching one of the animals and Inoculating it with a virus prepared esinvlally for this purpose. Helens the animal and It will spread contagion among all the rats on the place, often resulting In clearing a farm. This virus can lie ob tained from largo drug stores, and Is good for use from ten to thirteen dnrs after It has been put up. If the animal cannot be caught to tie Inoculated, the virus may lH mixed with food and fed to the rats, wheu It will tkv effect In the same way. The advantage of till virus la that while it Is death to ro dents. It does not affect domestic ani mals or human U-Hng. In this Is has a great advantage over strychnine Hough on Hats, etc. ' A New Woman, First HusUind-How did you receive that bruise on your C'eek? .-wumi iiusnami-TlLit was caused iy a woman s rlght.-,oulsvllle Con ner-journal. bike ibles a blade. pair of Arol.lina; PUtlnctlon. 11 p. V.,. -..!.. .. I'll I . . .. u.ugini u unre ier got a noon. Second burglar What for? First burglar-Well, If I don"t PO, loon be known to de police as de only man In de prcfesti what don't ride Puck. Some people are so illogical that even the climate doesn't agree with thecu. ; fx, , , ' . t -