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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1898)
Eugene City Guard. I. I CAMTBELL, PraprUtar. EUGENE CITY... ORKGON. At we understand It. a rofoslonal pugilist It pneumatic lighter. Tbe edge tool mn have consolidated, wltb a capital of 12,000,000. Another grinding monopoly! And now tbe bustle li going to re turn, which, will cau9 all llie women to set their back up. I Tat a poor submarine vessel tlmt Isn't at leant tome Improvement on tbe fel low who rocka the boat for fun. No wonder the New England cotton manufacturers are unsueceisfiil. Cot ton plautt flourish bet I lu the South. It In Just an easy to get frown out of a Klondike investment comimny at homo it It li to got froen on the Klon dike. An exchange allege tlmt "Jnpnn ha Its h it on one aide of !U eye cocked." It womd better uncock lt eye nd iwk a cannon. A special dlsitcb say that a Olnrtn nntl man U "experimenting with a fly Ins machine like a goose." We cuu readily believe that A Nebraska man advertise for "one wife." Are we to Infer that he may place a lnrj;T order next time If the ample prove satisfactory 7 An A'obaina man committed sulfide on 'he cay he was to havo Is-eti inur rli'd. Perhaps he took too glisitny a view f the filiation; who knows? The ndiilterntlon of wheat wllh corn m'Nl ll Mild to hure reached very seri ous p-iq.orHon. Ami yet the cum Im doiihtlc. the most wholesome Ingredl nil In tl v combination. Itlgiimlst Ha I en and Illgamlst Itnt clilTe would, no douM, make a drawing pair fur a dime iiiusclmi exhibition, but for the present each flail hl mure ap prnprlute Kphere lu tho eultcutlnry. The Chinamen' screw turn to the left; he pulls hi plum-M and nw to witdshlin; while I hU iiHuriilii color, lu this R tn-r:il pllliclple of reversal cllli tie think It'a progress when he'a going back If you want to te real English, you know, you limit say, In speaking of licotge Wnsh.nuton, that he wa "the English coiiu'ry gentleman who van-qulslc-d the armlet of the English klnx" Not lilrar h-st I In K'hI for ut In (ihmI ang'o iiiitulnc toclfty. The Chinese Minister lu Washington w8nt to know "why the European power don't partition Turkey Instead of China." Thnl'a an eay one. China In richer and weaker t tin n Turkey, ami Do experienced footpad like to tackle a hard Job w Idle there U an easier prey In night. Ieplte bis stalwart A iiicrlcn til tn. Ambassador liny seem to be quite n well thought of lu England a any of hi predecessor. It In oslli!e tlmt the people may lie broiiKhl to acknowl edge Hint Hie English like a man who stand up for hi own country, a they always do for their. Commerce on the great lake I III creasing very rapidly, a I shown by the fact Hint a total of 1S.V.IM, son tm Iin passed through the canal at Suult Sic. Marie during the year, an In cniis of over U.tKHl.liiKl over the ship ment of liiNt yetir. What I It not Icm tlned iu Ih iin (lie your Mil ou? The threatened strike of a Jury In New York, nubs supplied with a breakfast Immediately, preHctit a sort on tint of l!il device for correcting lujiia'.lcc. That they subsequently found the nc. used guilty, umiii ontb, and n full Ntomr.t li, I prcuinptlvit evi dence that their verdict wiim JiiNt, "l.nirn to do one thing better Ihiiii anjlHHly else" wa the motto priHssod upon a college graduate. Living up to that advice a the sis-ret of (he mar velous success of the faimiti American dentUt In I'arl. the late lr. Thomn Kvaiu, o that It might W culled the pill Which fimtetied the sixty th ree dec oration actMrded hi m by ICuropenu Uioiiarch. The Tukcgce Normal and Indutrlnl Illttltute for colored peole ha dedi cated an agricultural building. One of the speaker said: "It I a great deal better for the State of Alabama to spend one hundred dollar en each of thcc boy mid girl than to peud per linp ten thousand dollar lu Miivlctlug them later on." Illiteracy Is expeuxlve as well a deplorable. Kdiientlon Is economical, for It reduce crime; ami there Is uo color Hue In this fact. CougresH ha pawed a bill prohibit ing American cl linen from engaging lu ielaglc scaling. The bill was htrougly supported on the ground that we should be In a better poltlou to urge the suripeiiKlou of deep sen vcillli upon other tvernmcuta after we had for bidden It to our own ciiIkcii. One sec tion of the bill wholly forbids the Im portation of furscalxklns taken In the waleis mentioned In the net, and di rects llie proper otllccr of the I'nlted Ktates to s.'lxe and destroy such skin. The ,cudency ot young men born and roared on fanns to bvive the country for tov..s and cltle Is ivrtalnly an un liealtiiv moveuicnt lu a large sense mid u ii 'loll tn tile to many of those who em bark to it. 1'roperly and steadily fol lowed, there Is ro safer buslnes than fui ni'iig, nor any more certain to yield u:lHfj"'ory result. In very many lu st allies they who abnudou It for city life live to regret the change. The fartnei' Institutes and farmers them selves ought to te able to develop n lilgh-T Irtcrctt lu Hie occupation and Diore of a ccrtaiu sort of eprlt de co.-ps aiuons Miose who follow It. ICxcept by expending their money In charity which they are not likely to do our American millionaire can prob ably contribute more to the general good by building lutmsclvea royal rat tle than In any oher way. The ten dency of rich men In thlt direction I not to be dlscouragi-d. The building of these pulucc Involves the expenditure of large sums of money, which would not get Into circulation any other way. Their maintenance Involve further outlay, and all the money expended re mains lu this country. It Is creditable to the rich men who are Indulging a tasto for cnstlo building that they pre fer to spend their money In the I'nlled Ktatea rntber than buy Scottish deer forct, Helgrnvlnii iiinnelniui and Kug lUli nttntet In a feeble effort fo nie HrltlsU aristocracy. There I a law against carrying con cealed wcniKJtis. Theoretically It I u wise and proper ordinance. Hut us a matter of practical fact the only per son who honor till Inw are the vie- tlms of the murderer, the footpad, and the rowdy. The law disarm the only class who could with safety be trusted to carry weapon of self-defense, and put them at the mercy of every crim inal they nii-cl. What real service doe this regulation perform In the social scheme, we should like to know. It sncrllli'c good citizen and It Impose absolutely no restraint whutever umiii the other. It Is our deliberate opinion j that any resistabl person who ha j la-en threateinsl by a crank should be , nuthorl.ed to arm himself and should Ik- held gulltles If, at Hie sllgjilct meiuice from that iiinrter, he ue his weiiMiii with promptness and elllclen cy. The life of one useful, liiw-flbliling clt.zen 1m worth a hundred of tlies pes tiferous vermin, and no law should Im pose upon ti I in the risk of defenseless lies lu caw of miinb-rous attack. We do not advocate law-breaking. What we propose Is such an amendment of the law as will tit the situation. Every rulllan. crank and criminal carries his pistol or his knife. Why should decent people be put and kept at their mercy? Why should we have law which sacri fice their friends and strengthen and Uphold their enemies? The most casual observer and reader of cutrxi.t publication has nollctsl the amount of spnet devoted to sMrt of various kind, lu fact, time us well us space is devoted to ll. Fur everywhere that otie goes It engrosses many an odd hour of talk or exercise. This I true not ' this country alone but of for eign li itlons, am! cc'liilly (ireut Kelt In. A (orrespoielent of the Fortnight ly Itevlcw says It ha Itecome not only the ruling passion of the issiple, but well mgh the chief topic of conversa tion. Itisik relating to It are consid ered the least risky of literary Venturis. Near.)- all iiewspaHrn give more space to crh vet, foot ball, racing, 'cycling ami golf ii.an to any other subjts-t except IHilltle. They give Hini or IU) times a much 4lleiiili.li to It as they did forty year Hgo. One I no longer obliged to fall back on the weather, not even get Into a heated political discussion, lu de fault of lometlilug to talk alsiut. It Is to perhaps utmost eiiial extent the same 'li this country, ami some depre cate It and think that other subjis-ts are being forced Into the background. Hut a little relleetlou will show that never before have people been as much Interested lu iHilltles, literature, and so cial iUcstioii There never was, it Is true, such Interest in athletics as thete Is In He cdiicntloliiil Institutions of to day. Hut never was the standard of scholarship h'gher or their Inlellec t it-il ichlcvcmcnt greater. Hut Mipu Ih t Inn Mii-renses, wealth Increases mid the vurli t.v of tastes to lie gralitled and that rati Ih griitllled also Increases. While Hie sporting mania Is not nn un mixed blessing. It has Its place In the education of Hie race. A reaction will prob-ibly set In, when It will not oc cupy ipilte so promlnei-.l a sent at the great world test, but Its luiliicncc lu Im proving the physlijuc of coming genera tions elll bo well worth the Importance, given it. WAS THE SUCCESSFUL SUITOR. Ilia Kludiit-M to Ctill.lrrn Won the Vliliw' llrart. "1 don't sny as how ye've went back on yer word," he said, ns he sat down on the stump In front of the lug house, "but the fack stun' thet ye've gone an' married another man." The woman took off her sun Unmet and handed It to one of the barefoot children w ho Were hanging about. "Tnlie that Into the house," she said; "an' the rest of you all run an' play." Then turning to her visitor she e clii Inicit dctlautly: "Thar ain't nobody. man or woman, a kin say that ottcet I 1 gin my word I ever went back onto It. 1 told you long ago, when fust they was any prospeck of giy gltlln' ter be a w lililer, thet tluir wan t no use or yer hlutlu' around about what I might do In case niiylhlll' happened." "Ye said, though, thet 1 stood as good it show as nn,lxidy else." "An' so o did then." " hut ye was skoorod alxmt wa thet you'd git somebody ns wouldu t be good to the children." "That was Jlst the p" Int." "Ain't 1 alius been ex p'llte an' agree able to 'cm ci anylKnly could?' "Sure." "Alu't I Knight 'em candy uu' gin gerbread bosses nn' tin wagons?' "Most liberal." "An' on tbe Fourth of July didn't I buy 'cm sliootlu' cracker an' sky rock et an' roaming candles uu' a lot of other things?" "You done all that. Hut you didn't stay ter see 'etn touched off." "'Cause I hatter go ter town right back tor town, that same afternoon." "It was that day I made up my mind ter marry Jake Splcer." Vihl him a iiiau weth a wooden leg!" the other murmured Indignantly. "Yes, an' you'll be surprised ter know- how much tliein firework an' tfciU WiSHlen limb had ter do wettl It. 1 ! knew how much store Jake sot by It. ' He took Jlst as much pride In that ! wisideii leg ea I do lu my marble top bureau. I give you credit fur belli" good iiatitivd most of the time, but children I pesterlu' an' there alu't no tcUlu' how long a man's tcnicr Is golu' ter hold out weth tliein ox ain't Ids own. When I seen the patient au' aivoinniodittlu' way Jake SpUvr rolled up hi pant leg an' belt out that wood en limb for the Ixijs ter tack pin- I wheel onto. I said to myself: There' a man et kin take tus u' dlxobcjlnee an' not git riled; ef any Ixnty'll make secoud father ter them young 'unit, It't lilui.' "Washington Star. The more man ha to do with wom en, th tuur be fludt It necessary U He. NEGROES IN AFRICA. A to a Hrmark of the Mberlss Min uter to K.nglunil. t It It the opinion of the black enroy who represent the government of the African republic of I.Iberia at the court of Imd'in that tho "negro must give up hi dream of any such thins aa a negro empire In Africa." It waf In a melancholy strain that Minister Hly den spoke these wonls, which will iloiiMlo be regarded as Justifiable. Yet It must seem strange Hint never. , In all time, bus any masterful negro, l any negro Napoleon or Charlemagne, I made hi appearance In Africa, and brought under his sway the detached I tribes, witne of which art very sensible, and built up a strung negro empire, i Many a time certainly within the past I two or three thousand years lias there ! Iti.t.n li flinnen ffif ullctl n lemli.p IlHll ; tlle V4.r ,.,. B,.Kr() , Afr,.H possecseil of the compii-rlng genius, i bad there Ix-en such a one even a re ! cently a half a century ago, he might have made himself a ruler of a large j part, If not the greater part, of the vast and populous African continent, set up ; an orderly government and left It to his I successors. ' A while aeo. a eood while, a niirro NuI)()1).01 ,l)(ht ,1M.ml,Si n)ive doe Bl,m(.tn,1) of ,),) k,l1; ,ut t u now t(J(j ,n0 t( muk() tU)( ultl,llllt. Kuroe hn. tlM,., u.rr,.rv tlt Africa, and no negro, however great, could now ar ray Africa against Kurope. The Hag of Kngliind and France and (Jermiuiy and lteJglum and Portugal now (lout over n great part of the ibirk continent. The ruling race In the .Mcdlterrnneau suites of Africa are not negroes, nor are tiiey Egyptians nor lire they Abys tlnlans. The victorious Menelek Is of another nice of mankind. Men ordinar ily dicrlbeil a of the Arab race are owerful lu extensive region of Afri ca, ami have long been traders lu negro alaves there. Nearly all of the races of mankind buve produced comprehenslvo conquer ors lu the course of the ages. How hapH-!iH It that the bellicose negro race In Africa has never done anything In this Hue' The negro has usually proved hi pluck wlieti tried In battle. The black chief 'bit ka was once called the "Napoleon of South Africa," but he never Justified the title. All other ne gro chiefs and kings when confronted by Kuropenns have fallen before them. Y'et the negro xiptiliit!on of the African continent Is estimated at over one hun dred millions. Ail to the Introduction of civilization among the negro population of Africa, It I to le said Hint the results of It will be belter known a hundred yenrs hence t tin it they can be within the present i generation. Ureal lilng. j A bad tempered baby, mid sometimes , even older children, w hen In a passion ! will dclllicriitcly hold the brent li so ' long us to excite alarm lest they should never breathe again. Icntli from delib erate holding of Hie breath, however, cannot occur: the demand of the sys tem fur air Is mi Imperative Hint n time conies when the strotis:est will can uo longer hold out ugalnst It, mid a deep breath must be taken, ltesplrntioii Is the most Indispensable of all the processes by which life I maintained. A person can cat Irregu- lnrly, or even go without eating for u long time, with comparatively little da ma ge to the system, but breathe he must Yet few people know how to breathe as they should. Most persons, especially those of sed entary life, arc habltiiiilly shallow brctithers and never till the lungs ns they ought to be tilled. The conse quence I that the bloixl dins not get all the oxygen It needs In order to burn up the waste mnttcrs In the body. The lung theiiiselvtMs suffer, for they are not cxiNindtsl fully, especially lu their upper portions, and so the air cells are liable to full together and the lungs easily Ixx-ome diseased. A person cannot always be conscious of Ids breathing, but he can trnln him self to the habit of breathing deeply and properly. It Is when walking, especially, that efforts should be made to brent lie. Tim alioulilcrs should lie thrown back, the head Jield erect, and slow, deep Inspira tions should bo taken by expanding the cbisxt to Its fullest capacity, holding the breath for a moment mid then ex pelling It-not simply letting It out -lis far a can I.' done. The seiuie of well being that this practice gives Is ample reward for the slight lalsir Involved, but this Is not till. The breathing capacity of the chest will be enlarged after a time, and so the supply of oxygen will W permn- nently Increased, the expansion of the lung will be more complete, and they will thu Ik- strengthened to resist the attack of disease. Above all, let It be rcun'int.'red that the nose, and not the mouth, Is the breathing aparatu. There arc many elaborate and valuable forms of breath ing exercises which cannot be descrlli ed lu a short article. We have given only the simplest form - the C major scale, as It were, of breath practice. The Cats I'rlrml Head. Lonely cats, deserted by their ow n ers or lured from their homes by henrt le.su boys, have Ust a good friend In I Miss Annie Mayhew, w ho died a short time ago lu Fugliiml. This woman was the founder of a cats' home, ami Iit w hole time and energies were devoted to curing for deserted and stray cats, on whose Ixdialf she was constantly ap pealing to the kindly hearted. F.vcy summer she Issmsl an appeal through the lire to persons leaving town, beg ging them not to forget poor pus, leav ing It to starve In their alsencc. Miss Mayhew was a firm believer In the the ory that there I a happy hunting ground for felines In the future, and that human beings and animals will somewhere meet ngaln In the great hereafter. It comforted her to think that lu some way pussies who had suf fered gross cruelties at the hands of men and women In this life might some day have their eo.inpci!itlou. Slow I'p at ( hurche. Atlanta bat au ordinance prohibiting vehicle, from passing places, of wor- ahlp at rapid rate of speed on Suu- days. Acre of Nets. Accordim to Lord Tweed mouth, th are of the herring nets uxed In Scot land In one year was no let than 10-4.-Ouu.000 squar yard. KINDLY JUDGE ANOTHER Ah! pause and think, before you seek To harshly judge another. Ton cannot f.rnb the Inner life. You cannot note the soul's dark strife, Temptations, nor its dangers rife. Then do not Judge another. Ah! me, and who should seek to be The one to judge another'' rerchsnce woman's ftirest funic, May lie her pure, unsullied i.ame. Yet slander drupes her oft In sl.aine. Thus cruelly we Jinlne her. It rnntii ro liitle, e'er to speak In kindness of another. Had you the snmc temptation seen. Hud lire withheld its golden shiin. I'erhnps less stsinlers nil had l"cu. So do nut Judtfe another. Ah! life Is snd enough, 'twould '" Ho kindly Judge another. God help lis when 1 1 is fine we'll cc, And I'mth revenU Its mj t.-ry. If He nitiill judge as cruelly As oft we Jmlge unot'.er. BOXXIEIJKSSIE. ONNIE Hi: 'SIF. ev ery one called her, and rightly enough, for of all the High land lassie w h o gathered at the little kirk Sabbat h morn ings not one was half so pretty and wiiuilug ns lb ssie. Squire lteiifrew of the lied l'a-s was desperately In love with Kossle, and sought to make her bis wife ill spite of difference In rank. The herds at the Ited I'nss were the finest und largest lu the neighborhood; the bam mid storehouse were always well filled. lie was a bachelor, something over two score years old. And he wanted "Hou tile Hessle" for his wife. "If the lasle thinks she can fancy me," he said, addressing ll ssle's grand mother, as he stood under the low, brown rafters of the little (Hark Lynn cottage, a hot Hush mounting to the shining crow u of hi bald head, "if the lassie thinks she call fancy tin-, the bargain's made. I'm ready and willing to lead her to the kirk to-mor row: ami If n L'oml, true husband and some cold and fllver will make her j happy, she'll be as happy as a queen at the Ki d I'ass." j Kcxsic listened, with wide, startled i eyes, burning checks, and quivering Hps. She In i her pence, standing, tall and slim, in a sort of stunned silence, until her gray haired lover had tukeii Ills le:ie. Then site burst forth Into vehement, passionate protest. The old grandmother suffered her to storm until her passion was spent. "Well, 'lis o'er now, ami ye'll sim mer down anil keep ipiiet, nn bbe. I've let ye have your say, and now I'll have mine. We re poor folk, lue and you. I found It hard to get I. lead when I had but my own mouth In feed, and since I've been hmdciicd wT you I've gone to bed tunny a night fit to cry wT hunger. Hut l ie borne It nil nn' done my best, an' nluays Ix-en willing to gi' you a share o' my last crust." "Hut, dearest grandma " "Now, looUee here, my lass," Inter rupted the old woman, lilting her Ixuiy j linger and glowering tlen cly upon lies I .1.. . . .. ... .1.1.. xie, ii jrii1 line ciiou 10 iciuse imix good foi tin', that i luls It 'lu lu iis two. You pack out o' tny house, and ne'er cross Hie threshold again." Hessle was silent. The great world beyond Hie Highland peaks seemed so dim anil far away, and the old home scenes were so familiar. The autumn days drifted on mid In the spring time she was going to kirk with Squire Kciifrcw und be made his wire. The springtime came and the wed ding day was close at hand, w hen, one evening Just before the gloaming, Hes sle went to till her pitcher, us Usual, at the rocky spring near by. she had accomplished her tusk and lifted the pitcher to her shoulder and had started for the cottage, her w hite, shapely feet twinkling prettily below the short pet ticoat ax site stepped from stone to stone In crossing the little brawling Stream, when suddenly she uttered it stilled cty mid staggered to a moss grown bowlder, sal down, and put the pitcher hastily on the ground, pressing her hand on her heart and trc milling all over. "It's his ghnlst, It's his glialst," she cried, 'and O, bow salr he looked at Uie!" Whatever she had seen, or fancied she had seen, there was nothing lu sight when she n.-xt looktd up; noth ing except the overhanging rocks of the glen, the brook shimmering in the evening light, and the white birch tree .ftnn.lliiK rq'cei l ll 11,1 ll.llllsi gC s,;y, "lie has come from his grave." she , cried, glancing fearfully iiioiiml. 'dare uu. di.-e na do It. o: forgive me. Jamie, that I ever thought o' It." She drew a silken cord which eticlr j cled her lluoat from her bosom as she spoKo ll uu hisseu llie stelnler hoop of silver which depended from It. -i n never ha' peace If I marry the Squire," she said, "and I ought no to ha' It; 1 shall feel I am a traitor. And, O! Ja tide. Jamie, after all. I love no one but you. inn! never can." Suddenly she rose, with resolution lumped on ecry feature. "1 must give the Squire his ring back." she said, brushing the last te.us from her eye. "It Is hard on him. but there Is mi oilier way. Then, Jamie, then perhaps ou ll forgive me, dear." Leaving her pitcher there she tossed back her abundant locks ns she Mulshed this adjuration, and went seeding away through the falling darkness with the light foot of a chamois. When she reacli-d the Hcd I'nss the bright glow or the warm Inglcslde lit the windows, .she nppr.ehed tl. nearest one and pressed her sad. tired. Jet resolute, f.iee against the glass. A minute ami she tapped lightly gainst ti e glass. The Squire turned quickly, stared, and theu started to bis feet. "Well. now. w,.l. now, what's the meaning o' tills?" he cried, rushing across tbe room ntul throwing up the window. "Hessic, my lassie, what's happened?" "Something that never should ha' hap penod." she answered. looking at lilui with a sort of desiemte dotlauce. and drawing Hie gold ring from her finger as she siHki. "I've come to give this kick t you. Squire Henftvw. I was wrong i-wr to to let you put It on." "Why, rulld, what do you mean? IP . " .!,.. .aid. Toti've e7rd of 'Au.d Kotun Orey.' mayi. haven't your" -Ye. I have. Hut what then. -Well. I had. Jamie once," she .went on. .-luteliitiR at Hie little " "f sM,cnde,i fnm. li.-r Deck, a great throb of pain slinking her: "he gave me thb. .ml I emit ever wenr any ot her x v.- He-hc-wcnt off to seek lilt f'Ttl llie. with another repressed sob. "am lie w,i lost at sea. I tried to fowl him. but I cannot. I can't keep my promM to vou. Squire ltenfrew-I -1 couldn I feci like si Id to 'Auld Itoblu i-rey - I should hate you -I should here she broke down completely. II.. took the ring she offered ami paused for a moment. A look of uu intern blc pain nn-l regret came Into his eve. "So." be :iid, slowly, "you have come to tell me this, and to ask for your free ,i..in 7 ml vim iva Mr think, too, you haw seen Jamie's ghost '!" Yc. Ami I shall never return to grandmother again. I dare not. So I am going away. .... i ,t-,rttiu" rrled a voice, l.i-sxie, iii,i ..... - ... - as hi strong nrm clasped her. The . . 1 I.m.iI .if next moment sue was uu mc her lover, w ho had come back alive and safe. A few davs nfter there wn ft nappy marriage nt the kirk, Squire Itenfrew i. ..it ..i.-i.,.. - the bride, our Ii:itit..-ii fc, .,., llotitiic Hosle."- New York News. I'mb r n rule by w hich parcels weigh ing twenty ml and of the value of Mim may be sent by mall between En gland and Frame It I said that the postal authorities have had to handle bicycles. A shepherd at t'hambery. Savoy, em ploys a horse instead of u dog to keep th herd together. The horse under stands the orders given him and carrlet tle-m nut us Intelligently ns the best trained hg. St. Louis boasts of u baboon that re cently went on a lark, ate sulphur matches, red lire, gold paint and raw iggs. drunk botiled l er and ended by throw lug eggs at the reflection of him self In a mirror. According to an Indiana rexrter. a woman leaned from a cur window nud asked a man to pick up a ring she dropped. He did so and discovered from the Inscription on the ring that she was his long lost wife. This Is one of the stories Hint you have to take at one gulp to avoid strangling. After having been twice shot with out lielug hurt. In the very act of steal ing chickens, a Maltese cat of I'lkes ville. Md.. was Anally dispatched by a cltl.eii who had lain in wait all night for It in the henhouse. According to Hie neighbors' records, the cat had car lied oft b o chicken In n few weeks. New Yot I; gypsies have lx-cn offering to exchange a woman for a horse. The woman Is described as -jn years of age iiinl pretty, with dark brown hair, fine teeth and blue eyes. She seemed much Interested, watched each tsoii who approached with a keen Interest, and snbl If anyone cared to buy she would iiinlei t.ike to demonstrate that she was a lot better than a horse. There was a collision In the Panish State Kallroad mar Copenhagen some time ago In which forty persons were killed und seventy wounded. The railroad at inur admitted that It was to blame, and, Instead of fighting claims for damages. npxilnted a com mittee to settle with the claimant what will be fair compensation, so a to avoid having Hie claim brought Into tile courts. Howard Iteed. of Milford. Pa., start ed out hunting for purtrldge and wood cock, and was followed by the house cat. All efforts on the part of the young hunter to drive the cat back home were futile; It was bound to go with him, ami It Illustrated Its ability as a hunter by its "pointing" a wood cm k. which young lteed shot. Then It "flushed' a partridge, w hich was also bagged by the hunter. Heed says he would not part with the cat for the best bird dog lu the country. Alisorl'n a Man's Ifruin. While Frank Sllva was working on Hay Farm Island, mar Almeda. Cal., he found in the ground at the base of it fir tree a complete skeleton. From the position in which the bones were found It was very evident that the IhmI v bad been tumbled Into the grave with out much ceremony, for It was found lace itown and lu n crouching position. IIS If the bodr had bisoi t,llrrl..ll,- thrown Into Its last resting place. I'pon exposure to the air the bones fell one from another, though they did not rumble into dust. They w ere all care- fully removed from the hole, save the skull, and Mr. Silva made an effort to remove that. Hut he found It Initios- sidle to bring It from the position In which It lay, Ixs-ause one of the roots of the tlr tree at the base of which It lay, had grown entlrelv tiir,,n.,i, ti,., Uitll. It was found necessnrv to eh.m the root away entirely before'the skull could be removed. The root had penc il a t en a crack lu the skull, aud had forced Its way through the head am! out at the opposite sUV When it dawn ed upon Frank Silva that the tree had grown through the skull and had act ually absorbed the brain of a man Into Its wooden tniMk. he regarded the tree "!:!: swv. 'Is '... i since refused to al low the tree to lie cut lu any wav. 1'cputy Coroner Smiley, of Alameda, took charge of the remains, though no inquest was ever had. "The skeleton was undoubtedly that of nn Indian," said Mr. Smiley. "The lxmes were found at the south shore of the Itajiml, alsiut fifteen feet from the bank, ln neath a fir tree that was n bin.lninrt, on the island before th,. nrst settler planted bis a spat ..-us ho,l. The skele ton was in a crouching position, and covered by the roots of the tree, while clear through the skull a root, almost as thick as my nrm, had grow n. It was necessary to use a hatchet to remove the skull.-Chlcago Chronicle. KlTcctWe. "1 wish you would get your wife to throw her Influence for me." said the Isdy who was running for office In the Woman's Club; "I ni sure t woul(, hnve some effect." "Yes." wa the thoughtful reply i know when she ever thrown anything for tne If txvu effective." ever look a toy pittol la th muul. WHY LETTERS ARE DELAYED. .. Tb to tin A.tr.y. t, , wrong Impression that tto write the d..lna.l..u before the name .MdK!ng mall matter make the Z , ncr andlu- Htfk. I. " s orting the mail. Thlt I "-"c Hn.-s "o tn ami ins-l of faclll.u.lmt I. up n.t the work. At any ru'. thclc Kr ualdressed Is likely... be put aside, mnl once It I out of the current the ,1, lay may be a long one. , ,,!,,. firs, assortment the c e k naturally look at the las. part of ''" ddrcs for the State or country t wlii.h fl.e mall I k'"l"tf n' 'lir""' " separate i-oucU.- for vnrlou routes or S.t, or cities, imtead of s'oi.i.Ing In the middle of n rn!i t ; red little errors, the clerk lay sum matter aside and g i will, the work of getting as much in possible of '" 11U hand off ot. the first dispatch. To place the tnnie. properly l Itni-'riaut where cancelling machines are used. Hv n unnatural iirrnif.c ., f an address a letter Is In Lie llrst place, likely to be mlsseiit. W l. n a l-tter arrives lu a city union "' cltv mall, t tr--t nn-l nun.b-r nre looked for. and little notice ' "'k''" r the mime of the address or of the Male. Generally the street, n "'t 'Imp Lu ll umber also, can be found, ev. u If the le'tcr should have gone to nr.otl.cr pM of the country, and the mistake ! not discovered until the K tl. r carrier trl.sl to deliver the letter. F.v.-n then the real mistake Is not discovered, for the letter Is turned over to the direc tory searchers, who. of course, pay no attention to the address. If they do not find the inline In the dlris-imy they mark the letter accordingly nn-l "'"d It to the general di livery division, wl.i ti lt is kept until the expiration of thirty dnv nfter Its arrival lu the postoU'me When the thirty d.iy arc up and ih' letter still remains In the olllce. II lilitst be returned to the sender. If the send er's ndilrcss is glvell. Till was the course of a letter Hi;:' was returned to a Western State from the Hoston iilthe the other day. It had gone through nil the formalities glvcli. In the pursuit of the addressee, and ill the end of the legal term for bidding the letter It was discovered thai It was directed to another State. The w!d:es was typewritten ami plain, but since the letter had bicti iarf-d mi the w long course It had to follow the trail till the end. Some postal employ,- ad vocate writing the name of tbe comi ty also upon the letters, to Insure them against going usiray. The fact Hint there are as many as twenty place of the same mime Is given lis a good r. n soti for this addition to an mldrc. Hostoti Evening Transcript. LOADING CATTLE AT HILO. How the Animals Arc Tuticn from the llnich to the Deck of Vcrscl. To load cattle they are driven from .1 stone corral through nn opening that leads Into the surf, walled on eltlur side with lava rock. One Kanaka cow boy having cast hi lariat a round the wildly plunging steer's horns, niakis fast to the iKimtiiel of hi saddle, w hile another riding Is-hlnd gets a twist on the steer's tall, and together, one drag ging, the other twisting, they go career lug through the oMning Into the surf, the wild steer thinking that he sec an oM.'tiing for escape. A small limit coti tiiinltig live or six natives from the steamer Is uncliorcd where the water Is tiki deep for Hie cattle to touch Isiltotn. and when the first rider quickly throws the lariat to one of the Isiatmail the swimming sttvr Is hauled to the boat't side, twisted around In the water until the curve of In horns can be hung over the side of the Ixiat. his buck Is--lug toward the boat, and he I fastened there to hang until ten or twelve inure nre driven out and hung up In the same way, half on cither side, and the Isiiit then proceeds to the ship. Formerly they hoisted the cattle from the wiito by a rope around the horn, but finding Hint this resulted In too much loss they now use slings. A The last one of a boatload reached the dock It twisted out of the sling by struggling lu the air, and fell directly Into the lsat beneath. Every Kanaka In the boat Immediately had a pressing engagement elsewhere, and made a quick dive to keep It. There w ere then pleasanter places for a quiet half hour than the small bout with that wild steer In It. An amusing Incident Illustrating somewhat the Kanakas' fearlessness In the water occurred while unloading a lot of mules. While nil the boats were ashore with one lot another mule ma ti nged to Jump through the gangway Into the sen. Instead of betiding for shore It swam out toward the open sea, nnd the mate ordered a native to go after It. lie dived from the steamer at once, finally got on the mule's lmck. and. holding Its cars, guided It toward the ship, when the mule began to buck, but. ns be had no solid starting place for his Jump, did It quite unsuccessfully, nnd was finally held up nlongshfe- the steamer with n lariat until the boat came Imek. Hartford Conrnut. Tho Klon.IIko Fiddler. Johu Kavamigh, the fiddler of the Klondike, before the year l over will probably be held responsible for the downfall of mime scores ,.f musicians, who. tempted by the stories of hi g(i luck, are tracking their wav to A!aka provided only with their InMrunieiits nnd a hopeful disposition. Knvanagh had been employed at Fort CoMn, but be became iH.wssed of the ,,. , there was money to be made lu the north, so he struck out for Juneau. I rotu that place he moved on to the Klondike region, going afoot over the rough country Intervening nnd carry ing with him. In his outfit, a Winches ter rifle and a violin. Once In the dlg g!tii:s. he found himself about the on'v avillable musician there, nnd the min ers gladly paid him $:iu r ,,.,,, to play for them ut their dances -Vr-gonaut. IWer 'f a Mgh nlngTlanh. A recent thuuderstoriu lu the neigh Ix.rhood of Herllu afforded an opportu nity of measuring precisely the ixjwer of a flash of lightning. The experi menter took as their basl the amount of Iron fused by a flash of lightning and calculated that the flash of light tjing Is on an average equivalent to ".tssi-horse power. When a man beglu to discus ma' riniony with widow the result It u nally a U. ASSAS'INS' CHAfUCTERlSTic Most of Them Inlelllueut and (icn,. , ly Mild Mannereil 1' It It atranxe Umt the vry . a people can at any momem exciun bit life for that of the very hiKw The fear of death It nil the law ha, threaten an nnafi-hUt with. nt. be Intoxicated with' an Idea, or (hv desperate by huuger. or, as we u,u Olieii nt-eii, in- iiiiij 1101 rettnge thec seqttetu-e. Hut he hn It In hi sw to give hi own life and fake tlmt of, czar or a prime minister the flgUw. head or the ndmlrul of the ship of iat Ibif there I lltlie use In inorallzlnj There are Just n few xilui f iint.rM about assassination of the hist tt-n year. The personal appearance of th, murdetnr. for lntnnce. Iin anyoot ever explained why notorious rutfiaM are often either singularly fntclnatlnt or outwardly hnnulcsM and a tillable? Mark Twain' acquaintance Slade lila example of the former, or Huval, or Captain Starlight or llolf Holdren-'ood -a renl person. Eugene Aram feared to hurt a worm. Charles Feare wfllt lienevolent-looklng; gentleman with gold-rltnme! siieclncles. Auguste Valllnnt, who threw u,( bomb Into the Chamber of IieputiM wit described by those who knew him as gentle and timid, shy uf puldtclty, aud of great sensibility. The sem,lhiitj appiirenUy did not extend to im-mbm of parliament. VuTIln ift hud a clung, lug voice In singing, and, with an at tractive flg-ure, a he was, seeaiM more suitable for a hero than a villain. Then there wn Henry, who threw down the bomb at the Cafe Twmlnui In I'arl. Strangely enough, It wai a glnrliui mistake to throw it there, and yet he wa, perhaps, the most hlRblr educated nsasslu of the century. Itu Henry had highly arlMoeralic tate. his npps-arunce wa frail and nflnt.l, und hit favorite studies wer.- Intellec tual; spiritualism was bis hobby. Cascrlo Santo, at hit friends describ ed him. nt least, was engaging In hit manner. He wa exiHUtcd, It will b reuicnilMred, In 1SKI, the same yearu Henry. It Is unnecessary to ns-al hl stubbing uf President Curnot or tl outburst of popular rage against every Italian lu Lyons and Paris In conse quence, or the tiulversal sympathy from every court In Euroe. Ciuwrto was said to have a f.isdnatlng smll i lu speaking. It Ita been remarked, however, that anarchists "the savage of civilization" are generally from ths rlast of those who have relapsed, who have found life a failure. And cer tainly the hlatory of the best known ns.-:' -slim shows them to have beta nearly deernte with huuger nud n tltutloti often through their nbsolut Inability to make a living for them selves. IUvnohol, or Ouenlgstelu liar nchol, to give hi in his full name, wai nn In-stance. He strangled nn old man to get hi money, and even his own cbi-s ttirur-d ngnlnst him for a time In coiiNUenoe. Hut. like Eugene Aram, he stole on principle, though In Ids caw It wa because lie thought the tuert holdlrvg of property wa wrong.-rnS Mall tlaJiette. HIS DREAM CAME TRUE. Jokers Had Fun and They Wished They Hadn't. An old Georgia darky had a dream, and In that dream he saw au Iron vet si 1 nt the roots of a dead oak tree, ami the vessel was tilled with silver dollar He had great faith In dreams and he communicated this one to his wlf. who. In turn, told It to her neighbors. It got to the ears of two practical Joker alut tow li, who placed a dozen dollars lu such n receptacle as the old man's dream had pictured, and burled It lienenth "a dead oak tree." Then, one night when the old man went to dlgsins nround the dead trees In the vicinity they secreted them selves and watched him at his work. Finally lie came to the tree where the dolluin were, nnd presently un earthed them, nnd nt the sight of the silver he fell on bis kuovs and returned thanks to heaven. Then the youii: men presented them selves, had n Rood laugh and explained matter. They had hud their fun out of the old num. nnd now they wauled their money. "Hat's nil right, geu'liuen," he "ter come licali en claim w hut de I.an'd send, but I dreamed It. en I digged Ik en damn of I ain't gwlne ter hoi' HI" He was lu earnest. He sqiinnsl hint self, spit on bl bands nnd swung hi! a.x In a tlire.iteiiliig niauner. "You can't fool me none er yon! 1 d twin de drenm, I tell you, en 1 digged IILo it., it, .til, II for ile money. CiO 'loir. eii w uk for yo' llvin"." The young men are Just $1- out li itic ;lou. util in no Is iti-eiimlnir with t hilt n under Ills head. Atlautn Constitution A I.nnd-I.oi'keil Salmon. "Many years ago." mild Clnrcnrt Pillion, traveler nnd lecturer, "au eut-of-the-wuy lake lu Maine was secretly stocked with Inud-locked salmon. At that time the nearest railway station wus thirty-eight miles from the which Is about nine tulle long by tint wide. Not much fishing has ever be.'" done In that hoct of water bccnii it Is off from the regular lines of tnivel. and there are no big hotels wltW scores of utiles: besides. It Is practical ly unknown. I wa there tlsbliig ee day, and becoming tired of strugs-l'" with six, eight nnd feu pound llluoD divided to stroll up the mountain W to obtain a glimpse of the snow-capl'eJ peak of Mount Washington, over ' New Hampshire. In nscemllm: I '0l lowed a brook which had form-si niay deen oools ns It looiicd In silccesiv cascades down to Its outlet In'o lb' lake. It was lute lu the season and till IiitmiL- u-ufl nunrlp ilrr I noticed t commotion In one of the narrow i' near the summit, and, peering Into It. discerned a gigantic fish. Wadius n I seized the monster and carried hi"1 struggling to the nhore. It was u land locked milmou that weighed third W KumU. It lwid probably leaisl UP the en senile from pool to pool to t" uppermost as the brook ran dry. 11 yon dotdit the tory I'll take you P there some time and show you tM pool." Philadelphia Presa. At to Hmoklna. "Hoes your wife let you smoke In tM bouse?" "Well, the mnkeo It pretty hot tot me."-Dotrolt Newt. Q Some men try UMdo otbenthey a1 dunned by.