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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1898)
i. T bnpponed In 1870. Which Is still stsiketi of 08 the "terrible yeur" lu T X Hols le Hue- Tbo war between tffBC hiiiI Prussia DM rngeit nil about ., l.llt IKlt II SOllIllT IIIUl IMVII S i ll i the tiny village, for which the peas i dully thuiiked their stars. 1 lie oi.i II I . II MM ...... l till lleil mono Willi mi, noil CbarliH. In the chentonu ulmvo tbe Mm nml who mi Htlll known ns Ta Ef itioutfii his title had vanished Cm hu estates ionic before, Brtnlji io- Eftd 'I'll' l"riinc Ml on the ronil to l.nt he scoffed lit the Men tli.il Hi CgHltnl would ever IuvhiIo French lerrlt'iry. ii.it one fine summer morning lloli le Due u ii h startled by n Round of inr.rtlnl ..wic mill n body of Prussian soldiers Urched through the town. Dp the hill rent the Prussians, mill there before K uliI rhntenu the order to hnlt Ml riven. The old Roldler bad seen their on) In nnd I"11' prepared, according to i own Ideas, to receive them. From Upper window wnved the colors of twice, ana ns one or me rrtissian or- Icers started to enter the house, t i am the meaning of this hostile dls- pluv, he was met by the old man, who 1 dressed himself In bis nncleut util in anil stood, sword In baud, lu the titer of the room. Ah. 1'russlun pis!" exclaimed he. rawing his sword, "draw and defend BUrself, or I will hew you down. Xo rut Ian ever yet entered my homo, or sliiill while I live." Ills brave words seemiHl almost rldlc- ins when one looked at bis white ks and shaking hand. The Prussian icer irnlled t the though! of n sword nihat with Ii I in and woul 1 pro'mbly vt withdrawn, leaving the old man pence, had not an overzoiilous soldier, Inking that his otllcer was lu dancer, ONE OF THE MBN OPENED abed In and bayoneted the old man lie stood. Tlie mistake was unfortunate, but Prussian eontinniul could not afford i waste time over a single dead French- nun. The house was tired; tbe soldiers Dun lied on, and by the time the rear the column disappeared over the Dext hill little but n heap of smoking IBM was left on the spot Where the mi chateau had stood. Hut the boy Charles, standing there leslde the ashes of his father, swore te le revenged upon the Prussians. From moment be won a man, he had a purpose. On the afternoon of tbe day on which he Prussians marched throvojh Hols-le- Ue t'haiics learned from the villagers whereabouts of the nearest 1 iy of (Tench soldiers, and set off to Join hem. It was soon discovered that the ranee, silent lad wns a valuable mein- r of the company on account of his knowledge of woodcraft and his ubso- feailessness. Important scouting "uty was entrusted to bint nnd after time he became the captain of the &W daring of all the bands of tbe PWo tlreur. Ills little company was wiistant aggravation to the Prus- IlUns, a very thorn In tbe sides of dl tlilou commanders. II. One afternoon, shortly after the sec- leod visit of the Prussians to Bols-le- IDc. little Marie Duret was alone In Ber parents' cottage while they were t work In the fields. Mnrle was a eotnely little maiden, a dark-eyed, nut brown peasant girl, and though not a dozen summers had pa Mid over her head, she was a neat, thorough going httle housewife. Although her home tood quite anart from the other cot tages and not far from the great forest, that It could scarcely be called a part Of Itols UDuc at all, Marie had become accustomed to playing the mistress r a whole day at a time that she did Oot in the least mind the loneliness. Today she hnit ! the homu In or der, bad swept the floor and bud plltsl Ju the targe brick oven a heap of faggots against the morrow's baking. All her tasks completed, Marie took posm.Son of a low chair and iiegan edately to amute herself with a targe "Ail, PiiussiAS Pin!" I rag doll, her one playumte and lot! p arable companion. Now, It bnppened tbnt on this very morning Captain Charles, the frntie tlreiir, having gone out on a iWOMOtt erlng expedition, had Issn cut off from bis men by half doaeO Prussian env nlrymen, and had to run for his life. The Duret cottage wiir the only one near him, and so, while Marie sat talk ing to her doll, the door ws suddenly burst open and the soldier rushed In. Mario knew at once that : was Cap tain Charles, for she had often Man him alsiut the village, and as sh,. had beard of bin brave deeds lu aid of the French, she wna not lu the least frightened. "Where canst thou hide me, little one?" the man hurriedly asked. "Tbo Prussians an mi my track." Marie had heard those stories of the Prussians and her heart sank with fear nt the thought of facing such monsters. Nevertheless she showed herself a brave little woman. For an Instant she glanced helplessly around tbe room. Truly there were few hiding places In the little cottage. Then h.r .yes fill on the large baking oven and her busy little bralu found n way out of the dlf flciilty. She quickly bad the frune tlreur get Inside tbe oven and tbeu she filled It with the loose faggots. Scarcely was her work Mulshed when she bean) a loud knocking oil the door and a Prussian oltleer en tend lie topped, nhnshed, when he saw only the little maid before bint Perhaps tbe thought of some little girl that he had left behind In the fatherland cnine to Ids mind, for the look In bis eyes was quite gentle and bis voice trembled lu spite of himself when he spoke. "We saw a man enter this house Just now," be said. "Tell me, uiy little Uiald, where lie Is." In the moment while she was wait ing for him to sis-ilk Marie had had time to collect her wits and to reflect that the man did not look like such a monster after all. Now she replied readily: "A man? O, yes, a soldier Just came In here nnd left that." pointing to an old musket of her father's which stood In the corner of the room, "but he Is gone now," she added. She can-fully related to the Prussians bow the franc-tlreiir had taken the path that led from the rear of the cottage to the forest The girl answered his questions ro readily that It was hard for the officers to suspect her of deceiving him, but In1 Ordered his men to make a thorough search of the cottage. They looked 111 closets and euplxiurils and rummaged THE noon AND LOOKED IN. the loft. One of the men In passing opened the oven door and glanced In. Marie's heart almost censed beating. j but she gave no sign of her alarm. See ing nothing but the heap of faggots the ' mail closed the door. Marie could hard ly keep from heaving a sigh of relief; It seemed In her own mind that she ! must shout of Joy. As they were pre paring to leave one of the men asked: "Shall are not tire the cottage?" It was the usual rule when a pea-ant wns suspected of harboring a franc- tlreur to burn his cottage as a lesson to him and a warning to nil others, but Marie's winsome manner had touched the officer's heart nnd the questioner received a curt, almost savnge "No." Marie watched the Prussians ride nwny, and when they were well out of sight, she let Captain Charles out of his narrow bidding pluce. He had heard all that passed lu the cottage, nnd he kissed Murle and called her n brave girl. Then he departed by the road opposite to tbnt which the Prus slims had taken, to Join his men ut their meeting place In tbe forest. Murle was the pride of her parents and the heroine of the town when her story was made known. And In the depths of the forest, when the frnnc tlreur gathered atiout their cimiptiro and their leader told of his narrow es cape and the bravery of the little peas ant girl, each man lifted his canteen nini fiithiislastlcallT drank to the health and prosperity of Marie Duret. The landlady of the little vlne-eov- ered Inn nt Bols le-Due tells this story I to every stranger who visits the place. And If one Is Inquisitive enough to nsk what afterward became of the franc 1 tlreur and the peasant girl she will un fold her hands and say: "Just walk up to yonder brick house ! on the hill and ask for Monslerir le Malre and his good wife. There you will And Captain Charles and the brave Marie." Omaha Beo. America's Fleet Street Railway. The first street railway In America started on the Bowery. New York, and ran from Prince street to Fourteenth street. In 1831. t Many really clever and deserving people are utqiopular because they try to make out that tbey amount to more than they ri ally do. I THE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND." Whut Wee Done with ihe Old ' el Gcorce IV, Tin- great seal Is not allowed to leu., the kingdom without epeetal Mllilli ion. in iggj Oafdtaal Vmmj earn d the seal Into the low countries and sealed writs with It at Calais, a vloln Hon of duty which fortinsl one of the article of his Impeachment. Now day. If the chancellor leovo Lot.dou the great seat BOM with him. and If uvccHsary tbe traveling staler attends tbe chancellor for tbe purixiso of actu ally npplylng the seal to documents. When tbe great seal U to change hands the retiring lord chancellor yo to tbe queen, attended by Ids bearer, who carries tin- seal In Its purs.'. Tbe purse Is handed to the queen by the purse bearer, given back to ili.it official by her majesty, and Is then handed by the purse bearer to the lu coining chancellor. Oeorge IV. bad one scul only, nnd when William IV. MMMdod hint there was some contention as to the disposal of the pieces of the defaced seal of Oeorge. The difficulty came out of the fact that when William's seul wns or der.sl (August 4, MO,) Lord I.yndhurst was chancellor, but when It was fin ished and ready to take the place of (ieorge IV.'s seal (Auiiust 111. lK'U) 1 nrd Itrougham was chancellor. I. .Mid hurst claimed the old seal, oil tbe ground that tbe IflHBai lllMI must ba referred back to the date of the order for tbe new seal, and that the fruit must therefore lie cotislderisl ns hav ing fallen In his time; while Uu-d Brougham hialated that the point of time to he regarded was the mwinetit when the old seal ccusi-d to Is- the elavls regnl. The matter was submit ted to William IV. Orevlllo.ln ids Me moirs, gives the following account of tbe Incident: "King William IV. Is a queer fellow. Our council was principally for a new great seal, and to deface the old senl. The chancellor (Ilroughumi claims the old one as his perquisite. I had forgot ten the hammer, so the king said. 'My lord, the liest thing I can do Is to five you the seal and tell you to take It and do what yon like with If The chime. I lor said, 'Sir, I believe there Is some doubt whether Lord I.yndhui- t ought not to have hnlf of It, as be was chan cellor at the time of your majesty's as cession.' "WeM,1 said the king, 'then I win judge between you, His.- Solomon; here' (turning the seal round ami round), "now do you cry heads or tails.' We all laughed, ami the chancellor said, 'Sir, I take the bottom part.' Tie- king opened the two compartments of tjia seal and said, 'Now. then, I emploj JT0U as ministers of state. You w ill send for Bridge, my silversmith, and desire him to convert the two halves each Into a salver, with my arms on one tide and yours on the other, and Lord l.ynd hurst's the same, and you will take one and give dim the other, and both keep them as presents from me.' "Pall Mall htagaauMi Gnrtnan I'.diu tillon. The Germans are the moat thorough ly educated jicople In the world. Whut they know they know well. A fellow traveler had taken his de gree of II. A. In the University of lVnn sylvanla, and went to that of Bert) It where he spent three years. BubM qtiotitly traveling lu Switzerland he met a young Gorman whose range and accuracy of knowledge was simply le jrond that of any man of the same age be had ever met. In many walks and talks the German had absolutely pump ed the American dry, while Ids own store of knowledge had only been touched. "Ach," said the German slu dent one day, "I shall never get my da gree. It Is so difficult. It Is so much, so hard, so long. I must have nation CO. 1 BMd to s' you nt the University of lterlln, and forgive DM the question, how did you got Into the university?" "Why, I was admitted on my It. A. from tbo University of Peiinsylvunlu." replied the American. "Meln Oott!" gasped the German scholar, "I knew It must ba some way like that." No lietter comment on the relative standards of knowledge and the thor oughness of the method by which It pursued could bo asked. Philadelphia Times. Merely a Sin 'euro. Labor - saving appliances for the kitchen arc now so numerous that If inventions along this Hue continue to multiply tin' position of cook will become a sinecure; and It will only be necessary for the goddess of kis to put the raw food on the kitchen table, touch a button, nnd ring the bell for the hungry. One man makes a clock wake the sbsqier and light the lamp, says Invention. Now another Inventor tnukes n clock light the tire while the cook Is In bod dreaming of her new hi cycle and bloomers. This other smart Clock Is of the alarm kind. When the hour for lighting the Are arrives tic time piece "goes off," so does a lire carriage with which it Is connected. The carriage slides on n track, which extends from the clock base to the wood to be Ignited, being put In motion by n spring released by the clock inech aiilsm. First n match, carried by a sliding match -bolder, Is struck as the latter moves, and from this the tire car rlage Is lighted, after which It slides down to the wood and completes the Job. Centennial relehrnilons. This year's crop of Centennial cclo bratlons Includes observations of the four hundredth nnlversarles of Vusco do Game's discovery of the way to In dia by way of the Cape of GihmI Hope, at Msbon In May; of tbe burning of Savonarola at Florence, also In May. and of tin- birth of Holbein nt Basel. In Switzerland. MontMdller wilt celebrate the hundredth birthday nnnlversnry of tbe philosopher Anguste Oomtoj An conn thnt of the poot Ioopardl, who was bom at Rocanntl, close by, and Paris that of Mlchelet, the historian. Bpota on the Finger Nail '. Tbe little white spots which some times appear on the finger nails are due to some subtle action of the blood, upon which all the lames, sinews, muscles, and organs In the body an- dependent for nutrition. They sometimes dlai pear of their own accord, but there Is no known cure. In reality, they signify do derangement of tbe system. If you love a man, see that be wears his overcoat until tbe weather is warm enough to discard it HUMOR OF THE WEKK STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Odd, Cnrloas acid l.unuhubl I'hiitu ot In. mull Nature liruplilcull J I'er trayed by Kmincut Word Artlala ut Our Owu Day A Budcl ml Vua, The BaaBM Why. "Now," sold the professor In natural history, "take the case of the lieu. Why doea It lay the cggT" "Ilccnuito H eau't Iny carpet," replied the bright boy of tbo ; . . .v. :, American. Ill Point of View. "m-acou, do you think that the moral tendency of bicycle riding Is badf "Yes, for those who do uot ride." De troit Free lrvs. Making Nrurty. Mr i . i... .... I....I. . ia 1 11111 V W1IIT1III1 IT ' ' 11IU women are arming for the fray," said the perfumery clerk; "but we have sold i quite a lot of intwder of late." Pblla- I delplda North American. In Kvldcnro. TJncta Jim, why do some of the col ored people place ctniJy inollcltie lst ties on tlie graves of their deceased (rtandar "i dnaao, nh, onieas hit is tM M da worl' know what klllisl 'em:" Atlanta Constitution. No Nerd for llonka. "II m! Inw Issiks on the rights of the wife! Well, my husband mid I Ocvcr hud any dispute ubout that." It, Mined Ho. "It rests with you to say whether I hall remain here and be happy or go to braVI the terrors of the frown Klon dike." "1 appreciate the favor you have shown lu applying to BM first," replhsl the widow, "but my pnqxTty Is so tied up that I think you would Bnd It aMMf to get your grubstake somewhere else." -51uclunutl Kiiqulier. ill- Miilo. "I suppose you have your own Ideal as to the projH'r line of warfare," said the SptmlMh official. "Yes," replied the general. "Seven words to the line Is the iivcrnge upon which I base my caJculutlous." Wush lugtoli Star. Keeping; It "Are your folks keeping Lent very strictly this year?" "I should say so. They've had the dressmaker every ifciy for two weeks, and are now getting ready to clean house." Clevelaud Leader. Pure to He ' I. First poet I am going to huvo my revenge upou the editor. Second pOOt How? Vlrst poet (In a hoarse whlsporl I've scut him n poem, and I've poisoned the gum on tbo return envelope.- Loudon Fun. The Itnae of llnbrllrf. Old Qrnmpy 1 have found it tbe saf est rule In life, to trust no man to take It for granted that every one Is only waiting for an Opportunity to Is'iit you. Miss Cutler Ah, your case only cm phaaiBM the fact thnt too much retro spectiOO Is a Imd thing. Heaeurcli Ncccnitirr. "Now," said the man who had bOOO lecturing, "there are many theories as to taxation. Y'ou doubtless have your own Ideas on that lUbJecL" "Yea," replied the candid acquaint ance. "What Hud of property M your opin ion ought to bear the gTMtsat burden of ixpeoMr" "I can't answer Mint until I bnvo taken an Inventor to see w tint I li ne the least of." Washington Star. Literary. Wt y Curtly l ie Just finished a lovely Isiok on the ruces. Miss Crudely I am so glad to hear It I should think that you would pre fer any kind of llti-raturo to that hor rid habit of batting you have got roto. Thought Wasted. Waldo What do you think ubout our coast defenses? Chimin) Nottln', I never owned a sled, an', besides, winter's over. New York Evening Journal. Ac. ouattas for it "gal here. Lucy," said the teacher to one of her hrleht scholars, "you have written the word 'oyster" without an r.' " "Oh. yes," exclulmi'd the Mhoiar, renchlng for the slate to tnako tbe cor rection; "I mmt have lieen thinking this was one of those months when there Is no 'r' In oysters." Yonkers Statesman. Proof PoaltlTO. McSWBtton How do you know tin re's goto to Ih' war? M. S .i liters Itlowbsrd In going to Klondike on the next Lraiu.-8yracue III raid. Jo.t I. ii re". Mr Qiiei i (til Mr. Newcomh. who tin a Snqiomid wife, but no ehUdrooJ -lle you a large family, air? Mr. Ncwcoinb Utfgn, but not uunicr ous. Tit Itlts. A(t.-r it lliirmiln. "Ufa," ttdaiflMd the woman with tbe sharp feature, "isn't worth thing!" They who knew her lest were vague ly conscious that she was isisidbly try ing to beat homebody down. Hut whom? Detroit Journal. To Uriiw llrr lie Father Why do you paint, my child': Daughter- For the same reason that you BM rosin hafOM you play on your rtoUst To help to draw my beau; MOl Ami Llkewtae mi Rmptji Head "Bow emphatic Whooply Is lit every thing he nays." "Didn't you ever notice that an emp ty wagon makes the most noise'"- De troit Free Press. Hie Hcn oii. "Why do they call It a 'Hying squad ron.' I wonder?" "Bacanai It'll make the fur lly when It BMOtl the eucmy."- Ch velund Iaid er. A t Inch. That was a difficult thing to prove. In the absence of documentary evi dence. "You are sure that he regarded you as his wife?" askisl the lawyer. "Sure?" replh-d the woman. "SttNl Hay, 1 once gave him a letter to ost and he carried It u round lu his pocket for si i wectiH!" Ah, but unhappily Ihe letter could not bo produced lu court. -Detroit Jour nal. Trnl bovodi Mrs. Adshy My husband Is very go.. I to ma. He always accompanies uie to church on Sunday. Mrs. Darling That's nothing. My husband looks under the bed ut uiy N quest, IVef night His Poaaaoai Wllktu Are you keeping Letltl Qarper Yea, 1 always do. My wife has her mother sia-nd the tnontli liefore Luster with her every year. Cruel. He I never discuss matters uism whi.-ii i am not fully Informed. She What do you ever talk alsjut bo g)dM cigarettes? After HomethlnR Pretty. (lid lllghnicks- I refikw to take the picture. 1 won't ghe you a cent for It. Artist What's the matter? It look like your daughter, doesn't It? Old lllgllliH'ks C course It dOOa, That's the nttwm 1 don't want It. Any fool of a photograph man could take a picture that looks like 'er. What did you think I want a paJnllu' fur, uuy wuy ? "A Spring Wiilklim Hut" After Tnklna. "What! makes Popper have such a siul and melancholy air? Is he In love?" "No, ssr fellow; he was marriisl flirts- mouths ago." Detroit Free Pn-ss. The Krnnl for Hufety, A citizen said to an old negro the other day: "Well, Hen, It look like war, and I understand they're going to put the tie gnus right In front!" "DatH lie all right, sub," he replied. "HI dey puts 'em In dl rear da white folks 'ml run over 'em M kill 'em. so i dnnno bat what dey'd be safer right lu front:" -Atlanta Constitution. No Hnl,.lliiitr. He -What will you lake for a kiss? She I didn't know there was any substitute l'hlladelphla Inquirer. A i.i 'i on of Time. BbO Miss Poplin has bMfl out of tlie world, hasn't she? lie Yes. I was with her this morn ing for hulf iui hour and told her all 1 knew. She What did you do the rest of the time? Detroit Free Prms. A Hawaiian Incident. "An Interesting Incident happened when I was In Honolulu," said Benatof Morgan recently. "You know the na tives are magnificent swimmers. They take to the water like ducks, due day a cargo of mules was being Carried mi a burge to a steamer lying off shore, when one of the mules Jumped over bOBfd and made for the shore. When he lauded on the Is'in h In- looked around, nnd seeing all the other mules Isdng MMWd tnwiiril the steamer lie went nut Into the surf ugaln unil started In the direction of the bnrge. After he had gone some distance u great wave came along and turned him over. When he righted himself be was absolutely wild, and blindly bended out for mldoceiiu. The men on the targe watched hlin for a while, and then the Captain uskisl If It was proposed to let the aiili inl drowu. Quick as a tliisb one of the Kanakas sprung overlwiard, swam ut n tangent to Intercept the mule, nnd. reaching the animal, climbed umh his tack, and by clever tactics directed the anlmiil to the steamer, riding hlin like a centaur :n the water all tbe way." -Washington Post. A man frequently outwits himself in trying to outwit others. i broker Jim, tr, ffie Ce-jimegr, atf (e yi rje'j o.r down. To f . fkf Soon A,! ifje joldierj ever lTrf, ai)- $tt tlc'j ota. joirjaji lhe a.p" lice (ijmj, too At)' jo CA lie III II ' rrjiQKi n il be i Cxue e' Afraid, I Jaew. An jo. as' 0'5nD'ie w sverylr jo Wl)et) Jim lAld When Jim iaT.I She'd WAnf To 5ii liNe d Jim H 7 iMqt t . yoci koow, ve never sU a word. irje ni.jj.you J-MlltlijOlV An' he wa aj WHERE WATER IS SCARCE. a MeaatroM Droath is Davaatallsuji Himth AfrlesM A morit disastrous drought Is dOTM tatlng South Africa, the worst known for many generations. Slis'k Is perish Ing In such vast nuinls-rs that farmers are being ruined wholesale. The Illus tration shows the prta-ess of lairing for wtiter. At a little expense the Cnis government provides an apparatus for the BM of the farming community and drilling operations uro lu progreris In nearly all parte of the country. It Is generally haMoVad that there Is abund ance of wutiT at a derth of from fifty to 11 hundred feet, but the finds are few and weak. Unlike Australia there IN no hiiblcrraiieaii rivers to tnp. Tbo hope of the farmer lies In the oonscT f at ton of the rulnfull, which. If not stored In dams, quickly runs off Into the "slults" and "spruits," and leav-s the parched earth but little Mfroahed. In many places the drinking supplies regularly fall short and the fanners are reduced to the thick, opaipte con tents of 11 dam, In the r OtOT dls- trlcte the Boon ixporlenM this aouta ly. A I ti nt recently callisl at an Kn- gllihtnan'i bobm while on a Journey and nski-d for a drink. The English man had a gissl supply and gave him a sparkling draught The Dutchman was greatly stirprlncd and In his kitchen null" expressed himself highly de Hfhtod with such a sweet drink, as Be observed, "It had neither taste nor smell." MESSAGE THAT MEANT DEATH. The laBrnoM " No Kent" Pastor Whlah l.iiinled Many lrlnlnneii In I'rlaon. Here Is n relic of a time made excit ing by "agitation" In Ireland. It Is the famous "No Item" Msler, which was one of the features of the movement of 188 that landed so many ardent Irish men In prison. The National League of Inland, Iha executive committee of which Issued and signed this remarkable document. HTM opposing landlordism by COOrclOg the teoantry Into not paying rent. Such tenant! as were known to Intend lo defy the National League and to pay had these "no relit" posters Balled to the ilisirs. In the corners were certain terrifying sentences. "Your fate Is cer tain If you pay rent. Oa.pt. Moon light," was the tent! meiM In one, while the other ibOWed a collln bearing lc neath It the clns rlng Inscription, "This Is your collln. ltory of the Hills." The v U,lTV.-.TJf.H, bVl I la. Ll. IkJH a s.riaiuu. - - t 11 ' " rj"".awi : . , i i VAHors "ao iikm ' rosTKii. men who Issued the siters were Im prisonrd for their offenses, but the country was placardi-d us durlngly ditr lug their Imprisoiiuieut as before. Now a cipy of one of these osters Is as scarce as hen's teeth, and, though not a bit artistic, they are treasured by isstter isilliK-tors as If they were print aa In letters of gold after a design by some master draughtsman. Precious DoOataMMti A gooil story Is told at the expense of the custodian of the foreign doeu uieuts depurtuieut of Uiu I'reuch NsV BOBMB roil VATIBi rent I By Ord tr o( fe 7e pive 1 II . I .it.jiicj J aai , !.,.. IT i i A.0" U UK folkj wl)&T lficy cao do, .i r ' HAT arjieji 11. hive AcowArd for a ion he'd gave to J0 Q'.ob" . Tt)f jeeined-jjr like SOf wwr woo Id Jer dons Dit cried ai) cried Allot Soft ijijolJ Jin)ftififtr)ey uwrjfAWAy Aiy tric.licDoTl jauI 'Pwaj a lotky day To thow tn'vr wo axe JAme;' In hii 0 ad jd I1fioot)f j he woaUoTCAre, Pift ifjc rook on ri cried jajt like aj tfjoojr) He's 5010'fapdlo Jowrj frjere I dot jcjjj 5ooK l)Ar)dj witfj Jinj.likc tiyreil ruxd At) wcol to r-wke a waIK; Ao bm;cby lwcoioof V fry ad' rrjeet' hqow.ao ao tt!)ir)3,Ai)'liJwWAj WAlkin'ohtrje jfrecP nyin 100; tlonal Library. The New York Times Is authority for the anecdote. I Miring t he visit of King l.'huhilong korn, of Slum, a highly prUed jiaper that tut one had 0000 able to decipher satisfactorily, because of the mixture of Slami-se and Chinese characters, was Unearthed und shown to the Siamese visitor. The King ghinosl at the proHotM papM and then lauglusl hmrtlly, after which he went on to aXplalB that this carefully guarded and highly priced document was merely a lire Insurance policy drawn up for a Chinese company by some Siamese ttrui, ami that Ills own brnatnrOi which It laire, was such as all similar documents contain. It wa :. moreover, written by one of his secro larlM detailed for that work. Thnt document Is not so highly prlxcd as It was. HOUSE WITH A HISTORY Structure Which Huh More than Com mon Ititcreat for Mamma. In Canton, N. Y., stands a DOOM which has more than a common Inter est for the masons of the oouutry. It shows. In the first place, "the royal atcli," Which scorns to la a shaia) of myotic meaning to the order. And lu the second plaiv, It was built to tin nut the principles of Its builder, Paul llovn tou. In the faced of his enemies, thu anti Musntis. Itoynton cnine to Canton In INTtl and was prominently kMOtUed with the Masonic order. Alanit that time a cru- Mda again the organ I .it Ion startisl; tbOM were pamphlets published oil "Masonry ICxMscd" and the like. In I ti tdtemool one promtnant opponetst 1 of the Masons dlsapMiintl and hN eomradM a ringed ton play, iioyntons house was burned In the trouble that I followed. Itoynton forthwith built nnother hoiira.'. It Is the "royal arch house," IKlVNTON's nilTAI. Alii II not mi: which Is still standing. Along the cor nice over each arch there are charac ters carted unknown to any but royul arch Masons. Art of Hog llrlvliiK. The dlfflCUity of driving a single bog was well ntUsitrnted at the finit of Uth slt-ist the other afternooti nt about train time. Some men WOTS driving a herd of IwilM to Amherst, and as they approached the bridge one of the ani mals Is'catne olwtreperoiis and IsMted towanl the city, becoming thereby sep arated from the rest of the drove. The throe or four men, asslstisl by volunteers, placed themselves bOtWOCO the city and the relsdllous hog In a seinl circle, while otM' of their number advanced cnnttooaty and began to tlckla the hog's nose with a pine brush. This WOUid make the animal turn round, and each time he did so he would move a few sti-ps towanl the bridge and the rest of the drove. The maneuvers were Watched with a great deal of interest by a large crowd of sjs-tatirs, and when finally the wayward one returned to the bosom of the drove u very illldl bio murmur of admiration went up from the crowd. I.jnchbutg News. Attn rtlaers Are Immortal. (Jrent iidvcrtlscrs live In tho history of the city and the prosM-rlty of their Bras, long after they themselves bavo "shuffled off this mortal coll;" their an nouncements lu the newspapers contin ue to bear fruit after tbe advertisers lire dead. On the other hand, the non ad vert 1st ng business man Is dead to tbe community long before he leaves this life; nnd his business Is more then apt to die with hlin.- -Savannah News. Severe) Ait nek of Piety. Tho I log-faced Boy Tbe Human Os trich apiK'ura to bo getting very relig ious. The Albino Girl-Yea, he wouldn't eat anytblug but stalued cathedral glass for his dinner New York Evening World. , Disinfect the Hooks. Health Commissioner We ode Is at present engaged on a plan whereby IsMike In circulation at tbe buffalo pub lic library and tbe public schools may be dlalofectcd. I I