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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1898)
ijra ''vi i.wr- o . una v ubi 1 . is -aw f mmr ii IP' i aaaaaa i i .jr.,. 'iM.nvK.- rt- rnn ran nn Pin nRRR 1 V I ran rvi rrm i-ui TT II t I '...'.. TkJBai rli' '.a..' .'. i . . . . . JUPITER : JENKINS, Schoolmaster. i. "jovl imn Placet" wrote the red L'lrl In the back unit of the i i.. I,Ioiil- school room. Harrison 'uklu. Hie presiding genius of tliL KH i - " m J- at, mil UeirtvllllL' t M'll I III 1 Ills tlt-sk. II.... u-lfli till. flllKS III l.Illttl I . .. i . I ..i I... I. Dcse vUi v" i " "- pityingly up to bis dark face, were . II... ii (III III.. . ' I ' I l "Slllll ' The lesson hail iHt-n poorly prepared .1... Imi itt t tm n.l.il u ill ii wiiu ..... .ii ...I t.i utti ill'.,!- 1'r.iin tin, 1 1. -i I -i . -1 - Sir Jenkins brought Ml list down ..In In .li.nl In, .ml n-III. n Ihlll II" Mill, 11 1.1 HI in'lllH II" H Ullll. in.. " ' - ' " the room, "la this what you mini' ...I. ....I I. 111! In. .'Ill lilt If .lit. Ill DC 11 Jlli. 19 una vii' ii jou ibm .. hi. . ..... I iiri.i.liiiin I'lffu r 1 1 ' t f ! . u I L. ... II..K, , ,11 HI... .1 . 1 . -I...... Ii.-I 1,1 I ... ... I ... I ...i. I....!.... ..nAit..l. .. .1.. ..... ,1,1,, , ....ii ...in. In this irront world, throw Imr in If thlB was uu lutitltutlou for .1 I...1. ..i ..i. it i i i.i i . it.. tills III' tut i'i ifiiu .iiii .i.".i ' .' ' mi ..ii i'i. .....i .. i.i i. I .. .1.1.. ill t in- nimctuntcd evcrv sentence with bat echoing thump on the ilr.sk whlrh be ii. in. Is of each boy ami girl before in It was then tlmt the rcd-hcuded girl L . I. .. - . . - II T .. I .. . .. (ieraldlne Colllu was .Mr. Jenkins uch never appealed In the little com- W 111 1M 1131 1111 lllll ill I 11 1 .11111111' III u IkIahuIv I n I..h. .1.I...1 ...,.l ... ..f,. ouiiil lu her hltt greatest Irritation. Villi.- Mr. Jenkins In 1.1 the whole of nrv of, Geraldlne bad given him the in' in J i i Her. a ml I Hi n su we I It wan at ouee adopted by ull his abjeotn. "When he pounds hi- desk and that iim ".'.ifsK.' 111.1111 oiutiti n mi, null inn Mm. ,.. Hunt. .. It I ...... It, tub I. Ull I. I SCIli IIL" t llllli i l l'.i Is In rarl I lie hud been told ho by ndmlrlm; anil lie was. But It was with the ml headed jrlrl -r w . It,. !',... I... 1 1 .l.I.tiij .11., I . llll.t1 II IK IllllCt 111, ...llll l ..f II.. .I .11 CI SMI III II IKK I li It il". i .. ..I " 4li5 ITVU w i i- (it'itiiiK lillliii I'.. Mm, uiin l i t .i in i r i .. I.-...I. . .... i ....t ..i l I i .i M I 'I I Mllll Ulltll llil.k nut in i..l "! i-"iin uiin liri Ilium, 'any umlrrttmd and Blorl nwav. ii i .i.ii- ,. i.i .1. ii ., nuuiu .tlll llirill Iltlt MUlt Juplirr Jrnklns wns umistomiMl to inui nanny more timn oiu rlillil In II. Ho Iiml come to comnlaln to C,vn- dllle's I.:.,f),..r flf.f It. it A. ..... . " ' "' W.MIllli'i fMMIU-- ktlnt.. ..ii... i . .. . I -iu uiii; n lit' HUH Dill II 11 kvnln.l mi i .... . . . uuii: en lilt' IU It'll Villi II IIS. p ' offln, whto I would not t&kt Um trmiM. !,. i.,r..,.,.. i nniH humnn . .1 I. I n . iiimni uiUl II lUtllU' MT I I1 has D 11 ill win I Mil. i.i iili.l ali.i .ii. . . ....I... . -in- in'a-f-in nerseii. ii Mil- now9 you and I are oue In this mut . sue w ll nil en re tn irmi h ,. tw m HfKlii lliii; to iret her lessons." toTuldine'g mother was as nmrh Hat ff'sl as any other woman would be, an. I m . uu, or course, Jupiter Jenkins was up "CM. Thus he dealt with tJeraldlne. onelous of his power. He endeavored 'make her full ii ti,l tvhi.niit- .1- ulltk ,11.1 BIlt' U.is . in 1 1 1. .1 1. 1 t.v Piimnlii nft.ir .'( .'( J Li Ill 111' I Miool , gtt nor e8song ot, with a wonderful mind, there a a somewhat wayward nature la 'wtextureof Geraldlne Cotllu's lH-rson- Ull. . n. - . ' . "j. one wns orten roURli ami boy wnlsh, and she caused no end of trou M. With the dep Interest the young Miter took In her. a sense of power ueveioptMl. When Mr. Jenkins luppM he had her solidly In his control, 'here would burst forth a Ot of "don't' a'" In her which astonished and aliinned him. Then the thunderbolts flew to punc tuate the mosterg fluent words of In "'irnntlon. "When one has the mighty ft'ft of brains," he thundered, "and life's road Ilea before to choose what Is w-st and highest, to be lazy and lnn uld. and not ta reach the arm to grasp 'be golden apple of llesperldes, Is the ffeatest wrong." 'I was then thnt Humliltim hor onlnr lightly brighter and her bend a trllle higher, would return to her seat and Write, "Jovl non placet" "It la not Pleasing to Jupiter." Therii were certain rare facts about raldlne that Jupiter Jenklna, In bis ''Wher'a entbuauiam, bad not noticed. .All 1 -M0 One of these wns thnt she was a very pretty girl. Ilut If he had been Imper vious to this fnet there were ul hers who had not, and among those were some of the big hoy In the school. (ieraldlue was growing, and she was DOW tall and lithe of BgOTB, with her big blue eyes clearer and more express ive, as she looked at people. The true soul of u rather designing maiden wus showing forth from them. She was gild to receive attentions, and It smote Jupiter hard when he ODMTTCd that she walked with one and then with another In the still and balmy spring evenings. Just why It smote blm as It did Mr. Jctiklus never knew uutll a few years later. Ilut It did, and Ceruldlne's face seem- ANT IT WAS SIMPLY THIS I IOVRI) Vol'! I WANT Yul' ALWAYS isl iii have framed Itself into the center of his thoughts. She recurred to his conodouanoai constantly, and when he thought of these big boys he was truly uncomfortable. He had another conference with Mrs. Collin, in which he suggested that (ier ahline had better be kept In the I se nnd made to give closer attention to her les-.uis. W hen he called her III recite Hons he was also doing his best in make the girl fall. Ami when she did fall he did his liest to make It uncom fortable for her. She had to remain after school and get the whole lowon. Jupiter made her recite It all, "precept Upon precept," so to senk. He had conceived the ambition to make a teacher of the girl. He broaebod the subject to Mrs. Collin, "(ieraldlne," bo began, "Is cut out to lie a teacher." Mrs. Colllu started lu astonishment "Yes she Is," he atllrmed, with n thun derbolt, "uud she ought to bo sent to a normal school. I never went to one, und what I kuow nbotlt teaching has been gained by experience. Hut there Is no mistake. The learning of meth ods means something In these days, and I'm sure thnt If (ieraldlne Is sent to u normal school she will make a Urst-ratu teacher." Mrs. Collin thought It over for a few days, nud then came to the conclusion that Mr. Jenkins was right. That was the usual conclusion ubout Mr. Jenkins In the little vlllnge. The Idea wns placed before Geraldlne, and when she beard of Jupiter's proposal she smiled n smile thnt made her mother look at her twice. Hut Geraldlne hnd the key to certain kinds of human nature which was fur beyond her years. She thought she would like to go, and it wns a gn at Joy when she came to Jupiter's throne, nnd In her sweetest nnd calmest man uer thanked him for his kindness, and snld she would do her best to deserve It That was the happli-st day that Jupiter had ever had lu ti e school. He did not understand It, but there wns n singing In his Ijenrt as homelike ns the singing of a tea kettle aud as soft as a cut's purr. Geraldlne took new interest In school. She tried no more of her subtle ways to disturb Jupiter, find the Istys found a change In her, which at once set their former Interest nt naught. "She nln't no more fun." they nil agreed, and they troubled her no more. III. Geraldlne entered the normal school and passed her preliminary examina tions with extraordinary success. Bbe was one of the highest three out of a large class. The veteran principal of tbe school knew human nature at a glance. He wrote to Jupiter a letter which continued all that worthy had said about the wild, nomadic Geraldlne When Gcrnldlne returned at the end of her Brst year the townspeople begau to relent In the hard opinion they lmd MlttrtalMd of her, and saw another ptflM lu the tall Dd earnest young woman who hml appeared boforr tbem, Juplier Jenkins bad rmtM Ma work as schoolmaster lu the little seaport town. Me had been studying law, and was now tm Ploying the same forensic tnl nts he hud umsI before his IcBMlfOOn In a more lucrative If not n higher ourt. lie was "up In the city." and was making n name. When (!erahl!:ie hnd (Ints!ni1 her course In the normal schistl she received the highest commendation, and the old principal happeiicO to Had a gn.nl place for her In the same city where Jupiter was making his way. When (ieraldlne hail come Into his ofllce at the end of the first quarter It was the llrst Intimation that he had received of her presence lu the city. She said she had come to make a pay ment, and while she ipoka pour Jupiter was turning nil sorts of ruddy colors. "Hut I hadn't board yon were here, tierahllne," he said. "I have bOM thinking of you, list ,nnd wondering If I should hear from you. Of course. 1 knew 1 should. Hut somehow 1 cannot get yon out of my head, girl." This w as pUBCtnrod with one of the old time thumlerlNilts. "Fact Is, Cerahllne. I've only Just found out why I treated you so hard w lieu lu KOOoL And It was simply thls-I loved you! I want you always; 1 want you to make me bappyi ' to lie my wife!" (ieraldlne smiled ns she ral-isl her face nud received the salute from tils lips. "I knew that was the matter nil the time," she said. Cincinnati Cominer elal-Trlbune. KI1 Notices. The follow ing notice Is displayed In a hotel In Norway: "Hath! Urol class buth. Can anybody get. Tuahbath. Warm mid cold. Tub !ath ami shower lmth. At any time. Kxeept Saturday. By two hours forbore." And this Is the notice thut was posted up recently in an art exhibition In Toklo. Japan: "Visit ' ors are requested at the entrance to show tickets for Inspection. Tickets are i charged HI ecus ami 2 ceils for lite spe j rial ami common respectively, No vis itor who is mad or Intoxicated Is a! ' lowed to enter In, if any perUOU found ! in shall be claimed to retire. No visitor Is allowed lo carry In With himself any parcel, umbrella, stick, and the like kind, except his purse, ami Is strictly forbidden to talk within himself dog. ' or the same kind of hcasls. Visitor Ii ! requested to take good care of himself from thlevely. PR LIFIC LIFE IN ALASKA. Full of l'n i In a i i n.: Anlllltiln iili.l Posthofod i ottgalses. John liulr, who has summered ami wintered lu the Alaskan lands, toward which all men's eyes ami many men's feet are now turning, says In the At lautlc: Nowhere ou my travels so fai have I seeu such warm blooded, re Juicing life as In this grand Arc lie res ervatlou, by so many regarded as deso late. Not only are there whale It abundance along the shores, and in numerable seals, walruses uml white bears, but great herds of fat relndeol ou the tundras, and wild slnsvp, foxes, hares, lemmings, whistling marmotl and birds. Perhaps more birds are Isjrn here than In any other region of equal extent on the continent. Not only do strong-winged hawks, eagles aud water fowl, to whom the length of the continent Is ouly a pleasant excursion, come up here every summer In great numbers, but also many short-wtnged warblers, thrushes and Bncbes, to rear their young lu safety, re-enforce the plant bloom with their plumage ami sweeten the wilderness with song. Hy ing all tbe way, some of them, from Florida, Mexico and Central America. In thus going so far north they are only going home, for they were lrn here, and only go south to ipend the winter mouths, as New Knglanders go to Florida. Swect-volced trOUbadoOrS, they slug In orange groves nnd vlne clnd magnolia woods In winter. In thick ets of dwarf birch ami alder In sum mer, and sing and chatter more or less all the u'ay back and forth, keeping the whole couulry glad. Oftentimes In New Knglnnd, Just as tbe Inst snow patches are melting and the sap In the maple begins to flow, the blessed wan derers may be heard alsmt orchords nnd the edges of fields, w here thej- have stopKd to glean a scanty meal, not tar rying long, knowing they have fnr to go. Tracing me Io"isiei ui ,ri!lK. ' they arrive In the tundra homes In Juni or July, and set out on their return 1 Journeys ra September, or as soon as their families are able to fly well The free lunch attracts mure men than the church festival OUR NAVY IN A NUTSHELL. Intereatlns Facta Concerning Uncle Haui'a Murine KIbIiIIiih Tower. The Darted States Is the tlfth naval power In the world. The nartef of Great Britain, Kraiu-e, Itussla and Italy rauk ahead In the order named, (ier niany and the United Stati-s are alsiut tied. Our present effective lighting force consists of four battle ships of the first class, one battle ship of the sec ond class, two armored cruisers, eigh teen cruisers, fifteen gunlswits, six dou-ble-turrvted monitors, one ram, one dy natnlte gunlmat, one dispatch Imat, one tniiiNimrt and eight tOfpedo boats, The Iown weighs nearly l'J,un) tons, nnd as twenty tons Is the average load of a (Night car and twelve cars Is n good load for a locomotive engine, It Would take fifty locomotives to haul the grout sti-el structure. The powder used Is brown nnd In chunks toe size of u OBnunel A charge for the Uggvst guus weighs ,"(iO pounds and Is hoisted to the bnivh by a der rick, tin' iHjwdcT being sewed up In burlap lings. Armor plates are tested by llrlng teal prOjOCtflea weighing from 10(1 to 1.B0O iounds at them from guns charg ed with Rot) pounds of powder and at a dlstamv of nlwut a city block. The biggest guns lu the navy an- for-ty-nlne foot long, big enough for a nuin to crawl Into; four feet In diame ter at their largest part and weigh 185V COO . in. I- or therenbouts. Then- are six rear admirals In BOtlfS Mr Vice, The ofllces of vice admiral nnd admiral are uulllled, so there Is no bend of the navy excepting Secretary Long. Our battle ships have n speed of from fifteen to seventeen knots an hour. Cruisers make nineteen to twenty-four knots, while the monitors can travel only five to seven knots. Harnacles form on the hull of a ship, Impeding Its speed. A six months' cruise win decrease the speed of a ship IB peT cent., uud It must go. Into dry dock. Sixty-one merchant vessels belong to tbe uuxlllary navy. These ships are subsldlzeil and Iry contract must Ik' given to the Dotted States ou demautl. Some of the guns In the navy can Ore a shot twelve miles, farther timn n man enn sec, for the guns are aimed aud sighted by machinery. The tint expended by the navy aspaillUUHl In 1807 was $34,5(ll,Mil. This Is a larger sum than has beeu ex pended In any year since 1800. Iu a buttle the woodwork aud aril clcs of wood are elthiT slowed lielow or thrown overlsiarxl lest the men be Injured by splinters. The origin of the navy department may lie said to date from Oct. 13, 177f, When Congress authorized the ejuli ment of two cruisers. The fastest vessels In the navy are the torpedo boats Porter and Dupont, each of which ran travel 27.5 kuots an hour. Hat tie ships cost from $2,500,000 to 3,750.000, aud cruisers from 11000,000 to $3,000,000. A good torix-do boat costs over $100,000. Hat tie Willi are for the heavy work; cruisers are commerce destroyers; mon itors are useful only for coast defense. The Indiana could lie outside San.lv Hook and throw 1,200-pound shots In to New York at the rate of four a mlu ute. Those artists who show smoke In their picture! of naval battles are whol ly wrong. Smokeless powder Is used. All of the cruisers are named In hon or of cities, and the luittle ships, except the Kearsarge, In honor of States. The "grog" ration was abolished In 1868) nnd since then the crew ha.s licen forbidden to drink while on duty. Marines are the sillce on Isiard ship. Originally they were employed to pre vent mutiny among the sailors. The guns of a battle ship can enrry from six to twelve miles, hurling n Jhot weighing half a ton. Only ' Ier cent, of the onltsted men are Americans, and a smaller percent age yet nn1 native lrn. Projectiles thrown by naval guns are shnrssl much ns the bullets shot by the ordinary rifle. A big battle ship has on board nu electric plant capable of lighting a town of 5,000 Inhabitants. The boilers of the Iown have a heat ing surfuce of eight acres and hold thir ty tons of water. Great Itrltaln has 204 torpedoes and torisslo-bout destroyers; Uncle Sain has only eight Flvo hundred nnd twenty six men and forty officers nre required to mau the cruiser New York. Battle shll8 are covered with nrm..r of nickel steel from five to seven Inches thick. We hnvc four armored Imttlc ships the Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts und Texas. A submarine torpedo boat to bo known as the Plunger Is now trader construction. At present the total enlisted force of the naval militia Is 3,870 Ofllceri and men. Behind the heavy armor there Is n padding of either com irlth or cocoa husks. It costs $500 every Umo one of the big guns on board a ship Is fired. The Brooklyn and the New York are our armored cruisers. Sailors ore paid from $0.50 to $12..V) per month and board. An not of Omgrcss In 1872 abolished flogging In the navy. The American navy has practically all be-n built since 1MK3. A captain lu the navy ranks with a colonel 1n the army. The oldest Iron vessel Is the Michi gan, built In 1H44. l ive battle shlim nre now under con struct Ion. We have only one ram the Kntnh din. The ships are painted white. Frank Lee In Chicago Times Herald. With Pros ii uml WumVerful are the decisions some time, mad.- by Mexlsan Justices of the tH-iiec, nee' of whom are mesgerl) aqolpped In knowledge. One such ad :ii!nlHtnit.r of the law, after a man had la-en tried and found guilty of murder, deltvt-rd a long lertur to the I murderer upon the hdnouaneas of bis I crime, anl warnul hlrn never to apnr 1 In bis court agiiln upon such a charge, i Then he lmpplvely pronounced sen tence live dollars and coats and dis missed the tourt. his tace beaming . . . i . I u.lUr.i.lli.n MH lila WIIB prHH aasi oratorical effort. Ibfore another Mei lean Justice of the peace there cams a Mexican man and maid to lie tied In wedlock. The Judge looked them over critically, and apparently had doulrti atHiut the compatibility of thctr tern- tors, for he put a lime limit Usin the coinliliuiilon, and a he pronounced the words which mmle them man and wife he added, with emphasis, "For the Ipsce of two years only." As they went away be told Ibem if they wets dleastlaflnd with their venture before. that time to come back, and he would divorce them for the same fee. BIIU another of thSSS wiSS jUdgSS tried a man for some petty offense, found him guilty, nnd Inod him live dollars nnd costs. Ilut this was ton much for the prisoner nt the lir, who iVvlim-d that he could not juiy the line; that he had not so much money In the world. The Justice looked hltt over with line, large contempt for any one so "ornery." shrugged his shoulders, and turned to the marshal with the nonchalant alter native: "Very well. Then take hlin out on tlw mesa and shout him." Muni of these Mexican Justices cannot k P.ngllsih. Ilut thut Is nut so much of a disqualification ns II might apis-ar, for the Territorial law commands all court proiiiNHngs to Is- Baffled on In both Bngllsh and Kiniilsh. Kvery Sew Mexican court has Its official Interpre ter, and every word sisikiHt In dtlier language by Jmtgc, lawyers or wit nesses Is translated aloud luto the oth er tongue. It Is said that Mr. Huysmans. the an thorof that striking novel, "l'n Koute," Is abOUl lo enter a monastery. Mls.s Florence Mnrrynt Is publishing n novel with Che title "A Soul on Fire." It has In It an element of spiritualism. A new novel, named TOOT Max," by Mrs, liannlngton OaSya (lota) is to be Issued shortly. She Is said to surpasi In It all her previous novels, and to have left the sex problem lu the back ground. The degree of success which has at tended the publication of "Hike n Oal- lanl Lady," by Kate m. Oleary, sister of the late noted dramatic critic, K. I. McPheUm, has ticcii such ns to Induce that lady to Is-gln another story which will shortly Is- given to the public. Frank B. Stockton's now novel, "The Girl at OobhtCTt," H ,0 'K pubUsbed shortly by the Scrlbner's, nnd will be the fresher for the fact that It has no where speared serially. It Is a love story, In which n matchmaking crot chety old maid and a French cook at tempt slmUHaneOUSly (O lead the hero's nfTivtlons lu different paths, with the customary Stocktonlnn whimsicality of effect. Joseph Conrad's new story, publish ed within the last few weeks In Fn gland. Is doing very well then-, In splto of lis ungainly title. The Bookman says that Mr. Oonrad Is delighted with the title given lo the American edi tion, namely, "The Children of tlm Sen," wlileh fits the Istok to a nicely, whereas "The Nigger f the If arete siis" means nothing to the nverngo mlndi Mr. Conrad was stoutly advo cated for the Academy prle which was obtained by Stephen Phillips. The enterprising new mngar.lne cnll ed Success contains an Illustrated In terview with Anthony Hope In which the Bngllafa author-lawyer Is quoted as saying that he bad tba usual asperl nee Of "wasting good stamps ou re turned stories" Is-fore his writings b. gan to bring him enough to live on. "But nfter I left the low for litera ture," he says, "I wouldn't go hack; pride alone settled that" Ills Idea of the chief thing necessary for n man's success In story writing Is the ability to Invent plots. "It's Isirn with a man, of course," he says. "Study will devel op and work perfect n style, but It won't give n bent to It. The ability to Invent a plot Is a gift. I don't Is-llevo any one could train his mind to ou in veutlve state." Titles In Job I a its. Heretofore American girls havo found It a comparatively simple matter to buy titles, but the American men hove Ixs-n compelled to remain plain, unadorned cltltons, without handles to their names, All this is to is- shanged if u bin which tbe Italian government prosises to submit to parliament Imj comes a Inw. According to the provi sions of this bill any oue desiring to become u prince may secure thnt tltlo by planking down $H,0(i0. Flvo thou sand dollars will purchase the title of marquis, $4,000 the title of count, while titles of baron will be sold In Job lots at $1,000 ench. Here Is nn opportunity for that class of Americans who pine for the murk of nobility. Perhaps, however, if they wait a little longer other European governments In straitened circum stances will enter luto competition with Italy and titles will Is- sold ou bargain counters nt big department stores. Troy (N. Y.) Times. A Mttln inn- 1. Garden. I passed by u gurdeu, u little Hutch gar den W in-re useful and pretty things grew Beartssaai mid tomntoei, And pinks and potatoes, And lilies and onions uud rue. I row lu thnt garden, that little Dutch gsnlen, A chubby Hutch run n with a spsde. And a rosy Hutch frau With a shoe like a scow, Aud s laaSB halted UttlS Hutch maid. There grew iu that gurdeu, thut little Iluteh garden, Blm- flair flowers, lovely and tall, And early blush ron-i Aud little piuk posies But Grvtcticu was fairer timn nil. My heart's In that gnrden, that little Dutch garden It tumbled right In as I passed, 'Mid 'wllderlng mnwe Of spinach and dnlslvs, And Gretchen Is holdlo It fast, Boston Pudgat W li. n There Was Only One Paper. In the year 1700 there was only one uewspaper lu the Culled Htatvs. FIDDLED FOR LIFE, fun. I from Hear t r (llvlnu Thcni a Gewoovti When Henry Itaker, a lad of 17, did not Boms home to dinner the other day, says the llufTnlo News, his father start ed out luto the cattS patch, half u mile from the house, to look for him. When he got there he heard the sound of ilililllug, and know ing that his b iy gen erally took his llildlc along with him to beguile the time when he got tired of work, he thought the youngster was having u time all by himself, and he got rather mad Inh-uusc the Isiy did not remain b0f the time und come to din ner promptly. Pushing his way through the cane, he came upon an opening, and nesting through lot ICattetad stalk-, he saw a most astonishing scene. Perched npOfl a stump was his s-u riddling away for dear life, with tri-nma of perspiration siiirlug down his face, while his coun tenance expressed the utmost fear. Itlght lu front of him were three Im-iii-m, all leafed OB their haunches, seemingly as If enjoying the mush'. Whenever the tune was lively all thris1 would nod their heads and move their bodies, and seemed to Ik- the most lu tOfested critics. Whenever the vloilU Ist's hand grew tired aud the music slackened the bears growled and showed their displeasure by opening their savage looking mouths. Then the buy's arm would move inure rapidly uud the stralna would start up again, evidently much to the pleasure of the bears. The Isiy's father was so dumbfound ed ut tlrst that he could not move, but n seioud later, recovering his self jhm session, he turned and ran to the house, und he and the hired man gut their guns and started back to the cane patch. They got there Just III time, ns the Isiy hud fallen forward ou the Stnmp In u ihud faint, und the two larger hears were moving toward hlm, growling as If disappointed at the stop page of their musical treat. Both the men tircvi simultaneously! bringing down two of the bears, while the third oue shuttled off Into the forest. Young linker was taken lo the house and soon revived. He stated that Just as he wns getting ready to go to the bouse, lulling his bow lu Ills hand, the ts ars 111 uu- upon hlm very suddeutly. As they advanced toward blm, growl ing, he started lo run, but thought he COOld not get away. Instantly his hands touched the strings of his vio lin, and he BOttCOd that the Is ttrs slots! up ns If listening. Hit by o happy In spiration, he Jumped upon a stump and beguu playing. He wns delighted to see the Isiirs were greatly pleased at this and they sIimmI off at a distance nnd he Bddlcd nway for dear life. Sev eral times he (tOppSd, ami whenever he did so they growled so ominously thnt he Is-gnn playing ngnlu, hoping with every breath that help would conic from the house. It Is a qtteet story, but young Baker's father voueln-d for the truth of It, ami he istliils to two big Is-nrsklus on the parlor Ihstr as evidences that should convince anybody. LIVED ON FUNERALS. A Bslatlsa Vi'ho Mmlr Ilia l.lvlnu na a (riivi-yiiril Orutor. Wast de Kelkow, a It. I.-'. in of aristo cratic descent) has fallen on evil days lu Paris. He has given himself up to the iKillce so as to avoid begging In the streets, an. I has been iiecoin inoil.itetl with a temporary home In the Central Depot. Ills story Is ll strange one. Af ter having spent his patrimony he had to live by his wits, lie accordingly set up as a graveyard orator. Ills plan was to follow a funeral ami to Inquire iiImiiU the life and career of the dead person. Then when the Interment wns ever he stoisl up ut the graveyard ami descanted on the virtues of tin- do- is used. This caused the mourners to regard hlm ns on old friend of their defunct relative, so they thanked hlm tearfuly and Invited him to the ism- jnuots prepared for them ot some res taurant near the cemetery. The Belgian was thus ambled to live on funeral baktsl meats, otherwise cold sausages, ehnreuterle, ami ts-ciislonolly chicken. The supply wns usunlly so copious that Wast de Kelkow put Trag incuts of the feast In his sickets, so that he could subsist uutll another funerul gave hlm a chance of obtaining more food, as well os money, for he wns occasionally tipped by mourners, who relished, or were UOVed by his sep ulchral ehspicnee. At last, however, tin- Belgian found thai his black dothsa were becoming too seedy, ami as be could not afford a new suit of the sol emn color he surrendered to the hIIis charging himself with having obtained money Under false pretenses, lie is now thoroughly enjoying the shelter of the depot, ami looks forward to finish ing the WtntSf In a snug prison, free from corking care and from the MCSS slty of delivering funeral orations over dead iM-rsoiis whom he hail never seen. Australian Land Grants. The Australians resemble us In hav. Ing an immense truct of lund nt the disposition of the stnte. They came Into posessloti much Inter, when wuste lands were much more accessible, and lieforo they were covered by traditions of any sort, ami when the air boil Is- come charged with tin- spirit of experl mentation. They have accordingly tried to do various things with the land, which we never thought of. South Australia, for Instniirc, hud the plan of giving grants of lund to small pirntlve associations, to be man aged by trustees, and suplled with cop Ital by a loon from the state of not more than ') a head. The state, In short, agfeed to do What our Popu lists think It ought to do- lend money to the fanners at a low rate of Interest. Some of these associations were plain, ly communistic, and the memlsrs were often brought together simply by ov erty. As n whole, they have not suc ceeded. Some have broken up. but oth ers remain, nnd pay the government Its litti-rest, but no one expects that It will ever get bock Its principal - Atlantic. Troll. far Ainliulanissa. Trolley car ambulances are to be In-trislueis-1 In the city of 1 Mttsburg, run ning independently over all the street! car tracks us called for. A mini kicks more from habit than from actual necessity. due man's calmness Is frequently the csuec of another mini's storm. MEI HODS OF INDIAN CRIMINALS. KoIiIhtt liy the l.'ac of liruas He lui t-il to a Fine Art. Judglnu from a passage In an Inter esting report on the police administra tion of th nt nil provinces, which has just bean leaned, it would appear that while Introdnciag Western methods of government Into Asia we have also brought Into the Host some of the choicest growths of Western clime. It Is recorded that ot Khumlwo a guileless OOOly employed on the waterworks was aeeoated by a friendly fakir, who ex- pressed a desire lo see what govern ment rupOM were like. The unsuspect ing Innocent liandtsl over a couple of pod mettl to the fakir, who dexlerlous ly substituted raise cuius for them when handing then back. Kurely this Is an Oriental version of the old famil iar "Colllldetice trick," Which Is ployed III various forms lu the purlieus of Lon don every day ! Ilut lu this Instance the conly wns able to turn the tobies on his deceiver, lie did not discover the fraud lor some time after, ami w hen he found he had been dUs-d he "lay low and sold imiiiii." one day he again net the fakir, who tills time osktsl for change for a rapes. He promptly etned the holy man and gave hlm luto custody, and a falsi. rii being found In the laklr's possession he was deprived of his Utterly for the space of two years. Hut the pages of tlte criminal records of the central provinces alao contain examples of numerous crimes which are H-cullar to Hie Hast. I'or Instance, at JUbbttlpore recently a man felt high ly Indignant at the severe t real incut ho hail SOSt Tod at the hands of his land lord. Accordingly he Mined his own rhtlil by the legs, ami dashed It on the ground, killing It Instantly, In the be lief. It Is supsisisl, that Its Mood would be on Hie head of Ills persecutor. Such oppolllug attempts to secure reVettgS by vicarious sacrifice ore, happily, un known to the Western world nowa days. Dacollles, of course, form n promin ent feature lu the rcstrt, uml lu nt least two Instances clever captures of dan gerous gangs wen- effected by tin- po lice. Bobberies nfter administering drugs, thoiiKh by no means unknown In Europe, ore practiced In a far in. in- a) s fsniatk manner lu ludla. Oue particu larly daring offender was brought to UatlCS in the central provinces last year. He "wondered iilsiui the district poisoning peopli right and left," and afterward relieving them of their be longings. Ills usual method was to strike up on CCJUalntaUCe wlth a trav eler, nud surreptitiously to Introduce drugs Into the fissl. Ills most line (need exploll wns carried out right in the center of the market place at 1 1 1 II- gnnghntj w here he drugged threa men with dhatnra ami got clear away with their valuables. The Hlngiinghnt outrage, however, was his lost, for his career as a poisoner en to an end directly afterwartl In a remarkable manner. In his illsguUM of respectable traveler he hod dHVOfl nr.. uml the Wonlha district In n cart dnwn by n pair of bullocks. After the robbery In the market place he appears to have concluded that he hml accumu late,! enough sp,,!s to warrant him In retiring Into private life, and he disap peared, leaving his cart behind hlm. A constable drove the conveyance round the district seeking the owner. While ou his wanderings he came to a placo Called Khaprl, olid us he was passing through It a woman rushed out of a house and declared that the bnUocka In-longed to her husband. The consta ble discreetly retorted that they SOW belonged t his ancle, 1111,1 Quietly went to iiii adjacent railway station and tel egraphed lo his Inspector, who came iy the next train. By a singular coinci dence the poisoner Joined the same train nt o wayside station and on alighting at the point nearest his na tive village he was rSCOgnlOsd by the Inspector owing to a curious bracelet he wore. He hnd the proceed of the robberies In his tosscsslou nnd his wife's Innocent exclamation will cost him fourteen years' Imprisonment - Times of India. Itui-ksaw for a Hunker. Herman Kiiulhi. a bookkeeper employ-ad by a Meridian street Jobbing firm, bos sent his father, who Is presi dent of Ho BoyaJ bank of Stuttgart, an old fnshloncd bucksaw. Several years ogo Mr. Koulln's physician recommend ed that for exercise he use n sow every day. In Germnny the bucksaw is un known, the single ban. led one being used altogether, In some manner Mr. Kuulla heard of a saw the use of which requlri-d Istth hands. He ordered olio In Stuttgart, and the dealer sent hlm a cross cut snw. An Indianapolis gentle man traveling In Germany called on Mr. Kuulla alMiut the time he was trying lo get a saw that suited hlm. He told hlm ul... ui the bucksaw, and when he re turned to Indianapolis he related tin) drenmstanoes to the son. yesterday the son purchased one, and it was start ed on Its Journey to Germany.- Indian apolis Sentinel. IMsi-overlng the I'naeen. The most remarkable bit of calcula tion ever done by human Itclng Is that iittvlluiicd to the famous llrltlsh as tronomer. Prof. Adams. The scientist bad observed certain peculiar perturba tions of the planet I'mmis. He could explain the phenomenon only by the presence of another great planer, un known to science, somewhere In the heavens. Then liegun the "figuring" referred to. When the calculation had la-en completed lr Oalls, of llerlln, pointed his big telescope at the placo In the heavens Indicated, and there a Mt the gigantic planet Neptune Slsgf times as large as the earth uml 2,MK1, OOti.fKMi miles away from It. Sclentlfb) achievement like this seems to border ou the supernatural. Pittsburg DIs- putcb. Vsuilevll'slny. "You tell me," sold the gentleman With the bald wig. that the matt was taken with Jaundice ami inortlllcat Ion set In? I don't believe It." "But you see," explained the genth tiuin with the pea-green whiskers, "this man was on Irishman, and be was mortllled on account of his color." Cincinnati glaqnlreri Hale of Chinese Children. In the poorer re; Ions of China many old women make a living by buying children at H to '-' apiece, and after word selling them Into n life of slavery or vice. . Every married woman has prouilaml her husband to some oh maid, as Joke