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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1898)
Eugene City Guard. g, L. CAM r BILL, lrarlr. evokne crrr... .OREOON. Admiral Dewey li 1 year old, but be fight llko lxty. The word wlilcb wnt forth centuries ago linn not been recalled: Bleaaod are the peacemaker!. During these but war time It looka m though the Klondike waa going to be left out la the cold. Tho boata of the Spanish fleet at Ma nila were built from 1W to 1W1. but they wore finished In IK18. Tliat war la a dcsjierato game la only accentuated la Cuba by mules begin Ding to furulHli some of the steaks. For foot-ball ethics to enltst la not surprUlng. Experience with tbo grid Iron baa made tbein familiar with a bot time. Camp life la not dull. Soldiers can often get tlirough tbo bard part by willingly UHlug tbo numerous drill provided. One good result of Hialn'a compnra tlvu poverty I that tlio native won't lose big money betting on the success of Ita uruiH. Fire aa the meana of disposing of tbo flond Nidlcs of biimnn aoula find a deathless clinDiplou In the will of Fran ce E. Wlllard. A Now Vork Judgo tbo other day rcn dered a decision thut "lovo la not Insnn Ity." Ho evidently la a very young limn or a very old one. It la JuhI aa truo that "westward tho star of empire take Ita way" now aa It waa when Ulitbop Ilerkeley wroto more than a century uud a half ago. Jiaiiln Miller coutluuea to tell of marvelous fliula of gold up somewhere near the north do, but ho far Joaquin btiiiHelf docs bot seem to buvo got any of It Wo ulrn II exsft to see tho announce Uieut lu tho Madrid olllclul gaxette right away that Hon. Daniel MeOlnty ba been ap)lntcd adiulrul of the Aslutlc squadron. Tho Iloston Herald any: 'The clever Oily Cuoutchoua ought to get her uame changed If alio la golug to dlatlngulah herself on the turf." Why? Caout chouc ought to wlu lu the stretch every time. Launching a ahlp on a Friday V an unuHiial performance. It ba Just been done at Heat tie, In the en ho of a tor pedo boat. The chnncea are thnt It will turn out unfortunate for the ahlp thut la attacked by tbo toricdo boat. OihiiI for tho New York Ecgltdnttire and governorl In the ennctment of the law ngaltiMt nil fiiHe ndvertlHlng In public prima, they have t a pattern which la worthy of every atate'a prompt following. It I a long atep forward. One of the recent thoughtful pnwnta of the Car of HunnIii to l'rlnco Nlcho hi a of Miiutenegro la lin.lHul reiN'atlng rlileH and no.iKHi.mxl cartridge. Huch little preNeiit nlwny come lu bandy and iihhIhI In mnltitnliilng that wonder ful thing, "the p-nco of Europe," uu fracturcd. Ileal lay cannot bo halted. Clear the truck, then, for America! Not Amer ica the tyrnnt, not America the bully and the braggart, drunk with her hoc cchhcm, but America, the niMwtlu of free dom, enllghteumeiit und progrea. Fence and proNperlty In the cud will reign every where. Anxloua to win laurel for bla bicycle club, a jnuiig niiiu a few weeka ago atlciuptiMl to make n cutury run over muddy road. At tho elghty-aeventh inllo Iu (MllapM'd; bla body from tbo wnlat downward waa completely pfinil yaed. riiyHlclan any that ho will nev er be able to walk n atep. "Keep your ahiM-a ntul change your brains," Fran cl.i de Sale once aald to aomo nutia who propoaeil going barefoot n pen mice. "Keep your ambition but change It object," might ik aula to many a would be atbleto to-lny. May a governor play cricket? The Governor of Jaiiiiilcu baa been taken to tank for recreating himself by tbe game. A uewapnpcr of bla Jurisdiction aald the Governor "ahould alwaya l) Canar," and even deviant! that "a blow In the face from a ball, or a stum blc mid fall, would apoll tho dignity of any governor." It la not utiuiU to think of Caeanr at tbe bat, but who cnu doubt thnt bo would have inade a homo run bad he tried hla hand at li bull? Aud would be have liecn any lea Cueitnr? IMgiilty I very well In Ita place; but Wlao men aometlmea unliciul. Little Crete eein to lie emerging from the many troulde which have af fllcUtl It of late. Order ha Ihh.ii m- iitontl In the tvutral and weatern dl rlvt. The luliabltnnta am displaying coiiHlilerable caimclty for aelf govern uieut. Each district iiu a local iidiiiln lalmtlon with It gethlnrmerle, inllir.a and H.vatem of taxation, aud the Na tional Assembly I In touch with the aduilrnl and delegate administrative functions to utllclala presided over by a Cretan. Heat of all, the coming harvest promises to )o nil nbundant one. An English eorreaMiiideut urge the noeo- nlty for nn nutotiomHi government, but unfortunately the power move slowly. New arid mom diwtructlv weapon of arfnre may continue to ho Invent ed, but lifter ull it la the man that cuunta In battle. No better Itlustrai' of till hit lately iHt-u furnished tt the ddahlng charge of tho Anglo Eg tlau font's at Atluira. In face of .. mcmllcH itorm of shot from a hidden foe, Jtiltlsli, Egyptian and Soudanese vied lu Intrepid cmuliitlou to Ih) first In the attack. It la thl aplrlt which win vlctorlea. and the lugeiiully of ninn will never N able to And a uh;. tute for It. It haa been an from the beKliiiiIng of martial conflict, and It Will continue to be so uulll the battlc- flag La forever furled. The Mahdiat will go down In defeat In the present camalgii, Juat a did Chinese In the etrUKk'le Willi Japanese, because the In fertor mun moat yield to the superior. Even Jimijiiln Mlller'a acti national mi- uoum nt of a fnliuloiiHly rich Island In the Yukon full upon comparatively heedless ear In inch Umo A thl. Tlme waa when the Klondike promised to play the leading role In A rhuu In terest during J NUM. hut now It baa ap parently Ist-ii almost crowded off tho stago. (ilory la 11 greater thing thau gold, and national honor than opulence. It la not that the tMtiphi bate lout all lu tereat In tlio gold Held, any more than they buve forgotten their home lml un tile. If It la really true that miner have dlscovcntl a Yukon Maud that give fl to every pailful of dirt, and thut the bed of the great river prom ise to reveal the richest placer depoa Ita ever known, there will Imi 110 lack of (liferent In tho new. Hut fur the preHciit even aueh El liorado rumor mut play a secondary part In tho presence of the greater problem now ovcrMbadowliig the nation. Moat people, when they cotno to think of It, will lie surprised to llnd nut bow largo a Hirtlon of their trouble are purely Imaginary, suya tbo Watch man. We keep foreeiiHtlug all aorta of possibilities, making ull aorta of com bination that will work out disaster, and before wo know It we have come to bcllovo that simio one of thi-ao Wjlll conform to tho facts, und wo worry over tbo Imaginary Isatie a though It bad really como to is. It I not cer tain that anything but experience will relievo people from the pain of thcae Imaginary trouble. They buve to barn that they cannot forecast the future, and that, a a rule, It V tho uncollected that happena. Ily-und by, after a aulll clent number of experiences of thl klml, coininon-xeiiHc come to tho re cue, and they learn tho futility of wor rying about anything that baa not come to pa. It Ih not your stolid and rather atupld man who I the victim of those agonic. Itloas, you be baa not Imagtnntlou to proJct himself a day ahead, or to believe nnythlmr that ho cannot sec or touch or eat; but It I the line trained, sensitive, Intuitive spirit that I aubje't to theo tort urea. It I the iieiinliy of a high endowment; but that la no reuitoii why common-NeiiHO ahould not come to the return? oud do Uvt thee clinic spirits from tbe de fects of their own ualltlea. Orent Ilrltalu' fortified eonllng at.l tlona are lo bo found on every aen. lte gluntng wltb (Ibrnltnr, the Mtrongcut fortreaa lu tho world, her next Impreg nable Iiuho In at Malta, which controln the Kuel canal, mid at With of tluw alio bna an unllmltitl aupply of coal. Near tho cflKtcru end of the canal la Aden, l,.'iiJ lnlle from Hue which la her great oiiHtern eonllng hIiiIIiui ami naval Inimc. In India Hhe ha two great naval IToIh, one at llombay and the other at Kiirrncliee. In Ceylon ahe ha another. and nt Calcutta h! 111 another, which glvo her four 011 or near the Indian coaat. Her next fortilbtl aliitlon I nt Singapore and tho next la Hongkong. Them Heverul naval Iwae give l-.ngliiml nbaolute control of the entire mute from Europe to China through thcNiica canal. On the other roule, around the Ciih, Great Itrltnln I no lea well pro- tit-tod. She bna coaling atatlona ut I.I Ihii, Madeira. Ht. Vincent and Sierra Leone, while farther boiiIIi alio ban a Ntatlon nt St. Helena, iiiioIIht at the Cniio, with Table bay and Simon' bay atnmgly fort Hied Iwnihi. In the late of France, nt Maurltlux, la one of the moat atroiigly fortlllttl naval atatloim itui- IimIIimI by the llritbih government. On thl aide of the Atlantic ahe baa a tn Hon at Halifax, another nt Jamaica and another at St. I.uclu, In the Windward InIiiikIh. In the I'aeltlc them are forll llitl ntatlon at Vumtiuver, Sydney and other polutH In AtiHtriilla, and on tho iHland of New Zealand, llealdea theae fortllbtl naval attitlon thene are ev eral other leaa Imtiortaut place nt which her ablpa call lie eoahtl In coe of mtfHHlty. At aomo of theao pbuva are dock of autlleletit capacity to admit of docking tbe largeat ahlpa lu her navy, while a yet thl country haa no audi facllltle for retiring her btrgent war Khlia. Thl will not lie the cnne a great w hile, for Congrean tin minto nppmpn ntloiia for dry docks for our veaael. The miviil ond coaling atatloim of En gland encircle tho world, und at no place on the globe la a ltrltlah vesael far from a liaao where alio can W re- palntl, prnvlalomtl, ciwletl und aup idled with all the munition of war. So long a ahe la thua well prepared for wur ho will rule the waves. The Moil of St. Mark. Tho great llou of St. Mark la iilxmt to bo matontl to the doge' ancient pal aces lu Vetihv. This wit tiie lion erectitl by Andmw Grlttl, who iKvame doge In l.V-l, and who, lu the llrteiui years of bla rule, restored to bla city nil the Hwaeaalina alio held befom the htigue of Cambral. Grlttl died lu l.VIS, having won a UinvroUl glory aa pa triot, aoldler and alatesuuiil. Ho left Is'liliul blm na bl niotiuiiietit tbe fa mou high -relief llgum of the llou which ndormtl tbe middle gallery of the doge' abut on It N'st side. The llou 1hh1 at a height of twenty -thme meters fmm the ground; It paw on the ot'tl goapel and the doge kuivlltlg lu prayer by It aide, and w here it milium ed until the bnak-up'of the oligarchy and the vandalism of democratic Yen ht awept It away. In May, is.m, the Italian ministry of flue art undertook the work of Ita matorntlon. and out of a largo iinmU of ituniiotlng sculptor Signer VrbaiMt llt.iao -na chosen to give the lion Ivnck to Veulit. Hla work A majiftle llou and the dogo In hi nils' of atnte kneeling by It aide I now complete, and will adorn tbe an clent imlaeo of tbe doge lu a few week. rbllndelphla Kulletlu. Quit Throng. H la atatwl that the moat cmwibtt iart on tho earth s surface la the "Man raglo," In the city or abHta, In llan. Vpoit a iat lu thl place, atmut tvo and a half acre tn extent, uo few er than 2.57 live. Thl I at tbe rate of CMOtX) per pjnr uillo, or 1.017 to an acre. rrollla of a riMHottte. The ltrltlah pototuc luakv $.t).iKxi a year by unclaimed, money orders. An ejilcure aays bard boiled eggs art hard to beat THE OLD HOMESTtAfX Ita worn-out acre fallow lie, I'niiruiiril tli orchard standa For they who tended them long ainc Hit ion to oilier lanoa Ono to tli prairie of the wwt And one arrow the hi; The rent hare mn-hed that bleat smintry Where parting may uot 1. The elm bouh tap the akyllgbt dlur A, In the day aenne, Tliejr tapped tn waken merrily The Utile folk at dawn. The woodMne curtain tenderly The shattered window pane, Yet grant alinlttance to It frlenda Tbe eiimlilne and the rain. No tep. no wlibijier, breaka the huab tt.ii Mat! A it mi ol wlnca Athwart the attlc'a dreaming duik. And tender twltterliirl A tenant fir the empty ueatT K.t from the wIihItw li'tite A plioeU bird call to Ita mate I'pou the craillva eclfcl And In the cradle, vacant ln. Four downy fledcllni eep And cuddle cloae. They'll dn-urn of wlngl Ami tw-ttler In their aleep All throiiKh the quiet arnmncr rrlght; While on the diner wall Flit allently tli thin, weird ahnpea That route at inouullglit a call. , O life and hire thnt were of yorel (I nol old home bereft! To thee hut ineinory'a Irenanred atorc Ami the little bird are left. One of thine own In the went. And one acroe the fnain; . The rmt are In thnt fiilnut hind if Home. Hweet Home. L'llca Ulolie. TIIE LAST FOUIt LEAGUES. 1. IT was sundown lu Santa Itotwlln. The rainy a'iiaon waa on In Cuba, and low, rumbling thunder bad txt-n beard nil tbe afternoon. Thnt I. the ocoiilo who lived In the little clus ter of pnlm-thatched bouses called San ta Itoaalla thought It was thunder. And so It wa-tbo distant roar of Spanish artillery thut rnmo up from tho south. One little cottage tood by tbo ronil- side, some distance npurt from U10 oth er. It was the home of the Mom-ado. The father. Jose, wn doad. He bad fallen a victim to the Inat, tho "ten ycara', " war. Three sona were left to carry on the light, and they were then with llrlgndler Ipei Itoclo. Only mother and Emilia, the lister, a little girl of twelve ycara, wer left at homo to watch aud pray to God to aid tho Cuban In their atruggle for lllierty. Suddenly the noise of cluttering hoof camo from the aouthweat. The still ulght air Uire the unmistakable sound with distinctness. In an Instant every head wa at the open dmir. Nearer and nearer came the galloping rider. Ho waa alone. Hla horse waa covered wltb foam and panting like a tired hound. I'p to the little gate of the Molicndo cot tage be alaggered, and then bla rider mclcd nud almost fell Into tho arm of hi mother. "My God! Itafuet, you are wounded, uiy laiy " "It la 110 matter; I can still ride. The battle of Saratoga U raging. I am on my way to Colonel IVua. Ho ihsu uot know of It. We need hliu and hla cav alry. Help mo to a fresh horse and I'll catch I Vim at Santa Lucia to-night. I must " The poor fellow never Mulshed the sentence. He had fainted. The arm of tender women bom blm Into the house. I'oor little Emella followed, the tear streaming from her eye. She watiiutl them draw off the riding boots lllled with her brother' blood. She brought water to moisten hla paniutl lips. She saw the ugly wound In hi hip and murmured through her gritting teeth: "Had Spaniards! Had Spaniards! They will kill ua all yet!" And theii( her lairther'a eyea opened. The cold water had revived blm. He tried to move, but only gritnmtl lu agony. Ouco more he strove to rise. "Mother, some one, help mo to my feet! I must go on 1 must go on. 1 have ridden alxtccn leagues since morn ing. There are only four mom to Santa Luchi and to Fena. We must have him." And with a mighty effort ho rose to his feet. Then he wavered, tears of help lessness came Into his eyes, and he sank back on the Nil with a soli of anguish. "To think that I should go so near to the end of my Journey and then fall!" "llow were you wounded, my boyj" "Twits near El leamayo Into this afternoon, I bad changed horse at Ia Ylnda nn hour lief ore. Suddenly I ran Into a body of Spanish guerrilla from San Miguel. I could uot fight them them worn ton tunny ao I took up a ra vine towanl laldro. They tlmd five vol ley a after tne and gave chase. They knew I Uiro a commission. My horao wna thvt and strong and I got away, but carried with me one of their rifle bull. I tore off part of my alceve and pushed them Into the wound, but It still bled. I'm liotter uow; I'm rested; Ml go on." And agatu ho tried to get on hi feet. "Itafael. my boy, It la Impossible; you am weak. You cannot ride; the motion of the horse will cause you to bleed to death. Guldo must go. Emilia, tell him to saddle a fmah horse and get ready to ride to Santa Lucia." Emilia started towanl the door, but her brother raised bis baud In pmtest. "Guldo la only a half wit. He might start for Santa Lucia, but be woul never find hi way In the dark. Eveu If he rvnctutl the place he would forget whom he wanted to see." "Hut them Is no other man lu Itoaa lla." pleaded the mother. "True! Therefor I must go, wound or uo wound. Emilia, tell Guldo to sad die a horse and bring It to tbe gate quickly. We am loalng time." "Unit her, we can't let you p. I'll never ace you again." And the poor child burled her head on her bnther's neck. Then, suddenly rlolng, she ex claimed: "O. why waa I not a man? Cuba ao ileitis men! Yes, I'll tell blm to ge Linda mady at once. Colonel 1'eiiu must go to help Guinea," Turn lug. she kissed her bmther's fomhead and hurrlitl out to tbe stables. Soon the quick gallop of a horse wa heard approaching the bouse. Hut It did not stop at the gate. On It sped In th dl rvcthm of Santa Lucia. A moment later Guldo, the half-wit ted black Wy, wandentl aimlessly Into the room. "VVucr I the horse, whers la Er ur Inqtrtred br brother. "doner replied the boy. "Gone? Wberr came from all pre enf. , "I dun know. Phe aald aomethln liout Ut. Lucia, Jumped 011 Llndaa back, and looks to me aa bow she'a gone.' And so ah was; the brave little Emil ia, although not a soldier of Cuba, bad taken ber brother's place. She bad gone to get I'ena; to tell blm that the fight bot ween Gomel and the Spanish Ooner al Caatellanos waa on at Saratoga and that every Cuban In Canmguey was needed. On the little heroine rode In the dark nw of tbe night. She bad bwn b"n and raised In tho country, and ahe knew tbo way to Banta Lucia, nltlnwgh aho bad never before travel.! it In the dark, but aho waa riding to save her brother life and for Cuba. Durkneaa, danger, nothing daunti-d ber. Rare bmdod and alone, ahe urged b borsa over tho roud at a paco which would bnra made must glrla treuiblo with fear. Not even when an hour later tbe trop ical storm broke la all It fury around ber did sbo bealtuto. IIghtulng strik ing the tall "puluia ntila" caused Linda many time to shy and almt bolt tbo road, but the brave llttlo rider held on and never loosened rein until tn sight of I'ena's entiipflma. "Qulen Ta!" sodilcnly calhtl out the picket "Cuba!" anawemd tho brave little pa trlotua. She relwtl up her pauting steed. "Adelauto uiuiP ordered the guard, and Emilia, puk), wet. and dripping, rode forward. "OttramU! It Is a child. Who aro you? What do you wautT" "I am Emilia Moncado. I want to tell Colonel I'ena that tbero Is a buttle at Saratoga. General Gomel has only KM) men ugalnat over 2,010 Spaniards, and be utttls help." A few minute later, almost fainting with fatigue and nervous strain, ahe wiin liorue Into the pnttenco of I'ena. "I thai inlo!" bo exclaimed, as be Hut encd to her story and then gave tho alg nul for bl command to mount "You Mr llttlo thing, you ahould be alxtl and asleep." Wrapping bis coat amund her llttlo, tmuibllng, wet form, he JuuUMtl Into bis aaddk) and bad an officer pax tho child up to blm. The order wo given to march, aud In bis arms tho lighting Colonel of Cuinnguey carried the llttlo heroine back to ber borne In Itoajilhu "Tako her," be snld. as bo banded ber over to the half craaed mother. "She brought us the news. I'll speak of ber to General Gotm. Pho deserves tbo rank of a Major General. She bus saved her bmther's life, and her brave dittl may wlu tbo day at Saratoga." Ouiuba Hoc. Great Fortunes Made by Accident. If there I anything that makes a Mir, tolling man happy It Is to read nlHitit flukes that bave made fortunes. For liiHtauce, there wns a captain of a vesaul plying between English and Australian point who nindo a lucky strike when convicts were taken to New South Wales. A "tlmo-explred" man camo to tbe mariner and begged to bo taken homo. The former convict bad no money, but be would gladly glvo bis plot of hind for traiiaportatlon. Tbo captain accepted the terms, and great Is tho Joy of bis dmoendauts, for thnt plot 1 now occupied by a whurf and It Is uilmtl at fi.lZo.OOO. X Limerick tobacconist believed him self to If ruined by a II ro that de stroyed bis shop. Tbe next day he found tins of snuff that had been lu tho fire. Curloalty prompted him to open tho canisters. He found thnt tbo ac tum of tho flume hud materially Im proved the aroma and pungency of tbo suuff. Tbo discovery mudo blm very rich. Tho discovery of tho Mottut Pheba initio was ptimly a fluke, and Its output of gold Is the greatest of any initio In. tho world except In tho Klondike dis trict A bank clerk tn London bean! thnt there was a rich deposit of gold nt a certain place nt the Cupe of Good Hope He set about forming a provisional syn dicate among hla fellow clerks, and they raised alsiut $1,.VH) amoug them selves. A mining engineer was sent out He nuiile a thorough Investiga tion, but found uo gold. Ho had de cided to glvo up the sea nil and was mady to leave for home when ho rau across a miner. "Well, stranger," he said, "I guess you nro on a bunt for tbo shiny. Talu't hem, boss." "Have you a claim here?" asked tho engineer. "Yes; and I wnnt to make tracks up the couutry. That's my claim over by that mind's hump. You ran have It for 1 10t), and hem's a sample of tho quart. That claim ain't worth Ita weight In gold, but It's worth every dollar I ask for If Tho engineer oxnnilnod the specimen ami divided that them wa gold In It Ho acted quickly. "I'll tell yon what I'll do, mate," ho snld; "I'll give you f-SO on the risk of losing It." The bargain was struck and tbe claim carefully explored. An abund ance of gold wns found tn the most un likely veins. To-ilay the shnros, tho face value of which la f 100, aro worth oOO.OnO each. Sau Francisco Chron icle. Hose Tree l.OOO Y ear Obi. One of the moat Interesting curiosi ties In Germany I the rose tree at 1111 dcshclm, which Is more than 1,000 years old. Its existence can be traced back to tho time of Charkningne, and tt Is a fact that H was mentioned as a curiosity in old chronicles of tbo ninth century. It twitves round a large port of the ancient Cathedral of Hlhhwhelm, near Hrutinwk'k, ami wttb Hs countless liloKsonm prooents In the season, an en trancing spectacle. Thl venerable wit ness fmm bygone ages haa been attack ed by some Itnldtotm Imxvt rbat threat en tt with destruction. The Hildea helniers, h) wlnwn tbe nwe are a sacred heirloom, have summoned the bent au thorities In aria culture to tbclr a hi, but the fate of their tree Alls them with anilety.-rll Mnll Gtisetto. Carious Coincidence, Ity a curious coincidence the number of Uvea loat at sea during ISOd In ltrlt lah men-hunt ski;' I returned as vx-"i-tly UU7. THE WARSHIP'S ENGINEER. Important Work Performed by th Orlmy Maa Dowu Helow. In the ships of Paul Jones, and Neb on, and Hull the sailor were the men that swarmed up Into tho rlgglnK and unfurbtl the cauvu thnt muHo the vessel go. In time, of buttle some of them continued to attend to that duty and others manned the guu. on a modern man-of-war the fighting tbe ship and that of propelllufc It nro divided among two dlffereut classes of men. The men on deck are gunners. The real sallors-thorni who bundle the motive power aa the sea men of tho Constitution broke out their studding sulla aud wurped on their k.tlges when they were ttlgli'B their ship out of the teeth of the Unt Ish fleet-nro down Mow In stuffy llt tlo compartments, pouring oil on bear ings and listening to tbo Jangling of Mis from the bridge. Tho man In the engine-room tin lit tle of the fun or glory of a modern sen fight He bears the booming of near and distant guns, but he doe not b.. l.nur the battle I going. The ship may lie a helpless wntk, and the next mlnuto mny lie bl last but thnt Is none of bl affairs. Tho engines must keep moving, and they must re spond luHtnntly to tbe win 01 m e...p . lirnln In tbo conulug town or iuv- uu.. tlc Is lost Ami it I not alone the groat nmcnin- pry that turns the screws that bus to tie looked after. Tbe whole ship Is one maze of coinpllcntcd enginery. It I Btit-red by steutn; Its turrets arc turn ed by stenin directly, or Indirectly ti,miiLh electric, pneumatic, or Hy draulic power, it gront guus are load ed by steam; It Is lighted by cbftrlc Ity, which Is stippliitl by dynntnos, run by Htemn; It Is ventilutcd by Btcam ateum Is tbo source of all It activi ties. Let tho engines cease to work and tbe ship would dlo. it would drirt liKe a log on tbo water; Its guns would Iks silent; Its Interior would te Bwuimti In darkness; and suffocation would drive Its crew from Its lower com pnrtmeiits to tbo deck. Dut tbe ma chinist stands there tho grimy, faith ful physician, with bl bnnd on tbe ship's pulse to Bee thnt Its henrt does not stop tientlng. Iown lu his steel dungeon, with none of the Inspiration of tbo battle, be listens for the sig nnls "Slow." "Half sliced abend," "Hevcrse," "Full speed astern" aud uitin bis vlgllanco depends the suc cess or falluro of tho Captains plan of attack. A lever turned right may mean an enemy's ship romuied ond sunk; turned wrong, It may mean tho battle lost It takes unusual qua I tie to succeed In tho engine-room of a man-of-war sotior, unflinching devotion to duty, tho courage to face varied and abhor rent forms of death, coolness that nothing can disturb, nud an Inexhnust tble fertility of resource. Ilnpplly for us, these are qualities In which Amer ica Is rich. New York Journal. EXPENSE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL. Immense Huma of BInner Spent in Korope by Tonrlata. The amount of money expended by tourists In Europo has, If olllclul rec ord ubroad are to lie accepted as au thetitlc, Increased enormously of lato years. Them has ttt-n recently mod with the Swiss minister of flnuuee and customs at Heme a detailed statement of hotel receipts In that country, from which It npis'nrs that the gross receipt of SwIsb hotels rose from 52,ROO,lMK) frnncs In IStO to lll.XKl.tHiO In 18!4. The entire annual expenses of the Swiss n-piibllc amount In a year to between sn.non.ooo and uo,ooo,ono frnncs (the budget for this year Is giv en at the latter figure), and It would sitm, therefore, much as If the hotels of Switzerland take tn more In a year than tho government Itself doe. The Swiss figures are not the only ones fur nished In Europe recently on this point A French record shows that every year there are 270,000 fomlgners who pass from a fortnight to n whole winter on the Riviera. Every person Is supposed to expend on an average 1,000 frnncs, or 2ii0, In the country. In other wonls, tho foreign visitors spend In the coun try every winter the sum of $o4,000,- 000. The English are put down ns con tributing one-third of this amount; the French themselves contribute nnother third; Hermans, Detglnns, Dutch, Rus sians and American contribute the re mainder. From being a poor country when It wns annexed to France, In 1S00, Nice has become ono of tho rich est departments of tho republic. Some figures recently compiled of the revenues to hotels from tourists In Furls show the average number of for eign visitors to be 00,000. It Is custom ary to estimate nt 10 francs, or $2 a day, the hotel bills of strangers In Furls. Estimating nt $2 a day each tho hotel bills of 00,000 tourists and at about as much more their other out lays, and It Is to bo seen that tourlsta tn Furls can bo put down for an ex penditure of nearly a quarter of a mill ion dollars a dny. Tho total sum expended by tourists In Europe tn a year Is probably not very far from $700,000,000, and a con siderable portion of this comes from tho pockets, the purses, and tho bank ers' ttulaueea of Americans, who ore proverbially the most liberal among travelers. Russians come second, lira tlllans third. New York Sun. The Rchavlor or the Japanese. Tho Japanese are as courteous as they are theatrical and artistic. Their cour tesy a uil their art are rery closely al lied. Their keen senoe of courtesy and tlwlr unflagging practice of It have, I believe, as much to do with the Quiet ness and fitness of their funerals as has tueir tine artistic Instinct They are a a nation even prouder and more studi ous, I think, of their courtesy thon of their artistic excellence. "Cry. It will do you good." I said once to a poor Jop nese woman, who, crouching beside bet dying biwhand, waa controlling herself with an effort that would, I feared, make bet I1L She laid her little, slim! bnrwn finger upon her trembling red lip and shook her head, then whispered "It might disturb him." "Cry. It will do you good." I said the next day, when tbe man was dead, and she seemed al most prostrate wltb grief and over-en-forood self-control. "It would be moat rude to make a hideout noise before aacrea dead," came th soft reply. ENGLISHMEN ANO WEST POINT. Ilrltl.h Vlaltora Alwur Impreasad br Our quinary r Whenever I talk with an overage Englishman who una ru... Atilerlca. sooner or biter It leaks out that he bus lafii Impressed inalnly by two algbts-oue Niagara Fall, the other our Military Academy at West We are so accttstomeii 10 v cm ". a a national Institution that we aro pt to regard It aa quite natural to u. tut thl l by no mean the case. It i ..I.,.. ..,..ut'1lt flf -mi. iiia rciniirKitoiu .".-," George Washington that gave us this Institution, nud It Is due to a fortunate combination t circum stances following uisin It foundation that we have to-day a training sdiool for olllcers fn-e from poiiticiu m.iu- cnee, and producing better result oer a given mtI1 of time than any mili tary school tn the worm, noi ru-i in cepting tbo schools of German. Thl train of thought wns brought Inline to me while convirlng with 1111 eminent war olllclul of tho Hrltlah . h....Ii, n-ull government wno anew i-n.-. and wa difply Interested tn military education. From blm I learned that a HK'clnl commission had lieen seiu over to us for the purpose of making a study of West Point with a view to the reorganization or the I'.ngusn mili tary college nt Sandhurst. This col lego wns founded In 17!K. and must not lie ciiiifotiiubtl with tho so-calhtl Hiafr college, where aist graduate In struction Is given. England proiioKcs to Improve Sand hurst aud pnys us the delicate compli ment of modeling ujain our designs. It Is not likely thnt she will wholly succeed, iK-cnuse young Englishmen of to-day are too occustomitl to luxury and would n soon go Into n monas tery as submit to the tinrd work and conllneinent of the United States Mili tary Academy. The only practical means I can sec for England In this mntter Is that sbo should send annually, by special ar rangement with our Secretary of Wur, half a dozen young men to West Tolut, who for four yenrs thereafter should go to Sandhurst as military Instruct ors. They would then have learned to appreciate nil that Is good lu the West Point system, nnd their knowl edge of England would enable them to modify It lu n manner suitable to the need of their countrymen. In return for this International cour tesy tbe United States might request that six graduates of West Point an nually be allowed to attend tho so dilbtl "staff college" corresponding to the German War College (Krlegsnka deiule), whore ofHoors of special merit are sent to perfect themselves In tbo higher branches of their calling par ticularly In military history and staff duties. This would lie particularly valuable training for such of our offi cers as contemplate liecomlng attach ed to embassies lu a military capacity. They would here see great armies handled as though In actual warfare, and In case of necessity would Ik; fit ted to ftimmnnd large bodies of troops. .V young American oilieer nt the En glish staff college, for Instnnco, would it- taken each yenr a round of battle Held, such ns Waterloo or Met a, nnd would have the situation explained to him on the spot in n manner to make a lasting lu presslon. Army nud Navy Journal. (iotho. I have nlwnys liked the story of tho Mil fellow, who nt home dressed bad ly, because every one knew bltti, nnd badly when be traveled because no :ne knew blm. He was one of the few men who have hud courage to drew to please themselves. Most of us dress to please other persons, ntul eveu hen, It must be milled, rarely succeed. Tho Into Prof. Faweett objected on prin ciple to make himself uncomfortable by dressing for dinner, but ho had a very charming way of disarming criti cism nnd propitiating his hostess. Ho hud upstairs, be would assure her, nn excellent dress rult for which ho had paid a high price, and if It would lie any satisfaction to tbo company tils secretary would bring It down and dis play It. Hut one has to be n Prof. Faweott to carry off such nn Idiosyn crasy as this. At many dinner parties the guests bnve been asked as much on nccoutrt of their clothes ns their wit the ninn without a wedding gar ment In the pn ruble apparently had no compensating distinction of Intellect A good dinner story tells how Deun Stanley once arrived nt table with ono side of bl collar flnpplng tn the nlr. During the tncnl his hostess asked blm If he wns nwure of Its condition, and If ho would like any assistance In rec tlfylng It "Oh, no," tie replied, geni ally, "It broke while I was dressing. I don't mind. Po you?" Those are the men oue envies. Cornhlll Maga zine. First Organ Grinder. When Imrrol organs, once the unual aceompnnlmiMit 01 the magic lantern, came luto use, a native of the Province of Tetido wns one of the first who trnv eled about Europe with this Instru ment in his peregrinations he collected money enough to enable him to pur chase from the King of Sardinia the title of couut of the country w here he was lan-u-for which, proUibly, in a time of war, be did not pay above 1,000 guinea. With the remainder of his money he pun-hased an eatnte suitable to his rank, and settled himself peaceably for the remainder of his days In his man sion. In the entrance hall of his dwelling he hung up bis magic lantern and his orgai facing the door, there to he care fully preserved till they mohlorod to dust; and he onlentl by his wilt that any one of his descendants who should cause them to lie removed should for feit his Inheritance, and his patrimony revert to the next heir, or, in failure of a successor, to the hospital of Tende. Only a few years ago the organ aud lantern were still to be seen carefully preserved. Kls-lnc F'r or Halmagen. A "kissing fair" Is one of the fea turos of life tn progmaalve Habnagen, a Roumanian country town of 1,2k) Inhabitants. We term the plnce pro gmaalve, because the kissing function la a good stroke of bualueaa for Hnl magen. aa It would le to any other place that would choose to luaugurate the cuatom. It requirea no great strain of tbe Imagination toinggTTr might occur In town ahouM I? widely advertised that ou i JL date alt tbe newly made wive offer up their nt! Hp. lo nUy 0Ut should choose to kiss them. The kissing fulr of Hultniig.'n on the feast of St. Theodore, are insured Hint always nn that ' all tbe people of sixty or HghtJ? luges surrounding who are ti.u wulk find their way to the i nnmed. Tlio cuatom la mild t0 buck to tho time when the Turka V quently rolded tbo country, carni away tho young women. Hut-h of as managed to return to IIahiU. again klastt! evcryliody u7 nift their Joy at dellveraiiec.-iilui I ilsnntch. 1 Cigars are given to soldier, Q u, Italian army as part of their dallr k. tlon. Chocolate Is still used In the Inter of South America for a currency lire cutruuiium uuu egga. The topping sound of tmrstlng fc ties led to tho discovery of a tn Mm bad started under the shvlrn of 1 closed drug store In Anilto Clty.La, Alaskan demand bus caused In exaiMiratod fruit and vegetal Portland, Ore., to double their (luti and tbe number of their employ. It Is stated that the new SIlM-rlaartf way, Instead of civilizing the n?l, through which tt passes, la tcar! tho natives tbe art of robbing lm, which is groatly lu vogue. There Is one part of the world at In where bicycles do uot meet with proval. This la Morocco, whore u grand vizier bna steadfastly taln4 the use of "such dangerous Imtrt incuts." During the last fifty year Great Brtt oln bus been at war more frequently than any other nation. Tba total nu bcr of largo and small wars wugitl dur ing that time amounts to about fifty, or ono a year. The Roumanian government la jnlnj to establish a new direct steamship Uot to India. Chief cargoes from Itoumi nlu will consist of timber for building purposes, wlille maize and colonial pro ducts will form tbe return cargo. There has been discovered anwDitl Ute Indians of Colorado a tort of civ lonet, which has a sweeter and Don plaintive tone than any of our orcb trul Instruments. The effect of It sound, wafted up the mountain! ft tbo Indian villages. Is described at Ing magical. The observatory of Mont Ulanc. built by Joseph Vallet, after wettbrrltif some seven winters In Its present posed position, la to be minora! piece meal to a new si to, where It will ao longer be subject to certain tocotm lencoft, such as being walled V W manses of snow. At a recent church service In MkM gun several of the congregation an noyed tbe pastor by turning around li their seats to take a look at the lntt comers. Finally the wator stopiH-iU rem! In 17 tlio service and Wild: "lua was Mrs. , the pastor's wife, wbo Just enmo lu. Sho occupies pew Sa 19." Tho Physical Society of Frnukfott-on-Mnln proKses to erect a monument to Pblllpp Ilels, the first Inventor ou telephone The Itols apparatus couk transmit musical notes, and even a (ri 8Hiken words, Imperfectly. The w- morlal la expected to cost i,.m to wns neglected nud even luuglied it k bis tlmo. An Idea of the expense of monitor Ing mny be gathered from the wfr mcnt that every shot from the Mlant nomoh will cost Uncle Sam f- j takes 300 pounds of powder to projw mass of steel weighing BOO pound, 1 with the present elevation of th rJ the chnrge can be thrown with loom cy at least six miles. The Mlnt moh can store only 100 or inesesr".- projectiles. The scheme for connecting and central Denmark by a brlilgf the Llttlo Belt Is so fur matured It will shortly be laid before the lnturc of Denmark. At prcsea only reudy means of coinmunli between Jutland and tho bcnutlN tlo lslniwl of Pnneu la by a glean" ry, which takes trains nnd pasneof lint thla la Infronllcnt Will COBM" tlon by boat, which Is liable to to ruptlon lu bad weather. i ..,...,.1 ,nm xmnhlnd Then, irv, ...n. ,iw,lle and rff 1UC CTIIO VL uiwuvj-w.-.- , were known to the ancients, An' rolitifl, itivitiug iv iuvu au u then, as now. It waa found noceHtfri hold them In check by U-glslation. 1 monopolist was ciiiiva in nvu tv....i.,i.,.. ..,.1 iui1l under w Lex Jnlln d Annona. Monopoly clothing, fish and all artWh ol v were prohibited by the bniF 1 ' . ,iAn anil" uiiuer pain ot connscim"" - u so that It Is certain that the "rlnl tho o. ,!..., .1..... aa IlllSOh" as the v ore now. At Athens a I" , 1 ititl the amount of corn a man buy. The earliest recorditl W we have wns a "corn ring- 1 nere is nn nncioni irioo--- king who made Joseph Ills ...t .1 Into his hw . entire admlulatrntlon of T-Jrf Apepl. Apopl wns oue of the nP .... . . ,k. tt"tK" Kings, ana ruiea over i" F.gypt ns Joseph's Thnraoh m. nave done. The prime nm"-- ? 1... ,mnrkahle P" . . . ....1 r rn tJ Hiiigiu up every imam-i 1. ptlf tlie absolute needs 01 ',71: fr and stored It During the terrl"'' lne that followed he wns able tor own price, aim iniri-i. 1 1 ivirn u- . . ' . .. ..,n..T. r lveiy for the Egyptian fifth for P aud land, and, taking one-i raoh, made blm supremoi) , .' . 1, tent - a3J " 11 was noi mereij n i"" . ,n ... ..tti'V be" a very pontic one. u - IT'llllUllaiC l hands. Pittsburg Dlsitch. Enormous it' It would take . ... . .... nii.i. hour shirt ing at tneir onrs iu ei" - develop as much power a t" nla's engines. i.. - t..'. ....Inir to move x ue uouae m- - i, - I one of tbe thing tuai iw" 1 th man who wait.