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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1898)
(Mm 7A ?S Pl-.lilll kHCW, H hi II KIM' WIW IUT father hurrying up tin- path. Unit in woo coming to fct Iter to bug uQtateOI This knowledge roused ber hcort to ..well in fierce ri'lM'lllotv. If (luTf mih M ono thing Piggy ditiiikcii dmn timii miiiiiiiT it ma bugging potato she flgh.-d and hOgA" to Nidi with IntMM Interest, .there she liuil left off u tuo uifiit before. i.hiI.v AJtreda'i bMutlfnl golden imir us nowned with it tiara of rparkllug ilanwiMK Hr elender white wrist were 'Peggy. f'Ktry." called Mr. lllbbnrd. p-remptorily. II, t sh-nder white wrists." resumed jvggy. "wan ctaaped with many braaa Iris, each of which wns net with r rl.uis stones nmountliig In vuliio to jtaj thousand! f doUarti iicr tuiHr logon wara " "Peggy. lo you hour?" called bar father ngnta. Peggy cave one more regretful glnno- at ibf i ' i " 1 . wiih its hair page iilu iratkmi than araaa and stalked out into tln pird with sullen slowness. Mr. Blbbard want aroond ixidmi tiio imokebouoa, whence he presently re tumni with two old tin pails and two narrow awodaaj pad 11. ., which be oat flown at bar foot. -I fiiooo you'll have to betp 1111- n lit tle while agalu to-.luy, Peggy," lit snl.l. -bill It won't In- rarj hard on rod. The bbYi ona nnder u cioid an' 1 don't b gon tin1 bug! i rery thick." PtggJ looktsi dlsconaolately at the pill aini tin- paddle. Her Catbac t .. . u up bix own Implements of potato bug tenure inni began to retrace ids step Imrd tlx' potato putch. Hut r. .- -.. dlil Dot follow. "i don't tiiink." rIic eaOed out bitter ly. "tliat you'vi' pot u right to usk un to do men work ns this." id- tnrnad and looked nt baa in an bonnded surpriee, "She doo'l think," lie repented, blankly, "that I've pot a right to nsk Iter. Now, who," be con tinued, addressing his remarks to some Invisible third person, "do you think liiis pit 11 right to ask her If I ain't?" For nn Instant Peggy hung lur hi-ml, ralltlly, Then, being highly toeauad by tin' p. 'i.iui 000 treat between iu-r own bard lot ami that of I,mly Alfredo, iii- looked up inni sahi, with eoojoldor lil' spirit: "Jly own father, nlr." There woa n monfnf 1 odeaee, "iter on 11 fiitlier," echoed Mr. Illhlmril, at koatb still directing his eoareraatton to the blVtalbla thinl person. "Now, will you klndljf tell mo who Is her own fnllier. if I ain't V" The Invhtlbla thlril 'rson ovlih-ntly iffil not feel OQMl to an explanation of the matter anil IVggf took It iimiii her Self to answer, "to da not know, sir," she retiimel, Brtnly, "imt 1 shall noon Bod out. You are not lie, I mn sure. Where you found me, or bow you ol it a I lied potmen nil hi of me 1 cannot tell, bnl of this nnii'h I an poaltlTOi you are doing me n Rreat Injustice by Krlndlnu DM down In this manner, and It will net be loni; mull I will be reetored to my my my " Pn try paused than in oonte confuaton, M ':is not qnltO sure whether theoo BON the OXad words Lady Alt ri da bad until when declaring to her captors tier httatttre knowledge of her noble birth. l''i!i!y had loiij; tboupht that when vhc pNKMattd her Identity to the 1 pie Willi Whoat she lived and who claimed to K' ber relatives, she would repeat Udy Aifreda's declaration of Lnde prtidi'iirv verbatim, and It flustered her tn think that she Djlfbt have failed to do so. Still, even t hunch she lulclit blTO Bade a mistake, she felt that she inni pin it pretty itrong And she oar- talnly hud. At least, so It secimil to Mr. Illlibiird. He hurried forward and laid his hand tremblingly on bar shoulder. "I'eccy." he said, anxloiislj, "I'm foard you're n koaln' your wits, nln't yn? Don't yo' feel a little queer lu row bead I Think a minute. Now. don't yo'r Uad not Peggy! heart boon iteeled to an extraordinary degree, it would bare been melted by the tender toll ci ted In Ids voice and manner. As It was, she drew back unresponsive and trgarded him coldly. "No," she said, "I'm not nt nil let father, and I'm ready to help yon. Gome on." She (athered up the paddle and pall hotted to her, ami led the way to the nearby corner lot, where the bardahell- fil black and yellow potato destroyers ere making h moralng meal off the lender, juicy leaves. Mr. Blbbard foi kmred, m one in a trance. Neither Peg- w Dor her father referred to the bwatoua subjei't again thai day. Mr. milliard's heart nnd bead were IDJed With uneasy specula! Ions on the newly Wreolcd side of his little daitchter's nn btre. lie was btborlooaly reYolring r M-ordi in his oomewhnl dull mind, "J ui vine to comprehend their mcan Until be arrived at n solution of Reproblem be would have nothing to My. As for Peggy, she was too busy with py dreema to talk, she felt eonhdonl hi was In reality the elilld of wealthy lr. ntN n, ,lt ,i,0 tJme wns near at and when she should come Into pOO toolon of her rightful property. That V:is hnt happeaed to Lady aJfroda ad other lovely heroiued of whom she 'Tl read lu the weekly lllustrnt.il v Pero, and It wn but a natural OODdO ,!" that she wan destined to enjoy tile to cood fortune. To Ik- sure, there w, re many striking differene. s lietween rseif Hlil ij,,,. Afr,Kin. i'or ln wiiiiee. it would require a lively tiret, 1, or tlu, hjaagtaatloa to tranaform I'eccy's scant racced lixks Into the Inxnrlant tnsseii of which Lady Al fretia boaetod, and the fancy that could 00 in Baggy! .-ed. txny bands nny r 4'niblanee to I.n.ly Alfredno "londoC white wrtato" and "taper flucero" "euld have to be otlll more ebu-Jc OF PEGGY. I't'CCy Ulli'eremonlously dropped tier pau, nraen to the oacomfltttro of the eaged colony of potato boga, when she r'nllz.il this ami stuck her unprapoa nesslnc hands I,, i,r lKH'ttets and blush 11I for very shame. II. Before breakfaet next inorninc reccy iiiiisne.1 reacllnc the ndvetitiireH of Lady Alfreda. She hud crown quite ixiiii ny Hint time, In consniuenee of ker talk with Mr. Blbbard on the pro ceding day, and when waahlna the breakfast dishes he enlarc.il on the HUl1J.1t with enthusiasm to her cousin George, "Novel mind." she said. With crandll OCjtMBt air. when he roftUWd to empty the coffee crolimU as requested, " won't be here long for you to quurrel with." "I'm colnc away," otic returned tumidly. "I m colnc to have a rise In the world. My name Is not Peggy mil liard, at ail. Bah, what an ucly uunel I 'TO tried my Ivst to hit Into ODMtblng pretty and liitcivstlnir. but 1 enu't .In It. It always remain! tUXt plain Peg ' gy, I don't know what my loot name Is, but I'm sure I was chrlstcuwd Queenie or Bdlth or Blaine or eome- tblnc like that. My own parent! are eomlng for me aoon," "Hull!" said QoOTgO, In derision. Hut he emptied the coffee MOUndl and was i quite obedient for almost an hour af terward, all of which Peggy regarded I as unmistakable evidence that he had more or Uks faith lu whut nhe had told ' blM. Peggy was kept unusually busy In tlii'M- days She and her mint, Mrs. Morrison, did all the housework, and ns a sick neighbor, who bad been h life lone friend of the family, required n creat deal of her nutit's attention, many new duties tterolred upon Peg-i-y. Thla additional work was Dot aetly retlehed, but in one sense the fit "tuition was dellchtfuL Peggy was left alone more than she had been hereto fore, mid the unusual solitude cave her ample opportunity to converse with her relatives undisturbed when they should come to claim her. III. The next day, when carrying In an nrmfiil of itOTOWOod, with which to cook the noonday meal, she heard the sound of wheels on tile white turnpike. They stopped at the front gate, and Peggy, peeping furtively around the corner of the house, beheld a slclit which drove every drop of blood 111 her veins with a nisli to tier heart, and made her arms so limp mid lifeless that the l.iad of wood fell with a crush on her bare toes. a carriage had been driven into the shade of the apple tree that tri near the roadside. Undoubtedly it was the carriage. It was not exactly what she had expected, for there were only two bone! instead of four, and the harness was not made of gold, but It was a very stylish turnout WtthnL and Peggy thought she could lie satlslbsl With It. a middle-aged woman ami gentleman Blighted and came rapidly toward the house. Peggy went forth to meet them, looking tbnme-facedly the while at her bare feet and little red hands. "Ah," said the gentleman, kindly, believe wo have ber here, Buaan. My child, are you Peggy IllbbardV" "No, sir," returned Peggy, promptly. A shadow of disappointment passed over the faces of the lady and gentle man. "That's too bad," said the lady, "but perhaps you can tell us where to find ber." Peggy plaited the corner of her apron ncrroualy for a moment, then, looking up courageously, she said: "I am called Peggy Blbbard." "My goodneaa, and are you not she?" exclaimed the lady. "NO," said Peggy, glibly. "I must have tsi'ii changed when I was a baby, nr something, and the mistake has never Is'i-n rectified. I have never Im'. ii able to find out what the name of my father really Is. 1 hoped, sir, that you were he. Are you not, nnd bare you not come to give me n rise In the world and take me home to your pal nee V" Peggy lOOke with creat earnestness, for she had dreamed over this phase of her life so much that she had come to believe In Ita reality. The lady and gentleman stared at her in bewilder ment "I don't understand what you mean," said the lady, sadly. "Wo nave no lit tle c'rl. Out granddaughter died, to. a few week! ago. But we will think i J. - p.-s no.v'T THINK Vnr'vK OOT A 1I10IIT TO ASK MK TO IIO IWU Wi RK." over what you have Mild, and mnke further Inquiries aboil yon. After we have si-en Mr. BlbtOM s rhaps you will hear from us nciln." They drove away down the dusty turnpike and Peggy threw banoU down on the garden mold nnd wept bit terly, "van. they bava gone back oo me " she soblK-d. "They have left me here nnd 1 11 have to co bnek Into that hateful kitchen and cook something for father and the boys. I can't do It. so there." Hut she did. and her father nrnls.il her effort by wring that be bad never tat down to a better meat Tn the meantime the lady and gentlo- j man, all unconscious of the grief their visit bad occasioned, were Wending their orgy thoughtfully back to S.pilre Hooper's house, win nee they had start ed out nn huiir before, "I don't see what you sent us ovei I there for," said the gentleman, as s....n as they enter.il the sitting room. When we told you that our errnn.l In this' neighborhood is to pick out bright lit tle clrl whose parents nre ior nnd unable to educate her as she dseervetl nnd wishes we wen- in earnest, nnd ei. I pectnl you to recommend som.-lxxly ! who Is worthy. Hut that Blbbard girl Is a ragnhu Uttls lunatic. She said her name Is not lllhhurd; that she Is Urn child of wealthy parents who will give ber a rise in the world, and all that sort of tommy. rot. We were so surprls.il WO came away without MOlng Mr. Hits bard." "I don't know whnt to make of It," sighed Mrs. BoopOT, "Here comes her aunt, Hannah Morrison, down the mad. : now. I'll call her in nnd consult her." "It's the very thing that's been wor-! rylng her father to death yesterday nnd to day," said Mrs. MoiTtaon, when the quest of the middle ng.il couple had Ixi-n explaln.il to her. Tin afraid her mind's upset by reading so ninny lnn ixisslble, sensational stories. I can't ! watch her nil the time, having so much to do, and she will borrow those papers and read them when I'm not looking, I'm sim- I'm obliged to yon all for your kind Intentions toward Peggy. She's sharp ns n whip. It's a shame we can't ufford to give her more advantages. I hope you'll overlook her crazy notions ami give her a trial." Hut the middle-aged couple were ex tremely matter-of-fact people. They felt rather dubious atxiut taking under MV KANH IS JTOT l-HOOY HIIIItAnp." their protection n child who tall..-.! In riddles, and after due deliberation they returned to their home without having made any arrangements for the edu cation of n bright little girl who was unable to help herself. IV. But they came again a year later. "We are Unking for Peggy Blbbard," said the old gentleman, with n merry twinkle In Ids gray eyes. Peggy bad learned many tilings dur ing these twelve months. She had conic to realize that a "rise" had come in her way. which, although not the kind she was lisil.ltig for, was the best "rise" that can come tn a person In this world, and she deeply regrett.il having lust It. In view of all tills, she answer ed, modeotly, "i am she." When they went away Peggy accom panied them. They did not startle the neighbors With gold harness and "nn unlimited wardrobe," but for nil that Peggy was very happy. The next summer, when she was home during vacation, she voluntarily hunted a tin pall and n wooden paddle, nnd went with her father to the potnto putch. "I don't really like this kind of work," she snl.l, "but I've Come to the conclusion that 1 can't have everything my own was, ns did Lady Alfredo. Somehow I've lost all Interest lu her golden hair and slender white wrists." When they returned to the house her father brought out the big family Hl ble and opened It nt the record of births. "See," he said, pointing to the top line. "Peggy, daughter of Hiram mid Alice Blbbard. Horn December 12, 1881." There It Is ns plain ns life; ev-ery-day, eoiumouplneo 'Peggy.' Have yo' given up tryln' to make souiethln' flowery out of It? Peggy blushed to the roots of her hair, which wns still enrrotty nnd stringy. "Long ago," she said, meekly. "Au' yo' b'leeve the record In the III ble, now, don't you, dear child'" he aaked, anxiously. "To' b'leeve thnt 'm your sure enough father, nn" you nln't axpectln' uny great rise, nre yo') Yo' ain't ashamed o' me nn' my name?" Peggy held his hard hand in hers, and when she saw a teardrop glistening there, she did not know whether It had fallen from his eye or her own. "Father, dear father," she said, soft ly. Omaha Boo, A Oafs Loyalty to Homo. Black Tom, the big cat who made his headquarters al atermod A Jaecard'a for years, csnipcd from the Are with barely n whisker singed. He dooanl approve of the now location of the firm. The Monday after the fire one of the clerks caught him prowling around Du nlins, nnd curried him over to the new store. Tom twpect.il the premises carefully, and received the greetlnga of his old friends. Then lie boteted his tall and saiii.il oot to wat.-h the salvage men al work. As s.xm ss the ruins exiled sufficient ly he established bendqunrtiTS In them, and steadfastly refus.il to return to the new store. Win-re he gets his provender is not kOOWn, but he seems wi-11 satisfied. I llv.-rs Inducements hiive DOOO Itcld out to get him to go to the ww stiro, tnit be Scorns them as efforts to draw him Into a refutation of the theory that cat become attached to places awl not to Indlvldusls.-Kt. Louis Tost-Dlspatch. No Taxes ft I'my There. KitinM-tilx-rff-nin.Moln, In Pninconla, ns a result of the municipality engng Ing In business, hns no tnxes to pny aim llstrlbutes profits to tbe in.iivi.iuni citi- OellS. The town run" i.-rrn nuui rks the nrofits of win. n last year, after the town expenses had Ixi'O paid, were 00.000 mnrks. r i.IMr.-n coinldaln Derate- tiny are romidlsl to go to sctiool five days In a week, but after they are grown, they will find It m-cessary to go to school even biys s week, and occasionally at eight i HIS START IN LIFE. ilia De!rcto Acinnnnulstc a ( u.tnm- r Broaeht About HI nWeceoo, The Phil." dolphin Times prints nn In teresting mid encouraging account of the manner In which Mr. Mel.aughllu. the late publisher of that paper, gained ds llrst upward start In the world. Bs was then employ.il In the prliitlug Utlce of the L.ilg.-r. Young renders may find In the narrative something :x-tier than a g.xxl story. CpoOJ one aaagalon In ikm, when Prank McLaughlin vwix twenty-three years of age, It happened that the fore man and his assistant were abseiiL nnd hat John McLaughlin was at home 111. YOUM Prank McLaughlin was then the fastest setter of t)x' In the olllee. At the dinner hour on the day in location, when every "stick" wns lying tt rest, Abraham Barker, the father at the well known Wharton Harkcr, and himself then one of the very few broken lu this city, walked into the Ledger Job printing -olllee wltli a stock list uu enumeration of the figures of the lluuiiclal market of the day and ixpreeoed a desire to have it put lu type and fifty copies struck off for Im mediate use. By reason of the conditions doOCribed, there was no one In authority to wait upon blm, ami Prank McLaughlin .i.pped forward ami received the or ler, The stock list of thai time, unlike the 00m pies affair of the present day, was an abbreviated statement, and two men could eaall place it In tj ix- within i .(Hurler of an hour. When Mr. linker asked the young printer If he would utulcrtnkc the task, ! the latter answered with cheerful nine I rlty, "Certainly." Cutting the list in two and turning to one of the oldect tompoalton In the olllee, hu said, I "Here, Jim, take one of these 'takes' mid I'll take the other, and we'll rush Uer through In a JIlTy." The man addressed walked forward ; with a frowu on his face, and after he I. ad taken the slip of paper and was moving back to but ceee, be mntetrod liomc balf'Onderstood words aixuit "giving a fellow a chance to eut bis llnner." "Never mind, .Hill," said young Me Laugblln, walking quickly nft.-r blm and taking the copy from his bands, "I'll do the Job myself." 1 Hiring these proceedings Abraham Harkcr never left the Office, nor .11.1 he do so until the work had lxin completed, lie loaned Mildly against a make up table, read ing a copy of the New York Tribune, apparently oblivious to all thnt was going on about blm. Young McLaughlin's fingers dew as he plck.il up the little pieces of metal In less than half an hour lie had lin stock list lu lyix-, revised, and fifty copleo struck off. He handed them to Mr. Harkcr wltli an apology for k.i mg blm walling. "What! Hone al ready?" said the broker, and with n llmple "Thank you!" he left the olllni. 'l'he following morning the young printer was surprised by receiving n note from the customer of the day tx--fore, requesting him to call at his of lice. He .11.1 so. "I heard everything that t.x.k place in the ledger olllee yesterday," said the financier, "and fully appreciate your conduct. I would like you to print the stock list for me every day for one month, and I'll pay you five hundred dollars for the work." "Hut It Is not worth so much ns Hint," answered the printer. "It Is worth as much to me to hnve It done as you did it yesterday," was the reply. That was Prank McLaughlin's llrst work for himself. At the expiration if the month the contract was extend ill to three times that period, mid then to twelve months, wltli an annual re ompenee of six thousand dollars. At that time Journeymen printers were n Ivlng about ten dollars weekly, and udy In extraordinary Instances earn.il me or tWO dollars beyond that sum. A Yukon Financier. The Blver Trip to tlu- Klondike," by John Sidney Webb, appears In the Cen tury. Mr. Welib says: The "Napoleon of finance" of Hie region, and certainly the richest man there, In a brawny Bcotchman known as "Hig Aleck" Mac donaJd. Be managed to make large dean up oil his claim- said to lx' $:hi, nki and Invested every dollar of It In other claims In the manner I bAVO In dicated -part payment down, th! re mainder when the water came In the spring. Bvory one about the camp knew of Mnod.mald's speculation-, oiM ill wore wondering whether bo would become a bankrupt or a muHlmilllon lire. The water did not conn- down early In 1M7, and In SOIUS Instance! the dean-npe on the claims ho hod is.ught on speculation came so cloeo to the day of payment that, as the rttury .-i.es. tin- g.ld was paid over "before it was dry." The death of two brother! to whom he owed 10,000 00 a claim l snl.l to have been bis financial salva tion, becauee tbe time of payment oj a debt ton deenl.-nt's estate 1 extended one year by law, the gold iwwmteston- H acting as Judge Of paobato for the time is-iiig. Macdeoald is probably rwner Of nn interest In nbout twenty nAit claims. IsingMl On bin mining knowledge nd his wonderful nerve. H. paid enormous Interest on Ike mon ey he borrowed, took tremendous risks, nixl finally won In some Instances during the wlu'er of 1K!hV!7 money w as loaned at 1" per cent, for ten days. Tloplate Scrap Han a Vnlu -. The thwlats Clipping! from the stumping factories of this country are gathered together, tied In holes and delivered at IbO iloek In New York for ibOUl 0 thence they nre xh!px- I, , Holland, where tin- tin is recovered and mode Into bigots, while the Iron icrap is "obi tnrnad to different . s factories have ns high as I -.hsi tons of rhls scrap tin to dlsose of in n year. The process used In Hol land for separating the two metals is s.s-ret. nnd the effort! of manufactur ers I., obtain n know bilge of It has thus fur Ix-en In vain. K. i inc. I the A pproprtaU Mini. "J.k"iIi I- real sl.-k with slow fever." "Well." and Mrs. Martin smoothed hop i.oron reflectively, "I knew if Jo seph had u fever It would be a slow mar HjiAi nr.- so nrone to think evil that v. r think thnt the letter d. full,, wis by u dash, might stand for darling. DISASTERS TO VESSELS. rime of I'rurc Art Not Wanting in Ore tlx Fatal Aeeldeatoi it Is a reniarknble fact that some of the greatest disaster to naval vessel have ix-ciirr.il In times of x'it.-e. The sinking of the Hrltlsli ship Victoria by Hie OailipOlllOWn was one of Hu- worst of ibis d iss ,,f accidental The BrHtah fleet, muter command of Admiral Sir Qeorge Tryon. was executing u series of Intricate maneuvers off Tripoli on June "-J. Ugg when by some inlsimder standing f signals the Oamuerdown came into cilllslon with the llagshtp V ictoria. The latter was cut dnw n and sunk lu n few moments, cnrrylng with In-r BM men and twenty thr.v olllcers. Including Admiral 'lYyon. The cnpslr.tng of the loyal !srgc l probably the nuvst disastrous flagship accMenl on record, it was the flag ship of Hear Admiral Rannenfoldi The s!dp was nin hor.il off Spllln-sil at the mouth of the Thatnre a piix- lx- low the water line Beaded some repair, and as It was so simple nn nffslr the slilp wo not docked. In order to get at the plx the ship wns "li.-el.il." or listed to one side by running one broad side of guns from one side to the oilier. The Hoynl QoOTgS wns n tine of battle ship and the pride of the nritlsh navy and lu full commlsslou. Ail her officers and men were on hoard, together with nny niimlx-r of their visiting friends, to say nothing of a swarm of tra.esxi pie. S.x.11 after she was "beelwl" o stiff land breene sprung up nu.l the great ship ce poised. Nenrly Kit) mple were drown.il. The battleship Pofteru Monarch ail ctioretl off Splthead on June 2. 1S.V.I. She had Just r.-ach. si home port after a voyage from India, nnd had on luarl not only tier own officer! nnd crew, bnl n great uuiiiIxt of invalids from the army and navy slnHoii.il In India ghfl tin. I In all over rsm men and officer n board. Many had been nbsoiit from home for years. There was great re Joining that night within sight of the shores of old Knglaud. Purlng the merriment a lump was uset, and the ship biirn.il to the water's edge, with great i.ss of life. A similar accident d.-stroy.i! H. M I Goliath n the night of Doe 2'. IdTO, Just tlinv days Ix-fore t'lirlstmn. She wns a tnilnlng ship, and had BhOgfd over fifty ofllcara, men and ixiys, tnoatly Ixvys. gbS had Just reluruiil fnun n long cruise and lay In the Thames. The lxiys wen- anticipating the Christmas feetlvltlca, ami In their pranks ups. t a Inmp In the oil nxvin. The ship wns a total loss, but this time the loss of life wns comparatively small. The lxiys on the sailing frigate Rury dlce were not si fortunate. Kh- was homeward In.uii.I from the Hermu.las Aixmi 100 ofllcara, men and boys wore. on board, mid she came up nlotig the Isle of Wight Willi every will drawing and her ports ox-n. Off Vent nor, the famous watering place on the m- of Wight, the lxiys mnnneil the rigging and cheered and cheered to those on the beach, A scjiinll struck Hie old frl gale, over she went, and nearly every peraon n board was .irowu.ii right bo fore ti yes of hundreds of persons within hailing dlntanco on shore, Ten years Ix-fore PrlmeM built the monitor. Oapt, Oowper Oowlea, of the llrltls.il navy, Invented vvliat he culled a turret ship. It was not until sum, years later that the Lord High d inlt-al n. pt.il Hie cnplalu's plans and or.b-r.ii a turret ship built II. M. s Captain was launched lu INdfl and seemed to is- a "hoodooed" ship from the start. She was n full-rigged Iron ship, iirmor.il and wltli st.-mu as nn auxiliary power, High bulwarks WON Intended to be let down, uncovering the two turrets when the ship was cleared for action. On Sept. 7, 170, she wns sailing In the Bay of Biscay, a squall sprung np nnd struck Hie tophOAVy ship full abeam. She "lux-led" over and never righted. Of the persons on Ixmrd .udy eighteen were saved. When the COUT1 murtlul sat to try some one for negligence In losing the ship the only peraon they could try was Jiim.-s May. a gunner. Every other officer was l.vrt. The victoria, with 7oo peraon! a boa id, Caps lead in the Thames on May M, VBBU nnd OVOr 800 were.lrown.il. In the merchantman service hundreds of ships and thoiisouds of lives have boon loot right tn iu-t. when the ohlp Is sup posed nlxiveall oilier times to be safe. Antic or Klectrlcltjr. The mention of elu-trlclty of u frisky behavior will suggest to most ixirplc some of lis notions on the trolley, or nlsiiit the stunt cars, or In COgnectioO with el.s-trlc light w lr.-s, when It brinks lis.se w hich nre all of loo dangerous a character to lx- amusing; noting not at all It - pranks on their own di sks, though no "live" wire lx- within u mile of them, writes QoOTgO J. Vuniey in Lfpplncott's, It does not always OCCUf to our mliids that electricity Is playing a little trick when we take a sh.i-t of writing pas-r from a pile mi. I find it does not conic alone, but drags along another lut or more, "slicking closer than a brother." Similar action of the Immenaa sheets if Ismk paper on n printing press In cer tain sint. -s of the atmosphere when one Is slid on to the form of type and has one or more irthers partially Sdbef ing to it for a moment, then taking lllglit away from the press to some din gy renting plan- frequently keepa the pressmen In an unoomfortobJo state of fidgets. Buck action moults from the sttnu Hon nn.i tepiiarton of fiictJonal stas irlcity Hie same kind Hint Is prodUOfd by the chafing of He- silk flap against the rotating gluts disk lu the ao-i-alled "electrical machine." An experiment with the same kind of electricity, which can anally is- tri.-d, is to apply gentle friction to a thin place if cloili or pa-r; w lx-n, on bringing It near tin- wall of the apartment, It will be .itlract.il llu-rohy. and adhere 0 tl"' siirfan- lx- It w.xxl, plaster or paper for n brief time. The PoSjTostial or gtaeon VfUfceiariaa There Is go longer any dOSJM Hint Wllbelmlna, Qneoa of tin- Netberianda, Is engaged to Is- married; the future bridegroom n fines Bombard1 of Sax.-- W. lmer, anil the bofXWtkal will la- pro rJahlMd Aug. 31. the day on which her majesty will celebrate her eighteenth birthday and come of age. 1'rlncu Hcrnhnnl la tlx- e.-ond on of the late henxlltnry Prince of Weimar. He was is.rn April IN, 1H7H. All this Is told by several usually well-lnforincd Hutch p.ipi-i r. A uo denials have lx en forth coming the press of Europe in general believe the Information to ( correct. Tile youthful QUOOn Us lalely been spending several Week In Paris, sight seeing nn.i sclciUng her trousseau, and the Paris Journals, whether they have received a slgnlRoanl hint from lha govsrnmont or not. imv.- boon lorald lug In r coming and going with a piWtty and very respectful enthinlssiu that Is quite unknown In Parisian Jour n.'tllstn. Her ilrexse. her ride tn the Hols, and bat g.xxlness of fan- and fharasTrf have been expatiated uin with genuine Interest. Although the qneOO was Incognito, they gave Just a much Space to her as though she were the King of Portugal or a RUOHM prin ces. There I more importance, It la boi lOVOd, In cultivating Hie g.xxl will at the young queen than may appeal on the SUrfaOO, She will rule over n little kingdom free from nil entangling alli um - and strong In It Isolation and very weakness. Over the frontiers ths huge standing armies of the grent pow er may cluster nnd bluster without disturbing her uneventful prosperity. Hut. although Holland may not hull the balance of pOWST, she may really hold the key to many a continental complication, and the supxix nutl Qerman proclivities of Wllhelmlnn In vile a fu llng of satisfaction In tho hearts of Prcnrhmon. That she pur chae.l her trousseau In Paris nnd not In Herlln Is dosmsd deeply slgntlli-ant. New York Tlim-s. Tlie SSpoOaO Of the Pr. nch culoliles to the mother country has more thao doubl.il within the past twelve years. The llusslau urmy has boon almost doubted Since the last Turkish wnr, while the general staff has Ixvu lu ctvas.il by more than two-thirds. The billy goat that la the pel snd mascot of the crew of the battleship Texas ate all the artl.lclal flowers off the Kastcr bat of the surgeon's wife. April at, the day on which hostilities began between this country nnd Spain, was the anniversary of the denth of the Immortal kUgual Oervanteo i suave dra, author of "Don Quixote." M.ilical SClonOS lias made little prog ress In Turkey. Missionaries have fre quently found people III from small xn iieglect.il. Ill order thnt the DtVllM will should have Us own way. Scurvy Is now easily In Id under con trol, but In Anson's famous ciptxHtlon, some thirty years previous to thnt of Captain Oook, out of a total of I") band! IXSI dlOd before the .-IKilltlou return.! and chiefly from scurvy. Electricity t u.ii t operate n newly Invrnteil typewriter. In which the key ixmrd may lx- separnt.il from the ma chine nnd Usui to i. penile several tun chines, the keys closing circuits con BOOted to mngn.'t which Operate the I V pa levers. The Bong-KOng Press tells of a pro fessional Ix-ggnr who has built quite a line three story teahouse Just outside the south gat... As the only tlir.i--story building lu the city, It Is nn oh Jeet of great pi l.le to the natives, w hose charily helped so largely In It er.s lloii. To do away with the rudders of ships n new steering apparatus Is being used which will turn Hie boat around with out the use of Its prox-ilers, n shaft lx Ing set acr.ms each end of the ship's hull wltli small propellers nt ea.-li end, and sivver applied to the center to re volve them mid turn the boat. The authorities of a church at 1 Inn ford, Oah, have eiiter.il lulo an ngreo ment with their pnstor whereby he will be equipped for u two years' sojourn lu tin- Klondike, on .iindltlon thut If hu makes a rich strike lie shull pay off the church debt. The congregation will take care of his family luring Ills ab sence. Cuba Is known In history under sev eral names. The tint was Antllia; then J nana, after a Spanish prince. Kernati .Una came third, followed hy Santiago and the Isle of Ave Maria The origin al inline. Cuhnnarail, signifying "where gold Is found," was finally adopted, mid usage shortened It to the llrst two syl lables. Spain gets Its revenue by u system of direct mid Indirect taxation, stamp duties, government monopolies, etc. Hired taxes nre Inqxised on lund.il properties, houses, live stock, com me tee, registration nets, titles of uobll Ity, mortgages, etc.; the Indirect tnxes come from foreign Imixirts, articles of Consumption, tolls, bridge and ferry dues. Her revenue for 1MHI and 1HU7 was 80,T1 MM; ber expenditures, :I0, 4 -si 8be bad beside this, how ever, an extraordinary expenditure of tl.:tiV0,O00. Her public debt Is now over gl.T'Ml.OOO.OslO. Including over $: :. mm m i, U00 Incurred In Cuba. About 1 1 m .1.1 -1 Ire ..on The terms "rapid tint" and "quick firing" guns, so frequently seen lu the press reports of naval affairs, do not convey to the ordinary person ami ado quale Idea of the Improvements that i banlcal Ingenuity has effecl.il In ordnance In recent years. While rapid and quick firing guns are the smaller weapons of n battleship, they are uot the diminutive affairs that they arc or dinarily considered, ns the lniprov.il methods Of broOCb mechanism nnd load Ing have la-en liilro.lu.nl In the case of i; Inch guns, which throw a list pound projectile. The saving In time ami ease of manipulation are effcctiil by using Hied num. million In which shell, p..vv der, and primer nre united. Tin- six- pounders, of which there nre numerous types, can discharge wltli accuracy twenty to twenty-live shots per min ute, s number which cnu lx- raised to thirty or thirty-five If accuracy In alin ing the piece Is dispensed with. Prom the .".Inch rapid tiring gun thirty-six shots have been fired In live minute, and ns each of these proju-tll.-s la sev- nty pounds In weight, the effect can lie readily understood. -New York Post. Ita True Meaning. fjtthl Bssmle- PagtX, what doee ro- N'lltaIU e menu? 1-np.i H'1" utaii- e la the sorrowful f.fltikK that com., to n penson after he gets caught at It." It k.i-p. sonic wom.vn so tiusy trying to preserve their charms that tbey haven't time for anything else. Truth. The soul livis by truth and is nourished and developed by troth. - itev. Father Mackeyi Pa thrift, Cincin nati. Ohio. Love and Duty. Love mnkes the lx-st of ,-very condition; love I, the guarantee f duty. itev. chorion M. Sheparil, Presbyterian, RvauetOO, Wyo. Ideal. We arc the missionaries of the Ideal, the conscience of the mil Vers.', the soul of which nature Is but the lxxly. M. Miingasarlaii. Ktblcal Culture, Chicago, 111. The Home, A house with flue np ixilutmeiits Is not a home, but tin- one mux of porpooa, Hie love ami oonddenoo bestow. 1 make the lioine. Itev. K. H. Lewis, Methodist, Baltimore, kfd. Music ami Heaven. The nearer one get to tl. 11 veil the more he likes music. The only time Jesus sang was Just lx fore he was taken by the soldiers. 1 'wight I.. M.ssly, ICvuugellst, New York I'lty. The Average Man. An average man may hy ix'rslstciit employment of aver age faculties COM to achieve genius, (lime to lx- a class out of the ordinary, t ome to bo a leader. BOV, Thomas Van Ness. Haptlsl, lloston, Mas. 'I'he Bool. A p. id of water Is n tiling of beeoty when the moon shines on it. nnd the silillllest soul that ev.r lireath.il Is a miracle when the spirit of litxl Is retlti-t.il therein. Itev. tiliugo II. Bepworlh, L'ongregailouallsl, New York City. The Saying of Jesus. Jesus' sayings Impress us not as tin- cxcogltiitliio of the student, but as Hie Inspiration that have culm- to one lying under broad trees ,,r sitting on mountain los to think. Rev, ir. i"rank Orane, Idetbod- Ist, Chicago, HI. QodllkO Acts. Never do we perform an act more like to the godlike ad of our hen v only father than when we cause the BoWCn of Joy mid gladness to grow in hearts thai were barren and desolate before, cardinal Gibbons, Catholic, New Orleans, Iji. Individualities. We are made from varying material like Hit- parts of the organ's mechaiilsm, and the lesson of Us harmonious workings to a great re sult lOOfi hOO us to reaped our own Indi vidualities. - Bishop Henry c. Potter, btytacopaltan, New York city. Harmony. I't our conduct harmoii l.e wllb our knowledge of the myster ies of ii.xi, ami so living in obedience to Ids precepts make certain our life of happiness through Hie endless ages itev. m. (i. Ryan, Bidenajallaii. sun hnnckrcoi OaL Making a Church. Pill the OhristUfO lulo two or three men and women ami you have Hie vital DOCieUI of u chut'eh. You cannot make a church of a thon sand ceremonial uut. minimis. The key to Hie kingdom of heaven Is a life, am I the church must kn-p pace with a Christ who I alive forevermore. It.-v. W. T. Butcblna, Bvangellat, Indian or- Ohaffd) Mush, Of Society.- Hx-lt-ly as n whole n Is religion mid morality for the develop nn nt of the hlgliest civilization and cult lire. Without Hie proper working of these two fa. -tors a human brotherhood iiuirk.il by tolerance mid the absence of iMitmi is imposalhlo Rev. Dr. w in lam Roaenan, Bebrow, Balttmora, atd, Men ami Scholars. The Object Of the day Is not to make scholars less scholar ly, but to bring It to their hearts that Hie whole attitude of the Scripture POB Hie matter means that It Is tl r der of tin- divine Intention that a man should lx- a man Ix-fore he Is u scholar. - itev. ir. Charles n. Parkhurst, Prow byt. linn. New York City. Youth. A decision for the right In youth melius a peaceful obi age ami n triumphant end. The bird of earthly love now singing In 00 WOTS of youth at thO bridal altar and lu the home circle shall lx- traiisrorin.il Into the bird of paradise, trilling the music of heaven. Itev. Ir. T. M. Orlth, Methodist, Phtt n.lclphla, Pa. NtW TOY FOR THE NAVY. ansa ed One - utinr would Knjy i . i n ,; It on the (i.ioi ii'l". Here Is a bay for the navy one w hich some of tlie navy's men would enjoy playing with. It I a DreggeoRohroo der six-pound ride. It can tin- thirty-thrts- shots a minute, nnd lis projectile can pierce three inches of steel al distil of three miles. H Is tbe new I'lll -i.i.s-si ii u ii MAMIINR 01 V. gun which lias Just Ix-di placi d on the revenue cutter Oresliaui. It will lx- In charge of Utinner linn, who lias bOM on the old cutler Andrew' Jackson and mi the (Jreeham for twenty six yoara. The Qreeham im only one ix pounder rllle, but she could easily llieniise lier armament by four or five mare, Sin bna a anl of tweoty-OOe miles uu hour. Rul her chief weapoa of offeiiso is iier torpedo tin' l-retly Japanec diatom At the birth of a Japanese baby a tree Is pisnted, w lil.ii must remain untouch cd 'in the marriage of the child. When Hint hour arrives the tree Is cut down and a skllinl cabinetmaker transform the woixl Into furniture, which Is al ways Cherished by the young couple as the most beautiful of the ornaments lu the house. Mrs. Ilorlor (whose daughter Is nt Hie lilllliol They tell me voll have nil ear for music, Mr. BunMUMr, llummicr Yes; but by nil means let your .laugh ter go oil with her playing and not mind me.- Hostou Transcript. Tin- marrl.l men make the greali-st f.sils of theinselv.-t lu the name of Pa triotism; Hie uiunurritil mcti still havo an avenue open In Isive. The human race Is hut u content for dollar.