Eagene City Guard.
I I. MT l I rr.r l.t..
EUOKNlt PITT etKOON
-s mi-is!w bsj i ' 1
IloHfoD In perfectly patriotic now,
Willi her red brick building, her wblto
subway uh'l le-r MM stocking.
After n inau ha gnawed a good old
fashioned hardtack for an bour he I
In a iflWI to remember pretty nearly
aOthlng.
The 8t. I'uul Dispatch says: "A one
armed athlete ha been walking around
the earth." Well, thai' an "ariuleaa
sort of amusement, ln't It?
Why shouldn't lion. Joseph Cham
IsTiaJn Is-llcvc 111 un Kngllsh alliance
with America T Huch an alllanco ha
worked all rlKl't In hli own case.
It In Hald now that the Oeniinn Km
pcroT ileslKnii many of the Krnpnvi'
gown, lie la able to do anything,
from directing bl nation's deutlny to
dross-making.
The DtBTSf I'ost complains Ixs-nnse
"a Colorado poet him mado 'Howey'
rhym- irtth 'glory.'" Why find fault
wlili that? It i a deed to be proud of;
how did be do It?
A Western papaf says the "tatafCD
IonIh Iiiim 1m i n communicated to dogs
by fiMi Ii baetseteiosjlita,- Tho only
way u dog can be almolutely safe Ih to
refuse to associate with hucIi persons.
A contemporary chmrs up a doubtful
m iner In Us- following luoUl manner:
-riie name of the Kpantah ad mini at
Montljo and us Montojo. It la doubtful,
ho Montljo and aa Montojo." Ho, ho,
la that ao?
The authorities lii Washington per
paint tad a neat swindle on the Span
lard In Cuba. Illanco hns bMO In
dueed to exchange two American news
paper oufmpoirtanti for a Spanish
oloiiel and a phyHlclan.
Our Naval Aeaclemy, which hua vin
dicated ItH existence abundantly In
iiiim pnrit, bM done It again In the
splendid gunnery of our naval officers,
the theory and practice of which are
very thoroughly taught lit AjUmnoUa,
The decadence of Spain Ih Illustrated
by the fact that from having been
once the poHHcMHor of much the great
est part of North and Koulli America
aba Ml not now a Mil waling stutlnn,
and before many months she will haw
lost those she D Inally MM
The sense of proportion Is n line thing
to cultivate It) these time "There
were heroes ls-fore Agamemnon," even
though there were no hysterical news
pgpON lo declare It- And, by the way.
several brave (hs-ds were done In tills
very country Home thirty live years
ago.
The tltleH of the King of Spain sng
gent a large part of the history of the
wold. II'' I- King of Jerusalem,
which Is Turkish; of Nuvarre, w hich In
it Mich I of lilhraltar, which Is British,
and of the Bail and West 1 mile, which
are hugely llrltlsh; Duke of llrabaut
and Count of I'lnndcrs, now the two In
dependent kingdom of Holland and
llelglum; and sovereign of numerous
other lands long since Independent or
under the undisputed sway of other
powers, lie Is-ars iiimui his person,
Indeed, an epitome of the glory ami the
fall of Spain.
' An Intelligent effort Is tielng made to
convince Kuropenu nations that corn
bread, as the Vankis' said of "puuklu
pie," Is "wholesome vIIiiIh." Some
headway Is being made, and since the
I 'nlted Niates produces more than two
billion bushels, the ciport supply may
be rcgardts.1 iih cual to any demand
tM com evangelists oHratlng In ICu
rope can create. The royal family of
Denmark takes kindly to corn, and
w hen fully converted, as seems prob
able, a European con M aristocracy
may lie created.
I n New York, the great dltllculty of the
vacant lot farms committee In Dftl Ions
fSUU has been the obtaining of suf
lleleut laud for the farms, but this
year It has for use during the summer
tl hundred and twenty acres of
laud In Tellium Hay 1'iii'k. This Is now
the fourth year that the vacant lot
farms have been carrhsl on In New
York Ulty. Kach year a small nuin(Hr
Of men have been so trained lu the
llrst principles of agriculture that they
have expressed a willingness to take
positions lu the country, and some few
heads of families have done so. Thus
the vacant lot farms afford a kind of
farm training school.
China has at last made Its llrst con
cession to an American company. The
Secretary of Stale has rctvlvcd notice
that the American china I e elopmcm
Company has Is-, n permitted to build n
railroad from Hankow on the Yang
t .e Mang IHver to Canton lu (he Prof
luce of QttOUJ l'ling, and thence to the
ML The line will le Ism miles long
nnd will run through province trlbu
tiny to a population of nearly lUHX,
000 I pie. The company now Is nego
tiating for extensions to the main line,
which It Is also boilOYOd will Is- grunt
cd. With a view of enabling the ('hi
MM ultimately to construct an. I opor
ate railways the American China lc
vclopitifiit Company Is to establish a
Mbool of practical Instruction In rail
wn.vs. where OhlMM shall bl educated
lu questions relating to railway con
strucllou. operation, and management.
All materials nnd apparatus for the
proHs,sl road are to enter the Chinese
empire fns- of duty. In a manner simi
lar to that adopted lu the case of the
railway now running west from Tien
Tsln. The granting of this concession
Herns to emphasise the lmMirtnilcc of
our recent opera tlous at tho l'lilllp
plms. The conditions at Australia and the
Philippine show the differences In the
methodM of governmetll pTMtlcad by
In at llrltaln and Spain. In Australia
practically the same elvlllaed eondl
tlotis exlat aa In Kugbiud. and every
thing that can he done to reform the
natives Is Isdiig done. Hut there are
no cities lu Kuropo that are more tlno
ly built thau Sy ilm-y and Melbourne or
which enjoy a higher civilisation, lu
the Philippines, with the ssslble ex-
reptloti of Manila, where the presence
of a few Kngllsh, Herman and Aim rl
can residents, give some signs of civili
sation, the people are 111 the same prim
itive condition now as when they MM
under Spanish away three centuries
ago. Nothing w hatever has been done
to develop the vast revenue of the Isl
and or to educate and civilise the po
pie. All the means of public Instruc
tion are lu the hand of religious so
cieties, which ue every effort to keep
the natives In Ignorance, that they
may he the more easily dominated and
oppressed. The people lire robls-d that
none may accumulate proerty enough
to send their children away to lie edu
cated. It Is through the few Hint have
Iss-n sent abroad that the late revolu
tion have Is-eti encouraged, and the
natives made to icallze the tyranny
and despotism of Spain.
The American people lack something
of a quullty which Is certainly good for
the general community thut of tenac
ity In Hie defence of the small Individ
mil rights which the greater rights ure
soriiet lines found to depend on In the
end. The American Is apt to ask bin
Keif, "Will It pay" to resist an Infringe
ment upon his rights? If It Is not like
ly to "pay" he usually submits to Ilio
outrage, r.rigllshmeii, on the other
hand, nr. tenaclouN of their rights as
against corporation or public ser
vants, even at great cost to themaelve.
Frenchmen can also on occasion show
n like spirit. A good example of It has
lately been brought to the public alien
Hon In Parla. A business man. forced
by a misadventure to wait on I r and
n half at a railway siutlon, took up the
table of rates and charges, which the
railroad company was required to keep
open to the public, lie found that the
udvcrtlsed rare for the trip he was
nlsiut to make was twenty nine francs
and ninety live centimes, whereas the
fare usually exacted was thirty (MOM,
When he Imugnt his ticket he offered
twenty nine FMIvM and ninety flT MO
tlmcH; the agent refusal to give him a
ticket. Ho paid thirty francs under
protest, and after his return lo the city
demandisl the return of the excess
bJMOx one cent In our money. The
company refused to refund It He
MOd the railroad company for restltu
tiou, and won his case. The company
nppeabsl, ami the llrst decision was
sustained. The case was then carrl d
to the Court of Cassation, the highest
court open to It. Again the decision
was In the citizen's favor; the company
was ordered to restore the cent to blui.
nnd tO lower Its fare to the prescribed
llgure. The litigation cost the company
more than lliree thousand francs, and
the dttMB nlsiut u thousand, lie had
vindicated a principle, and no doubt
considered MlMoU well repaid. The
ettlxen would perhaps In onr country
M called "a kicker," but he was kick
ing In the service of the community,
and the community owes him Its sin
cere thanks for his sidf sacrifice.
The Koreans are exhibiting the wild
est delight over the aniioiiiiecmcnt that
their king Is about to marry. This act
on Ids part means more to those ico
ple than Is commonly supposed by
such as are Ignorant of Home of the
curious customs of that people. The
king liil.es preeisleuce lu all malrl
miuilnl affairs, for ho long iih the king
Is single no marriage may lata ploec In
his domains among his subjects. All
gcssl Koreans, therefore, who obey the
letter of the law religiously and patri
otically poatpOM their weddings until
the king has taken a spouse unto him
self. Among the common DOOpli this
law In not strictly ols-yed, but among
the BobtUty and ''(' lsdlcr class ,.f
people no one would think of marry
ing ls-fore the king, iih such a violation
of the law would cause the offender to
b)M caste. Hut marriages are arranged
In Korea without reference to the pat
ties to It, and "falling lu love" Ih n
thing of which a Korean Is inter
guilty. Since the murder of the ipieen,
some two years or more ago, none of
the members of good families have
married, and the pisiple, more thau a
year since, became so Impatient for
the king to wed that they expressed
their discontent openly. The King's ml
VtoMI made knOWtl to Mm the dissatis
faction among Ids subjects, and he be
gan the work of hunting up u wife.
Although be In over 00 years of age
his choice, was the daughter of a noble
man who had not reached her slxtivnth
year. Ills mlnlltan objected lo the
king making that kind of a fool of him
self, since It Is against the time honored
customs of the empire for the king to
take a wife so many years bis Junior.
The advice of (he ministers prevailed,
but while the king abandoned the
maiden he could not Is- Induced to look
with favor upon any of the others
whom Ids advisers presented for his
selection. This set the people again In
a rage, and dually the king delegated
to his advisers the power of selecting
a wife for him without bis luterfer
cinv. This selection hits heel) made,
and the future QOtM of Korea Is re
ported to ls very handsome, according
to Asiatic Ideas of beaulv, and about
30 year of age.
fats lor Rabfclta.
Cats have served heretofore as a sub
stltutc for rabbits. No particular com
plaint was made In Pari against the
substitution until recently Tor some
reason there has arisen a great out
cry against the slaughter of marketable
cats, and Trench Ingenuity has bMM
taxed to supply the detlclciiey. This
I found In a particular broad of Afri
can monkey, and these animals are
Isdiig Imported Into Trance lu large
IttUbtn to furnish the Imsls for rable
de llovre broiled backs of rabbits.
The African monkeys lend themselves
very readily to the disguise, its their
bucks are very fat and fleshy. K.iU-
blts, under any culinary tr.sitment, are
food. They arc mainly valuable as
stretigthener of sauce and soup
-.t...'ks. Tor this purpoaa they arc su
pol ler almost to any other sort of game.
New York Sun.
Tobacco a a Ilaronieter.
A plug of tolmcco is as good a harem
eter us any one need. As long v th
weather Is to Is. Hue the MMCCO will
be dry, and If there I not too much
sugur and licorice In It It w III crumble
like Uirk. Hut Just before rain the to
bacco will get damp aud flexible, and
the moisture lu the air will make It at
most clammy.
lime
wound.
aud court plaster heal all
THE ROStL
O Love' tar, over Eden,
How pale mid fslnt thou art!
Now lost, now eea bove.
Thy white ray point and durt,
0 tender o'er her move,
Hhlne out nnd take my part!
1 have sent her the rose of lore,
Aud shut lu the rose In my heart
The fireflies glitter and rush
In the ln rk of the summer mead;
l'ale on the hawthorn hush,
Hrlght on the larkspur eed;
And long Is heaven stilish
To give my roo (bsJ-speed
If ahe breathe a kiss, It will blush;
If BM bruise u loaf, It will bUx-d,
O bright star over Kden,
All Is autifiil thou art;
Today, In the phm-, the roe,
for tOJ love I have is-rllisl my heart;
Now eje the dying glow
From the placid Isle depart,
The roe-hathed planet know
It l hers, my rose, my heart!
-Century.
WITH TAB
PRICE OP BLOOD.
SOLA WAR, simple child of a
gulleh ss race, believed In her very
soul that wealth would outweigh
In the heart of Antonio Mnscnvel tho
ben my of EUrfUgtO QarfuM, great and
renowned though that might bo.
Therefore, and for this only, did she
sigh for riches and hate the poverty
with which PrortdOHM bad sent lit to
curse her. For Sola was not beautiful,
save for the Is-aiity that some find In a
linn chin and n pOWOffUl mouth, a wide
forehead and deep eyes overset with
mighty brow -which may have their
charm for (he student of hi kind, but
not for a lover, und. least of all, for a
Mexican lover. '
Antonio Mnscnvel preferred the typo
of ttofuglo small featured, red lipped,
soft eyed, graceful, and lovely a a
dark Venus. And his opinion was also
that of Hie surrounding country, of the
cily of I sis Angeles, and the mission of
San UaUrtaL The fame of tho daugh
ter of tiarllas had spread even among
the Americana, ami when strangers
tlski d to Is- shown n Is-uutlful Mexi
can, they were taken to tho hotiso of
Uarflai, upon the outskirts of Bonora
low ii. So It may be supposed that Re
fugio had lovers. They came from far
and near, and from every rank of Cali
fornia life. There was nil American
wl fortune was vast and as gener
ously spent ns fortunes were In the ear
ly llftles; there was an englishman
with a determination to hnvc her at
tOJ CMti even at that of a few lives n
tendency of character which accounted
for Ids presence In the States nnd for
his expatriation! tb re was a priest who
was eating out his wretched hou! for
her. and who had so fur fallen from
grace as to have told her so; there were
Innumerable Mexicans, ranch rs. shop
keepers. deoporadOOB, and gamblers. All
followed tamely and RUpplliintly lu B0
fuglo's train.
Hut slu loved only Miiseiivel. She nd
milled It at lust to Senor (iiirllas, when
thai wiry little creature demanded that
she make a chohv. The senor Wiia
aghast. The pOOllblHty of It had not
occurred to him.
"Antonio Uaacarair ho anid. "Hut
you do not know him."
Ilefuglo maided her little bond. "HI,"
she said.
"Where have you seen htm 7"
She was not mln. h.l to tell of the
nn clings lu the willow hidden lsd of
the arrOyO, so she held her peace.
"Hut the man Is a hud character. He
Is a gambler."
Still Itefuglo was silent There must
bo better arguments than faults, vires,
or crimes to bring against the tiniin
HWerable one that a woman loves.
(f this Setior tiarllas became grad
ually aware, after he had protested for
hours nnd for days, and after llmllng
that despite his prohibitions, desplie
close supervision, his fair daughter nnd
Mas.avel were In constant communi
cation. Then he hunted out Antonio himself
where lie sat playing at cards In the
bar room of the Isifuycttc, and he
pleaded with him. (sjurtismsly and re
speclfully, for Mascavcl was a big
man and a desperate one. Hut he, too,
answered that he loved, and when nil
was said and done, It had gone no far
th. r than this, that they both loved,
ami that wisdom might stand aside.
Qgrttai went With his battled hopes
to Senor Velar the hroiher of Sola.
The house of Vejar a two rome.l adobe,
Which had never lvon whitewashed
st.sxl several hundred yards farther
north along the road than that of Har
Baa. It was the last one lsfore the
open country, ami hud no llelghlsirs.
S. nor Vejar was much younger than
Haiilas. He had the MUM mighty brow
and powerful mouth that made his sis
ter hideous lo a race that loves all
things gentle and gracious. Ho was
on. of (hose w ho pilled for itefuglo, but
her father did not know this. So he
told hlni the whole story of his thwart
ed will ami plans, and Implored advice
us he made a cigarette.
"If It were not for the cursed laws of
the QrtttgOM) If things were ns they
were 111 my youth. I could fonv my
OWn daughter to marry the mnu I
plfMOdt" he said.
elar shook his head. "Y'ou can not
do that," he answered.
"What, then, shall I dor' Oarflaa
was moved to the slnt of tears. They
hung on his long black lashes ami drop
p. d on Ids old blue overalls.
The tltuiitlon was too complicated to
ls set straight In a moment. It was
not slmplltled by Y'ejnr's having his
own suit and chances to eonslder. "I
can not advise you at once," he suld: "I
will think and will help you. If I can. In
the morning." lie took counsel with
his sister when tia'tlas had ridden
ii w ay.
"Oh!" snarled Sola, "the love of An
tonio! A thousand dollar would bury
It so deep that It would never rise
again."
"Yet," said her brother, not under
standing woman, "you would be glad
to have It."
The deep eye shone. She shrugged
her shoulder. "Ye. I would he glad
to have It. And I could have It for a
then -and dollars porhu losa."
"At that cost you must be content to
go without It. What advice shall I
give to iKin tiarllas?"
"How should I know? 11 him see
to hi own trouble, and he glad that
your sister I not so beautiful that you
hare uo peace bocauee of her."
It waa lonir after dark when a horsa
topped at Vejar1 adobe. Vejar had
been asleep. He jumped up and went
to the door. He had Ida finger on tba
trigger of hi revolver. A man stood
under the broken d .wn ramada. Be
fore ho apoke, the Mexican had seen by
tho moonlight that he was a QrlngO.
They talked together In low lOBM until
Holn Joined them, rubbing her eyes and
moving noiselessly, with her bare feet,
across the dirt lloor.
"This mun," said Mt brother. "Is nn
American. He says he has ridden all
day to get Into Lou Angeles ls-fore
night, but hi horse went lame. It Is
ao bad now that he can go no further,
and ho wlshea to tny here until morn
ing." "Let him stay," said Sola, not too
graciously. "Ho cnu have my bed. 1
cannot Hleep."
Vejar grunted In much contempt.
"Mnscnvel docs not lie nwnko for you,"
he said.
Sola made no answer. She a pted
the fact She put the American uisui
the blanket-covered willow bough that
she called her bed. Her brother tied
tho homo belde hi own in the roof
less adobo outhouse, und fed It some
bay. Ho did nothing for lt lame foot
Tho Buffering of a dumb brute I a
matter of utter Indlffereuco to a Mexi
can, when It Ib not cause for lnughtr.
Tho Amerlcun was a mere youth.
Sola saw thut when the patch of moon
light finally worked around to where
hu lay. He wus so still that she began
to think he might be dead. Bo she rose
from w here she sat upon the floor, lean
ing against the wall, and went near to
see If he were breathing. It teemed
that he slept very lightly, for he start
ed up, with his left hand upon bis belt
and his right hand upon his revolver.
"You were so still I thought you
might lie dend," said Sola, In her deep,
placid voice, full of tho Indian sweet
MM of Hound. Ib- took his hand from
tho weapon and lay buck shamefucid
ly. It was only a woman, a thick set,
lazy, good hearted Mexican. He had
not been able to see her face, nnd he
did not know that the comfortless pal
let was her Is-d. He turned on It nnd
fell aHhs'p again. Hut Hola was think
ing. ing after her brother wna
drcnnilng lu the next room she crouch
ed, looking Into the darkness with her
great, wide eyes-seeing nothing. And
In her brain rnn tho clink of tho coins
ns the young (irlngo hud put his hnnd
to tils belt. There was a purpose In her
nnfl Inching mind. That she debated It
therein was due only to her uncertain
ty as to how many coins had clinked,
aa to whether there wero enough to
buy Antonio Mnacavel. Five hundred
dollars would do It for a time. Aft?r
thut he might kill her; or he might let
her live nnd go away with Itefuglo
which would bo worse. He wus a
gambler through and through, and
none the less ho because of being luck
less. A few hundred dollars In actual
cash would present to him unlimited
poaafbUltlM of the wealth that It might
win. And there Is always the pwr
chance. In n woman's mind, that the
man may barn to love as she loves.
He might forget Itefuglo; or she might
mnrry some one else.
Flft(s'ti minutes biter she went Into
the room where her brother lay Upon
a lad like her own. She roused him
with her buru foot, lie turned with n
loopy grunt
"(let up and come hero," she said.
She was not a capricious creature, It
was her way to do little, but that In
dogg.-d earnest So Vejar sprang up
and went with her. She topped he
side tho lusl and silnl,sl down to tho
Issly.
"1 have kllhsl htm," she snld.
Vejar made no answer. Ho did not
utiderstamL
"I have kllhsl him." she repented.
"You take him away and bury him."
It flashed upon Vejar that what his
Bister said was true. He was fright
ened, lie dropped down In-slde the
b...ly and dragged It Into the streak of
moonlight
"Take care," Sola Warned him; "If
there is blood on the Sow it can bo
seen. 1 can burn the blanket that Is
en the tied; and no one saw him come."
Vejar let the Isxly fall, and sbssl up
facing her. She could s,s the dreadful
light lu his eyes, but she did nut euro.
"Y'ou can turn his horse Usvse and It
will never bo known," she said. Indif
ferently, "lie had money. There Is
eight hundred dollars. I have Counted
It Antonio will marry me for Hint."
Vejar struck her down with a blow
on the orenst. She sat upon the Ihsir us
QUletly as If she were basking In the
sun, dreaming the eternal Mexican
dreams,
"If you lilt mo again, I shall say that
you did It They would believe mo."
Vejar stood thinking, with the Isslj
und the woman at his f,et He knew
that she was right. The OlingOOl
would believe a woman. It was tin
custom of the fisds. She held his lift
In her hurd. broad hands, and sh
would give It for th sake of the soft
eyed gambler ns calmly, ns relentless
ly ns she had given that of the bo
between them.
He carrhsl the body out and burled r
before daw-n. far from the adobe, ant
so skillfully that then- were no traeot
of the stmt. Thou he turned the hum
horse 'is.se. and V wandered Into tin
tow n.
For the sake of the forty gold pleOM
that were Sola Vejur's dowry that shi
had come by, he did not ask how nut
care that COttJond up visions of limit
le wealth to le wen. Antonio Mas
cavel consented to take her and let th
nngUded beauty of Befngto OarflM go.
Many Americans disappeared In
those days, and were never accounted
for. It was so with the one who hnd
standi from the Snn Fernando district
to 1 os Angeles, toottahly carrying a
hWgO amount of gold In bis Is It some
said mere than a thousand dollars.
The sheriff and a ihvhso searched and
did not find htm; that wna all.
Anto'do lived with Sola for a year,
and she was happy -through no fault
of his. Ills luck turiiisl, and he won.
with her nest egg, the fortune he had
dreaimd of. Having done ao, he left
her and went across the border.
For a long time Sola mourned, sul
lenly and deeply; then - Vejar having
boon kllhsl at a round-up by an en
ragisl stisr she took up her abode
with Kefuglo, and became a devoted
and patient nurse to her children.
For Itefuglo had married the rich
American, and had long alnev forgiven
tho defection of Maaeavel and the
w ..man w ho had caused It Hweudolur
Overton, la the Argonaut
LOVALTV OF CUBAN WOMEN.
They Are the Hrnvwt Vom with Whom
Hi.aln Ha KM o DM
Cuban men In arm frequently pre
sent themselves for pardon. No Cuban
woman ha ever la-en known to barter
fealty for mercy. There arc traitors In
Cuba, but they are never women.
Under KM W.-yler regime Havana
wa full of devoted women, reared In
Indolence and luxury, who were tire
less In their uvful efforts to get
word from one scattered rcM laiud to
mother, and to send them food, medi
cines and clothing. These women wen
far better conslprators than their fath
ers ami brothers, for Cuban men must
talk, and therefore rurely hatch n plot
before It Is revealed. TBa women In
that country, at least seemed to know
the value of silence. They said little of
wur, even among themselves, but to
Americans they wen- singularly cotilld
ln. This Instantaneous and perfect
trust was ut limes startling, and mad
one breathe a fervent prayer that It
ml.M never be iM-trilVi-il. It led to
many strange experiences Mint could
Is- treated as news and sent to a dally
Journal, for the required publication of
names would have tended to swell the
already overcrowdisl und vile quarters
for wot i In the Island Jnlls and prls-
I oris. Beautiful and delicate aeuorltu
I would Impulsively dross up In boys'
rlothoH to Illustrate to Americans how
they stole out at night to the ncur-by
haunts of lover or brother lu the "Long
Grasa," aa the Insurgents' camps were
called; how they secreted fo(sl lu false
pockets; how letters whose envelopes
had ls-n dipped In Ink were hidden In
their black hair; how medicines were
carried In MMO, nnd cloth for clothes
or wounds concealed In the lining of
their coats, fine girl, disguised us a
vender, hnd frequently carried to tho
woods dynamite In egg shells deftly put
together. She hns had many thrilling
experiences, but her narrowest escape
was when n Spanish soldier by the rood
si. b- InalOted on taking from the basket
an egg, to let Its contents drop In n hot
ii nd ready pan. He was vvlih difficulty
persuaibsl to forego the meal. Tho
lynanille was made by another woman,
who carefully obtained the Ingredients
tit various times and at widely scatter
ed drug stores.
A (irest lire Dog.
The following story can 1 vouched
for, und In recognition of the timely
lotion of toe dog, the Alliance Assnr-iiiks-
Company, with whom the prem
ises were liiHtired, have awarded a sli
ver inedu to Zulu, fully realizing his
sagacity In preventing what would
otherwise have Is'en a disastrous lire,
with considerable dnnger to the occu
piers of the house. Zulu, who lleegN
In the basement of a large house In n
fashionable quarter of one of our larg
est dtles, was early one Sunday morn
ing lately romed by nn outbreak of
tire, which luid apparently liccn Htnol
ilerlug for some time between the floor
of the dining-room nnd celling of the
rooni below. He. after repeatedly
scratching at the lsslnsm door of one
of the servants, PCCO0ded In waking
her. Thinking the dog iniwt ls unwell,
she lot htm Into her room, and got Into
lusl again, but WM not allowed to sleep,
us Zulu, Hitting close by her iH-dalde,
kept "talking" to her las nhe describes
10 so vigorously that she KUHHytcd
sonn-rhlivg must Is- wrong. On getting
up the dog appeared s delighted timt
she followed hlni out of Uie riKwn, and
on looking Into one of the KOBM dls
OOTOrcd the celling burning.
Dpon rousing the ow ner of the house,
who Immediately had the iliv alarm
rung i which was fortunately clone nt
hand), Zulu, seeming to know he bad
done his duty, rushisl rjpotalie to his
tntetreas, and left the house with the
children, evidently satlstl.sl that he had
fullilhsl his part. On the lire brigudo'H
arrival t was found that flic lire had
taken serious hold, and only required
more air (which would have Iss-n given
I in another ten minutes by the roll i pee
of the heart hatone, et cetera), to burst
Into (lame In several place. The dam
age by heat and smoke was very great,
and hnd nlr been admitted nothing
! COOid have MTOd the entire dwellliig,
us the Joints botwtN-n the flooring were
burning from end to end of the room,
rroiotiglng a Holiday.
A soldier sends a contemporary a
story of one of his comrades, a private,
who recently found himself an Inmate
of a military hospital. Immensely
pleased with his altered condltlona, ami
bills fuHy COMdOtM that Ml pay was
steadily running on, be felt positively
grieved one morning to tltul himself
feeling M well as ever he bad done.
The doctor paid Ids usual visit with
the clinical thermometer, which found
ii resting place under Tommy Atkins"
tongue. While the physician's atten
tion was distracted, however, the In
strument wm gently transferred to a
basin of hot tea standing near, and,
after a few momenta, deftly returned,
and finally banded back with the mer
cury rigid at one hundred and twenty.
"Orcat Heavens:" exclaimed the doe
tor, aghast, his professional calinness
ruddy shattered. "You ought to bo
stone dead, man; nobody was known
to live at anything like that! Oct Quick
to Usl; your case Is a desperate one!"
Machine ftr Fine Writing.
a machlM has txvu Invented which
Is composed of exquisitely graduated
wheel rubbing a tiny diamond point
at the end of an almost equally tiny
arm, whereby dm is able to write upon
glass the Whole Of the lord's prayer
within a apaiv measuring go more
than the dot over the letter "I" In com
mon print. A specimen of this mar
velous microscopic writing was enlarg
ed by photography and every letter and
point WM is-rf,st and could bo read
with ease.
No Fp.inlsh for Her.
Inbel -So you and Edward have
broken off? What ever could have hi-
I potted T
C. rt rude We got to talking about
1'ert.- Uqo and he criticised my pro
i nnnclotlon of San 4 mm. so I told him
I believed he was part Slumlord inr.
way. and after Hint, of course. It was
Impossible for us to ever Is- anything
but stronger.
ltlver Nile Not Ielrncttve.
Tho lllver Nile has Its risk, but those
that do mischief are not frequent Dur
ing the last 1.000 years rh1Te lias been
only one maiden rise at the Nile that
of WJO, whvn 80,000 people 'were
drown,sl.
A small boy najs the proper time to
gather fruit Is when the dog Is chained.
LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF
VARIOUS HUMORISTS.
riOMMl lncld.nl. Kcarrln the
World Over - Hujlng that Arc
lUt-crful to the Old or You.iB-Hun-u,
iUltlTT- that You Will Knjo,.
DatrittiM to Infringe.
Teacher (examining Juvenile class In
geography) -What can you tell u
tilsxit the Arctic Ocean?
I. It th- Henry Nawtbln'. This uln t
no lecture platform.
The Trnth of the Mutter.
"1 see that It Is again becoming fash
ionable for the BMtern ladJea to paint
their cheeks."
"Oh. that Isn't quite the case. The
Eastern lad tea hove merely quit trying
to cone the fact that they do paint
their eBMMi"
A Matter of Pes.
Pa in I low old would n person be
tiow who was born lu ISTHl?
Johnnie Pleaae, sir, wns It a man
or 11 lady? Kindt u Telegram.
Two Prominent Fucts.
"Two things art- pretty cleat ly shown
by the fil Mill altitude of the Kllgllsh
government townrd Ibe United States
ut the present time."
"wiu.t are tbeyf
Thai even those American heir. ss,-s
wdio marry titles retain some love for
their native land and that their per
nasi re power are recognised b tin-ir
bnsbandi in Parliament ami in the
Cabinet."
Rasllg Defoe!
Mamma Ob, dear! 4lmmy, I don't
believe you know what It Is to lie good.
Jimmy fee, I do, mamma. It's not
doing what you want to do. Truth.
I.ovr's Labor Lost.
"What's the matter with Humps?
He looks as though he had no frk-nds
loft."
"Went out the other night and sere
naded all empty house for Ihr.s- hours.
Didn't know that her folks had
moved." Ih-trolt Kris- ITess.
I btflll.
Blgge- I say, old chap, here h) a
check of yours, 1 wish you'd Just cash
It for mo,
Jlgge Kr certainly er will yon in
dorse it; Now York Brening Journal,
An F.xpert' Opinion.
Burgw 1 He.- the scientists claim
that strawberries an- m p-r etat wa
ter. Ralston The scientists are awny off.
StruvviH-rrles are HI per cent- Isn ltot
tom. -Chicago ,,-ws.
No Chuncc Wlintever.
"Jimmy, you must not tulk when
older people nre talking. "
"Well, 1 s'swe you want me to grow
up dumb." Chicago lUssird.
A Hi Mil. on CarsSf for llcr.
"I lu-ur that Bogley'S Wife Is going
on the stage."
"Why. I never knew that she could
act!"
"She can't; but on BMtern nwgMtaM
has published her picture and written
her op as being one of the moot lssautl
ful women In this town."
Both True.
Fax- The diamond Is the hardest
known substance.
HeWltte Yes to get. Hoston Trnv
rler. Difference of opinion,
""lis love that makes the world go
round."
"tih, no; It's too much liquor." Chi
cago lb-cord.
Correction Wsntsd.
"Arc you the society editor T" nskisl
the large lady, who seemed to 11 1 1 the
room.
"No. madam," said the one address
ed, "1 am only the court reporter,"
"Really? i am surprised. Hut per
haps you will do. Your paper said In
lis account Of the ntTalr nt my house
thai iiorai decorations lent beauty to
the scene.' 1 wish you would have
your paper state Hint the Moral lieuuty
wns not lent. Kvorythlng wns paid
for," Indianapolis Journal,
An Obvtons Rsfnsal,
Warden A reporter wishes to sponk
to yon. What shall I tell hlni?
Prisoner Tell htm I uni not at home.
-I'licgcnde Btaetter,
I'oor Ororitc
Maud What were the last words
George said to you ls-fore he started
for the war?
Marie -Hear me, how stupid! I was
so busy wondering whnt the engngo
nient ring he brought me cost that I
really didn't pay enough nttentloti to
his remarks to be able to remember
them.
It's nn III Wind.
"They enn say what they please
alsnit the horrors of war," said Sprock
etts, "but after all It has Its bright
Side."
"How's that?" asked Wheeler.
"McWntters, the sprinkling cart
driver, hns enlisted." New York
Evening World.
Rhe Have TOU ever m
lle-I'ardon me. I, N
ther' elevstor over there"'
Bba Yes. He own tigtit no,
like It, all full of wheat. "I
lie twiiii a long, tr.-nnSu,
Ah, ye. I have met my i,u u -
- "trine.
Lucy So y..u called
aflcrnooli did von? A ,., .. . . kl
. in, jjti
von as hchm liicltu,..l ,.. ... ,r:M
W V, UV I,r (Ml,
rtsussl ta
Tom-No, he tried to strik,. m.
"How much did yo.i pay fof .
"Pen cents.'
"How many more did t.T ,,,
Her PAsfatarttgi
"I can't sec why that I'erkloy
ao iNipular with the fellows. Kh
II ..kiillib. ft-tll. nt 1 ,
lioniis and still have more thaa ikj
just share left, imrt you think vl
...... ,.it. ...... i. mm
, ., j "i.ii.ih.j e.-Klll: I
"Wie hm't bountiful; but say, ,(,,.
n nioiPFun wnj oi ii-iiirig a fi-lloirt
Hi- j.l"i lire -.l.-niini llltjfi j.
,.,.wi, v.... ,,' k.i. , .
u.. ...... ,-,,, iiiiiixU g
sue iiiniy iiinuii, every Word of (
Hrusonnble.
Cs-lebruted Nove!lst'n u-i- .
Klehnrd. the sweat 1 jst NHjrh,2
yotll Why don't you quit forts
Cs li-bnited Novelist I
writing a Christmas story fur wig-
lie mugiir.ines ami iiiiist tin ve h rt
iot in. looio-i oj uexi tilrx-tklaj
Kur Ahead of Fiction,
Olggy-Who Is your favorite aura
dearotst?
Angellcu I think the KPN
wroU up that Uuile thai Hi
was In, told the prettl.-st storylng!
i- .'i.i. tint, or course, I don't kaothe
name. - Oenver Tliiua.
ThcT t'uu't llrlt, ll
Wlllh I'n, why Is It thut every nj
WHO HllCtMNMlH 111 llliytllltlg lldvlMfl
erylNidy elM not to try It?
Ill That's onl a niundahout d-o
onslratlon of the fact Unit Wrt.h
thinks he's the smartitit felloe t
larth. Chicago News.
Not hi nic tn l.oe
She i d., i lisirgo, w lull shall .- lo ;
the I -.nt sinks?
Ho (very pale) Never mind thoat
that, Sarah; It's not our Iksil-Bohn
Traveler.
Oetllna Kcudy.
"He spends his money as freely sf
It went some one else ."
"W'll, It soon will he."-New W
World.
A Difference.
Mrs. Spetidiim You kick nlwtl ar
dr. --maker's charges, but I ne'ftuj
u word alsMit your tailor's bllU
Mr. Spendum-Hut, gssl hatu
Mary, a dressmaker bus to be paJd.-
Detrolt I'ri-o l'resa
III. Wnmlorfnl (InPHS.
Hho Io you believe In platonlc km!
llivl biirdlv know, do you?
she -WeJL of courtMs there Bay si
such n thing, but-but well Mvwrl
in-., nuoh oeoide ns vou and -and
ii,.No, not letwei you Mil l
Ah. Ilid(n. plnroulc love would not
for me! I must speak! (im joimmI
von .
' She Oh, Alfred, how dl I )" M
my secret?
wife (jeeioua) -What wus tivat nomll
Mrs. Lovely doing In your ottjev a
two inortiil hours this forenoon i
Httsbiuid (n physician) Wby-j
she complained that her face p
her. .
Wife Humph! I k-css It
pain her any worse than It dors
people, -New York World.
.... .ii... .ti,.i...
Heir v""' "
"What great pugilists thoso Spa
gunners would make.
"Why?"
"They hardly ever lilt lUiythlnf-
Mrs. Oldham Mrs. CushleKta "
Ing painted by a celebrated to""'
risn,
Mrs. Wylnnd-Wlxit's tse
hns slie lost the use of her a""0
Women' Contnirin jm
lhigley-Do you think womw
ever quu wearing eorseis.
How land -Not as long M ,n''"
,,. mSW .1
any ontuse men arouuu
that the things are detrUMsl
health.
I ... 1. 1,- on Hoaln. 1
!o you remember wind Huckl I
o... ii.m at is'
ih nHtuir i nere hio- - ,g
ther extremity of the continent-
and tornld mn. the only tcpn ,
the now remaining of the f'ollnj,
the knowbnlgo of the middle ag
wihh is uie w iirw, s,, mi .u,
Is satisfied with her own cosssj
Though she Is the most backWP
try In BnropO, she bdleves
is- the roremoat she is irou -.
. ,dlt tt
(rung or wnicn hoc
MhUMd. She s proud of 'he an
or tier opinions, prouo " ,,-or-
of her faith, proud of her nnJJ -m
able and childish credulity. 1
her unwillingness to ann uo M.
creed or her customs, pnni.l 01
I red of heretics, nnd pn.ud M
ing rlfllance wtth which s1"' "3nJir
tied their efTorts to Oliiam
gnt estnlillsnmeni ou wm
Journal,
Far Reachln "U , trf
"My wife I oowu ou -
you." ...
Hoes she want you to g
"No. but she hns turned
v.. ,... ,, iiines, -
ail."-
Columbus' portrait to the
trott ee rrvea.