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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1898)
TOPICS OF THE T1MKS. A CHOIOE SELECTION Of INTER- E1TINQ ITEMS. Comment. an Crlllclaaaa Baaed Upon tha HappeulDHa ot tha Day-Ilia- turlcal and Nawa No tea. Kentucky l opposed to all war niens urn under a pint. Wlmt klod of an okl tul 1 that new guulioat 1! ny.iayJ ( "Itraln fag" In an expressive phrase. Tho miin who Invented It was not suf fering from It. A number of Bostou girls havn or geataed an association for pro.octlon against marriage. Is this really neces sary! If millndelphln Aldermen sell their votes In open niarkot for fo.OOO apiece tholr very MUM shortly will boeonio buy words. Hut why should thoso Colorado wom en prefer lo organise a eavulry troop? Their arms an- much better fitted for Infantry service. lmk It miiHt not Imi uuderHtood that I "Till udclphla aldsT SO nro renlly worth 6,000 In OMU uinrket. They bring pSjOOO, but they are not worth It. A Tennessee "'I'" fainted on r lv- lug BOV1 t hut Ml wife had given birth to four of a kind. There aft sumo things vveu worse than war. The gentlemen who ,"1V,' f"r 'ira Id M n i) r-t i ix schemes lo drop etplo alvos on nn enemy from Itulluon have not neglecled the pri-sent opjiorluiilly to hurry lo the front. A (.'hllinmuii DUMd Nguongg I-'ongg. residing Qal Ifi'inln, has sued u Hun J'miielsco llrui for ilniiuigeM because It "iniide n piny upon IiIh BUM In ndver tlslng mutter." Howl A HI. I.oiiIm clcrgymuii Buys that the en rt h will piiNM uwuy Is-fore the year MQ0, Hut, unfortiiliulely, he neglects to Klute wlileh one of the Heverul olullll nntH who are after It will gel It. I'l Iianlsh Islands In the West Iii- dli-n might cume In handy In certain ooiitlnueiiolos. Hut lu unot her OMttaV gency the I 'lilted Stub, having Culm und I'orlo Itlco, would not in i d I hem. A wnmun who cluJuis to be 101 yearn old HiiyM ahe never has In-eii kissed. If he hud huil her Hhure of the genei-.il osculation who Iiiiowh but she might hu vc hccu 180 yours old by this time? A special dlHputeli from California nnuniiucc I hat II Human out there hu MCWcd u dlvoree from her stoiyuch and fools no liieonvenlelicu whatever. Tb-I settles II then; there la a euro fur dyspepsia, after all 'J'he llosloii Herald kindly explain thai "a ptomaine In all alkaloid rub ntuiire resulting from tliu iietlvllleH of micro orgiiuluimi which disintegrate und d oupOM t)M animal tissue after death." Now you know whut not to eat The Hi llh h advance on the Nile Muds Unit I he dervishes have intslllh .1 their style of ll(hllllg. They "Ml lit depend UPOII Allah, but neck the adilltloual pro lection of bleiiNtuorkn built of hsiiiI,'' which descries to pi with Cromwell's pious rule oil the Hllbject of dry pow dcr. The net providing for the union of the Australian cotorriHi mi u plan oioseiy resembling that of the rutted states, has bOM adopted by tllO t.'oiurtltutlonal ('.invention, and will now he submitted lo the people, its ratification mum s Mired, and thus a sort of t'nltod SlateH of Australia, or of Australasia, will coine Into holng, and we shall bo a step nearer tho "fislenitlou of the world." A eialBMBl for OHppartOB Island, long a Ihine of contention between I I. nee, Mexico, mid tliel'llltisl Stater., has appeared In the person of J. !( Well ilppcrbm,ii resident B0BT lamdoti lie dcchires that the little coral Island wax disco rorod iy umt named after his BncaatoTi who accompanied Oaptala t'iKik. "The little siock on the map,' I i.v Mr. t'llpperton, "ii-e.l to be point i d out lo me ii mine when I was a Imy at school Hlvty yean ago." The lmmislhito result of the ism vie Hon of Kola was u decline In the Inter cut shown ft broad for the coming Parts exhibition. The NletlWH villi dell I 'an, ft IllsSsfdSIII, h.ivm I'liince must "inury up ami Show that Hhe can Ih. Just, else hhe w ill be her only gueNt at the cv 111 bit Ion;" and the tieruiiui pMiei'M rolule Hint bmbj Qerana Inrtiatlilnli umt artists will Srltbdran their piMinlne to participate, an a country wlileli is un Just to Its owu cltlieiu will mit ho Ukai to protect foreign property an. I foreign live. in this age of ujinaai Ing brluapba cataatropheN by flooti or lln should hv sbsoluts IntposstblMUsa, it in criminal earatsaaMns i" permit the ooen panes of ft building liable to swift dent rue Hon by lire or the breaking of a levee w hich blots an entire community out of existence. Cheap construction of build Ittga and protective works or their In ml. -piate Inspection yhoutd he o.n demttsd by authority, Indorsed by pub lic opinion. If Individuals are not alive to their icsponslbllltles Iii guarding against such calmiiltlcs the Ktroug arm el tbS law should Ih Invoked to protect human life. Inspection of nil atruc tUrSS should be rigid ulvd Ulirtilgglug. Reports of Inspectors should bo fol lowed by nuthorltatlvo meiiHuro to do avvuy with nil possibility of danger. It In arrant nonsense to protest against tho expense of such steps as ahull lie effec tive. The losses of one catastrophe fur OUtmn the outlay necessary to prevent many disasters. The abOrt) of the Ualtsd Htatoa to furi lsh the sinews of war Is almost b cal.nlahle. Obi p.T Cllpltll llldelltisl MM IS not ft boat fU, mid the liulanco of our rorolgn trnde Is npiroxlinstely H (MMQaOOQ b our favor Dnr strougth la In the cnslltiif the nation and not In the revenues of the country, unless they niv largely lucrcuscd an a war measure. The showing made by ths statement of national Income and ex penditure Is uot eucoiiniglnf. In the la t flro fiscal years from .luly 1, 1WO, to March 1, 1808 the revenues of tho (Jovcrnmcnt have amounted to $1,.V)1, IMti,7.Kl, while the expenditure for that period argregute H,70Mlfi,fi40, showing n deficit of 1206)09404. To mis t this shortage the QoVSSBmsnt hii UOBd tsinils to the amount of $!i(l?,.'iin, 100, Upon which It reullxisl f'JH'MM, MM. and on which we are now paying Interest at the rate of 11.40310 annu ally. All the procM-ds of these luiuds, excepting $Hi,lhh,'.t.H), linen boon ab sorbed by the existing deficiency. To furnish money to curry on u war wo should bo obliged to hnve recourse to a Isuid Issue, but If the contest were a short one the entire amount required might possibly Is- sold to citizens of the l ulled SlateH. A long war would lattTl tubly result In u forelgu louu or u re sort to paper money, ns was tho case lu the lust war. Then we hud only nlsmt BOyOOObOOQ PBOpla to tibsorb the Issues of pupcr money, while now- we have a populutlon of over 70.000,000 to util ise It 1'ngln lid's troubles are not all beyond tho high Hoiis. I1sitriteut Is rife !. youd tho Cheviot Hills. The ptinellll oiih Heirtehuion wo ls-g tholr piirdon, tho "Hcotsmou" liuvo given her Ilrituti lie majesty to distinctly uiMlemtuiMl that they are not Kngllsh, and do not propose to Is shoulderisl out of their rights. A monster petition, slgmsl hy over a hundred thousand Scots or rather "Scotsmen" has lieen intwntisl to tho queen, calling her attention to (BO fuel Hint, by Hie trinity of union SB tared Into lu 1707, tba Culled Kingdom wus fo ba culled "Onal llrltulu," and that uu Increasing tendency Is observed lu treaties! of stiito, lu diplomatic cor-i--K.iidenee ns well ns In common Smss'Ii, to ii-e tin. terms I'liglund and BngHahmen Inniead of Qraat Britain nmi Brltooa, Tba patltlonsrs have tho temerity to Hilnt out that baf BMjenfJf herself has similarly offeiMbsl the hon or of the Scottish pe. ij.le In speis'lies from Hie throne nmi ordom In OOQOOlL The modest Scot iisserts that no .pu s Hon of matetiiil advantage prompts his COmpIaloi, bpl mere affection for tho cross of Ht. Andrew, regard for his hon or, and love of fair dealing, stir his ro aontmoot when liny one ospis lally tin englishman "trends m Hie tall of his coat." Let the haughty Ilrlton who sioka to aagUctM tho rk-ot "hand his nlue-tall cut a wit." One of the cliaructrrlMtlc feat un of an election lu Kugluud und Holland Is th. crosss'iamluatlon of u caiHlldule by voIits. This pnsvss Is.gln.s boroio ho Is BOCaptcd by tho party organtza- tion, nmi it is ffttntlnnad whaus'sr he addresses n pubHc meeting. Kvery voter Is fnv to ink hint to state his vlows on any public question, and uu nnswor is axpacted, if the candidate's manner Is- evasive, It creates id un- fnvorubie ImpreaatoB, lie must bars an opinion on 0OS side or the other, and must have the courage required for ex pressing ft, even If It i-osts Ijlm eotM In a close election. The ordeal Is u severe one If a candidate N n trimmer, or If he lucks BtMOejt nisi readkMSS ns n spnk er. Kvcry ciiuilldate for ParliamOBl Is SXpOned (o ii hot cross lire of questions, und his opinions on every mutter of public Interest nro suhjis t to searching Inquiry. Some of the greatest minds lu lOughim! have ohjis tisl strenuously lo HiIn matbod of eunviiHsing. lohn Btnart Mill Hternly refusssl to nckuowhslge the right of the local constituency rop rsnontM by hltn In l'arlhiinent to exact ph dges from blm. lie COntSBdsd that the frv action of tho repraaentatlrs ixight ma! to U- nampered hy any obll gatlou to MiaM voting for him. Isvnl Macuuluy asserted thut u legislator passing his life In the transact Itui of public a flairs ought to i. credited with ftiiperlor ktsiwlislge, just us u physician was ragarfled ns having a Is tler umler slamllng of BMfllclns than the ordinary man Ills irgBBieBl WM that u phy slchin ought not to Is' ivqulnsl to pn scrlls iHirllculur pills or draughts, nor il sliiM'iiiukor to Im told how to mako shiMtt; ami that u inemlsT of I'arllu melit fainlltar lu the affairs of state ought not to is- ktstrocted reapocllufi his dnttOS by tho e who had ampow STSd hltn to repnxscnt them. The dent ncratlc spirit In I'nglund, ns in Amer ica, has continued to assert Itself III spile of the rOmOBOtMQCna of Husirlsts like miii and Ifacaulajr, The repre seiitatlve Is COBSlderad to Is1 an agent responsible to those who have eh. well him and who are governing through llllll. As such he may M closely .pi.-c t i.uie.1 In ii canvass, phslgisl lo certain pnKolaa and iMtructed w hen ha is elects d. Tho time will mwer COmSi how ever, when au self res ct lug man, whether In I'arlluineiit or In Congress, CM Is. Justltbsl In ssiiklng or voting agullist Ills BOBBClaBCBi Convictions am a MCred trust which ought never to ba snctiflcad ut the demand of any body of CltlMM. In the old-tline Anicr lean plirass-, "It Is bettor to bo right than to bo President." Always on Horsohack. When Datwln uskod a fiSUChO of the psmpas why he did not work, the re ply was: "I cannot, I am too issir:" The great naturalist was nstonlshisl, but the reply wus u perfectly natural one. The man hud no horses, und n guuchii never worked except on bors- bach. On borasbach, no mutter if sss eiity yeurs of age. he nlways uppeurcd young. 00 foot he w addled like un ul Ufa tor, Whether herding sheep or cat tle, inarching, hunting, drawing water from a well, the gauche wus ulwuys on horseback. Me even drew u net ou horseback, or churned huMor by gallop lug abottt With a hide bug of milk thsl to the oud of ft lnsso. Ou tho march ho slept on horseback, never falling off. lu death, too, he was often ou horse buck, Hie sinewy legs maintaining him seated tu the saddle lis If In life The beggurs, what lew of them existed, I iogge.1 on horsokack. extending a si lent hand as you pMMd by them. la nn alarm at night every one rim to his horse, and, mounting, was ready for what might bothM A pat. anal gov ernment bbb tanned marderera, horse thieves und other miscreants uot to death, but to servo so uiuny years with Infantry, and miserable enough that Infantry sometimes was. Very Close, Indeed. Thla geutlcmau." said the phtvMo glat at tho opou-alr porfornuiiK-o, "Is a cloao otiacrvor a very cloei oW.rver. "So niu.-h ao," is.ut m u. .1 tho pruvn ologlst. "that I doubt exooedtnirlr If h would have boon hero to night had we I charged any admUalou fee."-Now , Yorb JuuruaL THE AMERICAN "REOULAR., Intercatlnc Obaarvatlona Upon Our Holdlera by a Vorclsocr. On the trip of this ship to Cuba no tiffleor or man linn ever worn a tunic r-xceptlng ot guard-mounting Inspec tion. Tho fifty men who went ashore mar Cabanns on Mny Yi and pitched Into aomo 500 HpunlnrdH loft their coats behind and fought in their Mm flan nel ablrta. Of the officers some wore a Hword, some did not, though all car ried a revolver. No order were Is sued on the subject It wa left to In dividual taste. I hove experienced hotter dnya at Gorman maneuvers than on the coaat of Cuba during the days we happened to be there, yet I have never noticed any disposition lu the army of William II. to relax the se verity of service even temporarily. My Cerninn friends sincerely believe that the block stock und the hot tunic ure whut hns made Trussla a strong nu tlon. In the way of clothing, the Ameri can private carries a complete chango of underdrawers, uudershlrt, socks, laced boots und uniform trousers. My particular prlvuto wus carrying a double allowance of Book, hundker chlcfs and undorwenr. He bad toothbrush ami comb. That is the heavy marching order knapsack. For light marching, which Is the usual mnn nor, the man begins by spreading on the ground his luilf tent, which Is alwut the size of ft traveling rug. On this ho spreads his blanket, roils It up tightly Into n long narrow sausage, huvlng first distributed along lis length a pair of socks, it change of un dorwenr, nud tho two Btlcks of his one tent polo. Then bo bring the ends of this eonvns roll together, not closely, n In tho German army, but more like the ends of u horseshoe hold by n rope which at the same time stops the ends of the roll tightly. When this horse sIiim? Is slung over the man's shoulder It doe not press uncomfortably upon his chest. The total weight Is distrib uted n tho most convenient manner for marching. The packing of the mini's things Is strictly according to regulation, except ing only the single pocket In III knap sack, where he may carry win: he chooses, ns he chooses. Ills light can vas barsraack Is much like ton Eng lish one, and his round, rutlier flat water flask Is covered with canvns. It I mad, of tin, and the one I Inspected WM rusty Inside. It would be lienor If of aluminium. In the haversack Is a pannikin with n hinged handle that tuny bo used as n suuoepnn. Orer this flts a tin plate, and when the two arc covering each other the handle of the pannikin flts over Iwtli by wiiy of ham file. It Is nn excellent arrangement, hut should be of aluminium Instead of metal liable to rust. Tho most valu able part of this haversack Is a big tin cup that MB be used for a grout variety of purposes, Including cooking toffee. It Is hung loose at the strap of the haversack. Of course, ouch man has knife, fork and spoon, each lu a leather case. The cartridge bolt contains 100 rounds, which arc distributed nil the way round the waist, there being a limbic row of them. Tho belt Is re markably light, being woven all In line opertitton. It Is of cotton nud an t her material which prevent shrink ing or loosening. The belt h ive stood admirably the test put opon them for the last six days, when It litis rained rvory day, on top of the ordinary heavy moisture usual at sea In the tropics. The lest Is the more Interesting from their having U-en previously lu n very ilry country. Officers and men alike unite lu praise of tills cartridge belt. The particular private whom I was In specting said he now carried 100 us I iMislly ns he formerly carried fifty, j This belt rests loosely on the hips, 1 without any straps over the shoulder. It Is eminently business Hhe In appear nice. The hat is the gray felt of South Africa, Australia, ami every other purl of the world where comfort mid cost lire consulted. No boots are blacked on expeditious of this kind. The men ' who form lu Hue for guard duty have I (heir tunics well brush, si, but Hint may bo due to extraneous Assistance, I'or lighting purposes, then, tho Culled Stales private Inis nothing to k p clean excepting hlsTltle and bay- onet. lie carries no contrlraBces for polishing buttons, boot! or the dozen of bits of accoutrement deemed esaen- tlnl to a good soldier In Kurope. Ill Spain, for Instance, the private, though lie may have nothing In his haversack, will, nevertheless, enrry n clumsy out lit of tool for milking his uniform look Imposing. Hotel for Men Only. "There Is a hotel In Philadelphia Hint Is run for the male tribe exclusively," said K. P. Leeaenf of the Quaker city nt the Rbbltt. "A man Is ever wel come, but he can't bring with him bis wife, mother, sister or aunt. Since Its i portals were llrst thrown open no woman's fmv hns even been seen In lobby, corridor or dining room. Not only nro female guest rigidly exclud ed, but women lire boycotted as help alsuit that hostelry. No woman cools, chamber ma Id or eanvstreos has ever i set fisit on the promises, and yet the j house Is a model of cleanliness and or der. Tho place has hud a long and ' prosperous career, nud while the pros j cut proprietor lives will be run on the I same line. I have heard of one or two hotel In other parts of the country Hint have Nvn modeled after this one. but don't know whether their experi ence hns been successful." Washing ton Post. Kqual to tho (Vcasto-t. Tho Hcktnshcc Is nn liiflucntliil nmi enlightened order of dervishes Which no sultan hns over boon able to sup press. At the present time the gentle men of the order belong to tho Liberal, or Young Turkey party; they have al wajs played it prominent part In revo lutionary movement, and In coniiec tlou with a period when these were lu exceptionally bad odor, the author of The Sultnn and His Subjects" relates n comical iiuoedote. Hlval orders, taking advantage of the situation, endeavored to Induce Sultnn Mahtnoud II. to suppress the Hekta- shoo, which, lu truth, ho was not at all ' reluctant to do. His mnjoaty, however, i determined to put tho unpopular breth ren tu s teal. Ho accordingly gave a great banquet, to w hh h be Invited all the principal dervishes lu Constantinople. Whut was tho aiirnriaa of his guests te fln.1 that each waa supplied with a spoon having a handle a yard long! How on earth were they to eat their plluf? They looked nt each other nud shrugged their shoulders, and won dered what It could mean. Come, come," cries Hie Sultnn from his throne at the upper end of the room, "why do you uot eat your pllaf The dismayed looks of the dervishes ptalOty Indicated the puzzled condition of their minds. Suddenly, to the ID tense amusement of the Commander of the Faithful, and of the company In general, the Rektuhhee began to feed each other mutually, across the table, with tholr giant spoons. "Well done!" cried the Padishah, clapping his hands with delight, "you nro Indeed progressive and sensible men, O Ilektasliee, and I shall not sup press your order to please these Idiots, who ore so dull of comprehension." In the first live months of 1808 more rain fell In Kansas than during the whole of hist year. IterltB has n service of dinner enrts Which eull nt the homes of DM working men and collect lunches to couvey to the men lit the factories. In u recent tost of speed at Gibraltar the Hrltlsh channel squadron succeeded In putting In 8,000 tons of coal mid get ting ready for sea lu forty-eight bottrs. An Itiillau doctor has discovered that there Is lu the common pineapple a sub stance similar to pepsin, und thai one pineapple Is lUffidcBt lo digest ten pOUBdi of Is'of. A servant girl on a farm m-iir Cnin biul, In Northern prance, has lived sev enty two years with the siitne family. She Is now HI yours of age und still docs her work. The cylindrical bales of cotton now hipped from the Dotted states to Liv erpool are pronounced u great Improve ment upon the first specimens and also upon the old bale. The discovery has been made that metal filings of any kind cm be com pressed Into burs which will stand us severe tests as the orlginul bars which supplied Hie filings. The Hrlllsli urmy rllle has eighty two Component purls, In the production of which 1)52 uiuchlnes are employed, us well ns VarlOUS processes which do not require machinery. The luck of cheap coal Is n serious Impediment to Mexican progress, ns with the extension of railroads and the development of manufactures the de mand Is Increasing rapidly. A Substitute for honey litis been In troduced In Germany tinder the uaino of sugar honey, and consists of sugar, Water, minute amounts of mineral sub stunccs and free tie-id. A Roumanian manufacturer hns an nounced his intention of sending to the Pari exposition In lPOO ii pianoforte of such exceptional sonority that Its tones WtU be heurd tit u dlstiince of six miles. While boring for wuter a Tennessean struck what he thought must bo n lake, his drilling opnratus sinking rapidly u score of feet, but w hen the liquid spout ed ho found that It was very pure oil. l'or preventing a railroad disaster by the timely discovery of a broken rail nmi the stepping of nn npproachlng train a locomotive engineer nt Hallo, on the Baale, received a rewind of 50 cents from the railroad company. The largest wild bonst liounty pay ment ever made In any State Is now being made nt Helena, Mont. It amounts to 100,000 mid represents tho balance due on the State's payment on thfl skins of 10,008 Wolves and coyotes killed In 1x17. Antl-Bemltlsm has broken out III Iin doll. At an Inquest on Bpltalfleldl Christian boy, killed by the throwing of ii stone. It came out that lights he tweeti Jews and Christians bavo been going ou Iii that district for some time past. Mr. DUMB, R Herman traveler who recently explored the west coast of Cut agonla, says that mosses of all species ure developed there to an extrnordliinry degree. They grow lu Immense heaps, the explorer sinking to ids armpits In some of them. lu pert of Delaware a very much greater acreage Is devoted to tomato raising this year than In former sea sons, some farmers having signed large contracts with canning factories and other having determined that the open market offers good inducement Incidental Information concerning municipal street cleaning methods In St. Petersburg, lttisshi, Is found In a Idg petition being circulated there asking for the abolition of rubbcr-tlred vehl- do. IMH-Ulise rubber tires splash more mud than the old kind. up Coin's milk I the milk of Bpaln, what little pasturage there Is being devoted to bulls Instead Of COWS. Till milk Is so unwholesome In warm weather that it gnvo birth to this proverb: "March milk Is good for yourself; April milk Is good for your brother, und Mny milk la good for your mother In law. An ordinance adopted by the Louis iana constitutional convention forbids the acceptance by any public official of free transportation, frimkltig privilege or discrimination In passenger, tele graph or telephone rates. The drawer of the ordinance acknowledged In the debate thai M hud a pass In his pocket. Missouri ha more chickens than any ether state in the Union, n is.B)i wll,.n the latest I'nlted States census was taken, the chicken population amounted to 18,000,000 fowls of other varieties. The producl lu eggs for that your was B8,000,000 doxeu, valued nt about , 000,000. There Is n real estate denier In Wash ington uftiuod William McKlnley. There used to Is- a real estate dealer there named John Sherman, and ho caused his venerable Senatorial namesake a good deal of annoyance. It looks queer to see slgutvoards upon vacant lote offering proiorty for sale or rent by William McKluley. At the Top Notch or Velocity. cine lour rrlond uwen seems to have run Into debt pretty deopi I He Ilun Into debt? lie scorched.- ' Athletic Becord. SAWED Off HI8 OWN LEO. Wonderfol Nsrva ot a Pioneer Gold Proa pec tor, s ia minora have not hoard of tho Tcgleg mine, loomed In tbe vicinity, of Inuth Valley, which has been ft legend In mining circles for nearly fifty joat. Numerous expeditious have been or gnnlzitl for the rediscovery of this fa " .. iJt ,i.in. The orlgluntor of tho lliuun ivoi " - - , , story of o marvelously rich rolue local- edluthe terra Incognito oi which Valley Is the central point was PegW8 Smith, a famous pioneer long before the discovery of gold in usiuwii . . ,i ...h i.is oT.riitlons were Ills eurner limn -r confined tnnluly to tbe overland trail on which be wus employed as a freight er and guide. The circumstances whicu guo nr . the sobriquet by which he wus univer- ..- n most thrilling ''Pl ainly awwH - - . sodo. While hauling a load of freight bet w. en the widely sopnrntin po. that curly day he was Jolt.! from h Is wngon, nud falling under Its wius-u bin) his leg so badly crusueu mui ..i.l.lonl (tint llli Mil bono of life lay In amputation. Hut he wus alone on the trull in the hinrt of the mountains, ' .i. ,., uoririsiii was nt the military lilt: l, v , , , v i , i -,, - post of Port Laramie, hundreds oi miles away. lie was n muu oi Oem, however, and did not hesitate un iiisliint uftor he hud learned the extenl of his Injuries, with his Jackknife mid saw be per formed the amputation himself, ban duged the stump ns ls-st lie could, nni) In his crippled condition built himself a shelter and subsisted on the provl sloiis In his wngon until bo was found by some friendly Indians nnd tuken to a surgeon. The operation was a suc cess, and lu a few months be resumed his old calling. When the lnte Gov ernor fillpln visited Oregon In 1840-'18 Smith was employed to guide him, aud the Governor In bis narrntlvo records the Incident. After the discovery of gold In the mountains of California, l'egleg turned prospector and traveled through tbe mountains from Oregon to Arizona until he became noted as the most daring and most thoroughly post ed prospector and guldo. War Chat. The Franco-Uermau war cost $3,000, 000,000. Santiago bombardment powder cost $1,000,000. England's ordnnnco survey map cost l'JO.000,000. The nrmy pf (iermitny boosts eight women colonels. Yellow fever killed ll.riOO Spunlsh soldiers lu HuIhi. A Hod Cnss nurse won a husband among her patients. Spain hns sent to Ouho, 1,000 tons of medicines, etc., In throe years. Our oldest vessel still in service, the schooner Polly, won built In 1SO.V To onouiio from Ceuta Jnll o prisoner must swim the Strait of Gibraltar. The demand for cavalry horses has revived the cqulno Industry lu Wyo ming. Our eonst signal sorvleo system ex tends nil the wny from Pur ilnrbor to ( inhesion. Profanity 1 forbidden by both tho army mid the uuvy regulations of the liiltisl States. "Ity the sword of my father" Is one of the most convincing oaths a french man can use. The Constitution forbids tt. I'resh dent leaving the Putted States while he Is President. The sword of Napoleon was laid un sheathed on the pillow where rested his lifeless head. Otirlng the siege of Pnrla no fewei than 2ZIXHVHI0 letters sailed out of the city in the fifty-four tali onus. The breaking of tho sword In halves nnd throwing the weapon at the feet of un enemy Is the expression of Insub ordination, the spirit that admits de feat, but remalBI uneouquenxl. Searchlights are such good targots for the enemy's guns Hint tho Germans ore nrrnngtug to throw the light first on a mirror and thence on the enemy, thereby concealing Its real source. A Puzilo Picture. lind the other hunter. The World', Newspaper Output, The total amber of copies of news- tMPen printed throughout the world m one year Is 14w.000.000. To print "lT 78!,24 ,0D9 r.or .tSO.OOiKiunds, while It would take he fastest press In feodOB 333 yean to print a single year's edition, which Dally Addition to tho Be. 1 be quantity of water discharged PT. erj day Into the sea by all the rivers 0 the world has l oslmtvJ J ta staut thirty six cubic miles. 2 only men's heirs who" are ever rvUy Interested In bis ailment Otrxrara orr uts own leo. will Tho torpedo field ami fort gun used In tho nrmy nnd nnvr inn.l.u 71 . . . . i ,k ...ln ll ul, I,. I, Im i .. "'ISM qriciil BUS lorniMiH us ' i ""in im- mrt eij the breech. The gun Is supported by u steel framework, the nur cm! of iruTl r il.n breech isirtloli. and tho front forms tke forward linlf f ik. bearings, the fiiucr nun wmmmtam "i"'ii me iniie nn, u,. 1 .., t I., ....,i,.,., eoiw-enfplc with the breech ,..o.. .l Mi riuce uie iron " n...s.., -- -----j ---- -, inr ciiii,j loaded without absolutely bringing the mnln tills- to ntd. n ,),l tyw. , , ' the gun is rotated by menus of genr nud sprocket wheels, Bi,nnr , ,b bicycle, for Increasing speed nnd transmitting power. The ssasl , ih. .. ... ... ' - - - i , OOSI r. . ,-. ,1 l I . i l..f ii.l,..,, . . -'"pim tlplled tlial I no voiocHy ui impaneil to lhcn,l the lurger types used for fortilltntlons nnd ob bonrd ship the ,i,je tni forms Hie trunnion oi me ansva v . , nnurn-iii cnsinu which ibbIbbi at lis forward end. The heuviest rocket Bred from tbe h ,t. . i r,.l I I ho heaviest rec ti I lir,l .." mtii in ,'U The dynamite . , ...... , u , .. .,,, r, a Too or o vain in re en, a , .... m ' ""I I"'..,.-.- v. D . . . . ' J UWU Mj ilyniimite is Incased In a mm menu vine. WEALTH NOT IN THE WATER. The O.ild-from-Beo-Woter Man Ooca Abroad for Ilia Hculth. Last November there was consider nble in w ipaper talk about o New Kug luud Uuptlst clergyman. Jernegan by mime, who on a voyage for his hculth wus reported to have discovered a method of troutlng sou water chemical ly, thUB extnitclng the large percent age of pure gold which the waters of Hie great deep were said to contuln. This mun was inppoeed to be un ex pert chemist und mineralogist, and wus said to have spent mouths In experi menting on the tlnsory. Tho OTOCI ss wus a close secret. With tho gentlemen whom ho had taken Into his confidence, Mr. Jernegan Instituted a plant on n smnll scale on Niirrngnnsoft Hny. The Idea wus so unique, nud the promised nnv. i. r. ji.u.nkoan. returns bo enormous, flint It was only a few days till the reverend gentleman hud the general public Interested, nnd not only so, but severul men of money thought It worth their wbllo to look Into the matter In order Hint If It should turn out to Ik1 a good thing tbey would not lie too late for n chunco to take stool'. In the extensive plant It wns proposed to sot up. A derrick was built In the bay sev eral hundred yards from the shore. Lending out to It wns a long bridge. Out hero the 0Xiolilll0IIIS were s-r-formed. Tho men of money were In vited, and came, bringing with them n supply of quicksilver, nt the rOQMBt of the minister. This was placed In n lend lined Ihix. The box wus lowered ami nn elctrtc current panned through the quicksilver, the result Wing that the precious metal was extracted from the sea water. After a certain time the ltox wns raised nnd Its contents turtnsl over to nn nssayer, who reportisl thut the return of gold wns not only pure, but that the deposit was very heavy. The money men were pleased, nnd Mr. Jernegan might have any reasonable amount to establish n plant He got several thousnnd on the strength of the experiment, but the plant came slowly. One excuse nftor another wns lnveuted and the men of cnpltal grew suspicious. Ho found out there wns danger, so ho pocked his grip and sailed for Prnnoe. The scheme was certainly a unique one. What really happened while the tax was under water was this: A diver went down nt some point near by nnd, unknown to the capital ists, put In whatever gold wns In tho tax when It came up. World's haziest People The laziest and dirtiest people In the world have recently lieen discovered In the Cnueosus. Tbey live lu an In niis.sqible mountain range tatweon tho lllnok Sea and the Caspian Sea, and ns they wore 2,000 years ago, so they ore to day. Seen from without there Is a certain pleturoftqtionoss nbonl n Rvann. tlnn village, although it merely consists o miserable stone hovels, without any attempt nt form or adornment. Within the houses they are Inconceiv ably dirty. Tbey are tilled with rags, vermin and dirt of every description. They possess no fireplaces or chimney. All the cooking, In fact, Is done over a hole scooped out In the middle of the floor, in those houses men, women nud children are huddled together. During the long wiuter months they ore shut In for days at a time, the cattle often sharing their quarters. Every aper ture has to be closed on account of the cold. This long Imprisonment Is, perhaps, the cnirso of the degradation Of the ho ple. Horrible dlseoses result from It, which nre aggravated by abnormal consumption of orrnek, the strong dis tilled drink of the Asiatics. Ih sM. this, It Is an Invariable rule to mnko four days o week holidays, with saints' days ns extras. Since they have adopted tho holidays of every otll er country with which they have been In contact. It Is uot surprising that the men find HUM time for work. Parm lug. bee culture aa ott'a breeding are TORPEDO QUN IN ACTION. . st- tile nnlv llwlnwia J ., .,- .... r mine uiioiiKnout tuoir teriitorr . ,. luuuuiiirturnliiSaJ M'W ork I.i direr. ABDUL-HAMirT Simple and Ard tenia Life of lk i,, . -.... "Ma It ta ,1.1 tkifti I....JI.. - tans or i urkev has .li..i-f , f it'll t Ii. ami It m -iv h. ,.,i,t,i . ., (ruth. Hint cor ,i,,i - , . i- k J nave icq a natiira hf Tk., . Sllltnll IS hi iU',1V,i, .n ... -- vuv u( Hons, and the following cxtrstt in- euiMiTIV faithful Picture of 1,1s shnnln ,m!J ous life: " - " '' " I". I.VIU1B bis Seeretiirl.si till t rkA. L.tJ .... ..uiuucm fllBta ATlni- I u l,n 1.,!,. . Jj rOC Ml I' 1..' nllkln I I. . I " ...v, emu 1119 Tig l l,..n I,., r-,.1 f,, .- I,.. . I ...I, J u. u ,v ..mill'- llv liu-3 llHUn me ijrnnu vizier, mo Mbflk-u- nud other ofllcials. At 8 o'clock he dines, alone, not nnfrequently Id the of one of the ambassadors. oily his Mujinty uitertnloi fh and daughters of the nmh vvnn other rem n ah at served In gorgeous style, a Is fnaal on tho finest of nlate and tkesail qulslte of poroolnln. In Uie evening Abdal-BnH plays duets on the piano wis ........... ... ..i.oi. ,, ii,. i. fj light uiuslc. IT.. I .. . uu- . , i r .. ireniiei inn. i i v i uenr nff a :m i'iiiii I ill. i nnsi ill ineii. uu raw cuBimis, is rieiity cuiiinnii'iwi lilar.iu with decorations, im Sultan Is tlio fln.t who linn door u t , llin il aoii, ml ah.Tel.1 MOMm tiichod to the Imperial turlmnoffa rsi. . tt li..i ,.s I'ilt.u1 fl rii tinieo liifi.i-tn il t) :'.n lllt Kll (111 a a B. S S. .. .1..,'. aW Ii S VIS iir IK S ill' II 1U1 I'll iur w,m hlmMf Ufbtl tbe Htfnrotte be klm lln la Un;... !f ... luvotent fi . iliv l Ik.in ttr i.' " " .... ii i.. ...... it.. ti..vnr ii'if m u avr. AS tlV MlMllIl IS SUIIKWU wm T . . . mml l-.lt ll 14 M:iirmV I UI1L'I II I'-l .i-i- MiwlAiAn infivi-rs:illoD cm iiiimi,i iiiin ...... u tlriiLroinnn. WHIM' It'll llll.li " "W f i. ...1.. .. tr,ir Ml the honor of dining with litowjeri the first Turkish MVCMlgn.Mil who hns ever admitted l ... i,iu inbh. After dtaso . . . . . in irtiMi mi v noi las n moiisi ii..,. I I s 1 1 1 1 1 I IP ,-illieti - .. ... ".I,,! UU Cellenl trap: It wns sent to w England, nnd I have caught tcs lu It to duy!" NEW BOTTLE FOR POISOHi l'revcnts i-conic inn.. .. DOSC liy Mlliaaw . . . . . . ,. . iii nroduetna a bottle from w1 sou cannot easily do in.cu - u ,.ol IM .i. eeaIllPti Illtitratton1 IT U. ...,..., r 'I -i ,lf I"' " i l . inn in well I s. Hie 1. ii .....vftlW or nenvy gins ; ' . , vB . M a .-, ,.n.1 I si HI Bll" SBS cor ; tv in nsneMo- - - nlTeetsnorlsalTeete.i ny io lonls used In medicine. . i. anchor citcM l-l , 11 Mill .... I. ,.- . M . . .. n hr tar "T nnoiiier wiiriuiiii - -.... u-. ...ikinu thcnef'' ot mo iiiicnoi . .i.,e bottle. The contents of inr-'-bo easily poured or tton L ', t tin- aide " finger, ns the anchor uov. -the flow. PpheWtho.ilWj Tbe reputation o' " : : -ui known "prophet In , - Intely atinouucii i the world in 1000, bM nlr..,l bv t ie i a 1 . t . ago it wU discovered . ht nnid a high preun lease of business prem raa N.tnrnMoh.ror - rf , dbS"bSl m found Ii""! are always dyed. Free adTicTii" very ofw . Its iHstlnctf" I I El l-HJl U IDC 1 1 .n art l" t l -i- ftiffi r