Kugene tfity Guard ArURDAy sicpr. 10 --- ' " TO CORRESPONDENTS. the WEEKLY GUARD is caused coir iderable trouble by corrc- spondents addressing the p'o- nriotors Oftisonallu Arlrir. .11 letters referring io the newsDa- per or business connncted there with to THE GUARD Eusene, Oregon THKOHKHON B0Y8 AT MAMLA. . The following xtriou from the Chicigo Inter Owan .- Mooani of iik' pa ouro in .inn i i ,WH to- part tik'-n by the Oregon boys: as own h we lumMv was an- nouno-d two battalion- of the dooowi vrcgou irgimei i, wno irere on a MM:ner BlHitod a-hon-. Tin- taamer went oloaa ii, beaide oreikwater, on wbloh the landed and no imbed uhnre, oral M.-rritt bod already unburn in a omall bo it. trooo (ien- gone General Merrill landed with an Oregon oompany at hUeaoort. All tainted when the ili wai rnis.d. AO Oregon regimeni polie.d the Oregon Mining Journal. Out of citv Saturday i.i ;ht ,mi Oregon ! 'he DO membeiM cimpoaing the lro me ) received the aurrend. r of the branches of tint dy the e.ilctila tspnnieih armti. (orefiore 68 rciiui.licana and '.'7 lUfaritee. The frienda of the ex- Throughout Saturday night men j senator cluiiu that he has already kept outline in from tho Spanish !32 of the republican monlieie lints. When the Oregon troops pledged to him. Thtl would give reachel the Captain tieneral'a him the caucus noaitnation if he palace, where General Merrill bad desires it. Bit after Ins experience mide bis headquarters, they found 'with the last cauetn nominal on be tbd pitta pack' d with Sp.niards. j has concluded to leave that institu Between cix m l seven tbooiand I tion severely alone. I'liere will, soldiers pave u ; their arms which ! therefore, be m caucus, and i'. Hill consisted mostly of Manser till-s. he a free fight for all. Twelve thoneand standi ol arms were taken nn.l millions of rounds of ammunition, Enough new Mauser r iles were captured to arm most of our regiments. Threo mag azinea were found full ol DOWi r. IHTKRT10H TO BTATK. skun k Tin; Tho East Oregonian pertinently, and we think corre tly, reinirks: "The work ol bringing about a Bpocial session a! tnu Oregon legis lature is slowly but surely being perfected. Them is a strong de-ire in some .juartera for an extra session and the dexterity, with which these peiple have 'pulled the wires' to apparently uiakeitap ear that the people were in favor of it and were j to be he iu fi ted by it is oreditable to them at least. There is re tlly no intention to servj the state in calling en extra session. Il is simply a movement to elect a man to the United States senate win has not 'a ghost of a show' before the regular session of the legislature which occurs in January." A man named Cochran baa given the president some reasons fo- hold ing the Philippines, direct from the Bible. lie says: "God siys hold the Philippines. Revelations 2:25: But that which ye have already, hold fast till I come. Revelations 8:11: Behold, 1 com-) quickly. Hold that fast which thou has by Dewey and God taken, that no man take thy crown. No man can live, politically or socially iu America who gives back to Spain what we have fought lor." He further declares personally that God suggested to him that passa 6 referred to. The farmers are wondering how they can get hold of tht "honest" dollar mole out of gold with wheat at 40 cenis per bushel. The pur chasing power of gold H far greater t tan ever before. The holders and owners of ;;old or gold obligation! have been enriched to an enormous extent while all other classes of property have been correspondingly depreciated. And this has been brought mout by financial legisla j tion .'or which the United States 11 largely respoi.-ibl?. The California mllit'.a that bal not heen called into active service as anxious to be discharged. They find no glory lying alont eunp, espicially when inadequate aeom modations have been provided f t oamolife, both as to food and ,amp me, eq-aipments. WHO PATI THE tax: Tl. ur il , . "mniiru i (Kit i ii'i- 11 i liveiavorj pcrtinenl lllmtntlon " 10 " pays tbe war tax, nud Mmethli ; besides to the . ri ;ti u ih.il ci ' i i - pttr n . 11 . . h'.o- r i a i Nut wishlna tn ,i the telephone ootnpany has raised the price if one-minute Use of ihe IIm t. i i, ... j i ..v ... . u iirr.- in i oru .im iroin Jo to 50 rents, thereby making an id (liti .i.al .rolh of J3cin s. Out business mm an- highly and luatlv inoeneed at thin monoiioly r..t and l- . . f .... i ..: . . .. : ... .. only l.oy oiling thl'll :e, I .nin ii, nil'. bat OOmblnlDI with merchant cf other town! and having a ii, 0 their own. The telaphoM company la ,tt , tlP pooition to nuk '(t,:vi. , h irj!,.H an I thrive." IX- l HE BBNATUSSUIP. Word cones to us in uu BUthei - :. i ,i . l i-i ii lonn that the oandidaoy ol rx Sen itor Mitchell fur the 1' S senate ... j. i ,, ., ,, to Oil the iXISllllg vacancy will gain oome bef ire the legislature of Orego.i at its next session, ays the Batiks all over the state tiro -hi ping in silver for t.re of bopand and fruit growers in settlement with their picking help. This same sil ret that is good oongb I r the hoys and girls, laboring men and womeni shop and atore keepers, is j not good enough for bondholders. The gold men insist on payment of, interest aid principal in gold, and to make that gold more valuable have USt d ihuir powerful i illuencc j to pievent fur. her coinage of siK.r producing a scarcity of the i insula ting medium. The progressive hop growers of the White River Valley, Washing ton, are showing ijuite an ajiount of enterprise. They lme drafted a petition lor the removal ol the horticultural inspector of tnt district because he did not u impel the indifferent growers t. spray their hops. This is the kind of enterprise that should he shown bv all farming com nunities with re gard to not only fruit inspector! but all Other ollicers o( the law who do not perform their duties. I', is thought that as Silotl as the Spanish troops are out of Havana mouths will be unsealed and psi live information obtained us to who was responsible for ths blowing up of the Maine. Captain 'General Blanco's h iste to get out of the OOUntry is taken as an indication that he b ii knowledge of the per petrators of the deed, perha. s was directly involved. Peace ii- s .um limes ui re deolly than war. Alger's almost criminal adminiitration of the war depart ment is a case in point. While 380 men were killed in battle r d.ed of wounds in the war with Bnain nli.-iot '2(1110 have (lied of . . , i i ..a disease in camp or aboard 'r'-'" norls The Ciicago Tribune has , ' r IOOJ f ,. the names of 1284 of the -'mP dead. i i ii 4 i. Tl, - .;,. Portland Dispatch: The retire- ment of Kx-l'resident J W Johnson j from the .Stutrt University tukei. from that ins'itution one of its most efficient and ablest Inslroot ors. He bns been connech I with ihe University since it 0iened. and occupies a place in the heart! of the older students and nr t in ites, which is rarely equaled for geouli ness ot filial love. I)r Win Kuvkiinlall ln been re ,.; ...uprof. rlnWllhmell medh cal college of diseases oi r woaea i d oeaas, TUrr Are TnOll ami HlBt.l), I.UI 4.,..,. wc nawssaaoMea and iiri. The AtftohW soldier's ordinary dres 1 1 n..i wry attmottva It eonaiata ol a ; wliii.' Uaaa afctrl down la in. burnt and palrof tight limn Mill I o half M i u-.n ii ui can. uvcr this ho tviw. .tl,:i I of foldedliuennud, asarulc, a"hamuia. '' or white cotton sheet, drupvd around him. I None .f these garment I. over washed. , solicit they rapidly assiuii. i,r..v ,, hue, '' no nntlvo ever wosbes'hlm.. If body at man la not preolaaly iii"in rmainga at nead aovBrtngaas ween, The efasssoaad all who .an affnnl It wear a shamma with a broad tii .tripe, aallad a "iano," and on high days and font h o osOBriMM every va riser of akWass art produced ol nil oolars in km rainbow, Cloaks of blue, rod, green, yellow-or vtol.-t, ornament,! with mugh ''"'fi'l.-ry. l.mrd .kin, sh.vpskiti.niid "ii iiiiii.kiim urv w..rn . .n ilav l.v I IhouBUvm ami .mall hl. f-. and ..'.h,. " " nays ny 1 ,valo," Iba army paaaanlaaaoMaahow I - . !. .' Ull.i .-. I'M.. I 11 i " ........ it linn in mi alaphaat r i.m dttttnfitlahad biaaaall iiiiuli In Imtil.. nvan an aun'oln .f Hon' wane on hU bead, and for aath 0.10 BMM hi' h:.- klll.-il he wean a Mh. r Lathi on word urablnrd. Tho hlchint riMinimM. for valor l a mirt of . let top lint orna BMBtad with Bllvar, ami Ktv:tt nfflnMl are given nhieiiu ooTawd witii relwl ami or- nat.ieiil.il with Kol.lori.lher. 1 In hi..r.U are worn on the rluht han.l .!. mul am v',ry ""eh eun.-.i. atnoal ilokle ihaotd, and iharpenett an both editi. i'lu-searo - u-d for tVtblnf, tronkUlln- :.. owa oB DMttthfali ..f beef- atoak. The rllle.4 at' of even-N.rt of .In ; l0 l.u.l. r (exeept Martini II. nrv), ami a VU M '"""' "(eattoi rlnoi wan taken ..uu. . . " Ai.iiiiiiii, iii 1 111. iiaiiii iii .aillia ill Ifja, lull, as far an wo OWjU Bad oat. tbt r luu'ketry would DO Itiiprovul eon-'.li ri.l ly by a hit of regular tanjal pnettea As for tho men iBHUOlVOa, tl.ojr am hMgh and ntnnly, hut not big, Their kkln U of tho eolor of Bind, and Ihail f a MTCI and hair aro dlftlneU nerullko, though they havo tmli;ht DOaOl, as a rule. Loudon Qloba, usury in ceylon. Mi.) I ( i ,i L Tli. re Kun I roi.i i.o to aoo fm Oautj Ceylon apiH-ars to bs the happy hunting gnUnd of the man of mm, ill eapltal ami till Mimller amount of ttxmU OOOSSlaB tloiiM.oM. On that fair Uland the motny louder BoorlabSS to an extent fBTffty In. aKlued hero. Uxi-I.:' m Is nvafdsd SS udvlsablo In thU eoui.try, but In l Vl SI it I s a BSSSSStSi In the towns tho "ehetty" . harp s tin T eotit an a regular tiling This Is Iv.tl enough, but it ifw Inillas Into lnilpilt"' a by tho ridS of tho Uoo r OMl of the HI' Uga JMOUMISOC. llodeals In eomu.rathe ly mm. ill Minis, but his OUStOOMMS menu niemu. Ho il.s.'rt not eliarpi mi i.iueh a year, but m many anniut per month, and, havtuK K"t tho strew on, ho maki-s luon. y with surprisit.K rapidity. Tho following autheutle ease w ill ..how bla inashod .f IiukIih: A nan who bad Ooms Into KiMies.Nion of luu ruiHiw o'iusl a hi. op and UaMIl IiusIiioks lie Mippll.sl the iilii.-'i'. will, anything they nspilhsl nrovlslons, olothea,tn y.tverythuig 10 ue pain lor 11. Kntliiwiien in.' uariesi. eaiue lounil. Ho Kavo liberal credit, and In return for tho prlvlleitei. alf. nl.sl to rli..,o .ilj ,.n.f.,iii.,N lout to ,ii.il..i.f iL. tlnif. they would s, It the .-ralt. to him at ,. rujK'.'s I r aiuui.au. ii.Imiui one quarter). Sum. of tho l Ustom. rs paid for tlio good, win. I. worn wild at lilirh priees ami In a short tune hu hud made SOOrUpOM prollt. This bin., ho lent, to Is. paid for lu grain. When harvest time arrived, le was entitled to to aiiiunums f grain which ho Mild shorlly afterward for -too ruHS'S. Thus In the cour-o of a year ho had made .im rupees prollt and Mill h ' his orllnal capital M.fo This In not an extreme ease. U was ellelt.il In evidence In i. Ceylon court lately that one man alone lent Minis of money BRMIuatlng to 1,000, out. rui.s's, and he Is only a unit of a very lartfc num ber. Strand Mattalne. Ho nidnfl I'uiut it. One of the good stories alsiut the famous painter Mctssonlor, which Is not lopoated by his biographer, is In roganl SO hi ex IRTleneo with a "now rich" gent Ionian who had ireeted u prtrata tboatcr at his chateau. Mehsotiler was just then at tlio height of his fame and was ponding months In painting little pictures iilx.ut Hi by 11 inche and selling them for 1,000 frniies nn Inch. Tho rich mun e uieeivi! tho brilliant idea that what hi . theater must iulcl was n iimp curtain p.nni.si by tho famous Mcl.-sonlcr. So he went to thourtlst's studio and propoaod the mat ter to him. "How largo Is this curtain to I', mon sieur!" asked Mclssonicr. "It will be 10 meter high and II mo tors wide." "Ah. nan ami," aald Ueiaaonier amia bly, "It win take me N years to paint It oiid It will aost you 10,000,000 fiam s" Tho bargain was not cumploteil. Now York Times. A VUtoring Hadlaak Abaorbont ootton I bighly reoommand edai a filtering medium. It nets rapidly and is therefore of gnat value In HI taring olatUssfemonta ra ordinary aonsshow uso It Is sisvially n-oiniiieii.l. d Iss auso of Its Incxpenslvcness and anM of ii.anage- mant. A largo tun no! must bs provided, and thceottoti Is pr.s.l moroof laM (Irm ly Into tho nock, according to the inbotanoa t) b' passed through. Soinu liquids am much mora difficult to manage than oih- or, ami this mUSt ot iuru Im tillovveil fur. A UtUa practioo will show tho boun wlfll j,lst ,w , ,,M.V tho ciion muat be packed to insure Miecesa In fUtorlng the I VarloiiH llnuids with whiehshe hastodeal LN,W Vo. k l.dg.r. The Man of Moderate Mono. "I siipi".-.' th' re . aii !-' no doubt," said iSol modsrats meana, "that a man can do bettor work on gil food. By th it 1 mean tlio le-l oi nsm, ui.j iiiio.-. delight Ihe taste and sa'i-h the slomaoh and sillluse Ihewhoh. bolllg Willi joy. to the exclusion of nil .arc Hull Una UM that theso things can ho fed to advantage only to tic nu n who tin. ready and will ing to work met wh.... oitptut can ! im profad Iherelq They might bs loot en others, wh on tber would only lull to stoop and who can ! k- pt at work only by tho rasping etimulanl of poverty Now York Sun 1 ii. i tornal New Alpine Tourist-Why did you Udl the guide not to plunge OS over any pTSSt' ph-esr old Alpine Tom i i -l wish to a : giving him the opportunHy for espsstmi i eitra fu from no, Detroit Journal aWN s . AHTtLlkMY CUKiU&lTlkij oia tuna Oonnoa Tht SVon Kadi Iratlirr, W4 OMd 11" Among the i m initios of artillery odd lnvuiith.ua haw. a Ki,at place. Cannon have bSSBJ ttiado of tho most unlikely ma tcrlal Uwther wan notd as earlv Kl lletir- VUl'S day at tho risgt of BOU liHtno The very article were SlOMd In tho tower ..I'.o, and Kclyn .aw- them thoro, tnaaribed "Moo Uarliopus ssleu) mm dofslt llonurtoaM An. they still bjtagjta some eotn, r i f utafottsn tmn ber room! The Beoteh anplaysd tsathes (runs In l.li. i to batb r l.nl Conway's for tUVattoni at . wk urito, and they did thn work well. Deaaribtng Um feverish alarm In Paris In tTM Carlylu rays: "Onocltl- ma bsnwiDnghi i at theaobema at a wood- in cannon, whl. h I ranee shall oxelu-holv pn.iit by in the Bnri Instanna it la t.. bs made of stave-' y the cooper, of lillllo.H honndloss oaltber, but uncertain as to Mtvntfth." I Wo small ptOOM bTOUgbl to 1 r.'.n.e by the Slaniese etub --...!. r as pr sent ftvuu their kim; t" LOttlS XIV were the only artillery roourabk for tho attack on the liastiih of oooenMa modal no doubt, ndornad with drageasaad goidon inscrip tions, but efth item workmaoahlp. Wo road of pihi oannon In India. Then were two so itcm-riiHsi at Baroda in Burton 'a ttme, "to which Mgul ir ailoi.u Ion was offered " In fmt, the tubesworo of steel, but tho maariro gold oaringoori $0,000, l'or tho deronaa Of Malta In tho Old day tho kntghto'tlnTontod a klndol ordnanoa of their own, unknown to all tho world Issido," Kiys 1 In itie, an ejowltncss They hollowed out the natural rook hero and there In such fashion that the cavity was llko a mortar, put a barrel of (run powd. r Into tho hole, pluggtd It with a wooden disk enetly fitting ami heaped miscellaneous projectile thereupon. About 60 of theso singular cannon defended creeks ond h.ndliiir place. Suite of them wen six f.s t in diameter ami threw 10,000 pound weight of Iron or sloue Into tho air. Ihuilmiaa. If all went well, they would do tremendous execution upon an enemy Irving to disembark. Hut then, an' eccentricities still mom curious en re. ord. In a SomboU the Island of Chlnal, near l'uniacinta, Mexico, was found a cannon 4 foot 11 1i.cI.cm long of terra cotta. with terra OOtSS bullet. It is I that when Cortes retii.d after his gn-at light nt Cent la, Talmsi-o, the na tives copliil the Smnish gun In clay, hop ing to prottneo tho kuiio n siilts I.udon Btsutdaitt tku KnnUa Str t car. .toseph Karl Stevens, III M. ('lure n .Mag azine, M71 of tho Manila stnet ear: "It Is a thing by Itself, as Is the i no hall May that pillls It. It takes one man to drive and one to work thewhlp. and If tho wind blow too hard service Is susH'nthiL The con. In. (or uses a valise u-Mmhsl bum his nook and whistle through hi lip- - up hill to stop ami down hill tor tho starting sign. Tho chief of tho rule of tho Mud tiys: 'This car has seats fur 111 persons mid place for s on each platform. I'a-.en -. rs are rispieslcil to stand InoqUal numls is only on both platforms to pre vent derailments.' Ami aoitl Ihonan four 'far. -' on the front and six on tho book plat torn., one has to shaiuhle fonvnrd toOQUaUM the weight.. "Smoking 'goes' everywhere, and every olio smoke-, even to tho conductor, who generally drop the ash of a IT. for a cent cigarette Into your lap a ho hands you a receipt for yotirdo ceutavos. Xonnols allowitl to stand Inside, and if I ho ear con tains il quota of passengers tho driver hang out tho sign 'Uano' (full) and diK-sn't stop even tor the archbishop. Sit at the fnmt end of tho ear, ploa.-e, tfyou fear kuuiIIhix, for It Is no Mrango Bight tO ws' n Philippine mamma brush into a seat a M iu, t Iky clothed bain, wvllenv erv.1 i hevblcnecsofth.it Uk-eu' " ii.ir . ... i.u OaeMa. U I- ta- nortil l.opn-aalri among ath lataa tbatoxhauatlon and "tooj of w ind" l duo to the Inability to oonaumo auffloiont Oxygen and exhale rapidly enough car bonic dioxide. When the muaola is mov ing rapidly and forcibly, It I I rue that It demand. more oxygen and glv. s off to the blood tuoro curlion ttloxldo than when at root. When it man Is running a fast us ho cult make his UmbS moVOj BS Is able to keep up the pa. e but for u short distance, unless, like UM hunted ban', ho runs to his death. l)n account of tlio f..n-il, vignrouaand rapid muscular action iu this case the poi sonous matcrial-nro thrown Into ths blood, to Ik carried to all iarlof lliclnsly mus cles, nerves, brain. Tlio heart Is nfTocUxl by this pobnn through the nervociilscun tMlllng that iirgan. The iniisclesof respi ration am ilmliarly dh I urbad, Tbspanl lng, distressed efforts of breathing, sldo- long tnmbUngi anaalatii n and tinai nmt couaclousius of the hunt. si sing or hare are u g.ssl i vaniple ot BOntS aulolntoxlca tion ending In ileatli. This latter deplor able condition is not unknown among tho annals of human strife for athli lie honors oven with .nn-pi. .- ut advanced ImowlsdgB of physiology.--Popular Bolsoos .Monthly. "Tho M.irilir In tin. Ituo Morgue," Among tho "noiivelles dlvorsi's" In li garo tbors i a iwatt llttis story which should aps'iil to every lover of animal. A certain M. do V. is tho noSBBSSOC f an OCUng OUtaUg named otiloii, uppan ntly Isvatiso II hulls from Ilorneo. Olio oven lug onion s master, going oat to tho theater, i. it .i tun ut boom to mind the house. It happened thai evening that a burglar look. si In 00 M. do V., but no sooner did he make his way Into tho plan, than (teuton Bolaed him by tlio thmat and half Btrangritd blm befote aertstanes ar rived. When tho Intruder BBOM to hlm Baif , tho slns k of tho unexjclod attack was found to havo driven hi m mndl Zou lOO may almost take rank witli Kdg.ir foo'l hOmteidal n', which slid down tho chimney, oanunlttod murder and dlaap ponmd by the way ha came. Pall Itan laietta OUnOM Slrret. A OhlnSSS thorouithfaro 1 the exact re rerai "f ;r In ska;..', tho middle sirt bo Ing considerably higher than tho two 1 i'. i incuts on each side In t he rainy u n ion, If a voliiclu should slip, the QOBttPantS run considerable risk of I lng . mother, d in tho mud and water which always uoeu,. muluto at that icrlod. Tate of Three OlUet. "I me," said tho iingraiionatleul (id cago man, ''tbut they aro going to try tin. experiment of mummifying Phlladaipliia bodies." Ik fom dcathf " ask"l the Inat New Vorker lndlatiupills Journal An electric loooinotho In a S ranioii nuil mine In k'OO days did work for kW Is iovv ..h ii tho work cost for a corre ssi'idlng perhxl with inulo sjwer. An pump In ihe same mine savud 1, ill OVSS steam puiups lit 70 doi. lHi: SECHET Or UOOO L0UK8. i i ., i Domploatsa WUI Kaha a ivnon of ii. i PoaSuroi r.cautifui. "Asa rule, worn, n wa.-h their face ti. fraojuontly," kiv Ruphomla w.sxl In "BOW to BaVS a Itna Complexion" ii The Woman' Homo Col anion. "It I far from King tho host way t Ditan tho face, tnon'ospis Lilly whin' rain water cannot Is- procunsl. That may tk naad Quito rtwuontty,bul nap ahould not be applied otto nor than ti.nt' Mmns a week. Pun', Imported mstlls soap, Mich a aurgooni use, should i i gttn n lbs pre' HVnea. (JSS It at night only and with hot water; then rlnso ihe fan. with .bar, ooid water. In Ins morning cold water ihould be need mpmferenoa to hot. if yon do pot have rainwater, throw a pinch . pOWdereil Isirax Into the washbowl, b .1 us.- it sparingly If your skin 1 moss Blka Una than acid. You can discover this I w iping your face with litmus paper wh. rou an. panptrtng Btuo litmus pap t iS-n- red w hen It loin he an acid, and t' rod paper turna blue whan expoood to oi alkali. On no account trust you use so on your (one BXOI .t with rainwater. Boa in hard water forms a setim whl. h. e. though quite Invisible, clogs tho pores, of tonoausing pimples and btawkhsads and always living the skin a faded appeal' anee. Tlu-ow away H3Wdcr. washes, potnadoa, lotion of every daaerlptlon, Without doubt there are some VOiy good propnratlona on tho market, but how aro you to know that you ant using the on., that Is -i Miils your -kin'.' A skin that I distinctly mid NqutrsS very dlffoTOOt prep. nations from one that 1 alkaline. "It I not generally known that It I the notion of tho sun on th.. natural olla ci the skin that causes tan and sunburn. If a healthy woman could kecpthlsoll Wiped off as It it. , mutilates, she might always have a pretty complexion, DlOVtdsd SO mtloh friction did not Irritate the I kin, One reason Why the -kin on the lx iily Is mi much nicer than that on the face Is that the clothing BUppUOB Ihe friction DOOSSSBiy to keep the pONSUt the skin fmm clog ging. Finally, If you want a nice com plexion, you must take plenty of si, p iu a well ventilated room, stop worrying, bathe frequently and or-pin' a UHle ev er) day. No lotion I better than perspl ration, but It mUBt not be allowed to diy on tho skin ' A FRONTIER FIGHT. How J, in nawkru Hand or Wghl Mand on 1 an- tulri'U i iniiKit. i.e.. in XaxasJaa m Bowls set hi hand t. another sort of lighting. In Ml, with hi brother ttenini atx othor men ami a Ixiv, he net out upon a trading and explor ing expedition through tho beartof tho OomanohS OOUUtry. At six days' travel fMin ssll.e succor ho found hi party assailed by f00 inotuitcd warriors, Co manche all, who rode llko tho vv Ind, y. t shot with deadly aim. Ileslstanee MBBBSd hopeless In tin. face of odd so gnat. 1 low Io took the one desperate chalico left him and won tho giimc. Ho divided his fones, stationing thnsi In one skirt of wihmIs, with the pack ani mals, and M attering the rest iiIhiui a moro considerable uiisuage. lush WBI fully nrtnil had rllle, knife and pl-t. l-. I'ovv th rand lead were plenty; also when. withal to cat and drink. Koch grove had a spring In It. OlOM ulMUit the water the while men lay or omui insl, resolved, "If they must die, to take at least Its) nslsktii with them." l'ivo days the light wort on, Svv.Hiplng In clouds, tho nsl rid. n .lash.il nilliid, round, orer naarlng the dorotad mark- men and sending toward them in w hir ring (light arrow and bullet thicker than hall, llut tho WbaSUng ended In rout when it ctune within fair rllle range, i he i.iou cn.uohli.g iu . "Ver made every mis slle tell Men and horses went down In triHg""K bea at tho sharp crack of '. vci. . us and they were so swift to load and lira t!".' 'ho ohh f easily poroiad it theiilseh. i thai! Homy was a liundriHl stmng. lln the ui tack' "g wont on until thrwwoon. braves vvn. d. and as ninny mom disabled, to say iioil.n. r ponies. Hi ' . "I one man dead, whom ho burled rotorenUy; one ihsiporately wounded, whom ho took awaj lo aotaty, although tho nttempt appeared lo pmmlso destruction to all the band Martha Me Culloeh Wllllauis In Harper's Magalne. "Komi" It Two Mrauluga. Tho older tncaiiing of this word was, us is well known, equivalent to foollab, Now It b in the meaning of affectionate. Tho following Instance of the us,, of tho woni iu bothssnssson theaame page of tho same work mark tin. period of trunrl tion, when tin. old scii-Mi still lingered while the new sense Wit coming Into Use. In Dr. Watt on "The Improvement of I ho Mind," llrst edition, 17ft I, In chnpt r I a, wet Ion 6, on page 1 19, I 11 ml : "Soma an' so fond to know a great deal at onco and lovo to talk of things with friisloin and Isildnesa Is'fore they truly UndSSBtand them that they scan . ly ever allow tlioinaelves attention enough to search tho matter through and tlimngh." And lower down on the page, Iu section 7, Is: "A soul inspired a Ith the fondest km of truth and tho wannest aspiration-, after sli n. felicity and celestial Isatltudo will keep all its powers attentive to the Inces sant pursuit of them. " Also In Coles' Kngllsh-Ijitln 1)1. Unit ary, fifteenth edition! 1740, both mean lugs an. given a follows: "I'on.l. Indiilg ens," mid low. r down, "Pond (foolish), sttiltu.." .Notes and tjiierl. . a liiamatli Aalboei I.lko most actor managers, Moerewly was pestered by would Is- dramatic au thor. An ambitious young fellow brought him n flvo act tragedy one morning to Drury Inne. ' My ploeo," tiKslcstly explain.! tho author, "I a chef il'o uvro. 1 will un IWSf for It SUS8BSB, for I luivo BOnSUltsd tin. rnngnlnary toato of the public. My tragJSdy Is I tragio that nil tlio characters' um killed off ot lbs end Of the third act." "With whom, then," asked tho man ager, "do you carry on tlio action of tho last two acts'" "With tho ghost of thosa who dlad b tho third! " Curnhlll Magiwlno. llnw SB lrle Away A..t. Ants cun often Isj driven away by sprin kling about their haunts BBBSS saturated with oaal oil. Tbey aaa be trapped and kllhl by placing sweet oil where they enn have MOSSS to It, as they aro very fond of It, hut It htt the etb'. It.. lOSS their splr BSlSSafld thus kills by asphyxia. Vloki Maguzlue. gloSlsn Ki... .(!.. it happened la s issd. i lose. "What .an I sln.w you, iiiadniut" he asked. 'Something In IBS line of lletlonr" "Vo," She answered slowly. "I think I'll try history for n change. 1 get enough Hctlon when my husband gets homo late from tho club." Chicago 1'oet. .... . e. .'4 i RIDA"i 8EP1 I. r0M ( al l Minis J M .belley liaa received from t'apl VV H Moon, a letter dated atCavite Arasoal, July IStb, We publish the following ex tract f rum it enneernliii I.i sou Walter) "I wi-n i" conaratalate you In tbe i I." , though iill 'id. of s.ieb a noble, manly isiy I never saw any. na la l.iave, path III and even abeerrul through trnubls and k'iv-s aflllotloo.a Walter hat tarn H.-ha endeared himself lo every member of hi oompany, aod only ths klndeai re gards and well wish, for tbe speedy recovery ofhlaalghl aoeompanes Ule homeward trip from i.i Captain ami eomrade Fur yoorsolf aooept toy dee peal aymi atliy t.r your ..illietlon." AMUawrnn. Charles Ivan waa ar rented yt iterday mi conupialol (.barg ing blm witii assaull ami battery by Cunatah i an. The oonplalBl alleges mat aald 1 barlea Ivan, nn Augual -i);'. ,ii.i aaaault, heal and suikeil '.en Quaal, enntmry to tbe statutes made and pmsldi d The ui ! Wii set ..r Moiul . v m r lng next at l o'clock a ol ilctei o ii. t gave B ISO DDUd with a i' Reeveannd Viloey Hemen j way u - re t, s to appeal at lha) iime. The woman olalrua that the man at tempted oi lpelo l AIM' I V Klnsev appeals f .r tlie ilefe IBB, Manila Maiu lo impunse tn an Inquiry from IVwimaatef MoCnroaoll oi mis citv , regarding the time man leave for Manila, Mail Supt Kerll, ol San I'Vaoei-eo, writi thai t' i tnall gnea on I. Inn line i f iro'l kit ..ii-rs v.: i." ... ,. g, .,. .1 i hut at pr. run) i alllog 'tat' s 1.1 dutsu for S' , I 8, 10 and 17. Tbi Will prove op- prrolatad lofurmatloo Ibr thnaa wilt ing tO our soldier boys. Wu. i. Raman, From private NM tore reeelved In this olty I u laained iiiat Captain K B Hmlth, of the u of o football taam has abooi dretded lo re turn here t' is year. To Um V i fo ui hletcs litis will i.o most pleanaui news Should 1 return iiti.aii will lakeagre upward stride wiib the college men this yi nr. - A i rruibli VuiM',-A ge iitman arbo helped dress the gunshot wound In Johnny Hunt's ride daaerlbse II aa ..in ut hi luohea lony a d tbe width of tWO lingers, ell I ring the aide nn n line with the left nipple and ranging upward, When they undressed him a lot of battered ami fjatlensd shot fell rattling on be Boot a Ban l' a in Mi B Merlao f H from a load of bay ai bla plane at tbe park yesterday aJterooon He leiiou in- right Hbnultler and illshs'uted l.is bo. il.ler i ml anil broke the collar bom-. 1 r Brown wont down add a( leuded to I.i injorli s To Id l .HIM BOHUOti -Waltet Stoma ag. . I ul .ail 111 years, was taken to the Htate Helorui Bohool, near Hal in, by ShsrlfT Wltheis on tl.l- foremn u local 'lain. Hi """ - " rrssirru irfrguil and be lies a brother in the It 'form almnl i ir. t is ( -.Mi um. 'imr 8aJeyatt- lul.il."' iv. a llit.e i in.: . aieus will visit I lint i .lavs ami that the Barae I gnlnu lo UnMWtulg over the H P It II By Ibis wemppose Bngi ds w pi Boon have a oifcue Btbavku. Largs brlndleoi , bivh borus, - rayed from Qoodpaature's fat in odi it of Bugane. Bippnsed i i.o in th.. DeJgbborhood of n swell, deud Infurmatlun toll i Masietsoo, Bugena Caownnn wnn Wttpuv. The Bnrlnglli Id .uin elevator is full of wheal , lo the old plaulug lutll bnlld lug and o w tbe Me r Waabhurn are llllll. g up tl.e old funnily building Ul BprlngAekl. Wheat I still nomlog m at a lively rale. Lust year the mill als valor held ail 'bo wheal nflbred TOR TH BAIT Dr and Mrs DA Paine left Beloni tins luormug for a trip to Hie eeat, buslnsm and pleseare I elng the two fold pllfp' se of (lie jour ney They will be absent several weeks. Mops fo II Slllli'Kt. -rainier Ayi.H- .v .lie bad (Hi baits of Kugla Imps. Ha Will Ship M bale of tin 111 io tbe Baal in tbe morning oa cn tgutuenti Prinevllle Review August 7: llseen Dryer and I'erry Belmsrs of Qraod Untudi Nebraska, are in lbs elty. Tbey came to receive cuttle bought by 1 ...id a Blebardson Mr Bslrm is will remain here and roost vs tbe lettie bought in this asetlon, amounting to lb ui 000 bead. Mr Dryer will go to Silver I, ike ami leeelve the cattle at thatplaos. They have MM head at ibatplaoa They will drive lo Onta rio ami : blp from then to Nebr. fka Prof Weehhurn el the ilftte UDlvef illy was at Uooa liny last woek,iaya the M irsbfield Ntws, ami laveetiiatsd ib. coodillons of ths waters and ahoala , f UM bay Willi U Vb W to tin prnpt.KB ll ii of oysters. The PlUf la of tho opinion ll.tit the OMBt oyster would thrive el thai pines and resnaaeaeoelB fij P'ai .ing of oysters fiom Va.piina or sboalwater bays.