Eugene City Guard. I. L. OAlirillU, Proprietor. KUOKNK CITY OREliON Fpuln's BlwIOlU Hubmlsslon. It turned oiit Just ns we expected tU long; Hint )' water gold llllm' down In Maine was salted. lly wlint rnl did the hammock comu from ordlimry ablfM to play such a part in courtships' iii Dewey, Schley tad lhafter Mm United Rutin has three first cla bat- lie "hlms" Of the republic. Already Ihero's tall of building rail roads In Cut BOW different from the nailve way of BtUflf lrnekn! Tlmt (jold from (lie Men water leBHBI fnrllicr suggests Klondike In lot of people Im'Iiir left out In the cold. An enterprising New Vork paper has IIh.mvi i'.iI Hint "napkins hnve a his tory." Well, Kmc of then look as If they had. It Im rather late f.ir Spain to grumble atmut the COtl of the war. Kho should nave thoiiKht of that before she touched off the Maine. The only thing that Hpaln has secured from the war lit a complete verllleallon of the iiectirnoy of General Sherman's dellnltl..n of war. Home of the cannons on the fortlfloa ttOM of Santiago were made In 17.T7. And the marksmanship of tho Hpnn lurds evidently In-longed to the ame era. Spain may he reduced to a llfth rate power, but she can always proudly I-, in to n drat olnsa delit. Many peo ple depend on their dehta for their standing In the world. Hooley Introducd the pneumatic hi rycle tire Into England and made out of the deal. Later, bow ever, his heaviest financial schemes were deflated by attack. A Woutorn man set out a Ikix of rlgars the other day bearing the legend: "Take one with riilllpplnn Manila Bchleyetta Kewetta (irlmes." Has the lOWII no branch of the B. I'. C. A.T If It la true thut the Oregon made eighteen knots In pursuit of tho Cris tobal Colon when her limit is sixteen knots, the two extra knots simply prove that two negatives make au affirmative. If diplomacy Is the art of couceallng the truth It will noon lie a lost art so far as Spain Is concerned. Troth of the quality furnished by the American nriuy and navy cannot be hid under a bushel of lies. Tin time must never come again when the United Stales Is w ith. ml mod ern small arms lu ample supply and smokeless powder cartridges to match. I'ast liiefthicl.ey In the Held of prcpn rail. a. has been too terribly expensive to make the people tolerant of any repetition of It In the future. The OMMQUltO was doubtless created for MMM wise end, bill It Is not easy to tell what that cud Is, unless It Is to afford the race n wholesome but pain fill reminder that life was not Intended to be all a picnic. The original plans and specllleatloiis of the mosiulto In eluded a thirst for human blood, and the Insert Im still built III the old way. The Sprlnglleld rllles carried by the rolled States army are subjected to a great deal of abuse on account of the smoke turned loose when they art tired, lt'it smokeless powder can b us. . I In the cartridges of the old Spring fields as well an lu the Mausers and Ixrag Jorgensens, and now It Is stated that the War department has ordered the use of smokeless powder In the fu t II ti'. The American soldiers ought to have smokeless powder, but they have demonstrated thai they can win vie torles with the old fashioned kind. Lynching Is murder, neither tnon nor less, anil the state of Texas has set other slates, With North and South, a good example, by making It so upon the statute books. The same law also provides that lynchers WBM put on trial shall be tried out of the county Where the crime was committed, and that sheriff! who fall to protect prls oners from lynching parties shall In removed from office. The Southern states are taking the lend lu giving practical effect to the disapprobation which all law abiding rltliens feel for lynch law. Admiral Sampson bombarded the for till. -in ions nt Santiago for two months and they were afterwards found to be practically uninjured. Commodore Schley fought Cervora'a g.iuadl'on for two hours and destroyed or sunk every one of the enemy's ships. These two facts show one of two things, namely: That Sampson did not know how to reduce land fortifications or thai such defenses are Impregnable to nssaulti from the sen. In all probability tho latter conclusion Is nearer the truth, ami. while It will not tlatter the pride of Hie navy. It will give the people of the .oasi rHlos of this country com fortable nasiirnnoea of comparative safety from destruction by foreign licet. One of the Spanish .ill. era taken prls oner lu the naval battle of Santiago ex nreeeed surprise at the accuracy, rapid ity an.) deadlines of the American gun nery. When told that It was the cus tom of the American navy to exercise the crews at frequent Intervals with battery practice the name aa In war. Ills response was that it must cost n ireinetido ns sum of money and lie a great waste of powder. Most assurtsl ly It costs a large sum of money, bul that preliminary cost saves a itlll gftatef one. Spain spared expenac lu training her aciunen to shoot, with the result that when they were forced te do battle they were utterly unskilled and Incompetent, and In the end have cost Spain almost a hundred times as much aa the moat liberal outlay for target prnntfcW Vonld have nmnuistcd to. We spared no expense for target ur actio, and when It come to hard knocks we knew how to deliver the blows that then test us but little ami gave us victory. The moral of this story lies on the outface. Which nu Hon has winded the moat powder? It Is not to be expected that the United Slates will Is- able to cnn.'ge from the war with Hpnln without Ising made the target for deiniiiuU of In delimit) from different govrani.iita Instigated by subjects who think they have sustained losses for which this country ran be held WtPOBtlM. When (hone demands an- made they will doubtless ri Ive respeelflll c.ilisl.lcril- lion and If founded upon Just cause w ill lie either lidjuslisl by the federal authorities or referred to some mutu ally acceptable referee. Yet It Is cer tainly premature for the OtflBU gov eminent to call upon the I'nlted Slate to reimburse German llrms i Manila who think they have been Injured by the part played by the licw.y licet in the eastern wnters. While the wnr has doubtless entailed loss upon n great many people the responsibility for the war rests an much If not more ii Hpnln than upon the Halted Stales. When It comes lo Ineatlng reNponsI blllty the nntlons of Kurojie Dint en cournged Hpnln lu Us foolhardy oonrse cannot secure a complete exoneration, and must find themselves In peculiar position If they attempt to press claims for Ineldeiitiil damages on behalf of their citizens. While the people of the United Hlates will not Is.' disposed lo shirk any Just obligation Incurred through the war they will certainly refuse to countenance anything that sa vors of trumped-up claims for Imb-m nlty by nations not parties to tin.' con flict. In 171s an Kngllshmaii. James ruckle. seciir.sl a Hrltlsh patent for w hat scorns lo have been an attempt at a breech loading, rapid tiring gun. An original feature of the Invention was tho use of two different breech plate, one for square bullets, to be used against the Turks, and the other fOf round bullets to he used against Chris tians. It Is curious to Mud two upris ing tendencies lu the snme invention: (1) the desire to construct a gun thai should be more effective liecnusc more destructive, and t-i n desire to rceog nlie certain ethical distinctions In Its uao. If n round bullet was too good for a Turk, a square one wns too bad for a Christian. These two tendencies, one operating to make wnr more de structive and the other to mitigate lu linrslincss, nre struggling for pre eml neni'O to-day as tin y have been for cen turies. War Is an evidence of the Im perfection of modern rl lllzatlon. Hut If we seek proof of the development of the humane sentiment, and of the ex tension of the sphere of ethics to un ethical relations, we may Hud It !u the an.s of war ns surely as In the arts of peace. The Introduction of BOW and powerful explosives and of guns of enormous power and range, the appli cation of electricity to submarine mines, the contraction of nodora bat tie ships and torpedo Isxits, the Im provonietit.s In long range rifles ami rap Id tiring guns, and many other Inven tions, Invest tiie whole enginery of wai today with a terrible deslructiveness. The serious student of elides, not to speak of Uie cynic, may well ask whethiT the development of phllau lliropv. In mitigating the hardships of war, has kepi pace With these destruct ive tendencies, and whether ethics might not be better employed In ills eoiiraglng inch iBTtDHottl than In pal liating their effects. Hut, without spec tilntlug on our distance from the mil lennium, It Is a fact that the sense of obligation between nations and the recognition of duties to civilization and humanity have made such progress that w nr cannot w holly abrogate them NEARLY THE LAST. I -null. i Heagaii, Who Woo n Mm. ber of Jefferoon Uivii' Cabinet. John Ilennlnger Itengan, nearly the Inst living distinguished Confederate. Is a gentleman of the old school with modern Ideas. He Is nearly su years old. He was born In Tennessee. Aa a boy he choppisl wood and drove a flat boat. As a young man In the Texan war against the Cherokee Indians he was the favorite of Hon. Albert Sidney Johnston, llefore he was III) he was a surveyor lu Indian Territory. He was admitted to the bar In ISIS and became a probate Judge. Later Texas sent him to the Legislature, an I then he was lOCtod a district Judge. He w ns llrst sent to Congress In 1K.MI. Pour years later ho aided lu the secession of Texas nud beciuno a member of the cabluet of Jefferson Ihivl postmaster general and sovretary of the treasury. Al a prisoner of w ar he w as confined at Fort Warren. Paring the reconstruct km perlisl he wits the adviser of Andrew Johnson and Secretary (Toward. Texni sent him to Congress again In 1ST4, and made him n I'nlted States Senator lu 1SS7. With Senator Culloin he drew the Interstate commerce bill. In the Senate he was n member Of the Coast Iii'fenae Committee. Since 1SP1 he has boett chairman of the State Railway Cojiiiulsnton of Texas. He Is a Heuul crat. His work In the Culled Statoa JOHN IIKNMNOKH MCAOAN. Senate was marked by a cloae alien tlou to the Material Interests of the ua tlon. He hat never Ixeti known as a "rancid" partisan. In Texas he la one of the moot popular of the old achool Pcinocrat. who found at all times tho ueisla of the nation greater than the hue and cry of nartlaan politic, HER OLD SPINET. Within her old spinel lie hid Ho many quaint, dead melodies, I think If she but raised the lid, (Ir Idly touched the yellow keys, Their ghosts would throng the quiet room, Like the faint perfume of a rose Thai .bed Iii some forgotten June. Within her old spinet are laid Whii I memories of vanished times! Ill this same seat, ill stiff hroesde, Hlie sang, perchance, her gallant's rhymes. I wonder if the powdered beau W ho U ht to murmur his spplause, li lt the MM passion that I know, laraalhaarl, within your old spinet I, loo, im thinks, will breathe my puiu, Ho. when MM Idle day' you let Your hands struy o'er the keys again. Haply they'll whi.por back to you The story of one long forgot, Who worshiped w here he dared not sue. - Life. A SACRIFICE FOR LOVE I. Full a i Shaker rooted whole week a high class sM'iirean company hud oc- llple.l Hie iMiarilH lit tlie llieaier BojraJ In the provincial town of L , and night after night tiny hud plnyod to crowded houses. The grent actress who was the atar of that particular heaven bad smiled Into the lioxes, graciously accepted bouquets from the Htnlls and tiowed ln r thanks lo the gods In tho gallery. Hut she had never yet been couscloua of two pnlrs of pyes which each even ing had followed her every movomout from the pit, while the owners of those Ml fan ma eyes hud hung hrcutblcaa on her every word. Hut no -not both the owners. At the commencement of tho week they hud both DOM absorbed In this beautiful woman, who, with her dazzling love liness and fulr, smefous presence, walked the 1 mauls each night In some uew chnrncter, but as the week waned Gilbert Stone found thnt tho tiny, alight girl beside Mm was occupying more of hi thoughts than tho brilliant creature who Impcmonated 8,hnkespoan''a hero ines ao perfectly. Who the girl waa or whore alio sprang from ho hud not tho least Iden. Bhe might thluk It waa mere coincidence, but the mini know It waa no uccldont which placed thorn aide by side ciu h evening In their modest seats In the pit. That Hist night It hail been chance, but tho second and the third It was not, and he could hardly have confessed to him self what the feeling wns w hich made him watch for her ao engorly at tho early door. Love? No, It wua not love; not such au everyday thing ns that, surolyl It waa worshlp-a blind, mad worship w hh h he had suddenly conceived for this fragile child. Gilbert was a mechanic a very Go liath. Tall, broad and strong as u giant, while she- she wua a slender, dainty tiling, with a white, oval face which seemed all eyes, us she looked at him gravely and handed Mm back his pro- gr: ir her opera glasses, which they bad Ol InfO the habit of sharing, lie couldn't believe it wns love. It was reverence, devotion; and yet, If there had not been that strange, Invisible barrier between that barrier which men arc so much quicker to recognize than women It might have been love nay, love It should have boon! Hut she was as far above him as Juliet was above Koinco In the balcony seene. And there was no climbing up for Mm. no hope of her descending to his level; that he knows well. Hut while he might, he would sit there tin dor the spell of her sweet presence, and pcrhups some day there might Do a chance when he would be able to serve her. Shakespeare had boon his ruling passion from his boyhood up. but now this unknown girl had changed all that. And she Vivian Sydney this week hud been an epoch lu her life. Her father, a colonel lu the Indian army, had died yeatH ago, leuvlng her und uu Invalid brother ulouo In the world, l'.x ceptlng for the cure of this brother, Vivian hud lived lu a world of dreams, a world peopled entirely by Imuglnury heroes and heroines. When she was quite a tiny fragile child Lamb's "Tales from Shakespeare" had been her Ideal of everything. As she grew older the great plays became her familiar friends; and now lu spite of the fuct that she must face the crowd alone, In spile of her brother's feeble remon tin noes, lu spite of the fact also that the must deprive herself of all hope of a winter gown by spending her slen der savings on this treat tho fusclna tlou was strong upon her, and go she must. So to nud fro she went, ntul us she left the theater she was always dimly aware that a strong, protecting nrm enme between her nud the crush; there wns always room for her lu the hurry lug crowd from the pit door. At last the wjHdicirew to an end, and QRbort BtonoTWt beside his girl comrade for tho last time. Comrades they were In their love for tho Immor tal bard, and perhaps w ho knows)- - It was this link which hud knit their souls in yet stronger, closer bond, Aa ho turned to make one of his few brief cotiunenta to the girl, Gilbert met her eyes full and fairly for tho first time -met. and for a moment held them by the great and uncontrollable longing of his own soul. Then the curtain was rung up on (lie final scene, the lights were suddenly lowered, and all oyea were turned on the stage once more. All eyes save Gilbert's, and his drank In the girl's fragile beauty, under cover of the dim light, as though he could never drink his fill. He kuexv now that he loved her. It xvas no longer tho worship at a distant shrine: It was the passionate love of a man for woman! Hut even as she raised her hand to put back a stray lo. k of hair ho noted the nIIiii. white fingers, the little blue veined wrist, and. thin, lug from that to his own toll-worn palms, ho told himself once more that alio was not for such as he. Pont she undoubtedly was, pmiror probably than ho, or she would not lie taking her pleasures thus. Hut ao mat tor what her cltvumstninvs. (hat greut barrier, "class," stood between. Men marry lionenth their clasa every day; women seldom or never. II. nut hark! A low murmur rose behind the stage, which quickly awelled Into a , cry of terror, and a multitude of human -oteea Joined In thai awful paralyzing cry of "Fire: " . In one moment the -" lie '" ii.i... I......,, The ire IM'K'i" " Wlliieoi i-oiininioii. hind the stage, hut tint wonderful iron curtain." which was t" i " guard li rgeucy, had grown ru.. on Its hinges, and I ' ". presence i.r mind t" reiiiein"- "'" work.il. There was one thing Ix'tt-r than presen.e of mind, and M absence of lxxly. ... In the midst of tin' no- around them GHImti' "i") " t .i Vivian, ninl, ll III now lie o.iii'i -" - , .... ..... r in Ills arms and - 1 1 " j h iii; . in- in i placed her oil her feet oil the seat; then, ' . I l.l' lit! still with Ills linn Hose nrou.m . paused to think. There wns no hope , I subside, no hope IllJtl uie jiiioic o . the flames would I.- suppressed, for al ready they were leaping aim na Iii fury among tho "Wing "' tongues of fire were shooting Upward nnd licking tho "files." The crowd surged mi tow.iru us Women were being irample'l ........ foot. .Men. lu n very (Vena; wore lighting their wny; utterly for getful of their manhood, imj hurling nslde all Who caM . um path. It waa useless to enter im - test and strive to make n wu ....ooh- this frmitle throng K.wl.tnnlv on Idea came to Gilbert, and quick as thought he lifted the girl In his onus and nretianil for action. Oppo- alto to tho exit w here the human stream was flowing was a nnrrow window -which ho had noticed often. It was i.ii. .,n to .he walls, but ho remem bered that pnssers by by tho atnge door n..ol It ns u iieep tioie to s ...e houae was tilling; It was near to tho atage entrance and close to the open atreot. Still holding Vivian, he nin.le his wny through tl... blinding smoke; the win dow was higher than he thought, quite aliove his reach, but with almost super human strength he wrenched the benches from their places and piled one on Mother till he could roach the sill. The apcrtun was small, lie knew too small for even nu ordlnury sized mull to scramble through; but she was a slip of a girl- she would have room enough. The llatncs were rising higher, tho cries of those In imtII more terror stricken than liefore, when ut last ho succeeded lu breaking the glass and wrenching tho woodwork from lta frame. "Come," la- aald hoarsely, "while there Is time: There Is u door dose to your left hund-a swing door; It Is sure to be open to tho street." "Hut you:" tho girl cried. "You go llrst and draw DM up'f" "No, no!" Gilbert saw she had not roullxed Unit If she were saved at ull she must bo saved alone! She must not raallM It now, or It would make his task well-ulgh Impossible, and with u great effort he siioko calmly: "This Is the In'tter plan. Io as I tell you und when you are safe you shall give me your hand." Silently the girl ols-yed him, ami for one moment her arms clung round his neck ns he raised himself to his full height on the (ottering, piled lip benches. The blood surged to his brain, nnd the fiames roared hoarsely In his ours. He would have given the world then for one kiss und thought It well lost, but he must not stnrtle her by Is't raying himself. She would bo safe, and well, xvbo knows' in heaven there will 1m no barriers of "class." In another moment she was seated on tho stone sill, and Gilbert had caught nud knotted the silk sash she wore. "Now," ho whispered, "when I lower you down you will go as fast as you cun to tho door? You promise?" "Hut you are coining? Oh, you are coming, too?" she cried In angi.lsh, and her tiny hands clung to his own. For one moment he ga7.od Into her eyes; then, raising himself with dtAV culty ho pressed his Hps to the fingers lying In his grusp. "Hemomltor," he said, "the door Is to your loft hand. You have promised to find It quickly. Now go. Go!" he cried, for tho smoke was becoming denser, ami tho bout of tho curling llamcs grew hotter and hotter. "And you- where shall I moot you?" "Never think of me," ho said. "I I shall moot you by another way." Then be lowered her gently, nnd let tho scarf- the last link which bound Mm to her and earth slip from his grasp. And the girl, half stunned with terror, stumbled along ns ho had di rected) the words ringing In bar oars: "I shnll moot you by another way!" And Gilbert turned again to face the blinding, suffocating smoke, the nugry, lurid flames. He knew what he had done he know there was no hope of escape for himself; but what of that? She was safe this girl, who had come Into his Ufa nnd HlUsl his heart for so brief a space, was safe. When n man loves well and truly he gives his life to the woman he loves; why should not he Gilbert-give his for her Instead? Answers. Armor for Our Ships. Our nrmor Is the liest In the world. It Is made so by the genius of an American named Harvey, who patent ed a ptnoeoa for hardening Its surface, so thnt tho plates of "Harvoylzed" steel, eighteen Igchea thick, which are now on the sides of our great battle ships are believed to bo Impenetrable by any guns In existence. When armor Is tested, a plate Is Imb ed to a massive structure of oak, and several shots are tired at It from a ills tance of about two hundred ynrds. When the gun Is tired overyliody must "take cover" In the bomb-proofs; for when tho projectile strikes tho hard face of the plate It sometimes breaks Into a thousand pieces, and these, with small pieces of the plate, produce n rnln of steel whh h Is very dangerous. All these things go on and are done thnt our country tuny he able to bear herself against her enemies In a tnnn nor fitting her strength and her place nmong the nations of the world, si. Nicholas. Thrrr'o the Hun. Anxious Mother How In It that you have so much trouble with your house keeping? You told me your wife coiald cook. Adult Son She can. Then what la the matter Y' "She won't."- New York Weekly. A horseshoe brings good luck If It happens to be on the foot of the win ner. THE WICKED KNOHT. tic a Hare Trouble lu toatoad IfcM Moiqulto. The (Uii was shining brightly through .... .i ......... f the little Wooden htlt US I tumbled out f bed on August 1, last year. Three days' trump from the .Nor .. ..i.. .. . .... -t ni-ris4 NMiffh Mum m i l.l it ' , spongy bOga, one long daj " und shooting rnpius, van.-.. ...... - of walking round the dangerous falls, has brought us late the night before to this little settlement In Lapland. I he dozen Inhabitants, part Iwodea, P'irt Lapps, were already hard at worn " their scanty harvest, and be, I the i h..i,i I oaahrhl n glimpse of the s.ojt.i os - rlv. r. here widening out Into n glltt.r- lg bike, shining like n sheet oi smo . scarcely rullhsl by a breath f Wttfl. wi.nt a morning for a batbl How gh rloitsly refreshing to travel tired limbs. "Look out!" Cried Jack, "the room I full of them! Light up. qui' V" " i the air was suddenly shrill With t hlgh-pltchcd, hungry whl-tle of tho mosquito. The window I had observed before wns tightly doaad Indeed, would not open; the wide platform llre ?uec waa stuffed up with green boughs, i'erhaps my brother had opened the d.H.r too boldly, und had been loat In admiration f tho mom Una mountalmi In the distance, ..r the creatures had worked n way down the chimney. At n.n- rate to tl over of the liedclothes I Bow, nnd for live minutes nothing wns heard from us but the steady puff puff of our lips ns we filled tho room with clouds of stupefying tobacco smoke. in... sometimes hears people who have only met the mosquito In Its milder form, perhaps In Norway, or central Sweden, or In southern countrl.". or possibly In Upland In favorable years, or late In the senson, maintain that Its terrors are much exaggerated. 1 have not found It so. The worst accounts that I had heard of It before I visited the country did not come nnywhere near the reality. And even If tho mos quito crop lie n comparatlTo failure in nny senson. there Is n far more dendly Insect wnlt lug for yon, n harmless-looking little sniidfiy, Which the natives ,-all a knort. Tho mosquito Is a gentleman by comparison. He fights under the rules of civilized warfare; hostilities are openly declar.sl. n shrill blnre of truinpetB heralds his approach. True, ho descends upon you In overpowering hosts, but from the fierce blnst when he first sights his foe to tho savage thrust of his Unce through your skin there la nothing secret or underbuild about him. Not so the little knort. In ones and twos i reepa stealthily upon you; there Is no whistling of wings, no pa rade of skirmishing round the victim. Quietly ho works his wny Into your clothing, where he seems ns much nt home ns nny of the wingless vermin, which, fortunately, are comparatively rare In Lapland. Ills bite Is practically i.alnl.-ss: ion rarclv notice It tit the time, but on the second .lay It swells Into a big burning wound, to rub or chafe w hich Is Intolerable agony. Ilad inlntou Magazine. Ital. Mis Lore Carnations. There litis been much complaint that flowers have Ixvii stolen from graved )n the cemeteries, (.ml the managers of the silent cities have had to accept a vast deal of criticism, on the belief that they exercise a careless police supervi sion. It tuny he that It Is true nud that with economic policy the degree of watchfulness nt times when there nre crowds of visitors, as on Sundays, for example, does not prevent trespass on lots and thefts of flowers plucked from the stems or taken from the place on which loving hands have laid them. Hut here Is nn Instance In which the visitors hnve Is'en proved guiltless. A gentleman In this city who has fre quently carried flowers to the grave of his lost one found day after day that ills offerings had disappeared, and set about to discover the cause. He watched during such hours ns he could spare from his business without being able to detect any overt act in the part Of visitors, whom ns n class he nntitr nlly suspected, nnd nt Inst, the disap pearance still continuing and the mys tery remaining unsolved, he resolved to set a watch of detectives, one by day and one by night. Then occurred two strange things. The detectives abso lutely wived the mystery, nnd tho of fense wns brought home to the tres passers, nnd the rabbi tl were convicted of the thefts. The flowers most fre quently placed on the grave were car nations and pinks, which contain n flavor of cinnamon, of which rabbits tire Inordinately fond. The marauders came nt night find simply feaatod until the flowers nnd steins were devoured. Inquiry mnde to florists Justifies the detective's report. Wnuso It Is one of the dllllcultles lu pink culture to pro tect the growth and bloom from tho rabblta. Philadelphia Times. The Returned Klo.ullker. Ho wns Just back from the Klondike. For months he had dreamed of the sen sation he would create when nt last ho returned homo laden with gold nnd stories from that frozen clime. Meet ing nn old friend on the street he rushed excitedly forward nud shook him warmly by the hand. "Just got back," he Cried. "Have you heard the news from K " "News?" replied his friend. "Should say I had! Didn't do a thing to them, did wo? There will not be a Spaniard left on tho VritOM Island In a month. The returned Klondlker looked dazed, but tried U again. "Talk about gold " "Who wants to talk about It?" In terrupted his friend. "We've got enough to carry on the war. Why. man, the war bonds have Ih'.-d subscribed for several times over!" The Klondlker gasped and tried an other tjek. "tlh.'fvili ! w Mil's a few mosquitoes? If our troops can face Spanish bullets I guess ahey can stand a few moequl teaa By Mm way been away for the past f.wv days, haven't you? Thought I hadn't aaaa you around. So long, I want to go across the str.-et and Me what the lat.-st war new la," Detroit Ktvo Preaa. I lpl.ilnrtl at i ..I. Mrs. Wallace What do they want to cut all those cables for? Mr. Wallace Boat you understand? Aa eoon na nil tho cahiec thnt hold the Island arc cut It can Ih Mwed over against Uie Cnlt.il States nnd fna toned to Florida. Cluclnuatl Kuqulrer. A baby lau't necessarily filter be came u u often up In ariua. THE STEAMBOAT. a.. oi.i Ragl aee Dpooka i " na Frel o'n Interrotum ful.Ject. "Grandpa," said the old cnglm-cr'a pet and pride as lie looked up from his hl- hwy book, in what yaar did llr. fuh ton invent the iteamboatf lie didn't," responded grandpa, with a snap of hlsjiiwa. This I h ... k says he did." protested the youngster. li-.. . ..ni hob. that, inv hid, but come over here and let me tell you sonic real history." The boy obeying by gladly Piling his I k Int.. a corner ami ciuhp- lug Into the old getilleinnu's hip, the grandfather proceed.il: "Away back yonder only about llfly yours inter i o- lumbiu discovered America, tiuit is to My, In UU whan Pbarloa V, was wing of Vpaln. a Spanish euptnln imme.l Lius ,',, de Qnorere put a two hundred ton eteainuool on the water nt Barcelona Hint Unde a record for Itself lu no lime. There waaaneiblbltlon run before the King and nil Ids court I there wasn't a iiit.ii In the whole trial trip. The se cret of the propelling power wus un , now n. but there wus a big tank of boil ing water anil l team on board, nnd there were two wbeela visible on the MteldO of the hull. As I Bald, she was ii success, mid the King WM greatly ph ased nnd waiit.il his trcusuror to buy the whole thing from Captain Que rare nnd build sumo governmeni steam vessels, but the tfcusurer wns away behind the times and poked ground until Que re re took the engine out of the hull and let the boat rot In the water. As for himself be died from lisappolntinenl, Inking his secret to tl"' grave with hlin. Spain had discovered America, and the effort hud been too much for her lu the progressive line, so she limply laid down on the poor captain, my child, and killed hi mi Tor u hundred years after that the steamboat business was as dull us It Is mi Western river during I drouth, and then In Hi.i7 one Solomon de ( 'oste came Into l'raneo from Normandy with nn engine that would propel tl vessel on the water or a carriage on hind, and ho showed It to the King, nnd later to Car dinal Richelieu, who held n mortgage mi I'riinee, body and soul. This engine i.f .ir Gusto's was pretty much all that was claimed for It, and was without question quite lis successful us Its suc cessors, yet the Is'st ltlehcllcu could do for do Coete was to shut him up In a inn.l-liouse for his persistence, where lu good time, I suppose, the poor follow died. VraOCO wasn't any better than Spain in the navigation business, nnd i he steamboat Interests languished for another hundred yeara, when up u the Potomac at Shepherdslown, Va., James Ramsey had a I team boat that thut highly respected citizen, George Wash ington, thought was a good thing, and advised him to push It along. Mr. lilch ran In one ubout the same time, and : poor Bamaey had inch n bard row to I. ... ... . ..... . ...... .... III..' Willi Ills inveuiiou I III. I III ...si lie gave It up III despair. Two hundred years wasted, my hid, and still no sicninlinut doing u regular passenger and freight business. The next trial iv.-is made by William Bymlngton on the Forth nnd Clyde canal in Scotland, with the tug Charlotte Dundaa, ami nobody said then thnt stonm navigation wus n new thing. Tho Dundaa towed for n while and xvas laid by because her wheels washed the banks of the canal. This was in ISO., and there was anoth er lapse until 1807, when the Fulton you mention shovel a little gtoamboat can ed the Clermont out on the Hudson Riv er und madS a trip lo Albany In her. lie had failed on tho Seine mid would have done It III America, but he hud the money behind him this time and he got there exactly as Captain Guercro would have done three hundred years abend of him if he had only had the bucking. That'a history, my child," concluded the old gentleman, "nnd whenever uny body talks to you ubout Hubert Fulton Inventing the stoumlxmt you toll him what your grandfather toils you. bo you hearf Detroit Free Preaa How Do Yon Wa'k? No two people walk exactly nllko and the student of character finds much to Interest him In the wny people walk us In nny peculiarity they mny have of feature. Quick steps denote agitation; slow steps, either long or short, suggest a gentle or contemplative turn of mind. Turnod-ln toes generally character ize the gbeeat-mlnded nnd a stoop the studious nnd deeply reflective, whoso thoughts are nnywhere rather than with themselves. Obstinacy Is Indi cated by the slow, heavy and flat-footed style of walking, while miserliness mny bo suspected from short, nervous and anxious footsteps. Sly, cunning people wnlk with a noiseless, even and stealthy trend, resembling thnt of a cut. A proud person generally takes oven steps, holds the figure upright and tho head a little buck and turns the toes well out A gny and Volatile person trips light ly and easily, In sympathy with his or her nature. Character is shown by nil sorts of oddities In gnlt, but for grace and elegance no civilian's walk will boar comparison with that of the man who has received military trululug. Chicago News. How Chinese Paper Thsttr Houses. Tho Chinese at Amoy do not paper their walls much, but they often papal ceilings, partitions, etc., so that a largo quantity of wall paper Is consumed lu that district. This paper, besides be ing used for artificial flowers, la used for clothing the human ofligles thnt are bfjrned at funerals, and this practice being general thr.im.lio.it rn,ioa .... n..VU. V. lilt,,,, , I,,' amount of It consumed Is considerable This paper Is also used for covering cardboard Isixes toNoyj, Jewels, med icines, buttons and sundries. A New KxploalYc. Utadf the name of dynatntnon a new explosive has been Introduced Into Aus tria for blasting nnd other purposes Which Is said to combine the explosive! power of dynamite with absolute safe ty during storage and transport. It l Impossible to eXplode It by means of nny ordinary mechanical impulse, such us nu accidental blow or friction. Silent. It la the custom In Bulgaria for newly niarrl.il women to remain silent for a ;'"" ntter their marriage, excepl when addross.il by their hualujnda. U 1 1 bl d- slrublo for the customary restriction to he norma n..t.tlf he presents her with a gift, and then she can chatter to her beart'a content mm Tho AtW-it ii,,, YUov mitt, hi in In tl . fruit In Himiilio- , Anil In the Mien. !.. w her,. ib iriui new mown l.ny, ""itoj for n lover, 1 From early aeedi , crops were pUeq .,,. 1 nil a. They nils hlin In Ihl Vlllion. MO I ..HI I..... "'T- M Where to day the jrriu'ni folW null .....I ll.e..iiil,.,l. e.nigj They Mnaol Just explain' It Ikon a .i.srm about hlin, ' ") The drop i,f ehe, r I u , , , common daylight woet! "' Anil now he'i g. to I'ulu v.. f. i .1... nn...... ' D' I into. He's charging wlih the othm . , nrniv bluo llo k Uls nnine Is Utile known rot (,., ,. hind Itttlon ' """uso. They all nre sure you'll hni i, ,( war la through. " And when yon talk of battlM lai prlntoil column, ' '"""Ik Ills regiment's tho r.no th,r I neighbor! think nn. I enre- 1 The more they ,1 t ,.), r'u . grows grave nn.l s ,, , a For somewhere In the thick i,f hhi.,. know their hy I. I her '' - Margaret B, Siuig-t. r. In . 'oilier', Vofc A Spanish I'rlsonrr. Illgn n er BU ut'ii.1 Hie nturrt Itar 1. 1 lug. Hut on Ills breast he gold; wears lb Our prison bars securely cl,.w tram y,' Tiuiiigli. Mlgo, rrl I, the utaajng iti n ii if. , ' Hut never once he seems tu hrar tk. lK ""l Thut greet the story of a victor; m. J And cures no whit thut art nre ill rrMSoJ When news Is brought us of a brand done. Ho sits apart nn.l slats, with imt dencc, The songs learned long ago la ooo Hpaln, We cannot chhlr him. for ". l"ro lb. rSH Our gidil cnunry from the Spanlnh SuIT' - I.n.ie B. Thuratoti, In Uvttun Kirtfa. Transcript. 'Jubilate Oeo." Jubilate Jubilate! IV ..gain trUiatot I reigns; Juhll.ite! Vole nnd mountain aemliWldi I welcome strnlns. Shout! ye echoes hoarse, with (bonder 4a ' outrugeil MttOB'l cry; Shout: till white robe. I angels initctMt Into from u high. "Make a loyf.il nolle, ye people," btol ye Ida triumphs drtad Who hat li uncle our anus I. t .rl.m, ig, with honor, crowned ..ur desd. Thou, O Lord, hi. st tried us. pru.rd a ' takta of ..ur loved the n.iwer; Yet a ho Jubilate! Thlai tbt rrrj Jubilate! Thine the power, Margaret Newetl Qoudnow. AN EXCELLENT RECORD. I .. it. Murker Has tcrved Nesrif Twenty Ycurs i n the Sea. Captain Albert S. Ilarker, trho tm detached from the COtumaai of tat cents. r 'evvnl-L I. ... I ordered hi tat( charge oi the battlo-Uilp Oregon, u- j Lag the racancy made by the tartlM of Cuptnln Chirk, was one of the .s Innl member! of the Naval BoniM In thnt capacity rendered vnluahk' sre vices In preparing Ihc navy fur the client work nccoinpllsh.sl l.yltlBtat war. Ho commanded the on'soii wl she wns attached to the Pnela4l Cuptnln Albert S. Rnrker lia art client record of nearly twenty years' sell service to his credit. :is well hard lighting In the civil Vh,. H In Massachusetts, he entered tlicXnl Academy In 1830, but wns ordi'mlj" active service on the Crlgate MlwWP when tho wnr broke out, and t fw in the capture of New OrleoMUI tight nt Tort Hudson when mm slsslppl wns lost. He command Enterprise In VW-M- 3 deep-sen soundings was run aero Atlantic nnd Indian oceans. I New Zealand to the Straits oia-j land. Cuptnln Barker i.a Pjr-j the log of the cruise. IncludlM" .. r .1... great lerostlllg nccouui " " - , , .quake at Krakatuu. Ha " , n.aml of the flagship r1,ll"?el dor Hear Admiral Uherardl. temational naval review in Roada lu iw.1. rf m During the opening weeaa present war upturn W ... . .,.,. .111.1 .IS as aid to Hocreiurj . i,.,c nt the Military War Itoju.!. fui May 8th waa aaalgned w i of the remodeled and newu slotied Newark. ... - . ,,, Eiderdown from N"rWf,''0y Tho rearing of elder din ks jgj down la a novel Industry WCglan coast Islands, win " by prlvnte Individuals. ! naturally wild. but. Mnt necessary by the kei'ix'rs. iJfVt tect them from the ravens a lose much of their sh t at teeding time In preai ' tended often by tram ore Wild ducks of many vtiti' "' dtistry Is highly prolHM. Ix5f7Toehl-c.lf,iJ(, Tho natural habit of 4 acveara to io the use of the left aide of the mouth p-j catluir the finid. I ov 11L' e .Mil ly oaf l"V, Period of observait.'.i observation .' ! out of thirteen wn ";in" rD,. )' ,-,,.., v. s. - lwth aides of his mouiu aud tnastlUng his f""'1- the'-r mind - ! alobally. but fools hare d-.di CAPT. A. S. HA11KKU. j