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