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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1898)
Eugene City Guard. I. L. AairBMX. Praarlator. EUUKN'K CITY OREGON gBE-------5g " Before tho f'enr run iHsnrm 0000 lie must disarm suspicion. Am to the dm of time there ll likely to lie something Uark lu a man muklng a night of lt The young man who starts out Inllfo Willi money to liuru sooner or later IlinU lil mutch. When it comes to wheat thin couutry refuse to hide Hh light under hundred of millions of bushels. "Mavann cigars are again from Hit vsna," remarks a contemporary. Very far from Havana aw a rule. There' ft resemblance la-twoen tin two, iiml tlio world may drop tho sword altogether when TtaM itrH IjIh Mytbe. Advertiser an- now iibIiib tho high ot peak of tho Alps for their pur poses. Olio way of (foiling their name up. Tin' Cubans 11 r- wry fond of linked (Mum, and from now ou Boston will agree llut tho war liud a humanizing effect. Thin latent treatment of I.I Hung Chang goes to show hi wnrdrolM- Ih about U uncertain us our own Weath er Huroau. Judging merely from hi record Count Kstcrunsy prolialily pronouneea IiIh name with strong emphasis ou the i i i two syllable. Already some llfteeli names have bean mentioned in connection with the rrcKldcnllal iiomluutlou. After awhile wo may have 1IMS). A Texas Contemporary suggests that Havana cigar may contain fever genua. Then tho anfeat oiurao la to ban tlm clgura, of course. A contemporary'a hendllno, "Denlora In Rubber .Meet," furulahea n little food for thought, oven If tho proof reuder baa done hla work well. If It'a (rue a man can now make a name for hlmaolf lu the French army lt'a odd Colonel ilu I'aty do Clam doos n't try to do aomelhliig with hla. There are prolialily no more annrch lata In Europe today than there have lieon, lint anarchlHla are like moaipil toes; when they hecomo active one la a crowd. lienornl PudOi who InalHta that the war Isn't ended, should not waato hla time lu New York, but go to Spain, where (lie people ua a rule don't us ptd l hat war hjkl even begun. The I nuton l'lgaro muat have addel an Irlehmau to its Htatr. Ha Berlin correspondent the other day telegraph el: "I regret to learn that the lOinpc ror William fell from hla horao at Wll beluiHhohe but wns not killed." The bicycle run from Police to Han Juan, over eighty mllea of macadam road, through atvon towns, ami with Qroon -.ountalnllka aeonar all the way, will doubtless ba one of the favor He amusement of winter tourlata to PortO RICO from the continent of tho l ulled Sillies. The lale (ieorg Khors, the Egyptol ogist and novel writer, waa a life long Invalid and nipple, who had to bo W heeled about III a chair whenever he moved from place to place. Yet be waa one of the must productive workera of the age. If one ho handicapped can do mi EDUCh, ordinary men should not despair of achievement. "Than Bid of course, many worthy private cltl.eiis lu Ibe 1'ultis.l Slutett," any I he Loudon guarterly Kevlew. We naturally expect pleasant words from our Kugllsh frlcmla these days, but we are hardly prepared for such a lavishly generous tribute. The esteem ed Quarterly Review should Ih careful that It doc not become fulsome In Ita compliments. A peculiar fatality sceina to bang over the Bmparof Francis Joseph, and he baa described himself aa "unlucky." The empress la the llfth peraon of hla family to die a violent death, tho tragic kUd mysterious end of I'rl nee Itudolph at Meyerllng being yet freah In the memory of (be aged sovereign when this laal and most terrible blow of nil conies to crush It 1 lit In the very your when I he dual empire waa celebrating the glories of his relgu. On the broad canvas needed In pic turing the life of Prince Itlsmarck, no Incon-plcuous place muat be given to the outline of the wadded years, near ly Ml'ty In number, wherein this man of lion showed UM BDM senslblllllcs. The death of the devoted wife shortened the day of him who seemed to deal so lightly In the question of life and death for whole klndoms. We follow blm through scenes In court and camp hi one might Hatch the course of A planet, but he conn s near lo all classes ami condition! of men In exhibiting tho a faction which makes home the chief spot on earth, To many n heart the tears the husband shed when his dear est friend and helper died will lie of more service In Interpreting the lllus trlons life now closed than all the trl nmphl of diplomacy accomplished by bis Inflexible will and overmastering domination of men. Paris, always the capital of the king dom of BOW, will strive to outdo herself at tba coming exposition of liaai. Various schemes and projects, aome visionary and some, perhaps, to is- raaltaad, have already been pcaoenV ed to give an air of wonder and on ch.inlmollt to the exposition utilver selle. Among these la one for aea Uith tug. For rial ton at the great fair to have ih. nleaawa of bathing on n real sea beach at Paris will not bo posal bic for excellent raaaona. but the in v..i,r,.r will give the beat poealhlc aub- HI liule for It If hi plan are adopted. Ills s' henie la nothing lea thnu to bol low out a great Inko OU the site of the Chauip d'Kiiualncniont nt Eongchampa lu Mm Uol de Duulogue aud then by meana of apcelally constructed Kiwer lo draw wuler from the chunnel live miles alaivu Dieppe am) drive It through pipage 190 miles to Eollg- Iniiuiis. The water will be drawn nir dally and tbua Is- kept pur- and the In ventor also claims that In' will ! aide to reproduce the tidal movcineiila and even to luab the miniature ea with is-liv Hlorma. Kor all tbla. of course, there will m aome franca to pay, but l'arla will have a novelty and tor tin Parisian are nlwaya willing to pay and eaia-clally to have others pay. Porto Rlen, the one portion of Spain' lato MaacHshiua In tho uow world which la to lo promptly ikcci ny the Pulled Htalea aa a Kirtlon of Ha territory, la naturally attracting run- i-lilerable ntleutlon ns n promising Held for enterprise. One .if Do- most inter eating and valuable articled on Fnclc Ham'a new Island la that contributed to the Century by l'pslerlck A. Ober, late eoinmlsaloner In Porto RiCO of the Columbian BXPOOftiOll. Mr. Obtf gives a ohamlBi pfotan of tin- kor ell mm of the Porto MOBfl bindseaiM' and tM benullea of Ita trojilcal climate, In which reaped ho almply ngn' with all thor obaervera, from Pon b- I n to (ien. Mll.-s anil bis nrmy. Ooo- raphlCtIl7, Porto RtCO Is very simple. A central range of cordlllera descend ing In foothills and valleys lo the coast, with numeroiia abort river flowing from the central mountain belghla lo the roiiat In all directions, mid with some excellent isrts and harlaira, m iss'lnlly In the east, aoiith nnd west. There am more than l,aa of thee abort atrearna, of which pnrtMpi 11 ft y ore of aillllcletit also to be designated rivers. Tho Island la tbua well aup pll.sl with water, though droughts In the southern portion are aoini'tlmoa oe caalonod by the pre-lpllatlon of the nofthaMl trades ngalnst the uorthern Ido of the central mountain range. Al most every valuable or aromatic tn-e or ahmh common to tropical ellmcs flourlaboa on the Islund, and these will lie a aource of great wwillh under the r'glme of Induatry and enterprise i:n which Porto Itbo la abonl to enter. The lowlanda nn extremely fertile and produce maize, yucca, augarcane, etc., abundantly Tobnn'o of a line quality can bo grown, nud coffis- treea yield annually nlaiut 17,0(10 tons. Itunniina, plantain-, ond other tropic frulta yield wonderfully, the entire range of dell ClouB fnilt being repreaented. The lal nnd la alao rich In nilnorala, though but little attention boa been given to them by tho native or the Spanish. The climate, after aecllinail.allon, la considered the moat heiilthful of the West Indlea, There la no doubt that the rush to the Klondike Is over. Tho weary argonaut Is returning to hla home. Tho river lada of , la -i,ii nre na rich na ever, but the stream of discouraged and partly successful minora coining back la greater than the counter current of atragglera who atlll ladleve that for tunes can m washed from the frozen aanda In one season. The unprece dented craze for Alaskan adventure wns brought about, of course, by the natural fascination exerted upon all men by prospect of sudden wealth. This motive bad full rein nt n time when Industrial depression bad placed thousands of strong and generally p ac tios BUB In that frame of mind which I daani Iliad as "waiting for something to turn up." The rich strikes of a few lsrn prospectors who had already Biauit years In the frozen gold Melds Itirlamed the Imaginations of the unemployed, and the vague recital of hardships was belittled, If Indeed It did not mid lo the allurement for men proud of their strength and ashamed of their Idleness. There Is no doubt that few of these eager adventurers expected to spend more than one season In Alaska, be lieving, aa many still believe, that once found, n paying claim can be worked continually until wealth I assured. The climate w as supposed to he exoossh cly cold In winter and pleasant In summer, It only menace being the rigors of the closed Itatftn Transportation and trad lug companies Hooded the United State with roseate prospectuses aud thousands (sorrowed money, mortgaged their homes or started badly equipped for the alluring chance to make for tunes which had at last "turned up." A lucceeaful miner recently returned from the headwaters of the Yukon partly accounts for his own success by asserting that he was there before the boom begun, nnd la going back "be enuse he llkea It." He belongs to that rare cult which la still represented In the mining regions of the Rocky and Slerm Nevada Mountains hy prospect ors who arc natural recluses nnd con tinue their lonely combats with the hostile elements because they "like It." The Klondike Is the supreme test even for such adepts, and they nre a unit lu the botlof that success In the Alaska placer mines must bo the result of year of patient drudgery, nnd limy never bo achieved. It has beta the ex perience of all that pay dirt extracted In an Alaska winter by Incessant nnd tedious processes cannot 1h washed or panned until the succeeding summer. Nor Is the Open season much more fa vorable for the work of hauling nnd building Hum the Winter, The mud Is as Impnssable ns the snow drift; mid day In KUUner Is often too hot for either work or sleep and travel la more hazardous than ever. In the depth of winter the thermometer lingers about M degree below zero. In the Inter mediate season. Just before the thaw, the mercury ha shown 10 degree lie low zero enrly In the morning nnd tumped up to SO above by midday, a ohanga of temperature which in time will destroy the most Hwerful consti tution. Scarcity of food, extreme of heat and cold, utter Isolation and. above all, the endless tedium of the prOOOao which tuny or tuny not bring wealth at last, nre the sharp realities which con front the ardent pilgrim who ha dreamed of sudden wealth In the Klon dike, nnd send htm back with fnlth In "the States" renewed nnd brightened by contrast. The gold Is In the Klon dike atlll nud It will la mined by the hermit who found It, while the boom era who followed them will return to the widening avenues of Industry In their own country, whore the chancer of auecva am fully aa good. The man who Invented ndvlcv never Intended that any one should take It. Thla waa not In the apeoltloatlona. WUoao duty Is It .it your bouse to put dow u the wladowa wbou It ralna) AWAY. I ciaoot any, and I will not aaf That he la dead -he 1 Juat awayl With a cheery amlle, and a warn of the hand, lie has wandered Into an unknown land, And left u- dreaming how very fair II need must be, alnce be lingers there. And you O you, who the wildest yearn fOf tM old-time step and the glad return Think of him faring on, aa dear In the love of There as the love of Herci And loyal still, as he gave the blows Of his warrior-strength to his country's foea Mild and gentle, ns he was brave When the sweett-at love of his life he gavo To simple thlnga:-Wherc the violets grew BttM n the eyes they were likened to, The touches of his hands bovo strayed As reverently aa his llpa have prayed: When the llllbt brown thrush that harshly nhnwd Was dear to him aa the mocking bird; Ami he pitied na much aa a man In pain A writhing honey-boo WOt with rnln- Thlnk of him still na the same, I soy; He U not dead he la Just away! - Tamaa Whlteomb luiey. A SAILOR'S REVENGE. AHTRANUK man waa Tom Dftl ton, first mate of the whaler Ironbow a strong man among tho atrong ones. In person ho waa alz foot In height and well proportioned, and for muaculnr power ho beat any thing I ever saw In my life. Yet, some how, In looking at hla face, ono could n't get over the Idoft thnt bo hail auf fensl great aorrow, or bod aome w rong to avelige. Ho Boomed to bo always looking for some one, and wo never had ft new mate and he never mot a stranger, but he'd give one single, penetrating look nud then drop hla cyea, na If it wasn't the tuau ho waa looking for. I told him one day bow he seemed to affect UM, and ho gave mo ono of hla at range looks. "Ye, Jack, my boy," he said, "I'm looking for n man, nnd I'll find blm yet, please Ood! You may be thankful for one thing, my lad." "And what la that?" I iald. "That you are not the one I'm look ing for," ho answered, with a look I didn't understand then, but learned tho meaning later. "See here. Jack, I must trust sonie one, or this thing will drive me mad. I want to find ft man with the little finger gone from the right hand ft sailor man, with throe Btars In India Ink In the pnlm of hla right hand, and the loiter fl below them. Find me that mail nnd you'll do an old mate a kindness; that's nil I've got to say." I was a carpenter on the Ironbow, and wo had a captain who was a ter ror. Oh, he was a tough old aalt! with n face the color of mahogany, and ft voice like the roar of the wind In a gale. A stove boat mnde him hnppy, If he only got tho whale-thtit'a all ho naked. Hut we filled enrly In the season and run Into port to get rid of our enrgo, relit B III tie and get some fresh pro visions. While wo lay there a man name b the captain and wanted to ahlp iis bnrpoOBor, He was a fine, tnll fellow, Just tho kind of n man a skip per would hanker after, and he proved to the captain's i-ntlsfactlon that ho was a good harpooner, too. He sailed under the name of Otis Williams and was every Inch a sailor, with a handsome face, black curling Imlr nnd n devil niny care look In hi. eyes. Although lie wns tin 11 fellow well met with tho crew, I didn't like the look of the man, nnd mnde up my mind thnt I didn't want him for n chum. If I'd known what be was It s.'oins to mo now that I'd have drop pod blm over the rail some dark night Is'fore wo were fairly out of iwrt. The captain shipped him when Tom Dal ton was awny on nnother Island looking after a Kanaka or two that used to sail with him, and ao It hap petted that they didn't meet until tho night before we sailed, and, ns ho nl ways did, Tom looked nt the new man bard for n iiiniient und thou turned nwny. When tho new- mnn heard the nnmo of the mate I thought he gave ft little start and turned n trifle pale, though Why he did that I didn't understand. We were well out to sen nud howling along before n ten knot breeze when Tom came to me na I stood by the rail. "Where does Otis William hull from, Jack?' he asked. "Martha's Vineyard, he anya. I won't answer for It that ho tolls tho truth," I replied. "Ho you like html1 "No. He'a got the devil In him some where, nnd It'a bound to come out. He's as queer a stick ft ever I saw In ny life, and I dou't want to chum With him." There was one thing about Hits that was rather queer, and I asked him one day why he wore the Anger of nn old glove ou hi right hand. Ho said he had I bad Join there and be had to wear it cover to keep the salt water out. I didn't mind thnt so much; but one day I wns working on n boat nnd ho w as helping me nnd holding the spike nnd somehow I managed to hit blm Ba the tluger covered by the glove, and he didn't even flinch, and then I wns sure of one thing and that was flint he had no ringer Inside the glove. 1 didn't say anything, but somehow It struck me as queer thnt this man should have a linger missing and Tom had asked me to look for such a man. I didn't think any more of It until one night In the forecastle, when we reM nil pretty full of grog, the young men got to bragging nbout themselves and the girl, and Out Wllllnms looked up and laughed. "Yon might brag If you had the luck I've bad," he said. "There' only one thing on my conscience after all, nnd that's abend a pretty maid nhuda love to In Nantucket year ago, and then left without a word. Poor little thing! 1 wonder what came lo her?" "Maybe I can toll you," said a quiet vol,-,-, -that is. If her name was Mary Blake." We all looked up and aaw that Tom DultOO had come Into the forecastle. "That's her name," replied On, nod ding hla head with drunken gravity, while he raised hi right haud to bis mouth, showing the palm plainly. There, in plain view, were the three aura aud the b iter O. "I reckon yoo'i I led a wild life, Oua, said tho male, seating himself on a lin ker. "Seem to me I heard aome tblngof that yarn myself. Hldn t yon promlao to mnrry her and do your best to make her let ber heart on you. and then leave her a letter to any you wore never coming bnck'r" "Why. ye. Ferhn I ought not to hove done It; but It woa Jolly fun to make luvo to berl Marry ber) ' wouldn't do that; for I had ft wife In Bedford. Hut I didn't tell her that oh, no, noP' And then he broke Into n careless aong, such n one a a sailor loves, and the male got up and went out, with such a look ns 1 never saw on a man a fin! Is-fore, nnd never want to gala, Ho didn't say anything to dm, and I noticed he Deter looked at Ou Williams again I knew evil would eomo of It, and I didn't know how I could stop It, but If (lu William lmd known the danger he'd drawn on btmaelt, I think he'd hnvo Jumped overboard. Thing wont on all right, until ono September day, when we were lying off the Alnaknn mast, the captain sent three boat naln-re for some Umbel M Wanted, and I w. nt In Tom' boat On William, who was barpootier lu the second mute's boat, went, too. I anw Tom onie up and spenk to William after they landed) und they wont nwny together, nnd something put It Into my head to follow them. There hnd been n light snow, nnd It wn enay tracking them; nud after I bad gone n mile I Intird their voices In a little gully, nnd crept up cloe. "You told a queer story the other night when you were drunk, Williams." the mate waa saying, "about a girl named Mary Wake, In Nanl ticket. Was It truer "Why. yea, n far ns this: I made her think I was a single man, and mnde her lovo me, nnd then ran nwny from her." "Didn't yon know or didn't you hear, that she hnd a lover-a man thnt would have died for ber If she asked him?" "It seems to mo, now I come to think of It, thnt I did hear aomethlng about a tar that bad a fancy for her. But what did I care for that? I wanted my fun." "Hid you never hear what came of It, then?" "No. I never Withered myself about M much. I've wondered sometimes If the tarry Jacket caiuo homo and mar ried her." "I'll toll you the end," hissed Tom. "When she got your cruel letter she drooped nnd faded, and when the man who loved her truly came home from a cruise she wns very near the grate. Then, one dny, when the burden of her life grew b ranch for ber to bear, she told him of your deceit, nnd d acrllied you, and then died, with her head upon Ills honm. Then he took a vow that If you nud ho ever met he'd kill you." "I'm glad we never mot!" cried Will In ma. "I'm the mnn thnt loved ber nnd took thnt vow," continued Tom, "nnd now I nienn to keep my word. Down upon your knees nnd prny for you have not five minute to live." Then I saw n spoctncle such ns I hopo never to see again, ns Tom slowly drew n revolver nnd waited. The baipoonaf fell on hla kneea, weeping and bogging for hi life, but that stern face DOtM Changed. The self appointed Judge and executioner did not know the name of mercy. The wretcn crawled upon the ground nnd burled hi face In the now nt Tom's feet, and I couldn't stand It, nnd Itoppod out In view. "Don't come nearer, .Inck Ratlin," cried Tom, "or ns there la n Ood above, I'll give you shot. Tills man Is doomed nnd he shnll die." 'Tom," I sntd "before you fire, think n moment. You say you loved Mary Blake r "You'll never know how much, Jack words cannot tell." "Then listen to mo. They any the good and pure, looking down from their bright homos above, arc witnesses ol the nctlona of those they loved on earth. If your dead lovo beholdl yon now, do you think It would make her happy to see you stain your hands with the blood of this base wretch? Can you hopo to Join her up yonder?" He stared nt me n moment and then, raising his hand to heaven, he cried; "Mary, I do what you would hnve done. See! I forgive your murderer, ftnd leave his punishment to Ood. Oo buck, Williams; from this moment i-ou are safe from my Vengeance." The DAM llunk awny, shaking like n lenf, and deserted at the tlrst port we entered. And Tom Dnlton, with n new light on hl9 face, the hope of meeting her be loved In n better world than this, ' did bis duty manfully until hi death, three year after, In a battle with a 1 giant whale. He hits entered Into hlj his rest. Whether Otis Wllllnms Uvea 01 died) I do not know, but his two ' victims are safe In port. Spare Mo ments. Coal Stutlstlca. The coal area of the principal coun trio of the world la enormous. Japan and Cblua have over 200.IMX) square nilte of coal field. The United State! has nearly as much. India, 3..,00C aqunrc miles; Huaslft, 27.000 gquart mllea; Groat Britain. O.OoO squnr mile; Germany, 3,000 square miles with France, Belgium. Spain nnd oth er countries about 4,000 square mile It I estimated thnt the coal dlstrlcti of 0.VO of the largest Kuropean natlotu would yield something more than thret and one half billion tons of coal. Grum blers who sometime worry bst by th prodigal waste of coal the supply should Ih- exhausted may tie roasured by tho statement that there I coal enough In the world to laat over a thousand years, at which time they probably will have a little In tercet In mundane affairs. Pennsylvania has the credit of mining fifty million tons of coal during the year ISU3. This Is tho largest production given In tho DttHad State Reports of any coal-producing state. North Carolina furnishes 2.V00 tons, which la the smallest amount reported for nny state. Hurlng the year ls'.Ci the value of the coal pro duction was nearly 10S millions of dol lar for bituminous coal, and anthra cite about TS millions. Whenever we see an old women with whisker, we wonder If they grew after marriage or before. An eccentric hli eccentric. man Is oue who la oO A KENTUCKY 8CHOLAR. II Hud an Opinion Aliout What HI. Teacher Would His name wasn't Col. llourbon. but let him la- culled that for the sake of till Kentucky chronicle, anya the Wuablug ton Star. That he waa a little bit of a chai could not lie gnluaald by auy one win. looked at him; neither could It be de nled that he wns Interested In educu Hon and waa a achool trustee, or visi tor, or whatever It la a prominent ettV ieu become when bo I Interested lu tho public watmetlon of hi couuty. Not long ago he visited a school In tho country laught by a atrnpplng six-footer, and ho wns nsk.nl by the toucher to ike a sj ch-au Invitation tho colonel never refuse-and the aume may be said of another, uot to tie men tioned here. A leudlng (nature af the colonel'a nd dre was tuuiuul confidence between scholar nnd teacher, uud he aouijit to make It pluln by example. "Now, children," said the colonel In the course of Ids lucid exegesis, point ing through tho window toward the railroad, which passed quite near the little log Rchoolhouse, "w hat Is that wo gee out there crossing the creek on a bridge?" "A railroad," answered all the school, with vociferous unanimity, "Ah! And DOW do you know It la n railroad?" "Because we can see It." ' "Very good," smiled tho colonel. "Now, what railroad la It?" "The L, & -V "How do you know It Is? You enn t aec 'I & N.' written on It anywhere, can you?" "No, Blr; the tenehor told us." There was great unanimity on thla point, much to the colonel's delight, but he wasn't through yet. "You believe what the teacher tolls you, do you?" ho naked. "Yes, air," yelled tho school. "Now"-nnd the colonel been mo very abstruse lu hla tones-"yOU dou't know mo a well as you know your teacher, and what would you think If 1 were to tell you be wns lying to you?" This wns a poser, nnd the children stnggored at It for n minute or two. Flunlly a tow headed youngster, with A scratch on hi snub nose and ono of hll front tooth goue. held up his baud. 'Well, my boy?" aud the colonel Untied encouragingly. The boy looked critically at the llltlo colonel lined up alongside of the six foot school teacher, nnd then run hla eye up the teacher from foot to head. "I'd thluk," he said lu the most matter-of-fact tone, "that he'd wallop the Waddln' outen yer In nbout two shake uv n sheep's tall." I'eta of a Learn-d Man. Sir Henry Rawllnson. the great au thority on Persian Inscriptions, wrote bis Memoir In a summer house over hanging the Tigris, where the outsldo boat of one hundred and twenty de grees was reduced to ninety degree! by the action of u water wheel which si ir ed a oontlnuoua stream of water over the roof. For recri atlou while w. Itlng his ls ik. Rawllnson Indulged In pet ting wild an imals. He had n tame leopard named Fahad which he brought to Bngland and prescnttsl lo the Zoological Onr dOM at Clifton, near Bristol Win n ever Rawllnson was In Kngland he would visit Fahad. As sisin as tho beast heard hi cry. "Fahad I Fahad!" It would rise from the tloor of Its cage, approach the bars, and then, rolling on tho floor, extend Its head to lie scratch ed. Once the keeper, who did not know Sir Henry, on seeing him palling tho leopnrd, exclaimed: "Take your hand out of the cage! Tho animal's very ravage, aud will blto your' "Io you thluk so?" snld Sir Henry. "I don't think he'll bite mo. Will you, Fahad T" and the beast answered by a purr, and would hardly let the baud ba withdrawn. He also had nt Bagdad a pet I on, which had been found when n kitten on the bank of the Tigris Its mother hav ing been ibOt and brought to Sir Hen ry. He nlone (ed It, nnd the lion when grown would follow him about like n dog. One hot dny the Hon moped and rejected Its food. It paced nbout tho muter! room, and he, being very busy, called two servants to take tho Hon nwny. The Hon would not go with them, but drew nenr Its master, nnd nt Inst sat down under hla chair with Its head be tween hla knees. "Oh," snld he, "If he won't go lot him bide." Tho servants went out, nnd Sir Hen ry wrote on. The lion snnk from ft sit ting position into thnt of n "Hon coo chant." All wns quiet (or several hours save the scratching o( a pon. When his work was over the master put down his hand to pat the pet Tho Hon was dead. Tho Veidtot, The Allnnta Constitution tells of n curious verdict rendered by a Qeorgtu Jury In a case where the guilt of the prisoner was clearly established. It was not thought the Jury would be ten minutes In recommending blm for tho penitentiary! but throe hours elapsed before the twelve men filed Into court ngnln, when a verdict of "Not guilty" wns read, to tho nstonlsbuutit of all. "How could you bring In such n ver dict after the evidence?" asked tho Judge. "Well, Jedgo," replied the foreman, "he's a man of largo family, nnd lost one leg aud two sons In the wur." Comfort on Hcaand Land. A German has Invented an apparatus to "Increase the comfort" of persons lu railway carriage! and ou hoard shlis, consisting of a back rest sup ported by a strap, with loopa for the arma nnd a net for the head, tba whole being impended from the celling hy springs. vuoans i ,o .11 any Gestures A private who was with the regulars at Santiago says of the language of the Islanders: "You should watch the n v I uvea tat, ror you can learn to under i tnnd th-lr gesture castor than to j speak their luuguago. They have a gesture for aea1 mi ., .,.i ,.. . V.. prac tice you can read them like a book." If a man want to think a thing, don't e"p. mm eviueuce to the contrary I prejudice la itronger than evidence. OUR BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO INQS HERE AND THERE. yoke and Jokclcta that Aro to iiuve Been Beennwf .,,.1 Dotage that A re Odd. Curloti. aud Lautthublo-Tbe Wcck'a Humor. Ilia eieepy Hearer. Mrs lleiiham-1 couldn't hour whnt tl mister said thla morning thnt made all of the people smllo. Whnt wns It? . Hcnhnm Instead of giving out hla t,M be -aid, "The usual nap will now lie taken." The OovernliiB Factor. He-You say the widow's grief wa terrible, nnd yet you think It won't lie long until ho marries again. 8ho-lt euu't W- loug. Sho looked so lovely. Just tho emu". "Don't you wunt to grow up to bo a mnn?" "What's tho oso? All tho other bOyi will be growed up, too, and It'll bo Just as hard to lick 'em ns 'tis now." PenH.l OlrU "Yes," said the soldier, "when we parted she gave nie ft token of her re gard. I put it In my pocket, and It wa the means of saving my Hfo." "I boo," was the response. "It'a tho old story. You carried her photograph next your heart and It caused tho bullet to deflect." "No. It wnsn't nny photograph. It wus a liottlo of malaria medicine." lluttun for Wenrjr Wuuulca. Hpnnlah Flaa. supisiso," remarked Farmer Oorn- tossel, "thnt when Christopher Colum bus lauded In this hemisphere, one of the first things he did was to plant the Spanish flag." "I should say that !ud seem tho reg' lar thing to do." "Well," sistikln' perfesslonnlly, I Should say that he managed to raise one of the pisirost crops ever known." Wuuhlngtou Star. Illusions. "My Illusions," said she, "aro nil gone." "Why," he naked, with thai brutality only manifested by a man who bns pronilaed to love nnd cherish, "don't you go to tho drugHtore nnd get aome more ?"- I ml lanapotla Journal. Thankful for That, First Clubman As you know, old fellow, there aro no marriages In heaven. s icond Clubman Then we won't miss our club so much after all, will we? New York P.vcnlng Journal. Fate. "The die Is cast," ho hissed. No wonder ho wae sore. Ho hnd or dered It drop forged." Cincinnati En quirer. A Reviaed. Teacher Tommy, Into how tunny classes Is the human rnco divided?" Tommy Five. Teacher Whnt nre they? Tommy Enlightened, civilized, n.-ilf-Clvlllaed, savage and Spnulnrds. Chi cago News. The Pence of His Country. Lady So you received that wound in defense o( your country T Hero le a dime for you. Tramp- Tanks, lady. Do fence I got hurled lu wuz n barb-wire oue Jest bo low here. Anxious to I'lrnar. Mick ("Hoots" at tho Hnllyragg Ho- ' ' ""iiyragg Ho tel, knocking nt visitor's door at 4 a. m.) Fwhnt tolme wild ve wish tn u. ii .i "r v,,u en mis uiorrnun press. sorr?-Mnll nnd Ex- Kxpl lined. Friend To be frank with vou, I can't see how Mrs. Hardcash happened to consent to your mnrrlnge with her daughter. Mr. Sllinpurse-She snld I was the only young mnn who showed any con sideration for a mother's feelings You sec. when the other fellows took her daughter out riding they aoldoni got h-r back until after dark, but w hen I took bar I always brought her home prompt ly In nn hour. Friend Humph: How was that? Mr. Sllmpurs.-TI.e other fallows hnd their own rigs. I hired mlne,-Now 1 ork V i ekly. MWalnnarr Work "We aro going to have a harder Job than conquering Cuba." "What that?" "ClvlUxIng lt."-Detrolt Free F a. Now York Telegram. ..ii Th,Ballo, , " d thai , whoaeema lu ge ,,!. J " " lH W school." ",u,"ni,; i ne leiu iiers nr,,. ....i , i.i .,.... .. . I'o'mii ,. Mrs. Wallace Whsi ,u cut lit all those cables f, 4.i Mr. Wallace- I .,itt y,, ... A a soon . n , , 7 u ""'l-r.., . . . """e thai i . isiaiu nrv cut it ,-,, iST nKiiuiai nie i ,,,., K on to Florida. Clnei .." fj"e I i . , ., UUI . -iat io r.h...., . 'i in ii no. Old Mr. Hnnkypank-Wky ! tho same tramp . gave one of ml tor' cooking-school pi,. tolm ' Lionel Montnioreiii v - v..'- . Iird bless yon! It didn't hnrtaajS an Imioiiii.i v.,... v...i. ' .... iurn Vrr II.M "nnnemW-r, my dear." mMUimu Ing pastor, "that even the lialrmr,! bend are numbered." "Nunklo Will's are," replied tb Us. ono. "I tnn tount 'em "-""frfrS North Ainerlcnii The Worm's Chance. Mrs Cimeeli Tl... - . . i "TurntMla. that blessings often eoino to mi. a. guise. Mr. Hnpeck (with a sudden ibov I spirit) Say. Mnrla, when anna J I.. ... . . ,. M , . I . . ma i" uuuiusu i Cleveland unitt. The Pecrct Out. "Now, what," naked the Intrrrlna; "led you to come out of Santiago h bor?" "We were drawn out," said thefton. lanl, "by the smell of roast beff oath Itrooklyn. Philadelphia North Ao lean. Worth Trying. Pick Dashlngton-I wish I km something nlsiut law. Hi! Friend Want to break i wui Hick Daablngton Not that; but would like to know If I could im n Injunction preventing old Botuktp i .. . . i .. .. ...I... liuui luiei 1,-1 ltl null UIJ aufQIlua to his daughter. Fuck. l .on u nnd Short of It 'The war didn't Inst long." "How could It when 8wlo vs short?" Philadelphia North Atwo He Wns Convinced. Mrs. nayrleks It sny hero In I paper, Kilns, that this war his mi to bring the people of our counlr; rl er together. I)o you thluk there'll truth In It?" Mr. Hayricks-Yes. When 1 loot Into tho parlor last nlghi, I.teutoa Striplings nnd our Annie waitettla'i good deal closer together than 1 hw ever seen 'em la-fore he went awij.- Chlcngo News. A Pecnllar Proposal. Ul.l nm nil nlone III HlO ' have neither father nor mother! He-No mother? Oh, will y I mine? lleltere Welt. A Warlike Ulrd. Mr. Schenley Fark-1 wish Aud"! were alive now." Mrs. Schenley Park-Why? Mr. Schenely Park-He could and doscrilie the military round lW Tlttsburg Telegraph. As a Bracer. Mnud-Poor Hanklneonl Vmm llnghorn threw him over the other but he mnkos a brave attempt to his head up. Irene-Is thnt why he'n woarmj four-Inch colIarl-Chlcngo N',ffl Hi Motive. m Wntts-I don't believe you overm an amateur performance. Potts-Of course 1 don t. ' . , . . .. ...f.e-m:l let's me enjoy professional more. Indianapolis Journal. - - ,.v so n Bowline; Bound the World Probably many readers i prised to lenrn that n cricket bain the band of ft fast bowlpt equal to that of an express train . ftoma time ngo n test M nm mean of electric screens of tne bowling of Turner, the f'inloUS Han bowler. It was found. ' of a series of trials, that the W versed the dletance between tat ots at the rate of over fifty mlW hour. As Richardson ls n'""toe bowler than Turner. It I" ? , B mate his highest speed at mar "Tf It wore possible, thereibwjjj a line of bowler, placed at " &1, tl tennis, andench one dei: ' when his pre.l ssors W'i him, the distance botw,- y Leeds could be covered B with ense, nnd the circuit o i at the eiiuntor In less than to days. - Victoria's De en I aa There are four severe I '"'j heirs apparent among the Iking deaieuJanta of 0,ueo i