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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1898)
Eugene City Guard. I. L. VMriiELl, rr.prl.tor. EUGENE OITY OREGON In French military circle atiloldo sometime In not voluntary but eompul lory. Tho monthly niugnzliic are now full of military stores, anil the fighting will begin at once. Wouldn't It be a goMl IdM to send n mlilliT or two to flnnm to garrison the lilaud and suppress Insurrections? The Atneiienn Volunteers have de cided to drop the bass drum. Here In a reform movement which can't bu bout. With 7,000,000 pack of playing cards mauufnetured every year It seems cu rious that "four of a kind" aro so hard to get. Rome say from the number of li censes iNsued marriages at falling off. Others assert that marriages aro really doubling. In Franco the aword of Harnocles OS yinliollc of perilous tiff IllllltanOOl might gave way temporarily to the aword of Dreyfus. With thirty or forty wlvea to look after, one chii readily eiouse thp Ohl nee emperor If he so far forgot him self aa to commit suicide. It Is said that the Indians are greatly puzzled WW the Krng Jorgonaen bul let. Hut they aro a kluil of puzzle that lio man cares to get through bis head. Iludyard Kipling In his much discuss- -l m anys that "Adam -sad hxiks like m bear." There can be no harm In peaking of this as "Adam zad spectacle." A Western woman was made to poy damages to the extent of I2I for say lug that ber neighbor!' beauty was ar ttflcJal Hut It probably was worth that to her. An Enatern exchange complains that actors and actresses nowadays do not talk loudly enough. Their talk In New York may not Im loud enough, but It certumly Is too broad at rimes. The Boston Herald says: "When a man has reached the uge of discretion lie should Im permitted to marry whom soever he pleases." Oood; It would be too bud to miirry him off to somebody whom he doesn't please. An Enstorn millionaire has Just paid $100,000 for n batch of letters which he recently wrote to a girl who was thoughtful enough to preserve them for use In court. And yet they say literary work In this country doesn't pay. There are no longer reconcontftdot In Cuba. The Infamous order of Wey yer has done Its perfect work. Tho r incut rndos are all dead. Spanish warfare wns only able to Inflict death on nnn-conihntants. What an Indict ment against Spain: "The Daughter of the Confederacy" and of It lute President was the ot Ject of a sentimental attachment, which, had It chanced to fall upon weak or n designing woman, might easily have been perverted Into a na tional menace. Happily Miss Davis was a strong, unselfish woman and a true Amerh-nn, and the North can sor row with the South over the death of one who loved and honored her coun try. B3a When war was declared against Spain, a young girl Just emerging Into womanhood, Natulle Sehonok, of Haby lon, Long Islnnd, conceived the Men of raising money, for tho relief of our soldiers who might become sick or wounded, by means of a chain of let ters, each asking for a contribution of ten cents. 8ho accordingly wrote let ters to four friends, numbering each one, and asking that each recipient should also write four similar letters. also numbered, und In turn requesting each recipient to send out four more. The scheme worked admirably. Miss Rchcnck, In blissful Ignorance of the mathematical progression Involved In her plan, soon begun to receive a heavy mall dally. The number of letters In pressed rapidly, and before many weeks she wns recti Ting more than 12.000 a day. Inolosuro In postage tamps, pennies, nickels, dimes, quar ters, half-dollars, bills and checks rnnglug from one cent to $, 000, and when the ninety-eighth series begHii (Mining In the moUUt aggregated over (20,000. It wns estimated that If the chain was kept up till the one hun dredth serlt of letters was received In full, ttM total numlier of letters would have exceeded tho totnl population of the world. The IH'purtmont of the Interior has Issued a valuable and exhaustive iv sirt on the production of coal In 181)7. It cnntalus a muss of Information, well calculated to give Americans some new Ideas of the Importance of their own country. It Is A well-accepted saying that the consumption of coal In dicates a nntlon's rank and power. If It Is absolutely true, America and En gland lend the world to day, for these two mine two-thirds of the amount produced by the entire world. Last year this country, for the first time In Its life, mined more than 200.000,000 tons. England leads, but the margin Is narrow, as ber output was but 'Jit, 000,000 tons In excess of that of the Vultod States. Tho Importance of this Industry Is more clearly understood when It is known thnt thirty two States and Territories are miners of coal. Pennsylvania leads, of course, as her anthracite bodsj are calbnl upon to warm a deuse population of millions within a radius of a few hundred miles, with New York for a center. Hut. at together, bituminous or soft coal la produced In larger quantities. The growth In mining has been along this line. In fact, the production of an thracite mnst be close to the maximum, though there Is no Immediate danger of the ex bans! I on of the supply for uinuy year. It Is a source of pride to know that this country Is so near the top at coal producer. It la conelu air evidence that our manufacturing Industrie are taking gigantic strides, for In fh's direction goes most of the coal mined. And as we are producing cheaper coal than any other miMon, we in unl soon he the leading manufactur ing nation, as we are now the leader In agricultural products. Thnt little scrap with the Indians of Lake Leech In Minnesota started some of the old heads to talking about In digs wars, und the I invernnienl's HtUcy of aduiiiilsterlug Indian affairs. Willi In the last seventy years there have been some twenty wars with Indian tribes, to say nothing alsiut the Innu merable disturbances like this M In lie sota affair. These twenty wars, or most of them, have not boon Insignifi cant; they are not bold In public rocol lection simply becaUBO Ihey were more ly Incident to tbo spread of civilization nml In no particular sense history milk ing; And yet they have cost tho Uni ted States $110,7.."i,7."!, according to re cently published figures, to say nothing of tho loss of life and property. It i estlmaled thnt for every Indian killed In theso wnrs tho lives of fifteen Amerl enn soldiers have been sacrificed. Sometimes people are Inclined to sneer at England and some other European countries for fighting so much with aborigines, but It Is evident that wc have done quite a little In that line our selves. An English magazine writer not long since showed to his own satis faction that America has sient more than Oreat Hrltsln In wnr with abo riginal racoH during the Inst two gener ations. It would not be surprising If this were so. A frontier war dOM not command the attention that an SSPO dltlon to another country does, and la sooner forgotten. Dr. Frederick Humphreys, of New York, who tins spent several winters at Thomssvllle, (in., has published an In teresting pamphlet on "The Future of tho Colored People of tho United States," based upon facts gathered In Thomas County. Ho finds by compar ing the returns of white and colored taxpayers that the colored man Is rap Idly acquiring property, thereby assur ing good citizenship, according to the maxim that "he that lives with his fnm lly In his own house has given host ages to society for his good behavior." The nqiorts of tho public schools of the county give grntlfylng evidence of the educational progress of tho rnce, the attendance of oolored children being one-fourth Inrgor than the whiles. The writer refers to the decennial statistics of the United Stntes census to correct tho Impression erroneously formed from the mortality statistics of the Inrge cities. The Intter show that the death rate amcng the colored popula tion Is about double that of the whites, but the former show that the percent age of Increase from 1HO0 to 1800 was nlmost as great among the colored as among the white population. He nlso shows that fifteen sixteenths of the colored population of the United Stntes Is In the Southern Stntes, and that they are not likely to sis'k n less congenial clime, whore they would lie liable to physical Ills. Admitting that the ex hibit of Thomnsvlllo Is nbove the aver age, Dr. Humphreys concludes never theless that the present stntus and out look of the colored people of the United Stntes Is encouraging and that there Is no good cause for keeping alive the undent four that they would prove a menace to the white race. It Is Idle to discuss schemes for the deportation of our colored people which harassed mir statesmen In the early days has boon solved, and by tho colored people them solves. THE WtSTERN FARMER. It l a Great Rare that Is Peopling the Plain and Prslrici. Dr. Albert Shnw contributes a fully Illustrated article on "The Trans Mls slsslpplans und Their Fair at Omaha" to the I'-eutury. Dr. Shaw says: When one boars testimony to tho fineness and beauty of ull this array of machinery a beauty that lies In tho ever-lncrcaslug perfection of its fitness for the eondl' lions that have to be met -one Is really paying a tribute to the bruins, energy and character of the Wesiorn fanner. I have boon on the Hungarian plains and witnessed the costly attempts of a progressive tlovernmont to teach the landowners and peasants tho use of liu provod farm machinery Imported from America or else adapted from American typos. And I have also observed what Is confessed by the (lovorntnont and noted by all who visit those regions the persistent fact of scores of men, women und children In the cornfields with old fashioned hoes, while long rows of whlto-tiiulcUed men, In the hay field i or tho ripe grain, aro swinging sickles ami short scythes. And a little later In the season It Is common enough to see the oxen treading out the grain, or to hour tho thud of the descending fltttl. Meanwhile, the new fashioned corn plows are rusting; the rejected mowing and reaping machines rot In their neglected corners; and the thresh ing machine Is viewed askance as an Ill-omened monstrosity. It is all simply a difference in men, It Is a great race that has peopled our prairies and plains, and that Is pro- I duclug corn, wheat and oats by the j thousands of millions of bushels where Only a few years ago there was the ancient matted tod Of the prairies, nil ' broken for centuries. The men who drive the gang plow, ride the sulky cul- ' tlvator, manipulate the twine binder, and MOd millions of burned cattle, hen and sheep to the packing estab lishments of Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago, are to bo credited with a series of achievements worthy not merely of respect, but oven of enthusiasm. I can not for a moment doubt the ability of , sucl men to roar a line and varied fab rles of civilization upon so great a ma- 1 torlal foundation. THE BOYLESS TOirVN. K cross old woman of long ago Declared that she hated noise; The town would be so pleasant, yon know, If only tlioro were no hoys." She molded and fretted about It till Her eyes grew heavy as lead, and then of a midden tho Iowa grew still, For all the boys had Bed, And all through the long and dusty street There n't a boy In view; The baseball lot, where they used to meet, Was a sight to make one blue. The grass was growing on every base And the paths that the runners made, for there wasn't a soul In all the place Who knew how the gamo wns played. The dogs were sleeping the livelong day; Why should they bark or leap? There wnnn't a whistle or call to play, And so they could only sleep. The pony neighed from his lonely stall. An I longed fur saddle and rein: And even tho birds on the garden wall Chirped only a dull refrain. The cherries rotted and went to wnste; There was no one to climb tho trees Aiel nobody hnd a single taste, tte only the birds und bees. Du re wasn't a mesicnger boy not one, To speed ns such messenger can; If people minted their errands don They sent for a messenger man. There was little, I weon, of frolic and noise; There was less of cheer nnd mirth; The sad old town, since It lacked Its boy, Was the dreariest place on earth. The poor old woman begun to weep, Then awoke with a sudden scream; "Dour me!" sho cried, "I hsve been asleep; And oh! what a dreadful dream!" -New Haven Itegister. RACE FOR A UK IDE. Ill Strange Itcicmblaiice, A cortalu fanner, who Is by no means noted for his rveemhlunco to Apollo, bus a son of seven, w ho possesses more 1 wit than pedigree. One day a stranger came to the funn, and, swing the lad, ' a - I.e. 1 : "Sonny, where' your father'.-" "In the pig pen," was the reply. "In the pig nt Thanksf" And as the man moved In the direc tion indicated, the hoy shouted: "I say ' You'll know him, 'cause he's got a hat on!"-Tlt Bits. After a man Is left a widower, yon ran hear aa many things about him as about Cuba. DUKE CARLTON paced restless ly back and forth on tho pint form at the station of D . He wns a man 20 years of ago, iqion whom Nature bad certainly lavished an undue amount of good looks, but whose face wns marred at present by n look of COD tempt for everything upon which his glance might chance to fall. And It was scarcely to be wondered nt, for In Just nine hours, ns time wns told by the large, slowly licking clock In the waiting room nt the depot, Duke Carl ton wns to be married. And hero ho was forty miles from his destination, and had Just boon told by tho station agent that the trains bud changed time, his train having left nt precisely twen ty minutes before his arrival, and there would not ho another before H that evening. Eight the hour set for his marriage with sweet Luln Houghton. What would she, could she, think? What a position to put her In! Already ho Imagined the crowded church, the sea of eager faces, the waiting bride, and no Duke. Ho must reach tho city of E In time for the ceremony; but how? Presently he walked back to the little ticket ofllce where the agent was la boriously writing. "lo you know If there Is nny sort of conveyance nround here that I could get U) take me to the DCXt village? I would pay well for one, as It Is Impera tive that I should reach 13- before night." The agent calmly finished the sen totice he wns writing, pushed the cap ho wis wearing on the buck of his head still fart her back, and having thought fully chewed the end of his pen for about half a minute, replied: "I dunno. Yon might be able to git old Harmon's horse nnd buggy If 'tnln't let. He keeps l ho tavern 'lout a stone's throw from bore, an' sometimes lets his horse; but ho wants a tarnation price. You can try bltn, though; that's his chimney you see Jest over the yeller bOUSe there." And ho rose lazily nnd pointed vaguely Mow n tho street, where a number ot .small houses wore visible, among which the yellow one stood out distinctly, having been recently built nml Just received Its coat of priming. Duke walked rapidly from the depot and hastened In tho dlrcctlou of tho "tavern," keeping the chimney In view as a guurd against mistake, and soon found himself before a dirty, 111 kept, Ill-looking place, from which nn odor of boiled cabbage and onions wns now Issuing. To his loud nnd twice repeat ed knocking the door was finally open ed by an untidy specimen of woman kind from w hich ho would at any other time have recoiled In disgust; but his necessity was urgent, so, stepping for ward, he raised his hat and courteously asked If he might siv the proprietor. After a prolonged stare, as If men tally digesting the word, she answered with n half grunt: "Ain't 't home, but I'm 'Is wife, 'lid wo ain't no secrets. What du von want?" Duke smiled In spite of his perplex ity before be replied: "I merely en mo to see If I could en gage some one to lake mo over to the village east of here. I must roach E to night; I believe I can get a carriage there." "There ain't no horse to hum," she said, "but Abe would take you over In the tnornln'. Do yon want lodgW fur the night?'' she added, nn eager look taking the place of the previous vacant stare. "No, thank you," said Duke; "If I cannot tind n vehicle of some descrip tion, I suppose 1 must walk, for I must Certainly get there tO-nlght Can you tell mo about bow far It Is to the next village, and which Is tho nearest way to go?" "It's four mile nnd a half by the rail road, in1 nigh onto seven If you take the road." as the surly answer, us sho saw that there was no! oven n remote chance of "Abe's" making something In the morning. "Hut 'tatn't many as likes to go by the railway, on 'count of tho narrer tunnel, though It's a deal nearer." "Thanks. Then If I take to the trnek here and go straight ahead I shall come out at tho village at the eud of about four miles?" A nod was his answer, followed as he turned away by the words: ' l our an' a half, I said." So I hike started to walk the four and a half miles, concluding he must take the shortest wny he could, aa he had not a superabundance of time; there might be some little delay even after be arrlr- ed at the village. Bo he began hi Jour ney at once, without even toppiug ror dinner. He had passed the tblrd-mlle po" when he reached the tunnel. "Ah!" ho said aloud. "Hero Is tho tuiinel of which bn warned me. I won der how long It Is? What a dunce I was not to ask! It does look like a ticklish place, that' a fact-small, one track affair. I don't half like the Idea of go lug through It. Wonder If I'd unvo made It If I'd tuken the road? Well, U s too laic now-I'm In for It!" He had groped along for about a quarter of n mile, feeling bis way care fully by the wall. Not a thought of any actual danger had entered hi head so full of bis fair brlde-to Is until sud denly a dull rumble struck bl ears, nnd caused him to wonder whence the sound proceeded. Another Instant and there flashed across his brain the horrl bio reality. A train wns coming, from which direction he could not tell, but certainly coming, and If the tunnel proved much longer the fart was un d.tilable that Its should bt crushed be neath tbo Iron monster there slone In tho dsrkne, snd no one would know hi fate. lie listened, laying his enr to the rail; It wns coming In the rear. Bs quickened his steps-he ran ran a rapidly as he dared for fcur of a mis step which would hinder Instead of ad vance his ends. Now the ronr comes nearer; ho can Imagluo the train ns it Is tearing along, carrying death to Mm. He thinks each Individual hair Is standing on end. The weut pours down his face, und still this darkness, still this louder roar of tho engine as It comes steadily nearer nnd nearer, and his strength Is nearly exhausted. At last a gleam of light greets bltn at tho farther end of the tunnel. O, what hope It Inspires! Ho thinks of the rncos he has won at college, aud determines to take a fresh start. Yes, he will run ns If running n race, nnd forget the huge monster liehlnd him which seem to paralyze his limbs and prevent all motion; he will run, run he must win how terrible the result If he do. s not! Ho thinks of Lulo, his IWOOt heart, his wife that was to have been. Shall he ever see her again? The light ahead grows moro and more distinct, but his sirengrh Is going, and the train behind Is rushing on fust; It seems quite close now; he can almost fad Its breath upon him; still he runs. Another moment and he will have gained or lost which? He must make that short space! What a thing It Is, this lielng face to face wit' death! Ho cannot hold out much Ion; he feels he must lose nnd what .then? Hut no he will make one more effort Ho clears tho tunnel, leaps from tho trnck, and fnlls headlong down tho bank on tho side, saved but unconscious, while the heavily loaded freight train passes by. But the engineer had seen him Jump, and not being able to ascertnln wheth er he bad been struck by the cow catcher or not, I topped the truln and wont buck In search of him; and when Duke Carlton regained consciousness be was lying on a sea: In the depot In the village for which he had started some hours lefore. lie was not seriously Injured. Ills fall had but stunned him, and In nn hour he was quite ready to proceed on his Journey, a little pale. It Is true, and shaky In the lower extremities, but othcrwlso rejoicing that ho hnd suc ceed. si lu his quest, and would be In time for his weddlug, with thirty min utes to spare. Duke Carlton does not Isdleve In the theory thnt a person's hair turns w hite In a night from sudden fright or sor row, for his own raven locks show not a trace of silver; and surely no one ever hnd a more terrible fright or a narrow er escape than did ho on his wedding day, when he run a race fur his bride. Chicago Tribune. CRETE'S UNHAPPY POSITION. fl.rrl.d h, the Turk, and .be of the Powers. Crete I a Creek Island, traditionally and historically as well s H The fabled birth of Zeus fa he. classic gods and men. took pteoeM Mount Ida. Mints., the Moses of OfOrt law. was king of Crete. 1 rom h-r I" accessible gorge, snd her ino.in'al peak the spirit of liberty bus nev i been driven. The Hphakloto shop herds, at least, claim that the COO queior has never Ml toot upon tbcli native heath. For this reason the Cretan mounlnlu cor approach more nearly to the Ideal of the ancient Creek than any of the Am Inhabitant of either the nii'.ln- land or the Isle of that ancient coun try. Thev are light In rompl xlon, with the regular features and straight no es that one has learned to associate with classic Ideals. The men attract atten tion wherever they appear, both on ac count of their sploudld physique nn I their striking costume, which brliu out to the last advantage the rongnltl ceut forum which It envelops. The women of the peasant class are fair skinned, en-ct, de p chi nt. d almost ns athletic appoorlng as tho men. Cretan cities nro at present the most picturesque pluccs lu the world. Look ing down u street of Oundta, or Canon, one sees Mohnuimedun women, closely veiled; Turkish priests, with brightly colored turbans wound alout their brows; groups of ragged Arabs. Orach priest In their majestic, flowing rols s and queerly shaped huts and Cretan mountaineers. Donkeys driven by hi n et v lers of fruit nnd vegetable and laden till their backs IkimI with enormous crenklug baskets pass up und BUSY SLICB OF EARTH UNDERNEATH M IlKKT SCENE IS C1IKTK. -'VJII, CUM DON CMArHAK AM O gOVm tMK a' 'W'T Artrtt.Od;'lAtlVMV V i Mfct.m'i--'..iii -r" -y- i ' "llB Hero is a curious slice of Loudon. If a man were endowed by his Croitorwia X-rays eyes this Is what he would sec when he looked Into SliugliterhonitCma as the point of convergence of Queen Vlctorln street. New llridge street md tk approach to lllnckfrlars bridge In the City of London Is called. These itreu 3 furnish the surface traffic. Overhead Is the structqrc of a grout rallwijr eorpon. tlon. Underneath you come first to the electric conduits and gas and wster mtla, forttlng a labyrinth of themselves. Then, nt the depth of twenty feet from 3 street, you come to the tunnel of theiiudergrotind railway, through whlck m many thousands of people puss daily. A few foot under the underground railway a the s. wernge system of this pnrt of London, In Itself a vast enginesrtss wart. Then, passing below the sewerage system, you come to n great channel of tnfc in the new steel tunnels of the City & Waterloo Railwny. Three railway ijiU, a busy thoroughfare und ninny sewers, water pipes, gas pipes and electric Hgbt wires cross each other at this spot. Nowhere else on enrth con such an astoinaitj displuy of engineering skill bo seen In so small a compass. Ferocious African Dwsrfs. Henry M. Stanley, In describing his Journey through the forests of Africa, says that the most formidable foes he encountered, thoso that caused the greatest loss of life to his caravan and canie nearest to defeating his expedi tion, were the Waiuhiittl dwarfs. These diminutive men had only little bows nnd nrrows for weapons, so small thnt they looked like children's play things; but upon the tip of each tiny arrow wns n drop of poison which would kill an elephant or a man ns surely and quickly as a rifle. Their defense was by means of poison and traps. They would steal through the dense forest, and waiting In ambush, let tly their nrrows before they could be dis covered. They dug ditches nml care fully covered them over with sticks nnd leaves. They Bled spikes In the ground and tipped them with poison. Into these ditches nnd on these spikes man nnd batata would fall or step to their death. One of the strangest things nlxiut It wns that their poison was mixed with bonev. down. Caravans of mules and don keys, with their high wooden saddles, stand patiently In the squares and al leys nnd similar caravans pass by to the sound of loud cursing ami the whacking of cudgels on ribs nnd bones. Soldiers of the various nations In their different uniforms are seen nnd every now and then a squad of regu lars or of marines dnshes down tho street at double-quick time, the sun shining on casque nnd bayonet nml their bugles sounding merrily. This Is to lot the natives know the foreigners nro still there. Crete Is turbulent because Turkey cannot manage It. The sturdy moun taineers and country people of the Isl nnd will never yield to Mohammedan rule. Hatred of that rule Is Imbibe 1 by the babe at the mother's breast nud Is instilled Into the benrt of the child with the first words that he can under stand. The Turks are massed lu and nround the villages, generally within running distance of the cannon of tho fort. Crewe could manage Crete, because in.'!J-!iii How He Won Her. "It Is so sudden," exclaimed the fnr. haired girl who had Just received a pro posal to merge her Identity In that of a wouid-ho protector, Ton must give mo time to reflect," "No, no," retorted the diplomatic young man; "one w hoso du ng bean ty makes a mirror nshatr f itself should never go Into the reflecting host. nos. Let this solitaire diamond do the ! reiioeting. And the records of the license clerk show that It was eveu so. VKILtI WOMEN IN OIIKTE. the Cretans themselves are Creeks nnd look upon Hotel as their fatherland. Under Creek law the renegades would all turn Christian and the Turks would settle down and be quiet. The Crooks have shown themselves capable of establishing a good govern ment by the way they bnvo stamped out brigandage In their own country and the efficient manner In which they have policed the entire territory be longing to them. W hy do not the powers give Crete to Greece and end this harrowing rpcol nolo of continued revolt, murder nnd Incendiarism once for nil? Because of n diplomatic phrase: "The Integrity of the Turkish empire." Crete won her freedom at the time of the revolution nnd has won It since, but she has been persistently given back b) Turkey. Tbo situation Is this: Certain of the to When He Ones. "Does your husband ever go oiimvii. Mrs. Uadger? "Oh, yes, he go. quite regularly bj the winter time." "Why doss ho go In the winter time and not nt other time?" "Well, you see, he geuerallv low .i... quinsy when the weather Is raw and ttitiik no is going to die. The ossified man In a museum leads a hard life, but the fat lady makes tho most of It. People probably got the blues be cause they fall to look at things D the right light. THIKST AND KOIU tllN oKKH I R. j Crete Is Important on account of Stida bay. n splendid coaling station nnd bur lair for warships. Any foothold In tho Medlterranaa Is considered of vast Im portance by the powers. England now has Gibraltar, Malta nnd Cyprus. She Is particularly anxious thut neither Prance nor Russln should gain similar footholds. Thnt Is why tho powers nil Man I ntn Iti nn rulil M In f'ceto. Thev lire not watching the Islands so much as1 each other. Meanwhile Crete Is !n a very unhappy position. It has no regular government nnd It Is small wonder thut nnnrchy prevails. The powers have established n Joint protectorate, ns they well know that a "protectorate" by any one pow r, especially Emgland, moans possession. When nny trouble occurs the warships nil blaze away together, In evidence of good faith and friendly zenl. The Eu ropean conceit, so far ns Crete Is con erned. mentis n concert of cannon. It Is decidedly Wngncrlnn music. v m m HH A MEMORY OF EISMARCK. Prof. I loune Says He Did Not Show to Good Adv.intuife on Purade. Prof. William M. Sloune contributes an article on lllsinarck to the Century. Prof. Sloane soys: It was on the an niversary of Washington's birthday In the year 1S74, that 1 first saw him. Tho occasion was a reception nt the house of Oeorgo Bancroft, then American minister plenipotentiary nt Ilerlln. The Imply furnished but spacious rooms of the scholar-diploma tiat were crowd ed with a distinguished throng. All the celebrities of the day wore present, among them Moltke, Roon nnd Mnn teuffel. Bismarck entered somewhat late, when conversation wns at Its helglith and the brilliant scone was most Impressive. Tho Indescribable polyglot hum of talk Just ceased for an Instant, and then went on, as lie made his way to a central position. For a time nil eyes were turned toward him while ho entered Into the pleasant hu mor of the assembly; but ns he assum ed no other mien thnn thnt of a peer among poors, the general Interchange of good fellowship was regumed with out regard to his presence. Ills low voice could 1k heard from lime to time-, and occasionally his unmusical laugh tor, but that was all; aud after a stay of well calculated length, he withdrew nlmost unnoticed. In tho succeeding years I saw him frequently on public occasions nnd In tho street, and heard him s.cuk on Important measures In the Imperial Parliament, Being only a secretary and historical student un der Bancroft, I hnd naturally no op portunity for personal conversation with tho hero of the hour; but the cur rent gossip wns of Intense Interest, Once a message taken to the royul n-sl-donee afforded an opportunity to soe the striking evidence of the chancel lor's temper. He had Just left the portal, and the rather fluttered attend ant pointed to the door of the Emper or's ante chamber with a silent nnd do precatory smile; the hnndle was gone, Laving plainly visible the fresh scar where the brass shank hnd been broken, ns the Wilful and perhaps mo mentarily thwarted giant had taken his departure. When the frost Is on the pumpkin, And there's ginger In the air, And the sunburned summer maiden'. tt Is blenched from black to fair; When the autumn nights are chilly And the autumn days nre hot; When the fortunes of the Spaniard. Have esseutinlly gone to "perl When the signal lights of Ctiristma. Flush a little wny ahead; When Is pned the summer dullnea And the trade has long been dead; When the wheat crop has been girKW And the fodder's In the shock; Then insert nn advertisement And Increase your trade and sHS A girl often wonders If a certain young man wonders If she Is thinking of him. Experience Is such a costly tt achet ' that It keeps a mau bustling to pay the ' tuition fees. I great powers stand around the Otto man Mantra as crows might stnnd around a dying horse. They know thnt If the horse does die they will fall upon each other over the division of the spoil and will tear each other to pieces. They say: "It Is better for Armenians and Christians to be murdered than Uk' puE.nPra) Eurt,cn WM ho'old A Pitcher la Not a Bottle. Native Wine Is so cheap In San Fran cisco that many restaurant-keepers serve It with meals lu lieu of tea or coffee If their patrons prefer It. The clause In the war taz. requiring a stamp to 1h affixed to each bottle of wine disturbed them seriously for awhile until tho plan was hit upon of serving It lu pitchers Instead. As tho internal revenue department has ruled that a pitcher is not a bottle these caterers get off scot free of the tax. Pair Hair Growing Scarce, Falr-halrod people are said to bo bo eomlujj less numerous than formerly. The ancient Jews wore a fair-haired race; now they are, with few excep tions, dark. So it Is In a lesser degree with the Irish, among whom 150 years ago a dark haired person was almost uuknowu. A Twenty-one Hundred PoMar In London and Paris cat highly prised than In the I Wa rf and there are rreuuou. - tabbtea at two hundred and iftj ench. Some choice cats. aen. so me rum" ; .iimo . ,. j ...w.tnts " are tW "maranaga .fc of at Ave hundred dollars each. One of the most famous lea Is AJax, owned by ! " y, Weetneld, Mass. His act ual i boon estimated, says the press, at from o hmrfrcdj hundred dollars, yet It if the owner would take evorol larger sum for him. vkid The famous cat Mch ;jSef won the first prise for hem ty York est show, cost Its o purchased it of tor street. New York. ,unlHk cents. A f tor the close of the the gentleman received a a of fifteen hundred dollars f one woman bid t--"' , dollars. A lady who "J.ed farm In California paid w In Paris and considered It a 1r" A woman knows '"let And eTorythlng except her V'