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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1898)
fl li Ike FiiiK liiMniiiii h Biateg Piper, lift'' J.,000 lltUH taken f"iii i'nir-ct m I; loig Ravlewi Tin' Hi cuuglit front " 'I- f i flue. The firemen fen Maided iy the I. . lu.l li. 0er'l ui,..'i ini-i y stopped bj mud, ouwd by the km.,. net being "poind for H king I in.-. fill. hlliVlcHl II. I.. ,'il li . Judge J W Hnwlltou, a i " ha 1 1 1 1 li p,rt of hi library In Uie oill- IJ in- nil? Hiwn i.,,.,.. ".in. ruii n a- totally d.ntroyed, With 1 ... .( . I...U ..... .. .. I....I. .1. . t . U 1 11 ii ' ,-eo wuiin iii j'til.. bid under adrleement. Hi- place hit os at jl'iOil Willi DO iMHinUMN 1. lott umiiy very valuable Uw book, jouit uf which he prized highly fui ipuillll rr,sU8. All the re. urd were suvi l. The county offlo ih will be do liUsiiu mueii uie same a u mil today, The judge, sherlll, HMajOC d I leperlntendent will be located ver 'he Louiity jail, which U being Quad ui Ifor their uc, uml Wlrad for t . , ,K lights. Ihe county treasurer in in- tUlhd ill the iJnUgla cnuii'y , tub Utid the cieik Will proudly ba iti the city hull. QaO Caipy will move In ... , r . ill. ,. i i. In It... ..lilt I I... mwii'ii. . . - ... w-j vi .in- Uty trmurer. Circuit court wua couveiud as Ueual Ui l .. ... .1... i . i ... Jaek-nu street. The insurance won 118,600 Papara iu seveiul oneaa ware burned li . I I U r I i . ! . B . I .111 111. lit Tiic burued building wa ereottd to 88) at a coat ol probably $.ir0oo, a pule :. ol the Old tdiflee delng Ullluad io il" ( instruction. U W Orcutl limit ed the plans, mid th. Hun Franeleoo Bridge i o ma tiic worK ui dor ooii net, Mr Orcuu inpervlalog it on the hart of tN county. Oonaldertng tba post, the hill (linir WU li ill-: ti I - III'. in in nil i-uuiTiuru, i v .- i - llal Upoti the ground and a hud u rambling barn-like nppeurance inside. MT.. Kill I.I lUUlIlM 1 ... i ....- . i n in in wi i.iv....r... . . (.in IIKUII llinii,, i ni.ciu n.i..-.- ,1 ur jreully a necessity. The wall clucked ami 'in ii us . i-i ii n mi i-1 1 -i i e e .1 - anil in me iiuscuieii. mere u a , 11 .1 dearth of room and the banter wan bin. iil- ulii.tu- 111 II... r.tttil I I 11. .,'111 Iidti.-.', several of tlieru I lug oompi 'led to 1111 iu stoves 111 iiieir oiiii - in tour-c there no uecuuoo yet as i w hut u ii-ilonn in I Iih wnv .if r.-- pairing or rebuiiutUK the itructnra. There nre many woo would like to Hi'i- tin- wl.nli 1 1 1 1 1 1 it torn uw-.v mil h Dew luil'llng, neat, Huh.ituntiul and vh lull u 1 1 -j lilt il-.-. 1 mvii... iiiui It unuld cost much leas II11111 the old mm uiu 1 nueiH ocnevc iiiui in.-' i-re- iiii .....11. ...... I... . I I by r-ii-ing the lower floor, with a -hurt II. lit ktllil-ii In II... i.lilrun.'iii 1 iv.. pu aiune uatenieui neneuin i-ir inc kaatloa rnnnnaanud Innltor'a renideiitv ..I .......1. i m.i.i 11..11.11 ..ii, 1 - 1 i- ,111- . 1 1 j ' . 1 . . 1 1 1 i mi iiiiinv 01 ino Duiiaiuir. 11 BUimchi the rctnndeliHK could I done at in-i.kt not greatly exceeding the iu- uranca, The I nlMluglooka like a wreak, I. IV. f i, 1 r w, wtx, hi ; "1 1 KM M Hit ntuu . ' nr., tUu two tlungi :' ! 'i-i i irrisetbeCaatiltea niMiir. . m , f rbt taforila tUabai bj ' ' 1 '" win, hi. .imply, in, ,.; ' ' with t .lualoea. r.sl per mid oolona TiiiuuluAu.UUuia" Uanrth.-r rr...rri 11 fnMu. ntlv -,!. '- n ilea, ihe baaii i boUadWpa, whJ ., i., .kkedwUhteiia nt'd lotatoea. and alwayn -a-rvM with ihoFinall ml Spux MUMg8 taowa a Botaiarra fatalinu." A Minilar '.. U 1. i..u.i ai."lnt.i, ,arr.k MtOrUHMV " J'l-i'l 'l Hi . i , l piMHIhk c r l Hint) , w i,Ju gad 86 aaii f irna r ' id' . 1.1,1', in a ii.- 1 1 11 1 hi!. A Hooltllat CelOQJ for I) tr 01 Uregoiiiati: "Itev H 8 Wall-ice, n Methodist pronober of Junotlon t. ity, m a oeuever m ooiaiiaoi, wmou arm hutIi'. by Jeaua Cnrlat. lie ban juat i i . i i ii . t i ,v, ii,, wviMin i-i, inn iiiiv 11(1,111. u iicii' in- ii i . in ' the ihttlutive iu orgnui.iug a klmilar C(i Inn v. a niiiiiln.r nf hi ( in rni-nil having expreHHcd a desire to try lliat niiMli- of viiiL'. Tim Sk i'-it r vcr Ml mil.. I,.... ... II,!.. ...... i .. tlin umiui run in L'l'iitieineii or in. ei i n-a cloth, and when Itev Mr Wallaoa Ural made nia niiearnncn hui welcome WEI D' t -" c iiilinl ns hi ivmttrathelia vlewi Mrned Ud hi advance views ui'inii ttd, he received the rtebt hand "f M nwablp, und daring his ktay praaebed thrn timea to the colony, an honor which no tuber iuiuitcr had hi I D uc-1 fcorded. He alao performed the tirst; luarr.uge ceremony noletunlz d iu the j Dommnnlbr.' vulUceis well known li. Eugene, especially among the attorneys. v-miepnii eanio," which cvervlHKly fata, in nothing more thau a thick tow (.f beet (oame) and Ix-ons leaiomHl with chiles. Sp.uuli torttlUh" ure corn cakes flavonsl with n-d poppers, and ditTi r from the Ibsiisui t.irtiil. i U i " be tatter, when properly mad,., are ,t , d rolb'd iu ebopped vegetables. A salad n m i p.u4. in 1 prepared of letraoe and oelery, with ,4 f,.w Mii,.i loaudoaa and p, ;.j r. S, rved with French dress ing it ii viry g,.i ,. Tho Bpajuah snaps ire n a rale lit. tie too henry for tho American inata, wliich run n re toward the couimmme. They ure tlii. k diiMcti.ms, full of voge. tahles, and Imk frightfully greay. Soup, howi vcr, does imt have the bB portatit role uuiong tho Bpaniards that It plays in French domestic economy, and in aii article- of secondary imimr tiuiei' The dmhes iiaim-d are pretty apt ...,.,,.., ,, ' ' . , ta Interestiug to know iu advance 1 -" " " ' " Vliat t lev urn ' I- li) lata ui at in, 1 1 . ... , , , . (l Igt-tfd t: .ii! y ....... ,: ... H.. ii n -i. . i . He i ares n ujj. d dr ii M inlu . Wbli H i .- i s....,. rwieuil ill I i-i I p' . f , ,,. ,. r IniUj .- Ill ( ..... elor, .ueofths i n K (OVivi.i, Volm - teen) w-'di-r if Maiilli, and ouifw nyltig it .i 10 ci, , ti "AinerttMn - . , -," kl) . . .. , a tlou there. I) e D e I lee II. I. red luonil , r loll. ., : Dee l Wyotul j a I), e It. Idah,, te .' '.l'i; D'k'dS A. Aatora ve 14 h I tmtrj ii, Or i!on m N .i ib 1) . S, 1'tnli -. l'.i,,ra in Dee II, SSrd tofiy va 14th Infty I) c 16 Astnm v Di h I). e IK, (' dor I , - Wyii r i 1) t 2i IS h 1 1 I'.y . .-1 ,, Ii fi v. PHILIPPINE r-HEATRH Tbumdnj , Oelubi 1st h, Ihiis. litli natitnry wn . !.-r. f t pcaranoe in M uitla, ir- . . i feature evei teen iu Manila Dl'ect from Aioerl. a. MONs JURBTI The K irop ,i e intorakwlat and dhv. locator. Dlaioeatliiii all joints efthebuman body, Prnirudi g of j.m plainly to be teen aod heard a m y leave tb"lr sock tig. Pneo uiiei-d tiy iiinn.-'ii p- , ii-iuns from abroad ai the in ! wouderlol ex blbltlon of r tf ." i!i location eer kiu ii. -d (if. New I Ir. leans Times Democrat. 'i tie Oregon Bote ui Honolnla. An Albany Ulllltla hoy write from Honolnla to ihe Democrat of thai city DOder "lute of Xuv : We aud ll,e N Vi ii-e all camped together, but the fever broke out am nig tlx in ho we hd to more oamp to get away from them. There were two fum-r.il on Wednesday aod I hey are dying very fast. Their hoepilal is lull and they bare huiit two inore. Wc nre having very good luck in our ba alllon. We bar ' only I oat one man since we came here. We in ''ed Into the new bar nokaon Nov S8 ami it f.el a little ui .rt- like h. inc at Hon . weWCre glad to Rl I oiii of the tent, There are 1.' men n i ...in and the huiidings 17fix8S, four nf ihem, one for each com pany, Iti all the sau-e I. .re winter slid lummer Tba weathtr heralaaboal the same ai u li Id Oregou In July. Ili.uk Rntkee Than l ood. Su.' . give .in int. r, stiug anecdote to!d by Aga-ii of bil vii-it wheu a yoong man to the great tierruau uat nraiut, Profeeaui Loraoa Oken, The pn.f, leer rant lead his guest with warm euthuiai.m, but app.ireiit emlmr n. 1!" d hi-, visitor tlio lalxiratoiy und the stud, tits at work, also hi cabin, t, and hotly hi splendid library of books pertaining tOBOOlogioal science, a collection worth (ime?,000, and well deservlug the glow of pride wblobtba owner manlfnitnil as ho ex- Dialed oil it exct-llenca The dinner hour caino, nnd then the embarrassment of tho Krcat German reached it maxi mum point "M. Agai." ho said, With perturbation, "to gather and keep op this library exacts the utmost hus bandry of my i nniary mi ina. To ao complisli t!.i-i 1 allow myself no luxuiy whatever, ll' iico my tublo is restricted to the pliiiin t faro. Thricn a week our toblo boa ts of meat, the other days wo have only potatoea aud salt I very much rt gr. t that your visit has occurred upon a potato day." And so tho splen did Switer and tho great (ionium, with his stuileuts, dined together on potatoes aud salt. And what must those students have enjoy, d in tho conversation of thusc reoiarkablo men I Indenonilpn. a I-'ntAi-nrUn- Wo lira Informed that M L Dorris will proba bly resigu hi pi,nitlon with It M Wade 4 Oo of this city, the llrst of the yiar and go to Eugene to work iu one of tb" hard Tiie Albany Democrat av the looa Hon of the postofflceat Eugene, among others, was changed this year. A ml teke. The pnstofllce does busiue a' the old stand. Cottage Qreve item. Letdert Dee. ioiii, Tl ( infant child of Mrs Ka' ditd at Bagluaw Sunday, About twenty men name out fiom the Obamplon mine, for the winter the first ol I be w. i !;. A 1' Chur hill has re titled home from a month's visit at Bohemia, l.it'l -i barley Shw wood, son of Mr and .Mi John M Hierwood, died last ;S.U irday, Dec 3, ISflS, at 10 o'clock, of diphtheria, iged 8 yean, Smontbi and IS day. The following ofllotn aero elected at the firemen's annual eleotlon, Tues day evening: Chief, J 6 Medleyi Kirst Asi-tant Chief, J M Durham; Fore man, A Piper; 1'nst Aeelstant, V Jot dan; Heooud Aaaiatant, W F Hemen-way. Ilig oaitm II Plam Bold, Cnttuue, drove. Or., Dtc'J 'Ihe largeet deal ever made in Li county WC eol'sUllimaled lure today bet ween j I Joneaand the Booth-Kelly I, umber Company. The company purobaeed the entire sawmill of Jones, OOttOlBtlng qteawmill, planing mill stock, six! miles of Hume and MOO acre of limber laud. The pnrcbaaa price waa JTootio. Tbaonmnany bri been operating the. plant extensively under a lease for the laat year. LAKCK TBANSACTION.- J Q June has sold !o the Month, Kelly LumbU Company, a prlrata oorporation with ta principal ofllce at Bagloaw, Lane county. Oregon, for the suui of ISSlOO, a large amount of timber land The amount Is to ba paid In monthly in-tallm-nt and the deadl and contracts are to remain in the hands of the First National Hank nf Eugene until the amount is paid. The died has on It 11125 iu revenue stamps. Telllnu 111 in Ih Truth. "I think Willie is learning to smoke, " said his mother. "I wish you to speak to him about it" "What shall I say to him:" asked his father. " Why, tt 11 him tho truth, of course. " Aud so Willie wuh duly called up, and his father put ou a severe look and said: "Willie, I understand you are learn ing to smoke. Now, Is-foro it goes any further, 1 want to tell you what tho re sult may be. Yon may die in a year, and then ngaiu you may live to be 100 years old." " Why, Johu, " expostulated the hoy's mother. "You told me to tell him tho truth," returned tho father, "and there's hard ly a week p ics) by that I don't hear of sonio ouo close to tho century mark who has smoked ever since ho w as 11 years old, whilo peoplo who never smoked at all dio lu infancy v, 1th great frequency." It is sometimes difllcult to get a man who smokes to look at tho subject from tho right point of view. Cliicago l'ost Uolnic Wlthont sleep. It is an int. resting iiuestion to studi ous people liovv long a man 0U go without sleep. A physician asserts that no healthy man can overwork became eventually nature will compel him to fall asleep at hi tusk. A journalist re cently claimed to hnvo worked 7a hours without sleeping. Humboldt said that when n young man ho required only two hours sleep each night, but that iu his old ago ho found ho really needed as many us three or four. Victims sub jected to the Ohlnoaa torturo of being kept continually awako dio on or before tho fifth day. By fur tho most inspiring example, however, is that of ouo of tho saints, who Is related to have lived I'J years without sleep and to have remain ed standing a large portion of that time. San Francisco Argonaut. I'M I en I I ad URN It abmld la' imposed upon all Voting persons that during life each meiulvr of the body, in the very act ,,f living, pi i.e m poison t n if, ii t, . a wrieaf In P , i. :.u Sen u.i Monthly WbancMa ; i- t m i umulales faster than it can U eliminated, which always incur miles th,. muscle i .in int. tv il . f r, t, then will com,, fatigue, which is , nly MOtke er aKpraaabM for tone ujfactioo. If tlto Bielf is given au int. rval ,.f rest, so that the cell can give oh" it waste prod- Bcl to keep puce Willi tile DOW pr.sluc- Uobbi the 111111,. will thin liberate ia trey f,,r i bmg tim,,, Thi lath r con.li lion is what we call eudurautv. Tiie power and endurance .,f tho hu man machine is limited according to cur understanding of the above facts, and also our recognition of its slowness In getting start, 1. Idke any nth, r n derou and intricate machine, the Issly renuins time to get In hnrmnnlonj working order. The bruin, m rves, baarl and skel. tal muscle must (hi given MM warning of the work th.y sro cx rectwl colli ctively to perform. Igno rance o thi fact has broken down IIBMJ a young man who upirvl In honors ou tin dud) r pith. Th.. nacaadty of getting all tho pan of the body slowly iu Working order i well uuderstissl by trainers and jockey on the race track, a is evi. Kneed by tho preliminary "warndag up" they give their horses, although it is doubtful if the trainers could give any physiologio Misou for this custom. I.l..l.ltll.fc (.'IU,,,. i in. of tiie i -t n lot in , oi tnc value of lightning i-i! up to date has Immiu afforded by aha Waahlngtoci monnmank It is cuppsl by a small f air aided yn mid of alnnualnm, whloh motel, cheap teday, was very iswlly ul Ihe lime of tho building of the greatest oldik that th" world ha ev. r known Tins aliimininm lip is mm t d with the gr, und by four ooppT ril which go down deep Into tho earth. On April ' . I live immense tsdts of eltvtriei i s ii to Mash l.tvv(vnthe uioiin i and a tlumdercloud overhiuigmg iir.. of vo minutes. In other I-, ih" mcnomenl was struck Barca ! tuc tlmi s, but it suffered no damage v.-lints vi r. On .Tea,. g of the same year a moro bemendoni aamnll war aaana upon tho inomiiiieiit from the heavens, and the n -,i!t was a fracture of one of tho top uc st stom s. Tho crack still renin Iu to show what nature can do In tho way of mi 1 1. ctrical abOCht but tho sliglitnese of the dattnUJI 1 evidence of man' power to protect himself from such at to k. The obelisk is ideally loeuttsl for attracting . h-ctrical assaults from the skies, and yet. w hile many tune hit, It ha Mid, red only oiico, and that time to a trilling extent lWon Transcript. bds3ia in m mm I encbiog Her. elf Cwi rchlli by S curing Bxdoiin IVrts nf Eitrv III onilerli.l I i.rloa. Thouuthorof "Idylsof sjpiiu" sp'ak of a notary whom lie met, whose naivo simplicity surely could not bo excccdotl "He aaked for our autographs, ami I iinpiirt'tl whether bo was u collector of such trillc. " 'Yts, sir,' he replied, 'I am, and among other I have a most proeioua collection of anonymous one.' "Beaming with delight, ho produced n rare manuscript of tho time of Fer dinand aud Isabella, exquisitely wi it ten, aud with tiie initial letter heuuti fully painted, " 'baooree,1 he cried with anthnat. asm, 'liK.k at this. Isn't it n beauty? I'm always collecting such tiling. Tlien I have just purchased by letter tho manuscript of the "Iliad," written by Homer himself, his own handwriting. The pity of it is that tho work is not written iu I Ireek. 1 "At this Migutl came to the rescue, for Luia and ware almoat hysterical with amusement. " 'I say,' impiircd Migtu I, 'what doe umeiit Would your worship like most to have iu your poss, ssion:' "'Why,' answered the notary, 'tho telegram from ('hristoplu r OolumbtU announeiug the discovery of tho uew world.'" Iliinnnmn In 'I'j pit, ,1,1 r,-rr After it long eiperienco with, typhoid patients. Dr. Usscry of tit. Lsmis maiu taiu that tho best fmsl for them is the banana. Ho explains by stating that in tins disease the lining niembriuio of tho small intestines Is-comes intensely in llannsl nnd ciigorgvd, eventually begin ning to slough away iu spits, leaving well defined ulcers, at which places (ho intcstiuul walls become dangerously thin. Now, a solid food, if taken into the stomach, is likely to produce pciforution of tho iiitcstruc, diro results naturally following, and, this being tho case, solid foods or those containing n largo amount of inuutritiou substance aro to bo avoided as dangerous. l!ut tho banana, though it may bo classed us a solid food, containing ns il does tuna US per ccut nutrition, dooa not possess sutllcieut waste to irritate the sore spits. Nearly tho whole amount taken into tho stomach is nbsorlsvd, giv ing tho putii nt moro strength than can bo obtain, d from other food Ameri can Druggist. Tiie Hour i.f l.lnpnln'a -l, u A highly interesting story is told to account for the fact that almost every WOOdan dock in America lias it hand painted to indicate the hour of IS mill uti s past s. It is related that most such Watehmakare' signs were originally made by one man, who was at first in the habit of l-oniting the hand to indi cate any old or young hour that struck hi fancy When ho cutiio to that part of tie. job. Hut when l'i, m.Ii ut Lincoln V ... .1 i- II. ,1. d II" c.'IKi lil till. Idea of commemorating tiie event by record ing tho hour und minute thcrtsif up, u all his woihIcii timepieces, u custom ever since prp tuattsL There Is some thing sinking and dramatic uhout thi notion of time standing still forever after an event of such tragto slguitl OBnoa. Than is no doubt uhout the fnet that marly all the wooden clis-ks do in dicate ha hour of IH minute wtt S. . Yon cuii see that for yourself. Hut if tho cliK'kmuker thought ho wn thereby re cording tho hour of tho assassination his intelligence was its wooden us hi ware, for rresident Lincoln was shot not ut is minute past S, bnt at about Hi minutes past 10. New York l'ost. ttl It ( on in ut KIN IM M.I II Shanghai, Dec John Barretti Am nieily I'uited Btetea mluMer loBlaa, baa returned here after visiting ivknnt and Ihe principal Cttlea ami ports. He ay the situation in China i one of a in, -t orlilcal Data re, ami Mauchurte i .10 longer ('hint s", l.ii Hui in ter ritnrj rieaaeerte lhal NawCbwang, the chief northern port for the move uictii of American product, i also practically Ruaalan, and i liable to ba cloM .I any day . The ..ui, peiiiiananl aategnnrd 10 pararoonni Amarloan and itrltih In terrata, lUintt ayj, l Immediate and United se' Ion i.y the interested go - ernmenta to defend their territory lu ihe Cblnaaa empire, to forts, ref inn 111 the go rem men t, to prevent further cessions of porta and province, and to Insist up. n an "open. d. sit" pdicy lu all the put of (hum, Including the spheres of iiilliiciuv of lluia, tier many and Krunce. (Itherwise, llarrelt contend, tim Impending tailltlnnof the( liiucNe empire nil seriously cur tall ihe Meld of trade by i!latrously eflkctlng American and iiritish int u enee in ai CHRISTMAS CHARITY V I Cell 11 ,-nt. The bell at the parsonage wont ting-Ht-ling. and, a the dominie was in hi study mid his wife getting tho baby to Bleep, Master Harold, agist 7, wont to tho door. (ii opening it ho found a couple, evidently from the country, both young und bashful; but, after ' looking at tho boy a moment, tho young man queried, "1 the parson to homo?" "Yos,"said Harold. "Do you want ' to get married?" "That's just what we're hero for," aid tho prospective bridegroom ns ho lookisl fondly nt tho blushing girl by his side, "Well, COfflO right in, thou," said tho boy, ushering them into tho pirlor, and when thny hud iciited themselves on tho (lgo of two ohuirs side by side bo started off, saying: "I'll call pa, and inn too. She'll ho awful glad, for she has till tho marryiu money, und 1 In aid hor tell pa till tnomlu that the wished some folk would coiuo to get married, 'oauso she hadn't 'notigh mouoy to buy her new hut." Chicago News, To Ihoee concerned: Thl notice is to Cell all nil. iii I Ihe mit-ll. ig of the general committee on the Air ual Obllatmaa Donation The plat f meeting Is the M F. chinch, and the time, Monday evening Dec I'J ill, at 7 o'clock. (If the various churches nnd soclclle asked to appoint committees, twelve, or about half, have repirtetl to the lllldelslgn.il. Those will ho unfilled by curd. Other ho see Ihls notice will please see that committee nre ap pointed in time to attend tho Hrst meet 1 11;, If II I at all possible. ThU I (he slxlh year of laigene'e participation in this noble bOOOVolenoO mid we deal te to make It the best. Very iesv etfully yours I-: D Kkh.si.ku. raeethle i riie. A ludy who lived near Thomas Oar lylo kept OOohin China fowls, and their crowing was such a nuisance thai tho philosopher seut n complaint to her. Tho owuer wus indignant upon bearing the appeal. "Why, "said the, "they crow only four timoa a day, and bow can Mr. Curlylo bo seriously annoyed at that?" Upon hearing of hor attitude upon tho subject, Curlylo replied, "Tho lady forgets tho jsvin I suffer lu waiting for those fonr crows " A vi, milium of Sulphur. The "lottfriare, " or sulphurous uiouutaiu, is cousidored to bo the great est natural curiosity of Ht Lucia, anfl, in fact, of tim West Indies. It is situ ated about half an hour's ride from tho town of Soufriero, to which it bus given it name, und nearly two mile to tho oust of tho I'iton. and is at tho fisit of two small bills, both of which are ijuito bare of vegetation on the side facing the crater. It covers u spuco of about thrco ucro and is crusted ovur with sulphur and ulum. These uro severnl caldrons in n perpetual statu of ebullition. Tho water is quite black iu the target ones aud boils up to tho height of two or three feet, lot in tho smaller orn s it Is quite clear. Visitors in vcr fail to boil sumo egg iu one of the smaller caldrons, obtain ing them from one of tho oraolo guides, Who keep a supply on hund mi purpose. Mnalclnua l.lvr l.oi.ir. A French writer notes that, though a few great musicians have died young to wit, Mozart at 1)0, Sohulxirt nt HI, II. Hun at UU, Mendelssohn at US und Weber when ho was but In a largo number hnvu lived to ho very old men. Those who died between lit) and 70 years of ugo include llnch, Von llnlow und Itubinsteiu. Living beyond 7U year onimi Oluck, Qennod, Handel, Liszt, Meyerlsnor, Hossini, Hpiutiui nnd Wag ner, whilo tho great ago of Ml wa at tain. 1 by Auher rjul others. Dying at more than mi wore Choruhliil, Cramer, Lnchnor, Palcstri Kumean, Sohuta und Tanbarl The uvt rago ago of muslo nl celebrities is about (17 year. Kullirr Mran. "Did tho old skinflint givo you a re ward for returning hi pocketbook?" asked the policeman of tho little news boy who helps support his mother. "Now, ho tried tur mako mo pay fur de advortisin 'oauso I dldu" return do atuff 'foro 1 knowed who it b' longed tor. "Detroit Freo Presa. Ilni ournucmrnl. Franc. - Hurry suys'be just wants to fall down and worship me all tho time Her Mann:. a Oh, well, don't mind that, (bur After you're married he wou't let it interfere with hi Wines. Chicago New I'ersounl 11,-llecllou. "Aro you a resident of this ward?" asked tho challenger. "I reckon I am, sir," replied Tuffold Knntt. "Where do you hevo your washing done?" pursued tho challenger, still un convinced. "tilr," rejoined Tuffold Knntt With eringly, "I've been vutiu off un on fur 80 year, au uoLssly over uxud mo that (mestiou before. "Chicago Tribune, Not Vrry Amiable. "Excuse run !" exclaimed tho timor ous man, "but may I disturb you for a few minutes ou a mutter of couiidorublo Importunco to myself and powilbly of ouin concern to you?" "No, lr!"replhl the disagreoabln citizen. "Not unless you pranjM not to waste as much time tulklug huslueee a you do apdogizlng. " Washington Star li, i.i Mtrd a Slow Life. A negro called ut a resldunon lu Bov erly, Mass., mil eekod for asidetanco and food, and told the lady who assist. 1 him the remarkable fact that he we 7t years of age and wo born bO year ngO in Borton. Eiohauga (......I Beeeeee ' Qletam At tho mm. ting of tho Flfeslilro nsso- otation held iu London Dr. Wallaoa told n story of u pensioner who used to stand witli a placard on his br. ust ciiuincrut- iug his olalnu totho ooppen he pigged. Tho list run thus: "liuttle, 4; wound, 6; children, 8 totul, in." Thl I al most n good as Kir M. Grant Duff' story of tho Irish heggur who prayed, "For tho love of (bid, sir, givo mo a crust, for I nm so thirsty that I don't know where I shall sleep tonight I" Loudon i.e'" The iiii. op' Atlvioc. A clergyman COCC complained to Hishot) liloinlb ld of London that hi parishioner Were indifferent to hi touching. "No sooner," mid ho, "do I begin to preach IbaC they begin to doze." "Do you," uakod tho bishop, "preach yonr own sermons?" "Always, my lord, nlwoy." "Thon, my good friend, suppsw yon try miiim ouo elso's, " retorted the bishop. Tbe Atinaranl niarreaoe. Johnuy I'a, Mina of tho curious peo ple rouud h. ro they cull "odd" and ooino of tho other "eccentric." Whet' the differuiiee? i'a Wheu a man is said to Isi oooen , trie, ho usually has more or tad monoy. i Wheu ho is poor, a man I limply odd. 1 Boston Transcript Tmrenrv. thrin men in ovory 1,000 servlug iu tho iiritish army ore 6 foot aud upword in height; 8U in every 1, 000 aro 6 feet 1 1 inches, and W lu ov er? 1,000 C feet 10 iuchee. There are 7b5 in every 1.000 army men nuder foot y lncbu. In only throe case out of ten eight I equally good in each eye. the KKiilSTKICfi I'KhSO.UL 81'U'K. au Unwarranted Attack on die Mmi- gemellt f Die ! hci ill Olllce The lU'glsler finds very badly because .Mr Withers wa e'ecled sheriir over Mi Scott, mid cannot restrain Itself from a petty personal attack In which there I neither justice nor truth. It stmts an editorial by referring to a bitter wail of dleoontant," whiobi it say, "come from all part of the coun ty as to (he manner lu which the slier III' olllce Is conducted." We opine the only "bill r wall" that ha been heard I very close lu the neighborhood of the Heglster olllce. The i ditor is averse t taking the peo ple Into his eolilldelice, but Would have them believe there is something i wrong I" Mr Wither' management of tba sliorlft's ofllce, and let's fly thl hit or miss statement: "It Is not iioct.Hsary to stale now In what way Lane county's sherlll is fallin short of the expectation of his frhids. Kuther a singular way to dlnptsso of such uti Important subject after using hcuily a half column of space In the attempt to prejudice its readers against Bherlfl Withers. Tell the public some thing tangible Lane county never hud more prompt or better boaineaa management in ihe ibarifi'l ' dice than at piesent. Tax oollectlona nnd aeivlca of legal papr aro attended to with promptness end dispatch, and the sherlll takes pride in serving ci linliial process, when placed iu his hands, Instead of following the custom In vogue In many counties of avoiding such respmslhle woik by transferring it to constables to be ex ecuted at needless expense to the coun ty for fees. The sherlll' Is paid to sr form such (I ii tie, and rihorlir Withers hu not by word or act aouHit to avoid the hardships and personal danger Ibat attend the Work of the arresting officer. The motives that prompt the iplte ful attacks of the Heglster are too well known to cause any loss of coufldeiice lu Mo rill' Withers by hi many friends. It would seem though, that a public journal of the standing ef the Heglster would not demean itself by iucIi per sonal attack, .-specially when tie underlying motive ere so ohvlou. New-papers, equally with men, should be fair In the treatment of political opponent. In any event the publlo will not ba deceived or misled by criticism which ere so thinly veiled in in the pervonal motive that prompt them.