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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1899)
I THE OPEN DOOR. I " p n,.0tnrVT LINCOLN liml lust P Issued n roll for more troop, and volunteers from every direction .-oonded with the unhesitating aUc ni . nntrlots. Some of the mim failed to furtilHh their full quoin. . .. ..... r nml lowu was unions me ci, Ina-nt- T1',", cn," ,,'t' 0rIC'r f'' " SrVft an.l the mime of Hon. James ;,. ,,t P hemieu .. .irifie.i ihin wiih no particular '"lit to till f''"ow oW1""4,- for .1. of hi- title (Whkh, by the way. ... . tribute to wenBh oulyt, a uie.iner. Ire mUerll creature than James Flak aattr IIv.mI upon this earth. He wn Jllsl 1,1 tla' prluK' 0f or would have been had he been loss self- 11 bat ' ll,,le ct'r,Hl" ol,J, c- ioitable trait, of character hud left heir imprint i,on uU eoontommc nntll he appeared prematurely aged. S oethe Ui-luetof "Old Jim Flsk." wbleh he familiarly called by Lan man, woman and chlld-oxcept-i . on rare occasions when dlaeretlon considered the letter part of valor. I'lie Hon. James Flak was a banker, , railroad magnate, and a real es tate man combined. In fact, he hnd owned a large portion of the town In Ita ml history, and ho therefore consld fm himself of no small Importance In Ibe financial world at least, Like many mother, he loved his money first, hlni idf neit and his country last, as well ii least: t' sb It Is said that when be ran for United States Seuator during the previous campaign, he made some tbrUllngly patriotic speeeches, nnd ap pirently without the slightest com punction. In those days he wna called Old Sodom nnd Gomorrah," an appel lation which he never quite outgrew. Jinies Flak was not the type of a mm who could conscientiously sing "America" or "The Star Spangled Ilan ner," consequently he felt that per- lonal Insult had been directed to him ; when the President hnd the audacity to place his name with the rest of tho common herd. Neverthelosa. It was a rase of compulsion, nnd he knew that he must either hire a substitute or go luto the army himself. The former was not very easy to accomplish, aa . I. ml, .!,,. nf MUM, ,, I .... I 1 UK Uinjeio., v .; iucu mill til' j ready enlisted, and money, at such a lma. u-u (HI iiiiliii-i-tiii.tif l.i II... i-l..). ' men. He was not In nn especially amiable mood, when at the close of an unsuc cessful day spent In search of a substi tute, be entered his office to attend to tho afternoon mall. As he read the last letter a heavier scowl deepened UK)D his forehead and be exclaimed harshly: "The young Jacknnnpos need not thluk that he can fool with a hornet ml nut get stung. Extend their time, Indeed! Why, the Interest was due a month ago! I'll foreclose the mortgage to morrow." A new thought seemed to occur to ,w trill...! A.i . ' ni ner voice ram to her, "ml all P mother lOTl asserted Itself as she clBKH the stalwart lad In her nnns and kissed hln passionately. "Oh, my boy, my all, how an 1 let rp, goV What will mother do without JUU, a "How old are you, my man?" asked tho examining phyaldau of Horace later In the day ' Seventeen, sir," responded the boy promptly, "I'm! fin!" wna the suggestive ex. damatlon. This was followed I.v more question. "I ace. I aee" !,, q doctor. -Why didn't you add a rear to t; that's what lots of them do. You'd have stood n better eliunce If you had." Horace stretched himself to his full height, and the physician continued. "I don't need to ask you If you aro strong, for your physique spenks for itself, but your age certainly stands In the wny. Io you think you would bo able to shoulder a musket all day?" For reply Horace placed five chairs In a row, leaped over each In turn, then faced around, and vaulted over the en tire group with one bound. Tho physician smiled at the exhibi tion, but said, "Something of an ath lete, my man; well, I think we will give you a trial." When Horace entered the Hon. Jnmes Flsk's office his heart smote him pain fully, for boy though he was, he saw a sight thnt Is stamped upon his mem ory to tills day. The mother stood before the desk of the grlm-fnced man pleading for her um, mes TLKADINO FOB null BOY, him, for the muscles of the stern mouth relaxed; he smiled blandly, rubbed hla hands together caressingly, nnd said: boy; but the two elder people were so cugrossed that they did not hear Hor ace enter. "For God's sake, James Flsk, for the anke of the love you once professed to have for me, simre me the misery of sending my boy to the war. What Is a paltry six hundred dollars to you? Foreclose the mortgage to-morrow, turn us in the street, but don't Influence my child to sncrlflce himself on the nltnr of love for me." For nn Instnnt the woman thought that she caught n glimpse of feeling In the cold eyes, but It passed as quickly ns It had come, "Mrs. Packard," resiioiidod the me tallic voice with staccato-like precis "Mr. Flsk. you're a dlplomnt a born ion, "business Is business. Vou are too diplomat. You're an honor to your late, for the contract Is signed, and this country, but more particularly to your- day I have canceled the mortgnge. Al-t-clf. If you can only manage this thing low me to any, madam, that revenge, properly, you will be all right yes, all ! such as this, Is sweet" right." The woman gave him a swift sad At the close of the foregoing soliloquy , look, her lips opened as If to speak, then be filled out a telegraph blank as fol Iowa: "Horace W. Tackard, Carson City Iowa- Have found a way to help you out. tutne to o on first train. "JAMES FISK." The message was soon dispatched and reached Its destlnntlon Just as Hor ace and his mother were sitting down to their evening meal. Did Moneybag! Is getting awfully considerate, all of a sudden; what do you suppose Is back of It, mother?" asked the boy aa he handed the tele pam to her. Mrs. Packard gave a sigh which be lled her words, but she responded hope fully, "I don't know, dear, but we will trust that his heart has softened a little toward the widow and the fatherloes." 'Han't you think you can go with me, mother? I believe Jouea will give us puses, so you can offer no objection on taat score; any wny, you need a change, for you look pretty tired these days." And thus It was settled that Mrs. Packard was to spend the week with an old s, hooi friend, while her son at tended to business matters. Mr. Packard had been one of the first Iowa's sons to lay down hla life for wa country. From the hour that his lather had marched away. Horace had aeeretly cherished a desire to Join the mTu! "e k"W that his years were v""T Ulln: then, too, hla mother was so sore at the heavy blow th. ; , llcn on ,hl'lr hone nest as S en on 1 . " never rt;fc''kt, and Mrs. Pack- "hat ""'tta grdat struggle Jt was going on In the mind of her HuuL' hpart ,welle1 with patriot Seel enAen';1- walked,." Main newiof wns astlr wlth ,ue 'be revelll!r' ' bUgl WM sounlin of th a . he l",88l'd a 8,l,,"d forma th' mpn ln tMr f to h m m ,,fM was almo9t " ""ten haa i, ; ?! Wnr ftver WM him. and aim J T CD for ,ne "'oughts of his ri wn Tr,'8Vei1 mo,her IIorace "fould have gone at any cost. i hour later he came out of the of- o hiwn Flsk with a determined Uiffc '."'tntnly face, and It seemed ne had grown an Inch taller. aaa ,r a'',kard met hlm at the door. WW Tna,,e gree""gS wtre ex" brail . ,rled ,0 8m"e. but ate. ' " mls,?ral,1e Allure of It. aud iifluiW?Wup,n,,"l- The' after o ? he Mld- "YoU . It Is Just like this. F..k was e Srir ,he he eaj . , . -ear ime ir 1 she turned nnd left the office. That night the Hon. Jnmea Flsk wns sud denly called to Join tho great mn'jorlty where no proxy could take his place. He hnd evidently not left the office since his Interview with Mrs. Packard, for the errand boy found hlm the next morning with hla legal documents scat tered alKHit him. "Heart failure!" the doctor pronounced It, that convenient post-mortem phrase which covers a multitude of errors. In the tightly closed hand was a mln Inture picture of a fair-faced girl-a pensive couuteunnce at thnt sweol time when she Is "Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river met, Womanhood and childhood fleet" "It must be the sister who died years ago," said Madam Grundy. However, one person knew the truth of the matter, for on his desk wns a note addressed to Mrs. Tackard, and It read: Friend Margaret: I have reconsid ered my hasty words nnd have decided to go myself. Hnve destroyed the con tract, and thus release the lad. (How like you he is!) Please keep your con tract for the sake of auld lang syne, Obediently, J. L. FISK." Ohio Farmer. MAN BAIT FOR A TIGER TRAP Horrible I'nm.hm.Hi inna tci on r.nill.h KMBinrer in lliirmub. BUTMh was a most disturbed c'oun tiy from UH till ubu. I hnd u i,ar,. Of rough work, for 1 wa detailed to rarfoy and explore the country with I view t opeatns. it out by roada, writes Henry Hume In t!. vMl. Wo.ld Maga nae, MonngOoung Gee. an Independent warrior, half soldier, ami wholly a da '-'It. was In arm. at this time, and ap peared here and there from time to time. I suppose It was between 2 a. m ""'I ' . in. when we were savagely awakened, and before we knvw for cer turn whether the whole thing was i fantastic dream or not, we were e curcly hound and taken off to tloung Oat's headquarters, aixmt six miles otr About ,", p. m, I win walked off a good six or eight miles through dense Juu glen, reviled nml tortured more or les the whole way, and at length I found mjself stripped mid thrust Into a trl prepared for a tiger-a bamboo or rangamrat of simple constroctloa. My jailers were needlessly brutal nnc abused me In every way. hoping l' like the treatment I should mast from the man-eating tiger which boreree' alwut iH'ar where the trap had been specially laid. Bnl previously, while a prisoner and tied to a tree, a Karen girl had. at the risk of her life, given me a little water, nnd I begged of her to send some one hurriedly to Captain P'Oyly. who was camped a few miles oft", to hurry to my rescue. Shortly afterward i heard soft foot falls first, and then something sniffing round the trap. There could be no doubt that it was the ma neater, My heart nearly burst. I was kept In agony for fully ten minutes, and then the beast evidently found the door, for ha entered aud I heard the door fall. There was a partition of bamboos be tween him nml me, hut I anticipated that he would soon demoUah that and then tear me to pieces as I lay huddled up helplessly. It appeared afterward, however, that the Karen girl's brother had been forced to erect the trap, and had made the partition of male bamboos of great strength. In the darknees I could see the great, luminous, wistful ej'os of the maneater. The fearful brute, finding be could not get In to me, began to Insert his paws gently, but I crept up to the outer bars, and then he could barely reach me. He did succeed, however, In giving me a clnw or two on my back and buttock. As he smelted the blood he began to gnaw at the Imrs, and would doubtless have made short work of them, but there wns a audden glare of torches, a confused murmur, and then I felt the worst had passed. The Kareu girl, with ten of the Sikhs out of the twenty which formed my bodyguard, came up and bayoneted the tiger, who wns caught literally like a rat ln a trap. Fire they dared not. ns they were only n couple of miles from Uoung (ice's enmp. They released mo more dead llinn alive- from my living tomb, nnd then Improvised a hammock out of a native blanket and carried mo to my camp. Collaborating In Houl-Kavlng. "In the days of my early ministry," sold a well-known clergyman, "I thought It necessary to Impress thoughts of salvation by everything I uttered. "My first work was In a Western mining camp, and I had to remain over night at a rough hotel to wait for a stage to convey me to my destlnntlon. At the table a savage looking man said gruffly: " 'Whit might be your line, young feller Y " 'Saving souls,' I sold solemnly. " 'T'gh,' was the only resKnse. "After supper, a coarsely dressed man approached me and said: " 'Pardnor, let's make some kind o' dicker. We're In ther same line, an' tliar ain't room fer both. Thar's a camp furder up the crick whar yo' could set up and do well.' " 'I think you are mistaken, my friend,' I said. 'I am a minister of the Gospel.' " 'Scuse me, parson; I was mistaken In yo"; I thought yo' was a cobbler.'" Saturday Evening Tost. Saw the Point Himself. The following story Is told by the Youth's Companion of n Philadelphia mllllonnlre who has been dead some years: A young man came to him olio day nnd nskod pecuniary old to start him In business. "Do you drink?" asked the million aire. "Once In a while." "Stop It! Stop It for a year, nnd then come and see me." The young man broke off the habit at once, and at tho end of the year came to see the mllllon nlre again. "Do you smoke?" asked the success ful man. "Now nnd then." "Stop It! Stop It for n year, and then come and see me again." The young man went home and broke away from the habit. It took hlm some time, but finally he worried through tho year, and presented him self again. "Do you chew?" asked the philan thropist. "Yes, I do," was the desperate reply. "Stop It! 8top It for over a year, aud then come and see me ngnln." The young man Stopped chewing, but he never went back again. When asked by his anxious friends why he never called on the millionaire agalu ho re plied thnt he knew exactly what the mnn wns driving at. "Hod have told me that now that I have stopped drink ing nnd smoking aud chewing I must have saved enough to start myself in business. And 1 hnve." S HABITS OP THE HORSE. fr of VolVOSt Ip'l of Colt and the ' lluhit of chting. Another animal Whh b, when In slate of nature, lives In drove. Is the iMna, It Is almost as defenseless us ' the sheep, and when u herd of wild horses is attacked by wolves there la no escape but In Bight, says Our Ani mal Friends. In Its wild state the horse's natural habitat Is on Ibe open plains, not in mouutaluous regions, but on the steppes of Asia, and when at tacked by wolves Its only safety lies III I its superior spaed, if the young foal were not ns swift a Its parents tt would fall an easy prey to the nUfSSCr, and so. within a few general Ions, the wild bona might be utterly deetnyed by Its enemies. The uurlotM thing Is iimt the foal is quite ns sirt u its parents, When one looks it it. even in its domesticated condition it seems to U' all legs, ami one Is surprise,! to see I how easily the alight body Is liorne I aioug on those long legs healde the mother, even when she is running at her swiftest rate. In that fact lies the safety of the wild horse from destruc Hon. and the thousands of generations In which that useful animal has been domesticated have brought no change In the peculiar conformation of the foal's limbs, though it Is no longer need ed for its original purpoae. Another curious thing Is that one of the faults of the horse of which we are apt to complain, we an the habit of shying, Is a survival of an old habit Which was useful and necessary when Its ancestors were still ruining wild uiMin the plains. Then every DO .so w as constantly on the outlook for an enemy, and it did not look only with one eye. It habitually kept turning Its ear In all directions, so as to catch the slightest sound which should Indicate the pros once of danger, Nol only w hen n wolf was seen did Hie herd take Might; any sound, ns of the wolf hrenklng through the long grass, caused an Instantaneous stampede; end something of that habit still survives. The horse seldom ferns the objects which It sees unless they appear suddenly; hut the sudden ap pearance of some light thing driven by the wind, or some slight sound that perhaps may not be heard by his mas ter, may cause an Instant and Involun tary shy, such as the ioor brute would Instinctively make if he were still wild upon the plains. How unjust It Is. nnd bow utterly stupid, to Justify his terror by whipping Mm for such a fault! To do so Is to make him only so much the readier to shy again, rctuemlx'rlng and he Is sure to rcinemlHT- that, even If there lias been no reusou for his In voluntary shying, there Is Something to dread Immediately afterward. The only sensible way to deal with tills remnant of WlldUeM In the domesti cated horse Is to stop and let hlm feel that there Is nothing to fear, mid so break down the remnant of his old and perfectly natural habit of flight from lossible danger. So'omon In All It s Glory. A donation party wns given to a good country clergyman In part payment of his small salary, the prlnclpnl result being twenty-seven bushels of beans and a large variety of second hand clothing for his five children. The patience of the clergyman's wife finally gave out. On the next Sunduy she dressed all her five children In the donated second-hand clothing, nnd under her direction they marched up the aisle Just ns the good pastor was reading that beautiful passage, "Yet Solomon in all bis glory was not ar rayed like one of these." The next donation party was of a different character. Ancient War Cnatomn. In the ancient wars It was the cus tom for both armies to go luto winter nnnrtera but nowadays such a thlna Is o as his substitute t ,.. ntt unknown, and several battles dur- ,?! you- "tile mother, but I do Ing this century hnve been fought on a,. '..B0 anJ ngbt for m? fsthpr's I Christmas Day and New Year's Day. 2? .5 Sn! t ben a m.rrled woman begin, to J? later. 'hi , o'ur exaggerate the slxe of the milk bill, to Jonftmy ,o free our home fro" " buaband' ber aext moVe WlU 10 K stS00 wl" not " w, ,uwe8t tbat h boy rc' Bat ltlrvmr Speaking of colleges, old age usually tackard eat as U the were improves their fscultles. Furnish Buckets for Garbage. In the parish of Shorodltch, London, tech dwelling la furnished with two dieellnm bucket, one for garbage, tho other for combustible refuse. The itroets are cleaned by Isiys with brooms and dustpans. The sweepings are put in sheet i mn receptacles on the street corners. Carts Itolouglng to the parish collect tho refuse from the streets and dwellings and haul It to the public pOWW plant. There It Is used aa fuel to produce steam t run the dynnmoe that light the parish by night atid pro vide electrical power to small manu factories by day. It Is the experience of the women that It Is easier to have the grip twice than to stay well, aud uurse a man who has it once. It takes more tlinu ISKM election offi cers to mnn the precincts iu New York city. Hoston Is to have free Ice water foun tains in all parts of the city next sum mer. During the war the dally output of magazine rifles from the Springfield armory Increased from ISM to B68. A Jury In Mexico consists of nine men. A mnjority makes the verdict. If the nine nre unanimous there is no appeal. Longwood, Bonaparte's house at St. Helena, Is now a barn; the room ln which he died Is a stable; oo the site of his grave Is a machine for grinding corn. Copenhagen's round tower, built In the eleventh century and l.0 feet high, Is to be mOTOd bodily a distance of 150 feet. In order to widen a business striHd. The greatest pilgrims gea to the Holy Land nre undertaken by the Itusslans It has lieen calculated that between :to,iMK) nml 40,000 Kussluns visit Pales tine every year. The Grand ennyon or Arizona, the greatest known. Is about 2tx miles long, upward of 7,000 feet deep, and at some points, from rim to rim, measures ten to twelve miles In breadth. A Bar llurbor well digger declares that he was shocked by electricity while digging. To tost thoroughly tin matter be lowered a dog Into the well, and when the was tuketi out It was dead. The first Monday In September Is a legal holiday In thirty -seven States and the District of Columbia; Florida makes Sept. 12 Latwr Day ami a legal holiday, and I.ouslnmi recognises Nov. 25 in the same way. Statisticians say thut Spain baa more blind men than any other coun try In western Kurope. The prosrtlon Is 148 to every 100,000 Inhabitants, while In France, Germany and England It Is 84, 85 and 88 respectively. The newest thing provided for imok era Is the all-amber plie. The effect produced by an amber bowl Is pleas ing to the onlooker, ns the smoker seems to be Inhaling bis comfort from tobacco actually burning in amber. In Gardiner, Me . loth the local and standard systems of time are In vogue, and the bands of the two town clocks are kept twenty -one minutes apart. Each has Its own devotees, and the consequence Is that there Is much con fusion In keeping business and social engagements. The Chinese look ution all suicides with honor, SZCepI when the suicide is from trouble causl by gambling. Fre quently If 0b his nun Insults another the quarrel Is followed by the suicide of the fnaulted man, who thinks he has cast ignominy on his aggressor by tak ing his own life. Women are running men closely lu Century vt,.on the site of an elder one founded by k. VUlebrodua, After a severe storm lu liiTt the nave fell, leav ing a large pa,e between the lower aud the chancel. The tower I :i50 feet high and Very beau' It ill. A new nave WaS built, but let ween It and the tower a moderately wide street runs. This Is still considered eonos crated ground, and the utilitarian mn lilclpullly has shocked the faithful by the Innovation of a tramway. Here are some utMctal rtari'tNO prove that n howhardmcH t not hmcs a lurrlblw thlg after all. lu lfT 71 thy bombardment of llelfort lusted seventy three, lays, during w hich l.4.Vt prajeetliee feH wlthla the city, and there were but sixty victims kllhs.1 or fatally WOUUded At Strasburg, dur ing the siege of thirty eight dsya, the Germans and opoa the city, mostly at close range, 110.722 shells, with a rec ord of only MM) victims. Finally, at Paris, where the bombardment lasted only twenty-three days, lu.isio ulege shells were thrown, killing and wotiud- log 107 panofls. SULTAN'S PRIVATE LIFE. How in, Dcipot of the Turk r'pends Ills l.claiire. The Sultan rises at S o'clock, we are told. He dm-s not get into uniform at once, like his friend, the Knlsvr, sntla fylng himself with a dark-colored drsslng gown. It Is only when be ex peCTS an early state visit that he puts on Ills "Stamhulln." or gohU'inbrolder ed coat. As soon as his prayers are ended he has an early breakfast. TliC officer of the day then approaches with IwiImts which the llrst secretary has prepared. The, usually relate to ap pointments, dismissals, decoration-, and promotions of various ottoman olllclals throughout the Empire, Then come tho telegrams from the embassies In vari ous lands, and the socn-t dispatchea from the attaches, who are spies on the actions of the ambastindors, At the second breakfast, the chief meal of the day, Abdul llamld appears In some State There Is a curious cere mony observed at this monl. The dish es appear on the table sealed. The seals are broken lu the presence of the Sultan, and a specially appointed otll oer tastea each dish before It Is pre sented to his Majesty. Hitherto Abdul Humid by these precautions bus avoid ed poisoning. After dlirthT he has ,-of fit" and n Cigarette made out of tobacco specially grown and sorted for bis own Imperial use. This is followed by a siesta of two hours. Late In the after noon the Secret reports of his spies and police ngviits In Constantinople are brought to bltn, nnd w lien nothing of moment presses lie occupies his even lugs listening to French ballet muslo on the piano. Udsure Hour. He Wanted a Pens on. Opto Bead tells u funny story of a colored man who hnd conceived the Idea that he could get n pension from the Government, lie went to a petUttOU agent to lean what steps It would be necessary for him to take to bring about the desired result. "Were you really lu the army, Sum?" asked the agent. "Yns, sab; Indeed I wns, sab; 1 was in da army for more'n n year, nab." "What regiment were you In, Sum?' "Wall, nb, I don't Just this minute recomiuember, but I'se gwlne to bring you all de papers and dot will explain Qe matter. "Hut you surely rcmcuilKT whom you were with, Sam?" "Oh, yes, sali; I recommember dnt nil right; I was wld my young mantel. "Oh, then, you were lu the Cunf,lcr nte army, were you?" "Yns, sah; yns, sub." "Were you ever wounded, Snul " "Yus, sah; Indeed I was; see dnt scar, sah; I got dat scar In de nrmy, sah.' "What was It lilt you, Sum?" 'Wall, sah. It was a skillet, sah; In deed It was; n big Iron skillet, Hull.' "Now, sv hero, Sum, what chance can you have to get a pension? In the first place, yon were In the relxd army, and then the only wound you received, any way, wus from a skillet; what In the world has our government got to do with your case?" "Wall, sah, It was a government skill et, sah."-Chicago Times Herald. QUEER BURIAL PLACES. Mranae KeqnrsU MaU l,j V.rrentrlr DsosesessL The mOSl SItnordlttary of all burial request! was that of the celebrated I Jeremy Baatham, The great phUas ' throplst and exponent of the doctrine tt ntllltarlantom, dying in IgSg, left n-1 NetteM ti nt his body should be ills- I Metes' and thill the skeleton khollld bo ' w, mis', after being slothed t WW W esStSSJSntS. should U- seated n ii .rt g!o bvwM w heels. The Hrst part f tkw yrrm vim porfWBt1 ed by his faithful '.clptu, t. Sw(b wood Smith, who, in riideiivwrlag preserve the head, deprived the fiH'v of the youths who havt siresdy made their companions reapect them for high tnor.il qualities. Young Hobsou'l loyalty to the Chris llanltj he had leaned at home woo for aim at Annapolis, the mime ,r the pur ami. Que day his coniMinlons discor ded thai ii, parson poeeasaed qualities Hot lo he ih-splsod. With the test of hla ehusj In, waa tak ing a sulmmltig b sson. He was far out along the nqie In the br,kera. so fur out that life depended on hla grasp of the rope, lie pr,,i out further still, doing his very brat. Then, ns mischance would have It, hn fniiitd he was not alone. He met a rkkviMiitc coming In. cIIiil-Iiil' for llf,t nluioMt uh luiMisalblllty. One must yield to the Other, but which? It was a trying moment for the youths, but It did not take loug r,r Hobaon lO decide. He gnve way to l)U classmate, keeping the merest touch on the roiK; but somehow, at the mo ment of passing, even Ibis hold gave way. and he fell Into the breakers. The Isiy left on the rope got In and sent nld to Hudson, who was brought to shove dead, as nil lliuposedl but be was not dend, and In time he revlusl. "Nobody but Qoboon COUld have MUM out of that alive," said his classinnt.-s, and from that time they changed his Dame, It was a parson still, hut It had now become "Parson Tough." Youth's Companion, WHEN AN AXLE BREAKS it ... all Mpreestoa. toeing ti.i. would m.t lU(, ru(, Saf( Jjj; HV 1UI '. . ' .I J ' 1 i I - . ..M.I.I had n model made In wax by a distill- glllhhed French artist, who succeeded , la producing u most admirable liken, a. rha skeleton was then stuffed out to tit Bohemian's elothea ami the wax ' likeness tilted to tho trunk. The BgUTS 1 was placed, seated on the chair III' which he usually sat, wllh one hand holding the walking stick which wus Ids constant Companion In life, called by him (like a dog) "Pnpple." The whole eras Inclosed in a mahogany ense with a glass front, covered by folding doors, and presented to I'ulverslty Col lege, where It can be seen In the south gallery of the college museum. The strange request of Anthony Kt- tertcke, who was a prominent lawyer and once Recorder of Poole, Is notewor thy. Having some cause of offense iigainst the people of rVlmborne, En gland, In which town he lived, he de clared that he was to be burled lu a consecrated spot, but nol snore nor la-- low ground, not lu the church nor out 3f It. To make certain that this win done lie got permission to build a colli u Into the wull of Wlmborne minster, so thut It Is half lu the church and half out, half above the ground and half be low tt. To do this u special arch hud to be made, and for the repair of this arch uud the colllu Anthony Ktterlcke an to the church n sum of 20 shillings from u farm, To burj aim the trail of the church level with the pavement wus opened nml the body deposited lu the cottln as described. It is of shite uud Is emblazoned with ninny coats of arms. There arc two dates on It ltRU uud 17m one over the other, so us to render Isjth ulmost unreadable. He was fully COnrincod that he should die In liHil and hud his colllu made nnd the date placed upon It. Hut he did not die till 17011, and so tho second date was cut over the llrst. An art gallery seems a queer place In which to bury bodies, and probably few of the Inhabitants of DttlWlch aro aware that Dulwlcb College picture gallery contains three Imdles the bodies of the three people to whom that collection of pictures owes Its exist ence. Noil Joseph Deaenfans was n native of Doual) In France, hut settled In Loudon, llrst as a teacher of Ian guages. lie became possesses of a val uable picture by Claude, which he sold to loot-go III. for i guineas, nml so liecame a picture denier. Then Stanis laus, King of Poland, commissioned hlm to purchase pictures to form a na tional gallery for Poland, and In this work Desenfnns was hclcd by his friend, Sir Francis lioiirgcots, H. A He Obeyed Instructions. The Club Women tells an amusing story of n party of women who recently flatted Pike's Peak. A youth, still In knee breeches, although he wore a col lur of extruordliuiry height and stlff- ii"-s, was their guide, but his knowl edge of the isilnts of Interest appeared to be slight. Kvery few minutes he stood up and shouted the mimes of is-rtaln Isoilders nnd streams. When we were nearly at the top he culled out: "On the right Is the I. Ion's Mouth!" "Why Is It called the Mon'i Mouth? asked a skcrtlcul lady, who hud pes tered him with "whys" nil the way. "Aw I dunno," said the lud, tired of being asked for Information. "I was told to holler these names. I dunno why Bothln', It's my Job to holler, and so I holler." Npend of (lie Krlfato lllrd. Many sailors believe that the frigate bird can start nt daybreak with the trade winds from the coast of Africa and roost the same night on the Ameri can shore. Whether this Is a fact or not bus yet to be determined, but It Is certain that the bird Is the swiftest of Winged creatures, and Is able to fly un der favorable conditions two hundred miles an hour. A it..,, SUM, Hard fax- Hello, Hooeydowl Hare- n't seen you lu un age. What are you doing now ? Iloiieydew I'm living In Chicago, trying to make an honest living. 'Well, old tsiy, you ought to auc- ceed. You haven't uny competition." Ufa, Horseflesh 1 1 Over 100.000 horses ure killed every guar for food hi Paris, and there are KOTOS of restaurants where horseflesh M I , ..... I. tn .1 ...... - proiessionui coiii-uuoii in me i. unisj, , , .. " , . . , I Is served ns an article of fixsl. The use rlll,s. i (in ..-" .iiirmfl nnu There are more good women In this world thsn groat ones. It's s wise dude thst doesn't many n athletic yoNig arvuian. B&OOO lady vocalists In the Slates; 11,000 follow art as a profession; 2 8uo literature, and BOO Journalism. The women also try their hand at dramatic authorship and managing theaters. The number so SSBployod Is ivm. This may m seen at t'trecht. The cathedral waa built In the thirteenth of this meat has recently extended to many other cities of Europe. uen i ne roiisn King wns overthrown the collection of pictures came buck to DOMnfana, who on his death left Ills pictures to Itourgols, who decided lo hand them over to some public body for the beliellt of the public. Accident ill tooled his ait, nt hut to IMilwIch College to which he bequeathed his picture! Tho bequest was conditional. He wish ed a mausoleum to be erected In tin gallery, where his own remains n nt those of his friends M. ami Mine. De senfnns, might repose. The cnndltlon wns accepted. Ilolldom Arlatocr.ii.. "Sly doll can shut her eyes and go to leep Jual lovely." "Hub: My doll t.i''-1 -r goee to slwp st all; she's got Uiaommer." Ublcego Bececd, Tender Kecollm'tlon. The balloon waa tugging nt Its rope Slid liounclng about clumsily lu the puffs of wind. A widow stood regard Ing It with streaming eyes. She was alone, but n crowd gathered nboiit her attracted by her untimely tears. She soblH-d for teu minutes, while the crowd restrained themselves, but at lust an old gentleman, whose long white hair nnd saintly face declared his belief that he wns privileged to thrust himself Into anybody's business stepped forward and said: Madam, why do you weep? Why, oh, these tears?" The woman anufllcd loudly and then replied: "It's the balloon." "Hut," queried the old gentleman why does the pctuci,. of a balloon cause you to weep? Hid a loved sou once perish as sn aeronaut?" No," replied the weeper, "It wasn't s son It wns my husband." Ah, your husband was killed while ballooning?" No, he wasn't; my husband died In his I" 'I. but be weighed twenty ouo stone, nnd that Jumping hulloon re minds me of Just how Henry looked the last time I saw hint a dancing. His figure wns like that!" And the widow dissolved In a new burst of tears. Judy. Hussla'i "Hpanlsh" Navy. Tho Itelchswehr gives an nlmost oiulc nccouiit of the Itusslan naval maneuvers which were held In the Hal tic recently. Kvery ship engaged In the operations wns not only short- linnded, but such men ns they hud were perfectly untried bunds, Incapable of performing the most ordinary duties, nnd causing a large number of mishaps y their bungling carelessness. There was a SH'clul lack of engineers and firemen, to an extent, Indeed, w hich ndangered the safety of the ships. The allowance of ammunition which had ten placed on each vessel was absurd ly liisulllcleiit, mid rendered any kind of systematic gun practice Impossible. In the auxiliary squadron of thirty ships no less than twenty broke down so completely ns to be entirely hors de combat. "This," remarks the Kelehs wehr, "Is the fleet of the lower which eslres to dispute Knghtiid's supremacy of the sens. Anything more ridiculous can hardly lie conceived. If this squad ron wus lu the least degree representa tive of the Itusslan navy Itussla's com petition for the supremacy of the world may l- rcganhsl by England as a neg ligible quantity." Iamanil Vahlclea Ual to Ilia Krpulr Hhnp. The common way of getting a ve hicle to the repair shop when un axln breaks cldOS to the huh, as It usually docs. Is In the case of u roar axle, to get a piece of joist or other timber froan the Sea WSl convenient place, iniiko tho forward end of It-fast to the front axle, and lot the other end trull under the broken axle, which rests upon it, tin, end of the Joist drugging on the uive mOBl behind. Thus supported, snys the New York Sun. the broken end of till axis Is kept clear of the pavement, but not so high as It would bt If In or der and with a wheel on It. and so tho vehicle thus draw u off to the shop has n decidit sag, A Ix-iior way of getting the vehlclo with a broken title to the shop, and olio often used on heavier vehicles, such us conches and large wagons, Is to mnkii fat to the broken nxle a short stvtloti of nxle with s wheel turning on It, such na repair shops keep ready for such use; wheels of different sixes, as front Wheels and rir wheels, turning on a short length of nxle, which Is se cured to the broken nxle by menus of clips. Tills tctiiHirary wheel may pcr hups lx of a different color from tho other throe, but It holds the vehicle up to Its usual level, keeps It from racking, nnd by this means It Is drawu easily ami safely to the shop. It may bo, however, thnt for the very largest vehicle such spare wheels and nxle are not kept; and, In tbat case, this vehicle would le got to the shop In the same way as the lightest of rehldee, but with the use of rather heavier materials, Tims, when the rear axles of one of those long four w Insd trucks, such aa an' now used for the transportation of ponderous iron Issims, was broken off at the wheel, tho nxle wns supiHirted on n long, square, heavy stick of timber, the forward end of which was secured to the front nxle. To raise the reur nxle up to slsnit Its ordinary level, block were plac-d tie I ween Its under side and the top side of I he 1 1 in 1st. From the under side of tho cud of the timber, aa It drugged over the paving stones, little smoke wreath now and then flouted out. Kvon wllh no had at all the weight of the tunsilve truck wns so great nml bore so heavily upon the supiNirtlng timber thnt the end of the timber, whore It dragged iimui the ground, hnd been worn down almost to a nt nml It wns almost set allre by the friction na It wns dragged along. The Duplex Questioner. The treasurer of a theater wrestles with many phnscs of humanity, all of which are more or lesi liitereatlng. Hugh Qunrles, the HIJou's treasurer, claims to hnve hml nil entirely new one lu the person of a duplex question n.sker. Iite Saturday afternoon n gentlemnn stepped up to the box otflce nnd nskod If Mr. Aronson wns In. He is In Chicago," replied Mr. Qunrles. lie Is In Chicago? When do you expect him lutok?" 'To-morrow, sir." Tomorrow? He won't be In be fore?" "Not until Sunday," snld the treas urer. Not until Sunday? Well, have you any good seats for to-night?" "Tea, air." "Yes? Are they front seats?" "Fifth row," answered the treasurer. "Fifth row? Cau't you give me seats In the second?" , No. sir." Not" Are they aisle seats?" Aisle seats," answered the treas urer. Aisle seats? On the side or In the center?" Itlght side," said the treasurer, rather lniMitlently. night side? Can't you give me ren ter?" Not center, sir." Not center? Have you the first row In the balcony?" "Second row, we have center." "Heooinl row? How much aro they?" "Throe dollars, plcaeo." "Three dollars?" A the treasurer handed the gentle mnn 12 change out of $3 the duplex question asker said; "Thank you." Hy ibis time Mr. Qunrles had so quired tlie duplex habit aud said, thoughlhsly : "Thank you thank Hod." New York Telegram. Not the Whole Thins. What do you think that girl said when she refused me?" I'll never guess." She said she had so many similar experiences lately that she couldn't offer to be more than a balf-alster to me." A man tells a girl that ahe Is pretty, and forgets It In Ave minutes; the re membrance still warms her heart when he bean hi name wheu ibe U 00. "Parson Toufrh." A story of Hobaon's early days st Annadl shows that the lads who made hcroca are not nlways Uie rock- I Cold weather naturally makes the less ones of the company, but rather ; alcohol thermometer low spirited.